Dao Fruit

The establishment of the Imperial College has existed since ancient times. The establishment of the Imperial College during the Da Rui Dynasty also followed the precedent, but there were some changes in specific details and powers.

Not only compared with the previous dynasty and the more distant dynasty, but even compared with the founding of the country, the current Imperial College is also very different.

When Da Rui founded the country, the country was just established and everything was revived. Many great Confucian scholars and masters at that time died and were injured in the war. The rest were either refugees, or went to justice, or lived in seclusion. Not only the great Confucian scholars, but even ordinary scholars suffered many casualties. In the era of warlord separatism, who would talk with you with swords?

This also caused some problems when the dynasty was first established, that is, there were not many officials available. The generals who were about to conquer the world were good at fighting, but when it came to governing the local areas, they were lacking. Sending them to the local areas as officials was like sending a tiger into a flock of sheep.

Therefore, the method adopted by Emperor Taizu Darui was to directly give important tasks to the young scholars who had been trained, and to promote them across levels. A large part of them came from the Imperial College.

With the changes of the times, the imperial examination was revived, and the promotion, assessment, and division of officials were gradually improved. The students of the Imperial College did not have the opportunities of their predecessors, but the promotion across levels also stabilized the status and reputation of the Imperial College, making it a place that scholars yearned for.

In addition to spiritual factors, there are also considerations based on reality.

The Imperial College is a sacred national learning institution. The students in it will generally succeed in the imperial examinations. When they become officials in the future, they will naturally form a circle and help each other. Being able to study in advance will undoubtedly lay a foundation for their connections in the future.

Moreover, once the students who come out of the Imperial College are on the gold list, their starting point is different from that of ordinary Jinshi and Tongjinshi. This difference is a reflection of the influence of the Imperial College. Whether it is the officials who have come out of it and the students who are studying, they all have high hopes for the new officials who have the qualifications of students and have obtained the position of Jinshi.

Under the attention of this collective will, even the Ministry of Personnel has to consider the impact and has to compromise, and finally it has become a common practice.

All these things are destined to the special status of the Imperial College. This status. In turn, it has influenced the literati and has been valued by many great Confucian scholars and masters. Therefore, it is often seen that many great Confucian scholars of different schools of thought will come to the Imperial College to give lectures through their disciples, relatives and friends. What they need is to leave the imprint of their own doctrines in the Imperial College. In the hope that the students will become officials in the future, influence the administrative power, and promote the spread of doctrines.

This is a mutually beneficial thing. Great Confucian scholars and masters need students to pass on their knowledge. And the students can also receive the teachings and influence of top Confucian scholars, which in turn makes the Imperial College more attractive to scholars and students.

Of course, this is not all good.

On weekdays, the Imperial College is filled with an atmosphere of officialdom and academics. Unlike ordinary schools and academies, it is not as dirty as officialdom, but it has more trivial schemes. After the war began. The atmosphere changed again, and the topics discussed on weekdays changed from simple academic disputes to speculation and debates on the situation of the war.

Like the court, the students of the Imperial College also have different opinions on this war-

Some people think that this war is too sudden and not fully prepared, but since it has started, they should support it;

Some people have many opinions on the government, thinking that the country is not stable yet, so how can we talk about foreign aggression? So they didn't support it from the beginning;

The students from Jiangnan felt that Da Rui had been stable for decades, and the country was peaceful and the people were safe. They should not start a war lightly, which would not only waste money and food, but also destroy the stable world that was hard to create.

However, the proposal of the Jiangnan students was sneered at by the students from the north. The hometowns of these students were always threatened by war. Every year, the Hu people invaded and plundered. They hated their northern neighbors, so when they heard about the national war, they were immediately excited and wholeheartedly defended it.

In addition, there were also students from Jiannan Road and other places who held different opinions. Some advocated deep thinking, some were not optimistic about the national war, and some believed that the hidden dangers in the southern border, southwest, northwest and other places should be quelled before going to war with the Rouluo people.

These views have enough arguments to support themselves, but in the final analysis, they are due to the cognitive differences caused by different origins and backgrounds, which gave rise to different conclusions and views.

The national war is still like this, and the evaluation of those who provoke the national war is even more varied.

Because the students had limited information and a biased perspective, their thoughts, actions, and judgments were based on what they had experienced or on some opinions they had heard from others. They did not see that the high-level officials of Da Rui had long been planning for this war. The rise of the Rouluo people also determined that there would be a war between the Central Plains and the grasslands, it was just a matter of time and length.

Not being able to see this clearly, some people naturally attributed the responsibility and reason for provoking the national war to Qiu Yan.

In fact, the fundamental reason why Qiu Yan appeared on the grassland was that he was on a mission to Sanshui with the delegation, and the mission of the delegation itself was to unite with the various tribes of Sanshui to prepare for the attack on the Rouluo people. From this, it can be seen that even if Qiu Yan did not intervene, it was only a matter of time before the national war officially broke out.

However, due to the limitations of their field of vision and intelligence, many anti-war and peace-advocating supervisors unknowingly regarded Qiu Yan as the culprit who provoked the war. They all knew about Qiu Yan's achievements and status, but whenever there were casualties from the front, After hearing the news, I couldn't help but feel sad, and then I had to find a target to vent my feelings to. Qiu Yan was undoubtedly such a choice.

However, an imperial edict issued by the emperor not long ago made Qiu Yan one of the official orders of the Imperial College, which caused some disturbance among the prison students. With the help of interested people, some of the prison students immediately became excited and wanted to argue with Qiu Yan. Fan, here to express his views, to plead for the country and the people, to argue with Qiu Yan on behalf of the soldiers who died tragically for no reason, and on behalf of the people who were involved in the war!

Inspired by this emotion, Qiu Yan's personality and reputation became a catalyst. The more famous he became, the more the students' blood boiled, giving rise to a feeling of not being afraid of power, not afraid of academic principles, and dedicated to serving the people.

However, after the initial passion subsided slightly, secular thoughts inevitably arose in the hearts of the excited students. This is also due to human nature. In addition to pure ideals, some other considerations slowly seeped into their hearts, making them worry about gains and losses, but for Qiu Yan argued, but he also had a little more expectation.

However, this kind of expectation and intense emotions were gradually dissipated because Qiu Yan was busy sorting out classics and Taoist canons. After receiving the post, Qiu Yan had never been to the Imperial College once. This undoubtedly made him full of energy and want to The prison students who performed well seemed to have been punched in the air, and the initial energy was slowly worn away.

Just when the energy in their hearts was about to vent, Qiu Yan's sudden arrival aroused their thoughts again.

Today, the Imperial College made it clear that it had notified the supervisors very early that a newly appointed doctor was coming to take the academic examination and asked them to prepare early. How could the supervisors not know that it was Qiu Yan who was coming?

Therefore, many prison students immediately made plans to make complete preparations in advance.

"We want to plead for the people, so we debated with Dr. Qiu. However, Dr. Qiu's knowledge has been confirmed by many great scholars. He is also a military master and the leader of the imperial family. Although he provoked wars, his deeds of being invincible on the grassland are not false. , when it comes to these things, we are definitely no match, so we should take warning from you!”

Early in the morning, I saw several supervisors gathering together to discuss countermeasures.

Qiu Yan's position in the Imperial College is Doctor of the Imperial College. When the supervisors here address him, they do not call him Du Chengzhi or Bachelor, but Dr. Qiu. This title is similar to some of the titles Qiu Yan had in his previous life, but in terms of personality , the meanings are vastly different.

"Yes, everything must be done with strengths to make up for weaknesses. Before the debate, we must be self-aware and knowledgeable. How can we be Dr. Qiu's opponent? So this time, we have to stick to the word 'reason'! Because we To shoulder the hope of the world is to speak for the people of the world! "

"That's it. We are asking for orders for the people, not fighting for fame and fortune. Through this debate, we must let the people of the world know some truth and open up their wisdom! No longer be a coward, nor be ignorant, but we must know our own life!"

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These slogans made the prison students more and more excited the more they were said, but some of them still had some sense. When they saw a prison student walking by, they took advantage of the situation and asked: "Brother Fang, you came from Jiannan Road. If you have any knowledge or opinions about Dr. Qiu, you might as well tell us and give us a reference so that we can know ourselves and our enemies."

After hearing this, the supervisor glanced at the person who asked, shook his head, and said nothing.

This action made the person who asked the question look dissatisfied, so he asked: "Fang Ziyan, what do you mean? Even if you don't know, you can still tell some rumors you have heard. We are also well-informed. This rumor is The main channel is that there is no smoke without fire. There is great knowledge in the rumors and the truth is hidden. With our knowledge and knowledge, we are enough to discover the secrets that are difficult for ordinary people to understand! "

Hearing this, the person being asked still shook his head and said at the same time: "If you are smart, don't have any thoughts of debating with Dr. Qiu. Listen to his lectures with peace of mind, and you will definitely gain something."

"You..." The person who asked was stunned, and just as he was about to say more, the whole room suddenly became silent, and he heard the sound of footsteps. Qiu Yan, wearing the robe of an imperial eunuch, walked in slowly.

As soon as the others arrived, there was suddenly a faint coercion in the room, which made the supervisors with different thoughts quiet down, return to their seats, and spread out the classics and scriptures.

Then, Qiu Yan came to the front, looked around the people in the room, and smiled slightly.

"I heard that you are very concerned about the national war?" (To be continued...)

ps: Thanks to "Qingliangjieji" for the tip!