Aoyama Chronicle

"At the beginning of human beings, nature is good, nature is similar, and habits are far away. If you don't teach, your nature will change. The way to teach is to specialize. It is the mother of Mencius and chooses a neighbor. If you don't learn, you will break the machine. Dou Yanshan, there is a righteous prescription, It is the fault of the father to teach five sons. It is the fault of the father if he does not raise him... One becomes ten, ten becomes a hundred, a hundred becomes a thousand, and a thousand becomes a thousand... Dogs watch the night, chickens watch the morning, dogs do not learn, what is a man... Diligence is meritorious , play is useless, beware of it, you should work hard."

The entire Three Character Classic was memorized verbatim.

He Jianghai and Zhong Yiwen looked at each other, then turned to look at the 15-year-old boy in front of him.The last one to take the exam, and the oldest one, did not expect to surprise Zhong Yiwen and the others.

"Have you ever studied the Three Character Classic? Have you ever studied anything else?" He Jianghai looked at the boy's age, so he probably had enlightenment.

The boy respectfully followed a standard student etiquette: "Mr. Hui, I have studied the Three-Character Classic and Thousand-Character Classic before. I just learned some of the Four Books and Five Classics by myself, and I also learned a little bit of arithmetic."

This kid can no longer be called enlightenment, okay?

Zhong Yiwen really didn't know whose family this kid belonged to, and regardless of other things, he turned his head and approached Li Zheng, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Li Zheng, whose family does this belong to? It seems that he went to school."

Lizheng nodded: "I heard that I went to it when I was a child. This is Xiaolang, the grandson of my third uncle's family. Your dad got his name from Zhong Yilang. He was named Zhong Yilang, just like your brothers."

"Ah? This is Xiao Lang?" Zhong Yiwen looked the boy up and down with a strange expression.

To say that the relationship between Zhong Yilang and Zhong Yiwen's family is really not that far away, it doesn't mean that they are related by blood, but that the relationship between the elders in the past was very good.In Zhong Yiwen's memory, there is still this naughty little guy who likes to stumble and follow behind him. If he makes a mistake, he will obediently call out "brother, brother".Now it is difficult to connect the boy who remembers with this handsome and tall young man in front of him.

"That's not true. This kid is a good guy, but he is also really hard-working. I didn't expect him to come here today, I'm afraid he came here behind his back!" Li Zheng sighed for a while.

Zhong Yiwen thought about it, and regarding the relationship between the Chen family of Zhong's family in the state capital and the third uncle, the third uncle might also resent their family, although the third uncle looked at the face of his deceased father, so he would not be embarrassed He, but he will definitely not want to have more contact with them.

He Jianghai didn't know this, but he thought about Zhong Yilang: "The way of university lies in clearing morality, being close to the people, and stopping at the ultimate good. Reconciliation?"

He Jianghai's question comes from Chapter 1, the opening chapter of "The Great Learning" in the Four Books, and it can be regarded as a small consideration. If you really have contact with the Four Books and Five Classics, you should be able to know something.

Zhong Yilang thought for a while: "The purpose of the university is to promote the moral character of being upright, to make people abandon the old and pursue the new, and to make people reach the most perfect state. Sir, this is my own understanding. Please don't think I'm talking nonsense, sir."

He Jianghai nodded: "You understand it very well. It must have taken a lot of thought and hard work to be able to understand these by yourself. Now that you have been enlightened and learned the Four Books and Five Classics, have you ever taken a scientific examination?"

Zhong Yilang blushed a little, a little shy: "I, I once took part in the elementary school entrance exam, but I failed because of my lack of knowledge."

The boys here, after learning the Enlightenment Three-Character Classic and Thousand-Character Prose, can take the Junior Children's Examination, which is an examination arranged by each locality after autumn every year.Only after passing this elementary child student test and becoming a child student can you continue to participate in the subsequent scientific examinations.Zhong Yiwen jokingly called this the first sieve, to remove the bad ones first.Later, when there were not so many people participating in the talent examination, it was not.Generally, children who study will take the junior children's examination after the age of ten. If they fail to pass the entrance examination at the latest at the age of 15, they will basically give up studying.

Zhong Yiwen was originally ten years old and participated in the elementary school entrance examination, but he failed the first time. He became a child at the age of 11. Later, he was pressured by Wu and studied with others for a few years. He passed the examination at the age of 15, which can be regarded as a scholar. Among the scholars, they are very young.A scholar is considered to have achieved fame, but it is also the lowest level.

"Why didn't you continue to take the exam later?" He Jianghai continued to ask.

Zhong Yilang made a salute: "Mr. Hui, because of family changes, I went back to the village with my grandfather, and I couldn't continue my studies. I only studied on my own, and I didn't have the confidence to participate again, so I let it go."

"Yeah!" He Jianghai nodded and understood.

Zhong Yiwen also heard the words, glanced at Li Zheng, who nodded understandingly.Zhong Yiwen understood, no wonder Li Zheng said that Zhong Yilang's life was suffering.

The third uncle had been doing business outside when he was young, so the family conditions were not bad, and he even bought a house in the state capital.The merchants in the Yan Kingdom are not considered real merchants, and they do not need to be registered as merchants. This is a system to encourage merchants.Many peasants would go to the government to get a contract to run a business during the slack season. It didn't cost much money, and the tax on the contract was not high.It is said that Zhong Yiwen and his family's ancestors went out to run business from the village, and finally turned into a merchant after seeing that the merchant could earn so much money.There have always been people in Zhongjia Village who went out to run businesses. The third uncle of the older generation, Xiaoan, the eldest son of Zhong’s second family, including Zhong Xiaoliu’s father, also went out to run business, but Zhong Xiaoliu’s father was a negative example. I didn't make money, but I learned to gamble.

The third uncle's husband is also from the Wu family, but not from the head of the Wu family in the state capital, but a branch. With this kind of relationship, the relationship between the third uncle's family and Zhong Yiwen's father is relatively close.

Third Uncle's family has few heirs, only one elder brother. In order to pass on the incense, Third Uncle took the initiative to recruit a man back, who is a young apprentice of Third Uncle, who is also Zhong Yilang's father.However, Third Uncle and the others never thought that the diligent and filial little apprentice would change his appearance after entering the door. Not to mention being lazy, he would start spending time outside not long after Zhong Yilang was born.The third uncle originally wanted to endure it, but in less than a year, he saw his elder brother crying to death, and the little apprentice wanted to collude with outsiders and cheat him of money.The third uncle directly reported the person to the Yamen, let the officials make the decision, the two parties reconciled, and sentenced the young apprentice to ten years.

This tossing made the third uncle's family lose a layer of skin, and it cost a lot of money to manage up and down.But what I didn't expect was that the husband and elder brother in the family fell ill one after another, and the third uncle was busy in and out, so there was no way to send Zhong Yilang to Wu's place to ask him to help take care of him.This is why Zhong Yiwen has an impression of Zhong Yilang.It wasn't until Zhong Yiwen's father passed away unexpectedly that Wu couldn't take care of the two boys, so Zhong Yilang was sent back.

The third uncle led his little grandson and had to take care of the two elder brothers in the family. He really suffered a lot, but his husband and elder brothers still failed to recover. After less than five years, the family had two An affair.

It is estimated that the third uncle has not been able to figure it out until now, how could he accept such a young apprentice so blindly, and it was not enough that his family was almost ruined. People came to try to seize the third uncle's family property, even his own son Zhong Yilang was ignored.The third uncle had no choice but to go to Zhong's house in the state capital. At that time, Mrs. Chen came forward and directly demanded all of the third uncle's goods as a price.Unexpectedly, because of this, the Chen family held a grudge and fueled the flames. The third uncle knew that the Zhong family in the state capital was helping others to deceive him, and he was immediately disheartened.If it hadn't been for the Wu family to come forward later, I am afraid that the third uncle will not be able to pick it out.

The third uncle brought Zhong Yilang back to Zhongjia Village to settle down. Naturally, Zhong Yilang, who was just in his teens, did not have the opportunity to continue his studies, so the delay lasted for several years.

He Jianghai had a good impression of Zhong Yilang, and he tortured Zhong Yilang a few more times, thinking that this kid has a good background and is smart enough, but unfortunately he is a little older and missed several years.

He Jianghai didn't take Zhong Yilang directly as the principal. After all, his current school is mainly for enlightenment, and it would be a waste for students like Zhong Yilang to enter the school.However, He Jianghai felt it was a pity that such a good seedling was buried in vain.He believes that if this kid is given a chance, he will definitely not just stop at the level of a scholar, and he is afraid that it is possible to surpass him in the future as a real Jinshi.

He Jianghai felt that Zhong Yilang still had to discuss with Zhong Yiwen before making a decision.Therefore, he asked Zhong Yilang to stand aside first, and then told the five boys on the left to go back and tell their family members that they could go to school to study tomorrow morning.As for the dozen or so boys on the right, He Jianghai didn't say much, and told them directly that they could go back.

As soon as He Jianghai announced the results in this way, some people were happy and others were sad.Those five boys who were selected are okay, Mr. is right in front of them, although they are happy, they dare not be too presumptuous.Those who were not selected were much more direct, and a little fat man burst into tears directly.With this leader, the boys behind also dropped the golden peas one after another. That scene really made people speechless no matter how you looked at it.

Both Li Zheng and Eighth Uncle were very embarrassed.

He Jianghai didn't care at all, instead his voice was a little louder to suppress the crying of the boys: "Although I don't accept you into the school, I don't care about you outside the school. If you really want to, I'm afraid you won't have the opportunity to learn .”

Li Zheng couldn't understand what He Jianghai meant, so he immediately got up and thanked He Jianghai a thousand times.

The matter considered here has come to an end, but before a group of them go out, there is a commotion in the side hall outside.