The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

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The morning was no different from usual. Lu Zhaoqian was late again. Xu Xiucai persuaded him and let him go in to review his books without any impatience.

At this time, Bai Gui realized that Lu Zhaoqian would be late about once every five or six days, which was something he was used to.

Lu San, the long-term employee of the Bai family, Lu Zhaoqian's biological father, beat Lu Zhaoqian countless times, but he still couldn't change his bad habits.

Fortunately, Lu Zhaoqian was not really late, but walked into the classroom with the bell ringing, and everyone just let it go.

At most, it's not considered hard work, and it's a waste of good time for early reading.

Reading is your own business.

Only Mr. Xu Xiucai and his father could dissuade him.

This matter had nothing to do with Bai Gui, so he ignored it. In front of Xu Xiucai in the hall, he silently wrote the second half of the Thousand-Character Essay, and began to study the second enlightenment book, "Disciples' Regulations".

Xu Xiucai said that he had mastered Thousand Character Literature, and after finishing this book, he could start working on the Four Books.

Bai Gui was a little puzzled. Although he was happy to move on to the next step of study, he was a little worried that his foundation was unstable. Nowadays, most of the enlightened children in schools are not studying the third and fourth enlightenment books. They are also dabbling in the four books and have not reached the stage of learning.

For example, the first volume of "Young Learning Qionglin" has an introduction to ancient astronomy, geography, age, court, civil servants, and military positions; the second volume has an introduction to relatives and friends, clothing, etc., and the third volume has an introduction to diet. , palaces, utensils, and funerals. Volume 4 introduces subjects, literary affairs, litigation, prisons, birds, animals, flowers, and trees.

It can be said that if you learn a piece of "Young Learning Qionglin", you will have a clear understanding of ancient events.

Needless to say, the thousand-character essay is full of allusions.

Enlightenment books are not just about learning traditional Chinese characters.

Xu Xiucai pondered for a while and explained: "Since ancient times, there has been no enlightenment book. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a historian who created the "Shi Zhou Pian". That is to say, the Zhou people only studied one enlightenment book, and later there were the Qin people's "Cangjie Pian", "Yanli Pian", and later Zhou Xingsi's "Enlightenment Essentials", "Thousand-Character Essay", "Hundred Family Surnames" and other books... There are more and more enlightenment books, and I want to learn It is impossible to complete the Enlightenment Book..."

Bai Gui nodded. For example, the surname Kaimeng is no longer necessary for him now.

The words and allusions learned in many enlightenment books are somewhat repetitive.

"My teacher teaches you enlightenment books to determine your temperament and scale. After you finish studying enlightenment, you will get twice the result with half the effort by studying the classics. Otherwise, it will only be beneficial to your heart. Rather than doing this, it is better not to study the classics!"

"Although the classics are the words of saints and educate all people, they are also books for scientific examination. If you use allusions indiscriminately and violate taboos, you will not only make people laugh, lose your face as a teacher, but you may also be imprisoned..."

Xu Xiucai spoke softly and pointedly.

Only then did Bai Gui realize that Xu Xiucai had noticed his hard work, down-to-earthness, and few words since he entered the school, so he decided to teach him Confucian classics in advance.

Also, he has the nature of an adult and is not like a teenager.

Once compared, the difference is obvious.

Confucian classics is the way to the imperial examination. Once you learn the classics, you will be qualified to participate in the imperial examination. However, the literary inquisition since the early Qing Dynasty has led to a turmoil among literati. If they are uneducated and incompetent, they will not only be dismissed from the paper, but also have the government extract words and sentences from the articles and fabricate charges, and may even be involved in the danger of their lives.

Whenever a literary scholar reveals his dissatisfaction in his writing and suspects that it is meant to ridicule current affairs, he will go to jail and try to get involved.

"Lu Zhaoqian has good qualifications, but my husband has not taught him Confucian classics for a long time. I am afraid that he is worried that his rebellious character and rude words may implicate himself, so he has been reluctant to teach him Confucian classics..."

Bai Gui suddenly realized.

Everyone has a desire to protect themselves, and Mr. Xu is understandable. No wonder he does so.

Just like some old craftsmen, when they teach their apprentices their skills, they often test their temperament for three years. If their temperament is not suitable, they would rather die than hand over their skills to someone with bad character.

The "Wei Min Sui" case in the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign was a civil examination case. At that time, Cha Siting, a native of Haining, served as the chief examiner of Jiangxi. The test question used the sentence "Wei Min Sui" from the Book of Songs. Some people say that he had ulterior motives, and that "Weizhi" meant to cut off Yongzheng's head (the word "Yongzheng" is the word "Weizhi" after removing the characters above it).

Coincidentally, there are folk rumors that after Yongzheng's death, his head disappeared and was buried with a gold head instead, and was buried in the Tailing Underground Palace in Yizhou.

By the way, this Cha Siting is Jin Yong's ancestor.

Therefore, Jin Yong retaliated against Emperor Yongzheng in "Books and Swords of Enmity", saying that Qianlong was actually Han Chinese and his younger brother was Luo Yunyun of the Chen family, which meant that Yongzheng was cuckolded. Also in "The Deer and the Cauldron", it begins with the "Wei Min Zhi" written prison case, detailing the grievances of our ancestor Cha Siting.

It can be said that literary inquisitions caused by imperial examinations have occurred many times and are countless.

"Of course, there is another point. You are a bit old. If you learn slower, it will be too late to take the imperial examination..." Xu Xiucai smiled and said.

"..." Bai Gui.

"You must not be arrogant. In addition to studying the classics, you also need to study some enlightenment books that will be beneficial to you."

Xu Xiucai warned.

With the foundation of the Thousand-Character Classic, Bai Gui made rapid progress in learning the Disciple Rules. This is a three-character rhyme with only over a thousand words. It is catchy and he has already memorized the entire text in class.

Memorizing the entire chapter is not enough. He needs to consider every word.

If classics are the words of saints, then these enlightenment books are the words of saints that are refined to a level that young children can understand.

For example, the first sentence of Disciples' Regulations: "Disciples' Regulations are the teachings of saints. The first is filial piety and brotherhood, the second is trustworthiness, universal love for all, and kindness." This is the line from the Analects of Confucius, "Disciples are filial when they enter, and brothers when they leave. Be sincere and trustworthy, love everyone and be kind, and act with extra strength."

This is similar to the principle of modern Chinese textbooks from primary school to junior high school. The space is limited, but the sages have too many small words and great meanings, so I excerpted sentences and chapters and recorded the most essential parts in the textbooks. You don’t have to be able to do it now. Only when you are in the situation will you think of something to say, unlike Zhang Fei who can only say “I am the same”.

After a while, the lame old man of the porter rang the bell.

The schoolchildren were about to disperse, but unexpectedly, Superintendent Lu Zilin walked into the school, bowed his hands to Xu Xiucai, and after saluting, he coughed and said after a while: "Today, our Bailu Village is going to Repair the fort, as a member of our Bailu Village, you should also go up and repair the fort and help..."

He was a little embarrassed and blushed a little with embarrassment after speaking.

These dolls can't be carried on the shoulders or lifted by the hands, so what can they do? But after Xu Xiucai discussed his plan in the council room this morning, he specifically asked him, the school superintendent, to be a villain and come up to make the children in the school work to weaken their muscles and bones.

The ancestral hall was built four years ago, and the west building was turned into a school. In addition to inviting Xu Xiucai, the same year as Mr. Zhu, to be the teacher, Bai Jiaxuan, the patriarch of Bailu Village, became a school boy, and Lu Zilin became the school supervisor.

The schoolboy and the superintendent are usually of little use.

The most they can do is provide charcoal and candles to the school and repair and manage the school.