The night in the mountains is deep and quiet, with only a solitary lamp in the hut shining far and near.
Now is the time when the autumn cold and dew are heavy. Although there are few mosquitoes, it gets cold suddenly after nightfall. Guo Lin and Zhang Yue ate half of the pancake, and then Guo Lin lit a lamp and read.
Zhang Yue had only read five or six pages and his eyelids were shaking. He really couldn't stand it anymore.
Guo Lin saw this and said sincerely: "Junior brother, learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. We have copied the books for a day, and our homework will definitely fall behind. If we don't take advantage of this time to read, what should we do?"
Zhang Yue nodded and said: "Senior brother is right... I don't have to..."
Zhang Yue yawned twice as he spoke, making Guo Lin speechless and helpless.
Zhang Yue forced himself to read a few pages of the book.
Guo Lin saw that Zhang Yue was unable to persist, so he said sincerely: "I know that my junior brother is very talented, and he has never forgotten... his studies, but relying on his talents will sooner or later be exhausted..."
Zhang Yue nodded and said: "Senior brother is saying that the so-called talent is a talent that combines a hundred and ninety-nine talents with a hundred and ninety-nine hard work..."
"The talent of a hundred and the hard work of a hundred and ninety-nine..." Guo Lin thought as he thought about this sentence. Junior brother is really a genius, and every word he says has such profound meaning.
Guo Lin thought, yes, even if my junior brother is smarter than me, can I really be worse than him if I work hard?
Guo Lin said happily: "It would be great if junior brother can understand this principle, so..."
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue said again: "But the talent of one hundred and ninety-nine is better than the hard work of one hundred and ninety-nine... It is not that material, no matter how diligent it is, it is useless... Senior brother, I am tired. Anyway, I have read more than a dozen pages of the book. Carry it while sleeping!"
After saying this, Zhang Yue put down his book, went to the couch, put on his clothes, and fell asleep.
Guo Lin was speechless for a long time as he read Zhang Yue's last words: "I have never heard of this method of reading while sleeping."
"Junior brother..." Guo Lin saw that Zhang Yue had fallen asleep in the blink of an eye, and couldn't help but admire Zhang Yue's ability to fall asleep as soon as he lay down, "... at least wash up before going to bed... It seems that junior brother is really tired. ."
In fact, Guo Lin was not tired at all. He set out early in the morning to study with the Zhang family, copied books for a day, and only returned home at this hour. He was extremely exhausted both physically and mentally. But Guo Lin understands that if he fails to do his daily homework, he will easily become tired and lazy.
"Learning is like rowing upstream!"
Guo Lin encouraged himself. When he was extremely tired, Guo Lin stood up and poured cold water from the earthen basin on his face...
Suddenly this familiar smell came again...
Why didn't Junior Brother even let go of the basin in the corner...
The next day.
The two senior brothers got up.
Seeing Guo Lin's tired look, Zhang Yue asked, "Senior brother, are you okay? Otherwise, you and I will take leave today."
Guo Lin waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. I can still hold on. Today we need to ask the chief of the restaurant how much we paid yesterday? We must ask clearly about the rules, so as not to start counting the losses later."
"What senior brother said is absolutely true. How many pages did senior brother copy yesterday?"
Guo Lin said: "Fifty-seven pages."
Zhang Yue said in surprise: "That's one hundred and ninety-nine and a half cents. Two hundred cents a day is enough!"
The average local labor force in Pucheng earns 75 to 100 qian a day, which is only two or three qian per month.
Guo Lin thought to himself, Junior Brother is really good at arithmetic.
Guo Lin smiled bitterly and said: "Although two hundred dollars a day is a lot, it is a waste of schoolwork, which is really not worth the loss. If it were not for my father's illness, I would not do this. I only hope that my father's illness will be cured soon and I can continue my studies."
"Although junior brother only has one penny, let's go and ask today. A meal is not worth dozens of penny!"
Zhang Yue said: "Senior brother, don't ask. The chief is clearly trying to make things difficult for me. Whatever he says is what he says."
Guo Lin said: "Then we have to argue with reason and give it a try no matter what. Leave quickly. I asked my mother to prepare ring cakes for us today. Let's eat while walking. This will save us a meal."
The so-called ring cake in the north is a fried dumpling, but in the Tang Dynasty it was a piece of cake with a hole in the center, which was stretched up with a rope and hung on the luggage. In this way, the southern part of the Song Dynasty still retains the title of the Tang Dynasty as road food.
"Okay! I'll get some water from a bamboo tube! You'll get thirsty after eating that!"
Guo Lin said casually: "Bring more water, you've been a little angry lately!"
Zhang Yue took the bamboo tube to fetch water from the vat, and said to himself: "Brother, how do you know that I have a strong fire? Could it be that senior brother is Gou Jian?"
The two got up early in the morning and took an hour to reach the south peak.
As soon as they arrived at the academy, they asked Zhang Heng about paying money yesterday. Zhang Heng said impatiently: "Why don't you ask me about this matter? You go ask the academic records."
In the Song Dynasty, the Imperial College had a chief of staff and a scholar.
The position of the chief of the study hall is similar to that of a university counselor, and the position of the academic director is similar to that of a teaching assistant. However, the position of the chief of the study hall and the academic director of Taixue are both held by seniors.
Where did this set of methods come from? There is no way to verify it.
It is said that during the Qingli New Deal, Fan Zhongyan adopted the method of Hu Yuan to reform the Imperial College system. Hu Yuan was a famous scholar in the world, but he was not an official. However, he was also known as "the master of the world in white clothes".
Hu Yuan first taught in Suzhou and Huzhou Prefectural Schools. He advocated that scholars should be "intelligible and practical", so his students were divided into "Jingyi Zhai" and "Zhishi Zhai". This pioneered the division of teaching into departments and subjects, and advocated teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. .
Jingyi Zhai specializes in studying classics and cultivating scholar-type talents.
In Zhishizhai, in addition to Confucian classics, they also study martial arts, literature and art, water conservancy, political affairs, etc., specializing in cultivating talents for officials and politics.
Fan Zhongyan reformed Taixue. He not only quoted Hu Yuan's Suhu teachings, but also made his two sons Fan Chunyou and Fan Chunren worship Hu Yuan as their disciples.
After Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu liked to select talents under Hu Yuan. At that time, the Ministry of Rites paid tribute, and among the ten disciples of Hu Yuan were four or five. When Wang Anshi carried out the reform, he also liked to use Hu Yuan's disciples as the backbone of the reform.
How famous was Hu Yuan at that time?
Someone described his words and deeds as "Hu Yuan's disciples can be known without asking". Mr. Scholar Yu, it is obvious without asking that he is Hu Yuan.
As for using students to manage Imperial College, achieve the purpose of practicing, and cultivate talents for future affairs, this is also Hu Yuan's teaching purpose.
This move made Zhang Yue think of the student unions of later generations. When I was in college, everyone in the student union scolded me, but after scolding me, if I were to hold power in the future, would I do better than the people I scolded at the beginning?
As for the academic record Zhang Heng mentioned, it was Zhang Yue, another student of Guo Lin's interview that day.
Xuelu looked at the two of them and smiled: "I saw today what you copied yesterday. There are almost no typos or omissions. It's very good!"
"Thank you for your praise."
Xuelu said to Guo Lin: "You copied fifty-seven pages. Since you agreed with your husband for three and a half cents per page, it will be one hundred and ninety-nine and a half cents."
After talking about the academic record, he opened an account book and wrote the words one hundred and ninety-nine and a half qian in Guo Lin's name, and then said: "After three days, you can settle it on a daily basis, and the first three days will be regarded as deposits. Is there anything you can do?" objection?"
"Everything follows Xuelu's instructions."
Xuelu looked at Zhang Yue again and said, "I heard the chief said, can you convert two coins into one coin to pay for lunch?"
Zhang Yue said: "That's true."
Xue Lu said: "How much money can you make in one day like this? But it's a loss. But you have to follow the rules. I think you copied more than one page yesterday. If you and I compare two pages, it counts as seventy-two money." ."
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin looked at each other and couldn't help but be surprised.
"Thank you Xuelu." Guo Lin replied on behalf of Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue also clasped his fists in thanks.
Xuelu smiled and said: "The lunch was also decided by the chief of the restaurant. I'm going to give you some slack here, but you don't want to thank me. I also saw that you made very few typos and omissions, so I did it for me." Save yourself the trouble. In addition, Xuetian’s accounts are even complicated, and I also need a helper here. I may need you for a few days, and this will not be included in the wages. "
Zhang Yue thought that this was convenient for others and for himself: "In the future, I will just ask Xue Lu to give me instructions."
Xuelu nodded.
Guo Lin asked: "Have you not asked the teacher to record Gao's name?"
"I don't dare to take it seriously. That's Zhang Cai."
It's a pity that Zhang Yue didn't remember the famous figures in history after tasting the product.
Xue Lu Zhang Cai looked at Zhang Yue again: "Yes, I checked the family status yesterday. Are you Zhang Xu's brother from the county school?"
Guo Lin looked at Zhang Yue in surprise, and Zhang Yue admitted: "That's true. He is my second brother. I work as a third brother at home. Is it possible that Xuelu is familiar with my brother?"
Zhang Cai smiled and said: "It's really Mr. Zhang Sanlang. I'm being disrespectful. I don't know Brother Ling very well, but we are acquaintances a few times. When Chen Lingjun was in Ren, he brought students from the county school to Nanfeng to climb up with his own disciples. ."
"That day was the Nine-Nine Yellow Flower Festival. We, the disciples from the clan school and the county school, all wore dogwood trees in their heads, drank osmanthus wine together, chanted poems and songs, threw pots and shot arrows. It was really a pleasure."
"At that time, both teachers were present, and the disciples on both sides had a feeling of superiority and inferiority, so they took advantage of the wine to show off their talents in the name of exchanging knowledge. At that time, your brother was in the limelight, impressing everyone with his literary talents, and even throwing pots. A man with a head. I think back to Erlang’s former demeanor. He was heroic but a little frivolous, but he was indeed a man of great talent. I was convinced that he lost!"
Zhang Yue couldn't help but imagine what happened to his second brother after hearing this. During the Double Ninth Festival, everyone was drinking. In front of Chen Xiang and Mr. Zhou Jintang, a fifteen or sixteen year old boy took advantage of his drunkenness to dominate all the young talents in the county. It’s a very satisfying thing to think about.
But Zhang Yue then thought about it. His second brother was so popular in other people's territory that he was jealous of others.
Sure enough, Zhang Cai continued: "If you weren't somewhat similar to your brother, I wouldn't pay attention to your family status."
"But Ziping has always been concerned about this. He has always had a high self-esteem, but except for your brother, he has never lost to anyone in his life. You'd better not tell him that you are Zhang Xu's younger brother."
Zhang Yue was stunned for a long time, it could be said that he was shot even while lying down. Now that my second brother is gone, I still have to continue cheating on him.
It's also strange that Chen Xiang took the county school disciples to discuss some knowledge when he had nothing to do. Isn't this obviously ruining the situation? If his second brother had not been from the Shu clan, he should have studied at the Zhang clan school, but instead went to the county school. Now, a disciple of the Shu tribe has chosen all of you, asking where to put the face of my disciples. This is really embarrassing.
Ma Dan, it seems that the relationship is settled. This second brother of mine really causes harm wherever he goes.
Ps: Two poems by Chen Xiang "Nine Days Visiting Nanfeng Academy with Pucheng County School Students"
During the Nine-Day Yellow Flower Festival, green ants float in new bottles. The pot is thrown and the Lu drum is played, and the singer is like a merchant. The scholars were well-dressed and well-dressed, and they were advanced in Confucianism, etiquette, and music. The mountain scenery in Xiyan is good, and it will be a wonderful time for you in autumn.
"Huangyou returned to Nanfeng Temple in Pucheng County in the spring of the fourth year for a nostalgic trip"
Return to Nanfeng Temple and think about the nine-day trip. Where the yellow flowers go, who will stay with the white snow? The officialdom lasted for three thousand miles and lasted forty years. When I come back, I see my disciples, and I'm in the woods looking for each other.
