At that time, I and Confucius had a discussion about whether it was necessary to live in mourning for three years. Zai's view is more recognized by later generations: If you live in a thatched hut for three years and do nothing, don't you plant land, and don't read books, won't all the rituals and music collapse? So a year is enough.

Confucius replied to him: If you bear it, you will keep it for a year, less nonsense!

Xu Yuanzuo accompanied Teacher Lin to the funeral this time, and only then did he know that Zai I must be a happy young man with both parents. Just look at Lin Dachun, who is really in love with father and son, the etiquette law stipulates three years to protect him. If it weren't for that, I'm afraid he would be able to keep it for ten or twenty years.

After the most difficult period of the winter, the weather began to warm up. After forty-nine, the willow trees by the river pulled out new shoots, and the heavens and the earth were already full of life. The entourage brought by Xu Yuanzuo rented a house in a nearby farm, and his daily diet gradually returned to normal. Although he still can't see wine and meat, Lin Dachun has already accepted the vegetables fried in vegetable oil. The staple food has also reverted to rice instead of brown rice mixed with gravel and husks.

During this period of time, Xu Yuanzuo systematically listened to Lin Dachun talk about "The Book of Filial Piety" and "The Book of Han", and the bitter thing was that he had eaten enough, and his knowledge had really grown a lot. Lin Dachun was a prodigy when he was a child, and his score in the examination was quite high, if it weren't for Yan Song's obstruction in the palace examination, how could he only get the top three? After returning to his hometown, he was entrusted by the county commander Huang Yilong to preside over the compilation of "Chaoyang County Chronicles", and his historical skills are also outstanding.

Xu Yuanzuo was forced to endorse by Lin Dachun, only to know that his potential had not been exhausted, and the effect was even more significant. In the future, when I go out to have this "Book of Han" taught by the Lin family as the foundation, no one dares to say that he is not proficient.

Lin Keming settled down the affairs of the family up and down, and without waiting to take a breath, he rushed to pick up Xu Yuanzuo's class. He knelt solemnly in front of Xu Yuanzuo: "Thanks to the high righteousness of the world's brother, although I die nine times, I can't repay the king's great kindness!" "Just knock and kowtow. Xu Yuanzuo had no choice but to return them to him one by one. The two refused to get up first, and supported each other like sumo wrestlers. insisted that the other party get up first.

"I am fortunate to have been trained by my teacher, and it is my disciple's duty to serve in front of me. Brother Shi is really ashamed to kill the little brother when he sees him like this, maybe he will run away overnight! Xu Yuanzuo said with a serious face.

Lin Keming was really afraid that Xu Yuanzuo would run away, so he didn't mention anything about "great kindness". Xu Yuanzuo didn't think that this was a "favor", not to mention that he had gained great benefits. It's not easy to find a good teacher in this day and age. It's not easy to get a teacher to teach you.

Confucian masters are naturally not afraid of teaching their apprentices to starve their masters, but all Confucian masters pay attention to individual differences when they preach and teach and solve doubts. If there is no investigation over the years, or if the inspection is not qualified, the true learning will not be imparted. This is to prevent the villain from getting it, neglecting his life, and harming the society.

Although Lin Dachun was not famous for governing Hanshu in later generations, his other protégés still had all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred when they learned that Xu Yuanzuo had fulfilled the essence of his teacher's "Hanshu". Therefore, the call to replace Xu Yuanzuo to accompany the teacher is also increasing. Xu Yuanzuoben also has something to do. I can't really "study abroad" for a few years and not return to Songjiang, so I just did a favor and let the thatched house out.

The disciples in Guangdong Province came early, arranged their seats, and took turns to take care of the teacher, and no one was willing to suffer. For a time, the Linmen style of learning was mellow, and the teacher was strict and obedient, which was quite praised by Guangdong Shilin.

Lin Dachun is old. The saddest time was when Xu Yuanzuo accompanied him. What's more, the elderly have a kind of psychology of "far fragrant and smelly", although there are also disciples who accompany Xu Yuanzuo for a longer time. served more well than Xu Yuanzuo, but because of the "closeness", it was not as good as Xu Yuanzuo, who "came from afar". He was impatient with these people making noise all day long, and he missed the days when he talked and lectured with Xu Yuanzuo's master and apprentice, but he couldn't chill the hearts of other disciples, so he arranged for Xu Yuanzuo to live in his home.

Lin Keming naturally warmly welcomed.

This has attracted a lot of red eyes for Xu Yuanzuo.

"Some people just come by chance. Just in time for us to go home for the New Year, we saw such a big gap. The service of the previous months, where can it be compared to the hard work of others in so many days. "There are quite a few people among the disciples of the Lin family who are unwilling.

This was deliberately said to Xu Yuanzuo, otherwise there would be no need to say it. If Xu Yuanzuo is indifferent to this, I am afraid that there will be more people who have resentment against Master Lin in the future. When the time comes, he will return to Nanzhi. But it left trouble for the teacher, which is very meaningless. So Xu Yuanzuo sacrificed his magic weapon, hoping to close the gap with these Guangdong brothers in one fell swoop.

This magic weapon masterpiece: silver ingots!

Generally speaking, as long as this treasure is sacrificed, the problem will be eliminated. If there are exceptions, then two more sacrifices.

Of course, small silver ingots can also make a big difference when used properly.

Xu Yuanzuo ordered people to go to Fucheng to buy pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and ordered people to go to the two major printing centers in Guangzhou and Fuzhou to purchase all kinds of books. The former is better than a long stream, although the value is not high - for Lin Dachun's students, but the perseverance of small favors is also very able to buy people's hearts. The latter is very valuable, and it is a gift that can be given in hand. Although the printing industry in the Ming Dynasty was more developed than in the Song Dynasty, prices remained high, and many readers chose to borrow books to copy rather than buy them themselves.

Xu Yuanzuo only sent a few sets of ancient books, and he successfully eliminated the strange voices among the Lin family's protégés, and was happily accepted by them as a junior brother.

These brothers are close to Chaozhou people, and far away are people from Guangzhou, Leizhou, and Qiongzhou. This is because the New Year has just passed and the roads are inconvenient, so all the protégés who come in the province are protégés. It is expected that in the spring, it will be convenient to travel, and protégés from Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi and other provinces will also come one after another. It sounds grandiose and worrying that there is no place to place them, but in fact, there are only about a dozen students from other provinces.

Xu Yuanzuo alone represents a province -- Nanzhi. People don't say "Matsue Xu Yuanzuo", but "students who came from Minami Naoli".

These students in Guangdong Province have lifted people and students. Even if there are one or two cloth clothes, they are also very popular young students. Not to mention the number of people, most of those students are also from the squire's family. They are a powerful local force in their own right. Under their "reminder", Xu Yuanzuo realized that although Lin Dachunguan did not do much, he was keen on rural things and was a very influential figure in the local area, so he was naturally inseparable from these students.

Being accepted by this group means that you have the qualifications to take advantage of it.

The study of "potential" was still a specialized study during the Warring States period, and the famous prodigy Lu Zhonglian followed Xu Zheng of the Jixia School Palace to learn "potential". This has nothing to do with mathematics. It's the study of vertical and horizontal. As Lu Zhonglian compared: just like eating with chopsticks, where to hold it, how many fingers to call, where to pinch it, and how to pick up the dish with the most effort, this is the study of "potential number".

With qualifications. It's much easier to get things done.

"I want to build a room on the side of the teacher's cottage." When Xu Yuanzuo was chatting with Lin Keming, he inadvertently said: "The teacher is teaching our disciples in the thatched house, which is really unbearable. Therefore, it is best to build a tiled house with bright windows, so that you can have a stove in the cold and escape the heat when it is hot. ”

Lin Keming was puzzled: "Why don't I want to? It's just that my father hates those who speculate at the funeral the most, and thinks that they have no filial piety, and they just deceive the living. If we do this......" He had no choice but to say bluntly, "I will definitely be scolded by my father." ”

Xu Yuanzuo pretended to be embarrassed and tapped his chin with his fingers, as if a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and said, "There you have!" ”

"What? Jing Lian thought of something? Lin Keming hurriedly asked.

"I'm going to say it's for the teacher. It's definitely going to be scolded. Xu Yuanzuo said: "We said that it was for someone else to repair, and then lured the teacher in." ”

Lin Keming's face was a little embarrassed: "Jing Lian, I know that you are smart and clever, and you can give people unprecedented, but your words are really unbelievable." Why do we have to build houses for others? Since it was someone else's house, how could my father be lured in? The father of the family has already reached the realm of desirelessness and rigidity, what else can lure him over? ”

Xu Yuanzuo said with a smile: "Although the senior brothers who came from afar have a place to stay. But there is nowhere to study. You think, the teacher has already made a name for himself. Naturally, you can keep filial piety with peace of mind. Brothers, but not so. If you don't study for three years, isn't it a complete waste of your studies? So wouldn't it be nice to build a house so that they can take care of the teacher and review their homework? ”

When Lin Keming heard this, he smiled and said, "Jing Lian is right. It was my momentary negligence, and it really shouldn't have been that the brothers didn't even have a place to study. So I went and gathered money. Find a wooden cabinet to look at the place and buy bricks. ”

"You don't have to ask for silver, I am known as the little god of wealth in Songjiang. Wouldn't it be a shame for me to go elsewhere to make a relationship? Xu Yuanzuo quipped.

Lin Keming knew that Xu Yuanzuo was joking, but he refused to accept it: "Jinglian." Shall you use your money again, after it has made you exhausted? You don't know this, according to our Guangdong customs, all major and good things that involve everyone are set up and everyone has a meeting. ”

Xu Yuanzuo said: "Brother Shi listened to me. ”

Lin Keming no longer argued, but he made up his mind not to use Xu Yuanzuo's silver.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "First, this house must be built according to my rules, so that it can be warm in winter and cool in summer, and the cost is naturally much more expensive than ordinary houses." Others who have not seen it think that this silver is not worth spent, and it will only increase controversy, so they must not use other people's money, only my family, no matter what I want to do shocking things, others cannot say anything. ”

Lin Keming was about to argue. Xu Yuanzuo hurriedly said: "As for the Legislature that the younger brother said, the younger brother knows that there is also one in Jiangnan." This meeting can be established, but please change the project. ”

"Another name?" Link was puzzled.

"Yes, the money that the company has scraped together can go and buy books." Xu Yuanzuo said: "This house is for the senior brothers to study, but outside of the lecture, what is Teacher Lin doing in the house?" If the brothers and sisters are not there, how can the teacher go into the house to rest? Brother Shi also knew that the teacher had seen through the external objects, but I was about to use the 'book' to lure the teacher to stay in this retreat for a long time. ”

Only then did Lin Keming understand and understand: "It turns out that reading to the brothers is the means, and using books to lure the father is the goal." He stroked his palm and said, "You are so clever that you can see your father's weakness." Ha, he just can't see the 'book', and he can smell the fragrance of the book from afar. ”

"Yes, yes." Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "And I have to make a rule, not a single book in this room is allowed to be taken out." ”

"This rule should be there, otherwise my father will return to the thatched house after taking the book, and Jing Lian's hard work will be in vain." Lin Keming was embarrassed again: "It's just that it's so focused on the traces, my father will see through it at a glance." It's still a must-have. ”

Xu Yuanzuo shook his head slightly: "A grain of sand, if it is in a shoe, will be poured out immediately." If it's on the beach, who will notice? ”

"Jing Lian means ......" Lin Keming still didn't figure it out.

"Build a library of books." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Buy a lot of books, it is said to be convenient for senior brothers to read, but in fact, it is open to all readers in the prefecture and county!" As long as you register your first name and last name, you can enter the school to study. When there are so many people, there must be rules. In order for everyone to have a book to read, and because this book was bought with money from the club, no one could take it out. Teachers are the most strict with themselves, and will never ask for special treatment, breaking the rules. ”

"Jing Lian, you are ......" Lin Keming was dumbfounded: "In order to hide a grain of sand, even the entire beach was moved!" ”

"As long as the teacher can recover some energy and relax during the day, he can survive in the thatched house at night." Xu Yuanzuo said again: "What's more, if you can see and read books, people who are studious can also alleviate the sorrow and sorrow of the teacher a little." ”

"Jing Lian, among my father and disciples, you are the youngest, the most knowledgeable, the purest and the most clever...... I hate that I don't have a brother like you. Lin Keming took Xu Yuanzuo's hand and was reluctant to let go for a long time.

Xu Yuanzuo just smiled slightly: "Brother Shi, is the relationship between master and apprentice inferior to Tianlun?" What's more, who says that the world brother has no brothers, and he will not give up, and he is willing to exchange vows with the world brothers, and he is about brothers, although he has different surnames, he will never go against his heart! ”

"Don't dare to ask for ears, but you can do what you want!" Lin Keming was full of excitement, as if he really had an extra brother.

Originally, such a big event as a sworn brother must have had everyone gather for a lively time. Because Lin Keming was also in filial piety, he could not participate in the banquet, so after obtaining his father's consent, he only asked a few relatives to testify, burn incense and set up an altar in the family temple, and told his ancestors to complete the ceremony of righteousness.

"Second brother!"

"Big brother!"

The two held each other's forearms, as if they wanted to crush them - Xu Yuanzuo must have stayed strong, otherwise he would really crush them.

After becoming a sworn brother with Lin Keming, Xu Yuanzuo's status in the small group of Lin Men became more transcendent and more eye-catching. He took out real money to choose a site for his brothers to build a building. Where are these senior brothers embarrassed to let the little junior brother pay alone, they have expressed their stance and taken out the silver. Xu Yuanzuo did not refuse, because these silver are still of great use, that is, to buy books. (To be continued.) )