The predecessor of Tianxiang was Qufu Academy founded by Confucius. After the death of Confucius, in order to cultivate a new force to fight against the two demon clans, his disciples invited hundreds of scholars to give lectures at Qufu Academy, recreating the grand occasion of a hundred schools of thought contending. Qufu Academy has become Tianxiang, the highest academic institution of the human race.
It’s not just Confucianism, there are Legalists, Taoists, Mohists, farmers, politicians, celebrities... Hundreds of schools of thought each have their own business, and each has its own branch. This is the place where the ideas of the various schools of human race collide the most.
To some extent, this structure is very close to the university in Xu Kai's previous life. Those who can enter Tianxiang to study are all the most elite people in the human race, which is a great honor for all scholars.
However, Xu Kai asked directly for the price.
"How much can I exchange for?"
Seeing fame and fortune as rubbish, Xu Kai achieved at least half of it.
Wang Xin's lips twitched: "Are you serious?"
"Why should I go to Tianxiang?"
Huang Tu slapped Xu Kai on the back of the head: "What are you thinking! Have you ever heard of the saying, 'The number one scholar is not necessarily a student of Tianxiang, but the student who comes from Tianxiang must be the number one scholar.' You entered Tianxiang Xiang is basically equivalent to getting the top prize in the exam!"
Wang nodded with satisfaction: "Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated, it is not wrong."
Huang Tu asked curiously: "Exaggeration? So not every student in Tianxiang can get the top score? When did it happen?"
"When two Tianxiang students are in the same imperial country at the same time."
"..."
Wang Xin coughed softly: "Actually, this sentence is not completely correct. Because Tianxiang can conduct its own imperial examinations within itself, and the palace examination is personally invigilated by at least one Yasheng. The standards are higher than those of the Shifang Empire and the Central Empire. High. The Tianxiang students you mentioned earlier who passed the top exams in the Shifang Empire and the Central Empire were actually the ones who failed to compete with others in Tianxiang and came out to be considered by the outside world."
Even Xu Kai was a little surprised now: "Does it mean that even the eliminated Tianxiang students can win the top prize in the outside world?"
Wang Xin nodded: "Absolutely. How about it? Are you interested in going to Tianxiang?"
"Not going."
Wang Xin was silent for a while and said, "Huang Tu can choose this way, but you can't."
"Why?"
"Because Tianxiang is the safest place." Wang Xin explained, "Tianxiang is the most closed and safe place for the human race. Each department has a half-sage sitting in charge. Those who have not studied for three years are not allowed to leave Tianxiang. Only after studying for three years will you be allowed to go out. In the 100,000 years since the rise of the human race, there has never been an invasion of Tianxiang by the two demon clans. "
"You mean closed management? Then I won't even go."
Wang Xin said with a dark face: "This is for your safety. At present, we do not plan to disclose the news of your safe return, but in Tianxiang, safety is absolutely guaranteed."
"You said last time that the Dingzhou National Court was safe."
"Then I was wrong." Wang Xin looked unconcerned, "How can the Imperial Academy of a state be compared with Tianxiang? Even the Imperial Academy of the Central Empire is far inferior to Tianxiang."
Xu Kai said helplessly: "Sir, I went to the National Academy of Sciences to study, but the problem is that there is no one in Tianxiang who can teach me!"
"Mr. Zhang Cang, the author of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and the four authors of "Song and Yuan Arithmetic", Qin Jiushao, Zhu Shijie, Li Ye, and Yang Hui, are also in Tianxiang. What can't they teach you?" Wang Xin said lightly. .
After waiting for a long time, Wang Xin, who originally thought that Xu Kai was very excited about the meeting, saw that Xu Kai had not moved for a long time. He looked back and saw Xu Kai saying helplessly: "Sir, they are indeed admirable sages, but their paths are not exactly the same as mine, and they have nothing to teach me."
Wang Xin was a little dumbfounded.
"Song and Yuan Arithmetic" is the most accomplished arithmetic book in Tianyan Continent today, but Xu Kai actually looks down on it?
It took him a long time to learn arithmetic in Song and Yuan Dynasties.
"What did you write to evaluate those gentlemen?" Wang Xin said angrily.
Xu Kai thought for a moment and silently handed over the "Elements of Geometry" he wrote.
Wang Xin took the "Elements of Geometry" in confusion.
At first he looked through it, but he thought it was nothing, but the more he looked at it, the deeper his frown deepened, as if he was thinking about something.
"This book... is very basic. Some of the propositions are also recorded in other arithmetic books... But why do I always feel that this book is different?" Wang Xin muttered to himself. language.
Wang Xin continued to flip through and read carefully. As Wang Xin read, his eyes became brighter and brighter. Finally, he seemed to have figured out something and slapped his thigh: "Good book! So that's it, that's it!"
Wang Xin actually said to Xu Kai with some excitement: "Xu Kai, can you give this book to me? If it is Mr. Zhang Cang and the four gentlemen of "Song and Yuan Shu", they will definitely thank you very much."
"Sir, just do whatever you want, but don't forget that I wrote this book."
"This is natural. No one would infringe on other people's works. Once it is exposed, it will be a huge blow to Wen Xin. Not only will the foundation be damaged, but it will also be difficult to make further progress in the future."
Xu Kai nodded, thinking that this kind of world is really good, so that academic misconduct can be reduced to a minimum.
"Then are you going to Tianxiang?"
"No. I'd rather exchange for some treasures."
Wang Xin was a little anxious, so he had to use his last trump card: "Xu Kai, you are a scholar of the holy way, and you can make an exception to study in Tianxiang. Do you know what this means?"
"What does it mean?"
"This means that even if you exchange all the credits you brought back from the Demon Refining Secret Realm for treasures, it will not affect your admission to Tianxiang."
"I go!"
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As its name suggests, Tianxiang is built high in the sky. Xu Kai was really shocked when he saw the carriage driven by Wang Xin reach an uninhabited land and then directly rise into the air.
"Sir, I didn't expect that you are actually a teacher in Tianxiang." Xu Kai was surprised again, "So you said that you were the person who was elected in the second year of Mingze's reign? It's a lie?"
Wang Xin raised his chin with some pride: "Of course. In fact, I passed the Jinshi examination as early as the 49th year of Longqing. Now I am the sixth grade of the Holy Dao and serve as a lecturer in the Confucian Department in Tianxiang."
The forty-ninth year of Longqing was more than three hundred years ago.
The Holy Dao realm ranges from low to high, from ninth grade to first grade, corresponding to the grades of court officials. However, the rank of court officials does not necessarily represent their own realm. As for the sixth level of the Holy Way, this realm is much higher than the ninth level of the Holy Way, which is the dean of the Dingzhou Academy of Sciences.
The sky is vast, with mountains standing high in the sky. The tallest peak was flattened, and academies were built on top of it.
Wang Xin led the two of them straight in and arrived in front of a courtyard. He threw a seal to each of them and said: "You can choose an empty courtyard as your residence. This seal is your identity certificate. What's your situation? It’s a little special. You can study in Tianxiang for a month first. During this period, you can take any course in any department, and you can decide which department to join after one month.”
The two nodded. Many of the students who enroll in Tianxiang are the children of big families, and even those who are born into poor families have at least passed the examination to enter Tianxiang, and have already decided on the path they want to take. And the two of them have never even passed the government examination, so naturally it will take a certain amount of time to adapt and make decisions.
Of course, Xu Kai made his decision. To him, Tianxiang today is not much different from the water class he took in college.
The two chose two adjacent courtyards. The small courtyard has been tidied up, and there are various daily necessities, as well as robes specially designed for Tianxiang students.
Huang Tu was carrying a big box and a big shovel, and he didn't know where he was digging.
And when Xu Kai looked at his full yard, he always felt that something was missing.
What is missing?
do not care. Now that "Elements" has been written, although there is another "Geometry" that combines algebra and geometry, which also plays an extremely important role, we might as well develop physics first.
Look for the experimental props I asked the craftsmen to make before...
"I'm super, I'm experimenting with props!"
More than a thousand taels of silver!
I haven’t received the dividends from Glass yet!
"By the way, it's over at the Dingzhou National Court!" Xu Kai, who remembered it, rushed directly to Wang Xin's residence and asked, "Sir, can I go back to the Dingzhou National Court?"
"What are you going back for?"
"I left something in there!"
Wang Xin said with a straight face: "Didn't I just tell you that you can't come and go freely within three years? Didn't you forget?"
"But……"
"You left something behind, I'll get it for you." The conversation changed and Wang Xin said again.
When Xu Kai heard this, he thought that this was much better than his original counselor. So I described my stuff.
After hearing what Xu Kai said, Wang Xin was silent for a while and asked: "Put those things of yours in your room?"
"Then there's no need to look for it."
"Why?"
"Your room has collapsed into rubble. Three months have passed, and those things are probably gone long ago."
"Ah?" Xu Kai was dumbfounded, "Those cost me more than a thousand taels of silver!"
"Okay, okay, take this." Wang Xin took out a token impatiently, "Take this and go to the Mo family. The Mo family is good at machine arts. They can make all the tools you want to make. They are better than you. The so-called skilled craftsmen we find are even better."
Xu Kai held the token and thought it was quite interesting.
"Sir, I have no money. You took me to Tianxiang before I could get the glass-making profits..."
Wang Xin couldn't bear it anymore and kicked Xu Kai out: "Just put it in my account!"
Xu Kai touched his butt, turned around and shouted to Wang Xin: "Sir, this is what you said!"
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After driving Xu Kai away, Wang Xin picked up the "Elements of Geometry" and started reading again.
Soon, he picked up the "Elements of Geometry" and walked to Tianxiang's bookstore.
The so-called bookstore is actually a library. They are all places where books are stored. As the highest academic institution of the human race, Tianxiang naturally has an extremely rich collection of books.
Wang Xin turned to a certain page in a record book at the entrance, wrote something down, and then walked in directly.
He placed "Elements of Geometry" randomly on a certain floor of the bookshelf.
Then leave.
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In an independent courtyard in Tianxiang.
A man dressed as an old Confucian with white beard and hair was struggling to write on the paper.
If you get closer, you can see that he is calculating something in complicated traditional Chinese characters.
However, he has profound literary skills and extremely fast writing speed. The complexity of the words is not a problem at all in front of his writing speed. Even the most complicated words can be written in an instant for him.
This is a manifestation of extremely profound literary skills.
But he was still frowning and calculating hard, and his face, which was already full of grooves, looked even more aged now.
"I have even solved this kind of problem, why can't I break through to the semi-saint? Is this path really wrong?" The old man murmured to himself, "Could it be that I want to go back and follow the path of governing the country and bringing peace to the world?"
The old man looked at the rows of classics on the bookshelf and hesitated.
This is very inappropriate.
When he reached this state, Wenxin's perseverance was even stronger than steel, and he was full of unchangeable confidence in his own path, but now, he actually began to doubt his own path.
One careless move and I'm afraid it will disappear into thin air.
The old man clenched his fists. Among all the literati who walked this road, he was the oldest. Although others are also suffering from the difficulty of breaking through the Half-Saint, they are not as anxious as him. And if he can't take another step forward, I'm afraid he will turn into a pile of loess in ten years at most.
The old man was very unwilling. He once studied with Yasheng and made great achievements in Confucianism and Taoism; he also served as the prime minister of the Central Empire. However, when he accidentally solved a problem one day, he suddenly became fascinated by the truth and began to embark on the path of arithmetic. road.
He has gone very smoothly, and he has also used this opportunity to extend his life, otherwise he would not be alive now. Someone once said that he would become a semi-saint within a hundred years, but now, the person who said this has become a semi-saint, but he is still pursuing the road to sainthood.
He sighed, finally walked to the bookshelf, and stretched out his hand tremblingly to one of the books.
At this moment.
A voice sounded in his courtyard.
"Prime Minister Zhang, why is this happening?"
The old man stopped, smiled wryly and saluted respectfully: "I have seen the saint. The saint does not need to call the old man the prime minister. The old man cannot bear the responsibility."
Dali saint. A being who is much younger than him. When he was still stuck in the bottleneck pursuing the path of semi-saints, the Dali saint was not yet born; but now that he is a true saint, he is still pursuing the path of semi-saints.
"Zhang Cang, I know the bottleneck you are in." The saint said calmly, "I know a book that can solve your confusion."
This old man turned out to be Zhang Cang who wrote "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".
"Sage, please speak."
Zhang Cang didn't hold out much hope. A sage had given him guidance before, and he himself had found some weird arithmetic books. Although he had made some progress, he continued to get stuck where he should have been.
"There is a new book in the bookstore called "Elements of Geometry". If you look at it, it may solve your confusion."
Zhang Cang frowned.
When the sage gave him guidance in the past, he only said "it will help you" but did not say "clear your confusion".
There is a big difference between the two.
It's like when going to a certain place, the former just gives him a carriage to let him walk faster; the latter tells him how to get to that place.
Is it really magical?
With a glimmer of hope, Zhang Cang came to the bookstore and found the "Elements of Geometry".
He began to look through the pages.
At first, he frowned deeply. These problems were too basic and he could solve them easily. He had solved countless more difficult problems. How could this book help him?
But as he continued to read, his eyes became brighter and brighter. His old and cloudy eyes actually shone brighter and brighter at this moment.
"Could it be...could it be..."
Zhang Cang was so excited that he read the "Elements of Geometry" over and over again.
"So that's it, that's it, that's it! I've never been able to break through that membrane! Hahaha! I know, so this is how I should go on!"
Zhang Cang laughed loudly and was angry at the bullfight. The stars twinkled and reflected each other.
A mouthful of golden light shot straight into the sky!
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"This new classmate, do you really want to make it like this?" A disciple of the Mo family looked at the design given by Xu Kai and frowned deeper and deeper.
"Of course. I want the best materials and the most accurate and precise workmanship to make these."
Scientific research requires accuracy.
"But, the price..." The man hesitated a little. He looked at Xu Kai, who looked more like someone from a poor family than from a wealthy family. Although he was both a Tianxiang student, he would not take advantage of these classmates, but even at the best price, Xu Kai didn't seem like he could afford it.
Xu Kai threw the token Wang Xin gave him: "It's not short of money."
