In August of the 19th year of Tianwen, it has been more than two months since Zhengliang and Wang Zhi reached a business agreement, and it is about to usher in an important autumn harvest season. During this period of time, the surrounding powerful names seem to be very calm, and even the Shimazu family and the liver Fu family, who are about to fight in the southern Kyushu area, have not taken concrete action. Such a calm environment naturally gave the Luo family an opportunity to vigorously develop, and Zhengliang was relatively free.

Just half a month ago, Yui Hatano also gave birth to a fourth child for Masara (born before this child, there are sister-in-law Tang Wang Maru, second son Song Wang Maru, and biological daughter Haruhime). This child's nickname is Motowang Maru, and according to the original agreement with the Matsuura clan, this child will inherit the position of the governor of the Matsuura clan, so he was named Matsuura Takanobu. Since then, the Matsuura clan of Hizen Province has been continued. Zhengliang also won their absolute support.

On this day, after accompanying the girls in the backyard of the city, Masara summoned his sister-in-law, Tang Wangmaru, to his study. The reason why he was summoned here was because this little guy had caused trouble at the home of his grandfather Togo Heiji, and today he was specifically complained by Togo Heiji, and after knowing the whole story, Masaliang also felt that he had to teach his sister-in-law in person.

"Father." After entering Masahiro's study, Tang Wangmaru, who was already eight years old, respectfully saluted Masahiro.

"Hmm." Zhengliang nodded, and then said, "Today I taught you how to learn characters for my father." You bring the table in the corner. ”

"Yes. Father! ”

In this family, there are only two people Tang Wangmaru is most afraid of, one is his sister Mei Ji. The other is his father's masasura. After receiving the instructions of Zhengliang. Tang Wangmaru moved a simple desk over. The two sat silently opposite each other. Like yesterday, the weather is very sunny today, with the shadows of the trees swaying on the window paper, and the shadows of small birds from time to time.

"Before I learned to write, I had something to ask you. Did you relax in your grandfather's house yesterday? ”

"Yes."

"Why did you do that?"

"I don't know where the latrine is, and it's inconvenient to ask others."

"Oh, why bother asking?"

"Those who know each other don't know it, and those who don't know it are inconvenient to speak."

"Oh. Have you ever thought about the consequences? ”

Tang Wangmaru shook his head innocently. Seem. He really didn't think about it.

Masarashi still nodded gently, "Your grandfather-sama hates rude people very much, and he is very angry. However...... When the other generals saw that you were so bold, they praised you for your greatness and applauded you. "On the day that Karao Maru was in the garden of Togo Heiji, it was the time when several generals from the military cabinet such as Isono Yuanmasa jointly visited Togo Heiji and discussed with Togo Heiji about increasing the size of the pasture.

There are strict regulations on the consumption of all daily institutional facilities such as teams and workshops in the territory, and the Cabinet of Internal Affairs must also regularly distribute relevant supplies to various places in accordance with such regulations, otherwise the relevant retainers will be severely punished. Once the regulations are exceeded (such as the expansion of the scale of the ranch this time), the relevant agencies need to negotiate a set of plans on their own and then leave it to Zhengliang to decide. Otherwise, all the affairs of the territory, no matter how big or small, will be handed over to Zhengliang to participate in the whole process. At that time, Zhengliang will be tired enough.

On that day, when several people were discussing, they were suddenly told by their subordinates that Tang Wangmaru had solved in the garden outside. Isono Yuanchang and the others immediately laughed. The reason why they laughed at Dongxiang Heiji was mainly to take the opportunity to vent their feelings, because they had only cared about marching and fighting for a long time, and they had always only thought about how to build a stronger army, and they would not consider the consumption caused by this process. However, the Internal Affairs Pavilion under the jurisdiction of Dongxiang Pingji is always stuck with them in terms of materials and food in consideration of the overall consumption of materials and food in the territory, which makes the people in the Military Pavilion depressed, they have long wished that Dongxiang Pingji was teased, and now this wish has finally been realized by the young master. They couldn't help but sigh, the young master really deserves to be the lord's son-in-law!

Togo Heiji, who has always attached great importance to politeness and rules, etc., this time he lost face in front of Isono Yuanchang and others, he naturally did not have a good face for Tang Wangmaru, the grandson, not only scolded Tang Wangmaru on the spot, but even ran to Zhengliang today, and said in detail how he should be as the heir of the Luo family's family governor, and the implication is to let Zhenghao educate Tang Wangmaru well.

And for these, this time Tang Wangmaru really didn't understand. Maybe he found that Tang Wangmaru really didn't understand a little, but Masahiro asked instead:

"You're actually taking revenge on your younger brother Song Wangmaru...... Are you doing this on purpose? ”

"Nope."

"Huh?"

"Yes." Feeling his father's serious gaze, Tang Wangmaru still admitted his careful thoughts. He did this on purpose this time, in order to avenge his younger brother Song Wangmaru. Because Song Wangmaru was taught to practice calligraphy by Togo Heiji the day before, he was punished by Togo Heiji, who has always been known for his seriousness in teaching, to copy the "Analects" ten times because he was too playful and did not concentrate on learning. And Song Wangmaru, who was also losing his time to play because he was punished for copying, cried while copying when he copied, and was coaxed by his mother Tsuru Ji and Ju Ji and others later. Seeing that his younger brother was punished, Tang Wangmaru, as his brother, naturally wanted to avenge him. So there was this prank.

For these two sons, as they grew older, their personality traits were also reflected. Eight-year-old Tang Wangmaru seems to be gentle and elegant on the surface, looking both easy-going and serious, but because he has played with Mei Ji since he was a child, Nabeshima Naoshige, Honda Masanobu and others, he actually has a stomach full of bad water. Togo Heiji was yin by him this time. And the seven-year-old second son Song Wangmaru, I don't know if Lu Dao is still young, or because he doesn't like to read and write, anyway, he shows a tired mood in this aspect, but he is particularly interested in those weapons and the like, and he also has a bit of a simple feeling. In the past, because of the busy military affairs and government affairs, now Zhengliang really has to teach his children according to their aptitude, but now he still has to punish the sister-in-law who made a mistake in front of him. Let him know the truth. If you make a mistake, you will be punished. Rewards and punishments should also be clear, so Masashi said:

"Since you have admitted your mistake, do you have any objection to punishing you for cleaning the garden of your home for a month?"

"Yes, Father." Tang Wangmaru received the punishment very honorably and did not raise any objections.

"Well, given that you're also doing this to defend your younger brother, that's commendable. So allow you to take your brother and your mother and others tomorrow to visit the giant ship in the sea outside the city. "Zhengliang is talking about the lucky boat that has just followed Li Huamei to visit the Luo family's territory, and then was stationed by Li Huamei at the naval dock not far from the castle town of Xuefu City. Tomorrow, at the invitation of Li Huamei, all the wives of Masashi in the backyard will be invited to play on that boat, only Masayo's sister-in-law and second son will stay in the school city because they want to study with Togo Heiji.

"Yes, Father." Tang Wangmaru immediately saluted. Although the answer was decent, it could not hide the cheerful tone in his voice. After all, it's still a child's heart.

"Alright, that's the end of this matter, remember, don't anger your grandfather again. Now, what have you learned in this time? "I'm ashamed to say that. After Masara handed over Tang Wang Maru, Song Wang Maru, and Mei Ji to a few important ministers to teach, he barely bothered to ask. He's really not a good father. For two sons. Masara still has expectations, as for Mei Ji? Well, anyway, she was there to supervise her two younger brothers to study hard, and then use this in exchange for Masara's support for her women's guard, so don't expect her to study seriously at all. Several retainers who are their teachers are also aware of the situation, so they basically don't have any requirements for Mei Ji.

"Four Books, Five Classics, Analects......" Tang Wangmaru also seemed to enjoy this feeling of being cared for by his father, so he replied obediently at this time.

"Well, that's good," Masarashi nodded with satisfaction as he listened to his sister-in-law report on the results of his studies, and then said, "Let's start today's lesson." ”

"Yes."

"Do you know the sage Confucius?"

"Yes. Confucius wrote the Analects. ”

"Yes. He had a disciple named Zigong. ”

"Zigong ......"

"Yes. Zigong asked Confucius one day what great governance is. Confucius replied: Sufficient food, foot soldiers, the trust of the people. ”

Tang Wangmaru straightened up, stared at Masahiro, and listened carefully.

Zigong asked again: If you have to remove one, which one can you discard?

Tang Wangmaru was silent.

"Eat to be satisfied. Soldiers defend the country. Faith is mutual trust among all people. Taking this family as an example, if the people in the family don't trust each other, then they will eventually collapse......" Masara looked at Tang Wangmaru's serious eyes and couldn't help but smile, "Let's listen to your thoughts first." What do you think can be discarded in the first of the three conditions mentioned above? ”

"Food, soldiers, and letters?" Tang Wangmaru muttered to himself again, and then replied cautiously: "Bing." ”

Masara was surprised and stared at Tang Wangmaru for a long time. Ordinary people must think that military equipment is the first, and in this troubled era, military equipment is better than everything. "Why do you have to abandon the army first?"

"This ......" Tang Wang Maru tilted his head and said, "Tang Wang Maru thinks that among the three, the soldier is the lightest......" He seemed to think of something, and said: "People can't survive without food, but they can still live if they throw away their guns." ”

"Oh?"

Zhengliang deliberately opened his round eyes in surprise: Confucius's answer was the same as Tang Wangmaru!

Tang Wangmaru smiled and nodded.

But Zigong asked again. If you had to give up one of the remaining two conditions, what would you do? ”

"The rest of the food and the letter...... Abandonment. Because without food, you cannot survive. Tang Wangmaru replied confidently.

Masara smiled again: "You seem to be particularly interested in food, do you often go hungry at home?" ”

"Yes. As long as Song Wangmaru and Heitaro are hungry, they will be depressed and irritable. "Heitaro is the only son of Togo Heiji after becoming a retainer of the Masara family, and the only son born to Kikuhime's mother.,He was given the name Togo by Masa-ra, and now he's nine years old.,It's Masaara's small surname.,Usually as a close attendant of his son-in-law Tang Wangmaru.。 Not only the important position of Togo, but also Eri Kounobutsune, Hyakumi Kenkan, Narimatsu Nobukatsu, Kamiya Sozhan, Yamanaka Yukimori, Naritomi Shigean, Shioku Maru (i.e., Wakabayashi Zhenxing), Manman Maru (i.e., Sagara Yoshiyo), and Imagawa Furi Ling These people, while being Masayo's small surname, are also Tang Wangmaru's close attendants.

Masarashi nodded, in fact, the "hungry" that Tang Wangmaru said meant that when they wanted to eat something delicious such as pastries, they were not really hungry because they had nothing to eat. In order to prevent their children from developing the habit of being greedy and lazy, the usual diet of their children is also strictly customized in accordance with three meals a day, and in addition to these three meals, snacks are not allowed to be eaten casually (to know Lu Dao, even the ordinary people of the Luo family may not be able to eat three meals a day, so they must be made aware of the sufferings of the people).

"So, if you got food then, what did you do?"

"Let Song Wang Pill eat first."

"What's next?"

"Me. Because I didn't eat it, Heitaro insisted on not eating it. ”

"Oh, if you don't eat it, Heitaro won't eat it?"

"Yes. However, later on, Song Wang Pill stopped eating. He learned from Heitaro. So, when I got the food, I divided it into three portions and took one for myself. ”

Masara smiled again, praying secretly in his heart. Karamaru was thinking seriously about the scene when the food was tempted in front of his eyes, as in the present, "You did a good job. It's good to do that. But...... The saint did not reply like that. ”

"Do you want to give up?"

"Yes. He took faith and gave up food. ”

Tang Wangmaru wondered, and said in a cautious whisper: "Throwing away food can govern the world...... Did Sage Kong make a mistake? ”

"Tang Wang Maru."

"Hmm."

"I hope you've thought about the next question. Why did Confucius say that faith is more important than food? ”

"Yes. The sons will consider it. ”

"However, what you just said actually contains this truth." When Tang Wangmaru heard this, he looked at Masahiro in puzzlement.

"You first gave Song Wangmaru food and then Heitaro at the beginning, but Heitaro refused to eat before you."

"Yes."

"Why doesn't Heitaro eat? Moreover, why did Song Wangmaru also learn from Heitaro? ”

"They...... It's ......"

"Why did Song Wangmaru imitate Heitaro? Do you understand? ”

"This ......"

"You can carefully consider Confucius's choice, and I will first tell you what I think."

"Yes."

Because Song Wangmaru was young, he probably felt ...... If you finish eating the food, he will be gone. Tang Wangmaru's expression was very serious after hearing this, and he nodded vigorously.

"But Heitaro knows that you will never eat all the food. He trusts you. Because of the letter, if you don't eat it, he won't eat it......" Masara was silent for a moment, he realized that he had forgotten Tang Wangmaru's age, and his eyes became grim, "Later, Song Wangmaru also began to trust you. He realized that even if you are silent, even if you don't have time to fight for food, you won't be left alone. Song Wangmaru is not imitating Heitaro, but trusts you and trusts Heitaro. Because of faith, that little bit of food binds the three of you together. But what will happen without faith......"

Masarashi regained his gentle eyes: "If Heitaro swallows the food alone, you and Song Wangmaru will be dissatisfied." In other words, if you or Song Wang Pill swallow the food alone, the result will be the same. That little bit of food, because 'faith' can avoid discord between three people, but if there is no faith between people, food will become a source of strife, and people will be brought to the hell of fighting. ”

Tang Wangmaru suddenly realized. His body slumped unconsciously on the desk, his eyes wide. But Masara didn't immediately ask Tang Wangmaru to answer the previous question.

"The most taboo thing is to know half-understood, you have to learn to think carefully about the problem."

"Yes."

"Mutual trust is more accurate because people can trust each other. People make up a family and a nation. That's how we can make up our family...... But don't be foolish. Treat your family, and your retainers who are loyal to you, and speak faithfully; and to thy enemies thou shalt not be foolish. Tell the faith on the occasion and for the object......

As Masashi continued to give examples to explain, Tang Wangmaru listened quietly with big eyes, listening hungrily...... (To be continued......)