After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 249 Meeting with Luo Guanzhong
"Lao Luo, the villagers are uneducated, so don't bother with them." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

"Master Village Chief, in my old Luo's opinion, they are already more educated, otherwise how could they say, 'The article is full of peaceful things, and they refuse to look down at the common people'?" Luo Guanzhong said, "I'm afraid this is also It must have been influenced by Mr. Qin."

"A person who is respected by others will be imitated no matter what he says or does, or his living habits."

"When you are close to Zhu Zhechi, even if you are illiterate, you can still say a few words from the sage after following the great Confucianism for a long time."

"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The villagers of Lujia Village are greatly influenced by Mr. Qin. On the edge of the bright moon, the dim stars around them will become brighter."

"Go ahead, both of you, we're going to see Mr. Qin."

The two bid farewell to the villagers and continued to walk to Lujiacun Primary School.

"After the two villagers mentioned just now, my thoughts have also been relaxed." On the way, Luo Guanzhong said, "Mr. Qin asked them to cut their hair short and wear convenient clothes."

"In this way, it greatly facilitates the work of the common people."

"We also think that Mr. did the right thing." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "After we went back, did we also cut our hair? There is a lot of hair on our head, and it makes us sweaty and itchy in summer. We are uncomfortable after washing it. It’s also exhausting.”

"Village chief, you are the emperor, if you cut your hair..." Luo Guanzhong was shocked when he heard this.

"What's the big deal?" Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently, "When we were farmers, we still felt that too much hair was in the way. And when we were monks in Huangjue Temple, we didn't have a single hair on our heads."

"But today is different from the past. You are already the Ninth Five-Year Master, and your words and deeds affect the entire Ming Dynasty." Luo Guanzhong said.

"Then let's talk about it." Zhu Yuanzhang also seemed to feel that the involvement was too great to try lightly.If he goes to court with short hair, the courtiers will be in an uproar.

"However, in the future, if there are common people who dress like the villagers in Lujia Village, they should not be blamed. Mr. Qin taught us to be magnanimous, and we must be magnanimous and tolerant for trivial matters such as wearing hairstyles, and we must have a broad mind. .”

"A big country should have the bearing of a big country. In ancient times, each class could only have its own clothing, and feudal rules such as the common people not being able to wear silk and satin were all manifestations of pettiness."

In the early Ming Dynasty, people from all walks of life had strict rules on clothing.Moreover, the household registration system is strict, and people cannot wander around.However, due to the influence of Qin Yu, these feudal dross were all discarded by Zhu Yuanzhang one by one.

The mind of the emperor was indeed greatly influenced by that gentleman, Luo Guanzhong thought to himself when he heard the words.He is so powerful that he influenced the emperor and the whole world.

Even he himself, when he first came to Lujiacun, immediately relaxed his mind.

"And what the villagers said just now, scholars themselves have to cut their hair and nails, but they ask others not to cut them. , The sentence in the "Book of Filial Piety" that the body, hair and skin should be taken care of by parents, dare not damage it, is the beginning of filial piety, and should be deleted."

"There is no need to delete it." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Mr. Qin said that some things were originally good in ancient times. It was only the continuous tampering of the feudal ruling class that made them bad."

"We think that the phrase 'the body, hair and skin should not be easily damaged by parents' originally meant that people should cherish their bodies and not easily self-mutilate or commit suicide, otherwise they would be sorry for their parents."

"The original meaning was good. Later, some emperors changed the meaning of this sentence in order to show that they 'govern the country with filial piety'. This has evolved into that even hair and nails cannot be cut randomly."

"Not bad, not bad!" Luo Guanzhong said, "Mr. Qin is really sharp-eyed, and his insight sees through the essence of many phenomena."

"And Mr. Qin also said that ruling a country with filial piety is too thin." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "A dynasty is too big, with many complicated affairs, including diplomacy, military affairs, and governance of the people. The word filial piety alone is not enough."

"Governing a country with filial piety is like using a spider's thread to try to lift a heavy weight."

"Bringing 'filial piety' to the first place in governing the country, improving the lives of the people seems unimportant."

"Many emperors in history advocated frugality. If you have the energy, you might as well think more about how to improve the lives of the people."

"Although filial piety is a virtue, it is not the most important thing for the entire dynasty. The emperor did not think about how to improve the living standards of the people, but shouted frugality and filial piety every day. Obviously, he was not doing his job properly and avoiding the important."

"It's not too late to talk about these things when people's living standards have been completely improved and there is no poverty in the world."

"Mr. Qin is right." Luo Guanzhong said, looking forward, "I am looking forward to meeting that gentleman more and more."

……

"Ah, er, Yiwuyu, Bopomofo..." From Lujiacun Primary School, came the sound of Lang Lang reading.Holding a book on the podium to teach, is the monitor of the primary school, Crown Prince Zhu Biao.

Because the cultural level of the students in the class varies from good to bad, many children in this village are still in the stage of enlightenment and literacy.Therefore, Qin Yu asked the senior students and the children of the village chief's family to take turns teaching the lower grade students, and he rested by himself.

In this way, students' knowledge can be consolidated, their abilities can be exercised secondly, and their abilities can be relaxed.

"I have met the village chief." Xu Da saw it at the door, and stepped forward to salute the emperor.Seeing a stranger beside the emperor, out of consideration for the emperor's safety, he asked, "Master, this is..."

"His name is Luo Ben, and he wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Guanzhong." Zhu Yuanzhang said, and introduced Xu Da to Luo Guanzhong, "He is Xu Da."

"So it's Xu Shuai!" Luo Guan was startled and said hastily.Xu Da was ordered by the Northern Expedition to expel the remnants of the Yuan court and restore the Han family. He was a household name in Ming Dynasty and admired by everyone.

Unexpectedly, the famous Xu Da was actually serving as a guard for that gentleman!Luo Guan thought to himself in the middle: But with his all-round knowledge, it is also his blessing that Xu Dan can follow him every day.

"It turned out to be Mr. Luo!" Xu Da said, "Mr. Xu has always admired Mr. Xu."

When Zhu Yuanzhang was still the King of Wu, he had heard that Zhang Shicheng had an excellent adviser named Luo Guanzhong.

Later, Luo Guanzhong wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and his fame spread all over the world.

Unexpectedly, Luo Guanzhong, such a scholar, would also start to assist the emperor.It seems that Daming is really what the people want, so that the enemy's counselors are willing to come out to help, he thought in his heart.

"Where is Mr. Qin?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

(End of this chapter)