After half a month this time, the monk Kongming came to Zheng's house to visit Zheng Zhilong again, and it happened that Zheng Zhilong was meeting guests, and when he heard that the monk Kongming was coming, he thought about it, and said to the servant who came to Tongyu: "And lead Uncle Kongming to the small guest hall in the east to wait for a while, and let Ah Cai accompany the master, and say that I will arrive in a while." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

When the servant heard this, he answered, and withdrew.

After a while, Zheng Zhilong saw off the guests, and went to the small guest hall to the east, but before he entered the door, he heard Zheng Cai's laughter coming out of it.

"This monk, no matter who he talks to, can talk and laugh, but he is also a real talent." Zheng Zhilong thought so, and while a servant opened the door curtain and said, "The master is here." ”

Zheng Zhilong walked in with a smile, but saw that Monk Kongming and Zheng Cai had already stood up from the chairs, so he smiled and said: "The master is here, Zheng has not been far away, and I ask for forgiveness." ”

The monk also replied with a smile on his face: "How dare you." ”

Zheng Zhilong sat down on the main seat, and Monk Kongming also sat down on the chair. Zheng Zhilong asked, "The master is here, but the matter mentioned by Zheng and the master last time has an eyebrow?" ”

"Amitabha." Monk Kongming first folded his hands and recited a Buddha name, and then replied, "The poor monk has been running for this these days, but he has also gained a little eyebrows. Just ......"

"Just what?" Zheng Zhilong knew that this monk was hanging his appetite, but it was just about his most valued son, but he had to cooperate.

"Does the donor know who Ling Lang met in the temple last time the donor came to Kaiyuan Temple?" Monk Kongming asked this.

After Zheng Sen came back, he didn't mention to Zheng Zhilong that he had met Hong Chengjian and Chen Hongshou, so Zheng Zhilong didn't know about it. Now that he heard Monk Kongming ask, Zheng Zhilong had to shake his head and reply: "Xiao'er didn't talk to Zheng about this last time he came back. ”

"The little prince met Hong Chengxuan, the younger brother of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui, and Chen Hongshou, the disciple of Mr. Qishan, in the Kaiyuan Temple...... "The monk Kongming slowly told Zheng Zhilong what he heard about Zheng Sen from Hong Chengjiao and them, and when he heard Zheng Sen defend Zheng Zhilong and make up the so-called "no compassion, you can't do anything", he couldn't help but smile and said: "This kid can only talk nonsense." ”

"The donor is too modest, and Mr. Hong and Mr. Chen are full of praise for the little son. It is said that when the little boy grows up in the future, he will definitely be a pillar of the country. This is also the donor's usual kindness and accumulation of virtue. When the poor monk heard that they praised the little boy like this, he talked to the two gentlemen about the donor's plan to find a good teacher for the little boy. When Mr. Hong heard this, he came up with such an idea for the poor monk. ”

"Master, please speak, Zhilong listens." Zheng Zhilong said.

Mr. Hong said that with the talent and intelligence of the little boy, I am afraid that ordinary attached students will not be able to teach the little boy. And the donor's family is also newly built, there is no famous teacher in his own family, and he has the identity of a military general, even if he is interested in fame, he is not willing to go to the donor's family to teach. Speaking of this, Monk Kongming paused slightly and looked at Zheng Zhilong's face.

Zheng Zhilong's face was a little gloomy, he knew that the monk Kongming did not tell a lie, and now the military generals have a humble status, not to mention the civil officials in the imperial court, but also the general Xiucai and the like, and most of them look down on him, a guerrilla general from the third grade, any scholar who is a little enterprising and wants to be an official will never go to the home of a military general from the third rank to be a teacher, which will be laughed to death.

Seeing Zheng Zhilong's performance, Monk Kongming continued: "Mr. Hong said that he and Zheng Shizhu are also fellow villagers, and they appreciate the talent and virtue of the little boy, so I think it is better to let the little boy go to the Hong family's ethnology to enlighten." The Hong family was originally presided over by his clan uncle, Mr. Hong, who was a member of the Wanli Yiyouke family, and is now an envoy in Yunnan. Hong Hengjiu was taught by him at the beginning. Although he is not in the ethnology now, the atmosphere in the ethnology is quite good, and the Mr. Wang invited in the ethnology is also from a prodigy, but later he has no intention of fame, and he is a close friend of Mr. Hong Hengjiu, but he is only awarded the hall in the Hong clan study. Mr. Hong said that if the donor is willing, he can let the little boy go to the Hong clan to study and study with the descendants of the Hong family. Mr. Hong and the friends he made on the tour can also guide the little boy in his studies from time to time. I don't know what to do? ”

Zheng Zhilong frowned, of course the level of the Hong family's studies is not a problem, at least it is much stronger than Zheng Zhilong's newly established family studies. Just let Zheng Sen go to the Hong family's ethnology to study, it seems, it seems to be very faceless.

"Master Zheng, there is a saying that poor monks don't know whether to say it or not." Monk Kongming said again.

"Master, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Zheng Zhilong hurriedly replied.

"Master Zheng is so concerned about choosing a teacher for the little son, I'm afraid he wants him to take the road of fame in the future." Monk Kongming asked with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong nodded, now the Zheng family is not short of money, but it has no status. If you can produce a civil official, it will be completely different, at least, your family property will be able to maintain stability.

"Amitabha." Monk Kongming recited the Buddha's horn again, "If you want to take the road of the imperial examination, it is not good to have no knowledge, but if you have no connections, it is also difficult." Master Zheng, do you think this makes sense? ”

"That's what the master said." Zheng Zhilong nodded.

"Needless to say, the talent of the little boy is naturally good, if he is good friends with the Hong family, he can use the connections of the Hong family, which is very beneficial to the future of the little boy. Moreover, this karma and learning are also a little different, no matter how good the learning is, it may not necessarily be able to connect the three yuan. The timing of this exam is also very particular. If you just want to get the fame of a student, it's easy, it's nothing more than Master Zheng to make more money, but the poor monk thinks, Lord Zheng's expectation is more than just a student, right? But this exaltation of a man is not a man who can make money. The Hong family has now produced people and scholars, and there are countless students. The little boy's going to study in the Hong family's clan school is definitely good for the future of the little boy. ”

Zheng Zhilong knew that what Monk Kongming said was right, and now he has completely figured it out, face or something is not worth mentioning at all, and as a military attaché, being able to have a relationship with the civil official family is definitely a face-saving thing. So Zheng Zhilong replied: "So thank you so much, master......"

……

After sending off the monk Kongming, Zheng Zhilong had nothing to do, so he walked to the small courtyard where Zheng Sen lived. When I walked to the door of the small courtyard, I saw a small guy squatting at the door, looking down at the ants. Zheng Zhilong walked up to him, and this little guy found out. The little guy hurriedly said, "Hello master." Childe is reading in there. I'm going to ......."

Zheng Zhilong smiled and waved his hand, signaling the little guy not to speak, and then walked in gently. Walked through the verandah and walked to the outside of the study room on the south side, the door of the study was open, Zheng Zhilong looked inside, but saw Zheng Sen holding a book in both hands, his eyes were closed, and his mouth was full of words, and he said: "Zi said: 'Eager to learn is close to knowing. Practice is close to benevolence. Shame is almost brave. ’

If you know the three, you will know so you will be self-reliant. If you know how to cultivate yourself, you will know how to govern people. If you know how to govern people, you know how to govern the world and the country......"

This is the chapter in "The Mean", in his last life, Zheng Sen was more or less exposed to some Confucian things, but when it came to the foundation, it was still far from enough, and Zheng Sen also understood that although he didn't really need to take the examination all the way to the Jinshi, the Ming Dynasty didn't have so much time to let himself play the imperial examination, but at least in the past few years, in order to gain the status in the family and open up the situation in society, the image of a prodigy and the identity of a first-class talent are still necessary. So Zheng Sen has not been idle in these days, although there are no good enough teachers at present, but he can do it himself by memorizing the four books and even the annotations with Zhu Xi.

After memorizing these few sentences, Zheng Sen opened his eyes, read the book again, and made sure that he had not memorized it wrong, so he reached out to the table to get the water cup, ready to drink saliva and then continue to memorize. Only then did he find that Zheng Zhilong was standing at the door.

"Father." Zheng Sen hurriedly put down the water cup and books and stood up.

"Don't behave like that at home." Zheng Zhilong smiled very satisfied, walked in, and said to Zheng Sen, "Sit down first, I have something to tell you for my father." ”

Zheng Sen sat down. Zheng Zhilong looked at Zheng Sen with a smile and said, "Sen'er, do you remember the last time I took you to Kaiyuan Temple to see Master Kongming?" Now the master has found you a place where you can study, and I think it is good, so I agreed. ”

Zheng Sen didn't ask, just quietly waited for Zheng Zhilong to continue.

"Sen'er, you met a Mr. Hong in Kaiyuan Temple last time, right?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"Yes." Zheng Sen nodded and replied.

"Do you know the identity of this Mr. Hong?" Zheng Zhilong asked again.

"I didn't know at the time, but I later learned that he was the younger brother of Hong Chengchou, the governor of Yansui." Zheng Sen replied.

"Well, he thinks you're good, so he's going to recommend you to study in the Hong family's ethnology. The Hong family has produced a lot of talents, lifters, and jinshi. You should learn a lot where you go. Zheng Zhilong thought about it, and felt that although his son was still young, he was very sensible, and he had something to say to him, so he continued: "Sen'er, after working hard for my father for so many years, the family property he earned is enough for our whole clan to eat and drink spicy food every day. It's just that the more money you have, the more people want to think about it. Now that my father is still young and in good health, these little people can't do any tricks, but my father will be old one day, and it will depend on you to keep the family and the family property in the future. Now that the Ming Dynasty is noble and martial, if you can take the test and take the Jinshi test, I will hand over this family to you in the future, and you will rest assured. ”