Chapter 886 0881 [There are true Confucians in Hualin Academy]
When Wei Liangchen said these words, the Jiangxi scholars hesitated.
Some people are worried about being traced to their own families, but more often than not they are afraid of offending the wealthy families in their hometown.
The large families in Jiangxi have their own family schools, generally called "library". They are mainly used to educate children of the same clan, and occasionally scholars with different surnames are allowed to enroll.
Only those schools that open to external enrollment and reach a certain scale are called "academies."
Therefore, among the three to four thousand scholars in front of us, except for the children of the Hu family, most of the students are not from Jiangxi's big families. Their family origins are mainly children of small and medium-sized families and merchants - of course, there are also children of big families from other provinces.
As for the children of Jiangxi's rich families, they can study directly in their own libraries. Only when they encounter bottlenecks will they come to Hualin Academy for further study.
Wei Liangchen said loudly: "You don't have to decide now. I will stay at the foot of Hualin Mountain for two days. You can go back to the academy and think carefully. If you are willing to help the court acquire land, you can register at the place where I am staying. Let's be dismissed."
The scholars bowed one after another and bid farewell to the governor.
Yin Yan, a teacher at Hualin Academy, witnessed Wei Liangchen's operation throughout the process.
Without saying a word, he silently returned to the academy.
Among the four major disciples of the Cheng Sect, Yin Yan has the worst qualifications.
Junior brother Zhang Yi can recite and understand the knowledge in one day, but Yin Yan needs to study for ten days, twenty days, or even recite and understand it repeatedly for a month.
He usually doesn't talk much, and even when he communicates with his wife, he can't get anything out of him.
However, he founded the Hejing School!
The core of this sect is one word: respect.
If you don’t have to elaborate in detail, you must be sincere and dedicated, cultivate yourself, and have a sense of reverence for all things in the world.
Yin Yan believes that whether you are studying or working, you must first learn how to behave, and you must be a good person with a clear conscience.
Historically, Yin Yan did what he said.
Zhong Shidao recommended him to be an official, but Yin Yan did not accept it.
Liu Yuli hired him as an official of the puppet Qi Dynasty, and Yin Zhen fled directly to the south.
Zhao Gou appointed him as an official, and Yin Zhen went there happily and was promoted to Prince Shaoshi. However, Qin Hui blocked the memorial because he opposed the peace negotiation. Yin Zhen was so angry that he resigned again and again. Zhao Gou ordered him to stay, and Yin Zhen took the opportunity to report to Zhao Gou.
, madly criticized Qin Hui, and was demoted and then retired (retirement benefits were sharply reduced).
"Given time, this person will definitely become the prime minister and assistant." Academy teacher Yao Zhongkuan said.
Yin Yin commented: "It is easy to break if it is strong."
Yao Zhongkuan was a famous teacher hired from Huainan. He lowered his voice and gloated: "The big families in Jiangxi are too tyrannical, and the land spans prefectures and counties, and the local government cannot control it. In the former Song Dynasty, they would only split up the clans, but in the Ming Dynasty, they still had to expand their land. Nowadays,
This is the Son of Heaven, how can he tolerate a country within a country?"
Yin Yan didn't answer.
He is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the "Yimen" operating model.
The advantage is that it can resist corrupt officials and natural and man-made disasters. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to manage the government and it is necessary to avoid corvee taxes.
In a divided and troubled world, advantages can play a leading role.
In a unified dynasty, shortcomings will be highlighted.
Yin Yan didn't know how to evaluate "Yimen". He both admired and disliked it.
The Hu family of Hualin is better off. The tribe members have relative freedom and can choose to move to other places and settle down.
Therefore, although the Hu family has developed for more than 700 years, the number of original tribesmen is far less than that of the Chen family.
The Chen clan in Jiangzhou went too far. Without external force, the clan members were basically not allowed to move away.
Moreover, if you stay in your place of origin, you will definitely not be allowed to split up your family. All family members must obey the family arrangements.
Not to mention the income from business, even official salaries must be handed over to the family - officials who live abroad for a long time can keep enough money for their own use, but they must bring back part of the funds regularly.
It would be terrible if the money and food were returned to the public.
The Chen family in Jiangzhou had sufficient money and took advantage of the disaster years to carry out mergers and expand rapidly in the local area.
Yin Yan was very lucky that he was not born in the Chen family of Jiangzhou.
As one of them, the family will drive them crazy!
The shortcomings of the Chen family's business model have become apparent over time. The children of the family have gradually lost their enterprising spirit, and many of them have chosen to live alone and wait to die. Many people take part in the imperial examination every year, but over the past hundred years, there have been fewer and fewer Jinshi.
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Twilight!
On the contrary, there are the descendants of the Chen family who were demolished and moved away by the imperial court. There are many heroes and celebrities. The comparison between the two is extremely ironic.
Yin Yin suddenly said: "Flowing water will not rot, and door hinges will not be beetrooted. This time the imperial court is dismantling the clan, it is not a bad thing for the Chen family in Jiangzhou."
Yao Zhongkuan was startled and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Yin Yin explained: "In the past few decades, has the Chen family in Jiangzhou ever had a great Confucian scholar? There are not even real celebrities. I have communicated with the so-called celebrities in the Chen family, and all of them are dull and outdated, and they have no sense of their own.
There’s nothing wrong with it. Their family tradition is too upright. From childhood, if they go beyond the rules even slightly, they will be severely punished by their elders. No matter how many books they read, they are just a yes man."
"That's it, I've learned a lesson!" Yao Zhongkuan bowed quickly, he understood a lot of things.
Although Yin Yan has dull qualifications, he usually doesn't talk much.
But he is a true Confucian scholar after all. As long as it is a topic related to life and scholarship, Yin Yan can talk endlessly.
"Sir!" A scholar in his twenties rushed over.
This man's name is Zhang Liangyou, and he is the posthumous son of the great scholar Zhang Yi.
Although Zhang Yi was Yin Zhen's junior brother, after Cheng Yi's death, the senior brother had to ask his junior brother for advice.
It can even be said that Zhang Yi, as his junior brother, is actually half of Yin Zhen's teacher.
It is a pity that Zhang Yi died of illness in his prime, otherwise he would have become a great Confucian of his generation.
Er Cheng's lifelong academic work was organized by Zhang Yi, and he represents the orthodoxy of the Cheng family.
If Zhang Yi was still alive, Ju Ming would probably order a conquest.
Zhang Yi belongs to the absolute grassroots, not even a small landowner.
He didn't have the opportunity to study since he was a child, so he went to work in the city (Luoyang) to support his family, and he learned some words through his ears and eyes.
When he was working as a bartender in a restaurant, he often heard scholars reciting poems in response to drinking orders. So Zhang Yi himself learned to write limericks, which always followed the rhythm of straight and oblique rhymes, and there was some truth in the poems.
A scholar named Xie Xiandao was very surprised when he saw the limericks and asked Zhang Yi why he didn't study.
Zhang Yi said: "I am a lowly person, how can I dare to study?"
Xie Xiandao said: "Everyone can read."
Zhang Yi asked: "What book should I read?"
Xie Xiandao said: "Read the Analects first."
Zhang Yi used his salary to buy a copy of "The Analects of Confucius". If he didn't know or understand the words, he took it to the scholars for advice.
After reading "The Analects of Confucius", Zhang Yi asked again: "What should we do next?"
Xie Xiandao said: "Go and ask Mr. Cheng."
Zhang Yi thus became Cheng Yi's close disciple. He was both a student, a servant, and more like a son. He always stayed by Cheng Yi's side, tending to his sick bed, taking care of his funeral, and even being responsible for sorting out Cheng Yi's lifelong knowledge.
After the compilation of studies was completed, Zhang Yi also died of illness.
Yin Yan asked: "Do you want to help the government acquire land?"
Zhang Liangyou replied: "Studying things leads to knowledge, and doing things is also studying things. When a disciple assists the government in farming, he will encounter many people and things, and encounter many difficulties and obstacles. Deal with those people and things, break through the obstacles, and solve the difficulties.
To know.”
Yin Yan nodded in approval: "I thought you wanted to cling to the rich and powerful. If you want to study things and gain knowledge, then go ahead and get it. Don't be afraid of offending the rich family. As long as you are sincere and upright, nothing can invade you."
"Disciple, please remember your teacher's teachings!" Zhang Liangyou bowed.
Yin Yan sighed with emotion: "It's a pity that I am a naturally stupid person. My intelligence, talent, learning and virtue are not even one ten thousandth of your father's."
"I started studying at a young age, and I entered the Cheng family earlier than your father. But after my mentor passed away, I had to ask your father for advice."
"As for your father, he never had a serious education in elementary school, and all his literacy depended on exposure in restaurants. He didn't become a teacher until he was in his twenties, and his progress in one year is worth my ten years."
"Your smart father, studying with me is too much. My knowledge and practice are stupid and not suitable for you. That's why I brought you to Hualin Academy, where there are famous teachers from all over the country."
"When you finish assisting the government in setting up land, you can go back to Luoyang. It is the capital now. There are all kinds of knowledge and you can meet all kinds of famous teachers."
"I am too old to learn His Majesty's new knowledge. I even criticized His Majesty's knowledge back then, so I was too embarrassed to seek an official position in the new dynasty, so I hid far away in Jiangxi to teach. When you return to Luoyang, don't tell me my name.
Be careful of how it affects your career."
Zhang Liangyou said: "Even if you are a teacher for a day, you should not be ashamed to mention your master's name. Your Majesty is open to all kinds of academics and will not persecute students because of your husband."
"Go, go." Yin Yan waved his hand.
Zhang Liangyou bowed and resigned, and excitedly ran to Wei Liangchen to sign up.
Yin Yan returned to the study, picked up a basic mathematics textbook, and began to practice mathematics problems seriously.
He is so stupid that he has difficulty learning traditional scriptures, but mathematics and physics can make him collapse.
But I'm still trying my best to learn.
Yin Chen thought of his junior brother Zhang Yi again. If he were still alive, he would probably be able to thoroughly understand this mathematics textbook in a month.
Cheng Yi's posthumous work on the "Book of Changes" confused Yin Yin. However, Zhang Yi was able to quickly organize the posthumous manuscript, check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and then taught it to Yin Yan with great difficulty.
Mr. Cheng Mensi, now only Yin Yan is still alive.
He gathered some descendants of Luo School in Jiangxi and planned to perfect the Luo School belonging to the Ming Dynasty.
He tried his best to get closer to the emperor, but still rejected Wang Anshi's knowledge.
They introduced Buddhism into Confucianism, but they shouted all day long to evade Buddhism and wished they could tear down all the temples in the world.
There were also officials in the imperial court, with whom I kept in touch for a long time.
For example, Xie Liangzuo, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was the spokesperson of Luo Xue in the court.
Xie Liangzuo's criticism of Buddhism is: there is only upper learning (metaphysics) and no lower learning (metaphysics).
Then, Xie Liangzuo criticized Buddhism, wildly praised the emperor's new learning, and reformed Luo Learning.
Luo School in the New Ming Dynasty regarded mathematics, physics and other subjects as "lower education" and the only way to obtain "higher education".
Just when Yin Yan was doing math problems, another student came in: "Excuse me, sir, should I help Zhang Tian?"
Yin Yan pointed to his heart: "My knowledge only has the word "respect". Don't ask me about this kind of thing, you should ask about your true intentions. What is your reason for wanting to go? And why do you dare not go?"
The student fell into deep thought and stood for a long time before bowing: "Disciple, I understand."
After saying goodbye, I ran to Wei Liangchen to sign up.