Chapter 13 Apprenticeship
However, because the school has not officially started, there is a senior senior on the podium who comes to replace the class, but it is none other than the thick eyebrow brother who had a conversation with Lin Fengjin yesterday, and at this time he has already introduced his name: Zheng Gong.
Lin Fengjin didn't care, the college had already issued a batch of book lists, which were similar to textbooks, and students had to prepare them by themselves. Students who have money in the family can buy it, and if they don't have money, the college provides a template and copies it themselves.
At this time, most of the students in the classroom were copying books, because at least half of the outer disciples here were local Tong students, and they would definitely not be able to buy ready-made books. The Legalist Academy is not like a Confucian Academy, where they have to study the Four Books and Five Classics, and the main textbooks for their outer disciples are the ancient books "Three Tombs" and "Five Classics".
Among them, "Three Tombs" tells the ancient sages Fuxi, Shennong, and the emperor's governing concepts and deeds. If you can read it thoroughly and gain something, then you will be able to teach the Legalist work "Shang Jun Shu", and if you have learned from the study of Shang Jun Shu, you can pass the exam to "enter the room" and become a disciple.
Of course, Lin Fengjin would not copy the book, so he opened the book "Three Graves", and at a glance, he felt that his head was big, and the ancient characters jumped on the paper, as if the hoof prints of a thousand grass and mud horses were vivid and boring, but at this time, when the thick-eyed brother Zheng Gong found that the order in the classroom was very good, he pointed at this side and walked over.
He glanced at Lin Fengjin's name, and then said in a low voice:
"Senior Brother Lin, what you said yesterday is very reasonable, I have been taught. But you are new to the school, and there are a few rules that you may not know the way yet, so today I will remind you a few words, and if you don't take it as an example, you won't be able to do it tomorrow. ”
Lin Fengjin smiled and said:
"Please also ask the seniors for advice. ”
Lin Fengjin thought that he was being targeted, but after hearing this senior Zheng Zhengse, he knew that he had guessed wrong. Because it's impossible to wear small shoes to this extent.
First of all, the college requires students to wear a "school uniform", which is of course not uniformly made as it is now, but only stipulates that they should wear dark colored caftans. The purpose of this is to distinguish students from the general public, and to give students a sense of responsibility and superiority as scholars.
In addition, the college also has five books specifically for students, such as "Leave Book", "Lecture Book", "Moral Book", "Food Book" and "Accommodation Book". Among them, the lecture book records the lecture of the mountain chief, the moral industry book registers the student's homework, and the food book is used to receive money and rice. The booklet was used to receive lamp oil and charcoal. Mingdao Academy also stipulates that those who pay homage to the shrine, listen to lectures, and provide lectures all need to be registered, and if they are absent for three times, they will be "dismissed from their posts and live in confessions". Lin Fengjin didn't fill in the five books today.
Secondly, when scholars study in the academy, they do not have winter vacations, summer vacations, children's day, youth days, weekends, Sundays and other holidays, and classes will only be suspended during the Chinese New Year. In addition, there is a day off every 10 days. Leave of absence cannot exceed three months.
Finally, in order to check the learning effect of the students. The seowon also has an examination system, which mainly examines two major aspects: virtue and academics. There are three small exams every month, and those who do well in the test are in the top three in the class. There can be a reward of a lot of money, and it will also accumulate points, and when it accumulates to a certain extent, it will be upgraded, only those with high points. to be able to enter the entrance examination. The disciples who enter the room are to obtain a letter of recommendation from the academy to participate in the imperial examination through the level of points.
And the recommendation letter from the college is simply like a bonus point for the college entrance examination. And it's also a very perverted kind, such as the letter of recommendation from Tianchang Academy, if you get Xirong, who has a relatively strong Legalist family, to go to the imperial examination, then you can add one or two hundred points, and you can add at least fifty or sixty points in Southern Zheng and Northern Qi.
The following days became monotonous, and Lin Fengjin was not bullied or suppressed, after all, this was a pure academy and not an underworld.
After getting in touch with a lot, Lin Fengjin found that Zheng Gong, the thick-eyed brother, was not a scholar or anything like that, just because his family was poor and his self-esteem was relatively heavy, and he was a little sensitive and suspicious when others looked at him a few times, but he was actually a very good person to get along with.
In response to this, Lin Fengjin made some corresponding moves to get closer to the relationship, such as telling Senior Zheng at noon one day that he forgot to bring a meal, and hoped that Senior Zheng would invite him to a meal. Zheng Gong's personality is also bold, although his family is poor, he agrees, but of course he can only ask Lin Feng to eat green vegetables and radishes.
Fortunately, in this meal of coarse tea and light rice, Lin Fengjin also ate it with relish and did not dislike it. Then Lin Fengjin naturally wanted to exchange courtesies and invite Senior Zheng back, Senior Zheng hesitated for a while or went, Lin Fengjin did not prepare any big fish and meat, but took him to the tavern next to the academy to deal with it, and the principle of communication between the two sides adhered to the three words of ordinary heart.
After going back and forth, Lin Fengjin threw out his collection of books as bait, although Senior Zheng had strong self-esteem, he couldn't resist the temptation of books, so the relationship between the two gradually became good. I don't say what we have achieved in the same bed, but it's true that we have close relationships.
I found out that Senior Zheng also has a quirk, that is, he likes to take a bath and wash his feet alone, so he is often ridiculed by his classmates as Zhu Yingtai, but everyone has their own personality, and it's not a big deal.
But the rest of the people who were on the same road with Zheng Gong that time were much narrow-minded, especially the small-eyed Lu Ping, and Ou Qi next to him, who didn't say anything when they saw Lin Fengjin, and went away, in the words of this group of people, just don't let me stick to the smell of copper. Lin Fengjin will not use his hot face to stick to other people's cold butts, but will deliberately please people.
The days passed day by day, and gradually Lin Fengjin came to the academy for more than a month, he was a human being in two lives, and he was naturally good at seeing people and talking about people, and talking nonsense when he saw ghosts, plus he had money in his hands and was not stingy, so the relationship between his classmates was quite good.
At this time, although Lin Fengjin felt that studying was his own hard work, his mind was first-class, and he also had rote memorization, and he could not be said to be among the best in terms of homework, but he was finally able to do it - of course, it was relative to the disciples of the outer court. In addition, he has more knowledge of later generations, and between his words and deeds, some new things will inevitably pop up.
However, there is a saying that if the step is too big, then it will pull the egg, for today's people, even if it is that kind of profound Confucian, after all, it is also a lack of vision, after Lin Fengjin's remarks are put forward, they are often refuted to the point of incompleteness, except for leaving a "quite strange thinking" (please note, it is a strange thought, not an ingenious idea) impression to the division commander, there is no gain.
In addition, Lin Fengjin has another strange thing that is talked about, that is, his handwriting is really ugly, probably because he used too many fountain pens, ballpoint pens and keyboards in his previous life, and it was really difficult to hold a brush to write.
After the first month's monthly exam, Lin Fengjin reluctantly squeezed into the top ten in the exams of the outer disciples, which was all the result of his rote memorization, why should he mention the top ten? Because in addition to the extra money and point rewards, those who enter the top ten in the monthly exam can also have internship opportunities.
At this time, although it is claimed that a hundred schools of thought are contending, in the final analysis, these hundreds of schools of thought still have to rely on the political and economic systems of the five countries to realize their own value. In the final analysis, it is very simple, which doctrine is most useful to the ruling class, then it is certain that the power of which one will develop stronger.
The same is true of Legalism, whose fundamental purpose in teaching is to please the rulers of the time and prove that his scholarship is actually the most useful.
The foundation of Legalism lies in the "rule of law", and the rule of law determines that most of the students he cultivates are good at criminal law. However, in this regard, in order to cultivate useful talents, experience is the most important, and it is difficult to imagine that a scholar who has no experience and just memorizes the rules and regulations can become a discerning Bao Qingtian as soon as he comes out.
Therefore, almost every college of Legalism attaches great importance to the implementation of "practice", which is what we now call internship. The reason why Lin Fengjin wanted to squeeze into the top ten of the outer courtyard was because he heard from Senior Zheng that Master Gong Cao He, who was in charge of the criminal name in Fangkang County at this time, was also an old-timer from the Legalist family. The top ten disciples of the outer court and the inner court can go to Lord He for ten years to study every once in a while.
These people go, under the pretext of helping to copy documents and organize the treasury, in fact, they compare what they have learned in their chests with the case files in the state and county, confirm what they have learned, and can put forward different opinions.
At the same time, when copying documents, it will also be allocated to workers, food and silver according to the portion, which can be regarded as a cost-effective work-study job.
At the same time, Gong Cao will also attach great importance to the opinions put forward by the students of the college, because once a misjudgment occurs, the impact on the triennial performance appraisal is very great. Even if it is an ordinary misjudgment, Shangguan's comment can only be Zhongping, and it has nothing to do with excellence. Undoubtedly, a scar was drawn on the path to promotion.
And the scribes in those torture chambers also welcomed these students very much, because these students were actually helping them do their work, and now that the five countries are fighting for hegemony, the monarch also attaches great importance to the rule of officials, and there are any people who accept bribes and make unjust and wrongful convictions? There must be, but relatively speaking, it is definitely not a common phenomenon, so the scribes and others are not afraid of any shady scenes being broken.
On the second day after the test results came out, Lin Fengjin received a notice that he packed his package the next day and wanted to stay outside for five days, and he had to bring clothes and other things. When it was time to set off, I realized that Lord He of Fangkang County had an urgent business trip this time, so he could only go to Canggui in a neighboring county temporarily. (To be continued......)