Chapter 234 Hun Tian said, Gongshu family surrenders!
Hou Mansion
“Gongshu Hong greets the Marquis! He greets the Princess!”

Gongshujia’s predicament was more serious than Jia Cong had imagined.

After breakfast, Yuanyang came to report that Gongshu Hong came to ask for a meeting.

Jia Cong was meeting guests in the study, with Baochai and Huici, the Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Ghosts, standing on his left and right.

He first greeted Jia Cong and Baochai, and then bowed to Huici behind Jia Cong.

“Greetings, senior!”

In the battle yesterday, Huici killed the Yin-Yang family leader Zuo Minghui in public.

With one move, he shocked the capital.

For the wealthy and powerful in Shenjing, beings in the fourth realm are high up and difficult to approach.

Not to mention the fifth realm.

In the city of Shenjing, apart from the royal family, there is only one such statue in Jia Cong’s mansion.

The absolute transcendent status.

“Master Gongshu, there is no need to be polite. Please take a seat!”

Knowing Gongshu Hong’s purpose, Jia Cong pointed to a stool nearby.

“Thank you, Lord Marquis!”

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Jia Cong pretended to be casual and asked, “I heard that the Gongshu School and the Mohist School are like water and fire?”

Gongshu Hong was cheered up, knowing that this was the last chance he could have to escape the Gongshu family’s predicament.

He quickly stood up and replied.

“I dare not deceive you, my Lord!”

“The feud between Gongshujia and Mojia has lasted for countless years!”

“It first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The so-called Mohist mechanism, wood and stone walk; bronze speaks, ask Gongshu.”

“I’m talking about Gongshujia and Mojia!”

“In the time of war, Gongshujia’s domineering mechanical skills were admired by all countries. After Zulong unified the world, Gongshujia no longer had a place to use his skills.”

“When Emperor Wu came to power, Confucianism and Taoism merged with the other Hundred Schools of Thought, and my Gongshu School was also incorporated into the Confucian and Taoist lineage.”

“I wanted to put aside our grudges, but Mohist wrote the article Gongshu, slandering me in every possible way.”

“This is really too much!”

When talking about the past, Gongshu Hong was filled with indignation.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the King of Chu sent people to invite Gongshu Ban, intending to build a plan to attack Song.

Upon hearing this, Mozi from Song went to the State of Chu.

He used the method of the mechanical device to fight against Gongshu Ban and won nine battles in a row, which became a humiliation that Gongshu’s family could never wash away.

In fact, this is just a brief summary of the countless years of struggle between Gongshujia and Mohism.

For countless years, the Gongshu school and the Mohist school have been fighting openly and secretly without stopping, but they have lost more than they have won.

Today, Mohism is famous throughout the world and has become a first-class school of Confucianism and Taoism.

Gongshujia could only retreat to Kanto.

In the eyes of the weak Confucian and Taoist scholars, it was purely Gongshu’s fault for being unkind and righteous, and he brought this upon himself.

But for Jia Cong, it doesn’t matter what the world thinks is right or wrong.

The innate gods have always been overbearing in their style of doing things!
Whoever is ours is right!
“Master Gongshu, do you know where Gongshu has lost all these years?”

“The Mohists not only have techniques, but also have principles. Their advocacy of universal love is more in line with Confucian and Taoist thought.”

“In addition, although the Mohist School did not recruit many disciples, it also did not keep its own things to itself and opened several Mo Pavilion academies.”

Jia Cong looked at Gongshu Hong and pointed out the shortcomings of Gongshu’s family one by one.

“My Lord, the ancestors of the Gongshu family also thought about this…”

“But by the time our ancestors realized what was happening, the Mohist school had already become a dominant force, leaving no room for the Gongshu school to develop.”

“Besides… in terms of intention, it is indeed Gongshujia’s weakness…”

After all, the Gongshu family is from a long-standing family. How could they not see their own shortcomings?

The problem is that we see it, but we have no ability to change it.

Everything is of inferior quality, but reading is of high quality.

In the eyes of most Confucian scholars, Gongshujia’s mechanical skills were no different from those of a craftsman.

Scholars with good talents look down upon it, and those with poor talents will find it difficult to achieve anything even if they learn it. “The Marquis has established a college this time, and it has built a magnificent building for the poor students.”

“I am not a talented person, but I am willing to serve you and do my best!”

Having said that, Gongshu Hong simply expressed his intention to surrender openly and honestly.

“This Marquis will establish the Institute of Gewu in Dongli Academy, and Gongshu Yuan will be the dean!”

“All the teachers in the Institute of Gewu can be appointed by Gongshujia!”

“Donglu Academy is just the beginning. As long as the results of the spring exam next year are out, the academy will start to expand from the capital, Shandong, and Jiangnan!”

“Not only will we recruit scholars with achievements, but we will also open enlightenment schools.”

“Those with superior talents will cultivate Confucianism, and those with less talent will be taught by various craftsmen. In the future, there will be academic disciplines for business administration.”

“All students are admitted for free, and three meals a day, food and lodging are all free. Every year, they will receive a monetary subsidy based on their academic performance.”

This was the first time that Jia Cong expressed his ideas about the academy in front of outsiders.

Compared to the small academy in the Marquis’ Mansion, which is seen as a lavish undertaking by outsiders, the Donglu Academy is the behemoth that can truly change the country’s destiny.

It is far from comparable to Bailu Academy.

The elite talents trained in the future will be distributed in all walks of life. Who wouldn’t say hello to Jia Cong?

Gongshu Hong obviously thought of this as well, and his breathing stagnated!
If it really develops to that day, how many people will gather in the three regions of Gyeonggi, Shandong and Jiangnan alone?
Even if only one twentieth of them entered the Academy of Gewu, the Gongshu school could still rise up strongly and surpass the Mohist school!

only……

“Gongshujia is willing to serve the Marquis like a dog or a horse!”

When Gongshu Hong thought of this, he was afraid that Jia Cong would go back on his word, so he knelt on one knee and loudly pledged his allegiance.

“Get up, I already know what Master Gongshu wants.”

He used his divine power to lift Gongshu Hong up, and watched him hesitate and want to say something.

Jia Cong smiled faintly.

“Master Gongshu wants to ask where the money for opening the academy comes from, right?”

Gongshu Hong blushed when his heart was touched, and he quickly said, “I dare not!”

“The Gongshu family has been passed down for many years, and there are still some silver and money in the family. I am willing to give them all to the Marquis!”

“No need.”

Jia Cong waved his hand, then turned to look at Baochai.

“Sister Bao, please take out the picture!”

“Yes!”

Baochai nodded, and then took out a huge map from the bookshelf.

It is an oval feng shui pattern with ocean and continent distribution.

It was painted by Jia Cong based on his memories of his previous life.

“This…this is…”

Gongshu Hong was slightly stunned when he looked at the territory of Daqian on the map.

“May I ask, sir, is this picture from the Annotations to the Hunyi?”

“I didn’t expect that Master Gongshu is also a well-read person.”

Jia Cong recalled the novels he read in his previous life, in which time travelers would always bring up the “round earth theory” and cause shock and doubt.

In fact, as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a record of the theory of the spherical sphere in Zhang Heng’s Annotations to the Hun Yi, the representative work of the theory of the spherical sphere.

“The whole heaven is like an egg. The celestial body is round like a bullet, and the earth is like the yolk of an egg, standing alone in the heaven. The heaven is big and the earth is small. There is water inside and outside the heaven. The heaven surrounds the earth like a shell surrounds the yolk.”

……

“I dare not. I just happened to read this article when I was bored.”

After Gongshu Hong pledged allegiance to Jia Cong, he changed his self-proclaimed title to “his subordinate”.

“This is the map that my master has read.”

“The so-called money and property, to put it bluntly, are resources and land!”

Jia Cong pointed to a point on the map.

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