"The students have met the teachers!" Zhang Chao took the initiative to salute the five doctors in front of him, and humbly respected him as a student.

And these five doctors, that is, five of the four disciplines, are the senior teachers of the four disciplines. According to the ancient saying, the doctor was not the doctor who represented the degree in later generations, and the doctor of this era refers to the establishment of the most senior teacher in a certain college. Doctor is the title of a senior teacher, and his status is much higher than that of later university professors. According to the regulations of the ancient Guozijian, Taixue, and Simenxue, the number of doctors is also limited, and it is not necessary to be if you want to. Guozijian's doctorate has the highest status, which is equivalent to the fifth rank official, and the doctorate of the four disciplines has the lowest status, which is only equivalent to the seventh rank official. And there is also a teaching assistant under the doctor, which is much more powerful than those university teacher titles in later generations, and it is a position, not a teacher's title level.

Zhang Chao had studied at Sixue a few years ago, so he had to respect these "school leaders" at that time. It's like a later life, you came out of this school, and then returned to this school to be the principal, and the old leaders in those schools were also your teachers. Although they may not have taught you personally, as long as people work in this school, then you really have to be a teacher by your parents. Of course, this is only a superficial ceremonial status, but in fact, how much status both sides have in their hearts depends on themselves. Maybe there are too many "students" in this school leader, and they don't know who you are. And this student has not been taught by the school leaders, and he doesn't take it seriously in his heart, but just maintains polite respect, and he doesn't take it too seriously in his heart.

Of course, having this relationship is also very helpful for both parties to get closer. With this layer of relationship. Since then, there has been a ladder for the communication between the two sides.

Zhang Chao gave a discipleship to those doctors, but those "teachers" didn't take it very seriously. Although Zhang Chao was their student back then, they didn't know that there was also Zhang Chao. If it weren't for Zhang Chao coming back to serve as a doctor of the four disciplines this time and being on an equal footing with himself, then they wouldn't take Zhang Chao seriously. However, Zhang Chao moved the rescue to save Datang, which can be regarded as a hero of Datang. They still know this. But they didn't expect that their students had been able to sit on an equal footing with them back then, which made them feel a little uncomfortable in their hearts.

"Zhang Chao, since I am your teacher, then I will also guide you! Although you are currently working as a PhD in our four disciplines, you are also being promoted rapidly. But we teachers are still your seniors, and you are also our students, so I think you should listen to what our teachers and predecessors say. In the future, we will learn the things in the four disciplines. You might as well listen to it more, it will be good for you to become an official in the future. If you have anything to do in the future, you must discuss it with us, the division commanders, so that you can make sure that there are no problems. Otherwise, once something goes wrong at that time, I'm afraid the consequences will be unimaginable! An old doctor who looked to be in his fifties said.

Zhang Chao thought to himself: "Jia Wanchun, are you really shining if you give a little sunshine, and you will open a dyeing workshop if you give you three points of color?" He was fiddling with some teacher's score in front of me. You don't look at who I am. Even though I was your student back then, now I am the same status as you. There is even a Shang Fang Sword to manage the four schools, you want to use the identity that was once my teacher to restrain me? I'm an idiot! Do you think you can use my status as my so-called teacher back then to make me this puppet? ”

Zhang Chao was really speechless in his heart for this doctor named Jia Wanchun, this Jia Wanchun is a doctor of the four disciplines, and he is the oldest doctor in the four disciplines. Previously, the four schools had always been managed by him. And he was also one of Zhang Chao's "teachers" back then. But now he wants to use the identity of the "teacher" of the year to make Zhang Chaolai a puppet, and he can't have any real power, which is really too whimsical. Zhang Chao was undeniably his student back then, but that was only "back then". It was that year, and now it is now. Although Zhang Chao was his student back then, Zhang Chao is now his boss. If the subordinates of later generations use the identity of the teacher who was the boss back then to let the boss give up his power and become a puppet, do you think the boss will agree? Once it comes to the struggle for power, not to mention teachers and students, even father and son will be killed. So this Jia Wanchun hopes that Zhang Chao will be a puppet, Zhang Chao will never be like this, even if the other party is his own teacher, he should fight for power or fight for it, and the power struggle can't help but be affected by the teacher-student relationship, not to mention that they have never taught Zhang Chao, and their feelings are as light as water.

"Dr. Jia, the younger generation is still young, and I haven't thought about it. The younger generation does not plan to break the original management method, but just hopes to adjust the division of labor, and all the doctors will re-carry out the division of labor, what do you think? Zhang Chao said.

The so-called division of labor among the four disciplines, in fact, Zhang Chao also had to admire the wisdom of the ancients. In fact, there is no so-called "principal" position in these four disciplines, and the four disciplines are all self-managed by six doctors, and the six doctors themselves are the actual managers of the four disciplines. On weekdays, the six doctors are in charge of each other, and then once there is something, they will gather for a meeting, and everyone will discuss and vote to solve it. This method reminded Zhang Chao of the Standing Committee of later generations, and the ancients also had this kind of thinking, and it cannot be said that the ancients were stupid.

According to the previous division of powers, these six doctors are divided into labor, one is responsible for the personnel management of teachers in the four schools, financial management, and the recommendation of imperial examination places, this is the most powerful one, and is called the chief doctor. In addition, there are those who are responsible for teaching, those who are responsible for managing academic style and discipline, those who are responsible for logistics management, those who are responsible for student recruitment and evaluation, and those who are responsible for academic research. These six people constitute the management of the daily four disciplines, and then they are actually a standing committee of the later generations.

But Zhang Chao's arrival broke this situation, Zhang Chao obtained the emperor's edict, and then obtained the authorization to manage the four schools, so the people of the four schools had to listen to him. From the original collective leadership, it has become Zhang Chao's independent ruling, which can be said to make those people very dissatisfied. However, Zhang Chao promised everyone that the management method would not change, so everyone felt relaxed for a while. But Zhang Chao suddenly had to adjust the division of labor. This is still a bit surprising to everyone. Because adjusting the division of labor means redividing power, everyone also feels that they have to be careful.

"I suggest that Dr. Jia Wanchun and Dr. Ning Song exchange the division of labor. Dr. Jia Wanchun was later responsible for the management of various chores in the four disciplines, which were very large and complex, and involved the daily lives of many students and teachers. So it has to be managed by an old man. So Dr. Jia Wanchun might as well go and take charge of the miscellaneous logistics. And Dr. Ning Song is in the prime of life, so it is a good choice to let him be in charge of teaching. Zhang Chao said.

Jia Wanchun almost scolded that he was in his fifties, and he actually let himself be in charge of logistics chores? You must know that the lowest status in a school is the one who is responsible for logistics, don't look at the logistics responsible for finance, etc., but in fact, not many people pay attention to it. If the government is in charge of finances, then maybe many people will be willing to go. But in this kind of school, he is in charge of logistics, and this is simply ranking him last! Schools are places where teaching is taught. Only things related to teaching are the most important places of power. But Zhang Chao actually asked him to be in charge of logistics, but let the young man in charge of logistics be in charge of teaching, which was a slap in the face.

"How can it be so, there is no teacher who is in charge of teaching affairs that cannot be responsible. Ning Song was too young to be in charge of teaching affairs. Jia Wanchun said.

However, Zhang Chao replied: "Being in charge of teaching affairs is extremely important, and the workload is very huge. Every young body. That's not up to the task. And Dr. Jia Wanchun, you are old and very experienced. So please take care of the logistics! ”

"You-, how dare you?" Jia Wanchun said angrily.

"Why, I'm responsible for managing the four schools for the emperor, and I don't even have the right to adjust the division of labor?" Zhang Chao asked rhetorically.

"I'm your teacher!" Jia Wanchun said.

Zhang Chao also took the initiative to say gently: "Teacher, business is a business matter, and a private matter is a private matter." I think you can tell the difference, teacher. ”

"Humph!" Jia Wanchun brushed his sleeves away.

Zhang Chao saw this Jia Wanchun brushing his sleeves away, and he also sat down calmly. Because he knew that he had entered the four schools, he would definitely have a certain conflict with them. If there is no conflict, it is a strange thing. Although I was a student of theirs back then, I am different now. In the struggle for power and profit, there are absolutely no teachers and students. Teachers and students are private relationships, but once it comes to public power and the struggle for officialdom, there are no teachers and students.

Zhang Chao first adjusted the division of labor, which was regarded as a dismount for them, so that they could understand that their new "principal" was not a vegetarian, but had a Shang Fang sword.

But it didn't take long for a commotion to come from outside, and then many students came over.

"Let Zhang Chao get out!" "Let Zhang Chao get out, he's so young, why should he be our division commander?" "Yes! Three years ago, he was a student like me, so why should he be our teacher now? "Yes! He is not as old as me, so why should he be my teacher? "Let the emperor send another doctor of the four schools to come over, why let a student of the four schools return to the four schools to be the teacher?" "Zhang Chao was a student like us back then, why did he come over to be a teacher now?" ……

Zhang Chao heard this shout, obviously knowing that someone was deliberately embarrassing himself on this ground. And who else can there be other than Jia Wanchun who provoked the students? These students all want to get out of the way and have the Emperor send a new doctor over again, so that they can accept the doctor.

Zhang Chaoyue came, and then took the initiative to ask: "Students, what are you arguing about here?" Don't you know that this is a quiet place for everyone to read, and what kind of system do you make so loudly? ”

"Zhang Chao, you were just our classmate back then, why are you here to be our teacher now?" "Yes! You're only twenty years old, why did you come to Simen Xu to serve as a doctor? "Do you think that you can surpass the doctors and have a deep knowledge?" "Back then, you were still my classmate, and you were not as good as me in scripture, so why did you come to be a doctor?" ……

These students didn't give Zhang Chao face very much, and they obviously criticized Zhang Chao. The students of this era are still very arrogant, they come from families above the middle level, and the economic conditions are very good. And if they have the opportunity to read and write, they will naturally be very smart. Even the Tang Dynasty government was not very strict in controlling the minds of the people, so many people could express their dissatisfaction with the four doctors. Simen School is a school here, and even if the government goes to the school, it can't get rid of the essence of the school. So these young students are full of enthusiasm. They are very unaccustomed to Zhang Chao, the young "principal".

"Ladies and gentlemen, I can hear that there are several reasons why you oppose me being this doctor. The first one, which is my age. I'm only twenty years old, do you think I'm not worthy of being our teacher? Zhang Chao asked.

Someone immediately replied: "Yes." You are younger than many of our students, so why did you become our teacher? ”

"The second one, that is, I don't believe in my knowledge. Say I'm young and uneducated. Even, some people say that I am not enough to learn and am not worthy of being a teacher? Zhang Chao asked.

"Yes, you are only twenty years old, how much can you learn? Back then, you didn't learn as much as I did! Why can I be my teacher now? Someone said disdainfully.

Zhang Chao asked rhetorically: "Then what do you think is an excellent teacher?" ”

"At least be knowledgeable and old."

In the eyes of the average person. Only those who are knowledgeable and old enough can be their own teachers. This may be an idea that many people have, and it must be very humiliating to ask someone who is not as old as themselves and whose academic achievements are not as high as their own. Not to mention ancient times, in later generations, many people could not ask questions to a person who was much younger than themselves and whose academic achievements were not as high as their own. Adults are not good at asking questions to children, and students in the upper grades can't pull their faces down to ask the younger grades. And it is not good for people with high official positions to ask for advice from people with low official positions. A person with a low official position does not want to be a student of a person with a high official position, for fear that others will say that he is flattering.

Actually, this kind of thinking. It was also available in ancient times. In ancient times, people chose teachers, but they did not become teachers naturally once they entered the school. In ancient times, when people chose teachers, they were very "picky and thin". Not only should he be older than himself, but he also looks like an old professor. Only in this way can they convincingly recognize that he is a teacher, and that they are their peers, or people younger than themselves. It's impossible for them to learn from them. At that time, Confucius was not ashamed to ask, but after arriving in the Wei and Jin dynasties, it had long been forgotten by everyone.

"Since everyone thinks that I can't be everyone's teacher, then I will also say what I think of the 'teacher'. Ancient scholars must have teachers. Teacher, so preaching and receiving karma to solve doubts. If people are not born to know, how can they be free from confusion? ……”

Zhang Chao read out Han Yu's famous argumentative essay "Shi Shuo" in the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties in the later generations. Then he showed his attitude. This "Teacher Said" was later corrected by Han Yu in order to correct the thinking of "shame learning from teachers". Since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, countless students have eaten "shame to learn from teachers", in the words of later generations, that is, although they do not understand the problem, they are ashamed to ask for advice. They think it's a shame to ask someone a question, especially someone who is not as academically successful or older than themselves, and that's even more humiliating. They have long forgotten Confucius's shameless questioning, and they all think that it is a shame to ask others about academic issues. Even if you don't understand, you have to pretend to understand, and then bury the question in your heart and don't ask others.

And it is very difficult for them to ask for advice, and only those famous people can get them to ask for advice. They don't want to ask people who understand, but who are not as old as themselves. Therefore, such a learning attitude is simply a pit, and it has even been passed down to future generations! Han Yu wrote this "Teacher Said" to correct this kind of thinking.

"The so-called hearing has a sequence, and there is a specialization in the art industry, that's all." Zhang Chao finished reading the last sentence.

"This article "The Teacher Says" is an encouragement between me and all the teachers and students, hoping that we can learn together in the future, instead of 'being ashamed of learning from the teacher', and it is also to let everyone understand what a 'teacher' is. The so-called 'teacher' is just to hear the Tao before others, not to be older. Our so-called teacher should be before we hear the Tao ourselves, not by the age of the tooth as a division. And there is a specialization in the art industry, but it is different from what everyone has learned. Some people specialize in the Analects, some people read through the Five Classics, and some people learn various talents, but these are all different from each other. The art industry is different, but you think that one law can be used for all laws, but this is really a big mistake. The knowledge of the ancient sages is vast and majestic, but has anyone ever heard that he can be proficient in the knowledge of all the sons and hundreds of schools? Therefore, the books in the world cannot be learned, and what everyone has learned is nothing more than their own major, and it is impossible to complete all the majors. When you encounter something you don't understand and is not your own major, why shouldn't you ask someone who is professional? This is also the truth that there is a specialization in the art industry, and it is impossible for anyone to learn all the knowledge, so what is the shame of asking people from different majors for advice? The master doesn't have to be inferior to the disciple, the disciple doesn't have to be inferior to the master, have you all forgotten the shameless question of the sage? ”

"The students think that I am not too old and not very knowledgeable to come to the four departments for a doctorate. But I still say that there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry. I studied in the four schools back then, and now I have been admitted to the imperial examination, and then I have been an official for several years, and I am considered to be the first to hear the Tao. People say that I am not as good as everyone else, but I think that I have been an official for several years, but I have accumulated a lot of experience. It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read 10,000 books, and I have also deeply realized it in my years as an official. I also honestly admit that I am not as good as everyone else. But it's nothing more than a specialization in the art industry, and I don't specialize in studying scriptures, so there's no shame in why I can't study scriptures as well as everyone else. The so-called longevity of employing people, there is no unavailable person in the world. The shortness of employing people, there is no available person in the world. You think that I am not fit to be a doctor on the grounds that I do not study the scriptures, but you ignore that I have seen more than you. Therefore, if you attack my weaknesses with your own strengths, is this not contrary to the teachings of the saints? If you were on the battlefield, I didn't say that. But if you are studying and studying, you must not think of that. ”

"Today, I will teach you the first lesson, so that you can understand what a 'teacher' is and how to learn from a teacher."

After Zhang Chao finished speaking, he immediately left, leaving only some students at the scene. Many students are also ashamed because they have always been "ashamed of learning from teachers" and are unwilling to ask others for advice. And in Zhang Chao's teacher's saying, there is also a saint who is becoming more and more sageful, and the fool is becoming more and more stupid, so he is talking about them! The teacher who wrote this article by Han Yu said that in the final analysis, I hope that everyone can ask without shame, don't mind the identity and age of the other party, and should ask for advice according to the idea that there is a priority in the art industry and a specialization. It is not because of the difference in age and major, and the difference in academic achievement, which is therefore the exclusion of others.

And Han Yu's essay on behalf of the teacher has influenced China for more than 1,000 years, which is enough to show that it is a thought-provoking argumentative essay. So soon, the students in these four schools also had a lot of discussions, and they also began to comment on Zhang Chao's "Teacher's Sayings".

And that Jia Wanchun, when he saw this scene, his nose was almost crooked. He finally provoked the students to make trouble, but he was driven back by Zhang Chao's "Teacher Said". At that time, Jia Wanchun proposed that Zhang Chao could not be a doctor, that is, Zhang Chao was young, not profound enough, and was a student's peer, so he could not be a teacher. But it was completely refuted by a piece of teacher's theory, which made Jia Wanchun feel very depressed. And he is now like a clown, in front of Zhang Chao's "Shi Said", he is very untenable.

Since then, the criteria for evaluating teachers in the four schools are no longer based on age and academic achievement. Everyone should ask each other and learn from each other, instead of "learning from their teachers". If you have questions, you should ask them to a professional person, and you can't just stop asking them because their academic achievements are not as good as yours. The so-called teacher is not based on age, but on suspicion of the Tao as the standard, and everyone has different learning, and there is a specialization in the art industry, and it is not a shame to ask people from different majors for advice.

Since then, Zhang Chao's position in the four disciplines has been stabilized. (To be continued......)