Chapter 108: Zhang Zai's Return (Fourth Watch)
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After Wang Meng returned home, he directly repaired a book, sent someone to the northern border overnight, and sent the letter to Zhang Zai, and two days later, Wang Meng put down his official duties and took Guo Jia to visit the city.
And Guo Jia was not polite, he turned around all the places he could visit, and then proposed to visit Bingzhou Academy, he heard that Hu Zhao and Cai Yong were teaching in the academy, and wanted to visit the two.
Wang Meng naturally had no opinion, he heard that Guo Jia was a student who came out of Yingchuan Academy, and Zhang Zai had eaten a closed door in Yingchuan Academy back then, so he didn't have a good impression of Yingchuan Academy.
Of course, Wang Meng would not be arrogant, thinking that with books and two great Confucians, he felt that Bingzhou Academy could stand side by side with Yingchuan Academy, but he took the opportunity of Guo Jia's arrival this time to let him see the potential of Bingzhou Academy.
This Bingzhou Academy is built in the city, not far from the General's Mansion, and it is open to the outside world, as soon as you enter the door, the first thing you see is still the school motto, and it also carries Zhang Zai's name.
Even if Guo Jia is not a Confucian disciple, when he saw these four sentences, he also felt Zhang Zai's open-mindedness, and at the same time hoped to see Zhang Zai even more.
At this time, the students were in class, the academy was taught in the open air, everyone was in a courtyard, Guo Jia came to the gate of the courtyard, stood at the door, and listened to the lectures of the people inside.
"This is Hu Zhao, the dean of the academy." Wang Meng on the side introduced.
"Oh?" Guo Jia said with relief: "Najia is really lucky, he actually ran into a lecture by Confucianism." ā
He listened to Hu Zhao's course, the course was very simple, just a paragraph on the Analects, but it was explained in simple terms, and even he admired this teacher who taught.
At the beginning, Guo Jia thought that all the gentlemen in the college were so talented, but he didn't expect that this was the principal, worthy of being a famous Confucian in the world, and from the mastery of this knowledge alone, he was much better than him.
Guo Jia listened to the lecture in the academy for a while, and then paid a special visit to Cai Yong, and before parting, Cai Yong also gave him a gift, a new Analects.
After coming out of the academy, Wang Meng looked at Guo Jia, who was speechless, and asked, "How does Fengxiao feel?" ā
Guo Jia glanced back at the academy, then touched the books in his arms, and couldn't help but praise: "If the academy continues to develop like this, within a hundred years, it will definitely be able to become an existence comparable to Yingchuan Academy." ā
"How about Bonghyo stay?" Wang Meng never forgot his purpose.
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Lord, be sure to come back soon!
Wang Meng saw that Guo Jia didn't speak, smiled bitterly, and then took him to wander around the city, now he pushed away all official business, he just wanted to get closer to the relationship between the two sides, in short, Wang Meng wanted to use all methods to keep Guo Jia.
After another three days, finally under Wang Meng's expectation, Zhang Zai returned with the stars and the moon, and when he came to Jinyang City, it was already late at night.
Early in the morning, when Wang Meng received the news of Zhang Zai's return, he hurriedly rushed to the general's mansion, but heard Zhang Zai's personal guards say that Zhang Zai had gone to the Zhaoxian Pavilion, and then nodded with a smile, and then stopped asking about the matter.
Zhaoxian Pavilion, Zhang Zai has not been here a few times since it was established, except for inspection, let alone come here to invite others, but today, he must come.
Two days ago, Zhang Zai, who was patrolling the border, was stunned when he received Wang Meng's letter, but he didn't expect that Guo Jia, who was famous in history, would take the initiative to find the door, so he ordered Ran Min to prepare a fast horse, and he and his guards returned to Jinyang overnight.
Along the way, he and his guards did not stop, it took a day and a night, drove more than a thousand miles, during which he even ran and killed a war horse, and finally rushed back.
When he returned to the mansion, when the ugly hour was about to pass, Zhang Zai first ordered Dian Wei and his guards to go down to rest, and then instructed the servants in the house to wake him up after two hours, and then fell asleep on the bed.
I felt that I didn't have a long rest, and it was already the hour, and Zhang Zai was woken up, and when he opened his eyes, it was Dian Wei.
Zhang Zai got up in a daze, and then after a simple wash, he changed into clean clothes, yesterday he was so tired that he didn't even take off his clothes, and fell asleep directly on the bed.
Looking at Dian Wei, who had already washed, Zhang Zai's heart warmed, it must have been last night, Dian Wei ordered someone to wake him up before the hour, and then he personally kept watch until the time of the hour before waking himself up.
After everything was cleaned up, Zhang Zai walked towards the recruitment hall.
When Zhang Zai arrived at the Zhaoxian Pavilion, Guo Jia had not yet gotten up, and the little official wanted to wake him up, but was stopped by Zhang Zai, and then went downstairs, ordered someone to prepare wine and food, and waited for Guo Jia to get up.
In the blink of an eye, most of the time passed, and there was finally movement upstairs, and Guo Jia finally got up.
The officials in the Zhaoxian Pavilion immediately went upstairs and informed General Guo Jia of the visit, wanting to bring Guo Jia to see Zhang Zai immediately.
However, he was stopped by Zhang Zai, and in order to show his sincerity, Zhang Zai decided to invite Guo Jia in person.
But the officials in the Zhaoxian Pavilion and the Dian Wei around him couldn't look at it, and the official said: "My lord, as the general of Zhengbei, why should you deign to invite him to a small country citizen? ā
Zhang Zai shook his head with a smile and said: "The establishment of the Zhaoxian Pavilion is to invite talented people, since he can live on the third floor of the Zhaoxian Pavilion, he has the qualifications to invite him personally, not to mention that he is still arranged in the No. 1 room of Tianzi." ā
Zhang Zai looked at the still unwilling official, stopped speaking, waved his hand to signal him to wait here, and then took Dian Wei up to the third floor.
Zhang Zai came to the door of Guo Jiafang, knocked on the door and said: "Zhang Zai and Zhang Zide are here to visit, and please come out to talk about it." ā
"Zhang Zhengbei, wait a minute." Guo Jia didn't open the door, but let Zhang Zai stand outside the door, and he didn't know what to do inside.
Dian Wei was annoyed in his heart, so he wanted to break down the door, but was stopped by Zhang Zai, and then signaled him to be calm.
After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, Guo Jia opened the door, and then bowed to Zhang Zai: "Yingchuan Guo Jia, meet General Zhengbei." ā
"Filial piety doesn't have to be polite." Zhang Zai helped Guo Jia up and said, "Feng Xiao just got up, and he hasn't eaten yet, and the wine and food have been prepared downstairs, come with him." Then he grabbed Guo Jia's arm and led him downstairs.
Downstairs, Zhang Zai specially cleared a large area, and there were only two tables in the open space, on which were placed the wine and food that had been prepared long ago.
Zhang Zai invited Guo Jia to sit down, then poured a glass of water and wine himself, then returned to his table, poured a glass of wine and said: "I didn't return from the trip, and I waited for Fengxiao, this glass of wine can be regarded as making amends to Fengxiao." Then he drank it straight away.
Guo Jia calmly picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.