"Sir, Master Xiao is here."

"Ask him to come in."

Xiao Wei, the principal of Guizhou Prefecture, had already taken off his official uniform and came in a cloth suit: "Brother Chenggong, I came to you to apply for a pedant, I don't know if I am willing to take you in?" ”

Zhu Ming was surprised: "Your Excellency is not a professor of state studies, but you come to me to be a teacher in this grass hut?" ”

"There are not a few students left, so it's better to come to Seven Star Academy." Xiao Wei laughed bitterly at himself.

Xiao Wei was a jinshi eleven years ago, first awarded the lieutenant of Gutian County, arrested dozens of thieves, and solved the tragedy; He was promoted to Fuqing County, and his political achievements were also quite outstanding.

was supposed to be promoted to the county order, but he was inexplicably thrown to Guizhou as the principal.

He didn't even know who he had offended!

During the Yuanfeng period, the scale of Guizhou state school was very small, and according to the newly promulgated policy, more than half of the students had to be dismissed. The number of teachers will definitely be reduced, and it is estimated that half of them will have to be recalled to the capital.

Waiting for Xiao Wei, there are only two endings, one is to continue to stay in Guizhou to endure hardship, and the other is to recall the capital to have a leisurely meal.

He didn't choose any of them, so he resigned directly and came to teach at the Seven Star Academy, and by the way, he discussed Buddhism with the monks in Longyin Temple.

This old man was a Buddhist, and some of the deeds passed down to later generations were more or less spiritual events. For example, he cracked the tragedy of destroying the door, saying that he was rescued by the yellow sparrow, and turned into a human form to repay the favor and show the way, which caught a group of vicious thieves.

"Please." Zhu Ming immediately arranged work for Xiao Wei.

After studying hard for more than ten years, he was finally admitted to the Jinshi, and he went around for 11 years, and he even worked as a principal in a remote area. In addition, the school is about to be downsized, students are dropping out, and teachers are facing layoffs.

Replaced by Zhu Ming, I would have quit a long time ago!

Song Huizong frantically increased the number of Jinshi admissions, and every year he would give more than ten Tai students Jinshi backgrounds.

For twenty years, there have been too many jinshi.

Based on the official schools that have been abolished and reduced, Zhu Ming estimates that at least three or four hundred jinshi will be recalled to the capital for idle dinner. They have a meager basic salary, and they also have to enjoy the ultra-high prices in Tokyo, I am afraid that most of them will not be able to stay, so they can only scold and go back to their hometowns to make a living.

In addition to Xiao Wei, there was also a county school teacher who came to apply.

The name of the teacher in this county is Huang Yan, and he is only from a person's background, and his knowledge is not as good as that of a student. Zhu Ming ordered him to teach children, and in addition to teaching, he came to listen to his lectures by the way.

Now there are four teachers, Zhu Ming, Fan Zhiming, Xiao Wei and Huang Yan.

Zhu Ming called them to a meeting and said, "The professors have been teaching for two or three days, and the students are uneven. I'm going to suspend classes for the time being, take exams first, and then re-divide them. Copy the three-round method, divided into upper house, inner house, outer house. There are also elective courses, various miscellaneous courses, and you must choose two or more types of study. ”

Even if the grades are divided by the three-rounding method, it is difficult to teach normally.

It is mainly mathematics and other miscellaneous studies, and even individual students have no foundation, so they have to start with a relatively simple teaching, which requires the use of elective courses.

Zhu Ming took out the academy's public funds again to buy some brushes.

Because there are several county students who come to study, their families are poor, and they actually use chicken quills......

"There are also rabbits outside the Chicken Ridge, but there are very few. The vulgar can not be a rabbit pen, the rate of chicken feathers, its edge staggered and did not listen. ——Fan Chengda, "Guihai Yu Hengzhi".

In addition to giving brushes, Zhu Ming also taught students to make hard pens such as bamboo tube pens, so that they usually have no shortage of writing tools.

After a few days of exams, the class was redesigned.

Upper house: 10 people.

Inner house: Fifteen.

Without: Fifteen.

On the outer house: 30 people.

Outside: 30 people.

Mengxue (preparatory class): 28 students.

In addition, many students are willing to read and listen to lectures, and they can choose their class at will.

Many of the students who were expelled were originally outsiders, and their knowledge was similar to that of ordinary state students.

The four teachers, all of whom are in charge of mathematics, take turns teaching.

The timetable is really not open, so students are allowed to practice calligraphy and dictation and recitation.

After more than a month, the order was in order, and the college was on the right track.

Guangxi Changping made Lu Wei take office, this is an official who has not yet been lying down, and he is eager to try and pursue.

After he was demoted by Cai Jing to Guangdong for many years and Wang Hao became the prime minister, he immediately promoted a group of magistrates, and Lu Wei was recommended by others.

In Lu Wei's heart, Wang Hao is not bad, at least he knows how to select talents.

"Zhu Ming, who is in charge of this place, can he cause trouble for no reason?" After Lu Wei completed the handover procedures, he opened his mouth and asked about Zhu Ming's whereabouts.

Because it was a royal party who recommended him, he repeatedly told him to take care of Zhu Ming.

Cai Yi regarded it as a traitor, and said angrily: "What can happen to a person who has been removed from the name and management?" ”

Lu Wei didn't ask much, and only took out a decoction: "I have been an official in Guangdong for many years, and I asked for a decoction." Morning and evening decoction, can prevent miasma, too guarded and take it. ”

"And a decoction like this?" Cai Yi was skeptical.

Lu Wei's qi-nourishing soup recipe was later engraved on the cliff stone of Liu Xianyan for the people of Guizhou to copy and disseminate. Modern scholars have conducted research and found that it is to enhance immunity, which can be regarded as an early version of Cantonese herbal tea.

After this person lived in the Yamen of Changping Division, it took half a month to get acquainted with the situation, and he was squeezed out by other officials in a daze, and they all thought that he was a dog leg sent by Wang Huang.

Lu Wei didn't bother to explain, so he took a few entourages and went out of the city to check the people's situation.

He selected some villages and went back to Fang Tingshi: "Fang County Order, I will bring some corn and sweet potato seeds, and you can use them to persuade the people to cultivate." The method of planting is slightly different from that in the north, and I have explored it in Guangdong and written it all down in an article. Guangxi and Guangdong may also be different, and they must be adapted to local conditions. ”

"What is a sweet potato?" Fang Tingshi asked.

Lu Wei said: "It was Zhu Ming and his father who brought it back from overseas. Although Zhu Ming disrespected the Son of Heaven and slandered the king a lot, he still made some contributions after all. Don't waste things because of people, don't think that Zhu Ming is a villain, so he won't plant the food brought back by his father and son. ”

Waste because of people?

Fang Tingshi thought it was funny, this Lu Wei had a problem with his brain.

Lu Wei was promoted by Wang Hao, and he has been an official in Guangdong for a long time, so he doesn't know what Wang Hao has done. He naturally felt that Wang Hao was a good official, because since Wang Hao became the prime minister, he abolished many Cai Jing's decrees.

Since Wang Hao is a good official, Zhu Ming, who impeached Wang Hao, is most likely a person who sells his reputation and reputation.

After handing over the corn and sweet potatoes to Fang Tingshi for planting, Lu Wei began to rectify the Changping Division again, and found that a large number of accounts did not match.

The officials of the Guangxi Changping Division threw the pot to the former governor.

Lü Wei had no choice but to impeach his predecessor, and then re-standardize various processes to prevent his officials from continuing to embezzle.

After doing this, he finally remembered that he still had a political task, and hurriedly inquired about Zhu Ming's whereabouts to check.

Lu Wei crossed the river by boat and dressed as an ordinary scholar.

After walking on the shore for a while, I saw dozens of thatched huts at the bottom of the mountain.

There is still an open space in the center of the thatched hut, where more than a dozen students are juju, and a few others are playing in the corner.

Lu Wei was instantly unhappy, how could he have class time to play this?

He looked for a student who was resting on the sidelines and asked, "I heard that there is a great Confucian in the Seven Star Academy, why don't you work hard to learn, but play here for fun?" ”

The student replied: "What the mountain chief said, one piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and martial arts." Spending two quarters of an hour a day playing is a great way to enjoy your body and mind. There is also a labor class every ten years, which is led by the teacher, and the division takes turns to cultivate the grain. ”

Lu Wei pursed his lips, not very agreeing.

He asked Zhu Ming which class he was in, and the students took him over, and Zhu Ming was lecturing inside.

Hearing the saying of "sexual Tai Chi, love yin and yang", Lu Wei couldn't help it anymore, and immediately asked: "In the words of the king, what is the theory of sexual goodness in "Mencius"? ”

Zhu Ming smiled: "Your Excellency, please come in and say." ”

Lu Wei strode into the classroom and asked, "Can Zi follow the nature of the willow and think that it is a coffin?" Will the thief and then think that it is also a coffin? If the thief is regarded as a thief, then the thief is also regarded as benevolence and righteousness. ”

This is a dialogue between Mencius and Gaozi.

Gaozi said that human nature is like a willow, and benevolence and righteousness are like cups and plates; Realizing benevolence and righteousness with human nature is like making cups and plates with wolfberry willows.

Mencius retorted, can you follow the nature of the willow to make a cup and plate, or do you want to hinder its nature to make a cup and plate? If it interferes with the nature of the willow to make a cup and plate, is it to hinder human nature to realize benevolence and righteousness?

Zhu Ming asked the students to bring a bench and sit down to slowly debate with Lu Wei.

His theory that there is no good or evil in sex has a slight conflict with Mencius, so he did not write "Mencius's Chapters and Sentences" for a long time.

Zhu Ming said: "I'm not a confession, I don't think human nature is a willow, and I don't think benevolence and righteousness are a coffin. If you repeat Mencius's words, you should go and debate with Confucius. ”

Lu Wei said: "What Jun said, sex Tai Chi, love yin and yang. Human nature has neither good nor evil, and there is good and evil under the influence of the world. Mencius said that the goodness of human nature is like water. Do you want to oppose Mencius? ”

Zhu Ming smiled: "You are still using Mencius to refute the words of the accusator, to refute me, did I say that human nature is like water?" I'm Zhu Chenggong, not a sue! ”

Lu Wei was a little dumbfounded, because Zhu Ming's remarks were very similar to Gaozi and belonged to the negative textbook in "Mencius", so he subconsciously quoted Mencius's original words.

Lu Wei thought about it carefully: "Then do you admit Mencius's words that the goodness of human nature is like water?" ”

Zhu Ming sneered: "Who is Your Excellency's husband?" actually distorted Mencius's speech. ”

Lü Wei was even more angry: "Where did I distort Mencius's remarks? ”

Zhu Ming said: "Mencius said that the goodness of human nature is like water. This is to refute the Son, and to attack the Son's shield with the spear of the Son. "Mencius: Confession" refutes the comparison of human nature with material nature throughout the text, and Your Excellency is still comparing water nature with human nature, what is the difference between you and Gaozi? ”

Lu Wei said: "Don't be sophistry. The goodness of human nature is also like water. There is nothing wrong with people, and there is nothing wrong with water. This is the original text of Mencius! ”

Zhu Ming didn't bother to talk about it anymore, and said bluntly: "Mencius is wrong! ”

As soon as these words came out, the classroom was in an uproar.

Lu Wei was so shocked that he forgot to speak again.

(End of chapter)