Lin Yanchao asked, "What is the dispute between gentlemen?" ”

Yu Ziyou chanted: "Zi said, the gentleman has nothing to fight, and he will shoot too!" Let it go up, go down and drink, and its contention is also a gentleman. ”

This sentence comes from the Analects, to the effect that a gentleman has nothing to fight about, except for archery, when archery, he is humble, and then archery, and then he retreats from each other and toasts each other, which is the dispute between gentlemen.

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Yu Ziyou smiled and said, "That's right, if I lose to Brother Lin, I will leave the academy." ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Brother Yu, don't be like this. ”

"You don't know, I've been in the academy for three years, and I've been in the outer house, and I haven't been able to enter the middle house again, and I won't be able to stay in the middle house again, so challenging you, Brother Lin, is also putting pressure on myself, forcing myself to do my best. Brother Lin dares to fight? ”

Lin Yanchao was stunned for a moment, thinking that Yu Ziyou had a lot of ideas, he had just entered the outer house, and it didn't matter if he could be admitted to the middle house, but he was fighting against the water.

He is mentally at ease, but he has no way out, what good is it for him to agree to this gentleman's dispute? In vain, he added pressure to study, which hit his current good mentality.

Yu Ziyou's careful thinking turned in Lin Yanchao's heart, leaving no traces, although he was a twelve-year-old boy, he had been with his classmates for a long time, and he had regained the childlike feeling he had when he was a teenager, but he was still a thirty-year-old adult in terms of mentality and experience.

"Ah, Brother Yu, isn't this unfair to you? Because no matter whether I can go to the middle house or not, I will continue to stay in the college. ”

"It doesn't matter, will you agree to my challenge?" Yu Ziyou's eyes were sharp, pressing step by step.

Lin Yanchao said in his heart, this is what you asked for, an ancient man who didn't even leave a handful in the history books, and he also came to challenge himself.

Lin Yanchao sighed at the moment, and said with a look of embarrassment: "Brother Yu, studying is not an overnight thing, don't care about temporary gains and losses, and looking far is the way to go for a long time." But if you don't understand and think it's helpful to you, just accept it. ”

These words were like a basin of cold water, and Yu Ziyou's fighting spirit was immediately extinguished, he was stunned in place, and said in his heart, he said this, I should have been very angry, but why do I think he said it so reasonably.

Looking at Yu Ziyou's pale face, Lin Yanchao sighed and said in his heart, Actually, I don't want to hit you like this.

The next day was the day of the menstrual cure. That is, the five classics of the four books and five classics. Although only one of the Five Classics is selected, it has a large proportion in the imperial examination, and there are only three questions in the first seven questions of the township examination, and only three of the four books, but the Five Classics account for four.

According to the examination syllabus divided by Lao Zhu for the scholars, it is said.

The use of the four books is Zhu Ziji's annotation, needless to say. The following five classics: the Book of Changes, Zhu Zi's original meaning, the book of the main Cai family and the ancient commentary, the Book of Poetry Zhu Ziji, the Spring and Autumn Book of the main Zuo, the Ram, Gu Liang three transmissions and the Hu Anguo, Zhang Qia biography, the Book of Rites and the ancient commentary.

Yongle was awarded the Four Books and Five Classics, and the waste notes were not used. Subsequently, the Spring and Autumn Period did not use Zhang Qia's biography, and the etiquette stopped using Chen Lan's collection of sayings. In the end, the square box was set and continued to be used until the Wanli Dynasty.

After that, the disciples of the outer house really unanimously chose the Book of Songs and the Spring and Autumn Period, and only one person chose the Book of Rites, and there was no choice for the most difficult Book of Changes.

"Brother Yanchao, have you thought about what is the scripture?" Chen Xinggui came to inquire again.

Lin Yanchao listened and said, "Brother Chen, I have already thought about it and decided to use Shangshu as the scripture. ”

"Shangshu?" Lin Yanchao's answer was obviously unexpected by Chen Xinggui.

"Yanchao, this matter is not trivial, have you thought about it?"

"Well, I've figured it out."

Chen Xinggui asked with a look of regret: "In this case, Brother Yanchao wants to learn Shangshu, who is going to teach Yan?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "I have already found a gentleman outside, and if I am not clear about the meaning of the scriptures in the academy, I will also consult him." ”

Chen Xinggui said: "Brother Yanchao, there are not many famous scholars in this mansion, not to mention that even if they are famous, their knowledge may not be as good as that of the mountain chief and the lecturer, it is a pity that you are willing to seek the near and far, it is better to listen to me and learn the Spring and Autumn Period with me." ”

Lin Yanchao arched his hand and said, "Thank you Brother Chen for your kindness, but I have already made up my mind." ”

Chen Xinggui heard that Lin Yanchao had already made a decision that could not be changed, and immediately said: "Since this is the case, I won't say much, if there is anything to help, Brother Lin can come to the younger brother." ”

"Thanks to Brother Chen's generosity."

Lin Yanchao also couldn't figure out why Chen Xinggui suddenly showed favor to him, but before he understood the other party's intentions, he didn't talk about it from near or far.

In the outer house, only Lin Yanchao chose Shangshu as the scripture. Therefore, after Lin Yanchao reported Shangshu, many disciples were strange.

Yu Qingzhou said: "Brother Yanchao, among the Five Classics, the ancients have statistics in the Song and Yuan Dynasty cases, 39,224 words of Mao's poems, 25,700 words of Shangshu, 45,806 words of Zhou Li, 24,207 words of Zhou Yi, and 196,845 words of Zuo's biography in the Spring and Autumn Period. ”

"In the Five Classics, the number of words in the book is the least, in terms of medium material, three hundred words a day, less than ninety days can be memorized, if you follow Brother Yanchao, recite the routine of the famous article when the rotten, the book is his most labor-saving one."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said nothing.

On the other side, Huang Biyou, who was reading with Lin Yanchao, said: "Then the answer is clear, Brother Yanchao, you are so cunning, and you chose the least number of words in the Five Classics, but you actually had the idea of covering the question." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Okay, I admit that I am good at endorsing, but I didn't choose Shangshu as the scripture for this purpose." ”

"Why is that?"

"In two or three years, you'll know."

Yu Qingzhou and Huang Biyou both said: "Brother Yanchao, you are just a good person, and you hide everything." ”

Lin Yanchao said at the moment: "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that I don't have a complete certainty, I won't say it." ”

On the day when Shangshu was selected as the scripture, Lin Yanchao wanted Lin Liao to say that he was going to go to the academy.

Unexpectedly, Lin Liao knew his intentions, Lin Liao looked at Lin Yanchao for a long time and did not speak.

Lin Yanchao asked tentatively, "Did the student do something wrong?" ”

Lin Liao shook his head and said, "I know everything about you." ”

"Huh?"

"Your sentence of Yan Kehua not only saved the life of Mr. Wangzhai's grandson, but also spread the word among Shilin."

"Huh?" Lin Yanchao couldn't help but be surprised.

"Don't believe me? I won't talk about the other letters, this is the magistrate of the main punishment of this mansion, sent me a letter to inquire about your news, and this is a letter from the governor, praising you here, you are skilled in criminal law! ”

"Lord Governor?" Lin Yanchao was also really drunk, and the feeling of being praised by the secretary of the provincial party committee was a little dizzy.

Lin Yanchao said modestly at the moment: "The student only asked for help at that time, and there was nothing else to think!" ”

"That's right, I think so too, it's not good for a teenager to become famous, so you stay in the academy these days and don't go out, so as not to lose your mind about studying."

Lin Liao smiled and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Lin Yan immediately said: "If the student is interested in raising a career, other things will not be beneficial to me, and I am willing to study in the academy." ”

"Yes, it's good that you can think like this," Lin Liao couldn't help but praise, "At the beginning, it was the sentence that two cows fight, one dies and one life, dies and eats together, and the living plough together, I have ordered you to enter the academy, but I don't want to praise you, I am afraid that you will use the wrong mind." ”

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but slander when he heard it, didn't you say that for the sake of me being a protégé of Hu Ti, I was allowed to enter the academy?

"If you really have a heart for the law, this criminal master is just not in the stream, the law has avenues, there are small paths, such as Zhang Tang, Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen and other cool officials, the law is a knife, and the law is cruel to the people, not only fall into infamy, but also difficult to protect this body, this is a small way! Only Du Zhou, Du Yannian's father and son, Dong Zhongshu, Uncle Sun Xuan, Guo Lingqing, Ma Rong, Zheng Xuan, and other famous legal scholars such as Du Zhou, Du Yannian, and Dong Zhongshu, who are known as Du Lu, are the avenue! ”

"If you are interested in criminal law, you should take the road and walk, the master of virtue and the punishment of the auxiliary, if you are an official, the master is like Bao Longtu, ask for the people's life, wash away the grievances, the poor can also be evil, the rule of politics is clear, and in the future, it will be a famous minister."

At present, they are all scholars in the Four Books Imperial Examination, and it is too late for scholars to specialize in the Five Classics, not to mention the study of law, so the magistrates all delegate the power of criminal names to the master and staff. Therefore, the real criminal law experts in this dynasty are all staff members, and they are from masters, and there are very few officials. If you can be proficient in criminal law, you will be an official in the future, and it will be of great benefit to your career.

When Lin Yanchao heard Lin Liao say this, he knew that Lin Liao was afraid that he would study the criminal law and embark on a crooked path, either becoming a criminal master or lawyer who worked for others, or he would play with the law and harm people with the criminal law, so let him first start from the imperial examination, first cultivate virtue and then repair the punishment, and morality will be supplemented by the main punishment, which is where the spirit of the rule of law of Confucianism lies.

This was the teacher's admonition to the disciple, and Lin Yanchao thanked him from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you Mr. for your teaching." ”