I just remember that the Grand Magister Hui studied in Chang'an for five years, and he only studied "Shangshu" instead of all the Four Books and Five Classics.

Fortunately, Shi Zhongkui was confident enough that the knowledge he learned in Dazhou was enough to pass on to students of this generation.

Confucianism really spread to poor families only after the imperial examination was launched in the Sui Dynasty.

During the Han Dynasty, even wealthy families did not necessarily have a complete set of classics and histories.

Usually, after a certain family has a great scholar who is good at annotating a certain kind of scripture, he will focus on studying this book.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the carrier of knowledge is still bamboo slips.

The real large-scale promotion of paper was achieved by Emperor He of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, after 105 AD.

At this time, Wang Mang had just usurped the Han Dynasty, and the new dynasty lasted from 8 AD to 23 AD. Naturally, the scholars used bamboo slips.

Even at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was considered a descendant of eunuchs, but he still brought bamboo slips with him when he was studying.

After entering Chang'an City, Shi Zhongkui quickly found a house with a relatively good area in the east of the city and bought it directly for two pieces of horseshoe silver.

Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty caused turmoil. Even in the capital, many high-ranking officials were forced to resign or return home.

Shi Zhongkui did not want to find a house near the palace. After all, although he was an immortal who had obtained the Yunban Treasure, he was a real outsider and a stranger in the human world of Nanzhan Prefecture in the earthly immortal world.

He is not afraid of being targeted by powerful people, but it is also a problem.

Even though Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, he was a traitor in the eyes of the world, but at this time he was actually the emperor of the world.

No god would be stupid enough to kill him.

There are no benefits, but the cost is huge.

Moreover, in Liu Xiu's generation, it would have been okay if his father, who was a county magistrate, had not died, but once his biological father died, he was actually a commoner.

Even when he was 9 years old, his brothers and sisters became orphans.

If his uncle hadn't taken him under his care, it's hard to say whether he would have grown up.

Moreover, Liu Xiu's eldest brother Liu Yan is extremely unreliable, associates with heroes, and behaves wantonly.

To put it nicely, Liu Yan is a second-rate person.

Even so, Liu Bang was a pavilion chief and had an official status, so he had a certain confidence in making friends with heroes.

While making friends with heroes, Liu Bang also made friends with local officials. It can be said that his purpose was very clear, to live a better life and to expand his reputation.

Liu Yan, on the other hand, went out to fool around when he was a teenager, but in the end he didn't make a name for himself.

Fortunately, there is an example from our ancestor Liu Bang. At the end of the New Dynasty, the Red Eyebrows, Green Forests, and Bronze Horses revolted, and a large number of powerful landowners took the opportunity to resist the New Dynasty.

Naturally, Liu Yan and other disciples surnamed Liu were unwilling to lag behind and took advantage of the situation to raise troops.

It's a pity that in the end he was fooled into going to the capital and chopped off with a knife.

If he succeeds, he will be the second Liu Bang, but if he fails, he will be nothing.

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Since Shi Zhongkui was waiting for Liu Xiu to enter Chang'an to study, of course he had to consider Liu Xiu's civilian status and buy a house in the east of the city not far from the city wall to wait and see.

But during this period, you still have to build your own reputation.

After summoning Wang Buli and ordering him to transform into a middle-aged servant, Shi Zhongkui played the piano and flute in the house during the day in the waterside pavilion near the courtyard wall on one side of the street.

Occasionally, I also read "Zuo Zhuan" and "Shang Shu".

The sound of the piano can easily attract passers-by, and being able to play the piano is definitely considered an elegant person in this era.

Not to mention that Shi Zhongkui's harp is a treasure from heaven, and his flute is also a middle-grade spiritual treasure.

It's just that Shi Zhongkui went home to accompany his wife at night, so naturally he wouldn't come to Chang'an City very early.

Playing the flute in the morning and playing the piano in the afternoon attracted the literati. Three to five days later, small businessmen and hawkers set up their stalls on the streets near Shi Zhongkui's house.

After these few days, Shi Zhongkui also knew that it was time.

But what surprised him was that it was already the 10th year of the New Dynasty, probably AD 18.

After careful calculation, Liu Xiu should have been studying in Beijing for more than four years.

After thinking about it, Shi Zhongkui realized that instead of looking for it himself, it would be better to attract people.

In addition to playing the piano and flute on weekdays, when I have free time, I will check around Chang'an City and outside the city, kill those ghosts and monsters, and earn some merit.

A month passed before I knew it.

Probably because Shi Zhongkui never showed up and was curious and powerful, as Shi Zhongkui expected, the officials basically lost their patience. For seven or eight days in a row, few people came to see him.

As for those market scoundrels, they were just here to listen to the music and would not come to trouble Shi Zhongkui.

I don't even dare to cause trouble for a gentleman like him.

In the past month or so, there have been many people listening to the music, but there are also many people from poor families who want to eavesdrop on his reading.

Since Liu Xiu read Shangshu, among the books Shi Zhongkui read aloud on weekdays, Shangshu naturally read the most.

On this day, Wang Buli took a piece of silk handwritten by Shi Zhongkui, spread it out and hung it on the wall beside the gate of the house, which immediately attracted the attention of more than a dozen young scholars whose family background seemed not to be well-off.

The first thought that came to my mind after seeing the bamboo slips was that the handwriting of the owner of this house was definitely in the style of everyone.

The calligraphy of the Western Han Dynasty was official script, and Shi Zhongkui just used regular script, which makes people feel refreshing at first sight.

When I looked at it more carefully, I discovered that what was written on the silk cloth was actually an annotation from "Shang Shu".

A dozen scholars thought about it carefully, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that the master's knowledge must be quite high.

Dangdang himself, a disciple from a humble family who wants to study but has never had the chance to read the whole book, will definitely have no problem.

Not to mention the Western Han Dynasty, even at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, reading was still reserved for the powerful and powerful.

If the disciples at the bottom want to study, they have to ask their grandparents to find a wealthy family, so that they can have a chance to learn one or two chapters.

If there were a complete version of "The Analects of Confucius", it would be a treasure like a family heirloom.

Shi Zhongkui now not only published an article in "Shang Shu", but also included an annotation in the title. For the lower level, everyone is willing to regard Shi Zhongkui as their teacher, whether he likes it or not.

Immediately, someone took out the bamboo slips and carving knives and started carving on the silk cloth.

At the same time, some people ran away after hearing the words of these dozen students, thinking that even if they couldn't, they would find someone who could write, and they would have the opportunity to leave an article of "Shang Shu" for their children to study.

However, when more than a dozen students were intoxicated, the song "Mountains and Flowing Water" played in the house soon made people stop carving. Even the pedestrians around stopped and looked at the sky above the house.

As a modern person, Shi Zhongkui naturally does not know what the real "Mountains and Flowing Waters" is like.

But he had heard the Da Zhou version of "High Mountains and Flowing Waters" played by the palace masters in the world of Red Mansions, as well as more than a dozen kinds of palace music.

I have also heard many immortals in heaven and the guqin music played by fairies during banquets.

Even if he wanted to, he could ask Emperor Fuxi to teach him how to play the piano.

Therefore, even Wang Mang's court musicians had to kneel when Shi Zhongkui played the piano.
Chapter completed!