In Yong'an City, a large courtyard was decorated with lights and firecrackers were blasting. There was a huge thing at the entrance of the courtyard, covered with silk brocade. Nearby residents came in one after another, and soon the nearby neighborhood was packed with water.
There were many scribes standing in the courtyard. They looked at the residents outside the courtyard curiously, and the residents in the city also looked at them curiously.
At this time, a trumpet sounded, indicating that the auspicious moment had arrived.
Wei Yuan accompanied a middle-aged scribe who flew through the air and landed at the gate of the courtyard. Li Zhi in the crowd smiled and said to Zhang Sheng beside him: "Mr. Cai is here."
Wei Yuan was accompanied by Cai Shizhi. He had a clear face and looked about thirty years old. His eyes were clear and his movements were calm and elegant.
Wei Yuan said: "The auspicious time has come, sir, please unveil it."
Cai Shizhi stepped aside and stood on one side of the curtain with Wei Yuan. At the same time, he pulled down the silk brocade, revealing a large stone inside with the four characters "Qingming Academy" written on it.
These four characters are vigorous and powerful, full of ancient meanings, and look like the passage of time. They are really rare brushwork in the world. Wei Yuan has the desire to learn calligraphy again, but there is no shortcut in calligraphy, so he has no choice but to stop.
The stone tablet was revealed, and there was thunderous applause.
For such a major event as the establishment of Qingming Academy, all the cultivators from Taichu Palace naturally arrived, and Li Zhi also stood among the crowd. He was tall and handsome, with a gentle and elegant demeanor, but his eyes were like lightning, and he had a kind of domineering power, which made him look very powerful no matter where he stood.
Attractive eyes.
At this time, Li Zhi told some of Cai Shizhi's life stories to the monks in Taichu Palace, and then answered some questions. Compared with others, Li Zhi showed extra respect for Zhang Sheng and always answered Zhang Sheng's questions immediately.
After the unveiling, Cai Shizhi said loudly: "The sage said, "It is new every day, and it is new every day." Cai came here with his disciples to enlighten the people's wisdom, so that there will be successors to the sage's learning! The sage also studied things to achieve knowledge, righteousness, sincerity, and self-cultivation.
, harmonize the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. Our generation should start from the study of things and end with peace of the world. Although the road is long, if one person is killed every day, the contribution will not be wasted!"
After a few words, Cai Shizhi walked into the academy and began to formally select students.
In addition to the academies, there are also three schools opened in the city for literacy enlightenment. The academies teach the studies of saints, and one must have a certain academic foundation.
A roster has been placed in front of Cai Shizhi, which lists the student candidates selected by other disciples. At this time, more than a dozen disciples are still struggling with the thick roster.
At this time, a disciple let out a sigh and said, "After searching for so long, why haven't I seen a single scholar or a single member of the aristocratic family?"
Standing in the hall, Wei Yuan could hear clearly and said: "When Qing Ming was first established, the people in the realm all migrated from various places, and there were basically no people from the scholarly family."
He said this implicitly, but Cai Shizhi understood it. If he really couldn't survive, who would be willing to travel thousands of miles to a war-torn frontier?
Another disciple said at this time: "There are also some officials and officials, which is not bad."
Cai Shizhi frowned slightly and said, "There is no distinction between teachers and students! Have you forgotten how I usually teach you?"
Those students were not just obedient, but said: "Scholars from aristocratic families, those from official families, these are the fastest to teach. Pick them out and teach them first, and then they can go and enlighten others. This is the same as having education."
Being classless is not a contradiction.”
Cai Shizhi was contradicted by his disciple, but he was not angry. He nodded slightly and said, "It makes sense."
Then he said to Wei Yuan: "My disciple is so naughty that Master Wei is laughing at me."
Wei Yuan smiled and said: "Listen and you will understand. Sir, you are able to practice the methods of saints. You are truly worthy of the name of a great Confucian."
The two chatted for a while, and Wei Yuan explained to Cai Shizhi the current system of Qingming and the origin of student selection. Qingming Academy and its affiliated schools were opened, and Wei Yuan took advantage of the opportunity to add a benefit to the civilian class, that is, to enroll in the school.
Rights. Those below civilian level are not allowed to enroll in school.
Cai Shizhi had no objection to this, but several students expressed their opinion that the distinction was not detailed enough. There should be an additional "shi" between civilians and registered officials, and then a "shi" above the official status.
Only in this way can a noble family be complete.
They just suggested, and Wei Yuan just listened.
Cai Shizhi put down the list in his hand and flew into the sky with Wei Yuan, overlooking the entire Yong'an City, and then said: "I just followed Lord Wei to look around the realm. It is true that the weather is diverse and everything is prosperous. What I learned came from the saints, but
And they are different from saints. Enlightenment of people's wisdom is an important part of the knowledge I teach. I hope I can achieve something with Lord Wei so that I can live up to what I have learned in my life."
He suddenly sighed and said: "It's just that this road is difficult, and I don't know if I can make it."
Wei Yuan saw that he was desolate and asked why.
Cai Shizhi briefly explained it, and Wei Yuan understood. It turns out that the core is to open up the people's wisdom and what is its use.
The outer world has long concluded this matter, and the strategy of fooling the people is the source of all evil.
But it's not that simple in this world. It takes a lot of effort to open up people's wisdom, but the prosperity of the entire human race does not depend on mortals, but on high cultivation, or even to the extreme, on immortals.
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The number of immortals determines how much territory the human race can occupy and how many people it can have. Everyone below the immortals are ants.
In the long run, the strength of the human race as a whole depends on the number of middle and lower-level monks such as casts and Daoji. It is also a fact that the descendants of monks are obviously stronger than mortals.
Monks and mortals can almost be said to be two species, so the laws of the Nine Kingdoms of Datang clearly stipulate that with Daoji as the dividing line, they have completely different rights. To put it simply, Daoji monks can beat mortals to death for no reason, as long as
Just lose money.
Naturally, things in the world are ever-changing and there are no fixed rules. If a casual cultivator kills the stupid son of a rich family, he will be hunted to the end of the world, and the government will not show any mercy when arresting him. After he gets it, he will often behead him first, without applying the law.
opportunity.
Therefore, the strength of the human race lies in cultivation. Even if a large number of mortals learn to read and write and open up their people's wisdom, it will still be useless and they can only continue to cultivate a few acres of thin fields.
Because of this, Cai Shizhi traveled around the world, but it was always difficult to implement his ideas. In the eyes of many great scholars in the Four Saints Academy, Cai Shizhi was just a paranoid and eccentric guy who wanted to find a new way. If he turned on the people's wisdom, he could see the end at a glance.
, it’s useless at all.
This is also the reason why Cai Shizhi is willing to go to Qingming, a remote and war-torn place, to take charge of the academy. In other places in the Nine Kingdoms, he might not even be able to enter the gate of Zhoufu.
Li Zhi knew that Cai Shizhi's ideas resonated with Wei Yuan, so he recommended him. As expected, Cai Shizhi came happily.
Cai Shizhi wanted to enlighten the people's wisdom, while Wei Yuan wanted to make human life meaningful. The first step was to enlighten the people's wisdom. The two coincided in this aspect.
Chapter completed!