Chapter 79 Education
The thin young man was as surprised when he saw Changsun Hongru, and was a little strange. Out of politeness, he said: "It is the first time today to meet Brother Changsun."
This time, Changsun Hong took the initiative to turn over and asked immediately: "But Ran Pu from Bozhou Road, Kuizhou? Do you have an older brother named Ran Feng?"
"That's right, I'm leaving my family in Bozhou, and my brother Ran..." Ran Pu said a few words before he realized, looking at Changsun Hong in surprise, and said strangely: "How can Brother Changsun know the situation in my family?"
"This doesn't matter. Brother Ran, your name and your brother will be well-known in the future!" Changsun Hong became excited, patted his thighs and sighed repeatedly. The celebrities in history are right in front of him, so why isn't it exciting?
The Southern Song Dynasty's resistance to Mongolia could last for decades. The weak Southern Song court could persist in the Western Xia, which was much stronger than itself before the Mongol bulldozer-like offensive. The Jin regime lasted longer. The indecisive battlefield in Shu was like a meat grinder. The performance of the four barriers in Sichuan was able to achieve the great achievements of even dragging a Mongolian Khan to death. The battle between the soldiers and civilians in Sichuan was of course the main reason, but at the root, Ran Pu and his brother Ran Wan made an indelible contribution.
It was this thin boy who proposed the defense plan to build three lines and seventy-two mountain cities along the four routes in the Sichuan. Among them, the eight important cities were known as the "Eight Pillars of Anti-Mongolia" and adopted by Sichuan's commander Yu Jie. As a grand strategy to defend Sichuan, he relied on the rugged terrain to offset the Mongols' invincible cavalry tactics that were invincible in the world. With the mountains as the obstacle and the city as the point, the mountain cities of all sizes are like pearls sprinkled with jade plates, embedded in the vast southwest mountains, firmly linking the scattered defense into a whole. The mountain cities rely on each other and support each other. In one place, they support each other, forming a solid line of defense that is almost impossible to break.
The fact is the same. The Mongolian cavalry was unable to break through the defense line in Sichuan. In desperation, they opened another battlefield to break Xiangyang. They crossed the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River before destroying the Southern Song Dynasty. However, the resistance in Sichuan did not stop. The last Sichuan commander persisted until Lu Xiufu jumped into the sea with the last little emperor of the Song Dynasty on his back. He had no hope of restoring the country and was completely disappointed before he opened the city to surrender.
Of course, that happened decades later. Now Ran Pu is still a teenager, and there is probably not a big pattern in his mind that will lead the world into a chessboard.
"Uh... later generations?" Ran Pu smiled stiffly: "Brother Changsun can predict the future?"
Changsun Hong was also frozen for a moment, and knew that he had made up his words. He quickly fooled him with Haha and said to him.
"Brother Ran's family is in Bozhou, why did he go to Hezhou hundreds of miles away to study? You must know that there are many cities on Kuizhou Road and many schools, so why bother to seek far away?" Changsun Hong asked casually, and he had to find a topic to resolve the embarrassment.
Ran Pu was indeed led by this question. He sighed: "Brother Changsun didn't know that Bozhou is located in a mountainous area, close to Miaojiang. There are many Miao people in the territory and mixed barbarians. Since ancient times, it has not been a domesticated place, does not speak Chinese, and does not understand laws and regulations. In the third year of Xuanhe of the Song Dynasty, the Nanping Army was appointed as the chief official. He just surrendered a little, but for decades, he has been arrogant and arrogant. The chief Yang family is like a local emperor. My family is a difficult official and lives in the overseas Chinese. My father thought it was not a solution for the long term. He had the idea of migration, so he sent me here to join relatives and plans for the future."
He also said: "My relative's family is on the cross street in the city. The mansion of Ran's surname is that they are in paper business. Everyone knows Ruifuxiang's boss's family. It is easy to find it. Brother Changsun has something to do and can go there at any time."
Changsun Hong wrote it down and thought to himself that he had time to have a good chat with Ran Pu. This is a person who changed the course of history and is very awesome.
Not long after the two were chatting, the teacher in class came. A thin old man immediately turned against him when he saw the noisy scene in the house. He blew his beard and stared at the ruler that was about to be long, making a "slap" sound, which made the noisy young men calm down.
In this era, the class was not like later generations. There were 45 minutes of fixed class hours, but according to the Master's mood, and when he was in a good mood, it was normal not to finish class for one or two hours, and students had to hold back their pees. When they were in a bad mood, they would say a few random words and let the students study for themselves and leave.
In class that day, the thin old man named Zhang also heard that a child prodigy who was praised by the prefecture came to his class. He wanted to consider it. The vocabulary was very rare. Changsun Hong heard it and was so overwhelming that he was called to answer, which made the old man very disappointed. So he explained it with anger and said it all morning, and it was so hard that the students in the classroom were tormented and were about to die before he could stop.
The afternoon class was changed to archery, the six arts of gentlemen, rituals, music, shooting, imperial, books, and numbers. During the Southern Song Dynasty, scholars had to learn it. It was just a selective teaching, focusing on it and neglecting it, because Sichuan was located on the front line of the fight against the Western Xia, and the school here taught the key teaching of shooting and imperial.
But teaching is about teaching, but learning varies from person to person. The school of bows and horses does not provide it, so you need to prepare it yourself. Bows and arrows are easy to get, and there are all from the same to more than a hundred pieces of bamboo in the shop. Or you can go up the mountain to cut some bamboo and find a craftsman to spend some money to make a not-so-sighted bow. The arrows are even simpler, and straight bamboo and branches can be used as a sequel. But it is difficult for horses.
The cheapest short Sichuan horse or Yunnan horse was more than 100% of the market price during the Lizong period, which was about the same price as a cattle. It was not affordable for ordinary middle-aged families. Only a wealthy family could buy it. Therefore, the method of archery was mainly taught in Lianxi Academy.
This thing is very simple to say, but it is difficult to practice. Archery requires a steady waist and a steady root, emphasizing strength, and maintaining the accuracy of direction while exerting force with both arms. Mentality, strength, eyes, and even breathing when firing an arrow are key points. It is impossible to practice a qualified archer without years.
Of course, Changsun Hong never had any contact with such high-end skills. In later generations, he shot targets with guns twice, and they all spent money to play in the shooting range, which was different from archery.
Li Wen could only watch Li Wen's bow when he was tired of playing. Shooting was an extremely important martial art in the era of cold weapons, and it was more deadly than close combat swords and gunshots. There is a saying that in a battle, more than half of the dead were shot to death by crossbows, which shows how powerful the bow and arrow are.
Changsun Hong understood this truth. In the war-torn era, it is very important to learn the same technique to save lives. He practiced very seriously and worked very hard. He only took an hour to set his bow while standing. During this period, he never even put down his hands, which made the bystanders look at each other frequently, feeling that the prodigy is indeed a different perseverance than ordinary people.
The school life on the first day was a bit twists and turns, but overall it was pleasant and fresh, which made Changsun Hong very satisfied. He met new friends and learned new skills, which was very rewarding.
When we were absent from school, the Tian class was the earliest, which was inconsistent with the end time of the Xuan class, so Mo Changbin and others did not meet Changsun Hong, saving them trouble.
After seeing the fierce fighting of Changsun Hong, the three brothers of the Li family once again saw the importance of talent. The scene of the students of the Tian class surrounding Changsun Hong was astonished as a filial son to pay their birthday. For the first time, they became impressed by Changsun Hong. On the way back, the three of them rarely followed Changsun Hong like their classmates, and they were pestered and asked him to write a drunken and down-and-out poem for the three brothers.
Of course, Changsun Hong was ambiguously holding their appetites, stammering, haha, he just went to the Li family without saying that he would agree or not, so he just arrived at the Li family.
Seeing that the meal time had not arrived yet, Changsun Hong sent three playboys to return to his house.
Li Jin was still working hard to fulfill the duties of the book boy, and only the dog was pouring water into his stomach in the room.
While drinking wildly with a large teapot, he glanced at Changsun Hong who was pushing the door open, so he put down the wall pot bigger than his head, wiped his mouth, and said excitedly with a look of luck and despair, "I've found out, Erlang."
Chapter completed!