The House of the Prince of An.
Everyone was a little confused.
The second generation in particular were a little dumbfounded.
They were a little surprised when Xu Qingnian’s gaze shone with purple light, but what Xu Qingnian said shocked them even more.
This son had the qualifications of a great scholar?
What was a great scholar? It was not that they didn’t know what a great scholar was, he was a man who could reach the heavens and walk in a bullying manner.
Don’t look at them all day long and abuse these rotten Confucians, but in reality? Anyone who hangs out in Kyoto knows that the safest people in the court are these Confucian students.
Why?
Unless they committed a heinous crime, they could only say a few wrong words or take the wrong side, even if they spat in the face of the emperor.
The problem is that if you go back home, your prestige will grow, and people will say that you are not afraid of power and that you dislike even the emperor for the sake of the people.
Do the people know what court politics is? They don’t, and when a Confucian opens his mouth and speaks with a clever tongue, he is instantly so powerful that he is completely comfortable for the rest of his life.
Because what do Confucians fight for? The more the emperor scolded them, the happier they actually became, and after scolding them today, they wrote articles in the evening and then showed them to the world’s literati.
This tactic is simply invincible, because after all is said and done, the people behind them are the saints, the literati of the world, the people of learning.
So they actually envied this group of Confucians, and furthermore, regardless of whether the Northern Expedition was fought or not, once the country settled down, then the status of Confucian officials would rise even more and sit firmly on the fishing platform.
The example of the previous dynasties is still recorded in the history books, so even though they were rude on the surface, behind their backs they envied these Confucian students and wished that their families could produce a great Confucian.
Even if the Duke’s family really dies in a hundred years, with a great scholar in their family, at least they will not be extinct.
This is how it is in the imperial court, you enjoy the most extreme things in the world, but also have to bear the most terrible things in the world, full of family beheadings, extinct sons and grandsons, there are still a lot of ancient and modern exchanges?
There are no permanent dynasties, no permanent princes of state, but there are permanent Confucians, and it is because of this that the world wants its children to be able to study and become Confucian students, they want to enter government through study.
Even if they hate Confucianism, they can’t help that they have saints and the hearts of the people.
So when they heard Xu Qingnian say this, everyone was confused.
The Duke of An, in particular, looked at Xu Qingnian with a slightly odd look in his eyes.
“Nephew Qingnian, what did you say just now? I’m old, I can’t hear you well.”
Although he hoped that his offspring would produce a scholar, the problem was that in a family like his own, how could he possibly produce a scholar?
All of them were idle, and they would always run to the military camp to spill their guts.
“Your Majesty! When I saw this son, I felt something different, and when I was curious, I used my Confucian divine power to open my spiritual eyes to see his literary qi pulse.”
“I found that this son has the talent of a great scholar, Your Excellency An, what I said is absolutely true, and I would never dare to deceive Your Excellency.
Xu Qingnian said very seriously.
He had indeed just taken a look at the young man in purple with his Confucian God’s Eye, but in fact, he could not see anything at all.
But the reason why he dared to say this, Xu Qingnian was not making it up, what is the saying? There is no bad student, only a teacher who can’t teach, although this saying is a bit too absolute.
But this saying also has a certain meaning, whether a person can read or not, talent is naturally important, but the later cultivation and effort is also important.
Living in this kind of family, one day they follow their eldest uncle to hunt, the next day they follow their second uncle to the military camp, the day after that they follow their third uncle to practice martial arts, and the day after that they follow a group of young friends out to play.
Under such an educational environment, even if you have talent, you will lose it, right?
Xu Qingnian had read a book on parenting in his previous life, and he agreed with the saying that as long as children are not born with problems, then at least they will not lag too far behind others, and if you insist on comparing them with geniuses, there is nothing you can do.
Is it really because children are not smart if they don’t want to read? Ninety-nine percent of them are just playful. Look at other emperors, but all of them are bright kings, which one of them did not suffer from childhood to grow up, and look at the descendants of these Confucian officials.
The main thing is that you are forced to study all the time. Unless you are stupid, you will never fail to know the most basic knowledge.
Furthermore what kind of world is this? These people don’t cultivate mathematics, science and chemistry at all, so how bad can they be if they really study seriously?
So Xu Qingnian was right, teaching a great Confucian might be a bit of an exaggeration, but teaching a Confucian student out was no problem at all.
Originally, Duke An was still slightly suspicious, thinking that Xu Qingnian was suddenly talking like this to please himself, or that Xu Qingnian had some other purpose.
But Xu Qingnian spoke with conviction and even swore an oath, which was no joke.
“Brother Qingnian, are you saying that my son has the talent of a great Confucian?”
A middle-aged man stood up, fully one meter nine, and looked at Xu Qingnian with a look of shock and expectation in his eyes.
This was the son of the Duke of China, Li Bing, and the young man in purple was his eldest son. To be honest, he never thought that his son had any talent for studying, although he did let him go to school.
But after he went to private school, he was tossed about all sorts of nonsense, causing headaches and finally had to ask him to come back, so he didn’t think about it anymore.
However, today Xu Qingnian said that his son had the talent of a great scholar, how could he not be shocked?
How could he not be shocked? If his son had the qualifications of a great scholar, he would be the father of a great scholar? In the future, he would be a father to his son, wouldn’t he? Thinking of this, he was excited.
After all, who wouldn’t want to see their son become a dragon?
“En, although I am not knowledgeable, but after I have clarified my intention, I can see the talent of the Confucian God’s Eye, so this son does have the talent of a great Confucian.”
Xu Qingnian said with a serious face.
When this was said, Li Bing was even more excited, and he hurriedly looked at his father and said.
“Father, did you hear that? My son has the talent of a great Confucian, our family is going to have a Confucian student.”
Li Bing was extremely excited, if a great Confucian really came out, their Duke of An would be the best in both literature and martial arts, and their family would be the number one in the entire Wei dynasty, so what merit or lack of merit, F**k off, if you are capable of producing a great Confucian.
The Duke of An ignored his own son, but stood up and said with some excitement, “Nephew Qingnian, please help, take a closer look.”
It’s not that he doesn’t believe Xu Qingnian, but mainly because his grandson is his eldest grandson, and he has seen him since he was a child, so he believes him when he says he is smart and resourceful.
But if you say this brat has Confucian talent, then he won’t believe it.
“Good.”
Xu Qingnian nodded, and then the purple Hao Rang Qi coalesced in his eyes, and in a flash the Confucian Dao God’s Eyes opened, bluffing was first cla*s, and it did indeed bluff the crowd.
They were martial artists and did not know much about Confucianism, and most Confucianists did not even understand what the Confucian God’s Eyes were.
But Xu Qingnian had gathered his eyes with unparalleled majesty, at least in terms of image, and there was nothing halfway wrong with it.
After a while, Xu Qingnian withdrew his gaze, and his eyes were filled with even more determination.
“Your Excellency An, the student has carefully examined it and there will be no mistake, this son has the qualifications of a great scholar.”
Xu Qingnian said seriously.
Sure enough, once this was said, the crowd became even more delighted.
In particular, the Duke of An even laughed loudly.
“Good, good, good, good, good, good, I didn’t expect that our Li family had finally produced a scholar, not bad, not bad.”
“Hahahaha, come, come, have someone hurry up and fetch two hundred year old cellars, today I am happy and have to drink a few gla*ses, nephew Qingxian, don’t leave tonight, stay well here, I must entertain and treat you personally.”
An Guo opened his heart, he was happy from the bottom of his heart, he totally believed what Xu Qingnian said.
When Xu Qingnian opened his Confucian divine eyes, he had a feeling that it was indeed an extraordinary divine ability that could not be faked.
Moreover, Xu Qingnian did not need to use this to please himself, and he would not get any substantial benefit.
Most of all, he also thought of one thing: although he was a rough man, and although his own son was also a rough man, isn’t there a saying that wealth does not last for three generations, and poverty does not last for three generations?
It is the same with the martial arts, three generations can’t all be martial, right? How can we not have a Confucian scholar? Why couldn’t he produce a scholar?
Combining these three points, Lord An was certain of one thing.
Xu Qingnian was an honest man, and as we all know, honest people don’t lie to others.
Hahahahahahahaha.
The An Guo Gong was very happy, even happier still was Li Bing, he pulled his son, you do not say, before he looked at his son, he felt that he was a naughty goods, usually just know to provoke himself angry.
But now that he saw him, he was just like the Star of Literature coming down to earth. My son has the talent of a great scholar.
Some of the people next to him were smiling, but a few of them were not particularly happy, which was normal, as it was not their own son after all.
A few women even nudged their Sangha and made two glances, the latter instantly understood and hurriedly got up and looked at Xu Qingnian.
“Brother Qingnian, can you help my son take a look?”
“Yes, yes, brother Qingnian, we’ve seen it all anyway, why don’t you help my son see if he has talent.”
Several of the State Duke’s sons couldn’t hold back and wanted Xu Qingnian to help take a look as well, although this was a bit impolite, even the State Duke of An couldn’t stop it.
Yes, there were so many of his own grandchildren, so maybe there was another one?
However, Xu Qingnian frowned slightly and looked at the young man in purple, who also looked at Xu Qingnian, and suddenly, a strange look appeared in his eyes, as he remembered who Xu Qingnian was.
Wasn’t he the one who had been robbed by himself at the city gate?
Only before the words could be spoken, Xu Qingnian’s voice rang out.
“Just that, Duke of State, there is something I don’t know if I should say.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and with one sentence, the crowd fell silent, especially Li Bing and Duke An, while their faces looked a little heavy, after all, Xu Qingnian’s face did not look too good.
“Nephew Qingnian, just say what you have, it doesn’t matter, what big storms have I never seen?”
“Yes, brother Qingnian, if there is any problem, you say it.”
The two spoke up one after another, they did not know what Xu Qingnian’s sudden turn of phrase meant.
Hearing the two men’s words, Xu Qingnian coughed slightly, followed by arching his hand and saying.
“In that case, then the student will speak.”
“Duke of State, Shizi, although this son has the talent of a great scholar, I have just observed his talent luck and found that he is broken in three places.”
“In other words, there will be three things that will cause him to fail to advance to Great Confucian.”
Xu Qingnian spoke up, stating the reason for his frown.
“Which three things?”
Duke An asked.
“First, family power, Duke of State, Shizi, the student would like to ask if the youngest Shizi is overly spoiled?” Xu Qingnian spoke up.
When this was said, the crowd froze.
“Brother Qingnian, this …… is indeed a bit spoiled, but even if you beat him, the boy is very skinny.”
Li Bing said stiffly, in fact, the doting is not him, it is his father, that is, An Guo Gong, intergenerational relatives all understand, but he could not say his old man doting on his grandson, in front of outsiders still have to care about face.
“Sure enough.”
Xu Qingnian shook his head and sighed.
But then someone else spoke up.
“Brother Qingnian, the child is still young, so there’s nothing wrong with spoiling him or her a little, right?”
Someone didn’t understand and said so, thinking that spoiling a child was not a big problem, so how could it be related to the Great Confucian?
But as soon as he said this, Xu Qingnian immediately shook his head and said with a firm expression.
“No!”
“The reason is that a son does not teach his father, to educate a child, absolutely can not spoil, after all, urchin nature, reading cares about talent and natural ability, this is innate, but the acquired diligent learning can not be missing.”
“Let me give you an example. In my county, there was once a child who was extremely gifted and could compose poetry at the age of five.
“But by the time he reached adulthood, not only did he fail to achieve any distinction, but he had even become unruly and presumptuous because of his parents’ excessive spoiling, and he even stole from others and was eventually sentenced to prison.”
“In terms of the art of war, when you first join the military, if you want to build up your career, you have to kill the enemy in battle, but I would like to ask your Excellency, after a person has killed the enemy to a certain extent and has built up a great military reputation, what should he do next?”
Xu Qingnian did not say it directly, but asked the Duke of An.
“Enter the Ministry of War and learn the art of war.”
Duke An Guoguo directly said these six words.
Going into battle to kill the enemy and build up merit was very hot-blooded talk, but in reality, true merit was not gained by killing people, but based on the results of war.
Unless you are so fierce that you can overthrow the opponent’s army of a million by yourself, then killing a hundred enemies is already the limit, as for the so-called killing three thousand enemies and killing ten thousand enemies, these are not something that one person can do, but a small-scale war can do.
So when you repeatedly kill enemy generals, you understand war, you get promoted, then after that it is to learn the art of war, how to lead a team of a hundred men, a team of a thousand men, or even an army of tens of thousands, a hundred thousand or a million in battle.
“What the state duke said is extremely true, an ordinary soldier who goes into battle to kill the enemy and understand war, then he has to learn the art of war.”
“In other words, this son has the talent of a great scholar, but excessive pampering will make him only know how to kill the enemy, but not the art of war; in that case, he will only be a vanguard general until his death, but not a marshal of soldiers and horses.”
“Do you all understand?”
Xu Qingnian explained for the crowd, and deliberately used the Art of War to explain it, lest anyone should not understand.
Indeed, with such an explanation the crowd instantly understood.
“What Qingnian’s nephew said is extremely true, old man understands.”
In fact, the first sentence Xu Qingnian spoke, he understood what Xu Qingnian meant, and at that moment, Duke An looked at Li Bing viciously and angrily and rebuked.
“Normally, you pamper Fan’er in every way, you obviously have such great talent, and you almost got him killed.”
“From now on, all of you listen, no more spoiling Fan’er, whoever spoils Fan’er, I will break both of his legs.”
Duke An roared angrily, scolding everyone.
The crowd was a bit puzzled, it was you who spoiled Fan’er the most, how could you blame us?
But it was good to know this in their hearts, they didn’t dare to say it openly.
“Grandpa!”
Li Fan was a bit confused, not spoiling himself anymore? Then what should he do? For a moment, Li Fan couldn’t help but pander to his grandfather.
“Master what master!”
“Shut up to the old man, normally you do whatever you want, your father doesn’t care about you, grandfather cares about you, shut up, stand here and listen to Uncle Qingnian properly.”
An Guo Gong was serious up, although he also heartily felt for this grandson of his, but there is no way, obviously has the talent of a great Confucian, if by this family environment, it is simply a shame to the ancestors.
Although he was capricious and presumptuous, he still had some brains. He could not disregard the words of others, but he could not disregard the words of his own grandfather.
At the same time, Li Fan stared viciously at Xu Qingnian, wanting to scold him, but not daring to do so, he could only look at him with a threatening look.
“Nephew Qingnian, the second thing you said, what is it again?”
Duke An Guo continued to ask.
Hearing Duke An ask, and seeing Li Fan’s threatening gaze, Xu Qingnian did not feel any anger, but calmly said.
“This second matter is the teacher’s path, the so-called famous teacher produces high students, but I see that this grandson of yours, Duke of State, has a somewhat bumpy future teacher’s path, if he cannot find a good teacher, it is estimated that he will not become a great scholar.”
Xu Qingnian said so.
After all, what Xu Qingnian said was very reasonable. A famous teacher makes a good pupil, and whether a student is good or not depends not only on the student himself, but also on whether the teacher is good or not.
Just like them in general, if they don’t have a master of the military to guide them, they don’t know a thing about military expedition, and without the State Duke’s attentive teaching, they can’t see anything in the court at all.
Even if you are a genius, you still need time to adapt, and having a famous teacher to guide you can be considered like a fish in water.
As soon as Xu Qingnian said this, Li Bing’s wife could not help but rise and say.
“My concubine, Xu, has met Mr Xu.”
“Mr Xu, you are now a great talent of Great Wei, and since you think so highly of my son, how about you being his teacher?”
She took the initiative to speak up, with her son’s future fate at stake, it was impossible for her not to speak up.
The voice rang out and the Duke of An also nodded, “Yes, Nephew Qingnian, didn’t you happen to make a speech? I also despise those rotten Confucians, if I were to go to them, it would be a shame to lose face.”
“Nephew Qingnian, if you really admire the old man, then accept Fan, from now on, we are considered family.”
If Xu Qingnian accepted Li Fan as his disciple, he would indeed be considered a family, and in this world, a master was equal to half a father.
But Xu Qingnian immediately took a step back and said seriously, “No!”
“Your Excellency, it is not that the student is unwilling, but there are three things I cannot do.”
“One, the student is so untalented and uneducated that educating people is like a joke.”
“Secondly, Fan’s natural talent is so intelligent that I dare not teach him indiscriminately.”
“Thirdly, Fan’er is the grandson of the Duke of China, so the student cannot teach.”
Xu Qingnian refused directly, and refused very directly, once this was said, Li Fan was relieved and gave Xu Qingnian a look that said you are sensible, only he did not know that Xu Qingnian’s move was called using retreat as advance.
“Nephew Qingnian, you are being overly modest with these words, a great talent of the ages, how can you be so untalented and uneducated that the first point does not count.”
“As for the natural talent, but it does need the guidance of a famous teacher, Qingnian’s nephew has advanced to the seventh grade of Confucianism in a month, he is fully qualified to teach Fan’er.”
“So what if he’s the grandson of a state duke? What scruples does Qingnian’s nephew have?”
Duke An didn’t see any problem with the first two, he just didn’t know what Qingnian Xu’s third statement meant.
“Yes, brother Qingnian, you are a great talent in all the ages, Fan’er, even if he is gifted and clever, cannot compare to you, he can teach, he can teach.”
“Sir, a famous teacher makes a great pupil, with your talent, you can definitely teach Fan’er, if one day, Fan’er really becomes a great scholar, it will be a good story for the ages.”
“Yes, yes, brother Qingnian, what are your scruples? I am still the son of the State Duke.”
The crowd spoke up, especially Li Bing and his wife, who had now decided that their son would be a great Confucian in the future, but were all kinds of scared when they heard Xu Qingnian say so.
They were afraid that the boy would go astray, and if he did, what else would they do in the future? There are a lot of **children in the State House.
Looking at the crowd like this, Xu Qingnian shook his head and then spoke.
“In that case, then the student will speak out the question.”
“Duke of State, gentlemen, the student actually also cherishes and loves talent, only that Li Fan is the grandson of the Duke of State, this study is about a quiet and serious mind, but children are naughty by nature, if they are really naughty, they need to be taught a good lesson.”
“But I am really afraid that you will not be able to give up, so why don’t you ask someone else?
Xu Qingnian voiced his concerns.
Yes, this was Xu Qingnian’s concern.
Earlier outside the city, when he was blackmailed by this bear child, then Xu Qingnian took a counter-strategy and directly complained, looking at the group of people, he knew that this child must have been spoiled since childhood.
If they really complained, they might say, “This child is still young and doesn’t know any better, so why are you an adult being so calculating with a child?
So Xu Qingnian came up with this trick.
The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a few of the most popular and popular items.
When the time comes …… Oh, teach must be seriously taught, this is the essence of human, but do not listen to the words will hit, run to play will hit, hit until you honestly, hit until you obey.
What is this called? This is called attacking the heart.
Thinking of this, Xu Qingnian got comfortable.
Sure enough, once Xu Qingnian said this, the crowd was relieved, they thought it was something big, but it turned out to be a concern about this.
“Mr. Xu, I am his own mother, this child has been naughty since he was little, we have spoiled him too much, but don’t worry, as long as you accept this child as a student, if he dares to disrespect you a little, or say he doesn’t learn properly, you will beat him to death, I definitely won’t feel a bit of pain.”
Li Fan’s mother was incomparably serious, she definitely felt sorry for her son, but she hoped more than anything that her son would become a success, what was the point of two beatings? The Duke of State would smack these unfilial sons now if he had nothing to do, it was normal.
“That’s right, brother Qingnian, the child worships you as his teacher, you are his half father, isn’t it natural for a father to beat his son? I’m not very good at talking, I haven’t read a few years, that’s what I mean, brother Qingnian, if you’re concerned about this, I’ll tell you openly, it’s fine, beat him to death.”
Li Fan’s father also followed suit and spoke up.
He had also been beaten up since he was a child, and reasonably speaking, Li Fan should have been beaten up a long time ago, but with an old man protecting him, there was nothing he could do, and now that Xu Qingnian was saying this, he definitely agreed with both hands and feet.
“Nephew Qingnian, if you are only concerned about this matter, then I can tell you clearly that a strict teacher makes a good student, you need not worry, this boy will follow you in the future, if he dares to be naughty and disobey, you will beat him.”
“If you are not relieved, I’ll let his father do the beating.”
Duke An also swore.
When this was said, Li Fan panicked, he was not stupid and naturally knew his current situation.
“Grandfather, father, mother, I won’t learn, I won’t follow him.”
He opened his mouth, unwilling to worship Xu Qingnian as his teacher.
“Shut up!”
“Shut up!”
“Shut up!”
Several voices rang out at the same time, and almost everyone in the An Guo Mansion spoke up, staring at Li Fan viciously.
At this moment, Li Fan, who was so young, understood the idiom that the momentum had already gone.
Looking at the aggrieved Li Fan, Xu Qingnian was in an inexplicably better mood, and at that moment Xu Qingnian said.
“Since this is the case, then the student can not be excused, but still state in advance, a strict teacher makes a high apprentice, if you really worship, suffer and be punished, you all should not be angry with the student.”
Xu Qingnian still emphasizes a sentence, anyway, the words have been said here, you guys choose yourselves, when the time comes to really fight, you guys don’t want to be heartbroken to death.
“Naturally.”
“Don’t worry, brother Xu, I promise I won’t be angry with you, if you can’t fight, shout for me to come, I’ll fight.”
Li Bing was worthy of his own father, afraid that Xu Qingnian, a scholar, would not be able to fight and wanted to do it himself.
“No harm, no harm.”
Xu Qingnian smiled faintly, while Duke An continued to ask about the third matter.
“What about the third thing?”
He said curiously.
“The third thing is that he met someone who is unlucky. Fan’er is naturally intelligent, and even though he is no longer spoiled and has a strict teacher to teach him, he will meet some undesirable people in his destiny.”
“As the saying goes, if you are close to the vermilion, you will be red, and if you are close to the ink, you will be black. No matter how talented a person is, but if those around him are greedy for pleasure and do not think about progress, that person will also be gradually a*similated.”
“Especially since Fan is not young, he naturally has many friends around him, if he is still with them for company, I am only afraid that it will be difficult for him to achieve greatness.”
Xu Qingnian replied.
The crowd once again agreed with this view, especially these women, they even agreed with Xu Qingnian’s view, their own Sangha originally did not go to drink flower wine, but the people around them all went to drink, it was impossible for them not to go.
“This is good, from now on they will not be allowed to play with Fan’er.”
“Right, right, don’t let them play with Fan’er anymore, I can feel it too, Fan’er is actually quite smart, but how can he have the heart to move up when he’s with a group of unthinking urchins every day?”
“That’s right, let them not play with Fan’er in the future.”
The crowd said so, and the Duke of An Guo followed suit.
“Nephew Qingnian, do you think this will work, can I stop it by making these people not allowed to touch Fan’er from now on?”
Duke An asked.
“No.” Xu Qingnian shook his head and replied, “Since ancient times, blocking is better than sparing, furthermore, the Duke of State is in charge of many things day by day, how can he always be on guard? I think that the friends around Fan’er should also be some of the descendants of the State Duke’s close friends, so why not have them come together and I will teach them one by one.”
“In this way, everyone will move upwards, and Fan’er will be able to stand out.”
Xu Qingnian opened his mouth and spoke his mind.
When this was said, Li Fan froze in place.
Good man, this was going to be a potpourri.
In the eyes of the rest of the people, it was a different gesture, like a saint, especially the Duke of An, who was extremely admiring.
The first thing you need to do is to come over and study together. Even if you can’t be a great scholar, at least you’ll have a good foundation so that you can join the military in the future.
If you really go into battle and kill the enemy, doesn’t it hurt? The battlefield is merciless and death is death.
In addition, my grandson is a Confucian, so if he studies with them, he will be at the top of the list.
At their age, it is useless to boast about their previous war achievements.
That’s why when they get together, the only competition is who speaks louder.
But not their offspring? After all, these descendants were all in the army, so they were no match for them.
But now it’s different, everyone’s children go to school together, my grandson is better than your grandson, isn’t that something to brag about?
Yes! Yes! Yes! That’s a good idea.
“Nephew Qingnian, you are truly worthy of being a great talent of the ages, to have such a spirit, today, you will not return without getting drunk.”
“Nephew Qingnian, I am writing a letter to inform these friends, I think they will also agree.”
“Come, come, come, stay with Qingnian’s nephew and have a few drinks while I write the letter.”
The Duke of An was so excited that he immediately got up and was going to the study to write a letter, this had to be informed well come.
“Father, instead of writing a letter, why don’t you host a banquet and invite them to come over with their children and grandchildren, my son will now have someone prepare a banquet, which will also be a treat for the Qingxian brothers.”
Someone spoke up and suggested this.
“Yes! This is a good idea, go and invite, go and invite, invite them all over.”
Duke An nodded, then looked at Xu Qingnian and said, “Nephew Qingnian, this is good, so you don’t have to run around later, so let’s call them over together, so you can get to know them.”
Duke An smiled and then looked at Li Bing and the others, “Why don’t you call your other grandchildren here? Why don’t you call your other grandchildren and show them to Qingnian’s nephew? If you miss this opportunity, you won’t have it later.”
He reminded, and at once the wives of the sons of the State Dukes got up and hurriedly grabbed their own sons.
The crowd was busy, while Xu Qingnian sat quietly in his seat, as for Li Fan, he almost gritted his teeth and looked at Xu Qingnian.
However Xu Qingnian returned a smile, he hoped that Li Fan would continue to look like this, when he had settled down, let’s see if he still gnashed his teeth.
But the sudden stunt was not Xu Qingnian’s serious attempt to get back at a bear child.
In fact, Xu Qingnian was building her network again.
When he came to the capital and encountered this group of bear children blocking the road, Xu Qingnian realised one thing, the problem of three generations of education.
Later, asking Zhou Jing’an about something also confirmed his thoughts.
The Great Wei Dynasty, since the shame of Jingcheng, the status of martial artists had instantly climbed, and Emperor Wu’s seven northern expeditions had not completely eradicated the scourge of barbarians, but had at least partially washed away the shame.
At the very least, the barbarians did not dare to invade for the time being.
But the seven northern expeditions had wiped out Wei’s treasury and even shaken its foundations, making it almost impossible for Wei to continue its northern expeditions.
Sometimes things are not controllable by man, but by the ideology of the state, or in more esoteric terms, by national fortune.
When the country collectively wants to go to war, then the country’s fortunes will be unprecedentedly grand and once the war is waged, it will be almost like a bamboo break.
The people do not need to fight now, they just want to have a full stomach and live a peaceful life.
Otherwise, what is the point of winning if we have to fight by force?
We got our revenge! We’ve won! Yay!
Is that all?
Any war is purposeful and profitable, the country is rich, the people are well, and the Northern Expedition will rise again for the prestige of Great Wei and for its international standing.
Now the Northern Expedition, win or lose, Great Wei will be the biggest loser, because after the battle, Great Wei is gone, and there is no way the military officials don’t know this.
But they are still fighting to go to the Northern Expedition. In the end, it is still a matter of status.
So these princes and lords of state are actually all very despondent, and they cannot find a solution to this problem.
The only solution was to allow their descendants to enter the court, to join the civil service, to become civil officials, even if they were Confucian officials.
But the problem was, would the teachers they hired dare to teach the descendants of these princes?
Not to mention the various factors of family background, if they really asked Confucians to teach them, would they be afraid? They would be afraid to teach you that your parents and grandfather were all vulgar people who wrecked the country and the people.
Can you stand it?
So they wanted their offspring not to continue to join the military government and to study properly, but they also did not want these Confucian officials to teach them.
They believed that Confucians were selfless, and if they really invited a great Confucian to teach them, they would certainly not be biased. Why should they teach you? You call me a pig and a dog in the court? I teach your children in private?
I’m a F**king great scholar, not a saint.
Even if a person of such quality and selflessness did emerge, there are many things about Confucianism that just don’t fit with what they are doing now.
Teach by example, teach by example, your own grandson learns about Confucian benevolence every day, while you mutter about killing his mother and his mother’s whole family every day, is this appropriate, may I ask?
But now it is different, who is he himself? He himself raged against the Zhu Sheng lineage and stood in opposition to the Confucian officials innately, while he was talented and known as Xu Wangu.
When he came to teach these urchins, didn’t this group of princes and lords of the state feel very appropriate?
Talented, capable, and not in the line of Confucian officials, not even in the line of Zhu Sheng, this is simply a treasure sent from heaven.
So Xu Qingnian was completely convinced that the Duke of An was willing to hand over his child to himself.
To be a teacher is also like being a parent.
The ruler of heaven and earth is his own teacher, this is Confucianism and everyone can accept it. Being the teacher of these children himself is equivalent to being half a father.
As long as one does not make a big mistake, if one really does something wrong in the court, everyone will help to say a few words.
Moreover, if you do something else in the capital in the future, you will be able to do it like a fish in water.
But the prerequisite for this is that one has to teach these students well.
Xu Qingnian had never taught anyone before, but she knew a few things, so she had no problem teaching a group of students with a positive outlook, but she might have difficulty teaching a great scholar.
But in other words, did the Duke of An and the others really believe that they could teach great scholars?
Did they really believe that their children had the qualities of great scholars?
If they did become great scholars, they would be surprised and their position would be more secure.
If he does not become a great scholar, as long as he learns well, he will be able to achieve the seventh rank, right? With the contacts of the State Council, it would be easy for you to join the court as an official.
All in all, there is absolutely no harm in this matter.
And at the same time.
The Duke of An still went to his study, and he wrote to invite the rest of the princes and lords.
In the study.
Duke An wrote something carefully, he was very serious, while Li Bing at the side was studying the ink.
When the letter was finished, Duke An said somewhat seriously.
“Bing’er, you personally go and inform them that this letter must be delivered to them, so that they can read it and take it back afterwards, do you understand?”
Duke An Guo said seriously.
“My son understands, just father, does Fan’er really have the qualifications of a great scholar?”
Li Bing said with some curiosity.
However, Duke An shook his head and took a deep breath and said.
“Whether Fan’er can become a great Confucian, father is not sure, but what father does know is this.”
“Xu Qingnian, when the first talent of Great Wei, ah.”
“My Great Wei may really be about to usher in a new prosperity.”
“This Xu Qingnian, deserves a deep friendship.”
An Guo openly spoke, and his comment about Xu Qingnian stunned Li Bing.
His own father was the head of the state princes.
He would never praise others on a normal day.
Even if he complimented, he would not do so.
“Alright, go on.”
Duke An Guo said, and the latter nodded and immediately ran off to deliver the letter.
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Went to work on the wedding, also had to rehearse with the master of ceremonies, dumbfounded, an afternoon of deleting and cutting a lot of things, finally talked about it, I came on and said one sentence, thank you all guests for coming from a long way, thank you very much, everyone eat and drink well.
Well, the meaning is simple and appalling, until the Avenue.
There will be one more later.
