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

Chapter 915 Astronomers Join [Subscribe*Monthly Tickets]

Getting something for nothing will not last long. Although the various schools of thought are rich, education is not something that one family or one clan can handle.

Perhaps at the beginning the various schools of thought had to jump into this trap due to competition, but once they had a certain number of disciples and reputation, they would never be willing to continue to invest more wealth in it.

When you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares into you.

To put it bluntly, Yan Yan was using chickens to lay eggs, but the same was true in reverse. The various schools of thought were also using Bingzhou as a breeding ground for their ideas.

After the various schools of thought have obtained what they want, they can also choose to evacuate Bingzhou and return to their homeland with their disciples.

Therefore, Yan Yan actually had no intention of letting the various schools of thought continue to bear the educational expenses of Bingzhou.

What he needed was for the various schools of thought to temporarily help Bingzhou get through the most difficult years. After that, Bingzhou would have complete control over educational spending, rather than letting the various schools of thought control Bingzhou's education.

Education is the foundation.

Yan Yan is very clear about this.

Whoever controls education actually controls the lifeblood of a country.

It is absolutely impossible for Bingzhou to allow the various schools of thought to always take the initiative.

What is happening now is also done out of necessity.

If the Hundred Schools of Thought had been controlling Bingzhou's education, these people would have inevitably brought in all sorts of private ideas when teaching.

Although the Hundred Schools of Thought did not dare to openly slander Bingzhou in education and shake the foundation of Bingzhou, they would still use all kinds of innuendos to criticize current affairs during the teaching process. After all, Bingzhou used the Huang-Lao theory instead of their own.
What's more, if all the hundred families came to Bingzhou, what would China do?
This goes against the original intention of establishing Bingzhou.

Bingzhou is to provide a safety net for China, not to concentrate the essence of the entire China in Bingzhou.

According to Yan Yan's idea, the hundred families would leave a backup of their heritage in Bingzhou, rather than letting all of them come to Bingzhou to take root.

This is not some kind heartedness, but there are only so many people in Bingzhou. If all the schools of thought came here, within twenty years, they would take root in Bingzhou and turn Bingzhou back to the tribal era in disguise. When the schools of thought started fighting, Bingzhou would be in complete chaos and fighting would break out everywhere.

When the emperor's edict was issued, the whole world was shocked.

All the schools of thought, even those that had been in seclusion for many years, received the imperial book from the Confucians.

After all, Yan Yan was not only the emperor of Bingzhou, but also one of the most recognized leaders in Confucianism today. Naturally, Confucianism spared no effort to help inform all families and clans.

"Lord Gan, the emperor's letter has been delivered. It's up to Gan to go or not. However, Bingzhou doesn't have its own Sitianjian at present. It is said that Shifu is very interested!"

"Father Shi, the emperor's letter has been delivered. It's up to Shi to go or not. However, Bingzhou doesn't have its own Sitianjian at present. It is said that Lord Gan is very interested!"

Fu Nian and Yan Lu rarely showed up and helped Bingzhou to personally deliver the emperor's letter to the Gan De and Shi Shen lines, the most inconspicuous astronomers among the Hundred Schools of Thought.

These two schools are different from the other schools of thought. Although they are ranked at the bottom among the other schools of thought, their academic achievements are unmatched even by Confucianism, Taoism, and Mohism.

Even Taoism, Confucianism, Mohism, the Five Elements School and the Yin-Yang School took the star tracks observed by the two schools as their fundamental inspiration.

For example, the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and the twenty-eight constellations come from Gan Degong's "Astronomy and Astrology" and "Suixing Ji" and Shi Shenfu's "Astronomy" and "Huntiantu".

The reason why the science of astronomy came into being in later generations is that later generations summarized the works of the two and synthesized them into the "Ganshi Xingjing". The two were the first astronomical pioneers in the world to discover the laws of the movement of the five major planets, observe sunspots and the solar corona, and calculate the obliquity of the ecliptic.

"Are those old bastards from the Shi family going too?" The head of the Gan family had no interest in it at first. Wouldn't it be nice to just look at the stars and admire the wonders of the universe? There is no time to be distracted. But the prerequisite is that the Shi family does not participate.

Since the Shi family is involved, the Gan family will not fall behind no matter what.

"Yes, Bingzhou has an artifact called the Clairvoyance. It is said that if Bingzhou is willing to study it in depth, the surfaces of the five planets and the twenty-eight constellations can be directly observed through the Clairvoyance. So the Shifu lineage has already set out for Beiye Royal City. My father said that my Feng family and the Gan family have an old relationship, so he specially ordered Zi Nian to come and inform Lord Gan, so as to prevent Lord Gan from being slow at every step!" Fu Nian said indifferently.

"What? Having this artifact, the old man from the Shi family didn't even tell me, he wanted to keep it all to himself!" The head of the Gan family couldn't help but curse.

We agreed to stay away from worldly affairs and study the mysteries of the universe and stars together, but you actually want to overtake me on a curve!
Yan Lu also said the same words to the head of the Shi family and received the same response.

The Gan family and the Shi family are among the few schools of thought in the world today that study astronomy and stars. Even the Taoists, Yin-Yang School, and Five Elements School are not as good as them in astronomy.

These two schools have always looked down upon other schools, thinking that in the field of astronomy and astrology, except for each other, other schools, even Taoism, Confucianism, and Mohism, are trash and idiots.

Therefore, the two families looked down on each other and wanted to suppress the other.

When it comes not to each other, both the Gan family and the Shi family have high IQs and look down on all the scholars of various schools of thought, thinking that they are all fools and not worthy of talking to them.

But once they get involved with each other, the IQ of the two families plummets, becoming even more reckless than a reckless man.

This is also the reason why Fu Nian and Yan Lu took the initiative to deliver the imperial letter to the two families.

Perhaps many people have some misunderstandings about astronomy, and think that studying these things is of little use to reality, but people who understand the two families know that they can even calculate weather forecasts such as smelting, chaos, good harvests, bad harvests, floods, and droughts through the movement of stars.

The current "Zhuanxu Calendar" was deduced based on the two schools' observations of the movements of stars.

"Old bastard!" Shi Gong also cursed and told his disciples to pack up and head north.

The Shi family is on the border of Wei and Chu, while the Gan family is in the northern part of Qi. If the Shi family is a little slower and lets the Gan family take over first, they will regret it till their thighs are broken.

Yan Lu was not surprised at all. As long as it involved the Gan family, the IQ of the Shi family was negative.

"If Shi Gong arrives in Bingzhou, he can enter the Foreign Minister's Residence!" Yan Lu said with a smile.

"Master Zilu has any relationship with the Prime Minister's Office in Bingzhou?" Shi Gong was a little surprised.

"I am honored to be the foreign minister of Bingzhou!" Yan Lu said with a smile.

"Oh?" Shi Gong was a little surprised. He really didn't know that Yan Lu and Gongsun Linglong had formed a Qin and Jin alliance, and he didn't care about it before.

Now that Yan Lu said this, he took it to heart. After all, he was unfamiliar with the place and it would be easier to get things done if he had someone in the court.

He could also guess what Yan Lu's purpose was in saying this.

It's nothing more than doing Gongsun Linglong a favor.

(End of this chapter)