On the eighth day of the fourth month, an untold guest came to the Huangyang Academy, with white hair and red face, holding a cane in his hand, walking on the mountain road like the wind, and the entourage behind him chased him with his bags on his back. When the students or tourists along the road saw the old gentleman, they all stood on their feet and saluted, and the old man nodded with a smile.

Today was still full, Mr. Su gave a lecture on "Self-cultivation and Righteousness", and the old man quietly stood behind the crowd and listened. After Mr. Su finished speaking, the old man interjected and asked: "I just listened to Mr. Fang, the master teaches in four subjects, virtue, speech, political affairs, and literature, the first emphasis is on moral education, first correct his heart, and if he has spare energy, he will learn literature." However, the sages also have clouds: those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts; Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere; If you want to be sincere, you must first know it, and you will know it in Gewu. Dare to ask Mr., is self-cultivation and righteousness in front of the heart or in the first place? ”

Su Ziming was overjoyed when he heard this, he liked to debate with others the most, not to mention that the old man's question scratched his itch, and he immediately arched his hand and said: "This old gentleman, please come forward, you and I will argue." ”

Deng Haonan, who was sitting on the side, saw the old man walking over, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "I don't want Master Fan to come in person, this Huangyang lecture will inevitably be recorded in the annals of history." ”

There are not many people who can call the master, and there are even fewer people who can make Deng Shanchang respect the master, everyone guessed the origin of the old man one after another, and Deng Shanchang announced loudly: "This old gentleman is Fan Yanzhong Fan Master." ”

Scholars who don't know the name of Mr. Fan, the champion of the fifth year of Xiangqing, the prince to be lectured and read, the head of Zechang Academy, the doctor of Guozijian, the priest, the sacrificial wine, and the champion Lang Jiang Anyi, who taught the three yuan and the first, are the leading figures in the Shilin. The old man is already seventy-two years old, but his voice is like a bell, his eyes are blazing, he looks energetic, and his body is strong.

Including Su Ziming, everyone bowed down respectfully and saluted: "I've seen Master Fan." ”

More than ten years of pastoral life made Fan Yanzhong's temper become warm as jade, and he humbly arched his hand at everyone, Fan Yanzhong smiled gently: "The old man has lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests for a long time, and he is very quiet, and he happened to receive a letter from An Yi, mentioning the yellow sheep to give a lecture, and the old man was cheeky to join in the fun. First, I will meet old friends and see my disciples, and second, I will show off the article by the way. ”

Everyone laughed, Fan Fuzi wants to make an article, even today, I have to listen respectfully, how fortunate I am to be able to meet this grand event. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and many people have turned out their pen and ink, ready to record Fan Fuzi's words and deeds, and write a memoir for future generations to pass on.

After learning that the old man was Fan Yanzhong, Su Ziming was timid first and stopped arguing. Fan Yanzhong said with a smile: "Learning is not clear, the academy has always advocated 'erudition, interrogation, prudence, discernment, and practice', you and I are all from Zechang Academy, there is no distinction between superior and inferior, and the reason is clear." ”

Su Ziming was respectfully taught, restrained the wildness of the teaching just now, and said loudly to the students: "Gewu is the principle of exhaustive study of things, and to learn is to constantly enrich one's knowledge and push it to the extreme. The truth of everything is understood, and the truth of self-cultivation and righteousness is naturally also clear, so that we can cultivate ourselves and govern the country and level the world. Su believes that self-cultivation cannot be achieved overnight, it should be learned and learned, and it should be studied in three provinces, so as to cultivate the mind and improve one's virtue with the cultivation of the mind. ”

Fan Yanzhong nodded in approval, and Deng Haonan interjected: "The best way to cultivate oneself is to choose the good and make friends, through good friends to encourage each other to enhance virtue, and to learn together. Self-cultivation and righteousness are the key, and learning is secondary, otherwise blindly selling knowledge, or even clever words, and decorating the wrong, it is far from the fundamental cultivation of the mind of the reader. ”

"That's good, that's it." Fan Yanzhong stroked his beard and sighed: "Master Ziyun, there must be my teacher in the threesome, the old man is trapped in the field, separated from good friends, and the practice day is bad, it seems that the old man should walk around more while he can still walk." The self-cultivation that the master said actually contains two meanings, cultivating virtue and cultivating wisdom, and having both ability and political integrity is the best material. The Master's 'benevolence, wisdom, courtesy, righteousness, and faithfulness' did not separate self-cultivation from self-cultivation, but that cultivation is the process and that cultivation of the mind is the result. ”

Everyone should be respectful.

Fan Yanzhong flew happily and ordered: "Bring paper and pen to the old man." ”

After a moment of effort, the pen and paper were obtained, Fan Yanzhong thought for a while, and wrote on the paper the words "Gewu, Zhizhi, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, family, governance, and peace in the world". Putting down the pen, Su Ziming and Ling Xu each held one end to show everyone. Fan Yanzhong said with a smile: "The old sell the old with the old, and use these eight words as the motto of the Yellow Sheep Academy, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Su Ziming wanted to take over as the head of the Huangyang Academy, and when he heard this, he bowed down and said: "Su will ask people to engrave these eight precepts behind the stone cliff in front of the door, and the Huangyang Academy and its descendants should be respected." ”

Under the leadership of Su Ziming, everyone recited loudly in unison: "Gewu, Zhizhi, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, family, governance, and peace in the world." At this moment, everyone is fascinated, proud to be in this big event that will go down in history, Huangyang Academy will inevitably be passed down through the ages, and being able to be in it can record the genealogy engraved on the tombstone.

If he knew that Old Master Fan would come to Huangyang Academy and would leave eight college mottos, he would definitely stay in Huangyang Academy and hand over the matter of the academy examination to other drivers, but it was a pity that he not only let go of a major event spread by Shilin, but also missed the opportunity to go down in history.

When he was annoyed, the teacher of the school came to ask for instructions with the list of talents who were selected this year. Lizhou is Xiazhou, and only 30 people can be selected each time. There are forty-six names on the list, and the power of those who do not take is in the hands of the assassins. Eight of the forty-six names have already been circled, Zhao Shulun picked up the pen and took it, and saw that behind him, there were actually two people in Fuluo County in the list. There are forty-two counties in Lizhou, and it is good for each county to get one person, Fuluo County is located in a remote area, and the literary style is not prosperous.

After stopping and thinking for a while, Zhao Shulun hooked both of them, and Fei Jiaoyu was a little surprised, and asked: "These two people are both selected, and it seems unfair to the students of other counties." ”

After Zhao Shulun selected all thirty talents, he put down his pen and said, "Have you heard about the Huangyang Academy?" ”

Fei Jiaoyu nodded thoughtfully.

"Sheep Academy is in Fuluo County, and Jiang Anyi is personally operated, not to mention Jiang Anyi, Huangyang Academy has Fan Fuzi Title Training, Zechang Academy sent people to be the mountain chief, in the future will be a prosperous place for my Lizhou scholars, I think it will not take long to be talented, some people will be promoted and first, Fuluo County's literary style will be prosperous, and these people will be born in Huangyang Academy in the future. The icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, this official's move is regarded as sending charcoal in the snow, and showing favor in advance when the Huangyang Academy has not yet developed, these people will inevitably be grateful to the official in the future. ”

Fei Jiaoyu smiled and said: "My lord is thoughtful, and the lower officials are far from being as good as them." However, Xia Guan has a sixteen-year-old son, who is despicable by nature, and his mother is very doting, so he just let him go to Huangyang Academy to sharpen himself. ”

Zhao Tingshi waved to let Fei Jiaoyu retreat, and Zhao Shulun secretly thought in the empty hall: If Huangyang Academy can produce some talents, of course he can't let go of the opportunity as an assassin, and in the future, these people may also be able to become his helpers. When the academy was first built, there was a shortage of money and materials, so it was better to send some money and food in the name of the government.

Jiang Anyi, who was in Fuluo County, heard that his teacher had come to Huangyang Academy to give a lecture, and hurriedly rode charcoal with a stone to greet him, Qin Zixiong grinded hard to follow, look at the contemporary Wenzong, Liu Jiusi could not ride a horse, so he could only sigh with admiration, and told Jiang Anyi to invite Fan Fuzi to Fuluo County.

The road from Fuluo County to Huangyangshan has been renovated, and the official road can accommodate four carriages in parallel, and it is much smoother. At the beginning, they went to Huangyang Village to suppress bandits for a day and a half, but today Jiang Anyi and others rode fast horses and came to the legs of Huangyang Mountain in less than two hours.

Huangyang Mountain is no longer the bandit's den at the beginning, people are not close, and now there is more than half a mile away from the mountain, the crowd has increased, and it is inconvenient to ride a horse. Jiang Anyi and others got off the horse, led the horse in the lively crowd Xu Xing, the vendors on both sides shouted loudly, someone came forward to make business, "A few masters, but I want to go to Huangyang Temple to worship the Buddha, I am familiar with the masters in the mountain temple, I can take you to meet Master Hongxin", "A few talents, but go to Huangyang Academy to study, do not hide a few that the management of the academy is a relative, I can speak for you, let a few easily enroll."

Jiang Anyi thought to himself, this is even more lively than when Zechang Academy was enrolled, Teacher Fan's eight mottos have been engraved on the stone cliff, I heard that the students who came to study came from thousands of miles away, after all, Zechang Academy only enrolls students twice a year, and the number of students is limited, and now there is an opportunity for Huangyang Academy, everyone wants to try their luck.

Sure enough, I saw the eight mottos on the stone wall from afar, which was the handwriting of Teacher Fan, Qin Zixiong stuffed the horse's reins into the stone, stepped forward and rubbed it with his hand, the stone pouted, and looked around at the scenery.

Unfortunately, Fan Yanzhong went to the temple to play, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come back until he has eaten a late fast, Jiang Anyi and Deng Shanchang, Su Shi, and Ling Shi greeted each other, and everyone gossiped a few words. Huangyang Academy was just established, and there were many people who came to find Su Ziming and Ling Xu, so Jiang Anyi and Deng Shanchang simply got up and went to the top of the mountain to play.

Deng Shanchang pushed away the bamboo leaves that leaned into the mountain road, and said with a smile: "When the old man talked to you about the death of the fire, I hoped that you could do something for the cold students in the world, but I didn't expect it to be realized so soon." I told Yushan the news that you bought Yitian in Fuluo County to subsidize Hansheng, Yushan mobilized the squires in Shi'an County and purchased eight hectares of land to subsidize Hanmen students, the old man was very pleased, it seems that the old man's surplus salary will have to burn for some more time. ”

Jiang Anyi said: "The words of the mountain chief, An Yi didn't understand it deeply at the beginning, and after coming to Fuluo County, he saw those poor students who had to give up their studies to become Xu officials in order to make a living, and An Yi was shocked to realize that if it wasn't for the help of Yu Shi, I'm afraid that An Yi is just a farmer in the field today." ”

The green pines on the top of the mountain stand upright, and the two of them stand on the edge of the cliff, looking at the scenery in full view, and the clouds under their feet are like waves, which makes people feel infinite pride.