In the next few days, the entire King Jin Mansion was busy. This trip to Tanglin is a long way, and there are weak women like Lin Wanyan and Qing Qian, and the spirit guard can't be as simple as when he went out on a mission in the past.

And in addition to the two hundred spirit guards that Linghu wants to take away, Xiao Yuwen also has enough people around him. As soon as the number of people increased, the materials to be prepared also increased.

I also had to plan the stops along the way and purchase the gifts to bring to the Tanglin Emperor, so the spiritual guards in King Jin's mansion were busy every day.

Xiao Yuwen went to Huangyu Mountain and rushed to Xitang non-stop. What to do, he didn't say anything to Lin Wanyan.

Lin Wanyan didn't ask much, because she was too busy to keep her feet on the ground. Every day, I followed Linghu out with Qingqian to prepare for the school, and determined the management system, teachers, teaching content, curriculum arrangements and so on.

The enrollment notice was also posted early, and someone was specially arranged to provide consulting services at the entrance of the school.

Zhao Gu'an, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, helped a lot this time, introduced several prestigious literati to teach in the school, and also recommended experienced people to preside over the daily work of the school.

The school is free, and there are famous literati in charge, although there is no name for the Jin Palace, but there are still many people who come to inquire.

At first, everyone was very curious, is there really a free lunch in the world? Many people came to ask and left, and did not really leave the information to fill in the registration form. There were people in the back who were willing to come, but Lin Wanyan asked Linghu to check, but it was not what she originally imagined.

Those who want to come to the free school are not unable to afford to go to school at all, but those who can afford it but want to save some tuition. Families who are so poor that they can't afford to go to school don't plan to send their children to school at all, but are ready to leave their children at home and have an extra labor force to help do something.

Lin Wanyan couldn't help but sigh that the poor people living at the bottom may never understand for the rest of their lives that the reason why they are what they are today is because of problems with their consciousness and vision.

What kind of work can a child do at home? He can't pick up his shoulders, he can't lift his hands, and reading some books may still be in line with the fate of generations, and not reading is almost the same as giving up all possibilities.

Even in modern times with a high level of civilization, there are only a few people who can succeed with little reading. Most of the children who drop out of school to work have basically been in the society for many years, still struggling at the bottom of the society, and have always been in the company of inferiority and ignorance all their lives.

And the small group of people who succeed don't do it casually, everyone has an untold story behind them. In any case, one thing is for sure, they have never given up on learning, maybe just in a different way.

Lin Wanyan remembered a sentence written by Long Yingtai: "Son, I ask you to study hard, not because I want you to compare your achievements with others, but because I hope that you will have more choices in the future, choose meaningful and time-bound work, instead of being forced to earn a living."

This is still the case in modern times, and it requires a continuous learning capacity in order not to be drowned in the rolling wheels of historical progress, let alone in this class-divided antiquity.

Anyway, Lin Wanyan always firmly believes that reading may not necessarily bring a person material wealth, but one thing is certain, that is, it will definitely create a solid foundation for you to open up the future, and at the same time create a rich spiritual world for you, so that your soul has something to rely on.

It's just that she can't pass on these ideas to these people, and I'm afraid they won't understand either. After all, in the era she is in now, the people's requirements for living and working in peace and contentment are just good weather, the state collects less taxes, and guards one acre and three points of land to support their families and prolong their children.

Xiao Yuwen agreed with Lin Wanyan's tirade, but disagreed with her proposal to subsidize some living expenses in order to encourage poor children to go to school.

The reason is very simple, it is not that I am reluctant to give up those silver taels, but there are too many uncontrollable factors, and it takes a lot of manpower, material resources and time to verify whether it really meets the subsidy standard.

Moreover, people's hearts are the most unpredictable, Xiao Yuwen believes that this kind of school based on money cannot cultivate real talents.

Lin Wanyan also felt that he was in a hurry, the level of social development had not reached that level, and indiscriminately copying some modern practices was tantamount to promoting seedlings.

Human nature is like this, you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, and more importantly, these people's cognition may continue to pretend to be asleep for hundreds or thousands of years.

Lin Wanyan, who did not give up, made a plan and asked the teachers of the school to take turns on the street to give a lecture on "the importance of going to school and reading". As for whether the effect was good or not, she didn't know, because she was already on her way to Tanglin at that time.

Because he had to go to Tanglin before the school started, Lin Wanyan entrusted the matter to Lingmu and Zhiwei. Lingmu is going to take over the Jinwang Mansion instead of Linghu, so he won't go all the way to Tanglin this time. Zhiwei was also willing to be busy, but he was veiled when he showed up.

The name of the school was taken by Lin Wanyan, and it was called Yucai College. She felt very expressive, but a little cheesy.

Xiao Yuwen thought it was very good, and when he entered the palace during the Lantern Festival, he asked An to mention the progress of the school to the emperor. The emperor was very happy and said that he would personally give the school a plaque.

This made Lin Wanyan a little flattered, but she still accepted it happily, thinking to herself, but she must run the school well, otherwise she is really sorry for the emperor's heart.

The Lantern Festival is the most lively day of the year in Nanli City, and almost all the people in Nanqu City will come out to enjoy the lanterns and guess the lantern riddles at night. There are also many young boys and girls who are in love for the first time who will go on a date on this night to complain, and they are allowed.

Only on this day will the palace gate be postponed until midnight, and the princess and prince in the palace will be allowed to go out of the palace to play, but they must return to the palace before midnight.

Xiao Manxue had been looking forward to the Lantern Festival for a long time, so she got up early to dress up and go to ask for peace, and then waited for her third brother to come to the queen mother to ask for peace, so that she could follow them out of the palace together.

As soon as she sat in the carriage in and out of the palace, Xiao Manxue leaned into Lin Wanyan's ear and asked softly, "Will my brother come back today?"

Lin Wanyan laughed when she heard it, hey, a woman in love. She naturally didn't know if Yang Chengyue would come back, and Xiao Yuwen didn't mention it to her, so she had to ask for Xiao Manxue.

"King Jin, tomorrow we are going to leave for Tanglin, will my brother come to see us off?"

Xiao Yuwen glanced at Xiao Manxue, the female university was not left, and sure enough, it was not wrong at all, she was not married yet, and her mind was all on Yang Chengyue.

"It's not that you won't come back, what's there to see you off? Are you really so idle as a little sixth son for a day?" Xiao Yuwen said angrily.

Lin Wanyan pursed her lips and didn't speak again. Xiao Manxue was instantly deflated when she heard this, and in previous years, Yang Chengyue would take Xiao Manxue to play with the Lantern Festival.

It should be said that Xiao Manxue had to pester Yang Chengyue to take herself to play. But this year, let alone playing together, I can't even see anyone, and I really can't raise the interest of having fun at all.

Seeing Xiao Manxue's appearance, Xiao Yuwen raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Hey, no one is exempt from vulgarity when you ask what the world is like!

The Lantern Festival will be at night, so after leaving the palace, they still go back to King Jin's Mansion first. Xiao Yuwen, Lin Wanyan, and Xiao Manxue got out of the carriage and went directly to the house.

Linghu and Qingqian were still at the door watching Lingwei move several large boxes of things brought out of the palace, these were some gifts that Xiao Yu gave to Emperor Tanglin.

"Let's go see the lanterns together at night. Linghu said softly to Qing Qian as he walked inside.

"Huh?" Ching looked at him in surprise and immediately lowered his head. She is not qualified to blatantly stare at Linghu, although after Linghu knows her identity, she is still the same as she was to the people in the house, Xiao Yuwen and Lin Wanyan, but Qingqian's heart is no longer the same.

"Why have you been avoiding me these days?" Linghu looked at Qing Qian lightly, the originally high-flying and domineering person suddenly became gentle and polite, he was not used to it.

"What am I hiding from you? Aren't you busy, there are so many things. Qing Qian blushed slightly.

She deliberately avoided Linghu, basically she was inseparable from Lin Wanyan at all times, and she had no chance to be alone with Linghu, and she wouldn't even talk to him until she had to.

"Since you're not avoiding me, let's watch the lanterns together at night. I've been in Nanli City for so many years, and I haven't seen the lanterns seriously. I don't know when I'll get a chance to come back in the future. Linghu said in a low voice.

"No!" Qing Qian hurriedly refused, glanced up at Linghu, and explained softly, "I mean I have to stay with the princess." ”

Linghu smiled, "King Jin will accompany you, you go and disturb them." Tonight, everyone in King Jin's Mansion can go out except for those on duty at night. ”​

Qingqian pursed his mouth, paused and said, "I don't want to go out, rest early, and I'll be in a hurry tomorrow." ”​

Linghu was stunned for a moment, if he wasn't afraid that he would feel lonely, he wouldn't want to join in the fun, after so many years, the excitement outside seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"I'll be waiting for you in the alley at the back door after dinner. After the spirit fox finished speaking with a red face, he walked quickly towards the courtyard of the twenty-four spirits.

Qing Qian stood there stupidly and looked at the back of the spirit fox in the distance, feeling a little uncomfortable. Why should I be a maid from a humble background?

If you marry an ordinary person, then it is possible to be a main house. If you want to marry him, she is at most a concubine, and she is only one of many concubines.

No, no, no, it's impossible to even have a concubine, the queen is to let herself protect the princess, so then she will have to follow the princess back to Dashenyue, and he is bound to stay in Tanglin.

She bit her lip tightly and walked slowly towards her yard. She didn't know if she should regret so many things at the beginning, so she had to snatch the jade wrench finger of the spirit fox.

Because I was going to see the Lantern Festival, the dinner in King Jin's Mansion was advanced. And a few tables were set up in the main hall, not only everyone in King Jin's Mansion was feasting, but some of the Yue Ziwei and Lingyin Wei, who were good friends with Linghu, also came, and even Yuan Hongyi, the steward of Yue Wangfu, was also invited.

This is a farewell banquet specially arranged by Xiao Yuwen for Lingmu, and the affairs of the house have been handed over to Lingmu to be responsible, so Linghu didn't know in advance, and he was so moved that he wanted to cry when he saw this pomp.