Chapter 38: Apprenticeship with Lu Zhi
In the dilapidated courtyard, her mother was weaving straw sandals, and Liu Xiu's heart was sour.
"My son is here!"
Mother said.
"Mother, I'll help you!" Liu Xiu stepped forward to help her mother work.
"My son wants to study and be filial, how can he dare to do such a vulgar thing!" The mother refused: "My son should go to study, and only by studying can he glorify his ancestors!" β
Liu Xiu was stunned and wanted to say something, but he was speechless, so he could only turn around and leave.
When I arrived at the west room, there were bundles of bamboo slips, neatly stacked, one person tall, which was left by my father and my mother's pride. The ancestor of the Liu family was a scholar and a big official, but now it is in decline, but the pride is still there.
Forced to make a living, my mother often made straw sandals and straw mats, but she didn't let Liu Bei compile them, and her mother said, "My son is a scholar, and if you want to be filial and honest, and become an official, it is not a contemptible business." β
Cai Lun invented papermaking, but the quality of the paper was poor, and it was mainly bamboo slips and silk books.
It is not easy to read, and you can't read unless you have a foundation.
Looking at the bamboo slips, the bamboo slips the size of the desk are less than 300 words, and there are no punctuation marks, and it is difficult to break sentences; There seem to be a lot of bamboo slips in the room, but there are not many words. Looking at the bamboo slips roughly, Liu Xiu's expression changed several times.
This world is the mythical Three Kingdoms.
There are warriors who can rush thousands of troops, and there are scribes who can call for wind and rain, but the people's livelihood is still backward, bamboo slips are books, the people are hungry, and the people's livelihood is hard.
The Yellow Turban Army has not rebelled, Cao Cao is still a little kid, Dong Zhuo is pretending to be a turtle, the Han Dynasty is still very strong, the world is still peaceful, the world is still harmonious, and there is no sign of chaos.
"Historically, Liu Bei was born in Zhuo County, Youzhou, and was a scumbag in his childhood. As for the crusade against Dong Zhuo, he went to brush up his sense of existence, but it was also a trick. Later, he kept losing battles, kept running away, and kept turning to others, but he didn't achieve anything. β
"At the age of 46, when I met Zhuge Liang, I started my career and occupied Jingzhou, Bashu, and Hanzhong, living in a corner. Zhuge Liang is outstandingly talented, but after all, he is invincible to the general trend of the world, and he is powerless to return to the sky, and Houshu is shattered! β
Liu Xiu sighed in his heart.
Liu Bei's life is simply a life of suffering and failure, compared to Han Gaozu, Emperor Guangwu, etc., he is too inferior.
The task of the main temple is [to be the emperor], as long as Liu Bei's life trajectory is followed, he will inevitably be the emperor in the future, and he will definitely succeed, but he is unwilling. Unwillingly, he became the emperor at the age of sixty-one, and then defeated the White Emperor City.
Unwillingly, Liu Xiu thought about the future.
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Time passed, Liu Xiu flipped through the bamboo slips, and the bamboo slips were familiar to him.
A few days later, his uncle Liu Yuan came to the house and said to his mother: "Xuande has grown up, it is not appropriate to stay at home after all, it is better to study outside!" β
"Everything is up to Uncle!" Mother said.
Liu Yuanqi said: "Jiujiang is too protective of Lu Zhi, and he returned to Zhuo County due to illness and opened a private school, just to go to seek advice!" β
"The family is poor and has no money for Xuande to study!" Mother said worriedly.
"Bundle, I'm responsible!" Liu Yuan said.
"Thank you, uncle!" Mother was grateful. When my son grows up, how can he not study? After all, her knowledge is limited, not as good as those great Confucians, and she happens to worship Lu Zhi as a teacher!
Liu Xiu was grateful in her heart, she was so happy to have a good uncle.
If you can worship Lu Zhi as a teacher, it is equivalent to having a backer, don't look at Lu Zhi's leisure at home, but the future is immeasurable.
In the Han Dynasty, there was no imperial examination, and if you want to be an official, you rely on filial piety.
If you want to be filial and honest, you must not only have talent, but also have qualifications, and if you are not qualified, no one will "lift" for you. If you can worship under Lu Zhimen, raise your worth, Lu's protΓ©gΓ©, this gold-lettered signboard is a thousand gold.
Regarding his uncle's proposal, Liu Bei responded repeatedly.
Prepare a gift and go to Lu Zhifu to pay a visit.
At the door, Liu Yuanqi handed over the post, and the doorman went in to report, and after a while, the doorman came out and said: "My master is waiting in the main hall." β
Liu Yuanqi led Liu Bei and Liu Deran into the door and ran to the middle hall.
Lufu is simple and simple, it is hard to imagine that it is the home of the county guard, entering the middle hall, when there is a person sitting on the seat, the figure is majestic, the appearance is majestic, and the shirt is sitting in danger.
Liu Yuanqi stepped forward to salute and said, "Liu Yuanqi, the chief bookkeeper of Zhuo County, will meet Lu Gong." β
Lu Zhi got up and returned the salute and said, "Lu Mou went to work and returned to his hometown, he is already white, so there is no need to be polite." β
Liu Yuanqi said respectfully: "Duke Lu is a great Confucian in the world, a model of scholars, although he is not in the court, how dare Yuanqi forget his courtesy." β
Lu Zhi let him sit, Liu Yuan gave up again and again, but sat down, Lu Zhi said: "How can you teach now?" β
"My son Liu Deran, nephew Liu Bei, want to worship Lu Gong as a teacher, I don't know if I can accept it?"
Lu Zhi said with a smile: "I open a private school, I want to learn from Confucius, there is no class, as long as I pay the shackles, you can get started and listen to the class, how much you can understand, it all depends on your own creation!" However, I mainly focus on preaching the scriptures and discussing the Tao, and it is difficult to understand its meaning if there is no historical background. β
"Meet the sir!" Liu Yuan said.
Immediately, Liu Xiu and Liu Deran knelt on the ground and bowed to their teachers.
The next day, Liu Xiu and his cousin Liu Deran went to the backyard of Lu's mansion, and in the vast backyard, standing in the open air, Lu Zhiduan sat there, explaining "Shangshu".
Lu Zhi is very famous, and there are many students who go to listen to Lu Zhi's lectures, and there are a large number of people, hundreds of people.
Here, I got acquainted with Gongsun Zhan, Jian Yong and others.
Most students come here, not really studious, their wisdom is limited, their patience is limited, they are still interested in the first few days, but they gradually lose interest and do not come again; Or some people continue to listen to the class, and they are fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, just fooling the teacher. Lu Zhi doesn't break it, he stays if he likes to listen to it, and leaves if he doesn't like to listen.
Liu Deran was impatient and began to skip class a few days later.
After studying for a few days, Gongsun Chan also skipped school.
Liu Xiu still listened patiently to the lecture and worked tirelessly.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the era of the spelling father, the father had a background, and it didn't matter if he was greedy for fun and absenteeism; But if you don't have a dad to fight, then study hard.
Historically, Liu Bei didn't like to read much, he liked dogs and horses, music, beautiful clothes, and made friends. In short, I don't like to read, I like to be a scumbag, and I like to make friends. It is thanks to the chaos in the world that it can rise, otherwise it will be executed sooner or later.
Later, Liu Bei mixed poorly because he was a scumbag.
As the saying goes, things gather by like, people by groups, similar people always gather together, readers and readers mix together, gangsters and gangsters get along together.
Liu Bei has no background, and he doesn't like to read, so he can't attract intellectuals, and literati won't turn to him, so he is doomed to lack talents and has little future.
This time, under the arrangement of the main god, he naturally can't be a scumbag, but he wants to be a scholar, to be filial piety, to enter Luoyang Taixue to study, and to get acquainted with the top talents of the Han Dynasty.
Lu Zhi didn't like Gongsun Zhan, who was light and arrogant, and talked about it at every turn, and he didn't like Liu Deran, who likes music and fancy clothes, and called friends, but he had a great impression of the simple and humble Liu Xiu. I often say, "A child can be taught." β
In class, Liu Xiu never behaved actively, if the knowledge of the previous life 2,000 years later was exposed, and the experience of being a Taifu in the Wuhu world was exposed, I am afraid that he would be regarded as a demon, how did Bruno die. Rao is like this, and the wisdom of the occasional flash of inspiration also amazed Lu Zhi.