Chapter 528 28. A Lot of Experiences on the Road to Study

Murakami Yoshimitsu must have naturally told Sudini that Kobayata ordered the casting of new cannons. If Sudini knew, it was equivalent to Yamauchi Taro knowing. It was always necessary.

As for whether Hosokawa Nainyo would tell other Lianpanshu about this, it is hard to say, but it is highly likely that she would not.

Kobayata did not have so many burdens. He just went to see Yamauchi Taro every day as a routine.

As mentioned before, Kobayata was prepared to teach Yamauchi Taro himself, but it was really not an easy thing to enlighten children. The most rigid way of education is to read a book a hundred times, and its meaning will become clear.

But that is for the general public, a teacher teaching dozens of students. Yamauchi Taro was a dignified disciple, and he invited the "national teacher" Kaikawa Shoki to teach him one-on-one.

The way of education and the concept of education are naturally completely different. The old monk did not read those Chinese books word for word. He was more of a fun-filled education. This fun could be small things in life or stories in the scriptures.

Today, as usual, Kobayata walked to Shorekiji Temple with Yamauchi Taro. The child ate well and grew fast, and he grew about five centimeters taller. At this rate, when he is fourteen years old and comes of age, he will probably be 1.65 meters tall, which is really a giant.

Originally, there were four children following the team, but now it is different, there are six children following. I don’t know if anyone still remembers the extra two, Yamauchi Chasimaru and his attendant Ueda.

That is Oda Nobuo in history, the son-in-law of the current Yamauchi Shukei.

It must be said that Kobayata wanted to get close to Yamauchi Taro, and even took charge of Yamauchi Taro’s education. Yamauchi Shukei did not relax and squeezed his adopted son into the team.

Being classmates together is one of the three irons in life, and it is not easy to break it.

Chasimaru walked very ordinary on the road, just saying a few words to Yamauchi Taro from time to time. From the day he was adopted, he was already Yamauchi Taro's uncle in terms of clan law, but he was still Yamauchi Taro's subject and needed to serve him.

I wonder if he has changed in these years in Yamauchi. Will he be different from the historical Oda Nobuo who was always stupid and never smart?

I was really curious about what Chasumaru had done these days, so I quietly called Matsushita Toramatsu (Ii Naomasa) and waved to him. Toramatsu ran over happily and Kobayata picked him up.

"Toramatsu, how long has Chasumaru been with you?"

"About four months." Toramatsu blinked and thought for a while.

"Four months? Do you think Chasumaru is easy to get along with?"

"Well, Chasumaru is usually okay, but sometimes he is unreasonable."

"Unreasonable?" Kobayata became interested.

"When we eat snacks, he will grab ours." For a six or seven-year-old child, candy and snacks may be one of the most important things in their lives.

"Snacks, after school, come to my house to eat red bean rice cakes, okay?" Xiao Pingtai had an opinion.

"Yes, yes."

Although Matsushita Toramatsu is usually like a little adult, when it comes to red bean rice cakes, he still puts his fingers in his mouth. After all, he has the nature of a child's greed.

Ogasawara Yukimatsumaru is the youngest, but his ears are sensitive. Ko Pingtai and Toramatsu spoke so softly, but he heard it, but he only heard the two words "rice cake".

"Uncle Tanzheng, do you want to give me rice cake too?" Yukimatsumaru opened his hands beside Ko Pingtai.

Ko Pingtai could only put Toramatsu down and picked up Yukimatsumaru, who told Ko Pingtai that he couldn't hold two children.

"Doesn't Yukimatsumaru's grandfather give him rice cakes?" Ko Pingtai asked him with a smile after scratching Yukimatsumaru's nose with his fingers.

"Grandfather only asks me what I did and what I heard every day. I can't tell him, and he's angry with me. Brother Taro is the best. Give me some snacks."

Sure enough, this is the answer. Ogasawara Nagatoki is old but not old at heart. Although he was forced by Yamauchi Yoshiharu to abdicate and live in seclusion last year, he is now a hostage in Fuchu Castle. But since his grandson is serving Yamauchi Taro, he will definitely try to use him.

It's probably the same for Asahina Taro, and it's probably not much different for Chakanmaru.

They are called attendants, but aren't they the eyes and ears arranged by each household around Yamauchi Taro?

When they arrived at Shoryuki Temple, they had to deliver water to the old monk Kaikawa Shoki as usual, so these children were commanded and mobilized by Yamauchi Taro. Who do you go to, who do you ask, and they also gathered all the fire monks in the temple to ask the old monk what he ate yesterday, whether his bowel movements were smooth, and how he looked when he got up in the morning.

After knowing what was going on, Yamauchi Taro brought in a bowl of strong tea made from this year's new tea. It seemed that the old monk had been copying scriptures until very late last night.

The old monk nodded to Yamauchi Taro with satisfaction, and when he saw Xiao Pingtai sitting in the corridor, he also nodded slightly. After the children sat down, he began his lecture today.

There was no serious reading of pinyin or reciting of scriptures. The old monk told a story about Zhuge Ziyu's donkey.

Zhuge Ziyu was Zhuge Jin, the elder brother of Zhuge Liang, the former prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and served the Sun family of Jiangdong. Zhuge Ke, whose courtesy name was Yuanxun, was Zhuge Jin's eldest son.

Although Zhuge Jin was magnanimous and magnanimous in dealing with people, his appearance was far less handsome than that of his younger brother Zhuge Liang. His face was narrow and thin, just like the face of a donkey.

One day, Sun Quan convened a banquet for his ministers and sent someone to bring a donkey to the banquet. In order to tease Zhuge Jin, he hung a long label on the donkey's face, which read: Zhuge Ziyu.

When Zhuge Ke, who was seven years old at the time, saw this, he immediately knelt down and said, "Please give me a pen to add two words." So Sun Quan ordered someone to give him a pen, wanting to see what Zhuge Ke would do.

Zhuge Ke took the pen, and without any stage fright, wrote after Zhuge Ziyu: "Zhi Lu." Everyone present laughed. So Sun Quan gave the donkey to Zhuge Ke.

The six children in the scripture hall applauded and laughed, deeply impressed by Zhuge Ke's extraordinary wit, and agreed with his ability to respond to situations.

The old monk also took the opportunity to talk about loyalty, filial piety, courtesy, and the principles of dealing with people and things.

In this day and age, it is not necessary to know 5,000 Chinese characters or to know waka and haiku to be a ruler. The key is how to behave.

Even in Europe during this period, there were illiterate lords and even kings. If we go back three hundred years, basically half of the lords were illiterate and would not be happy to be his monarch.

As a monarch, it is enough to control people's hearts and march and fight. It's just that Yamauchi Taro's requirements are higher, and he also needs to learn the way of literature and art, and understand it to some extent. That's why I started to learn and listen to the teachings here.