Chapter 53: Imperial College Enrollment
There is no banquet that will never end. Although Li Hao's meal is delicious and wine is delicious, it will eventually end up.
When the mat was over, the rain just stopped and it was getting late. Li Hao sent all the big guys to the gate of the yard and bowed and said goodbye one by one.
Seeing the backs of these old guys leaving, Li Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief. He felt more tired than marching and fighting. He was just drunk and his head was dizzy. He was too lazy to wash when he returned to the room, so he fell directly on the bed and went to bed.
When he woke up the next day, it was almost noon. He got up to wash, eat, and then began to arrange his work today. Today's work is very simple. He taught Lai Si to make toothpaste, toothbrush and soap, and Chen Sanpi to make perfume. As for Zhang Yu, he was not free and was busy with the chicken fork bone business all day.
In fact, although the production process of toothpaste, toothbrush, soap and perfume is complicated, it is not very difficult to operate. Chen Sanpi and Lai Si are also quite smart. They have been learning for several days before, but they have not mastered the tricks yet. Today, after Li Hao’s guidance on some mistakes, they have completely mastered the key points.
Seeing that it was still a few hours before dark, Li Hao walked around the yard. Although the antique yard was beautiful, he felt it was inconvenient to live in. How could he say it was not humane enough. After all, he came from the future world and still liked the houses in the future world.
He thought about it carefully and decided to rebuild a house and build a mixed-style courtyard, which was both antique and pleasant. Anyway, he was not short of money now, so he went back to his room to take out his pencil and began to design the drawings.
He is a student of art specialty. His major in university is architectural design. Although his professional courses are very bad, he is still a little skilled after all. In addition, he designed a house for himself this time, so he naturally puts great care.
After working for three days, Li Hao finally drew the drawings. This time, the reconstruction only changed the middle courtyard, and there was no change in the front yard and the back yard, so the entire yard still looked the same from the outside.
The biggest change this time is the underground secret room. Yes, Li Hao plans to build an underground secret room. It is not that simple, because you must hide it from everyone's eyes and ears, including craftsmen, otherwise how can it be called a secret room? Li Hao decided to use the method of replacing multiple batches of craftsmen to solve this problem.
The method is very simple, which is to divide a huge underground secret room into five or six small secret rooms. Each time a small secret room is built, a group of craftsmen will be replaced. After all, the walls between these secret rooms are opened and connected together. This is a large underground secret room. After the underground secret room is built, craftsmen will be invited to build a house on it, so that the gods will be unaware of it.
Li Hao's secret room was built this time, comparable to an underground palace, covering an area of five acres, while the houses on the surface only cover two acres.
Li Hao asked Du Hong to invite forty or fifty craftsmen to demolish all the houses that needed to be renovated, and then dig the soil to build a basement. Li Hao told the craftsmen that he wanted to build an ice cellar and a cellar. This excuse was fine and fooled the craftsmen perfectly.
A few days later, Changsun Wuji's factory was ready. Chen Sanpi and Lai Si took technicians to start guiding production, while Li Hao was in a low mood because he was going to go to the Imperial College for school.
Du Hong had been waiting for Li Hao to go to the Imperial College for a long time. He was very excited because he thought it was an honor to enter the Imperial College. There were many scholars in the Tang Dynasty, but how many could they enter the Imperial College? Li Hao was appointed by the emperor to enter the Imperial College, which was even more of a great honor.
Early that morning, Du Hong sent Li Hao to Chang'an. He was so excited along the way that he seemed to win a grand prize. Li Hao was just the opposite, just like his dead father, and he looked sad.
The Imperial College is located in the west of the Wubenfang, outside Chang'an City, and it occupies half of the yard. The gate is tall and magnificent. You can see three golden characters "Imperial College" with flying dragons and phoenixes dancing.
Li Hao stepped forward to submit his identity post, and the guards guarded at the door asked them to wait for a while, and then went back to report. Not long after, a thin and tall middle-aged man came out to greet him, and introduced himself when he met: "He is the professor of the Imperial College, the head of the Imperial College, Li Fu, and the courtesy name is Zipang."
When Li Hao heard this name, his first reaction was: "What a cool name, Li Fu! Li Bai and Du Fu's name!" Of course, he could not say these words. The professor of the doctoral student who was divided into a university is basically equivalent to a lecturer in professional courses in the future. He would be his teacher in the future. He would leave a good impression on others no matter what he said. He smiled and bowed slightly, and bowed slightly and said, "Hello Mr. Li, boy Li Hao, whose courtesy name is Yuanhao, was first known for his literary works. He was ordered by the emperor to go to the Imperial College to study. He was very worried and hoped that Mr. Li would cultivate more in the future."
Li Fu looked him from top to bottom, smiled, and nodded with satisfaction. "The man from Lantian County who was personally granted by the emperor's imperial edict is indeed a talented person." He said as he spread his hands sideways, and made a gesture of invitation, "If you want to enter the Imperial College, pay homage to Confucius first, please!" After that, he turned around and took the lead in walking towards the Confucius Temple, Li Hao and Du Hong followed closely behind.
As soon as I entered the gate of the Imperial College, I saw the gate of the Confucius Temple. It was an independent courtyard with a heavy door and solemn and solemn appearance. After entering the Confucius Temple, Li Fu asked someone to fry a basin of water to wash Li Hao's face and hands, and then wipe it clean before entering the Confucius Temple Hall.
There is a copper sculpture of Confucius more than three meters high in the hall. Confucius' hands are stacked on his chest, with his face peaceful and lifelike, as if he is describing Confucian sacred scriptures.
According to Li Fu's instructions, Li Hao bowed to Confucius and burned incense and worshiped him. The etiquette was very complicated. By the time he finished the ceremony, the incense was almost burned away.
After worshiping Confucius, Li Fu took Li Hao to go through the admission procedures and then arranged a residence. After all, Li Hao's home is in Lantian, which is a bit far from Chang'an. In order to facilitate his schooling, it is necessary to arrange a dormitory.
After everything was finished, Li Fu arranged the class to tell Li Hao and left. Li Hao looked up at the sky. It was almost evening, so he quickly sent Du Hong home, but he couldn't go back because there was a class early the next morning.
As soon as Du Hong was sent away, someone came to deliver food to Li Hao, and it was a meal for two people. The other one was naturally prepared for Du Hong. Du Hong had left, so Li Hao was cheaper. It just so happened that he didn't have lunch today, and he was so hungry that he looked like stars.
I ate very full on the first day of the Imperial College and slept well on the first night of the Imperial College, so that he overslept. He was absent from the "Book of Zhou" class the next morning.
It is very coincidental that this class was taught by Kong Yingda, the priest of the Imperial College. What is the concept of priest of the Imperial College? It is the principal of the Imperial College, and he is a third-rank official. Kong Yingda is the 31st generation grandson of Confucius and a great scholar of the times. Even Li Shimin was respectful of him. In history, Kong Yingda also compiled the "Justice of Wu Jing" and excluded the views of the masters in the classics. He chose the best among the many studies and selected them to prepare for expo.
It ended all kinds of disputes since the Western Han Dynasty; it was because he abandoned the regional prejudice between Southern and Northern Chinese, integrated the North and South, and preserved all the achievements of the Confucianism since the Western Han Dynasty, so that the previous teachers' theory would not be destroyed and later scholars would become aware of it. It was also because his "Justice of the Five Classics" was issued as a standard interpretation of Confucianism by the Tang Dynasty, thus completing the evolution process from dispute to unification in the history of Confucianism. He was a great scholar who had the merit of summarizing and unifying Chinese Confucianism.
Yesterday, when Kong Yingda heard that Li Hao had already come to the Imperial College, he was very excited, so in the first class today, he insisted on teaching himself in person, so that he could meet the young heroes of the Tang Dynasty. If it was really a piece of uncensored jade, he planned to carve it into a great scholar.
However, the ending was a bit different from the imagination. Li Hao overslept in the dormitory and didn't go to class at all. Kong Yingda was very confused at first. Halfway through class, he secretly ran to the back hall to find Li Fu and asked, "Zi Pang, has Li Hao really come to the Imperial College?"
Li Fu nodded blankly: "Here you come, I arrived yesterday afternoon, and the student has arranged everything he has done."
Kong Yingda asked in confusion: "Then why did he listen to learning today?"
"Ah?" Li Fu glared at him and screamed in surprise, "Has he not come?"
Kong Yingda was very unhappy and frowned and said, "Do you think I am so old and stupid? Can't you even understand if you come to listen to the school?"
Li Fu hurriedly apologized: "Sir, forgive me, the student will go check it out now and I will give you a reply." After that, he turned around and left in a hurry.
Kong Yingda snorted heavily, shook her sleeves and returned to the classroom to continue teaching.
Li Hao was sleeping soundly in the dormitory, but suddenly he was awakened by a "bang bang" sound. He sat up from the bed and rubbed his eyes. He found that someone was knocking on the door. Li Fu's cry came from outside the door: "Li Yuanhao, Li Yuanhao, are you here..."
Li Hao was quarreled and was full of anger. He was not wearing any clothes. He jumped out of bed and ran over to open the door, then pointed at Li Fu and shouted: "Mr. Li, as a scholar, do you don't even understand the etiquette of visiting people?"
Li Fu was stunned when he heard this, and then he realized that he was really angry. A student pointed at his nose and taught him a lesson. He was so embarrassed that he coughed and changed the topic: "Li Yuanhao, why don't you go to morning class today?"
Li Hao yawned and said indifferently: "No one asked me to get up again, I overslept." After that, he returned to the bed and started dressing.
Li Fu was angry when he heard this, followed in and said anxiously: "You... this excuse, alas, do you know who is teaching today?"
Li Hao asked while putting on his clothes, "Who is it?" His hands didn't stop for a moment.
Seeing that he was still afraid, Li Fu said furiously: "It's Lord Kong Chongyuan, the Imperial College Priest!
"Kong Chongyuan?" Li Hao rolled his eyes. He couldn't think of any Kong Chongyuan, but he felt that he could not reveal his ignorance, so he pretended to be clear and nodded, "Oh, Lord Kong."
Seeing that he was still as if nothing had happened, Li Fu was almost collapsed. He had already begun to think about how he should go back and reply to Kong Yingda.
As soon as Li Hao finished putting on his clothes, a thought suddenly popped up in his mind, "Kong Chongyuan? Could it be Kong Yingda?"
Although he remembered the history of the Tang Dynasty, when he saw Kong Yingda's history, he read it roughly and skipped it directly because he felt that Kong Yingda was too pedantic, and his only achievement in his life was the "Justice of Five Classics". However, what is the use of "Justice of Five Classics"? Li Hao felt that it was useless. The only purpose was to make it more convenient for later generations to study Confucianism and classics.
Although Li Hao did not know how to govern the country, as a future man, he still had a clear understanding of ancient society. Confucianism's theory was excellent in moral education and educating people, and it was also good to use it to inherit ritual civilization. But if he wanted to govern the country, he would not agree. However, in history, countless corrupt scholars believed that Confucianism's theory was the essence of governing the country. If it was separated, the country would perish. Kong Yingda was one of the best. According to historical records, the Tang Dynasty was attacked by foreign countries several times. Li Shimin always wanted to send troops to teach the barbarians a lesson, but they were all opposed by Kong Yingda.
Not only did he object, but he also brought a group of corrupt scholars to oppose it. The reason is very simple. My Tang Dynasty is a vast country of heaven, a country of etiquette, and a civilization that has been passed down for thousands of years. The barbarians in foreign countries do not understand etiquette. We should educate them with etiquette and laws, rather than just fighting and killing them.
Listen, it makes sense, and it is like what a saint should say. Sometimes Li Hao wonders, if he slaps Kong Yingda one day, will he slap himself or use Confucianism to educate himself?
Li Hao immediately frowned and asked Li Fu: "Is Master Kong Yingda Master?"
Chapter completed!