"The people of Qi have Feng Chen" comes from the "National Policy", which is also known as the "Warring States Policy" in later generations.
There may be many people who don't know why the master named Ma asked Xu He to recite the article, and why people around him were surprised.
As I said before, in social studies, reading is also gradual.
The first thing I read was "Collected Commentary on the Four Books", "The Classic of Filial Piety", and "The Primary School".
Read "Zhou Li", "Yi Li", "Three Biography" and "Guoyu" for the second time.
After reading "Guoyu", it is the turn of "National Policy", "Xingli", "Selected Works", "Collected Works of Eight Scholars", "Article Zhengzong" and the corresponding historical biographies.
Each of these scholars has one copy, and the students are asked to read them one by one according to the method taught by Zhu Xi.
Of course there are modifications here, but the general order will not change.
According to the reading progress of Xu He's predecessor, he has not even read "The Doctrine of the Mean" in the four books, and is still far away from reading "National Policy".
The questions asked by Ma Fuzi were obviously beyond the scope.
"Master, Xu He hasn't read "National Policy" yet!" A classmate who also participated in social studies stood up and helped Xu He speak.
But Ma Fuzi rolled his eyes and scolded the man: "I'm teaching Xu He to read. When did I let you talk? Go out and stand!"
When the classmate heard this, although he was very reluctant, he didn't dare to say anything anymore and went to stand outside the hall obediently.
Xu He felt uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.
He had no grudges with this master Ma in the past or recently, but anyone with any brains knew that the other party was using the situation to rectify himself.
But why?
There must be a motive behind all actions, right?
At this time, he saw an empty desk in the first row. The original owner of that desk was Huang Youcai. He heard that Huang Youcai had been taken back by his family since he knelt at the dragon gate that day.
I haven't come to the social school to study these days. I think it hurts my face and I am too embarrassed to go out for the time being.
But with Huang Youcai's unyielding character, Xu He didn't believe that he just stopped.
What's more, this Master Ma didn't come early or late, but he waited until Xu He offended Huang Youcai to come?
Xu He didn't believe it if there was no relationship.
When Master Ma saw that Xu He was silent, he thought he had stage fright, so he snorted and said with a smile: "Xu He, I heard that you were selected by the county magistrate yesterday to be the head of the county trial case. I thought you were knowledgeable and strong in memorization. Now it seems like, haha...it's just mediocre!"
Some of the older students in the Social Studies School frowned when they heard this.
Whether you can succeed in the county test case actually has nothing to do with whether you have read "National Policy" or not.
The imperial examinations of the state and dynasties mainly examined the Four Books and Five Classics, and Zhu Xi's sage theory.
Of course, books such as "National Policy" must be memorized, but this is only as a supplement to the main class.
Many candidates and scholars cannot memorize all the "National Policies" even when they are old. Are these people not qualified to be the leaders of county examinations? Not sure.
Seeing that Xu He was still silent, Ma Fuzi's face, which had just a hint of a smile, suddenly turned gloomy: "Humph, all the county test cases are covered!"
Could Xu He really not know how to memorize this article?
wrong!
Not only could he memorize this article, but he was also very familiar with it.
In fact, many people in later generations will memorize this article. The idiom "Three Caves of a Cunning Rabbit" actually comes from this article.
The general idea of the article is that a man named Feng Chen was too poor to survive, so he approached Lord Mengchang and wanted to be his retainer.
Lord Mengchang asked him, what talents do you have, but he said no.
But Mengchangjun, who had a great family and a great business, didn't take him seriously and accepted him.
As we all know, Mengchangjun likes to raise scholars. Feng Xuan made several excessive demands, but he agreed to them all.
Feng Chen was actually a great talent. He had already felt that Lord Mengchang would be expelled by the King of Qi sooner or later because of his great achievements, so he volunteered to go to Xuedi to help Lord Mengchang win people's hearts.
Sure enough, Lord Mengchang was expelled by the King of Qi not long after. When he was desperate, the people of Xuedi greeted him with pots of rice and wine.
"Hmph! Even if you are the leader of this year's county examination, as long as you are here and can't recite it, just go out and stand for me!" Master Ma said loudly.
Just when everyone thought that this year's county test case leader would also be punished, Xu He suddenly spoke.
[The people of Qi have Feng Chen, who is poor and unable to survive on his own, so he belongs to Lord Mengchang and would like to send food to his family. Lord Mengchang said, "What's good about being a guest?" He said, "There's nothing nice about being a guest." He said, "How can a guest be good?" He said, "A guest is incompetent." Lord Mengchang smiled and accepted it, saying, "Promise."]
"Huh?" Master Ma's eyes widened and he looked at Xu He in disbelief.
"This, this, this, didn't Mr. Huang say that he read the "Four Books"? Why even the "National Policy"..."
[Driving Xue away, the officials summoned all the people who were responsible for payment and came to collect the coupons. The coupons are all over the place, set up, correct the orders, and give them to the people. Because the coupons were burned. Long live the people. ] Xu He closed his eyes slightly and recited it skillfully.
"No, no!" Master Ma was shocked. He is now 48 years old and has read these books over and over again over the years, but he dare not say that he can recite this article.
"Can you really recite the entire text?" Ma Fuzi obviously didn't believe it.
But the slap in the face soon came!
Xu He's recitation is coming to an end, as "Mengchang Jun has been the prime minister for decades, and there is no harm to Xianjie, but Feng Xuan's plan." 】After reading this sentence, this article of more than a thousand words was recited through Xu He's mouth.
After hearing this, all the social studies students burst into applause.
Meng Tong, who was younger and not yet sensible, shouted: "Brother He recited it so beautifully, even better than Master Ma's reading!"
Ma Fuzi: "..."
"Master Ma was still turning the pages when he read The Thousand-Character Essay to me yesterday!"
"Master Ma is not as good at teaching as Master Xie!"
Childish words are unbridled, but Ma Fuzi's face is burning at this moment, and the older students in the school have already burst into laughter.
Now Ma Fuzi was completely annoyed.
He slapped the ruler more than ten times in a row and cursed: "Quiet! Quiet!"
But those who studied in social sciences were all young men, and they didn’t care who the master was when they were crazy. In addition, Master Ma had just arrived and had not yet established his authority, so these individuals all laughed even more exaggeratedly.
Ma Fuzi looked at Xu He with a livid face: "Hmph, Xu He, you have no teacher and are leading your classmates to make trouble in the social studies department. Stand outside."
As soon as this statement came out, there was an instant uproar.
What, is this theft or a robbery? Completely shameless?
Xu He frowned and said: "Master Ma, you asked me to carry it, and I carried it. Now that I have carried it, you accuse me of causing trouble with my classmates. But this is all what you ordered me to do, so how can we talk about making trouble?"
Ma Fuzi was speechless and didn't know how to answer. He was stunned in place and almost fainted from anger.
At this moment, a gloomy voice suddenly came from the door.
"You are a poor guy who can't even afford to be a cultivator. I'm giving you face by letting you stand outside."
At this time, Huang Youcai walked in with a sneer on his face.
"Huang Youcai..."
"It's him?"
"He still has the nerve to come..."
The story of Huang Youcai's false accusation against Xu He in the county examination had long been spread throughout the countryside. All the classmates did not expect that this person was so thick-skinned that he had the nerve to come to social studies.
Huang Youcai looked at everyone with disdain and said: "My eldest brother was the county magistrate in the same year. Don't say that I falsely accused Xu He. Even if I ask everyone to beat him to death today, do you think the county will punish me? "
When Ma Fuzi saw Huang Youcai, he quickly stood up with a flattering smile on his face, but then he felt something was wrong and quickly put away his smile and sat down again.
As soon as he sat down, he pointed at Xu He and said: "Xu He, it is written in the township covenant that anyone who has a child to enter school will be given a piece of cloth, a sheep, and a jar of wine. Even if your family is poor, you still have to pay. A piece of cloth, a goose, and a jar of wine. If you can't hand it over, get out of here now!"
He had just gotten the top grade in the county examination, but the next day he was kicked out of class and expelled from school.
What the hell is going on? I, Xu He, don’t want the cards?
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