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Chapter 216 Molixuan Academy 1
There used to be a lot of jasmine in the yard of Molixuan, but many of them have died over the years. This time the restoration was replanted. Li Xiaolu also designed the garden landscape, built walls and leaky windows like a Soviet-style garden, and built a rockery pool. In the end, the newly restored Moli Xuan became the same style as many fake ancient buildings in the original time and space.
Wang Ci was stunned when he saw it. Lingao had never had the concept of a private garden. Except for the water and stone decoration in the backyard of the county government office, Moli Xuan was the best artificial landscape in the county. It was often used by local officials. A place where literati gathered for banquets.
As for the short construction period, Wang Ci found it unimaginable - the thieves did not see any special mechanical assistance, and there were not many workers used - according to Wang Ci's estimation, if he If someone is organized to repair it, it won't take more than half a month. Not to mention that the Australians have also expanded many new buildings on the old site of Moli Xuan.
In addition to the original buildings, the construction team added several more buildings, including a two-story water pavilion for parties and banquets, classrooms and dormitories built in a modern style, and toilets and bathhouses.
When Wang Ci saw that many new houses had been added, he couldn't help but find Xiong Buyou, who was coordinating at the construction site, to inquire about the use of these houses.
"Of course it works," Xiong Buyou smiled, "Molixuan used to be an academy."
Molixuan was an academy in the Song Dynasty and went through many ups and downs. The Ming Dynasty also had an academy for a long time, but when Wang Ci came to Lingao, the academy had already existed in name only. The reason is simple - no money.
County schools still lack funds, let alone free schools like Molixuan that rely on private funds. Originally, there were about a hundred acres of land under his name as a source of funding for the volunteer school. However, as time went by, it gradually became stolen, sold, and occupied by powerful landlords. It has long become a mess. Without funds, we cannot afford to hire talented teachers or provide tuition fees, and naturally there will be no students.
"Chief Xiong means to restore Molixuan Academy," Wang Ci said excitedly.
"Of course, otherwise what else will you do after repairing it? Just use it for drinking."
"This is really a great kindness." Wang Ci bowed excitedly to the end, "Students bow to the scholar who is in high school."
"Okay, okay, there's no need for false courtesy." Xiong Buyou thought to himself, don't be too busy representing someone. You still don't know that this thing is actually a sugar-coated cannonball: it tastes very sweet when you lick it now, and you will know what is inside in the future. Something.
After the Moli Xuan reconstruction project was completed, Lingao County held a "warm", "simple" and "harmonious" ribbon-cutting ceremony. Wu Mingjin was originally unwilling to show up at the Kun Thief's occasion, but the reconstruction of Moli Xuan was a major event for the county, and it was a major event that was beneficial to education. Not showing up oneself would appear to be "not close to the people". Had to show up.
Wang Ci was once again taken advantage of by the traveling group. He worked tirelessly to travel around and delivered invitations to the Moli Xuan ribbon-cutting ceremony to the gentry and scholars across the county. The executive committee estimates that given the popularity and significance of Moli Xuan in the local area, these people are unlikely to refuse to attend.
Sure enough, not only the county's leading officials and scholars said that this was a huge event and they must come, but even Liu Dalin, who was not very confident in the executive committee, also said that this was a major event that would benefit the entire county's education and he must come. Not only that, Wang Ci also got Liu Jinshi to write an inscription for the reconstruction of Moli Xuan.
Even though Liu Dalin was still a bit dissatisfied with the Crossing Group, he still saw all the things that the Crossing Group had done in Lingao over the past year to suppress bandits, build roads, relieve people, and resettle the poor. Although he was closed You can't leave the house, but your family members are always out looking for information.
He is a Jinshi in his hometown and is very famous in the county and even Qiongzhou Prefecture. He must be the target of this group of thieves. So these days I just sit at home and study. Not only do I not go out, I don't even see many guests. Only a few close relatives and friends can come to see him. Keep arsenic and knives by your side, always ready to commit suicide. One was to avoid being captured and humiliated - he had made plans during the attack on the Kun thieves, and he heard that many of the Kun thieves had been killed, so it was difficult to guarantee that they would not seek revenge. The other was to prevent the Kun thieves from forcing him to serve as a puppet. If you are responsible for your job, you can die to show your innocence when the time comes. When the Kun thief entered the city for the first time, the atmosphere in Liu Dalin's home was extremely tense. Not only himself, but also his family members and servants were all ready to go to the disaster.
Unexpectedly, the bandits retreated after entering the city, only sending dozens of pirate heads to the county. In the next few months, except for the Kun thieves who came into the city in groups during the Chinese New Year, there were no large groups of people entering the city anymore. As for Liu Dalin's family, no one cares about it at all - Kun Thief seems not to know that there is a person like him, Liu Dalin, in Lingao.
Liu Jinshi had imagined countless times how the thieves would burst into his mansion and force him with knives. And he was unyielding and either cursed a thief and died or committed suicide by taking medicine. However, none of the scenes he imagined happened, that is, no one came to seek revenge, and no one coerced and lured him to take up a fake job. Even when I feel relaxed, I can't help but feel lonely - these thieves are really ignorant.
The family didn't know Liu Dalin's thoughts, so they finally breathed a sigh of relief when the thieves didn't come to harass them. When the outside news was told to him by his family, Liu Dalin never knew whether it was true or not, but he was secretly surprised in his heart - what exactly was this group of overseas Australians who claimed to be descendants of the Song Dynasty planning to come to Gao?
The Australians suppressed bandits and built roads in Lingao, and ran workshops to improve water conservancy. All of these things were of benefit to the country and the people. They traveled thousands of miles away from their homeland to come to this small county in the southern border of Ming Dynasty to do all this. There is no such thing as "Lei Feng spirit" these days, and Liu Dalin can't see any practical benefits they can get from "learning from Lei Feng" in Lingao.
With Liu Dalin's political wisdom, he certainly understands that this is an attempt by the Australians to win people's hearts. It's just that there seems to be no value in buying people's hearts in Lingao - this place is so remote and barren, what can the Australians do if they can make the whole county become thieves? Even if they are more capable and can occupy the entire Hainan Island, this is just the South China Sea. Just a corner.
When Wang Ci came to deliver the invitation, his family members urged Liu Dalin not to show his face and to keep a low profile. Although this was a good thing, once the officers and soldiers regained Lingao in the future, it would be difficult to tell the scene. Liu Dalin didn't see it that way.
In his opinion, no matter what the Australians' plans are, it is a great good thing for the local government that they build the Confucian Temple, rebuild Moli Xuan, and fund the re-establishment of Moli Xuan Academy. As the only Jinshi in Lingao since ancient times, he can do this Failure to attend such an occasion would hurt the hearts of the scholars. Furthermore, I am always hiding at home and it is difficult to grasp the intentions of the Australians. It is better to be more generous and go out for a walk. seeing is believing. Finally, since the Australians have not done anything to seek revenge or be forced to take a "fake job" for more than a year, they may not be able to do it now - not to mention the Australians have never raised any flag or driven Wu Mingjin away. ——This Lingao County is still the Lingao County of the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Dalin's acceptance of the invitation and inscription of the inscription aroused great repercussions among Quanlingao scholars and gentry. For a time, the fact that the Australians rebuilt the Moli Xuan in the Confucian Temple in Lingaoxiu County caused a stir in the whole county. The scholars who had been talking about their various behaviors had to admit that the Australians were "enlightened by heart."
In order to reduce the resistance of local scholars and gentry, Xiong Buyou organized a modern ribbon-cutting ceremony, but he still deliberately minimized the show-off of the travelers' strength to a minimum. Only Xiong Buyou and a few people came to the scene. Nor was he carrying any visible weapons. Everyone at the scene was in harmony.
The ceremony was a combination of ancient and modern styles. After the leaders of both sides made speeches, Wu Ya personally unveiled the stone tablet of Chongzhen Reconstruction of Moli Xuan written by Liu Dalin in his handwriting. After the red silk slipped down, Xiong Buyou and several traversers behind him clapped unconsciously, and unexpectedly the surrounding natives also clapped.
Wu Mingjin coolly cut the ribbon with a pair of silver scissors - this was the only part of the entire ceremony that made the scholars discuss it. Everyone felt it was too wasteful. As for the pair of scissors made with more than two taels of silver, they became a thank-you gift for those who cut the ribbon.
After the ribbon-cutting, everyone visited the renovated Moli Xuan. They were very curious about the newly added facilities and furniture. People who have dealt with Chuan Chuan Group more know that the newly renovated study rooms here are actually Australian schools. shape.
What made the scholars jealous the most was the addition of a library in Molixuan - it already contained hundreds of well-printed books of various kinds printed by the newly opened printing house of the Ministry of Light Industry, including hundreds of schools of thought, collections of classics and history, Many representative classic works have been selected. The original version used is the collated version from most Chung Hwa Book Company and the electronic version from Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The quality of the edition was top-notch in the Ming Dynasty. Scholars rushed to read it.
Looking at these books with extremely clear handwriting, white paper, and elegant binding, everyone couldn't help but marvel. During this period, a dispute broke out between the sentence reading school and the non-sentence reading school: the former believed that it was a good thing to read books with sentences in them, while the latter I think this will damage the understanding of the original work.
But whether there is sentence reading or not, Lingao has never had such a complete library in history, whether public or private. This shocked the scholars greatly. Aren't Australians from a "barbarian country"? Why can their books be printed so well? Moreover, it can be seen that a great deal of effort has been put into editing each book. This is definitely not something that a barbarian country can do. Could it be that they are really the descendants of the Song people, the Chinese orthodoxy. The distinction between Yi and Xia in the minds of many scholars was somewhat shaken. ,.
