Just when Fengmingshan was humming "Qingjiang Yin. Abandoning Weiming and Coming" by Guan Yunshi, a Sanqu master of the Yuan Dynasty, a large group of Chaozhou clan representatives dressed similarly to him had gathered around him. Of course, these people

We didn't come here to listen to Fengming Mountain's singing, but came here for something else. Because everyone was from Chaozhou, and some of them knew each other, they started chatting with each other after a while.

"Look, this is one of the three best original Confucian academies in Guangdong!"

"Really? Where are the other two?"

"One is located in Yuexiu Mountain, which is called the Second Academy of Guangzhou Prefecture, and there is another one located near Lizhiwan in the west of Guangzhou City, which is called the First Academy of Guangzhou Prefecture. These three academies, plus our Chaoyang Academy and Rongjiang Academy in Chaozhou,

These are the five best academies in the world today!"

"What? Guangfu No. 123 Academy, Chaoyang Academy, Rongjiang Academy...how come you haven't heard of it?"

"You haven't heard? Old sir, where are you from? The accent doesn't sound like our Guangdong accent, right?"

"I am from Kunshan County, Suzhou Prefecture. I came to Guangdong for business."

"That's right...Old sir, in fact, these five academies are all newly opened. Their predecessors were the Tianwang Palace, the official academy of the Jieyang court. After the Jieyang court moved to Guangzhou, the Tianwang Palace was

It is divided into seven. In addition to these five academies, there are also the Ming Military Academy on Huangpu Island and the Ming Academy of Natural Law on Haizhu Island."

"This, this natural law university? It doesn't sound like it's Confucianism!"

"What the old man doesn't know is that Guangfu No. 123 Academy, Chaoyang Academy, Rongjiang Academy, Military Law University Hall, and Natural Law University Hall are all original Confucian schools, and they teach the learning of original Confucianism, the way of nature, and the way of magic.

and the art of war."

"Spell? This..."

"It's true! Old gentleman, there is such a magic!"

"Ah, this...what are you doing here today?"

"Oh, today is the official opening day of Guangfu No. 3 College... Although there are only two classes of sixty students enrolled, it is still a big day! And our Chaozhou champion Dao Scarong will still be there

He is here to give a high-level speech, he is the registered dean of Guangfu Third Academy!"

The old gentleman who came from Kunshan was really dumbfounded when he heard the fancy name of the Number One Scholar... The Number One Scholar was the best scholar in the world, how could he be called "Dao Scarrong"? It sounded like he had been a robber.

Of course Fengmingshan knew that Dao Scarong had really been a robber... Oh, he couldn't be considered a robber, he should have forcibly blocked the road at sea to collect money!

But when an academy opened in Guangzhou, why were a group of Chaozhou clan heads so happy to watch the fun? Is it just to show their admiration for Dao Scarrong?

As soon as I thought of this, I heard several Chaozhou parents talking about this matter.

"Right 30% of the young people who are admitted to the three major academies in Guangfu are from Chaozhou?"

"That's almost it. The remaining 30% are from Guangfu... After all, Chaofu and Guangfu have the longest time to receive the textbooks of original Confucianism and new mathematics among the clan studies and private schools in Guangfu!"

"It's a pity that none of the boys in my family passed the exam..."

"It's so easy to take the exam there. The five major academies together only accept 300 people... Those who can get into the exam are all Wenquxingxingxia! If you can get into the Natural Law School after studying in the academy for three years, that's it!

He is a talented person. If he studies for another three or four years, he will surely become a high official after graduation!"

"It's just that it's harder to take the exam now, because everything is difficult at the beginning! Now there are no teachers to teach, so it's all up to the younger students to study by themselves with textbooks. In the future, if you have teachers, it will be easier to learn."

"It's easy to learn, but it's not easy to take the exam! If it's easy to learn and easy to take the exam, your career will be difficult after passing the exam! And there are age limits in academies and universities, so you can't take exams endlessly. You can't take exams if you are over 18 years old.

I’m taking the entrance exams for the academy and the military law school..."

It turns out that Artillery Zhu has built the clan school, county school, academy, and the top university hall into an ascending channel that can be upgraded one level at a time... This method is brilliant!

Feng Mingshan, who was born in the imperial examination and helped Xue Zhang with the Guangdong Provincial Examination, already had some idea of ​​what Zhu Heji was doing.

With this ascending channel, it is easy to control the clan forces below. Because whether these clans can prosper depends on land, they can fight, they can do business, they can do business, and they can gain fame.

The effect is huge.

If a clan only has money and land, but can never produce scholars, candidates, or Jinshi, there will be no children in the clan who can enter the officialdom.

Then it will be difficult for this clan to maintain its momentum of development, and it may even become the target of extortion and suppression by other clans with official backgrounds.

Now Zhu Heji has first created "new knowledge" such as original Confucianism, new arithmetic, natural magic, etc., and then issued corresponding textbooks for the following families and private schools to find ways to teach or let students learn by themselves.

At the same time, academies and universities were established where outstanding Confucian scholars from the countryside could be promoted.

In this way, this system of studying - taking exams - entering higher education - those who excel in their studies lead to official positions were firmly controlled by Zhu Heji from the point of "examination - further education"!

Although this method looks similar to the traditional method of obtaining scholars, there is no age limit for obtaining scholars, and the court basically only cares about examinations, not teaching... Therefore, the court's grasp of scholars is not enough

.

Using Zhu Heji's method, even if he entered an academy at the age of eighteen, entered the Natural Law University Hall at the age of twenty-one, and graduated as an official at the age of twenty-five, he would be under the management of the original Confucian Academy and the University Hall for seven years!

In addition, the imperial examinations with no age limit are also likely to produce old scholars, old candidates, and old Jinshi... After studying for a few more years, it is easier to become a master!

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Scholars have to study off-duty year after year, which is not something ordinary families can afford. Therefore, this imperial examination system is more conducive to wealthy families, and at the same time it also

It is not conducive to popularizing education.

After all, limited educational resources are used repeatedly by a few people.

And what Zhu Heji did will encourage the clans below to set up clan schools... With the age limit for admission, you have to work hard and work hard! This child is very good at studying.

Whether you are smart or stupid, you really can’t tell before you study.

Some people who look stupid are the top academics! Some people look like they are clever, and there are quite a few who just can’t get into the book...

While Fengmingshan was analyzing Zhu Heji's purpose of opening academies and universities over and over again, his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the neat and loud singing of young people.

"...The difficulties of Jiashen are still not over. When will the hatred of saints be extinguished? Driving a long chariot, trampling through the gap in the Helan Mountains. The ambition is to eat Hulu meat when hungry, and laugh and drink the blood of Huns when thirsty. Let's start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers,

Get dressed again."

Fengmingshan quickly turned around and followed the sound of the song, and saw dozens of young Confucian scholars, forming two neat columns, walking out of the Five Immortals Gate. These young men were all dressed in black, with red scarves on their heads, long swords, and belts.

Bronze hammer, sing and advance.

Regardless of the knowledge of these young men, just speaking of their aura, they are really quite powerful!

Behind these sixty young men, there are more than ten knights. The leader is a "yellow scarf scholar" with a scary scar on his face and a curly beard. He is Qiu Rong, the "scarred champion".

Qiu Rong saw that many "Confucian scholars" had gathered outside the gate of Guangfu Third Academy on Jiefang Street to watch the excitement, so he reined in his horse and shouted: "Stop!"

As soon as he shouted "stop", the sixty junior officers walking in front of him all stood still with a snap.

With such neatness, I am afraid I can catch up with the students of Whampoa University of Military Law.

Seeing that the students had stopped, "Scar" rode forward again, passed between the two rows of students, and then immediately began to give a speech in front of everyone.

"Everyone, what I, Dao Scarong, am here to tell you today is what we, the Yuan Confucians under the leadership of the sage, are doing and what we will do.

You will definitely think that what we are doing now is a rebellion, a Tatar rebellion, to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!
Chapter completed!