To Master Zhou, Changsun Hong is very grateful.

That letter is the talisman of Changsun Hong, who can live freely in the county and smoothly enter Lianxi Academy to study, all thanks to Wei Liaoweng's letter of recommendation. In the final analysis, Zhou Lang, the son of Zhou, took great care of him.

He doesn't care who he is, but he always has a feeling of respect for Master Zhou buried in his heart.

But what did he come to the county school for? Is it bad to stay in Lijia Village? It's really hard to inquire about the background of Master Zhou, a royal history that has been resigned for decades, and now few people know about it except for officials like Grandmaster Dao, who happen to have a relationship with him, but judging from the recommendation letter he can get from Wei Liaoweng, he must have been a figure in the court back then.

This kind of incognito bigwigs for various reasons are generally reluctant to re-enter people's field of vision, and under the arrogant self-esteem, they will choose to do something in the folk to open academies and travel all over the world.

Anyway, the person came, and asked about himself, faintly let the eldest grandson Hong have the feeling that Master Zhou is coming by himself.

So the next day, he obediently went to the academy.

The cool breeze of early winter in the sky blew slightly, blowing off the last few dead leaves on the plane trees in the courtyard, the lively birds and finches in the summer were gone, and the bare branches of the garden were empty.

The dozens of students in the room sat upright in an orderly manner, without squinting, and looked at Master Zhou, who was kneeling in front of him, with awe-inspiring eyes.

And the huge ruler he brought.

On the first day of class, Master Zhou taught this class of students with actions--- he was different from the previous master.

Kneeling and sitting is the minimum.

All the tables and chairs were removed and replaced with low heel mats, and the students were forced to kneel on their heels and look up at Zhou in an extremely uncomfortable position.

"To read the books of the sages, one must have the consciousness of learning all the sages." Master Zhou's eyes kept drifting unkindly to Changsun Hong, who was sitting behind: "Can't you overcome this difficulty?" How can we talk about governing the country and leveling the world? Hold your backs up! ”

Including the eldest grandson, all the people unconsciously straightened their waists, and they didn't dare to move even if their heels were numb and painful.

Zhou Fuzi nodded with satisfaction, pulled his two big sleeves, knelt down steadily, and began to open the book and explain the scriptures.

In this class, the three brothers of the Li family were like a dream, as if they had returned to the private dining of the Li house in Lijia Village, and the "snapping" ring ruler was like a maggot on the tarsal bones, following them for thousands of miles, and once again threw them into unbearable memories, and it was noon. As soon as the words of dismissal came out of Zhou Fuzi's mouth, they scrambled to escape from the suffocating classroom with the other students.

Changsun Hong didn't move, he knew that Master Zhou would definitely have something to say to him.

"Eldest grandson, come up." Sure enough, Zhou Lang had a straight face and beckoned to him.

The eldest grandson went up in a proper manner and bowed deeply: "Master." ”

"Where were you the other day? Why don't you come to class? Zhou Fuzi's face is like an old elm, stereotyped and full of the ravines of the years: "Reading is important in perseverance, where can you become a big tool for three days of fishing and two days of drying nets?" ”

"The eldest grandson Hong knows his mistake, please punish the master." Changsun Hong bowed his head and admitted his mistake, not daring to bite the slightest.

"Humph! There is no need for punishment, you tell me honestly, what have you been doing these days. Zhou Fuzi snorted from his nostrils: "I heard that you spend a day in the paper mill?" ”

Changsun Hong couldn't help but scold Ran Pu for not being righteous, this must be because he had betrayed himself.

"Yes, I've been busy in the Ruifuxiang Paper Mill for the past few days." The eldest grandson Hong readily admitted that there was no need to hide it, anyway, he couldn't hide it: "The kid knows some tricks about papermaking, and wants to improve it, reduce the cost of paper, make profits, get some money, and at the same time know the truth of businessmanship." ”

"Nonsense!" Master Zhou's beard was upturned, his face was flushed, and his liver was obviously angry: "The sage said, the gentleman is righteous, and the villain is profitable." Eldest grandson, how can you covet a small profit for a while and ignore the avenue? ”

Eldest Sun Hong lowered his head and gently agreed: "Master, don't get angry first, listen to my explanation, I will have my own judgment when I do this." ”

"Okay, you say, you say, I'll see what you can say!" Master Zhou's anger increased sharply, and he slapped the short ones so loudly.

Raising his head, Changsun Hong's expression became extremely serious, he has been in this life for half a year, witnessing the various states in the world, there are always some thoughts, not vomiting or unhappy.

"Master, what is the purpose of studying?" The eldest grandson sat upright, tilted his head, and looked at Zhou Lang's eyes: "The book says that it is to govern the country and level the world; He also said that it was for the sake of peace in the world; It is even said that it is for the sake of loyalty to the monarch and the protection of the community. ”

"It's all right, it's all right in the book." Changsun Hong's tone was low and depressed, like the clouds pressed by the black in summer, hiding earth-shattering thunder.

"However, I thought, these statements are too big, too illusory, how can the things in the books achieve these purposes? In the middle, there should be a question of applying what you have learned. ”

"The teachings of books are the wisdom of our ancestors, and they are always useful. But how to use it, it's very tricky, rigid use, that's nerd, I don't know how to be flexible, I don't know how to be flexible, I just do bad things for good people, or I can't do good things. ”

"Reading is useful, but it is not a panacea, maybe I don't know it thoroughly enough, but that's what it means, to apply the things in books flexibly to life, how to say? Oh yes, the combination of learning and practice, that's fundamental. ”

"Master, you once said that a country is not strong without soldiers, and if a country does not have taxes, it is impossible to raise soldiers. The students agreed, feeling that this was to the point, the country was in danger at the moment, there was the harassment of the Xia State in the west, the Jin State in the north, and the Mongols raging on the grassland, although there had been no major war on the border in recent decades, but it was obtained by losing a large area of land north of the Huai River. ”

"Jingkang shame, stretching for a hundred years, the Great Song Dynasty went up to the official slaughterhouse, down to the peddler and pawn, all of them are as good as being in the throat, like a cone piercing the abdomen, intending to collect the land in the north, and the shame of the snow country is fast."

"But I never thought that the Kaixi Northern Expedition twenty years ago was a complete failure, and hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated like grinding tofu, and they poured thousands of miles.

"Students think that the country is not rich now? Of course rich, is the army strong? Of course strong! But why can't we go north half a step in the past 100 years? Guy is unscrupulous! ”

"Scholars don't know soldiers, military generals don't know how to write, the reason is just that literati read books and talk about the Tao but don't know the reality, talk in general terms but have empty minds, blind command and chaos at the mercy, military generals know soldiers but only show the courage of a horseman, this is a common disease, not created overnight, of course, can not be changed overnight!"

Therefore, the students thought that if they wanted to become useful talents for the country and the king, they must read the books of the sages and understand the way of governing the country; Understand the details of the actual operation, so that you can become a real capable minister, and even if you have a chance, the student also wants to go to the barracks and learn the method of strategizing. ”

This is the original intention of the students to go to the paper mill. The country has no good talents, and I am willing to raise it with the eldest grandson! ”

His last words, like thunder that had been precipitated for a long time, were finally released from the black clouds and said loudly.

Halfway through his speech, Master Zhou had already changed his expression, from anger to shock, then frowning, and finally to contemplation.

After a moment of silence, he narrowed his eyes and spit out a few words: "Strong words!" ”

(End of chapter)