Jinyi champion

Chapter 62
Jinghong returned to the palace early in the morning, bringing big and small bags of things.

Obviously, the lack of preparation last time made him suffer a lot in the palace. After complaining to his family, his county magistrate father naturally prepared some necessary daily necessities for his son, including dry food. He was quite proud at first. He felt that he could finally compete with Zhu Hao, but when he saw the box that Zhu Haoxin brought over, he froze again.

People are more popular than dead people.

When we arrived at the Shusheyuan, Lu Bing had been there for a while, and was playing Cuju, running around chasing the ball. Zhu Hao shook his head when he saw this, and entered the classroom with Jinghong, took out the prepared textbooks he had prepared, and opened them, thinking about what happened today. What class to teach? After waiting for a long time, Zhu San was late.

"Mr. Zhu, what are you teaching us today?"

Zhu San smiled and made fun of Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao closed his notebook, and casually said: "The Analects of Confucius has finished talking about Zizhang and Yaoyue, and today we will talk about Mencius."

Zhu San smiled and didn't take it seriously, while Jing Hong seemed serious.

Jinghong is not only strong, but also very hardworking in his studies. Since he does not have a teacher to teach, he can accept Zhu Hao's lectures. He really wants to know how much better Zhu Hao is in knowledge than him.

"A Bing, come in for class, listen to Mr. Zhu's lecture... If you kick again, I will throw away your Cuju!"

Except for Zhu San's attitude towards Zhu Hao, which was fairly normal, he maintained a consistent strength towards Lu Bing or Jing Hong.

Lu Bing pouted, came into the room with Cuju in his arms, and sat down reluctantly. For him, it was purely to accompany the prince to study. He couldn’t understand and didn’t want to listen to what was said in class. He grew up healthily in the palace. After all, both his parents had official "jobs", so they used the palace as a nursery.

Zhu Hao officially started speaking.

"Mencius saw King Hui of Liang. The king said: 'The old man has traveled thousands of miles, will he benefit our country?' Mencius said to him..."

"...King Hui of Liang is King Hui of Wei, and 'Hui' is his posthumous title. In the [-]th year of Zhou Xian Wangbian, the capital of Wei State was moved from Anyi to Daliang. Daliang is Kaifeng of Ming Dynasty, so it is also called King Hui of Liang ..."

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In the afternoon, it's not even a quarter of an hour.

Palace, study.

Zhu Youjiu sat behind the desk, holding an ancient scroll, Yuan Zongyue stood motionless like a mountain, Yuan Zonggao stood beside him, and there were two little fellows standing in front of the desk, they were Zhu San and Zhu Houcong.

At this time, Zhu San and Zhu Houcong were very disturbed, not knowing why their father called them here.

Yuan Zonggao said with a smile: "You two princes, His Royal Highness King Xing wants to test your knowledge, it involves the current course work, just tell what you have learned."

take an exam……

Or face to face exam...

Most children in any era don't like this kind of teaching method, especially when they don't learn well, the exam is tantamount to messing things up.

If you can't pass the test of your father, not only will you have to increase your schoolwork for a period of time in the future, you may even be ordered to ground your feet and study hard behind closed doors.

For a while, Zhu San and Zhu Houcong had the same thought... if only they could escape!
While the two little ones were waiting for their father to take the school exam with bitter faces, Zhu Youzhu was not in a hurry to come up with the questions. He was still looking through the lesson plans submitted by Sui Gongyan, wanting to know the two little ones' learning progress.

The Wangfu asks the teacher to come back to teach the son, but he will not let it go. He will submit the lesson plans every once in a while, so that the Wangfu can keep abreast of the learning situation of the son, and use it as a test syllabus to see if the son has mastered the content taught in class. , Sometimes Zhu Youzhu or Yuan Zonggao will remind the teacher to revise the syllabus and strengthen certain aspects of the content.

"Father Wei recently discussed with Yuan Changshi that in the future, I will invite you a few more gentlemen. In addition to the necessary teachings of the Four Books and Five Classics, we will also cultivate your abilities in piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting."

Zhu Youtang made the opening remarks.

Black lines rose on the faces of the two children.

This is clearly the rhythm of enrolling in multiple extracurricular remedial classes!
More teachers will come to teach in the future, which means they will have less time to play.

Zhu Youzhao said: "Zengzi said: "It's so dignified, it's hard to be a benevolent man. What do you think?"

The exam has begun.

When the first question came up, the two little ones were dumbfounded.

Intercepting a passage from "The Analects of Confucius" as an examination question, and asking examinees their opinion on it, even if it is not a stereotyped essay, is still a routine of imperial examination essays.

Two children who are only seven or eight years old and have not been enlightened for two years, often make mistakes in reciting "The Analects of Confucius". Isn't it too embarrassing to answer such a question suddenly?

Yuan Zonggao was slightly taken aback, and wanted to remind Zhu Youzhu... King Xing, you have too high expectations for your two children, how do you ask them to answer?
Zhu Youtang just set the questions based on Sui Gongyan's lesson plan, never thought that his own questions were beyond the outline, and completely ignored the age of the children and their ability to master them.

"Fourth, tell me!" Seeing that the two children didn't come out to answer, Zhu Youzhu thought that they didn't learn well, so he immediately put on a straight face.

"me……"

Zhu Houcong was about to cry, the only thing he could remember was that this sentence came from Zizhang chapter of "The Analects of Confucius", but because of his playfulness, he deserted in class, and didn't even know what it meant, maybe it wouldn't be wrong to ask him to recite silently, but This is the only way to go, let him express his opinion...

Zhu San blinked beside him, vaguely remembering something.

Zhu Youzhu asked with a dark face, "How do you usually learn?"

"King Xing..."

Yuan Zonggao couldn't help but want to stand up and say a few words for the two younger ones.

At this moment, Zhu Sandao said: "Father, I know."

Zhu Youzhao and Yuan Zonggao looked at her at the same time, Zhu Youzhao frowned and shouted: "Speak!"

Zhu San seemed very confident: "Zengzi said that Zizhang is handsome, and it is difficult to be benevolent with him."

The literal meaning is that it has been explained, but this is obviously not the answer Zhu Youtang wants to hear, so he immediately asked: "Then why is this so?"

Zhu Sandao: "Because Fan said, 'Zi Zhang has more than enough on the outside but not enough on the inside, so none of his disciples are benevolent with him'. It can be benevolence. His benevolence is not real benevolence. That's why Zhu Zi commented on Zizhang and said, "If you say that you are self-exalting, you can't supplement it with benevolence, and you can't have the benevolence that supplements others."

After the call was over, Zhu Youzhao frowned, looking dissatisfied.

Ask your own opinion, are you fooling around with the contents of "The Analects of Confucius"?I am asking you, do you think I am asking the answer given by Zhu Xi?

Zhu Youzhao said: "Look at what you said? Asking your understanding of this is not for you to memorize it by rote."

Zhu San originally wanted to perform well in front of his father, but when he heard this, he couldn't help lowering his head in disgrace, with an aggrieved look on his face.

On the other hand, Zhu Houcong squinted at his sister, that look...was like admiration, as if to say, wow, sister, you are really good, how do you know this knowledge?
Yuan Zonggao stood up and explained at this time: "His Royal Highness King Xing, in fact, the two princes have not yet learned the content of "Four Books Annotations".

Zhu Youzhao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that the question he posed was beyond the outline.

Yuan Zonggao looked at Zhu San, and asked curiously: "The opinions put forward by the third prince can be regarded as a fusion of his own ideas, and the cause and effect can be said to be unique."

Zhu Sanben thought he was making a fool of himself, but when he heard Yuan Zonggao's words, he was elated, and a smile appeared on his face again.

Zhu Youtang thought about his daughter's answer before, nodded and said, "I have indeed added a little bit of my own views...By the way, third child, you haven't studied the "Four Books Collected Notes", where did your views come from?"

Zhu San was taken aback.

She originally wanted to say that I was self-taught, but then she thought, if I get caught bragging and test me on other things, won't everything be revealed?
"Father, it's...it was Zhu Hao who taught me..."

Zhu San said it honestly.

The content of Zhu Hao's lectures these days is the last two sections of "The Analects of Confucius" and the first two sections of "Mencius". In the past, the content that Sui Gongyan had already taught, Zhu Hao did not superfluous, but intuitively felt that this class should not be left behind Sui Gongyan's teaching progress.

His teaching method is quite different from that of Sui Gongyan.

The content of his teaching must be understood by Zhu San and Jing Hong, and it is definitely not memorized by rote. The reason why Zhu Xi's "Four Books Collection" can become the cornerstone of the stereotyped scholars in later generations is that Zhu Xi's understanding of the Four Books is indeed unique. Basically everything that needs to be said has been said. Zhu Hao used the "Four Books Collection" as a blueprint, and added easy-to-understand content to teach, so that Zhu San and Jing Hong could quickly understand the meaning.

Once you understand the meaning, go to recite again, and you will get twice the result with half the effort.

It is the best age to acquire knowledge. Zhu San and Jinghong have a good foundation and smart minds. They are taught by good teachers, so they can learn things quickly.

"Zhu Hao taught you?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhao couldn't help taking a look at Yuan Zonggao.

Yuan Zonggao showed embarrassment, and said immediately: "Third Prince, you mean that Zhu Hao taught you these things? He..."

With Yuan Zonggao's scheming, he naturally wondered, could it be that kid has some kind of conspiracy to teach Zhu San knowledge?But when you think about it carefully, before Zhu Youzhu asked the questions, even he himself didn't know what the questions would be. Zhu Hao probably didn't even know if there was an exam, so how could he give the answers in advance?
This is very speechless.

Sui Gongyan, who was hired by the palace with a lot of money, can be said to be the most famous Confucian student in Anlu. Zhu Houcong, who he taught, was ignorant of this. Zhu San, who was taught by a seven-year-old child, could actually understand his meaning and talk to the examiner?

Zhu Sandao: "Father, Mr. Yuan, Mr. Sui may have something to do in the past few days, and he rarely shows up at the school. Let us recite "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" by ourselves, but we have already memorized them by heart, so Zhu Hao Just teach us what he knows on the blackboard."

"Zhu Hao's lectures are very interesting. He explained everything very clearly. I can understand it after listening to it... He also asked us to discuss by ourselves to verify the truth in the book..."

It's deviant to hear it.

Is it right or wrong to discuss the content of Confucian classics?You kid is going against the sky.

But the problem is...

This teaching method is really effective. Otherwise, Zhu San, who is usually so playful and no one cares about his study progress, would be able to come out on top in this exam?

Zhu Youzhu wanted to say something, but Yuan Zonggao reminded him: "Prince Xing, why don't you take a few more questions from the two princes and see what they think."

Before Yuan Zonggao just wanted to inspect the academic progress of the two children, but now he wanted to appraise Zhu Hao's education level, or the firmness of Zhu Hao's knowledge.

Zhu Youzhu nodded: "Then there are two more questions, listen carefully..."

The next topic is still the content of the last two sections of "The Analects". When the question is asked, Zhu Houcong can only stare blankly there.

Zhu San was not able to answer all the answers, but after simple thinking, she could basically explain the meaning of the question, and added some so-called her own opinions. In fact, these opinions were just instilled by Zhu Hao in class. Think this is the correct answer.

In the end, Yuan Zonggao, who was listening carefully, showed a wry smile.

Yuan Zonggao thought to himself: "It is said that famous teachers produce high-quality apprentices. It seems that the one who taught Zhu Hao's knowledge is of a very high level! Could it be that that person is really Tang Yin who is famous all over the world and depressed?"

(End of this chapter)