Chapter 179: Persuasion
After handing over the three teenagers to Shen Ming, as soon as Hou Shigui left the Shen Mansion, he saw that the brocade guards he had brought surrounded a Confucian student.
The Confucian was also stubborn, and was surrounded by the fierce brocade guards.
Instead of being afraid, he held his head high and looked calm:
"I've come to see your commander, and I have something to talk about."
Good guys, are these Confucian students so crazy?
There is no need to ask, Hou Shigui also knew that this must be Liu Yu's disciple who came to ask him to go to the academy to study.
I promised Liu Yu that I would go to the academy once a week to take a class, but I think it was Liu Yu who saw that I was late, so I asked the students to find me.
Seeing Hou Shigui appear, the Confucian scholar's arrogant expression was also relieved, and he hurriedly saluted Hou Shigui with a fist:
"Commander, the teacher asked me to come and find you to study in the academy."
Speaking of which, Hou Shigui didn't even know what the name of their academy was, but he still nodded and said:
"Wait a moment, and I'll go with you when I'm done, yes, what do you call you?"
"The cheap name is Sima Nan, and I don't dare to be called the commander of Your Excellency."
It's still interesting, not like other Confucian scholars, who think very highly of themselves and are proud of their talents.
Since people are not arrogant with themselves, there is no need for Hou Shigui to put on a show:
"You and I are classmates, don't always be called by the commander and the commander, if you don't dislike it, call me by my name and surname."
The Confucian scholars of this era are really a little interesting.
At least not as fond of comparison and competitiveness as later generations.
After Hou Shigui followed Sima Nan into the academy, he thought that with his notoriety, he would be disliked by others.
Who knew that all Confucian scholars regarded him as an ordinary person.
He didn't curry favor with him because of his status as the commander of the brocade guard, nor did he dislike him because of his notoriety.
It's just a very ordinary greeting, nodding, no good and no evil.
It seems that Uncle Shi does have a set of skills in teaching students.
After Sima Nan led Hou Shigui into Liu Yu's room, he didn't leave, but began to pour tea and water for Liu Yu in the room.
"The student has met Uncle Shi."
Hou Shigui, as a junior, should salute first.
Liu Yu also returned the salute in style, and then said:
"Let's start with Mengxue, Sima Nan, and lead your senior brother Hou to Mengxue."
Hou Shigui was stunned, he didn't expect this Liu Yu to be so direct, without saying a few polite words, and actually let himself start the class directly?
Wait, Mengxue?
By the time Hou Shigui figured out the situation, he had been led by Sima Nan outside a school full of children.
There were children of different ages between the ages of five and twelve sitting in the school, and they suddenly saw two adults standing outside the door, both looking at each other curiously.
If it weren't for the presence of the gentleman, I'm afraid they would have been talking about it.
"Brother Sima, how could Uncle Shi let Hou come to Mengxue? What does this mean? β
Hou Shigui asked inexplicably.
Sima Nan also shook his head and said:
"The teacher has a lot of intentions, I don't know, Brother Hou is waiting, what is the need to come to me."
After that, Sima Nan walked over to the teaching gentleman and whispered a few words.
The teacher's face changed when he heard this, and he looked at Hou Shigui from time to time, although his voice was small, but Hou Shigui could also hear a few intermittent words:
"Hades...... Harm...... How to teach ......"
Sure enough, everyone has emotions, although this teacher is also a Confucian student, but when he knows that he wants to teach himself, his emotions are inevitably fluctuating.
But Hou Shigui didn't want to study here, and the reason why he took the time to come here was mainly for the teacher's will.
If it weren't for the teacher's explanation to let his uncle take good care of himself, he wouldn't have the leisure time to learn anything.
Taking advantage of the gap between the two talking, Hou Shigui reflexively left, came to the outside of Liu Yu's study again, looked at the door, and only then pushed the door and entered after getting permission.
Seeing Hou Shigui coming in, Liu Yu didn't raise his head:
"Memorizing the three-character scripture so quickly?"
After walking all the way, Hou Shigui also wanted to understand what Liu Yu was doing.
It's just a clichΓ© that I want to get in touch with children with pure nature, discover the beauty of human nature, and change the evil and return to the right.
His own important things are one after another, and the teacher's death, he is still waiting for himself to find that Yu Wenhao to investigate, how can he have the kung fu to play this with him here?
"Uncle, students don't have time to play with those children.
But the student also knew that it was the teacher's last wish to let me change my ways, so he wanted to discuss a compromise plan with my uncle. β
Liu Yu finally put down the book in his hand, looked at Hou Shigui and asked with a serious face:
"If good and evil are not at odds, how can they be compromised?"
Hou Shigui also replied with a serious face:
"Heaven and earth are just open, turbidity is not divided, which is good and which is evil?"
Liu Yu scoffed at this:
"Okay, I didn't learn it, but I learned a lot of sophistry from your teacher."
Hou Shigui saw that it didn't make sense, and he didn't be reckless, so he had to change his way and said:
"Rich families don't need to buy fertile land, there are thousands of bells in the book.
There is no need to raise a hall to live in peace, and there is a golden house in the book.
Don't hate to go out without ......"
"Huh? This poem ......"
The look on Liu Yu's face became more and more serious, and it wasn't until Hou Shigui finished reading this poem that he couldn't help nodding and saying:
"Concise and thought-provoking, if it spreads, people in the world will ...... it"
Halfway through speaking, he stopped and looked at Hou Shigui:
"Changping, where did you hear this poem?"
Liu Yu is also a great Confucian no matter what, and he will not steal other people's poems to add bricks to his own sect.
Afraid that this poem came from the mouth of another school, he hurriedly asked.
Hou Shigui said bluntly:
"This persuasion poem was written by a nobody named Zhao Heng, Uncle rest assured, this pawn has starved to death on the side of the road, I found this poem from his corpse."
Hou Shigui's story is poorly written, and Liu Yu doesn't care.
He just wants a name, since Hou Shigui said this, it is false, he just doesn't know it, and takes it as true:
"Changping, I listened to your speech that day, and I knew that you had great talents, and I arranged for you to study in Mongolia, which was also for your sake."
Hou Shigui said respectfully:
"The teacher is kind, and the student will naturally pay attention to it.
But the teacher also knew that the student was only a weak crown, but His Majesty suddenly appointed the student as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, indicating that the state affairs had been eroded.
At this very moment, the most students can do is to come to the academy once a month and listen to the teacher's lectures.
As for the rest, if the student can't do it, he won't just agree to the teacher. β
When Liu Yu heard this, he shook his head and smiled:
"The boy wants to fulfill his life's aspirations, and the Five Classics are read in front of the window.
Thou hast written this exhortation poem to persuade others to read, but thou hast ...... thou shalt Alas, you, no wonder even your teacher said that he couldn't figure you out. β
Hou Shigui denied:
"The students have said that it is not my work to persuade me to learn poetry."
"Okay, then you go to Sima Nan to take classes with him, after today, come back next month."
"Whoa."
After Hou Shigui left, Liu Yu sat in the room and repeatedly recited the poem he wrote to persuade learning, and said straightly:
"Such a great talent, I have to deny that he did it, what is this son asking for?"