Cultivation of Immortals Begins with Drilling Wood To Make Fire

  Chapter 136 [Xingqing Mansion Library]

  Because of order, there are not many people in front of the square table.

  Everyone respected the two Mr. Jian very much, and did not come forward.

   It was the people who lined up at the back. From this square table, they lined up a street along the side of the road, 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 said respectfully, "Why are you here? Please come to the room, please open the door, and bring us a pot of good tea."

   Beside him was a young man who seemed to be a junior student of Jianzheng. He gave a slight salute and left quickly.

  Fang Chang clasped his hands and said: "I happened to pass by Xingqing Fucheng, and saw people gathered here, so I came up out of curiosity to take 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 yard together, climbed into the hall, entered the conservatory, and sat down respectively, Fang Chang was given the upper head.

  The young scholar named Kai Zheng 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 interior furnishings of this house are very simple, but a warm wall is built, and the flue of the water boiler outside passes through the wall. It is a comfortable and good place to live in this winter.

   Picking up the cup and holding it, Fang Chang said with a smile, "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, and said, "It's good that there is nothing wrong. By the way, you two are preparing to start 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."

   "We are two brothers, we 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. By now, we have saved a few houses full."

   "Not long after you left last time, on the sixth day of June, Zhengqing and I moved the books out 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 book was published, Zhengqing and I went to the county venerable and put forward conditions. We told that if the conditions were right, we would donate the book and read it to scholars in the government. The county lord attaches great importance to this matter."

   Saying 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 Prefecture, and they are also guests of the county lord.

   Jian Zhengqing, on the other hand, 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 have donated it, and I will make the best use of it. Needless to say, the conditions proposed by the two of us, the two brothers, and the county lord are that the county will produce venues, and then learn from the county. The books we donated, according to the plan of the two of us, we will set up a place where everyone can read."

  Hearing this, Fang Chang felt a little enlightened in his heart. It seems that the two brothers have opened a library.

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

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

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

   "We have set the rules. We only need to pay a little money every year, and then copy a book and store it in the warehouse. Then we can read books for the whole year here."

"Even if you don't have any money, you can read a few books when you come here. The money, plus the 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?"

  Jian Zhengchu said:

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

"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 the ancestors, let alone the family tradition and morals passed down by the 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 the class 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, talking about this, can't help but make people feel heartbroken."

   Speaking of which, Jian Zhengqing, who was listening next to 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 people's wisdom." , 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 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 Fireworks for your reward.

  (end of this chapter)