Chapter 886 0881 [There Are True Confucian Scholars in Hualin Academy]

When Wei Liangchen said this, all the scholars from Jiangxi were hesitant.

Some were worried that their families would be found out, but more were afraid of offending the great families from the same hometown.

The great families in Jiangxi all had their own clan schools, generally called "book halls". They were mainly used to educate the children of the same clan, and occasionally allowed scholars of different surnames to enroll.

Only those that opened up to external enrollment and reached a certain scale were called "academies".

Therefore, except for the children of the Hu family, most of the three or four thousand scholars in front of them were not from the great families in Jiangxi. Their family backgrounds were mainly small and medium-sized families and children of merchants - of course, there were also children of great families from other provinces.

The children of the great families in Jiangxi could study directly in their own books, and only when they encountered bottlenecks would they come to Hualin Academy for further study.

Wei Liangchen said loudly: "You don't have to decide now. I will stay at the foot of Hualin Mountain for two days. You go back to the academy and think carefully. If you are willing to help the court measure the land, you can go to the place where I stay to register. Let's go."

The scholars bowed and said goodbye to the governor.

Yin Yun, the teacher of Hualin Academy, witnessed Wei Liangchen's operation throughout the whole process.

He said nothing and returned to the academy silently.

Among the four disciples of Chengmen, Yin Yun had the worst qualifications.

Junior brother Zhang Yi could recite and comprehend the knowledge in one day, but Yin Yun needed to learn for ten days, twenty days, or even recite and understand it repeatedly for a month.

He usually didn't talk much, and even when communicating with his wife, he couldn't say a word.

However, he founded the Hejing School!

The core of this school is one word: respect.

If you have to elaborate, you must be sincere and dedicated, cultivate yourself, and have awe for the world.

Yin Yun believed that whether it was academic or work, you must first learn how to be a person, and you must be a good person who has no regrets.

In history, Yin Yun did what he said.

Zhong Shidao recommended him to be an official, but Yin Yun did not accept it.

Liu Yu invited him to be an official of the pseudo-Qi, and Yin Yun fled directly to the south.

Zhao Gou recruited him to be an official, and Yin Yun went there happily, and was promoted to the position of the Prince's Junior Teacher. However, because he opposed peace talks, his memorial was blocked by Qin Hui, which made Yin Yun resign again and again. Zhao Gou ordered to stay, and Yin Yun took the opportunity to submit a memorial and rant against Qin Hui, and was demoted and retired (with a sharp reduction in retirement benefits).

"In time, this person will definitely become a prime minister." said Yao Zhongkuan, a teacher at the academy.

Yin Yun commented: "The strong are easy to break."

Yao Zhongkuan was a famous teacher hired from Huainan. He lowered his voice and gloated: "The big families in Jiangxi are too powerful, and their land spans across states and counties, and the local government cannot control them. In the former Song Dynasty, at most the families were dismantled, but in the Ming Dynasty, the land was measured. The current emperor is on horseback, how can he tolerate a country within a country?"

Yin Yun did not respond.

He knew the advantages and disadvantages of the "Yimen" operating model.

The advantage is that it can resist corrupt officials and natural and man-made disasters, while the disadvantage is that it is difficult for the government to manage it, and it is necessary to evade corvée and taxes.

In a divided and chaotic world, the advantages can play a major role.

In a unified dynasty, the disadvantages will be fully exposed.

Yin Yun didn't know how to evaluate the "Yi Men", he admired it and hated it.

Hualin Hu's family was better, and the clan members had relative freedom and could choose to move to other places to settle down.

Therefore, although the Hu family has developed for more than 700 years, the number of original clan members is far less than that of the Chen family.

Jiangzhou Chen's family was too outrageous. If there was no external force, the clan members were basically not allowed to move away.

And if they stayed in their original place, they were determined not to split up. All family members must obey the family's arrangements.

Not to mention the income from business, even the official salary must be handed over to the family-officials who have lived abroad for a long time can keep enough money for their own use, but they must bring back part of the funds regularly.

The money and grain are returned to the public, which is terrible.

Jiangzhou Chen's family has sufficient money, and they took advantage of the disaster years to merge and expand rapidly in the local area.

Yin Yun was very lucky that he was not born in the Jiangzhou Chen family.

As a member of the family, he would be driven crazy by the family!

The drawbacks of the Chen family's operating model have been revealed over time. The children of the family gradually lost their ambition, and many chose to eat and wait for death. There are many people who take the imperial examinations every year, but the number of Jinshi has been decreasing over the past hundred years.

It's so old!

On the contrary, the descendants of the Chen family who were dismantled and moved away by the court have produced many heroes and celebrities. The contrast is extremely ironic.

Yin Yun suddenly said, "Running water never rots, and door hinges never rot. This time, the court's dismantling of the family is not a bad thing for the Jiangzhou Chen family."

Yao Zhongkuan was stunned and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Yin Yun explained, "In the past few decades, has the Jiangzhou Chen family ever had a great scholar or a famous official? There are not even real celebrities. I have communicated with the so-called celebrities of the Chen family, and each one is dull and stale, and has no opinions of their own. Their family tradition is too upright. From childhood to adulthood, if they slightly exceed the rules, they will be severely punished by their elders. Even if they read more books, they are just yes-men."

"So that's how it is. I've learned a lot!" Yao Zhongkuan bowed hurriedly. He understood many truths.

Although Yin Yun is dull and doesn't talk much.

But he is a real great scholar after all. As long as it is about being a person and studying, Yin Yun can talk endlessly.

"Sir!" A scholar in his twenties ran over.

This person is called Zhang Liangyou, the posthumous son of the great scholar Zhang Yi.

Although Zhang Yi was Yin Yun's junior, after Cheng Yi's death, the senior brother had to ask the junior brother for advice.

It can even be said that Zhang Yi, as a junior, was actually half of Yin Yun's teacher.

It's a pity that Zhang Yi died of illness in his prime, otherwise he would have been a great scholar.

Er Cheng's lifelong academic work was organized by Zhang Yi, and he represents the orthodoxy of the Cheng family.

If Zhang Yi was still alive, Ju Ming would probably order a conquest.

Zhang Yi belongs to the absolute grassroots, not even a small landowner.

He didn't have the opportunity to study since he was a child, so he went to work in the city (Luoyang) to support his family, and he learned some words from what he heard.

When I was working as a bartender in a restaurant, I often heard scholars reciting poems and responding to drinking orders. So Zhang Yi himself also learned to write limericks, which always conformed to the straight and oblique rhythms, and there was also some truth in the poems.

A scholar named Xie Xiandao was very surprised when he saw the limericks and asked Zhang Yi why he didn't study.

Zhang Yi said: "I am a lowly person, how can I dare to study?"

Xie Xiandao said: "Everyone can read."

Zhang Yi asked: "What book should I read?"

Xie Xiandao said: "Read the Analects first."

Zhang Yi used his salary to buy a copy of "The Analects of Confucius". If he didn't know or understand the words, he took it to the scholars for advice.

After reading "The Analects of Confucius", Zhang Yi asked again: "What should we do next?"

Xie Xiandao said, "Go and ask Mr. Cheng."

Zhang Yi thus became Cheng Yi's close disciple. He was both a student and a servant, more like a son. He has been following Cheng Yi, attending to the sick bed, taking care of funeral arrangements, and even being responsible for sorting out Cheng Yi's lifelong knowledge.

After the compilation of knowledge was completed, Zhang Yi also died of illness.

Yin Yan asked: "Do you want to help the government acquire land?"

Zhang Liangyou replied: "Studying things leads to knowledge, and doing things is also studying things. When a disciple assists the government in farming, he will encounter many people and things, and encounter many difficulties and obstacles. Deal with those people, deal with those things, break through the obstacles, and solve the difficulties. Zhizhi.”

Yin Yan nodded in approval: "I thought you wanted to cling to the rich and powerful. If you want to study things and gain knowledge, then go ahead and get it. Don't be afraid of offending the rich family. As long as you are sincere and upright, nothing can invade you."

"Disciple, please remember Sir's teachings!" Zhang Liangyou bowed.

Yin Yan said with emotion: "It's a pity that I am a naturally stupid person. My intelligence, talent and virtue are not even one ten thousandth of your father's."

"I started studying at a young age, and I joined the Cheng family earlier than your father. But after my mentor passed away, I had to ask your father for advice."

"As for your father, he never had a serious education in elementary school, and all his literacy depended on being exposed in restaurants. He didn't become a teacher until he was in his twenties, and his progress in one year is worth my ten years."

"Your smart father, studying with me is too much. My knowledge and practice are stupid and not suitable for you. That's why I brought you to Hualin Academy. There are famous teachers from all over the country."

"When you finish assisting the government in setting up land, you can go back to Luoyang. It is the capital now. There are all kinds of knowledge and you can meet all kinds of famous teachers."

"I am too old to learn His Majesty's new knowledge. I even criticized His Majesty's knowledge back then, so I was too embarrassed to seek an official position in the new dynasty, so I hid far away in Jiangxi to teach. When you return to Luoyang, don't tell me my name. Be careful of how it affects your career.”

Zhang Liangyou said: "Even if you are a teacher for a day, you should not be ashamed to mention your master's name. Your Majesty is open to all kinds of academics and will not persecute students because of your husband."

"Go, go." Yin Yan waved.

Zhang Liangyou bowed and resigned, and excitedly ran to Wei Liangchen to sign up.

Yin Yan returned to the study, picked up a basic mathematics textbook, and began to practice mathematics problems seriously.

He is so stupid that he has difficulty learning traditional scriptures, and mathematics and physics can make him collapse.

But I'm still trying my best to learn.

Yin Yan thought of his junior brother Zhang Yi again. If he were still alive, he would probably be able to thoroughly understand this mathematics textbook in a month.

Cheng Yi's posthumous work on the "Book of Changes" directly confused Yin Zhen. Zhang Yi was able to quickly sort out the manuscripts, check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and then taught it to Yin Yan with great difficulty.

Mr. Cheng Mensi, only Yin Yan is still alive now.

He gathered some descendants of Luo School in Jiangxi and planned to perfect the Luo School belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

He tried his best to get closer to the emperor, but still rejected Wang Anshi's knowledge.

They introduced Buddhism into Confucianism, but they shouted all day long to evade Buddhism and wanted to tear down all the temples in the world.

There were also officials in the imperial court, with whom I kept in touch for a long time.

For example, Xie Liangzuo, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was Luo Xue's spokesperson in the court.

Xie Liangzuo’s criticism of Buddhism is: there is only upper learning (metaphysics) and no lower learning (metaphysics).

Then, Xie Liangzuo criticized Buddhism, wildly praised the emperor's new learning, and reformed Luo Learning.

Luo School in the New Ming Dynasty regarded subjects such as mathematics and physics as "lower education" and the only way to obtain "advanced education".

While Yin Yan was doing math problems, another student came in: "Excuse me, sir, should I help Zhang Tian?"

Yin Yan pointed to his heart: "My knowledge only has the word "respect". Don't ask me about this kind of thing, you should ask about your true intentions. What is your reason for wanting to go? Why don't you dare to go?"

The student fell into deep thought and stood for a long time before bowing: "Disciple, I understand."

After saying goodbye, he ran to Wei Liangchen to sign up.