December 10, Xiangyang City.

City Center, College Street.

This street is a separate street outside Lumen Academy.

On this day, the carriages slowly headed towards Lumen Academy.

After unremitting efforts, Lumen Academy was completed yesterday, and today we will truly worship heaven and earth, and then officially recruit students. The inauguration ceremony of Lumen Academy naturally invited countless people to watch the ceremony.

So much so that College Street was overcrowded.

The people with the invitations entered the academy one after another, and then, led by the soldiers, they walked to the place of sacrifice.

The place of worship is a temple of literature in the college.

In the temple, it is not Confucius alone, but representatives of hundreds of schools of thought, such as Laozi, Confucius, Zhuangzi, Han Feizi, and grandson, are among them.

Outside the Temple of Literature, a large tripod was erected.

On the big ding, the incense mist is swirling, which makes the Temple of Literature have a touch of sacred atmosphere.

The heads of the major families in Jingzhou, as well as the dignitaries and dignitaries in Jingzhou, were already standing in the courtyard according to their respective seats.

Liu Xiu sat in the center of the first row, waiting quietly.

"It's auspicious!"

In the morning, suddenly, outside the Temple of Literature, I remembered the loud voice of an old man.

This old man is Sima Hui, and he is the master of ceremonies who worships heaven and earth today.

As Sima Hui shouted, he saw Pang Degong wearing a virtuous crown on his head, wearing a black robe, and standing up with a serious face. He walked directly in front of Dading and stood with his head held high, his eyes full of anticipation and excitement.

"Worship the sky!"

Sima Hui's voice echoed in the Temple of Literature.

His voice is deliberately loud and rich, which makes people feel a sense of grandeur after hearing it.

I saw the attendants carrying the prepared sacrifices and placing them in front of the big ding.

Pang Degong picked up the wine bottle and saluted the sky, then turned over and poured the wine in the wine bottle on the ground, bowed respectfully three times, and then stood up again.

"Bow to the ground!"

Sima Hui was already familiar with the process, and shouted loudly again.

Pang Degong turned around, turned his back to Da Ding, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and then stood up, turned around and faced Da Ding again.

"To the sages!"

Sima Hui, as the master of ceremonies, had a solemn face, but when he shouted these words at this moment, there was a trace of excitement in his eyes. The establishment of Lumen Academy is definitely the gospel of the world's scholars.

Pang Degong took the three-foot-long and lit incense from the hands of the attendants, saluted meticulously, and then inserted the three large incense sticks in his hand in the big ding, and then retreated to his position.

"Licheng!"

Sima Hui congratulated, and a smile appeared on his face.

Pang Degong turned to look at the people who came to watch the ceremony, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the old man has already set up a banquet in the living room of the academy, please come with the old man." ”

Everyone parted ways, and Pang Degong took the first step and walked towards the meeting room. Liu Xiu, Kuailiangyi and other important officials followed, and the heads of other major families also followed one by one.

The meeting room is a special place for Lumen Academy.

This hall was specially designed by Liu Xiu, with a wide terrain and can easily accommodate more than 100 people.

The guest and the host sat down, and Pound sat on it.

Liu Xiu sat first on the left, and the rest of the people sat down in turn.

Pang De said fairly: "Zhugong, Lumen Academy has been completed, thank you for coming to watch the ceremony today, the old man is here, instead of Lumen Academy, thank you to Zhugong." ”

Shang Yu said: "Pang Gong is polite, the establishment of Lumen Academy is of great significance to me in Jingzhou. This is a matter for the benefit of the world's scholars, and Pang Gong has worked hard, it should be Pang Gong's hard work. ”

Ma Qi said: "Pang Gong is the heart of Lumen Academy and the heart of the world's scholars, which makes us admire." ”

A group of people praised Pang Degong one after another.

The completion of Lumen Academy, everyone knows that Liu Xiu is behind the scenes at this time, and Liu Xiu is more interested in relying on Lumen Academy to cultivate his own people, this is already an unstoppable trend, and everyone dare not stop it.

Pang De said fairly: "The princes praised it, the old man just did something that should be done, why worry about it." ”

There was another round of praise from the crowd, all voices of praise.

At this time, Huang Chengyan took the initiative to speak and said with a smile: "The establishment of Lumen Academy is a major event that will benefit the community and the future. In such a prosperous era, the Huang family should celebrate. The Huang family donated 1,000 books to Lumen Academy. ”

Wow!

Suddenly, there was an uproar in the hall.

A thousand books!

That's not a small amount.

In this era, paper was expensive, and most of the books in the collection were not paper, but bamboo slips. However, the number of words carried by bamboo slips is limited after all, and it also occupies too much space. A thousand volumes, that's quite a lot.

A collection of 1,000 books is undoubtedly a big deal.

Everyone looked at Huang Chengyan and admired Huang Chengyan's courage.

Pang Degong smiled and said: "The Huang family master is generous, the old man is very thankful, Lumen Academy will remember the kindness of the Huang family master." ”

Kuai Liang arched his hand and said: "Pang Gong, the establishment of Lumen Academy is a great joy. The Kuai family donated a collection of 1,000 books to contribute to the Lumen students. ”

The Huang family and the Kuai family are families of the same rank, so they are naturally together.

The two families donated 2,000 books.

Pang De said fairly: "The kindness of the head of the Kuai family is remembered by Lumen Academy. "At this time, Kuai Liang was not engaged in Jingzhou, but the head of the Kuai family, who donated in the name of the Kuai family, so Pang Degong's title is also exquisite.

Ma Qi opened his mouth and said: "Pang Gong, Yicheng Ma family, donate 800 books. ”

After receiving an invitation from Pang Degong, Ma Qi came to Xiangyang quickly, and at the same time transported 800 books to Xiangyang as a congratulatory gift from the Ma family.

Today, Ma Qi's two sons, Ma Liang and Ma Yan, both serve under Liu Xiu.

Although the collection of 800 books is valuable, the Ma family can afford it.

Pang Degong bowed again and thanked March.

The heads of the other major families in Jingzhou also put forward their own congratulatory gifts, all of which were collections, or 600 volumes, or 400 volumes, or 300 volumes,......

More or less, they all offered their own congratulatory gifts.

All of them put forward their own congratulatory gifts, but Liu Xiu never spoke.

At first, Liu Xiu didn't speak, and everyone didn't have any opinions.

However, everyone in the hall put forward their congratulatory gifts, but Liu Xiu never spoke, which attracted everyone's attention.

Could it be that Liu Xiu did anything?

Pang Degong didn't care about Liu Xiu, because he knew, and he roughly estimated through the donated books just now, and the donated collection of books had exceeded 6,000 volumes, which was already a considerable amount of books.

Pang De said: "The old man founded Lumen Academy, and it is really fortunate to be able to get the strong support of the princes, thank you to the princes." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately humbled themselves.

Liu Xiu smiled and said slowly: "Teacher, before the establishment of Lumen Academy, I once said that I would vigorously support Lumen Academy and give the state pastoral mansion a collection of books. Today, I have fulfilled my promise. ”

Pang Degong was happy in his heart, he knew the situation, but asked, "How many books does Liu Jingzhou plan to donate?"

When everyone heard this, their eyes also looked at Liu Xiu.

At this moment, everyone was weighing, evaluating, and they all wanted to know how many books Liu Xiu would be able to donate? After all, the largest donation at present was the 1,000 books of the Kuai family and the Huang family.

Liu Xiu saw everyone's expressions and naturally understood.

This time, the heads of the major families in Jingzhou were bound to be shocked.

Liu Xiu said: "The establishment of Lumen Academy is not only a grand event in Xiangyang, but also a grand event in Jingzhou. Such a thing is beneficial to the country and the people, even if it is a donation of more books, it cannot express the respect in the heart of the official. However, the book collection always has to be donated. On behalf of the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, this official donated 30,000 books!"

"Ahh

A burst of exclamations rang out in the hall.

30,000 volumes!

That's not a small amount.

If it is a bamboo slip, 30,000 books are definitely hundreds of thousands of catties or more, and the room that needs to be used for special placement is not something that one or two houses can solve.

Everyone looked at Liu Xiu, feeling incredible, and even disbelieving.

Because, this number is too large.

Shang Yu took a deep breath, suppressed the surprise in his heart, and asked: "Liu Jingzhou, 30,000 books is not a small amount, this is not something that can be completed by talking. And there is a question below, does the state pastoral government have a collection of 30,000 books?"

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