After these days, Jia Mu finally understood that when Jia Lian spoke, there was always something behind his words. Behind a simple word, there must be a big plan.
But Jia Lian said that if you go to home school, you will "learn bad things", and Jia's mother is still a little unhappy.
After all, this voluntary education is an honor. In order to allow future generations to study well, especially to enable the poor children in the family who cannot afford teachers to study, Ning Ergong stipulated that all those in the Jia family who have official titles,
According to the amount of salary, money should be provided to the Jia Family Volunteer School so that future generations can study here for free.
The master of the Jia Family Yi School is a young and virtuous person recommended by the whole Jia family. The current master of the school is named Jia Dairu, and he is the younger brother of Jia's mother's late husband Jia Daishan. He has loved reading all his life and is rich in knowledge. It is a pity that
I have never obtained any honors.
Jia's mother loved Baoyu the most and knew that he was most afraid of studying. She was afraid that he would be forced to get sick if he went to school, so she did not let Baoyu study at home. But Jia Huan and Jia Lan in Rongguo Mansion went to school every day.<
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Jia Mu frowned and said:
"Have you forgotten that you yourself went to school for a few years? Could it be that you were also a bad student at that time?"
Baochai had just heard Jia Lian's words, which meant that he was talking about his brother. He was thinking about retaliating, but when Jia Mu said this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud:
"She is still the old lady Shengming."
Jia Lian ignored Baochai and only smiled at Jia Mu:
"The old lady also knows that even though I went to that school for a few years, I didn't finish my studies. Didn't I waste my great time in vain?
Furthermore, I started studying at the age of seven, and it is now more than ten years ago. Today, the master in school is already seventy-seven years old. His body, bones, energy and spirit are not as good as before. How can he still manage more than ten people?
Two students, big and small?
Moreover, his old wife is often sick and has complicated family affairs, which also delays school work.
He himself was often absent, and sometimes he would leave only a seven-character couplet, ordering the students to come back tomorrow to submit a letter, and then he would go home.
Back then, when his grandson Jia Rui, who was just trying to get things done, was still there, the master in the school asked him to take charge of it while he was having a rest.
Then Jia Rui himself behaves badly, can't sit upright, gambles, eats and drinks, and what's worse, how can he control the students?
There have been too many times when students got into trouble and turned the school into a pot of porridge."
Baoyu sat aside. He was looking at Baochai and then at Daiyu, commenting back and forth in his mind. At this time, after hearing Jia Lian's words, he suddenly remembered that when he was in school, Xiren quietly told him to "take care of your body as well."
"Take care", presumably Yingying Chuochuo heard some rumors and was immediately shocked.
He was afraid that Jia Lian would tell other things in front of Jia's mother, so he hurriedly gave Jia Lian a wink to plead with him.
Since there are girls in this room besides Jia Mu, Jia Lian naturally cannot explain the dirty things in the Jia family's school very clearly, but since he has said this, he can only try his best to make Jia Mu understand:
"It’s okay not to mention the remaining, more unsavory things. They are said with dirty words and listened to with dirty ears.
No one was willing to talk to the old lady about the virtues in family education, so I just became a bad person today and just blew the cover of this matter."
Jia Mu couldn't help being shocked when she heard this:
"I heard before that Mr. Ru was very strict with his grandson Jia Rui and never allowed him to take one more step. If he made a mistake, he was not allowed to eat and was punished to kneel down to read an article. It was a light punishment, but he was seriously beaten. But I don't know what happened now.
Is it like this?"
Jia Lian sneered:
"The old lady knows that the expenses for the students in the free school, the daily meals and meals, and all the expenses for the private school are all allocated from our official funds, so that the poor children of the Jia family can study with peace of mind. p>
But I'm afraid the old lady didn't know that Qin Zhong went to school that day, and our school master received an extra twenty-four taels of silver as a gift from Zhi.
This is how you should behave as a scholar while taking the money given by the official and receiving an additional amount from the students?"
Jia Mu is a sensible person, and she immediately realized something was wrong:
"As a scholar, he may be a bit pedantic, but if he is stained with the word 'greed', it does not mean that his moral character is lacking. How can he teach good children?"
"Oh, isn't that exactly what you said!"
Wang Xifeng, who had been holding it in for a long time, saw a gap in the conversation and quickly interjected.
"I just said that the old lady really has a sharp eye. She would rather keep Baoyu with her than leave it in the hands of such a money-grubbing and useless teacher.
I’m not saying that Lan’er didn’t learn bad things, it’s all thanks to Sister-in-law Zhu watching her closely day and night.”
She didn't mention Jia Huan, but everyone knew that Jia Huan's moral character was unworthy of the throne.
At the same time, it also smashed the image of "a good brother who loves going to school" that Baochai had deliberately created just now.
Jia Lian is weak, and she, Wang Xifeng, is not far behind.
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Jia Lian said to Jia Mu:
"I have a big thing to discuss with the old lady here, and it's about our family education.
When I went to Yangzhou to send Sister Lin to visit her uncle, I told my uncle that the teachers in our private school were too old and could not control the students, and I asked my uncle to help recommend famous teachers.
My uncle also felt that the education of the children in the family was the most important thing, so he recommended the book friend of ‘Heshan Academy’ to me.”
"Ah? Heshan Academy? Mr. Shuyou?"
Jia Mu was also shocked when she heard this and asked Daiyu:
"Why do I vaguely remember that your mother once mentioned that your father's teacher was called 'Mr. Shuyou'? I heard that he was a world-famous Confucian who taught many high-ranking disciples, some of whom were top scorers and second best in the exams."<
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Daiyu had been watching with cold eyes. When Jia Mu asked, she smiled and said:
"The old lady was talking about this Mr. Book Friend, who is now the principal of Heshan Academy.
Heshan Academy was established by Mr. Li Heshan, a great scholar in the late Song Dynasty. It is very famous in Gusu. My father was lucky enough to study there back then. When I talk about it now, I still feel that I benefited a lot from this teacher." p>
Jia Mu nodded repeatedly and said with emotion:
"Your father was the top student in high school, and his teacher is naturally a famous Confucian with great knowledge. He must be a good teacher that you can only dream of. I just wonder if he would come to our home to study and teach?"
Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled:
"I heard from my father that Mr. Shuyou attaches great importance to Brother Lian and regards him as a brother of the same generation. He also gave Brother Lian the nickname of 'Mr. Plum Healer' in public at the cultural gathering.
Nowadays, the students in Heshan Academy all respect Brother Lian as "Mr. Lian Er", and he also has quite a literary reputation in Suzhou academic circles.
If we talk about it from the academy, my father should call Brother Lian his uncle."
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Daiyu's voice was not loud, but the content of her words was so shocking that everyone in the room was shocked.
What?
Jia Lian, a famous libertine who did not like reading, has now become a "university scholar"?
He also became the uncle of his uncle, Master Tanhua Lin Ruhai???
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But Jia Lian spoke again, and what he said shocked the people in the room even more:
"Mr. Shuyou has already promised to establish a branch of 'Heshan Academy' in the capital. Since Sister Xue strongly recommends it, how about letting Sister Xue's brother help Mr. Shuyou prepare for the Heshan Academy?"