The great Confucian Liu Zhuo came to Chang'an quietly, and he didn't even enter Chang'an City, so he made a direct detour to Baijiangzhuang, and in addition to Yang Chong, Kong Yingda, and Yu Wenwen, there were only four teachers such as Pang Huan. The dust washing banquet is in Yang Chong's small courtyard in Baijiangzhuang, a few peach trees, a green poplar, propping up the windows on all sides, the dining room is sunny, a delicate table of eight immortals is covered with wine and food, and eight chairs are elegant.

Liu Zhuo looked at the three tiled houses behind him, and said with a smile: "Yang Chong, get me a courtyard like this, and the daily wine and food will be like those on the table, and I will be satisfied." ”

Kong Yingda let Liu Zhuo to the upper seat and said: "Teacher, you are too cheap for him, in his place, even ordinary craftsmen eat meat at two ends for three days, and there is oil and meat in the dishes every day." ”

Liu Zhuo looked at Kong Yingda in disbelief, if Kong Yingda hadn't said this, Liu Zhuo would have been reprimanded a long time ago, craftsmen are people at the bottom, how could they live such a life. Yan Wanshi said with a smile: "I didn't believe it at first, but it's really like this during this time." It's not that Yang Chong, the boss, is more generous than others, but that he opened a five-spice house, killing pigs and sheep every day, and those bones and water are boiled into soup and vegetables for craftsmen to eat, and it is really difficult for him to come up with so many ways to eat. ”

Kong Yingda poured wine for Liu Zhuo and said: "Teacher, Yang Chong's Wuxiangju has opened eleven branches in and out of Chang'an City, Baijiangzhuang and other courtyards have branches, and he also has his own winery, so you don't have to worry about wine and food, no matter if you live in the mountains or mountains, you can go to Wuxiangju every day to order it." Sometimes I suspect that what Master Zhuge left behind was not the Mohist classics, but the Dafa of making money. ”

Everyone laughed, Yang Chong picked up his wine glass, saluted Liu Zhuo and said, "Uncle Shi, don't listen to them, I also worked hard to earn money." ”

Liu Zhuo drank the wine in the cup and asked, "How much can you earn in a year now?" ”

Yang Chong said casually: "It is estimated that it is more than 100,000 guan." ”

"Not a lot." Liu Zhuo put down the cup and said: "The so-called family, earning three or four hundred thousand yuan a year, how many people in the family share, the most can be divided into fifty or sixty thousand, it is good." Yang Chong, you think longer than us, your own food and clothing have become a problem, how can you benefit the people of the world. You said to me in your letter, "What is the matter that bothers me?" ”

Yang Chong motioned to Pang Huan to hand over a booklet and said: "Our private school does not respect the Four Books and the Five Classics, so I want to compile a literacy enlightenment book by myself, called "The Three Character Classic", and I want to ask my uncle to correct it." ”

"The Three Character Classic" was written by Yang Chong from memory, but when Yang Chong took it out, he deleted all the content after the Sui Dynasty, which seemed a bit heavy and light; Rao is so, Yan Wanshi and others don't dare to write at will, this book looks simple, catchy, in fact, it contains too much content, the knowledge of various departments such as the subset of scriptures and history is kneaded together, the full text is very much, Liu Zhuo's Confucian identity is just right. Kong Yingda shook his head and said: "Yang Chong, no wonder some people say that you are a minister, and you even want to do what you like and watch people cook." ”

After saying this, Yang Chong gave up his hand again and again, and gave two glasses of wine before Kong Yingda gave up, Yan Wanshi watched from the side, envious of the casualness between Yang Chong and Kong Yingda without a fence; Liu Zhuo read it again and said: "Yingda, Yang Chong, since you and Yingda have this heart, I will take it." To be honest, I like this "Three Character Classic" very much, and I am also curious, who is your teacher? Yang Chong, you have always advertised that people who have not read the scriptures, and those who have not read the scriptures can write the "Three Character Classic" and make those verses? If this is really the case, how can you make the world's readers embarrassed. ”

Jiang is still old and spicy, Liu Zhuo Liao Liao Liao peeled off a layer of Yang Chong's skin in a few words, not to mention Kong Yingda and the others in the house, even Kou Jiuhui at the door fell into contemplation. Although Kou Jiuhui was born in Taoism, Zhang Guo is always a game-friendly person, and he does not restrict his disciples from reading Confucian and Buddhist books, so he naturally knows the subtlety of the "Three Character Classic"; Kou Jiuheng thought about the days in Chang'an, he followed Yang Chong almost every day, but he couldn't guess where his inspiration came from.

Yang Chong smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle Shi, I am a craftsman, and being an official and a businessman is forced by life. ”

Liu Zhuo waved his hand and said: "You are already a famous figure all over the world, don't talk about how sad you are, even if your master Zhuge He starts again, he will not do better than you." What you need now is to publish your ideals to the public, so that your subordinates have a goal and a hope, as for whether it is Moxue or not, it doesn't really matter, the world is bustling, for the word fame and fortune, for a place to get ahead. ”

Liu Zhuo's words made the eyes of several young people fall to the ground, this is what the world-famous Confucianism said? What is the most fundamental thing for a reader, inheritance and integrity. There is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book, even if it is nibbling on pickles, as long as there is spiritual food, what did Tao Yuanming say? Don't bend your waist for five buckets of rice, but you put the word fame and fortune in front of you.

Kong Yingda knew that what Liu Zhuo said was from his heart, although he was a teacher who was rich and talented, he was greedy for money and stingy, and he had done a scholarly business back then; Students who don't give him greeting gifts, or give less gifts, can't get his real teachings at all, and later Liu Zhuo was snubbed in the court, and he was repeatedly frustrated in the court, and there were more or less side effects of misconduct in it. Yang Chong has a great appetite for Liu Zhuo, which is also the reason why Kong Yingda agreed to invite Liu Zhuo to come to Chang'an, and instead invited another famous Confucian from Hebei, Liu Xuan, Kong Yingda didn't even know how to write a letter.

Yang Chong once again respected Liu Zhuo and said: "Uncle Shi is right, everything in the world is knowledgeable, and the practice of human feelings is the article. ”

This is a couplet in "Dream of Red Mansions", which was used as a reason for many scholars after the Qing Dynasty to join the WTO, but in the Great Sui Dynasty, reading is almost the patent of the scholars, representing the family and grade, and it is really the era of "everything is inferior, only reading is high", these two sentences seem too vulgar and vulgar. Yan Wanshi almost had to cover his face with his hands, but he was also secretly glad that Yang Chong had to believe in Mojia later, if he continued to develop in Confucianism, with Yang Chong's talent, he didn't know what the Four Books and Five Classics would be interpreted in the end.

Yuwen Wen tugged Yang Chong's clothes, Yang Chong waited for Liu Zhuo to chat with Yan Wanshi for a few words, and then introduced: "Senior uncle, my senior brother Yu Wenkai is too busy now, otherwise he would have come to Baijiangzhuang today, he specially asked his son Yu Wenwen to send a gift to make amends." Yu Wenwen, this kid is very smart, Uncle Shi, you just arrived in Chang'an, and Brother Kong is also busy, otherwise let Yu Wenwen follow you, there are some errands, and you can point him out when you have time. ”

Yu Wenkai is also Liu Zhuo's nephew, and he definitely can't let Yuwen worship Liu Zhuo as a teacher, but it's definitely okay to learn something from behind, Yu Wenkai is now the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Yu Wenwen doesn't need to decorate himself with Liu Zhuo's signboard. The gift was prepared by Yang Chong, twenty taels of gold, neatly placed in a nanmu box; Liu Zhuo nodded with a satisfied smile, Yang Chong is indeed a good person, this is three hundred yuan.

(End of chapter)