Chapter Fifty-Eight: What Does King Yue Want to Do?
Zhao Guangyuan came back from Huangzhuang, and he was not in a hurry to present the results of the inspection.
Anyway, his good father didn't say when the results would be submitted. gave it too quickly, and thought he was careless and perfunctory. The easier it is to get something, the less people are interested. Let's wait a few more days.
The next day, I still went to Huangzhuang to inspect the land, and when I came back at noon, I didn't go back to the palace, and I took my entourage to find the best restaurant and restaurant in the East and West City to eat, and I changed different restaurants every day.
After eating, he didn't go back to his home or go to the Si Nongsi, and went straight to his own library.
It is said that this is the first time Zhao Guangyuan has come to the library.
I only heard Jiang Wentao say how big it is, how good it is, and how many people are waiting to enter the door every day. I haven't seen it with my own eyes.
After dinner that day, I finally went to the library. I saw a long queue at the door, and there were rows of stools on both sides, which were not enough for people to sit.
Others sat on the floor in twos and threes, or asked for advice, or read quietly in the shadows alone.
I won't leave.
Zhao Guangyuan paused when he saw the people at the door, and asked Jiang Wentao, who was following him, "Isn't it every day to release the number, make an appointment to enter the door, and what are you still doing guarding the door?" ”
Jiang Wentao looked helpless, "If you rush over, you won't leave." I hope that someone inside will leave early if there is something urgent, so that I can fill in the place. ”
Looking up at the five-story library, it seems that it is still small.
I don't know if the shops on both sides are reluctant to give up.
"Lord Wang, let's go in through the back door."
"Not necessarily." Zhao Guangyuan walked towards the queue.
"Jiang Tanhua is here!" There was a commotion in the crowd, and the people sitting on the benches got up one after another.
I was very surprised to see Jiang Wentao, "Jiang Tanhua has been in the future for many days, and I am still looking forward to discussing knowledge with you." "They are all students from the capital and various prefectures and counties who have entered Beijing to take the exam, and they have no access and no connections in Beijing, and they respect Jiang Tanhua, who has no shelf.
The capital is not without people with higher learning, but Jiang Tanhua is not only good at his own knowledge, his Jiang family is a Qingliu family, Jiang Ge Lao has taught the first prince and the princes, Jiang Tanhua is also humble and close to the people, and has never looked down on them.
Give them lectures, introduce them to the great Confucians, teach them the way of the imperial examination, and do all kinds of conveniences for them. Jiang Tanhua won the hearts of the people.
The crowd gathered around, and of course some people recognized that King Yue was coming, and they came to salute one after another.
The first time I saw the king of Yue, the people also followed the salute, although they had not seen the king of Yue, but the capital spread all kinds of legends of the king of Yue, rumors, true or false. The crowd saluted and looked at him secretly.
"No need to be polite." Zhao Guangyuan bowed lightly.
Seeing that although King Yue was not smiling, his attitude was not arrogant, everyone couldn't help but get closer to him again.
Someone said gratefully, "Thank you King Yue for collecting books from all over the country for us, enriching our horizons, increasing our knowledge, and King Yue's righteousness!" ”
"King Yue Gaoyi!"
"Yue Wanggong is in the Thousand Autumns!"
Voices come and go. Even the people who were borrowing books in the library heard that King Yue was coming, and they all ran to the door, saluted King Yue, and praised him.
Zhao Guangyuan couldn't help but feel agitated in his heart.
He was originally on Xia'er's side, and he saw the library there, which was extremely rich and all-encompassing, and he was deeply shocked. Thinking that the family with great background in Daqi is behind closed doors, the private collection has always been covered and not revealed, and the poor students want to read the books, but there is no way, and the knowledge is in the hands of the family.
It's not a good social structure. Zhao Guangyuan has been in modern times for a long time, and he has become more and more identified with the social civilization there.
So while sending people to collect books from all over Daqi, and at the same time copying all kinds of knowledge in modern times, and letting the Jiang family's in-laws help print it, after several years of preparation, it finally has this scale.
The students praised by the king of Chaoyue really learned from the library and benefited a lot.
The library has a rich collection of books, all-encompassing, even the origin of heaven and earth are introduced, and the knowledge of various disciplines is as vast as a sea of smoke, which makes people forget to return.
King Yue collects and protects classics, disseminates culture to students all over the world, opens up the wisdom of the people, and makes a contribution to the future!
Everyone saluted King Yue from the bottom of their hearts, expressing their distress and regret for the injustice he had suffered for ten years.
Zhao Guangyuan saw that everyone's eyes were burning and his heart was warm, so he was not in a hurry to go in, sat down at the door, and talked with everyone. For example, where did you come from, what did you do in Beijing, what kind of books did you like, and what did you gain......
Seeing that King Yue was approachable, everyone got closer. Gossip introduced himself to King Yue.
Zhao Guangyuan saw that a considerable number of people were dressed ordinarily and were students who had entered Beijing from other places to take the exam, so he asked about their family's livelihood. Like ordinary people chatting and greeting, they talk about homely things, ask them what specialties they have over there, what crops are planted in the field, what the harvest is, and so on.
The students from all over the country who came to Beijing to take the exam were stunned.
Is King Yue still interested in hearing this? Do all the princes in the capital like to listen to these, or do the kings of Duyue have peculiar tastes?
A student who came from the state remembered that King Yue was now on an errand in the Agricultural Division, presumably because he wanted to understand the production of various places, the grain in the field, etc., so as to facilitate a better errand.
Then he said respectfully: "We usually grow rice along the state, unlike wheat in the capital and the north. In addition to rice, we also grow all kinds of beans, sesame seeds, wicker, almost everyone will use wicker to weave willow baskets, which can be used at home, and many of them can also be sold on the set to supplement the family. ”
As soon as he heard that he was from Yanzhou, Zhao Guangyuan's eyes lit up, and he was very interested in talking with the other party. "What was the harvest in the field in previous years? Affected by the disaster this year, how are you doing at home? You can get the disaster relief money, and the disaster relief food can be enough to eat......"
The man never thought that the prince was not on a whim, but he really asked these parents seriously, and they were particularly interested in the production of the field, and they also listened and let people record. The man was so moved that he wanted to clean up everything he knew.
Not long after, Zhao Guangyuan recorded a thick book. It's all about the production of the fields in each place.
I don't know what is wrong with King Yue, from that day on, almost every afternoon, I went to the library to find someone to chat, and when I caught someone, I asked the other party about the situation in the field, what crops were planted, and the harvest geometry.
Let a bunch of people staring at him behind him be gone.
King Yue, what is this going to do?
Are you really planning to stay at Sino Agricultural Division for the rest of your life?
It's just that Si Nongqing, Shaoqing, the governor, the director and others are not so meticulous, right? Is this planning to squeeze Si Nongqing away, so that he can become his boss Nongqing?
I can't show it to everyone.
The emperor, the crown prince, the king of Qin and others were pondering the news they had received, analyzing the significance of King Yue's actions.
Two days later, I heard that the king of Yue had converted the gifts he had received into 100,000 taels of silver, which was set up as a special fund in the library for the members of the library. Not only does he spend money to invite Confucians to give lectures every month, but he also takes an exam every month, and sets up scholarships to subsidize poor students.
The crown prince King Qin was wondering if King Yue was planning to start with the world's students in order to gain their support.
Before I could figure it out, I heard about it again, saying that King Yue used half of the palace as collateral and borrowed 300,000 taels of silver from Dongsheng Pawnshop to open a restaurant!