The goods brought by Maximilian, a Roman merchant, were not simple commodities.
The Han Emperor Liu Yu designated special goods.
That is all the books on mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, medicine, etc. in the Roman Empire.
Not all of these books contain the essence, and naturally a lot of the dross has to be removed.
This important task was handed over to the famous Jixia Academy.
This day.
Liu Yu and Gongsun Sheng entered Jixia Academy.
A middle-aged man in official uniform immediately came out to greet him.
As soon as he saw Liu Yu, the man immediately wanted to give him a big gift, but if it was not enough, he was dragged up by Liu Yu.
"I came here today to dress lightly and simply, you don't have to be like this!"
"Your Majesty, Liu Shao, thank you!"
Gongsun Sheng, who was standing next to him, saw the man who called himself Liu Shao. He was a plain-looking man, about forty years old, but he was already wearing a uniform with a rank higher than that of Jiuqing. He thought he was Liu Yu's fellow clansman from Donglai County.
After all, Liu Yu had high hopes for this Jixia Academy and relied on him to cultivate countless talents.
As the chief officer of the 'Jixia Academy', he naturally has a higher status.
"Sir, do you know who this is?"
After the group entered the hall, Liu Yu immediately said with a smile.
"I am ignorant and ignorant, but I really don't know." Gongsun Sheng said without concealment.
He only knew that this Liu Shao was also surnamed Liu, and that Liu Yu valued him so much. He originally thought he was a member of the royal family of Donglai.
Now it seems that it should not be so simple.
"This Liu Daogu is our eminent celebrity in Qingzhou!" Liu Yu admired very sincerely.
"Celebrity, I wonder where Brother Gu's family is?" Gongsun Sheng asked with some confusion.
"Hui Linghou, Shao is from Zichuan, Qingzhou." Liu Shao replied very respectfully.
"The Liu family of Zichuan?" Gongsun Sheng couldn't help but think about it in his mind, but he never found out that the Liu family of Zichuan had any famous people.
They are probably just ordinary members of a small clan, who are they?
After seeing Gongsun Sheng's doubts, Liu Yu showed an expression that he had known this for a long time.
He immediately said again.
"Daogu's father is the famous Liu Hui of Zichuan, the author of "Nine Chapters on Arithmetic Annotation"!"
After listening to Liu Yu's introduction, Gongsun Sheng was even more confused.
He didn't know Liu Hui, or this Zichuan Liu Hui.
However, this did not affect Liu Yu's continued speech at all.
After a long time, Gongsun Sheng understood why Liu Yu valued Liu Shao of Qingzhou Zichuan so much.
It turns out that although Liu Shao's father, Liu Hui, was once just a low-ranking official in the Cao Wei Dynasty, he was obsessed with studying scriptures all his life, and he studied the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" for a lifetime, which can be said to be an unparalleled achievement in the world.
However, these things cannot be regarded as the way to be an official, and they cannot add points to Liu Hui's reputation. There is not much to pass on, and only his youngest son Liu Shao has inherited part of the mantle.
Later, when Liu Shao was engaged in the "official selection" in the world, Liu Shao also relied on his family's arithmetic to find a job for himself.
When Liu Yu was preparing for the Jixia Academy to recruit miscellaneous scholars from hundreds of schools in the world, Liu Shao brought his father Liu Hui's posthumous work "Nine Chapters on Arithmetic Annotation" to see him.
After a conversation, Liu Yu became interested in talents.
What is talent?
This is the real talent.
Liu Hui in the Wei and Jin Dynasties was the brightest star in ancient Chinese mathematics!
The famous circle-cutting technique to calculate pi appeared in his hands.
The Liu Shao in front of him also received the true inheritance from his father. Although he had begun to neglect his family mathematics in order to become an official, he still had a unique talent.
Therefore, Liu Yu immediately made the decision to grant Liu Shao the rank of Jiuqing, the chief official of Jixia Academy, and asked him to teach everyone the nine-chapter arithmetic annotation passed down from his family, and to continue to carry it forward.
"Your Majesty, I really admire you for your magnanimity." After Gongsun Sheng heard this, he immediately broke into a cold sweat.
What Liu Yu did was simply child's play.
Gongsun Sheng felt that how could a small arithmetic be worthy of such a high official title?
At most, it would only be awarded to a low-ranking official of the ninth rank. When the king remembered it, he could call him over and ask for a few words, which would be regarded as a great favor.
Fortunately now, a down-and-out man from Zichuan suddenly became more powerful than Jiu Qing.
"However, to get such a high position rashly may be an eyesore, and it is inevitable that there will be a lot of criticism." Gongsun Sheng couldn't help but said in the end.
When Liu Yu heard this, he immediately glared and said with great disdain.
"Let's see who dares!"
"I already know that at least half of the scholars in the world have learned fake Taoism and crooked learning. They talk a lot about it, but they can't even manage a Baili county well, and they can't manage a treasury. They can't be called a government official. annual revenue."
"At this point, it is absolutely impossible for me not to carry out a large-scale study of hundreds of industries myself."
As soon as Liu Yu said this, bursts of anger and resentment surged in his heart.
Although there is a selection of officials with scholar status, it seems to have broken the shortcomings of the original nine-level Zhongzheng system.
However, among the officials who were finally selected, many still had various shortcomings that existed in the Ninth Grade.
These people have the ability to apply what they have learned, but they are all the same, and there is a serious gap between them and Liu Yu's expectations.
What Liu Yu hopes is to make great strides forward, and these people admire the way of inaction.
This forced Liu Yu to show his ambition.
Reusing arithmetic wizards like Liu Shao was just the first step for Liu Yu to develop new learning.
"Then your Majesty plans to no longer only respect Confucianism?" Gongsun Sheng immediately became excited.
"Hey, our Han Dynasty has always been an outer sage and an inner king, and Confucianism is king. How can we really only respect Confucianism?" Liu Yu said.
"Now we not only need to keep Confucianism and Legalism in parallel, but also introduce these hundreds of schools of thought." Liu Yu said, and looked at Liu Shao next to him again.
When Liu Shao heard this, he immediately felt excited and his heart surged.
He was already middle-aged, and he had never thought that just because he had learned a little bit about his father's arithmetic, he would be able to compete with Jiuqing.
Now that I heard that Liu Yu would promote the Hundred Schools of Thought even more vigorously, his status would definitely have a greater chance of leaping forward.
"Your Majesty, this matter is too important. You should think twice." Gongsun Sheng thought for a while and advised with some worry.
Even though the aristocratic families in the Wei and Jin Dynasties each advertised themselves as talkative celebrities or esoteric masters who respected Taoism, at their core, they were still descendants of Confucianism in the Confucian classics of the Han Dynasty.
Everyone is a defender of Confucianism.
It was precisely the predecessors of these people who thoroughly advocated Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's re-appointment of Dong Zhongshu as a person who only respected Confucianism.
If Liu Yu wanted to dethrone the supreme status of Confucianism openly and openly, he would probably cause a large-scale turbulent undercurrent.
"Although I really want to do this, I also know the pros and cons!" Liu Yu said.
"Does your Majesty have other plans?" Gongsun Sheng asked.
"Yes, I already have a good strategy, so there is no need to confront them head-on." Liu Yu said with a smile.
"I wonder what your Majesty plans to do?"
"Two methods, two-pronged approach." Liu Yu said.
"Please speak clearly, Your Majesty."
Gongsun Sheng and Liu Shao both looked curious.
The two of them have gradually understood why Liu Yu came to Jixia Academy today and brought the two of them together. It must be related to these two things.
"The first one is Tuogu!" Liu Yu said very naturally.
"Togu?"
Gongsun Sheng was not unfamiliar with this matter at all.
Kong Wei, the Holy Duke of Yan who was previously enshrined by Liu Yu, was the pile of "Confucian Family Learning" presented through his instruction.
Gongsun Sheng knew very well what the so-called sage's learning was.
"Yes, it's Tuogu. I have to trouble Mr. Kong to discuss this matter with Kong Wei." Liu Yu said with a smile.
Because Liu Shao was also present, Gongsun Sheng's face turned red for such blatantly false instructions.
"I don't know, what are your Majesty's plans this time?" Gongsun Sheng asked angrily.
His meaning was very clear, he just wanted to ask Liu Yu what kind of fake he wanted to make this time.
If you want to add any kind of "family tradition theory" to Confucius, you will need some preparation.
Whether it is a 'bamboo slip' or a stone carving, it must be prepared a month or two in advance.
First, in the 19th century, British and French cultural relics were faked to such a level that they were not even soy sauce-colored. Gongsun Sheng would never allow this to happen to him.
Even if you know clearly that you want to impose 'knowledge' on Confucius, you have to make it the same as the old, and never trade the new for the old.
"This is exactly the reason why we came to Jixia Academy today." Liu Yu said.
"The nine-chapter calculation of scriptures should be regarded as a unique school of its own, so why not just blame it on Master Confucius?"
"You and Daogu should discuss how to make these knowledge more advanced or obscure, so that people can see that it was written by Confucius, and they will study it with concentration."
Liu Yu then went on to talk endlessly about his requirements and expectations.
In a word, it is to turn mathematics, the foundation of science, into the Confucian learning of "since ancient times".
Let those scholars who regard Confucius' words as their guide have a new field.
Although I don’t know how effective it will be, it is still much better than digging talents from scratch now.
After listening to Liu Yu's request, both Gongsun Sheng and Liu Shao were flushed with cold sweat on their foreheads.
This kind of thing is top secret. If the scholars knew about it, they would be scolded to death.
Among them, Liu Shao was even more shocked.
If we go by what Liu Yu just said, two years ago, Qufu's enshrined Yanshenggong Kong Wei claimed to have discovered hundreds of volumes of Confucius's posthumous works in his ancestral home, which must have been false!
That was a great discovery that caused a sensation among scholars all over the world.
The learning of saints comes from the world again!
The proper recruitment of the Holy King to the court was of great help to Liu You in calming the hearts of the scholars and people in the Central Plains.
But he never expected, or Liu Shao never expected, that the so-called 'Confucius' legacy' was actually fake.
Liu Shao almost burst into tears.
Now it's good, I will soon contribute a share of the 'Legacy of Confucius'.
"I have to do this method as a last resort. If I don't use this method, the rotten ones among the scholars will definitely chatter endlessly and turn a good knowledge into a dirty one."
Liu Yu clearly saw the embarrassment and uneasiness on his face, and immediately comforted him.
"I understand, I understand." Liu Shao was so frightened that he promised again and again.
In the end, it was Gongsun Sheng who came to life the first time and became familiar with it the second time, and directly asked the key question.
"Then what name does Your Majesty intend to ask Gu?"
If you want to put knowledge on the head of Master Kong, you need a good name.
For example, the "Analects of Confucius", which is a record of quotations, is very high-end and classy. If it were turned into "Quotations from the Teaching of Confucius in Classes", it would be a greatly lowered grade.
"Name?" Liu Yu couldn't help but turn his brain.
"The names that I used to make based on ancient legends all took a lot of effort to come up with. I still had the help of Kong Wei, who is familiar with Confucianism."
"Now these are all algebra and geometry knowledge that I plagiarized from later generations' textbooks and taught to Liu Shao. How can I think of a name?"
"In Confucianism, there is no name similar to algebraic geometry."
The more Liu Yu thought about it, the more clueless he became. Finally, Gongsun Sheng and Liu Shao looked at him impatiently, and suddenly said in a loud voice.
"Then let's call it "New Edition of Geometry"!"
