On the same day, Han Wangran urgently summoned Prime Minister Shen Buhai and several other court officials such as Kaifangdi to tell them about the grand event of hundreds of schools of thought contending in the Wei Kingdom.
After hearing Han Wangran's words, Shen Buhai and Kai Zhangdi looked solemn.
After a long time, Shen Buhai sighed sadly: "Jicheng is really too far away from the Central Plains..."
Handan, once the capital of South Korea, was also one of the few large cities in the western part of the Central Plains. In terms of prosperity and liveliness, it was no less prosperous and lively than Linzi, the royal capital of the Qi Kingdom in the eastern part of the Central Plains. Compared with Handan, Jicheng was located in Yuyang County, although it was still relatively small.
It can't be said that it is located on the border, but it is indeed far away from the Central Plains.
The geographical distance and inconvenient transportation have made South Korea's news channels increasingly blocked. Just like this time about the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Wei State, the Korean envoy "Han Chao" stationed in Daliang of the Wei State sent someone to deliver news to Ji
However, when Jicheng received the news, the contention of a hundred schools of thought on the Wei side was almost coming to an end, and South Korea really couldn't keep up even if it wanted to cause trouble.
Of course, it was Han Wangran's idea to cause trouble. As for Prime Minister Shen Buhai, he was actually inclined to witness the grand event of the Hundred Schools of Thought in Wei. After all, he was also a disciple of Legalism.
"It would have been better if Master Han Chao had sent someone to deliver the news earlier."
He said with a regretful look on his face.
Han Wangran and Shen Buhai nodded in agreement.
In fact, to be fair, Han Chao cannot be blamed for this matter. After all, the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Wei State was an unexpected event. The cause of this incident was the Wei State's selection of thirty national schools.
Regarding the matter of setting the teaching materials, not to mention Han Chao at the time, even Wei King Zhao Run did not expect that this matter would actually affect hundreds of schools of thought in the world, causing students from all schools to gather in Wei State - this is really a deliberate attempt to plant flowers.
If it doesn’t bloom, it’s unintentional to plant willows to create shade.
Later, when Han Chao personally participated in the contention of a hundred schools of thought and realized that something was gradually going wrong, and sent someone to deliver the news to Jicheng, South Korea, it was already too late. Wei Guo quietly invited many people in the opposition
talents, even those from other Central Plains countries.
Especially once the "Daliang Academy" came into being, it was destined that the cultural center of the Central Plains would gradually move from Lu, Qi, and Wei.
"hateful!"
After a moment of silence, Han Wangran slapped the table angrily, which surprised both Shen Buhai and Zhang Kaidi because they had rarely seen this young monarch lose his composure.
In fact, Han Wangran was not angry, he just felt aggrieved.
He thought that he had worked very hard to catch up with the footsteps of his close friend, King Zhao Run of Wei. When he heard that Zhao Run was diligent in governing the country, he became more diligent than Zhao Run; when he heard that Zhao Run was a corporal, he became more generous and kind.
However, the gap between South Korea and Wei did not gradually narrow because of this, but gradually widened the distance. For example, when the Hundred Schools of Thought contended in Wei this time, it was only after it happened that Han Wangran suddenly realized: Wei was once again ahead of him.
Korea's leader.
After desperately trying to catch up and never being able to catch up, this feeling of frustration and loss was hidden deep in Han Wangran's heart, and it was only this time that he was able to let it out a little.
However, King Han was worthy of being a hero who had endured for more than ten years in order to regain the royal power. After venting his anger for a while, he quickly calmed down and said to Shen Buhai and Zhang Kai with a smile: "I have lost my temper.
It made you two laugh."
Shen Buhai and Zhang Kai looked at each other, raised their hands and said they didn't dare.
Just as the Wei people had full confidence in their king Zhaorun, Shen Buhai and Kaifangdi also had absolute confidence in Han Wangran, believing that this monarch could definitely lead Korea to restore its original prosperity and strength, defeat Wei, and regain the Central Plains
The position of overlord.
After calming down, Han Wangran walked around the hall with his hands behind his back and said solemnly: "This time the Wei State is contending with a hundred schools of thought and taking the opportunity to recruit talents from all over the world. I can estimate that the Wei State will gradually replace Qi and Lu in the hearts of the world's literati.
Status... Prime Minister, what's your solution to this?"
Shen Buhai stroked his beard and shook his head slowly.
He must admit that even he did not expect Wei's move this time - to recruit all the schools in the world to Wei. What a crazy and wise strategy it was!
If he had known about it one or two months in advance, he would have been able to find a way to give Wei Guo some hindrances. But now that the dust has settled on Wei Guo's side, no matter what he does in South Korea, it will be in vain.
Instead, he suggested openly: "Why don't our country also follow Wei's example and use this to attract talents from all over the world?"
Han Wangran and Shen Buhai looked at each other. There was a glint in their eyes at first, but they gradually returned to normal.
Follow the example of Wei and recruit disciples from all schools in the world to recruit talents?
Disciples from all schools in the world have already gone to Wei State. How many are left?
It's like a pot of broth. Not only did Wei Guofeng pick up the fresh meat in the soup and gnaw it, he also drank most of the soup, leaving only some leftovers.
But, after all, there are still leftovers, right?
Being able to drink some soup is better than nothing.
Thinking of this, Han Wangran also immediately issued an edict, inviting students from all over the world to come to Jicheng to imitate the Wei State, and also wanted to create a grand event where a hundred schools of thought contend.
But unfortunately, as expected, South Korea has been looking forward to it for several months, but in the end, only two or three kittens came to Jicheng. As a result, the so-called contention of a hundred schools of thought in South Korea was extremely deserted.
He asked his Legalist disciples to stand up to increase the number of people, and maybe it really became a joke.
However, the Green Crows who were placed as successors by the Wei State learned about this matter and sent the news to the Wei State.
At that time, Wei State had entered winter.
It is worth mentioning that after the Hundred Schools of Thought contended and after Wei King Zhao Run ordered the construction of the "Daliang Academy", the Ministry of Industry, the Metallurgical Bureau, and Wei Mo teamed up to build the highest academic institution in Wei outside the city.
Daliang Academy.
The construction period was only one and a half months, and several buildings of the academy were roughly completed before winter, allowing the children from other countries to see with their own eyes the construction speed of Wei craftsmen.
The architectural distribution of this Daliang Academy is very particular. The main hall in the center is used for the "Twelve Gates" to discuss each other. With this hall as the center, there are four small buildings in the southeast, northwest and northwest corners.
The smaller palaces and pavilions belong to the four families of "Confucianism, Legalism, Military Affairs, and Mohism" respectively, and between every two of these four palaces, there are two slightly smaller palaces, which belong to
"Political Master", "Taoist Huang Lao Sect", "Physician", "Famous Master", "Farmer", "Yin Yang Family", "Miscellaneous Family" and "Novelist".
Except for the main hall, which can be entered and exited by disciples of the school at will, the remaining twelve sub-halls are not allowed to be entered by non-disciples of the school to which they belong. This is also to avoid unnecessary conflicts and disputes between each other - if you want to have a quarrel, go to the main hall.
Go and make a fuss in the palace, have a good time!
Of course, because the construction period was too short and winter would soon enter, officials from the Metallurgical Bureau and the Ministry of Works explained to the students of various factions: This is how it will be built for the time being. After next spring, the main hall and the sub-hall will be improved, including
Encircling the city wall, laying blue bricks, carving statues, and inscribing patterns on each palace and pavilion, etc.
Faced with these explanations, students from various schools looked at each other.
In fact, they think that the current academy is already very satisfactory to them, but it seems that the Wei court is not satisfied with it and is still striving to improve it.
In response to this, Du You, the Minister of Rites, who appeared in front of students from various schools on behalf of Wei Wang Zhao Run, smiled and said: "After all, this is the "Daliang Academy", the highest national school in our Wei Dynasty, and you are all entrusted by our Wei Dynasty."
How can we neglect our distinguished guests?"
These words were very useful to the disciples of various sects from other countries, so they all said that King Zhao Run of Wei was enlightened and was indeed a rare enlightened master in the world.
In addition, Zhao Hongrun also expanded the authority of the "Catering Department".
The Dining Department, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, used to be mainly responsible for the banquets hosted by the court and the wine and food required for sacrifices. Now, Zhao Run has made the Dining Department responsible for one thing, namely "the expenses of the national school", including thirty
A national elementary school, and the highest institution of higher education in Daliang Academy.
After all, it is a "state-run" school, and all expenses are the responsibility of the imperial court.
When the matter was settled, the Ministry of Revenue officials gnashed their teeth and hated the "Business Department". After all, according to the order of King Zhao Run of Wei, the Ministry of Husbandry had to continue to invest money in the Ministry of Food, but the Ministry of Finance did not give any return to the Ministry of Households -
—That’s really no reward at all.
However, fortunately for the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Food and Drinks was only responsible for the expenses of the National School and the Daliang Academy, and was not a big spender like the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. However, even so, officials from the Ministry of Food and Drinks occasionally met officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
It was inevitable that he would be stared at hard by the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
There is no way. Today's Ministry of Revenue has been reduced to the money bag of each ministry. Day after day, they watch the big money-grubbers from other ministries and governments plundering the treasury controlled by their Ministry of Revenue like bandits. They can only use this method.
To vent your anger and express your dissatisfaction.
It's a pity that the Ministry of Industry, the 'worst robber', has long been used to it.
Not long after, winter came. In the various sub-halls of the simply completed Daliang Academy, students and their companions from various schools gathered around charcoal fires, talked loudly, and brainstormed to make the final improvements to the "National Academy Textbooks."
The main purpose is to reduce the difficulty of the teaching materials and make them easy to understand, so as to facilitate the enlightenment of young children.
Take Confucianism as an example. After explanations from officials such as Jie Ziyu, other Confucian disciples finally understood why the Ministry of Rites of the State of Wei had come up with the "Hundred Family Surnames", which in their view was simply nonsense.
, originally to facilitate enlightenment.
Confucian thought is too profound for young children. Let alone children of several years old, even literati who have studied Confucianism for more than ten years dare not claim to be proficient in Confucianism.
Under this circumstance, Jie Zigui told the Confucian disciples about the decision of King Zhao Run of Wei: "The national schools in our Wei Dynasty can be roughly divided into "elementary schools", "advanced schools" and the highest school of Daliang Academy.
....... Among them, elementary schools are located in thirty major counties, mainly
It should be aimed at young children; higher education institutions should be aimed at the best among them; as for the talented and intelligent people, they may have the opportunity to enter Daliang Academy in the future... My Confucianism is too profound, and your Majesty hopes that some of my Confucian works can be used for enlightenment.
The books are used as teaching materials for elementary schools."
"Would you write enlightenment books that are easy to understand for children of a certain age or even teenagers?"
The Confucian disciples looked at each other in shock.
To be fair, they do not reject Wei Wang Zhao Run's request. After all, they also understand that those children in their teens are not only the future of Wei, but also the descendants of their Confucian sect. The problem is that they really don't understand.
How should we write books that are easy to understand? Do we want them to imitate the Ministry of Rites of Wei and compile nonsense like "One Hundred Surnames"?
He is a dignified Confucian, but if he makes up something like "Hundred Family Surnames", wouldn't he become a laughing stock? It would be an insult to the name of a saint!
"How about we abandon the teaching materials for elementary schools and focus on the teaching materials for higher schools?" a Confucian disciple of Wei State suggested.
But his suggestion was immediately opposed by other students.
You know, those children in their teens and teenage years will eventually grow up. If we don’t imprint Confucianism on their hearts when they are young, maybe those children will be influenced by Legalism and Mohism.
Waiting for other schools of thought to take it away is something that the Confucian disciples who claim to be the most outstanding scholar will never accept.
But, how to compile it?
"Is there anything gained from the Legalist side?" a Confucian disciple asked, but was met with a blank stare by the other companions.
Thinking about it, the issue of elementary school textbooks is like a battlefield for each school. How to attract the interest of young children and leave the imprint of his school in their hearts is what those children will become when they grow up.
The successors of their schools, how could the Legalists reveal such a 'war' that is related to the future rise and fall of their respective schools to them?
In fact, it was not only the Confucian disciples who had a headache, but also the Legalist disciples. Even wise and wise officials in the government such as Zhang Qigong and Yang Yu were helpless to do anything about it.
After all, Legalist scholarship, for example, weighs the pros and cons of a certain policy. Is this suitable for enlightening young children?
Obviously not suitable!
"what to do?"
All the Legalist disciples looked at each other, helpless.
The same applies to the military strategists, Mohists, and other schools of thought. It is not difficult to ask them to write an academic theory that is beneficial to the country. It is not difficult for them to write a book to enlighten young children.
Fell.
Until the spring of next year, which was the fifth year of Wei Xing'an's reign, the disciples of various schools still had no clue.
However, at this moment, they suddenly heard something: the imperial court allowed a book by a novelist to be included in the teaching materials of the "National Elementary School".
"What?!"
"novelist?!"
"How is this possible?!"
On that day, Daliang Academy was in an uproar. Except for the novelist, the disciples of the other eleven schools were all shocked by this.
They never expected that the novelist they looked down upon the most would write the first enlightenment textbook, and it would even be approved by the Wei imperial court and be listed as a textbook for elementary schools.
With complicated emotions, students from various schools rushed to the novelist's palace. The number of people at that time was so large that the novelist's disciples headed by Zhou Chu were frightened and trembled. They thought they had done something that was outrageous to both humans and gods.
The other schools of thought unanimously attacked him.
It was not until the Confucian disciple Jie Ziyu came forward to explain the reason and hoped to have a look at the novelist's new work that Zhou Chu and others were relieved. They respectfully took out several books printed by the Ministry of Rites and presented them to each sect.
Students from each school immediately returned to their respective schools and watched carefully.
Opening the novelist's new work, the first chapter is "A Hundred Sheep to Destroy the Enemy". The character is Sima An, the general of the Wei State. He tells the story of how he was attacked by the enemy during the conquest of Sanchuan - actually the Wusu tribe, but
For the sake of the Sichuan-Long Alliance, Sima An had an idea and used hundreds of sheep to instigate those slaves to rebel. Finally, he was able to seize the opportunity and defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.
The second chapter is "Naked and Defeated the Enemy". The character described is "Jiang Bi", the party guard of the Wei State. He tells about how he was on the battlefield (i.e., the first Wei-Korean Battle of Northern Xinjiang) and suffered from the difficulties of the war.
, in order to boost morale, he took off his armor and killed the enemy naked, finally defeating the Han general Jin Mao - and the Han general Jin Mao was also regarded as a villain in the book.
As for the third chapter, it is "Burning Guo and Resisting the Enemy". The characters described are Hanoi Shou and Yan Wang Zhao Jiang. It tells that when he was guarding Shanyang, he was forced to a dead end by Han general Ju Xin, and his soldiers fought one after another.
If Shanyang City died and Shanyang City could not be saved, King Yan Zhao Jiang ordered the city to be burned down and chose to live and die with Shanyang City. "Language Note: Actually, I originally wanted to write about Zhao Jiang's death."
When Jie Ziu recited these three stories in public, all the Confucian disciples looked at each other in shock.
I have to say that although they looked down on the novelist, the stories written by Zhou Chu and other novelist disciples were quite fascinating, especially the third chapter "Burning Guo to Resist the Enemy".
When they were willing to sacrifice themselves in order to defend the country, many Confucian disciples subconsciously clenched their fists and listened carefully with nervous expressions on their faces, even though they actually knew that King Yan Zhao Jiang was still alive and well.
"..."
In the silence, Jie Ziyu casually flipped through the following stories. He found that most of the stories were about the generals and ministers of the Wei State, including Wu Ji of the Shang Shui Army, Qu Cheng of the Yanling Army, and the Jun Shui Army.
Bailiba of the Fenxing Army, Xu Yin of the Fenxing Army, etc., even including Zhao Run, the King of Wei who was His Royal Highness King Su at that time.
The main characters in these books have all become positive heroes under Zhou Chu's writing. Even people like Sima An, who was once called a "butcher", are also regarded as "wisdom and courage".
Good reputation.
As for the characters from other countries, except for a small number such as King Lu Xi of Qi and Jun Jingshe of Chu Shouling, many ordinary generals have been written as villains, such as the Han general Jin Fu - in fact, he was not written about at the beginning of last week
No matter how bad it is, it cleverly places it in opposition to the "famous general of Wei" Jiang Bi, so people who read the book subconsciously hold a prejudice against the Han general Jin Ao.
"What do you think of this book?"
Licking his lips, Jie Ziyu asked about his Confucian disciples.
I have to say that he was also amazed by the novelist's 'work' this time. If the timing hadn't been right, he would have really wanted to take a closer look at the content behind it.
And he also understood that his eagerness to continue reading also meant that the novelist's goal had been achieved.
"..."
All the Confucian disciples looked at each other in shock.
They are not stupid, of course they understand the truth, they just cannot accept that the novelist they despise is actually ahead of the curve.
After a while, a Confucian disciple timidly said: "My Confucianism... also has many allusions."
After hearing this, the Confucian disciples looked at this companion with incomprehensible eyes, making the latter look ashamed.
You must know that Confucianism is the most prominent school. When do you need to pick up people's teeth? Besides, the target is a novelist whom they look down on.
but……
This idea is really good.
After a moment of silence, a Confucian disciple said angrily: "How could those guys (novelists) come up with such a good idea?"
Suddenly someone spoke up and said, "I heard that it was His Majesty the King of Wei who gave the order."
"Oh, it turns out it was His Majesty the King of Wei who gave the order..."
"Let me just say, those novelist guys..."
Upon hearing that it was Wei Wang Zhao Run who gave the order, all the Confucian disciples were immediately relieved.
How could they, the dignified Confucian disciples, lose to a novelist? But if they lose to King Zhao Run of Wei, there is nothing they can do about it. After all, that hero is a wise hero, so it would not be embarrassing to lose, right?
As a result, Confucian disciples changed their previous disappointment and pooled their wisdom to write enlightenment books.
When it comes to allusions, Confucianism has the most. After all, there are many good sayings in Confucianism that can be used to educate the world. How difficult is it to extract those from the Analects and other Confucian classics and write a story?
Soon, words to teach the world, such as "destroying the rooster", "fighting the chicken", etc., also appeared in the form of short stories (fables) - in fact, these are really Confucian allusions.
A few days later, after the Confucian disciples had roughly compiled it into a book, they presented it to the Ganlu Hall and had it reviewed by King Zhao Run of Wei.
Although Confucian disciples were a little anxious about this, King Zhao Run of Wei spoke highly of it, and even wrote a rare calligraphy inscription with the words "edutaining and entertaining" and sent it to the Confucian academy.
“Educational and entertaining?”
The Confucian disciples pondered these four words carefully, and then, as if they had some epiphany, they all praised Wei Wang Zhao Run for his extraordinary vision.
And this Confucian book used by children to enlighten children was also named "Yu Le" by them first, which made the Legalists hate it, because they later also received Wei Wang Zhao Run's calligraphy book "Yu Yue", but Confucianism could not do anything.
I have already grabbed this name. "Note: Legalists also have fables such as "self-contradiction", "Zheng people buy shoes", "waiting for rabbits" and other fables to teach people principles. 』
Of course, "education through entertainment" is not entirely applicable to all schools of thought, such as famous figures, political strategists, doctors, etc. They imitated the novelist's story, but Wei Wang Zhao Run rejected it and told them to give up elementary school textbooks.
Specializing in higher education textbooks.
As compensation, Zhao Run will include famous figures, politicians, and doctors in the enlightenment stories of Confucianists and novelists to expand the influence of these schools - after all, these schools are really not suitable for enlightenment.
In the spring of the fifth year of Wei Xing'an's reign, the Ministry of Industry sent people to build national schools in thirty major counties across the country. They did not distinguish between people from Wei, Chu, and Song counties. They recruited children between the ages of eight and twelve and taught them free of charge.
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This made the countries in the Central Plains once again feel the pressure from Wei: they are not afraid of Wei's temporary prosperity, but according to the current momentum shown by Wei, this country seems to be on a path of lasting prosperity.