Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 476 Zhu Su Apprenticeship
The grand scene that Fang Xiaoru was looking forward to came. In Yingtian City, as long as they were literate, almost all of them crowded in front of the gate of the Imperial College, making Fang Xiaoru and the remaining students of the Imperial College very busy. Stained.Fang Xiaoru's hand was trembling when recording the list, and he felt that all the words he had written in his life were not as many as the names recorded this morning.

The popularity of Enke's registration has given birth to a profession in Yingtian City, that is, Erdao dealers who are responsible for purchasing on behalf of others, and they are called "Xiaodao" at this time.Enke is to recruit tax envoys, and the imperial decree also clearly stated that the content of this scientific examination will account for a large proportion.What are you waiting for?Hurry up and get ready to make up for it!
Among the many bookstores in the city, all kinds of classics related to arithmetic, such as "Nine Chapters on Arithmetic", "Zhoubi Suanjing", etc., were all sold out by scholars.In the past, some literati only had a poor book and knew nothing about arithmetic, but they couldn't buy books, so they had to buy them from Erdao dealers at high prices.And most of those second-hand dealers are illiterate, they only know how to hoard books that seem to be related to arithmetic on a large scale, so that a joke is made, some irrelevant books, just because there is a "shu" on them, such as "The Xuanzi 36 Hands in the Hand, etc., were also swept away.

Lao Zhu made a decree, and the troubles should be expensive, and the second-hand dealers and booksellers made a lot of money.

There was also a small episode in the meantime. After some students who dropped out of the Imperial College searched all the arithmetic classics on the market, they were shocked to find that none of these obscure arithmetic books were more concise and popular than the masters in the Imperial College. Understandable.

In the past, they felt that Zhu Su was insulting the students by letting the second ancestors of the honored family, such as Li Jinglong and Xu Yungong, teach the students. They thought that after Wu Xun, they were not worthy of teaching them the seeds of reading.Now the opportunity to reach the sky in one step is in front of them. They could have been one step ahead of others, but they have cut off their own way.So everyone regretted it, and gathered in front of the Guozijian gate, begging Zhu Su to bring them back into the gate wall.

From their point of view, the Guozijian has a huge shortage of vacancies. As long as they lower their posture and give the young Highness enough face, the young Fifth Highness will have absolutely no reason to reject them.

Zhu Su didn't say anything about this, but just sent a boy and told these people that as long as they could beat this boy in classics and history, the Imperial College could put them back into the gate.

All the scholars just thought that Zhu Su couldn't embarrass himself, so they deliberately set down this somewhat humiliating step for them to go down.But now that the scientific examination is coming, they don't care about it.This child doesn't look amazing, with rough skin and calluses on his hands, he doesn't look like a child of a scholar. Could it be that he can really surpass us who are well-educated who have studied since childhood?
Unexpectedly, although this child looks mediocre, his talent and learning are really scary. He often reveals the mistakes and omissions in these students' opinions in a few words, and refute everyone to the individual.

This group of students all had earth-colored faces. After contributing another folk joke after Mei Ziyi and Qi De, they all hid their faces and left.

This child is Tie Xuan, the younger brother of Tie Zhong and the future famous minister of Ming Dynasty.Seeing these literati and scholars retreating, he was quite puzzled, so he privately found Zhu Su who had a rare spare time in his busy schedule and asked, "Master, since you don't want to take them back to the gate wall, why didn't you just say no at the beginning, but ask the disciples to come back?" To humiliate them?"

"After all, they have also learned arithmetic in prison. Compared with those Confucian students outside who have never been exposed to arithmetic, the chances of succeeding in this subject are undoubtedly higher."

"You told me that now that Ming Dynasty is in the process of reforming the past and reforming the old, we should twist together and unite all forces that can be united, so that we can achieve great achievements that our ancestors and sages have never achieved."

"But why do you want to keep them out, so that these literati who may be in the imperial court in the future have resentment towards you and make enemies out of thin air? Aren't you afraid that they will hate the new learning and hinder us in the future?"

At that time, Zhu Su was reviewing Song Lian's freshly published article. Hearing this, he put down the article in his hand, and looked back at this disciple who hadn't been together for a long time, but was extremely studious and dedicated to new learning.He opened his mouth and said to Tie Xuan: "Xiao Xuan, there was a saying in "The Analects of Confucius Taibo Pian", 'The people can be made to know it, but not to be made to know it'. What do you think of this sentence?"

Tie Xuan was obviously taken aback when Master suddenly asked back.He bowed his head and pondered for a while before replying: "My disciple thinks that Cheng Zhu's explanation for this statement is very appropriate. Cheng Zi Zeng said: 'When a sage sets up a teaching, he does not want others to be well-known, but he cannot make it known. But it can be done by yourself. If the sage does not let the people know, it is the trick of the future generations. Is it the heart of the sage?'; Zhu Zi also said: 'It is natural for the people to make it happen, and it is natural. You can’t make them know why.’”

Cheng Zhu's interpretation of this sentence criticized the "foolish people theory" that was popular before the Han and Tang Dynasties, and believed that Confucius did not think that the people were stupid and uneducable.Rather, it is believed that the original intention of the sage is "It is possible to let everyone walk along the road, but it is impossible to let everyone know the road."

Although Zhu Su's new studies are opposed to Cheng Zhu, academic disputes are not party disputes, and they are not about life and death.As a new student, Tie Xuan was able to frankly admit the merits of Cheng Zhu's knowledge, which made Zhu Su quite gratified.

"You're right." Zhu Su touched Tie Xuan's slightly yellowed forehead hair. "You have to remember what Confucius said. To do something, you don't have to wait for everyone to understand and agree with your proposition before you can do it."

"If you want to accomplish something, of course you should have more friends and fewer enemies. But you can't pursue this so-called friend. Everyone is with you and agrees with your ideals and ideas. How to make many friends, the 'quantity' of friends is obviously more important than the 'quality'."

Tie Xuan was thoughtful, but after all, his experience was still inexperienced, and there was still doubt in his eyes.Zhu Su smiled and continued to call him:
"As a teacher, I have never admired excessive worship of sages and sages. Counting romantic figures and looking at the present! But we must selectively learn from the valuable experience of sages, and we must not be arrogant and want to overthrow everything and start over."

"Even in the court, many people, or even the vast majority of people, can't see too far. Even if he is taught the principles of sages and sages, etiquette and righteousness, for them, it is only used as an advancement. It's just a step."

"Confucius knew thousands of years ago that the people were 'unable to be taught', not 'difficult to be taught', but 'impossible to be taught'. This shows that the sage also denies whether he can educate everyone. "

"Then, should the vast majority of people be ignored? Should they be excluded from the great cause of national rejuvenation? Think about it, what should we do with these people?" Zhu Su followed suit.

(End of this chapter)