Song Shanqian came out to give many students questions, and the students present could expect it, because when discussing learning, it is always the person with the highest learning who goes first, and in any place, even if it is a place where grass people gather in the market, the name of the text is also the most important factor in determining social status.

Judging from the topic of Song Shanqian's departure, his main idea is: "Studying is not only for the purpose of gaining fame, but also for learning, and it is more important to be able to cultivate talents than to obtain fame."

This idea seems to be correct, especially those who have low learning, they are most willing to accept this point of view, because their learning itself is low, since they can't get a higher fame, they still want to be recognized by society, then they will say, I have studied and I have cultivated talents, so my social status should be as high as those with high literary fame.

Ji Ning thought to himself: "Song Shanqian is really not an ordinary person, he can grasp the psychology of ordinary people, after all, there are many people with low knowledge in this society, and there are many people who are willing to accept his point of view!" ”

Song Shanqian smiled and looked at the people present: "You can express your opinions!" ”

Many people are looking at each other, in fact, after they heard the topic of Song Shanqian, many people felt that they had a stomach full of things to say, but there was always someone who came out to start, and many people were reluctant to come out to be the first bird.

Zhou Cheng looked at the people present and said coldly: "Don't you want to come out and behave well in front of Master Song?" Many people, your literary name is also relatively high, just let Bachelor Song test your knowledge, maybe in the future when the examination and the palace examination, Bachelor Song and Bachelor Ji will become your main examiner, now face your own examiner, it is also very helpful for your future road to fame! ”

Hearing this, the people present were already eager to try, and Ji Ning was also wondering in his heart, why did Song Shanqian speak badly, while Zhou Cheng, a nouveau riche who didn't have much literary talent and seemed to be a "fat and round" nouveau riche, could have such great prestige and let the scholars present obey his orders?

Sure enough, a man named Zhang Yaoshan came out and said, "Bachelor Song, Bachelor Ji, Mr. Zhou, I have a little shallow knowledge, and I want to say this, and ask a few bachelors and gentlemen for advice." In the words of Song Bachelor, learning is the end of seeking fame, if you can't seek fame by learning, you should use learning to educate talents, and seek to find outstanding people in the rising stars, but in the end, it is still for the sake of fame, yes, students think that it is better to seek fame and fame in learning, and to judge success or failure with fame, which is the foundation of the current foothold! ”

After saying this, it is tantamount to denying what Song Shanqian said before.

Song Shanqian said that if you can't get fame, you can go to be a teacher to teach students, and if you have achievements, you can also glorify your ancestors and get a very high social status.

But this Zhang Yaoshan doesn't think so, he thinks that doing everything is not as important as getting fame, even if he goes to study, what he cultivates is not the juniors who are teachers, but the training of scholars or bachelors, fundamentally speaking, the purpose of educating talents is to cultivate people who seek fame, so he thinks that studying is to seek fame, he does not seek, to let students seek, is a very cowardly behavior, but can not be recognized by the mainstream of society.

Zhou Cheng glanced at Song Shanqian and said, "Zhang Juren's words seem to make some sense, what does Master Song think?" ”

Obviously, Zhang Yaoshan was confronting Song Shanqian and negating what Song Shanqian said, but now Zhou Cheng's meaning seems to be true to what Zhang Yaoshan said, which shows that Zhou Cheng does not completely admire Song Shanqian, and he still wants to establish authority for the Western character school on some occasions.

Song Shanqian is also a smart person, he said with a smile: "Learning lies in research and discussion, now there is some research in the next, and the things you study are discussed with others, there is no right or wrong, it is completely only in the inner point of view of everyone, I think, this is also the teaching philosophy of the Western character school, right?" ”

This is very clever, Song Shanqian does not fight with the people of the Western character school, so as not to insult his identity, and as a trainee bachelor, he will fight for something with a lifter, and there will be no sense of honor if he wins, and it will be even more embarrassing if he loses.

Zhou Cheng said with a smile: "What Zhang Juren said, even if it is recognized by Master Song, it is rare for Zhang Juren to come out and make a good start for many students. ”

After speaking, someone brought over a wooden box and opened it in front of everyone, and in the wooden box, it was full of gold and silver jewelry, although the wooden box was not very large, but the gold and silver jewelry in it added up to more than a hundred taels of silver.

Although there are also some children of the family present, these people regard money as dung, but there are also people from relatively poor backgrounds, seeing such a rich reward, there are more people present, just come out and talk nonsense, you can get a reward of hundreds of taels of silver, this transaction is very cost-effective.

Many people want to come out to earn this silver, but unfortunately it has been obtained by Zhang Yaoshan, and now they can only take advantage of it, lest they fall behind, and they will not be rewarded at all.

Ji Ning, who was almost watching the excitement on the side, thought: "I finally know why Zhou Cheng is so respected, the feeling is not respect, but because he is generous, he can take out so much silver at a time to reward readers, many people respect him, in addition to the fact that he is the big butler of the Western character school, and he is the eagle dog of the king, obviously because he is generous and good at using money to win people." ”

"Students also have some small points of view ......"

Sure enough, after Zhang Yaoshan came out to express his views, many people were willing to come out to explain their views, which was like a competition, everyone scrambled to be the first, for fear that they would lose the opportunity to get a reward because of timidity.

Now these students don't take Ji Ning and Song Shanqian's appreciation very seriously, and the only thing they want is Zhou Cheng's reward.

There is one, that is, there is a second, or even the third and fourth, and Zhou Cheng is very generous, not only gave Zhang Yaoshan a reward of more than 100 taels, but also a few people in the back, often dozens of taels, and even took out some small objects to give away, each of which can be said to be worth a lot of money.

Ji Ning thought to himself: "What is the plan of this week?" Is it just to get the support of these readers? But these scholars have not reached the point of being able to enter the hall at all, even if there are a few lifters, the gap between the follow-up scholars is not small, and the scholars who come out every day to participate in the literary meeting are difficult to compare with the fame of the emperor! ”

Perhaps sensing that Ji Ning was a little absent-minded, Zhou Cheng asked with a smile: "Why does Master Ji keep silent?" What do you think of the students' knowledge and opinions? ”