A school, or academy, is a place for private or government officials to gather disciples to teach and study knowledge.

At the end of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the beginning of the founding of the Daqing Dynasty, because of the implementation of the ban on martial arts, more people realized the importance of reading. At one time, the imperial court also established many schools and academies to cultivate national talents.

Of course, these schools and academies are not free, but the money charged is not much. As long as the family is not poor and can't open the pot, all the families who have a little bit of family background will still choose to send their children to the study.

If the child is really the material for reading, then the family will supply even if it is smashing the pot and selling iron, and the so-called leaping dragon gate will be rich and noble. And if it weren't for the material for reading, staying in the school for two years, knowing a penny and a half, would have planned other ways to survive......

Therefore, there are many Confucians like Bai Qinghe in Daqing, among which there are people who sell their reputations, but there are not a few people who have real talents and real learning. And the entire land of China has also reached the peak of literature.

However, under such an extreme policy, there are naturally advantages and disadvantages. Although Daqing has reached the most prosperous time in history, especially in the aspect of humanities and culture. However, blindly emphasizing the rule of culture and politics has fallen behind the military and political affairs.

Fortunately, before Daqing was divided, those foreign states on the border were all subservient to the power of Daqing, and no one dared to do anything to violate the boundary for many years. However, this weakness did not last long. In the two years before the division of Daqing, there were already many small nomadic countries in the north of the northern country. repeatedly violated the national border of Daqing and did some robbery......

Fortunately, these small nomadic countries are all working independently, so they did not cause any trouble. But it is precisely because of this that the second prince was transferred to the border at that time, and the previous emperor died in a hurry, which led to the current split situation in Daqing.

After the split of Daqing, the master of the Nanqing dynasty finally realized the importance of military administration. If it weren't for the ministers of the DPRK and the central government who gathered all the troops from various places in time, they blocked the surging Beiqing army north of the Yangtze River...... There is nothing to say about Nanqing now, the world is still the world of Daqing!

Since then, the emperor of Nanqing has been bent on recovering the northern kingdom. In recent years, the large-scale preparations for military administration have led to a shortage of funds for those government-run academies and schools, and the scene of the prosperous era of Confucianism has faded a little for a while......

It is also said that from the perspective of this land south of the Yangtze River, due to the loose outline of the Nanqing Dynasty, the people were deeply oppressed and exploited by local officials. Those government-run academies and schools have also become a means for various prefectures to make money...... So, this reading became a matter for the rich.

But even so, this view of the superiority of readers has been deeply imprinted in people's hearts. And those privately run academies and schools have also scattered one after another.

No one dares to rob the government of money, and you can't rob it! Even if you are a sincere missionary, the price of entering the academy and academy can only be the same as that of the government...... All in all, running a school is a thankless task!

So after hearing Dong Feng say that Shi Yuan was going to run a school, Dong Qingyun, Chen Xiaofu, and Liu Ruyan couldn't help but be stunned - this is not what a shrewd businessman like him would do. I didn't expect that the badge of the "Jiangnan Poetry Society" he made up would have such a role......

"What did he build a school for?" Dong Qingyun even thought that Shi Yuan didn't run the school to teach, so he was silent for a long time, so he asked Dong Feng.

Hearing his father's words, Dong Feng shook his head and replied, "I don't know either...... It's just that Brother Guo said so. This badge will be used in the academy in the future. ”

In the backyard of the Governor's Mansion, everyone looked dazed......

Dong Feng now has blind worship of Shi Yuan. is also because he is still young, and he is at a loss when he sees his parents and sister, but he doesn't think too much. With some hesitation, he took out another badge and handed it to his sister Liu Ruyan.

first glanced at his father quietly, and then said, "Sister, this is what Brother Shi asked me to give you!" ”

This badge was also made of silver, just like the one he had taken out before. Seeing him say this, Liu Ruyan, who was at a loss because Shi Yuan was running a school, was even more puzzled.

Let's not talk about whether this badge is used to run a school, before that, he said to the outside world that this badge is the voucher used by those talented groups to participate in this Jiangnan poetry meeting! In other words, this badge can only be owned by talented people who see the Jiangnan Poetry Club. Because you have a badge, you have to register your information...... Shi Yuan said that this badge is hers, and nine times out of ten she has registered herself.

Although this Daqing, the daughters of large families are able to read and write. There are even many women who have the reputation of talented women.

But there is an ancient adage that "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented", no matter how talented a woman is, she will not be able to escape this secular constraint after all. Not to mention what poetry party that woman can attend! This Jiangnan Poetry Club has always been attended by literati, and I have never heard that woman is qualified to participate!

Of course, there are outliers like Bai Suzhen, so that's another story.

He ...... What did he give me this? Liu Ruyan looked at Dong Feng and asked with puzzlement.

Dong Feng scratched his head, and according to what Shi Yuan told him before, he replied: "Brother Shi said that sister, you are very talented, and you are qualified to be a gentleman in his academy in the future, so I will give you this badge ......"

"Nonsense!" Before he finished speaking, Dong Qingyun on the side interrupted him with great dissatisfaction.

Regarding the etiquette outline, Dong Qingyun is very important, and the family rules in the family before were even more strict. Although he has improved a lot under the influence of Chen Xiaofu over the years, he can't change it in his bones.

Let his daughter, a woman, go to the academy to be a gentleman...... That's not a good thing at all! He wouldn't say yes.

Seriously, although he felt that Shi Yuan was very knowledgeable and insightful. But in his bones, he was still a little unaccustomed to Shi Yuan's heavy giggling and not being a decent person all day long.

If it weren't for Shen Wei's face, and because of the special things they were involved in, he would definitely teach Shi Yuan a good lesson.

"Xiaofeng, take this badge to that kid! It's a joke! Dong Qingyun said with a calm face.

Dong Feng held this badge in his hand, and he was also a little helpless for a while. He was very clear about his father's character, and to be honest, he also felt that this matter was a little inappropriate, so after hesitating for a while, he took out the badge.

(End of chapter)