First Minister of Ming Dynasty

First Minister Section 498

It's just that after listening to Zhang Ximeng's lecture, how could the big guy be willing to leave!

Therefore, the students continued to discuss in twos and threes.

For example, Zhang Shuning and others got together.

Xu Guan said: "The words of Zhang Xiang are really enlightening and extraordinary. I remember when I was very young, I wanted to read books, not to mention how difficult it is. I cherish everything with my broom, and I don't want to take it out at all."

Hu Yan nodded, "That's right, I remember Song Lian Song's scholar wrote an article about the difficulty of studying at a young age. If those who have a large collection of books and profound knowledge can do what Zhang Xiang said, they will spread knowledge and support their younger generations. It is my bounden duty, and I take pleasure in preaching. I really don’t know how many people will benefit from it! Zhang Xiang’s high-sounding remarks really exhausted the teaching of the world, and made me want to be a teacher.”

Hu Yan sighed, Zhang Shuning suddenly raised his head and asked, "Senior Brother Hu, do you want to be a teacher too?"

Hu Yan was startled, "I also want to? So you want to be a teacher?"

"Ok!"

Zhang Shuning nodded, very seriously, "Our civilization, our country, relies on cultural inheritance and the spread of knowledge and culture... Teachers take on this mission, the most noble and supreme! Naturally, I want to be a teacher! Excellent teacher!"

After Zhang Shuning finished speaking, he looked down at the silent Xia Zhifeng, "What do you think?"

Xia Zhifeng was still thinking with her head down, when she was asked suddenly, she was stunned for a long time, then she bit her lip and said, "I, I have something, I want to ask Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Shuning looked around, he gave Xia Zhifeng a wink, and after a while, the two of them came to the side of the school courtyard wall alone.

Xia Zhifeng raised her head suddenly, summoned up all her courage, and said in a firm tone: "Did you know that we live on a huge ball?"

Zhang Shuning was stunned for a while, Xia Zhifeng thought he was frightened, so she said to herself: "I also think it's weird, but I read a lot of books on mathematics and observed it for a long time, so I decided to do it... Although I'm still I can’t come out, but I’m pretty sure that we are on a big ball... I also know this is ridiculous, and I have never dared to tell others. On the one hand, I pushed it out based on what I learned in books. On the other hand, it is I listen to what I hear around me, and everyone firmly believes it...Which one do you think I should believe, me, or my father and the others?"

Only now did Zhang Shuning understand that the earth is a sphere... It seems that when he was still wearing crotch pants, his father said it, and Zhang Shuning also remembered it clearly.

But why the earth is round, he can't figure it out.But he absolutely believed that his father would not be wrong, so he believed in it.

Today Xia Zhifeng told him that not only did she know that she lived in a sphere, but she also tried to calculate it with arithmetic.

At first hearing, Zhang Shuning was horrified, but after calming down a little, he was pleasantly surprised again.

This girl is even more talented than I thought!

It can even be said that she is the most suitable heir to my father's knowledge in this area.

"Xia Zhifeng, do you have any other weird ideas?" Zhang Shuning asked.

Xia Zhifeng paused, and then said in a thoughtful tone: "I saw a tengu eclipse the moon last year... I am observing the moon phase now, and I feel that there must be a law behind it, not some tengu, but The sun, moon and stars we see are all in motion!"

Hearing this, Zhang Shuning was already very sure that this girl was more than just a genius!

Father must see her as soon as possible.

"Well, have you ever written anything about it?"

"I wrote it and put it in my study. No one knows...I'm afraid that someone will be afraid."

Is it possible that I can still burn you as a witch?

Zhang Shuning lamented the rigor of his little friend, and said with a smile: "Well, you go home first, get these things, and then go to the backyard of my house. When Zhang Xiang goes to rest, I will find a way to lead you in. Zhang Xiang is very talkative. He can talk today. In that case, he must be willing to impart knowledge and answer doubts. After meeting Zhang Xiang, he may be able to help you answer questions."

Xia Zhifeng's eyes gleamed, and he nodded vigorously.

She had never been so excited since she was a child.

My stomach is full of questions, and I finally have someone who can help answer them. This kind of happiness is simply unimaginable.

She ran back home as fast as she could, and found out her round earth theory, which was a very rough article with only a few hundred words.

It is a crime to ask Zhang Xiang for advice on this!

Xia Zhifeng looked at the time, she felt that it would be a long time before Xiang Zhang came back.

Xia Zhifeng picked up the pen, retouched it, and tried to write the article carefully and clearly, and then handed it to Zhang Xianggong for reading.

As for Zhang Shuning's promise, she has no doubts about whether it can be fulfilled or not.

Boss Zhang will definitely do what he says!

Besides Xia Zhifeng, there were many other students who were shocked, and one of them was Huang Zicheng!

This person is 20 years old this year. Not to mention his good looks, he is also quite talented in poetry. Logically speaking, he is definitely a man of the school and has attracted much attention.

But sorry, not many people know about Huang Zicheng.

The main problem is that Huang Zicheng is a little older, and before he entered Jimin Academy, he had already achieved a lot in his studies.

Entering the school is only as an auditor, and does not participate in the school's exams, so the big guys don't know.

Huang Zicheng was able to enter the school thanks to an old gentleman named Liang Yin. He was very knowledgeable but very unlucky. Under the rule of the Yuan court, he failed many times.

Later, Liu Sanwu served as the head of Jimin Academy and invited him out.

Liang Yin taught Huang Zicheng in his early years. After he entered the school, he read Zhang Ximeng's articles, studied the design of the school, and issued more courses such as astronomy and calendar, agriculture and medicine.

Liang Yin felt that what Huang Zicheng had learned before was far from enough, so he wrote to ask Huang Zicheng to come over.

As expected, Huang Zicheng obeyed and came to Jimin Academy,

It has to be said that, as a natural problem solver, even though Huang Zicheng could not take the exam, it was quite scary when he rolled it... It only took him one and a half years to learn all the courses by himself, and he was excellent in mathematics, medicine, and agriculture. Quite accomplished.

As an auditor, Huang Zicheng was going to Beijing to take the imperial examination, or to find another way out.

It happened that at this time, Zhang Ximeng came to Jimin School to give lectures.

Just this class made Huang Zicheng think a lot.

He found Liang Yin and expressed his thoughts. He planned to go to Peiping, to the cultural desert, to a barbaric land, to spread enlightenment, and to bring what he had learned to the children of Peiping.

After Liang Yin heard this, he was quite touched, so after the lunch break, he mentioned this matter to Liu Sanwu, meaning that he also wanted to say that the juniors in our school are also very responsible, not all villains without cultivation!

After listening to Liu Sanwu, he was also very moved, so he told about Huang Zicheng when Zhang Ximeng was about to go back.

Huang Zicheng?

Still want to go to Peking?

what to do?

Assist Zhu Di?

Zhang Ximeng felt that the world was becoming more and more magical, but he was quite happy when he thought that these two rivals were about to get together.

"Well, let Huang Zicheng come over, and I'll talk to him."

Not long after, a very handsome young man came to see Zhang Ximeng.

He is indeed handsome, and Zhang Ximeng can't say that if he is not as handsome as himself, he is not handsome.

In fact, Huang Zicheng was No. 2 in the provincial examination in history, and even got a Huiyuan in the general examination, and No. 3 Tanhua in the palace examination... Although it is not as scary as winning six yuan in a row.

But in the three major exams, all of them were in the top three, and they also won Tanhualang, a symbol of perfect talent and appearance. The strength of Huang Zicheng should not be underestimated either.

It is definitely at the level of the king of scrolls, and it is still the king of kings!

"Zhang Xiang, the students were shocked after listening to the teacher's morality taught by Xianggong in the morning. The students felt that the teacher should not be on top of the school, but only educated on a high platform. It seems that he should go to the most difficult place to spread education. The land was Youzhou in ancient times, and it was also the capital of the Yuan Dynasty. It has been isolated for hundreds of years, and the Hu Feng is pervasive. Although the students are not good at learning, they are willing to use their meager skills to attract jade and go to Peiping to teach students."

Listening to Huang Zicheng's words, Zhang Ximeng didn't think he was being hypocritical.

"Now Beiping leads Liaodong, and also leads Korea, a land of several provinces, mixed with various ministries, and it is not easy to spread enlightenment!"

Huang Zicheng hurriedly said: "It's all about human effort. The students feel that as long as they work hard with one heart, they will not be able to achieve great achievements, and this is enough to have a clear conscience!"

Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while, "Well, as a private person, I will write a letter to King Yan and ask him to provide you with some convenience!"

Huang Zicheng quickly thanked him, "Mr. Zhang, the student is not the only one who intends to go to Peiping. We will definitely do our best to educate the students. It is our duty!"

Chapter 692 Mr. Zhang accepted his disciple

Huang Zicheng is a man of absolute sincerity, and besides, he advocated the reduction of feudal clans. During the Battle of Jingnan, he was a pig among pigs, and he seemed like a waste snack.But ignoring this paragraph, just looking at his first half of life, his resume is quite beautiful, smart and studious, famous at a young age, and handsome.

Now he is willing to go to Beiping to spread enlightenment, what can Zhang Ximeng say, he can't stop him!

It's just that such a group of crouching dragons and phoenixes join Zhu Di's hands, who knows what strange chemical reaction will happen, and he is quite looking forward to it.

"Huang Zicheng, I want to ask you a question, there are many Mongols in Beiping, and even Jurchens, descendants of Khitan people, how will you treat them?"

Huang Zicheng was stunned for a while, and said: "Treat everyone equally. Anyone who speaks Chinese, writes Chinese characters, and performs Chinese rituals...belongs to Ming Dynasty, and has a heart to Huaxia. They are all the same, and there will be no difference."

Zhang Ximeng nodded slightly, "I hope you will do what you say, practice it yourself, and unite knowledge and action, which will be a great fortune and great merit!"

Practice with your body, unite knowledge with action!

Ever since Zhang Ximeng came to Jimin School, there has been a lot of golden sayings, "study hard, make progress every day, you have to write it down, hang it on the wall, and let the students remember it in their hearts."

Huang Zicheng thanked Zhang Ximeng repeatedly, and then he turned and left with satisfaction.

Going to Peiping with Huang Zicheng, there are also a few like-minded friends who are young and enthusiastic and promote the way of teachers.

These few people headed for Peiping like a pot of fire.

And after hearing about their feat, Fang Xiaoru was also tempted. He will not graduate in two years. Fang Xiaoru also plans to go to the most difficult place, whether it is Beiping or the Southwest, where there are people who are eager to learn, where there is a need for the inheritance of teachers, They should be there!

For this reason, Fang Xiaoru secretly engraved a few words on the desk: the way of teachers, the way of China!

Zhang Ximeng didn't know either, what would the "Jianwen Qunxians" do when they went to Beiping and gathered under Zhu Di's men?It will not be possible to cut down the feudal clan. It would be quite interesting if they clamored to go to Luo with a knife and complain to the emperor.

Anyway, Zhang Ximeng was in a good mood. He returned to his residence, and when he walked in, he found that Zhang Shuning was busy with work. The little guy had cooked four dishes for Zhang Ximeng, which were delicious.

Then I prepared another bottle of fruit wine... Zhang Ximeng has always been incapable of drinking, so he drank a little occasionally. The little guy is quite filial.

Zhang Ximeng glanced at him, "Tell me, what's on your mind? You won't be courteous for nothing, right?"

Zhang Shuning said with a smile: "Father, my son has always been very filial to your old age. There is no such thing as a ghost...but I want to congratulate my father, I finally met a genius from heaven."

Zhang Ximeng put down his chopsticks and asked, "What do you mean?"

"It's Xia Zhifeng! She actually calculated that we live on a sphere, and said that solar eclipses are also regular."

"What?" Zhang Ximeng was shocked. He knew that his son's little friend was very smart, but he never expected that he was so smart!

"How did she figure it out?"

Zhang Shuning shook his head, "I don't know either, but she said it should be related to the books I brought. Father, I don't understand. I also read these books, why didn't I know?"

Zhang Ximeng rolled his eyes, "This is the difference between a genius and a mediocre person... Come on, don't be courteous, go and call her, I'll have a good chat with her. If you want to reveal your identity, just tell her the truth , if you don’t want to, I’ll call you classmate Zhang, how about that?”

Zhang Shuning was taken aback, feeling very tangled in his heart.He couldn't imagine what kind of attitude his friends would have when they knew that he was the son of King Lu and Zhang Xiang's son!

"Let's wait a little longer!" Zhang Shuning said in a low voice.

Zhang Ximeng nodded and waved his son out.

Not long after, Zhang Shuning walked ahead, only half a body behind, a thin little girl, holding a bunch of things in her arms, followed closely behind.

The little girl was extremely nervous, with a sullen little face, and her lips were tightly pressed, which turned white due to excessive force.

When she entered the room, she subconsciously wanted to kneel down, but she heard a gentle voice, "Have you eaten? Come here if you haven't eaten, and try Zhang's cooking."

This is Zhang Xiang's voice!

With courage, she raised her head and found Zhang Ximeng looking at her with a pleasant smile.

The little girl was so dizzy that her hands and feet were all stiff, and she walked to the front of the table. Zhang Shuning, who was watching from the side, had to turn her head to the side for fear of laughing.

It turned out that in this scene, I was not the only one who was embarrassed!

Even the little genius can't bear it!

Zhang Shuning decided to write down this dark history of Xia Zhifeng, maybe it will be a topic of conversation in the future.

Zhang Ximeng had a panoramic view of his son's slight emotional changes, but the child is still not enlightened!

But it doesn't matter, it's still a long time!

Zhang Ximeng said to Xia Zhifeng: "Don't be nervous. Being able to innovate and discover new things is to enrich our knowledge and contribute to this country. Just make bold assumptions and carefully verify. There is nothing taboo."

Faced with Zhang Ximeng's encouragement, Xia Zhifeng gradually calmed down her beating heart. She bravely put what she wrote in front of Zhang Ximeng.

"Zhang Xianggong, I don't know whether it is right or wrong. I still hope Zhang Xianggong will give advice."

Zhang Ximeng took the little girl's manuscript with a smile and read it carefully.

Gradually, Zhang Ximeng's face became serious. This is definitely not a little girl's random graffiti, and the method envisaged above does make sense.

Zhang Ximeng said: "You are summarizing the achievements of the past dynasties, including the measurement methods of monks and others, as well as your own summary... You still can't deduce that the earth under your feet is round, it's not a matter of method, It is because of the lack of sufficient data. Such a big thing requires extensive observation and multiple field measurements... These are really not something you, a little girl, can do."

Xia Zhifeng listened silently, then raised her head suddenly, and asked with some trepidation: "Mr. Zhang, am I right? We really live on a ball? Then why don't we fall?"

Zhang Ximeng laughed loudly, "With a rigorous attitude, I can't say that you are right. You need to measure and prove it. But if we really live on a ball, why can't we not fall... Is this again? A good question? We need to make conjectures and verify carefully."

Xia Zhifeng's eyes widened, she suddenly became very excited, and even her fear was much less.Because Zhang Ximeng is the one she has met who is most tolerant of her thoughts.