Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 886 0881 [There are true Confucians in Hualin Academy]

When Wei Liangchen said these words, the Jiangxi scholars hesitated.

Some were worried that their own family would be investigated, but more were afraid of offending the powerful families in their hometown.

The large families in Jiangxi have their own clan schools, generally called "library". It was mainly used to educate children of the same clan, and occasionally students of different surnames were allowed to enroll.

Only those schools that open to external enrollment and reach a certain scale are called "academies."

Therefore, among the three or four thousand scholars in front of them, except for the children of the Hu family, most of the students are not from Jiangxi's rich families. Their family origins are mainly children of small and medium-sized families and merchants - of course, there are also children of wealthy families from other provinces.

As for the children of Jiangxi's rich families, they can study directly in their own libraries. Only when they encounter bottlenecks will they come to Hualin Academy for further study.

Wei Liangchen said loudly: "You don't have to decide now. I will stay at the foot of Hualin Mountain for two days. You go back to the academy and think about it carefully. If you are willing to help the court acquire land, go to the place where I stay to register. Let's be dismissed."

The scholars bowed one after another and said goodbye to the governor.

Yin Yan, a teacher at Hualin Academy, witnessed Wei Liangchen's operation throughout the process.

Zhao Gou appointed him as an official, and Yin Yin happily went there and became the prince's young master. However, because he opposed the peace negotiation, Qin Hui stopped the memorial, and Yin Yin was so angry that he repeatedly resigned. Zhao Gou ordered him to stay, but Yin Yan took the opportunity to go to the court to report something, and started madly criticizing Qin Hui. As a result, he was demoted and then retired (retirement benefits were sharply reduced).

He usually doesn't talk much, and even when he communicates with his wife, he can't come up with anything.

Yin Yan didn't answer.

The advantage is that it can resist corrupt officials and natural and man-made disasters. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to manage the government and it is necessary to avoid corvee and taxes.

"In time, this person will definitely become the prime minister and assistant." Academy teacher Yao Zhongkuan said.

Zhong Shidao recommended him to be an official, but Yin Yan did not accept it.

Junior brother Zhang Yi can recite and comprehend the knowledge in one day, while Yin Zhen needs to study for ten days, twenty days, or even recite and understand it repeatedly for a month.

Historically, Yin Zhen did what he said.

Yin Yin commented: "It is easy to break if it is strong."

However, he founded the Hejing School!

Yin Yan didn't know how to evaluate "Yimen". He both admired and disliked it.

Liu Yuli hired him as an official of the puppet Qi Dynasty, and Yin Zhen fled directly to the south.

In a unified dynasty, shortcomings will be highlighted.

Without saying a word, he silently returned to the academy.

Yao Zhongkuan was a famous teacher hired from Huainan. He lowered his voice and gloated: "The big families in Jiangxi are too tyrannical, and the land spans prefectures and counties, and the local government cannot control it. In the former Song Dynasty, they would only split the clans, but in the Ming Dynasty, they still had to expand their land. Nowadays, This is the emperor, how can he tolerate a country within a country?"

Yin Yan believes that whether you are studying or serving, you must first learn how to behave, and you must be a good person with a clear conscience.

If I have to elaborate on it, it means that one must be sincere and single-minded, cultivate oneself, and have a reverent awe for the universe.

The core of this sect is one word: respect.

Among the four major disciples of the Cheng Sect, Yin Yan has the worst qualifications.

He is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of the "Yimen" operating model.

In a divided and troubled world, advantages can play a leading role.

The Hu family of Hualin is better off. The tribe members have relative freedom and can choose to move to other places and settle down.

Therefore, although the Hu family has developed for more than 700 years, the number of original tribesmen is far less than that of the Chen family.

The Chen family in Jiangzhou went too far. Without external force, the clan members were basically not allowed to move away.

And if they stay in their place of origin, they will not be allowed to split up. All family members must obey family arrangements.

Not to mention the income from business, even official salaries must be handed over to the family - officials who live away from home for a long time can keep enough money for their own use, but they must bring back part of the funds regularly.

It would be terrible if the money and food were returned to the public.

The Chen family in Jiangzhou had enough money to take advantage of the disaster years to carry out mergers and expand rapidly in the local area.

Yin Yan was very lucky that he was not born in the Chen family in Jiangzhou.

As one of them, the family will drive them crazy!
The shortcomings of Chen's business model will undoubtedly be revealed in the long run. The children of the family gradually lost their ambition, and many chose to live and die. Many people took part in the imperial examination every year, but in the past hundred years, there were fewer and fewer Jinshi.

Depressed!

On the contrary, there are the descendants of the Chen family who were demolished and moved away by the imperial court. There are many heroes and celebrities. The comparison between the two is extremely ironic.

Yin Yan suddenly said: "Flowing water will not rot, and door hinges will not be beetrooted. This time the imperial court is dismantling the clan, it is not a bad thing for the Chen family in Jiangzhou."

Yao Zhongkuan was startled and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Yin Yan explained: "In the past few decades, has the Chen family in Jiangzhou ever had a great Confucian scholar? There are not even real celebrities. I have communicated with the so-called celebrities in the Chen family, and all of them are dull and outdated, and they have no sense of their own. It’s a good idea. Their family tradition is too upright. If they go beyond the rules from childhood, they will be severely punished by their elders. No matter how much they read, they are just a yes-man.”

"That's it, I've learned a lesson!" Yao Zhongkuan bowed quickly, he understood a lot of things.

Although Yin Yan has dull qualifications, he usually doesn't talk much.

But he is a true Confucian scholar after all. As long as it is a topic related to life and scholarship, Yin Yan can talk endlessly.

"Sir!" A scholar in his twenties rushed over.

This man's name is Zhang Liangyou, and he is the posthumous son of the great scholar Zhang Yi.

Although Zhang Yi is Yin Zhen's junior brother, after Cheng Yi's death, the senior brother had to ask his junior brother for advice. It can even be said that Zhang Yi, as his junior brother, is actually half of Yin Zhen's teacher.

It is a pity that Zhang Yi died of illness in his prime, otherwise he would have become a great scholar of his generation.

Er Cheng's lifelong academic work was organized by Zhang Yi, and he represents the orthodoxy of the Cheng family.

If Zhang Yi were still alive, Zhu Ming would most likely order a conscription.

Zhang Yi belongs to the absolute grassroots, not even a small landowner.

He didn't have the opportunity to study since he was a child, so he went to work in the city (Luoyang) to support his family, and he learned some words from what he heard.

When I was working as a bartender in a restaurant, I often heard scholars reciting poems and responding to drinking orders. So Zhang Yi himself also learned to write limericks, which always conformed to the straight and oblique rhythms, and there was also some truth in the poems.

A scholar named Xie Xiandao was very surprised when he saw the limericks and asked Zhang Yi why he didn't study.

Zhang Yi said: "I am a lowly person, how can I dare to study?"

Xie Xiandao said: "Everyone can read."

Zhang Yi asked: "What book should I read?"

Xie Xiandao said: "Read the Analects first."

Zhang Yi used his salary to buy a copy of "The Analects of Confucius". If he didn't know or understand the words, he took it to the scholars for advice.

After reading "The Analects of Confucius", Zhang Yi asked again: "What should we do next?"

Xie Xiandao said, "Go and ask Mr. Cheng."

Zhang Yi thus became Cheng Yi's close disciple. He was both a student and a servant, more like a son. He has always been with Cheng Yi, attending to the sick bed, taking care of funeral arrangements, and even being responsible for sorting out Cheng Yi's lifelong knowledge.

After the compilation of knowledge was completed, Zhang Yi also died of illness.

Yin Yan asked: "Do you want to help the government acquire land?"

Zhang Liangyou replied: "Studying things leads to knowledge, and doing things is also studying things. When a disciple assists the government in farming, he will encounter many people and things, and encounter many difficulties and obstacles. Deal with those people, deal with those things, break through the obstacles, and solve the difficulties. Zhizhi.”

Yin Yun nodded in approval: "I thought you wanted to curry favor with the rich and powerful. If you want to study things and gain knowledge, then you can go. Don't be afraid of offending the big families. As long as you are sincere and upright, nothing can harm you."

"Disciple, please remember Sir's teachings!" Zhang Liangyou bowed.

Yin Yan said with emotion: "It's a pity that I am a naturally stupid person. My intelligence, talent and virtue are not even one ten thousandth of your father's."

"I started studying at a young age, and I joined the Cheng family earlier than your father. But after my mentor passed away, I had to ask your father for advice."

"As for your father, he never had a serious education in elementary school, and all his literacy depended on exposure in restaurants. He didn't become a teacher until he was in his twenties, and his progress in one year is worth my ten years."

"Your smart father, studying with me is too much. My knowledge and practice are stupid and not suitable for you. That's why I brought you to Hualin Academy. There are famous teachers from all over the country."

"When you finish assisting the government in setting up land, you can go back to Luoyang. It is the capital now. There are all kinds of knowledge and you can meet all kinds of famous teachers."

"I am too old to learn His Majesty's new knowledge. I even criticized His Majesty's knowledge back then, so I was too embarrassed to seek an official position in the new dynasty, so I hid far away in Jiangxi to teach. When you return to Luoyang, don't tell me my name. Be careful of how it affects your career.”

Zhang Liangyou said: "Even if you are a teacher for a day, you should not be ashamed to mention your master's name. Your Majesty is open to all kinds of academics and will not persecute students because of your husband."

"Go, go." Yin Yan waved.

Zhang Liangyou bowed and resigned, and excitedly ran to Wei Liangchen to sign up.

Yin Yan returned to the study, picked up a basic mathematics textbook, and began to practice mathematics problems seriously.

He is so stupid that he has difficulty learning traditional scriptures, and mathematics and physics can make him collapse.

But I'm still trying my best to learn.

Yin Yan thought of his junior brother Zhang Yi again. If he was still alive, he would probably be able to thoroughly understand this mathematics textbook in a month.

Cheng Yi's posthumous work on the "Book of Changes" directly confused Yin Zhen. Zhang Yi was able to quickly sort out the manuscripts, check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and then taught it to Yin Yan with great difficulty.

Mr. Cheng Mensi, now only Yin Yan is still alive.

He gathered some descendants of Luo School in Jiangxi and planned to perfect the Luo School belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

He tried his best to get closer to the emperor, but still rejected Wang Anshi's knowledge.

They introduced Buddhism into Confucianism, but they shouted all day long to evade Buddhism and wished they could tear down all the temples in the world.

There are also officials in the imperial court, with whom we have maintained long-term contacts.

For example, Xie Liangzuo, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was Luo Xue's spokesperson in the court.

Xie Liangzuo’s criticism of Buddhism is: there is only upper learning (metaphysics) and no lower learning (metaphysics).

Then, Xie Liangzuo criticized Buddhism, wildly praised the emperor's new learning, and reformed Luo Learning.

Luo School in the New Ming Dynasty regarded subjects such as mathematics and physics as "lower education" and the only way to obtain "advanced education".

Just when Yin Yan was doing math problems, another student came in: "Excuse me, sir, should I help Zhang Tian?"

Yin Yan pointed to his heart: "My knowledge only has the word "respect". Don't ask me about this kind of thing, you should ask about your true intentions. What is your reason for wanting to go? Why don't you dare to go?"

The student fell into deep thought and stood for a long time before bowing: "Disciple, I understand."

After saying goodbye, he ran to Wei Liangchen to sign up.

(End of this chapter)