Chapter Seventy-Eight: Poor Child
"Sir, I don't have enough time to read poetry and books, will I delay my studies by learning riding and archery swordsmanship and practicing aerobics?"
"The mountain chief said no, you only need to study and practice martial arts according to the time stipulated by the academy, and you will not delay your studies!
In addition, the mountain chief also said that he would rather spend twice as much time cultivating a group of capable officials who can mount horses to resist the enemy and dismount herdsmen, rather than cultivate some rotten Confucians who are not diligent, do not divide grains, and have no power to restrain chickens! The senior said in a deep voice.
The senior can be said to hate the title of Rotten Confucianism, if it weren't for Zhang Junping's high enough salary, he would have left long ago.
Because, he is the weak scholar who is not diligent and has no power to restrain the chicken, the rotten Confucianism in Zhang Junping's mouth.
On the contrary, those older Confucians, all of whom can ride and shoot swordsmanship, and also have some rough fist and foot kung fu, and the great Confucian celebrities all agree, what can they do as ordinary teachers?
It can also be seen from here that these scholars are degrading, the swords of the scholars in the Han and Tang dynasties are not ornaments, they travel all over the world, looking for seclusion in the mountains and forests, if they don't have some martial arts to defend themselves, they have long been eaten by fierce beasts.
In the Song Dynasty, it was okay in the early days, and there were still many people who were willing to learn riding and archery swordsmanship, and then they all regarded reading as a way to change their fate, so they became nerds who turned their ears to things outside the window and only read the books of sages.
Of course, there is also the merit of the emperor, Song Taizu was not in the right position, and he was afraid that other generals would follow suit, so he also gave him a yellow robe, first with a glass of wine to release the military power, and then he felt still unsafe, and began to improve the status of civil officials and suppress the status of military generals.
This situation will only occur with the joint efforts of the emperor and civil officials.
Zhao Heng's persuasion poem is a typical example, if a boy follows his life, he reads the Five Classics to the window.
If you want to become famous, you don't need to do anything else, just read poetry diligently, this exhortation poem reflects the emperor's emphasis on literati, but it also makes reading more utilitarian.
Zhang Junping sometimes sighs that in order to play the Great Song Dynasty, he is really heartbroken.
made a decree on raising cattle and killing cattle, and was questioned that he wanted to eat beef, and some people even said that he was making a fuss, and even directly scolded himself for being cruel and unkind.
As everyone knows, the decree that cattle cannot be killed is the main culprit that restricts the growth of cultivated cattle.
Europe feeds on beef, and there are no extinct cattle in other countries, but there are many more cattle than in China
There is a piece of land and a cow, which belonged to a well-off family in ancient times, but how many such well-off families can there be?
The cultivator has his own land, such a simple thing, in ancient times, it has become a dream, and it has become the slogan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rebellion, and the responders are gathered.
It can be seen that the number of cattle has nothing to do with whether the cattle are killed or not, but whether the people can afford to raise cattle.
The founding of the previous dynasties was a little better, but it was not long before batches of newly grown wealthy families and squires would start a land annexation war after the famine.
Just like Zhang Junping said before, the common people are poor and can't even afford to eat grass, where is the grass to raise cattle?
If you really want to increase the number of cattle, you have to rely on businessmen, and only when businessmen see the benefits, they will invest a lot of money in raising cattle.
It's just that Zhang Junping didn't dare to propose directly, let's kill the bullock! We encourage merchants to raise cattle and kill them for meat.
He dared to say this, he would not be drowned in saliva in the court, and when he left the palace, he would be blocked by a group of defenders who were not afraid of death and scolded him.
However, Zhang Junping is not in a hurry at all, and allows to kill Lao Yuankou is cattle, which is like opening a Pandora treasure box, Zhang Junping believes that those businessmen have a way to open this opening wider and wider, and finally turn cattle raising, killing cattle and eating meat into an ordinary industry.
As for those who scolded him, he couldn't scold him back, anyway, he couldn't hear it, and no one dared to run in front of him for the time being, pointing his nose and scolding him, so they could only go.
Zhang Junping watched the 300 students in the academy divide into classes, divide dormitories, distribute clothes, books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones.
When all this was taken care of, it was time for lunch.
Many students are still very unaccustomed to eating at noon, they used to eat two meals a day, in order to avoid being hungry and unable to sleep at night, they all did not eat from time to time.
Before the Great Song Dynasty, two meals a day, in addition to the common people could not afford to eat, there were also the regulations of the imperial court, four meals a day for the emperor, three meals a day for the nobles, and two meals a day for ordinary people.
In the Song Dynasty, this rule was gone, but there were still many people who could not afford to eat three meals, and they still had two meals a day.
Naturally, the academy will not let the students go hungry to study, so they all eat three meals a day.
Although it is a big pot of stew, you can see meat at noon and night, beef can't afford to supply, pork stewed cabbage, big white steamed buns, rice, and you can still be full.
This made these poor students feel as if they had entered heaven, and they were moved to tears, and they secretly swore in their hearts that they must study hard, not for anything else, just for this food, and they can't be kicked out of the academy.
Early the next morning, Zhang Junping came to Qingning Palace, and after Zhao Zhen and Zhang Junping greeted each other, they couldn't wait to ask: "Zuo Shuzi, I heard that my father went to your academy yesterday?" ”
"Yesterday, the official family and the saint all went to the academy, and those students were excited to tears when they saw the official family!"
"I really want to go to the academy to see, three hundred people studying together, it must be very interesting, right?
Alas! I've grown so old that I haven't been out of the palace yet!
It's a pity that the eldest lady doesn't allow me to go out, and neither does my father! Zhao Zhen sighed, his eyes full of longing.
Zhang Junping was a little speechless for a while, when he was the prince of the dynasty, what a glorious identity, think about the record of Renzong Zhao Zhen in the history books, this is a poor person.
Zhao Zhen doesn't know how many grievances he has suffered in his life, and he is extremely glorious, but what is the difference between him and a caged bird?
Liu E was worried that Zhao Zhen's identity would be revealed, so she kept staring at Zhao Zhen and did not allow him to leave the palace for a single step.
Finally, Liu E died, and met Zhang Shixun, Lu Yijian, Wang Sui, Chen Yaozuo, Zhang Dexiang, Yan Shu, Du Yan, Jia Changchao, Chen Zhizhong, Wen Yanbo, Song Zhen, Pang Ji, Liang Shi, Liu Xin, Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, Fu Bi and a group of powerful ministers.
I was almost driven crazy, and I once waved my sword in the harem several times and yelled to vent my frustration.
Zhang Junping touched Zhao Zhen's head with some pity, what a poor child, since God let him come to the Song Dynasty and let him serve as this left concubine, he will definitely not let Zhao Zhen repeat that kind of aggrieved life.
This is the first time that Zhang Junping has taken the initiative to change something.
Zhang Junping stroked Zhao Zhen's head, it was just a subconscious action, if it was more serious, this was a transgression, a great disrespectful sin.
Fortunately, those little eunuchs, who were trained well by Zhang Junping, turned their heads one by one, pretending not to see it.
"King, it's time to run!" Zhang Junping reminded Zhao Zhen.