Deng Jian heard everyone's ridicule and became anxious.

If it was Deng Jian in the past, he would have laughed when he was laughed at.

But for months, he has been reading almost every day.

The textbooks were sent, starting from the easiest, at first they were working behind closed doors, but soon, in Erpigou, there were many young people who wanted to study, and they began to form study groups unconsciously.

Every time they got off work, they would get together, forget to sleep and eat, Deng Jian taught others the words he knew, and others also taught Deng Jian the words they knew.

Occasionally...... They will also try their best to ask for advice.

In Erpigou, there are occasionally a few children of the Han tribe who have been killed because of the famine, they have read some books, and all of a sudden, such people will be fragrant, everyone carries rice, or chickens and ducks that were reluctant to eat at the beginning, took some white salt and salted them and dried them, but now they have carried them and asked them for advice.

These children of the Han clan are now so depressed that they have to mess with the common people, and their self-esteem is unacceptable at first, but soon they find that someone has found their head with a thirst for knowledge, and they suddenly regain their self-esteem, and they will not be able to give a pointer, of course, they also put their hope in the school.

So many rich and noble people are begging to enter the academy, and even spend a lot of money, but now the opportunity is in front of them ordinary people, as long as they pass the exam, they can enter the school, who doesn't want to give it a try?

Even if you can't get into school, you can read and write, and you will be rewarded with fine grains every month in Erpigou, and you won't suffer a loss.

Deng Jian always had to use the lamp in the workshop at night, read books and see midnight, and go to work during the day, if he had other leisure, he would run to the outside of the school like everyone else, because there was a training class in it, especially for those rich and noble children, and they hid outside the school, listening to the people inside read the textbooks.

The most difficult thing in reading is literacy at first, but once you know more than 100 commonly used words through reading pictures, you will be able to learn after entering the door.

For Deng Jian, this is almost the biggest hope in his muddy life, he is not smart, but he is willing to learn, although he is a commoner, but he has also seen the chic appearance of those scholars from afar, at that time, of course, he did not dare to give birth to any idea that I want to be a reader, but I just felt that ...... People live in the world, like them, and they come into the world in vain.

But when the textbook was sent to his hand, this opportunity that was within reach suddenly cast ripples in the depths of his heart!

He had the delusion that others could learn, but why couldn't I? I want to read, I really want to read, and even reading is no longer just to prove myself, but just to think ...... Only reading...... to make himself look like a person.

Therefore, he worked hard, not daring to waste a moment of time, even when he was working, his hands and feet did not listen, and he still read words in his mouth, reciting self-taught texts.

This reading has become his last self-esteem, because he knows very well that he is no different from the people around him, they are all ragged, they are all full of filth, and they are ordinary people, but the only thing he can compare with the people around him, and what he can be proud of is that he has read.

It's just that...... This ridicule instantly shattered the last trace of his self-esteem.

The laugh that seemed to be mocking seemed to smooth out his perseverance for several months, so that he, who had finally climbed up, kicked back into the abyss again!

The most terrible thing about this abyss was that it was full of sludge and bugs, but when he looked up, he could see the sky like the mouth of the well, and the sky was so blue, and now, as if he finally knew that he would never be able to climb out of the abyss, he had always been in the abyss, and it was like this now, and it would be the same for the future.

So his eyes were red, it was a suffocating and desperate taste, he sniffed, and lay on the ground, full of ugliness, but he didn't realize it, because most of the time, he was so ugly, he was never glamorous, even if he longed for glamorous.

Tears fell to the ground like beads of broken thread, and at this moment he gritted his teeth, and suddenly there was a hatred, so he put his hand on the ground, and the piercing ridicule was gone, in fact, it was just ...... Everyone just thinks it's funny, and the saddest thing is ...... The ridicule itself is not malicious.

Because if the other party has malicious intentions, at least they still see you as a human being, but once it is just unconscious ridicule, it is like people seeing a ridiculous monkey!

That kind of unconscious laughter, the monkey naturally won't know that someone is laughing at it, but Deng Jian will, because ...... He's human.

So Deng Jian gritted his teeth and suddenly roared: "I've read books, I can read, why do you laugh ......?"

At this he wept, and he felt that he did not ask for much, but even so, it seemed that God did not want to leave a little bit between his fingers.

"What are you laughing at, what are you laughing at, I ...... I can read...... I really know how to read......"

He was so angry that he wanted to jump up and fight to the death with those who laughed at him!

But he knew very well that he would not be their opponent, and he was not qualified to be their opponent!

He was afraid and didn't dare to provoke them, but this huge resentment in his heart had nowhere to vent, so he simply put his head on his head and slammed the gravel in the mud, so his head broke and bled out, and this blood made Deng Jian sober up a little at once, and then ...... It's an unconscious cry.

Li Shimin looked at the strange person in front of him, and the smile on his face disappeared without knowing when, and then fell silent.

The civil and military ministers behind him were also silent.

Chen Zhengtai stood aside, with a cold face, looking very angry!

It's really too deceitful, he is not a noble son in this era, I Chen Zhengtai is a person born under the red flag, you can be a yin person, you can scold people and dogs, but you can't help but treat people as people.

"Mentor ......" Chen Zhengtai wanted to say something, he rarely had a face in front of Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was a pressive hand, his expression was very calm, and he signaled that Chen Zhengtai didn't have to continue, and then looked at the strange person in front of him, and then said, "What do you know?" ”

His voice was low, with an innate air of dignity.

Deng Jian raised his head, was silent for a moment before reacting, and hurriedly said, "I probably know some." ”

"Okay." Li Shimin said: "Do you know how to write your own name?" ”

Li Shimin actually doesn't have much to expect.

The officials were also curious, but they still looked at Deng Jian with the eyes of watching a monkey show, as if they were waiting for Deng Jian to conjure a trick.

"Yes." Deng Jian replied in a firm tone.

Li Shimin said: "Okay, come, take pen and ink." ”

Deng Jian said suddenly: "The grass people don't know how to use a pen." ”

His voice fell, and many wanted to laugh again.

Chen Zhengtai glanced at everyone and suddenly said, "Whoever laughs at it is my son." ”

“……”

All of a sudden, everyone was quiet again, Chen Zhengtai this dog thing...... He......

Li Shimin looked sideways and glanced at Chen Zhengtai strangely, he didn't seem to understand, then looked at Deng Jian again, and said, "What would you write in?" ”

"Sticks." Deng Jian said, sitting down cross-legged, which is his good habit when writing, and then he picked up a wooden stick and began to sketch on the ground full of sand grains.

In just a moment, the word 'Deng Jian' was revealed in everyone's eyes.

Can you really write?

At this time, everyone's expressions also became solemn.

Li Shimin nodded and said, "What else have you studied?" ”

"I can also write poetry."

"Writing poetry?" For this answer, Li Shimin was a little surprised.

This poem seems to have nothing to do with people like Deng Jian, so some people want to laugh, but when they think of Chen Zhengtai, they are all choked.

Deng Jian did not hesitate to continue to write on the ground with a wooden stick: "The cold changes with the law of poverty, and the spring opens with the sound of birds." The first wind streamers with willows, and the late snow flowers and plum ......"

Li Shimin was stunned......

The officials were also stunned.

Li Shimin saw this poem, but he was very familiar with it, isn't this the one I made?

Li Shimin was surprised and said: "Will you read this poem?" ”

So Deng Jian shook his head and read it.

Sure enough, word for word.

Li Shimin squinted: "Who taught you this poem?" ”

Deng Jian said: "This is what I learned from textbooks. ”

Even Li Shimin didn't notice it, his eyes didn't know when a little smile overflowed, and said, "Do you know what this poem means?" ”

At this moment, Li Shimin showed a very patient appearance, and he was not as contemptuous as Fang Cai.

Deng Jian said: "This poem describes the scene of birds singing and flowers and bamboo moss in early spring, but ...... There is a deeper understanding. ”

Li Shimin nodded secretly, what does this mean...... It's kind of clear, it's just ...... Is there a deeper understanding?

"Tell me about it."

The author of this poem, writing about spring, expresses his yearning for early spring. And this layer of yearning implies the feelings of family and country. Your Majesty, think about it, early spring is the season of cultivation and sowing, the author misses early spring, and it is in his heart that he is thinking about the livelihood of the country. After the harsh winter passed, everything recovered, and the author was overjoyed, because the harsh winter represents the withering of all things, and the people are suffering in poverty, and once spring begins, it gives the people of the world infinite expectations. ”

Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, huh? Can it still be understood in this way?

Originally...... Have I ever thought about this?

But when he saw that Deng Jian was very serious, he seemed to be convinced of this, and he had doubts in his heart: "Where did you learn this?" ”

"It's also a textbook, and in addition to the textbook, I also sent an extracurricular understanding, which is there. The author of this poem is Li Shimin......"

"Bold." When Zhang Qian heard this, he immediately rebuked angrily: "Your Majesty's name is also your ......."

"Shut up, I'm talking to Deng Xuexue here, how can you, a wicked slave, interject?" Li Shimin was furious and scolded Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian was speechless.

In fact, the name of the emperor today, in fact, is impossible to know for Deng Jian, who is a common man, only Li Shimin is written in the textbook, which is also Chen Zhengtai's boldness, and for Deng Jian, he only knows that the emperor is called the emperor, who dares to call the emperor's name easily?

Thus...... For Deng Jian, he only thinks that Li Shimin must be a great poet who worries about the country and the people.

Li Shimin was not angry at all and was called by his name, but the more he listened, the more unbelievable and interesting he felt.

Ha ha...... At this time, he glanced at Chen Zhengtai, but Chen Zhengtai was stunned, pretending not to hear or see anything.

Li Shimin looked at Deng Jian with more interest: "In addition to being able to write poems and recite poems, what else can you do?" ”

"Most of the grass people can read 134 words, most of which can be written, and the students can also do arithmetic, add and subtract roughly, but only to hundreds of digits, and more...... It's a little confusing. ”

Deng Jian's serious conversation, no one ridiculed, he began to be a little bolder, from the beginning of the stumble, now the answer is fluent.

Li Shimin said with a little expectation in his eyes: "That's it? ”

Deng Jian said: "There is also the truth of being a man, a gentleman must respect heaven and earth, be loyal to his family and country, and be filial to his teacher." ”

Call......

Li Shimin's heart surged: "Are you self-taught?" ”

"It's not self-study, if you don't understand something, you can ask each other for advice, this two skin ditch, there are a lot of people who read, many things corroborate each other, and slowly read through, sometimes we will make games, see who knows more words with each other."

After Li Shimin heard this, he thought about it in his heart, and he glanced at Deng Jian deeply: "Okay, someone is laughing at you, don't take it to heart, in fact, they are just unintentional." ”

Such a patient explanation to a commoner is a very rare thing for an emperor, and Li Shimin actually said very seriously: "You get up, you are a scholar, and a scholar should bow to me." ”

When Deng Jian heard this, he felt that his whole body was comfortable, and he got up in a daze and made a lame student salute.

Li Shimin immediately smiled and said, "You continue to study." ”

Saying that, Li Shimin was preoccupied, led the ministers, and went straight into the university hall.

Not long after, sitting down in Minglun Hall, surrounded by the stars and moons of the ministers, Li Shimin took a sip of tea.

And the ministers seem to be because of Deng Jian's performance...... Some were scared.

People are self-taught, and it's amazing that they can learn this point just by relying on textbooks.

They couldn't understand why this common man was so tenacious in learning.

Can be at least ...... No one dares to laugh at it any longer.

Li Shimin put down the teacup and suddenly sighed: "When I saw Deng Jian today, I realized that what Chen Zhengtai said at the beginning was not just a joke." ”

As soon as I heard His Majesty suddenly mention this, although some people just nodded secretly, but some people were a little anxious.

If the common people were to read, they would be literate...... This...... What a blow to their former sense of superiority!

Especially those children from the world, they feel very harsh.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, but they didn't make a sound at this time.

But Kong Yingda felt very uncomfortable, His Majesty praised Chen Zhengtai all day long, what does this mean?

Chen Zhengtai is a person who likes nothing more than sensationalism.

Kong Yingda is a descendant of Confucius, a contemporary Confucian, and a teacher of the prince, one of the eighteen bachelors of the Tang Dynasty, with a lofty status, he thought that Chen Zhengtai had harmed himself, making himself embarrassed and ugly, so he couldn't help but be angry!

At this time, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he needed to say something, so he coughed and said: "Your Majesty, the four people of Shinong, industry and commerce, and the pillar of the country." It is a person who is not an official, an official who is not a businessman, a farmer who is a businessman, a farmer who is different from another state, who is a farmer and a farmer, who is a man and a man, who is skilled in his words and deeds, and who is a businessman who speaks a few words. Today, if the common people also study, who will work and who will work in this world? In the long run, the number of people like Deng Jian is increasing, isn't it bad for the etiquette and the number of rules, and the minister thinks that it is ...... Chen Zhengtai wants to impart knowledge, the heart is good, it may not be without merit, but the gentleman works hard, the villain works, the system of the first king, the system of the past dynasties, how can it be changed without authorization, change it, only fear of shaking the foundation of the country. ”

He said it sincerely, and he didn't even criticize Chen Zhengtai too much at all, just said that Chen Zhengtai's behavior was a little naïve, and didn't say that Chen Zhengtai had bad intentions.

This Kong Yingda is indeed worthy of being a great Confucian, and in just a few words, he told a reason, and also quoted scriptures, and the reason also makes sense.

After Li Shimin heard this, he stopped talking.

He could hear Kong Yingda's off-string sound, and if a great Confucian like Kong Yingda said so, it showed that many of them thought like this like Kong Yingda.

Li Shimin is a person who is very good at forbearance, even if he doesn't like it, he will never show it.

Chen Zhengtai is different.

Hmph, this guy actually came to dismantle the stage, and he is still on the ground of my Erpigou!

So, Chen Zhengtai was happy with Kong Yingda.

Kong Yingda saw Chen Zhengtai staring at him like this, and smiled at himself, he couldn't help but feel creepy, and couldn't help but say: "Chen Zhengtai, what are you doing here?" ”

Chen Zhengtai smiled and said, "Gong Kong, Chen is thinking. ”

"Think, think about what?"

Chen Zhengtai said with emotion: "I'm thinking about whether Kong Gong is a disciple of the first saint. ”

The first saint is Confucius, in the second year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin posthumously admonished Confucius as the first saint, established the Confucian Temple, and ordered people to worship.

Kong Yingda suffered a loss, so at this time he knew that he had to be calm, and he must not be annoyed and angry because of Chen Zhengtai's provocation, and finally he was pulled to an inferior level by this guy to do the so-called war of words!

So Kong Yingda stabilized his mind and said calmly: "Naturally." ”

Chen Zhengtai said: "But why is what Kong Gong and the first saint said completely different? When the first sage was here, what he advocated was that there was no class, and among his disciples, everyone had it, but when he came to Confucius, he also claimed to be reading the book of sages, but how could he be full of gentlemen and villains? Kong Gong, since you are a saint, why are you crooked? ”

Are you sure you don't mean to turn around and curse?

Kong Yingda was about to vomit blood, and said that he would not have a verbal dispute with Chen Zhengtai, but this dog thing has moved out his ancestors to bury himself, is this worth it? It's bearable, it's unbearable.

"You...... Don't deceive others too much. ”

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Believe it or not, this chapter is a tiger overnight code? Well, it's finally over, the tiger goes to sleep, and in the end I still have to ask for a monthly pass for my hard-working self, thank you!