Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 77 The sound of reading hits my ears (sixth update)
On the side of the East Palace, the prince Zhu Biao slept with the princess. Naturally, they also chatted about what happened today.

The princess talked about Zhu Jingjing's madness in the harem, and that they actually had orders to listen to the movement in the harem.Finally, she said to Zhu Biao: "I can see that the queen mother actually likes Zhang Yifan, the younger generation!"

Zhu Biao leaned on the head of the bed, looked down at the Crown Princess in his arms, and replied helplessly: "In the end, it's up to the father to decide!"

"Then what do you think my father means now?" After hearing this, the Crown Princess looked up at Zhu Biao and said, "To be honest with you, in fact, I also like this young man to be our brother-in-law."

At this point, she explained: "Look, this young man and Jing Jing are in love, right? Also, the birth forceps he invented and some knowledge of maternal care he taught us should be the best in the world for us women. All women are of great use, and can even be said to be life-saving. And the method of saving someone from choking is also very practical. He gave it as he said without asking for anything. He also knew how to be grateful and repay life. He raised his Liujia Village!”

"For Jing Jing, he dared to go against the civil and military forces of Manchu Dynasty. In order to come in time and see how embarrassed he was, Jing Jing cried. Also, the Dengwen drum is not something that ordinary people dare to beat, but he For Jing Jing..."

Zhu Biao listened silently and nodded slightly.He had to admit that from these aspects, he and his eldest sister were really a good match. If they knew how to be grateful, they would be relatives worth helping!However……

After the crown princess finished speaking, he said helplessly again: "This matter is ultimately up to the emperor's opinion! You don't know, but now a competition has been set for talents in the world, and the one with outstanding talent will be the son-in-law. And that Zhang Yifan, you Do you know? He can't even read the whole word. He said it himself, and the handwriting is ugly. How can this compare?"

"..." The Crown Princess was speechless after hearing this. She didn't know this.

Seeing that his wife in his arms had stopped talking, Zhu Biao added: "Fourth brother will send someone to teach him how to read and write, and also take care of protecting him. It would be good for him to do these things. You also know, my identity Sensitive, it’s my mentor, so it’s not convenient for me to come forward. But in short, I feel that it’s really difficult for Zhang Yifan to win!”

After hearing this, the Crown Princess thought for a while and said without confidence: "He is very eloquent!"

However, she also knew that the competition in the future would definitely not be a group of young students fighting against each other. Therefore, Zhang Yifan couldn't even pass the most basic reading and literacy skills, so how could he talk about fighting against each other?
Thinking of Zhu Jingjing's confidence, the princess finally asked Zhu Biao: "Look, if you can help the eldest sister and the others, you should do it. Otherwise, I can't imagine how the eldest sister will live in the future!"

Zhu Biao sighed after hearing this. He also felt sorry for his eldest sister, but there was nothing he could do. He was not the emperor yet, so he couldn't have the final say!

Compared with their worries, Zhang Yifan, one of the parties involved, was actually not that worried.

why?
Because worrying is useless!

As the saying goes, soldiers will stop you, and water will cover you. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang is really looking for talents and wants to get the people who can help him the most, Zhang Yifan dares to use his head to guarantee: In this era, he, Zhang Yifan, dares to say that he is second, and no one dares to say that he is first!

People in Liujia Village already knew that Zhang Yifan wanted to compete with the family of the first heroes in the founding of the Ming Dynasty for the eldest princess, which made them very worried.After all, the enemy is so powerful that they would never dare to think about it.

However, no matter how scared they were and no matter how optimistic they were about Zhang Yifan, they still stood by Zhang Yifan.

Not only did they watch Zhang Yifan grow up, but also because of Zhang Yifan's performance in more than a month, he won the hearts of everyone in Liujia Village.The benefits Zhang Yifan brought to Liujia Village are all visible to the naked eye. It can even be said that you can see it as soon as you open your eyes.

Zhang Yifan is the pride of Liujiacun!

The rain continued the next day, and it was estimated that it would take ten and a half days to survive the rainy season.

The villagers in Liujia Village stayed at home and talked about Zhang Yifan.As for the cement workshop, it is in a state of suspension, waiting for the order of the imperial court.

Under the drizzle, Zhang Yifan himself took a nap before getting up. He had just gone to Daniu's house next door for breakfast when Zhu Di personally led people to Liujiacun.

Zhang Yifan is really grateful for this.

He had just gotten married and was only sixteen years old. This should be the time when his hormones needed to be released the most, but in the end, he came from the city early in the morning for his own affairs!

Nothing to say, just keep it in mind.

But, say it too!

No, I heard Zhang Yifan say with a smile: "Fourth Brother, I will remember you for being so kind to me!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di said angrily: "Who is so kind to you? I am doing this for my elder sister! Don't be too sentimental!"

"Jingjing is me, I am Jingjing!" After hearing this, Zhang Yifan continued to be cheeky.

Zhu Di was obviously used to his way of speaking and ignored his rudeness. He just said with a stern face: "Don't be so playful. Think about what you want to do to be worthy of Jing Jing's affection for you!"

At this point, he said a little short of breath: "I don't even know a lot of words, and I don't know you, and where does Jing Jing get the courage to think I can compare with others!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yifan thought of something, so he stopped taking the topic and asked quickly: "Fourth brother, what happened to the competition regulations? You must help, don't be away during the discussion!"

After Zhu Di heard this, he glanced at him angrily and said, "My status is not suitable for participating in court affairs all the time, but don't worry, my elder brother will definitely say what you said yesterday if he listened to it. "When Zhu Biao is here, the brothers are of the same mind. Zhang Yifan has no doubt about this.Since Zhu Di said so, it is probably not wrong.

On Zhu Di's side, Zhang Yifan was left with a teacher and three guards, one of whom was Zhu Wu who had dealt with Zhang Yifan.Before leaving, Zhu Di threatened with a sullen face: "If you let me know that you didn't study hard and didn't do your best for Jing Jing, I will castrate you!"

That is to say, Zhang Yifan left a good impression on him by working so hard for Jing Jing yesterday, so he was so worried about the two of them.However, he didn't want Zhang Yifan to just be impulsive, turn around and face the Li family, and then start to regret it!

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan stopped laughing and said very seriously: "Fourth brother, don't worry, Jingjing must be mine!"

Feeling his strong self-confidence, and always feeling a bit as crazy as his elder sister, Zhu Di didn't want to talk anymore, so he wanted to leave.

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he quickly requested: "Fourth brother, if there is any news involving me and Jingjing inside or outside the court, or any major events, you must remember to pass it on to me, so that I can be prepared."

When Zhu Di heard this, he showed a headache expression, feeling that he really owed his eldest sister!

But he also knew that the news was of course important.In the end, he nodded slightly and didn't want to stay any longer. He flicked his whip and hurried back in the rain.

The teacher he left behind was named Zheng Jingxue, a supervisor of the Imperial Academy, not Zhu Di's domestic slave.

For the Imperial College, the exams were not taken at this time, but the talents recommended by various places, as well as some officials or the children of leaders from various places.

Zhu Di believed that to teach Zhang Yifan how to read and write well in a short period of time, one must be capable.Nowadays, the educated people in the Ming Dynasty have either been recommended as officials or are scattered among the people. The only ones he can find are from the Imperial College.

For this reason, he paid a lot of money to find this supervisor in the Imperial College to teach Zhang Yifan.

This supervisor looks young, probably in his early 20s.It can be seen from the clothes that the family is not wealthy.At this time, I saw that he immediately entered the state and asked Zhang Yifan directly: "Tell me what you have learned first, and then I will think about how to teach it!"

Zhang Yifan listened, thought for a moment and replied: "Just pretend that I don't know anything and just teach me!"

He was not sure which of the texts at this time were traditional Chinese characters and which ones were the same characters as those of later generations. Therefore, it was better to start from scratch.

Zhang Yifan is actually somewhat confident that he can master these basic words in a short time.

No matter what, he actually has a foundation.Another point is that he found that his souls merged after soul piercing. Maybe it was because he had more soul power?As time went by, he found that his memory was getting better and better.

Although it has not reached the level of photographic memory, it is probably not too different.

Zheng Jingxue took money to do things, but he didn't have any unnecessary nonsense. He just thought about it and said: "Then let's start with the Thousand-Character Essay!"

"The Thousand Character Classic" is composed of a thousand non-repetitive Chinese characters. The sentences are straightforward and easy to recite and remember. It has always been one of the books for enlightenment.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan agreed, and immediately led him to the study room on the second floor.

The so-called study room is actually an empty room.Zhang Yifan temporarily picked some seats from various households in the village and put them here, pieced together.

Zhu Wu followed him upstairs and laid out all the pens, inks, paper and inkstones that Zhu Di had prepared for Zhang Yifan.As for the teaching notebook, Zheng Jingxue brought it himself.

Then, the sound of reading rang out in Zhang Yifan's house.

"The heavens and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is prehistoric. The sun and the moon are full, and the celestial constellations..."

"The heavens and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is prehistoric. The sun and the moon are full, and the celestial constellations..."

Zheng Jingxue didn't need books. He recited one sentence and Zhang Yifan looked at the book and read one sentence.In this way, Zhang Yifan's academic journey in the Ming Dynasty officially began.

As time went by, there were more and more passers-by on the road leading to Liujia Village.Most people didn't walk, but came in various types of carriages.

When these people arrived at Liujia Village, they stopped one after another and then crowded into the village.Obviously, these people probably came here to visit Liujiacun after yesterday's incident spread.

Zhang Yifan's home is at the head of the village.All these people who came to Liujia Village heard the sound of reading from this family.At first, they didn't care.

Starting last year, Emperor Hongwu ordered the establishment of social studies at the county level, and stipulated that more than 100 households must have one, thus forming a three-level system of the Imperial College, provincial and county schools, and social studies.Therefore, it is not surprising that there is the sound of reading in Liujia Village!
(End of this chapter)