Chapter 5 Archery
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Seeing that he was just smiling bitterly, Chen De must have something to say. Since he didn't want to say it, he no longer asked Liang Zuoqiu why he abandoned his official position and refused to do it. He only said in a deep voice: "Do you dare to ask Mr. Liang what is there to teach me?" He waved his hand and asked the servant to bring a stool to Liang Zuoqiu.
After Liang Zuoqiu sat down without hesitation, he bowed and said, "Mr. Chen, Lanzhou is a small and small place, and is in a place of four battles. It is good for the great master to make the people respect martial arts and respect martial arts. But he cannot ignore the roots and the ends. The reason why China is China is not about force but about culture. Now, although there are tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Lanzhou, there is no place to study a private school. Although there are Confucian scholars and literati, they are a cute household and a lowly family, and they support a strong martial arts man. In the long run, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Lanzhou will only know the military law but not ethics. Only by looking at it, but ignoring etiquette. The difference between Diyi and China is not about bloodline, but about moral etiquette and cultural relics. The great master is a hero in the world. When Jiangnan was a minister, he also had articles spread to the world. Is it forbidden to see these tens of thousands of people who came out of China and entered Diyi? The general only rewards and education for the people with punishment and education. This is the law of Qin. Don't you know that Qin also died in the second generation?"
His words happened to be a bit of Chen De's heart. Lanzhou now has many Hu tribes, and various systems are very different from the Central Plains. In the long run, I am afraid that the people of Lanzhou, like the Sixteen Prefectures of the Hu Huai Yanyun, will not be able to withstand the Central Plains. However, he also knew that Liang Zuoqiu had such a lot of alarmist words, would there be a way to do it, so he bowed calmly and said, "Sir, since you are as insightful as you can see the fire, can you have a proper way?"
Seeing that he was not rude and acknowledged the crisis hidden under the current system in Lanzhou, Liang Zuoqiu secretly admired the person's determination and said seriously: "I have three strategies. One is to open a village school, teach history books, and spread Chinese culture widely. The second is to respect scholars, so that they can get rid of their cute households and establish their own family. The third is to not blame others for saying words. In everything, they should be convinced by reason, and they should not be treated with strength." He was open-minded and looked at Chen De without hesitation.
It was the late Five Dynasties. Except for Bianliang and Jinling, which suddenly emerged and had great strength in Confucian scholars, all places value martial arts and over literature. Although Liang Zuoqiu was a Jinshi, these words really angered Chen De's left and right lieutenant soldiers, they stared at him fiercely. As long as Chen De gave the order, he would drag down the ungrateful scholar.
"Sir, look at the people of Lanzhou, who is richer than Zhongyuan Prefecture? Who is more majestic than Zhongyuan Prefecture? Who is more honest than Zhongyuan Prefecture, who is more innocent than Zhongyuan?" Chen De asked without answering his words directly.
Liang Zuoqiu looked ugly. He didn't expect Chen De to directly question his words, but he never said ignorantly and nodded: "The rich people of Lanzhou are as powerful as those of the imperial guards during the Kaiyuan Tianbao period. The army was as powerful as the imperial guards. The officials were honest and dedicated to the public. They had never heard of any greedy actions."
Chen De nodded slowly and said, "Sir can speak impartially, but he is an upright person. He asked him to hire ten teachers on his behalf to open a village school to teach us soldiers and the people to read, understand poetry and books, and pass on my Chinese literary style. Please help me to handle the affairs of this village school." After that, he stood up and bowed to him.
When Liang Zuoqiu heard that he offered three strategies, Chen De only took one strategy. The most important suggestion for scholars to get rid of their cute households was ignored. He couldn't help but be anxious. After avoiding Chen De's greeting, he said: "Why do you have to humiliate the scholars and make them fall under the martial arts?"
Chen De stood up and said seriously: "There is a record of Zhou Li. He raised the country's son to teach the six arts. How dare you ask which six arts?"
When Liang Zuoqiu heard his question, he was stunned and blurted out: "One is five rituals, two is six music, three is five archery, four is five harness, five is six script, and six is nine numbers." This sentence comes from "Zhou Li·Baoshi", which is a classic sentence that Confucian scholars must remember, explaining the six skills that an ancient scholar must master.
Seeing that he was in the turtle, Chen De's face relaxed and smiled and said, "The way of joy has been lost since the Qin and Han Dynasties. It's such a pity. The way of numbers involves the vastness of the heavens, and it's hard to understand. Looking at the world, there are only a few people who practice it. De no longer talks. The rituals and books are the jinshi, and I believe they are familiar with the two arts of sci-technicians. How many scholars today can do it?"
Liang Zuoqiu unexpectedly, he actually involved the six arts of gentlemen in the pre-Qin period, which means that since the scholars today cannot reach the pre-Qin standard, they should stop talking about privileges.
"It's outrageous." He became stubborn and didn't care that Chen De was the master of the ranks. He whispered angrily when he brushed his sleeves.
"Sir, don't blame me, the soldiers defended the border for the country and sprinkled blood and died. The poem says, "A brave warrior, a prince and a marquis, and a man of the city. To make his status respectful is also to follow the heavenly and human feelings. If a scholar does not practice the two arts of imperial archery and cannot protect himself, how can he be called a national sage? How can he eat the people's fat and ointment with shame?"
If Chen De's words fell into the ears of the scholars who had not experienced war for a long time, he would definitely be blushing and citing scriptures with him. However, Liang Zuoqiu was born in the border, grew up in troubled times, and was once slashed by the Hu people. After being plundered, he naturally knew the importance of this martial arts. He pondered for a while and asked, "There is a specialty in arts and the way of civil and military affairs, and they are both profound and profound. Lord Chen wants the scholars to be so brave with the athletes under his command?"
Chen De was happy to hear that if Chinese scholars were as fierce as the soldiers in Lanzhou, the butts of the Mobei barbarians would probably be shot to pieces. In civil servants, they had to find ways to honor their Han Dynasty with their martial ranks, even if the world was in chaos, the separatist forces in the northern corner would still beat the barbarians outside the border to the ground for their teeth. In the later years, most of the weak China was caused by its own reasons. It was said that Khitan and Dangxiang were feudal nomadic peoples, and it was purely nonsense to deal with it with territorial consciousness. When the Liao Kingdom was beaten to death by the Jin Kingdom, they jumped out and said that the Jurchens had not escaped their barbaric habits and had dealt with the Khitans that were gradually less barbaric. So, is it semi-civilized and half-barbaric, or is it purely barbaric? If they failed, they would either look for the reasons from others. They were either idiots or cowards.
"It is not that both civil and military are good at both civil and military. Let's do this. Just shoot ten arrows in a row beyond a hundred steps, and walk three trajectories in the middle and lower levels. Seven shooting targets will make you qualified for shooting skills. In ancient times, heavy chariots and heavy chariots today, whether they are chariots or chariots, they can travel 150 miles a day to be considered as qualified for driving skills. As for books and rituals, the teacher can temporarily select scholars for me." Chen De quickly said his conditions. All the lieutenants around him winked at each other. The commander is the commander. At this level of shooting skills, you can join the crossbow camp.
Liang Zuoqiu pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "My lord is very good at calculating. If scholars all over the world use this as a resource for promotion, with the great size of China and the large number of scholars, the whole country will increase archers in millions and be able to ride and control them well. The barbarians and bandits will be difficult to move around in the Central Plains."
Chen De smiled and said, "Although it is a difficult task for scholars, it is a benefit to the country and the people."
Liang Zuoqiu nodded and said, "Since that's the case, Zuoqiu should be a beauty. Please lend me a bow and arrow. From then on, he will become a literati and start from Zuoqiu." Most scholars of this era are located in a corner to understand the classics. Everyone has a different level. Some people are willing to "rats in the warehouse, eat millet and live under the big veranda", while others pursue the political ideal of saving the world and helping the people, and Liang Zuoqiu is the latter. He is good at troubled times. Although he is a Confucian scholar, he highly recognizes the importance of arming the whole nation. Since he is the first literati to be publicly promoted in Lanzhou, he decided to set an example and take the craftsmanship of the school. It just so happens that he is in the Fengzhou border where wars are frequent. These two skills are the capital to save lives. According to the standards mentioned by Chen De, he can only try it.
Seeing that he was so informed, Chen De was overjoyed and said, "Sir, help me so much, De Dang personally sends me to the stage." After that, he stood up and sent Liang Zuoqiu to the archery field in the martial arts field. Most of the soldiers and civilians recognized Chen De. When they saw him entering the stage, they thought Chen De was going to perform in person, so they all cheered loudly.
Seeing that he smiled slightly, Chen De thought that I was dying by myself, so he had to get the iron-tied recurved bow handed over by his personal guard, and put on the geese-feathered arrow and pulled the bow. With a whoosh, the arrow stabbed steadily like a meteor and steadily into the bull's eye a hundred steps away. His arrow was nothing special. He lifted his weight and shot the red heart as if nothing had happened. It was also rare for the general who had been in the upper rank for a long time. Chen De was not convenient to take over the leader. After raising his hand to thank the soldiers for cheering, he handed the bow to Liang Zuoqiu and said, "I have tried this bow and arrow for sine. The bow is still sine and can be used."
Asking the literati to take the craftsmanship in school, just like Zhao Kuangyin let the Jinshi fall and win the top scorer, it is easy to be misunderstood as a kind of humiliation. Chen De personally tried the bow and handed the arrow, greatly saving Liang Zuoqiu's face. He took the bow and arrow with some gratitude, held his breath and calmed down, and opened the arrow with a strong force, and hit the target steadily. Because he asked for continuous shooting, Liang Zuoqiu did not rest for a long time, and then set off a string to open the bow. After some estimates, he pointed the arrow diagonally into the sky. When he released his two fingers, the arrow flew out a beautiful parabola and still shot the target. The soldiers around him shouted loudly. Then, with an arrow, Liang Zuoqiu shot the arrow a higher parabola and still shot the target. In this way, he shot ten arrows in a row, nine of them hit the target.
The soldiers and civilians next to him saw that he was gentle and elegant, but they never wanted to have a good archery technique, so they all shouted to the sky. At first, the captains of Lanzhou who were quite dissatisfied with him were quite convinced. Liang Zuoqiu smiled and returned the bow and arrow to Chen De, and asked, "I don't know what the route of taking the imperial examination for the school?"
Chen De patted his shoulder and laughed and said, "Tomorrow, I will accompany Mr. Liang to ride a horse out for a trip and return to the Yellow River. If the gentleman can ride a horse all the way, it will be considered passing." Liang Zuoqiu is also a straightforward person. He knew that this was Chen Deshi's kindness and bowed to thank him.
Just as everyone was about to turn around and return to the stage, someone suddenly screamed several times outside the martial arts field, and then suddenly shouted, "I'm murder!" All the civilians next to them were so shocked that they were all panicked. If there weren't many soldiers outside the field who tried hard to suppress them, they would have been crowded and stepped on the spot.
This is the case when this great day happened. Chen De's face was slightly darker and said to Li Si, Liang Zuoqiu, etc., "Since we have encountered it, let's go and see what's going on?"
Note 1: See "The Book of Songs·Zhou Nan·Rabbit Hun", the solemn rabbit is a sturdy rabbit, a sturdy dialect. The sturdy rabbit is a sturdy dialect, the Duke and Marquis Gancheng. The solemn rabbit is a sturdy dialect, the Duke and Marquis love the enemy, the solemn rabbit is a sturdy dialect, the Duke and Marquis are a sturdy dialect, the Duke and Marquis are a sturdy dialect, the Duke and Marquis are a sturdy dialect, the Duke and Marquis are a sturdy dialect.
Note 2: There were also clear regulations on the itinerary of post offices in the Tang Dynasty. Luyi Express Horses traveled 6 posts a day, which means 180 miles. If you need to travel 300 miles a day, you need to travel 500 miles a day at the fastest. It can be seen that traveling 120 miles a day is a reasonable standard.
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