Lu Dynasty

Chapter 375 Lu Ji
I looked at Lu Xun and Lu Ji and said with a smile: "Although you two are willing to follow my arrangement, I can't act arbitrarily. After all, you are all talented people. If you are educated properly, you will be the pillars of my man in the future." How about this, how about choosing the direction of your future development according to your wishes?"

Lu Xun and Lu Ji looked at me suspiciously, and Lu Xun asked puzzledly, "I don't know what you mean, sir?"

"Our army implements the separation of military and government. Generals don't care about government affairs, and civilian officials don't get involved in military affairs. Even civilian staff officers have the right to make opinions, but not the right to command the army. Generals can only lead troops and are not allowed to intervene in local government affairs. If there are If the military is involved in local government affairs, it needs to be dealt with according to the circumstances!" I explained clearly to Lu Xun and Lu Ji, but they were still very puzzled.After all, they are too young. Although they are talented, they still lack experience.I looked at their puzzled faces and said with a smile: "Simply put, what are your ambitions? In the future, do you want to benefit the common people, protect one side, or defend the country and expand its borders!"

Lu Ji smiled and said, "That's how it is! Naturally, I want to benefit and educate the people! What I admire most are Mr. Zheng Kangcheng, Guan Ning, and Bing Yuan, those great Confucians!" Lu Ji was greatly influenced by Confucianism, and chose to educate the people. .

I laughed and said, "Since Gongji has decided to shepherd the side and educate the people for the government, then you can go to my newly established school to study!"

"May I ask you what a school is?" Lu Ji asked.

"The school is the academy!" I smiled and said to Lu Ji, "I stipulate that the people under my rule, all children from six to 15 years old in the family must be sent to the school to study! After the age of 15, there will be an assessment, and they will be selected and assigned according to their abilities. As for those who cannot pass the assessment, they can only go back and continue farming! My school does not charge tuition fees, and the school is funded by the state. Every student is provided with one meal a day! Not only that, but there are also The orphans I took in from all over the place!"

"Sir, do you want me to study with those poor families, or even orphans?" Lu Ji asked suspiciously: "Sir! Although my Lu family has been exterminated, but I, Lu Ji, are children of an aristocratic family, how can I be with those poor families, Wouldn't it be demeaning for orphans to be mixed together?" Lu Ji is only a ten-year-old boy who knows how to be a janitor!
I smiled and asked: "Gongji, do you feel that you lose your identity with poor families and orphans? So what identity do you have to lose now? Children of aristocratic families, which aristocratic family did not start from a humble beginning? He is just a green-skinned rascal, just a small pavilion chief in Surabaya! Just now you said that you admire Guan Ning, Bing Yuan, and Zheng Xuan. Do you know what is the central idea of ​​Confucianism? And why do you admire those great Confucians? ?”

"This!" Although Lu Ji is talented and young and intelligent, he only knows that the names of Zheng Xuan and Guan Ning are often mentioned by the children of some aristocratic families, and he doesn't understand why Guan Ning and the others are respected by the world.

I looked at the confused Lu Ji, patted his head and said, "Gongji! Confucianism is not just the Confucianism that those aristocratic families say, the real Confucians can not only quote scriptures and classics, but also help the world and the country! Confucianism is like a villain. Farewell. The Confucianism of a gentleman, loyal to the emperor and patriotism, guarding the righteous and evil, and making it as good as it was at the time, so as to leave a name for future generations. If the Confucianism of a villain is only caring for insects, specializing in writing and ink, writing prose when young, and writing a thousand words. , There is really no one strategy in mind. And like Yang Xiong who is famous for his articles, but succumbs to his recklessness, he will inevitably die in the court, this is the so-called Confucianism of the villain; although he writes thousands of words every day, what can he do!" In my previous life, I I admire Zhuge Liang very much. Although I grew up and realized that Zhuge Liang was a myth by Luo Guanzhong, I still admire Zhuge Liang's demeanor in the scene of verbally fighting against the Confucians. I even recited that dialogue, which is now used to educate Lu Ji.

Ten-year-old Lu Ji hadn't been fooled by those so-called great Confucians from the Jiangdong family, and he was a little shameless. After hearing what I said, he bowed to me and said, "Thank you for teaching me, I understand! I will definitely follow the example of the ancient gentlemen. Confucianism!"

I saw Lu Ji bowing and saluting decently, and helped him up and said: "Don't underestimate those poor children, just say that Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, the number one think tank under my command, and Xi Zhicai, the number one political officer, are all You are a child from a poor family. How do you know that there is no talent for helping the world among the children from a poor family? Only by achieving results can you prove that you are a great talent. Talented people can’t just look at their backgrounds! There is a saying in the former Han Dynasty: Princes and generals are rather kind !" I looked at Lu Ji who was humbly asking for advice, and Lu Xun who was nodding beside him and said with a smile: "Okay! I won't say much, and someone will tell you in the future! Gongji, the principal of my school, the principal That is, Yuanzheng, they will show you what a real Confucian is with their actions!"

"In this way, the principal of the school must be a rare Confucian in the world. Can you tell me, sir, who is the principal?" Lu Ji is quite quick to accept new things, and he easily understands what I mean by the principal and the school. Later nouns.

I laughed and said, "Didn't Gongji admire Guan Ning and Bing Yuan? The principal of Luoyang School is Guan Ning, and the principal of Chang'an School is Bing Yuan. They often go to each other's schools to give lectures and discuss teaching experience, so you See them often and receive their guidance!"

"So it's Mr. Guan Ning and Bing Yuan!" Lu Ji laughed and said, "Mr. was able to invite them to be the principal of the school. It can be seen that Mr. has put a lot of effort into it! Otherwise, I think these two gentlemen are I won’t mix with those children from poor families and orphans.” The notion that children from aristocratic families look down on children from poor families has been deeply ingrained, and even Lu Ji, who is only ten years old, has been deeply affected.

"Gongji, you are wrong again!" I smiled and said to Lu Ji, "It didn't take much effort for me to invite the two gentlemen! Guan Ning and Bing Yuan are true Confucianists. Confucianism, that is, teaching without discrimination!"

"May I ask you why there is no discrimination in education?" Lu Ji was only ten years old, and his ideas were all instilled by Lu Kang and the people who had contact with Lu Kang.You can't expect those aristocratic families to instill in their children the idea that there is no distinction between education and class!
I smiled and said: "There is no distinction between education and education is what Confucius put forward in the "Analects of Confucius Wei Linggong", which means that some people should not be excluded from the educational objects because of reasons such as rich or poor, high or low, wisdom or ignorance, good or evil, etc. In addition, everyone must be educated. Do you think Confucians who violate the words of Confucius can still be called Confucians?" Lu Ji shook his head. My words have already contradicted the knowledge he has come into contact with in his daily life. The young Lu Ji could only look at me with confused eyes.

(End of this chapter)