Luo Bin is a son of a local gentry in Macheng. His uncle was the leader of the Tuanlian Village who participated in the Shenzhuang Army. Unfortunately, he died in the hands of Song Yihe. After the Chuang Army pacified Huangma, the Luo family was one of the early gentry to join Li Laiheng and cooperate with the Chuang Army. Therefore, Luo Bin was selected to study in Suiying School and became a student of Baoding officer Li Polu.
Li Polu was able to discover Chen Kexin's true identity before because of Luo Bin's identification. Although he is young, he is only fifteen years old now, much younger than Zhang Pizhu, but he has already studied in many cities in Huguang Province. .
Luo Bin's teacher during his study tour in Jingzhou was Chen Kexin, so he was surprised to see Chen Kexin who had gone anonymous, and told this news to his very trusted teacher, Teacher Li.
Naturally, he didn't know that he almost caused Chen Kexin's head to be dislocated. Later, when he learned from Li Polu that Chen Kexin had been appointed as the envoy of Luotian County, he was quite happy. He felt that it was because he said that Mr. Chen was from Yiling Prefecture. Juren, is that why he is valued by King Li?
Afterwards, Luo Bin was rewarded by Teacher Li and received a lot of praise. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was approaching and Suiying School was about to have a holiday, Luo Bin specially prepared a piece of bacon and went to Li Polu, saying that he wanted to use it as a gift. Respect.
Although Li Polu was born as a warrior, he was a hereditary officer of the Guard, and his background was not bad, so he naturally had a certain level of education. Seeing Luo Bin's attitude, he smiled and said: "The young tiger commander has set up a camp school. It has its own customs. As a teacher, both the rations and living allowances are far more than those of ordinary elite soldiers, so it is no longer convenient for me to tie them up."
Seeing that Luo Bin came alone to give gifts, he asked: "Qing Ping, did your elders ask you to bring this gift? Suiying Academy is on holiday today. You can take this gift home and share it with your family." Just tell me that the rules of the army are strict and I can't accept it, so I can only accept your kindness."
Although Luo Bin is not as old as Wen Guan, the elders in his family are arty and have already given him the nickname Qingping. After all, Li Polu was born in the Baoding army and did not serve as a leader in the army. In actual work, he was just a teacher at Suiying School. He was a person under the roof. He tried his best to keep his hands and feet clean and behave as a human being. Naturally, he did not want to violate the laws established by Li Laiheng because of such a simple gift.
"Teacher Li, this is not a request from the elders in my family. I bought it myself with my living allowance." Luo Bin's answer surprised Li Polu, and he continued, "There is also the matter of holidays. Actually, I think This is what I said to Teacher Li, I don’t want to go home during the holidays.”
Don’t want to go home? Luo Bin’s words made Li Polu more and more confused. Although food and accommodation were included in the Suiying School, and the living conditions were pretty good, that was for poor people. Compared with gentry families, the life of The salary must still have declined. What's more, the rules in the school are strict, life and rest must be according to the schedule, and the scope of activities is also limited. If the poor do not want to take a holiday and want to stay in the school to eat free meals, then Li Polu will understand , but Luo Bin clearly comes from a gentleman's family, so he doesn't want to go home during the holidays, but wants to stay in the school. What's the point?
Seeing Li Polu's puzzled expression, Luo Bin explained: "As soon as I got home, my father always wanted me to read some boring scriptures, and he also didn't allow me to play outside with my friends of the same age. What's the point of living? ?Unlike in our school, Teacher Li, Brother Li, explains the deeds of ancient military marches and wars every day. Sometimes you can hear Master Bai talk about how farmers cultivate land and open up wasteland, and Master Gao will talk about it. Among all the interesting things about mountains and rivers in the world, which one is not more interesting than returning home, closing the door and reading the Five Classics?"
The Lord Bai and Lord Gao that Luo Bin refers to naturally refer to Bai Wang and Gao Yigong.
In fact, apart from the two of them, others like Fang Yiren, Guo Junzhen, Hao Yaoqi, Ma Bao, Yan Xin and others would be called by Li Laiheng to give one or two classes at Suiying School whenever they had time.
The content of the course is not limited to the teaching outline that Li Laiheng set for Li Polu and others earlier. Instead, it can be improvised and anything can be taught.
For example, Fang Yiren sometimes tells a story about history, and sometimes tells the story of a political strategist in "Warring States Policy". Bai Wang and Gao Yigong also talk about the fields they are best at. Bai Wang in particular will explain the camp field to the students.
The mystery of the new law allowed the policy of the Chuang Army to be implemented even more.
What's more, there are many young people of similar age gathered in Suiying School, and the course content is not limited to the rigid Five Classics, but also takes into account geography, agriculture, military affairs, physical fitness... There are many projects, and a careful teacher like Li Polu
Being able to teach through fun and get along well with the students, it is not surprising that there are students like Luo Bin who are unwilling to go home during the holidays.
Having tasted a new life, he would naturally feel disgusted with the days spent studying at home.
But Li Polu still felt dumbfounded by this. Luo Bin was able to get used to and love the life in Suiying School, which shows that Li Laiheng's plan to transform and educate the children of the gentry was very successful, but Li Polu did not have the authority to keep students in the school.
Soon, an elder from the Luo family will come to your door. How do you want him to explain?
If this further intensifies the conflict between the rebel army and the gentry class, leading to rebellion, wouldn't it be unnecessary?
Therefore, Li Polu touched Luo Bin's head and comforted him and said: "Qingping, the New Year is coming soon. You like your life at Suiying School, which is the best thing. But the New Year is about to come, you
My family and elders must also miss you very much. Everyone is waiting for you to come home and have a good meal. Besides, if I leave you in the school, your family will come to suspect that the intruders are taking hostages and want to do something.
What bad thing can't happen?"
Luo Bin usually didn't seem to talk much and had a gentle temperament, but now he seemed a little stubborn. He argued with Li Polu many times and seemed to want to stay in Suiying School to celebrate the New Year no matter what.
Li Polu found it even more difficult to understand this. He explained that once the annual vacation was over, Luo Bin would naturally go back to school to study. Why rush? It would be bad if something happened.
But Luo Bin still insisted on arguing and did not want to go home. He made a loud noise and attracted many students who were still in the school building. One of them was wearing rags and looked to be the same age.
A young man about the same age as Luo Bin rushed over and gave Luo Bin a hand, urging him not to talk back to the teacher again.
"Just go home!" The young man, who seemed to have a much worse background than the gentleman Luo Bin, also persuaded Luo Bin to go home. "There are not many orphans in the school, but the cubs are next door. There is no home to go back to."
There are still a lot of people here, I can just play with them."
At this time, Li Polu gradually understood the situation. This young man was also his student. His name was Li Weiqun. He was a villager in the Dabie Mountains. His family members were all killed by officials and gentry because of their participation in anti-grain activities, so they were reduced to
He was an orphan, but fortunately he was selected by Li Laiheng to attend Suiying School, and his life got better.
Li Wei, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, was much taller than the handsome Luo Bin. Li Polu did not expect that the two of them would actually meet. And it seems that Luo Bin, the son of a gentleman, insisted on staying here just for the sake of his friends.
Celebrate the New Year in school.
With all the emotion in his heart, Teacher Li patted the two of them on the head at the same time and emphasized: "Qing Ping goes home well to celebrate the New Year. Li Weiqun, you can celebrate the New Year with me. There are also many teachers who have no family members and have to stay in the school. You guys
It will never be deserted or boring by then.”
Luo Bin wanted to say something more, but Li Weiqun pushed him several times and forced him out of the door. He had no choice but to hang his head in despair and gave up his plan to celebrate the New Year at Suiying School.
Li Polu was worried that Luo Bin would not return home well, so he sent him out personally. Halfway through the two of them, it started to snow again in Macheng. Li Polu asked on a whim: "How do you know Li Weiqun? You guys?"
How did we have such a good friendship? This thing really makes me curious."
"Ah, are you talking about Awei? He is about the same age as me. He is a very powerful person. I admire him the most!"
"Oh? What do you admire about him?"
"He knows how to catch birds. Awei taught me to use a short stick to prop up a big bamboo plaque and scatter the grains. When the birds came to eat, I would just pull the rope tied to the stick from a distance and the birds would catch them.
Under the bamboo plaque, we caught a lot of things, including chickens, horned pheasants, partridges, blue-backed... everything."
Luo Bin thought of Li Weiqun's supernatural powers and admired the endless strange things in his heart. He told Li Polu: "Awei also knows how to fish with a fork. He is very agile and can also shoot arrows. I and him
I learned a lot and I really admire you."
As Luo Bin spoke, his face turned red and he looked particularly excited.
This made Li Polu feel inexplicably sentimental for a while. He was a hereditary officer in the Guards. He remembered that when he was a child, he seemed to have had such a friend.
That friend's name was Shui Sheng. Li Polu remembered that he was from a military household near his home. When he was a child, he often took Li Polu to the fields to steal melons. One time when they were stealing melons, they encountered a badger that looked particularly ferocious.
Polu was also bitten on his leg, which still has scars. It was Shui Sheng who saved him with a fork.
The more Li Polu recalled, the clearer his memory became. But he also remembered it very clearly. Later, like his father, he became an officer in the imperial court and was considered a master, while Shui Sheng was still a military household. In his impression, it seemed that he was a soldier during a certain time when Donglu invaded.
He was taken away when he was young, and even now, he still doesn’t know whether he is dead or still alive.
He has become a master, but Shui Sheng is still a military servant. Naturally, it is impossible for the two to be friends again.
Will Luo Bin and Li Weiqun do the same?
However, Shao Hushuai seems to be very partial to the poor. Villagers like Li Weiqun can also study together with the children of the gentry family. Will it be different in the future?
But Li Polu thought of something else. He heard someone say that when Taizu Hongwu was still alive in the early days of the Republic of China, Emperor Taizu also loved and favored the poor. However, within a few years, the world was not as it should be.
So.
What's more, how can Shao Hushuai be compared with Taizu Hongwu?
He sent Luo Bin back to his mansion and looked at the snowflakes gradually piling up on the street. He suddenly felt a chill. The way the world had been since ancient times would not change no matter how many years passed.
Even if the master is embarrassed for a moment, if you give him time, he will still be the master in the future.
Even if the poor get money for a while, they will eventually become poor again before long.