The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 802 Entering the Yan Family Ancestral Hall [Please subscribe*Please vote]

"This is good, this is good!" County Magistrate Wu looked at the four big words and was extremely surprised.

If someone else wrote these four words, scholars all over the world might not necessarily believe it, but since Yan Yan personally acknowledged it, it completely confirmed that Wu County is the top literary country in the world and the hometown of literature.

This is of great symbolic significance to Wu County.

With these four words, the people of Wu County will spontaneously cultivate a literary style, fearing that they will tarnish these four words.

If things continue like this, perhaps in the near future, the literary style of Wu County will surpass that of the Confucius Temple in Qufu and the Little Sage Village in Sanghai.

This is a collective sense of honor. No one will tarnish it. Even if children do not study seriously, they will be influenced by their surroundings. Their parents and teachers will teach them to study hard and develop a lofty literary style.

Once a literary style environment is established, it will be difficult to destroy it.

The head of the Yan family looked at Yan Yan with some resentment and said, "You mentioned these four words to Wu County, so what about Yushan Academy?"
Just like Wu County would say they were from Wu County, without adding any prefix and saying they were from Wu County, the Jianghu County of the Chu State, Yushan Academy didn't even want to say they were from Wu County, but directly said, I am from Yushan, without any prefix.

At the request of the people, scholars and the county magistrate of Wu County, Yan Yan stayed in Wu County for another two days and gave lectures to the scholars at the Wu County School, with an audience of up to 3,000 people.

Afterwards, Yan Yan returned to Qingxi Yushan Academy under the leadership of the head of the Yan family.

"Let the army stay in Wu County!"

Yan Yan left the army in Wu County, otherwise the resources of Qingxi and Yushan Academy alone would not be able to guarantee the food and supplies for an army of this size.

"Yes!" The cavalry commander Yun Danu and the Rui Shi commander naturally agreed.

Although the main army did not go, they still sent more than a hundred personal guards to follow and protect them.

"What a big change!"

After arriving at Qingxi, Yan Yan was a little surprised.

Originally Qingxi was just a small town. Although it was the largest of all towns, it was not as large as a county.

Nowadays, there are no ordinary people coming and going in Qingxi, and it is full of scholars who come to study, making Qingxi more prosperous. The town has also expanded several times than before. Except for the lack of city walls, its scale is no smaller than Wu County.

"When Your Majesty became a vassal and annexed the state, more merchants and scholars came and went, so the family began to plan for expansion. After Your Majesty became emperor, Qingxi also ushered in a peak of expansion. The entire Jingchu, and even the nobles among the vassal states, would build a house in Qingxi, so that their children could study in Yushan Academy and be influenced by Your Majesty's literary influence."

The Yan family head had a smile on his face, feeling indescribably proud and honored.

He even dared to say that the entire Qingxi was no worse than Wu County.

Nobles, like businessmen, will not do anything without profit.

Even though the Yan family would not send any of their descendants to serve as officials in Bingzhou, they could not control the disciples who graduated from Yushan Academy.

These nobles also knew that a cunning rabbit can only rest assured if it has three burrows, and that all eggs should never be put in one basket.

The children of the family will be sent to serve in different countries to increase the family's ability to resist risks.

Let the children of the clan enter Yushan Academy to study, and then go to Bingzhou for development after graduating from Yushan Academy. This will increase the chances of the children of the clan being reused in Bingzhou.

After all, this is Yan Yan's hometown and the place where Yan Yan graduated.

Maybe in the beginning they will have to rely on their own efforts to get appointed by Bingzhou, but once they are appointed, then because of their relationship as Yan Yan's junior brothers and nephews, they will have more chances of promotion than others.

For the nobles, even if it only increased their chances by 30%, it was worth the risk, not to mention the opportunity of increasing their success rate with zero risk, such as buying a house in Qingxi and studying in Yushan. Yan Yan could understand the nobles' thoughts, and he was also wondering why there were so many scholars from Yushan Academy in Bingzhou in the past two years.

It turns out there is no fool in this world.

The local nobles in Chu State probably realized long ago that Chu State was going to be in trouble and had already prepared to move. The real heirs had long been transferred out of Chu State to develop in Qin State and Bingzhou, and only some playboys remained in Chu State.

However, Yan Yan did not target these people for this reason.

Although the nobles were betting on both sides, they had to admit that the core disciples in their clans were not bad in qualifications, especially those whose families had people in high positions. They had been exposed to the officialdom since childhood and were more familiar with it than those who came from the common people. They also knew better how to govern and govern.

This is the intangible wealth accumulated for them by their ancestors, which will give them a higher starting point.

Of course, this only makes their starting point higher. When those civilian scholars reach the same position as them and accumulate experience, these things will be smoothed out and both sides will truly be on the same track.

Therefore, above the level of doctor, the truly cruel competition begins.

There is no fairness below the level of a doctor.

Isn't the purpose of their ancestors' efforts to give their descendants a higher starting point?
This is how the torch is passed on.

Simply and indiscriminately erasing the achievements of each country's ancestors will only cause turmoil.

The families in Qingxi knew that Yan Yan was coming and had been waiting for a long time.

As for inviting Yan Yan into the house, no one would be stupid enough to do such a thing.

After all, Qingxi is the territory of the Yan family, and there is a gap in their status, so it is impossible to invite an emperor into their home.

"Do you want to go back to the ancestral temple?" The head of the Yan family looked at Yan Yan expectantly.

They secretly accepted Yan Yan into Yan Shuyu's lineage without telling Yan Yan.

If Yan Yan is willing to go to the Yan family ancestral temple, it means that Yan Yan acknowledges his identity as a member of the Yan family.

Yan Yan looked at the expectant Yan Yan and the elders from the Yan family who had come over, and after a little thought, he nodded slightly under everyone's nervous gaze.

Without the Yan family, there would be no Yushan Academy, and he would not be where he is today. It is his duty to give back to the Yan family.

"Your Majesty, please!" The elders of the Yan family also breathed a sigh of relief, and the entire Yan family was also extremely excited.

As long as Yan Yan steps into the Yan family's ancestral temple, then from today on, their Yan family will not only have Yan Zi as the sage who can be famous throughout the world.

When Yan Yan passes away in the future, the Yan family can legitimately erect a spirit tablet and a statue for Yan Yan to worship and inspire and protect future generations.

The Yan family ancestral temple is located in the center of Qingxi Town. It is very popular, but Yan Yan was not qualified to enter it before.

At the beginning, Yan Yan also hoped that he could enter the Yan family ancestral temple to burn a stick of incense, but his identity was very embarrassing at that time. He was not recognized by the real core of the Yan family and could not enter.

However, he did not expect that with the passage of time, the Yan family ancestral hall, which he had walked past time and time again but was unable to enter, would be opened for him this time and he was invited to enter.

Even the head of the Yan family, who was the main priest, could only serve as a companion priest. Only after he had offered the first incense, could others offer incense.

(End of this chapter)