Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

"So, if every scholar can accept so many disciples, we still have some chances, right? If these disciples have been following their masters, then wouldn't we have a bright future?"

"You don't understand this, Mr. Wu Xin has also thought of this point, formal disciples can only follow the teacher for six years at most, and registered disciples can only follow the teacher for four years before they have to leave the academy.

In this way, there is no need to worry about these disciples staying by the teacher's side all the time. "

"Wow, Wu Xinjun's move is very good! It's a pity that my family is poor, and I really can't afford to study for such a long time."

"This brother is worrying too much. As long as he can be accepted into the school, whether he is a formal disciple or a registered disciple, all board and lodging will be settled by Zhao Guo officials, and there is no need for a penny! Not only that, Wu Xinjun also set up a It's called, it's called a scholarship award.

Every year, a certain number of scholars will be selected and rewarded with money. It is said that the starting point is 1 yuan, and No.50 can get [-] yuan! "

"Five, 50 yuan?

Can learn knowledge and earn so much money?

Don't lie to me! "

"What did I lie to you for?

Go out and inquire about it by yourself, it has already been spread outside!By the way, the benefits of the Zhao State Academy are more than that. As long as you leave the Academy, you can immediately join the Zhao State government, and you will be awarded the official position according to your ability, and become a member of the Zhao State officials! "

"Hey, Zhao Guo is the most powerful country in the world today, if you can serve as an official or even get promoted in Zhao Guo, won't you have no worries about food and clothing in the future?

Don't talk about it, brother, I will go home to pack my luggage and head to Handan! "

All of a sudden, the whole of China was boiling. Countless scholars bid farewell to their fathers, wives and children, and rushed to Handan wearing stars and moons.

Without him, just for the dream of getting ahead in my heart!With the spread of the new academic system of the Academy, Zhao Kuo's reputation has also been improved invisibly.

Everyone is not a fool, and everyone knows that the way of Zhao Guoxue Palace, which is completely different from the previous mainstream education system, must have been won by the young Wu Xinjun for everyone.

Wu Xinjun, what a good man!Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing as he watched the reports sent back from nightingales everywhere: "I didn't expect that just reforming the education system would improve my reputation so much. It seems that these low-level scholars are very concerned about the current This backward talent selection system is really resentful.

Well, it can be regarded as accumulating some virtue. "

Perhaps it was the reason for so many blessings that Zhao Kuo soon got the good news that Tian Wan was pregnant again!After diagnosing the joy pulse, Tian Wan immediately stopped having sex with Zhao Kuo, a "tool man". This also relieved Zhao Kuo, who was squeezed every night, and felt like he was brought back to life.

The days passed by without any surprises, and three months passed in a flash, and the opening ceremony of Zhao Guoxue Palace came!

Chapter 222 Wu Xinjun Can Compose Poetry?

The first of October.

On this day, Zhao Kuo got up early, dressed, washed and had breakfast under the service of many maids, and then came to the new school palace in a carriage.

The Academy consists of a mountain and many places under the mountain. Now only the area around the mountain has been built, but it is enough to accommodate more than 1000 teachers and students living in the Academy.

The coolies for building the academy basically came from the captives captured by Zhao Kuo during the Battle of Changping. I have to say that the work done by these captives is still very good. Many buildings on the entire mountain have already grown in size and are row upon row. It looks quite imposing, and it has initially taken on the appearance that a school should have.

Today's academy is very lively, there are crowds of people going up the mountain everywhere, many of them are scholars who are full of confidence and want to enter the academy.

Sitting in the carriage, Zhao Kuo looked at the appearance of these scholars pointing the country vigorously, and suddenly couldn't help but think of himself like this when he was young, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"No, this Marquis is only 28 years old this year, so he's still young too!"

After learning the news of Zhao Kuo's arrival, Xun Kuang, the Grand Priest of the Academy, immediately brought a group of people to greet him.

"Meet Wu Xinjun!"

A group of people saluted Zhao Kuo at the same time, which immediately attracted countless eyes and discussions.

"Look, that's the great sacrificial wine in the academy, and the one he's saluting is Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo!"

"Wu Xinjun really deserves to be the No.1 general in the world, so heroic and extraordinary."

"Hey, if I can devote myself to being a trusted retainer in Lord Wu Xin's mansion, I won't do it even if the grand sacrificial wine accepts me as a disciple."

"Don't think about it, Wu Xinjun's confidantes are all elites selected from thousands of miles. You should study hard in the academy and see if you have a chance to apply for a job under Wu Xinjun's family after you finish your studies."

"Yes, study hard and strive to become Lord Wu Xin's confidant!"

Zhao Kuo didn't know that many people in the crowd were racking their brains to get close to him and become his subordinates, so he helped Xun Kuang up with a smile on his face at this moment, and said with a smile: "You don't need to be too polite, you don't need to be too polite. "

Xun Kuang raised his head and said very sincerely: "If it weren't for Lord Wu Xin, how could there be such a school?

As a member of the Academy, we should pay tribute to Wu Xinjun. "

The two exchanged some polite words, and then Xun Kuang introduced to Zhao Kuo the wine offerings in many schools behind him.

"This is Juanzi Huanyuan, this is Pengzi Pengmeng, this is Yinziyin, this is Tianzi Tianba, this is Lulianzi Lu Zhonglian." Zhao Kuo smiled and looked at each other one by one. These well-known scholars nodded their heads, and the sacrificers did not dare to neglect, everyone respectfully saluted Zhao Kuo.

It wasn't until the last moment that Xun Kuang's voice suddenly paused, and then he said, "This is the Mohist sacrificial wine, with a real stomach."

Fuzhen, the young giant of the Mo family who was taken in by Zhao Kuo, now belongs to Zhao Kuo's retainer, and is also one of the ten sacrificial wines of Zhao Guoxue Palace.

Zhao Kuo patted Fuzhen's shoulder vigorously: "Do it well!"

Seeing Zhao Kuo's true affection for his belly, the other Jijiu were all thoughtful.

To put it bluntly, now Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo is the big BOSS behind the scenes of the Academy, and these sacrificial wines are working for Zhao Guo in name, but in fact they still depend on Zhao Kuo's face to eat!Suddenly, another report sounded: "The Grand Master is here!"

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, then raised his head in surprise, and sure enough, he saw Taishi Han Xuwei's car slowly approaching.

Xun Kuang didn't dare to neglect, and immediately led a group of sacrificial drinkers to meet him again.

Since it is Zhao Guoxue Palace, it is of course impossible for the Zhao royal family not to say that it is not convenient for the queen mother and the young Zhao Wang to attend such an occasion with a woman and a child, so Grand Master Han Xuwei came as a representative.

Han Xuwei is also an old politician, so he is naturally able to deal with this situation with ease. However, after the grand master greeted Xun Kuang and others, he looked up and saw Zhao Kuo not far away, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Han Xuwei: ""Although Han Xuwei knew that he would see Zhao Kuo in this ceremony, when Han Xuwei actually saw Zhao Kuo, the very uncomfortable feeling still could not be stopped. come out.

Since Han Xuwei returned to Zhao State, he and Zhao Kuo, big and small, have also secretly contested several times. As a result, Han Xuwei never won!Han Xuwei gave a dry laugh, and cupped his hands towards Zhao Kuo: "Wu Xinjun is here too."

Zhao Kuo laughed, and cupped his hands enthusiastically: "The Grand Master will have to work hard today!"

This sentence made Han Xuwei tremble subconsciously, and looked at Zhao Kuo suspiciously, always wondering if Zhao Kuo was up to some conspiracy in secret?

At noon on the hour, the ceremony for the establishment of the academy officially began.

As one of the guests of honor, Zhao Kuo watched the whole process from the sidelines, and beside him was Grand Master Han Xuwei.

This is a very solemn ceremony. First, it sacrifices to heaven and earth, and then sacrifices to the sages of various schools of thought including Confucius and Mencius.

Han Xuwei snorted and said in surprise, "I didn't expect Mo Zi to be among them?

It is said that Confucianism and Mohism are incompatible, which is a strange thing. "

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "Everything is possible, Grand Master."

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth took an entire hour, followed by music and dancing, and then under the witness of everyone, ten sacrificial wines completed the apprenticeship ceremony in public.

Not everyone has used up the quota of ten room-entry disciples and one hundred registered disciples. Basically, every sacrificial wine has a lot of quotas that have not been used. Among them, the Mohist Fuzhen side is even more empty. , all the disciples add up to only three people.

These places will be gradually filled up in the assessments that will be conducted in the next few days, and October [-] will be the real start time for classes.

After the ceremony of appreciating masters and apprentices, Han Xuwei, the grand master of the state of Zhao, stood up and conferred one by one the ten sacrificial wines, including Xun Kuang, on behalf of King Zhao.

All the sacrificial wine and disciples respectfully bowed three times in the direction of the Handan Palace, which was regarded as a thank you to King Zhao.

At this point, the entire ceremony is basically completed.

Next, it is the link of the guests presenting gifts.

After all, the Academy specially invited you to attend, so it’s impossible for an individual to come empty-handed, right?

As the person with the highest status present, Zhao Kuo naturally became the first guest to offer gifts.

I saw Zhao Kuo stood up and said with a smile: "The establishment of this school has a lot to do with Benhou, so Benhou also specially wrote a few words and engraved it on a stone tablet, which is regarded as a gift to the school. A gift."

As soon as Zhao Kuo said this, many people were stunned.

Grand Master Han Xuwei, who was sitting next to Zhao Kuo, felt a slight movement in his heart, and suddenly laughed out loud: "Mr. Wu Xin can actually compose poems?"

Chapter 223 Wu Xinjun's poem is too good

Of course there is poetry in this era, otherwise where would the Book of Songs come from?

It's just that the poetry at this time is still regarded as a small way in the modernization, and it is not as prosperous as the poetry in the Tang and Song Dynasties, but it also belongs to a part of the field that people and scholars often dabble in.

Not only Han Xuwei, but many priests in the academy had strange expressions after hearing Zhao Kuo's words.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, many people watching were also whispering.

"Wu Xinjun can still compose poetry?"

"Isn't Wu Xinjun good at military affairs? I didn't expect that he would also have attainments in chemistry."

"Stop flattering, Mr. Wu Xin can't hear you again! If you want me to say, Mr. Wu Xin is actually just arty, heh heh, that's all."

"Too.

I have never heard of any of Wu Xinjun's poems before, I am afraid that his poetry level is just doggerel. "

"You said Wu Xinjun is too self-reliant. You can usually write doggerel at home. This is the opening ceremony of the academy, and the sacrificial wine gathered here is the elite of the elite scholars in the world. He is here to show his doggerel. Isn't it ridiculous?"

"I don't understand, I don't understand."

These whispers quickly spread and were agreed by most of those present.

In terms of military level, the tens of thousands of people present are not as good as Zhao Kuo alone.

But if it comes to the level of poetry writing, it is not polite to say that there are no five thousand or three thousand present who feel that they are definitely better than Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo is neither deaf nor blind, so he can see and hear everyone's expressions and words.

But Zhao Kuo didn't care about it, but waved his hand: "Xu Li, get someone to bring the stele up!"

Just kidding, comparing it to a poem with a time traveler?

You are simply trying to die.

Why dedicate poetry?

This is not because Zhao Kuo wants to pretend, but because Zhao Kuo wants to show off his knowledge in front of these world-renowned wine-sacrificing scholars on this occasion, so that these wine-sacrificing scholars think, "Wow, it turns out that Wu Xinjun is also with us. They are also individualized people", so that they can better attract these wine sacrificial scholars to build momentum for themselves in the future.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be easy to copy poems and become famous?

Five hundred Tang poems and Song poems were arranged in minutes.

Of course, Han Xuwei didn't know Zhao Kuo's thoughts.

Han Xuwei blinked his eyes, determined to make Zhao Kuo look even more ugly, and suddenly said loudly: "I have also read some of Wu Xinjun's poems, hahaha, that, hahaha, is pretty good for Wu Xinjun's talent. , I admire it! Presumably Wu Xinjun's gesture of congratulating him with a poem today will definitely be recorded in the annals of history and become a good story."

Han Xuwei specially emphasized the tone of the word "admiration", so that everyone could hear that what he said was ironic.

Han Xuwei believed in his heart that Zhao Kuo's act of presenting poems would become a laughing stock!After Han Xuwei's words, everyone's reaction became more enthusiastic.

"It's over, the grand master has said so, Wu Xinjun's poetry writing level must be terrible."

"Hey, Wu Xinjun is my idol, why did he make such a foolish move?"

"You said, Lord Wu Xin humiliated himself by presenting a poem today, do you want to tarnish his reputation, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Lord Wu'an of Qin State, Bai Qigong and Gao Zhenzhu?"

While speaking, a carriage slowly drove over, and a stone tablet was covered with a white cloth on the carriage. Obviously, this was the stone tablet of Zhao Kuo's poems.

Even Xun Kuang was a little uneasy, first he bowed his hands to Zhao Kuo, and said with a dry smile, "Thank you, Lord Wu Xin, for your gift of poetry! Come on, take this stele to the back hall, and worship it properly!"

In fact, Xun Kuang also felt that Zhao Kuo's poems were not good enough, so he didn't want Zhao Kuo's poems to be exposed to the public.

It really didn't work. After arriving in the back hall, Xun Kuang wrote a poem by himself and asked people to get it on the stone tablet. He said it was written by Zhao Kuo!However, although Xun Kuang's idea was good, it was not the same thing in Zhao Kuo's ears.

Wait, Ben Hou wrote poems for everyone to read together.

Just when Zhao Kuo wanted to stop it, Han Xuwei's voice sounded first: "No! You have never seen Wu Xinjun's poems before. Today is a good opportunity to appreciate Wu Xinjun's poems together. How can you take them directly to the future?" Church?"

The onlookers heard the words and immediately clamored: "Yes, yes, we must read poetry now!"

"Pull off the curtain covering the stele!"

"We want to appreciate Wu Xinjun's poems!"

Xun Kuang was sweating on his forehead. Although he was a high priest in the academy, Han Xuwei's status was obviously much higher than Xun Kuang's, so Xun Kuang had no choice but to look at Zhao Kuo for help.

However, Zhao Kuo did not panic at all, and nodded towards Xun Kuang very calmly.

Xun Kuang felt helpless, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "In that case, let's lift the stele off the cart!"

More than a dozen of Zhao Kuo's guards swarmed up, and hurriedly lifted the heavy stone tablet, which was as tall as a person, off the cart.

Seeing this situation, Han Xu couldn't help twisting his beard and laughing.

I didn't expect to be able to see Wu Xinjun making a fool of myself just by running errands for the queen mother. Today is really a lot of money!Thinking of this, Han Xuwei couldn't help turning his head to look at Zhao Kuo beside him.

Zhao Kuo had a calm and indifferent face, sitting there in an even manner.