Early the next morning, Xia Hongsheng went to the academy, and when he arrived at the academy, he went straight to the courtyard of Old Master Yan in Houshan, and when he got there, Old Master Yan had already gotten up and was feeding his golden rooster in the courtyard. Yan Shigu saw Xia Hongsheng coming over so early, so he asked, "Why did you come so early?" ”

"Yesterday, the student met a middle-aged scribe in Luanzhou City, Zeng Yan came from Chang'an, went to Luoyang to look for you, and later inquired in Luoyang, only to know that you had arrived in Luanzhou City, and I didn't know whether it was true or false, so I came all the way to Luanzhou City." Xia Hongsheng said after saluting Master Yan: "He said that he was going to come to the academy to visit Master Yan, but he didn't know what to do, the student informed Master Yan, if he didn't want to see him, the student could coax him out." ”

"Hehe, it's okay, listening to you say this, the old man has already guessed why he came, and it's time for it." Old Master Yan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The old man has been living in seclusion in this Luanzhou city for two years, and he wants to come,...... The mind should have been understood. ”

Xia Hongsheng saw that Master Yan was smiling and silent, and asked again: "The student still has a doubt, and I hope Master Yan will solve it." ”

Yan Shigu heard that Xia Hongsheng had a question to ask, so he threw the millet in his hand towards the golden chickens, and then turned to look at Xia Hongsheng: "Let's talk about it." ”

"The students want to ask, is everything inferior, but only high-quality?" Xia Hongsheng bowed and asked.

"Everything is inferior, but reading is high...... Hehe, this sentence is also exquisite. But ......" Old Master Yan stroked his beard with a smile and said with a smile: "It's too biased." It is true that how many of the Zhu Zi nobles of the Manchu Dynasty are not scholars? However, this court, this people, is not something that only scholars can maintain. We need food, we need people to farm, we need clothes, we need people to weave, we need to resist foreign aggression, we need soldiers...... Although reading is respected, there are more than 10 million righteous ways in the world. The old man thought that without him, each would perform his own duties. ”

Xia Hongsheng laughed when he heard Yan Shigu's words, yes, that's it, it seems that this old man is not pedantic.

Seeing Xia Hongsheng grinning, Yan Shigu said again: "If this matter is put on other people, the old man will say that it will be fine here." But if it's you who asks, the old man will have to nag a few more words. ”

As soon as Xia Hongsheng heard that Old Master Yan still had something to say, he bowed down again: "Students listen to Master Yan's teachings. ”

"The old man knows that you are different from other students, and many times, the old man thinks that you just look young, but in fact you are already a person who is not confused. The old man knows that you have something you want to do, and if you ask this, the old man will tell you that no matter what you want to do, you will inevitably study and become a professional. Only by being a professional can you have the opportunity to realize your ambitions, make you widely known, and enable you to accumulate prestige and have a call, so that students from all over the world can come here. This is called taking advantage of the situation. Otherwise, no matter how much you try, you will still be the same as on the day of the holidays. ”

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly bent down and bowed, respectfully, these words are not the teachings that a teacher should teach to students, but the support of an elder to a junior, it is a talk of experience, and it is really a matter of treating him Xia Hongsheng as a junior, so he will say so deeply. So Xia Hongsheng can't be disrespectful.

Old Man Yan's meaning was very obvious, and Xia Hongsheng also understood it. From his actions that day, Old Man Yan had already guessed what he might want to do. I need a stage now, and then perform on this stage, so that this performance can be seen by more people and can attract enough people. The court is this stage, and what I do after I go to the court is to perform. It's easy to say, but when you think about it, it's so hard. It is a very ambitious goal to cultivate a large group of people with advanced ideas and knowledge like themselves, and then let these people enter the society and transform Datang from all aspects. The way Xia Hongsheng thought of before was to run a school, starting from primary school, starting with schoolchildren, and cultivating them in imitation of the education of later generations. If it is as Old Man Yan said, when he has to rely on the power of the imperial court, then what he learns and talks about in this school, can he still count? The consequence of the interference of administrative power in education is the phenomenon that "there will be no masters after the Republic of China". If you want to maintain independence of thought, it is better not to involve the executive power.

However, it's too far to think about it now, who doesn't know that running a school is a big investment, and if you want to run a school, you still have to make money first. Xia Hongsheng shook his head and sighed, is it time to go to Xu Qixian's house to ask about the news of the tea shop?

Just thinking about it, I heard a loud shout from outside the courtyard: "People in Xia Chang'an, meet Yan Laoshan!" ”

Xia Hongsheng glanced back, then turned his head to look at Yan Shigu, Yan Shigu nodded at Xia Hongsheng, Xia Hongsheng turned around and hurriedly walked out a few steps, standing outside the courtyard was the middle-aged scribe from yesterday, seeing that Xia Hongsheng came out of it, he smiled and arched his hand very politely.

"Please come in, Master Yan is inside." Xia Hongsheng returned the salute to the middle-aged scribe.

As soon as he entered the courtyard and saw Yan Shigu standing there, the middle-aged scribe's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly turned into two steps and ran in front of Yan Shigu, and bowed down respectfully: "The student has seen Master Yan!" Master Li ordered the students to say hello to Boss Yan! ”

"Don't dare to be, Master Li is highly respected, the old man still treats himself as a junior in front of Master Li, how can he be greeted by Master Li." Old Man Yan waved his hand and staggered a step, avoiding the middle-aged scribe's salute.

The middle-aged scribe didn't straighten up, but said again: "Master Li ordered the student to bring a message to Master Yan: Chang'an is full of spring, and the scenery is thick, so you can return slowly." ”

Yan Shigu was stunned for a moment, then laughed, stepped forward to make the man get up, and said: "Okay, the old man knows, when the old man handles the matter here, he will return to Chang'an with you." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to Xia Hongsheng and said, "You go and call other gentlemen, and don't spread this matter for the time being." ”

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly bowed and obeyed, turned around and ran out to inform the other academy chairs, and let them go to the courtyard of the old man in Houshan Yan.

Yan Shigu wants to leave Luanzhou Academy and go back to Chang'an, which is something that Xia Hongsheng has long known, because in history, the living notes in the palace in the Tang Dynasty were all written by the Yan family, and Yan Shigu should have written the living notes in the palace, and sooner or later he will return to Chang'an. It's just that Xia Hongsheng didn't expect it to be so soon. When he went to Chang'an, he didn't know what the future of Luanzhou Academy would be. The other chair gentlemen were all invited by Yan Shigu, and now that Yan Shigu is gone, I am afraid that those chair gentlemen will not stay for long, so that the students of the academy will definitely go to study elsewhere, and this Luanzhou Academy is afraid that it will be abandoned.

Xia Hongsheng was full of thoughts, frowned and walked towards the study room in front of the academy, his thoughts were so deep that he didn't even hear someone shouting behind him.

"Hey! I said Senior Brother Xia, call you for my brother! Xia Hongsheng was thinking a lot, and suddenly felt that his arm was being dragged a little, so he woke up, looked up, but it turned out to be Xu Qixian, only to hear Xu Qixian say: "Senior Brother Xia, you have to help a group of brothers this time!" For my brother to use the methods you taught, all of them did the right thing for my uncle to test our arithmetic, my uncle was taken aback, and severely reprimanded, for my brother was forced by the majesty of my uncle and father, I could only confess you! Now that my uncle has to come to the academy to find you, my brother really can't stop me, so I got up early this morning for my brother to inform you and prepare early! ”

"This is easy to do, I'll just go home and avoid it for a day." Xia Hongsheng said.

"Huh?" Xu Qixian didn't expect Xia Hongsheng to go home directly, and he was puzzled for a while.

Xia Hongsheng glanced left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and said to Xu Qixian: "Brother Xu, Master Yan instructed me not to spread the word for the time being, so this matter should not be told to you." But Brother Xu treats me well, so I have to inform Brother Xu in advance. People from Chang'an City came, and Master Yan was already planning to return to Chang'an. The other chair gentlemen are already masters of Xianyun Yehe, and if they want to come to Shiyanshi, they will definitely not stay for long. Brother Xu, it's better to prepare early. ”

"Okay, that's it, Brother Xu, the younger brother will go home and avoid your uncle's edge for the time being." After that, Xia Hongsheng turned around and walked out of the academy, although he missed his student days, but he still didn't want to study anymore as a student again. I'm going to buy some materials I need to go back, and the progress of teaching my sister-in-law things must be hurried, today Yan Shigu decided to go back to Chang'an, so that Xia Hongsheng suddenly realized that he would have to leave Luanzhou City one day, and if he didn't teach his sister-in-law everything that should be taught, once he needed to leave Luanzhou City in the future, it would be too late.

went to the butcher to buy pork and pigs into the water, the butcher has begun to avoid Xia Hongsheng, no way, Xia Hongsheng came to buy pork and pigs in the middle of the water a few times, and the butcher has always felt that those pigs are not edible when they go into the water, and it is unconscionable to sell money, so now that Xia Hongsheng is coming again, he is a little reluctant to face him. This time I bought a lot more, and the butcher blushed and said that he didn't want any money.

Xia Hongsheng smiled dumbly, and bought a lot of mutton and mutton bones, but he still put down a small half of the money without looking at it, and the butcher called his apprentice and pushed a wooden cart to help Xia Hongsheng send pork and mutton to his home. Taking advantage of the wooden car, I bought a bag of salt soil by the way, yesterday's half a barrel of salt solution, the crystallized salt is only half a bowl, not enough for home use, today I will make more, tomorrow my sister-in-law will come out of the stall to use good salt.

Xia Hongsheng sent away the butcher's apprentice, then came back and set up an iron pot, added water to boil, and ran to the carpenter Zhang Laohan's house to ask for a piece of pine wood.