After four years of development, Xuehaitang has grown to a considerable scale, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going to Wenlan Academy to study every day. Seeing the large number of students in Xuehaitang, Ruan Yuan chose the prestigious one among the Guangdong scholars.

Wu Lanxiu and Lin Botong entrusted them to manage the affairs of Xuehaitang. On this day, Ruan Yuan also came to Xuehaitang in person to watch the students' writings. Wu Lin also introduced more than ten outstanding people in Xuehaitang to Ruan Yuan.

Recommended for Ruan Yuan to study.

"President Ruan, this is Chen Li, an old friend of the student. He is now a Tongsheng, so the students recommended him to Xuehaitang. Here are his poems and essays. I would like to ask the President to read them." Wu Lin and Wu Lin

After introducing the first few students, Tan Ying on the side also walked out with another teenager, and introduced to Ruan Yuan. Ruan Yuan looked at the article written by Chen Li and nodded repeatedly.

"Tongsheng Chen Li, how old are you this year?" Ruan Yuan asked when he saw that Chen Li was still young.

"Back to the general system, the student is fourteen years old this year." The student named Chen Li replied, but his words were quite mature, unlike the first time he met Ruan Yuan.

"Okay, that's right. In my opinion, you have already made some achievements in poetry and prose. Although you are young, I can promise you that you will study in my academy." Ruan Yuan also expressed his approval to Chen Li.

, and said: "Of course, your future path may be to be an official or to study, I should not force this on you. You can also concentrate on studying for a few years, and then you will have your own ideas, and then make a decision."

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"Thank you, Mr. Ruan, for your guidance!" Chen Li was very excited when he saw that Ruan Yuan not only agreed with him entering the Xuehai Hall, but also asked him to be lenient without any harsh words, and he immediately thanked Ruan Yuan.

"But having said that, you have a lot of students now. You have accumulated a lot of poetry and prose exercises in four years, right?" Ruan Yuan saw that most of these students were calm and they were reliable juniors. He felt relieved and asked

Wu Lanxiu and Lin Botong asked: "So I have an idea. When I was at the Exegesis Jingshe, I compiled the students' articles and poems into a book. It was called "The Exegesis Jingshe Collected Works" at the time. You can also try this method.

, you two, during this time, help me sort out their poems and select some that are pretty good, and we will also compile a "Xuehaitang Collection", how about it?"

"It's so good, it's so good!" Wu Lanxiu and Lin Botong didn't seem to have any objections.

"General system, the students still have a problem." At this time, it was Tan Ying who added to Ruan Yuan: "General system, now there are hundreds of scholars from Guangdong and Guangxi who have heard the name of Xuehaitang and come to learn, but we are now

It is becoming more and more inconvenient that I can only study and teach in Wenlan Academy. Last year, I heard from Mr. Qi who came to take the exam that the president also wanted to choose another place to rebuild a real Xuehaitang Academy. I don’t know.

Is the general system now in place?"

"Haha, I'm still thinking about this matter." Ruan Yuan also nodded to Tan Ying and said: "But don't worry, I have prepared the funds to at least build an academy for you. This money is now coming from the Guangdong vassal treasury.

Affordable. But now there are two things I haven’t decided on. One is the funding after the academy is completed, which I don’t have to worry about. The other is the site selection. I now have several alternative locations, but

I looked at it, but they all have their own shortcomings. I will tell you today that if we work together, there may be a better way. I can think of two places now, the former Ming Nanyuan site and Haichuang Temple. There is open space there.

, but there is too little open space in the South Park, which is obviously not enough for you to use, and Haizhuang Temple is too far away, so it always feels a bit worse. If you find a suitable place, please let me know as soon as possible, so that we can start construction as soon as possible.

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"Students obey!" Tan Ying was naturally very happy to hear that Ruan Yuan had not yet found a suitable location to build a school, but the funds were not a problem.

"President Ruan, Mr. Fang from your team has just arrived. He said he has something to ask you. Do you want to see him?" However, at this time, a student suddenly walked into the hall outside the door.

, reported to Ruan Yuanhui. Ruan Yuan also knew that the Mr. Fang he was talking about was probably Fang Dongshu, who had previously taken the initiative to write an anti-smoking statement for him.

"Okay, you are doing well in your work. You should also pay more attention to the collection of essays and the construction of the school later. You can go back first." Ruan Yuan seemed to want to see Fang Dongshu, so he asked everyone in Xuehaitang

He left first. Soon, Fang Dongshu was led by the student to the study room where Ruan Yuan was. When Ruan Yuan saw Fang Dongshu, he smiled at him and said: "Zhizhi, look, this student

There are already a lot of students in Haitang! Now they also need to learn from their teachers and give lectures for them. I thought, you have always been good at learning, so... I would like to invite you to come to Xuehaitang and give them some questions to make it easier for them to study.

What do you think about entering school?"

"Well... I'm willing to give it a try. But I came here today for something else. I want to ask Mr. Ruan Zhi. Mr. Ruan, do you know that there is another person in your plot named Jiang Fan. This person is the

I have written a book "The Inheritance of Sinology Teachers in the Imperial Dynasty". I heard that there is also a preface to the production, right?" Fang Dongshu readily agreed to whether he was willing to give lectures in Xuehaitang and to propose questions for school students, but in his opinion

Come on, it seems that Jiang Fan's new book is much more important than Xuehaitang.

"This... is indeed good. I wrote a preface for him, but... you came to see me today just to ask me whether Zheng Tang wrote this book?" Ruan Yuan listened to Fang Dongshu.

He said, but he didn't feel confused, and said: "If you also want to read it, I have another one here, so I can lend it to you first, how about it?"

"Thank you very much, President Ruan. Since it is true that Jiang Fan wrote the book, I would like to ask the President to agree to the next request today." Fang Dongshu suddenly said to Ruan Yuan: "Please, President Ruan, reprint this book.

And delete all the words in Jiang Fan’s first chapter to put things in perspective!”

"Zhizhi, what do you mean?" Ruan Yuan listened to Fang Dongshu's rather unreasonable request, but he was confused for a moment and asked: "What are the words in Zheng Tang's volume... What do you think are they?"

What's wrong? I've also read his preface. There's a lot of content, so I can't delete it all, right?"

"General system, I still remember this sentence, but in my opinion, this sentence is just confusing right and wrong!" In the early Song Dynasty, it inherited the shortcomings of the Tang Dynasty, and talked about nonsense and messed up the scriptures, which was not holy.

, regardless of the origin of rituals and music, focusing only on the purpose of life and life, sparing books with meanings, shelving them in high cabinets, and treating them like dross. Confucian classics is worse than the simple talk of the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties, and then worse than the Taoism of the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties. The general system should also be clear.

The Tao of Confucius and Mencius has been dormant for thousands of years since Mencius. It was Zhu Zi who combined Lian, Luo, Guan, and Fujian with great achievements, and finally became today's learning. The meaning of the saints has just reappeared in the world. However, Jiang Fan does not distinguish between right and wrong, and regards Taoism as a bad thing.

Lian Luo, Guan and Min are dregs. Doesn’t this mean that Zhu Xi’s Neo-Confucianism is wrong? How can Zongzhi publish such nonsense for him? Zongzhi studies both Han and Song dynasties, and should be inclusive of both.

, if we want to be compatible, we cannot allow such non-sage and lawless words. Please think twice, accept the suggestions below, and delete such absurd and unreasonable words!" (Note: What Jiang Fang and the two said here are embarrassing!

Luo Guan Min refers to five people from four places in the Song Dynasty who were famous for Neo-Confucianism. Lian refers to Zhou Dunyi, who was named Lianxi. Luo refers to Cheng Yi. Cheng Hao brothers are famous because they were born in Henan. Guan refers to Zhang Zai, a famous scholar in Guanzhong.

Fujian was the last master of Fujian Zhu Xi. During the Qing Dynasty, many people believed that Song Dynasty Studies was a collection of the academic theories of the five people. Therefore, "Song Studies" or "Cheng Zhu" were often no longer used to refer to Neo-Confucianism in general, but the two Song Dynasties and Five Dynasties

Man, to show perfection.)

"Zhizhi, what you want to say is this..." Ruan Yuan pondered for a long time, thinking that Fang Dongshu and Jiang Fan didn't seem to have any other issues. It seemed that it was just a dispute between different schools, and he only needed to explain it to the two of them.

This compromise method was enough to resolve the dispute between the two, so he immediately said to Fang Dongshu: "Zhizhi, actually you don't know something. The words at the beginning of Zheng Tang's volume were written by him when he was middle-aged. Now Zheng

Zheng Tang is almost sixty, and his temperament is not as fierce as before. How about I ask him too? It just so happens that Zheng Tang also told me before that he should also list the people who are proficient in Song studies in the country as a book.

Look at the origin of the Song Dynasty. Since he has this idea, why should you have trouble with him? Just wait for him to write down the Song Dynasty and you will understand it. How about it? "

"Well...thank you, Mr. Ruan, but...if Jiang Fan writes the book on Song studies, I...I think there will always be bias?" Fang Dongshu seemed uneasy about Jiang Fan.

"What's the point? I also told Zheng Tang that the principles of Song Dynasty should be recognized, and I will not easily deny it. After the book is compiled, I will also show it to you, and then we will evaluate it together. This should be

Wouldn't it be more fair?" Ruan Yuan didn't care about Jiang Fan's book writing.

"Then there will be a labor system." Fang Dongshu saw that Ruan Yuan's attitude was still lenient, so he felt relieved and said goodbye to Ruan Yuan.

But at this time, Ruan Yuan did underestimate Fang Dongshu, a seemingly familiar staff member.

Spring turned to summer, and it was already the end of May. It happened to be Kong Luhua's forty-seventh birthday, but this day was very different from ordinary birthdays. Because Ruan Yuan often went out for military parades, Ruan Yuan had been celebrating Kong Luhua's birthdays several times before.

He could not be with her, but on this day Ruan Yuan unexpectedly expressed that he wanted to take Kong Luhua to a place unknown to her to celebrate her birthday. Kong Luhua looked curious, thinking that maybe Ruan Yuan also prevented student staff from using her birthday as a gift

She agreed to give Ruan Yuan a gift. Early that morning, the two of them got off the sedan and headed all the way to the west of the city. The place where they got off the sedan was actually surrounded by green trees and clear lake water. Ruan Yuan also prepared a small boat for her.

, the two of them immediately boarded the boat to play. In addition to the green shade, there were hundreds of lychee trees in the lake. At this time, they were also full of huge lychees. Even when the two of them looked at both sides of the boat on the cruise ship, they could see that

I felt that the sky was covered with lychees, it was a scene of a good harvest.

"Master, you have been showing me around for half a day today. The scenery here is really beautiful. But... I don't know the name of this lake yet." Kong Luhua looked at the lake and the surrounding green leaves.

Feeling happy, he immediately asked Ruan Yuan.

"Here, there is not only one lake here. Madam, maybe you haven't noticed, but this is actually a lychee garden?" Ruan Yuan also smiled at Kong Luhua and said, "There are a lot of lychees planted here, so it is generally called Lychee Bay, but Guangzhou people are very fond of it.

This garden also has another name, Tangli Garden. According to legend, during the Xiantong period of the Tang Dynasty, Sikong Zhengcong came to serve as the Lingnan Festival Envoy, and he gathered scribes here. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the Southern Han Dynasty, this place was even more prosperous. Although it is outside the city now,

It was also changed into a lychee garden, but I read a lot of old classics. How could I not be aware of this ancient wonderful place? People today often don’t know the allusions to the old Tang Dynasty and the Ten Kingdoms here. They only know that there are a lot of lychees in it, but at its root
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