After sitting still for a while, Nan Liujing asked, "Teacher, can you collect Mr. Qu's previous articles?" ”

[As long as it has been circulated in the market, it is fine.] ]

"That's troublesome teacher."

[Okay, wait for me for a moment.] ]

Half an hour later, Yao Rong reminded: [It's all sorted out, it's in this wooden box.] ]

Looking at the wooden box in front of him that was big enough to stuff him in, Nan Liujing secretly took a breath: "So many? ”

Yao Rong made a joke: [You don't know anything about Mr. Qu's talent. ]

When he was young, Qu Jianbai was already famous all over the world.

Later, when he left the court, he devoted all his energy to writing articles and teaching and educating people.

As long as someone comes to ask for advice, he will do his best to give advice.

It is no exaggeration to say that one-third of Jiangnan's students have received his favors, and the remaining two-thirds have read his articles.

Nan Liujing smiled and sat down at the desk: "It's me who underestimated the weight of that good talent and beautiful jade." ”

Yao Rong looked at his posture of reading at night and asked: [It's not too late to read it tomorrow.] ]

Nan Liujing shook his head: "Mr. Qu will give me a lesson tomorrow, I want to know more about Mr. Qu before class." ”

Yao Rong knew that he couldn't persuade him.

In this regard, the child has always been very stubborn.

[It just so happens that I don't have anything else to do, so I'll watch it with you.] Where are you going to start. ]

Nan Liujing has a clear idea: "I plan to start with Mr. Qu's early strategy. ”

The genre of policy theory is mainly used to discuss current affairs, so the best way to understand the ideological aspirations and political pursuits of a literati is to read the policy treatises written by him.

Flipping through the first article, just after reading the first few lines, Nanliujing's eyes lit up.

He didn't speak, he read it in one breath, and it wasn't until he finished reading the last word of the article that he breathed a long sigh of relief, and he felt hearty.

After taking a sip of water, Nan Liujing continued to read the second article.

After reading the strategies one by one, Nanliujing seems to have read Qu Jianbai's life quickly-

When he was young, Qu Jianbai was also complacent because of the comment "Good Talent and Beautiful Jade", thinking that sooner or later he would be able to support the society and correct the world.

So at that stage, his strategy was full of spirit.

It wasn't until the Yao family's case broke out, that he, as one of the chief judges, knew that there was something else wrong with the case, but he couldn't go down to investigate, that he really saw the world clearly and saw his powerlessness.

It turns out that the talented and beautiful jade can't save the building from falling.

This disappointment with the world and himself prompted him to stay away from the court and place his love on the landscape.

But during his travels around the world, he witnessed the suffering of hundreds of people, and realized how a chaotic court would cause harm to the world, so he began to devote himself to teaching and educating people, wanting to cultivate more useful people for the world and explore a new way out for the world.

……

Nan Liujing closed the last policy and asked Yao Rong: "Teacher, when was this policy written by Qu Fuzi?" ”

[Two months ago.] ]

"I remember that Master Liang wrote a letter to Qu Fuzi a month ago."

"In other words, two months ago, Qu Fuzi was still teaching and educating people in Jiangnan and exploring new ways out."

"Then because of a letter from Master Liang, he left everything in Jiangnan and came to Kyoto to become my master alone......"

Nan Liujing pointed to himself, inexplicably honored: "Can I think that Mr. Qu came to Kyoto because of me?" ”

[So what's not?] ]

Yao Rong's tone was very natural: [Qu Jianbai and Liang Guangyu's friendship is very good, but it is not good enough to enter Beijing for Liang Guangyu's words. ]

[My Highness, he traveled all the way to Kyoto to see you in person.] ]

[And you are very satisfied with your performance, which is why he agreed to stay as your master on the spot.] ]

Nan Liujing tried to suppress the smile on the corner of his lips, but he still couldn't help but show a bright smile.

"Teacher!"

Nan Liujing said: "I didn't dare to think about this before! ”

[So happy?] Yao Rong pretended to eat.

Nan Liujing blinked, and said obediently: "I'm not happier than when the teacher accepted me as a student." ”

"But I'm also very excited, I feel like my efforts in the past year and a half have been seen."

This is different from Liang Guangyu taking him as a disciple.

Liang Guangyu will take him as an apprentice because he deliberately fights for it.

But this time it was a complete bonus.

Yao Rong smiled: [This time for the main quest, you have a good start. Mr. Qu's initial impression of you is very good. Keep it up next. ]

After reading a book all night, Nan Liujing got up early the next day to practice martial arts.

After breakfast, Nan Liujing changed into new clothes and went to the courtyard where Qu Jianbai lived to find him.

Qu Jianbai was sitting in front of the desk writing, and when he saw Nan Liujing coming, he motioned for Nan Liujing to sit down.

Nan Liujing said: "Mr. Qu, what class are we going to take today?" ”

"There's no hurry." Qu Jianbai asked, "What has Your Highness been reading recently?" ”

"I read Mr. Qu's strategy yesterday."

"Your Highness read which of my essays did you read?"

"As long as it is available on the market, I have read it all."

Qu Jianbai was stunned, raised his head and glanced at Nanliujing.

When I saw the green daisy in Nanliujing's eyes, my heart suddenly became clear.

"Your Highness wants to know more about me, and I also want to know His Highness's learning progress before starting teaching."

Qu Jianbai handed over the undried scroll in front of him: "This is a set of papers that I have drafted myself, Your Highness can try to answer it." I will arrange the progress of the course for His Highness according to the answers to the papers. ”

Nan Liujing took the paper with both hands: "Do you want to answer here?" ”

"There are a lot of contents in the paper, Your Highness can do it yourself, just hand over the answer sheet to me in three days."

Nan Liujing got up and said goodbye.

Back in his study, Nan Liujing flipped through the volume.

The scope of this set of volumes is very wide, including four books and five classics, people's livelihood and economy, almost everything.

Nanliujing dipped in ink, held the brush, and did not leave a trace on the paper for half a day.

[What are you struggling with?] ]

Nan Liujing put down the brush: "I'm wondering if I should hide it." ”

[Why did you have this idea.] ]

"I grew up in a cold palace and didn't have any orthodox education. If I don't hide it at all and answer according to my true level, won't it be exposed? ”

Yao Rong agreed: [That's true.] ]

"But I also think that hiding clumsiness will affect Mr. Qu's judgment of me."

"If it's not good, and Mr. Qu finds out, it will be self-defeating, making Mr. Qu feel that I don't trust him."

Yao Rong continued to agree: [This concern is also very reasonable. ]

Nan Liujing was helpless: "Teacher, you're teasing me again." ”

Yao Rongcai didn't admit his bad taste: [No, I'm telling the truth. ]

"Do you have any suggestions?"

[I don't want my thoughts to cloud your judgment.] ]

[I'll just ask you one question: Do you think Mr. Qu is in the same situation as Mr. Liang?] ]

Nan Liujing lowered his eyes, a little understood.

He trusts Liang Guangyu.

But it is undeniable that Liang Guangyu is an official of the imperial court.

Before the situation between the DPRK and China becomes clear, Liang Guangyu will help him, but Liang Guangyu will never take refuge in him.

Therefore, he only showed his strength and intelligence in front of Liang Guangyu, but he never showed his talent.

Qu Jianbai's situation is different.

Qu Jianbai is now a white body, and he has no interests with all parties.

It can also be seen from Qu Jianbai's experience that Qu Jianbai will never take refuge in Emperor Yongqing or Ji Yushan, but may fall to him.

Nanliujing pondered it repeatedly, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

He lifted the brush and left a smooth line of ink on the answer sheet.

Looking at the line of words he wrote, Yao Rong smiled very pleased.

Three days later, Nan Liujing reappeared in Qu Jianbai's study and presented the answer sheet full of handwriting to Qu Jianbai.

Qu Jianbai corrected a few lines, and suddenly looked up at Nanliujing, looking slightly surprised.

Nan Liujing noticed his gaze, his gaze did not evade, and he smiled slightly.

Qu Jianbai couldn't help but smile: "It seems that I need to re-evaluate His Highness's talents." ”

Nan Liujing said calmly: "It's good that you didn't disappoint Mr. Qu." ”

"I was pleasantly surprised by the answers." After a pause, Qu Jianbai added, "I was even more surprised by His Highness's performance. ”

He didn't know who taught the Three Princes this knowledge, and he didn't know why the situation of the Three Princes was not the same as what he had learned.

But what does that matter.

Everyone has secrets. He didn't have that much curiosity and had to get to the bottom of it.

What he cares more about than this is the attitude shown by the three princes.

Qu Jianbai lowered his head again, and it was not until he finished reading the entire answer sheet that he spoke again: "Your Highness's foundation is very solid, and many ideas are also very innovative, but it can be seen that Your Highness does not know much about the people's livelihood. ”

Nan Liujing replied: "My knowledge of many things comes from travelogues. ”

Thinking of the book "Early Spring Idle Writing", Qu Jianbai bowed slightly: "Your Highness has lived in the palace for a long time, and there is no way to understand the outside through the travelogue." However, not all the contents of the travelogue are correct, but they cannot be fully trusted for reference. ”

Nan Liujing took a step back, leaned over slightly, and saluted Qu Jianbai: "Mr. has been traveling abroad all these years, and his footprints are all over the country, please teach me." ”

The two happily set the direction of teaching.

Every day in the future, Qu Jianbai would go out with Nanliujing.

They didn't go far, they just wandered around Kyoto.

Under Qu Jianbai's guidance, Nanliujing has a new understanding of many things. He was quickly digesting what was mentioned in the book.

At noon that day, when the two passed by a village, Nan Liujing saw a lot of persimmon trees planted at the entrance of the village, and motioned for the coachman to stop.

At this time, the sun is hot, and the villagers, who have been busy with farm work all morning, are sitting under the persimmon tree to enjoy the cool rest.

Seeing a carriage parked at the entrance of the village, many people looked over curiously.

"Mr. Qu wait for me for a moment."

After saying hello to Qu Jianbai, Nan Liujing walked out of the carriage with a box of unopened pastries.

An old man with gray hair who looked very prestigious in the village asked, "Is there something wrong with the little boy coming to our village?" ”

Nan Liujing handed over the pastry: "This old man, I want to ask you about something." ”

The old man looked at the box of beautifully packaged pastries, but didn't answer: "The little boy wants to inquire about something, and he just said it, there is no need to be so polite." ”

Nanliujing actually saw the persimmon trees at the entrance of the village, and suddenly had a whim and wanted to inquire about the situation of the golden cake.

Hearing something familiar to him, the old man, who was still a little nervous, instantly became much calmer.

The situation he said was similar to what Nan Liujing had learned.

However, the old man had a sentence that aroused Nan Liujing's interest: "A few days ago, every family in our village went out to reclaim the wasteland and plant persimmon saplings on the wasteland. ”

Nan Liujing asked, "Are you willing to go?" ”

The old man smiled: "You can make money, what's not to be happy about." At that time, the persimmons grown will be made into golden cakes, and each family will be able to share the money. ”

"Can I go to that wasteland?"

The old man thought for a while and said, "We will have to work in the fields in a while, if the little boy doesn't mind, I will let my eldest grandson take you over." ”

As he spoke, the old man beckoned to a thin and dark boy of seven or eight years old not far away.

The little boy came over: "Grandpa, what's wrong?" ”

The old man explained: "You take this noble man to the persimmon land to have a look, be careful, don't bump into the nobleman." ”

"Yes." The little boy answered, looked at Nanliujing, clenched the corners of his clothes with both hands, and said nervously, "Your noble, come with me." ”

Nan Liujing took out a purse from his sleeve, handed it to the little boy, and said with a smile: "There are some candies in it, give it to you." ”

The little boy was pleasantly surprised: "Sugar? ”

"Yes." Nan Liujing stuffed it directly into the little boy's hand, "You wait for me here." ”

Nan Liujing walked back to the carriage and asked Qu Jianbai with a smile: "Mr. Qu wants to go and have a look?" ”

Qu Jianbai had already heard about the golden cake from Liang Guangyu, and nodded when he heard the words.

The reclaimed persimmon field is located in the mountain behind the village, not close to the entrance of the village, the little boy is not willing to eat sugar, holds the purse tightly in his hand, and walks in front to lead the way.

Nan Liujing saw that he was really nervous, so he asked, "Do you want to keep these sugars and eat them slowly?" ”

The little boy blushed and said, "I want to keep it for my sister and mother." My sister has never eaten sugar since she was born, and my mother has never eaten anything so good. ”

Nan Liujing touched his sleeve and took out another bag of preserves.

This was all given to him by Gui Sheng before going out, for fear that he would be hungry on the road.

Qu Jianbai swept this scene with a shallow smile in his eyes.

Nan Liujing handed the candied fruit to the little boy: "This is also for you." ”

The little boy waved his hand again and again: "No, no, I'll show you the way, you have given enough candy." If I take your stuff again, my grandfather will scold me. ”

"I just wanted to ask you about something, how about you take this bag of candied fruit and tell me everything you know?"

The little boy swallowed, but finally couldn't help but take it: "You ask." As long as I know, I'll tell you. ”

Nan Liujing started with a simple question: "Did you eat the golden cake during the Chinese New Year?" ”

The little boy nodded vigorously: "I ate it, I ate half of it." ”

"Only half?"

"Yes. I'm a boy, so I'm only half. My mother and sister only got half of it. My mother was only willing to taste one bite, and the rest was left for my sister to eat. ”

Nan Liujing was stunned, and an indescribable sour feeling rose in his heart: "What about your father?" ”

"Soon after my mother became pregnant with her sister, my father was dragged to serve in the army, and he didn't send a message to his family for several years."

The little boy turned his head to look at Nanliujing: "My grandfather said that before I was born, there was a big defeat in the north, and a general as powerful as Guan Erye was killed, so my father and many uncles and uncles in the village were dragged to serve as soldiers." Do you know when my father will be able to come home? ”

"My mother misses my father very much, and always cries secretly behind my back and my sister. My sister also wanted to see her father, and she didn't know what he looked like. ”

The little boy added in his heart that there was him, and he missed his father too.

Nanliujing's mood became heavier and heavier.

The big defeat fifteen years ago caused Daye to lose 30,000 of the most brave and skilled elites.

But that was more than a tragedy for 30,000 families.

Because the border defense line was completely broken, the imperial court had to rebuild the border defense line, so it has been constantly recruiting troops to replenish the number of border troops.

According to the little boy, the village was requisitioned many years ago with a large number of young and middle-aged laborers.

No wonder along the way, he saw either old people or women and children.

It's no wonder that this place is so close to Kyoto and so impoverished, even during the Chinese New Year, you can eat at most half of the golden cake.

After seeing the prosperity of the ten-mile long lanterns on Suzaku Street, he saw the life of the people of Daye from another angle.

After a short time, the three of them arrived at the persimmon field.

The persimmon fields as far as the eye can see are well kept, and there are still traces of renovation on the surface.

The freshly transplanted persimmon saplings sway gently in the breeze, revealing vigorous vitality on the barren soil.

Nanliujing likes this vitality.

He felt that this vitality was very much like himself who grew up alone in Changxin Palace, and it was also like the people of Daye who were trying to live in this land.

When leaving the village, Nan Liujing handed the little boy the box of pastries in his hand and asked him to pass it on to his grandfather.

Along the way, Nanliujing was a little absent-minded.

Qu Jianbai put down the teacup and asked with a smile: "What is Your Highness thinking?" ”

Nan Liujing pursed his lips: "There are some things I want to ask Qu Fuzi for advice." ”

Qu Jianbai raised his hand: "Your Highness, please speak." ”

Nan Liujing: "Can Master Qu tell me, what is Daye in your eyes?" ”

Qu Jianbai was a little surprised.

This question is not difficult for Qu Jianbai to answer.

It's just that this question is too broad and too broad.

So for a while, Qu Jianbai didn't know where to start answering.

"What about Your Highness?"

"What kind of person does Da Ye look like in the eyes of His Highness."

Nan Liujing subconsciously wanted to answer: "The big Ye in my eyes ......"

Qu Jianbai raised his hand to stop Nan Liujing: "Your Highness doesn't need to answer me in a hurry. ”

"I've taught His Highness for a few days, and I've never given His Highness homework. Why don't you just write an article on this topic and hand it to me. ”

Nan Liujing thought for a while and asked, "I don't know when I will write the article and present it to Qu Fuzi?" ”

"Your Highness doesn't need to rush to write, in the next few months, I will accompany Your Highness everywhere, and Your Highness can see and think more."

Back in the courtyard, Nan Liujing changed into his usual clothes and sat in the gazebo to eat chilled watermelon.

At this time, there was no one around him, so he could chat with Yao Rong without distraction, talking about what he had seen and heard today.

Even if he knew that when he went through these things, Yao Rong was "beside him".

Yao Rong listened quietly and did not interrupt him.

When he said the question given to him by Qu Jianbai, Yao Rongwan'er: [Qu Fuzi gave you a question, and I will also give you a question on the basis of his question, and you can answer it together at that time, what do you think?] ]

"What questions does the teacher want to ask?"

[What kind of Daya in your eyes is.] ]

What Qu Jianbai wants to ask is Nanliujing's understanding of the world.

[If the Da Ye you see can't satisfy you, then what do you want to make Da Ye look like.] ]

And what she wants to ask is Nan Liujing's pursuit of the world. ：，，