Lin Yanchao was a little annoyed because he didn't worship the other party's door earlier, and he couldn't help but be distracted.

"What are you thinking?" There was a bit of sternness in the layman's tone.

Lin Yanchao looked very difficult at the moment, and said: "Listening to Mr. say this, the students are thinking, the book is so profound, how long will it take for the students to understand it." ”

In fact, the layman spoke very well, and Lin Yanchao almost understood, but it was difficult for Shangshu to be true, and it was really a notch higher than the four books.

The layman smiled and said: "It turns out that you are thinking about this, the Shangshu in the Thirteen Classics of Confucianism is not the most difficult, the most difficult is the Book of Changes, and the Shangshu lies in Tonggu." The ancients first learned the Book of Changes, the second Five Classics, and took the first difficult and then the easy, while we first read the Four Books and then the Five Classics, step by step, it is much easier. ”

Lin Yanchao asked, "Is that disciple not only the Shangshu, but also the Five Classics to learn a little bit." ”

"That's not necessarily, some people learn from a wide range of studies, some people specialize in it, and some people think that it is enough to read a thorough book of Analects, and the rest is not necessary. My teacher once told me that anyone who has only one or two sentences in the Analects can be called a wise man. ”

After hearing this, Lin Yanchao thought of a stalk, and suddenly the unicorn arm attacked, and he couldn't help but raise the bar again: "Then teacher, you said that as long as you do two sentences in the Analects, you can become a wise man, and the disciple has already done two sentences." ”

The layman smiled and said, "Then I'm going to ask you for advice, what two sentences have you done?" ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "I don't get tired of eating, and I don't get tired of eating." ”

Lin Yanchao really wanted to see the other party's mouthful of old blood spurting out, but the layman was only stunned when he heard this, and scolded thinly: "You disciple, you don't learn skills." ”

Then the layman will listen to the book and cover it and say: "Since you can't listen to it anymore, it will be useless for me to talk about it again, so you can remember to come once in five days, and go back and memorize all the fifty-nine articles of the book, and only after reading it thoroughly can you write an article." ”

Lin Yanchao agreed immediately.

In this way, Lin Yanchao set a time to go to the Lin Mansion to study Shangshu on the fifth day, and the rest stayed in the academy.

Speaking of Lang Lin Liao, who preached the Book of Poetry once every three days, and Lin Yin, the mountain chief, also lectured on the Spring and Autumn Festival once every three days, and the disciples of the academy who studied the two classics, whether they were in the outer house, the inner house, or the upper house, they all went to listen to it, and it didn't hurt if they didn't go. At other times, the academy also allowed the disciples to study on their own, and even the Shuowang class was canceled, so that the disciples could prepare for the season class with peace of mind.

This course was relaxed all of a sudden, which made Lin Yanchao suddenly feel like he had entered the university from the third year of high school.

However, if you don't go to class, it doesn't mean that there is less schoolwork, and the Shangshu in the Five Classics is really difficult, not only sad about Mongolian courses such as thousand-character essays, but also sad about the four books.

I don't talk about books on weekdays, but now the courses in the academy are much more leisurely. The days passed so peacefully, with fifty-nine chapters and nearly 30,000 words, and it took him five days and five hours a day to memorize.

The four books are at least catchy to read, but most of the chapters of the book are very difficult to read, and it is worthy of being the earliest scripture and meaning of the book among the Five Classics, Lin Yanchao can only memorize the book after a rough understanding of the scriptures, so the speed is undoubtedly much slower.

In addition to reading Shangshu, Lin Yanchao will also go to listen to Lin Yin, Lin Liao's lectures, although these two classics are not cured, but it is necessary to listen to them.

Early on this day, Lin Yanchao was about to go to Zhuzi Pavilion to listen to Lin Yin talk about the Spring and Autumn Period, and when he was about to arrive at Zhu Zige, someone suddenly shouted: "Isn't this Engong?" ”

Lin Yanchao paused, but when he saw a young man younger than himself, he looked at him with a happy face.

Lin Yanchao was a little blind at the beginning, but then he remembered the word Engong, and then suddenly remembered that this was not the boy he rescued with Hou Zhongshu and Zhang Haoyuan on the bank of Minshui? It seems to be someone from the Tongxian Gong family.

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "It turned out to be you!" But the word Engong, don't dare to be, you call me Yanchao, are you also in the academy? ”

The young man said happily: "Yes, I am in the inner house, I didn't know my name before, my name is Gong Zinan, since Engong doesn't like me to call you Engong, then I will serve him as a brother!" ”

Engong doesn't like me to call you Engong? Lin Yanchao felt a little drunk, thinking about how to enter the academy at this level of writing.

Lin Yanchao saw that Gong Zinan was also a year or two younger than himself, and he also smiled and said: "I'm just a few years older, since that's the case, it's up to you." ”

Gong Zinan nodded again and again: "Is my brother just entering the academy?" I've never seen it before. ”

"Yes."

"I came here half a year before my brother, it's great to meet here." Gong Zinan said very happily.

Lin Yanchao was slightly unbalanced, he was two years older than Gong Zinan, but the other party had already studied in Neishe. Because the academy is the outer house, the inner house, and the upper house, since the outer house has never seen him, there is only the inner house.

In addition to paying attention to diligence, the imperial examination also pays attention to talent, and there are not only champions who are less than 20 years old, but also old children who go to the examination at the age of 100. If you throw away the impetuosity of the entrance examination, this is really a wonderful world, which is in line with the sentence, and those who have learned without succession are teachers.

"Zinan, what are you consuming, if you don't leave, it's too late, and you've missed the mountain chief's class." Several teenagers who were older than Lin Yanchao and Gong Zinan on the side said.

"I'll be here soon, I've met an old man." Gong Zinan said with a smile.

"Hurry up."

“…… I don't know what to think, when is it, and the idle time to chat with the outer disciples......"

The other party's voice was very low, but the wind was blowing in the direction of Lin Yanchao, and some words still drifted to Lin Yanchao's ears intermittently.

Gong Zinan glanced at Zhu Zige and said, "Oh, it's too late, Brother Lin, I'm going to attend the class, and when we have lunch at noon, we'll talk while eating." ”

"Okay."

After listening to the class in Zhu Zige, Gong Zinan and Lin Yanchao went to the canteen of the inner house to eat together.

While eating, Lin Yanchao inquired about Gong Zinan's situation in the inner house. Gong Zinan is obviously a young man who has been well cared for by his parents since he was a child, he is young and has no scheming, so he sat down with Lin Yanchao and talked about it.

"The inner house will not be much better than the outer house, but the mountain chief will teach in person, which is nothing, I think Lin Jiaolang is also good on weekdays, and the middle school students give three dollars of silver every month, which is not enough for me to spend a day at home, the only good thing is the inner house, the upper house has repaired the canteen, and finally I don't have to eat with food like reading in the Ermei Book House."

Lin Yanchao said in his heart, it turns out that in the eyes of children, the only place in the inner house is better than the lower house, which is the canteen.

"Is it difficult for the outer house to enter the inner house?"

"It's not hard."

"How?"

"If you are talented, then the academy will not be buried, I entered the second quarter class of the academy, and I took the outer house and entered the inner dormitory. Normally, the academy will only choose the first or second place from the outer house to enter, but in the last quarterly class, the academy only took two disciples from the outer house, and this time it is likely that only one person will be selected. ”

"That's right, that means it's not very appropriate for the second outer house to enter the inner house."

Gong Zinan said with a smile: "That's not necessarily, brother, if you are really talented, the academy will also take you, of course, there is an exception, that is, the inner house or the upper house, the disciple has a filial piety period, he needs to leave the academy, and after the filial piety period expires, he can enter the academy." ”

Lin Yanchao remembered the rules of the academy's disciples, when an official encounters filial piety, he has to be at home with Ding You, let alone a student studying. At that moment, Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "There is indeed this rule." ”

"Then the middle house, what disciples are more outstanding in the upper house?"

"Yes, you see that this person's name is Lin Quan, and he is the grandson of Lin Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works." After saying that, Gong Zinan pointed out, Lin Yanchao hurriedly pulled it down, but when he saw that a thin young man was already aware of it, he turned his eyes to look at Lin Yanchao.

Seeing Lin Yanchao smiling at him, his expression was cold, and he continued to eat silently, looking at his picky appearance, he was obviously not very satisfied with the food in the cafeteria.

"Zinan, don't be like this."

Gong Zinan smiled hesitantly and said, "My sister and my mother both say that I lack heart, don't mind." ”

Lin Yanchao laughed and said, "Don't say that, I'm very willing to make friends with Brother Gong Xian." ”

"That's great. Thank you brother for looking up to me," Gong Zinan said, "The people in this academy only know how to study all day long, and they are very humane, and they are older than me, and they have been here for a year, and they can't make friends, so I want to go home." ”

Lin Yanchao asked again: "This Lin Quan, as well as the people in the middle house and the upper house, are not as old as you, why don't you make friends with him?" ”

"This person is very arrogant, relying on the fact that he is a descendant of the Lin family, what if his father is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and my uncle is still the son of the country to supervise the wine."

Lin Yanchao suddenly turned out that Gong Yongqing, the priest of Nanjing Guozi, was Gong Zinan's uncle. In addition, Gong Yongqing is still the champion of Jiajing for five years, and the figure that the entire Fujian Middle School looks up to.

After Gong Zinan said it, he hurriedly whispered: "My mother doesn't let me tell others casually on weekdays, Brother Yanchao, you have to keep the secret for me!" ”

"Don't worry, how is this Lin Shou's studies?" Lin Yanchao nodded.

"After only three months in the outer house, you will be promoted to the inner house, and in the inner house for only three months, you will be promoted to the upper house."

Lin Yanchao heard a little toothache, this Lin Quan, Gong Zinan are one or two years younger than him, but they have already entered the upper house and the inner house. I'm a step behind these geniuses.

Lin Yanchao asked Gong Zinan about the rules of the middle house and the outer house, and the two left, and when they left, Gong Zinan kept asking Lin Yanchao to go to the inner house to see him.

Lin Yanchao replied: "It won't be too long, I will be admitted to the inner house next month, and we will study together again." ”