The brainwashing work on Nanao Island is unfolding in an orderly manner, Chen Kai needs to do a lot, and those students also need more learning and comprehension, and even if they can achieve the expected results with these learning and comprehension, Chen Kai is not too sure.

This kind of learning will take a while, not like the previous one with Tao Qian. At this time, Tao Qian, who had already set off to return to his hometown, had already returned to his hometown.

Tao Qian's hometown is in Ruijin County, Ganzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, not in the county seat, but in a small village near the county seat. Returning from Chaozhou, there is no need to detour, take Tai Po, enter Tingzhou, all the way along the Tingzhou waterway, and it will not take far to cross Tingfu City to be the boundary of Ruijin County.

This county is located in the southeast of Jiangxi, in the east of Ganzhou Prefecture, at the western foot of the southern section of the Wuyi Mountains, and in the upper reaches of the Gongshui in the east of the Ganjiang River. It is bordered by Tingzhou Mansion of Fujian Province in the east, Huichang County in the south, Yudu County in the west, Ningdu County in the north, and Shicheng County in the northeast. The main area of its county border is a basin, surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was used as the core base when the republic first arose.

The topography here is like this, and it should be a place like a peach orchard in troubled times. However, the three provincial capitals were suppressed, the Qing army crossed, and everywhere Tao Qian saw, the fields were overgrown with weeds, and the houses collapsed and burned, even if a short period of time has passed, it is still far from recovering - let me ask, the people who live here are dead or fleeing, and there is no one, how should they recover?

The head is shaved, and the tail of the money rat is still awkward at the back of the head, but the robe on the body is no longer so difficult to wrap as if it were, probably because I have become a little used to it.

"Wearing a tartar garment, you must also see yourself as a Confucian who is subservient to the Tartar, and as for the ultimate goal, you must hide it in the deepest part of your heart, and you must not easily know it."

This seems to be very contradictory, and there are even some personality splits, but Tao Qian remembers Chen Kai's words, and after this journey, it seems that he has begun to adapt to such a role change. It's just that he still lacks enough confidence in the future.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back."

Entering the village, most of the villagers in the village came forward to watch and gathered, one by one, they did not dare to say much, but they were eager to hear Tao Qian talk about the experience of leaving their hometown for many years, so when they arrived at the village elder's home, they had already followed a large number of fellow villagers.

For the return of the only talented man in the village, the villagers are naturally overjoyed. When even if he pulled Tao Qian's narration, Tao Qian did not have too many reservations about the problem of the villagers, rushed to Fujing to catch the exam, passed the examination, and then the Qing army entered Fujian, and lived in Shaowu Mansion. The only thing that was skipped was the intersection with Chen Kai.

"It turns out that he is already a man."

When the gray-haired villager heard the news, he quickly stood up and wanted to lead everyone in the house to salute. Lifting people is different from showing talents, and when you go to the Ministry of Officials, you will have the opportunity to directly become a local official. Although it is said that the officials from the top of the family are not as smooth as the Jinshi and have a bright future, even if they are only state and county officials, the officials and the people are different after all.

"You can't do that, you can't do that."

Tao Qian hurriedly stepped forward to help the villager elder, and signaled everyone to be exempted. When talking about this fame again, he seemed a little worried: "I'm afraid that the court won't recognize it......"

When the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, in order to win over Confucian scholars and doctors, they not only routinely conducted imperial examinations and practiced Confucianism, but also recognized and inherited the meritorious name and preferential exemption system of the Ming court. Of course, taxes still have to be strictly collected, which is far less tolerant than the Ming court, or the lack of execution, but the preferential and exemption policy of lifting people and showing talents is far from the same, and it can even be said that there is a world of difference.

At this moment, Tao Qian exposed this worry, but the old man comforted him vigorously, either the Qing court should still admit it, or even if he didn't admit it, with Tao Qian's talent, he would be admitted to another subject if he couldn't learn it, it was no big deal. All in all, since Tao Qian is back, the future is naturally bright, and worrying is the most unnecessary thing.

"I hope so."

Most of Tao Qian's parents and relatives fled for several years, and their fate was uncertain, and they had nowhere to find themselves. The Tao family's old house has been dilapidated and abandoned for a long time, but now that Tao Qian has returned, the village elders have also hurriedly summoned some Ding Zhuang from the village to help renovate the house, at least they can't let the old man sleep in a leaky house, which is a shame for the whole village!

The house was renovated, and Tao Qian simply asked the villagers to work hard. He has just come back, and he always has to visit a few familiar gentry to do his best, and at the same time, these gentry will help introduce him to the county magistrate of the county.

This is the proper meaning, even if Tao Qian doesn't say it, the villager will remind him specifically, and now that Tao Qian mentions, he is naturally busy responding, regardless of the old body, he personally went to the Tao family's old house to supervise the villagers' renovation.

Leaving the village, Tao Qian went straight to his enlightenment teacher. His enlightenment teacher is also a talent, and he has repeatedly failed to take the test, so he simply does not take the test, and educating his children in the countryside with peace of mind is also a way out and sentiment for Confucian scholars. When he arrived, it was past noon, and the old master was very happy to see him come back, especially when he heard that he had passed the examination, and even tears flowed out of his eyebrows and smiles. It's about fame, but it's like a villager, and I don't care much about it.

"I'm back, even if the court doesn't recognize it, just go to the test again. You are the hardest working and most intelligent of the students taught by the old man over the years, and it is not difficult to do it, it is not a difficult thing. ”

After that, the old master burst into tears again. For him, the professor's students are an extension and sustenance of his ambition, he has never been lifted in his life, and now there is a student who has been lifted, even the most subtle mind, but also can use bad luck to not be lifted to comfort his body, and he is ecstatic here.

It was inconvenient for the old master to visit the students, and his body was not convenient to move around much, so he simply left Tao Qian's house to stay for a day, and the next morning, accompanied by his eldest son, he went to visit the familiar gentry in the county. Many of these people are Tao Qian's original old acquaintances, but after a long time, who knows if he dares to admit it, that is two things, but with the endorsement of the old master, it is naturally different.

The master and apprentice fell asleep and chatted for most of the night before falling asleep. Early the next morning, Tao Qian bid farewell to his teacher and embarked on the road to visit the gentry.