Twenty-six... those who sense Qi
The first image that came to Xia Fan's mind was that there were twenty-six more operators of the Celestial Motion Instrument in the Mechanism Bureau.
Is this a Spring Festival gift package dropped from the sky
"Have you verified it?"
"Well, although Qi is weak, it does have the ability to sense Qi." Xue Zhigen took out a list from his arms and presented it, "The names, life experiences and addresses of twenty-six people are here."
Xia Fan took it and glanced at it briefly, and found that there were not many connections between these students. More than 60% of them were Jinxia natives, and only one of them came from a wealthy family.
He pondered for a while before asking, "What do you think?"
"I think this is a miracle!" You promoted Yuyi..." Seeing that Xia Fan's expression was wrong, he quickly changed his words, "Uh, no, I mean... you can re-establish a Qi Sensing Organization."
"So you think this didn't happen by chance?"
"One or two is a coincidence, four or five can barely count, but twenty-six is absolutely impossible!" Xue Zhigeng asserted, "I have worked in the Recording Department for almost ten years, and I know the awakening rate in Shenzhou. What level is it? This phenomenon of the school would cause a sensation in the territory of aristocratic families like Suzhou, Gyeonggi Province - after all, there are only more than a thousand students in the school, and there are millions of people in one state, just three years. Four to five hundred people who feel Qi.”
Xia Fan nodded thoughtfully, "Then what do you think is the root cause of this unusual awakening phenomenon?"
Xue Zhigeng paused for a moment, "This... I can't say for sure. I think it's a school. There are private schools in other places, and the children of wealthy families are trained as heirs early on. But if you say it has nothing to do with the school, then Awakening It’s a bit unreasonable that the place where I feel my qi is in the classroom.”
"If I remember correctly, there are very few Qi-sensing people who come from poor backgrounds, and the ones who can climb to high positions are even rarer, right?"
"This..." Xue Zhigeng glanced at Xia Fan hesitantly.
Xia Fan said angrily and funny, "Except me."
"According to the records of the Ministry of Education, this is indeed the case." The other party confirmed, "When major aristocratic families recruit disciples, they will also give priority to children from urban families."
"I see… "
"Sir, do you know the reason?" Xue Zhi even asked impatiently.
"It's not certain yet. Don't publicize this news to the outside world yet, and continue to observe it for a while." Xia Fan replied briefly.
As Xue Zhang said, the academy is not unique to Jinxia. If we think about it using the controlled variable method, the only thing unique to Jinxia City is the content taught in the academy.
The aristocratic family will only recruit children who have awakened the ability to sense qi, and the things they teach are based on the fact that the other party is a qi-sensing person.
Private schools taught mainly the Four Books and Five Classics, following the imperial examination route.
Only the children of rich families can learn a little more complicated things, such as playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, communication, etiquette, controlling people, etc...
However, few people teach these children how to think and seek knowledge during the enlightenment period. Even if arithmetic is taught, it is only used as a tool to solve problems, and the essence of logical cognition behind arithmetic is basically ignored.
Not to mention investigating things.
What it advocates from the beginning is rational perception and exploration of the world, and using practice as the standard for measuring all things. These courses may seem to have little to do with real life, but they are the most powerful weapon against ignorance.
When Xia Fan decided to promote primary education, he never thought about promoting Qi-sensing people. If the changes in the school are really related to these courses, it would be a surprise.
Think about it, if every migrant worker was a Qi sensor, how prosperous Jinxia City would become!
"I understand." Seeing that he didn't say much, Xue Zhigeng also knew it well and did not ask further, "Then how to arrange these twenty-six children? Should they be brought to the Privy Council to be trained according to the standards of alchemists? "
"No need, just maintain the status quo." Xia Fan shook his head.
"Are you sure?" Xue Zhancheng was stunned, "They are all Qi sensers."
"But they are also students in the school." He thought clearly. "If they are taken to the Privy Council to be trained individually, it will definitely leave an impression that those who feel Qi are different from ordinary people. This is a rare opportunity for them to Those who sense Qi learn and grow together with ordinary people, telling them that there is no distinction between them in terms of status. This is also my original intention of reorganizing the Privy Council."
"Just follow the wishes of Lord Fu Cheng." Xue Zhigeng did not insist on his opinion.
"Of course, the direction is the direction, and their talents cannot be wasted for this reason." Xia Fan continued, "You can arrange another course to teach them how to introduce Qi into the body and make talismans and draw urns. Compared with the previous theoretical courses, , more inclined towards practical operations. The new courses do not conflict with the existing courses. If ordinary children want to come to listen to the lectures, they can also be allowed in..." At this point, he paused, "... Well, this course is called an open elective course. .”
After Xue Zheng left, Xia Fan temporarily lost his mind to continue pondering the magic of immortality.
He walked to the window and looked at Jinxia City wrapped in white snow in the distance. It looks the same as yesterday, but a new round of internal upheaval may have emerged.
He seemed calm and composed in front of Xue Zhigeng, but the turmoil in his heart was no less than that of the other person.
Xia Fan still remembered what Li said.
All living things have Qi, but only a few people can perceive it - this is determined by nature and cannot be violated or changed.
He was not doubting that this sentence was a complete mistake, he was just curious as to who set the scope of "a few people".
After all, it is natural for one person to feel Qi, and it can also be natural for everyone to feel Qi.
Now that the change has begun, no one knows how far it will develop.
And nature cannot be taken away. No matter how you cover it up, one day it will reveal its full glory.
…
What happened next was as reported by Xue Zhigeng. The Privy Council received two to three reports about the awakening of Qi-sensing people almost every day. Some acquire the ability to sense qi in school, while others break through the threshold while trying it on their own at home.
Although the Secretariat did not take the initiative to publicize it, the news spread no slower than the notice to rectify the demon's name. The emergence of the new curriculum and the children's mutual confirmation caused a new craze in the city: people who had studied in the school , which can greatly increase the probability of feeling Qi!
The rumor quickly spread throughout the city, and multiple versions appeared during the spread. For example, Ning Wanjun had been there when the school first opened, so that place was tainted with the glory of the princess. Another example is that the school was founded by Xia Fan. As the youngest Prime Minister of the Privy Council, the students he taught were more likely to become alchemists.
No matter how outrageous these rumors were, they all contributed to one result, which was to set off a new round of student enthusiasm in Jinxia City. In the past, most of the people who sent their children to schools were lower-class residents and small families. Rich families who were able to educate themselves basically did not take schools seriously.
However, the situation has now changed 180 degrees. There is a long queue at the door of the Secretariat. Those heads of large families who failed to catch up with the first two batches of enrollment are scrambling to get their children into the third batch of expanded enrollment lists, even if they pay. There is no hesitation in entering the school.
In this way, for the first time in an unexpected way, the importance of universal education has become a consensus among everyone.