After seven years of fiefdom, Li Shimin asked me to return and become the crown prince.

""Greetings, teacher!"

When Zhou Li saw Li Kuan, they all knelt on the ground and paid homage to Li Kuan. Each of them also took a gift.

Their faces were solemn.

"Think carefully, I am afraid that I have been resisted by all Confucian scholars, do you still want to take me as your teacher? It may not be too late to regret now."Li Kuan took a sip of tea, but his eyes glanced at the apprenticeship gifts brought by these people

?...Mirror, sugar, salt? Wine?

All from Wanbao Pavilion?

It seems that these people are from good families, but he can only give him as many things as he wants. Can't they be a little more novel and give him some ginseng and deer antlers?

Those things are rare in the south!

"Since I have decided to become your disciple, there is no reason to regret it. Even if the Confucianists block us in every way, we will not regret it and will move forward bravely!"Zhou Li was the first to express his opinion, and the others also responded.

They looked at Li Kuan expectantly.

They wanted to learn from Li Kuan what the Confucianists could not learn. Even the two great masters respected their master so much, so how could their own teacher be bad?

The Confucianists are too pedantic now, and they are destined to go nowhere.

"Haha, good! From today on, you are my disciples, Li Kuan!" Li Kuan laughed, asked them to stand up, and arranged a seat for each of them to sit down.

Looking at the people in front of him who were still a little restrained, he said:"Teacher, let me ask you, what is your dream?"

Knowing the dreams of the disciples is the first step to drawing a big pie. As long as you know their dreams, the pie you draw will be big and round.

Zhou Li:"Teacher, I want to learn practical knowledge, and don't want to see the Confucianists talking big!"

Wu Kun:"Teacher, I want to be Ban Chao!"

Zhao Fang:"I want to follow the master to open up new knowledge and be a useful person!"

Qing Xingzhi:"I want to integrate knowledge and action!"

Liu Fan:"I don't want to be a walking corpse Confucian scholar!"

There were five people in total, and everyone expressed their vision for the future, and Li Kuan's grandson listened confidently.

It seems that his disciples are all ambitious people!

"Ha ha...This is what scholars of our generation should do, to set their sights on reaching the sky.！"

Li Kuan nodded with satisfaction, and then it was time for him to paint a big picture:"If you want to succeed, you need dreams! You need the spirit of daring to explore and innovate like our predecessors!"

"Confucianism is conservative and will surely decline. New learning is on the rise, and you will be the founders of new learning in the future!"

Li Kuan looked at the people with shining eyes and continued:

"We should rise to the top and dare to compete for the world's first-class. Although Confucianism is flourishing now, how can they know that we, the new students, will not be famous in the world in the future? If one day, when we are on top of the world, they can only look up to us!"

"When Confucius traveled around the countries, he would never have thought that Confucianism would flourish for a thousand years, and the other hundreds of schools of thought would never have thought that they would decline!"

"Now the past has become a prologue, Confucianism is corrupt, and the road ahead is long and difficult. You can gallop on the road ahead, and I will stand behind you to protect you!"

These words were passionate.

The five disciples also had tears in their eyes. The teacher was so good to them and was our solid backing.

Wu Kun was even more passionate. After wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, he choked and said,"Teacher, as a prince, it is amazing that you dare to face the opposition to Confucianism, and you also care about us. Don't worry, I will never let you down!"

The others wiped their tears and nodded silently.

"You are all ambitious people, everything is for learning, for the Tang Dynasty!!"Li Kuan nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly changed the subject:"But now that the new school is just established, what we have to do is to prove that we are no worse than those people, and we have to do better than the Confucian scholars under the suppression of those people!"

"So what should we do?"Zhou Li and his companions asked

"Next year's imperial examination, you will be ranked at the top and beat them in their areas of expertise!" Li Kuan didn't wait for them to think it through before continuing,"I've already thought it out for you. You will take part in the imperial examination next spring, and I will personally teach you during the period!" (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

"Your teacher wants you to be on the list of all five subjects!"

There were several subjects in the early Tang Dynasty: Xiucai, Jinshi, Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingzi, and Mingsuan. In fact, a student could only take one subject.

Among them, Xiucai was the most difficult to pass, but by the ninth year of Zhenguan, this subject was no longer offered.

Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingzi, and Mingsuan are also very easy to understand, that is, the meaning of the classics, law, calligraphy, and mathematics.

Jinshi has some knowledge. In the early Tang Dynasty, the examination tested the countermeasures of the current important events to see if you have the ability to govern a place.

"Ah? Five subjects?" Several people hesitated.

Li Kuan said firmly:"As the saying goes, when God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must make his heart and mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry and empty!"

".You must have confidence in yourself, be determined that you can do it, and move forward with all your strength!"

"Yes, we will obey Master's orders!" Several people's eyes also flashed with light:"We will not bring disgrace to Master's name!"

"" Good, good!" Li Kuan nodded. It seemed that the pie he painted was not bad, but this alone was not enough to completely move these people.

When they faced the attack of Confucianism, they might still be shaken.

The next step was to give them a dose of explosive stuff:"The five of you will stay in my courtyard for three days first. I will give you some questions to do. After three days, you will get up and go to Lingnan to get some things for me!"

He planned to let these people see Lingnan. If they saw the prosperity of Lingnan, then they would follow his footsteps unswervingly!

""Yes!" Everyone nodded.

Next, Li Kuan gave them some strategies based on the current situation and asked them to do them. Then he asked them to give each other advice.

In the future, practicing questions is the most effective way to deal with exams. Even if these people are not good at it, they still have an absolute advantage when dealing with people who have not practiced questions systematically.

During these three days, they stayed indoors and accepted Li Kuan's teachings.

Three days later..

"When you arrive in Lingnan, first go to the Chief Secretary's Mansion with the letter to find Liu Ming and ask him to take you to the military workshop, otherwise you can't get in!"

Li Kuan instructed them,"When you get to the military workshop, you will see Gongshu Ziyu and give him the other letter, and bring back what he gave you!"

"On the way there, you must not neglect your studies. The five of you can ask each other questions!"

After giving the instructions, Li Kuan asked them to leave.

Looking at his disciples leaving, he couldn't help but stretching.

Zhao Xin came over:"Your Majesty, where are we going next?"

"Let's go to Xishan Mountain Village!"I 've been exhausted these past few days, and it's time to go for a walk. I wonder how the Xishan Coal Mine is doing.

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