The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 16 Text Prison

One day's afternoon school passed by in a hurry.

The morning was no different from usual, Lu Zhaoqian was late again, Xu Xiucai persuaded him to go in to study without a trace of impatience.

At this time, Bai Gui knew that Lu Zhaoqian would be late every five or six days, which was already a routine thing.

Lu San, the long-term worker of the Bai family, who is also Lu Zhaoqian's biological father, beat Lu Zhaoqian countless times, but he still couldn't change this bad habit.

Fortunately, Lu Zhaoqian was not really late, but walked into the classroom with the bell ringing, and everyone let it go.

At most, it is not considered hard work, wasting the good time of early reading.

Reading is your business.

Only Mr. Xu Xiucai and his father would persuade him.

This matter has nothing to do with Bai Gui and he doesn't care about it.In front of Xu Xiucai in the classroom, I silently wrote the second half of the Thousand-Character Essay, and started studying the second enlightenment book "Disciple Regulations".

Xu Xiucai said that he has mastered the Thousand Characters Literature, and after finishing this book, he can start working on the Four Books.

Bai Gui was a little puzzled. Although he was happy to enter the next step of study, he was worried that his foundation would not be stable.Most of the Mongolian children in the school are still studying the third and fourth enlightenment books, and they also dabble in the four books roughly, and they have not reached the point of learning.

For example, the first volume of "Children's Learning Qionglin" has an introduction to ancient astronomy, geography, age, imperial court, civil servants, and military positions; volume two introduces relatives and friends, clothing, etc. , palaces, utensils, funerals, and Juan [-] introduces Kedi, Wenshi, Litigation, Birds, Animals, Flowers and Trees.

It can be said that if you learn a piece of "Children's Learning Qionglin", you will know most of the ancient things in your chest.

Needless to mention the thousand-character prose, the whole article uses allusions.

The Enlightenment Book is not just about learning traditional Chinese characters.

Xu Xiucai pondered for a while, and explained: "Since ancient times, there has been no Enlightenment Book. During the Zhou Dynasty, there was a historian who created the "Historical Poetry", that is to say, Zhou people only learned one Enlightenment book, and then there were Qin people's books. "Cangjie Pian", "Yan Li Pian", and later Zhou Xingsi's "Enlightenment Essentials", "Thousand Characters", "Hundred Surnames", etc., there are more and more books on enlightenment, and I want to learn It is impossible to finish the Mongolian book..."

Bai Gui nodded. For example, the surname Kaimeng of a hundred families is no longer necessary for him now.

The words and allusions learned in many enlightenment books are somewhat repetitive.

"As a teacher, I teach you how to send out Mongolian books. It is to determine your temperament and scale. After you have finished your basic studies, you will get twice the result with half the effort if you study Confucian classics. Otherwise, it will be beneficial to your heart. Instead of doing this, it is better not to study Confucian classics!"

"Although Confucian classics are the words of sages and educate all peoples, they are also books of scientific research. Using allusions indiscriminately and breaking taboos will not only make people laugh, lose face as a teacher, but may also be thrown into prison..."

Xu Xiucai said softly, pointing out something.

It was only then that Bai Gui realized that Xu Xiucai had noticed his hard work, steadfastness, and reticence since he entered the school, so he decided to teach him Confucian classics in advance.

That's right, he is an adult at heart, unlike a teenager who escapes.

Once compared, the gap is obvious.

The study of Confucian classics is the way of the imperial examination. Once you learn the study of Confucian classics, you will be eligible to participate in the imperial examination.However, the literary inquisition since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty has caused literati and ink writers to be very popular. If they are ignorant and incompetent, they will not only be dismissed from the papers, but will be taken from the articles by the government and charged with crimes, and may even involve their lives.

Scholars of letters, whenever they show dissatisfaction in their writing, or have a satire on current affairs, they will set up a big prison and implicate them.

"Lu Zhaoqian's aptitude is good, but the master has not taught him Confucian classics for a long time. I'm afraid he is worried that his rebellious character and his language may implicate himself, so he has been reluctant to teach him Confucian classics..."

Bai Gui suddenly realized.

Everyone has the heart to protect themselves, Mr. Xu is understandable, no wonder he.

Just like some veteran craftsmen, when teaching apprentices skills, they often test their temperament for three years. If their temperament is not suitable, they would rather die than hand over their skills to people with bad conduct.

The case of "Weiminzhizhi" in the fourth year of Yongzheng was a case of imperial examination writing. At that time, Zha Siting, a native of Haining, served as the chief examiner in Jiangxi, and the test questions used the sentence "Weiminzhizhi" in the "Book of Songs".Some people said that he had ulterior motives, and that "Weizhi" intended to cut off Yongzheng's head (the word "Yongzheng" without the underline above it is the word "Weizhi").

Coincidentally, there are folk rumors that after Yongzheng's death, his head disappeared, and he was buried with a gold head instead, which was buried in the Tailing Underground Palace in Yizhou.

By the way, this Zha Siting is Jin Yong's ancestor.

Therefore, Jin Yong retaliated against Emperor Yongzheng in "Books and Swords Enmity Records", saying that Qianlong was actually a Han Chinese, and his younger brother was Chen Jialuo Yunyun, which meant that Yongzheng was cuckolded.Also in "The Deer and Ding Ji", it begins with the literary prison case of "Stop by the Weimin", and describes in detail the grievances of the ancestor Zha Siting.

It can be said that the literary inquisition caused by the imperial examination has happened every time and is innumerable.

"Of course, there is another point. You are a bit old. If you study slowly, you will be too late to take the imperial examination..." Xu Xiucai smiled and said.

"..." Bai Gui.

"Don't be arrogant. Apart from studying Confucian classics, you also need to learn some enlightenment books that are beneficial to you."

Xu Xiucai warned.

With the foundation of the thousand-character prose, Bai Gui has made rapid progress in learning Disciple Gui. This is a three-character rhyme, but it has more than a thousand characters, and it is catchy. He has already memorized the entire text in class.

It's just that memorizing the whole article is not enough.He needs to ponder over every word.

If Confucian classics are the words of sages, then these enlightenment books are the words of sages refined to the extent that young children can understand.

For example, the first sentence of the Disciple Regulations: "Disciple Regulations, the teachings of the sages. The first is filial piety, the second is trustworthiness, universal love for all, and kindness." Be sincere and trustworthy, love everyone and be kind, and do what you can.”

This is similar to modern Chinese textbooks from elementary school to junior high school. The space is limited, and the sages talk too much, so they excerpt sentences and search for chapters, and record the most essential length in textbooks.You don't have to know it now, you will think of something to say when you are on the scene, unlike Zhang Fei who can only say "I am the same".

After a while the lame old porter rang the bell.

The schoolchildren were about to disperse, but unexpectedly, the school supervisor Lu Zilin walked into the school, bowed his hands to Xu Xiucai, and after saluting, he coughed and said after a while: "This time, our Bailu Village will Xiubaozi, as members of our Bailu Village, you should also go up to repair the Baozi and help..."

He was a little embarrassed, and his face turned red with embarrassment after speaking.

These dolls can't carry them on their shoulders or lift them with their hands, what can they do?However, after Xu Xiucai finished his plan in the conference room this morning, he deliberately asked him, the school supervisor, to be a villain and come up to let the dolls in the school work, exhausting his muscles and bones.

The ancestral hall was built four years ago, and the building on the west side was turned into a school. In addition to Xu Xiucai, the same year who hired Mr. Zhu, Bai Jiaxuan, the patriarch of Bailu Village, became a schoolboy, and Lu Zilin became a school supervisor.

The schoolboy and the supervisor are not of much use at ordinary times.

At most, it is to provide charcoal and candles to the school, and to repair and manage the school.

(End of this chapter)