Thinking of this, the master softened his tone and said: "Let me ask you, the so-called ruler of the country in peace is that when the superiors are old and the people are filial, the superiors are old and the people are prosperous, and when the superiors are sympathized with the orphans but the people are not doubled, that is why a gentleman has It’s the way of correctness. What’s the meaning of this sentence?”
Liu Haojia thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "People say that the credit for bringing peace to the world lies in the people who govern the country: if the emperor respects the elderly, the people of the country will respect the elderly; if the emperor respects the elder brother, the people of the country will respect the brother; if the emperor shows compassion to orphans, the people of the country will respect the elder brother. They will not abandon their orphans, so people with high moral standards have ways to manage and control others!"
The master was very surprised and satisfied after hearing Liu Haojia's answer, so he asked a few more questions, and Liu Haojia answered them one by one! Other students who were familiar with Liu Haojia were also very surprised when they saw his quick and accurate answers!
After receiving a satisfactory answer, the master tried hard to maintain the rigid expression of affection on his face, but the joy in his eyes could not stop overflowing! Finally, he said with satisfaction: "Okay, it seems that you have not neglected your studies during this period, and you have made great progress! Go back and tell your parents, and you will be exempted from studying for the next month!"
The master's words caused a burst of noise from the students present, followed by another burst of sighs! The younger students don't think much of it, but the older ones already know how difficult life is, so they naturally understand what this means!
Three taels of silver per month plus other gifts for teachers is definitely a heavy burden for an average family! And most of the people who study here just have a little extra money at home! The family will naturally breathe a sigh of relief when they are freed from a month of repairs!
And more importantly, being exempted from this month of self-cultivation represents a huge honor! This means that the teacher recognizes the students, which is absolutely equivalent to the teacher giving a gorgeous praise to the parents of a good student at the parent-teacher meeting!
And the students all know that Master will definitely tell every parent about this during the monthly cultivation days! For these students, this is equivalent to giving their parents an opportunity to complain. Some students who do not study well may even be taught a lesson by their grumpy parents!
After checking Liu Haojia's homework, the master patted his shoulder with satisfaction and told him to sit down, and then walked to the next person. Liu Haojia calmed down and picked up the book to continue reviewing. But I was thinking in my heart: This scene was successful, and I’m afraid I’ll have to work harder to maintain it in the future!
The whole day passed quickly, and in the evening, Liu Haojia said goodbye to his wife and rushed home with a basket in hand.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw my mother carrying a plate of dishes from the kitchen to the main room. My brother, father, and Liu Guangyuan and his son were washing by the courtyard wall. It seems that they have just finished exercising for the day. They are scrubbing their upper bodies naked despite the cold autumn wind!
At this time, Mother Liu saw Liu Haojia coming back, her eyes lit up and she said loudly: "Oh, son, you are back! I have a headache today!"
Liu Haojia did not answer his mother in a hurry. He first saluted everyone, and then said: "I have met my father, mother, uncle, and several brothers! Today is very good, I don't have a headache at all! And there is one more thing!"
At this point, he paused and then said loudly: "I did well in my homework today, and the teacher said that I will be exempted from studying for the next month!"
Several people in the yard were stunned at first, and then overjoyed! Father Liu was the first to come over and pat him on the shoulder hard and said: "Xiaoer, good job! You are indeed smarter than your brother!"
Liu Haonian, who was originally very happy, immediately rolled his eyes and said nothing. Of course, he doesn't have any jealousy, because he knows that his younger brother is indeed better at studying than he is! I am more suitable to be a general or a soldier!
Mother Liu was even more happy after hearing this! She quickly ran into the main hall, put the plate on the table, then grabbed a handful of copper coins and ran out, shouting repeatedly: "Guangyuan, go and get half a cooked pig's head, and bring two kilograms of wine, and ask the waiter Lucky for you, let you two brothers have a good time today!"
Father Liu and others were naturally overjoyed when they heard this, and they agreed one after another! Liu Guangyuan took the copper coins to buy pig heads and wine, while Liu's mother asked Liu Haojia about everything that happened today in detail! Naturally, the Liu family father and son and Liu Jinbao brothers were watching.
Having achieved his goal, Liu Haojia naturally explained everything that happened today loudly and in detail, which made Liu's mother look very happy! Even the few pure martial artists who were listening nodded their heads! After all, as a parent, there is nothing more exciting than having a wonderful child!
After Liu Haojia finally finished speaking, Mother Liu and her maid Huan Cui excitedly went to the kitchen to add food! By the time Liu's mother's dishes were brought to the table, Liu Guangyuan, the butler's servant, had already entered the courtyard excitedly carrying a lotus leaf bag and a jar of wine.
The whole family ate this meal with great interest and drank happily! After drinking to his heart's content, Liu's father also thought about the grand occasion when his old son became the number one scholar, and the others naturally echoed loudly! In his interest, Father Liu even allowed two brothers, Liu Haonian and Liu Jinbao, to drink two glasses of wine each. For a time, the whole family was enjoying themselves and was extremely happy!
But they didn't know that Liu Haojia had already made up his mind. He had no intention of taking the civil service path!
On the one hand, he was born into a noble family and was a natural enemy of the civil servants! Therefore, even if the Liu family declines, it will only slightly lower the civil servants' vigilance towards him!
Over the years, it is not that the nobles of the Ming Dynasty have not trained their children to take the path of civil servants, but these people have all been tacitly suppressed by the civil service group, and they are just wandering among the low-level bureaucratic groups! They will not allow Xungui to occupy a piece of land on their own land!
Secondly, Liu Haojia felt that there was too little he could do as a civil servant! Only by becoming a military attache can the plan in your heart be fully implemented. So his attitude towards reading is that he knows it, and that’s all he needs to do is understand it!
The family finished their dinner happily, and the Liu family, father and son, and others had to practice weapons after taking a break. Naturally, Liu Haojia sat in the study, picked up the books and looked at them carefully.
There are many kinds of books in the Liu family's study room, with five large bookshelves filled to the brim! Although the Liu family is not a family of scholars, they have accumulated a lot of books in nearly two hundred years! Although there are not many that involve the Four Books and Five Classics, the most numerous are miscellaneous books on various gods, strange things, and rural histories! And these books are exactly what Liu Haojia likes the most! Things will happen in the future in these books!
