We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

"Good handwriting! Good handwriting!"

Huo Tao loved calligraphy the most. When he saw these eight words, he was immediately lost in thought. He walked to the boulder and savored the eight big words carefully, his eyes full of admiration.

"Old Huo is right. These eight characters are not only exquisite in calligraphy, but more importantly, they contain profound meaning." Emperor Qing sighed, "This saying must be from the Book of Changes. 'Heaven's movement is vigorous, and the gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement; the earth's state is gentle, and the gentleman should carry all things with great virtue.'"

“Only by constantly striving for self-improvement can one be invincible; only by being virtuous and broad-minded can one achieve success.”

"Your Majesty is wise!" The officials on the side echoed.

Li Che smiled without saying anything. These eight words would become the motto of the most powerful university in China in later generations!

"Does this word have a deep meaning when placed at the door?" Emperor Qing asked Li Che who was standing beside him.

Li Che bowed and replied, "Father, these eight words are the school motto. All students who enroll here will see these eight words every day while walking around, which will deepen their impression and keep them in mind."

"That's right." Emperor Qing nodded.

Huo Tao suddenly asked, "Your Highness, who wrote these eight words?"

Li Che smiled and replied, "It was Wen Zaiyin, the former prime minister of Goryeo. He is now an official under my command. I asked him to leave a rubbing of his calligraphy, and had a skilled craftsman engrave it on stone."

Wen Zaiyin was indeed a Confucian gentleman. Not only was he of reliable character, he also had excellent calligraphy.

Huo Tao stroked his beard and nodded slightly: "He is indeed a noble man. Even a small country can have great people."

Emperor Qing retracted his gaze and looked towards the gate with a smile: "Seeing these words, I am even more curious."

After saying that, he walked towards the university, wanting to find out what was going on.

What is so special about this university that Li Che painstakingly established?

A group of people stepped on the steps paved with bluestone bricks, making steady sounds.

The moment Emperor Qing stepped over the vermilion lacquer threshold, his pupils suddenly contracted.

What suddenly unfolded before my eyes was not a building with carved beams and painted rafters, but a gray-white avenue that was wide enough for four carriages to run side by side. The road surface was as smooth as a mirror, without even a trace of cracks between the bricks.

Willows hang down like smoke on both sides, and pines and cypresses stand tall and majestic. A wide square can be vaguely seen in the distance among the swaying shadows of the trees, and the morning light flows like a river on the bluestone tiles.

"Is this also made of cement?" Emperor Qing's deerskin boots rubbed against the hard road. "It seems smoother than the road outside?"

Li Che replied, "That's right. The cement here is all top quality and there's no war horses trampling on it, so it's naturally smoother."

Before he finished speaking, the sound of bells rang out in the distance.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a three-meter-high building standing at the end of the square. Its gray-white walls shone with a cold metallic luster in the sunlight.

"What is that?" Emperor Qing asked again.

Li Che took a look and replied with a smile: "Father, that is the main teaching building of Fengguo University."

"So high?" Emperor Qing couldn't help but exclaim.

It’s not that the ancients didn’t build tall buildings, but they were basically wooden structures and built in the form of towers.

The teaching building of Fengguo University is different. It is made of cement and bricks, and has a foundation. It is about 70 meters long and 50 meters wide, which is half the size of a football field.

It’s no wonder that they were amazed when such a huge creature appeared in front of them.

As they walked forward, Emperor Qing looked at the building's structure and felt it looked familiar. He then asked, "Is this building also made of cement?"

Li Che replied: "Cement was indeed used, but other materials were also used."

Emperor Qing frowned. "Is it sturdy? Is there any danger of it collapsing?"

"Don't worry, father. It's absolutely impossible." Li Che shook his head.

Li Che is still confident about the quality of the teaching building. After all, the students who take classes here will be the pillars of Fengguo in the future, and safety issues must not be taken lightly.

Before this, Li Che asked the Ministry of Works to build a small cement building and bombarded it with artillery several times to make sure it was strong enough before starting to build the main building.

Emperor Qing looked up and saw a black and gold-painted plaque hanging in front of the building, with the three large characters "Li Xin Lou" clearly visible on the back of the plaque.

He pondered for a moment, but couldn't figure out the allusion of the word "Li Xin", so he simply stopped thinking about it and walked into the building.

As soon as I entered the building, the sound waves came like a tide.

"One plus one equals one, one plus two equals two..."

Emperor Qing stopped in the main hall where Li Che's portrait was painted, with the sound of children reciting in his ears.

But in the painting, Li Che has sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, holding a sharp sword and looking into the distance, with a bit of imperial majesty.

Li Che glanced at his own portrait awkwardly: "Ahem, this was painted by the painter sent to me by your Majesty, the Emperor, and the ministers insisted on hanging it up."

Emperor Qing didn't care about this. The entire university was built by Li Che, and hanging a portrait was not an act of presumption.

"What are they reciting?"

"Ah?" Li Che listened and laughed, "It's the multiplication table. Today's class should be mathematics, which is arithmetic."

When Emperor Qing heard that it was mathematics, which he had never paid much attention to, he couldn't help but frowned: "Isn't it about teaching science?"

"Father, mathematics is the foundation of all sciences," Li Che said solemnly. "Mathematics is not only practical, but also extremely profound. If studied to the deepest level, it can calculate the infinity of the universe."

Emperor Qing didn't say anything, but the Daqing civil servants behind him were in an uproar.

The concept of the universe existed in ancient times. The "Sanwu Li Ji" records: "The heaven and earth were in chaos like a chicken egg, and Pangu was born in it."

In the eyes of the ancients, the world they could see was the universe.

In fact, for Li Che, this is also his biggest bonus as a time traveler. Modern people's vision is obviously much greater than that of ancient people.

The ancients could see the sky, but they were confined to the earth and their territory was limited to the country.

Modern people are different. After experiencing the baptism of the Internet and technology, except for a small number of fools who believe in the flat earth theory, most people know how big the universe is and how small human beings are.

The biggest picture for modern people is the entire observable universe.

Even so, Li Che's statement that mathematics could calculate the entire world was enough to cause dissatisfaction among a number of civil officials.

Even a saint wouldn't dare to say that he can calculate the entire world, right?

"Isn't what the king said too absurd?" a civil official couldn't help but ask,

"The sage said: 'Since heaven and earth existed, all things came into being. All things fill the space between heaven and earth.'"

"Everything in the world is created by heaven and earth. How dare a mortal discuss the laws of nature, let alone something as trivial as mathematics?"