Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 102
Just after the meal time, Suiting was already crowded with people.

In addition to the big families in Jingzhou who wanted to make trouble because of their different positions, there were also many other people who came to see the fun.

The people in the surrounding townships, ordinary scholars who came to Jingzhou to avoid disaster, and Shen Chen's friends.

Yes, Qin Hui still has three or five friends, and Shen Chen also has friends.

Wang Can, Pan Jun, and the others are all here. Although Song Zhong and Shen Chen also have different positions, they can only be regarded as a good get-together and part-time meeting between master and apprentice, and there is no major conflict.

Therefore, some people from Xianshan Academy also came over. They had already debated with Shen Chen on the mountain, so naturally they didn't intend to come to participate.

Wang Can and the others just came to see Shen Chen's situation today, not to help the situation, but not to ruin the situation.

In addition, there are more other ordinary scholars, and there may even be three or forty people.

Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Meng Jian, Cui Jun and others were all there.

Their status in Jingzhou Shilin is not high, they are just ordinary scholars who came to Jingzhou to escape disaster, so even if they have their own positions, it is difficult to get involved, and they simply come to watch the battle.

Although Shen Chen is also an ordinary scholar from outside, he relies on the Deng family. He has the Xinye Deng family and Liu Biao's platform. In addition, Deng Hong married Cai Zan's daughter.

Among them is also a heavyweight guest, that is Pang Tong.

Before Sima Hui came, Pang Tong was actually not very famous. He would not become famous until next year, that is, after Sima Hui went south to Jingzhou in 198 AD, everyone would praise Pang Tong as the top celebrity in Jingzhou.

But the family behind him should not be underestimated.

It is the Xiangyang Pang family who is currently second only to the Cai family and the Kuai family.

Mr. Pang De's influence spread all over Jingzhou, so his arrival also made some people wonder if it was the Pang family who would end up participating?

"Isn't Mr. Pang always ignoring government affairs? Mr. Liu once wished to give up his official position several times, but Mr. Pang refused. Pang Tong is here, isn't it?"

"Don't guess, Pang Gongde is highly respected, how could he come to get involved in the debate of the younger generation."

"But that doesn't mean that Mr. Pang also thinks Mr. Liu."

"Shut up, don't kill us if you want to die."

Several scholars talked in low voices.

Only Pang Tong, who was standing next to Xu Shu at this moment, noticed that there was a lot of discussion there, but he didn't squint and didn't bother to answer.

Mr. Pang De puts his love on mountains and rivers, and really has no intention of participating in current affairs.

Cai Hao and Kuai Yue saw him repeatedly rejecting Liu Biao's refusal, and thought he was a fellow-dweller who wanted to attach himself to Cao Cao. They went to him last year and asked if they could persuade Liu Biao to join him, but Mr. Pang smiled and avoided talking about it.

Later, it was also proved that he really only wanted to be a wild crane. After Cao Cao captured Jingzhou, he wanted to conscript him into an official position, but he refused.

Therefore, it is impossible for Duke Pang De to send Pang Tong to represent the Pang family.

This time Pang Tong came here as a private person to see Shen Chen's talents.

Pang Tong is a person who likes to comment on other people's abilities. Later, he won the crown of Jingchu and became famous, so he often commented on outstanding talents.

The last time we had dinner together, Shen Chen had a unique point of view.

Everyone thought that it was Huo Guang, the Duke of Zhou, who welcomed the emperor with Cao Cao, who was able to help the Han Dynasty in the name of conquering bandits from all over the world. He was the only one who thought Cao Cao was Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo, which was surprising.

However, although he differed from everyone's ideas, Pang Tong still wanted to see if Shen Chen's talents could support his argument, so he came to watch.

When Zhuge Liang got off the carriage with Zhuge Jun, he saw them resting under the pergola built outside the pavilion not far away, so he walked over slowly and said, "Brother Yuanzhi, Brother Guangyuan, Brother Gongwei, Brother Zhouping , Brother Ah Tong"

He greeted everyone one by one.

In the past few months, Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen have often visited Pang Degong. Xu Shu and the others have a good relationship with Pang Degong and Pang Tong, so everyone knows each other, but they are not familiar yet.

Especially Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen had only met him a few times so far.

Because Sima Hui, a celebrity in Yingchuan, opened a school in Yingchuan and was very famous, so Pang Tong went to visit Sima Hui a few years ago, and he didn't come back until last year. The friendship between the two parties can only be regarded as nodding friends.

However, although the friendship is average, the two parties are relatives after all, so they must come over.

And because Pang Tong is not like Zhuge Liang who took his characters in advance because he has no elders, Zhuge Liang can only call this year's Pang Tong by his nickname, which is not considered rude.

Xu Shu was familiar with himself, and smiled at Zhuge Liang, "Kong Ming, are you here too?"

Zhuge Liangliang nodded, looked at Shen Chen who was standing at the gate of the house not far away and said with a smile: "Ah Chen is going to open a school this year, so I naturally want to come and see."

"Do you also think that Cao Cao is Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo?"

Xu Shu wondered.

Most of the people who came here to make trouble here today are because Shen Chen fought against Cao Cao and encouraged Liu Biao to separatist regime, which damaged their interests, so they came to make troubles.

But these low-level ordinary scholars, because they have no background, will not be reused because Liu Biao is attached to Cao Cao, so they have no interest relationship, and they can look at the problem from other perspectives.

Before Shen Chen thought that Cao Cao was Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo, everyone thought it was too extreme, but now that Zhuge Liang came to support him, Xu Shu felt that Zhuge Liang also thought so?
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "I don't know if it's Cao Cao, but at least he came all the way from Xuzhou. The corpses are piled up like mountains, and the blood is flowing. It's scary."

"Cao Cao did kill too much."

Xu Shu nodded. This is undeniable, but killing is killing, and Bai Qi still killed 40 soldiers. As long as he can help the Han Dynasty and serve the court, at this point it is a flaw, and the world will choose to forgive.

While the two were talking, Shen Chen had already walked out of the gate. Outside the gate, besides Deng Hong and Liu Xian, two people sent by Liu Biao to help the platform, twenty guards were dispatched from Huangmenting to maintain order.

At this moment, there were quite a few people outside the door. From a rough look, there were about two to three hundred people. Some of them were parents who brought their children to study, and some of them were villagers watching the excitement.

The others are scholars who smashed the field, ordinary scholars who came to watch, and friends like Zhuge Liang, Wang Can and Pan Jun who came to pay close attention to this matter.

After Shen Chen came out, many parents outside shouted: "Shen Xiaolang, I brought my children to study, and I also brought a bundle of rituals."

"Xiao Lang, is class starting today?"

"Xiao Lang, my family is very poor. I don't even have a piece of bacon, so I can only bring two pieces of cake to give away. Can you accept my son?"

"My child is already 17 years old, I don't know if he can still come to school."

Many villagers came forward one after another.

They all have children with them, some are five or six years old, some are seven or eight years old, most are around ten years old, and there are even fifteen, six or seven-year-old teenagers.

The literacy rate in ancient times was very low, especially in the Han Dynasty when paper was not popular. Due to limitations, people often had to rely on bamboo slips and famous teachers to teach them to read and practice calligraphy.

Therefore, to be able to study, at least one must be of the rank of a poor family, a person with a certain social status and wealth can study, and the most common one is that the aristocratic family has its own internal education.

However, the majority of rural people have no soil for education at all, so there are many illiterate people in their seventies and eighties. The surrounding rural civilians and poor children, even those with a little bit of insight, don't want to let go of this opportunity.

Therefore, seize the opportunity and send children here, even if they are teenagers, and hope that they can change their destiny.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "Don't worry, the sage Confucius once said, "There is no discrimination in teaching. "No matter who you are, you should have the right to learn knowledge. Confucius was also dedicated to learning when he was fifteen. It is not too late to study and practice calligraphy at any time, and the gift is not precious. Even if it is two pieces of cake, you can come to study .”

"That's fine, that's fine."

The villagers immediately let go of their uneasy mood. They were very determined to send their children to study, and they were afraid that Shen Chen would not accept them.

At this moment, someone suddenly said: "The Master said: "There is no distinction between teaching and learning", but "I am not free from self-discipline." Since there is no discipline, how can we talk about etiquette? Such rudeness, I can accept it. Disciple, don’t you laugh generously?”

Shen Chen frowned, looked over, saw that it was a young scholar, and thought that you were being rude, so he said: "If you want to debate the scriptures, you can come in later, please allow me to recruit students now."

"You still have not answered my question."

The scholar said firmly.

Shen Chen suddenly became angry, and said with a flick of his sleeves: "Shuxiu, those who have little etiquette, the Taoist respects and respects learning. Everyone knows that "Book of Rites" says: Honesty and sincerity. Being good at learning, poor at home but good at ambition, does this mean sincerity? Even the former teacher can avoid the restraint of Yan Hui, but you only care about this vulgar ceremony, you really are a dead wood that cannot be carved !"

At that time, students needed ten pieces of bacon as a gift. Note that it was a gift, not a tuition fee.So if you don't give bacon, it will be considered rude.There is a saying, "Learn from the old, and teach from the unheard", and this bundle of practice actually represents your sincere attitude towards learning.

So at that time, if Shu Xiu was not given as a gift to the teacher, the teacher would be very angry, whether it was worth the money or not, at least it would make the teacher feel uncomfortable and feel that the student's attitude towards learning is not very good.

And what the scholar accused Shen Chen of was that the villagers did not send Shuxiu away, but he happily accepted students. Whether it was to the villagers or to Shen Chen himself, it was an act of rudeness. How can a person without etiquette accept students?It is bound to be ridiculed by everyone.

But he wouldn't think about it. The people at the bottom can't even eat enough to eat. Ten pieces of bacon are nothing to them, but for the bottom people who don't necessarily get a piece of meat all year round, taking ten pieces of bacon is nothing. As a gift, that's a big burden.

Therefore, this kind of person completely has a mentality of why not eat meat. He has no shame in himself, but he comes to accuse Shen Chen of avoiding gifts from everyone and teaching people to read for free. Obviously, he is a rotten scholar who only knows how to read etiquette books. .

Originally, Shen Chen wanted to give him some face, and then we would talk about it when he went in, but he had to continue to question in the public, so Shen Chen was naturally not polite, and came up to scold him.

This kind of person is simply wasting air while alive, and wasting land when dead.

The scholar was stunned by the refutation, and didn't know what to say, but the people around him applauded.

"Okay, well said."

"That's a good statement. Although the villagers didn't give gifts, they abandoned their agriculture and came to study. They would rather come hungry. Isn't that sincere enough?"

"Be honest and sincere, what is right is the heart, and what is sincere is the mind. Shen Xiaolang is right, but that person is a little bit of a loser."

Most of the people who applaud Shen Chen are scholars from poor families or low-level people.

Although their class is a little higher than that of the common people and the poor, at least they are closer to the bottom and know how difficult the life of the bottom is.

If someone can't get a bundle of repairs, it means that the family is already very poor.

Even in a very poor situation, he is willing not to engage in agricultural production at this time, and comes to Shen Chen to study here. Doesn't that prove how sincere his heart is for studying?
So that person deserved to be scolded.

Here, after Shen Chen finished cursing, he called the parents of the students outside to come in, and registered them one by one, writing down their names, birthplaces, ages, etc., and took all the bundles that were sent to them, because there would always be those whose families were a little richer. , I can afford a meeting gift.

And those from extremely poor families came empty-handed very embarrassedly.Not only did Shen Chen not accept the gift, he also said that if the child studied well, he would reward him with something to encourage him to study hard.

For a while, everyone had different ideas and had their own ideas.

(End of this chapter)