Chapter 9 The Scholarly Years
"Clouds to rain, snow to wind, evening to clear sky. Laihong is against the swallow, and the bird is against the songworm. Three-foot sword, six-jun bow, Lingbei to Jiangdong. The summer palace in the world, the wide cold palace in the sky. The smoke on both sides of the strait is green, and the apricot blossoms are red in a garden in spring rain......"
At the turn of spring and summer, the day is getting earlier and earlier, but the dew can still be seen among the grass and trees.
The person who sang this ode is naturally Zhou Xing, and the article he sang is the "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" written by Che Wanyu during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.
Before, Zhou Xing heard a song called "Scholarly Years", this is the beginning of this song, he thought it was interesting, so he went to check it and memorized a few paragraphs.
After reciting a few words, Zhou Xing suddenly felt a little stuck, and was thinking about it, but he heard applause from far and near, Zhou Xing raised his head and saw that the person who applauded was the eldest young master of Yanwangfu who was supported by his subordinates. Zhu Gao.
The emperor's relatives are surnamed Zhu, and Zhu Di's sons are high, but this so-and-so, Zhou Xing didn't come up with a clue after thinking about it all night.
"Zhou Xing, what are you reading? How is it so catchy? "Young Master Zhu has shown quite a strong interest in "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment".
Zhou Xing hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "I've seen the eldest young master." I'm reading "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment". ”
"Sound Rhythm Enlightenment"? What is that? Young Master Zhu looked very puzzled.
Although there has been a thousand-year-old tradition of pairs, this "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" was born in the Qing Dynasty hundreds of years later, and it is naturally impossible for Young Master Zhu to know.
In this regard, Zhou Xing naturally brazenly took him for himself, and said: "It's just a few rhymes I said casually, because it feels too common, so I put on an enlightenment name, which makes the eldest young master laugh." ”
Young Master Zhu's eyes lit up suddenly, and he said: "It's usual, it's just a beginner, if you can write down all these and do Mengxue, it can be regarded as a merit." ”
Zhou Xing thought, I can't memorize it myself, how can I write it?
But then I thought about it, how much I remembered, how much I wrote, so what? No one knows, anyway.
So, he was at ease and said: "The eldest young master said that he laughed, I wrote a few sentences casually with a cloth dress, and no one laughed at it, so I was happy, how can I enter Mongolia?" ”
It is a very honorable thing that the work I wrote can be written into books and textbooks.
"Naturally, you don't have to worry about it, just write it." Young Master Zhu said proudly. As the little prince of Yanwangfu, this matter is as easy as a breeze for him.
Zhou Xing hurriedly said yes, and Young Master Zhu urged: "Go to your house, write it all down, and I'll take a look." ”
When everyone entered the house, Zhou Xing thought that he really couldn't handle his words, and he was afraid that Young Master Zhu would see the joke, so he said: "If I write while thinking about it, my head will not shine." ”
Young Master Zhu waved his hand, rolled up his sleeves, and said with great interest: "Then you say, I'll just write it." ”
Zhou Xing was overjoyed, thinking that it was just right for this young master to get acquainted, so he said: "If the relationship is good, then there will be Master Lao." ”
Immediately, Young Master Zhu asked people to grind the ink, lifted the pen, and waited for Zhou Xing to speak.
"Clouds vs. Rain...... Along the evolution, the similarities and the same, Bai Sue to Huang Tong...... Tea is to wine, Fu is to poetry, swallows are to warblers. Planting flowers is to planting bamboo, and falling flocculent is ...... to gossamer"
Zhou Xing can remember a little is a little, although his memory is not bad, but the number of words in this "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" is still quite a lot, and after such a long time, Zhou Xing, who spoke quite smoothly in the front, has already bumped into the back.
There are already a lot of words, but Young Master Zhu doesn't look tired at all, and he is still as excited as he was at the beginning.
This young master Zhu is dignified and quiet by nature, his words and deeds are recognizable, and he likes to read. He liked to be quiet and unmoving, his body was obese, and he had difficulty moving, and he was more devoted to scriptures and literature than to martial arts. Therefore, he has a great interest in "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment". People don't get tired of what they're interested in.
"Crowns to belts, hats to shirts, and slander to words. The boat is against the royal horse, and the vulgar is against the people's rock. The rat is huge, the rabbit is many, and the annals are silent about the book. Saicheng heard the horn, and Jiangpu recognized the sail. The river is a source of the shape of Mimi, Mount Tai ten thousand potential rocks. Zheng is a martial prince, endowed with clothes and virtues; Zhou is angry with the alley, and Gebeijin is slandered. ”
This is the last sentence of the entire "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment", after reading this sentence, Zhou Xing felt that he was more tired than participating in the 10,000-meter run.
Sneaking a glance and finding that there were still many vacancies on the paper, Zhou Xing was suddenly embarrassed, his memory was really bad, and he couldn't memorize this article of several thousand words.
"Finished?" After writing the last word, Young Master Zhu raised his head and asked Zhou Xing.
Zhou Xing nodded slightly, and said, "I've thought of so much for the time being, and there are many more that I don't know how to do." ”
Young Master Zhu said: "It doesn't matter, just take your time." In the "Title Li Ning Secluded Residence" written by Jia Dao back then, the sentence "The bird stays in the tree by the pool, and the monk knocks on the door under the moon" has been repeatedly scrutinized, and you can read so much in one breath, which is already very remarkable. I'll just add it up slowly in the future. ”
After that, Master Zhu wrote the words "Ren Shen Year, blazing" at the very end.
Ablaze? Zhou Xing took a look, and it turned out that this Young Master Zhu was Zhu Gaochi. O future emperor.
Seeing this, Zhou Xing already knew it.
"Purple vs. Red ......" Zhu Gaochi wrote it himself, but he still read it beautifully, and it seems that he loves this article very much.
Zhu Gaochi's font is graceful and elegant, and it looks very beautiful. Let a calligraphy layman like Zhou Xing look excited. Thinking about himself again, Zhou Xing felt even more that he couldn't handle his calligraphy.
"It seems that if I want to mix well in the Ming Dynasty, practicing calligraphy is my main job at present. Although everything is inferior, only reading is high. But the imperial examination was not the best choice for me. But no matter what I do, it's important to write well. ”
Zhou Xing silently set a goal for himself in his heart, that is, to write a good hand.
"Young Master, it's not too early." Zhu Gaochi was still wandering in "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" and couldn't extricate himself, and the family next to him had to be reminded. After all, the time spent on this "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" has been almost two hours.
Zhu Gaochi woke up like a dream, raised his head, and said with a smile: "Oh, Zhou Xing, can I take this away?" ”
Although he is the eldest son of Zhu Di's family, he is not arbitrary, but very humble and polite, and before he plans to take away this article written by himself, he does not forget to ask Zhou Xing out loud.
Zhou Xing said with a smile: "This is a book written by the eldest young master, if you stay, it will become a gift to me." ”
"Haha, you guy, it's fun to talk, then I'll go first." Zhu Gaochi asked people to roll up the article, and left with the support of Jiading.
Watching Zhu Gaochi leave, Zhou Xing couldn't help but touch his chin.
"This guy is the future emperor? It's unimaginable. Zhu Di, a wise and resolute emperor like that, is both civil and military, and he doesn't like this son, which seems to be reasonable. Zhou Xing somewhat understood Zhu Di's attitude towards Zhu Gaochi.
If it weren't for the fact that Lao Wang next door was not popular at this time, this guy who was so big that he flew up from his father would have been suspected of being the child next door.
Shaking his head slightly, anyway, the general trend of future history, Zhou Xing is clear. As for whether his crossing will change history, it is not within Zhou Xing's consideration.
"Practicing words, practicing words is the most important thing now." Zhou Xing put these thoughts behind him, then rolled up his sleeves and picked up the pen.
In fact, before the crossing, Zhou Xing felt that practicing brush calligraphy was something that Chinese must not give up. However, in that impetuous era, in an impetuous society, not many people would do such a thing. Zhou Xing only mastered some ways to hold a pen in a calligraphy interest class in primary school, and that's it.
"At the beginning of man, nature is good ......"
"The Three Character Classic" is the content that Zhou Xing learned in the textbook when he was studying, so compared with "Shengsheng Law Enlightenment", it is more smooth to memorize.
The days seemed to have suddenly passed peacefully, and for three full days, Zhou Xing had been practicing calligraphy, and Zhu Di did not come to him, nor did he send anyone to summon him somewhere.
On the fourth day, Zhu Gaochi came to Yayuan with the support of his family. At that time, there was no door, and Zhou Xing was very energetic in practicing calligraphy, so he didn't pay attention to this movement, and when he found Zhu Gaochi standing in front of him, he was startled.
"Ah, the eldest prince came, but failed to greet him, atoning for his sins." Zhou Xing hurriedly put down his pen, bypassed the desk, and bowed in front of Zhu Gaochi.
"It's okay, I've been pondering and adding a few sentences to the vacant part of the "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" in the past few days, you can take a look."
Zhu Gaochi asked people to slowly open a scroll, and inside was Zhu Gaochi's rewritten "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" that had filled the gap.
As the several meter-long scrolls slowly unfolded, Zhou Xing was also shocked in his heart. Zhu Gaochi, this guy is really a literary material, he hasn't done anything else in the past few days, specializing in studying this "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment"?
Pretending to read a few sentences, Zhou Xing complimented: "The eldest young master is talented, these few sentences are really the finishing touch." ”
"Haha......" Zhu Gaochi was suddenly very proud.
"Zhou Xing, tell me, have you read a book before?" Zhu Gaochi asked.
This "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" is neat and neat, with beautiful rhythm, and cannot be written by non-masters, from the hands of cloth clothes like Zhou Xing, which is really unbelievable.
In ancient society, it was not easy to study, there was no compulsory education, although Confucius said thousands of years ago that "there is no class in education", but writing and culture are the patent of the aristocracy, and Confucius's advocacy is contrary to the education of the ruling class of fools, so it is naturally impossible to be promoted. Everyone prefers to take another sentence of Old Master Confucius, "teach students according to their aptitude". Therefore, for many people, the mantra of teaching people is "you are not the material for reading", since it is not the material for reading, it is better not to read.
It's such a strange logic.
With Zhou Xing's identity and such conditions, it is impossible to read a book, but he can make "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment" without reading, Zhu Gaochi is puzzled, and it is not surprising.