Xiao Wei, the principal of Guizhou Prefecture School, had already taken off his official uniform and came in a commoner suit: "Brother Chenggong, I came to you to apply for a scholarship. I wonder if you would like to take me in?"
Zhu Ming was surprised and said: "Your Excellency, Professor of State Studies, doesn't work, but you come to my thatched house to be a teacher?"
"There are not many students left, so why not come to Qixing Academy." Xiao Wei smiled wryly at himself.
Xiao Wei was a Jinshi eleven years ago. He was first awarded the title of Gutian County Lieutenant. He arrested dozens of thieves and solved the massacre of his family. He was promoted to Fuqing County Magistrate and his political achievements were quite outstanding.
He was originally going to be promoted to county magistrate, but for no reason he was sent to Guizhou to be the principal.
He didn't even know who he had offended!
During the Yuanfeng period, Guizhou Prefectural School was very small. According to the newly promulgated policy, more than half of the students had to be dismissed. The number of teachers would definitely have to be reduced, and it is estimated that half of them would have to be recalled to the capital to wait for vacancies.
There are only two endings waiting for Xiao Wei. One is to continue to stay in Guizhou and suffer hardship, and the other is to be recalled to the capital to eat free food.
He didn't choose any of them, he resigned directly from his job and went to Qixing Academy to teach, and by the way, he discussed Buddhism with the monks at Longyin Temple.
This man is a Buddhist who has passed down some of his deeds to later generations, which are more or less supernatural. For example, he solved the massacre of a family and said that the oriole who was rescued turned into a human form to repay his kindness and guide him, and then he caught a group of vicious thieves.
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"Please." Zhu Ming immediately arranged work for Xiao Wei.
Han Chuang studied hard for more than ten years and finally passed the Jinshi. He worked in circles for another eleven years and even worked as a principal in a remote area. Moreover, the school had to be reduced in size, students dropped out one after another, and teachers were also facing layoffs.
If it were Ju Ming, he would have stopped doing it a long time ago!
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty frantically increased the number of Jinshi admissions, and would grant Jinshi status to more than a dozen imperial students every year.
In the past twenty years, there have been too many Jinshi.
Judging from the number of official schools that have been abolished and reduced, Ju Ming estimates that at least three to four hundred Jinshi will return to the capital to eat. They earn a meager basic salary and enjoy the ultra-high prices in Tokyo. I am afraid that most of them will not be able to stay.
, I can only curse and go back to my hometown to hang out.
In addition to Xiao Wei, there was also a county school teacher who came to apply for the job.
This county school teacher was named Huang Jian. He had only a Juren background, and his knowledge was not as good as that of a Tai student. Zhu Ming ordered him to teach children. After teaching, he stopped by to listen to his lectures.
There are only four teachers now, Zhu Ming, Fan Zhiming, Xiao Wei and Huang Jian.
Zhu Ming called them to a meeting and said: "Teaching for two or three days, the students are uneven. I plan to temporarily suspend the class, take the exam first, and then re-sort the houses. I will copy the three-house method, divided into upper houses, inner houses, and outer houses. Set up another house.
Elective courses, various miscellaneous subjects, you must choose two or more to study.”
Even if the grades are divided using the three-level method, it will be difficult to teach normally.
The main subjects are miscellaneous subjects such as mathematics. Even some Taipei students have no basic foundation and have to start from relatively simple teaching. This requires the method of taking large elective courses.
Ju Ming also used the college's public funds to buy some writing brushes.
Because there are several students from the county who come from poor families to study, but they actually use chicken feather pens...
"There are rabbits outside the chicken feather pen ridge, but they are very rare. The common people cannot use chicken feathers as rabbit hair pens, but they stagger and do not obey orders." - Fan Chengda's "Guihai Yu Heng Zhi".
In addition to giving away writing brushes, Ju Ming also taught students how to make hard pens such as bamboo pens so that they would not lack writing tools.
After a few days of exams, the classes will be re-assigned.
Upper house: ten people.
In the inner room: fifteen people.
Under the inner house: fifteen people.
In the outer building: thirty people.
Under the outer house: thirty people.
Elementary school (preparatory class): twenty-eight people.
There are also many students who are willing to study and attend classes, and they can choose classes at will.
Many of those Tai students who were expelled were originally from outside schools, and their knowledge was similar to that of ordinary students from the state.
The four teachers, all of whom specialize in mathematics, take turns teaching.
The curriculum was really tight, so the students were asked to practice calligraphy and recite silently.
After more than a month, order was in order and the academy was on the right track.
Guangxi Changping sent Lu Wei to take office. This was an official who had not yet settled down, and he was eager to try and pursue his goals.
After he was demoted to Guangdong by Cai Jing and Wang Fu became prime minister for many years, he immediately promoted a group of local officials. Lu Wei was so lucky that he was promoted.
In Lu Wei's mind, Wang Fu was pretty good, at least he knew how to select talented people.
"Is Ju Ming, who is in charge of this place, causing trouble for no reason?" Lu Wei finished the handover formalities and asked about Ju Ming's whereabouts.
Because the person who recommended him was a royal party member, he repeatedly warned him to take good care of Ju Ming.
Cai Yi regarded him as a traitor and said angrily: "What can happen to a person who has been removed from the system?"
Lu Wei didn't ask any more questions and just took out a decoction: "I have been an official in Guangdong for many years and asked for a decoction. Take it in the morning and evening to prevent miasma. Please take it to the governor."
"Is there such a decoction?" Cai Yi was dubious.
Lu Wei's recipe for nourishing qi was later engraved on the cliff of Liu Xianyan for the people of Guizhou to copy and spread. Modern scholars conducted research and found that it can enhance immunity and can be regarded as an early version of Guangdong herbal tea.
After this man moved into the Changping Si Yamen, he spent half a month getting familiar with the situation. He was ostracized by other officials in a daze, and they all thought he was a bastard sent by Wang Fu.
Lu Wei didn't bother to explain, so he took a few followers and went out of the city incognito to check the public situation.
He selected some villages and went back to Fang Tingshi: "Magistrate Fang, I brought some corn and sweet potato seeds. You can use them to persuade the people to cultivate. The method of planting is slightly different from that in the north. I have tried it in Guangdong and written it all."
The article is recorded. There may be differences between Guangxi and Guangdong, and measures must be taken according to local conditions."
"What are corn and sweet potatoes?" Fang Ting asked.
Lu Wei said: "It was brought back from overseas by Ju Ming and his father. Although Ju Ming disrespected the emperor and slandered the king a lot, he still made some contributions after all. You must not let others ruin things. Don't think that Ju Ming is a villain.
Promote the cultivation of the grain brought back by his father and son."
Ruining things because of people?
Fang Tingshi thought it was funny. There was something wrong with Lu Wei's brain.
Lu Wei was promoted by Wang Fu and had been an official in Guangdong for a long time. He didn't know what Wang Fu had done. He naturally felt that Wang Fu was a good official, because since Wang Fu became prime minister, he had abolished many of Cai Jing's decrees.
Since Wang Fu was a good official, Ju Ming, who impeached Wang Fu, was probably someone who was just trying to gain fame.
After handing over the corn and sweet potatoes to Fang Tingshi for planting, Lu Wei began to rectify the Changping Department and found that a large number of accounts were inconsistent.
Officials in Changping, Guangxi, have blamed their former chiefs one after another.
Lu Wei had no choice but to impeach his predecessor, and then re-standardized various procedures to prevent his officials from continuing to commit corruption.
After doing this, he finally remembered that he still had a political mission, and quickly inquired about Ju Ming's whereabouts and went to check.
Lu Wei crossed the river by boat, dressed as an ordinary scholar.
After walking ashore for a while, we saw dozens of thatched huts at the foot of the mountain.
There is an open space in the center of the thatched house, where more than a dozen students are playing Cuju, and a few others are playing in the corners.
Lu Wei suddenly became unhappy. How could he have time to play with these things during class?
He looked for a student who was resting on the sidelines and asked: "I heard that there are great scholars in Qixing Academy. Why don't you study hard but play here for fun?"
The student replied: "What the mountain chief said is to relax and relax, which is the way of civility and martial arts. Playing for two quarters of an hour every day can make the body and mind happy. There are also labor classes every ten days, with the teacher leading them, and they will take turns cultivating food in different houses."
Lu Wei curled his lips and disagreed.
He then asked which class Ju Ming was in. The student took him there, where Ju Ming was giving a lecture.
Hearing the saying that "nature is Taiji and emotion is yin and yang", Lu Wei couldn't bear it anymore and immediately asked: "In your words, where is the theory of good nature in Mencius?"
Ju Ming smiled: "Your Excellency, please come in and talk."
Lu Wei strode into the classroom and asked: "Can you follow the nature of Qiliu and think of it as a cup of wine? If you kill the thief of Qiliu and think of it as a cup of wine? If you kill the thief of Qiliu and think of it as a cup of wine, you will also kill the thief of Qiliu and think of it as a cup of righteousness."
and?"
This is the dialogue between Mencius and Gaozi.
Gaozi said, human nature is like qiliu, benevolence and righteousness are like cups and plates; using human nature to realize benevolence and righteousness is like making cups and plates out of qiliu.
Mencius retorted, can you follow the nature of Qiliu to make cups and plates, or do you have to interfere with its nature to make cups and plates? If you interfere with the nature of Qiliu to make cups and plates, does that mean you are hindering human nature to realize benevolence and righteousness?
Ju Ming asked the students to bring a bench and sit down to slowly debate with Lu Wei.
His theory that human nature has no good or evil slightly conflicts with Mencius, so he did not write "The Essay on Mencius' Chapters and Sentences" for a long time.
Ju Ming said: "I am not Gaozi. I don't think human nature is like a willow tree, nor do I think benevolence and righteousness are like cups. You should go and debate with Gaozi when you repeat Mencius's words."
Lu Wei said: "What you said is that human nature is Taiji, and emotions are yin and yang. Human nature is neither good nor evil. It is influenced by the world and has good and evil. Mencius said that the goodness of human nature is like water flowing down. You want to oppose Mencius
Huh?"
Ju Ming laughed and said: "You are still using Mencius' words to refute Gaozi to refute me. Did I say that human nature is like water? I am Zhu Chenggong, not Gaozi!"
Lu Wei was a little dumbfounded because Ju Ming's remarks were very similar to Gaozi and were negative teaching materials in "Mencius", so he subconsciously quoted Mencius's original words.
Lu Wei thought about it carefully: "Then do you accept Mencius's words that the goodness of human nature is like water that flows down?"
Ju Ming sneered: "Who is your gentleman? He actually distorted Mencius' remarks."
Lu Wei became even more angry: "How did I distort Mencius' remarks?"
Ju Ming said: "Mencius said that the goodness of human nature is like water flowing down. This is refuting Gaozi, using his spear to attack his shield. "Mencius·Gaozi" refutes the comparison of physical nature with human nature throughout the whole text, but you still use it
Water is better than human nature, what's the difference between you and Gaozi?"
Lu Wei said: "Don't be sophistical. The goodness of human nature is like water falling. There is no bad person, and there is no water that cannot fall. This is the original text of Mencius!"
Zhu Ming was too lazy to talk anymore and said bluntly: "Mencius is wrong!"
As soon as this statement came out, the classroom was instantly in an uproar.
Lu Wei was so shocked that he forgot to speak again.