When he arrived in the main room, Zi Yan had just arrived. The brother and sister bent down to pay their respects to their parents, "The child would like to ask their parents."

"Well, get up. You have to be careful when going to school. The Song family is strict and you will be beaten if you don't study well. Is it okay for Brother Yan to adapt?"

Song Zhengtian asked Ziyan because the Song family's clan studies were very strict, especially for boys, who not only had to study, but also learn the Six Arts of a gentleman, among which martial arts are necessary.

The Song family inherited the old rules of the old family. All boys must be both civil and military. It is said that the local separatist and princes occupied one side before, and almost all of their children were both civil and military.

Because aristocratic families not only need to read and understand the truth, but also learn to manage their fiefdoms, and even carry their knives to the battlefield at any time to deal with enemies that invade and occupy territory and protect their fiefdoms.

The impression of literati and weak literature is wrong at all. The six arts of gentlemen refer to rituals, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and number.

Li is etiquette, five rituals;

Joy is six joys;

Shooting is military archery, which is five archery: white arrow, sanlian, sanzhu, Xiangzhi, and Jingyi.

The imperial commands military chariots and serves as the five imperial edicts.

Books are calligraphy.

Numbers are numerals, and the famous ones are nine chapters of arithmetic.

Martial arts, riding and shooting are essential lessons among the six arts of gentlemen, and the gentleman's king is an aristocratic young master, not a weak scholar.

However, later civil officials paid attention to Confucianism. After unification, civil officials no longer needed to go to the battlefield. Military generals charged forward, which gradually evolved into a civil servant who told the military to fight to the death.

Many aristocratic families still inherit the old rules, attach great importance to their children's martial arts practice, and are also extremely strict and serious about the professors of the Six Arts of Gentlemen.

Zi Yan smiled and said, "Thanks to lay a good foundation in my grandfather's family, I am used to martial arts classes and don't feel it's too hard. My son can adapt."

"Well, I don't want to be able to go to the battlefield like your uncle, but at least I have to be able to protect myself and women. I also studied boxing seriously when I was a father.

That set of boxing is the authentic boxing technique of Wudangshan. It is very peaceful and powerful for boys to learn."

Song Zhengtian smiled and looked a little reminiscent in his eyes. He always missed the hard work he had when he was a boy.

"Dad, you can be martial, too?"

Zi Lan asked in surprise with wide eyes.

"Of course, the six arts of gentlemen riding and shooting are compulsory courses, so how can they not learn it?"

Song Zhengtian looked at her with a strange look on the question you asked.

"Oh, Daddy is so awesome."

Zilan clapped her hands and smiled. It seemed that she was not good at history. She really thought that a scholar would not learn martial arts. It turned out to be a mistake.

When Song Zhengtian saw his daughter's expression, he understood what was going on. He laughed and said, "It is not easy for poor children to study for imperial examinations. A gentleman cannot afford to learn the Six Arts. He can only choose what he has. Practicing calligraphy well is the ultimate.

This is why it is difficult for poor families to make their debut. Scholars are divided into three levels. The leaders of famous families must be more than ten generations, and talents appear in each generation; the families of farming and reading are second; the families of poetry and calligraphy are reduced to one level, and wealth and honor will only be passed down for three generations."

Song Zhengtian stopped when he said this, and looked at the two children with a smile.

Song Ziyan thought for a while and said, "Our family is a farming and reading family."

"Yes, that's right, we are a farming and studying family, and we are not qualified to be a prominent family."

Song Zhengtian responded frankly.

Zi Lan nodded constantly after hearing this, and finally understood why Song Zhengtian could face the Marquis' Mansion calmly, because the Song family is not half worse than the Marquis' Mansion. The Song family relies on its background, while the Marquis' Mansion relies on military merits and the emperor's favor.

The Song family has been passed down for eight generations, and there are not five generations of dynasties today. It is conceivable that the foundation of this can be explained clearly in just one sentence.

The Song family owns a library, and the collection has reached a huge amount of books. Every year, children go to the library to release books to clean up the books to avoid damage to the books. There is a dedicated person in ABC Novel Network.

The disciples of this family can borrow books but have to write notes. If they do not return them on a limited date, they will be punished. If they damage the books, they will be beaten.

All important books are not borrowed, they can be read but cannot be taken out of the library. Foreign disciples can only copy books, and even the books copied after they have finished their studies cannot be taken away. This is a resource belonging to the Song family, which is not allowed to be leaked.

"So our family is so powerful."

Zilan knew about the Song family for the first time and always said that it was a big clan, but in fact she didn't understand what a real big clan was.

Yang touched her head and smiled happily, "Otherwise, why did your grandfather try every means to let me be the registered daughter? I was raised by your grandmother since I was defeated, just to raise my identity and be able to marry a big family.

Many invisible benefits after this marriage were unexpected by outsiders, just like the reading rules, they were brought into the house subtly.

It has played a good demonstration role in restraining and promoting children. Simply put, it is to learn what kind of people and learn the rules from good people."

Zi Lan nodded suddenly. Grandpa was very far-sighted and had many benefits to marrying the Song family. The most direct thing is that the rules can be shown from the children, and it is also a role model for his own children.

"Lan'er will start to learn the rules of the Song family in a few days. It may be more complicated. If you don't understand, just ask. My Song family emphasizes girls dignity, integrity, courage and strength. She doesn't like to be cowardly and soft-hearted. No one will blame you if you are a little sweeter and wrong."

Song Zhengtian also mentioned his daughter.

"Yes, my daughter remembers it."

After his parents finished teaching, they started to use breakfast. Zilan keenly discovered that it was different from the Yang Mansion. Even the servants had many rules.

When serving the dishes, the servants would kneel on the ground and place the dishes on the table with both hands. The maids would wear narrow-sleeved jackets to facilitate work. When cooking dishes, they would hold a small plate in their left hand and pick up the dishes with their right hand to prevent the soup from falling. After cooking dishes, they would take a step back.

"Your uncle knows that our servants are not enough, so he gave us a few. In the future, you should be more familiar with them when they serve them in the house."

Song Zhengtian wanted them to be familiar with etiquette and rules so that they would not be ridiculed by others to be ridiculed.

In Yang's mansion, Zilan can be held in his arms by his grandmother and eaten, but this is not allowed in the Song family.

If you cannot be independent, you will be taken care of by the nurse. You can eat by yourself after eating. Your mother cannot hold you anymore. You are afraid that you will be too delicate and your temperament will not be good.

Yang saw that his daughter was a little uncomfortable, "Don't be nervous, your father said that the family should set rules so that you can familiarize yourself with the etiquette of the Song family."

In the future, you will see many family friends. It will be good for you to get familiar with these early, and you will learn these things soon."

"yes."

After eating breakfast, I rinsed my mouth with mint water, Muxiang wore her a silver mouse-skin cloak embroidered with orchids. It was a bit cold in early spring.

"It turns out that our family rules are so heavy, I didn't know before."

Zi Yan shook his head, "I don't know. When I went there, I found that my cousins ​​were all majestic and had noble demeanor. I think this is because of the daily intoxication, and this is not something I can learn in a day or two.

No wonder Dad is not worried about hiring a nanny for you, and the Song family doesn’t need nanny in the palace.”
Chapter completed!