Nan Yi converted the bookstore into a library, allowing cash-strapped readers to browse some books and newspapers for free in the library.
He did this between fame and fortune, focusing on fame. In order to facilitate the spread of "The Legend of Two Dragons in the Great Li" among the people, and to form a momentum of discussion as soon as possible, we did not hesitate to give away part of the profits.
However, on the surface, Nan Yi also deliberately used the rhetoric of "enlightened education, free learning", packaged and publicized it, and built momentum for the name change [Kaiming Library] and the release of the second issue of "Ming Pao".
Soon, the last two days of Tianqi's three years ended with Kaiming Library working overtime to hire people to catch up on the work.
As the New Year is approaching, most people have actually relaxed and are lazy and leisurely. Even many restaurants and vendors have closed their doors.
However, Xie Beihe hired workers at high prices, and his popularity was so great that many people were talking about it for a while.
Everyone is curious, even if the second issue of "Ming Pao" is about to be sold, there will be no problem in continuing to sell it in Beiheju. Why is it that they are so busy moving and holding a housewarming ceremony?
It should be noted that New Year is a time for visiting relatives and friends.
Could this second issue of "Ming Pao" be more important than visiting relatives and friends?
Amid everyone's discussion, New Year's Day, the fourth year of the Apocalypse, is coming in the blink of an eye.
On this day, without the gimmick of a special price for the first issue, the second issue of "Ming Pao" was greatly less attractive to ordinary people. In fact, there were no people swarming in early and long queues like ten days ago.
However, I heard that Xie Beihe had arranged various performances to warm up the show today, and there were still many people who came to the area after breakfast early to watch the free entertainment.
After all, it is New Year's Day. For ordinary people who lack entertainment means, not watching free performances is no less than losing money for no reason.
After several performance teams took turns to warm up the show, with gongs and drums beating, Nanshan County Magistrate Bi Shengke and Shi Shiran came to the center of the venue outside the library to reveal the lottery in person.
He uncovered the colored silk, revealing the four characters "Kaiming Library" on the new plaque.
Bi Shengke said loudly: "Actually, I came to unveil the lottery today. I refused at first. I thought I just delivered a speech for the founding of "Ming Pao" ten days ago, but today I came to a store to unveil the lottery."
"According to this situation, in ten days, won't there be some news again, and I will need to give a speech again?"
"But the Beihe layman convinced me. He said that instead of opening a bookstore this time, he would open a library instead to benefit the people and allow people to read books and newspapers in the library for free."
"As we all know, studying is the key to advancement. But ordinary people may not have enough money to support their children's education. What's more, after years of hard work collecting tuition fees, it is even more sad to find that their children are not made to study."
"But from today onwards, Beihe layman said that as long as the enlightened library is open, the people of Nanshan will be able to receive "enlightened education and free study" here, without hesitation. "
"This is the blessing of the people of Nanshan. I am honored to be honored, and I am deeply honored to be invited to reveal the color."
"I believe that with the Kaiming Library here, our Nanshan County will become a scholarly county within ten years."
When Bi Shengke said this, the first reaction of the people nearby was not joy, but shock and disbelief.
At the same time, many young masters and young ladies from the Zhumen Mansion had gloomy expressions on their faces.
If Nan Yi didn't want to pretend to be a slap in the face, and Xie Beihe had sent the invitation in advance and revealed the news, I'm afraid someone would be unable to help but come out and make nonsense.
Is enlightened education good?
OK, of course. As long as education is popularized, many children in Nanshan will benefit from it. As long as you have a desire to learn, no matter how good your grades are, at least if you are literate, you can find a job with better wages.
And Bi Shengke even dared to say that within ten years, Nanshan County will become a scholarly county.
But this kind of scholarly county itself is not loved by scholarly families.
It’s not even a monopoly on education.
If there was really a monopoly on education, Nanyi would not be able to stand out in Nanshan Academy.
The main reason is that Wuxiang Academy in the county only recruits the top ten students in each county's annual examination; other academies only recruit the top ten students in each county's annual examination.
If more students study, the competition for annual exams will become more intense.
In fact, today, competition for school buildings in various counties has become extremely fierce.
Families like Song Zhong whose parents moved to Nanshan County purposely are even called "Sui Kao families".
What does it mean?
This means that for this kind of family, in order for their children to successfully obtain good rankings in the annual examinations, the parents who are officials will even deliberately transfer to remote counties with less competition, so that the children can win the annual examinations in small counties and get admission to the Nine Colleges. admission qualifications.
Therefore, if education is widely available to ordinary people, the competition for annual exams will undoubtedly become more intense every year.
Fortunately, the intensity of education received by the two is still different after all. As long as there are not a lot of reading seeds like Nan Yi, the noble son of a wealthy family can generally maintain the top ten rankings in the annual examination.
However, although the top ten students in each county can consider enrolling in several other academies. But many times, as long as they are not ranked first in the annual exam and are still within the age allowed to repeat, the other nine people may choose to repeat.
Because the nine academies correspond to the nine departments of Dali, among which Wuxiang Academy corresponds to the Wenbu.
Only students from Wuxiang Academy can wait for selection and appointment in the entire Dali officialdom after completing their studies. Students from other academies can only compete for official positions in specific systems.
In short, because the nine major academies are both academies and outer sects of immortality, the competition is indeed fierce if you want to rely on reading and learning to advance.
These noble men from wealthy families naturally have a slight instinctive resistance to enlightened education.
However, the bait Nan Yi threw was enough to make these scholarly families endure their discomfort for the time being.
After Bi Shengke finished his speech, and the crowd of onlookers were overjoyed, Xie Beihe also took the stage to speak:
"Since the publication of "Ming Pao", Xie has received many letters from friends asking how to practice the painting skills in the newspaper, whether he can meet 'Yi Ming' to learn from him, etc."
"For this reason, I once asked Yi Ming if he could share his experience with everyone about his painting skills. However, since Yi Ming will leave Nanshan County soon, he feels deeply sorry that he cannot sit down and discuss it with everyone."
"However, Yi Ming recommended to me his junior brother Zhou Qing, who also mastered the true teaching of painting skills. Mr. Zhou was very willing to share his experience of Yi Ming's painting skills with everyone, and the medical officer Xu Luo was willing to transfer the medical knowledge to me. Xie simply took over the medical clinic and changed it into Kaiming Library."
"From now on, an enlightened counter will be set up in the front of the library, where books, newspapers and periodicals are allowed for everyone to browse at will. In the backyard, tea parties will be held from time to time, and Mr. Zhou will share his painting skills with everyone."
"Here, Mr. Xie also welcomes all scholars and poets in Nanshan who are interested in painting to come to Kaiming Library to attend a tea party, drink tea, discuss Taoism and exchange experiences."
To directly say that classes are held would sound ungentlemanly, and would also fall short of the dignity of scholars and celebrities.
But if it were replaced by a tea party with tea tasting and Taoism, where there were scholars talking and laughing, and no idle people coming and going, it sounded much more elegant.
Moreover, the tea party is said to have no threshold, but scribes who want to come to exchange experiences can either participate based on their seniority and family ability; or they can secretly provide sufficient benefits and participate based on their own ability.
Because, of course, when you drink tea and discuss Taoism, you sit down and drink tea.
The number of seats arranged in the backyard is itself the biggest constraint. No scholar or celebrity could insist on standing and listening regardless of their reputation.
After Xie Beihe finished his speech, he waved his hand to open the door of the library.
From a small bookstore to a library, Xie Beihe no longer guarded the store himself, but hired two permanent workers.
One is responsible for serving tea and water in the backyard, and the other is responsible for watching in the front hall.
At least, it’s free to read, but you can’t let anyone steal the book.
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