Zhu Zhongyuan said gracefully: "This academy has not been named yet, right? Since I am here, my disciples will also come... I dare to ask Your Highness to name this academy 'Zhu's Academy'."
What what? ?
You are not being daring, you are just daydreaming!
Yan Shiyue directly refused: "Sorry, this won't work."
Zhu Zhongyuan was stunned for a moment.
He obviously had not expected to be rejected at all.
To him, it was just an insignificant condition to highlight his status and appear less eager.
He said sternly, "I am a fellow Jinshi, and I have studied for fifty years. I have the audacity to claim that I am full of talent, and I have hundreds of disciples. With me here, your school will have dozens of teachers. It's just a name, why don't you allow it, Your Highness?"
Yan Shiyue said: "What I want to do is not to run a big private school. My academy wants to allow hundreds of schools to flourish, not just one school. Even if you have a thousand students, you can only have one person teaching."
"Ridiculous!" Zhu Zhongyuan shouted, "You are too fanciful! I can tell you that if I were not in Qinzhou, I would never choose to teach in such a newly established academy! Now, not only did I come here myself, I also brought disciples with me, but you tell me that these disciples are useless? This is really ridiculous!"
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He looked at her steadily: "Your Highness, this is not the way to do things! I advise you to consult more knowledgeable people! Don't act on your own!"
Yan Shiyue was too lazy to argue with him and said seriously: "In short, it won't work."
Zhu Zhongyuan said coldly: "Your Highness, if you insist, I'm sorry I can't accompany you."
"People with different ideals cannot work together." Yan Shiyue said, "Then I'll take my leave."
She got up and left.
Zhu Zhongyuan stared angrily and remained speechless for a long time.
Yan Shiyue walked straight out of the compound where he lived.
Xia Yuhui comforted her, "It's better not to invite him. He just kept showing off his knowledge to me, criticizing the northern students, and mocking my broken arm. He also hinted that you, as a woman, shouldn't get involved in the affairs of scholars... His character must not be very good."
Yan Shiyue suddenly stopped and stared at him.
Xia Yuhui was stunned for a moment, "What's wrong?"
Yan Shiyue was so angry that she almost jumped up and down: "Xia Yuhui, are you stupid? He laughed at you, why didn't you tell me? I didn't understand, can't you tell me? He laughed at you, laughed at the northern students, and laughed at me. If he did any of these three things, you should immediately slam the table and scold him back! If you can't scold him, you can ask someone to beat him up! Did I work hard to get to this point just for you to swallow your anger in front of some bastard?"
Xia Yuhui said awkwardly: "I, I thought that he was quite famous and did have some talent. It's rare that he..."
"So what?" Yan Shiyue was really angry. "I don't understand what you are thinking! I built such an academy. In your eyes, do I have to beg these people to teach? Even if I can't recruit a teacher, so what? I have money and I can afford it! It's better to have nothing than to have something of poor quality, don't you know? What's the point of having a talent with bad character? What I want is to teach and educate people. Who do you think I am doing this for?"
Xia Yuhui was speechless, and after a while he lowered his head and said, "I understand."
After a pause, he said cautiously: "The reputation of being courteous to the wise and humble is still important."
"No!" She completely let herself go, "You are such a humble person! I am just that kind of person, come if you want!"
Xia Yuhui: “…”
Yan Shiyue went back angrily.
She went back and immediately wrote a letter to Emperor Ming Yan, crying and complaining, asking him to send Xu Wenqu, or someone with "a very bad temper, but a very good character and great knowledge" to help.
At the same time, her plan was attached.
Xu Wenqu was right, what she wanted was a school.
It doesn't matter if she loses money, she is not doing this for the money. She can use ten, twenty, thirty or even a hundred years to turn this into a "famous school" that trains high-quality talents.
In addition to learning, we also teach how to do things and how to be a good person.
In addition to the formal knowledge of the Four Books and Five Classics, it also teaches the Six Arts of a Gentleman, as well as the art of war and various kinds of kung fu.
In short, many courses can be opened slowly.
Emperor Ming Yan looked at the plan for a long time without saying a word.
She is really generous in what she does.
She never does good deeds blindly. One can even say that she is not so "kind" as a whole. She is always willful and wishful. But for some reason, she makes people feel extremely moved.
Emperor Mingyan summoned people over and said, "Look at this."
The plan was written in a similar way to later generations, with each item, including the background, reasons, steps, and prospects, all extremely clear and concise.
Emperor Mingyan said sternly: "This matter cannot be regarded as a matter of one person. What do you think?"
Sun Xuancheng was the first to say, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me... I, your servant, now only want to beg for my bones, and then go to this academy to teach."
Sun Xuanben was a scholar. The scene sketched by Yan Shiyue was simply his utopia. When he said this, there were even tears in his eyes.
Emperor Mingyan was not surprised, he just smiled and said: "If you go, you can be the head of the mountain."
Xu Mingxiu smiled bitterly and said, "I...I am also somewhat tempted. I will write to my senior brother to ask his opinion."
Most scholars would instinctively be fascinated by this place where teaching and educating people has been going on for hundreds of years.
Everyone was very enthusiastic. Some said they would write a letter to someone, and some said they would donate books...
Lin Fujian couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't the Prime Minister mention this idea in the letter to summon the wise?"
Emperor Mingyan smiled and said, "Not only that, I heard that she built the academy very well inside and out. If you go there to teach, you can bring all your family members with you. You can also arrange for a living for your family members. There are all kinds of advantages, but none of them are mentioned in the letter to recruit talents..."
He sighed, "This kid, when she was smart, she really calculated everything, but now she's so willful. The letter to recruit talented people only highlighted the thirst for talent in the north, and didn't say anything else... She said that this is the only way to invite talented people with both moral integrity and ability."
Lin Fujian shook his head slightly, thinking that no one would go. He was thinking whether to arrange for a few students to go.
But Emperor Mingyan said: "In this academy, Fuyan's idea is just to be a 'teacher', only teach, not accept disciples."
Eliminate cliques at the root.
When Lin Fujian heard this, he immediately gave up on 50% of the idea of arranging people to go.
Xu Mingxiu also said: "I'm afraid it will be a little difficult."
Emperor Ming Yan also found it difficult. He said, "Take your time."
Emperor Yan of the Ming Dynasty once again sent Xu Wenqu, Zhang Baigui, and a man named Gao Yang, who she said had a "very bad temper", to help her.
At this moment, Yan Shiyue and Xia Yuhui had already met no less than ten groups of people.
To be honest, after all, this is a remote and poor place, and there are not many reliable people who come here. Some of them don’t even have the title of scholar. Moreover, there are quite a few people who want to bring disciples here, and they are condescending to turn it into an "X family school".
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