I open a history tutorial class in Daming

Chapter 36: Putting aside the identity? I can’t put it aside!

Song Shen felt a pain in his head.

Oh my goodness, I thought I was going to take the initiative, but I didn’t expect to run into trouble!
He thought for a moment and said with a frank smile:
"Since Brother Zhang is so straightforward, I won't say any more."

"This is not an easy matter."

"Perhaps you have heard that after the fall, not only did my eyes get damaged, but my past memories also disappeared. I can only vaguely remember a few things. The imperial physician has examined me and it is hard to say whether I can fully recover. So even if my eyes get better, I will not consider continuing to be an official in the future."

"I have completely forgotten all the classics, history, and literature that I read since childhood. How can I be a civil official? I am afraid that I won't even be able to write a memorial clearly. Being an official will only bring disgrace to myself. It is better to do something else."

"I completely understand that Brother Chen wants to improve himself, but I am helpless and I am afraid that he will mislead the students."

This time the refusal was very clear.

Song Shen felt that even someone like Chen Guorui should have given up after seeing his own poor playing style that exposed his own weaknesses.

Hearing this, Zhang Wei was so shocked that he stood up and said:
"Didn't I just say that you forgot a lot of things before? How come you even forgot the classics, history, and literature that you studied? This... such a big thing, how come the teacher never mentioned it?"

As soon as he said this, Zhang Wei realized that he had said the wrong thing.

I am just rubbing salt into the wound.

For a family like the Song, one of the most scholarly families in the Ming Dynasty, it is not a big deal but a family disgrace that the eldest grandson of the family, who had read the books of sages for more than twenty years, forgot everything in one day.

Why did Song Lian say it before Song Shen was completely sentenced to death by the imperial physician?
Isn't that cutting off your own escape route?

He knew he had said something wrong and quickly looked at the two people beside him.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who used the pseudonym Chen Guorui, was not surprised at all, but just laughed and said:
"Little brother, it was only after that day that I knew you were a descendant of the Song family. With such a prominent family background, you are still able to be friendly and low-key in dealing with a small merchant like me. This is an extraordinary demeanor."

"Even if we put aside your identity and knowledge, you can still speak meaningfully even though you have forgotten your past. This shows that your knowledge has been ingrained in your bones and cannot be erased by amnesia."

"If my son Biao wants to learn classics, he can ask the teachers in the Imperial College for advice. But if you want to learn real skills, I, Old Chen, have seen so many people, and what you said is the most simple and easy to understand!"

"Just treat it as making friends, little brother. You don't need to teach Biao'er the things in the books. Just teach him some things similar to what we said in Wangyue Tower that day. It will be enough for him to benefit from it for the rest of his life. I promise that if you need anything in the future, our Chen family will definitely help you!"

Song Shen: ...

My mother tongue is speechless, bro.

Putting aside identity and knowledge? Can we put this aside?
Song Shen has some understanding of himself. He knows his own worth. If he didn't have a great scholar grandfather like Song Lian, who would know him?

Chen Guorui's words sounded sincere, and his exaggeration was very tricky, but to put it bluntly, what the other party wanted to learn was the same -

The inside story of the imperial court.

As the eldest grandson of the Song family, it doesn't matter if he has forgotten his past or is blind. As long as he is still a member of the Song family, he will definitely know about the situation in the court, and he will definitely know much more than Zhang Wei.

Thinking that what he was about to say might be a bit sensitive, Song Shen tilted his head slightly and said to Lan Yun, who was ready to serve him at any time:
"Lan Yun, please go out first. I'll call you back in later."

Lan Yun didn't ask anything, just responded and left the study.

Song Shen originally thought that these three people, especially Chen Guorui, would start to say something that was not easy to tell to outsiders, but he did not expect that they would remain silent.

The main reason was that he was blind and couldn't see the three people arguing fiercely. Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhang Wei: Speak up!
Zhang Wei was trembling with fear: He has already said this, I can’t say anything…

Zhu Biao spread his hands: Dad, you can’t even speak, what can we say?

"What happen to you guys?"

Song Shen, who saw everything dark before his eyes, asked in confusion:

"Is this so hard to accept? Even if I don't teach, Brother Zhang is a good candidate to teach young people. Wouldn't it be more suitable for you to find someone so far away?"

"Could it be that something went wrong with what I said earlier?"

This was the only explanation he could think of.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao recalled briefly before they understood what Song Shen meant.

If there are stairs, you must go down quickly, no matter where they came from.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately slapped his thigh:
"Yes, that's why!"

"Hey, little brother Song, you don't know that my nephew is an honest and upright person. Although he is an imperial censor, I just found out that he has some conflicts with the Prime Minister's subordinates."

"When I visited Prime Minister Hu before, I introduced myself to him. His subordinates were initially quite friendly, but when they heard that I was Zhang Wei's relative, their faces immediately fell! Hey, tell me, it's so easy to use connections to get something done, but there are still problems. Isn't it because they don't know the situation in the court?"

"My nephew is a very decent person, but he is a little stubborn. He doesn't want to talk about this with us. Alas, little brother, you are the only one I can think of for the moment..."

His tone was bitter and sad. If Zhu Biao and Zhang Wei were not very clear that he had not suffered any hardship in the past ten years, they would have believed it right away!

Song Zhen was completely confused and believed it even more.

After coming out of the Moon Watching Tower, his grandfather told him that Zhang Wei was a good official, but he was too stubborn. He had the temperament of his teacher Song Lian, but he didn't have the luck of Song Lian. His grandfather said that if nothing unexpected happened, this young man would probably only be able to stay in a position like the Imperial Censor, which was not much different from what Chen Guorui said.

After thinking it over again and again, Song Shen sighed and said:
"In that case, come on, just pretend that I'm blind and find something to do to entertain yourself."

"But we have to agree on three things—"

"First, you should treat everything I said in this yard as a dream and don't leak it. Brother Zhang, I won't hide it from you either. From now on, you can't tell them what they heard from me. Otherwise, it will be bad for everyone."

"Secondly, this course only has two sessions a month. No more than that. I'm not feeling well and need to rest. But if you don't have classes, you can still come and chat with me. It has nothing to do with the course."

"Finally... Chen Guorui, I need your help to do some business for me. I will provide the capital myself, and the remuneration will be paid to you according to the market price."

"After all, I have moved out of my home now, so it is not appropriate to ask for monthly allowance. I have to find some money to support myself."

"Can you agree to these?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait any longer.

Not to mention three rules, even if there are ten or twenty rules, as long as they are not excessive, he can agree to them all!
He clapped his hands and laughed:

"Okay, it's a deal, Zhang Wei is here to testify!"

(End of this chapter)