Wentang

Chapter 199 Breakfast at the Academy

Faced with Wang Ji's provocative words, Li Gang just gave him a contemptuous look, and didn't even bother to answer a word.

But the other few people couldn't bear it, and quickly said that they would send some disciples to exercise to solve the shortage of teachers in the academy.

Yue Shan thanked him again and again, and at the end he saluted Li Gang and Wang Ji from the bottom of his heart.

Did Li Gang and Wang Ji just solve the teacher's problem for him?On the surface, this is true, but in fact this is just a side benefit. The real benefit is to bring him into the circle of scholars.

There are circles everywhere in this world, the officialdom is a circle, the rich and powerful are a circle, and it is difficult to enter the circle.

For example, in the elite circle, can you enter this circle if you become a high-ranking official?impossible.As mentioned earlier, even the samurai Xun has appointed the Duke of the country as the prime minister, but the elite circle still does not recognize him.Later, Li Yuan bestowed a marriage on him and married a woman from an aristocratic family, so he was accepted by the powerful circle.

Yue Shan was successfully accepted by the powerful, not because Li Shimin trusted him, nor because he recognized his eldest grandson Wugou as his sister, but because Pei Ju led him in.

On the day of the Great Court Meeting, Pei Ju introduced him to the rich and powerful as an elder, and it was only then that he, Yue Shan, really entered the circle of rich and powerful.

Scholars are also a circle, and one cannot be accepted by the circle after reading a few books.In particular, Yue Shan's background was not right—a disciple of the gods had a Taoist tinge on him, making it even more difficult for him to be accepted by the circle of scholars.

Yue Shan thought of the idea of ​​the Zhenguan Dictionary, why not make it himself, but give the credit to others?
The main reason is that he is young, but another reason is that he does not belong to the circle of scholars, and it is useless to have the best ideas.You want to recruit people to compile a big dictionary together, and no one responds at all.

Even if you spend a lot of money to compile a dictionary, promotion is still a big problem.People don't recognize it.

You can't learn from Van Gogh.Living in poverty, the work is only valuable after death?He can't wait that long.

If he is a loner, he can use his knowledge to force scholars to recognize him and forcefully break this circle.But his purpose is not so, but to unite most scholars and build this country together.

In addition, he also opened an academy. In the future, the students of the academy will enter the society and deal with scholars all over the world.

If he doesn't want to be squeezed out everywhere, he must use a gentle way that can be accepted by most people to enter the circle of scholars.

Li Gang gave him this opportunity.

Those who came with him were all well-known intellectuals of one side, and all of them represented scholars of one side.They accepted Yue Shan, which meant that most scholars accepted him.

Furthermore, if these people recommend a teacher to the academy, it doesn't matter whether it is their own foundation or not, but the person is always recommended by them.That means that Longshoushan Academy is also part of the circle of scholars.

Academy students are naturally part of the circle of scholars, and they will not be excluded when they step into society in the future.

This is Li Gang's real purpose.

And Wang Ji was probably framed by Li Gang at first, but after seeing Yue Shan, he liked it very much, and his personality was unrestrained. After knowing Li Gang's plan, he was not only not angry, but even pushed him at a critical moment.

Without his last few words, the others might have just pretended to be stupid and muddled this matter out.

Everyone came together, and Li Gang had nothing to do if they didn't answer.But as long as one person let go, if the others disagree, they will not give Li Gang this senior face.

Yue Shan had just realized this point, so he was full of gratitude to Li Gang and Wang Ji.

After thanking everyone, Yue Shan said hastily: "Seniors, please sit down and come and taste our academy's breakfast."

Although everyone was unwilling, they could only admit that the matter had come to this point.Under Yue Shan's warm greeting, he found an empty corner and sat down.

Then Yue Shan pointed to the students standing next to him and said, "You guys go and order a set meal and a bowl of soup for each gentleman."

These students were none other than Feng Yi and Chen Zhong, Yue Shan's first disciples.

Feng Yi is Feng Yi, and Chen Zhong is Chen Zhong. Now that they have been accepted as disciples, they can't be called by their original casual names.Yue Shan gave them a new one based on the homonym.

The relationship between the two of them is naturally the best.There is also Bao Weining, who is naturally close to the two because of their status.

There were a few other little friends whose surname was Ping, and when they saw Yue Shan and a few old people coming to eat, they stayed on the sidelines to see if there was anything they could do to help.

Yue Shan was naturally not polite, so he asked them to help him make breakfast.

After a while, several people came over with a brown tray each. After placing the trays in front of everyone, they came to Yueshan and lined up behind them.

It was only then that Yue Shan introduced: "These are my disciples, and you are laughing at their incompetence." Then he said to Feng Yi and the others: "It's impolite, I haven't met you gentlemen yet."

Feng Yi and the others hurriedly saluted.

As the oldest person, Li Gang looked at Feng Yi and the others kindly and asked, "What are your names? What knowledge have you learned?"

"The younger generation is called Feng Yi, and he can recite the Thousand-Character Essay and the Analects of Confucius." Feng Yi was the first to say.

"Junior Chen Zhong can also recite Thousand Characters and Analects of Confucius." Chen Zhongweng said in a tone of voice.

"Junior Bao Weining can only memorize a thousand-character essay." Bao Weining said with his head down in frustration.

"..."

After the children introduced themselves, Li Gang said again: "That's right, the thousand-character script is used for literacy. The Analects is the foundation of my Confucianism, and your master taught it well. In the future, study with him carefully, and don't waste such a good opportunity. "

"Follow the teachings of Mr.

Li Gang encouraged them a few more words before letting them go without any assessment on the spot.To him, it is not uncommon for a ten-year-old child to recite a thousand-character prose and the Analects of Confucius.

But he is also very clear that these people are the children of common people, and they have been exposed to books for less than two years.Knowing how to recite thousands of characters and the Analects of Confucius is already a very good achievement, so there is no need to be too demanding.

Of course, there is no need for an assessment, a few words of encouragement are enough for Yue Shan's sake.

After Feng Yi and others left, everyone's eyes returned to the dining table.There are several wells on the tray, each filled with a different meal.

If it is a later generation, it must be familiar to the people of later generations. This tray is the kind of stainless steel plate used in the canteen of later generations to serve set meals.It's just that these are carved from ash wood, polished very smooth, strong and beautiful, and easy to clean.

Conditions are limited. Breakfast is a fixed three dishes and one soup. The staple food is rice, pancakes and steamed buns. The dishes and soup are fixed.

The soup is very simple, it is egg drop soup.

The dishes are two vegetables and one meat, stir-fried womb cabbage, stir-fried spinach and stir-fried pork with beans, but the meat is very little, and there is barely a little minced meat.It's not that Yueshan is stingy, but that there are so few meat products in Chutang that they can't be bought at all.

But even the gentlemen of Roumo were very surprised. Someone couldn't help asking: "Are the dishes like this every day? Can you eat meat every day?"

(End of this chapter)