If you only look at it from the outside, the academy is not big. But when you walk in, you will find that the actual situation is not the same.
Generally speaking, Wolongtan Academy imitates the Zhou Dynasty's system of front hall and back bedroom, with front and rear halls and the third and fourth gates of the mansion arranged on the central axis. After passing the veranda, there is a courtyard at the entrance, which is the main body of the academy. According to the etiquette system, here
This is where the front hall is. The rooms are divided into rooms and rooms, and there is a ceiling above the hall. This is also the main building of the house. It is tall and has two east and west steps. It has a horizontal wall to separate it from the backyard. A door is opened on the horizontal wall.
, called the middle pavilion. After passing the middle pavilion, you enter the back hall, which is also Hu Zhao's home.
The academy and the mansion are integrated into one, forming the most stylish building in Wolongtan.
The back hall has landscape, steps, pavilions, and pavilions. There are courtyard walls on the left and right sides of the central axis, and a corridor inside the wall. It is called "two verandas" in the etiquette. It is the connection between the back hall and the door veranda, forming
The layout of several courtyards also shows solemnity and solemnity.
Hu Zhao is forty-eight years old, but he looks to be in his early forties.
Perhaps because he was attached to the mountains and rivers and did not care about worldly affairs, he looked much younger than his peers. At least in Cao Peng's view, Hu Zhao seemed younger than Xun Yan. So when Cao Peng took off his stripes and walked away,
When I entered the room, I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
It was nearly early summer, and Hu Zhao was dressed in white clothes and a large shirt with a wide collar, standing out from the crowd.
"Student Cao Peng, meet sir."
Hu Zhao is not tall and has thin cheeks.
He was kneeling on the bed, flipping through a pamphlet.
Seeing Cao Peng salute him, he put down his book and smiled slightly, "Cao Youxue."
"The students are here."
"I'm reading your 800-character essay."
"Students are terrified."
Hu Zhao waved his hand to signal Cao Peng to sit down on the couch beside him, took the copper jue, took a sip of water, and then coughed twice.
"Originally, I had no intention of accepting a disciple, but after reading your two articles, I couldn't stop.
In addition, Cao Gong personally recommended it, and I can’t refuse it, so I asked you to come over...Cao Peng, I have little talent and little knowledge, and I have no interest in fame. In these troubled times, I just want to stay in a corner and survive in the world. So, if you want to learn
I'm afraid I can't teach you about maneuvering and seeking fame, so please go back."
The meaning of Hu Zhao's words is very clear.
Cao Peng was prepared. He also knew that most of the celebrities of this era had some eccentric temperaments. Even if Cao Cao recommended him, it would only be a stepping stone. If he wanted to become Hu Zhao's disciple, he would have to pass Hu Zhao's exam. This
The words are also a test.
"Students come here not seeking power or strategy, and they have no intention of fame."
"Oh?" Hu Zhao smiled slightly, "Then what do you want?"
"I just ask for the truth in being a human being."
This sentence made Hu Zhao's eyes light up.
"Be a human being? Don't you know how to be a human being?"
"In the past, Kong Zhongni had only a few achievements in his life, but he only dared to speak a few words. How could students dare to claim to know how to behave?"
A smile flashed in Hu Zhao's eyes.
He was silent for a moment and said softly: "Cao Peng was born in Zhongyang Mountain. Later, he went to Jiyang with his parents to avoid disaster. On the way, he met Pang Yuan'an and gained the attention of Lumen. Because he later offended the Jingxiang nobles, he almost
Jin's family was ruined and everyone died. By coincidence, he went with Dian Wei and went to Xudu. His father Cao Ji was good at smelting and made twenty swords. He was appointed as the supervisor of Zhuye. He also reformed Cao Gongli and became the captain of Zhuye.
His brother-in-law Deng Ji, a member of the Deng clan in Jiyang, was originally a minor official in Jiyang. After joining Cao Gong, he served as the commander of Haixi for two years. He was in charge of the two Huaihe villages and became the captain of the villages. Cao Peng, although Deng Ji
He took office and made many meritorious deeds. He followed Xun Xiuruo as an envoy to Jiangdong and solved a murder case of the Lu family... He later served as Hailing Lieutenant and fought fiercely with Lü Bu in Quyang, but he was convicted for secretly letting Lü Bu's family go."
Cao Peng was stunned and looked up at Hu Zhao.
In ancient times, recruiting disciples was an extremely important matter.
The Way of Humanity: The Lord of Heaven and Earth and Master.
The importance of teaching is evident. The ancients often said that once you are a teacher, you will be a father all your life. When you become a teacher, you have to work hard for your students' lives. Since Hu Zhao wants to accept a disciple, he will naturally inquire about Cao Peng carefully.
Deeds. I just didn't expect that he would find out so clearly.
Hu Zhao said: "Being a good person is more difficult than seeking fame...Cao Peng, what you asked for has given me a big problem."
"Students do not seek the teachings of sages, but only seek this life with a clear conscience."
"Do you have a clear conscience?"
Hu Zhao fell into deep thought.
"Youxue, do you have any ambition?"
"ambition?"
"If you want to be a human being, you need to be determined... Why do you want to learn to be a human being?"
Cao Peng's expression was solemn and dignified, "When students seek education, they seek to establish their minds for the world, to establish their lives for the people, to inherit their unique knowledge from the past saints, and to create peace for all generations."
Sixteen-year-old Cao Peng is in the stage of changing his voice.
The voice is slightly hoarse, but each word weighs a thousand pounds.
He once said these words to Hao Zhao and Dianman Xu Yi on the banks of the Zushui River. At that time, he was almost struck by lightning. Now, he said these words again, but they contained confidence.
, not only requires a good name in front of you, but also plans for your future, otherwise it will be in vain? Therefore, when he said these words, every word came from his heart, which also made these words more solemn.
The smile on Hu Zhao's face stopped abruptly.
He stared at Cao Peng blankly, and after a while he stood up from the bed, looking up to the sky and laughing.
"Cao Peng, you have traveled a long way, so you should go down and rest first. I heard that you brought your retinue with you, but you are just entering my academy, but you are not allowed to have your retinue accompany you. If you stay in the academy, you can only send your retinue back to Luhun; if you leave your retinue, you will not be allowed to go with it.
You have to make your own arrangements? How do you want to choose?"
Cao Peng thought for a while and said, "Students are so quiet, so let's live outside the academy."
"Then make your own arrangements."
Cao Peng stood up, raised his fists with both hands above his head, bowed his hands to the ground, then said goodbye and left.
When he was about to go out, he heard Hu Zhao say behind him: "There is still an open space outside my back pavilion, beside Wolong Pond. If you want to build a house here, you might as well arrange it there.
Tomorrow, I will open a class to explain the "Lun", and then I will discuss the propositions with students. If you can write a good work, you can enter my door; if you can't write...Cao Peng, you can return to Xudu on your own.
"
"Here!"
Cao Peng obeyed the order and left the house.
You should have passed the interview, and there will be a written test next.
Cao Peng scratched his head at the door and smiled bitterly in his heart: It's really troublesome to ask a teacher.
Speaking of which, Hu Zhao seems to have very strict rules.
But if you think about it carefully, celebrities of this era all have this problem.
When he was in Jiyang, Duke Pang De gave him Shangshu, but he did not explain it. He only said that if Cao Peng could read it thoroughly, he could worship at the mountain gate.
How to judge whether Cao Peng has passed the reading? Is it still a test?
After all, Cao Peng is different from ordinary students at Wolongtan Academy. Hu Zhao opened an academy and taught students within a radius of three hundred miles to read and read. This is called enlightenment; and whether Cao Peng or Sima Yi, their nature is to preach and teach.
Naturally it is different.
Sima Yi was waiting at the door. When he saw Cao Peng coming out, he came forward with a smile.
"Brother, how are you doing?"
"My husband asked me to build a house outside the back pavilion, and he also told me that I would take an exam tomorrow."
"Oh, it's nothing... Sir, most of the propositions have rules to follow. Just like when I first became a disciple, he happened to be explaining "Filial Piety", so the propositions were also based on the content of "Filial Piety". By the way, Sir, can you tell me, tomorrow
What articles will he explain?"
"Argument."
Sima Yi smiled and said: "That's easy to handle. Tomorrow's topic, sir, must be related to "The Treatise"."
Easy to handle!
Cao Peng felt a little headache.
Yes, he is not unfamiliar with "On", but it does not mean that he can write excellent works.
This matter is really troublesome...
As Hu Zhao's direct disciple, Sima Yi enthusiastically accompanied Cao Peng to the open space that Hu Zhao mentioned. Cao Peng discovered that this open space was only a few hundred meters away from the back pavilion of Hu Zhao's residence. The open space was
One piece is a peach forest...
There is about a thousand square meters of open space in the middle, adjacent to Wolong Pond, and the scenery is very moving.
In two days, it will be early summer.
But in Luhun Mountain, the cool breeze blows, and you don't feel the slightest bit of heat.
Cao Peng scratched his head and said to Sima Yi: "How to build a house here?"
Sima Yi thought for a while, "Anyway, with the trees and bamboos all over the mountains and plains, it's not too much trouble to ask the local villagers to help build it.
It doesn’t need to be built too well, it just needs to be settled first.
Well, but you have to be careful. The folk customs here are very fierce. Don't conflict with the villagers. Ask them for help. Don't talk about money or silk. Just treat them to a drink. How about this? You let them make do with it first. I
I’ll take you to the head of this village.”
"Well, I'm sorry to bother you, brother."
Fortunately, although Xia Houlan and others abandoned the car battle, their luggage was not left behind.
Under Cao Peng's instructions, Xiahoulan ordered people to set up several small tents in the open space, while Guo Huan and Bu Luan were in charge of preparing meals.
Although Cao Peng was Sima Yi, he visited the village chief and explained the matter, and the chief readily agreed.
He also heard that Cao Peng was an official of the imperial court and came to study as a disciple. Therefore, he was very serious in handling the affairs. As for Cao Peng, he followed Sima Yi's advice and ordered Xia Houlan to take a few people to hunt in the mountains.
Then he ordered people to ride horses and go to the mountains to buy wine.
After going back and forth, by the time it was getting dark, the two simple bamboo huts had already taken shape.
The head of the village also brought the bedding from home, saying that the night wind in the mountains was very cold, so it might as well be used to keep out the cold. After Cao Peng thanked him, he let Guo Huan and Buluan live in the bamboo house first, while he stayed with his followers.
In the military tent, the hunted prey and the purchased wine were given to the villagers. The villagers in Wolongtan were immediately overjoyed and left happily one by one. The mountain people do not value money and silk. They are hospitable and not seeking money. If you give
If you give them money or silk, they will feel that you look down on them and that you are insulting them.
Cao Peng couldn't help but secretly thank Sima Yi. If Sima Yi hadn't reminded him, how would he have known the secret?
Sima Yi stayed in the school, and after nightfall, he said goodbye and left.
After dark, the temperature drops sharply.
Cao Peng sat in the military tent, took out a volume of "Lun" from his luggage, and read it at night by candlelight.
God knows, what will happen to Hu Zhao tomorrow?
In my heart, I can't help but feel a little panic...
The next day, as soon as it dawned, Sima Yi ran to find Cao Peng.
"Why, sir, does the class start so early?"
Cao Peng had just finished practicing his boxing and kicking. When he saw Sima Yi coming over, he couldn't help but curiously asked.
"No, no!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "Our academy starts classes at every hour. However, the teacher has made a rule that every morning, everyone must get together to exercise their muscles and bones. Moreover, it is taught by the teacher himself.
This is the custom of our academy."
Scholars in the Eastern Han Dynasty did not want to be sick.
To read well, your body and bones must be strong.
Cao Peng and Sima Yi entered the mansion from the back pavilion, exited the middle pavilion, and came to the front hall. They saw dozens of young people exercising with Hu Zhao.
Hu Zhao's fitness technique was a very popular guidance technique during the Eastern Han Dynasty, with a total of 108 movements, imitating birds and animals.
In later generations, a thousand-year-old guidance technique was unearthed in Mawangdui, which was similar to the fitness technique taught by Hu Zhao.
Like yoga? Like Tai Chi? Like Wu Qin Xi?
Cao Peng couldn't tell clearly anyway.
He and Sima Yi practiced together with the students under the corridors of the two verandas.
"Brother, why don't we go practice with them?"
Sima Yi shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't want to go, but that they don't accept me... By the way, when you came yesterday, did Zhou Qi make things difficult for you?"
"Well……"
"He is a local and the leader of the disciples in the academy.
This person... I can't say how bad he is, he's just a little narrow-minded. When I first entered the academy, I had a misunderstanding with him, so we never got along well. In addition, the disciples in the academy also rejected me.
I have no choice but to exercise here alone."
Ha, I didn’t expect that the famous Sima Yi would eat this kind of turtle?
Cao Peng subconsciously looked at Zhou Qi, only to find that Zhou Qi was also looking at him.
The two people's eyes met, and Zhou Qi smiled at Cao Peng as a greeting. Cao Peng also smiled in return, and then looked at Sima Yi, as if he had some realization in his heart.
It's not necessarily Zhou Qi's narrow-mindedness, but it may have something to do with Sima Yi himself.
Sima Yi came from a high family, and he was always a little arrogant...or rather, arrogant.
Perhaps it was this arrogance that made the misunderstanding between the two parties deeper and deeper. Cao Peng thought about it, but did not tell Sima Yi...
Why bother to offend Sima Yi for such a thing?
Even though he is very enthusiastic towards me now, if I offend him, I might not hold a grudge in my heart.
After the morning practice, the disciples dispersed in twos and threes.
Hu Zhao ignored Sima Yi and Cao Peng and returned to his room.
When it was almost midnight, Sima Yi called Cao Peng and walked into the front hall together. This was a hall with an area of more than 400 square meters. Hu Zhao was sitting upright, with futons and tables below. The disciples of the academy, respectively
Sitting down in his seat, Hu Zhao waved to Cao Peng and pointed at the desk next to him. Cao Peng saluted respectfully, then walked over and sat down.
He sat next to Sima Yi, facing the podium, separated from the disciples.
Many people did not recognize Cao Peng, and Hu Zhao did not deliberately introduce him. But everyone knew that sitting in this seat meant that Hu Zhao had accepted Cao Peng. Many people's eyes showed envy, and some even
They were whispering to each other in the hall.
Hu Zhao ignored it, picked up the gavel, and slapped it on the bill.
In an instant, there was silence in the hall!
Cao Peng sat on the mat, and in a trance, he seemed to have returned to the classroom in his previous life...
