It rained lightly in Kyoto for seven or eight days in a row, always taking advantage of the afternoon, when the sky was just about to become clear, a very low cloud would press the branches and float over, and then there would be three or two points of light fog that would fade into fog a little thinner, which was painless and quiet, and it was the pervasive moisture for a while, even if it was hidden under the umbrella, the clothes were penetrated by this moisture, and it made people feel sad when they stuck to the body.

In the past few days of rain, a courtyard has been erected two or three miles outside the city of Kyoto, and the yard has a boundary of three to five acres, and two rows of thatched houses have been erected.

Xiao Qi's injuries have been healed, and after hearing that the master is going to run a college, he has nothing to spare in the past few days, so he rolled up a booklet and handed it to Li Chen on this day, "Your Highness, these are all students from nearby towns and villages, a total of four hundred and thirty-three people, with a clean family background, but they are suffering from poverty and can't get in touch with more classics, among which this one is called Guan Yi, I heard that he has a talent that he will never forget." ”

Li Chen flipped through it roughly, and saw that the names and births of these students were marked on it, and Xiao Qi was always thoughtful in doing things.

"Then let's do it, the name of the academy will be tentatively named Hanshan Academy." Li Chen said.

Xiao Qi turned around to leave, thought about it and then turned back and asked, "Your Highness, if these people enter the academy, they can be regarded as half of your protégés, which is an excellent thing, but why did you place them in such a dilapidated place?" It is inevitable to criticize it, the dignified son has set up such a academy, is this not looking down on the children of the poor family? ”

Li Chen said with a smile: "The academy was cultivated like this to distinguish them from the family, it is enough for the academy to open many classics, if they see that these people even eat, live, and travel like them, this academy may not be able to open this year's imperial examination." ”

Xiao Qi thought about it for a while and understood what His Highness meant, "Your Highness's mind is really beyond my reach." ”

Li Chen scolded Xiao Qi with a smile and didn't know who he learned this sycophant kung fu with, Xiao Qi laughed and went out, following Li Chen since he was a child, seeing the original child grow step by step to the present, the satisfaction and pride in it are not experienced by ordinary relatives and friends.

A few days later, there were more and more students in the academy, and the teaching of various disciplines was also invited by Xiao Qi at a great price, and the academy was in full swing.

Around noon.

Bowls of noodle soup were taken away by these poor students, and these young people did not forget to talk about today's newly read classics, newly written articles, or poems that they had acquired by their clever hands.

Xiao Qi and Li Chen looked at this scene with a smile, Xiao Qi said: "I don't know why, looking at them, I remembered that I had just entered Kyoto with His Highness, and His Highness was also very excited to go around every day. ”

As he spoke, he was a little emotional for a while, Li Chen patted Xiao Qi's shoulder and said, "You are only over a hundred years old, and you have never seen much of the world in the demon clan before, and you are still a young man when you talk about it, why are you acting like this now." ”

Xiao Qi shook his head and said: "I just sigh that the sun and moon in this world are changing, generation after generation, whether it is the demon clan or the human race holy dynasty, it will all be these young people." ”

Of course, Li Chen understood what Xiao Qi meant, he wanted to say that the scene in front of him was just like the holy pilgrimage of the teenagers tomorrow.

After six or seven days of quiet days, some people from the family came to the academy to take a look, saw the simplicity of the courtyard, laughed a few times and turned away, and after leaving the academy, they told others about the situation as a joke, and gave a rabble evaluation of the grass platform team.

After Li Tang found out, he called Li Chen into the palace to ask about it, and Li Chen only said that His Majesty would wait for the results of the imperial examination with peace of mind.

On this day, Li Chen left the mansion and had just arrived at the academy, but he saw several students arguing very much outside the dean's door.

It turned out that someone didn't know who they had heard, saying that the opening of Hanshan Academy was originally explained by the emperor to the Nine Emperors, and a large sum of money was allocated to him, but the Nine Emperors have now built such a shabby dilapidated ground, and it is difficult to guarantee that someone is holding the money and food of the imperial court and filling his own pocket with the benevolence of the saint, "This is a bully!" ”

"Since His Royal Highness the Ninth wants us to regard ourselves as protégés of Hanshan Academy, but we refuse to even give us good food, and we will enter the court in the future, how can we be willing to serve you?"

Li Chen didn't say anything when he heard their angry scolding, but just looked at another group of scattered dozen people not far away, and asked, "Do you think so too?" ”

Those people shook their heads, the first student among them was named Guan Xuan, Li Chen had some impressions, Xiao Qi once said that he had a talent that he never forget. Guan Yi was a little inclined to speak at this time, but finally pressed it down.

Only then did Li Chen say to the hundreds of students who were making trouble: "You can go." ”

Even Xiao Qi didn't expect this sentence, and looked at him in surprise, almost everyone participated in today's riot, if these people left, there would be less than twenty people left in the entire academy, and the academy would teach almost more than the students.

The students who were still clamoring for trouble just now didn't expect this to be the result, they originally thought that the law would not blame the public, even if they really provoked the dissatisfaction of this Ninth Highness, they would not get any punishment.

Li Chen said calmly and calmly: "You may have thought of one thing wrong, I opened the academy, never asked you to enroll, let alone ask you to go to the court to do things for me, as for whether you have received funding from the imperial court, it has nothing to do with you." ”

Those students wanted to say something more, but Xiao Qi knew that Li Chen had made up his mind, and beckoned the guards in the courtyard to drive the students out.

When the academy returned to quiet, Li Chen looked around at the remaining dozen people, and said: "One thing I hope you understand first, today's Hanshan Academy is by no means to let you enter the academy as young masters, and it is impossible to have the same environment as the children of the family.

I don't say this to humiliate you, I just want to tell you that what Hanshan Academy is going to do today is not to let you have all kinds of appetites anytime and anywhere like the children of the family, and there are no elegant and beautiful people who sing songs every night, the only thing that can make you the same as the children of the family is that Hanshan Academy has tens of millions of classics, which can be read at will, even if some classics are missing in the academy, as long as you bring them up, I will find a way to find them for you.

Next, I want to tell you that being born poor is not lowly, you can't be cheap in bad clothes, and you can't weaken your ambition in shabby clothes, this is the truth we should understand. The wild history of the world has already broken the chivalry of the rivers and lakes, even if you can't eat enough every day, you must have the chivalrous spirit of righteousness, and we, as poor students, should also understand that if you want to achieve great things, you need to experience the truth of pain first.

Finally, I built Hanshan Academy today, and I never hope that you will become my vassals or help in the future, if one day I really find you because of these mundane things, I only hope that you will not be polite, and you can sweep me away.

However, there are still thousands of poor people in this world who are like you who are not capable of reading many classics, and I only hope that you will become officials in the future, and you must not forget to pave a step for them. ”

After saying this, Guan Yi suddenly fell to the ground and said ashamedly to Li Chen: "Your Highness, people from the family have come to me these days, promising a heavy reward, and let me make trouble with them in the academy. ”

The other twelve also fell on their knees and confessed the incident.

Li Chen looked over, "Then why didn't you go with them?" ”

Guan Yi said: "Although my family is poor, I also know the truth that I can't take revenge. ”

Li Chen asked again: "Don't you think the academy is shabby?" ”

Guan Yi said: "Although the academy is simple, the classics are true, and I am not related to His Royal Highness, it is very rare to be able to give me such a place to sleep with the fragrance of books at any time, how dare I ask for more?" ”

Li Chen looked at Guan Xuan, and somehow, he felt that this young man coincided with another figure.

On this day, His Royal Highness Li Chen pointed at Guan Yi and said to everyone: "This is the nature of a gentleman. ”