Song Sanshan's temper has been a little hot in the past few days, but he has been trying to endure it, almost holding back his internal injuries, and he can only be less depressed at home, but someone comes to find him unhappy.

Looking at the deans of several academies sitting in the living room, Song Sanshan endured it so that he didn't send off the guests, and let them count down for a long time.

After receiving the report from his subordinates, Song Lu found a few students with excellent character and learning, as well as some representatives of poor students to help Song Sanshan.

In terms of learning, Song Sanshan is naturally not comparable to these deans who have meritorious reputation, but in terms of identity, Song Sanshan is much higher than them, so although these deans have the intention of persuading Song Sanshan to quit the college industry, they can't talk too much.

"What you mean, Song understands." Song Sanshan waved his hand to let his subordinates serve tea, interrupting everyone's chatter, preaching for two hours in a row, and it was those words that were repeated over and over again, Song Sanshan didn't want to let his ears suffer anymore, "As you said, I, Song Sanshan, was born with mud legs, and I started by doing business, and the identity of this foreigner is also a royal reward, which is actually the meaning of the imperial businessman." If it weren't for the sake of not being deceived, I, Song Sanshan, might not even be able to write my name. ”

"What does Song Yuanwai mean?" The dean of Aoyama College was the first to speak.

In fact, the establishment of the Song Academy was too big a blow to Qingshan College, which was originally the first college in the county, and the opposite of Song Academy was that the gentlemen of Qingshan College were almost one-on-one teaching alone, and the students were pitiful.

"My son Song Yang studied at Tsingshan College, and Song is grateful to Tsingshan College." Song Sanshan first expressed his attitude, and then said with an angry face: "But Song is very fortunate now, my son has not become pedantic because of studying, not only can he face the court and the people for the official, but he is also worthy of the teacher and his surname in terms of people!" ”

Dean Qingshan could hear that Song Sanshan's tone was wrong, but there was nothing wrong with this, and even he regarded Song Yang as a typical example of the academy to educate other students, after all, it is not easy for an academy to cultivate a big official, not to mention that he is still an upstart who is deeply respected by the royal family, and he is a good official in the hearts of the people.

It's just that the Song Academy came out, and Song Yang's name became the spokesperson of the Song family, and Qingshan Academy couldn't borrow much light.

"I Song Sanshan has few books, and I can't say those crepe words, at least in this land where I was born and raised, I don't want to be the same as in the capital, speaking in an official tone, today everyone spread out the words and said, if I Song Sanshan has something to offend, please forgive me." Song Sanshan stood up and clenched his fists.

Because Song Sanshan has an official body, even if others have meritorious fame, they do not have Song Sanshan's status and dignity, not to mention that the children of Song Sanshan's family are all officials, and even Song Lu's family is also a high-grade lady, so everyone can only get up and return the salute.

"Let's put it this way, our Song family's current wealth is not the richest man in the Great Zhou Kingdom, but it can also be ranked in the top ten. Song didn't want to talk about how much money he donated to the country in the capital, and he didn't want to say how the children in the family were doing, so he would talk about my Song family's family style and the things that mattered. If you don't think it's right, just advise. "After many years in the capital, Song Sanshan naturally understands how to quarrel to convince the other party, and there is no way to accuse you.

shouted a few times, Song Sanshan's heart also calmed down, if he burned himself at every turn, it is estimated that Song Sanshan would have been lying on the hospital bed a long time ago.

In the polite voices of the deans, Song Sanshan said eloquently: "Rao is my Song family who has today's family business, but they have never forgotten their roots. Not to mention that Gushantun is the place where I have lived for half my life, even the entire Qionghua County, and even Xicheng Mansion have also become rich, you should not deny this, right? ”

After listening to this, what else could they say except nod?

The Song family's business is indeed contributing to the economy of the region, not to mention that there are no more people dying of starvation, and even beggars are almost invisible, unless they are wandering from other places.

Someone muttered in their hearts, the Song family did this more or less for the sake of fame, plus the previous prefect was the Song family's in-laws, didn't you see everyone go to Beijing to be officials?

Song Sanshan didn't care what everyone thought in their hearts, but continued: "Over the years, the Song family has planted a few acres of land every year, and no matter how busy they are, they don't dare to take down farming. The Song family is rich, but they can't let their heirs not divide the grains, and they don't understand the hard work of the peasants in farming, otherwise they will definitely be profiteers and corrupt officials in the future! ”

"I don't agree with Song Yuanwai's words, don't those officials who can't farm be good officials? The Song family has so much silver, even if their descendants can't do anything, they don't need to be greedy for ink. An old dean with a gray beard retorted, with a bit of disdain on his face.

"I don't know if an official who can't farm is a good official, but I know an official who can farm, and I know what the people want, and I can be a good official of the people." Song Sanshan was not angry, took out a letter written by Song Yang, and said proudly: "This letter was sent by my son Song Yang, he is now the prefect of Dry City, this is the royal experience for him." Everyone knows about Dry City, right? ”

Glancing at everyone, Song Sanshan continued: "The place in the dry city can be said to be the poorest city in the entire Great Zhou Kingdom, and the people have no way to survive, and they have to sell their sons and daughters for rations almost every year. Why? Because this place is dry, it can't rain three times a year, and the heavy snow in winter can overwhelm the house, and the imperial court's annual allocation of relief can't change anything. The dry city changes a prefect every few years, but the dry city is still a dry city, and the people are still selling their sons and daughters. ”

Song Sanshan said and sighed heavily, and the expressions of these deans also became solemn.

As scholars, they must have the heart of the world, even if they pretend.

"My son is from a farming family, and he has been an official for so many years, and he has never let go of farming, and he knows the truth that the people take food as the sky. Therefore, after he went to Dry City, he did not first suppress those organizations that bought and sold human beings, as he did with the previous officials, but started from the ground and completely reformed Dry City. Song Sanshan was inevitably a little excited when he said.

"Is there really a way?" The white-haired old man who looked down on Song Sanshan before was also full of excitement.

"Yes." Song Sanshan took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, also to hang everyone's appetite, "My son takes the people to dig pools and canals every day, although it can't solve the problem of water shortage in the dry city for the time being, but when winter comes, the winter snow will be piled up in these places, so why worry about no water source for irrigation next year?" ”

"This method is feasible, why didn't the previous officials think of it?" The old man slapped his thigh and said in appreciation.

"Maybe some officials thought of it, but they couldn't do it!" Song Sanshan pretended to sigh, and said after a moment of silence: "Everyone has opinions on the Song family's business, and even thinks that this Song Academy was also built to make money. But everyone doesn't want to think about it, without the support of silver, how long will I have to wait if I want to make some achievements? The imperial court was busy defending itself against foreign enemies, and how much silver was in the treasury to support the construction of such a city that was not necessarily promising? ”

"The people of the dry city don't even have enough to eat, so where do they have the strength to do all this heavy work? Although my son has always taken the lead in the work, will there be no complaints in the hearts of the people? What if the people think that my son is playing around and making trouble when they can't support it? Song Sanshan asked several rhetorical questions in a row, making everyone unable to keep up with his thoughts for a while.

gave everyone a few breaths of time to digest these problems, Song Sanshan continued: "Don't hide it from you, my son has dividends in my Song family's business, he just used his own money to buy food, to pay the people, so that they can come to work when they are full, and he did not force any of the people, so he was able to mobilize the people of the whole city to do things with him after taking office." Are businessmen lowly? When the silver is used, no one asks where it comes from, as long as it can do practical things and do good things. ”

"Do you still want to ask me, what is the purpose of the Song Academy?" Song Sanshan said with a wry smile: "The Song Academy really doesn't make money, and even has to post a lot of silver every year, but the students who come out here will be able to make a living in the future, even if they still go home to farm, at least they know how to farm in order to produce more food." This is why Song Academy allows students to take so many classes instead of concentrating on their studies. ”

"But the college is a place to educate students, and it is a place to cultivate talents for the country." Dean of Aoyama College didn't know how to refute it, but he still insisted on his theory, but it was approved by many people.

"That's true, but it's also wrong." Song Sanshan shook his head and said: "If a country wants to prosper, it needs to produce talents, which is the truth that is right at all times. But I would like to ask, can a country be prosperous and strong only if it has civil servants and weak scholars? Isn't everyone eating, drinking, or wearing? Where do the four treasures of the study come from? When a strong enemy comes to attack, who will defend the country? Do you only use pen and ink to crusade? ”

Everyone was choked up by the question, because none of them could say that they could, let alone that they didn't need it.

"The students of the Song Academy, you can't be powerless, I don't require them to be all kung fu masters, and I don't want them to be generals who go into battle to kill the enemy, but at least when the enemy army comes to attack, they dare to stand up and protect their families, instead of only pointing at the enemy and shouting 'insulting Sven, gentlemen don't do anything'! If the students who went out of Song Academy wanted to join the army, they would at least have more chances to return home alive than those recruits who were temporarily conscripted, and they had more chances to get ahead. ”

"Even if there are students who are not proficient in martial arts, and those female students, they can still do their part when the country is in trouble, whether it is to defend against foreign enemies or to support in the rear, I believe that they are more capable of making exceptions than ordinary people. Take 10,000 steps back, these people are just mediocre lives, but their lives are definitely different from those who don't know a single big word and have no ability at all! ”

"Everyone, you are here to rub shoulders with me, saying that I, Song Sanshan, are not qualified to be the dean, but as the dean, what else can you do except hope that there will be a few more famous students in your college? How many of the students in your academy are really officials? Those students who can't become officials in the end, but have to rely on their parents and siblings to raise them for a lifetime, are they the result of your training? ”