Lu Yu preached for three days outside the open space of the academy.
In the last two days, we talked about the Classic of Mountains and Seas and the way to be an official.
Ever since the scene of tens of thousands of people ascending was revealed, all the eyes of the Imperial Capital were focused here.
Some strong men who had previously disdained to listen to Lu Yu's sermons also came one after another. Eventually, there were more and more people in the valley. Looking around, they were all densely packed with people listening to the sermons.
Among them was Fang Mingzhe, who offered wine at the Imperial Academy.
He and a group of Imperial Confucian scholars gathered together to talk loudly to Lu Yu, but when the thunder came, driven by curiosity, they still came to check.
However, as soon as they heard Lu Yu's voice, several people immediately became intoxicated and couldn't extricate themselves from it.
They are immersed in the world of Shan Hai Jing.
Many people listened with fascination as Lu Yu described a mysterious world to them.
The mysterious voice echoed in everyone's ears. For a moment, everyone seemed to be deep in the bizarre world of mountains and seas. Many wild and ancient territories appeared in front of them, and many strange beasts and gods were visible to the naked eye.
Many people closed their eyes and listened for a whole day, hearing the sunset during the day and knowing that Lu Yu stopped, and then they woke up from the mysterious and unpredictable things.
Fang Mingzhe carefully recalled what Lu Yu said, and felt that there were many more scenes in his mind. Even the most knowledgeable people never knew what those scenes were.
"There is no end to learning. We people always feel that we know everything, but we know nothing about the demonic land outside the Two Realms Mountains."
"At first, we always thought that in addition to ancient demons, there were evil things on the Demonic Land. Unexpectedly, there were also characters, languages, gods, and monsters there. They were all civilizations like us."
"It can be said that just this scripture is enough to fill the gap in Demonic Land!"
"Lu Yu's description of how to be an official is also quite novel. Officials focus on ability, and good officials are better than honest officials. This is a novel perspective."
"Engineering, food, culture, economics... what is administration? What kind of course is this? Our Imperial College has never taught these!"
A great scholar had a wry smile on his face: "Fang Jijiu, we are sitting in the number one academic institution in Dayu. Unfortunately, when we saw him today, we realized that we were just sitting in a well and looking at the sky."
Fang Mingzhe looked at the densely packed teachers and students of Yuding Academy in the open space, and suddenly felt a sense of trance.
"Did you see the looks in those people's eyes?"
Fang Mingzhe sighed: "These people have probably regarded Your Majesty as a god-like existence for a long time. Their loyalty to Your Majesty is probably higher than that of the court."
The great scholar wondered: "Since these people are ministers, why not be loyal to His Majesty?"
"Ministers can dissuade, admonish, and when necessary, correct the king's mistakes."
Fang Mingzhe shook his head and said: "But these people are different. Regardless of whether they are right or wrong, they just do things according to His Majesty's wishes. Even if the King is wrong, they will still carry out the task without hesitation."
"And the aura exuded by these people actually made me shudder. I'm afraid that the sudden appearance of the thunder sea just now has something to do with them!"
"We are afraid that we will no longer be able to catch up with this emperor..."
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Lu Yu finished his sermon.
A few more days passed.
Thirty thousand disciples left Yuding Academy, and as "selected officials" entered grassroots yamen across Dayu to begin their training.