Ming Dynasty: Huddle in Beiping Dangzhi County Text Volume Chapter 169 Joy of the AcademyLatest website:......
"Reporting to Your Highness, I am a member of the Teng family in Changde Mansion."
"Your Highness, I am a member of the Yang family of Baoqing Mansion."
"Your Highness, I am a member of the Zhang family of Jinhua Mansion..."
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"Your Highness, don't listen to their nonsense."
Suddenly, a sarcastic voice came from outside the crowd.
"Huh?"
Zhu Di's expression condensed, and he looked out the door. Several men with sinewy faces and muscular bodies squeezed in, and they seemed to give Zhu Di an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
Seeing these people, the stewards who had spoken earlier could not help but stare angrily, their faces dark.
"Who are you?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, this villain is Guo Peng, the steward of Wudinghou Mansion."
"Your Highness, this villain is Zhao Er, the steward of Duke Xin's mansion."
"Your Highness, I am the steward of Duke Ying's mansion..."
"..."
A smile suddenly appeared on Zhu Di's face. These nobles were all members of his own family, "Marquis Wu Ding and Duke Xin are all military generals. Why do they need reading glasses?"
"Your Highness, our princes say that the objects made by Your Highness must be good ones. They are old and they should ask for a share."
Guo Peng and Zhao Er quickly said.
"Yeah."
Zhu Di nodded slightly and asked, "Why do you say these thieves are lying to us?"
Guo Peng said quickly: "Your Highness, these are all the people who came out of the capital together with the villain and others. Their masters are all officials of the capital. Have the villain and others even met some of them?"<
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"How dare you deceive me?"
Zhu Di's face immediately darkened, and he stared closely at the group of stewards in front of him.
"Your Highness Ming Jian, the villain and others really did not lie to Your Highness. The villain's master is really from the Teng family of Changde Mansion."
"Yes, Your Highness Mingjian, the little master is really a member of the Yang family of Baoqing Mansion..."
"..."
Zhu Di smiled coldly, "There is only one person who was born in the Yang family of Baoqing Mansion and is still an official in the capital..."
As he said that, Zhu Di looked at the people in front of him who had bad expressions with a mocking look on his face, "Tsk... Damn it, a group of people who hide their heads and show their tails, still claim to be gentlemen all day long, and help His Majesty govern the world. They are really slipping the world."
What a shame..."
After saying that, Zhu Di turned around and walked in.
There was only a group of stewards left behind who dared to be angry but dared not speak out, and whose faces were red from holding back.
Returning to the palace, Guo An put his hands on his hands and chuckled, "Your Highness, this plan is very clever."
Zhu Di was startled, "What's our plan?"
Guo Andao: "Originally, His Highness built an academy on a large scale in Beiping Prefecture, and was suspected of wooing northern scholars, which would make people fearful.
However, now in front of everyone, I severely scolded all the ministers in the capital.
In this way, the civil servants and scholars in the south will not want to see His Highness, and His Highness will not be feared by others."
Zhu Di's face condensed, "We are just building an academy, how can we be worthy of being feared?"
Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, there will be great scholars in the academy, and in the future there will be thousands of civil servants and scholars who will receive your favor..."
Zhu Di smiled casually, then stared at Guo An and said solemnly: "Guo Qing, you are worrying too much. Not to mention one academy, even ten academies, my father and brother will not be suspicious of us.
And we will never have any thoughts that we shouldn’t have, and Guo Qing must not have any thoughts that we shouldn’t have..."
Guo An quickly smiled and said: "Your Highness, I will devote my energy to craftsmanship in this life..."
“Very good!”
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction.
Two days later.
All the visitors from the capital also left.
In the main halls of Prince Yan's Mansion, there are nearly ten thousand more classics of various types.
In the following days, another carriage arrived from Shunde Prefecture, carrying tens of thousands of books.
Zhu Di couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
And Guo An couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
These books are proof that some northern scholars and even great Confucians support the academy.
……
Time flies.
Books in the main hall of Prince Yan's Mansion have been piled up all over the three main halls.
Five miles southwest of Beiping Mansion, a large-scale academy is slowly being built.
At the same time, more and more scholars are coming to Beiping Mansion.
After seeing the gradually growing academy, everyone's faces were filled with joy, and they wrote furiously to inform all the teachers and friends.
Following this, some great scholars also gradually came to Beiping Mansion.
Naturally, as a descendant of Taishi Guo and the chief historian of Prince Yan's palace, Guo An was responsible for receiving these great Confucian scholars and country sages.
As soon as these great scholars and country sages gathered together, they began to examine various aspects of the academy, especially Guo An.
"Guo boy, I wonder what the purpose of His Highness King Yan was to establish the academy?"
Guo Anggong replied respectfully: "His Royal Highness the King of Yan has no other thoughts. He only wants to enrich the people and strengthen the country, so that all the people in the Beiping Mansion can be literate, so that all the people can be freed from ignorance..."
"Then what is His Highness King Yan going to do?"
"First let all the children of the common people in Beiping Prefecture be enlightened, and then let these children in Beiping Prefecture complete primary education."
"Elementary education?"
It was the first time for all the great scholars to hear this word, and they couldn't help but look curious.
"Returning to the elders, Ning Yi believes that the so-called primary education is to allow all people to be literate, to be able to learn the most basic arithmetic, and to read their favorite books at will, and will never be tricked again.
..."
"How is this possible?"
All the great scholars could not help but widen their eyes with disbelief on their faces.