Early the next morning, the large group of people in Yizhou City began to move out.
The old men each chose a place to stay. After leaving the border of Yizhou, they watched Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan make arrangements for their important children before they left.
As for Yizhou, there was no need for others to stay there. The local people in charge of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan would do it well.
The children who had eaten in the same hall yesterday were now following Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan on both sides of the carriage. Each of them was holding a few pages of paper with words on them. They needed to answer the questions.
A few thin pages of paper weighed almost a thousand kilograms to them. After they finished answering, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan would make arrangements based on their answers, including where to go or stay.
They were nervous. Yesterday, they were not qualified to eat on the same floor. Yesterday, the other children on the same floor were envious of them.
Because of the limited resources of the family and different parents at birth, each person's performance in front of the elders was different. Naturally, the cultivation they could receive was different. This was the origin of people's grades.
"Grandfather, I don't accept this." When the group was moving, a child rushed to the side of an open mule carriage and shouted to an old man on the carriage.
The old man frowned and glared at him coldly. He scolded, "Go back to the group."
"No, I don't accept this. I have always been the best at school in the family. In the end, you didn't let me enter the Imperial College and sent the second brother of the first branch there. Last autumn, when the students of the Imperial College held a poetry competition in the Hibiscus Garden, I also participated in the competition. My poem and word beat the top three students of the Imperial College. You still don't care about me. Is it because I'm a concubine's son? Is it because my mother is a concubine? "
The person who came to question gathered his courage and shouted loudly. Perhaps he knew that this was the last chance.
"Go back, or you will be expelled from the family." The old man was unmoved.
"I … I …"
"You are Grandpa Xu's younger brother, right? Come here, come here. Let me ask you. " Just when the boy didn't know how to choose, Wang Juan's voice came from Zhang Xiaobao's carriage in front.
"Hurry up." Nearby, Bi Gou urged.
"Grandfather?" The kid looked at his grandfather.
"Well, answer me properly. Otherwise, you'll be punished for both crimes." The old man wasn't stupid enough to stop his grandson's one chance. He temporarily suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart from just now.
When the kid ran over, Wang Juan and Zhang Xiaobao had already gotten off the car. The whole team stopped moving at the same time.
"Come to sister. Tell sister, how old is our Yi Long this year?" Wang Juan smiled as she looked at the young man who rushed over. She called him Yi Long. He was the grandson of Xu Jian from Jixian Courtyard. Xu Jian did not 'retire', but he had nothing to do usually. He was a Secondary Class Rank 2 official, Guanglu Grand Doctor.
Xu Yilong did not dare to look at Wang Juan directly, mainly because Wang Juan was too beautiful and had a special status.
"Say something, little brother Yilong. How can you give a girl's name?" Wang Juan continued.
"No … no, it's to let me always be like a jade, with a clear voice and a good appearance. It's also better to break my body than to be dishonored. That's why I'm called Yi Long. You … how did you know my name is Xu Yilong?" Xu Yilong lowered her head and explained. Then, she asked curiously.
"I guessed. I was sitting in the car and heard a voice. I guessed who had such a nice voice. Ah, it's Grandpa Xu's precious grandson, Yi Long. How old are you this year?" Wang Juan was still talking like she was coaxing a child.
Xu Yilong shook her body discontentedly, "I'm going to be 15 soon. I'm not a child."
"Yes, yes, yes. Our Yi Long is an adult. Can you let me ask you a few questions?" Wang Juan smiled and said softly.
Xu Yilong lowered her head, "Okay, okay."
The people around them all focused on them, wanting to see what Xiao Bao would ask.
Zhang Xiaobao stepped forward a few steps, reached out and patted Xu Yilong's head, and asked, "The first question, you said that there must be someone to learn from. Choose the good one and change, and follow the bad one. What does that mean?"
Others were stunned after hearing it. Xu Yilong was also confused and said cautiously, "You asked the wrong question. It means to choose the good one and follow it. It doesn't mean …"
"Answer the question." Zhang Xiaobao interrupted Xu Yilong's correction.
"It's … it's … I don't know." Xu Yilong had never encountered such a question. It was obviously the wrong question, but she still needed to answer according to the wrong answer. What was she supposed to answer?
Zhang Xiaobao shook his head disappointedly and said, "You need to use your brain. Okay, I'll answer the first question for you. It means that this is the way of being an official. When three people walk together, there must be one who can learn from me. When three people walk together, they must all have the idea that I can be their teacher. As for me, as their teacher, I have to choose what is good and correct. In other words, I have to correct what they say. Otherwise, how can I show my ability? Follow the bad one, which means that they did something wrong, but I forgive them, which shows my generosity. This is the way of being an official. If you want to be an official, you should work together. "
"Ah?" Xu Yilong opened her mouth wide and was not nervous. She was not intimidated by Wang Juan's beauty. Her whole person was in a state of shock.
"You don't believe it, right? If you don't believe it, ask your grandfather. Go. "Zhang Xiaobao motioned Xu Yilong to go back to his grandfather Xu Jian and ask.
Xu Yilong did not go back, but turned her head.
"Listen to your brother Xiao Bao and answer with your heart." Xu Jian did not say whether it was right or wrong, but let his grandson continue to answer the question.
This showed that he had acquiesced to Zhang Xiaobao's words. The other old men sighed almost at the same time. Being an official was like this. If you want to have a foothold in the imperial court, you have to be shameless. How many people can be like Zhang Zhong and treat the minister as free and easy? Only because his son was Xiao Bao. So no one dared to oppose what Zhang Zhong did, and no one dared to stab him in the back. Otherwise, they would have to face the overwhelming attacks of Zhang Xiaobao. The Minister of Revenue, Wang Qi, and the rest could be used as a comparison.
Zhang Xiaobao did not care what others thought, and continued to say to Xu Yilong, "Do you want to continue to answer?"
Xu Yilong nodded, took a deep breath, and made himself nervous.
"Well, let me ask you, there must be someone to learn from when three people walk together. What does it mean to choose the good one and follow the bad one?" Zhang Xiaobao asked again.
Xu Yilong was still confused after hearing it, but he did not dare to say that the other party had asked the wrong question. His two hands clasped together and kept twisting with each other, thinking hard in his heart.
Others were also thinking about the question Zhang Xiaobao asked. What did it mean? What was going on?
After a while, Xu Yilong replied dejectedly, "I … I don't know."
"It means that this is the way of business. When a businessman sees people, 70% smiles, and 30% is kindness. That is to say, to treat everyone who spends money to buy your things, or who may spend money to buy your things in the future, you have to respect them like you respect a teacher, and make them feel comfortable. Then, no matter whether the other party is right or wrong, you have to obey, or they will not buy your things. Of course, this obedience is learned. Obedience is not the same as flattery. "
Zhang Xiaobao explained again.
"I see." Xu Yilong nodded.
"Well, let me ask you the third question. What does it mean to choose the good one and follow the bad one?" Zhang Xiaobao gestured for Xu Yilong to answer.
When others heard it, they felt that Xu Yilong was lucky. Zhang Xiaobao finally asked a normal question, as long as he answered according to what he learned.
Xu Yilong was even more nervous. He had always been smart. Through the two questions just now, he found that he could not answer according to common sense. Otherwise, Zhang Xiaobao would be disappointed. Then he would have no chance and would go back to accept the family punishment.
After thinking about it, Xu Yilong plucked up his courage and answered, "It means that when three people walk together, there must be something that I can be their teacher. That is to say, everyone has shortcomings. As for me, when I see what they do well, I will praise them. When I see what they do not do well, I will help them change it. "
"Very good. I am very satisfied with your answer to the third question. Let me ask you again. What does' Heaven's Blessing, Silent and Odorless' mean?" Zhang Xiaobao then asked another question.
Other than those who were too young, everyone knew that Zhang Xiaobao was asking about the Book of Songs, and the meaning was equally clear. It was saying that when Heaven did things, there was no sound and no taste. Unknowingly, in some sense, it could be compared to Shangshan Ruoshui.
But they knew that when Zhang Xiaobao asked, it was obviously not the answer he wanted.
Xu Yilong thought about it for a quarter of an hour, raised his head and said, "Heaven is born from thunder and rain. The father is the son's heaven, the husband is the wife's heaven, the official is the people's heaven, the monarch is the subject's heaven. What you mean is that when we are in charge of things, even if we do something wrong, we will not allow the people below to express any dissatisfaction. "
With a 'pa' sound, Zhang Xiaobao's hand patted Xu Yilong's shoulder and pressed down hard. He said happily, "Great, the answer is great. So, when we get out and encounter a fork in the road, I will let someone arrange for you to go to Tonghua County in Maozhou. Xiaobei and the others are there. You can go and play with them. They have all kinds of people around them. Let's see how much you can learn."
Xu Yilong did not show a happy expression. He originally planned to let Zhang Xiaobao arrange a good thing for him to do. Why did he run to play with children?
"Why don't you thank Brother Xiao Bao? Stupid." Xu Yilong's grandfather, Xu Jian, was happy instead. His eyebrows flew to both sides as he shouted at his ignorant grandson.
"Yes, yes, thank you Brother Xiao Bao." Xu Yilong had to obediently thank him.
"And Big Sister, we have to thank Big Sister too." Wang Juan also wanted to thank her.
Xu Yilong's face turned red. He lowered his head and said in a mosquito-like voice, "Thank you, sister."
"Let's go back, let's hurry." Wang Juan finished and pulled Zhang Xiaobao to the car. The team continued to move forward.
Xu Yilong wanted to go to the team that just came, but was immediately called by his grandfather.
"Yilong, you are considered to be successful in the future. Work hard yourself. If there is a need, the family can provide resources. After all, you gave up a place. I originally planned to arrange it for you when you are 15 years old. Now it's not necessary. I can arrange other people in the family in your original position. In this case, other resources can be tilted to you. "
Xu Jian finally said to his grandson what was in his heart. As a scholar of Jixian Courtyard, how could he not train the children in the family? It was just that there must be a sequence.
If possible, how could he not arrange all the children in the family? But during the fight during the meal yesterday, he did not even care about his face. He owed a big favor and pushed the first child in the family to Xiao Bao and Cuckoo.
If he wanted to arrange other people, his face was worthless. How could it be easy to return the favor of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang family? If he asked for more, what would he use to return it?
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