"Did you hear that? Mr. Dongpo has reinstated the bachelor of Longtu Pavilion and has also been promoted to the doctor of Chaosan! ”

"Of course I heard that the scholars in Yuntaizhuang and Sucheng Town are all spreading."

"It's going to be a big deal, isn't it? The next step is to become a Hanlin bachelor or a middle school scholar, right? ”

"It doesn't seem to be, I heard that the official family took a fancy to Mr. Dongpo's erudition and wanted to ask him to preside over the Yuntai Academy."

"Yuntai Academy? Is it here in Yuntai Mountain? ”

"yes, you don't know yet, do you? It's in Yuntai Mountain...... It seems that Han Xianggong proposed to set up a school palace here in Haizhou to be responsible for spreading the way of Confucius and Mencius. ”

"Yo, spread the avenue, isn't that the same as the saint back then, this is an important matter!"

"By the way, I heard that as soon as the edict that appointed Mr. Dongpo to preside over the Yuntai Academy Palace arrives, the Yuntai Academy Palace will recruit students!"

"Really? Know how to enroll? ”

"It's like an exam......

Within twenty or thirty days after the Ersu brothers got the edict, many students and scholars who came to visit climbed Yuntai Xianshan one after another, and the guest rooms in Yuntai Village were crowded without entering.

And everyone under the Dongpo Gate also gave a warm reception to the scholars who gathered. not only let them live in Yuntaizhuang, but also arrange Sumen children, bachelors, and gentlemen to teach every day. He also released words, saying that he was going to select students to enter the Yuntai Academy through the examination.

At this time, the scholars on Yuntai Mountain began to discuss. This Yuntai Academy should be an official school at the level of Taixue, martial arts, and Guozixue, right? During the Warring States Period, wasn't the Jixia School Palace of Qi an official school opened by the King of Qi?

So, do students from Yuntai Academy have the same opportunity to be awarded as Taixue, Wuxue, and Guozi students?

If you can be awarded an official and enter the Dongpo Gate, this is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

"Brother Congbin, you are familiar with Lu Shun, do you know what kind of knowledge you want to test?"

Fan Zhiwen has been mixing very well in Yuntaizhuang these days, and Lu Haowen, who came with him, is now staying in Yuntaizhuang and is also a "sir" - he didn't worship under the Dongpo Gate, his father is a scholar, and he doesn't have to worship Su Dongpo anymore. However, he also gave lectures with Mr. Dongpo's disciples, and he talked about the road of science (he is also a physicist), that is, to preserve heavenly principles and destroy human desires......

Oh, by the way, not everyone under the Dongpo sect will come forward to lecture.

Among them, Wu Haogu, the most learned, has never been on the podium, but only occasionally comes to Yuntaizhuang to listen to lectures to see how people teach students, so as to prepare for his own podium in the future - he is going to open a "small path" in the future, specializing in teaching students how to get all evil money...... I don't know if anyone will come to learn?

However, the bachelors and gentlemen under Mr. Dongpo taught in Yuntai Zhuang are very miscellaneous, and there are poems, songs, paintings, and Confucianism, which makes the students who listen to the lectures a little confused, and I don't know what to test in the future when the Yuntai Academy Entrance Examination is taken? That's why people often ask about Fan Zhiwen, who has a good relationship with Lu Haowen.

"Confucianism plus a talent," Fan Zhiwen really knew, he replied with a frown, "Confucianism is similar to the imperial examination." Talents can be selected martial arts, poetry and songs, painting, calligraphy, arithmetic, construction, medicine, foreign languages and so on...... As long as it's going to be the same. ”

"How so?"

"Yes, we are scholars, and it's just a matter of taking the test of poetry and calligraphy, this martial arts, painting, arithmetic, construction, etc., are all small ways that do not enter the stream."

Fan Zhiwen shook his head: "You don't want to look at what kind of person Mr. Dongpo we want to worship?" ”

"That's right, aren't Dongpo meat and Dongpo elbow created by Mr. Dongpo? His old man is an avenue and a small road. ”

"That's right...... But what kind of trail can we come up with? ”

Everyone was a little embarrassed. As a reader, I know some poetry and calligraphy, but can I really offer ugliness under the Dongpo Gate? And when everyone chooses poetry, songs, and calligraphy, wouldn't they have to keep improving?

"Brother Congbin must choose swordsmanship, right?" Someone remembered the black cloud long sword that Fan Zhiwen brought with him.

"Uh," Fan Zhiwen smiled bitterly, "I and other scholars only bring swords for self-defense, not for exam......s."

In fact, he won't be able to test swordsmanship! Although the ancestors of the Fan family left the Black Cloud Long Sword, they did not leave a sword spectrum - people don't want future generations to practice martial arts, so why do they still leave a sword spectrum? Are you misleading your own children? So Fan Zhiwen didn't have to learn the sword if he wanted to. Now I can only worry about the entrance exams in the future!

……

"Chongdao, what do you mean?"

"I said that shipbuilding and boat driving are also university questions, and there will be a shipbuilding school under the Yuntai Academy."

"The boat is sailing under the Yuntai Academy, the Ship Master Academy? Dongmen, are you joking with the old man? Since ancient times, how has there been a boat boss who has gone to school? ”

At this time, Wu Haogu was drinking tea and chatting with Wu Yanen, the old man of the Wu family in Haizhou, in the most luxurious house in Qishan County.

In the past month in Haizhou, it is not the first time that he has come to visit Wu Yanen in the county seat of Qishan, and he has long been familiar with the old man.

I didn't let Ximen Qing accompany me today, but brought Pan Qiaolian and Ao Niangzi over together. In the inner guest hall of the Wu family, Wu Haogu put forward a request that Wu Yanen never thought of - he wanted to ask Wu Yanen to be a professor in the Yuntai Academy, lecturing on "Navigation" and "Shipbuilding". Moreover, Wu Haogu also told Wu Yanen that there would be a ship master school under the Yuntai Academy! Specializes in teaching shipping, shipbuilding, and naval warfare!

"Mr. Tinghai," Wu Haogu called Wu Yan'en very sincerely, "You should know that the purpose of the imperial court to set up the Yuntai Academy Palace is to spread Confucianism and Taoism to the outside world...... This matter is beneficial to all of us, and now the island countries on the other side of the South Seas have spread the Taoism of the Heavenly Sect and the Brahmanical Dao, and we Han maritime merchants are naturally rejected. Therefore, Confucianism going to sea is very beneficial to a maritime merchant like Mr. Tinghai.

To go to sea, Yuntai Academy must have its own fleet and sailors...... Moreover, the regiment must not be equipped with merchant ships, but must be warships that can move quickly. In order to better build ships and train sailors, the officer felt the need to open a school.

And the one who can serve as a professor of shipping master is none other than Mr. Tinghai, and I hope that Mr. Tinghai will not refuse. ”

Wu Yanen saw that Wu Haogu was speaking seriously, and his old face became solemn.

The knowledge of shipping, shipbuilding and naval warfare is the foundation of the Wu family's maritime merchants to settle down on the sea! How can it be easily passed on to others?

However, the skills of navigation, shipbuilding, and naval warfare were not unique to the Wu family. Wu Haogu and Su Dongpo want to play really, there is still a way. If they had received help from others, wouldn't the Haizhou Wu family be villains in vain?

Now, the relationship between Wu Haogu and the Wu family in Haizhou is very good, there is no need to make a stalemate, right? Or just deal with it.

As soon as Wu Yanen thought of this, Wu Haogu spoke again: "Listen to Mr. Hai, the Yuntai Academy in Xiahe is definitely not trying to rob your Haizhou Wu family's business. The strength of your Wu family in the northern sea, this official still has heard of it. If the official's republic really wants to enter the sea, it may not be able to open up the situation if it smashes a few millions. There is a lot of money invested elsewhere, and tens of millions of dollars have been earned. ”

This is actually telling the truth, how much can you compare with the real estate in Kaifeng Mansion to make money by shipping? It was not a direct discovery of the New World, it was nothing more than trade between Goryeo, Japan, Haeju, and Myeongju. Even the coastal areas of the Liao State can't be inserted - there are Yanyun Han people who are in charge, and the Wu family does not dare to turn against them, otherwise they can exert pressure on the Song Dynasty and the Goryeo Kingdom through diplomatic channels, accusing the Wu family of Haizhou as pirates.

"The east gate asks for a boat, just open your mouth." Wu Yanen smiled, "Why bother running a school? ”

"Because your ship and people are not up to the requirements of this officer!" Wu Haogu also said to him directly, "If you want someone to ask for a boat, your Haizhou Wu family, Ji Yizhi's Pingjiang Ji family, and the Aladdin Chamber of Commerce, this official can ask for some."

But sailing is also the way! The sea is so vast, and there are so many overseas countries, and so much wealth comes from the sea...... How can anyone of my generation not attach importance to the way of seafaring? Listening to Mr. Hai, you think that now the maritime merchants and pirates of my Great Song Dynasty have all mastered the way of navigation? They are already able to dominate the four seas, let me come and go? ”

"This ......"

Wu Yanen frowned bitterly, still a little hesitant. Because he knows Wu Haogu's business skills too well...... What is the first person in the painting, the first profiteer! If you really want to let Wu Haogu squeeze into the sea, I don't know what tricks he will play.

"Listen to Mr. Hai," Wu Haogu looked at Old Man Wu and suddenly laughed, "Do you know the 'Republic of Commerce'?" ”

"Yes." Wu Yanen nodded.

Wu Haogu smiled: "Do you want to build an autonomous commercial city of the Wu family?" ”

"What?" Wu Yanen was stunned, "How is it possible?" My family is a merchant, how can the imperial court ......"

"It's none of the court's business," Wu Haogu waved his hand hurriedly, "The world is so big, and it's not only the land of the Great Song Dynasty that has a harbor." ”

In fact, there were already two "free cities" in the land of the Song Dynasty, and they were both related to Wuhaogu! One is Jiehe Commercial Market, which is a legitimate "free city", and the other is Tianya Town - whether it is "Shiyue" or "Shangyue", the essence is actually the same.

In addition, Donghai County, where the Yuntai School Palace is located in the future, may also be quite autonomous...... However, the commercial market that Wu Haogu planned to bring to the Wu family was not in the land of the Song Dynasty.

"What the East Gate is talking about......" Wu Yanen asked.

"Goryeo!" Wu Haogu said, "How about giving your family a small island off the coast of Goryeo and building a Wujia commercial market like a Jiehe merchant market?" ”