Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 759 The Sword Intent on the School Motto
From this row of brick houses, turn a corner along the side of Xiangfu College, only to see the first horizontal door. On the horizontal door, there is a handwritten letter written by the current emperor of Xiangfu Kingdom: "Xiangfu College". Look at a natural boulder four feet high and two feet wide on the left.The amazing thing is that this boulder is cut from the middle as if someone cut tofu, and half of it continues to stand upright, but the cut side becomes a smooth plane.At this time, a sentence was engraved on the glossy surface: "Learn well, interrogate, think carefully, discern clearly, and practice earnestly."

This is also Ye Chen's calligraphy.And it was made by Ye Chen splitting the boulder with a fish intestine sword, and carving writing on the stone with his flesh fingers.This matter has long been widely circulated in Xiangfu country and even the whole world with the reputation of Xiangfu Academy.It is conceivable that even many years later, whenever people stand in front of the gate and look at this huge stone, they will think of the legendary story of splitting stone and carving characters.Maybe it will gradually become a deified story, or a fable or idiom that has been passed down through the ages.

The green-robed youth stood in front of the boulder, reading silently for a long time, watching in secret for a long time, and comprehending carefully for a long time.

This sentence was not created by Ye Chen, but from Chapter [-] of "Book of Rites: The Doctrine of the Mean".All readers know this.This sentence refers to several levels of learning, or several progressive stages. "Learning erudition" means that in order to learn, we must first hunt extensively and cultivate abundant and exuberant curiosity.Curiosity is lost, and the desire to learn disappears, and learning becomes impossible. "Bo" also means broad and tolerant.Only broadness and tolerance can be inclusive, so that Wei Xue has a global vision and an open mind, truly "inclusive of all rivers, tolerance is greatness", and then "love all people, and be kind-hearted".Therefore, erudition can become the first stage of learning.Beyond this stage, learning is a tree without roots and water without a source. "Interrogation" is the second stage. If you don't understand something, you must ask it to the end, and you must doubt what you have learned.After asking, you have to carefully examine and analyze through your own thinking activities, otherwise what you have learned cannot be used by yourself, which is "deliberate thinking". "Dispute" is the fourth stage.Learning is more debated and clearer. If there is no debate, the so-called "erudite learning" will be mixed up, and it will be difficult to distinguish the true from the false, and the good from the bad. "Practice earnestly" is the final stage of learning, that is, since you have gained something from what you have learned, you must work hard to practice what you have learned, so that what you have learned can be implemented in the end, and "the unity of knowledge and action" can be achieved. "Du" has the meaning of being loyal, down-to-earth, single-minded and persistent.Only those who have a clear goal and a firm will can truly "practice".

This sentence is very classic, and it is also very suitable as the school motto of Xiangfu Academy, but it is not the sentence itself that really makes the youth in green robes secretly observe and understand for a long time, but the smooth surface and the smooth surface of the huge stone that was flattened by the sword. The sword intent remaining on the ZigZag.

After an unknown amount of time, the green-robed youth sighed to himself, "What a Xiangfu Emperor! He is indeed the number one legendary figure in the world today. Seeing these sword intents alone makes this trip worthwhile."

If Ye Chen or a master of swordsmanship sees this, they will be able to see from the words of the young man in green robe that his swordsmanship has reached a very high level. Otherwise, ordinary swordsmen will not feel Ye Chen's attack at all. The sword intent remains on the boulder and the engraved writings.

The young man in green robe wanted to sit cross-legged here, to gain a detailed understanding of the sword intent, but after looking around, he knew that it seemed inappropriate to do this at present.With some regret, he led the horse and continued along the concrete path. Some rare trees in the northwest were planted on both sides of the road, and slowly left Xiangfu College, gradually drifting away, and went deeper.Under the forest, there is a stone chair not far away, apparently for the students to take a rest.Sometimes you can see one or two small roads leading to the forest. At the end of the road, there are some pavilions according to the contract.

He couldn't watch them one by one, so he just walked along the concrete road. After a short walk, there were more and more people. Many students walked around in the light rain, and some people chanted poems and sang together in groups. , I don’t care too much about the drizzle, but treat it as an artistic conception.Some people leaned on the railing under the eaves and sang little songs, and some sat in the classroom and studied hard... Whenever the teacher passed by, the students would consciously step aside and bow to say hello.

Seeing him leading the horse in, a few miscellaneous men came over to help him lead the horse to the stable, and someone asked him, "Young master, is he here to study, to visit friends, or to play?"

The green-robed youth hesitated for a moment, then said with a smile, "I'm here for fun, but I also intend to study."

"That's not a coincidence. The college stipulates that new students will be recruited only in March every year. At this time, if you want to study, you can study in any class. Although the college only charges a small tuition fee, it does not distribute textbooks or provide accommodation. I can live in a nearby villager's house." The man said with a smile.

"However, if you are serious about studying, you don't have to worry. The newly opened bookstores near the college also sell textbooks, which are the same price as the college textbooks sold in Xiajing City. Inns are much cheaper. If you don’t want to live in a villager’s house, several inns have been newly opened near the college in the past few months, which are much cheaper than in Xiajing City. For the stables like ours, the fodder cost is only [-]% of Xiajingcheng’s.” These People warmly introduced to him.

When had the young man in green robe seen such an academy, the academy and the shops around the academy were integrated into one, although he found it very convenient, he was still dumbfounded.

It turns out that the number of students in Xiangfu College is increasing day by day, and the classrooms and management are still spacious. When it was first built, it was considered on the scale of 5 people. However, the problem of student accommodation and living needs to be improved for the time being, so it is difficult to solve .Xu Xuan didn't want to keep these students out, so he discussed with the villagers of Lushui Village and came up with such a way to let the villagers open bookstores, inns, restaurants, clothing stores, laundry shops, and horse and horse shops near the college. , horse stables and other service facilities.

Xiangfu College has had more than 1000 students in the past five months, more than double the original number, because all those students who have traveled to Xiajing from home and abroad know that Xiangfu College has a low cost of living and an academic atmosphere. Well, even people who didn’t want to come here to study here are willing to pay a year’s tuition and live near this college. On the one hand, they can listen to Xiangfu College’s classes nearby, and on the other hand, they can save a lot of money. He Le Instead of?It is also very convenient to go to Xiajing City. You can rent a carriage from a chariot and horse shop, and you will arrive there in more than half an hour, and the price is much cheaper than in Xiajing City.

The young man in Qingpao once studied in Taiyi Academy in Luoyang, but how could it compare with Xiangfu Academy in terms of scale and grandeur?And although there are extremely complete commercial services here, the atmosphere between the students and the college is extremely harmonious, and there is no philistine spirit at all, which seems to be taken for granted.

The young man in the green robe was thinking wildly when he suddenly heard noises coming from the direction of the college gate. He turned his head and saw a pair of boys and girls first saluted the stele he had seen just now, and then stepped forward to observe it seriously. The girl is even more like a fairy among flowers, exuding a strange spirituality, which has caused countless men to look at her for the first time, and they can't look away anymore.

That's right, that boy was the one the green-robed youth talked to him on the road.Behind the two of them, ten guards with stern breaths distanced themselves from the outside. Instead, a group of young scholars followed closely behind them, chatting attentively with the boys and girls, and accompanying them with smiling faces.

After carefully reading the school motto of Xiangfu Academy personally inscribed by the current emperor of Xiangfu Kingdom, the young man led the girl who couldn't move her feet into the gate of the academy and walked towards the courtyard. Naturally, those young scholars followed closely. with.

In the middle of the main road facing the gate of the college, a middle-aged man with a refined aura and sharp eyes looked at the young girl with a smile on his face. Instead of going up to him, he stood and waited.

When the young girl saw the middle-aged man, the boy turned his head and said something to the girl, then quickened his pace and walked towards the middle-aged man. The girl had a bit of disdain on her face, but she still followed.The young girl came to the front and gave a deep salute to the middle-aged man, who also returned the salute, and then began to introduce each other.

The green-robed youth was wondering who the young girl was, but he heard the man in the stable smacking his tongue in a low voice: "What are the origins of this pair of young men and women? Dean Xu came out to greet them in person. Although they didn't leave the academy, Considering the age of these young men and women, this is already a great pomp."

At this time, another clerk just came to the stable, and said with a showy face: "You don't know that! Mr. Kou and Shui Xianzi are the disciples of His Majesty the Emperor. As these students reacted like this, Xu Xu The dean came out of the house to greet him, it couldn't be more normal."

The green-robed youth was shocked. The legendary emperor Ye Chen had three disciples, the youngest of whom was the son of the first emperor of the Song Dynasty and the younger brother of the current emperor, Zhao Defang. According to legend, he was killed by the current emperor of the Song Dynasty, and this was also Ye Chen. The direct reason why he turned against the Song Emperor, rebelled against the Song State, and established the country as the emperor.The other two disciples are said to be one civil and one military, one male and one female.

The writer is male, named Kou Zhun, who was the last year of the Taizu Examination of the Song Dynasty, and the Taizu hand-picked the number one scholar.

However, some people also said that Kou Zhun's article talent won the first prize of the first prize, and it was not true. They said that it was because Kou Zhun was poisoned by poison at that time, and then Ye Chen disappeared, and his life and death were uncertain. After the discussion, Kou Zhun was appointed as the number one scholar by exception.

However, most of the common people and scholars never doubt Kou Zhun's talent for no other reason than because he is Ye Chen's disciple.However, after Kou Zhun came to Xiangfu Kingdom, he first used Shanshen Town as a pilot project, which solved the biggest problem of foreign rule in the Northwest. Let more party members get off their horses, take up their tents, and settle down in the county under Kou Zhun's supervision to farm and do business.

(End of this chapter)