Why Read?

Hearing this, all the children looked at each other.

It's not that the problem is too difficult, it's that it's too simple.

How many people have come and gone through the ages have already given the answer - for officials!

Sure enough, someone soon stood up and said, "Students study for official positions." ”

"The same goes for students."

"The same goes for students."

Ten of the eleven students answered in the same way.

Only Chen Chuge looked at Gu Beichuan and was a little hesitant.

Since he was born, everyone has been telling him that studying is to be able to get a title on the gold list, and then become an official.

Even, he has been working towards this goal for almost two decades.

Can... For some reason, I always feel in my bones that it shouldn't be like this.

Could it be that the sage master at the beginning also studied to be an official?

Apparently not!

So he was so stumbling that he couldn't speak.

Seeing this, the surrounding classmates cast surprised glances at him.

Do you still need to think about this kind of problem?

Seeing that he didn't answer, Gu Beichuan didn't ask, but continued to ask: "Then, why are you an official?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the vast majority of people present frowned.

Because, this is a question that many of them have not thought about.

The education they received in the past, the people they knew, and the things they knew were all telling them to go to the imperial examination, go to high school, and go to the gold list for the title.

And they have been working hard for more than ten years, but what should they do after passing the exam? They didn't really think about it.

At this time, Gu Beichuan gave the answer.

"Do you want to be a corrupt official who deceives his superiors and subordinates and collects money to repay his parents and clan, or is he a good official who is honest and honest and serves the people's livelihood?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's faces turned red, and some students stood up and spoke fiercely: "How can the teacher humiliate us so much." ”

"That is, since we can come to the teacher to study, our family already has a small asset, not to mention that the wealth is comparable to the country, but it is enough to be prosperous for a lifetime, why do we need to be the corrupt officials who expropriate and extort money again?"

Facing the angry students, Gu Beichuan shook his head helplessly and said:

"You're thinking too simply."

"Sometimes, it's not like you don't want to do it, so you don't have to."

"Everybody's cynical, everybody's in the same boat."

"Let's just say that you Jiangnan County Shouhuo are rich and noble, how about you and others?"

Everyone didn't understand what Gu Beichuan meant, but they also frowned and replied: "The Huo family is the clan of the champion Hou, and at its peak, it can be described as a first-class magnate of the dynasty. ”

"Even if it's not as good as it used to be, it's not something we can compare."

"Yes, I am equal to the Huo family, and it is nothing more than the fireflies to Haoyue."

"In this case, have you ever thought that Lord Huo already has the support of the Huo family, why was he relegated to Jiangnan County? Is he not honest enough? Not impartial enough to enforce the law? Or is it greedy for money? ”

This... The words made the students speechless.

Some students even scratched their ears and cheeks and said: "Teacher, is it possible that this officialdom is so dark?" For students from poor backgrounds like me, there is no way out? ”

Gu Beichuan shook his head with a smile and said, "No, today's saint is a rare saint in the past hundred years. ”

"In just a few decades, the broken mountains and rivers have been re-gathered, and they have burst out with vitality."

"If it weren't for the troubled times, I'm afraid I would have already created a foundation."

"It's just that officialdom has its own way of being an official. You need to know how to live with the light and protect yourself. ”

As soon as these words came out, another student frowned and said, "Teacher, isn't that just what they wanted?" Complicit? ”

Gu Beichuan shook his head with a smile and said, "Feiye, Feiye." ”

"Again, why are you an official?"

"If you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you will make every effort to develop people's livelihood and benefit the people. If you are in the high temple hall, you will do things seriously and share your worries for the saints. ”

"For the sake of the saints? So what is the Holy One doing? ”

"Prepare for the Northern Expedition."

"Why did you want to go on the Northern Expedition to Dayan?"

"Reclaim your homeland."

"Why do you want to reclaim your homeland?"

"Give my cadres a place to recuperate."

"So, in the end, it's still for the people's livelihood, right?"

The student who asked the question frowned, thought about it carefully, and then nodded solemnly and said, "Emperor Taizongwen once said that the people are like water, and the court is like a boat. Water can carry a boat, or it can capsize a boat. Our generation of scholars, no matter where they are far away from the rivers and lakes, or where they are high in temples, should seek the well-being of the people of the world. ”

"Very good, this is the original intention, as long as you don't forget this original intention, you are a good official."

"Even if it is with the light, it is to protect itself."

When the student heard this, he trembled and said, "Thank you for the teachings of the teacher, and the students must remember them in their hearts and never forget them." ”

"Good."

After answering the student's doubts, Gu Beichuan looked at Chen Chuge again and asked, "Have you ever gained something?" ”

"The disciple has also gained something, but he still has doubts in his heart, and he hopes that the teacher will answer it."

"Come on."

"The ancient sage, not everyone is an official, why do you study?"

"It's very simple, and it's also benefiting people's livelihoods."

"There are people who travel around the world and preach ideas, and there are people who teach people according to their aptitude. Some people preach the rule of law and govern the country according to law. ”

"But it's all about improving the family and country system, so that everyone can have books to read, food to eat, and build a Datong society that never closes the door at night and never leaves the road behind."

Rumble!

As soon as these words came out, Chen Chuge trembled, as if the doubts that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time had finally been answered, and he felt that his horizons were instantly broadened and his soul was instantly sublimated.

"Dare to ask the teacher, why do my generation study?"

As soon as these words came out, before Gu Beichuan could speak, the rest of the students began to talk about it.

What's going on with Chen Chuge, didn't a classmate say just now that studying is to be an official, and then benefit the people and improve people's livelihood? The teacher has never refuted it, so why ask again?

As if sensing the surprised gaze of his classmates, Chen Chuge added: "Could it be that if we want to realize the ideals in our hearts, there is only one way to be an official?" ”

"Isn't it, you don't want to be an official?" The smile on Gu Beichuan's face became more and more intense, in this world, it is really rare to have such an open-minded young man.

"It's not true, it's just that the disciple thinks... It shouldn't be that way. ”

"If you want to build Datong, everyone should be able to contribute, not just rely on scholars, there is only one way to become an official."

Gu Beichuan nodded when he heard this, and then asked:

"Do you still remember the Huainan River, the old man in the lonely boat?"

Chen Chuge didn't know what Gu Beichuan said, but he still nodded and said, "I haven't forgotten." ”

"Pathetic?"

"In the late autumn season, the cold is steep, the lonely boat is old, rowing and ferrying, naturally pitiful."

"Are you waiting to study, are you so that you can have fewer poor people like this?"

"Nature."

"Then do you know how many such people there are in Daqian?"

Chen Chuge froze, stunned in place and at a loss.