Although the instructor from the Confucian Academy came in to deliver the message, they still waited for a long time before seeing an old Confucian scholar come accompanied by the instructor. They looked at Lu Song and Zhu Hao with a hint of disdain in their eyes, as if they hated being with the royal family.
human contact.
Zhu Hao glanced at Lu Song, his face full of doubts, didn't you say that the palace wanted him to do something? Looking at his attitude, could he find a good tutor for the palace?
I think even hoping that Tang Yin would come back from Jiangnan is far more reliable than asking Xuezheng from the Confucian Studies Department in this state to help ask Xi.
"I am humbled by Lu Song, the official of the ceremonial and guard department of Prince Xing's palace, and I have met Fan Xuezheng."
Lu Song took the initiative to step forward and salute.
After all, the other party was a well-known scholar in the world. Even if his official status was not good, Lu Song would not dare to show any slights.
Fan Yikuan did not invite Lu Song and Zhu Hao into the side hall to talk. It seemed that in his eyes, the palace officials in front of him were not qualified to enter the palace. He just nodded indifferently: "Did Prince Xing ask you to give gifts?"
Lu Song replied: "This is just the intention of Prince Xing's Mansion."
Fan Yikuan waved his hand and said impatiently: "As the saying goes, no reward will be received without merit. Prince Yuan Changshi asked me before, but I am powerless. As for this gift, give it to whomever you like!"
Speaking so rudely is enough to prove that this person is the kind of old scholar who has always been arrogant.
"I don't dare to do my own thing. The palace sent me to give gifts. I can only keep things. As for how to distribute the Confucian Academy, I won't ask too much."
Lu Song also has a temper.
No matter how you say it, I am still a sixth-grade military attache. You, a low-ranking Zhou Xuezheng, are showing off like this in front of me. Do you really think that I am easy to talk to?
Fan Yikuan's face became even more ugly after hearing this.
It would be very easy for him to have a fit with ordinary state school students, but facing a royal general with an official position, he was at a loss. When he turned his face, he found that Zhu Hao, who was wearing a Confucian robe next to him, was looking at him with wide eyes.
, and instantly became furious.
Zhu Hao secretly shouted that something was wrong, the old guy should be using himself as an outlet for his anger.
"Who is this?"
Fan Yikuan asked sharply.
This attitude actually indicates to Lu Song that your gift-giving has come to an end and I will not talk to you anymore. Now I am only looking for trouble for your companions.
Lu Song said: "This is an ordinary student I met at the gate of Zhouxue. He wants to visit Fan Xuezheng and ask for advice... Since Fan Xuezheng is busy with official duties, I won't bother him anymore. Farewell!"
At this time, Lu Song didn't want to betray Zhu Hao. If Zhu Hao's true identity was revealed and the other party deliberately made things difficult for him... wouldn't he be harmed?
Zhu Hao thought to himself, Lu Song, Lu Song, you have to bring me here if you have nothing to do. Do you think that if you don't tell me who I am, I won't deal with him in the future?
If this old man Fan deliberately targets me, just like Sui Gongyan, how do you expect me to resist?
"No!"
Fan Yikuan said coldly, turned and left.
Xian Dao originally wanted to persuade Fan Yikuan, but he also knew what kind of temper the other party had. It would be better to persuade this old-fashioned person than to persuade the guest.
"Lu Dianzhan, please bear with me. Fan Xuezheng is just such a person. He doesn't have much malice and loves talents..." The last sentence meant something else, as if to comfort Zhu Hao. This stubborn donkey has nothing to do with Prince Xing's family.
The conflicts between us will not involve you, a child.
Zhu Hao looked at Lu Song and said, "Lu Dianzhan, let's go?"
Lu Song felt that just for the sake of peace of mind, he had an enmity with Fan Xuezheng, and the errand entrusted by the palace was not completed well. Even if King Xing did not ask when he returned, how could he reply to Yuan Zonggao?
Could it be that he was told that Xuexue Zheng in this state was ignorant of current affairs, made rude remarks, and forcibly expelled them from the Confucian Academy?
Should I tell you the details of the previous conversation? Will Yuan Zonggao think that I offended him like this?
The officials in this Confucian temple...
Although none of them are in the mainstream, they are easy to offend. Who makes all the students in Anlu Prefecture follow their lead?
"Um."
Lu Song shook his head helplessly and left with Zhu Hao and two followers.
Before leaving, he also repeatedly asked the instructor named Hu to accept the gifts and distribute them to his colleagues in Zhouxue.
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"Lu Dianzhan, did you regret it in a moment of righteous indignation?"
Returning to the carriage in front of the Confucian Temple, Lu Song asked his two followers to each drive a carriage back, while he accompanied Zhu Hao on foot home.
Because they came here to give gifts, the two of them didn't eat at noon.
The Anlu custom of this era is to have a good meal at noon on New Year's Eve, which is different from the reunion dinner in the evening. The reunion dinner in the evening is also different from Xiangyang in the north. What is eaten is not dumplings, but dumplings.
It is a rice ball wrapped with sugar center or meat filling.
Of course, the situation of every household is not exactly the same. After all, Lu Song is not a native of Anlu. He moved to Anlu from the capital with his father back then, and he still retained certain northern habits.
Lu Song asked: "Zhu Hao, what do you think I should do at that time? Allow him to speak rudely to the palace? Come with good intentions to give gifts, but also send out hatred?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I think Lu Dianzhan did the right thing, but next time you come here, you'd better not ask me to come with you...it's easy to cause trouble."
"well!"
Lu Song sighed, "In this case, maybe it's better for me to come alone. This will not be helpful to you, but it will be harmful..."
Zhu Hao said with a smile: "It's okay. I don't think that Fan Xuezheng is a bad person. He is just a little aloof and arrogant. He shouldn't be angry with a child like me, right? He is not responsible for invigilating the exam, but if I have the opportunity to enter the state school in the future,
If so, I'm afraid there might be some trouble..."
Lu Song frowned: "Don't you hate him?"
Zhu Hao shook his head, what's this?
That Fan Yikuan seemed ignorant of current affairs, but if he was really that kind of unreasonable person, the young student wouldn't have been kicked out like that.
After Zhu Hao read the Confucian scholar's article, he could not help but feel that... farming is better than studying.
It seems like evil, but it’s actually a kind of good!
Is it better to ask people to give up voluntarily and avoid fussing in inappropriate directions and wasting time and energy than to make people do useless work?
The attitude is so bad that people cannot accept it, and it can easily lead to a "bloody disaster", but it may not be truly evil.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Confucian officials in the Xuezheng, Teaching, and Discipline Department were either from Juren or Gongsheng students, and the majority of them were Gongsheng students. "Thrifty and frugal service is often enough, and officials are humble and self-respecting." It means that they have low salary but extremely high self-esteem.
Strong, with a low official position but the right to speak in society, using self-esteem to cover up the reality of powerlessness in the officialdom.
And it is a common problem of this kind of people to like to curse others with a straight face.
What is there to argue with such a person?
"I hope you won't be surprised by what happened today."
Seeing that Zhu Hao didn't take it to heart, Lu Song felt a little relieved.
Looking up at the sky, I saw that the sun was setting in the west, and I felt increasingly unhappy.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "I'm going back to eat. Don't make yourself miserable during the Chinese New Year... Lu Dianzhan should go back early too!"
Lu Song was going to tell Zhu Hao something about Tang Yin, but when he saw that he was not far from Zhu Hao's home, he couldn't stop him if he wanted to leave, so they said goodbye at the intersection of the street.
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After Lu Song went home and had dinner, he went to see Yuan Zonggao, not in the palace, but in his private residence in the city.
After hearing Lu Song's story, Yuan Zonggao was not annoyed and said with a smile: "It seems that Fan Xuezheng is not suitable to be a teacher in the palace."
Lu Song was shocked: "Yuan Changshi's intention is to invite him to teach in the palace?"
Yuan Zonggao smiled and nodded: "The state government has released news that Fan Xuezheng's term will end at the beginning of next year. Many people admire his talent and learning, and he has mentored many Jinshi scholars under his name, which can be said to be a great success.
The world is full of them, so I asked King Xing to invite him to teach in the palace later this year."
"But... Mr. Tang won't be back soon?"
Lu Song obviously felt that Tang Yin was more suitable for the position of tutor in the palace.
Not only because Tang Yin and he were drinking buddies, but also because during the year he spent with Tang Yin, Lu Song felt that Tang Yin had an open-minded personality and was full of wisdom. He was especially successful in educating his son. Neither he nor his wife could take care of his son's studies at the same time.
Under such circumstances, Tang Yin was actually able to teach children with three learning levels in the same classroom and did a good job in teaching them all. Is this ability possessed by ordinary people?
Yuan Zonggao continued to say with a smile: "Bohu's return does not affect the palace's invitation to Fan Xuezheng, and Bohu is always allowed to teach the prince alone. It is inevitable that there will be bias in learning."
Although Lu Song didn't quite understand what Yuan Zonggao meant, he roughly understood that a person's knowledge always has its limitations. For example, some people just don't like certain aspects of content. For example, although Sui Gongyan's teaching level was not good, his research on Legalist theory was
But it is better than many people.
If you only teach the knowledge in textbooks...
The crown prince of Prince Xing does not need to take the imperial examination, so studying too much is useless.
On the contrary, miscellaneous knowledge such as legalism, military strategism, farming, etc. may be what the prince needs.
"yes."
Lu Song nodded in agreement with Yuan Zonggao's statement.
"How does Fan Xuezheng evaluate Zhu Hao?" Yuan Zonggao suddenly asked.
Lu Song was stunned.
Thinking back on it, Yuan Zonggao initially asked him to take Zhu Hao there so that Fan Yikuan could check Zhu Hao's knowledge. However, when they got there, they almost had a quarrel when they disagreed. Fan Yikuan didn't even know who Zhu Hao was, let alone inspect him in person.
"No... no comments."
Lu Song didn't know what to say.
Yuan Zonggao sighed: "Forget it, with Zhu Hao's talent and learning... From the first time I met him, I have been arguing in front of my old man at a young age... His teacher is from a famous family and he has great ambitions. Who wouldn't like such a child?
?It’s just a lack of understanding!”
Lu Song wanted to ask, will Fan Yikuan be recruited into the palace after that year?
It's not easy to ask this kind of question.
I am afraid that even Zhang Zuo is not qualified to participate in asking for advice for the prince. Only Yuan Zonggao, who is a great Confucian in his own right and has profound knowledge, has the right to speak in front of King Xing. At the beginning, Sui Gongyan, Gongsun Yi and Tang Yin were not all recommended by Yuan Zonggao.
Only then was he able to enter the palace?
When leaving Yuan's house.
Lu Song suddenly felt relieved: "It doesn't matter who becomes the tutor in the palace, as long as Tang Bohu doesn't leave... Even if I say something rude to Fan Xuezheng today and the two sides form a feud, he will be controlled by others after entering the palace, and he will not still be in the state.
Wasn't Confucianism so high-minded when he took office?"
After taking two steps, he suddenly felt something in his heart: "If he really enters the palace... will Xiao Bing be targeted by him?"