"Great! Wonderful!!!"
Sheng Yuan's words made the brothers and sisters fall silent, and suddenly they heard a cheer from outside the verandah.
She turned around and saw her grandfather and an elegant old man with kind eyes standing outside. The location was close to the verandah, so it was not surprising to hear them talking.
It was the strange old man who applauded and laughed.
Sheng Yuan cupped her little hands and saluted along with her brothers and sisters.
Duke Sheng Guo smiled and said yes, winked at Sheng Yuan, and asked the servant beside him to go over and pick her up: "This is the former headmaster of Yunxi Academy, Mr. Jingge."
Sheng Yuan was taken over from the servant by her grandfather. She put her arm around her grandfather's neck and bowed to Mr. Jingge together with her brothers and sisters.
Mr. Jingge has a smooth face and a strong breath. Although his beard and hair are all white, he gives people the impression of a child with white hair.
He spoke softly and looked at Shengyuan with a very gentle and polite look: "Brother Yuangui, you are so lucky. Your little granddaughter has clear eyes, intelligence and agility. She is a very good talent! If she is a boy, it is impossible to say that she has a bright future! "
Sheng Yuan, who originally thought that the old man in front of her had a handsome appearance, heard what he said, and immediately felt that he was just a common man with little knowledge, and immediately lost the mood to act cute with him.
Duke Sheng Guo didn't like what he said. He pointed at his granddaughters and argued with him: "Brother Dingwen, what you said is unfair. Even girls may not have no future! Let's not talk about this young one. The two eldest grandsons you see in front of you, their articles are no worse than those of my grandchildren!"
Mr. Jingge shook his head with a smile, as if he didn't want to discuss this issue: "Brother Yuangui, since I am willing to resign as the mountain director of Yunqi Academy, you should know what I think. Why discuss these topics that affect my mood?"
Duke Sheng Guo asked this old friend to say, "I don't know who was surprised by my sister Yuan's knowledge!"
Mr. Jingge laughed: "I have never seen such a young child with such a clear mind. Didn't I just say that? If this child is a husband, my position as a closed disciple will be occupied! What a pity."
Duke Sheng Guo didn't see much regret on his face, so he childishly turned his head and sulked.
Seeing his old friend's anger, Mr. Jingge said very funny: "I won three prizes in a row at the age of sixteen. I was promoted to the second assistant at the age of forty-five. I resigned from the post at the age of fifty-three and taught. It has been thirteen years now and I have recruited many disciples." What they are taught is also the art of applying what they have learned. To put it simply, it is to teach them how to be officials.
You ask me to take a little girl as my disciple. No matter how much I teach, what use will it have to the country and the people? For children, it is not a waste of time. It is better to learn some poems, articles, paintings and calligraphy from well-educated people, even if they are different schools of thought, than to follow me and learn their useless utilitarian knowledge. "
Listening to his old friend's reasoning, Duke Sheng Guo felt that something was wrong: "Don't say that you don't understand His Majesty's intention of opening a girls' school in the Imperial College."
When Mr. Jingge heard this, he shook his head and chuckled without thinking: "Brother Yuan Gui, could you still take it seriously?"
After hearing this, Duke Sheng Guo immediately waved his hands to tell his grandchildren to disperse. He hugged Sheng Yuan and motioned to his friends to talk as they walked.
Mr. Jingge stroked his beard: "Our Majesty is good at playing chess. He likes to set up ambushes inadvertently. Sometimes he already thinks about the outcome before taking a step.
I believe that Your Majesty can achieve what he wants, but the question is whether the offensive and defensive sides holding the chess pieces can open up and cooperate, whether it is possible to keep a low profile and endure, and whether it is possible to turn defeat into victory... But I ask, how does the chess piece in the hands of both sides feel? "
Duke Sheng was silent and listened to his old friend continue: "Your Majesty puts women at the forefront of the storm. Even if the plan fails, there will be no loss. On the contrary, when we advance and retreat between offense and defense, and compromise with each other, we can also gain other benefits.
But what to do with those women? It is said that literacy begins with worries and ambitions in life, but there is no stage for them in the world. That kind of pain...many students and officials from ancient times to the present have experienced it.
Many men in the world suffer from the inability to succeed, and if it is put on women, wouldn't it make them even more unstable than duckweeds? At that time, they would be unwilling to live in the backyard and find it difficult to survive in the world outside the house.
Brother Yuangui, I can't stop His Majesty from making arrangements, but I can keep myself out of sight and out of mind. "
"Hmph, that sounds nice! It's not just inaction!" Sheng Guogong felt that his friend had not changed in decades, and he was still so realistic.
Mr. Jingge was not angry when he heard him complain like this. Of course, considering that the atmosphere of reminiscing between friends was no longer there, he planned to meet again at another time.
They have been friends for decades and know each other's behavior very well, so when he heard him say goodbye, Sheng Guogong nodded and didn't stay much. He just made an appointment to see the flowers at his house next time and saw him out the door in person.
"Sister Yuan, Mr. Jingge is going back, let's say some lucky words!" Sheng Guogong shook Sheng Yuan's paw and showed off to his friend, hum, no matter how you say it, there is no one in his house who is so precocious and smart. little doll!
Sheng Yuan listened all the way and sneered at Mr. Jingge's reasons. No matter how conclusive he was, he couldn't change the reality that he didn't do anything.
So what if it's a chess piece? There are always opportunities in wrestling, it is better than wasting all your energy in the back house and becoming the tool of a male housekeeper!
So when her grandfather asked her to say nice things to Mr. Jingge, she immediately rolled her eyes and said in a sweet voice, "I wish Mr. Jingge a happy life!"
Jingge didn't expect the little kid to say such words sincerely, and he immediately laughed out loud: "You are quite strange, little kid!"
Hearing this, Duke Sheng Guo could not say much. Although he had only had a few contacts with his granddaughter, he could still feel that there was a lot of mischief hidden in her small, round body!
After his friend left, Duke Sheng Guo held his granddaughter in his arms and pretended to be amused and said, "You have never blessed me like this!"
Sheng Yuan's eyes rolled around her grandfather's beard, resisting the urge to pluck it, and said honestly: "My grandfather must be very happy to have his son beat him every day!"
Every time her father came back from his grandfather's visit, he would always say that he was very happy.
Come to think of it, spanking my son is a happy thing.
"..." Sheng Guogong said in his heart that he must be from the Lao San religion.
"But why do you want to wish Mr. Jingge happiness?" Sheng Guogong was thinking of finding an opportunity to beat his son again. He didn't want to send Sheng Yuan back so early, so he found a topic to tease her.
He thought that his granddaughter just said it casually, but he didn't expect that Sheng Yuan really had a reason.
"Mr. Jingge entered the officialdom early. Although he has seen many ups and downs along the way, entering the cabinet so early shows that he has a smooth and upward journey. Otherwise, he would not cherish it and resign soon!"
Duke Sheng Guo did not expect that the little guy's reasoning ability was so strong, and he was so happy that he didn't know how to rejoice.
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