Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

He also taught students in his previous life, and Su Mu was still very curious about how the ancients taught.I thought that when Mr. Shao taught his students, he would shake his head. As a modern person, he would definitely be confused.

But I didn't expect that I could understand it completely.

First of all, he was studying this.Secondly, although the former owner of this body was a bit stupid, under the strict supervision of his father, he spent more than ten years memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics. Time to find the source.

Today I’m going to talk about a sentence in "Great Learning": "Rich the house, nourish the body with virtue. The heart is wide and the body is fat. Therefore, a gentleman must be sincere." This sentence is actually very simple. the benefits of.

Not to mention, Shaotai's academic level is really good.In just a dozen or so words, the old gentleman actually talked eloquently for nearly half an hour citing scriptures, and then asked the students to discuss.

When the classroom atmosphere became lively, some students said: "Run means gorgeousness. Wide means wideness. Fat means stretching. If a person is rich, he will naturally spend a lot of money. But if a person has a beautiful house, if a person is virtuous, he will naturally be sincere." Outside, it is gorgeous.”

Another person said: "A virtuous person does not gradually feel depressed in his heart. He is naturally broad and flat, and his body is naturally calm and stretched. It is a virtuous atmosphere, and it is so-called for a person who is virtuous." And so on.

Shao Tai couldn't help nodding, and looked at the students with gratified eyes: "We share the same path with the government, and we all share the same idea with the chaos. It's a new initiative, and we really can't be careless!"

Su Mu was amused when he heard it: he is a fat and thoughtless person, so he naturally wants to gain weight. It is a simple truth, but he talked about it for a long time.Also, what everyone is discussing is that if you are virtuous, you will be rich, and you will get rich, which is simply absurd.Talking about improving one's self-cultivation is enough to discuss the matter, but it is necessary to use some benefits to seduce. Confucianism, sometimes utilitarianism is too important.

He thought in his heart, if he were to explain this sentence by himself, it would actually be very simple: although virtue cannot give people real benefits, it can improve the body and mind, and make oneself open-minded, not limited to petty gains.With this kind of mentality, you will have a broad vision when you do things, and you will definitely have some achievements. The so-called height determines the vision.

In my heart, it is really interesting to compare the theories of Confucianism and modern people's ideas one by one.

In this way, this class did not sound so boring, and an hour passed quickly.

Shao Tai put down the book in his hand, took a sip of the already cold tea, and finally said: "The next lesson is scheduled for the [-]th of this month, and I will talk about the sentence 'The country is thousands of miles away, but the people stop it'."

The old father and son continued to explain: "This sentence means that the country should enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment. Conversely, a country can only be formed where there are people. Therefore, the country should be people-oriented, and the king must not override the people. above the people."

At this moment, a "clang" was suddenly heard.

Then there was an angry cry: "No king and no father, is this about to be reversed?"

Everyone was shocked, and looked back at the same time, but they didn't know when there were two military men standing at the door of the school, one tall and one thin, with a waist knife on their waists.

The tall man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a childish face, he had already pulled out a part of his waist knife, revealing half of the sharp blade.

There was a sudden silence in the school, and at the same time, he looked at the tall soldier with a look of insanity, his face was full of contempt.

Su Mu was delighted to see this, this guy is really inexplicable.What Shaotai just said was the words of a sage, and the word "people" in his mouth is not a fart, but a scholar.In the Ming Dynasty, scholar-bureaucrats and kings ruled the world together.And the monarchy really couldn't override the bureaucratic group, not only that, the emperor was also very angry.

Even in a highly centralized dynasty like the Qing Dynasty, the monarch still had to make an illusion on the surface that he shared the world with the literati. For example, Yongzheng used this sentence as a question in the palace examination.

This military man yelled that there is no king and no father with a single sentence. He is purely on the line, looking for trouble when he has nothing to do. He is obviously an uneducated vulgar man.

Although Shao Tai was unhappy, he respected his status, snorted, but didn't speak.

Seeing the tall man talking nonsense, the short soldier's expression changed in fright, his Adam's apple grumbled a few times, and then he saluted with a smile: "Mr. Common sense of the rough."

Hastily pulled the tall man: "Big man, why don't you apologize to Mr.?"

Called the big man, scratched his head, muttered a few words with doubts all over his face, and then bowed down, obviously a little unconvinced.

"Forget it, get up, you belong to Hu Baihu Baihu?" Shao Tai stroked his beard.

Short soldier man: "Master Hui Shao's words are exactly right, Baihu sent villains to wait to ask you old man..."

Shao Tai waved his hand, "Let's talk about it later." Let the Xiang students disperse.

Seeing the crowd dispersed, Su Mu stepped forward to bid farewell to Shao Tai, and was about to leave, but Shao Tai called him back, saying that he had something to say later.

Su Mu had no choice but to stand aside.

After everyone had left, Mr. Shao asked the short soldier, "Tell me something." His voice was majestic.

The short soldier smiled and offered a large package of gifts: "Master Ben Shao, my master Hu Baihu said that he would like to invite you to the Hu family to sit in the hall and support the Hu family's children. This is this year's Shuxiu. The master accepts it."

Shao Tai snorted: "Hu Baihu is originally a military household, and the children of his clan all have military registrations, and they will not be able to take the imperial examination to become an official in the future. What books should they study?"

The short soldier man was even more embarrassed: "Master Shao probably didn't know that my master Hu was not a military household before, but later married my wife, and then he took over the military position of a hundred households. The children of the Hu family are farmers. Also, my master Speaking of which, what kind of class is there..."

The short soldier wanted to curry favor with Shao Tai, and wanted to drag the word in front of him, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of the word no matter what.

A face suddenly turned red.

It turned out that Hu Baihu was originally born in a poor family, and was extremely poor in his early years, so he gritted his teeth and became a soldier to eat.This man was quite scheming, and used some means to please his superiors, so he became his son-in-law, replacing the position of an officer from a hundred households.

He has done a lot of business in the past few years, but he lacks talents in his hands.He also wanted to support the children of the family, so he came up with the idea of ​​inviting a gentleman to the family, and then asked Mr. Shao to come.

Shao Tai couldn't help laughing: "There is no class in education."

Another soldier called a big man called out: "Exactly this word."

Mr. Shao: "If you invite the hall to enlighten the children of the clan, there are many famous scholars in this county. This teaching can recommend one to your Hu Baihu."

The big man shouted again: "My master said that you are the best in Baoding, and no one else is invited except you. Also, we couldn't understand a word of the lecture that the gentleman gave just now. He must be a scholar. I don't accept that someone else will be the teacher."

Su Mu and Shao Tai glanced at each other and laughed.

The short soldier was robbed by the big man, he glanced at his companion dissatisfied, and then smiled apologetically: "Master Shao, my master said that he heard that the school funds in the county are short, and he is willing to subsidize 30 taels of silver every year. Of course, Master Shao's Shu Xiu Another calculation."

"Am I missing a few beams of repair?" Shao Tai put away his smile and snorted coldly: "You Hu Baihu intends to start a culture and education, but you are full of enthusiasm. Accepted."

The short soldier was overjoyed: "Thank you, Master Shao, thank you, Master Shao, the villain will go back to announce the good news."

The big man scratched his head: "Master Shao, do you agree or not?"

The short soldier was shocked: "Big man, don't talk nonsense...You fool, you are rude to Master Shao, why don't you kneel down and make amends."

"Forget it." Shaotai already knew that this big man was a hot commodity at this moment, so he didn't care about it, and his tone eased: "Go back and tell Hu Baihu that I will go there after the county test releases the list."

Only then did the Han soldiers of the two armies take their leave happily.

Su Mu stood by the side and listened for a long time, and got impatient for a long time. He stepped forward and saluted: "Master, do you have any instructions for keeping the student?"

Shao Tai: "Zi Qiao, I have already read the articles of your county examination as a teacher, and the meaning and format are probably correct. They are mature and reliable, so that people can't make mistakes. You must have passed this subject, even if it is the prefectural examination in April. You can also try it. However, if you want to succeed in the imperial examination, you need to study more. I heard that you have been suffering from dementia before, and you have only recently recovered. Other children became enlightened at the age of six. After ten years of hard work, at your age, you can write and blurt out words, but it is not comparable to you."

The reasoning is right, Su Mu deeply believes that, in terms of basic skills, he really can't compare with the scholars of this era.In front of the old master, he can only bow his head and listen to the lesson.

Shao Tai's tone did not soften because of Su Mu's respect, but became more severe: "Judging from your paper, although it is well written, it can be seen that a lot of scheming was used in it. For example, some words and sentences In terms of details, I can express the meaning in a single word, but you deliberately let it go and talked about him. It must be because you are not good at school, you don’t know how to write, and you consciously avoided it. The composition is so slick, it is against the saints way."

Su Mu is a little frightening, he doesn't know how to write in classical Chinese, in order to avoid making a fool of himself, he can't do it.But he didn't want Shao Tai's eyes to be so vicious, he could see it at a glance.

This is my own shortcoming, and there is nothing I can do about it.

"Sir, the lesson is that the students have never been to school before, and they are not educated enough, so they are ashamed."

Probably very satisfied with Su Mu's frankness, Shao Tai said: "Be brave when you know your shame. You are only ten years old, and it is not too late to start studying now. Zhixian Zhao only won the Jinshi in his early forties. You still have a lot to do." It’s enough time. As a teacher, I’m going to work as a teacher with Hu Baihu, and you’ll be fine with it. With your writing and talent, if you start from the beginning, you may not fail to achieve success within three to five years. That’s it. , go down."

After studying in the county, Su Mu felt very disapproving.

If you study for three to five years, forget it.Instead of wasting time on Haoshouqiongjing and passing the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination, it is better to write about other meaningful things.

The family is so poor, let alone three to five years, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive three to five months.

Reading is certainly a good thing. In the situation in front of me, is there a peaceful desk in Baoding Mansion?

Anyway, I have already been to the county school today, and the scene has come to an end. As for whether I will go to the Hu family's private school after the results are announced.

who cares?