The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 35 The Holy Mandate
Can't hide the talent, is this easy?
"Zhilan precious tree has experienced wind and rain before it can become a talent. The sharp edge of the sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold. My nephews still need to be sharpened and sharpened..."

Mr. Zhu politely refused.

What he meant was that these nephews of mine still need to be honed before they can become talents.

"It's like cutting like learning, like cutting like grinding." The words come from "The Book of Songs·Wei Feng·Qi Ao".This sentence is very interesting. The original meaning refers to turning bones, ivory, jade, and stones into utensils. The extended meaning is that the cultivation of a gentleman is like processing bone tools. To process jade, it has to be polished carefully after cutting.

They don't learn enough, so wait until next time.

My view of them is that, like a gentleman, they need more experience and polishing.

The Gu county magistrate's expression remained unchanged, Mr. Zhu said very cleverly, he left a step for him, he made a haha, and revealed the matter to the past.

There are some things that can't be refused by categorical refusal. He directly let these young people pass the county test, which has already been settled.After it becomes a fact, you have to help if you don't help... Unless the test papers of the four are impeccable, otherwise it will ruin your reputation.

What's more, Mr. Zhu didn't expressly refuse, but was fighting with him.

How could the ordinary people next to them, who were isolated by the official title card, understand the content of the exchange between the scholars, and before they knew it, Master Qingtian had already finished the secret dirty deal with Mr. Zhu...

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Confucian Temple, also known as Confucian Temple.

In front of the gate of the Confucian Temple, there is a stone lattice gate several people high and a dismounting stone beside the gate.The Lingxing Gate is the gate used for the decoration of the emperor's mausoleum. Because Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty named Confucius as King Wenxuan, the Confucius Temple also followed the emperor's standard.

The dismounting stone is engraved with "Civil and military officials dismount here."

Entering the Halberd Gate, which means "swords, guns, swords and halberds cannot enter this gate".After passing through the gate and the screen wall, you can see a half-moon-shaped pond. This is Panchi. According to the Zhou ritual, the princes called Pangong, which cannot be higher than the emperor's Piyong (Taixue). Therefore, there is only half of the water in the Confucian Temple. A stone arch bridge.

In front of the main temple, on the steps, there is a simple futon.

Mr. Zhu sat cross-legged on the futon. The square under the steps was filled with gentry and ordinary people from the county. The first three rows were for the gentry.Behind them are ordinary people, dressed in shabby, monotonous, mostly dirty, disorganized, who are surprised to be silent, because there are yamen servants next to them to maintain the discipline of the meeting, so they dare not make a sound.

"61. Brother Dun, filial piety, emphasizes human relations. My sage ancestor, Emperor Ren, came to the imperial court for [-] years. The ancestor respected his relatives, and his filial piety was not lacking. The meaning. Therefore, the sixteen articles of the imperial edict, the first filial brother opened the beginning."

"I have made great achievements, pursued the past training, and promoted the idea of ​​establishing education..."

Mr. Zhu taught on behalf of the emperor, so everyone in the square was solemn and solemn. The gentry in the front row listened with great interest, but the common people in the back row didn't understand what he meant.

Following Mr. Zhu's translation into vernacular, the audience suddenly realized.

This sentence was said by Emperor Yongzheng.

Emperor Ren, the holy ancestor, is Kangxi, the holy ancestor of the Qing Dynasty.

The four of Bai Gui and the others sat together with the students of Bailu Academy. The students of Bailu Academy are basically scholars, and it is rare for them to have no fame.

The scholars of the Qing Dynasty did not live as comfortably as the Ming Dynasty.

In order to facilitate the management of a large number of students, the Sixth Grade Dismissal Method came into being on the basis of the merits and demerits of the students in the Sixth Grade Examination of the Ming Dynasty.According to the assessment of the students' performance in the annual examination, the students in each prefecture, state, and county are divided into six grades, and those who are proficient in arts and sciences are ranked first, those who are proficient in arts and sciences are ranked second, and those who are slightly proficient in arts and sciences are ranked second. The third class is for those who are flawed in arts and sciences, the fourth class is for those with flawed arts and sciences, the fifth class is for those who are absurd in arts and sciences, and the sixth class is for those who have no understanding of arts and sciences.The first, second and third ranks are all rewarded, while those below the fourth rank are punished and dismissed.

Therefore, compared with the previous dynasties, the overall level of scholars in the Qing Dynasty was relatively high.

An elderly student heard Mr. Zhu explain the Holy Instructions and Guangxun, but the young men next to him were a little hard to understand, so he signaled with his eyes and asked the students who were close to him to read the booklet of "The Holy Instructions and Guangxun" Handed over.

All in silence.

Although the Qing Dynasty is now at sunset, the ruling power at the grassroots level, especially in the interior, is still very strong. Because of the usual ports and concessions in various places in the south, it is difficult to govern, but the interior has penetrated into every aspect...

For example, Wuchang Shouyi is also because Wuchang is a treaty port.

Although the content of the imperial edict Guangxun is not lacking in Yongzheng's tone of warning to everyone, it is still mixed with a lot of annotations of the Four Books and Five Classics and Zhu Zi to clarify the meaning of the scriptures. This is also the most orthodox official interpretation of the Four Books and Five Classics.

It seems that the sacred edicts and broad instructions are just Mo Yi questions, but they are full of doorways.

The book in Bai Gui's hand is an old book with various annotations written in small letters. He immediately became interested. This is the opinion and experience of these talented students, so he planned to find these talented students these days Borrow more books and learn from their experience.

The Xueba’s Notes and Number One Scholar’s ​​Notes for the college entrance examination questions in the previous life are so popular. Could it be that these Xueba’s are better than what the teacher said, and some of them are really, solving the questions with another way of thinking, faster and faster. Simple!
Although Mr. Zhu's explanations of the oracles and Guangxun are very clear, but he doesn't have a manual to compare them with, and he can't remember anything.

The routine enlightenment has been going on for more than an hour.

The warm sun is smoking.

There were also some people in the back row who could not stand still and fell to the ground, probably due to lack of blood sugar.

But no one moved, no matter how merciful it is, when preaching the imperial edict, it is like reciting an imperial decree, you must listen respectfully, whoever dares to help the neighbor easily, it is a desperate move!

Seeing someone fainted, Mr. Zhu was also a little anxious, and he spoke faster.

Wait until the end of the sentence.

The Gu county magistrate, who had already noticed the movement nearby, immediately ordered the servants to pour the prepared sugar water into the mouths of the fainted people in the back row. It was a large porcelain jar filled with brown sugar water.

"To be able to pass out, it must be due to the lack of oil and water in the stomach, and I can't stand the hunger."

"It's the tail of winter at this time, the winter food is gone, and there is nothing to eat, so we can only starve and suffer from cold."

"..."

In the Confucian Temple, which has been silent for a long time, it suddenly looks like a noisy vegetable market.

There were a few close scholar students, and Bai Gui saw that it was the one who handed them the book, who stepped forward to help Mr. Zhu down the steps, preaching and enlightening is also a hard job, and he looks like a solemn treasure all the time idol.

Mr. Zhu's legs were a little stiff, and it eased a lot when he walked down the steps.

"County lord, we have to open Guangji warehouses, open warehouses to release grain, and help poor people."

Mr. Zhu suggested softly to the magistrate Gu, "In a few days, when the snow on the mountain melts, you can go to the mountain to eat and satisfy your hunger."

Although there was no disaster in Zishui County last year, poor people can't save food for a year of hard work at the beginning of the year.The beginning of spring is the most difficult time of year.

"Brother Meng Zhou said so."

Surprisingly, the Gu county magistrate did not refuse, but nodded in agreement with joy on his sad face.

In the next few days, the Gu county magistrate took this opportunity to ask the big households in the county to donate grain and grain, and also asked the county yamen servants to go to the countryside to collect grain, under the pretext of providing disaster relief.

After one action, the big family lost weight and the ancient county magistrate became fatter, but it also added half a bag of grain to the poor people's families.

　Ask for a ticket, the fourth watch is completed, although... it is at four o'clock, but it is also completed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)