Thinking of this, the master softened his tone and said: "Let me ask you, the so-called ruler of the country in peace is that when the superiors are old and the people are filial, the superiors are old and the people are prosperous, and the superiors are compassionate to the orphans but the people are not doubled. This is why a gentleman has It’s the way of correctness. What’s the meaning of this sentence?”
Liu Haojia thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "People say that the credit for bringing peace to the world lies in the people who govern the country: if the emperor respects the elderly, the people of the country will respect the elderly; if the emperor respects the elder brother, the people of the country will respect the brother; if the emperor shows compassion to the orphans, the people of the country will respect the elder brother. They will not abandon their orphans, so people with high moral standards have ways to manage and control others!"
After listening to Liu Haojia's answers, the master felt very surprised and satisfied, so he asked a few more questions, and Liu Haojia answered them one by one! Other students who were familiar with Liu Haojia were also very surprised when they saw his quick and accurate answers!
After receiving a satisfactory answer, the master tried hard to maintain a rigid expression of affection on his face, but the joy in his eyes could not stop overflowing! Finally, he said with satisfaction: "Okay, it seems that you have not wasted this time. You have made great progress in your studies! Go back and tell your parents, and you will be exempted from studying next month!"
The master's words caused a burst of noise from the students present, followed by a burst of sighs! The younger students didn't think much of it, but the older ones already knew how difficult life was, so they naturally understood what this meant!
Three taels of silver per month plus other gifts for teachers is definitely a heavy burden for an average family! And most of the people who study here only have a little money left at home! This eliminates a month of forced labor. Naturally, the family will breathe a sigh of relief!
And more importantly, being exempted from this month's study represents a huge honor! This shows the teacher's recognition of the students, which is absolutely equivalent to the teacher giving gorgeous praise to the parents of a good student at a parent-teacher meeting!
And the students all know that during the monthly cultivation days, the Master will definitely tell every parent about this matter! For these students, this is equivalent to giving their parents a chance to complain, even for students with poor academic performance. You might even get a lesson from your grumpy parents!
After checking Liu Haojia's homework, the master patted his shoulder with satisfaction and told him to sit down, and then walked to the next person. Liu Haojia calmed down, picked up the book and continued to review. But he was thinking in his heart: This scene was successful. I’m afraid I’ll have to put in more effort if I want to keep it going!
The whole day passed quickly, and in the evening, Liu Haojia said goodbye to his wife and hurried home with a basket in hand.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw my mother carrying a plate of dishes from the kitchen to the main room. My brother, father, and Liu Guangyuan and his son were washing by the courtyard wall. It seemed that they had just finished their day's exercise, and they ignored the cold autumn weather. Feng, naked upper body is being scrubbed!
At this time, Mother Liu saw Liu Haojia coming back, her eyes lit up and she said loudly: "Oh, son, you are back! I have a headache today!"
Liu Haojia did not rush to answer his mother. He first saluted everyone, and then said: "I have met my father, mother, uncle, and several brothers! Today is very good, I don't have a headache at all! And there is one more thing!"
At this point, he paused and then said loudly: "I did well in my homework today, and the teacher said that I will be exempted from studying for the next month!"
Several people in the yard were stunned at first when they heard this, and then they were overjoyed! Father Liu came over first and patted him hard on the shoulder and said: "Xiaoer, good job! You are indeed smarter than your brother!"
Liu Haonian, who was originally very happy, immediately rolled his eyes and said nothing. Of course, he didn't have any jealousy, because he knew that his brother was indeed better at reading than he was! He was more suitable to be a general or a soldier!
Mother Liu was even more happy when she heard this! She quickly ran into the main hall, put the plate on the table, then grabbed a handful of copper coins and ran out, shouting: "Guangyuan, go get a half-cooked pig's head and beat it."
Here are two kilograms of wine, and thanks to the waiter’s luck, you guys can have a good drink today!”
Liu's father and others were naturally overjoyed after hearing this, and agreed one after another! Liu Guangyuan took the copper coins to buy pig heads and wine, while Liu's mother asked Liu Haojia about everything that happened today in detail!
Naturally, the Liu family father and son and Liu Jinbao brothers were watching.
Having achieved his goal, Liu Haojia naturally recounted everything that happened today loudly and in detail. Mother Liu was very excited after hearing this! Even the few pure martial artists who were listening nodded their heads! After all, as parents, there is nothing better than their children.
Excellent and exciting!
After Liu Haojia finally finished speaking, Mother Liu and her maid Huan Cui excitedly went to the kitchen to add more dishes! When Mother Liu's dishes were brought to the table, the butler Liu Guangyuan was already excitedly carrying a lotus leaf bag and
A jar of wine entered the courtyard gate.
The whole family ate the meal with great interest and drank with great joy! After half a drink, Father Liu also imagined the grand occasion when his old son became the number one scholar, and the others naturally echoed loudly! In the excitement, Father Liu
The two brothers Liu Haonian and Liu Jinbao were even allowed to drink two glasses of wine each. For a while, the family was enjoying themselves and was extremely happy!
But they didn't know that Liu Haojia had already made up his mind. He had no intention of taking the civil service path!
On the one hand, he was born into a noble family and was a natural enemy of the civil servants! So even if the Liu family declined, it would only slightly lower the civil servants' vigilance towards him!
Over the years, the nobles of the Ming Dynasty have not cultivated their children to take the path of civil servants, but these people have been tacitly suppressed by the civil service group, and they are just wandering among the low-level bureaucratic groups! They will not allow nobles to stay in their own homes.
Take up a piece of land on the territory!
Secondly, Liu Haojia felt that there was too little he could do as a civil servant! Only when he became a military attache could his plan be fully implemented. So his attitude towards reading was to just know it and understand it!
The family finished their dinner happily. After the Liu family and their sons had a rest, they had to practice weapons. Liu Haojia naturally sat in the study and picked up the books and looked at them carefully.
There are many kinds of books in the Liu family's study room, with five large bookshelves! Although the Liu family is not a family of scholars, they have accumulated a lot of books in nearly two hundred years! Although it involves the Four Books and Five Classics
There are not many of them, the most are miscellaneous books on all kinds of strange things and rural history! And these books are the most suitable for Liu Haojia! The future events will be settled in these books!