eurekapd Chapter 489 Xie Ying's Method
Chapter 489 Xie Ying's Method
Master Cao laughed coldly and said, "I think Xie Xiu is quite ambitious. If he really builds an academy, he will have made great achievements in politics, but he will have taken advantage of it!"
When Cao Xuehai thought of Xie Xiu, his face darkened.
Xie Xiu passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar at the age of 28, and he was also one of the top three scholars. He was a man of great knowledge and talent.
He had read Xie Xiu's article and found it to be very well written. Even he could not find any mistakes in it.
However, this man had been working as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy for less than half a year when he was promoted to the governor of Suzhou. This was a bit too fast.
Emperor Taihe clearly favored Xie Xiu and intended to promote him.
Perhaps Concubine Jiang was also responsible for this.
The woman was arrogant and domineering, and was extremely favored by Emperor Taihe.
Now that she has the only prince, who else in the harem can be her rival?
This time the Jiang family paid for the construction of the academy. I'm afraid that once the academy is completed, Emperor Taihe will be eager to make that woman the empress.
Cao Xuehai's face was gloomy.
He did not like Concubine Jiang, nor did he like Emperor Taihe who doted on Concubine Jiang.
Such a tyrant is not worthy of his loyalty at all!
Xie Xiu was talented, but he aided the evildoers and was obviously a villain who fawned on the powerful.
What's more, this person doesn't recognize his biological father and grandparents, and even ignores his own brother who is from the same mother!
How is such a cruel, heartless, unfilial and unkind person different from a jackal?
He disdains to associate with such people, and it is even more impossible for him to leave Qingyun Academy to help the Demon Concubine become famous!
Not only him, but all the famous teachers in Gusu would not go.
He wanted to see, without famous teachers, what good students could they recruit even if they built this academy?
Without good students, it is impossible to cultivate scholars, candidates and jinshi. Who would go to such an academy?
Cao Xuehai curled his lips sarcastically: "He's just a shameless villain, don't pay any attention to him."
Master Cao was a little unwilling, and he advised: "This is a great opportunity! If you are willing to go, Jiang Er will definitely treat you differently.
Who knows, you might even be able to take both the young prince and the young prince as your students and become the crown prince's tutor!"
Cao Xuehai's face changed when he heard this, and his heart started beating again.
Although he disdains to associate with Xie Xiu and Jiang Er, if he can really become the prince's tutor and train them to become a wise ruler, it will definitely benefit the country and the people!
Cao Xuehai took a deep breath and said, "Then I'll try."
Master Cao smiled with satisfaction: "Jiang Er will definitely not give up. However, you are the teacher of Qingyun Academy after all, so you can't agree easily. Wait until he sends someone to ask for the third time, then you can agree."
Cao Xuehai did not refute, nor did he want to agree too easily and make others look down on him.
Both of them thought that Jiang Er would send someone to invite them again soon.
Who knew that after waiting for more than a month, the wall of the academy was built more than a person's height, and Jiang Er did not send anyone to invite him again.
Cao Xuehai was getting a little impatient waiting, so he secretly asked other teachers and learned that they had not received any further invitations either. He couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.
What does Jiang Er mean?
Could it be that he no longer wants to hire a teacher from Gusu and wants to invite someone from other places?
Just when Cao Xuehai was getting impatient, he suddenly heard the news that Jiang Er had invited two teachers from other places.
Jiang Er was very high-profile this time. He even deliberately found a storyteller and vigorously publicized the "great achievements" of the two teachers, which made the local teachers in Gusu very dissatisfied.
All the teachers understood that Jiang Er was doing this deliberately to slap them in the face!
Not only were the teachers who rejected Jiang Er's invitation dissatisfied, but those who did not receive the invitation were even more dissatisfied!
Jiang Er would rather recruit teachers from other places than employ them. This is clearly discrimination!
He was just a useless person who was at the bottom of the list and didn't even dare to take the imperial examination. What qualifications did he have to look down on them?
However, what these people didn't know was that while they were filled with righteous indignation, Jiang Erzheng was smiling with pride.
"Dissatisfied? Ha, you're right to be dissatisfied! Don't you all know who you are? You actually dare to refuse my invitation!
I'm willing to send someone to invite you because I'm giving you face! Since you don't want to drink my toast, don't blame me for using courtesy first and then force!"
After Jiang Er finished his harsh words, he quickly ran to find Xie Xiu: "Your idea is really good. Those people are very angry. What should we do next?"
"Next, of course, we'll make friends through literature and let these people compete with each other.
Our academy doesn't keep idlers, let alone useless people. How can they come whenever they want and not come whenever they want?"
Xie Xiu thought of Xie Ying's suggestion and continued with a smile, "Let's hold a poetry competition. Let's spread the word. Anyone who wants to participate can send in their essays for the auditions.
The audition lasts for one month. Ten excellent articles are selected every day and posted on the bulletin board. The public then chooses the best one.
After the auditions are over, the thirty selected people will compete on the spot."
Jiang Er's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he kept rubbing his hands: "That's a good idea! But how are the people going to choose?"
Xie Xiu smiled meaningfully: "This is easy, just transfer the money directly!
These articles will be numbered, and people can reward whichever article they think is well-written, and the ranking will be determined by the amount of the reward."
Jiang Er's eyes widened in surprise. "Isn't this really unfair? And what should we do with the bounties? Give them to the authors of the articles?"
Xie Xiu smiled faintly and said, "It's just a ranking in the poetry competition. Others spent real money, so why is it unfair?
Once the article falls into your hands and mine, we can take the opportunity to select truly outstanding people and invite them to be our teachers or students.
The bounty received can also be used to build the academy.
Otherwise, what's the point of holding this poetry competition? Is it just to make wedding clothes for others? "
Jiang Er was really shocked!
He looked at Xie Xiu in disbelief. He never expected that this seemingly upright and gentle gentleman could be so cunning and shrewd!
Xie Xiu noticed his gaze and couldn't help but feel speechless.
This idea was not his own, it was Xie Ying who suggested it to him.
Apart from anything else, that girl has a lot of tricks up her sleeve.
Not only did he give him this idea, he also asked him to trick Jiang Er into coming forward to avoid ruining his reputation.
After all, he was the prefect of Suzhou. If he asked the people to pay money to decide the ranking, it would make him look like a corrupt official if it got out.
So he couldn't do this matter himself, and had to let Jiang Er do it.
Anyway, Jiang Er is a well-known playboy, so even if he does something ridiculous like this, it is not considered out of line.
What's more, the bounty will eventually be used to build the academy. Who dares to say that Jiang Er is greedy?
Jiang Er thought about it carefully and still felt that Xie Xiu’s idea was good.
You can take advantage of the opportunity to make money and select truly talented people!
It’s like killing two birds with one stone!
I never thought Xie Xiu could come up with such a way to make money! It seems I should ask Xie Xiu more often in the future and let him give me some advice.