Imperial College.

As the former highest institution of learning in the Tang Dynasty and the former education authority of the Tang Dynasty, the status of the Imperial College Priest is still quite important.

However, due to the establishment of Guanshishan Academy, the location of the highest academic institution of the Tang Dynasty has nothing to do with the Imperial College.

Even the second place is shaky.

After all, Weishui Academy and Qujiang Academy were established at almost the same time as Guanshishan Academy, and they are not vegetarians.

As for the responsibilities of the education authority, it has long been completely separated by the Ministry of Education.

Today's Imperial College is no different from an ordinary academy.

If we have to talk about the difference, one is a private academies and the other is a public academies.

"Master, when you look at "Stories of Travel on the Sea", the writing style is actually very average and the writing is quite tacky, but in just three days, more than 20,000 copies were sold, which is really exaggerated."

Lu Xuan stood beside Kong Yingda with a book "Stories of Travel on the Sea" and said unantically.

These days are exactly the release date of Kong Yingda's new book "Teacher Translated".

Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to make a good sense of existence so that everyone could know that he, a descendant of Confucius, had real skills.

After all, the book "Teacher Compiled" was carefully compiled for more than ten years.

He carefully considered every word in it to ensure that the sentences used were the most suitable and most beautiful.

However, compared with the sales of such a book, the sales volume is less than the others' share of the book.

Except for a few students from the Imperial College who bought some in order to flatter, and the other is that the library of various academies and libraries have purchased symbolically, almost no one has bought his "Teacher Translated".

This made Kong Yingda very dissatisfied.

It also made Lu Xuan a little embarrassed.

Because Kong Yingda's book was arranged by Lu Xuan in charge of the printing workshop and the book shop.

"The people in Chang'an City are all too impetuous now. Although many workshops have primary schools and primary schools, they also have their own night schools, which has more than doubled the number of people who are literate in Chang'an City. However, these people have no Confucian classics at all, and they think about how to make money and how to become famous all day long.

Lu Xuan, this Sanwei Bookstore is located opposite Xinhua Bookstore. If we also hold a sales store in front of Sanwei Bookstore, can we make "Teacher Translation" sell better?"

Kong Yingda had never thought of promoting his books in public. In his opinion, his writing was so classic, as long as the news came out, countless people would buy it at the bookstore.

By then, I will win both fame and fortune.

However, reality gave him a heavy blow.

Wen Daming's "Stories of Travel on the Sea" was quickly browsed yesterday. Kong Yingda really felt that this book was far inferior to himself.

But the sales volume of others is dozens of times that of their own, so he can't help thinking about whether his promotion method is incorrect?

Is it because of the fact that wine is no longer popular these days, and you are not afraid of the deep alley?

"Master, although Wen Daming has not held a signing party at Xinhua Bookstore, Guanshishan Academy and Datang Daily cooperated to hold another wave of overseas wonder exhibitions, which attracted the attention of many people. If we go to Sanwei Bookstore to hold a signing party at this time, not only will it be innovating, but it may be ridiculed by the other party, which will not be worth the cost."

Lu Xuan's words were considered to pour a basin of cold water on Kong Yingda.

There is no way, if the signing will be very deserted, the scene will be even more ugly.

It would be better to dispel Kong Yingda's expectations early, so that Lu Xuan's life would be easier.

"Isn't Sanwei Bookstore known as the second largest bookstore in Chang'an City, second only to Xinhua Bookstore? The popularity of Xinhua Bookstore has been so popular these days, so they must have a lot of opinions, right? We are actually helping them with him."

"Although that's the case, the shopkeeper of Sanwei Bookstore may not have the vision of you as far-sighted as Master. "Story of Travel on the Sea" will be sold in all bookstores in Chang'an City in a few days. Xinhua Bookstore cannot always eat alone. At this time, where would Sanwei Bookstore stand up and sing a opposite tune with Xinhua Bookstore?"

Lu Xuan regretted that he came to Kong Yingda today to talk about "Story of the Sea Travel".

Originally, he was just complaining, but now he found that the theme seemed to be a bit off.

He didn't expect that Kong Yingda, who always seemed very arrogant in front of outsiders, was so petty.

"When "Teacher Translation" was about to be launched on sale two days ago, I specially invited a group of people to celebrate. If there was no "Story of the Sea Travel", then even if my book was not considered successful, it would not be a failure.

But the two books are released together and the sales are so different, where does this make the teacher's face go?"

Kong Yingda felt her face hot.

When others flattered him in a high-profile manner, he accepted it without any politeness.

I can't get out of the market right now.

"I heard that potatoes are being planted on a large scale in the manor of the King of Chu Mansion, and the kind of thing called peppers, has attracted the attention of many people. Things like selling books are only part of the concern after all, and everyone will soon move to other aspects.

Master, why don’t we go to the suburbs to see how the potato seedlings and pepper seedlings are different from other crops in our Tang Dynasty.”

Lu Xuan obviously didn't want to continue discussing books anymore, so he quickly found a hot topic now, trying to divert Kong Yingda's attention.

"That potato, the Datang Daily, really dares to boast that the yield per mu is more than a thousand kilograms, and they are not afraid of being struck by lightning. If they say that the yield per mu is three or four hundred kilograms, it is still quite convincing. Even if it is five or six hundred kilograms, many people still believe it.

But they were going to brag about such a fake number. Look, by autumn, if the yield of those potatoes does not reach a thousand kilograms per mu, I will definitely impeach Li Kuan in front of the officials of the court, and see if he dares to be so arrogant in the future."

Thanks to the construction of Confucius Institute, the relationship between Kong Yingda and Guanshishan Academy and Li Kuan has improved a lot.

However, some things are principled, and neither Kong Yingda nor Li Kuan will give in.

In Chang'an City and even the entire Tang Dynasty, Guanshishan Academy's high science put unparalleled pressure on Confucianism.

Unless Kong Yingda is willing to watch Confucianism continue to be suppressed in the Tang Dynasty, the relationship with Li Kuan will not be fundamentally improved.

At most, it was because Li Kuan supported Kong Yingda to spread Confucianism in Japan, Silla, Baekje and others, so everyone's relationship was not that bad.

That's all.

So even though Kong Yingda is now very dissatisfied with Li Kuan's gang of people praising Tudou, he didn't say anything directly.

But once Kong Yingda seizes Li Kuan's handle, he will never be polite.

"I heard that it will be promoted on a large scale in Zhenbei Road starting from the year. This time, His Highness the King of Chu has convinced His Majesty that he will take out a pen to promote cotton and go to Zhenbei Road to promote potato planting."

For children from aristocratic families like Lu Xuan, the news is really extraordinary.

For example, Zhenbei Road, although Li Kuan proposed to establish it very early, there has been no result.

Recently, the imperial court finally began to officially plan to establish Zhenbei Road.

Lu Xuan naturally knew about this news.

Otherwise, Zhenbei Road would not have been so smoothly.

"I support this matter by including the herdsmen of the grassland in the education of the Tang Dynasty. However, the way His Highness the King of Chu does things often cannot make me agree with it. Forget it, because he is planning to build a Confucius Institute in Zhenbei Prefecture, I will not worry about it.

Unless you really get evidence at that time, it means that Tudou is not as exaggerated as His Highness the King of Chu said, then I will definitely impeach you."

Before he knew it, Lu Xuan had successfully shifted the topic from publishing the book.

Afterwards, Lu Xuan quickly found an excuse to escape.

...

"Ito-kun, Kong Yingda's new book "Teacher Translation" was sold very poorly in the bookstore. It is said that the first batch of 20,000 copies were printed, but only 10% were sold, and the rest were all in stock in various bookstores. I listened to the bookstore and considered returning this book to the printing workshop."

In the Japanese Embassy, ​​Kubota Shiro reported the information he had found to Hiroyuki Ito.

As an ideal deputy envoy of Japan, Koyuki Ito has always wanted to make some achievements.

"Did you buy it? Did the other party react?

"No, no matter if I want two or three volumes or dozens of volumes, as long as I give it money, Sanwei Bookstore is willing to sell it, and no one has any questions about it."

Kubota a little confused about why his envoy asked such a question.

"Since this book has such a large inventory, you can go to Sanwei Bookstore tomorrow and buy two thousand copies of "Teacher Translation" at one time, and then see if you can take this opportunity to arouse Kong Yingda's interest.

At that time, let’s go to the Confucius Mansion to meet this famous Confucian scholar in the Tang Dynasty.

Kubota, I have a premonition that the Tang Dynasty has begun to enter its heyday. Although the science of Guanshishan Academy is causing chaos, Confucian classics dominated by Imperial College will become more and more popular and influence more and more people.

The spring exam, which was just held this year, has increased the scale of the exam. Whether it is the Mingjing or Jinshi, those who participated have set historical records.

At this time, we must find ways to establish good relations with Kong Yingda and carry forward Confucianism in Japan."

Kato Koyuki's face was full of expectations as he spoke.

At the beginning, the Tang Dynasty was very happy to help Japan develop Confucianism, which made some people ecstatic, but also made some people full of concerns. The Tang Dynasty restricted various sciences from entering Japan, but did not restrict Confucianism. Is it because Confucianism was about to be eliminated by the Tang Dynasty?

However, when Kujo Shinichi and Kato Koto said that the development of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty was actually in the process of growth.

However, other fields have grown even more powerfully, so everyone cannot feel the development of Confucianism.

"Although that Kong Yingda was not in dealing with His Highness the King of Chu, he actually looked down on us Japanese. The previous few times I visited him with generous gifts, but he ignored us at all.

Now, taking advantage of this opportunity, even if you spend a few thousand guan, as long as you can successfully board the Kong family's big ship, it will definitely be very beneficial to the development of our country."

Kato Kono's mind was full of Japanese interests and he didn't care about anything else at all.

For leaders of a country, they must also like such people.

But in fact, colleagues of these people often don’t want to work with such people.

"It is true. "Teacher Translated" and "Sea Travel Story Collection" were sold at the same time, but the sales volume was far behind. This should have a big blow to Kong Yingda. It is definitely the most suitable time for us to defect to him at this time.

With the Kong family's status in the Tang Dynasty, as long as Kong Yingda did not rebel, he could basically stay in Chang'an City very comfortably.

This also facilitates us to deal with the Kong family.

Many of our Japanese goods have been transported from Dengzhou on Henan Road. The Kong family's base camp is located on Henan Road. As long as we have a good relationship with him, as long as the Kong family makes a random sound, there will be many people following him."

Kato Hiroyuki will press his treasure on Kong Yingda. In addition to the special status of the Kong family in the Tang Dynasty, the Kong family's hometown is Henan Road, not far from Dengzhou, which is also a very important factor.

"Kato, then I'll go to Sanwei Bookstore now and have a good chat with that shopkeeper Zheng to see if I can get a more affordable price. When doing business, I definitely can't do whatever they want. We are not easy to bully."

Kubota did it as soon as he said that, and after listening to Kato's instructions, he immediately prepared to go out.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you. Anyway, it's not bad to have a good relationship with the Kong family. If it doesn't work, we can cooperate with the Kong family in Henan Road to increase the annual income of the Kong family. This approach is much more complicated than giving money directly, and the effect is much better."

Kato Hiroyuki's words clearly indicate that he had a deep understanding of the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty.

In fact, no matter how envoys from any foreign country, the Ministry of Rites would teach them the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty so as not to make any jokes when meeting Li Shimin, which would be embarrassing.

"Please rest assured that I have found the rules for dealing with these scholars. This principle is very appropriate to use when dealing with literati in the Tang Dynasty."

After Kubota said this, he walked out the door and prepared to go to the Imperial College to find Kong Yingda.
Chapter completed!