I am very grateful to Master Zhou and Changsun Hong.

That letter was Changsun Hong's amulet. He could live a free and easy life in the county town and study smoothly. It was all thanks to Wei Leweng's recommendation letter. In the final analysis, Zhou Master Zhou Lang's care for him was extraordinary.

He doesn't care about anyone, but he always has a kind of respectful feeling buried in his heart for Master Zhou.

But what did he do when he came to the county to study? Isn't it good to stay in Lijia Village? It's really hard to find out about Master Zhou's background. A censor who has been resigning for decades now has few people know about it except for officials like Grandmaster Dao who happen to have a connection with him. However, based on his ability to get Wei Leweng's recommendation letter, he must have been a figure in the court back then.

Such bigwigs who have hidden their names for various reasons are generally unwilling to step into people's vision again. Under the influence of their arrogant self-esteem, they will choose to open academies and travel around the world, like idle clouds and wild cranes, and from then on they will be indifferent to fame and fortune, and become a foreigner or a wanderer.

No matter what, when the person comes and asks about himself, he vaguely makes Changsun Hong feel like Master Zhou is coming.

So the next day, he went to the academy obediently.

The cool breeze of early winter blew slightly in the sky, blowing down the last few dead leaves on the sycamore trees in the courtyard. The lively birds in summer disappeared, leaving the bare branches in the garden. The entire Tianzi Class of Lianxi Academy seemed to have been hollowed out overnight, like the weather that cooled day by day, and was silent as if it was colder.

Dozens of students in the room sat upright, without squinting, looking at Master Zhou, who was kneeling in front of him with awe.

And the huge ruler he brought.

The day before he came to class, Master Zhou educated this class with his actions - he was different from his previous Master.

Kneeling is the minimum.

All the tables and chairs were removed and they were replaced with a few heels. The students were forced to kneel on their heels and looked up at Master Zhou in an extremely uncomfortable position.

"If you read the books of sages, you must have the awareness of learning everything about sages." Master Zhou's eyes kept floating towards Changsun Hong who was sitting behind: "I can't overcome this difficulty? How can I govern the country and pacify the world? I have straightened my backbone!"

Even Changsun Hong, everyone unconsciously raised their waists, and even if their heels were numb, they would not dare to move around.

Master Zhou nodded with satisfaction, raised his sleeves, knelt steadily in front of him, and began to open the book and explain the meaning of the scriptures.

This class made the three brothers of the Li family feel like dreams, as if they were back in the private room of Li’s house in Lijia Village. The ringing ruler that made a "slap" sounded like a maggot on the bones, followed thousands of miles, throwing them into their unbearable memories again. At noon, the words of the school were just spoken out from Master Zhou’s mouth, and they rushed to escape from the suffocating classroom with other students.

Changsun Hong was not moved. He knew that Master Zhou would definitely have something to say to him.

"Changsun Hong, come up." Sure enough, Zhou Lang waved to him with a stern face.

Changsun Hong went up in a regular manner and bowed deeply: "Teacher."

"Where did you go a few days ago? Why don't you come to class?" Master Zhou's face was like an old old elm, a rigid and long-lasting trough: "The key to reading is to persevere. Where can you become a great person when you fish for three days and dry the net for two days?"

"Changsun Hong knew his mistake and asked his teacher to punish him." Changsun Hong lowered his head and admitted his mistake, not daring to speak stubbornly at all.

"Hmph! There is no need to punish me. Tell me honestly, what have you been doing these days?" Master Zhou hummed out a breath from his nostrils: "I heard you spend all day with the paper shop?"

Changsun Hong couldn't help but scold Ran Pu for being unrighteous. This must be because he had betrayed himself.

"Yes, I have been busy in Ruifuxiang Paper Floor these days." Changsun Hong admitted readily that there is no need to hide it. Anyway, I can't hide it or hide it: "I know some tips for making paper. I want to improve it, reduce paper costs, earn profits, and get some money, and at the same time know the principles of business operations."

"Nonsense!" Master Zhou's beard was raised, his face turned red, and he was obviously very angry: "The sage said, a gentleman was used to be righteous, and a villain was used to be profit. Changsun Hong, how could you be greedy for a moment and ignore the great way?"

Changsun Hong lowered his head and agreed gently: "Master, don't be angry first. Listen to my explanation. If I do this, I will distinguish it."

"Okay, say, you say, I see what you can tell!" Master Zhou's anger increased sharply, and he patted the shorter few and was shocking.

He raised his head and Changsun Hong's expression became extremely serious. He had been in this life for half a year. He witnessed all kinds of things in the world and always had some thoughts that he would not be happy if he didn't vomit.

"Master, what is the purpose of reading?" Changsun Hong knelt down calmly, raised his head, and looked at Zhou Lang's eyes: "The book says that it is to govern the country and pacify the world; it also says that it is to save the world and achieve peace; there is even more saying that it is to be loyal to the emperor and protect the country."

"It's all right, everything said in the book is right." Changsun Hong's tone was low and depressing, like the dark clouds in summer, hiding earth-shaking thunder.

"However, I think these statements are too big and too illusory. How can the things in books achieve these goals? There should be a question of applying what you have learned."

"The principles of books are all the wisdom of ancestors and are always useful. But how to use them is very difficult and rigid. That is a nerd who is not flexible or flexible, and can only do bad things for good people or not.

"Reading is useful, but it is not a thousand tests. Maybe I didn't say it thoroughly enough, but that's what it means. How do you say it? Oh, by the way, combining learning and practice is the fundamental."

"Master, you once said that a country is not strong without military force, and a country is not strong without taxes, and a country cannot raise a soldier. The students agree very much, and think that this is at the point of view. The country is in danger at present, and the Xia Kingdom is harassing the west, the Jin Kingdom is towering in the north, and the Mongols are rampant on the grassland. Although there has been no major war on the border in recent decades, it is due to the loss of a large area of ​​land north of the Huai River."

"The Jingkang shame lasted for a hundred years. From the officials and shops to the peddlers and barracks to the peddlers and barracks, all of them were as good as being in the throat, like a stinging prick of the belly, intending to collect the country's territory in the north, and then to avenge the national humiliation."

"But I never thought that the Kaixi Northern Expedition twenty years ago was defeated, and hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated like grinding tofu, and it was a huge disaster. If Han Jizhou's head had not been exchanged for a peace agreement, it would be a problem whether the Song Dynasty still exists."

"Students think that the country is not rich now? Of course it is rich, is the army strong? Of course it is strong! But why can't we take half a step north in the past hundred years? It's because of the lack of talent!"

"Scholars do not know the military, and military generals do not know the literature. The reason is that literati read books and discuss the truth but do not know the reality. They talk in general but are blindly instructed and merciless, and generals know the military but only show the courage of ordinary men. This is a common problem. They are not created overnight. Of course, they cannot be changed overnight!"

"So students think that if they want to become useful talents with the country and the king, they must read the books of sages and understand the way of governing the country; understand the path of merchants and understand the details of actual operations, so that they can become truly capable ministers. Even if there is an opportunity, students want to go to the military camp and learn how to plan their plans."

"This is the original intention of the students to go to the paper shop. The country has no good talent, so I hope to raise it with Changsun Hong!"

His last words were like thunder that had been accumulated for a long time, and were finally released from the black clouds, saying them loudly.

Master Zhou changed his expression halfway through his speech, from anger to amazement, then frowned, and finally turned to contemplation.

After a moment of silence, he narrowed his eyes and spit out a few words: "Improper words!"
Chapter completed!