After receiving Chen Xuan's instructions, the young man immediately rushed to the study and picked out more than ten books with great influence, and then brought all the books he usually copied, which totaled more than twenty...
"Father, these are the books I picked out. Do you want me to take a look at them?" The young man came to Chen Xuan with the books and asked.
Chen Xuan flipped through these books. These books are indeed the most influential works today. He nodded and said: "You should find someone to copy them immediately. When the time comes, hand over the originals directly. You will sort out the remaining copies yourself."
"It's father."
The young man immediately found more than ten children from poor families. These children from poor families did not live a satisfactory life in Xiangyang, and they often helped others copy books. Under the instructions of the young man, these people from poor families started writing one by one, and it took less than two hours.
More than ten books have been transcribed, and the errors in the transcription were corrected while comparing them. The young man immediately left the mansion with more than ten original books.
In an official residence in Xiangyang, Yi Ji was sitting leisurely in the official residence, sipping tea, and enjoying himself. This was exactly where the Jingzhou family needed to hand over books, except for the first day when several families came to hand over books.
After handing over the books, the entire mansion was deserted for the past two days, and no one from the aristocratic family came to hand over the books.
Yiji was not surprised at all by the reaction of these aristocratic families. He was born in a poor family and naturally knew that these aristocratic families valued books. At first, he went around asking people to borrow books and received a lot of ridicule. If the Pang family hadn't lent him books in the end, he wouldn't have.
Today’s Yiji.
"Huh?" Yi Ji suddenly turned his head and looked out the door.
Footsteps sounded, and not long after, a guard came in and bowed: "Sir, the Jiangxia Chen family has come to present a book."
"The Chen family?"
Yi Ji's heart moved. Although the Chen clan was low-key in Jingzhou, its influence was not small at all. He naturally knew that. Chen Xuan, the leader of the Chen clan, was also very familiar to him, so he heard that the Chen clan came to offer sacrifices.
The book was just a little surprised and then nodded.
"Let him in."
"promise."
The guard turned and left, and not long after, he came in with a young man. When the young man saw Yi Ji, he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "I have seen you, sir. I came here to present the book on my father's order, and I would like to ask you to read it."
"Is your father Chen Xuan?" Hearing the young man call him husband, Yi Ji knew that the young man was a scholar, and only scholars would call themselves junior when they saw him.
"It's my father." The young man said respectfully.
Yi Ji nodded slightly and motioned to the guard on the side to bring the book in the young man's hand. The guard stepped forward and picked up the book in the young man's hand and placed it in front of Yi Ji.
Yi Ji only glanced through it briefly and nodded with a smile on his face: "Yes, your father is interested. These are the books that are lacking in the academy."
"Thank you sir for the compliment." Seeing that Yi Ji was satisfied, the young man breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing the young man like this, Yi Ji smiled and picked up the pen on the table to write down. After a while, Yi Ji stopped writing and looked at the bamboo slips. When he was sure that there were no mistakes, Yi Ji handed the bamboo slips to the young man: "This is the Chen family.
Please check the books you handed in to see if there are any errors."
"Since the gentleman wrote it himself, how could there be any mistakes?" The young man just looked at it and handed the bamboo slip over again.
"Haha, okay, go back and tell your father, just to reassure him, the Lord has made his own decision in his heart." He was happy to have collected more than ten books at once, and he also had a good impression of the young man's Zhili.
"Thank you sir." The young man looked happy and bowed again before turning and leaving.
After the young man left, Yi Ji wrote another copy on the bamboo slips in his hand and sent it to Liu Qi's house. This was the first family besides the family who had good relations with Liu Qi to donate a letter. Liu Qi should know about it as soon as possible.
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In the study room, Liu Qi was worried about the academy. It seemed easy to build the academy, but it was a bit difficult to actually implement it. Not to mention selecting students, it was extremely difficult to find the teachers. Pang Degong and others
Although he is an extremely suitable candidate, we cannot let Pang Degong and others personally take part in all matters in the academy.
"My lord, another noble family has presented a book." While Liu Qi was deep in thought, Zhuge Liang walked in with a bamboo slip.
"Which aristocratic family is it?" Liu Qi shook his head and put the matter aside for the time being. The book matter was the most important thing at the moment. In the past three days, only a few aristocratic families had handed in the books. If he hadn't already had
I'm afraid the countermeasures really made this matter difficult.
"It's the Chen family from Jiangxia. This Chen family has contributed nearly twenty books, and all of them are excellent." Zhuge Liang looked excited. The more books there are, the more complete the preparations for the academy will be.
It would be better to get back on track as early as possible.
"The Chen family controls the transportation of salt in Jingzhou?" Thinking of Zhuge Liang telling him a few days ago, the Chen family is one of the five most influential families in Jingzhou.
"Exactly, the Chen family is responsible for the transportation of Jingzhou salt." Zhuge Liang nodded and handed the bamboo slips in his hand to Liu Qi.
Taking the bamboo slips and looking at them briefly, Liu Qi exhaled. Even though he didn't understand the books at this time, he still knew the value of these more than ten books.
"The Analects of Confucius", "Shangshu", "Guiguzi", "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Zuo Zhuan"......
"Isn't this more precious than the books of the Pang family and several other families?" Liu Qi was surprised and looked at Zhuge Liang with questions in his eyes.
"Yes, these more than ten books are all must-have books for professors in the academy. The Chen family really has good intentions." Zhuge Liang sighed. He knew the situation of the Chen family, and Liu Biao could tolerate it in the past.
The Chen family alone controls the transshipment of salt in Jingzhou, but now that Liu Qi has succeeded Jingzhou Mu, it is difficult to say whether the Chen family will still be allowed to manage the transshipment of salt.
"I would like to meet the leader of the Chen clan, but I have to wait until this time is over."
Liu Qi murmured that the Chen family might not have wanted to show their feelings to him by doing this, but at this time, the entire Jingzhou family was thinking about how to avoid this, but he turned in the book first. This view alone was not enough.
The heads of ordinary aristocratic families can compare. And he now needs someone who knows how to manage to help him manage Jingzhou's finances. It is okay for a short time to just rely on the taxes handed over by Jingzhou, but over time it will inevitably be difficult to make ends meet.
Condition.
"My lord, except for the Chen family, I am afraid that other aristocratic families will follow the Wang family in handing in some more eccentric books. Will the academy matter have to be postponed for some time?"
The news of the gathering of the Jingzhou family at Jufulou yesterday has spread throughout Xiangyang, and Zhuge Liang and others are also aware of this matter.
"It doesn't matter, I never thought of using the books they submitted, but the more idiosyncratic the books they submit, the more they will enrich the academy's collection. It is better for a hundred schools of thought to contend than for one to dominate."
Liu Qi smiled strangely. How could he not know the thoughts of these aristocratic families? He just wanted to test the reaction of these aristocratic families through this matter. How many aristocratic families in Jingzhou have potential? Only the aristocratic families who can assess the situation can benefit.
The development of Jingzhou.
"Tell Uncle Ji, no matter what books these aristocratic families submit, they can do so, but one thing is that they cannot be repeated."
"No." Upon hearing Liu Qi's words, Zhuge Liang knew Liu Qi's plan. Liu Qi obviously wanted to cultivate various talents by doing this.
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Shortly after the Chen family handed over the books, a housekeeper from the Wang family slowly led a package to the official residence where Yiji handled political affairs.
"Is this a book handed over by the Wang family?" Yi Ji frowned and asked the middle-aged man in front of him, who didn't even show any courtesy.
"Yes, these are the books handed over by my Wang family. These are all selected by the head of my family. You must look at them carefully." The middle-aged man looked at Yi Ji arrogantly and said with disdain,
Yi Ji was born into a poor family, and everyone in Jingzhou knew that Yi Ji had nothing to respect in the eyes of aristocratic families like theirs.
"Oh, I see, are you leaving?" Yi Ji threw the book aside without bothering to remember, and waved his hand to signal the middle-aged man to leave.
"You, I am the steward of the Wang family, and you, a member of a poor family, dare to disrespect the Wang family. Do you know that the Wuling prefect is a member of my Wang family?"
The middle-aged housekeeper pointed at Yiji with a gloomy look on his face, and almost cursed.
"Haha, get out of here."
Yi Ji laughed angrily and suddenly grabbed the package on the table, slamming it on the middle-aged housekeeper: "Let your clan leader come in person, otherwise it will be treated as if the Wang clan refused to hand over the books."
"You, you...you are so brave. You, a son from a poor family, dare to go against my Wang family. Aren't you afraid of losing your official position?" The middle-aged housekeeper pointed at Yi Ji with an angry look on his face. Ever since Wang Can was appointed as Wuling,
After becoming the eunuch, no one in Jingzhou dared to look down on the Wang family. Even he, the housekeeper, was greatly respected in Jingzhou. Unexpectedly, he suffered a loss here today.
"You have such a strong tone. Is it possible that your Wang family can cover the sky with one hand in Xiangyang? Throw it out." Yi Ji snorted coldly and shouted to the door.
Immediately, two guards walked in and took the middle-aged housekeeper into custody, preparing to throw him out of the mansion.
"Wait a minute, leave these books behind. Go back and tell your clan leader that he will deliver them to you again." Yi Ji waved his hand to stop the two guards and pointed to the package in the middle-aged man's arms.
"If you dare to steal my Wang family's property, aren't you afraid that the head of my family will sue you to Zhou Mu?" The middle-aged housekeeper's face was already turning green with anger.
"Throw it out." After picking up the package, Yi Ji was too lazy to talk to the middle-aged housekeeper and said in a deep voice.
"Let me go, let me go."
The two guards immediately dragged the middle-aged housekeeper towards the door. During this period, the middle-aged housekeeper looked angry and kept shouting. When they arrived at the courtyard gate, the two guards looked at each other and threw the middle-aged housekeeper away.
When he went out, the middle-aged housekeeper fell to the bluestone ground in front of the mansion with a thud.