Chapter 120: The Scholar
"Ahem......"
The man in the shade of the tree coughed twice, a little different from the previous mechanical response, and seemed to not know how to speak.
"Just say anything, I told you, as a person who wanders in the dark, the most important thing is to hide your emotions."
"Your Majesty said, you don't have to think about it anymore, let you go to the four schools right away and do some things that should be done at this age." The man in the shade of the tree spoke quickly, as if he were saying something incredible.
"What? Is there any conspiracy brewing in the four disciplines? That's why Your Majesty sent me. Cai Cong immediately lowered his voice and said mysteriously.
"Nope. Your Majesty said, just let you go to study, by the way, use an ordinary identity, don't expose the identity of the Hou Ye. The matter is over, and the villain takes his leave. ”
A figure leapt up the wall and tumbled out, and immediately there was a scream.
"I ran so fast, I didn't have time to tell you, there was a pit outside, and I don't know if I fell to death." Cai Cong shook his head and said, feeling scared for a while. Go to the four schools to learn to read, or use the identity of an ordinary child, do you have to read a thousand words with some little children? He shuddered at the thought of this image.
"Master Hou, what's wrong with you?" Tang Yi shouted when he saw Cai Cong looking like he had lost his soul.
"What's it called? My soul is still there! Hey...... Tang Yi! Is Master Hou kind to you? ”
Cai Cong suddenly laughed obscenely, Tang Yi had goosebumps when he heard this laughter, and said tremblingly: "Yes, yes!"
"That's good! The emperor wanted me to go to the four schools to study, and I decided, you go to study, and I will pretend to be a scholar. Cai Cong shouted, he really admired himself in his heart, killing two birds with one stone.
"No, no, how can I let Master Hou be a scholar for me, I am your scholar!"
"Don't talk nonsense, from now on, don't call me Master Hou, you have to call me a scholar, lest you get the academy to say that you will leak your mouth. The matter was settled, and we hurried to find the scholar's clothes. ”
Cai Cong said domineeringly, and the two of them rummaged through the cabinets and didn't find the scholar's clothes, but they attracted Sister Cai.
What a devastating mother! Hearing that Cai Cong was going to pretend to be a scholar, Sister Cai immediately called all the women in the house to sew clothes according to Cai Cong's figure, and it didn't take long for several sets of clothes to appear.
Cai Cong is wearing silky satin inside and linen clothes outside, and he is a clever little scholar.
"Master Hou, can you see me like this?" Tang Yi was wearing silk and satin, looking like a rich little Zhengtai, Cai Cong nodded with satisfaction, patted him on the shoulder and said solemnly: "Let go, we are acting, don't treat me as a Hou Ye, call me a scholar."
"Book, Scholar...... Master Hou, just spare me! Call you that, my grandfather will come and strangle me tonight. Tang Yi was about to cry, screaming with a crying voice. It's okay to say anything else, but he really doesn't dare to let Cai Cong play his subordinate.
"Don't talk nonsense, give you time to practice now, and if you show your stuff tomorrow, see how I clean you up." Call me a scholar! Let me do things. Cai Cong said fiercely, it is better for Tang Yi to sit with a group of imps than to go by himself.
"Scholar, go pour me a glass of water." Tang Yi cried and said, Cai Cong responded happily, and ran to pour water. Seeing the water handed over, Tang Yi cried louder, choked up and asked Cai Cong to bring him some snacks, he was afraid that he would have nightmares tonight.
The women who watched the excitement laughed, this kind of thing has never happened in a hundred years!
At night, Tang Yi was dreaming about not to, and the worst thing was that he was not scared awake. At dawn, the two of them set off towards Chang'an under the protection of the guards, Sister Cai will also leave later, and her son will go to Chang'an to live, and she will go to watch.
The four schools don't seem to be famous, and those who don't know history may not even have heard of it. This academy has existed since the Northern Wei Dynasty, targeting the children of the royal family.
When the history was passed down to the Tang Dynasty, it was no longer a special papal family, but turned to the children of officials, of which 500 were the sons of officials above the seventh rank and Hou Bomen, and 800 were among the children of the common people.
Cai Cong went here to study a little wronged him, as a little marquis, he should study with the children of the royal family in the Hongwen Pavilion, and no matter how bad it is, he should study in the Guozijian.
The four courses are very large, and there are more than 1,000 students, plus faculty, doctors, and miscellaneous servants, there are almost 2,000 people.
Li Shimin arranged for Cai Cong to be a civilian, this civilian is not this poor person, and he refers to a scholar who has no official in his family.
The Tang Dynasty stipulated that Guozixue and Taixue were three horses of silk, two horses of four schools, and wine and meat, this amount is not necessarily, depending on the student's family background.
With a letter of recommendation, I found a teaching assistant, and then I found my master. Next is the public apprenticeship ceremony, Cai Cong secretly lucked, fortunately he was smart, otherwise he would have to kneel down!
"When you enter my door, you should be cautious in your words and deeds, guard against arrogance and rashness, and study hard, can you hold on?" The gentleman pressed the ring ruler on Tang Yi's head and asked solemnly.
"Yes!"
Tang Yi said solemnly, but he also cheated and played tricks, his words were not clear, and he said that he could eat, and others thought that what he said was not standard, and he didn't care.
After the apprenticeship ceremony, Tang Yi was assigned to the C-character class, Cai Cong looked at a group of little ghosts snorting and shaking their heads to read the Xuanhuang of heaven and earth, the universe is desolate, and he is even more glad of his wisdom.
The other scholars sat by the window and racked their brains to listen and watch. Cai Cong yawned and left, getting up too early and getting sleepy, trying to find a place to sleep for a while.
When the bell rang for the break, the gentleman walked away with his hands in his hands, and the little devils screamed as if they had fried a pot.
"Scholar, scholar, come here, did you hear what Mr. said just now? Write well, if you let Mr. know that the big characters were not written by me, I won't give you dinner tonight. ”
A little kid on Tang Yi's left shouted, and his scholar nodded, took a pen and paper and wrote quickly. Tang Yi spread out the paper and wrote it himself, and the little kid asked curiously, "Where is your scholar?" Why don't you ask a scholar to write it? So we can go and play. ”
"I'd better write it myself! I'll play with you guys later. Tang Yi said calmly, ask the scholar to write? Damn, I'm going to die.
Cai Cong was dreaming under a rockery at this time, and Zhou Gong's son was all over the place, and he turned over and continued to sleep.
It wasn't long before he heard a noise around him, as if there were 10,000 mosquitoes buzzing in his ears.
He opened his eyes tiredly, and there were many more people in the originally empty place in front of him, and they were chanting poems in groups of three or five, and they also picked up their clothes and sang to the sky.
The people around applauded and shouted that there was a Wei and Jin style. Cai Cong didn't understand, if he took off the stripes, what kind of wind could he have besides being immoral?
"Hey! Can you change places if you want to break customs? I'm going to sleep. ”
Cai Cong screamed innocently, rubbed the corners of his eyes with eye feces, and looked like he hadn't woken up.
"Where did the little scholar come from, this is bohemianism, pursuing freedom between heaven and earth, what do you know? Hurry up and get out. ”
Immediately, someone stood up and scolded Cai Cong. A scholar dares to speak to these noble students like this, can he die?