“The content of the entrance examination of Yanhuang Academy includes: Five Classics (30%), arithmetic (50%) and moral assessment (20%). The arithmetic assessment includes addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and geometry. Most of the content involves the new arithmetic of the Imperial College. I recommend all students to buy the latest textbooks from the Imperial College of Arithmetic and study them carefully~! The difficulty of the exam is medium to low. I hope all students prepare carefully for the exam~!"
In Jinyu Academy, Hua Hongyi and Liao Feichen carefully read the news word for word. Then Liao Feichen suddenly raised his head and murmured: "Textbooks, where are the new math textbooks~? We have to buy them quickly. Textbook~!”
When Chen Tianhua heard this, he slapped his head and said sadly: "That's right~! Why didn't I think of that just now~? I should have bought the textbooks by the way. There must be a lot of people buying them now~!"
"Where can I buy it~?"
The three of them looked at each other, reacted almost at the same time, and said in unison: "Qiqi Pavilion~!"
Hua Hongyi slapped the newspaper on the stone table, shouted, "Hurry and buy textbooks," and then ran out.
Liao Feichen reacted and quickly followed.
"Hey hey hey~! Aren't you going to eat these buns~?"
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In fact, there was not only one piece of news about Yanhuang Academy in the newspapers today, but three. However, these people were only concerned about enrollment, so they ignored the other two.
"What is engineering~? Haha, I'm here to see how you can do it~!"
In Wei Mansion, Wei Zheng had breakfast and asked his servant to buy a copy of "Datang Daily" as usual. Then he sat under the old tree in the courtyard and started reading.
Today is a holiday for officials. There is no need to go to court in the morning. It is rare for Wei Zheng to have a free day. After seeing a piece of news in the newspaper, he couldn't help but murmur to himself.
"Engineering is the study of engineering. Its main purpose is to serve the needs of the people, improve people's lives, and achieve the ultimate goal of universal prosperity! Folk houses, palaces and pavilions, river embankments, water conservancy, city walls, imperial mausoleums, and agricultural production are all inseparable. Engineering support~!
Engineering can make people realize what kind of world we live in now; engineering can make people make more advanced agricultural tools, so that we in the Tang Dynasty can have more arable land and no longer have to worry about rice; engineering can make people With faster and more stable vehicles, one day, it will be possible to travel between Chang'an and Luoyang in the morning and at night. Traveling back and forth between various places in the Tang Dynasty will no longer require months of fatigue; engineering can create more powerful weapons, allowing Our Tang Dynasty stands on the top of the world, making all the barbarians surrender and all nations coming to congratulate us; engineering can even create flying tools, so that mortals can soar in the nine heavens and overlook the magnificent rivers and mountains of our Datang Dynasty~!
There is no distinction between academics and engineering. Engineering is only for the benefit of all people in the world. Students who study engineering can also have a bright future~! If you don't have great ambitions, you can rely on your engineering studies to work as a bookkeeper for a shop, or take the Mingshu Science Examination, and become a county magistrate or director of the Ministry of Civil Affairs or the Ministry of Industry. It will be enough to feed and clothe the whole family; if you have great ambitions and are willing to devote yourself to If you study engineering, you may become a famous person, do things that others dare not do, create artifacts that others cannot create, enjoy huge wealth, be worshiped by thousands of people, and leave a name in history and be famous throughout the ages~!
…………… Engineering, as a new discipline, is actually not new. It synthesizes the academic essence of hundreds of pre-Qin scholars and is designed to benefit the people and the world. Young disciples who want to learn engineering are invited to You will go immediately to register for the Yanhuang Academy’s admissions exam. Dear gentlemen, we will see you at Yanhuang Academy on September 18th~! "
After reading the news, the amusement on Wei Zheng's face had long since disappeared. He stared blankly at the newspaper and murmured to himself:
"Engineering is only for the benefit of all people in the world~! The boy from the Li family said before that Confucianism cultivates the mind, and engineering benefits the world, so that's it~! That's it~! But if this happens, won't the heaven of our Tang Dynasty be destroyed by this? The kid exposed it~? The Mohist school was righteous in those days. Mencius said it was beneficial to the world. How similar is it to Li Zexuan's engineering~! I'm afraid there are many thoughtful people who will make a big fuss out of this. This kid , still too young~!”
Wei Zheng had long passed the age where he could just roll up his sleeves and do it with enthusiasm. He was not bewitched by Li Zexuan's inflammatory words. Instead, he found a trace of hidden worries in it. However, the reason why there are hidden worries still shows that his position is slightly biased towards Li Zexuan, otherwise there would be no worries! Isn't it because he has been so single-mindedly opposed to Li Er all his life so that all people in the world can live a life of food and clothing~?
Although the methods are different, Li Zexuan and his ultimate goal are the same, so that's enough~!
"Look at this news again~!"
Wei Zheng sighed for a long time, then looked at another news item and saw that it read:
"Yanhuang Academy Recruitment Announcement: As the first engineering school in the Tang Dynasty, Yanhuang Academy needs to disseminate the most advanced engineering knowledge. It specially recruits famous teachers from 358 states and 1,500 counties in the Tang Dynasty. Among them, ten famous teachers in Confucianism Those who are familiar with classics and history, teach humorously, and have a good reputation in the local area; 28 famous engineering teachers who are proficient in any of the following skills can apply, such as engineering, construction, mechanisms, equipment, arithmetic, and astronomy , surveying, smelting, manufacturing, etc.
The teacher levels of Yanhuang Academy can be divided into four levels: teaching assistant, lecturer, associate professor, and professor. Every academic year, all teachers will be assessed on their teaching ability and promoted to positions based on their ability~! The monthly salary of a teaching assistant is 10 guan, the monthly salary of a lecturer is 20 guan, the monthly salary of an associate professor is 50 guan, the monthly salary of a professor is 100 guan, and a new mansion in Yanhuang Academy will be given to him.
..... Virtuous people from all over the Tang Dynasty are welcome to apply. Those who are interested should come to Yanhuang Academy for interviews before September 15th. The boy Li Zexuan is waiting here~! You all are retiring from the world, why not come to Yanhuang Academy to train a few disciples and watch them work together and be famous for generations to come~! "
After Wei Zheng read it, he couldn't help but his eyes widened, and he exclaimed: "A hundred strings~? Crazy~! Could this kid have lost his mind~?"
In the Imperial College, the top university in the Tang Dynasty, a doctorate in it only had a monthly salary of less than 20 yuan. How could Li Zexuan, the "civil servants of the Tang Dynasty", live with his monthly salary of 100 yuan plus a mansion?
To be honest, Wei Zheng himself was a little moved~!
But after thinking about it, he still shook his head. Although Mr. Yanhuang Academy's treatment was good, it was not his cup of tea~! To put it bluntly, besides criticizing others, what else can he do~? He knows nothing about engineering, but he knows a lot about Confucian classics, but he can't give up his best skill (trolling people) and teach Confucian classics, right?
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