Chapter 912 A Dream of Youth (Extra Chapter 1)
"Next up is Xie Ning, the legendary imperial tutor of the Great Zhou Dynasty... and the one after that! Put your phone down now, or you won't pass this class!"
The boy's eyes were round and bright. He grinned shyly at the history teacher, revealing his clean, white teeth. "Teacher, my grandma told me to take a picture of Xie Shi Ancestral Hall. She has difficulty walking and has never been there before."
The teacher's explanation was excellent, so I wanted to take a picture to show my grandma.
The history teacher waved his hand and pointed to the camera floating in the air, "It's recording the whole thing, you can download it later."
As they were talking, the car stopped. When the boy got out, he saw the girl in the wheelchair in front of him accidentally sway, so he quickly helped her up. "An'an, be careful."
Today they had a history class and learned about the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The teacher specially brought them to visit the Xie Shi Ancestral Hall.
The little girl named An'an whispered her thanks, then remotely controlled her wheelchair to slowly follow beside the teacher. A student asked the history teacher, "Teacher, is the Xie Shi Ancestral Hall really that big? And there are so many flowers planted there."
The history teacher went behind An'an and pushed her wheelchair so that he could take care of her.
He tilted his head to answer the student's question, "Not all Xie Shi Temples are that big. Besides those built by Emperor Wen of Zhou, many of these temples dedicated to Xie Ning were built spontaneously by ordinary people. Among them, the one built by Chu Xu is the largest and has the most flowers."
Of course, these are all records; the current Xie Shi Ancestral Hall has been restored.
"Huh? General Chu Xu? I've seen her portrait before, she's so tall! Even taller than General Xu Hongying! She even uses a big sword, she must be a formidable warrior."
One student asked, "Is General Chu Xu related to Grand Tutor Xie?"
Because of Xie Ning's initiatives to establish schools around the world, and because she was the Imperial Tutor, they affectionately called Xie Ning Grand Tutor.
"Because of Grand Tutor Xie, General Chu Xu was able to go to the battlefield and have money to support his family. Moreover, Grand Tutor Xie saved General Chu Xu several times. In the capital, General Chu Xu lived in Grand Tutor Xie's house and received his teachings. All of this is recorded in the 'Zhou Ji'."
“I know that too! And the first military academy was founded there.”
"Don't talk nonsense. The military academy was clearly proposed and established by Grand Tutor Xie in the third year of the Xiping era. It was located in the army, not in her home." The military academy here was specifically for training military officers.
It was originally intended for training some military officers.
Two students started arguing, while several other students asked questions.
"Teacher, why isn't Emperor Wen of Zhou called Emperor Wu of Zhou? Instead, his successor was called Emperor Wu of Zhou. Emperor Wen of Zhou conquered most of the territory of the Northern Jin Dynasty, and in his later years, he also conquered a lot of territory in the north, bordering the Wumeng Kingdom, which angered the Wumeng Kingdom so much that it turned around and attacked Goryeo."
The history teacher adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses.
"Well, we have to mention Emperor Wu of Zhou's little scheme. From the 'Records of the Zhou Palace,' we can learn that Emperor Wen of Zhou actually wanted the posthumous title 'Wu Xuan,' but unfortunately, Emperor Wu of Zhou also wanted it. So she came up with a little scheme, praising Emperor Wen of Zhou's achievements in civil administration, and finally succeeded in keeping the title."
Moreover, Emperor Wu of this week lived up to her title.
Both Emperor Wen of Zhou and Grand Tutor Xie wanted to cultivate Emperor Wu of Zhou into a ruler who was good at governing the world. After all, Emperor Wen had already conquered the world, and what was lacking was governance.
However, Emperor Wu of Zhou learned martial arts from various generals since childhood, and naturally developed the ambition to expand the territory and make the Great Zhou Dynasty even stronger.
However, there are other reasons as well, do you know them?
The students shook their heads, but the boy spoke up again, "Is it because of the increasing openness to the outside world?"
"Yes, because the invention of mechanical clocks during the Jingning era made the accuracy of timekeeping much higher. Later, craftsmen with a deep understanding of astronomy invented a compass similar to the modern marine chronometer based on this. In addition, with the improvement of shipbuilding technology, the number of official and private fleets of the Great Zhou for foreign trade increased more and more."
In this way, many uninhabited places were discovered. It is said that no one wanted to go to these uninhabited places, so the court demoted criminals to these places to manage them, which can be regarded as an alternative form of territorial expansion.
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