After Zhuge Liang calmed down again, he looked back at the "Persuasion Volume" given to him by his eldest brother, and suddenly felt different.

A very down-to-earth warm spring breeze that rarely piles up big words warms his heart to learn.

"In these troubled times, there is no way to become a talent without learning, how can you protect your family and serve the country and save the world...... However, the heart of learning is still not utilitarian.

Practical learning is important, but it also needs to have a solid foundation and a strong mind. After the virtuous brother got this book, he should not study hard because he was anxious for quick success and quick profit, so he wasted ploughing the acres, practicing swords and martial arts, strengthening the body and cultivating the mind, and observing Li Shu's ......"

Zhuge Jin started with a little bit of crepe, but then tried to use homely vernacular to explain the reasons:

For "the most intelligent man is often lazy." It is precisely because it is too easy for him to make progress in learning most things, and over time, when he encounters real problems, he will become impatient if he does not see progress after learning for a long time.

At this time, cultivating one's temperament by farming, or practicing the sword to cultivate one's body and mind, can make up for the problem of impatience. Because it takes at least half a year to harvest from farming, no matter how hard you try, you can't help the seedlings grow.

Therefore, farmers are often more persistent than small servants and daily paid coolies. The servants and coolies may not be paid one day, and the next day they may not work hard, but the farmer can persevere for the harvest in a year."

In the same way, it is not easy to visually see progress by forging the body and cultivating the mind, and it takes time to accumulate steps, even thousands of miles. However, it is precisely because the exercisers are accustomed to the state that they cannot see the benefits for a while after exerting their efforts, so they tend to have more perseverance than those who only read. ”

Zhuge Liang likes to look at the general situation and does not seek to understand it, which is of course a great help to the learning speed, but it is actually a major obstacle for studying and improving.

Before Zhuge Jin crossed, he had to recite the "Book of Commandments" since he was a child, and he also studied the changes in the mental journey of his ancestors. It is not difficult to find that after Zhuge Liang in his later years in history endured hardships, he actually gradually developed the quality of being focused and indifferent, not seeking breadth, and not seeking quick harvest.

Zhuge Jin knows that these qualities can only be gradually formed after a person has experience, endured hardships, and tasted the frustration of "obviously I worked hard, but it was useless".

Now he wants his second brother to "complete the road of five or six years in one or two years", and what he is most afraid of is not that he will not be able to teach his second brother specific thinking methods and knowledge logic.

It is the seedlings that lead to Zhuge Liang's knowledge progress too fast, but his heart and perseverance cannot keep up, and the foundation of personality quality is not solid.

That would be a pity.

But Zhuge Liang in this life is destined to not be able to suffer too much and suffer too many setbacks in person.

Zhuge Jin had no choice but to use as simple as possible truths, as well as other people's lessons and examples, to restore these truths as much as possible and cultivate Zhuge Liang's empathy.

Then use scientific farming, exercise and other methods to indirectly achieve the sharpening of character.

……

After Zhuge Liang read his eldest brother's earnest truth, he was really shocked, and he couldn't extricate himself from it for a long time.

These truths mentioned in Zhuge Jin's letter are practical to be set by the big Internet words of later generations, and the core is a "delayed gratification" and a "long-termism".

It's just that Zhuge Jin's wording is more down-to-earth, and he borrowed some wording from Xunzi's "Persuasion" and Zhuge Liang's own "Book of Commandments" later, and broke it up and crumpled it, and said it more carefully and popularly.

The "indifference to clear ambition" in the "Book of Commandments" is actually the condensation of "delayed gratification" in modern educational psychology.

"Tranquility leads to far-reaching" is also a summary of "long-termism", but the ancients cherished words like gold.

Zhuge Liang spent a full quarter of an hour digesting the big truth that the eldest brother said, and then continued to look down at the example given by the eldest brother:

"After he gave advice to Liu Bei for the first time, he was worried that 'even if Liu Bei gets a trick, he may still suffer for a long time, so he doesn't want to suffer. I am afraid that Liu Bei will not distinguish between merit and fault, and see that his own side is still declining, so he will blame the strategist for being incompetent.

But before he broke through and fled for his life, Liu Bei personally saw him off, saw his worries, and said:

'Bei Piao has been separated for half his life, suffering from the separation of his wife and concubine, and being hunted and killed, but he has also summed up a truth: whenever I encounter a military disaster, it is not because I have not done well recently, but because I have been slacking off a long time ago, and I have planted a remote cause.

Just like this time Xiapi was stolen, after quietly reflecting on it, what face does Bei have to let Yide bear the responsibility? Although Yide did not stabilize Cao Bao Xu Tan, he did not appease the Danyang soldiers when he was still authorized by the official of our army.

Since Tao Gong's death, there was a year and a half to solve this problem, and Yide only took over for a month and a half. Therefore, if Xiapi is stolen, the responsibility for the crime is the heaviest.

Sir is planning for me today, and if I lose again tomorrow, it is by no means my husband's responsibility, but I have not done a good job in training and treating people in the past two years. And Sir's plan today will be beneficial to our army sooner or later in the future......"

The content of this persuasion written by Zhuge Jin is obviously embellished, and of course Liu Bei has never said such a thing.

Zhuge Jin is to compare Liu Bei's reflection with Napoleon's sentence in later generations, "If I lose tomorrow, it is not because I did wrong yesterday, but because I did wrong a long time ago." If I had worked hard yesterday, it wouldn't have worked tomorrow, but it would have worked much later" grafted together to enhance persuasiveness.

But this time, Zhuge Liang really didn't see that the eldest brother was cheating.

When he read this, he was already in tears,

felt the eldest brother's expectation for his cultivation, and sincerely believed in this example that happened to Liu Bei.

Zhuge Liang put down the scroll and sighed:

"No wonder General Zhendong is in such a desperate situation, and he can turn defeat into victory under the planning of his eldest brother. The eldest brother's strategy is of course a must, but General Zhendong's toughness, strict self-discipline, and leniency with others are also indispensable. ”

Zhuge Liang secretly decided to learn from his eldest brother's life experience in terms of learning attitude. It is also necessary to learn from General Liu's tenacity and perseverance in terms of character cultivation.

The other volumes of the professional knowledge can be used as reference books and put away in different categories after they have been studied.

On the contrary, this volume of "Persuasion of Learning" should be copied well and treasured by your side.

In the future, once you find yourself impetuous, or doubtful about life because of other setbacks, you should take out this family book and read it carefully and reflect on yourself!

This content, which was jumped by himself at the beginning, is the most precious of the dozen or so family letters of the eldest brother!

The eldest brother really worked hard when sorting, and there were no mistakes.

Learning attitude and learning methods, and the mentality of being a person are always more important than specific content learning.

Recalling these truths, Zhuge Liang felt that it was not appropriate to look at any specific studies tonight.

He meditated and reflected for a long time, and wrote two notes at the end of the volume: "Quiet to cultivate oneself, thrift to cultivate virtue." Indifferent to Mingzhi, quiet to far-reaching. ”

Then he put down his pen and went back to sleep in awe.

There are actually some trivial explanations and lists behind the second volume, but they have been ignored by Zhuge Liang.

……

Maybe it was because I learned so much last night that I slept too late,

Zhuge Liang, who has always been diligent, actually slept until three o'clock in the morning before waking up.

In the end, the second sister Zhuge Lan cooked breakfast and was about to let it cool, and when she saw that her younger brother couldn't afford it, she came over and forcibly woke him up.

(Note: In the previous chapter, everyone felt that the name of the eldest sister and the second sister was not good, and it has been changed, so you can go back and confirm it)

Zhuge Liang simply washed and dressed with a confused face, sat down by the dining table, and unintentionally picked up the porridge bowl and took a sip, only then did he notice that the taste was wrong.

"Hey, how did you boil bean porridge today? And what kind of rice is this round and moist? ”

Zhuge Lan hadn't finished the housework yet, wrapped in a shabby coarse cloth apron, and taught his younger brother with his hands on his waist: "Did you finish reading the second volume of the eldest brother's family letter last night?" If you don't look at it, you still occupy it and don't let us see it!

If I hadn't cleaned up your bookcase early in the morning and saw the things that my eldest brother had brought me, I don't know how long I would have to lie in the satin box, I'm afraid I don't know if it's broken! ”

Zhuge Liang was suddenly a little weak-hearted, he did notice last night that there was an appendix at the end of the volume, which was to explain some trivial things in life, as well as things sent by the messenger.

But he is usually used to being the shopkeeper, and the housework is handed over to his sister, so he doesn't look closely.

The eldest sister Zhuge Zhi heard her younger brother and sister arguing, and Shi Shiran walked to the inner hall, pushed her sister away to work, and then took the list and persuaded softly: "You should also have more snacks, you should also take a look at these, although it is a trivial matter of daily life, but I think the eldest brother writes very reasonably, and he must have consulted a famous martial arts teacher or a famous doctor." ”

Zhuge Liang hurriedly finished eating, and then carefully studied the latter part of the persuasion paper with his eldest sister.

It turned out that the eldest brother finally explained some health preservation methods that should be paid attention to when studying and working, and the way of food tonic healing.

First of all, the first article emphasizes the food and drink, saying that this time people sent some tea produced in Wudi, which is simply roasted, teaching them a new way to drink, and in the future, they don't need to add onions, ginger, garlic and salt, just boil and drink directly, which can clear the liver and detoxify.

Then he said that in the future, the diet should pay attention to small and frequent meals, especially the second brother studies hard, and staying up late is easy to hurt the liver, so he should pay attention to his work and rest. And ask the messenger to bring a few buckets of walnuts, which can be put in the pot with washed sand or salt, and after baking and ripening in the shell, they can be eaten directly, or they can be boiled together with the peach kernels.

In terms of the materials for boiling porridge, Zhuge Jin also attached a recipe, asking Zhuge Liang to find merchants in Jingnan on his own in Xiangyang, purchasing coix and wolf, and cooking porridge with mung beans that can be bought everywhere, which is also to clear the liver and detoxify.

Obviously, Zhuge Jin knew that Zhuge Liang in history, and in the end, it was the Liver Emperor who died of liver failure, so now he urges the sixteen-year-old boy Zhuge Liang to start paying attention to maintenance.

When Zhuge Liang saw this, he was also stunned: "Then the round and smooth thing in this porridge is coix?"

It is no wonder that when Cai Zhonglang was in charge of the "Han Dynasty", on the way to the Fubo general Ma Yuanping Jiaozhi of the present dynasty, he was infected with miasma, looking for Lingnan coix, dispelling dampness and heat and detoxifying. In the end, he was attacked by the traitors of the DPRK and China for looting the Hepu pearl to return.

This thing does look like pearls. But the eldest brother explained that we purchased the things ourselves, why did we get them so quickly? ”

Zhuge Zhi explained softly: "These are the messengers brought by yesterday, they must have been explained by the eldest brother, passing by Xiangyang and Jiangxia on the way here, they visited Jingnan Business Travel on the spot, bought it with a lot of money, and sent it together."

Isn't this written, coix is produced in Lingnan, and can be purchased from merchants in Changsha and Guiyang counties. Citrus, is Taishi Gong's "Historical Records. The treasures contained in the Biography of Southwest Yi Lie can be purchased in the Yelang Kingdom - the Yelang Kingdom of the Han Dynasty is the current Qiqi County, and the merchants of Lingling can buy it through the middle of the Qianzhong Road.

It seems that the people sent by General Liu to the eldest brother dare not slack off, and the eldest brother must be quite valued by General Liu. ”

Zhuge Liang looked down along the eldest sister's train of thought, and the more he looked, the more he felt the heavy expectation of the eldest brother.

The eldest brother has so much care for their sister and brother just by taking care of their diet.

The follow-up seems to have attached some fishing gear drawings to teach them that the diet should be mainly large fish, but it should be fully cooked and not eaten raw, so as to facilitate health and nourish the brain.

There are also a few boxes of special lamp oil for Zhuge Liang to read at night, some ideas for improved farm tools for Zhuge Liang to protect his waist when he is doing breeding experiments in the field, and a bunch of things.

Because these have nothing to do with breakfast, the two sisters didn't have time to dismantle it in a hurry, and they just opened the food sent by the eldest brother early in the morning.

"Now that you've finished breakfast, you can unpack the rest of the things that these big brothers have brought! Teach us how to use it after opening! ”

Zhuge Zhi felt that it was necessary to familiarize his younger brother, who did not do housework, so he pressed the rest of the unpacking task to Zhuge Liang.