It's July, and it's scorching heat. The wind stops the cicadas, and the trees are quiet and annoying.

In today's class, Zhu Yijun listened drowsily, and Mr. Xu Guo seemed to know that reading in this weather was really laborious, and he talked very little today, but it was the tenth chapter of "The Mean", and there were only a few paragraphs in total.

It stands to reason that it is easy to memorize, for example, Gao Pragmatic, Zhu Yijun knew that he must have been able to memorize it backwards a long time ago - because at this moment Gao Pragmatic was already sitting on the side practicing calligraphy, Zhu Yijun even peeked a few times, only to see a poem written on it:

The cicadas of the Western Continent sing, and the southern crown thinks of invasion.

That can be the shadow of the temples, come to the white head to groan.

It is difficult to fly in the dew, and the wind is loud and easy to sink.

No one believes in Gaojie, who is the expression of the heart.

This poem Zhu Yijun has also read, it is Luo Bingwang's "Cicada in Prison", which is known as one of the "Three Uniques of Chanicada" in the past dynasties. If it weren't for Zhu Yijun's unfinished schoolwork now, he really had to talk to Gao Pragmatism - even if you heard the cicadas outside the hall, you shouldn't think of "Cicadas in Prison", right?

People say that Yu Shinan's cicada, "from afar, not from the autumn wind" is the language of Tsinghua people; Luo Bing Wang's cicada, "the dew is heavy and difficult to fly, and the wind is loud and easy to sink", which is the language of people in distress; Li Shangyin's cicada, "It is difficult to be satisfied with high content, and it is futile and hateful", which is a whining language.

Even if you hear the cicada and think of the cicada, shouldn't you think of Yu Shinan's song first? You are a little Sanyuan who is less than ten years old, and you have a rookie in Mengxue "Longwen Whip Shadow" in front of you, and not long ago you have a rhyme swan song "Xinzheng Rhyme" (note: Gao Pragmatic version of "Liweng Rhyme"), not to mention the reputation in the literary world, at least it is also the attention of Shilin, what troubles do you have?

If you want to talk about the official career, it is even more magical, the first prince in the Ming Dynasty in the past 200 years who is not the body of the real Hanlin to read, but not on the gold list but the name of the Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shifu The two clear streams gathered, your third uncle is the Yuan Fu of the dynasty, what trouble do you have?

Zhu Yijun just thought of this, but saw that Gao Shishi had already looked at him at some point, and after squeezing his eyebrows for a while, he pouted at the hourglass next to him.

Zhu Yijun subconsciously glanced at it, and couldn't help but secretly complain, just a few words, why can't he remember it well today, if it goes on like this, it will be a missed hour for lunch - being hungry is a trivial matter, but if the lunch is missed, it will inevitably be known by the mother, and it will be asked in the afternoon, and it will inevitably be a little bad at that time.

Zhu Yijun coughed dryly, glanced at Gao Shishi, and then said loudly: "It's very hot, you guys, go get some ice cubes...... It doesn't take much, it's enough to be lonely here for half an hour. ”

A few little eunuchs didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly went. As the prince's companion, Feng Baoben was reading a book on the side, when he looked up at the hourglass, then at Zhu Yijun and Gao Shishi, did not speak, lowered his head, and seemed to continue reading.

It's really hard for him to say it, as the chief of the ceremonial supervisor and the chief of the East Factory, and he has to come to supervise the prince's reading from time to time, but Feng Bao doesn't seem to feel hard at all, and even often compresses his time in the ceremonial supervisor and the East Factory, and comes to the prince's side to waste.

Of course, there are not many people who think that he is wasting time, such as Gao Gong and Gao Shishi's uncle, Li Guifei, Zhang Juzheng and others don't think so, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince feels that Feng Bao is wasting time, and even a little guilty because of it.

But the owner's guilt for the house slave is basically negligible, so at this moment, Zhu Yijun only feels that Feng Bao is in the way here, because he wants to find Gao Pragmatic to "cheat".

In fact, Zhu Yijun's so-called "cheating" is fundamentally different from what later generations understand, he didn't want to be pragmatic and help him to "take the exam", because that is impossible, the endorsement is recited in front of the Japanese lecturer, which cannot cheat.

His so-called cheating is actually to ask Gao Pragmatic to explain to him the lesson he learned today first - don't be surprised, the ancients memorized texts first nine times out of ten, that is, rote memorization, and don't want you to know what it means. What is particular about is a "read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will be seen by itself". (No wind note: The difference between the Eastern and Western education methods, I remember that I seem to have said before, so I will not repeat it.) )

But doing this, in fact, is also divided into talents, such as Gao Pragmatic I don't know why, the endorsement is very strong, basically you can memorize it after reading it once, and he Zhu Yijun can't, sometimes read it many times, I can memorize it at the time, and forget it in a blink of an eye.

Later, Gao Pragmatic began to "cheat" on him, quietly told him the meaning of those "texts", and even gave him examples and analysis many times. Not to mention, although Zhu Yijun's recitation ability is average, his comprehension ability is excellent, and every time he has a high level of pragmatic explanation and analysis, he can immediately understand, and in turn, he can quickly recite.

Today, Gao Pragmatic seems to have some thoughts, and after reading it a few times before, he put the book aside, sat on his desk and practiced calligraphy, and did not come to explain to Zhu Yijun.

Sure enough, Zhu Yijun didn't have Gao Pragmatic's explanation, and the efficiency of this recitation was greatly reduced, seeing that he was going to miss lunch, he couldn't help it, first sent the little eunuchs away, and then wanted to think of Feng Bao, so that Gao Pragmatic could quickly come and talk to him.

However, it is easy to get rid of the little eunuch, but it is a little troublesome to get rid of Feng Bao, Zhu Yijun was using his brain to figure out what reason to come out, but he heard Chen Hong's voice outside.

Feng Bao, who seemed to be concentrating on reading just now, immediately got up and walked towards the door.

Well walked! Zhu Yijun was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately looked at Gao Pragmatic, but saw Gao Pragmatic squinting at Feng Bao's back.

But what surprised Zhu Yijun was that he always felt that there seemed to be a hint of sarcasm on the corner of Gao Shipra's mouth.

"Ahem!" Zhu Yijun was worried that he would be "held accountable" by Li Guifei later, and he didn't bother to care about what was going on with Gao Pragmatic's expression, so he coughed dryly and said, "Pragmatic, come over for a while." ”

Gao Shiran smiled, Shi Shiran got up and walked over, there was no politeness in his mouth, and he asked directly: "Which sentence don't understand?" ”

Obviously, this kind of thing has happened enough, and there is already a tacit understanding between the two, so there is no need to talk nonsense.

Zhu Yijun really didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Therefore, the gentleman is harmonious but not flowing; Strong. Neutral and unbiased; Strong. The country has a road, and it does not change; Strong. There is no way for the country, and it will remain unchanged until death; Strong. ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly and explained: "From the literal meaning of this passage alone, Confucius means: a person with high moral character, who is harmonious and does not follow the crowd, is really strong. Neutrality and impartiality are really strong. When the country's politics is clear, it is really strong if it does not change its ambitions. When the country's politics is dark, it is really strong to adhere to ethics and prefer to die unchanged. ”

"Oh......" Zhu Yijun nodded, thought about it, and asked again: "You said that this is just a literal meaning, so is there any deep meaning?" ”

Gao pragmatic said "um", and said softly: "Zilu has a reckless temperament, brave and aggressive, so Confucius taught him: strong, there is a difference." There are physical strength and spiritual strength, but the real strength is not physical strength, but spiritual strength. The strength of the spirit is reflected in harmony but not flow, softness and rigidity; embodied in the golden mean; It is embodied in insisting on their own beliefs and never wavering, and would rather die than change their ambitions and ethics. This is actually the consistent view of Confucius, for example, in the Analects of Zihan, it is said that "the three armies can win the commandery, but the horseman cannot win the ambition." This is what Confucius admired as strong. ”

"Oh...... I understand. Zhu Yijun became happy at this time, stood up and patted Gao Pragmatic's shoulder, and said with emotion: "If it weren't for pragmatism, Lonely's knowledge would be twice as effective with half the effort. Pragmatism, your knowledge is really good, next year's township test, will test, you must take a good test, as soon as possible on the gold list, you and I always have a monarch and ministers hand in hand, and then the day of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Gao Shishi's face changed slightly, he glanced around, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for the prince's blue eyes, but Your Majesty is sick...... The prince should also be cautious. ”

Zhu Yijun's face also changed, and he subconsciously looked around, and said: "I don't mean anything else, it's just ......."

At this moment, Chen Ju's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the celebrant Chen Hong's father-in-law has something to see Gao Yude, do you think it is convenient now?" ”