The grand scene that Fang Xiaoru had been looking forward to had arrived. In Yingtian City, almost everyone who was literate crowded to the gate of the Imperial College, keeping Fang Xiaoru and the remaining students of the Imperial College busy.
Zhandi. Fang Xiaoru's hands were shaking when he was writing the list. He felt that all the words he had written in his life were not as many as the names he had recorded this morning.
The popularity of Enke's registration gave rise to the emergence of a profession in Yingtian City, that is, the second-level dealer responsible for purchasing on behalf of others, who was called "Xiao Dao" at this time. Enke's purpose was to recruit tax officials, and the imperial edict also clearly stated that
Arithmetic calculations will account for a large part of this scientific examination. So what are you waiting for? Hurry up and make up for it!
Among the many bookstores in the city, all kinds of classics on arithmetic, such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and "Zhou Bi Suan Jing", etc., were all swept away by literati. Some literati used to only know the classics and knew nothing about arithmetic.
, but couldn't buy books, so they had to buy them at high prices from second-level dealers. Most of those second-level dealers were not literate and only knew how to hoard books that seemed to be related to arithmetic on a large scale, so much so that they made a joke, some unrelated books
, just because it has the word "shu" on it, such as "Dong Xuanzi's Thirty-six Hands and Fang Zhongshu", etc., were also swept away.
Lao Zhu's imperial edict was so expensive that the second-level dealers and booksellers made a lot of money.
There was also an incident during this period. After some students who dropped out of the Imperial College went through all the arithmetic classics on the market, they were shocked to find that none of these obscure arithmetic books were more concise, clear and popular than those taught by the gentleman in the Imperial College.
Easy to understand.
In the past, they felt that Zhu Su was insulting them by letting Li Jinglong and Xu Yungong, the second-generation ancestors of the honorable family, to teach the students. They thought that Wu Xun was not worthy of teaching them these reading skills. Now the opportunity to rise to the top is in front of them, and they
They could have been one step ahead of others, but they cut off their own way. So everyone regretted it and gathered in front of the Imperial Academy gate, praying to Zhu Su to include them within the gate wall again.
In their view, the Imperial College is now extremely short of vacancies. As long as they lower their profile and give the young Highness enough face, the young Fifth Highness will have no reason to reject them.
Zhu Su didn't say anything about this, but sent a boy and told these people that as long as they could beat this boy in classics and history, the Imperial College could put them back into the gate.
The scholars just thought that Zhu Su was embarrassed, so they deliberately set up this humiliating step for them to go down. But now that the scientific examination was coming, they didn't care anymore. The child didn't look amazing, and his skin was rough and his hands were rough.
There are also calluses, and at first glance, it seems that he is not a child of a scholar. Could he really be better than those of us who are well-educated people who have been studying since childhood?
Unexpectedly, although this child may seem ordinary, his talent and learning are really terrifying. In a few words, he often reveals the flaws in these students' opinions, refuting everyone's belief that individuals are imperfect.
This group of students all had earth-colored faces. After contributing another folk joke after Mei Ziyi and Qi De, they all hid their faces and left.
This child was Tie Zhong's younger brother, the future famous minister Tie Xuan of the Ming Dynasty. Seeing these scholars retreating, he was quite puzzled. Privately, he went to Zhu Su, who had a rare break from his busy schedule, and asked: "Master, since you don't want to send them
To take back the door wall, why not explicitly refuse it from the beginning, but ask the disciples to humiliate them?"
"After all, they have also learned arithmetic in prison. Compared with the Confucian students outside who have never been exposed to arithmetic, the chance of passing this subject is undoubtedly higher."
Cheng Zhu's explanation of this sentence criticized the "stupid people theory" that was popular before the Han and Tang Dynasties. He believed that Confucius did not think that the people were stupid and could not be taught. Instead, he believed that the sage's original intention was to "let everyone move along the road."
It can be done, but it is impossible to let everyone know the Great Way."
"You are right." Zhu Su touched Tie Xuan's slightly yellowed forehead. "You must remember what Confucius said. To do something, you do not have to wait for everyone to understand and agree with you.
Only when you make a suggestion can you do it.”
Zhu Su was reviewing Song Lian's fresh article at the time. When he heard this, he put down the article in his hand and looked back at this disciple who had not been with him for a long time, but was extremely studious and dedicated to new learning. He said to Tie Xuan:
"Xiaoxuan, there is a saying in Taibo Chapter of The Analects of Confucius, 'The people can follow it, but they cannot understand it'. What do you think of this sentence?"
"But why should you shut them out and let these literati who may be in the imperial class in the future resent you and make enemies out of thin air? Aren't you afraid that they will hate the new students in the future and hinder us?"
"You told me that now that the Ming Dynasty is in the process of reform and innovation, it should be twisted into a rope and unite all the forces that can be united. Only in this way can we achieve great achievements that our ancestors and sages have never achieved."
"If you want to achieve something, you should certainly have many friends and few enemies. But you cannot pursue the so-called friends who are of the same mind as you and agree with your ideals and ideas.
. How to make more friends? The 'quantity' of friends is obviously more important than the 'quality'."
Although Zhu Su's new learning was opposed to Cheng and Zhu, the academic dispute was not a party struggle, and it was not a fight to the death. As a disciple of the new learning, Tie Xuan could frankly admit the merits of Cheng and Zhu's learning, which made Zhu Su quite happy.
Tie Xuan was obviously stunned when his master suddenly asked him. He lowered his head and thought for a while before replying: "My disciple thought that Cheng Zhu's explanation of this statement was very appropriate. Cheng Zi once said: 'It is not the saint who teaches.
If you don't want people to know it by a household name, you can't make them know it, but you can make it known. If the sage doesn't let the people know it, it will be the trick of later generations, but how can it be the heart of a sage?' Zhu Zi also once said
He said: 'The people can take it for granted because it is a matter of course, but they cannot make them understand why it is so.'"
Tie Xuan was thoughtful, but after all, his experience was still shallow, and his eyes were still confused. Zhu Su smiled and continued to teach him:
"As a teacher, I have never advocated over-worship of sages and saints. It depends on the current situation. However, we must selectively absorb the valuable experience of the sages. We cannot be arrogant and think about overthrowing everything and starting over."
"Even in the court, many people, or even most people, cannot see too far ahead. Even if they are taught the principles of saints and sages, etiquette and righteousness articles, for them, they are only used as a way to get ahead.
It’s just a level.”
"Thousands of years ago, Confucius knew that the people were 'impossible to understand', not 'difficult to understand', but 'impossible to understand'. This shows that saints also deny whether they can educate everyone.
"
"So, do we have to ignore the vast majority of these people? Do we have to exclude them from the great cause of national revitalization? Think about it, what should we do with these people?" Zhu Su was very seductive.