Chapter 404 The Way of Being a Teacher
After returning to the agreement, Wang Sheng was very lonely. Lian Zining felt that he had not convinced Zhu Di to surrender. He felt disappointed and smiled and said, "Yan Ni died in front of him. If he did not surrender, there would be only a way out. Lord Wang, you don't have to worry about it, just watch it."
Wang Sheng returned to the tent and sat in the head of the bed. His hands crossed together in a tangled manner, just like his upset heart.
Wang Sheng was originally from Shandong, but later he went to Xi'an to be a teacher. He wanted to go home to teach, but because of the rise of Liu Xue, he resolutely decided to stay in Xi'an, leaving the seeds of Confucius and Mencius in this barren land of culture and education.
From being an official to being a teacher, Wang Sheng witnessed the sufferings of the people. He wanted to do something for the people, but he always felt that he was unable to catch up.
However, he always felt that the world would become better and better. As long as the saints and wise ministers work hard to govern, they will have no worries about anything.
This is the unchanging persistence of the Royal Province for fifty years.
But in just one day in Xi'an, his inherent concept was strongly impacted. A traitor realized that the farmer had a good land. When the war was about to begin, Zhu Di actually built more than a dozen schools so that poor children could enter school! You should know that in the years he served as a teacher, two schools were added in Xi'an, and one of them was planned to be built by him!
Why?
Why can Zhu Di do it, and why can a traitor do it?
Why do those ordinary people follow Zhu Di wholeheartedly and plan to fight to the death?
Perhaps they weren't just crazy. If someone could give himself land and study... put himself in his shoes, would it be... Wang Sheng suddenly took a breath of air conditioning, and he shook his head desperately, and he must throw this terrible idea out.
He is a scholar, a dignified scholar.
A disciple of Confucius and Mencius who upholds the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues.
If the emperor is wrong, the minister should advise him, he can advise him hard or even die, but he cannot rebel, he cannot!
Wang Sheng kept turning around and muttering to himself, not even noticed that someone had entered his tent.
"Mr. Wang, late supper is here."
Wang Sheng suddenly stopped and turned around suddenly. The tall young man came in, with a black and red face, bright eyes, wide shoulders, thin waist, and a straight body, showing his wise and capable body.
He bowed and took out plates of side dishes from the food box, and finally a bowl of hot porridge, made with lamb bones, which was absolutely delicious.
"Please use it, so the younger ones come to collect the dishes and chopsticks."
The man turned around and was about to leave, but Wang Sheng suddenly called him.
"Wait, what's your last name?"
"Submitted to Liu!"
"What's the name?"
"Liu Chun, my family thinks I am born in spring, so I named me Xiaochun!"
"oh!"
Wang Sheng didn't feel anything strange at all. Liu Chun, is it a very ordinary name?
"Come here, I want to ask you a few words." Wang Sheng pondered: "How is your home?"
Liu Chun smiled bitterly and said, "If my family lives well and can afford to pay for the exemption from service, I will not be a civilian in the army."
"There is nothing to do about this. It's all Yan Ni who rebelled against the court, which will harm the people. Once Yan Ni is removed, everything will be fine and will be fine."
Liu Chun just smiled, but his eyes were filled with the feeling of seeing through everything, which made Wang Sheng very uncomfortable.
"Why, don't you believe it?"
Liu Chun smiled and said, "What Lord Wang said is naturally reasonable. Yes, but even if Yan Ni did not rebel, our family will not have a good life! If you kill Yan Ni, you can go back to the past at most!"
"Yeah!" Wang Sheng snorted hard, letting a young man catch the loophole, which was quite embarrassing. He beat the bowl hard and said, "What do you mean is my tomorrow and the world is not going to be good?"
"How could it be?" Liu Chun smiled and said, "Sir, don't say that. I heard from the older generation that the Ming Dynasty had gone from hell to heaven compared to the Yuan Dynasty, and he had a much better life."
"Hmph, why are there so many foolish men and women who are willing to fall into depravity and rebel with Yan Ni?"
Liu Chun chuckled and said, "Maybe I want to live a better life!"
"Can you betray the court in order to live a better life?" Wang Sheng was furious without realizing it.
Liu Chun was calm, "Maybe he hasn't lived a hard life, and he doesn't know that people's livelihood is difficult! One more bull of food can support one more child, and in the wasteland, fewer people can die... Adults will not forget, how did the late emperor rebel?"
When talking about the late emperor, Wang Sheng took a breath unconsciously.
Wang Sheng was over fifty years old and had many memories of the chaotic times at that time, but the past was too long and he was a little blurred. After Liu Chun a little, he woke up.
In fact, it was not just Zhu Yuanzhang, every household had dead people. The memories of childhood were hunger and turmoil... Wang Sheng had the first chance to study at the age of fifteen. To be honest, his father was a small businessman, who fought his life to smuggle food, horns, tendons and other things among various forces. Later, he also took over Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinates. In the troubled times, he relied on fighting for his life to allow his son to study and have the opportunity to become an official... Looking back, it was really difficult.
If at that time, someone could let the people have fields to plant and read books, maybe...not to mention that at that time, it would have worked at all times in all dynasties!
Could this be destiny?
If Zhu Di had been born decades ago, or if someone had done it like Zhu Di a few decades ago, the world might not have been the late emperor... No, no, the late emperor could be the emperor because of the destiny of heaven, and to follow the heavens and respond to people. Ordinary people also want to be emperors, so go to dream?
Although the late emperor wanted to have a meal, he was not an ordinary beggar. Although the late emperor let the cow go, he was not an ordinary shepherd boy. He had also been a monk, and he was not an ordinary monk...
Delicate sweat emerged from Wang Sheng’s temples because he couldn’t continue to make it up!
Wang Sheng looked up suddenly and stared at the young man in front of him!
"You, you are not an ordinary civilian, right? Otherwise, you can't explain this?"
Liu Chun was still calm, "Sir, you are so good at telling jokes. Did I tell any big truth? No! What I said are ordinary truths. As long as you are willing to go to the fields, walk around, and listen to what the people care about, you will understand! Sir, in fact, you have lost your original intention!"
"Original intention? What original intention?"
"What was the idea of the adults starting school and founding Minglun Hall?"
"This... I naturally want to promote education, teach and answer questions, and let everyone read books!"
"Okay, amazing ambition! Sir, then do you think, how can you make everyone study?"
"This..." Wang Sheng was speechless again, and after a long time, he slowly said: "Maybe the saint is coming to the world!"
"Wrong!" Liu Chun smiled and said, "Reading is very expensive. First of all, the court should invest, promote education, and equip every county and every township with schools. We should constantly cultivate teachers and give them higher treatment... and the most important thing is to start with the people's livelihood!"
"What's the meaning?"
Liu Chun smiled and said, "It's very simple. If ordinary people struggle to live all day long and don't even have enough food to eat, they will not have the heart to study! Therefore, we must make every family have a meal, so that there is no need to persuade them. Most parents will send their children to school. Who doesn't want to live a good life? Don't you want future generations to live better?"
"This..." Wang Sheng blushed, "You, even if you say something reasonable, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes..."
Liu Chun chuckled, "Sir, I didn't say what to do. I just followed my original intention... I think it's more appropriate for me to think about it, or is it more reasonable for you to look forward to the coming of the saint?"
Wang Sheng was speechless when asked. He suddenly raised his head and shouted angrily: "Boy, don't pretend to be a ghost. Who are you? Say!"
"Hahaha! Lord Wang, what we are talking about is the truth, why bother to punish the heart! No matter who I am, can you turn the wrong into the right one? Sir, you read so much, you won't be confused... In fact, you should know that the saint has long been born! The late emperor was a saint, and he promoted farming, encouraged farming, let the people live and work in peace, sweep the Yuan Dynasty, and restored the Chinese clothes... The late emperor did a good job, but there were still some things that had not been done! That is equal land, equal taxes, equal labor service, equal taxes! Only by establishing a fair system can the people live and work in peace. The adults hope that everyone will study and educate and prosper, and that will appear!"
"Like an adult, I hold on to the throne and constipate. To put it, it is you who have strangled your ideals! Because you have become a stumbling block to realizing your ideals! You have used your knowledge to occupy too many things that belong to the common people. That is why they are poor and helpless. You just let a few poor children come to school to study, and you think how much kind of favor you have given them is really a laughing!"
Liu Chun's words were even more ruthless than a knife, and every sentence hit Wang Sheng's heart. He was stunned and sweating profusely. The more he thought about it, the more terrifying he felt, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble.
He tried hard to deny Liu Chun's words, but the other party's words were impeccable and he could not find any loopholes.
Could it be that what he said was really right?
Wang Sheng became more and more scared when he thought of this. He hurriedly looked up and wanted to continue asking, but he didn't know that Liu Chun had already disappeared while he was losing his mind.
Is he a human or a ghost?
Wang Sheng couldn't help but shivered. He sat down until dawn. Suddenly, someone came to invite him, saying that Lian Zining asked him to go over and discuss military affairs.
Wang Sheng was absent-minded. He only heard Lian Zining say that the government army was sure to win, and there were people in the city who were willing to support him, and they cooperated inside and outside, and the battle was successful.
If the official army invades, maybe Minglun Hall will be gone?
Wang Sheng was shocked by his thoughts... Jiang Cai never read any more books, and many disciples and disciples were all about to die... Use their blood to exchange for his own fame and fortune!
Wang Province, Wang Province!
Is this what you want? That's your student!
The Lord Wang suddenly rushed to his tent like crazy, took out a horse from the side, and rushed directly outside the military camp...
Chapter completed!