In Xiao's Manor, everyone was shocked when they heard that Xiao Rui was going to open an academy and recruit disciples, except Zhao Deyan who was calm and composed, as if he had expected it.
"You should have been like this a long time ago. Even if you don't open an academy, look around you. How many boys have been added to the Xiao family village without knowing it? They are all learning from you. Isn't this an unknown academy?" Zhao Deyan said jokingly.
Xiao Rui's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands and praised: "Wuming Academy? Haha, Old Zhao, I was wondering what the name of the academy would be. You are really a roundworm in my belly. Just call it Wuming Academy! A gentleman is not greedy for fame and wealth, and works quietly... …The artistic conception is also good.”
Zhao Deyan smiled and said: "Don't you call yourself a Taoist disciple? Why did you mention Confucian gentlemen?"
Xiao Rui rolled his eyes, thought for a while, and read a passage from the Tao Te Ching: "The way to know is like ignorance, the way to advance is like retreat, the way to be barbaric is like jade, virtue is like valley, enlightenment is like humiliation, wide virtue is like insufficiency, and virtue is like stealing. The quality is as true as Chongqing, the way is generous and has no corners, the great instrument is easy to complete, the great sound is loud, and the elephant is invisible. The Tao is hidden and nameless."
Zhao Deyan put his hands on his hands and laughed, "Okay, what a Dao Yin Wuming! This is worthy of your status as a champion."
"I only follow the Tao, start well and finish well!"
"You will definitely be able to accomplish this. I'm looking forward to it."
The sentence he read happened to be the last sentence Xiao Rui didn't finish.
Prince Li Chengqian whispered: "Brother-in-law is famous all over the world, how can he be unknown?"
Princess Xiangcheng slapped her brother on the head angrily, "Your brother-in-law is notorious all over the world. We are the only ones who know about the good things he has done, but we have never publicized it."
The prince stuck out his tongue and thought for a while, it seemed like he was right, "Hey, brother-in-law is the best in the world, so the academy he runs will definitely be the best in the world in the future. Tsk, will the Imperial College be surpassed?"
More than the Imperial College? Isn’t that already exceeded?
There is a rumor among the people, which place is better than the Imperial College? Hongwen Museum.
Where is a better place than Hongwen Museum? Xiaojiazhuang!
Xiao Rui interrupted everyone's flattery, stared at Zhao Deyan and said: "Old Zhao, my academy is about to open, do you want to come over and help?"
Zhao Deyan patted his chest and said, "It's easy to say. What do you want me to teach? It's up to you. But the salary must be agreed in advance. The food for three meals a day cannot be worse than here."
...foodie!
Xiao Rui rolled his eyes and said, "You are the Prince Fu. It's not appropriate for you to teach, so just be the dean."
"What is a dean of students?"
"It is a position responsible for arranging, supervising, and checking the teaching of other teachers."
"Hey, isn't that Si Ye?" Zhao Deyan said to himself, what new words are you making?
Xiao Rui scratched his head, how do I know what the current position of the Imperial College is called?
"Zhao Siye, there is a task for you now. We are starting a new academy, but we don't have any teachers yet. Please find a way to invite a group of teachers to teach."
Zhao Deyan: "What? I'm going to invite someone to teach? Then why do I need you to offer wine?"
Xiao Rui: "I am responsible for hiring people. For example, I hired you as a clerk."
Pfft... I have never seen such a shameless person!
At this moment, someone came from the palace. Lao Wang, the chamberlain, came in panting, "Master Marquis, Your Majesty invites you."
Um? ? ?
Xiao Rui said angrily: "I knew it. Lao Wang, please reply to Your Majesty and say that I am still immersed in the grief of my mentor's death. I fainted many times and could not get up. I will come to the palace to see you when I feel better someday."
puff……
Just open your mouth and come.
Even Li Anren, the grandson of old Li Gang, was stunned. Is this the master I just became? Why do you feel like you are talking nonsense?
Lao Wang urged anxiously: "Master Marquis, please stop joking. His Majesty is really angry this time. Then a group of envoys from Tubo came, they were very tough and shamelessly wanted to marry the princess of our Tang Dynasty, and Princess Changle has been named to marry Tibet."
What? ? ?
Xiao Rui stood up angrily and cursed: "Tubo? Damn it! When Jieli hired a murderer to assassinate me, there were Tibetan thieves among the killers. How dare they come to Chang'an City to show their presence? See if I don't kill them in court!"
After saying that, he strode out, whistled, got on the BMW Red Rabbit, and galloped away to Chang'an.
Li Junxian and Lao Wang quickly caught up.
Zhao Deyan looked at the group of children around him and suddenly felt troubled: "Okay now, the recruitment of teachers really falls on me. But how many experts do I know?"
Li Chengqian said enthusiastically: "Sir, how about I ask someone to post a recruitment notice? Recruit talents from all over the country?"
Zhao Deyan waved his hand and said: "Forget it, it's okay for Your Majesty to post the list in person, but you are not strong enough. And the court is not short of talents. If you post the list to recruit talents, you will immediately offend the people in the court."
At this moment, Feng Zhidai, the second young master from Lingnan who was staying at Xiaojiazhuang, whispered: "Mr. Zhao, do you think I can do it?"
you? ?
Zhao Deyan looked up and down and muttered: "You look more like a student than a teacher."
Feng Zhidai was not happy, "What you said is wrong. The Marquis said that ambition does not lie in one's age. I am not old, but who said that knowledge can only be found in old scholars? Isn't the Marquis young enough? He is I can be a teacher, why can’t I?”
Zhao Deyan burst out laughing, "I almost forgot, you are still the fifth most talented person in the world. If I ask you to be a teacher, you will still be a talentless person. So tell me, what do you want to teach? The six arts of a gentleman? Or the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?"
Feng Zhidai shook his head and said: "From what the Marquis said, he would not run a Confucian academy. The Imperial College would be enough. He probably wants to restore the contention of a hundred schools of thought."
oh?
Zhao Deyan stroked his beard and smiled, "Yes, you can see it too. Which family among the hundred do you belong to?"
"Mo Family!" Feng Zhidai replied decisively.
Um? Could it be that the Mohist inheritance reached Lingnan? Are you really a disciple of the Mohist family? Zhao Deyan was also surprised.
Feng Zhidai smiled and said, "How do I have any Mohist inheritance? I just read the basics and know a few words. After getting along for so long, I opened my eyes with the Marquis and found that I like numerology very much. I also consulted with the Marquis on the art of mechanism. I couldn’t help but be fascinated by the legendary Mohist family, so..."
Alas... So that's it!
"It would be great if there was a real Mohist inheritance!" Zhao Deyan said with emotion: "That's all, let's count you in for now. When the Marquis comes back, we will decide what you will teach. I'm afraid you are the youngest gentleman besides the Marquis. ”
Having said this, Zhao Deyan looked at the bored Fang Yiai and said, "Yaiai, you are very skilled in martial arts, can you also enter the academy and become a martial arts teacher?"
Fang Yiai waved her hands quickly: "Mr. Zhao, I can't do it."
"As Mr. Feng said, age does not determine your ambition. If our academy can really hire all young people as teachers, it will be a historical precedent. Maybe it will be written into the history books. Don't you think about it? ?" Zhao Deyan threw out a huge temptation.
If it had been anyone else, his eyes would have been straightened long ago, such as Feng Zhidai.
But the person in front of him was the straightforward Fang Yiai. He shook his head firmly and explained seriously: "Mr. Zhao, I can't even learn martial arts by myself, let alone teach others. The sword skills that Brother Xiao taught me , it’s been two years, I’ve just mastered it, and I still can’t beat Erhua.”
Phew...listen, is this human speech? Do you want to defeat the iron-eating beast Erhua with a set of sword skills? Is that something humans do?
