When Qi Jingshan was the most powerful official in the past, he was the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, one of the Nine Ministers. Even though his importance in the court was not as great as that of the cabinet minister or the minister, his achievements were more in writing books rather than in being an official. In addition, he had a steady personality, or was highly respected. At this time, his words, which seemed to be the final word, immediately attracted the attention of more than one person.
So, even though he had just learned from Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan's joint visit a few days ago that the wedding banquet of his closed disciple had been arranged in this form by these two people, he was furious and scolded the two older juniors severely, but this did not prevent Old Master Ge from speaking up for Zhang Shou at this time.
Seeing that Qi Jingshan's words had caused quite a stir, he ignored Chu Ying who was glaring at him, and coughed heavily, saying, "Well, although Jiuzhang is young, he has always had the ambition to help the world, so some people say that he is a good teacher. I would like to ask, is he a bad teacher? Take the third generation of disciples of my Ge family, and they are all heroes!"
These words, which smacked of a bandit spirit, came from the mouth of Ge Yong, who was a master of both Confucianism and mathematics. Although some people disagreed and some secretly criticized him, no one confronted him to his face.
Such a stubborn and pretentious person will certainly not appear at Zhang Yuan’s wedding banquet today.
However, Ge Yong seemed not to notice Zhang Shou's slightly red face, and continued calmly: "He invited so many wise men from all walks of life to the wedding banquet today because he knew that you are all famous and it is rare for you to be in the capital now, so he invited you to gather together and planned to take advantage of this opportunity when all the candidates in the world also gathered in the capital to invite you to hold a few lectures."
This is undoubtedly what many people want. Although academies have sprung up like mushrooms in recent years, and scenes of a hundred schools of thought contending with each other are commonplace, only a few top scholars in the world are qualified to give lectures across regions, and if you are not careful, you may be easily plotted against by your enemies.
Especially in the capital, where many dignitaries gather, even the greatest literary reputation may not be able to match the power of the emperor. That is to say, sometimes when the cabinet officials are relatively open-minded, they will tacitly allow the Imperial College and other academic officials to invite famous scholars from all walks of life to give lectures. However, those who can have such an honor are still rare in the world.
Most of the time, the government prefers official schools, and even if it does not suppress private schools, it will not particularly promote them.
It's okay for those who are truly famous, but the most embarrassing thing is for those who are neither famous nor not famous, because even if you use all possible channels to hold a lecture, the number of people who come to listen may not be as many as those who organize it for you, or as many as your students and relatives and friends. In the end, your influence is even more pitiful, and you may even become a laughing stock.
Even though they had only thought of Zhang Shou as a young man who had not learned much before, if he could really organize this event, they had to thank him and could no longer regard him as a junior. So, after a moment of silence, someone couldn't help but shout, "Grandmaster Ge, where is the place for this lecture? It won't be in the public school, right?"