Chapter 13: Ecstasy for knowing the secret (Part 1) (This chapter is free)

Zhao Xing's courtyard was not built according to the architectural style of the Song Dynasty because he did not know what style of architecture in the Song Dynasty.

In addition, most of the houses in the Song Dynasty were made of wooden structures, which made Zhao Xing unable to refer to. So he drew a Beijing courtyard structure with a casual drawing: the main hall in the middle, the west wing next to it, and the moon gate on the east side leading to the backyard - it was used to pile firewood and grains.

On both sides of the main hall are two rooms, one large and one small, with two symmetrical rooms on the left and right. The large room is now used as the children's classrooms. In this way, the children are divided into two classes according to their age and study progress. On the other side, there are two small rooms. One side is the children's handmade studio; the other side is the study, which is piled with miscellaneous books collected by Zhao Xing in the past two years.

Cheng Azhu stayed in the West Chamber. There was a big bed in the West Chamber. It was originally for the children to stay overnight. The mountain people who went to the mountains to hunt often put their children here in Zhao Xing, and this room became a nest for those children.

Since there is a bed, it is easy to place it. Just pull the children's things and put Cheng Azhu's things in it. This courtyard has a hostess.

Cheng Xia packed up, and Azhu continued to look for work in the house in a scrupulous manner, wiping the table and window floor, and seemed to be unable to adapt to the change of identity, so she didn't know how to face it.

Cheng Xia led her classmates to stand there for a long time, but couldn't find any topics, so she had to lead her classmates to the main hall, intending to congratulate the teacher.

In the hall, Zhao Xing had a calm face, not seemingly very happy. He lowered his head and kept gesturing on the illustrations of the book, his emotions seemed not high. Cheng Xia hesitated for a moment and dared not go over and greet him.

When Zhao Xing first came, because he didn't understand the local language, he had to speak as little as possible. He had to speak as little as possible. He had to imitate what he wanted to say several times when he was in a place where no one was there. He was sure that there was no difference in accent, so he used as short as possible to express his meaning. In the long run, a unique "magnanimity" was formed.

As time goes by, Zhao Xing, who has suffered from the explosion of knowledge, has shown a huge amount of experience. In the eyes of the children, he is the embodiment of omniscience. No matter how strange the children ask, he can always answer them at will. Over time, the children are a little awe and dare not disturb him when they see him thinking.

After waiting for a while, the children who could not help push Cheng Xia hard. Cheng Xia plucked up the courage, tiptoed, leaned on his body, and walked to Zhao Xing step by step. He looked at the teacher who didn't raise his head. He opened his mouth several times, but had no courage to speak. He only heard the teacher muttering in his ears: "This should be the inlet, this is the condensate tube..."

Cheng Xia forgot his purpose and curiously looked at the drawing with his fingers. After looking at the drawing for a while, he found that the teacher did not look at the illustrations on the drawings. He only used his fingers to ponder the process in turn. He couldn't help asking: "Teacher, how do you pronounce the words next to this picture? What are you talking about?"

Zhao Xing didn't know how to pronounce the words on the side note of the picture, because the words on it were very remote, and these words were no longer used in modern society. However, in this era, Zhao Xing could not find a book called "Modern Chinese Dictionary". He just didn't know those words that he didn't know. So he had to vaguely say it.

"Do you know Fenjiu? This is about Fenjiu's entire process flow... What, 'craft', process, and the two words "it doesn't matter, I will explain it slowly in the future - to put it simply, this is a set of winemaking technology, and according to the picture, you can create the best Fenjiu."

When he heard that it was a combination of wine making techniques, Cheng Xia no longer asked the bottom line. Because he knew that such methods were usually secret books from family and not from daughters, it was not convenient to ask. However, he found it strange that Zhao Xing did not read the illustrations at all.

I secretly read the book cover, and the title of the book was "Qimin Yaoshu". After enduring for a long time, Cheng Xia finally confirmed his guess: the teacher did not read the instructions, but just followed the illustration to calculate one by one - the calculation is too magical.

He finally couldn't help asking: "Teacher, you really didn't look at the annotations on the picture, why didn't you?"

Because I can't understand.

Those words are too rare and have been replaced by other words in modern times.

But although Zhao Xing did not know those words, he knew what these words should mean in modern times. Because he mastered a scientific method that the ancients did not understand - logical reasoning.

"The teacher doesn't need to read the explanation, know why? Because the teacher masters a unique knowledge - the 'Study of Wisdom'," Zhao Xing proudly said in his book: "What is wisdom? After reading the beginning of the matter, you will know the end. This is reasoning, and reasoning is wisdom. In the Three Kingdoms era, people were mediocre and didn't know how things would develop when they started. Only Zhuge Wuhou knew, so he became a sapiens of homo sapiens for the ages - this is the power of logical reasoning."

Zhuge Wuhou, that is Zhuge Liang. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms had already taken shape in the Song Dynasty and should have been promoted by the Song court. Therefore, Liu Bei became the object of praise and determined the basic structure of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the countryside, Zhuge Liang's story is not well known, but Zhuge Liang's wise scholars know that even the hat he wore was called "Wuhou Crown", which has become a popular fashion for hundreds of years.

Previously, Zhao Xing's origins of teacher education have always been shrouded in mystery. Because there was no such "factory assembly line" school education in the Song Dynasty, every scholar must have a teacher education. Zhao Xing's omniscience made everyone wonder and guess. This time, his accidental sentence made Cheng Xia feel that he knew something. His body was trembling, and his heart was ecstatic to learn the secret, and his eyes were eager.

Zhao Xing put the book aside, looked at Cheng Xia excitedly, and asked calmly: "What do you want to learn? If you want to learn, I will teach you the 'the principle of all things'... Okay, go home first, and we will go to the city tomorrow."

On this day, Cheng Jiaao was destined to be uneasy. The news brought back by the children made the adults excited and couldn't sleep all night.

Zhuge Wuhou, that was a "smart egg" that has been passed down through the ages, or a prime minister, and he was all granted a marquis! If he learned the marquis' ability back then, what worries the children in this life?

In the early morning, the parents rubbed their red eyes and quietly touched each other. At this time, Zhao Xing had already taken the children on the way. The result of the parents' secret discussion was: the patriarch reiterated the closure order. The children present that night were called to repeatedly remind them afterwards - even Cheng Azhu, who was busy in the west wing, was no exception.

The imperial examination system in the Song Dynasty was divided into three levels: provincial examination, provincial examination and palace examination. Not long before Zhao Xing's examination, Song Renzong ordered schools in various prefectures and counties based on the suggestions of Fan Zhongyan, Song Qi and others, and stipulated that those who studied in the school for more than 300 days could participate in the examination. Later, this system was opposed, so Renzong had to issue an edict to abolish it and restore the old examination system.

The court held a "explanation" in each state every three years. Those who passed the exam were called "tribute scholars" - because similar exams in the Tang Dynasty were called "Baju", so the people also called it "Ju Ren", and scholars who failed the exam were called scholars. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the imperial examinations added the scholars, and Ju Ren, and scholars became the official name.

The "Explanation" exam is held in autumn, so it is called "Autumn Examination". Those who pass the exam take part in the provincial examination held in the Ministry of Rites in the spring of the second year - this is called "Spring Examination". If you pass the provincial examination, you can participate in the palace examination. Those who pass the exam are called "Jinshi".

Zhao Xing arranged the itinerary to take a river boat downstream, change to a medium-sized river boat in Huangzhou and go to Jiangzhou (Jiujiang), and then replace it with a large cargo ship to cross Pengli Lake (Poyang Lake).

In this era, southern China was not well developed. Huangzhou was the place to demote officials, and Jiangzhou was also. When the ship passed by Huangzhou, the officials on the river were not very dedicated - this is conceivable, because the promotion of demoted officials had nothing to do with political achievements, but only with politics, so the energy of demoted officials was not in political achievements, but in pursuing the business.

Before entering Huangzhou, the ship was investigated by clerks. This discriminatory investigation order was ordered by the people of Chengjiaaoshan who had never experienced exploitation of clerks. For example, if there was no cargo on the ship, it was called "false drink".

In addition, when transporting small commodities on the ship, the clerks on the river exaggerate the amount and require taxes to be paid according to the inflated amount, which is called "spends"; even if the ship is empty, it is called "strength is better than money"; the commercial tax collected is dedicated to cash, the original value is 10 cents, and it is only discounted to two or three cents, which is called "receiving".

The mountain people in Chengjiaao have never been bullied by clerks. They think they are just passers-by and have to pay for their "passing by". How can this be done in the world?
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