After the class was over, the two gentlemen began to chat about their two children.
"What do you think of these two children?" the pottery merchant asked Guo Jiadao with a smile.
Guo Jia rubbed his chin, raised his eyebrows slightly, and began to think about the abilities of these two boys.
"They are all good seedlings, and each has his or her own strengths."
The pottery merchant leaned forward and asked curiously: "Why do each of them have their own strengths?"
Guo Jia took the wine gourd from behind and began to drink by himself. After drinking, he slowly began to analyze the pottery merchant: "Your great disciple Sima Yi is lively and active, good at thinking, and quite talented.
In the city government, if you are in government in the future, you will definitely be a good hand. Although Guo is a profligate, he usually does not misjudge people. When Sima Yi grows up, if he can be his opponent in political battles, I am afraid that he will be in the world.
few."
Tao Shang deeply felt the poison in Guo Jia's eyes, nodded and said: "Brother Qian is right, Sima Yi is indeed a combination of movement and stillness. I think so too. What about Zhuge Liang?"
When Zhuge Liang was mentioned, Guo Jia's expression completely changed.
There seemed to be a very appreciative smile on the corner of the prodigal son's lips.
"Zhuge Liang is really a conscientious boy. His ideas and vision in politics are very outstanding, and his thoughts are also extremely sharp. When Guo was as old as him, he couldn't come up with his unique insights.
This child's ability is far superior to that of Sima Yi, but this child has a problem, that is, he is too serious about doing things, and he is a little stick to the rules. This is a flaw, but people always have advantages and disadvantages.
As a perfect person, if you want to change some things, it won’t happen overnight.”
The potter nodded and said: "No matter what their personalities are, they are only talents of the next generation. When they grow up to be able to stand alone, this chaotic world may be over.
When the time comes for peace and quiet, it will depend on how these two children find their place."
Guo Jia laughed heartily and said cheerfully: "If you want to make good use of the world's talents, you need to have a good system and control. There is always a balance struggle between masters and servants. In Guo's opinion,
, no one can do it perfectly, but they can continue to improve. Just like the problem you are facing today, it is actually a problem faced by every prince among the princes in the world. What do you think about the nobles in Xuzhou?
There is a taboo, but how can one know that the nobles under Yuan Shao are extremely powerful. Yuan Shao is in a whirlpool and can only rely on the nobles under him to act without any bias. Compared with him,
Your situation is nothing more than a drop of water, not worth mentioning."
The pottery merchant generally understood what Guo Jia meant.
If you want to have balance and stability when dealing with your subordinates, the most important thing is the system and skills. The balance point must be just right.
The world is vast, and no prince is like this. The things I am doing now are indeed not difficult.
If he is really lucky enough to survive until the end of the troubled times, then according to Tao Shang's opinion, he will have a set of means to restrict the power of his subordinates and the power of the nobles and ministers.
After all, there are many people like this in later dynasties.
Perhaps the most worthy of reference are the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Let’s talk about the final word when the time comes.
"My godbrother, in addition to these two children, there may be another person coming to our Jinling City after a while. This person is very important to me. I hope my godbrother can help me take care of him. When I have nothing to do,
You can also teach him more skills. I hope he can develop his talents in the shortest possible time."
Guo Jia was surprised at first when he heard this, and then thought about it carefully, with a look of horror suddenly appearing on his face.
"You're talking about your younger brother, Tao Ying, right?"
A happy smile appeared on the corner of the pottery merchant's mouth.
"My dear brother, you are so smart. I can't hide anything from you. You guessed it right away. It's amazing!"
Guo Jia's expression was as if he had swallowed a big, fat, tender fly.
It means how disgusting it is.
"That younger brother of yours...is really talented. Guo doesn't seem to have much talent to teach him, right?"
The potter's smile became deeper and deeper: "My godbrother is too modest. My godbrother is so talented and capable. My brother can't finish learning from you in a hundred years. I'm afraid that boy will trouble you in the future."
There are still a lot of things to do.”
When Guo Jia heard this, he wanted to cry but had no tears.
Guo Jia had seen that idiot before when he was in Pengcheng.
In Guo Jia's eyes, the child and the potter were completely different beings.
How to describe it...
If it were true that the potter wanted to train that boy to become a talented person, it could be said to be a complete idiot's dream, and everyone could see this.
The man surnamed Tao and his father don’t know what’s wrong with them!
"What official position do you want your brother to have?"
Tao Shang thought seriously for a while and suddenly said: "If one day, my official position is enough, there must be a governor to restrain the generals and civil servants under my command."
Guo Jia almost spat blood on the ground.
Train your brother to be a governor?
Playing!
Just as he was about to find a reason to reject this impossible task, he heard footsteps behind him, and Guo Jia and the potter couldn't help but look towards the main entrance of the hall at the same time.
But he saw that it was little Zhuge Liang who had just left the prefect's mansion, but he came back at some point.
He stood at the door of the hall and looked anxiously at the pottery merchant and Guo Jia who were sitting inside and talking, his eyes full of timidity.
When the pottery merchant saw Zhuge Liang leaving and returning, he felt a little curious.
"Liang'er, why are you back?"
Guo Jia couldn't help but feel a chill all over his body when he heard the pottery merchant talking.
Liang'er?
Zhuge Liang walked into the main hall, bowed to Tao Shang and Guo Jia respectively, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Teacher, Mr. Guo, the student has figured out something in the room these days, and he feels that it is quite interesting.
, I want to show it to the teacher and Mr. Guo and make some corrections."
"Something?" Guo Jia was stunned when he heard this, then smiled and said: "Is it some military strategy or policy implementation? Let me show it to Guo!"
After saying that, he stretched out his hand towards Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment, then handed the white silk in his hand to Guo Jia.
Guo Jia opened it with a smile, but after glancing up and down a few times, his face immediately turned dark.
But when Guo Jia walked to the table dissatisfied, he slammed the white silk in his hand onto the table. The sound was so loud that even the pottery merchant was startled.
What's wrong with this prodigal son?
Guo Jia turned around and said with rare seriousness: "Zhuge Liang! It is said in "Shangshu" that playing with people loses morality and playing with things loses one's ambition! Do you understand this truth?"
Zhuge Liang's face turned a little pale, he lowered his head in aggrieved manner, pouted and said nothing.
However, Guo Jia did not soften his tone at all because of Zhuge Liang's grievance, but continued to criticize seriously: "Master Taiping accepted you as his disciple, and Guo gave you all his teachings. Why? To make you
Have great ambitions and become grand! You should know how much Mr. Taiping expects from you! The school office has been established for less than a year, and you must know a lot about how many things there require Guo's ideals, but Guo thinks you are capable
You are a talented person, so I took the time out of my busy schedule to teach you!"
The pottery merchant stood aside, coughed heavily, and said in a low voice: "Brother Guo, I remember you said a few days ago that this was a bad and tiring job..."
Guo Jia's face suddenly stiffened.
Turning his head mechanically, Guo Jia stared helplessly at the pottery merchant.
"Mr. Tao, Mr. Tao... when Guo is educating the children, could you please be silent? You are so unethical. How can Guo be dignified in front of the children in the future?"
The potter shook his head helplessly, stood up and walked to Guo Jia's desk, picked up the white silk he had just thrown on the desk, and looked at it carefully.
I saw that there were not many words written on it, but it was an analysis drawing of an object. It looked a bit like a strange object made of a bunch of wooden strips interspersed.
"What an obscene skill!" Guo Jia snorted dissatisfiedly: "You are really alienated from the right path! This brat really deserves to be beaten!"
The pottery merchant ignored Guo Jia's muttering. He walked to Zhuge Liang, patted the child's shoulder to encourage him, and asked: "Liang'er, what you drew in this picture seems to be based on a Luban lock.
Is the teacher right?"
Hearing this, Zhuge Liang's small eyes, which had been dim just now, suddenly radiated a little brilliance. He nodded vigorously and said, "Does the teacher recognize this object?"
The potter's face was filled with a smile: "We know each other more or less. Tell me, teacher, what's going on?"
Zhuge Liang timidly looked at the dark-faced Guo Jia beside him. He seemed to be a little hesitant, but under the encouraging eyes of the pottery merchant, he still plucked up the courage to explain to the pottery merchant.
"Teacher, this thing is a toy created by the disciples by referring to the mortise and tenon structure in architecture. It is mainly used for disassembly and assembly. There are six pieces of wood on it, which can be assembled and disassembled into different shapes. You see...
What I draw here is how it is played. I made a mold. Teacher, although it only has a few pieces of wood, it actually has to be assembled and disassembled into various shapes, which is extremely difficult..."
Of course the pottery merchant knew it was not easy.
There are various types of Luban locks, some with six locks and some with nine locks. Choosing some of them to complete the "six-joint tenon, seven-star knot and eight-point buckle" requires careful thinking and thinking.
This kind of thing, like the Rubik's Cube in later generations, is extremely beneficial to developing the brain and making fingers flexible. It is a very high-end educational toy.
Guo Jia murmured dissatisfiedly on the side, but the pottery merchant ignored him and said to Zhuge Liang: "Liang'er, tell the teacher, do you like making inventions very much?"
Zhuge Liang was confused after hearing this and tilted his little head to look at him curiously.
The potter continued to explain to him: "Is that what it means to make all kinds of weird things?"
Zhuge Liang bit his lip, hesitated for a long time, and then whispered: "Actually, students are interested in these things, but my eldest brother originally said that this was a strange and obscene technique, not considered the right way, and he wouldn't let me do it, and today Mr. Guo also
said……"
"You don't have to listen to them... let's go, I will lead you to a place!" Tao Shang smiled and took Zhuge Liang's hand and walked out of the hall, leaving Guo Jia alone behind, stomping his feet angrily.
shouted.
"Just get used to it! You are a very good young man, but you have led him astray!"