Sun Wu (Tian Wu), who was shirtless and running with the team in the morning, shouted at the top of his lungs as he ran with his brothers, "When a man is given a great responsibility from heaven, he must first suffer his will, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his body."
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The slogan is very good, but running around Qufu City made Sun Wu a little shy.
After all, he is shirtless, right?
Fortunately, his senior brothers had already helped him lose the face he needed to lose.
The common people inside and outside Qufu City can see this scene almost every day after the city gate is opened. The initial pointing and novelty have passed. Except for outsiders, not many people will pay attention to it.
After running around for a while, Sun Wu, dripping with sweat, followed his brothers back to the backyard to wash up.
The backyard is divided into two parts by a wall.
This side of the wall is the living area, and the other side of the wall is the papermaking workshop.
After washing up, the group went to the cafeteria to eat.
In Sun Wu's opinion, the most strange thing about this Confucian school is that it actually eats three meals a day.
In the words of mountain leader Li Yunze, only when you have eaten enough can you have the strength to train your body and bones.
If you don’t even have enough food, then it’s useless to practice.
Breakfast is very simple, with unlimited corn porridge. The porridge is so thick that it can stand on chopsticks, and it also contains a lot of vegetables.
Sun Wu had always thought that he was a good eater, but when he saw his fellow apprentices eating bucket after bucket of rice porridge, he realized that he was still too young.
My appetite is nothing compared to that of my senior brothers.
After eating rice porridge, everyone also had a bowl of goat milk to drink.
Drinking goat milk is not a strange thing, because in this era, sheep are the main source of meat, so raising sheep is the mainstream, and there is naturally a lot of goat milk.
As for milk, because cows are so important and are the most important factor in cultivated land, they are taken care of so well that few people drink milk.
Milk is not something that only cows can drink. In fact, you can drink milk from any cow. The only difference is the yield.
After breakfast, Sun Wu, who felt that his stomach was full, began to study in the morning.
The seniors went to learn other things, and Sun Wu, as a newcomer, studied alone to learn the comparison between official script and seal script, which was the dictionary "Shuowen Jiezi" compiled by Li Yunze.
Everything Li Yunze created was written in official script. If you want to learn knowledge, you must first learn official script.
This is just like those international students in the modern world who study abroad and must first take a preparatory course to learn the language.
Of course, international students who go there just to shoot guns and mess around are not counted, it's a complete mess.
Sun Wu's learning ability is not bad. He writes word by word on the paper with a brush and memorizes word by word, making rapid progress.
Because Li Yunze told him that learning these things is like memorizing words...ah, it's not that difficult. If you memorize seven or eight dozen or twenty words seriously every day, you can learn them in no time.
They are inseparable from each other.
Sun Wu studied very seriously because he felt that whether he was kicking waves or running circles around Qufu City, he was learning the art of war.
He likes the art of war and is naturally motivated to learn it.
When you study hard, time flies by.
Two hours later, a senior brother knocked on the door and called him to have lunch.
Putting down the brush in his hand and looking at the stack of papers in front of him, Sun Wu nodded repeatedly.
"This paper is really a good thing."
Compared with bamboo slips, paper is much more convenient.
When he came to the dining hall to have lunch, Sun Wu grinned as he looked at several wooden barrels filled with dishes.
The landlord's family wouldn't dare to eat so well.
A bucket of vegetables, bamboo shoots, leeks, celery, bitter, water chestnut, mugwort, curcuma and other different vegetables according to the season.
The other bucket was filled with meat, or mutton soup, which even nobles in this era might not be able to eat every day.
There is also a bucket of soup water, boiled beetroot soup.
The remaining barrels are filled with staple foods such as millet, millet, and broomcorn millet.
You can eat whatever you want from the staple food, and you can fill as many bowls as you want.
However, the meat and vegetable soup is distributed according to the head, and the large pottery bowl is filled to the brim for you.
When Sun Wu was in Tian's house before, it was impossible for him to have such food every day.
With his status as a commoner and a branch of the family, he could only eat enough.
A large part of the reason why a dozen other students besides Sun Wu are willing to accept high-intensity training and stay is because the food here is so good and there is no tuition fee.
You must know that according to the provisions of Zhou Rites, princes should not kill cattle without reason, officials should not kill sheep without reason, scholars should not kill dogs and hogs without reason, common people should not eat precious things without reason, and common people should not sacrifice more than they should if they are ashamed.
In other words, in other words, in the whole world, only Emperor Zhou can eat Tailao without any scruples, that is, the three animals used for sacrifice, cattle, sheep and hogs.
And the princes of all countries must have a reason to eat cows.
When you reach the position of Qing, that is, a noble, you can only be qualified to eat sheep.
The doctors are not even qualified to eat sheep, they can only eat pig meat.
Scholars can eat fish and meat, but common people can only eat vegetables and are not qualified to eat meat.
And if it belongs to common people, like savages, then it is better to eat dirt.
Although the specifics of what is eaten, as long as the cow is not slaughtered and eaten, no one usually cares.
But rules are rules, and Zhou etiquette has been properly arranged.
Why do those who want to restore Zhou rites in later generations never receive widespread support?
Eating food has to be restricted, and of course no one wants to support it.
I had a great meal at noon and was full and full.
After that, you have an hour to sleep or do other things.
Sun Wu, who was anxious to learn his skills, spent this time continuing to memorize words...
In the afternoon, there was a one-hour cultural class, and Sun Wu was still memorizing words...
However, after the cultural class, it is the foundation for Confucianism to settle down and live, tempering the body and training martial arts.
There are many kinds of equipment on the training ground, but the first thing is to stand in a military posture, and it takes half an hour to start.
Sun Wu did not reject it. On the contrary, he thought it was a good way to train discipline in the army, and he secretly recorded it in his heart.
After that, there are various trainings, such as running, leapfrog, stone lock training, horizontal bar, etc.
Then there are archery, sword fighting, two-player battles, etc.
I practiced until the sun went down, then I finished my work and went back to take a shower and have dinner.
There was nothing fancy about dinner. It was still enough rice, plus a fish for each person, and even fruits were distributed to supplement vitamins.
Of course, fruits also come according to the season.
Sun Wu was very serious about his studies, and he devoured his meals without ever falling short.
There was no way, even though he was born in the Tian family, the Tian family was too big. If he could get the Tian family's superior resources, he wouldn't have to run away to Wu.
It was a rare enjoyment for Sun Wu to have meat every day.
Winter passes and spring comes, time flies.
Sun Wu, who studied tirelessly and without food and sleep, finally passed the preparatory stage and officially entered the school.
When he started the formal school journey, Shao Zhengmao directly placed a thick book in front of him.
Sun Wu picked up the book and flipped through it, curiously asking, "Is this Confucianism?"
"What are you thinking about?"
Shao Zhengmao was immediately amused and said, "This is the catalog!"
"Directory, directory?!"
Opening the book, it turns out that every page is a different subject.
From arithmetic to Confucian classics, from metaphysics to astronomy and geography, from the art of merchants to governing the country, from the art of punishment to the art of vertical and horizontal, from the art of war to the art of medicine, etc., there are more than hundreds of subjects!
Sun Wu was dumbfounded. He pointed at the book and stammered, "When will you learn this?"
Shaozhengmao sighed and responded, "According to the mountain leader, if you want to get started, you need to study for thirty years."
"three..."
Sun Wu could no longer speak.
He is only sixteen this year, but if he studies for thirty years, doesn't it mean that he is almost fifty years old before he is qualified to leave the mountain?!
There are indeed people who live long lives these days, but most people don’t live that long, and many people don’t even live to be thirty!
Sun Wu was dumbfounded. He had never expected that learning Confucian techniques would be so terrifying.
When class officially started on the second day, Sun Wu was still confused and didn't know how many years he would have to stay in this academy.
When he came to his senses, he looked up and saw Li Yunze, who was giving a lecture, standing in front of him.
"Mountain, long mountain..."
"If you don't pay attention in class, how can you learn your true skills?"
Sun Wu quickly stood up and admitted his mistake.
If you learn real skills these days, you can really change your destiny. Whether you are recommended to be a doctor or become a disciple of others, it will improve your status and life.
Compared with those in later generations who were unemployed after graduation, the treatment after completing their studies is completely different.
Sun Wu was flustered and didn't know how to explain.
Then he saw Li Yunze raising his hand and knocking on his forehead three times, "If you want to learn true skills, you must have understanding."
Sun Wu, who looked puzzled, raised his head and met Li Yunze's meaningful eyes.
In the modern world, you could almost call the police to find your uncle at this time. After all, there are too many scum and beasts.
But Sun Wu seemed to be enlightened, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
In the following lessons, Sun Wu was a little restless, as if he was struggling with something.
He was not concerned about the internal safety issue, but whether he might have made a mistake.
If the mountain chief didn't let him learn his true skills, wouldn't it be a pretentious act?
This struggle continued into the evening, and I even missed two bowls during dinner.
The snoring of the brothers in the room was earth-shattering, but Sun Wu, who could sleep peacefully in such an environment in the past, was tossing and turning at this time and couldn't fall asleep.
As time passed, Sun Wu, who was holding something in his mind, simply stood up, dressed neatly, quietly opened the door and walked out.
No matter what, if you have to work hard no matter what, you can't really study here for thirty years.
Shan Chang's room is in the backyard, next to the papermaking workshop.
In the dead of night, Sun Wu quietly touched the door by the moonlight.
Subconsciously, I wanted to knock on the door, but with a slight push, the door actually opened.
Sun Wu was ecstatic, he guessed it right!
Pushing the door open and entering, the room was suddenly lit by candlelight.
Under the candlelight, Li Yunze was sitting behind the desk, nodding and looking at him.
Sun Wu hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Mountain Chief..."
"Don't call me Shanzhang."
With a smile on his face, Li Yunze nodded and said, "You are destined to me, so I will accept you as the first officially registered disciple."
Sun Wu solemnly saluted again, "Master!"
"good."
Li Yunze's smile did not fade, and he stretched out his hand to indicate the two stacks of books on the desk, "I have two sets of military tactics here. One is called Thirty-Six Strategies, which can strengthen the country. The second is called Seventy-two Strategies, which can strengthen the army."