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Chapter 83 Gathering Jinzhou (90 Pink+)

(This chapter is late, blushing!)

Taiyuan Mansion is to the west of Jingzhao Mansion, about [-] miles away from Jingzhao Mansion. The terrain here is dangerous and there are many mountains and rivers.

Because of its important position, the selection of successive governors of Taiyuan was very careful. Zheng Shiyong, the governor of Taiyuan at that time, was a pure minister of Emperor Chongde. .
Jinzhou was originally the first state under Taiyuan Prefecture. During the period between Jianhe and Chongde, there was a rebellion between the two kings in Taiyuan Prefecture, and the court called for suppression. Jinzhou was one of the main battlefields.The destruction of a place by the war is almost impossible to describe in words, and I can only cry when I see it. .
The sage said, "Where the teacher is, there will be thorns. After the army, there will be a bad year." That's right!For the common people, stopping killing means peace, and no war means prosperity. ——This point, Gu Chong'an was deeply touched here in Jinzhou.

"Master Ge, the so-called "one inch of mountains and rivers and one inch of blood" is what it is? I have never been to Jinzhou, I don't want the rebellion between the two kings to be so cruel, and the people of Jinzhou will suffer." Gu Chong'an sighed. Secretary Cheng Ge Hong said.

"It's true. The current peace in Dading is not easy. As court officials, we should know this." Ge Hong stroked his gray beard and said with a smile.
Ge Hong was in charge of this Jinzhou folk gathering. He brought fifteen secretaries and provincial officials to Jinzhou. He would stay here for a month and return to Jingzhao before the Ghost Festival.Among these officials, there are three secretary Lang, besides Gu Chong'an, there are Qi Mi and Chen Wenyu; the rest are school scriptures and Zhengzi, all of whom are very young and have just been appointed.

As soon as Ge Hong finished speaking, Qi Mi shook his fan and said, "The scenery here in Jinzhou is good, but I don't know how the literature is here, whether there are any books to store, and whether there are any songs to record."
Qi Mi is a talented person, known as one of the "five benevolent secretaries", he is rather indifferent, and has no interest in compassion at the moment, and just wants to go back to Jingzhao as soon as possible.

"I'll go and see it tomorrow, so I'll know? Anyway, there's a month this time, so I have plenty of time." Chen Wenyu said this, and he was also not interested in Sheji Mountains and Rivers. Wouldn't it be good to copy books and record songs leisurely?
Ge Hong still nodded with a smile on his face, thinking that Qi Mi and Chen Wenyu's words were also very reasonable. He has an easy-going temperament and is very good at making peace, so he is most suitable for taking the secretary and provincial officials to gather folk tales.

He had taken officials out many times before, and he was very clear about the tasks, links, arrangements, etc. of the gathering. After the secretary and all the officials had settled down, the gathering would begin in an orderly manner.

In the next few days, Gu Chong'an took a few school scribes and Zhengzi to the west of Jinzhou, and began to collect valuable poems, books and songs, and at the same time recorded the local customs for examination.

The collection of folk songs in the Dading Dynasty was not like the previous dynasties, which only collected local folk songs and folk songs, but included everything related to literature and Taoism.Such activities are more like recording the customs and customs of a place and a moment, so as to provide the most original information for historians to compile history.Therefore, the Ministry of Secretary attaches great importance to collecting folk songs, and the officials dare not neglect in the slightest.

Half a month after collecting the wind, Gu Chong'an looked at the records handed over by several school clerks, and was in a bad mood.This time, on the west side of Jinzhou, there are not many valuable things included. That is to say, the literature in the west of Jinzhou is not prosperous, and the lives of the people are not good. This is Gu Chongan’s conclusion from the records. .

If you have enough food and clothing, you know honor and disgrace, and if you have enough food and clothing, you know etiquette.These words are still very reasonable. How can a place not have many books and songs, so how can the local people know the etiquette and reason?After all, the damage caused by the war to Jinzhou is still too great.

Thinking about this, Gu Chong'an felt a little heavy, and said to several school clerks, "I'll go for a walk."

He didn't need to explain to them specifically, he just thought that if the chief officer Ge Hong came to him, these school clerks would not be too embarrassing.

Like Jingzhao, Jinju in June is extremely hot.It was the evening at this time, and the heat of the day seemed to come out of the ground. Gu Chongan, who was walking on the streets of Jinzhou, felt particularly sweltering. A little bit of relief.

Gu Zhong'an walked aimlessly, he counted wherever he went.When he passed an ordinary alley, he stopped suddenly, watching the scene in the middle of the alley in a daze, and walked slowly.

"That's all for today, come back tomorrow, and I'll say the next thing." When Gu Chong'an approached there, he heard the old man say this, and he was still shaking the cattail fan to dissipate heat.

As soon as he finished speaking, the children sitting around him stood up, carefully placed the paper in their hands on the bamboo chair, bent down respectfully, and said in unison; "Thank you Kong Grandpa, we will definitely come tomorrow!"

These children, about eight or nine years old, wore coarse clothes, and some even had patches on them, which showed that these were children from poor families.But what surprised Gu Chong'an was that these poor children seemed to be different from the poor children he had seen before.

They bowed down respectfully to the old man, and carefully arranged the small bamboo chairs. More importantly, these children did not have humble and sad faces, but a kind of vitality.

Seeing them is like having the feeling that the sun has just risen.

"Excuse me, old man, are you the teacher of these children?" After the children left, Gu Chong'an bowed to the old man and asked.

From the looks of it, this old man is teaching and resolving doubts for these children, so there is no doubt that he is a gentleman.But, how can you teach in the middle of the alley?Is it because these children are poor?
Hearing Gu Chong'an's question, the old man twitched his long beard, laughed and said, "I'm not their teacher, how can I be qualified to be their teacher, I just know a few words, and I happened to pick up a few books during the war , just to speak for them."

He looked at Gu Chong'an, feeling a little surprised.This middle-aged man is full of Confucianism. He looks like a scholar, but his behavior is somewhat different. He does not have the arrogance of a scholar, but is very humble, which makes people feel good.

"Sir, please sit down." The old man stretched out his hand to invite. He didn't know who Gu Chong'an was, so he used the word "Sir" to address him.

"Thank you old man, then the younger generation will be disrespectful." Gu Chong'an bowed to the old man again, and then sat down.

After sitting down, Gu Chong'an exchanged a few words with the old man, and then expressed the doubts in his heart: "Old man, why do you study here in the alley? There should be state school and county school here in Jinzhou. The kids aren't studying there?"

When Gu Chong'an asked such a question, the old man knew that he was a foreigner, and knew that this person must be from a wealthy family, so he asked such an unreasonable question.

How can these poor children in patched clothes barely afford to go to county and state schools?Only the children of the powerful and rich can go there. How can ordinary people have such an opportunity?

Therefore, the old man explained to Gu Chong'an in detail: "Mr. must be from another place, so he is not familiar with the situation here in Jinzhou. Since the two kings' rebellion, there have been fewer and fewer county schools and state schools, which is extraordinary. You can study..."

Because this old man has read a few books and has been living here in Jinzhou, he is very familiar with the situation here in Jinzhou, and he is the best at speaking in his life, so he told the situation of Jinzhou prefectural and county schools one by one.

If someone passes by here, they will see such a scene: in front of a family, there are several bamboo chairs, and an old man is talking slowly, while the middle-aged man opposite him is talking carefully. Listening, it's just that the middle-aged man's face slowly changed, from comfort at the beginning to prudence in the middle, and finally the corners of his lips were tightly pursed with anger.

"Old man, are all the things you said true? Is this the case in the entire Jinzhou, or in some counties? I didn't know that the county schools and government schools in these places are like this!" Gu Chong'an said solemnly.

From the description of the old man, he can clearly see the scenes: the pedantry and greed of the teachers of the county and state schools; after the rich and powerful students entered the county and state schools, they did not familiarize themselves with the sage books, but played with them. Birds fighting crickets; children from poor families stare at the gate walls of county schools and state schools, but they are not qualified to enter at all...

No wonder, no wonder the collection of books in these places in Jinzhou is so meager, and folk songs and folk songs are so rare. It turns out that it is not only because of the war, but the most important reason is the education of officials here!

Because the standards set by county schools and state schools are too high and the standards set are too harsh, the vast majority of the children of the common people have never been able to enter county schools or state schools, so that county schools and state schools have only been reduced to privileged schools. Ordinary people have no chance to know the etiquette and reason in the pockets of powerful children.

If the school of a county and state is like this, then the fate of a county and a state will be like this in the future.This is an extremely simple logic, but how many people will find it?
Gu Chong'an is a son of the rich and powerful. Before that, he never knew that it was such a situation outside of government schools at all levels.

But before Gu Chongan could think of more, he heard the old man continue to say: "I heard that court officials will come to Jinzhou to collect folk songs. I don't think they can collect much. If they don't know the root of the decline of Jinzhou's literature, they can count as copying." What is the use of books in Jinzhou that record the customs and customs of Jinzhou? What is the use of collecting folklore if it is not beneficial to the people and is only kept as a record in the secretary province?"
In the end, the old man laughed "hehe", with a mocking look in his eyes.

After hearing these words, Gu Chong'an couldn't help but turn red.
(Outside the chapter: The will is extremely depressed today. I have written the last [-] words, but I still stare at the computer stupidly, not wanting to move, so I am late. Please forgive me! By the way, please touch and comfort~~)

　Three shifts!
　　
　
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