Early the next morning, Gu Yuanbai spread breakfast in Xue Yuan's room in a low-key manner. After hearing about it, General Xue still felt disrespectful after thinking about it. He walked to Xue Yuan's courtyard early in the morning and waited in front to ask for the Holy Spirit.
After a while, the servant was ordered to bring General Xue into the courtyard. General Xue didn't take a few steps when he saw the Maxima that the servant in the house had said yesterday.
The steed was tied to the tree without a trace of stray hair. This is a good horse, but it is not the one that Xue Yuan once bought. The horse Xue Yuan bought has a circle of dark hair on its four hooves, which is as striking as a black rope and is extremely heroic. . Old General Xue took a second look at the horse and walked to the door of the room.
The door creaked, and the smell of the rice followed. Gu Yuanbai was sitting behind the table and pointed to the seat in front of him, "Xue Qing, sit down."
General Xue stepped forward and sat down respectfully, and Xue Yuan handed the old father the bowl and chopsticks. Old General Xue was upset when he saw him, but in front of the Sage, he only lowered his face.
Xue Yuan gave his Lao Tzu a fluttering glance, then put his full attention on the Sage's body, his hand quietly supported the Sage's waist from behind, and gave the Sage the strength to sit up straight.
Gu Yuanbai felt a little more relaxed.
Breakfast should be light, but the food used by the Holy One is too light. General Xue took two bites, but he couldn't eat it anymore, and said worriedly, "The servants in the house are really lazy, how can the sage eat these things?"
Gu Yuanbai took a mouthful of the tasteless clear soup and smiled, "Xue Qing, it's not bad to have a chance to try clear porridge and side dishes. Don't talk about this, you happened to be here this morning, so let's walk with me, I have some things for you to do."
Old General Xue said immediately: "This minister leads the order."
*
After the meal, Xue Yuan carefully lifted the saint up and walked outside.
Xue Yuan's carriage had been prepared outside the mansion, Xue Yuan went up to take a look, frowned, jumped down and ran to the mansion, "Your Majesty and other ministers."
In a short while, he brought three cotton quilts and hurriedly spread them in the carriage.
Gu Yuanbai stood beside the carriage without changing his face, his posture was straight, but his waist was sore and weak, and his calves could not stand up straight.
Xue Yuan was not around, and no one dared to approach the majestic Sage. Under the neat robes, these weakness are firmly covered up.
General Xue stood aside and murmured doubtfully, "Where do you need three quilts?"
Gu Yuanbai felt embarrassed, but after a while, Xue Yuan spread the quilt, got out of the car and held the hand of the sage: "Sir, I will help you to get on the car."
He was cautious, walking slowly, and occasionally asked, "Is the minister walking fast? Let's see if you are comfortable first. Is the sage thirsty? Are your feet tired?"
The voice gradually became lower, and the saint said: "Shut up."
Old General Xue was stunned for a while before following up on horseback.
*
The place where Gu Yuanbai went was the residence of Li Bao, his prince's grandfather.
Li House.
A guqin was placed in the pavilion, and everyone sat in the pavilion. Warm tea was brought by the maid. Li Bao trembled and stretched out his hand, wanting to pour a cup of warm tea for the saint himself.
The sage stopped him, "Taifu is too old, how can the grandfather do such trivial things?"
As soon as the sage's voice fell, Xue Yuan got up in time, picked up the teapot and quickly poured four cups of tea.
The way he poured tea was like a cow chewing peony. He didn't even know how to drink tea. Gu Yuanbai's eyelids jumped, but he still took the tea bowl with a smile and took a sip.
But none of the people at the table cared about Xue Yuan's actions of pouring tea.
Li Bao was a little uneasy, but also a little anxious. However, the sage slowly and leisurely told him about the scenery in the courtyard, and then read two lines of poems: "This poem has been spread from the south of the Yangtze River to the north and south of the river. If I remember correctly, this talented man once apprenticed to the disciple of Taifu. ."
Li Baodao: "Yes, this child is full of spiritual energy, and he does have some talent in poetry."
Gu Yuanbai smiled, "Taifu has taught and educated people for ten years, and the world is full of peaches and plums, and each has extraordinary knowledge. Those who are praised by the Taifu, I am sure that they must be talents."
"Your Majesty," Li Bao was moved by the words of His Excellency, "I am ashamed, my youngest son... Your Majesty, you are so embarrassed that you trust this minister so much."
"Teacher, don't be too modest," the saint smiled, "your young son made a mistake when he was young and ignorant. As long as he knows his mistake and corrects it, I can ignore it."
Xue Yuan was thoughtful, and looked at the sage and the prince with deep eyes.
Has the youngest son of the Prince's Taifu ever offended the Sage
Li Bao was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down to thank him. Gu Yuanbai stopped him, took out an envelope from his sleeve, and said with a smile, "Teacher, come and see this first."
On the letter paper, is a "Cao Gui Debate" that uses punctuation to break sentences.
After reading the first sentence, Li Bao noticed the little things mixed in between the words. He looked up at the saint in surprise, and the saint nodded and said, "Look at it."
The great Confucian of the dynasty restrained his mind and continued to read.
After Li Bao finished reading, he was silent for a long time. Gu Yuanbai took a sip of tea and asked, "What do you think of this article?"
Li Bao couldn't say anything, and said very complicatedly: "This..."
"This is called punctuation," Gu Yuanbai said slowly, "After reading this article, Taifu should know its function."
After Gu Yuanbai wrote this article last night, when he showed it to Xue Yuan, Xue Yuan, a "literate man", could see the general function of these punctuation marks, not to mention the famous emperor Li Bao.
Li Bao opened his mouth several times, "Your Majesty, this minister—"
Gu Yuanbai shook his head and asked with a smile: "Teacher, you just need to tell me, is this a good thing?"
Li Bao's face trembled, and for a long time, he said with difficulty: "This is a good thing."
Gu Yuanbai took the article and said, "I'm afraid that the master has not understood it, so I will explain it to the master again. This curved symbol is called 'comma', and it is used to separate short sentences that are not at the end of the sentence... "
After speaking one by one, Li Bao's hand holding the cane was shaking, Gu Yuanbai pretended not to see it, and after he finished speaking, he smiled and said to Li Bao: "Teacher, like me, thinks this is a good thing. Since it is Good things, I have to promote the world and benefit the people, does the Taifu say so?"
Li Bao: "..."
He opened his eyes suddenly.
In this world, people who have gained power and money are most afraid of someone coming up to share money, and someone coming up to share power.
The imperial examination was a real way to the upper echelons to change one's background. This road, the people who are already officials can't cut it off, can't stop it from dispersing their power, they can only find another way, using the most basic thing of the imperial examination - sentence reading, to cut off some people's road to heaven.
Sentence reading is the key to reading. Students and schools use various sentence-reading differences to strengthen themselves. Scholars who devote themselves to learning sentences and reading to become officials will form their own faction with those of their own school in the imperial court. Great Confucians and imperial teachers like Li Bao were behind the famous school of "Shang Xue".
These punctuation marks used by the Holy Master basically touched the cakes of all the high-level figures of various schools who have already served as officials.
Everyone is following this unspoken rule. No matter how the power is divided, it will grow within the school. I am willing to give you the power because you are my person. The officials no longer reject the imperial examinations, and the wealthy and wealth will eventually return to their own hands, but such a result will only endanger the emperor in the long run.
Forming parties for selfish purposes and forming groups, such things are endless even in modern times. From a small student class to a large international world, such a thing cannot be avoided anywhere.
Li Bao couldn't answer, so Gu Yuanbai turned his attention to General Xue and asked with a smile, "Xue Qing, you said that what is useful to the country and the people, should I promote the world?"
General Xue didn't know why, but he nodded vigorously, "I think this is right!"
On Li Bao's old forehead, a drop of cold sweat penetrated into the temples along the wrinkles.
"Your Majesty, this thing is a good thing," he hesitated, and said implicitly, "I'm just afraid that someone with talent... can't accept such novelty."
Gu Yuanbai took a deep look at him and put down the tea cup, "Taifu is right, if that's the case, then call a few talented people and ask them personally to see if they think they can accept it or not. "
"Someone," Gu Yuanbai said without waiting for Li Bao to stop him, "call Chu Wei and San Yuyan to come."
*
Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan, firstly, they made a real reputation by their own talents, and secondly, they were picked up by the saints, and their talents were even louder in Xixia. When the two of them stood in front of Li Bao, Li Bao felt bad and kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead.
The two tall and handsome young men read this article back and forth, looking either puzzled or suddenly enlightened, and then fell into contemplation.
As the talents that Gu Yuanbai values, these two people are naturally clean behind them. When Gu Yuanbai asked the two of them about their views on punctuation, Chu Wei took the lead and said bluntly, "For the cold people in the world, it's a path to change."
After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but say, "It's a good thing that the sentence reading is so discerning."
Chang Yuyan put down the article, and rarely stood in line with Chu Wei, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, this minister also thinks so."
Gu Yuanbai turned to look at Li Bao, although he smiled, but there seemed to be a sword hidden in his eyes, "Teacher, our talented people in Daheng all think this is a good thing."
Li Bao sighed dejectedly and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I'm not afraid to tell you directly, this thing is indeed a good thing, but it can't be used."
"You can use it if you can use it," Gu Yuanbai said. "Teacher's peach and plum are all over the world. As long as the master thinks it's good, it's really good."
Li Bao instantly understood that this was the meaning of the sage who wanted to push him out to be the first bird.
His face was pale, and he subconsciously wanted to refuse. But just as he stretched out his hand, he met the eyes of the saint.
Sheng Shang had dark eyes and looked at him quietly.
Li Bao's mind flashed, and he suddenly thought of the words the sage had said before, and thought of his young son.
It is a capital crime for a young son to break into the palace privately, and it is not an exaggeration to search his home. But the sage sent his young son back with great fanfare. Everyone in the world knows the benevolence and tolerance of the sage to him. Can he really refuse the sage
Or to say that the Holy One was at that time, and it was already counted today.
The more Li Bao thought about it, the more dizzy and frightened he became. The sage asked with concern: "What's wrong with the master?"
"I'm fine," Li Bao shook his head pale and his lips were shaking, "I'm fine."
Those young people, including Old General Xue, had already been separated by Gu Yuanbai. They were talking under the pavilion. In the pavilion, there were only Gu Yuanbai and Li Bao.
Gu Yuanbai chuckled, "What is Taifu afraid of? This thing is a good thing for the convenience of the people and future generations. As a disciple of the universe, your achievements are destined to be remembered in history and highly respected."
"Li Qing, you are a great Confucian known to the whole world," Gu Yuanbai lowered his voice, "You learned the words of Confucius, the words of a sage, but have you fulfilled what the sage said? You are called a great Confucian. , is my Taifu, are you worthy of the title of Emperor Teacher?"
Li Bao leaned on a cane and was about to kneel.
Gu Yuanbai said, "Sit well."
Li Bao could only stop.
Gu Yuanbai snorted coldly, "The cold sages in the world want to read but don't know how to read them. Do you know how difficult it is for them to learn how to read? Learn to read, there will be more handsome people in the world, and Daheng will be better. I know what you are afraid of, I will tell you so, if you have the people of the world in your heart, I will protect you from behind, those of you The mediocre sons, I can allow you to stay in the Li family for three generations. If you only use the words of the saints as a means of gaining fame and fortune…”
Coercion, inducement.
Li Bao's mind turned in a hurry, in fact, there was only one result for him to choose. Li Mansion is in the hearts of the people of the world. It is they who owe the Sage, and the Sage circumvents the Li Mansion because of Li Bao. Because of this, they die without words.
All the officials of the court, the great schools... Li Bao finally lowered his head, "I understand what the sage said. I have learned the words of the sage for most of my life, so naturally I should... and apply it to the people."
Gu Yuanbai smiled, "Okay, this is my good wife."