Be a master through ancient times

"This Zhangzhou mansion is not very good! I think the life of the people here is not very easy." A man in a robe with a big belly got off the boat, facing the slightly deserted pier, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.Their Zhuzhou Mansion is a fortress in southern Fujian, and there is an endless stream of merchant ships coming and going every day, which is very lively.

"Brother Wang's words are wrong." A thin middle-aged man with a goatee got off from another boat and retorted, "This pier has only been built for a year or two, so it is rare to see such a sight. Look at those people, Although the clothes I wear are old, there are not many patches on them."

According to Wang's words, the group of men carrying cloth bags and bunts on the pier did have few traces of mending on their clothes, but he still insisted, "It's natural to be decent when you go out." Said they were just swollen faces to pretend to be fat, and they were superficial.

Goat Beard smiled: "Ordinary people are naturally like this, but they do rough work. How can they wear good clothes to work? If it is not true that life is rich, I am afraid that in this weather, they would rather be shirtless than let them go. Sweat stained clothes."

"Brother Yang is really discerning, I made a slip of the tongue." The surnamed Wang is not dead, the duck's mouth is stiff, and he readily admits that he has just said the wrong thing.

"Where is there?" The surname Yang waved his hand, "I also inquired about it before I came here, and only then did I know that the business in Zhangzhou has gone to the Jiangnan area in the past two years. Do you remember the jadeite that was all the rage two years ago?" Rongwan? It is said that it was learned by Na Chuti."

When the surname Wang heard Yurong Wan, he couldn't help recalling the smooth and tender taste, and then said doubtfully: "But I heard that Yurong Wan is a dish in the capital?"

"No, the old man has a student who works in the capital. I wrote a letter to ask about it. People in the capital had never eaten this before. I guess it's just to get a good price and take advantage of it."

The two were chatting, but they didn't realize that a young man with a strange sign hanging around his neck looked at them several times not far away. It was their subordinates who found out and gave the young man a warning look.

Unexpectedly, not only did the young man not leave after being warned, but he even took a few steps forward and asked respectfully, "Are you two adults invited to visit?"

Wang and Yang were a little surprised, they were already disguised, why could this person recognize their identities at a glance?

Maybe it was because their surprised expressions were too obvious, the young man smiled and said: "Although the two adults are dressed in ordinary clothes, you don't have the style that ordinary people can have, so the villain recognized it at a glance." .”

The one surnamed Wang was very relieved by what he said, and the one surnamed Yang looked around, and immediately understood that it was the official boots they were stepping on that betrayed them.

"My lord asked the younger one to give me an apology. I have been busy these few days, and I really don't have time to greet you in person. I have ordered the younger one to wait here. Please forgive me. The carriages and horses have been prepared. Now, I invite the two adults to go with the villain." As the saying goes, stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling face, this young man has a smile on his face, and he speaks very nicely, so that people can't get angry at all.

Just as Wang and Yang wanted to follow, they saw the young man suddenly patted his forehead, and said annoyedly: "I almost forgot, this is the villain's job card, please take a look at it, both adults." .”

He took off the thing hanging around his neck and handed it to the person surnamed Yang.

This work card is small, but there are many things recorded on it, and at the end it is stamped with the seal of the Department of Education to prevent counterfeiting.

Wang and Yang looked at each other in blank dismay. Although they have been officials for more than twenty years, their vigilance is still insufficient.I didn't point it out, but after thinking about it carefully, I didn't feel a cold sweat.What if the person who supports him has evil intentions?Wouldn't it be dangerous for them to follow rashly like this?

Chu Ci didn't expect that such a small action would arouse the sense of crisis among these adults. He only asked them to show their work cards because he thought that some people might be more vigilant.

Soon, Wang and Yang were taken to an inn.The two of them came relatively late. There are seven prefectures in Southern Fujian. Except for the host, Chu Ci, who has not come yet, the others are already sitting in the hall drinking tea.

They greet each other first, and then sit down and drink tea together.This tea is the Junshan Silver Needle bought by Steward Xu. Chu Ci likes to use it to treat guests most.

After a while, Chu Ci came over.He noticed that some of the faces of some of the students who were promoted had some unexpected expressions, so he immediately apologized to everyone.

The purpose of these people coming here is naturally not to find fault. Seeing that he apologized sincerely, they didn't care about waiting for a while.But they also wanted to know why Chu Tixue, who was always courteous and thoughtful, neglected them today?

Chu Ci didn't want to say much at the beginning, but when everyone was asking questions, he could only say: "I just received a secret decree." Since it is a secret decree, the content is naturally not enough for outsiders, so everyone stopped their inquiring thoughts.

However, the depths of their hearts stirred up countless waves.Secret decree?The will of the Holy Spirit?Why did the Holy One send a decree to promote education in a mere prefecture?Is it true that as the rumors said, when Chuci was in the capital, he was really a person who was in the emperor's heart?

Seeing their imaginative expressions, Chu Ci felt very helpless, so he could only remind him: "My lords, it's getting late, why don't you follow me to the county school first?"

"Let's go, haha, let's go!" The adults smiled awkwardly and stood up, walking behind Chu Ci.

The inn they stayed in just now was very close to the county school, and they arrived just by turning a corner.After entering the county school, take a detour to the left and go straight. A wall in front of you divides this area into two areas.Chu Ci privately called them the primary school and the junior high school.

The elementary school is also the Mengtong Hall.The scale here is much larger than the Yuanshan County School where Chu Xiaoyuan and the others studied.The initial reason was that there were not many private academies because of the bad style of study among the people, and those who wanted to study all came here.The reason now is that people still trust these government-run academies more than private academies.

There are more than a dozen masters and more than 300 teachers in the Mengtong Hall, and a total of more than 12 children under the age of [-] have been admitted to study.According to age, it is divided into enlightenment class, enlightenment class and rational class.

The elementary classes were full of six or seven-year-old children. When Chu Ci took the adults over, these children were lined up in a neat line and doing some stretching, bending, knees and squatting movements under the leadership of the teacher.Accompanied by the slogan of "one, two, three, four", the regiments stared at the teacher intently, studying very seriously.These movements, coupled with their slightly chubby figures, add a sense of naivety, which makes people love it.

It took about half a stick of incense, that is, two or three minutes later, the teacher stopped and announced the dissolution.The children cheered, and then gathered in groups of three or four, or took out a shuttlecock made of chicken feathers, or a skipping rope made of straw, or a cuju made of bamboo and rattan, and couldn't wait to play.

Although the children were having fun, in the eyes of some people, it was a mess.

"Chu Tixue, the master here is too incompetent. The school is a clean place, how can these children be allowed to play wantonly? The good time should not be spent on it. Proficiency in work is more about diligence than play!" On the surface, he was criticizing the Master, but actually he meant something else.

Chu Ci naturally understood his subtext, and he explained: "This is a big recess activity in Mengtong Hall, the purpose is to strengthen his body. Enrolling in school is exhausting. If you don't have a good body, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support it."

"Big class...events?" The other adults had heard about this Chu Tixue's style, and knew that he likes to come up with some new words, and now they saw another puzzling one, so they asked aloud.