Lao Liu's speech was still as inflammatory as ever. After the speech, all the teachers and students of Guozixue were excited and gearing up. They wanted to learn a skill immediately, rush to the court, and kick those rigid and conservative diehards into history.
in the garbage heap.
Seeing this, Song Ne frowned. He couldn't imagine what it would be like after three years when these beasts came out of the cage...
However, he also knew that the King of Chu was right. The enemy had regarded Guozi University as a mortal enemy and wished to eat its flesh and sleep on its skin. Now there was really no other way but to fight to the end, life and death.
"Relax this afternoon, have a meal in the cafeteria in the evening, and start working hard tomorrow to study hard!" Finally, His Highness King Chu waved his hand and ordered: "Go!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" The college students had high morale and were brought back by their respective teaching assistants and monitors.
Piyongqian soon became empty, and Lao Liu also came down from the platform. Song Ne stepped forward to greet him and reminded him in a deep voice: "Your Highness, have you forgotten what the emperor said? Didn't you say that the Confucian Temple must be repaired first before classes can begin?
"
"I'm not yet your age, so I have a good memory." Lao Liu glanced at him with a smile and said, "I've already said that, don't you have class tomorrow?"
"No, what do you mean?" Song Ne's eyes widened: "It takes a day, oh no, half a day to build a Confucian temple?"
"That's right, hang it or not?" Lao Liu said proudly.
"What are you proud of?" Song Ne said directly, "Building a thatched shed for the saint to live in? Is that true? Is that true? Your Highness promises to build the most exquisite Confucian Temple!"
Although Song Ne behaves like a Legalist, he still regards himself as a Confucian in thought. If Lao Liu were fooled like this, he would not be able to pass this test, let alone become a scholar in the world.
"Don't worry, I will make a star with my spit and a nail with each rafter." Lao Liu said without changing his face: "I guarantee that I will do what I say."
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At dusk, the top of Jilong Mountain.
Zhu Zhen led Song Ne, Luo Guanzhong and other academic officials to hold a "grand" ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Confucian Temple.
He also invited Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, who was in charge of the ministry, to come and witness the ceremony as a representative of the superior government office.
Looking at the 'Confucian Temple' under the big locust tree, the eyes of Ge Si, Song Ne and others almost popped out of their heads - the entire temple was only as tall as one person, and was no bigger than a canopy bed.
They have never seen such a miniature Confucian Temple in their lives. No wonder His Highness is so confident that it will be completed today. It turns out that it was built long ago and was lifted directly up.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, what are you doing?" They were so angry that they even spoke in dialect.
"What are you doing?" Lao Liu said seriously: "I just want to ask you if this is a temple?"
"Yes..." Although Ge Si didn't want to admit it, this kind of miniature temple was indeed a type of temple. Generally, wealthy families would adopt this style when setting up temples in their houses.
"Is Confucius enshrined here, and are there four holy companions to worship?" Lao Liu asked again.
"Yes." Nesi nodded helplessly.
"You dare to say it's not a Confucian Temple?" Lao Liu asked.
"I don't dare..." Gesi shook his head.
"This is the first purely wooden Confucian temple in the country that I selected from high-quality nanmu and ordered Ouchi craftsmen to carefully carve. The carving is exquisite and the characters are lifelike. It also uses the most advanced anti-corrosion technology, so it can last for thousands of years!" Lao Liu
Asked again:
"You dare to say it's not exquisite? I didn't spend any money on it?"
"Uh... I don't dare..." Ge Si still shook his head. He was a son of an official from the previous dynasty, and he knew that building such an ingenious nanmu temple would cost no less than building a big temple. It might even cost more.
But he still wanted to say: "Your Highness, this Confucian Temple is indeed very exquisite and expensive, but it is too small..."
"Shilang, you are now representing the Ministry of Rites, and your speech must be based on evidence. You have to come up with an official regulation. It doesn't have to be from this dynasty. It can be from the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties. Let me see the Confucian Temple
How big should the repair be? If it is not up to standard, I will make corrections immediately."
"How can there be certain rules for this?" Gesi said helplessly. In the past dynasties, no one had enough food to set rules for the Confucian Temple, so there is really no basis for saying that it is small.
"It's just that anyone who looks at it will think it's too small..." Ge Si said.
"It's not that small, Tudigong's Lei Temple is not as big as this one." Teacher Luo helped from the side: "If we give Tudigong such a temple, wouldn't we live a beautiful life?"
As he said this, he asked the academic officials: "Do you think so?"
"Yes, yes." The academic officers are all carefully selected. Their first priority is reliability. Naturally, they will not say no.
"The temple is not big, but the heart is sincere."
"As long as the incense is strong, a small temple can become a great god..."
Even though Song Ne was dissatisfied, he knew that he had to speak unanimously to the outside world at this time without saying a word of objection.
"How can one show sincerity in such a small temple?" the official from the Ministry of Rites next to Luo Si couldn't help but muttered.
"Are you trying to embarrass me, my sixth son?" His Highness King Chu looked at the man coldly, making him tremble with fear.
"No, no, what I mean is that the small one is also very delicate..."
"Then why are you still standing there?" Lao Liu snorted and said, "Offer incense and salute?"
Tie Xuan, Huang Guan and others who served as Yisheng thrust the incense sticks into the hands of Ge Si and other officials of the Ministry of Rites.
Ge Si really had nothing to say, so he lit incense and bowed before the small and lovely Confucian Temple.
It's just that I feel like I've eaten a fly in my heart, I feel disgusted but I can't express it.
After offering incense, Ge Si was about to lead the team to leave, but the King of Chu insisted on leaving food. Ge Si declined politely, and Lao Liu skillfully put on a bad face and said, "Are you not giving me Lao Liu face?"
He wanted to have a light meal in the cafeteria, but he didn't want to do it because of the crowds, so he had to stay and have a meal in the No. 1 cafeteria.
Unexpectedly, it was such a simple meal... Lao Liu didn't even show up, and only Song Ne accompanied him. He was given a meal card, saying that he could use this card to eat in the canteen at any time in the future.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were quite unhappy at first, but they thought that they would use this to corrupt the cadres?
I didn’t expect the food at Guozi University to be so good. Dinner is two meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes and one soup, with rice as you like. And the quality of the dishes is also very high, especially the two meat dishes, sweet and sour pork ribs and steamed anchovies with black bean sauce.
It's so delicious that it's off the tongue, and it's a meal for thieves.
Facts have proved that the officials of the Hongwu Dynasty, especially the officials of Qingshui Yamen, were so easy to corrupt...
"This dish is amazing. Compared with this, the food cooked in our canteen of the Ministry of Rites is like pig food." The official of the Ministry of Rites couldn't help but admire in a low voice while eating:
"Even my wife can't make it taste like this."
"If I could eat like this every day, I would do it without any salary."
"Ahem!" The assistant minister had to cough hard to remind his useless subordinates not to embarrass themselves.