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"The Academy of the Second Saint is just ahead. Shall we go take a look?"

Zhao Shou looked at a grand hall not far away, which, though not magnificent, possessed an extraordinary aura.

Su Nan nodded.

"Then go and have a look."

Zhao Shou led Su Nan up the steps, past the incense burner, and into the hall.

Seven-meter-high red-painted pillars support the dome.

The sage enshrined in the academy is none other than the founder of Yunlu Academy!

In the slender flame of the candle, the sage was dressed in a blue Confucian robe and wore a tall Confucian hat.

He had one hand behind his back and the other on his waist, gazing into the distance!

Beside the sage was a graceful white deer, its white fur faintly showing cloud patterns.

"This white deer is the origin of the name Yunlu Academy."

Dean Zhao Shou explained.

Su Nan looked at the white deer and remained silent for a moment.

"I've heard that this white deer... is the wife of a sage?"

Zhao Shou nodded slightly.

"good."

"According to the academy's 'Yunlu Chronicle,' this white deer was a demon. It listened to the classics while sitting under the sage, and later transformed into a human and accompanied the second sage. The human and the demon had been together since childhood and had a deep affection for each other, and eventually became husband and wife."

"The love between a human and a demon was not tolerated in the world at that time... and it is still so now. But when the sage learned of it, he did not separate the lovers. Instead, he approved of their marriage. The sage said: Great love knows no bounds. It can be seen that as long as there is love, humans and demons can also stay together forever."

Su Nan couldn't help but glance at the statue of the Second Saint again.

What a magnificent White Deer Knight!

Su Nan slowly bowed to the statue of the Second Sage in front of him to show his respect!

On the left and right sides of the main hall of the Temple of the Second Saint, there stands a stone tablet as tall as a person.

One side is blank, the other side is engraved.

"He died for his country out of loyalty and honor, and his name will be remembered for generations to come—Cheng Hui."

Cheng Hui, this is Cheng Yasheng!

He was also a traitor to Yunlu Academy.

With the emperor's support, he established the Imperial Academy and single-handedly suppressed the Yunlu Academy for over two hundred years.

In a sense, he's quite a formidable person!

"Is this the stone tablet left here by Cheng Yasheng?" Su Nan asked knowingly.

Zhao Shou looked at the stone tablet in front of him with a complicated expression.

I can tell.

He felt a mixture of admiration and disdain for Cheng Yasheng.

As someone who pioneered a new path in Confucianism, Cheng Hui truly deserved the title of "Second Sage."

However, Zhao Shou did not agree with his ideas!

7. Flattering the emperor is absolutely not something a scholar should do!

7. "We lost the battle for the foundation of the nation."

"We've been suppressed for two hundred years, we have no one to blame but ourselves."

9 Zhao Shou sighed.

7 Su Nan glanced at Zhao Shou, whose expression was complicated, and said calmly, "On the surface, it is a struggle for the foundation of the state, but in reality, it is a struggle for power."

6 “Yunlu Academy lost not to Cheng Hui, but to imperial power.”

+ "The size of a state's power is fixed; when one enters the court as an official, one must study..."

4. "As an emperor, one cannot stand by and watch the court become unbalanced and allow oneself to be sidelined."

8 “Therefore, suppressing Yunlu Academy is only a matter of time.”

2 Su Nan's words slightly moved Zhao Shou.

6. It seems...that's indeed the case.

He did not delve into the truth behind the dispute over the succession to the throne.

In his view, the Yunlu Academy and the Imperial College were ultimately a contest of academic merit.

Su Nan seemed to see through his thoughts and said with a faint smile, "The dean is still mistaken."

"The downfall of Yunlu Academy was not due to its academic achievements, but to its power."

"You lost this power struggle, and thus you have been stagnant for two hundred years."

Zhao Shou pondered for a moment before nodding.

"You're right, that's absolutely true."

"Now it's a continuation of what happened back then, and it's entirely an academic dispute."

After establishing the Imperial College, Cheng Hui believed that it was necessary to have its own educational system.

Otherwise, the students trained by the Imperial Academy would still be students of Yunlu Academy.

So he devoted himself to studying the classics of the sages, re-annotated them, and incorporated his own thoughts!

After thirteen years, they finally created an educational system that surpasses its predecessors.

Preserve heavenly principles and extinguish human desires!

Cheng Hui believed that everything in the world has a principle.

"He compiled commentaries on the sages and established a new set of rules. As long as scholars follow these rules, they are following the principles of Heaven."

"These rules elevate loyalty, filial piety, integrity, and righteousness to the level of natural law!"

"..."

Su Nan listened silently, then asked a question in return.

"Does the dean think this is right or wrong?"

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Dean Zhao Shou slowly shook his head.

"I do not believe that scholars should master both literary and martial arts to serve the emperor."

"I feel like... something's missing."

Zhao Shou couldn't describe the feeling in his heart.

It seems that there is only a very thin membrane between him and what he wants!

If you can break through that barrier, you can accumulate strength and then unleash it.

However, if this barrier cannot be broken, one will always remain outside the door.

Su Nan took another sip of wine.

It seems that Zhao Shou's more than ten years of enlightenment in the bamboo forest has yielded some results.

Just not much.

Then Su Nan looked at the blank stone tablet.

Zhao Shou explained, "It's not just me; all the great scholars, teachers, and students of Yunlu Academy are struggling with this stone tablet."

"Over the years, many people have inscribed words on this stone tablet."

"However, I felt they were all lacking something, so I removed them all."

For more than a decade.

No one's inscription has been able to remain on this stone tablet!

Zhao Shou always kept writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones beside this stone tablet.

He also hoped that someone would appear who could stand against the Cheng family stele.

However, after waiting for more than a decade, this person never appeared.

Standing before the stone tablet, Su Nan asked, "Does the Dean think the emperor is more important, or the common people?"

Zhao Shou frowned slightly.

"Naturally, it's all the people in the world."

"What was the dean's initial motivation for studying?"

Zhao Shou fell silent again.

His first reading...

It's because the robes from Yunlu Academy are very stylish, and all the girls love them.

And later.

His teacher, the Hermit of the Cold Cottage, died unexpectedly.

At that time, Zhao Shou secretly made a grand vow to bring the students of Yunlu Academy back to the imperial court!

At this moment, Su Nan asked him this question.

Eight = 61064746 Looking back over the past few decades, why have I been studying?

Zhao Shou was somewhat bewildered.

"Is loyalty to the emperor and love for one's country the pursuit of a scholar, and to leave a lasting mark on history?"