Nanchang County, Yuzhang County, the back hall of the prefecture.
A young man held the hand of a young child, knelt respectfully outside the door, kowtowed to greet the people in the hall.
A middle-aged man walked out of the back hall, helped the young man up, and pretended to blame him: "Liang'er, didn't I tell you that this is a gift from father to son, how can you do it to me, an uncle?"
"Besides, Jun'er is still young and has not reached the age to kneel down and worship. What should I do if I knock my knee?"
The young man's surname is Zhuge and his first name is Liang. He has not yet taken a given name at this time.
The boy was his two-year-old brother Zhuge Jun.
Young Zhuge Liang earnestly performed the ceremony of kneeling before he stood up and said, "Uncle and I have a nurturing relationship. Although we are not biological father and son, we still have the affection of father and son!"
"The sage said, a king, a king, a minister, a father, a son, a son, a son should behave like a son!"
Zhuge Xuan was about to speak when another woman walked out of the hall with a baby in her arms.
"Don't you stop arguing with Liang'er? You've told him so many times, but doesn't he just keep doing it every day?"
"And you can't defeat him, so stop talking about those big principles."
The woman didn't save any face, which made Zhuge Xuan feel a little embarrassed.
Zhuge Liang hurriedly held Zhuge Jun's hand and saluted his aunt.
Mrs. Zhuge gently patted the baby in her arms and said lovingly:
"Oh, my son has grown up since his birth. It would be great if he could be as respectful and filial as his brother Liang'er!"
"Uncle, are you going out today?"
Zhuge Liang asked curiously when he saw the silver seal and green ribbon hanging around Zhuge Xuan's waist.
Zhuge Xuan nodded: "The eldest son of the Yuan family led his army to Nanchang the day before yesterday. Since I was hosting Liu Pan, I didn't have time to greet him."
"I have to see him today anyway!"
"I heard that this son was praised as Xiaolian when he was just a young man, and now he is praised as a general by his father. Liang'er, would you like to go with me to meet this man?"
Zhuge Liang frowned when he heard this: "There is a system in the first year of Yangjia. Those who recommend filial piety and honesty must be over forty before they can be recommended."
"This Yuan Yao is only in his prime, how can he be promoted?"
Zhuge Xuan looked at the young Zhuge Liang and said with a wry smile: "Although you are well-read and familiar with ancient systems, the reality is more than that!"
"This rule that only those who are over 40 years old can be employed has no effect within a few years of its implementation."
"This law of filial piety and honesty is originally to pave the way for the promotion of officials by the sons of noble officials. At forty years old? How many people can live to this age?"
"It's just a way to prevent poor people from joining the officialdom!"
"Nowadays, everyone from Yuan Yao's father Yuan Gongguo to Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao to your uncle and I have not been promoted according to this system."
"Reading requires not only being knowledgeable about the past, but also being knowledgeable about the present!"
Zhuge Liang respectfully accepted the instruction: "What my uncle taught me is that my nephew is rigid."
"Dan Shigu said: 'Filial piety means one who does good things to one's parents, and honesty means one who is clean and honest.' This is the benchmark for filial piety and honesty."
"When my nephew was in Shouchun, he heard that Yuan Yao didn't know poetry and books, and he lived apart from his father. He really had nothing to do with the word 'filial piety'."
"The only reason why he can be cited as filial and honest is because he is from the Yuan family in Runan and is a descendant of a high-ranking official family!"
"I don't think there is anything extraordinary about this person. My nephew wants to visit the Chen family today and ask for the twelve volumes of "Shu Yi" written by Chen Gongcao to read and study, so he will not go with his uncle. Please forgive me, uncle. crime!"
After saying this, Zhuge Liang bowed deeply.
Zhuge Liang's eloquent words were similar to what Zhuge Xuan was thinking.
What about being filial and honest, what about showing off one's power as a general? How could he, Yuan Yao, do it without his father?
But the young Zhuge Liang couldn't go if he didn't want to, but he, the prefect of Yuzhang, couldn't do it without seeing Yuan Yao for a long time.
After all, he got his official position through his father.
Zhu Ge
"Uncle is going out on horseback today, so you can take uncle's car to Chen's house."
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Not long after, the young Zhuge Liang arrived at the door of Chen's house by carriage and horse.
Zhuge Liang was extremely studious. Although there were no famous scholars in Yuzhang County, after arriving in Nanchang City, he still visited all the local knowledgeable people one by one.
Among them, the elders of the Yu family and the Chen family were the ones who visited the most.
When the housekeeper of the Chen Mansion saw the driver, he immediately recognized it and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him warmly:
"Master Zhuge, come and copy "Yu Zhang Fu" too!"
Zhuge Xuangui was the head of a county, and he could only go to his house for Chen Li, and he would never lower his status to the Chen family.
Therefore, the housekeeper knew that the only person arriving in the prefect's car was Zhuge Liang, a young man from the Zhuge family who was thirsty for knowledge.
Zhuge Liang got out of the car and asked, "What is "Yu Zhang Fu"?"
"I'm here today to read the twelve volumes of Shuyi written by Chen Gongcao. Please let me know."
The housekeeper patted his head and bowed: "Today is really unlucky. The head of the family has important matters to go out of the city today and is not in the house."
Zhuge Liang looked disappointed, glanced at the door of Chen's courtyard, and said with some reluctance: "You're taking the liberty, I'll come to visit you another day."
The housekeeper hurriedly grabbed Zhuge Liang and said, "Master Zhuge, please don't leave. The head of the family once told me that if the master comes to visit, just teach him to lead him to the back hall to read directly. There is no need to wait for him to be here."
Zhuge Liang was overjoyed: "Thank you very much! Thank you very much Chen Gongcao!"
The housekeeper led Zhuge Liang into Chen's mansion. Just as he was about to enter, Zhuge Liang discovered something different from usual.
I saw only twos and threes of people dressed as scholars, each holding bamboo slips in their arms and walking out of the courtyard with extremely excited faces.
It was as if what they were holding in their arms was not bamboo slips but gold.
After crossing the threshold and walking into the courtyard, Zhuge Liang was stunned: "Isn't Chen Gongcao not here today? Why are there so many guests?"
"And they are all kneeling on the ground, writing furiously. Could it be that... they are all here to copy the twelve volumes of "Shu Yi"?"
The steward shook his head and said with a smile: "Young master, you may not know something. These people are copying "Yu Zhang Fu"."
""Yu Zhang Fu"?" Zhuge Liang thought hard.
But no matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't remember where there was an article called "Yu Zhang Fu".
"I beg your pardon for my ignorance, but also please enlighten me. Which sage wrote this "Yu Zhang Fu"? What style is it in? When was this masterpiece unearthed?"
Facing Zhuge Liang's barrage of questions, the housekeeper didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Hahaha."
At this time, a person next to him burst out laughing: "Don't blame Mr. Zhuge. This "Ode to Yu Zhang" was only written yesterday. Mr. Zhuge didn't know about it. It's normal!"
Zhuge Liang looked back and saw that the man who was laughing was also a young man whom he had met several times before.
This person's name is Xiong Xun. He is a child of the Xiong family in Nanchang and is also an eager to learn.
"Can I watch it?" Zhuge Liang also became curious. The new article he just wrote yesterday has so many people copying it today. It must be a good article.
