Li Zexuan's act of using the Fairy Lamp to carry a person into the sky could be considered as another wave of advertising for Yanhuang College and Engineering. Furthermore, the effect of the advertising was several times better than the last time. The most direct manifestation of this was that the first volume of the new mathematics textbook sold out like crazy in Qiqu Culture. 100 books were sold out in an instant, 200 books were sold out in an instant, and 500 books were sold out in an instant …
In order to alleviate the pressure of Qiqu Culture's traffic, Li Zexuan decisively decided to distribute the tens of thousands of new mathematics textbooks to the major booksellers in Chang 'an City at a price of 15% below the market price. In any case, he had never thought of using these textbooks to make money. It was fine as long as he didn't make a loss. Compared to making money, spreading the new mathematics textbook was obviously more important.
In addition to the booming sales of mathematics textbooks, the number of applicants for Yanhuang College's entrance exam next month had also increased sharply ~! According to Ma Zhou's statistics, by noon today, the number of students who had signed up had increased from 100 yesterday to 800. Although there were millions of residents in Chang 'an City, how high could the percentage of people who were educated be expected to be, given the educational conditions of this era? Not even 1%.
This was also one of the reasons why scholars in ancient times were always given preferential treatment.
Today's Datang Daily's headlines were written by Ma Zhou himself. Ma Zhou did a comprehensive report on the Fairy Lamp carrying a person into the sky last night and enthusiastically praised the wonders of Engineering. It was believed that with the Wang family's sales of today's newspaper to the various counties of Tang Dynasty, Li Zexuan's name would be known all over the world. Yanhuang College and Engineering would also be planted in the hearts of the people. With time, this flame would eventually become a prairie fire that would "burn" the entire Tang Dynasty!
In the afternoon, Li Zexuan stayed at home to write teaching materials. Regarding the future plans of the Yanhuang Academy, he more or less had an idea. First of all, he had divided the entire academy into a middle school department and a university department, with each department having three years of study.
If one were to look at it from the perspective of the modern education system, this arrangement of schooling was extremely unreasonable. In modern times, it would take at least 16 years to go from primary school to university. However, this was the ancient times, and young people usually had to start a family at the age of 14 or 15. If one were to blindly apply the modern education system, there would be very few people who could complete 16 years of schooling.
Besides, Li Zexuan didn't plan to transfer all the things that were taught in modern education to Yanhuang College. For example, he didn't plan to include Chinese, English, ideological and moral character, art, music, politics, history, biology (if these were taught in ancient times, there would definitely be a big problem), and so on, which were more literary subjects. He didn't plan to include them in the curriculum of Yanhuang College in the future.
In this way, the courses that the students of Yanhuang College had to learn would be less than half of what the modern students had to learn. Under a reasonable teaching arrangement, there was still hope to complete the popularization of the basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, and chemistry in the first three years. In the second three years, it would complete the cultivation of the students who were interested in further study in the fields of engineering construction, precision machinery, sound, light, heat, and so on, which would open the door to a new world for them.
As for whether they wanted to continue to study in depth in the future, they would have to rely on their own efforts. Li Zexuan only wanted to be a guide, not a knowledge repeater.
This was because no one knew what kind of strange ideas the ancient people would have after they had the basic scientific knowledge of modern people. Perhaps even Li Zexuan, the guide, would be shocked.
"Young master ~! Someone from the palace came, the master wants you to go out and greet them ~! "
Li Zexuan, who was writing the second volume of mathematics teaching materials, was suddenly interrupted by Xiao Xi's voice.
"Okay ~! I'll go now ~! "
Li Zexuan raised his head and looked at Xiao Xi, who was blushing, then got up and went out of the room. But in his heart, he thought, "Ever since I took her for a walk in the sky last night, the way she looks at me seems to have become weird. She's also easily shy, could it be …"
Thinking of this, Li Zexuan stroked his chin in a smug manner, looking very pleased with himself.
When he came to the front yard, he found out that Li Zexuan had sent someone to summon him. Li Zexuan quickly changed his clothes and went to the palace with the servant.
After entering the palace so many times, Li Zexuan was not as nervous as before. However, he could not help but wonder if Old Li was looking for trouble with him because of what happened last night. If that was the case, then he was really petty. Last night, he only took a few glances at the palace from afar ~!
When he came to the Sweet Dew Palace, Li Er was sitting at the top reading a book. Li Zexuan bowed, but Li Er pretended not to see it. It was as if there were ten thousand beauties in the book that attracted his eyes, making him unwilling to look at Li Zexuan.
Seeing this situation, Li Zexuan was even more certain that Li Er called him over because of what happened last night. He wanted to show off his power in front of him. He secretly curled his lips but did not show it on his face. He started to play the role of an obedient child. He stood below and did not say a word.
"Oh ~! You're here ~! "
After about a quarter of an hour, Li Er seemed to have just noticed Li Zexuan's arrival. He put down his book and said lightly.
Li Zexuan scolded Old Li for being pretentious in his heart. However, he said, "Your humble servant greets Your Majesty ~! I wonder what Your Majesty has summoned this humble servant here for ~! "
Every word and action of this fellow was methodical. He was like an old fox who had been in the imperial court for decades. No one could find fault with him. Li Er's mouth twitched slightly. He did not answer but asked, "What have you been busy with recently ~? As the Crown Prince Zhan Shi, I haven't seen you do anything in the East Palace. If it wasn't for me protecting you, you would have been impeached and sent to prison ~! "
Li Zexuan's face was full of black lines. When others wanted to find fault with you, how could they find fault with you ~! However, after being promoted for so long, he only knew that the Crown Prince Zhan Shi's rank was very high. He was a primary third rank. However, he had no idea what the Crown Prince Zhan Shi was doing. Why did you ask him to go to the East Palace ~?
"Uh, cough cough ~! Your Majesty, this humble servant has been busy with the construction of the academy, the hiring of teachers, and the compilation of teaching materials. I really have no time to work in the East Palace. This humble servant is suspected of dereliction of duty. Your Majesty, please punish me ~! Why don't this humble servant resign from the position of Crown Prince Zhan Shi and appoint another worthy person ~? "
After thinking for a moment, Li Zexuan took a step back in order to advance. He pretended to be in a bad mood and blamed himself.
Li Er glared at him and said angrily, "Bastard ~! Do you think you can resign from the official position that I gave you ~? It's understandable that you are busy with the academy. After all, you have put a lot of effort into it. However, after this matter is over, you have to take care of your duties in the East Palace. Do you hear me ~? "
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