Chapter 7 Let me stretch my feet

Yang Zhen had always wanted to enter the court as an official before. Or simply enter the imperial examination. I can see Zhu Yuanzhang's face. Today's situation, although I have also seen what Zhu Yuanzhang looks like, is in such a situation, it is really a trick.

"What are your plans for the future?" He Xi asked.

Yang Zhen's eyes were confused, and he said for a while before he said, "What can I do, but I will return to my hometown." I guess I'm going to be a teacher. I can barely read. ”

He Xi said: "I lack a housekeeper here, do you want to stay and help me?" ”

He Xi married Princess Anqing, and the whole team was married in the palace. Guarding a hundred households. There is also the eunuch Xu Bao'er. As for the land, tenants, and so on, there is everything. It can be said that there is no shortage of anything. But He Xi felt that it was lacking.

Because the people around He Xi are all princesses.

It's not that the princess's people dare to be disrespectful to He Xi. But there are many things, He Xi doesn't want the princess to get involved. It also involves the issue of the right to speak in the family. With the rules of the male protagonist and the female protagonist, He Xi doesn't mind that the princess has the power in the family. However, he can't afford to have no voice at home.

Moreover, the property of the He family today is the dowry of the princess. He Xi is not good-looking on the face, and he is also ready to buy some properties. There's always going to be a handman.

Yang Zhen is a very suitable candidate.

First of all, Yang Zhen, as a prisoner of the country, has proved his ability in itself. You must know that in the early Ming Dynasty, Guozijian occupied half of the places in the several imperial examinations during the Hongwu period. Even several times, one or two of the top three are from Guozijian.

Guozijian is really the essence of Ming students. He was a reserve official of the imperial court.

Yang Zhen's basic qualities are there. Learn other things, and you should be able to get started.

Secondly, Yang Zhen, as a prisoner of the country, must have his own circle. The matter between him and Song Ne cannot be hidden. He naturally wanted to settle Yang Zhen well and show his attitude to the prisoners.

He Xi has a heavy task. I don't know how to start with many things, but the direction is there, that is, to start with these young people who are the only ones who can actively learn new knowledge. Song Ne was extremely strict with them, and He Xi naturally wanted to show favor.

It's just He Xi's kindness, Yang Zhen hesitated for a while, and said: "My lord's kindness, the grass people have it." It's just that the grass people don't want to be slaved by people. ”

He's not a student anymore. But the arrogance of the reader is still there.

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said, "I have made you a slave." ”

Yang Zhen was also taken aback and asked, "The housekeeper is not a slave?" ”

He Xi said: "Naturally not. I have always believed that being a slave is not the way of a saint. You are only working in my house, and if you want to resign, say hello three months in advance. The handover work will ensure that the affairs of the government are not leaked in the future. ”

He Xi actually didn't know that the housekeepers in each province were all slaves. It is the so-called Hao Nu is also.

However, He Xi's words to Yang Zhen were sincere.

He has never objected to the matter of keeping slaves. On the one hand, He Xi felt that the slavery system should have been buried in the long river of history. On the other hand, what he wants to do is also contrary to the cultivation of slaves. He Xicai swore to set the rules.

He also decided that this would be the rule of Hefu in the future.

Yang Zhen listened, and there was no encouragement, so he struggled to get up and saluted and said; "Yang Zhen has seen the master's house."

In Yang Zhen's opinion, he is not a servant's housekeeper, but probably a cleaner, a staff member, and the like. It doesn't humiliate him. And Yang Zhen also knows that Song Ne has presided over the Guozijian for many years and has a wide range of contacts, so he is in this situation. Leaving here, it's hard to find a similar errand.

In the final analysis, Yang Zhen is young, only in his early twenties, about the same age as He Xi, and most officials invite staff members, all of whom are experienced and have experience in the scenes. Where will Yang Zhen be invited to a tainted young man. Let Yang Zhen go to the countryside to be a teacher. Yang Zhen, who has seen the prosperity of a big city, is 10,000 unwilling.

He Xi said, "Sit down." Sit down, you have a wound, you can't do that. ”

After a while, He Xi comforted Yang Zhen and sat down.

He Xi pondered for a moment and said; "Originally, you were injured now, so you shouldn't bother. It's just that you also know that my new secretary fell out with Song Ne. I would like to know about Guozijian's schoolwork. ”

Yang Zhen said: "This matter started because of the students, so how dare we postpone it." So, Yang Zhen took the trouble to talk about Guozijian's homework.

He Xi listened a little strange and said; "Do you want to talk about "Spring and Autumn Dew"?"

"Spring and Autumn Dew" is the work of Dong Zhongshu. In He Xi's view, it is an epoch-making work in Confucian writings, and a series of concepts such as no other, heaven and man induction, etc., which follow almost the entire feudal dynasty, are in this book.

Yang Zhen shook his head and said; "There are only three passes in the spring and autumn in the spring and autumn." The three legends of the Spring and Autumn Period are, the Ram Biography, the Zuo Biography, and the Gu Liang Biography. He Xi knows this. Spring and autumn, as one of the Five Classics, is natural. In He Xi's view, there is no reason not to read the real Confucian "Spring and Autumn Dew".

That's a little weird.

He Xi continued to ask: "Do you read Kong Yingda's "Five Classics of Justice"? ”

Yang Zhen thought about it, and finally shook his head. said: "Haven't heard of it? ”

"What about Zheng Note?" He Xi asked, "Haven't you read it either?" ”

Yang Zhen said: "I don't know who this Zheng Note is, all of the Guozi Prison are from Zhu Zi's Note." ”

Kong Yingda is a master in the early Tang Dynasty. Most importantly, his compilation of the Five Classics of Justice was one of the criteria for taking scholars in the Tang Dynasty. The status is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty. And Zheng Note is Zheng Xuan's commentary, Zheng Xuan is a great Confucian of the Three Periods.

The impact is extraordinary.

It can be said that in He Xi's view, a qualified Confucian, the works of these people are all must-read. And it's a desk book.

"Na Zhuzi's other writings, such as Ercheng's writings. And are there professors in the first four histories? He Xi asked.

Yang Zhen pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, perhaps, you have some misunderstandings about Guozijian. In fact, Zhu Zi, Liangcheng, and even some of the notes of the former Song Dynasty, as well as the first four histories, these are all read by ourselves. At most, I will consult with your teachers. ”

And some of the teachers may not be answered. Only the teacher's private disciples can be taught face-to-face. ”

He Xi was surprised and said, "Then what do you study?" ”

Yang Zhen said: "Then it depends on what the imperial court exams?" Generally speaking, it is a scripture and a righteous article, as well as a policy theory. And so on."

For a moment, He Xi had the urge to stretch my feet.

Zhang Dai recorded such a story in the night sailing boat. Once upon a time, there was a monk who stayed on a night boat with a scholar. The scholars talked loudly, the monks were afraid, and they slept with their fists and feet. When the monk heard that there was a flaw in his words, he said: "May I ask Xianggong, is it one person or two people?" The scholar said, "It's two people." The monk said, "Is this Yao Shun one person, two people? The scholar said, "Nature is a person!" The monk smiled and said: "Speaking of this, wait for the little monk to stretch his feet." ”

The same is true for He Xi, who does not have a high knowledge reserve of other Chinese studies. I only feel that I am in Daming, as if I am illiterate, and this period of time, I have been tutoring for a while, and I still feel that I can't do it. I heard that Guozijian is the highest university in the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, it is fearful.

It's like a bad student going to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and I'm uneasy.

But now, he knows the true face of Guozijian, and he feels that it is a college entrance examination school.

It was a lot easier.

This is actually the basic appearance of Daming education today. Between the government and the opposition, there may be some great Confucianism, but there are not many. In He Xi's eyes, Bogu Tongjin can be called everyone in the universities of later generations. Naturally, there are.

But there is no one in the prison.

Because the essence of Guozijian is to provide officials for the Ming court. The direction of their education is to take exams, that is, how to be an official, not a Confucian.

Of course, that's not to say.

Among the Guozijian, there are no students who are very knowledgeable. It can only be said that the direction of Guozijian education is not here. Even if there are individuals. It's also self-taught.

This also shows that Song Ne was known for his strictness, but the quality of Guozijian's education greatly increased.

He Xi was strange before. He is not against strict teachers producing high disciples, but he knows that the real people, the real Confucians, cannot be created by just strict teachers. Instead, a more relaxed environment is needed. But it is not necessary to train qualified bureaucrats.