The sky has completely darkened, and the noisy Tokyo Elementary School during the day has slowly calmed down, but there are still guards walking by on the road from time to time, and only some veterans were hired in the elementary school as nurses, but with Zhao Yan and Zhao Yan and others living in the academy, the guards of the entire Tokyo Elementary School have increased several times, especially near where Zhao Yan lives, which is even more heavily guarded.

Compared with the heavily guarded outside, Zhao Yan's room was very warm, Zhao Yan and Zhao Wei and the others were excitedly discussing the feeling of officially going to school today, and if they could really go to school here in the future, then what should they do, the five of them all seemed to be interested, and even the introverted Zhao Jun interjected a few words from time to time.

But at this moment, Zhao Yan suddenly clapped his hands and motioned for them to look at him, and then said with a smile: "You are officially enrolled today, but you may not know that Tokyo Elementary School is actually very strict in recruiting students, and every student has to go through a small test when they enter the school, are you interested in doing it?" ”

"Yes! I'll come first! Zhao Shen shouted almost without thinking about it, Zhao Tong and the other four also showed interested expressions, they are now interested in primary school, and they also regard themselves as real students, so they are very interested in everything in primary school.

"Very good, this test is actually not complicated, it is nothing more than that you introduce yourself first, we have done this in the carriage before, then I will ask you a few questions, you all need to answer honestly, there must be no concealment, understand?" Zhao Yan smiled again and spoke.

"Understood!" Zhao Tong and the others shouted almost at the same time, and they all sat up straight, as if they were little soldiers waiting for Zhao Yan to review.

"Well, now for the first question. You all know that primary school is a place of learning, so what is the purpose of your learning? Don't rush to answer this question first, it's not too late to answer it when you think it through. Zhao Yan asked with a smile, this entrance test was not made up by him, but it was real, and the questions he asked were also from this test. Of course, there is no fixed answer to these questions, just a preliminary understanding of the character, thinking, etc. of these students, and only after a comprehensive assessment can we determine whether they are eligible for admission?

"The purpose of learning?" Hearing Zhao Yan ask this question, Zhao Yan and the others all showed distressed looks, they have been taught literacy by their mother since they were sensible, and there are special palace maids who are older to teach them to learn etiquette and other aspects, and when they are six or seven years old, they will enter the palace to study in the school that specializes in teaching the prince, even if they don't want to learn. But they never thought about the purpose of their study.

After a long while, Zhao Shen, who was the most impatient, was finally the first to speak: "Third uncle, your question is too difficult, since I was sensible, my mother forced me to study, she said that if a boy doesn't study, he won't be liked by his father, but the second brother doesn't like to read the most." But I didn't think my father didn't like the second brother, and then I was a little older. He was very interested in horseback archery, and dreamed of leading the army to sweep away the heroes like Emperor Taizu, but his father said that even if it was a war, the commander must know astronomy and geography, and it seems that it began at that time. I just worked hard to study. ”

"Why are you talking about your own business?" Zhao only heard Zhao Shen take himself as an example, but he muttered in a dissatisfied voice, he didn't like reading the most, and the purpose of his study was to cope with errands, but this reason obviously couldn't be put on the table.

For Zhao Shen's answer. Zhao Yan nodded immediately and said: "Yes, Shen'er, you are studying for your dreams, you know exactly what you want to do, and with such a clear goal, you will definitely have a day to realize your dreams in the future!" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's praise, Zhao Shen was also a little surprised, and then said with great joy: "Thank you Third Uncle for your happy words, I also believe that I will definitely be able to achieve my wish in the future, at least not worse than Third Uncle!" ”

Seeing Zhao Shen's confident appearance, Zhao Yan also smiled slightly, and then looked at the others, only to see Zhao Yan stand up and say: "Third uncle, the sage has a cloud: the scholars of the past are themselves, and the scholars of today are people, including myself, most people read books to show off their knowledge, or to read for the expectations of others, but now I feel that I want to read for myself, increase my knowledge with the knowledge in the book, enhance my cultivation, even if it is not up to the level of a saint, at least be a virtuous person!" ”

After listening to Zhao Yan's words, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, he didn't expect these words to come from the mouth of a ten-year-old child, before he only knew that Zhao Tong liked to read, now it seems that he not only read the book, but also added some of his own thinking, which is absolutely very rare for a ten-year-old child.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan looked at Zhao Yan and appreciated it even more, and praised him without hesitation: "Yes, you can have such an idea, and it can be regarded as not reading the Analects in vain, our life is actually a process of exploring the outside world and enriching ourselves, and reading is a shortcut to speed up this process, but although this shortcut is good, sometimes it cannot replace our own exploration and accumulation, so it is not enough to just read, it must be combined with reality, so as to achieve the best results." ”

Zhao Yan's words used many terms from later generations, and Zhao Tong and the others were very young, so they all didn't understand it, and they all looked at Zhao Yan with a confused face, which also made him finally come to his senses, and smiled again at the moment: "You may not understand what I said for the time being, but you can write it down first, and you will slowly understand it in the future." ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Zhao Yan and the others nodded a little blankly, and then Zhao Yan set his eyes on the remaining Zhao Wei, Zhao Maid, and Zhao Jun, but Zhao Jun's introverted personality didn't seem to be going to speak first, Zhao Wei hated reading the most, and he hadn't figured out how to answer yet, so only the youngest Zhao Maid was left.

I saw that Zhao Maid pondered for a moment first, and then said: "Third uncle, just now the eldest brother said that most of us are reading for others, but I think reading is reading, whether it is because of others or because of yourself, everything is like what you just said, third uncle, it is all about our own enrichment, such as me, my mother was from a humble background, for fear that others would look down on me, so since I was sensible, she has been very strict with me, it can be said that the purpose of my study is to not disappoint my mother, even now, Whenever I am lazy and want to play, no matter where I am, I will feel my mother's gaze coming behind me, and it is under this kind of supervision that I dare not slack off! ”

After listening to Zhao Yan's words, he was no longer surprised, but should be described as shocked, this child's early wisdom has exceeded his imagination, and he can understand such a truth, you must know that even many adults may not have such insight, and Zhao Yan is also very honest, indicating that he is studying to not disappoint his mother, and it can be seen from here that he should be a filial person, which is even more commendable.

"What the fifth brother said is really good, but I'm a little pedantic!" At this time, Zhao Yan also said to Zhao Yan convincingly, and he was not angry at all because Zhao Yan pointed out his mistakes, which also made Zhao Yan look at him in surprise again, and he was more satisfied with their two brothers in his heart.

After the shock, Zhao Yan also showed an appreciative look at Zhao Maid, and then commented: "Maid, I can hear from your words that you have an open-minded heart and are extremely filial to your mother, which makes the third uncle very happy, but you are very good now, presumably your mother will not be disappointed in you again!" ”

After praising Zhao Maid, Zhao Yan looked at the remaining Zhao Wei and Zhao Jun, Zhao only made up his mind to the end, so the introverted Zhao Jun had to bite the bullet and said: "Qi ...... Third Uncle Qiyu, I didn't have any purpose in studying, but my mother and husband asked me to read, so I also read, but in comparison, I still prefer to watch chess games. ”

Zhao Yan was not surprised to hear Zhao Jun's words, today he also saw that Zhao Jun is not only introverted, but also a chess idiot, even after class time to take out the chess pieces to put a few pieces, and he has an excellent memory in Go, just played Go to disrupt the chess pieces, Zhao Jun was able to recover without a bad son, but unfortunately this memory is not very useful in reading, let him memorize the three-character scripture taught today He memorized it stumblingly.

"Well, although Go can cultivate people's sentiments, it is always a leisure thing, you can like it, but don't indulge in it too much, let alone delay your studies because of this!" Zhao Yan immediately told Zhao Jun that for this introverted nephew, he almost excluded him from the list of crown princes.

In the end, only Zhao Wei did not speak, so in the end, Zhao Yan, Zhao Maid and others all looked at him, only to see that Zhao Wei was blushing at this time, and it took a long time before he finally spoke: "Third uncle, you all know that I don't like reading the most, you asked me to answer what is the purpose of reading, I really can't answer this, but if you ask me to say the reason why I don't study, I can say it!" ”

Hearing that Zhao couldn't answer his own question, but instead came up with a reason not to read, which made Zhao Yan almost laugh, and he was also very interested at the moment: "Then you just tell me, what is the reason why you don't study?" (To be continued......)