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

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

However, the people queuing behind were lined up from this square table and went straight out of the street along the roadside, and turned a corner at the intersection before reaching the end of the line.

It seems that there must be many people coming to school next year.

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

"Mr. Fang!" Jian Zhengchu took a few steps to meet him, bowed respectfully and said: "Why are you here? Please, Kai Zheng, please help us get a pot of good tea in the fast house."

There was a young man next to him who looked like a student of Jian Zhengchu. He politely bowed and left quickly.

Fang Chang bowed and said, "I happened to pass by Xingqing Prefecture City when I saw someone gathering here. I was curious and came up to take a look. I didn't expect that the two were running the school."

Jian Zhengqing also spoke to the person who was chatting and came over to see him.

"Mr. Fang, I've been missing for a long time, so I'm fine."

After a few polite words, the two brothers instructed the registered disciples and said, "We have guests to entertain. You should continue to register and ask for your location and name clearly, so as not to make any mistakes. After the shift is divided, if someone has not arrived, you will still come to visit us."

"yes."

The three of them walked into the yard together, entered the hall, entered the heating room, and sat down. The square long was given to the upper head.

Just now, the young scholar named Kaizheng brought in a pot of tea and a few clean cups, poured it for the three of them, then gently put the teapot down and exited the house, and brought it to the door to block the cold wind outside.

The furnishings in the house are simple, but a warm wall is built, and the flue of the water-burning stove outside passes through the wall. This is a comfortable and good place to live in winter.

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

Jian Zhengqing quickly replied: "After you left, he ate, slept and kept for two days, and everything was as normal. Now he is studying at home, and he often misses 'Grandpa Fang'."

"..." Fang Chang paused and said, "It's fine. By the way, are you planning to run a school? Is it different from the previous school in the city?"

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

Jian Zhengchu nodded beside him: "It will start shortly after you left last time."

"We two brothers have been passed down from generation to generation, and have the habit of reading. Therefore, most of our daily income is used to buy books. Now, we have saved up a few houses."

"Not long after you left last time, on the sixth day of the sixth month, Zhengqing and I moved the books out and dried them, which wasted a lot of effort."

"After putting those books in the sun, we rested and chatted next to us, talking about the way out for these books. After all, the number is increasing, and the family is already unable to let go. As a result, as we talked, we started talking about the concept."

"I have a similar viewpoint and both believe that it is not advisable to cherish your own treasures. Teaching should be "educated without distinction", 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. After discussing and discussing, we think of a good idea, and then we immediately start to implement them."

"The day after posting the book, Zhengqing and I went to find the county master and put forward the conditions. We also told us that if the conditions are right, we would donate the book to the scholars in the palace. The county master attached great importance to this matter."

As he said these words, Jian Zhengchu was a little excited, and he was a little dry, so he lowered his head and drank a sip of tea.

Fang Chang listened quietly. This development was very normal. After all, the Jian brothers had a very high status in Xingqing Prefecture and were also guests of the county magistrate.

However, Jian Zhengqing next to him added in a somewhat joking tone: "Of course I will pay attention to it. If those books are exchanged for silver and money, they will at least be worth the taxes in Xingqing Prefecture City for a year, and they will only be more or less."

Jian Zhengchu put down the teacup and waved his hand and smiled, "I donated it, and I will use it for the best of my belongings. Needless to say, the conditions proposed by us brothers and the county master are that the county will go out of the venue, then the county school will be released from the county school, and the books we donated will be organized according to the plan of our two people, and we can set up a place to study for everyone."

Fang Chang felt a little enlightened when he heard this. It seemed that the two brothers had opened a library.

I heard Jian Zhengchu continue: "This requirement is not an exaggeration, and it is a good thing. After all, these books are countless times more expensive than mere venue land, regardless of their connotation or price."

"And there are many empty spaces in Xingqing Prefecture, there are many empty houses in the county, and the county school is not short of manpower, so the county magistrate agreed very happily."

"The county magistrate has great support. He marked out a spacious house not far ahead, found a vehicle and transported the books in, and also wrote a plaque of 'Xingqingfu Library'."

"We set rules that we only need to pay a little money every year and copy a copy into the library, and we can read the books we have all year long here."

"Even if you don't have money, you can read books when you come and copy a few books. With the county allocated some money every year, except for purchasing paper, pen and ink for copying, it will be used to purchase books, print the dilute version of the museum, and the construction of the museum and the staff's compensation. The county magistrate said that the county will bear the burden."

Fang Chang nodded and praised:

"This is an excellent thing. You two have great merits this time. If you have time, you will definitely go and see what the Xingqing Mansion Library looks like."

"However, what's the relationship with the outside?"

Jian Zhengchu said:

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

"In many places, like many books, they often choose places to accept disciples and set up academies, but they often only make a single statement and expand the scale of a school. This is not something that we brothers do not take, so we built this library to benefit all the scholars in the mansion, and people around us also praised it."

"For us brothers, letting the books and objects in our family make full use of them is to live up to the books passed down by our ancestors, and even more so, the family morality passed down by our ancestors. But we always feel that we are still not satisfied."

"After moving the books out, the main house was empty. That day, when we finished teaching and packing the house, we suddenly talked about the many children in the mansion who had no chance to read and educate, so we started to work hard and run around for a while. When talking about this, we couldn't help but feel heartbroken."

Speaking of this, Jian Zhengqing, who was listening next to him, nodded:

"That's the beginning of my brother's words. Later, we were both worried and sad about this matter, and even had no intention of cleaning. The saint said, "There is no distinction between teachings," and teaching must be the first priority. Once we know words, we can know more principles and have the opportunity to find the principles in the book by ourselves."

"Civilize the wisdom of the people is always a big deal. People are the spirit of all things. If they are confused throughout their lives, they will be really ashamed of this good skin given to the heaven and earth. This is also a shame for us scholars. Therefore, we believe that only by popularizing civilian education can we maximize the wisdom of the people and increase the upper and lower limits at the same time."

Jian Zhengchu continued:

"With the example of Jianxing Qingfu Library in the past, we visited the county magistrate at the right time, summoned students from previous years, and visited wealthy families in the city. Finally, we got a good plan and it has officially started to be implemented recently."
Chapter completed!