Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 16 0015 [The male master's study]

"It's so cool, I've never washed so happily!"

Zhu Guoxiang returned to the guest room with the oil lamp in his hand, and Zhu Ming followed behind, stretching his arms and legs, and doing gymnastics from time to time.

Wandering in the mountains for half a month, overcoming thorns and thorns all the way, tired and hungry, nervous.After encountering ferocious beasts and villains one after another, my mind and body have been stretched to the limit, and now I can finally relax for a while.

Taking a bath can relax, and playing boredom with children during the day is also a kind of emotional catharsis.

Humans are not machines after all.

There was furniture similar to a desk in the room. Zhu Guoxiang put the oil lamp away and turned around to look at the surrounding furnishings.

Zhu Ming was also wandering around, and saw a cage in the corner, which was the thing Ning Caichen carried on the back of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and thought, "This may be the master's study."

Zhu Guoxiang picked up a book on the table with "Youth Words and Miscellaneous Characters" printed on the cover.

Open it carefully and you will find that they are all nursery rhyme-like doggerel poems, all of which are composed of commonly used words, which is convenient for children to learn simple words.

The bed against the wall is relatively narrow, and it may be used for reading and taking a nap when you are tired.

Zhu Ming smiled and commented: "The host is very stylish. There is only a few thatched huts, but there is a special study room, and there is a small bed for rest."

Zhu Guoxiang turned around to take a look, and stopped him with words: "Don't rummage through people's boxes."

"It's unlocked again, find a book to read." Zhu Ming dragged out a wooden box from under the couch.

Open the lid, and it's full of books!

And in order to prevent moisture, straw is placed on the bottom and walls of the box.

Zhu Ming picked up a few books to check the titles, and was amazed: "Scholarly family, all the imperial examination textbooks of the Northern Song Dynasty are here."

"Let me see." Zhu Guoxiang suddenly became interested.

The imperial examination textbooks were picked out by Zhu Ming, and the remaining books were stuffed back into the box.

A total of seven Confucian classics were selected, namely "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Changes", "Zhou Li", and "Book of Rites".

After reading the titles carefully, Zhu Guoxiang said, "Sure enough, it's different from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It's not about studying the Four Books and Five Classics."

Zhu Ming elaborated: "The Analects and Mencius are compulsory exams, and the Song people called them Concurrent Classics. The other five are called Great Classics, and you can choose one of them to study. Therefore, in the imperial examination in the late Northern Song Dynasty, you can pass only three classics. examination room."

"That's easy. It took ten years to memorize three books by rote." Zhu Guoxiang nodded.

"This is after the reform," Zhu Ming said. "Before Wang Anshi's reform, not to mention the books of the imperial examination, even the subjects can make people dizzy."

Zhu Guoxiang was puzzled and asked: "Subjects?"

"You can understand it as a certain major," Zhu Ming explained. "The best major is Jinshi, and other majors are collectively called Zhuke. There are nine classics, five classics, and three-pass. There are a lot of messes. The textbooks for each subject are not the same.”

Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Wasn't Wang Anshi's political reform results abolished by his political opponents?"

Zhu Ming said: "The content of the reform of the imperial examination has not been abolished, because Wang Anshi and Sima Guang are in agreement on the reform of the imperial examination. Only one of the famous ministers at that time opposed it. Guess who it is?"

"Su Shi?" Zhu Guoxiang said a name.

Zhu Ming was surprised: "How do you know?"

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The famous ministers at that time, I only know Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and Sansu father and son."

Ju Ming was speechless for a moment.

"In this way, Su Shi seems to be a diehard." Zhu Guoxiang said.

Zhu Ming said in detail: "Su Shi is not against the reform of the imperial examinations. He just opposes the abolition of poetry and prose. But this is the focus of the reform, because before the reform, poetry and prose were very important in the Jinshi department. A poem, a Fu , If you can’t write these two well, you will definitely fail the Jinshi examination.”

Zhu Guoxiang expressed his point of view: "It is true that poetry and prose should be abolished. How can we rely on literary works to select officials? What has been changed to poetry and prose?"

"Shen Lun." Ju Ming spat out a modern vocabulary.

"Uh...well, it's very reasonable." Zhu Guoxiang made his final evaluation.

Su Shi also opposed the obfuscation of names in the test papers, on the grounds that it might select morally corrupt persons.

Zhu Ming picked up the "Mencius" casually, walked to the desk, and flipped through it by the light of the oil lamp.

To be precise, this is a copy of "Mencius Chapters and Sentences", annotated by Zhao Qi, a Confucian scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Zhu Ming had only read Zhu Xi's Annotations of Mencius. When he was in college, he flipped through a few chapters and threw them into a drawer to eat dust.

Later, he engaged in self-media, and in order to make a series of Neo-Confucianism videos, he rummaged through the "Four Books Annotations".The level of ancient prose has improved a lot, but unfortunately, the click-through rate is worryingly low, and the loss of fans is very serious, because Zhu Xi will be blocked by the keyboard man if he is objectively evaluated.

At this moment, reading Zhao Qi's "Mencius Chapters and Sentences", Ju Ming naturally thought of "Mencius Annotations".

Zhu Xi's various annotations clearly came to mind, and compared with Zhao Qi's annotations.

After flipping through a few pages, Ju Ming probably understood.

Zhao Qi's comments are rigorous, and he is very disciplined when writing.However, Zhu Xi's commentary contains private goods, which perfectly reflects what is called "Six Classics Annotate Me", and uses "Mencius" to explain Neo Confucianism throughout the text.

Just as I was putting the book back, a piece of paper suddenly fell out of the book.

Zhu Ming picked it up to read, and copied Wang Anshi's "On Wangba" on the paper.At the end, there is also the post-reading impression of the scribe: If you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening!

Wang Anshi was not only a reformer, but also a very important Neo Confucianist.

"San Jing Xin Yi" is the ideological weapon of the reformists, and was established by Wang Anshi as the only designated reference book for the imperial examination.When Sima Guang gained power later, he only dared to ban Wang Anshi's "Zi Shuo", and still allowed candidates to quote "New Meanings of the Three Classics" to answer questions.

Without him, these three books are amazing!
Even when Zhu Xi later wrote "Four Books Collection Notes", he followed the path of "Three Classics and New Meanings".

Zhu Ming quickly searched through the complete book, and found that there were many cheat sheets in the book.In addition to Wang Anshi's articles, there are also works by Ercheng, Zhang Zai, Sima Guang, Lu Huiqing, etc., all of which are elaborations on the meaning of "Mencius".

Ju Ming said with emotion: "The owner of this book seems to really want to learn."

In ancient times, the spread of information was slow, and the spread of books was also limited by geography.If you want to collect the opinions of various schools, you must travel around to study, and the hardships can be imagined.

Zhu Guoxiang was not in the mood to read, he had already sat on the bed.

The surface of the quilt is obviously made of linen, but it is not rough, and it is extremely soft. I don't know what kind of craftsmanship is used.

The lining of the quilt was also soft. Zhu Guoxiang thought it was filled with cotton, but when he touched it carefully, there was something like straw.

After studying for a long time, Zhu Guoxiang couldn't figure it out, so Zhu Guoxiang couldn't help asking: "What was used to fill the quilt in ancient times?"

"Cotton." Ju Ming was still reading.

"Except for cotton?" Zhu Guoxiang asked.

Zhu Ming said: "The rich use wool, goose feathers, and duck feathers, while the poor use rice stalks, wheat stalks, and reed flowers. Anyway, they can use whatever they can."

Zhu Guoxiang shrank into the quilt and asked, "What did you discover after reading for a long time?"

"Nothing special, the owner of this book made a lot of cheat sheets." Zhu Ming said.

Zhu Guoxiang instructed: "Go to sleep, save oil, it's not good for your eyes."

Zhu Ming stuffed the book into the box, leaned over and pushed it back under the couch.

Blow the lamp to sleep.

I slept very soundly this time. I have been terrified since time travelling, and I haven't slept fully yet.

By the time Ju Ming opened his eyes, it was already mid-morning the next day.

Zhu Guoxiang is putting on some clothes, which are short and make do with it.The shoes also belonged to the male owner of the house. Zhu Guoxiang had big feet and couldn't lift the heels up, so he could only be pulled as slippers.

Zhu Ming yawned and got dressed, went out sleepily, and found his father was rinsing his mouth.

"Just us?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang spat out the water in his mouth: "I didn't see anyone, I guess they went to work." He pointed towards the middle of the courtyard, "There is still that horse."

Ma'er drank salt water last night and looked much more refreshed. He shook his head and snorted at Ju Ming.

More than ten minutes later, Grandma Yan returned home with a wooden bucket, which still contained the clothes that the father and son had changed.

"Zhu Xianggong, Zhu Dalang, did you sleep well last night?" Grandma Yan greeted with a smile.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Thanks to the old lady, I slept soundly."

Mrs. Yan picked up Zhu Guoxiang's trousers, which had been washed clean, and she asked curiously: "Mr. Zhu, what kind of material are these? It's not like silk or cotton. It's very strong, and the price is scary." Also very expensive."

"It's already torn, and it's not worth a lot of money." Zhu Guoxiang didn't know what material the pants were made of.

Grandma Yan said enthusiastically: "The trouser legs are torn in several places. After they are dry, I will find a good piece of cloth for Mr. Zhu to mend."

"Thank you!" Zhu Guoxiang said quickly.

Grandma Yan began to hang the clothes on a bamboo pole to dry, and when she got to Zhu Ming’s T-shirt, she said to herself: “This little man has printed it very carefully, and the dyer has put a lot of thought into it. It’s just that the face is ugly, so I can’t tell. Strange, very strange!"

Ju Ming couldn't help laughing, he likes to wear T-shirts next to his body, and the front of this T-shirt has a pattern of a certain star singing, rapping and playing basketball.As for the star's head, it's replaced by Zhang Yaoming's laughing panda face...

After drying the T-shirt, Mrs. Yan dried her panties again.

Zhu Ming was extremely embarrassed, the underpants belonged to him, and they were really dirty after wearing them for half a month.

There are many ways to cover up embarrassment, and Ju Ming chooses the one that can be pretended.He went back to the house and took out "Mengzi Zhangju", sat under the eaves and read it carefully, so as to show that he is a person who loves reading.

When Grandma Yan saw him, she had a better impression of Ju Ming. She kept staring intently, as if she saw her dead son.

Once upon a time, my son was also at this age, and he was also sitting under the eaves to study.

Grandma Yan had a smile on her face, and she shed old tears when she smiled. She wiped her tears with her sleeves and went to the kitchen to cook.

Zhu Guoxiang followed to help in the kitchen, but Mrs. Yan declined, and finally let him sit in front of the stove and light the fire.

Holding the scythe in his hand, Zhu Guoxiang beat for a long time, sparks splashed a lot, but he just couldn't ignite the firewood.

Taking advantage of the time when Grandma Yan was washing rice, Zhu Guoxiang quickly took out the lighter.

It is better to use modern technology!

When the meal was about to be ready, Shen Yourong came back with the child.

This young and pretty widow, wearing a sackcloth skirt, carried a large bundle of firewood and a basket of mulberry leaves on her back, walking like flying.The little boy Bai Qi followed behind, also carrying two bundles of firewood, and recited "The Beginning of Man" while walking.

Zhu Ming hurriedly put down the book and greeted him: "Miss Shen, let me come."

"It's already arrived." Shen Yourong said.

Zhu Ming had no choice but to open the courtyard door and take the firewood from the child.

Shen Yourong unloaded two bundles of firewood, untied the ropes, and placed them neatly under the eaves outside the kitchen, and moved a basket of mulberry leaves to the silkworm room.

She patted the dust on her hands, and said with some embarrassment: "Dalang, I have never learned many allusions in the "Three Character Classic". Can you...can you explain the "Three Character Classic" to Brother Qi?" Seemingly feeling too abrupt and impolite, he quickly added, "When I was chopping firewood, I already asked Brother Qi to memorize the first few sentences."

"It should be, you can't eat and live for free." Zhu Ming said cheerfully.

(PS: Have you forgotten, Zhu Ming’s sand sculpture words and deeds during the live broadcast before time travel? When he is free, he is a sand sculpture. It is purely evil to tease children. In addition, the protagonist’s father and son will not marry.)
(Ask for tickets, please collect!!!!!!)

(End of this chapter)