Chapter 177: Teaching and Transformation
Half a day is not a long time, although Liu Fan got all of Xu Guangqi's works, he only read one or two books in such a short time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Early the next morning, Liu Fan instructed Li Xiaohu to buy some tonic herbs, and then told him to inquire about the house, and he would take someone to Xu's mansion.
Accepting such a big benefit from others, and then ignoring it, this is not Liu Fan's style, and in ancient times, there was a saying that "one day is a teacher and a father is life", Liu Fan doesn't want to ruin his hard-earned "reputation" because of his own negligence!
After coming to Xu's mansion, Liu Fan ordered someone to send gifts, Xu Ji was obviously much more enthusiastic, and under the leadership of Xu Ji, Liu Fan soon met Xu Guangqi. Maybe it's because of a solution to a problem! Xu Guangqi's face obviously improved, and the look in his eyes brightened a lot. Liu Fan slowly walked to Xu Guangqi's bed, saluted respectfully, and said, "Disciple Liu Fan, meet the teacher!" ”
Xu Guangqi waved his hand and said softly: "Jimin, don't be polite!" Come and sit! Helping the people! Did the old man give you the book yesterday? ”
Liu Fan got Xu Guangqi's permission, walked to the side of the bed and gently helped Xu Guangqi up, and when Xu Guangqi sat up straight, Liu Fan found a stool and sat opposite Xu Guangqi and replied, "Back to the teacher's words!" After Liu Fan went back, he read through all night, and because of the relationship of time, he only read two books, "The Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" and "Miscellaneous Agricultural Relics"! ”
Xu Guangqi was very satisfied when he heard Liu Fan's answer, nodded and said, "Hmm! Jimin can spend his heart to understand the old man of agriculture is very gratified, I Ming is agriculture-oriented, agriculture is the national capital of the Ming Dynasty, Jimin knows more about agriculture is also good! It is very beneficial to your future governance in Jiaozhou! If you have any questions, you can ask me! The old man still has time to solve your doubts! ”
Liu Fan said gratefully, "Thank you for your care!" Let's be honest! The disciple doesn't know much about farming! Perhaps because of his background, he didn't pay much attention to farming, and after reading the teacher's writings, the disciple suddenly discovered that agriculture occupied such an important position in the rule of the Ming Dynasty! The disciple just read through it, and he didn't know what to understand! There are still a lot of things I don't understand, and I hope the teacher will solve the doubts! Then Liu Fan told Xu Guangqi about some of the problems he encountered.
Xu Guangqi is knowledgeable, his language is funny, and he cites scriptures and classics between his words, and answers Liu Fan's questions one by one in detail. Liu Fan was stunned and watched his teacher talking, at this time he knew that the ancient literati were so good, and he didn't know the origin of the classics Xu Guangqi said with Liu Fan's literary skills, and Liu Fan had a sense of uncertainty for a while.
Seeing Liu Fan's stunned appearance, Xu Guangqi frowned, stopped and asked, "Jimin?" Is there anything you don't know? ”
"Oh! Not... No! Liu Fan suddenly came back to his senses and said with some embarrassment, "That! Teacher, my knowledge level is limited, and I haven't heard any of the allusions you said! Teacher! Let's see if you can put it in layman's terms! After saying this, Liu Fan's face turned red! Nima! I have been studying for more than ten years from elementary school to university, but now I have to admit that I am an "illiterate" Liu Fan really has a feeling of what the days are!
Xu Guangqi's face twitched, he glanced at Liu Fan helplessly, shook his head and said, "Jimin, you!" Alas! All right! Then the old man will talk a little more popular! If you don't know the old man, you can't help it! ”
Liu Fan hurriedly nodded, "Okay!" Good! Teacher, you speak! I'm listening! ”
Next, Xu Guangqi no longer quoted scriptures, but made the language more straightforward and told Liu Fan to understand. One of them spoke attentively, the other listened carefully, and before they knew it, a morning passed in a flash. Seeing that the time was not early, and his teacher was also very tired, Liu Fan declined Xu Guangqi's request to invite him to dinner, said goodbye and left.
In the afternoon, Liu Fan returned home, continued to read the works given to him by Xu Guangqi, and continued to go to Xu's house to listen to lectures the next day. For several days, Liu Fan went back and forth from Xu's Mansion to his home, trying to absorb knowledge and enrich himself. Maybe he knows that his limit is approaching, or maybe Xu Guangqi really regards Liu Fan as the heir to the mantle, these days Xu Guangqi not only explained some knowledge in books to Liu Fan, but also occasionally interspersed some ways of being an official, as well as some rules of officialdom, and even sometimes mixed with some customs and customs. Sometimes because of physical reasons, even if Xu Guangqi can't give a lecture to Liu Fan in person, he will let his son Xu Ji explain it on his behalf.
Xu Guangqi's teaching benefited Liu Fan a lot. It gave Liu Fan a comprehensive understanding of the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, as well as a deep understanding of the complex relationship between scholars, gentry, wealthy businessmen and ordinary people. This was crucial for Liu Fan, who could not fit into them without understanding their rules during this period of gentry-based feudal rule. You can't get to know them if you can't fit in with them. If you can't get to know them deeply, let alone defeat them.
Liu Fan has always regarded the Ming Dynasty's civilian clique as an imaginary enemy! In Liu Fan's view, the civil official group was second only to the Manchu Tartars and was the second biggest enemy in Liu Fan's mind. Because of some historical prejudices, perhaps Liu Fan's own prejudices, Liu Fan was very disdainful of what the Donglin Party did, and hated them very much for being full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but in private they were full of male thieves and prostitutes, and what else could they do to restore the society, except for fooling prostitutes, they couldn't do anything, and the Tartars immediately surrendered and became traitors. This kind of hateful behavior made Liu Fan deeply heartbroken, and then made Liu Fan very disgusted with the entire civil official group of Daming, so he kept his distance from them all the time and rarely contacted them, so he came to Daming for more than two years, and now Liu Fan doesn't even have a civilian friend.
Because he doesn't understand, Liu Fan can't move an inch in officialdom, there are opponents everywhere, and enemies everywhere, which also makes Liu Fan and officialdom, and even the entire world, seem incompatible. Although this can behave like a loyal minister, it can make Chongzhen relax his vigilance, and it is not easy to arouse his suspicion. But it also made Liu Fan lose more things, that is, he couldn't really integrate into Daming, so Liu Fan's behavior and behavior seemed incompatible with Daming, and he was unique!
Xu Guangqi's appearance is like a guiding light, allowing Liu Fan to stand in the civil official class and comprehensively understand the current situation of the Ming Dynasty from another angle, which has an immeasurable role for Liu Fan. Through Xu Guangqi's teaching, Liu Fan is rapidly transforming, and some ways of speaking and thinking have begun to move closer to the "natives" of the Ming Dynasty.
Liu Fan also realized the benefits of this change, so he became more and more attentive to Xu Guangqi's teachings, and stayed in Xu's mansion all day long, absorbing knowledge hungry. (To be continued.) )