The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 227
Regarding the incident of burning the Daxing Palace, people all over the world have mixed opinions. Some people even jumped out to accuse Yang Tong of burning the palace built by his ancestors, and he will be punished by God in the future.

Such remarks are actually sought after by some people, but this kind of voice only stops outside the Great Sui Dynasty. If someone dares to say in the Great Sui Dynasty, even if you are a great Confucian, they will be reviled. Daxing Palace was originally Yang Tong's The 'ancestral house' is now occupied by robbers, and I have no ability to ask for it back, so what if it is set on fire?

As for Yang Tong himself, naturally he doesn’t know how others talk about him, and even if he knows, he would scoff. See a piece of meat lost, a hair lost!Not to mention being bored enough to care about and talk about it.

He had a lot of things to do, and the burning of Daxing Palace was just an unexpected harvest, and it was over.

Now that the scientific examination is just around the corner, the number of people who signed up for the examination is as high as 800, which is the highest in the history.The imperial examination has been organized for two consecutive years. The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Academic Affairs have long had experience, and all preparations have been arranged in an orderly manner.

There was an age limit in the imperial examinations in the Sui Dynasty, and those over 40 years old were not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.Because once there is a Tongtian Ladder, many people will study hard for the Zhongju, and they will not hear anything outside the window, and the cost of studying is high these days. If there are two scholars in the family who are not productive, then a well-off family will be because The two of them are poor and poor. If they pass the exam, it will be fine, but if they fail the exam, a good family will be ruined.Set an age limit, so that those above the age limit will stop their official career and focus on running the family and nurturing future generations.

At the same time, it also avoids the embarrassing phenomenon of admitting a 70-year-old old man. If he is really selected, should you use it?Use him, maybe he will die in a few days, he has not done anything for the court, and he has to pay for the funeral expenses and pension.No need, he was indeed hit, so how does the imperial court explain to the world?With age restrictions, these issues are not an issue.

West of Yecheng.

The majestic school palace stands at the foot of Longshan Mountain, on the shore of Zhangshui River.
There is a huge flat bluestone square at the main entrance of the Academy. To the north of the square is a 66-level bluestone step. The steps are divided into three floors, with 22 steps for each level. "Tsinghua Academy", the font is square and dense, the strokes are light and heavy vertically, it looks strong and round, and the momentum is solemn and majestic!

Backed by Longshan Mountain and Zhangshui River, the 'Tsinghua Academy' covers a very wide area, like a painting with thick brush and ink and a magnificent atmosphere slowly spreading out. This is a three-dimensional campus hidden in the forest halfway up the mountain. It is uniquely blessed by nature.

The school was designed and built by master craftsman Yu Wenwen and Minister of Industry Li Chun. It has 180 colleges, more than [-] lecture halls on three floors, library, reading room, meeting room, canteen, dormitory, small bridge and flowing water, Pavilions, towers and pavilions...everything.

"What a grand academy! It's not much worse than Shenwu Palace." At this time, Luo Shixin who was beside Yang Tong exclaimed.

"Do you want to go in and study too?" Yang Tong asked with a smile.

"Me? Forget it!" Luo Shixin shook his head and said, "If there is a martial arts school or a military school, I would like to go and listen to the gentlemen's lectures."

"General Luo doesn't know about this!" Yang Gongren introduced with a smile after hearing this: "Tsinghua Academy is divided into several colleges, military and military are included in the martial arts college, and the martial arts college occupies one-third of the territory. The training ground alone has twenty acres."

"Haha! Good thing, good thing!" Yu Chigong on the side grinned and said, "All my boys will be sent here to study in the future."

"Not only from your family, but also meritorious children can study here!"

"That's daring!"

While the few people were talking, Kong Yingda and a group of teachers were seen walking down quickly from above.

"Meet Your Highness." Everyone bowed and saluted.

"You don't need to be too polite!" Yang Tong waved his hand, making everyone flattened, and then looked at an energetic old man behind Kong Yingda. An otherworldly charm.

When Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao, Wei Zheng and others saw the old man, they hurriedly saluted and said, "This junior has met Liu Gong."

Even Yang Tong, upon seeing this old man, bowed deeply: "Your kindness, I would like to pay my respects to Mr. Liu! How is Mr. Liu?"

"It's very good, haha. Although what His Highness has done is not tolerated by the world's aristocratic families, all of them are great pioneering works that will benefit thousands of years. I am old enough to receive the gifts of others, and I am ashamed to accept the gifts of Your Highness." The old man turned slightly sideways. , let Yang Tong give a gift, but he will not accept it.

The old man's name is Liu Xuan, his name is Guangbo, and he was born in Jingcheng, Hejian. , are rare masters of Confucian classics in a century.

Master Liu Zhuo has passed away for many years now.

And Liu Xuan is also over 150 years old, but this old man is very energetic.He is knowledgeable and has researched Confucian classics, astronomy, calendar and mathematics.He believed in "Pseudo-Ancient Literature Shangshu Lizhuan" and "Pseudo-Ancient Literature Kaojing Confucius Biography".There are many criticisms of the first Confucian chapters and sentences.He also pointed out that the authoritative work during Emperor Wen's reign, "Zuo Zhuan Ji Jie" edited by Chen Duyu, had more than [-] mistakes.He is the author of ten volumes of "Analects of Confucius", ten volumes of "Chunqiu Gongmei", twelve volumes of "Five Classics Rectification of Names", five volumes of "Shuyi of Filial Piety", forty volumes of "Shuyi of Spring and Autumn", and two volumes of "Shuyi of Shangshu". Ten volumes, "Mao Shi Shu Yi" forty volumes, and one volume annotated "Poetry Preface", etc., these works of his are widely circulated.

When the Minister of the Ministry of Officials asked Liu Xuan what talents he had learned, he said without humility: "Zhou Li, Book of Rites, Mao Shi, Shang Shu, Gong Yang, Zuo Zhuan, Xiao Jing, Analects, Confucius, Zheng, Wang, He , Fu, Du, etc. Notes, all thirteen schools, although their righteousness is refined and rough, can be taught. Zhouyi, Yili, and Guliang have little hard work; Shizi anthology, good words and beautiful things, recited in the heart; astronomy, law and calendar, The nuclei are subtle. As for public and private Wenhan, it is not a fake hand."

Liu Xuan's self-confession to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials was not bragging. He is indeed a scholar who is proficient in various schools of thought and has great talents.

In history, when Kong Yingda compiled "Shangshu Zhengyi" and "Mao Shizheng Zhengyi", he always quoted the meanings annotated by Liu Xuan. A plagiarist, he can still become a generation of great Confucianism!One can imagine how powerful the creator Liu Xuan is.

But this old, there is a 'stain' I have to say.

In his early years, Liu Xuan was recommended by local officials to work in the imperial court when his talent was revealed.He has edited the history of the country, compiled the legal calendar, and studied and edited the group's words in the internal history.He is on duty in the three provinces of Shangshu, Menxia, ​​and Internal History, but he has no official position.To put it bluntly, the imperial court treated him as a free use.As a result, life is difficult, and the family cannot afford taxes.The magistrate went to urge him, and he complained to Neishi Ling.The Ministry of Internal History asked him to find Shang Shusheng, and Shang Shusheng asked him to find Men Xia Sheng, who in turn pushed him to Shang Shu Sheng.

Just at that time, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty bought Tianxia Yishu, and the desperate Liu Xuan simply used his talent to forge more than 100 volumes of books, titled "Lianshan Yi" and "Lu Shiji", and then sold them to the government.Later, when it was exposed, Liu Xuan almost lost his life because of this, and since then he has gained a vulgar reputation.

He made books for money, which was entirely created by poverty.He has been hungry all day, not to mention, and the court is pressing taxes and taxes. He knows nothing but academics. What else can he do if he doesn't write books and sell them for money?Can't you starve to death?After this incident, Liu Xuan was reprimanded for being talented but without morality and having low morals.

Under the all-out propaganda of those who are jealous of his talent and learning, an academic master is ruined just like that.

Liu Xuan lost his official position and was disheartened, so he returned to his hometown to teach for a living.Shangshu Ling Jing and Dou Jiande's former mastermind Song Zhengben are both Liu Xuan's personal disciples.

Later, Yang Tong learned that Liu Xuan was still alive, so he invited him out to do something, and announced to the world, to clear his name, because what Yang Jian bought at that time was "Yi Shu", and Yi Shu has two meanings, one refers specifically to the ancient text " "Shangshu", the second is anecdotes and anecdotes, if Liu Xuan's "Lianshanyi" and "Lu Shiji" and other books are included in the second interpretation, then it is not considered "falsification", let alone bear the notoriety of vulgarity.

Yang Tong is the soul of today's Sui Dynasty. He came forward to cleanse such a master, and the literati naturally supported it. Although the literati in other places vigorously refuted it, they couldn't get around the second explanation of "Yi Shu", Finally let it go.

However, Liu Xuan is already very satisfied to be recognized by the scholars of the Great Sui Dynasty. His books such as "Lian Shan Yi" and "Lu Shi Ji" are now majestically appearing in the "Da Sui Library". There are many anecdotes and anecdotes involved, and the sales are not bad.

Liu Xuan is not a strategist, but he is definitely the greatest educator of this era. It took Yang Tong a lot of effort to persuade this old man to join the 'Tsinghua Academy' and take up the post of Jijiu (equivalent to the principal).

However, Liu Xuan and Yang Tong agreed in three chapters. He never cared about rich or poor when he taught his disciples.

Naturally, Yang Tong would not refuse to agree to this. His purpose of running the school is to break the family's monopoly on education, and this is what Yi School is all about.So Liu Xuan's request is not a request at all.

Yang Tong didn't argue with the old man either, he smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, can our school accommodate more than 3 candidates?"

"It can be accommodated, not to mention thirty thousand, one hundred thousand is not a problem. Your Highness, please come in and have a look."

"Please, Mr. Liu!"

Not long after, a group of people visited the campus. In a grand school, desks and benches were neatly arranged, almost the same as the classrooms in the previous life, which gave Yang Tong a feeling of interlaced time and space.

Liu Xuan introduced: "Your Highness, a school has 180 seats, and the third floor has 8 seats! Tsinghua Academy has [-] such schools, that is to say, [-] people can study and take exams at the same time. This is not considered a martial arts academy."

Liu Xuan admires Yang Tong's generosity in education.

After that, a group visited the student dormitory building, cafeteria, high and low halls, 'teacher's office', etc., all of which were the same as the schools of later generations.

Although Liu Xuan is old, his thinking is quite quick. Not only did he act as a guide with ease, but he also spoke clearly about various advanced layouts, and he was full of praise.

After a general stroll, a group of people sat in a garden.

"Liu Gong! The Analects of Confucius, Confucius and Mencius is profound and profound, and it is too obscure for a child. I read many books and found that there is only "Thousand Characters" written by Master Zhou Xingsi of the Southern Dynasty. This article is a masterpiece of enlightenment, but only This one is really a bit monotonous. I have a "Three Character Classic" and a "Disciple Regulations" here, and I ask Mr. Liu to check and see if they can be widely promoted." Yang Tong said with a smile.

"Oh?" Liu Xuan's eyes lit up, and he looked at Yang Tong and said, "His Royal Highness's poems have both rhythm and vigor, breaking the sluggish style of gorgeous form, empty connotation, and narrow thinking since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, bringing romance, pavilions, towers, pavilions, and men's joys to women." Love has moved to Jiangshan and Saimo. The expansion of subject matter and serious thinking have endowed poetry with new vitality and improved its ideological significance. There is no other contemporary poet, and he can be called the emperor among literati. Although His Highness’s works are not many, But the old man has read them carefully one by one! Presumably the "Three Character Classic" and "Disciple Regulations" are not disappointing."

Yang Tong blushed a little from the praise, took these two classic Enlightenment articles from a guard, and handed them to Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan first read the "Three Character Classic". The more he read it, the more shocked he became, and the more he read it, the more he admired it!When I turned to "A Tuyu from the Sui Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty...", the historical facts part stopped abruptly.

The next paragraph emphasizes that learning should be diligent and tireless. Only by laying a good foundation for learning at an early age can one grow up to "become the emperor and get down to the people."

This "Three Character Classic" is easy to understand, with typical materials, including literature, history, philosophy, astronomy and geography, human ethics, loyalty, filial piety, etc., and the core ideas include "benevolence, righteousness, sincerity, respect, and filial piety." While reciting the "Three Character Classic", you can understand the traditional Chinese studies and general history, as well as the principles of life and work contained in the stories.

The sentences are short, concise and catchy.

Simply stunning!
Even a well-known and well-educated Confucianist, no one can write such a wonderful article!
Liu Xuan can be sure that once this book comes out, it will be popular all over the world and become the best enlightenment reading material for children!
Looking at the "Disciples Regulations" again, it is also catchy, listing the rules and regulations that should be abided by at home, going out, dealing with people, receiving things and studying.

This shocked Liu Xuan again!
Liu Xuan was so excited that he couldn't help himself, it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and respectfully put the two Enlightenment articles on the table in his hand, he stood up, and bowed to Yang Tong to the end, "Being able to read such a wonderful article, I will be immortal in this life." No regrets."

"Mr. Liu, you're being polite!" Yang Tong smiled and backed away, "It seems that it can be used as a beginner's lesson."

Liu Xuan said excitedly: "You deserve it, you deserve it! Not only children can read it, adults should read it, and use the principles in the text as the criterion for learning and being a person!"

"Since Liu Gong agrees, let's promote it under the rule."

"It must be promoted, the sooner the better."

(End of this chapter)