Chapter 986: Full of Bookishness

If at this time, there were reporters from later generations in Pingyang County, carrying cameras, going to the streets of Pingyang, and then sticking a dark, long, hard object into the mouth of a randomly captured nobleman, "Are you happy?"

By the way, don't look for the ragged ones.

Most of these gentry children would answer that they are happy, not because of financial things, but because they have books, and there are a lot of books to read...

Cai’s collection of books must be exquisite!

If Xiden Tower is the best place to satisfy your appetite in Pingyang, then Pingyang Bookstore on Pingyang East Street is a paradise where you can satisfy your thirst for knowledge.

Today's sun is pretty good. It's neither hot nor dim. It makes people feel warm but not hot.

Pingyang East Street is close to the bookstore, and there are shops lined up one after another. However, unlike other places, there are constant pedestrians and cars. However, the closer to the bookstore, the quieter it becomes. Occasionally, one or two pedestrians make a louder noise. You will immediately be despised by everyone.

Pingyang Bookstore has been expanding again and again. The two adjacent stores were also purchased together and then opened up to become one. In addition to the tall bookshelves, there are more orderly long bookshelf in the bookstore. The case is suitable for anyone to sit down and read a book.

There was also a time when some of the bright nobles looked down on some peasants or poor students, saying that these people simply tainted the fragrance of scriptures when they came to read books. However, under the simple words of the bookstore owner, "There is no distinction between education and distinction." There is no other better way to refute.

It's just that these farm kids or students from poor families have consciously formed two areas. The students from poor families are mainly concentrated in the long desk area on the left side of the store, borrowing and copying books, quietly, even if they have one or two exchanges. , also all in soft voices.

On the stone strips outside the door of the bookstore, there is a row of good family members from farmers, wearing cleanly starched patchwork robes, perhaps the most decent clothes in their family, and they are carefully washing them in the stone basin outside the store. After cleaning my hands, I didn't dare to wipe the water stains on my body. I just raised my arms one by one, spread my fingers, and let them dry in the air. Then I went to the counter at the entrance of the store and borrowed some money that other nobles had copied and copied incorrectly. A single page of paper, and then on the stone strips, there is no pen or ink, I just use my fingers to slowly copy word by word on the stone strips...

On the right side of the bookstore facing the street, there is a separate small table, surrounded by a curtain of cattails. There is a cattail mat in front of the table. Every single day at noon, some old people will sit there. After the desk discussion, one or two sentences of "Cai's Thousand-Character Essay" were used on the sand table, and then a few good men were randomly selected to answer some words that they had memorized but didn't know how to read or what they meant, and then left.

Although these old men do not practice meditation, they do not necessarily have much patience when teaching. Some of them will leave after just saying a few words, and some will teach more. They are all different, but here at Liangjiazi, there is something similar. His title is "Calligrapher".

Chinese characters have had a unique charm since ancient times. This charm is unmatched by any other characters. As one of the oldest characters, it has changed from graphics to strokes, pictograms to symbols, complexity to simplicity, a Chinese characters usually represent a word or a morpheme in Chinese, which results in the unity of pronunciation, form, and meaning.

From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the present, due to the extensive use of calligraphy brushes, from engraving knives to pen and ink, the small seal style has completely evolved into Han Li, and this form of font has become the basic form for the following thousands of years. From then on, in There are slight changes in the thickness and size of the strokes, but the structure of the fonts remains the same.

Before Fei Qian developed Bingzhou and established a school in Pingyang, Bingzhou had not had any school or school for more than 20 years.

After Guo Tai, there was no successor.

Regardless of whether the nobles or poor families in the land of Bingzhou wanted to acquire knowledge and study, they could only travel thousands of miles to study at the Imperial College in Luoyang.

As for the children of the gentry in Bingzhou, there are not many who can afford such rich people to study abroad. Even from a big family, only one or two people can enjoy this kind of treatment.

Although there was no imperial examination in the Han Dynasty, some embryonic forms had already appeared.

In ancient times, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the son of the emperor was called the emperor, the son of a minister was a minister, the son of a doctor was a doctor, and the son of a common man was a common man. To be an official, it was not about the ability, but about the blood.

After the Pre-Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, the original old aristocratic system was completely broken. In the initial period of confusion, Liu Bang took over the baton of this cultural system. However, it was not until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that it was finally formed. A relatively stereotyped talent selection system has been established.

In the early Han Dynasty, basically all officials from the imperial court to the local governments were selected from the descendants of officials with two thousand shi. Although this is not entirely a blood theory, it still has some sense of family monopoly on official positions. Inside,

However, with the subsequent evolution, it became the default rule of the new society that officials should be knowledgeable.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Taixue and taught the Six Classics. Students who could graduate through the examination were divided into two classes, called "ke". Students in the first class would be worshiped as "lang", that is, under the Central Jiuqing Guang Luxun Reserve officers, while the second-class B-level students became "officials" and were sent back to the local area to fill local job vacancies.

The measures of "replenishing men" and "replenishing officials" formulated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty resulted in the addition of many family members who were not two thousand stone officials to the original officials, and even some wise people among the people, thus completely changing the official positions of the imperial court. Liberated from the reincarnation of blood.

In addition to his imperial background, there is also the promotion of filial piety and integrity.

It's just that this model of promoting filial piety and integrity was a bit formal at the beginning.

At first, the local government of the Han Dynasty did not care about this matter, and the candidates were not enthusiastic. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not very happy, so he summoned the three ministers and nine ministers one day, and then said that as a local governor, he not only needs to manage the place for the court , and also need to have the responsibility to select talents for the imperial court. In a huge area, one filial son and one honest official cannot be found within a year. Does this mean how bad this place is, or how bad it is?

So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked the three princes and nine ministers to hold a public discussion and discuss how to punish the local governor if he could not recommend a filial and honest person...

Then it became a practice. No matter what, local counties would select some filial and honest officials every year to report to the central government, and then they would either be awarded "lang" or enter the Imperial College to continue their studies.

Such measures have continued to this day. It can be said that the entire official structure of the Han Dynasty has been separated from the blood system of the ancient Spring and Autumn Period. It also did not follow the military merit system of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, but embarked on a system that has lasted for thousands of years. Taxi system...

Therefore, as soon as the Shoushan Academy was opened, all the wealthy nobles and good families from the Bingzhou area gathered together, forming a prosperous cultural atmosphere in Pingyang, thus promoting the development of the entire knowledge industry.

Although Fei Qian ordered that no inns, restaurants or other facilities should be opened near the Moriyama Academy, it was mainly to keep the academy clean. However, as the number of students gradually increased, more and more various cultural gatherings were held. , so there are gradually more small pavilions among the mountains and fields.

Some of these pavilions are simple, while others are exquisitely crafted, but no matter which one they are, they have become a place where the students of Mount Shou often gather, spread out mats, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers. Naturally, they can also give pointers. We regretted the past and cherished the present, and debated and discussed each other's knowledge of knowledge.

At the foot of Xuegong Mountain, there are endless fields. This situation may not be considered strange and beautiful in the eyes of most people in later generations. Many people even think that the fields are full of soil and mud, and there is nothing attractive about them. But in the At the moment, such fields represent the hope of a good harvest. Whether they are nobles or common people, they can't help but smile when they see such a situation.

Nowadays, the farmland in Pingyang has been largely developed. At this moment, it is the growing season of crops. It seems to be growing all the time. The seedlings in different colors of dark green and light green are in the fields, like bedding. A thick green carpet was installed, showing vitality.

Compared to the students of the academy, Fei Qian's concerns may be more profound. Standing on the top of Pingyang City, Fei Qian looked at the prosperous scene of a field and praised Zao Zhi for his efforts on this land.

Zao Zhi had neither overly humble words nor any proud expression. He just smiled slightly and pondered for a while. Although he hesitated a little, he still said: "Junhou, during this time, I have been busy in the fields and in the academy. There is some lack of care over there...I heard that in the academy now, the dispute between the past and the present is quite fierce..."

This matter originally had nothing to do with Zao Zhi.

After all, Zao Zhi is mainly responsible for farming. Cai Yong is in charge of the academy, and Linghu Shao is in charge of daily life. It is not Zao Zhi’s turn to intervene, but the disputes within the academy were quite serious some time ago. Zao Zhi felt that it was necessary to remind Fei Qian of the friendship that also came from under Lu Mountain in Jingxiang.

Fei Qian nodded and said in a low voice: "The battle between the present and the past, haha, the battle between the present and the past..."

Confucianism had already diverged in the early years of the Han Dynasty. Dong Zhongshu's Confucianism was not orthodox Confucianism, but integrated Taoism, Legalism, Mohism and even the Yin-Yang School at that time. By the end of the Han Dynasty, it had formed Jinwen Jingxue and Guwen Jingxue. , orthodox Confucianism, neo-Confucianism and other schools.

The most important of these is the dispute between modern classics and ancient classics.

In fact, the books read by modern classics scholars and ancient classics scholars are almost the same. Many modern classics scholars have read ancient classics books, and ancient classics scholars have basically read modern classics books, because modern classics scholars have read ancient classics books. Literary classics is an official school, and it was a helpless move in the early Han Dynasty. After all, there were not many scriptures left by the pre-Qin Dynasty at that time.

Therefore, according to theory, modern classics and ancient classics should not be arguing with each other, but the actual situation is even worse. Even Feiqian's Shoushan Academy, with the increase in personnel, plus the number of students The inheritance between the two is inherently different, and the understanding of the scriptures is gradually affected, and disputes are inevitable.

Especially driven by Fei Qian, the discussion in Minglun Hall further fueled this dispute. There was endless debate over which core theory should be adopted as the orthodoxy of Confucianism.

However, since Zao Zhi mentioned this matter, there must be a reason, so Fei Qian turned to look at Zao Zhi and said, "Zijing has no concerns, but there is no harm in talking about it."

"...Zhao Shang, Zhao Zixie," Zao Zhi pondered for a while and said, "...I wonder what your impression is of this person?"

"Zhao Shang Zhao Zixie?" Fei Qian raised his head, thought about it for a moment, and then said: "The first place in debate in Minglun Palace?"

Zao Zhi nodded and said: "Speaking of which, this person is also very powerful. He has won the first place in the palace debate many times... But sir, do you know this person's origin?"

Fei Qian shook his head. During this period of time, he had been fighting in Guanzhong, so it was inevitable that this piece of information would be placed in a secondary position.

"This man is a disciple of Zheng Kangcheng!" Zao Zhi said.

who?

Zheng Xuan Zheng Kangcheng?

This guy is quite famous...

When Zheng Xuan was young, he entered Taixue and studied "Jingshi Yi", "Gongyang Chunqiu", "Santong Calendar" and "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". He also learned "Gu Wen Shangshu", "Zhou Li" and "Zhou Li" from Zhang Gongzu. "Zuo Zhuan" and so on, and finally learned ancient classics from Ma Rong. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a learned man.

After learning from Ma Rong and returning to his hometown, Zheng Xuan was already in his forties. At this time, he knew everything about hundreds of schools of thought, so hundreds of thousands of people from far and near came to his disciples, worshiped him as their teacher, and listened to his lectures. At its peak, he had thousands of disciples and was respected as the great Confucian of the time, with an unparalleled reputation.

Zheng Xuan should be sixty or seventy years old now...

Probably, Fei Qian didn't remember it very clearly.

However, Zheng Xuan's academic success was unfortunate in his official career. In the first year of Jianning, the imperial court issued an order to all states and counties to investigate party members. All "party members" and their disciples, former officials, fathers and sons, and brothers who were currently in official positions were removed from office and imprisoned. Zheng Xuan was once an old official of Du Mi and was under Du Mi's supervision. Because of his appreciation and support, he was also regarded as a party member. In the fourth year of Jianning, he and more than 40 people from the same county, including Sun Song, were imprisoned, and their path to official career was immediately cut off.

After being imprisoned by the party, the students who worshiped Zheng Xuan dispersed one after another, leaving only a few. After all, studying in the minds of most people is equivalent to seeking an official position, and Zheng Xuan being imprisoned by the party also meant that his disciples His official career was cut off, so it was normal for the tree to fall and the monkeys to scatter, leaving only a few disciples.

And Zhao Shang is one of them...

Now, if Zheng Xuan remembers correctly, he should be in the Jizhou area. Although it is not that far away from Bingbei, it is still a considerable distance compared to the means of transportation in the Han Dynasty. So Zheng Xuan's disciples came all the way here, for what purpose?