Chapter IV
Although Jiang Yansi was young, when he saw that his grandfather was angry, he didn't dare to cry out loud anymore, but he just got up aggrieved and hid behind his father with tears and dust.
Since then, Jiang Jiliang called Jiang Yansi up before dawn and brought him to his house, Jiang Fuquan and Chen knew that their father had good intentions, and they didn't say much, but they just felt a little heartache for the child.
Jiang Jiliang called Jiang Yansi into the house, did not allow him to move around, let him sit on a chair, and told him some stories of the scriptures, the aspirations of the sages and ancient philosophers, the process of anger, and success, and occasionally the hardships of the Jiang ancestors in starting a family business.
In the fourth year of Tianfu in the Later Jin Dynasty (939), the five-year-old Jiang Yansi already looked like a scholar. Although he is not very literate, he only reads a few pages, but his scheming has surpassed that of all children of his age, and the historical allusions he heard from his grandfather and father can make people feel that he is extraordinary, even if he does not say it.
At this time, Badong County ordered Baili Wuji to capture the three states of Shu, establish Qingzhou, and built another armory workshop in Qingzhou, Jiang Jiliang and Zhu Pengliang have also invested in the second armory, and the success of Baili Wuji has made Zhu and Jiang rise up.
Whether it is in terms of money or the status of Padang, Zhu and Jiang have realized what it means for a person to attain the Tao and a chicken and dog to ascend to heaven.
No matter which way you think about it, Jiang Jiliang has already decided to put the treasure on Baili Wuji.
The idea of glorifying the ancestors for a lifetime, perhaps, is really going to come true.
And there is only one candidate for the office, Jiang Yansi.
I think that the grandson I brought up by myself will be able to return to my hometown in the future. Jiang Jiliang couldn't help laughing out loud from the bottom of his heart.
Jiang Jiliang invited Mr. Chen, the most learned man in Badong County, to open Jiang Yansi's enlightenment, and this Mr. Chen named the word "Bohan" for Jiang Yansi. Since then, the five-year-old Jiang Yansi has begun his career learning.
Spring is coming, and the spring rains before Qingming seem to be urging people. It's time for the busy work in the fields to begin again.
The water of the small river on the side also rose, and the laughter of the raccoon girl and the frolicking of children could be heard on the bluestone by the river, and these sounds all flowed down with the river.
Jiang Yansi and his mother Chen also squatted on a bluestone by the river, and Chen was still carrying Jiang Yansi's sister Jiang Yuping behind her back, and the firm strap made the little girl unable to move, babbling and babbling.
Mr. Chen, who is in a private school, came to his house today and left his school very early.
Chen bowed his head for a long time. Feeling that Jiang Yuping on his back was getting heavier and heavier, and his neck was sore, he straightened up and looked at the river. At this time, I saw a blue-white water snake swimming quickly towards Jiang Yansi.
"Mother." But Jiang Yansi shouted first: "This wooden stick doesn't look like grandpa's crutch?" ”
When Chen looked closely, Jiang Yansi was already holding a straight and smooth branch in his hand.
Chen thought to himself: "Could it be that I am dazzled?" "I obviously saw a white snake, how did it become a branch in Jiang Yansi's hand?
She turned around and asked Jiang Yansi, "Bohan." Do you see a serpent in this water? ”
Jiang Yansi shook his head.
Chen couldn't help but smile. She remembered the dream Jiang Jiliang had on the night Jiang Yansi was born five years ago, so she continued to ask Jiang Yansi: "Do you know what flew from the sky on the day you were born?" ”
Jiang Yansi replied: "Grandpa said that he saw a big python fly into the courtyard, and then I gave birth." Mother, is that really the case? ”
Looking at his son's childish and serious little face, Chen smiled again and said, "You." It was the reincarnation of a giant python, reincarnated in my belly. This is God's blessing, let you grow up to be a big official, and glorify your ancestors for the Jiang family. ”
These words made Jiang Yansi, who was already confused, even more at a loss, he couldn't understand what the inevitable connection was between this giant python, his mother's stomach and himself, but he at least understood the truth that "only by studying hard can you have an official job".
Mr. Chen, who is in a private school, has very strict requirements for Jiang Yansi, and is not allowed to slack off, Mr. Chen may be an outstanding scholar, but he is by no means a good teacher, although he has passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, he has not yet learned how to control his temper.
Especially for young children such as Jiang Yansi, they need to be taught earnestly and step by step, but this Mr. Chen is not, his magic weapon can be summed up in only three words, that is, "reading", "memorizing", "beating", such as teaching Jiang Yansi to learn a thousand words, Mr. speaks a dialect and reads first: "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang." ”
Jiang Yansi also held a big book bigger than his body and followed "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang" again, and then Mr. shook his head and turned the text, Heaven is also heaven, and the beginning of everything is .......
Poor Jiang Yansi didn't understand whether the Xuanhuang in this "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang" could be eaten? Where does it grow?
After reading it, he still has to memorize, Jiang Yansi didn't understand what he meant, how could he recite it fluently?
So, without saying anything, Mr. Chen raised the ruler and slapped his delicate left hand, because his right hand still needs to learn to write.
This simple and crude education method made Jiang Yansi "dumb", and he could no longer hear him say anything else except his endorsement voice all day long, and the excessive heavy mental burden suppressed his innocence, making him prematurely like those Confucian scholars who were interested in fame, only knowing articles but not himself.
There is not only one side to everything, and Mr. Chen also has his advantages, that is, he is extremely serious in his work, never sloppy, and sometimes even a little pedantic.
He not only demanded this from himself, but also from Jiang Yansi. In his opinion, only by doing all the knowledge can a person who learns be of great use in governing the country and securing the country. This point has had a profound impact on Jiang Yansi's life.
Jiang Yansi's studies in the private school were not very advanced, but he was able to keep up with the courses taught by Mr. Chen, and in the past two years, he has completed the enlightenment courses such as Thousand Character Essays and Hundred Family Names, and he has begun to learn the Analects and the Mean again. In addition, Mr. Chen also taught him to memorize some famous poems of the Tang Dynasty and told him some basic methods of answering poems correctly.
Among children of the same age, Jiang Yansi seems to belong to the less clever one. Fortunately, he knows how to work hard, and except for being silent, he is not inferior to other children. He is competitive, especially in learning, if Mr. Chen praises anyone's words, he will desperately stick to him, surpass him; If Mr. Chen said who was a good pair, he would also search his stomach and come up with a couplet that was even better. This meticulous attitude is probably inherited from Mr. Chen's mantle.
If Jiang Yansi's meticulous and conscientious learning is the credit of Mr. Chen, then Jiang Yansi's diligence and filial piety are inherited from Jiang Jiliang's merits. (To be continued......)