Changli County, Changli Academy.

This Changli Academy is the best academy in the entire Changli County, and it is also the academy that Liu Jin originally studied.

The place where Liu Jin is located is Changli County, Yongping Prefecture, Beizhili, which definitely belongs to the north, and in the Ming Dynasty, the north and the south were very different in terms of reading.

Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Nanzhili have been famous since the Song Dynasty, and the children of literati have come out in large numbers.

In the south, there are many kinds of seowons, from the four famous seowon to the ordinary village school, I don't know how many.

But in the north is completely opposite, although there is Shandong, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius in the north, but the style of writing is worse than that in the south, I don't know how far away.

In the south, there may be private schools in many villages where children from good families can study and take the imperial examination, and there are more gentlemen and masters who teach and educate people, and the level is relatively higher.

However, in the north, private schools and academies are very scarce, and there are few gentlemen and masters who teach and educate people, and the level is not as good as in the south, so it is even more difficult to study, and the same is true in Changli County.

Liu Jin used to study at the Changli Academy in Changli County, and there were no private schools or academies in Xiahetun, or even within twenty or thirty miles around Xiahetun.

Liu Jin wore a cotton coat and a cotton hat, and walked up the stone steps of the academy step by step very leisurely, and at the same time admired this ancient academy with great interest.

The academy is built on the mountain, you need to walk a long way up the mountain, here is far away from the city, very quiet, just in terms of reading, it is very good, a little penance in it.

In fact, in ancient times, reading was definitely a very hard thing.

Reading hard in the cold window is definitely not an adjective, but the most realistic description, and Liu Jin's memory reminds me of the scenes when he came to study at Changli Academy before.

At a young age, he came here to live alone away from his parents, and every day around the Four Books and Five Classics, either memorized or written, ate badly, slept badly, and the ancient private school, the gentleman of the academy, and the master were not the teachers of later generations, if he could not be satisfied, the ruler would never have the slightest mercy, even if it was the emperor's son who was studying, he would definitely be beaten by the ruler.

Often beaten by the master and the husband, there is no place to cry, and the parents in ancient times would never go to the trouble of the teacher, let alone the husband and the master who went to teach.

Liu Jin was admitted to the reputation of Xiucai, according to the rules of the academy, Liu Jin did not need to stay in the academy to study, he could go home to study on his own, and concentrate on preparing for next year's autumn.

This time I came to Changli Academy, Liu Jin also visited his teacher Sun Fuzi and asked him for advice on writing, there was no way, Liu Jin practiced by himself, this character was never recognized by the system, and there were no points if he couldn't complete the task.

Without points, there is no way to use the various magical functions of the system, there is no way to open the hanging, if there is no way to open the hanging, it will be difficult for the salted fish to turn over, not to mention that there is a Tang Tiger who is eyeing himself.

Behind Liu Jin, Zhao Erhu challenged the burden, which contained gifts prepared by Liu Jin, dozens of catties of fine rice from Jiangnan, a piece of cotton cloth, 10 catties of pork, and a few catties of sugar, a few catties of sun-dried dates, all of which cost Liu Jin several taels of silver.

As a student visiting his teacher, this is absolutely not to go empty-handed, not to mention that Liu Jin still has something to ask his teacher, so he must be well prepared.

And Liu Jin from later generations is also very clear, whether it is this Qinggao scholar, or the villagers in Xiahetun Village who don't know a basket of big characters, everyone is a human being, and everyone wants to eat, since they are going to eat, it will not be wrong to prepare more things by themselves.

Even if you don't look at your own face, you must always look at the face of these gifts when the time comes, and you will always be more attentive to yourself.

Zi said: Learn and learn from time to time, don't you also say? Have friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and are not ashamed, aren't they also gentlemen? ”

As soon as Liu Jin came to the academy, a shouting sound of reading came, and he looked at the sound and looked over to see that in a classroom, there were more than a dozen children about ten years old who were shaking their heads and reading with a master.

"I read these things every day, and I don't know what the use is."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Jin from later generations couldn't help but shake his head, the ancient readers, four books and five classics every day, a few books not only have to be memorized, but also to read, to memorize all kinds of annotations that are not known how many times larger than this, almost everything is placed on a few broken books, and the six arts of gentlemen advocated by scholars in the past are now only the most useless things.

"This is where China's backwardness began."

Liu Jin thought in his heart, even the thoughts of scholars are imprisoned, not to mention ordinary people, the whole society is like a pool of stagnant water, without a trace of vitality, without a trace of innovation, any new thing will be rejected, and the innovation of science and technology will be said to be a strange art, not lagging behind the talent.

Shaking his head, he didn't think too much about it.

Soon, with Zhao Erhu, Liu Jin came to the residence of his teacher Sun Fuzi, who was still in class at this time, and it was Sun Fuzi's wife Wen who received Liu Jin.

"Student Liu Jin visits his wife~"

Liu Jin saluted Wen very respectfully, and at the same time motioned to Zhao Erhu to take out the gifts he brought one by one.

"Come on, what do you bring with you?"

Wen saw that Liu Jin had brought a lot of things, which were rice, cotton, and meat, all kinds of things, and immediately accepted them with a smile on his face.

In the past, although Liu Jin had never been less restrained, but Liu Jin's family conditions were limited, except for the restraint, all other filial piety was gone, but I didn't expect that this time, Liu Jin actually brought enough gifts.

"The students are ashamed that they have been taught by Mr. Wang, but they have not been able to repay their teachers well, and they are not enough to worry about it."

Liu Jin smiled and replied, chatting with Wen for a while, Liu Jin waited very patiently.

didn't wait too long, Liu Jin's teacher Sun Fuzi came back from class, and saw Liu Jin with a smile on his face, obviously from the Wen family where did he know that this time Liu Jin came to bring enough gifts, Liu Jin knew from the memory in his mind that this Sun Fuzi didn't have much of a good look at Liu Jin before, the reason was because Liu Jin had no other filial piety at all except for being bound.

"The students have seen their teachers."

As soon as Master Sun came, Liu Jin also hurried to make a disciple salute.

"Well, sit down."

Master Sun looked at Liu Jin, nodded with satisfaction and said.

Liu Jin returned to his seat again, and then carefully looked at his grandson, who was about 40 years old, with a goatee, a robe, and a hat.

I used to be a lifter, but I never failed the exam, thinking that I would be an official and I didn't have the money to walk, so I had to come to Changli Academy to be a teacher.

Liu Jin was looking at Master Sun, and Master Sun was also looking at Liu Jin, thinking about why Liu Jin suddenly had money to give him so many gifts, and at the same time guessing Liu Jin's intention.

"Recently, it has been snowing in the sky, and it is freezing cold, I don't know if the teacher is in good health?"

Liu Jin took the lead in breaking the silence between the two with a very simple greeting.

"Okay."

Master Sun pinched his goatee and nodded, then thought for a while and asked, "It's going to be autumn next year, how are you preparing?" How sure are you? ”

"The students are dull, they are not proficient in their studies, and they can't talk about any certainty, and I am afraid that they will live up to the teachings of their teachers."

Hearing Master Sun ask about his studies, Liu Jin knew in his heart that the gift he gave was not in vain, and he replied respectfully on the surface.

"Among the many students, you are the most attentive and hardworking one in your studies, I am actually very optimistic about you, you have to work harder and strive for a high school."

"If you don't understand anything, you can ask me, and you can also communicate more with other classmates, you used to be too withdrawn, and you communicated too little with your classmates, which is very detrimental to your future career development."

"Although it is important for us to study and take the imperial examination, what is more important is the career after the imperial examination, to know more and make more friends, and to make more classmates in the same period, the future career will be much broader,"

Master Sun looked at Liu Jin, thought about it and said, this is the truth, although Liu Jin did not have any filial piety before, but he was the most talented and hardworking among all his students in terms of reading, and he was also more optimistic about Liu Jin.

Many people who came in to study at the same time as Liu Jin have not even been admitted to Xiucai yet, Liu Jin is only seventeen years old now, and he is already a Xiucai, and if he can win the examination next year, the future is immeasurable.

"Students should remember the teachings of their teachers."

Liu Jin nodded very solemnly and replied.

"Students come here this time, and there are indeed many places where they want to ask for advice from your teacher."

Now that the words are here, Liu Jin didn't waste any more time and told his intentions.

"Say it."

Master Sun nodded and said.

"Recently, students are practicing words, but this word practice to practice, there has been no progress, before the teacher taught us, people are like their words, readers must write a beautiful hand, seeing that next year to take the autumn exam, I am also very anxious, so I came to ask Mr. for advice."

Liu Jin thought about it, sorted out his language, and explained his intentions.

"Words are really important."

"Well, come with me to the study, and I'll see how far you've practiced your handwriting first."

Master Sun nodded, then thought about it and said.

"Yes~"

Liu Jin hurriedly got up respectfully, followed Master Sun to the study, and sighed again in his heart that this gift was really not in vain.