Zhang Feng was dumbfounded.
He was completely dumbfounded.
Yu Shinan?
This master was a renowned literary giant of the Great Tang, a great Confucian of his generation. Moreover, he was one of Li Shimin's favored men. Moreover, he was highly accomplished in politics, poetry, and calligraphy.
Especially the "Beitang Book of Banknotes", which was a great work.
To be able to leave behind a work of authorship in this era, how awesome was that?
Just think about it.
But now?
I can't believe I actually saw a living person in my tavern!
After a moment of surprise, Zhang Feng hurriedly wiped his hands on his clothes and habitually reached out to shake Yu Shinan's hand. However, after reaching out, he realized that this wasn't a proper etiquette at all. He hurriedly cupped his fists and bowed.
"Student Zhang Feng is here to pay respects to Senior Bo Shi!"
Generally, when people saw Yu Shinan, they would respectfully address him as the great Confucian scholar, but Zhang Feng was different!
Who asked Lao Li to be so capable that he even got him the identity of a great Confucian scholar?
Unbeknownst to Li Chengqian, Zhang Fengcai's poetry collection had passed through Old Li's hands. Afterwards, he had shown it to Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, and the others.
Then, under the witness of these four masters, Zhang Feng became a great Confucian scholar without anyone noticing!
Moreover, the inscribed board of the Chang 'an Academy had the signatures of these four masters.
This thing was a golden signboard in the Tang Dynasty.
Generally, if a person wanted to become a great Confucian scholar, at least ten great Confucian scholars had to jointly recommend him, and then he had to make a backup record in the Imperial College, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Supreme Court. Only then would the imperial court issue a document.
But that was not all. You also had to be recognized by the Shandong gentry!
You had to get a great Confucian jade plate issued by the Shandong gentry, which was equivalent to an identity card.
Don't ask why the Shandong gentry had such qualifications, because they considered themselves as the descendants of Confucius. Who in the world dared to offend them?
Who would dare to question him?
At this moment, Yu Shinan also accepted Zhang Feng's bow.
This was the etiquette of a junior greeting an elder, and not the etiquette of a student greeting a teacher. If it was someone else, it wouldn't be appropriate, but Zhang Feng was different.
On one hand, he was a junior. On the other hand, he was recommended by Yu Shinan.
This was equivalent to being Yu Shinan's student.
At this moment, Yu Shinan stroked his beard and personally helped Zhang Feng up.
Fang Xuanling had been eating by himself for a long time.
"I say, the two of you, don't just stand there. Brother Bo Shi, this is Zhang Feng's signature dish and his signature wine! You won't be able to drink it anywhere else in the Tang Dynasty except here! "
As soon as he heard about the wine.
Yu Shinan's eyes couldn't help but be attracted by Fang Xuanling's wine bowl. He ignored Zhang Feng, sat down, grabbed a piece of braised bacon, and urged Fang Xuanling to pour wine for him.
A bowl of wine went down his stomach.
Yu Shinan's red nose was like a piece of red-hot iron, so red that it was shining.
"Ah —!"
"Good wine! This is good wine! "
"Hahaha, come on, little friend Zhang Feng, sit down, sit down, let's talk while eating!"
"Okay!"
Zhang Feng agreed. He was about to say a word of thanks, but he held back for a long time and couldn't say it.
The problem was, this was his pub, wasn't it?
Zhang Feng could only sit down embarrassedly and eat and drink by himself.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the three of them drank five large jugs of 15% white wine. Only then did they feel dizzy, touched their stomachs, and burped.
"Little friend Zhang Feng, you're going to treat this wine like a treasure?"
Yu Shinan said very bluntly.
What he meant was, you're going to hide something good?
You don't want people to know?
However, Zhang Feng knew that if this sentence was said by Lao Li, it must be directed at the wine. However, this was Yu Shinan!
How could he not think about what he said?
Zhang Feng thought for a while, then said, "Mr. Bo Shi, you're joking. Although this wine is good, it's precious because it's rare. I also know that it's better to enjoy it with others than to enjoy it alone. However, this wine needs people who understand it to taste it. Those who only know how to drink like a donkey won't understand the true essence of this wine!"
Yu Shinan smiled.
"Little friend, are you saying that White Deer College is also like this?"
"No, no, no. Mr. Bo Shi, you're joking. The college is a place to educate people. How can it be compared to wine?"
"But do you know that the path of a teacher is not easily taught?"
"I know. However, although I've waived the entrance fee, every student has to work at White Deer College to pay off their debts."
Hearing this, Yu Shinan's interest was piqued.
"Then tell me, how do you intend to pay off your debts? How come I've heard that you're using work as a substitute?"
Zhang Feng knew that this old man was here to ask about this.
After all, the stubborn scholars of this era all believed that books should not be studied for nothing. This was also the reason why scholars in this era were superior to others.
However, Zhang Feng did the opposite.
He directly let everyone have books to study. Wasn't this a huge taboo?
However, the reason why no one came to find trouble with him was mainly because of Zhang Feng's unimaginable philosophy of running a school and those incomparably complicated subjects. Everyone thought that he was just fooling around.
On the other hand, this college, in the eyes of the people at the top, was actually just a toy for the crown prince …
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