Although Yang Biao was not sure what Cai Yong's invitation or Fei Qian's invitation to him to give lectures on the way of a "gentleman" to the students in the academy meant, he thought about it and realized that this kind of thing was of no use to him. He said it was all beneficial and harmless, so he naturally agreed happily.
Is there anything that can more easily gain prestige in the academic world than giving lectures in front of these gentry children and explaining one's understanding of Confucian classics?
Yang Biao even thought that Fei Qian himself felt that it was impossible to fight against him, so he acted to cater to him?
"Gentleman" or "scholar" is a label and criterion given to Yang Biao himself and even most of the children of aristocratic families.
After the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, especially during the process of the former Qin unifying the six kingdoms, the ancient theory of blood aristocracy has basically declined. Under the arrogant howls of princes and generals, a new wave of people ascended to the throne. The body is no longer just a bloodline, but also has more things added to it...
The so-called aristocratic family is a combination of generations of crowns, powerful people in the countryside, and family tradition of classics. Not only does it have an extensive power network of disciples and officials in the official career, but it also owns large estates, castles, etc. in the countryside. They all responded to each other, they were also leaders in the court, and most of the families who were in-laws with each other were members of the same family, creating a huge network of relationships.
Under the top aristocratic families are the powerful families, and then there are the families who have been officials for many generations. These families slowly developed over the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty and have completely controlled the entire China.
In history, after Cao Cao's defeat at Bianshui, he arrived in Yangzhou in the blink of an eye and recruited nearly 10,000 troops. If he hadn't camped overnight, he might have returned to Jujube; and Liu Bei, who was always there to take care of things, went from there several times. When the other big guys slipped away, they were only a few thousand troops, but in the blink of an eye they suddenly increased to tens of thousands. Where did the money, food, weapons, and pay for these troops come from?
Most of them come from the active or passive support of local nobles and right-wingers.
In the Han Dynasty, and even in the Three Kingdoms, the gentry became a noble people and the gentry failed.
If it were not for the gentry, there would be no Three Kingdoms. If it were not for the gentry, the Three Kingdoms would not be unified by Wei and eventually returned to Jin.
Fei Qian looked at the graceful Yang Biao who was standing on the stage and was giving a long speech, and suddenly had a strange feeling. At this time, Yang Biao was like Yuan Shao when he was in Luoyang, a polite corporal, humble and respectful...
Is it about the same?
Even to some extent, he is stronger than Yuan Shao.
However, Yuan Shao, who broke into Jizhou almost single-handedly and did not have the support of most of the Yuan family like Yuan Shu, has now taken over almost the entire Hebei Province in a short period of time and is competing with Gongsun Zan for Liaodong. Just imagine, can these troops Were they all recruited personally by Yuan Shao?
Or was it prepared in advance by Yuan Shao in Jizhou?
Naturally not.
So what can Yuan Shao rely on to rise quickly?
It's just the "Yuan" character of the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes and the reputation gathered in the anti-Dong alliance.
So why does Yang have such a great reputation?
Because to some extent, the Yang family has more or less kindness towards the contemporary gentry. The gentry suffered unprecedented oppression due to the party's imprisonment. Although they had huge manor properties in the countryside and enjoyed a high reputation, they were in the court.
He also has considerable status in the church, but it is of no use.
Facing the eunuchs and relatives, the scholars behaved like fish on the chopping board, allowing others to bully them. As the Yuan family and the Yang family, who remained at the center of power, they did a lot of things to save their colleagues overtly and covertly during this period. Naturally, they are now
Received corresponding rewards.
Therefore, the gentry is represented by the interests of the gentry, and this interest representative is not just a family, but an entire series of regional gentry systems.
Nowadays, the Hebei gentry undoubtedly supports Yuan Shao. The Runan Yingchuan area in Yuzhou seems uncertain, but it eventually fell into the arms of Cao Cao in history. As for the Yanzhou gentry and Xuzhou gentry, they are basically the same as the Jingxiang gentry.
, split and fled during the war, and joined other people's ranks, but no one succeeded in ascending to the top.
The gentry in Yangzhou and Jiangnan did not so much support the Sun family as they supported themselves...
According to Fei Qian's understanding, what Yang Biao represents should be the gentry in Hedong, Hongnong, including Henan Yin.
Of course, in history, the nobles in this area were finally counted on Cao Cao. Perhaps it was not that Yang Biao did not want to continue to be this representative at that time, but that under that situation, he could not compete with Cao Cao...
Fei Qian looked at Yang Biao who was talking endlessly, and happened to meet the eyes Yang Biao cast.
Only Yang Biao's loud voice was heard, echoing in the hall:
"...the way of a husband and gentleman must be lofty and perseverant, cautious and independent, shy and hateful, modest and frugal, and compassionate, only then can one learn it and put it into practice...it cannot be righteous without great perseverance, it cannot be righteous without prudence, and it must not be shy and evil.
Without wisdom, without humility and frugality, one cannot have virtue, without compassion, one cannot have benevolence... Therefore, without learning, one will not be able to broaden his talents, without ambition, one will not be successful in learning, if one is conceited, one will not be able to cultivate one's talents, and if one is impetuous, one will not be able to cultivate one's temperament... You are just as handsome as you should be.
If you make rapid progress in your studies, you will live up to the years, and one day you will be able to be honored in the court and show off your beauty..."
Um.
Fei Qian smiled slightly. Anyway, for such a big topic, basically speaking, as long as Yang Biao's brain is not twitching, he will not say anything treasonous and unethical. Instead, he will talk about loyalty to the emperor and country, just like the official clichés.
Positive words in the form of motivation...
That's almost enough.
After talking eloquently, Yang Biao finally stopped talking. He had been quite depressed during this period, and now that so many people were listening respectfully below, it was considered a pleasure for Yang Biao.
Cai Yong first nodded to express his gratitude to Yang Biao, and then asked the person who was responsible for recording the notes to submit the transcript to Yang Biao for review. Finally, he said: "Mr. Yang's comments are sincerely made by a gentleman, and they fully understand the Wuchang principles."
Also...it should be recorded in the pen as the first chapter of studying in the academy..."
Although Cai Yong was not very clear about why Fei Qian insisted on doing this, since Fei Qian asked for it, he agreed. The key is that Cai Yong felt that there was nothing weird or wrong in doing this. He told students about gentleman
way, and then asking students to study hard, isn't it the most correct thing to do in the general direction?
Therefore, Yang Biao didn't think there was anything wrong. He scanned the text recorded by the annotator and found no discrepancies. Then he said humbly: "Cai Gong raises his love... Yang is just a family opinion. How can he be so virtuous as to write a book about it?"
, should be laughed at by a generous family..."
Of course, everyone knew what this meant, so there was no need for Cai Yong to respond at all. The group of people next to him finally found a topic that they could talk about, and naturally they immediately stepped forward and used various words to talk about it.
Yang Biao’s words before, kiss, hug, hold high...
Cai Yong glanced sideways at Fei Qian on the sidelines. Does he mean this is useful?
Fei Qian smiled and nodded.
Yang Biao, who was drowning in all kinds of flattering words, glanced at Fei Qian. For some reason, he suddenly felt that something was not quite right. However, he did not allow him to think about it for a while, but the next wave of praise came pouring out.
The words came overwhelmingly again, drowning Yang Biao's little thoughts...
