Chapter 16: Slipping Without Leaving Your Hands

"Shi Xiaoshulang, we have sent you a bundle!" Li Wanrou and Li Lizhi said together.

Shi Bufan looked at the two strong men behind Li Wanrou and Li Liqing, both holding a big basket in their hands. Although it doesn't look like this basket is heavy, looking at the two strong men who are struggling to do so, it's obvious that the things in it are very heavy. Shi Bufan, even if you don't have too deep knowledge of physics, knows that the things in it are definitely gold, silver or other valuable items. Anyway, Shi Bufan passed physics in middle school, but he didn't fail. So he was very aware of things like metal density. The weight of gold and silver is definitely very heavy, so there are definitely some precious metals in this small basket.

Shi Bufan immediately asked: "County Lord Li Wanrou, County Lord Li Lizhen, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Shi Xiao Shulang, we are learning to read with you, so naturally we have to send some bundles!" Li Wanrou said.

And Li Lizhi also added: "Yes! Since ancient times, apprentices have been to send bundles, which has been a rule since ancient times. Sending the bundle represents the respect for the teacher, the respect for the teacher, and then the study seriously! ”

Shi Bufan whispered: "What an afterthought!" ”

Shi Bufan, a liberal arts tyrant with a master's degree in history, of course knows some of the rules of apprenticeship in ancient times, that is, sending shackles. This originated from some examples of Confucius, when Confucius accepted disciples, although there were no classes, regardless of whether they were born or low. However, Confucius did not charge "tuition", but collected a few skewers of bacon. Of course, with the economic conditions of the Spring and Autumn Period of that year, the price of meat was also very expensive, and generally only the nobles could afford to eat it, so there was a saying in Cao Di's polemic called meat eaters. That is to say, the dignitaries are meat eaters, and only they can afford to eat meat.

Confucius proposed to give a few bacon, in fact, it was not without the idea of testing those students. Bacon is a rare thing, but as long as you put your mind to it, you can still get it. Although only nobles can afford to eat meat, even if ordinary people work hard to find it, they can always find it. After all, there are a lot of hares and so on, and the key is whether you really look for them. So as long as you can get bacon, it represents a piece of sincerity.

Of course, as a custom, there are two sides to everything. Just like some public officials in later generations who held wedding banquets during the New Year and festivals to receive gifts in a big way, this kind of thing is a good custom when used well. But if it is used badly, it will corrupt the atmosphere.

Since ancient times, many people have also made a fuss about this "bundle", what to take advantage of the teacher appreciation banquet to give gifts, and many parents and elders take the opportunity to give gifts to their children's teachers, and then hope to get teachers to pay more attention to their children. This is definitely a lot of things in ancient times.

However, this Shubunkan is definitely an exception. As a general rule, Shubunkan's teachers are part-time, and Shubunkan officials take turns lecturing, and each person is in charge of one subject. Since Shi Bufan came, lectures have become Shi Bufan's patent, and other officials of the Xiuwen Museum can really only go to "revise the text". And in this kind of Xiuwen Museum, there is no so-called "restraint" for teachers! Even when Shi Bufan came over at that time, these students of the royal family did not give Shi Bufan any "restraints".

You must know how many people don't say anything to restrain themselves, even if they are upside down, they are willing to teach these princes and princesses. How many people want to be the emperor's teacher, and even in ancient times, some people summed up the saying that the upper is the emperor's teacher, the middle is the emperor's friend, and the lower is the emperor's minister. So to be able to be the emperor, it is the green smoke on the ancestral tomb, do you dare to ask the emperor to restrain him? Of course, the emperor gave it to you, that is a reward, and it must not be regarded as a bundle. Teaching the emperor is your obligation, not someone begging for a teacher.

And these princes and princesses are actually the same thing. How many people want to come to teach are not qualified, and you dare to ask people to restrain them? Therefore, there is no such thing as restraint among the officials in the Xiuwen Pavilion, there is no such thing as life and death when Shi Bufan comes, and there are no other officials.

"When I came, you didn't send bindings, and when other officials came, you didn't send bindings. But I've started to lecture, I've talked about the art of war, and you've finally come to send you off? Hmph, two afterthoughts. Li Wanrou, Li Jiancheng's daughter. Li Lizhen, Li Shimin's daughter, you came to send the bundle, your father asked you to send it behind your back, right? Shi Bufan thought.

The meaning of these two guys is understood by Shi Bufan. It's nothing more than Li Jiancheng saw this wargame deduction and those war theories of the art of war, and thought that this was valuable, very valuable, so he wanted to come over and win over Shi Bufan. Although Shi Bufan was recommended by Li Shimin, what can this be? Xiuwenguan School Shulang is just a sesame official from the ninth grade, so Li Jiancheng doesn't think that Li Shimin has much kindness to Shi Bufan, so he thinks that he just gave it to a junior official of the ninth grade, and it is not Li Shimin's henchman, and there is nothing to win him over. Anyway, since ancient times, officialdom shopping malls have been digging up the foot of the wall, and Li Jiancheng does not reject these. Anyway, he is just a nine-grade petty official, and Li Jiancheng doesn't think that Shi Bufan is Li Shimin's henchman. Since he is not a confidant, there is nothing to dig up.

As for Li Shimin, his intestines are now repentant, if he knew that Shi Bufan actually had such a profound attainment in military science, where would he recommend Shi Bufan to come to this Xiuwen Pavilion, he directly left Shi Bufan in his Tiance Mansion. At that time, Li Shimin just thought that Shi Bufan had a good sense of strategy, so he wanted to send it to the Xiuwen Museum for specific observation. But he didn't expect that Shi Bufan's talent was much greater than he imagined, so Li Shimin regretted that he was just a nine-rank petty official. This kind of talent should have stayed in Tiance Mansion directly, and now he has been sent to the Xiuwen Pavilion to become a nine-grade petty official, so will he be poached when he is old? Don't think that Li Shimin can't dig the foot of the wall, Li Shimin is one of the people who can dig the foot of the wall in the Tang Dynasty. Almost all of the people in the Tiance Mansion under him were dug by him from other forces. And almost everyone who was poached by Li Shimin was loyal to him. Wei Chigong is from Liu Wuzhou, Cheng Biting Jin and Qin Qiong are from Wagang, and it can be said that most of Li Shimin's cronies came from the enemy. So when it comes to digging up walls, Li Shimin is definitely an expert.

Li Shimin knew that Li Jiancheng would definitely come to dig the foot of the wall, so he hurriedly hoped to consolidate his concern and not let Shi Bufan be poached.

Shi Bufan whispered sarcastically: "Sure enough, he is a brother of a mother's sibling, and his temperament is so broken, and he has no guilt about using his daughter?" ”

Li Wanrou and Li Lizhen, the two simple little girls, didn't know that their father was using them, and they thought that it was a matter of course to give them away, but in fact, these bundles were actually "bribes" given to Shi Bufan. The other students didn't send the bundles, but you two girls arrived. What's more, it's not bacon, but real money, so that fools understand what's going on. So this Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's festival was really broken, and they didn't even forget the opportunity for their daughter to apprentice to take the opportunity to give bribes.

The old strong man behind Li Wanrou and Li Lizhi blushed, of course they knew what was going on with the shackles this time. also blushed for their father-in-law, and even took advantage of the opportunity of their daughter's apprenticeship, this festival is equivalent to being eaten. These two daughters are only six years old, but the six-year-old daughter is used as a father, so their discipline is really unreliable!

"Shi Xiaoshulang, this is the shackle we give you, let's go back first!" The two strong men said.

After the two strong men finished speaking, they immediately hurried away, they just came over with these things to give Shi Bufan. Shi Bufan mentioned it, and it was really heavy. Shi Bufan opened the two baskets, and found that there were about 200 taels of silver and about 60 taels of gold in these two baskets. Shi Bufan looked at the money, and then he also felt that the gold and silver were shining.

Although Shi Bufan knew that gold and silver were not the mainstream currency in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty still used gold and silver as a settlement in international trade. Although the people use gold and silver relatively rarely, if they can find some merchants for international trade, it is not impossible to settle as currency. Gold and silver have the advantages of high value and light weight relative value, so it is an important means of bulk material settlement. Shi Bufan has a master's degree in economics, not economics, not for nothing!

"Lao Tzu is really valuable! These yellow and white things are equivalent to the legal salary income of a seven-grade county official for thirteen years! You two really don't treat money as money anymore, and you really don't skimp on me to buy me! Unfortunately, although I wanted it very much, my knowledge of law told me that this money was too hot. Shi Bufan thought.

This money is too hot, Shi Bufan is afraid that he will not be able to hold it, and he will end up on fire! Shi Bufan brought these two baskets full of gold and silver to the class, and then he immediately began to speak.

"Today, I'm not going to give a lecture. Let me first tell you about some unhealthy tendencies and establish a correct understanding concept. Today, some people use the name of the so-called bundle to give me gifts! You see, it's these yellow and white things. Shi Bufan said.

Those royal students were also stunned, there were too many of these "yellow and white things". Although, theoretically speaking, these children of the royal family are worth a lot of money in their families, but these are their family's money, which does not mean that it is their money. Just like the parents of later generations, no matter how rich the parents are, they will not casually give their children too much money in their hands. Although these young children know that they have money in their families, they have never handled too much money, and they are just some pocket money. Although their pocket money is more than that of ordinary people, it is still not far behind these gold and silver. Therefore, even these royal children felt a burst of heat.

"What a bastard, in the name of apprenticeship, he sent me so many yellow and white things. Do I teach you for the sake of these yellow and white things? I, as your teacher, am not for these yellow things. And I'm here to make you all talented and become useful talents in my Datang in the future, not for the money. I came here, not for money, but for the sake of spring silkworms dying and the wax torch turning to ashes and tears beginning to dry. If I'm for these yellow things, believe it or not, I can get them at any time? With my talent, isn't it easy to get it? But I chose to come here to teach you, I really think about the future of my Datang. I am not here for riches, and if you use them to measure my noble ideals, you are insulting me. ”

"As the disciples of our saints, we should have the spirit of being rich and noble, being poor and unyielding. If we don't even have this spirit, we are in vain as saints. As disciples of saints, we should have the ideal of establishing our hearts for heaven and earth, establishing our lives for the people, continuing our studies for the saints, and opening peace for all generations. We can't focus on these yellow and white things, but some people actually use this so-called restraint to create some unhealthy tendencies and corrupt the style and discipline of study, which is a very bad behavior, and I will not name them here. ”

Then, Shi Bufan pointed to these "yellow and white things" and said: "Of course, although I don't care about these yellow and white things, these yellow and white things are still very important to some people. I think that there are many soldiers who have contributed to the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Some were sacrificed, others were maimed. Disability may be far more tragic than sacrifice. When they are disabled, they are unable to work and support themselves and their families, which is the most tragic thing. I don't care about these things, but they need them very much. ”

"Therefore, I decided to use these yellow and white things to set up a fund to operate some industries, and then I will not take a penny of the profits from these industries, and all of them will be used to help those disabled veterans who contributed to the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Let them have something to support and rely on for the old. ”

Many students at the scene also immediately shouted: "Shixiao Shulang is too great!" ”

Outside the Xiuwen Pavilion, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin watched Shi Bufan actually play this game, and then the two of them scolded in a low voice together: "This kid is really slippery!" ”

After speaking, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin saw each other, immediately snorted and left. This time, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were embarrassed and lost money, so much money was smashed, and not a single water drifted up, but they achieved a good reputation of caring for veterans. So the two of them lost so much money, but it was useless at all, and they lost their wives and soldiers. So they couldn't help but curse Shi Bufan for not leaving his hands.