To Rule in a Turbulent World

"I heard." Sun Yu said: "Lu Fangweng's garden is a good place, so don't just enjoy it all day long."

"Of course it won't." You Miao couldn't help laughing, and said, "I just hope that the Enke will be opened soon in Beijing, so that I can enter the Beijing Examination and serve the country by studying."

Sun Yu said again: "Your family has a huge foundation, even if you don't study, the wealth is enough to feed your descendants for four or five generations."

You Hange hurriedly said: "Father often teaches me that one must be self-reliant and not live on the ancestral land."

Hai Zhizhou: "Okay, that's exactly what I said, You Miao, I've read your article, it's very good..."

Sun Yu glanced at Hai Zhizhou, the two seemed to have some kind of tacit understanding, You Miao didn't know what it meant, just nodded repeatedly, and said a few words humbly, Hai Zhizhou said again: "I thought you didn't know people's livelihood, but seeing you today, I like to do it yourself , have this idea, very good."

Sun Yu said: "Don't exaggerate too much."

Hai Zhizhou smiled and said, "I came to see your student, so I'm going back now."

Hai Zhizhou got up to say goodbye, You Miao and You Hange hurriedly got up to see him off, and followed Sun Yu to send him out of the door. When Sun Yu came back, his face was a little cloudy and he didn't speak for a long time.

"How much is a bucket of rice this year?" Sun Yu asked slowly after a long time.

Even You Miao was not wary of him asking this question at all, and You Hange was even more baffled. After a while, You Hange honestly replied: "Students are ashamed, students don't know."

Although You Hange followed his mother to make a living for many years, he never managed the family's wealth. Every purchase of rice and oil was handled by Mrs. Wang himself.

You Miao calculated in his mind for a while that a bucket of rice was twelve catties, and a catty was eight Wen, and he answered: "A bucket of rice is about 96 Wen. This year's harvest price is [-] Wen, and the market price is [-] Wen."

Sun Yu nodded slowly, You Miao was quiet for a while, and said, "Shall I make a pot of tea for the teacher?"

Sun Yu ordered: "Go to the water tank on the porch and wash your hands first."

You Miao smiled and went to wash her hands. When she went out, Sun Yu said to You Hange: "Your writing is not as good as your brother's. You have to work hard and study hard for a few years. Ten years of hard work, this kind of experience is not something you can get with money. Bought it back."

Sun Yu said this very bluntly, You Hange could only nod his head, with sweat dripping from his forehead, how could his examination paper be considered an article?It's obviously You Dechuan's money!I only heard Sun Yu say again: "If you want to have enough food and clothing in Liuzhou, let the tenants go in and out, and respectfully call you "Master Juren", that's enough. ten years."

"Yes." You Hango nodded and said, "The teacher is right."

Sun Yu said again: "your father is very talented, and he often travels among scholars in Liuzhou. If you have time, you can go to see Uncle Ying. Your Lin family in Peixian County also has a son. He is the nephew of the county magistrate of Pei County, so he is familiar with all of these."

You Hango said: "I would like to follow the teacher's instructions."

You Miao washed her hands and came in, sat down on the seat next to Sun Yu without any hesitation, rolled up her sleeves and made tea, Sun Yu glanced at it, and said, "You are a talented person."

You Miao is very good at observing words and expressions, and he knows that Sun Yu favors him in a few words. There is a saying that he favors him, so he laughed, thinking about something to say, and after a while, he had to say: "I dare not be a student."

Sun Yu's beard twitched at the corner of his mouth, You Miao poured tea, and signaled with his eyes, You Hange got up and held the teacup respectfully, and served tea to Sun Yu, Sun Yu didn't even look at You Hange, and took it casually After taking a sip of tea, he put down the teacup and glanced at You Miao, with a rather ironic look: "Your father is well-intentioned."

You Hange was never used to flirting with people in the officialdom, so he was completely in the dark when he heard this, but You Miao understood, and Sun Yu knew You Dechuan's arrangement when he saw him winking.

Xie Yuan came to pay a visit, and brought along a donated Juren brother. Even Sun Yu hardly encountered such funny things a few times in his life.You Miao just smiled helplessly and didn't say anything.

"You are smart." Sun Yu put the empty cup on the corner of the table, tapped it with his index finger, looked out of the courtyard, and said, "But you are impetuous by nature, and you need to hone it to become a master. What are your plans in the near future? ?”

You Miao thought for a while and said, "I don't have anything special in mind, let's live in the villa first, study behind closed doors, and talk about it in a few years."

Sun Yu nodded and said, "What about in the future? Are you going to live in the villa for the rest of your life?"

You Miao thought for a moment, and replied respectfully: "Cultivate one's body, regulate the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world."

Sun Yu: "How to govern the country and the world?"

You Miao knew that it was Sun Yu who was taking a test of his character, so he must not make a wrong answer at this time, so he thought for a long time, and Sun Yu didn't urge him, so he just sat down and drank tea.

long silence.

You Miao said: "Governing the world is based on the people. To rule the world is to rule the people. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world."

Sun Yu didn't approve or refute, and nodded after a long time.

"What about you?" Sun Yu said to You Hange again.

You Hange said respectfully: "Honor your parents and take care of your younger brother. Han Ge knows he is stupid and dare not think otherwise. My father also lets the students study, broaden their horizons, so that they can help manage the family business."

"When you get to Qi's house, you stop." Sun Yu twitched his beard, nodded after a while and said: "But what you said is not bad, all goodness and filial piety come first, and there is also a saying that if you don't sweep a house, you can't sweep the world , it is rare to have such an idea.”

You Miao felt uneasy, wondering if she had said too much, and observed Sun Yu's face, but Sun Yu finished drinking the cup of tea and said to You Miao, "I won't keep you either."

You Miao knew that this was the end of the meeting, so she hurriedly got up to say goodbye with You Hange, and Sun Yu said: "If you have any questions about reading, just come to ask if you can't understand, and the tea will be free next time. You Miao, you Come often."

You Miao breathed a sigh of relief, the two brothers hurriedly bowed to thank them, and then left. You Hange went out and said, "I have to go home and tell my father, brother, why don't you go back with me."

"I won't go back." You Miao said sternly, "Don't rush away, I'll tell you first, and I'll give the old man an explanation."

The two stood still in the alley outside the courtyard, and You Miao said, "What the teacher means is that we have something to do to move around."

You Hango nodded and said: "Yes, I should come here often."

You Miao couldn't laugh or cry and said: "You don't understand, the teacher asked you to read first, and you don't have to come to ask him about those trivial things, such as what words you don't know. If there are questions that the teacher can't answer, then come to ask him for advice. One is one, two is two, don't be afraid to reveal the truth, he knows everything about us just by reading the article."

You Hango could only nod in agreement.

You Miao wanted to explain a few more words, but then she thought about it. Anyway, You Hange's purpose was not to become an official, and You Dechuan didn't intend to make him an official. After taking over the villa, he only has a reputation, so he said: "You go back and ask the old man, just listen to his arrangement."

You Hango said: "What about you? Let's go back to the villa together?"