The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1746 The original intention
"What is the original intention of Duke Xuan to establish this academy?" Gao Jifu asked.

"Original intention?" Speaking of this, Xuan Shijing smiled and said: "At first, it was just to let the children in Zhuangzi have a place to study, but if there is an academy, there must be a teacher. At that time, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing The right candidate, coincidentally, Mr. Gao Shilian is not in good health and is not suitable for working hard in the court, so I invited Mr. Gao Shilian over. At that time, it was not a tiring thing to teach in Zhuangzi. It is cultivated in Zhuangzi, and teaching and educating people is also a merit, so Mr. Gao Shilian agreed. Later, with the development of the academy, Mr. Xiao Yu came when there were not enough teachers. After that, Mr. There are more and more, the academy is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more branches, and it has become what it is now."

"However, I can see that the academy is still expanding." Gao Jifu said, "Duke Xuan thinks that the scale of the academy is not enough?"

"What Mr. Gao sees is not a complete academy. We are only in the liberal arts academy among the four academies." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "There are not many students in the liberal arts academy, because the students are from Mingde Academy. After graduation, they will be separated and entered into various colleges, adults have heard of it, there is a medical school, there is a military college, and there is an engineering college in Chang'an City."

If Gao Jifu knows best, it should be the Engineering College in Chang’an City. Anyway, the Engineering College has been in Chang’an for some years, and has sent many talents to the Ministry of Industry. When the new palace was built in Longshouyuan, the Engineering College The students will shine at that time.

"There are four academies in Zhuangzi, I've heard of that." Gao Jifu said.

However, Gao Jifu had never been to the Dongshan County Academy. He thought that the four academies were all together, but they were divided into four large courtyards or divided into different areas. An academy has its own area, a separate building complex?

Xuan Shijing's plan for the academy is like this. This large area on Zhuangzi is within the scope of the academy. Although the four academies are gathered together, they are each playing their own way, not together.

The expansion of the second phase of the academy is mainly aimed at Mingde Academy, because the number of students admitted by Mingde Academy will increase in the future, but this number, when they graduate and are diverted to various academies, will be reduced. It won't look that big anymore.

In other words, Mingde Academy will be the largest because it has the most students.

"Anyway, we have nothing to do, let's go to the other three academies." Xuan Shijing said: "I will also recommend the gentlemen of the academies to my lord."

"It's so good." Gao Jifu said.

After seeing the grades of the students in the academy and hearing Xuan Shijing's description of the academy, Gao Jifu is now more and more interested in the academy here.

Xuan Shijing took Gao Jifu around the entire academy, and Gao Jifu was completely impressed by the size of the academy. This is only the completed academy, and there is a place under construction next to it, although the general appearance can already be seen , after the completion of the project, the scale of the academy here will be larger than what I see now.

"It's amazing." Gao Jifu said.

"How does Master Gao feel?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"This is also the first time I have seen an academy of this size in my life." Gao Jifu said: "And this piece of academy seems to be a whole, and the divisions are so clear. The Academy of Letters, the Academy of Military Affairs, the Academy of Medicine, plus Chang'an City's An engineering college, Duke Xuan intends to recreate Jixia Academy?"

Xuan Shijing smiled heartily after hearing the words: "I dare not say, what is the scale of Jixia Academy? And this academy is simply divided into three or four categories."

During its heyday, Jixia Academy accommodated almost every school in the "Hundred Schools of Philosophy", among which the main ones were Taoism, Confucianism, Law, Ming, Soldiers, Agriculture, Yin-Yang, and Severity Schools.During its prosperous period, Jixia Academy gathered about a thousand wise men from all over the world.

And the academy that Zhuangzi attended is just a classroom for teaching students, which is beyond the reach of Shangjixia Academy.

However, since there is an academy in Zhuangzi, Xuan Shijing also hopes that the academy can become a place for cultivating talents and a place for talents to exchange academic knowledge. He hopes that the academy can develop more and more comprehensively. However, all of this will take time.

"Although I just walked around the academy, I can understand why many people in the court are hostile to the academy, and it's not just because of the Imperial College. Therefore, the height that Duke Xuan hopes to achieve, any It's heavy, but it's a long way to go." Gao Jifu said.

It would be great if there were more enlightened officials like Gao Jifu in the court. In this way, the academy can move forward boldly with more confidence, instead of the current situation where everyone must first try to be cautious, and even go to Take the blame that shouldn't have been in the first place.

"Step by step, it's only been a few years of effort, it's already pretty good to be able to walk so fast." Xuan Shijing said.

Six years have passed since the completion of Mingde Academy and now all the academies in Zhuangzi have become large-scale. From the beginning to now, the first batch of students walked out of the gate of the Faculty of Arts, and eleven Jinshi appeared in Zhuangzi at once. This is already a big step forward for the Academy.

At the same time as this step was taken, it also brought a perfect end to the "quarrel" with the Imperial College two years ago.

Under Xuan Shijing's arrangement, Gao Jifu also went to see the place where he would live after he arrived at the academy. The place where he lived was next door to the place reserved for Yu Zhining. Anyway, the two of them wanted to come to the academy at the same time. Let the two be neighbors on the side of the academy.

There are resettlement houses for Mr. Shuyuan around the academy, but they cannot be given to the two of them free of charge. To the academy, they are just passers-by who stay for a longer time. Therefore, both of them have to live in the academy among the guest rooms.

After knowing where he lives, when he moves here, he just needs someone to bring his things here. Gao Jifu came to Zhuangzi today, and he and Yu Zhining will move in together in two days.

In addition to taking Gao Jifu to visit the academy, Xuan Shijing also took Gao Jifu to meet Xiao Yu and Gao Shilian. Now Gao Shilian has moved from Mingde Academy to the Academy of Arts, and Yan Qinli has gone to Mingde Academy. The person has changed, and as for the handover or something, it's not a troublesome thing. Both parties are familiar with each other, and it won't take a day and a half to explain things clearly.

(End of this chapter)