Cultivation of Immortals Begins with Drilling Wood To Make Fire

Due to order, there were not many people in front of the square table.

Everyone respected the two Mr. Jian very much, and did not surround them.

Instead, the people queuing up at the back, from this square table, lined up along the side of the road for a street, and made a turn at the intersection before reaching the end of the line.

It seems that there must be a lot of people coming to school next year.

At this time, Jian Zhengchu, who was scanning everyone one by one, saw Fang Chang and recognized him immediately.

"Mr. Fang!" Jian Zhengchu took a few steps to greet him, and saluted respectfully: "Why are you here? Please come to the room, open the door, and bring us a pot of good tea."

Next to him was a young man who seemed to be a student of Jane Zheng, who bowed slightly and left quickly.

Fang Chang clasped his hands and said, "I happen to be passing by Xingqing Fucheng, and I saw people gathering here, so I came up out of curiosity to have a look, I didn't expect the two of you to run a school."

Jian Zhengqing also talked to the person who was chatting, and came over to greet him.

"Mr. Fang, it's been a long time, don't come here without any problems."

After a few words of courtesy, the two brothers asked the disciples who were registering: "We have guests to entertain, you continue to register, and you must ask for the location and name clearly, so that there are no mistakes. , but also to visit the door.”

"yes."

The three of them walked into the courtyard together, climbed into the hall, entered the warm room, and sat down respectively, Fang Chang was let to be at the head.

The young scholar named Kai Zheng just came in with a pot of tea and a few clean cups, poured them for the three of them, then put the tea pot down gently and exited the room, closing the door to block the cold wind outside.

The inside of the house is very simple, but warm walls are built, and the flue of the water boiler outside passes through the wall, making it a comfortable place to live in this winter.

Picking up the cup and holding it, Fang Chang smiled and said, "How is Jian Xingwen?"

Jian Zhengqing hurriedly replied: "After you left, he ate and slept well for two days, and everything went back to normal. Now he is studying at home, and he often misses 'Grandpa Fang'."

"..." Chang Fang paused for a moment, and said, "It's fine as long as you're fine. By the way, are you two planning to run a school? Is it different from the old school in the city?"

"Of course, but it's a long story."

Jane Zhengchu nodded at the side: "The matter will start shortly after you left last time."

"The two of us, brothers and sisters, have been heirs of poetry and books for several generations, and we all have the habit of reading, so most of our daily income is used to buy books. Up to now, we have saved a few houses full."

"Not long after you left last time, on the sixth day of June, Zhengqing and I took out the books for drying, which wasted a lot of energy."

"After putting those books in the sun, we rested and chatted next to them, and talked about the outlet for these books. After all, there were more and more books, and we couldn't keep them at home. As a result, we talked about ideas. "

"I share a similar view with Zhengqing. We both believe that it is absolutely not advisable to cherish your own broom. Teaching should be 'teaching without discrimination', and the same is true for books and classics. Only when more people can read them can they be worthy of the words in these books. Discussions come and go , we came up with a good idea and went to implement it immediately.”

"The next day after the publication of the book, Zhengqing and I went to the county venerable and put forward conditions. We also told that if the conditions were right, we would donate the book and read it to scholars in the government. The county lord attached great importance to this matter."

Speaking of these words, Jian Zhengchu was a little excited, and his mouth was a little dry, so he lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

Fang Chang listened quietly, this development is very normal, after all, the Jian brothers have a very high status in Xingqing Mansion, and they are also guests of the county lord.

On the other hand, Jian Zhengqing added in a somewhat teasing tone: "Of course I will pay attention to it. If those books are exchanged for money, they can at least cover the tax of Xingqing Prefecture for a year. It will only be more or less."

Jian Zhengchu put down his teacup, waved his hands and smiled, "I donated it and made the best use of it. Needless to say, the conditions proposed by the two of us, the two brothers, and the county venerable are that the county will produce venues, and then learn from the county to produce people. According to the plan of the two of us, the books we donated will be set up as a place where everyone can read."

When Fang Chang heard this, he had a little understanding in his heart. It seemed that the two brothers had opened a library.

Just listen to Jian Zhengchu continue to say: "This request is not too much, and it is a very good thing. After all, these books are countless times more valuable than the site of a mere venue, no matter in terms of content or price."

"Furthermore, there is a lot of vacant land in Xingqing Mansion, and there are also a lot of vacant houses belonging to the county, and the county school is not short of manpower, so the county lord agreed very happily."

"The county venerable was very supportive. He marked out a spacious house not far in front of him, found a vehicle to transport all the books in, and inscribed a plaque of 'Xingqing Mansion Library'."

"We set a rule that we only need to pay a little money every year, and then copy a book and put it in the warehouse, so we can read books for a whole year here."

"Even if you don't have any money, you can come and copy a few books, and you can read the books. This money, plus some money allocated by the county every year, will be used for buying books and engraving rare books in the library, in addition to buying paper, pen and ink for copying." In printing, the construction of the building and the salaries of the staff, the county respect said that the county should bear the burden."

Fang Chang nodded and praised:

"This is a very good thing. The two of you have done a lot of good deeds. If you have time, you must go and see what the Xingqing Mansion Library looks like."

"However, what is the relationship between these and the outside world?"

Jane Zhengchu said:

"Thank you Mr. Fang for your compliment, please listen to me to continue."

"In many places, there are so many books. They often choose places to accept disciples and set up an academy, but it is often just the idea of ​​a family and the expansion of a school. This is something that we two brothers do not want, so we built this library to benefit the family. All the scholars and the people around him also praised it."

"For us brothers, making the best use of the collection of books at home is to live up to the collection of books passed down by our ancestors, let alone the family tradition and morals passed down by our ancestors, but we always feel that there is something more to say."

"All the books were moved out, and the main room was vacated. That day, when we finished teaching and cleaned up the house, we suddenly talked about that many children in the mansion had no chance to read and educate, so they started to work hard. Pingping, when it comes to this, one can’t help but feel heartbroken.”

Having said that, Jian Zhengqing, who was listening beside him, nodded:

"That's what my brother said, and the two of us later were worried about it, and even didn't care to clean it up. The sage said, 'There is no distinction between teaching', and teaching must be literacy first, and you can know more truths , and also have the opportunity to find the truth in the book by yourself."

"Enlightening the wisdom of the people is always a major event. Human beings are the spirit of all things. If they are ignorant all their lives, they are really ashamed of the good skin bestowed by heaven and earth. This is also a shame for us scholars. Therefore, we believe that only by popularizing education for the common people can we maximize the enlightenment of the wisdom of the people." , the upper and lower limits can be raised at the same time.”

Jane Zhengchu continued:

"With the previous example of building Xingqing Mansion Library, we took the opportunity to visit the county venerable, summoned the students over the years, and visited wealthy families in the city. Finally, we came up with a good plan, and it was officially implemented recently."

Thank you for your reward.