Be a master through ancient times

"Brother Chu, you don't know. My parents kept talking about getting married every day when I went back this time, and even hired a few matchmakers to persuade me, which made me upset, but I couldn't talk back to them. , It’s exhausting.”

As soon as Zhang Wenhai came back, he and Chu Ci kept complaining.He went back to Yuanshan County for the New Year's Examination in early December last year, and then spent the New Year at home. He didn't return to Zhangzhou Mansion until after the Lantern Festival.

This time he returned home with face, because he is the one who runs the business of Zhangzhou Prefecture Yurong Pills, and after one year, the silver taels earned have reached half of the annual profit of Zhang's shop.The old man of the Zhang family was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth. If he didn't still hold the hope of letting him take the imperial examination to change his family, he would have wished to hand over all the Zhang family's business to Zhang Wenhai now, while he would retreat to the second line and enjoy the family happiness.

"Isn't it beautiful to be accompanied by a beautiful family like a flower? I remember Wen Hai, you used to envy Jinyang for having a beautiful girl with red sleeves to add fragrance. Why do you worry about marriage now?" Chu Ci joked. Fortunately, his mother and brother only mentioned it when they wrote. I said a word, but I didn't worry too much about him.

Zhang Wenhai sighed, and said sadly: "Brother Chu, don't talk about me, why don't you talk about your love? I was ignorant in the past, but now I figured it out, what is romantic, compared with career It's just worthless."

Chu Ci disagreed very much, he patted Zhang Wenhai on the shoulder, and told him with the attitude of someone who has experienced it: "That's because you haven't met the person you like, and when you meet that person, you will find that the whole world will change." It’s not the same as usual. Our goal must be to have both career and love.”

Zhang Wenhai murmured in a low voice: "It's as if you have experienced it, it's not just talking on paper."

"What did you say?" Chu Ci looked at Zhang Wenhai suspiciously. He seemed to have heard something just now.

Zhang Wenhai hurriedly waved his hands with a smirk: "It's nothing, I just want to say that Brother Chu, you talk too much, wait for me to enter the township examination room this year and get a job title, and when I am successful, I will think about love and love."

Chu Ci nodded, looking at Zhang Wenhai with a teachable expression.Zhang Wenhai's back felt numb when he saw it. He sometimes felt that Brother Chu was not like his peers, but rather his elders.

Just as he was thinking about it, Chu Ci beckoned him to go over. Zhang Wenhai walked to the desk and saw a piece of paper with a form drawn on it and many words written on it.

"What is this?" Zhang Wenhai picked up the paper, looked at the words on it, and began to read, "Maoshi is getting up and studying Wuqinxi for a quarter of an hour. After a short rest, wash up, read a masterpiece from the predecessors, and then have breakfast. At the beginning of Chenshi Make four books, one title of this sutra, one five-character and eight-rhyme poem, with unlimited rhymes, and one edict, verdict, table and edict, until a quarter of noon..."

Before finishing reading, Zhang Wenhai exclaimed in surprise: "Brother Chu, is this the plan you made for me? I will do it according to what you wrote tomorrow! Brother Chu treats me with great kindness, please accept Wenhai's favor." Bye!" After saying that, he bowed his hands and prepared to salute.

Chu Ci hurriedly supported him with his hands, and made him stand up slightly: "If you still treat me as a friend, don't say such things in the future. You left your hometown and came to help me. I'm just reciprocating, and it's not worth it. "

Chu Ci was clear that the business of Yurong Pills was able to open up the market in Zhangzhou Prefecture, thanks to Zhang Wenhai's contribution.He only came up with one idea at the beginning, and Zhang Wenhai was the person to thank most behind the success of this business.If it wasn't for his trust and respect for him, Zhang Wenhai wouldn't have worked so hard. The money the Zhang family earned was enough for him to squander for several lifetimes.If you have friends like this, what can you ask for?Chu Ci just helped him with what he was best at, and did his best.

Zhang Wenhai was so moved that he felt that the most successful thing he had done in his life was to be able to make this group of good friends.

Since then, he has strictly demanded himself according to the plan Chu Ci made for him.At the beginning, he was very uncomfortable, because the plan was arranged from when he opened his eyes to when he closed his eyes, except for a short rest time, the rest of the time was used, and because the topic was very tight, he almost every time I am thinking every moment, and there is no room for slack.

But gradually, he felt that his thinking ability seemed to have improved a lot. In addition to the high-intensity study arrangement, it also depended on Chu Ci who would carefully explain the shortcomings to him after correcting his homework every day.After realizing his own changes, Zhang Wenhai became more attentive in his study.This kind of energy not only made Chu Ci happy, but also deeply infected Chang Xiao and Fu Ming'an, greatly increasing their enthusiasm for learning.

Chu Ci was naturally happy to see the results. Apart from caring about the studies of these people, he also worked diligently as always.

After the seal was released on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year this year, he took several officials to walk around the whole mansion to survey the terrain.From the day when the inspector inspected the school, Chu Ci had always had an idea. He wanted to build a new type of school, close some village schools, and do the most with the least resources.

After more than ten days of investigation, Chuci circled some places for the construction of new schools.This picture was drawn by himself, and it looks a bit like a courtyard.Such a school has about four classrooms, a master's office, a kitchen and a dining room.The dining room is divided into inner and outer rooms, the outer room is where the students eat, and the inner room is built with stone beds for the students who have a long journey to rest at noon.

This configuration is enough for children in several villages to study. After they are built, Chu Ci will announce the merger.Chu resigned from the magistrate's yamen to approve the land in person, and then began to recruit workers and start construction.

Because of this, the wives in the surrounding villages where he planned to be located were a little panicked.Before getting the announcement from the Department of Education, people who don’t know where came from spread the news everywhere, saying that the reason why Chuci would build large-scale construction projects in these places was to close the village schools in Zhangzhou Prefecture together, and then put their own people in. to achieve ulterior motives.

The rumors spread farther and farther, that is, the place where Chu Ci did not arrange construction, and those masters were panicked, always feeling that Chu Ci would come to deal with them in the next moment.

Because the matter involved their own real interests, those masters actually united and incited some local villagers to stop the construction of the new school.

Chu Ci received news that the project was blocked continuously within a day, and he immediately notified the sub-roads in various places, and asked them to notify the masters involved in the merger, no matter whether there was trouble or not, they all came to Fucheng together, Chu Ci personally explained to them.

Not to mention how the branch patrols in each county coaxed and persuaded them. In short, on the days stipulated by Chuci, dozens of masters involved in the merger of village schools gathered outside the office of the Tixue Division to ask Chu Give them an explanation.

When Chuci closed those village schools last year, it was on the grounds that there were too few students and the masters were not dedicated. At this moment, the masters standing here feel that they do not belong to the above conditions, so it is unreasonable for Chuci to close their village schools. .

With such confidence and relying on the strength of their numbers, these masters refused to enter the Department of Education, so they wanted to come out of Chuci.

Chu Ci understood what they were thinking, and they were afraid that they would be retaliated by him after they entered the Yamen.However, Chu Ci was open-minded, and they asked to go out and explain, so they went out.

Seeing a group of adults in official uniforms walking towards this side, the masters immediately recognized that the one with handsome eyebrows and eyes in the middle was Chu Tixue.They bowed reluctantly, and after Chu Ci called out, they immediately questioned: "Chu Tixue, we have always admired you, why do you want to cut off our livelihood?"

Chu Ci asked: "May I ask where you got the news that I want to cut off your livelihood?"

"Everyone said that, and we saw with our own eyes that the people you sent were digging soil in the borders of several villages. Those who worked said that this is the new school you ordered to build. Once the new model comes out, we will The old-fashioned ones naturally have no place. Poor us have spent our whole lives planning a livelihood for children's enlightenment, but when we are old, we can't even keep our own jobs." The old master who spoke couldn't help but burst into tears.

They have been struggling all their lives, but at least they have made a living by relying on the few books they have read. If this livelihood cannot be maintained, they really don't know what else they can do.

"Why did the old man say that? When did Chu say that he would expel you from the school?" Chu Ci still has a good impression of these old people who have been teachers all their lives, regardless of their purpose for becoming teachers In other words, they can sow the seeds of culture for the children in the village for decades, enlighten their young hearts, and teach them the principles of life, which deserves his respect.

Chu Ci said: "I originally planned to call everyone to announce the merger after the new school was built, but now that you have come, I will explain it to you first. This new school was indeed built by Chu." Yes, the matter of merging the village schools is also imperative. But the meaning of merging is that in addition to the students, the masters are also merged into it, and it is not that you will be expelled as you imagined. The purpose of Chu doing this is to To make it easier for everyone, and for your students to learn more."

These masters didn't understand, and they all looked at Chu Ci with puzzled eyes.

"Masters, there are as many as 23 people in the village school where you live, and as few as a dozen people. You have to sit by the side of these people from morning to night to supervise their reading and calligraphy. After a long time, there should be some pain in your shoulders and necks. Problem? If it continues, it may cause a great burden on the body. After entering the new school, you will spend less time sitting on duty, and you can walk around in the extra time to relieve physical fatigue. "

"Moreover, Confucius said that if three people walk together, there must be my teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. Children are the most easily influenced. If they only learn from one master, their Thoughts are bound to be restricted, and over time, it is inevitable that their vision will narrow, like a frog in a well, unable to listen to other ideas. After entering the new school, they can learn from others' strengths and accept different ideas, which will help them grow faster."

"The most important thing is that the establishment of the new-style school will not reduce your Shuxiu at all. It can be seen that the establishment of the new-style school has all benefits and no harm. I really can't figure it out. What is the reason for everyone's disagreement?"