Chapter 27 On Mencius in the Prison of the Kingdom
As soon as Li Xuanba's words fell, the carriage stopped, and Guozijian arrived.
Chang Gonggong angrily "invited" Li Xuanba to get out of the carriage, and explained two sentences to the guards of the Guozijian, so he didn't look at Li Xuanba, the curtain of the car was lowered, and he screamed: "Go back to the palace." ”
"Bringing me bad news like this early in the morning, you still want to sleep well?" Li Xuanba snorted quietly. The guard standing beside him raised his eyebrows, pretending not to hear anything.
Guozijian, also known as Guozixue, was the highest institution of learning in the Sui Dynasty.
Li Xuanba stared at the words "Guozijian" for a long time, but he never had the intention of going in.
In his previous life, he studied hard for more than ten years, and he only went to an ordinary university, but now he doesn't even know much about words, but he can directly enter the highest university in the Great Sui, this contrast makes Li Xuanba a little unacceptable for a while.
However, what made him unable to take a step was not the contrast between the two lives, but that Li Xuanba did not want to enter the national prison at all.
Befriending Yuwen Chengdu did surprise Li Xuanba, but it was not enough to make him give up his dream. Li Xuanba knew that as long as he entered the country's prison, he would no longer be able to become a gentleman.
"Lord Zhongyongwei, if you don't go in again, I'm afraid you'll have to get out of school." Li Xuanba stood for half an hour, and the guards couldn't stand it anymore, so he reminded in a low voice.
"I'm sick to my stomach, can I come back tomorrow?" Li Xuanba came back to his senses from his thoughts and said faintly.
"There is an imperial doctor waiting in the hospital, and if you are not feeling well, you should go in." The guards had seen many children of the clan who did not want to go to school, and they saw through Li Xuanba's thoughts at a glance, but they did not break it, and still replied in a flat tone: "Chang Gong has passed the bus on his behalf, and I must remember clearly when the adults went in and when they came out, so that Your Majesty can ask." ”
"It's ruthless." Li Xuanba didn't expect that Chang Gonggong's revenge would come so quickly, he gritted his teeth and walked towards the main gate of Guozijian, saying as he walked: "Your Majesty's grace is so great that it makes Weichen's stomach not hurt all of a sudden." ”
The guard looked at Li Xuanba's back, his eyelashes moved, and he looked speechless, and then followed and led the way for Li Xuanba.
Guozijian consists of five subjects: Guozixue, Taixue, Four Studies, Calligraphy, and Arithmetic, with more than 100 students in each subject, and the number of Guozixue and Taixue is slightly larger, which is 140 people.
At this time, Princess Lingxiu and the prince Yang Gao were studying Confucian classics, Li Xuanba looked from the window, and saw more than 30 students, each kneeling on the ground, reciting in a low voice, but did not shake their heads.
Li Xuanba didn't know Yang Gao, so he could only look for the princess, but fortunately, in the whole room, there were only two women, the princess and Qiushuang. There is a **-year-old child sitting next to the princess, wearing jewelry that only the prince is qualified to wear, which should be Yang Gao, the king of Zhao.
"Report." Li Xuanba walked to the door of the room, was nervous for a while, and said the word "report", just when Li Xuanba was thinking about how to alleviate the embarrassment, something more embarrassing happened, although someone secretly glanced at him, but no one paid attention to him at all.
"Doctor, Your Majesty ordered Weichen to come to accompany King Zhao, because the will has been delayed, so it is late, and I hope that your Excellency will not be surprised." Li Xuanba said as politely as possible.
The doctor, who was kneeling at the front, opened his eyes, gave him a casual look, and said, "Where did you study before?" ”
"At home." After Li Xuanba was polite, seeing that the doctor in front of him still looked high, he felt a trace of unhappiness in his heart, and replied lightly.
"Hmph, Guozijian is an independent institution, even His Majesty should not interfere too much." The doctor said contemptuously, "Do you know Confucian etiquette? Seeing that the elder does not bow down and speaks without respect, how can this little national eunuch tolerate you? ”
Li Xuanba's heart was even more unhappy, and he said in his heart: If Yang Guang hadn't ordered me to come, I wouldn't have come to such a place if I was killed. However, Li Xuanba knew that he should not turn his face with this doctor at this time, and said seriously: "Those who respect people will always respect them." ”
It's not that the doctor doesn't know Li Xuanba, on the contrary, he knows Li Xuanba very well, and knows that Li Xuanba is useless except for martial arts, so he doesn't want Li Xuanba to appear in Guozijian, in case he insults Guozijian's reputation.
"Then do you know the previous sentence?" The Doctor's tone was slightly weaker.
"Those who love others will always love them." Li Xuanba replied casually.
"Where does this come from?" The doctor nodded and continued.
"Mencius." Li Xuanba continued to reply.
"Which one do you remember?" The doctor shifted his body and turned slightly towards Li Xuanba.
"Xuanba was in a coma for half a year due to illness, forgot all about the past, woke up less than a month, and only heard the surface of his reading, and has not yet studied deeply." Li Xuanba scratched his head and replied.
At this time, when he heard that Li Xuanba had woken up for less than a month, he couldn't help but admire his intelligence and said: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." Since Your Majesty has decreed it, then you can come in. ”
"Yes." Li Xuanba made a gesture, walked into the school, and when he arrived in front of the doctor, he paused for a moment and said: "The sentence you just said is also from Mencius, but there is another sentence below: The doctor is uneven, and I am engaged in the sole sage." With that, he went straight to the end and found a place to sit down.
The doctor took a closer look, his expression changed, and then, although he tried his best to hide it and pretend to be calm, it was still easy to see the anxiety.
Li Xuanba came very late, only sat for a while, and the time to get out of school arrived. The children in the classroom stood up and saluted the doctor, who accepted the salute. Then, the doctor saluted Yang Ling and Yang Gao again, Yang Gao signaled to be flat, and the doctor left in a hurry.
"Hey, what did you say to Mr.?" Someone ran up to Li Xuanba and asked loudly, "Why did Mr. hear your words and turn pale with fright?" ”
"I didn't say anything, I just finished his sentence." Li Xuanba said aggrievedly: "As for the meaning of that sentence, I don't really understand, the doctor may just be studious, and he is in a hurry to consult ancient books." ”
The ancients were precocious, but children in their teens were still very easy to fool, and after Li Xuanba explained like this, the group of noble children let him go and went to the next class.
After everyone left, Li Xuanba sighed, a little sad.
From the time he appeared to the present, Yang Ling only glanced at him at the beginning, and the rest of the time, it was when he didn't exist, and he never showed a smile.
"Didn't I just kneel down to you a few times, and my image would be ruined like this?" Li Xuanba muttered, and just as he was about to leave, the previous doctor ran back and stopped Li Xuanba.
"Where did you see that?" The doctor said in a trembling voice, "Why can't I see it?" ”
Li Xuanba was shocked when he heard this, what can be seen more than a thousand years later, can not be seen now? But after thinking about it, he understood, so he said: "This is very disrespectful, do you think Your Majesty will include it?" ”
The doctor put his hand down, nodded and said, "Yes, the books of this country eunuch are all revised by His Majesty, so how can he leave a superfluous sentence." After speaking, he actually made a gesture at Li Xuanba.
Although Li Xuanba didn't like the arrogance of this doctor at the beginning, at this time, for some reason, he felt a little sorry for him, and hurriedly helped him up and returned the salute.