Chapter 17: The Domineering Six Rites (Sixth Shift)
Next is the highlight that the Lin family has been preparing for a long time, that is, according to the ancient rites, the gift of six rites is the meaning of tuition.
You can see the temperament of the teacher here, if you like the lively and luxurious teacher, the six rites are a pronoun, as if it is four dishes and one soup for a certain period of time - Master Lin's twenty carts of gold and silver property can be pushed up, but Mr. Yang Ming likes simplicity, so he requires strict compliance with the ancient Lilly, so under normal circumstances, the six rites are six things:
Celery, lotus seeds, red beans, dates, longan, and the last one is ten pieces of bacon.
These six things are not according to the taste of the teacher, but each has its own meaning.
Celery is a homonym, and I hope that the teacher will be diligent in education.
The lotus seed is bitter, and I hope that the teacher will work hard to cultivate,
Red bean homonym, bless the teacher with good luck,
Jujube homonym, I hope that students will go to high school early,
Longan homophony: I hope that the teacher's education will be completed as soon as possible,
The last ten dried lean meat strips are the market during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which is the real tuition, and the students not only have to supply the meat and vegetables that the teacher eats, but also carry rice to the teacher every month.
At this time, it is basically a free ceremony, and there are quite a few scholars who come to watch today, and there are many of these people who are envious, jealous and hateful, this is indeed the case, why can you Lin Fengjin worship under the Yangming Zhenren Sect instead of me as soon as you come? Why can you become an ordinary disciple without observing the outer door as soon as you come?
Therefore, when people with these thoughts gather together, they will inevitably whisper:
"What kind of ancient rites do these countrymen know?"
"Can you pronounce the words of the bundle?"
"Look at how this nouveau riche is embarrassed, he came with twenty truckloads of property, and the smell of copper smoked the door of Xinxue!"
"I think this merchant will really get a handful of celery that smells of dung. ”
"It's a good gift, and it will definitely be defeated by the cheesiness of this copper-smelling house!"
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Where would Master Lin care about the sound of these flies flapping their wings at this time? With a wave of his hand proudly, the six beautiful young maids who had been waiting outside for a long time rushed up, and the trays in their hands were all golden and shining, and they waited until they lifted the red silk on it. The contents are even more stunning.
The first gold plate was opened, and it was indeed celery, but it was three celery plants carved from the finest golden jade!
The second golden plate was opened, and people like Hai Gongzi and Lu Jiuyuan, who were deeply cultivated, sensed the breath above, and couldn't help but be extremely surprised "Hmm", needless to say, the lotus seeds on it needless to say, Lin Feng gave the old man a bottom. As a result, the Black Lotus Divine Pill was taken out by the old man to show his face, and three of them were put in, which can be regarded as lotus seeds
The third gold plate was opened, and the red beans inside were bright red and lovely, shining brightly, and they were red agate of equal size, and the craftsmanship was vivid.
The fourth gold plate was opened, and inside was a box of jujubes carved from the finest Hetian jade.
The fifth gold plate was opened, and the longan inside was as smooth as jade. There are also branches and leaves, but they are invited to carefully create the branches and leaves, fruit trays, and the body of longan with gold. But it was inlaid with more than a dozen large pearls that faintly shimmered.
The sixth golden plate was opened, and the rest of the people sighed in unison, because they really saw that the ten pieces of bacon were suddenly returning to normal after withstanding the previous visual impact.
But. Hai Gongzi looked at it for a moment, and suddenly lost his voice and said:
"What's that big money?"
It turned out that at the top of the ten pieces of bacon, a straw rope was tied to make it easy to carry. At this time, merchants also have habits, such as several pieces of bacon to be put together, so the grass rope on the bacon is rubbed together, and then stuffed into the hole in the copper coin to tie a knot, so that you can use the copper coin as a temporary handguard to facilitate walking.
At this time, the straw ropes on the ten pieces of bacon were rubbed together and stuffed in the center of the square hole of a large coin. At this time, the sun has come out, and under the sun, the big coin looks nothing particularly unusual except for some gold, but I don't know what the road is for, look at it a few times, it seems that there will be smoke swirling on it, but if you look closely, the smoke is gone.
"There are tears in the pearl of the sea and the moon, and the Lantian day warm coin is smoking" Lan Gongzi said in surprise: "Could this be a Lantian coin?"
"There are tears in the pearl of the sea and the moon, and the warm coins in the blue field are smoking. These two lines of poetry were written by Li Chun, a master refiner, to distinguish between two very valuable materials, Canghai Zhu and Sun and Moon Money.
In the former, the surface of the orb will be drenched with little by little crystal dew under the bright moonlight, so it is called bead tears. After all the evil qi in the sun and moon money has been dissipated, it is also called Lantian money, and the way to identify it is that there will be a faint smoke in the sun. Because the person who first discovered this identification method was called Li Lantian, he was called Lantian Qian.
To tell the truth, the amount of things like Lantian money is not small, but its demand is even greater! Therefore, after the sun and moon money is transformed into Lantian money, almost all of them are used to cast into magic weapons and Taoist weapons for the first time, and few of them can be preserved and seen. Most of the people present saw it for the first time and couldn't help but be amazed.
In addition, under the cushion plate of each gold tray, there is a piece of paper.
The above content is slightly different, but the format is the same:
On a certain year, month, and day, a person voluntarily sold a woman (a certain clan), age, and characteristics into slavery
This deed is made.
Official signature/Chinese signature/buyer and seller signature.
There are six copies of this paper, which is the deed of sale of the six beautiful tray maids.
The Lin family's apprenticeship ceremony can be regarded as simple, and it is carried out in strict accordance with the ancient rites, but the luxury and expensiveness of it, to be honest, the value of the apprenticeship ceremony in the history of Donglin Academy can also rank in the top ten.
To tell the truth, such a generous gift, many Confucians who were present at the ceremony had a little envy in their hearts, such as Lin Fengjin, a disciple like Lin Fengjin, who came with the fame of "wind and rain", and his family was even richer, and he attached great importance to the teacher's way - I don't know how much respect I have in my heart, but at least the courtesy!
Some people are even annoyed that as early as March and April, Lin Fengjin should have been pocketed one step in advance, and what to do so much? Let a good piece of fat fall into Wang Yangming's mouth in vain.
In the face of such a generous gift, Wang Xunzhi was really a little apprehensive, and couldn't help but say:
"Father, isn't this too valuable?"
Mr. Yang Ming smiled and accepted it calmly, and at the same time quietly responded to him:
"In the past, Qiushan used half of the family wealth as a bundle, and a certain one accepted it, and today Lin Feng uses half of the family wealth as a bundle, why can't a certain one?"
Qiushan is Wen Qiushan, and now there is no one of Mr. Yangming's most proud disciples. Because the disciples who were able to keep pace with him were all dead. This person's family was very poor back then, and he only had a small half basket of sweet potatoes, but he brought five of them to worship his teacher. So Mr. Yang Ming said that Wen Qiushan used half of his family's property to make a bundle.
Wang Xunzhi was suddenly a little unable to answer, and Mr. Yang Ming asked again:
"When Wen Qiushan and Lin Fengjin were two students, they both took half of their family property as a bundle at the same time, which of the two do you think is more sincere?"
Wang Xunzhi smiled bitterly and couldn't answer.
Mr. Yang Ming said lightly:
"The student respects me with the attitude and heart of respecting my father, and I will use the way I treat my children and grandchildren to create him, and I have a clear heart, which is the foundation of my family, and your cultivation is still a layer worse after all." ”
At this time, after the students dedicated to the teacher are finished, according to common sense, the teacher also wants to return the gift to the students, and everyone is looking at what Mr. Yang Ming will give back, and the result is a big disappointment, it is just a set of ordinary four treasures of the study, showing a calm demeanor.
After the ceremony, the teacher wants to encourage a few words, which are nothing more than the same.
But just when everyone thought that the apprenticeship ceremony was over, Lin Fengjin suddenly knelt down and said sincerely:
"Master, Mr. Jiuyuan once saved his disciple's life, and in any case, the disciple also inadvertently learned his unique moves, and more importantly, I still owe something to Mr. Jiuyuan (referring to Lin Fengjin killing his closed disciple Sun and Lin), can the disciple be a registered disciple under Mr. Jiuyuan?"
As soon as Lin Fengjin said this, everyone was in an uproar, although there is no conflict between the disciple and the named disciple, but in fact, it also depends on the person. In particular, will the arrogant Mr. Jiuyuan tolerate himself being used as a spare tire? Will Lin Fengjin anger Mr. Yang Ming by doing this?
Of course, except for the parties concerned, no one knows what to do, Lin Fengjin's move was actually instructed by Mr. Yang Ming, a good teacher, knows how to teach according to his aptitude, of course Mr. Yang Ming can see that behind Lin Fengjin's seemingly gentle and elegant appearance, there is actually a very fierce rebellion.
And this kind of rebelliousness is a match made in heaven with the sharpness of Lu Jiuyuan's swordsmanship.
That's why Mr. Yang Ming will have this instruction, but Lu Jiuyuan himself doesn't know about this matter, as far as Mr. Yang Ming's understanding of this old friend, according to his eccentric character, the probability of agreeing is probably less than thirty percent. However, after Lu Jiuyuan refused, Mr. Yang Ming planned to take a step back and ask him to point out Lin Fengjin's Seven Kingdoms Sword, presumably this should be impossible to refuse.
In the face of Lin Fengjin's request, Mr. Yang Ming nodded with a smile and looked at his old friend at the same time. Lu Jiuyuan was obviously a little surprised, but he immediately fell into a deep groan, this is obviously news, it seems that he should be thinking about whether to agree? Of course, it is also very likely that he is thinking about how to refuse this request on such an occasion (to be continued......