At this moment, this man is sitting at the head of Wangzhou Peak. Duman, who stayed behind in Dazhai, is sitting with him as a disciple. The two of them are chatting like masters and friends.
"Qianyi, I never expected to meet you here."
The man who spoke was wearing starched white single clothes and straw sandals. He was about fifty years old. He had a square kerchief wrapped in silver silk. He was clean and healthy. However, his hair was not long, and he looked like he had been tortured.
Hearing this person's name for himself, Duman was a little dazed, and he respectfully said to the elder sitting on the seat:
"Master Cai, I haven't seen you for a long time. In the first year of Guanghe, when I learned that Master Cai was framed and was living in Shuofang, Man was worried about Master Cai. Now that I can see you here and you still love to smile, Man is relieved."
It turns out that the person Du Man was honored by was none other than Cai Yong, Cai Bojie, who was famous all over the world. He was a good friend of Du Man's teacher, and had visited the Fu family monastery in Dongpingling. He was also a good teacher, and when he met this student named Du Man He was eager to learn and often taught him the meaning of scriptures, so he could be regarded as a half-teacher.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Duman curiously asked Cai Yong why he was here.
When Cai Yong heard this, his smile was a little bitter, and he smiled again and said:
"In the first year of Guanghe's reign, I was exiled to Shuofang. Although it sounded bitter and cold, I didn't suffer much. I took my family to Shuofang in October, but in April of the next year, the court granted amnesty. After that, I would take my family with me Returned to his hometown. Unfortunately, he had a bad fate. As soon as he arrived in Wuyuan, he offended Wang Zhi, the younger brother of Wang Fu, the chief minister of Wuyuan.
In fact, it was also my fault. They came to give me a farewell party, danced for me at the banquet, and invited me to join them. But I drank too much at that time, which made me sluggish. By the time I realized what I was doing, the person had already walked away, so I I know I offended people severely.
Later, when I took my family to Chenliu's hometown, my friends in the imperial court wrote to me saying that Wang Zhi had secretly reported that I had been slandered and sent to the country, and resentment and resentment had already arisen in my heart. My friends asked me to go to the south to avoid trouble. .
I had no choice but to leave my hometown with my family and travel all the way to Wu County and Kuaiji. During this time, I came to Taishan again and settled in Fenggao with the support of Hu's mother's family.
And I came here this time, to be honest, I was invited by Mother Hu’s family to go into the mountain to negotiate with General Shi. I was still worried at first, but when I entered the mountain and took a look, I realized that General Shi is still an old friend!"
Upon hearing this, Duman knew that Cai Yong had misunderstood him as General Shi, and hurriedly explained:
"Master Cai, you misunderstood. I am not General Shi. General Shi is someone else."
Cai Yong understood. Now that he had mentioned this, he was also curious about Duman's experience. Didn't Duman study in Fu's Jingshe? Logically speaking, he should be a county official in Jinan, why is he here? Has the grass fallen on Mount Tai?
When Cai Yong asked about his doubts, Duman told his story with an expressionless face, from not being allowed to enter the army to being drafted into the army, and finally being forced to leave the army.
Cai Yong was now embarrassed. He complained in his heart about how his old friend had ruined a talented person, and he also felt regretful that a beautiful person could become a thief.
But when he thought about his old friend's nature and interests, he was not surprised by Fu's behavior.
He still remembers what his old friend once said to him leisurely:
"This word cannot be taught arbitrarily. This sutra cannot be taught arbitrarily, and this ultimatum cannot be given arbitrarily. This is because there are countless famous instruments in this world, and most of these instruments belong to people with profound knowledge. Those who are shallow are seeking to learn but fail to achieve success.
If you have a high position, you will definitely be filled with resentment and resentment, which will become the source of trouble in the world."
In short, what my old friend means is this: if there are too many people who can read, the world will be in chaos.
Cai Yong knew that their Qingzhou style of study had always been like this. The most important thing was the order of the monarch, his ministers, and his father, his son, and his son. Once you are a son, you will be a son all your life. If the father is wrong, it is because the son is not filial. This has caused the world of Confucian classics,
The students in Qingzhou are all about rules and regulations. Whatever your status, you should learn as much as you want, and don't overstep it.
But he, Cai Yong, is not from the same place. To be honest, this is why he feels that Yanzhou is more green than Qingzhou, because Yanzhou’s academic style adheres to teaching without distinction. Why would he risk offending a family of Confucian classics by publishing outside the Taixue Gate?
What about the "Five Classics"? I just feel that knowledge cannot be limited to a small group of people. Everyone should have the opportunity to listen to the classics and learn the unique knowledge of the saints.
However, Cai Yong was naturally ridiculed by his old friends, saying that he was really a pure Confucian, so pure that he didn't know what the sage's learning meant to the world.
An old friend said that only names and tools should be given to others. Confucianism has been an official study since the pre-Han Dynasty. So what is an official study? In fact, it is a study for officials.
The number of official positions in this world is limited, and every year there are tens of millions of students who have to pay to study. These people endure the pain of studying in order to become officials.
However, these official positions were reserved by those wealthy and powerful children. After reading out the official positions, most students found out that they had no official positions at all. What would they do? In anger, they became rebellious people.
Therefore, reducing the source of trouble is to reduce the number of people in the world to study. This is the case for his Fu family monastery. Every year, he only recruits powerful disciples who are already in official positions.
This is my old friend’s strategy to control chaos. Let those who are officials be officials, let those who work the land work the land, and let those who are slaves be slaves. Everyone is restless and wants to get ahead, and the world will be in chaos. But let
Everyone performs their duties, and the world will naturally be stable.
Cai Yong was silent, knowing that what his old friend said was reasonable, but he still had his own persistence and firmly believed that knowledge is not for being an official, but for people to understand the truth. But he also knew that unlike his old friend, no matter how much he said, it would not make sense.
Meaningless.
So when he heard what happened to Duman, he could only sigh.
Duman was open-minded. Seeing Cai Yong's embarrassment, he changed the subject and asked:
"Master Cai, our Qu Kui hasn't come back yet, why don't I take you around the surroundings? Mount Tai is majestic and quite scenic. We can just talk about Fengyue. When Qu Kui returns to the village, we can talk about Hu Mu's class.
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Cai Yong nodded, but still asked uneasily:
"Mother Hu, are you okay now?"
Duman smiled and said:
"Very good, Master Cai, don't worry."
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What is Mrs. Hu’s class doing at the moment?
When he was teaching the children in the village how to read, General Shi said that there would be no idlers in this village.
Therefore, Mrs. Hu's class would come to this school every day to teach Shi Jiajun's children how to read in exchange for daily grains of millet.
At the beginning, Hu's mother refused to attend the class. Starving to death is a small thing, but losing integrity is a big thing. Thinking of him as a famous scholar, there are countless people who want to sit down to study with him every year. Although not as good as Li Ying in the past, he was regarded by the visiting scholars.
Denglongmen, but ordinary people are not allowed to attend the lectures.
Don’t you see that Kong Rong also pretended to be a relative of Li Ying to deceive the door and get into Li Ying’s house? And when it comes to Kong Rong, Mrs. Hu’s class despises this kind of villain the most. He is so young.
He had no respect for his elders, used his words and words, was still young and energetic, and did not know the seriousness of the matter. Instead, he killed his brother, which really ruined the reputation of the Confucius family in Qufu.
Then again, this General Shi is really a coward. He wants him to pass on the knowledge of saints to these blind and foolish children. It is really a joke, so Hu Muban sternly refused.
After that, he was starved for three days, and then on the fourth day he came to learn She Jiao calligraphy.
Hot girl, so that’s what it feels like to be hungry?
It’s no wonder that Hu’s mother class couldn’t follow the example of Boyi and Shuqi, not eating Zhou millet and starving to death in Shouyang Mountain. In fact, the book didn’t say that hunger would be so uncomfortable.
Hu Muban also thought about it. He just taught these children to read. Mere literacy is useless. Without him to provide some sentences to read, these people still can't learn the words of the sage. Haven't you seen that there are also literate villagers in the countryside? That's not the case.
Fadengtang broke into the house?
From then on, Hu's mother class began to come to study and teach calligraphy every day. From then on, the famous scholar became a teacher.
That is to say, when Cai Yong and Du Man were chatting freely, his mother-in-law was in the school building and had a headache with a son of the Taishan Army named Sun Qian. This naughty boy was really difficult to control and tamed. As expected, he was from Shanliao and his wild nature refused to be taught.
This child named Sun Qian is Sun Xun's grandson. They followed Zhang Chong and his father to seek refuge in Shigu Mountain after Sun Xun's death. Later, Zhang Chong established himself in Mount Tai, and they came to Mount Tai together again.
Because the child's name was Sun Qian, Zhang Chong specifically asked Sun Xun's old wife if your family had any relatives in Beihai. Sun Xun's old wife looked strange and said that her family was originally from Beihai. If this time
If it weren't for Zhang Gouzi, she would have returned to Beihai with her darling grandson.
Good guy, looking at the ignorant and mischievous Sun Qian, Zhang Chong never expected that Old Sun would have a famous grandson. From then on, Zhang Chong trained Sun Qian more carefully.
At this time, Mrs. Hu's class not only had a headache about Sun Qian, but also looked at a woman wearing a hat in the corner of the school building angrily. This lady named Zhao insisted on learning calligraphy for some reason. General Shi was also funny, and even
I put my concubine here, and as expected, every barbarian husband has a concubine.
But what can he do in Hu’s class? He can only teach them together. But when he sits alone at night, he inevitably sheds tears:
"My mother-in-law class is really ashamed of being a famous teacher."
At this moment, Zhao E, who was sitting in the corner of the school building, keenly felt the disdain that Mr. Hu's mother had for her. But she ignored it and continued to study Chinese characters seriously. She even interrupted from time to time to ask Mr. Hu's mother why a certain character was written like that.
Although Mr. Hu's mother puffed her beard and glared, she still patiently explained.
Very good, she, Zhao E, likes the way others hate her, but she can't help herself.
So why did Zhao E have to come to Xuese to learn calligraphy?
Zhao E was from Zhending, Changshan, and her father was a protégé of the Party. Although he was not prominent, his family was harmonious. His father had given Zhao E enough love since he was a child, but there was only one thing. No matter how Zhao E begged, his father would not give it.
That is to teach Zhao E how to read.
Therefore, for Zhao E, it has always been a dream in her heart to be as knowledgeable and polite as her father and brother. Whenever her father specifically consults with her brother about scriptures, she can only admire her silently in the other room. Whenever this time, she is so
Her naughty brother would always come close to her and let her teach him archery.
Zhao E also loved this younger brother. Like herself, he loved martial arts, but she, Zhao E, could only love martial arts, while her younger brother learned martial arts because his sister loved martial arts, and he wanted to be with her to keep her company.
Thinking of this, he thought of his family members who were far away in Zhending.
Brother, do you still continue to read the scriptures left by your father? Brother, do you still lead your companions through the city and learn to be a general as you did in the past?