Chapter 1688 Invitation


    Taiyuan.


    Jia Qu brought some guards to the Taoist temple in the southwestern suburbs. He thought it was a Taoist temple, but it turned out to be like a manor, and because there were too many people coming from afar, the houses in the Taoist temple were not enough to live in, so he decided to go to the Taoist temple. Some temporary huts were built around the Taoist temple. Fortunately, it was early autumn. Otherwise, the shabby huts that could not shelter the wind and rain during the day and night might not have caught the wind and cold immediately.


    The lecture place was probably in the courtyard of the manor. Some curtains were built and some mats were laid out, but there were long wooden benches outside. Well, it couldn’t be called a wooden bench at all. The trees were cut down and then With the branches and bark removed, just lay it horizontally on the ground, barely able to sit on it.


    In a corner of the Taoist temple, there are some sheds set up by peddlers and shopkeepers, selling some water, food, and some groceries, but they look pretty good...


    Jia Qu did not reveal his identity immediately, and was about to listen to a class quietly before speaking. He was about to find a mat to sit down, but a servant with a smile came beside him. Listen to Zheng Gong''s lesson?"


    Jia Qu nodded, "Exactly."


    The servant nodded and bowed, then pointed to the place near the center of the manor where some curtains were built, "Please look, sir, there is a curtained residence over there, which can accommodate five or six people, all with seats, and there are also full-time servants. Three times of tea and snacks are provided for free at noon and evening, and only one Zhengxi gold coin is needed for a day..." The servant obviously said it many times, and he didn''t beat it at all after a long list.


    "...You still charge money?" Jia Qu was a little surprised.


    "Your Majesty said this..." The servant smiled, "Do you always have to have a meal..."


    Jia Qu shook his head, wondering if he didn''t have the money? On the one hand, Jia Qu was a poor child, so he never spent money lavishly. On the other hand, if he got there, he might be arrested. If you recognize it, the original plan to quietly listen to a class will not be able to be done.


    "That''s it... If the nobleman feels that the curtain is not in the right place, there is still a front seat over there..." The servant''s smile turned colder, "One table can seat three people, one tea and snack a day, and you can call the servant to do things for you... One seat a day only needs three Zhengxi silver coins..."


    "No need..." Jia Qu still refused, the other side is also more forward, it is better to be more hidden here.


    The servant still nodded his head, but with a smirk on his face, "This...hehe, there is ten big coins for a table here, and there is no tea and snacks provided. Please feel free to do whatever you want...and I wonder how many seats you want?"


    "Oh? Such a mat costs ten big coins?" Jia Qu pointed to the benches made of trees in the outer circle, "Then how much does it cost over there?"


    The smile on the servant''s face gradually froze, "There are mostly children from poor families over there, and each person is paid a lot of money a day..."


    "Oh..." Jia Qu nodded, "Then let''s go here... Get three mats for someone..."


    "Yes, yes...Sheng Hui thirty dollars..."


    Jia Qu rented three mats, spread them out with the guards, sat down, looked left and right, and shook his head, although he had heard that Zheng Xuan and Zheng Kangcheng taught all kinds of people, from high-ranking officials to down-to-earth Traffickers and pawns can attend lectures, but now it seems that they are naturally divided into higher ranks. The wealthy nobles can listen to lectures in the inner circle, while the poor can only listen in the outer circle. Could it be standing far away and listening to a few words...


    It was relatively early when Jia Qu came. After sitting for a while, the sun gradually rose, and the morning mist dissipated, and more and more people gathered. Did the servants who guided the seats and collected the money play a role, or was it because Zheng Xuan had already lectured for four or five days, and everyone was already used to this pattern...


    Probably when it was almost at the time of Si, there was a clear and clear sound of gongs, and then a young disciple carrying a small incense burner walked out from the center of the Taoist temple, and then another disciple supported a white-haired old man, walking slowly to.


    Jia Qu took a closer look. This old man had white beard and hair, his back was slightly bowed, his legs and feet seemed to be clumsy, and his steps were a little staggering, but his face looked rosy and his overall spirit was quite good. He was probably the famous Zheng Xuan and Zheng Kangcheng. Bar.


    With the support of his disciples, Zheng Xuan went to the central platform and sat down. He didn''t have any opening remarks to introduce himself, so he started to preach directly. Because Zheng Xuan was lecturing alone, after all, he was old, and his voice could not be very loud, so he couldn''t hear him at a distance, so after he finished a sentence, the disciples on the side repeated it loudly, which can be regarded as a kind of sound amplification effect.


    "Today''s storytelling..." Zheng Xuan said, "At that time, Jiazi was ignorant, and the dynasty was as far as the Shang suburbs and Muye, and it was an oath. The king had a yellow axe on his left and a white yan on his right. He said: "Ti, a man of the Western Lands! "


    "The king said: "Alas! My friend Zhongjun, imperial affairs: Situ, Sima, Sikong, Yalu, Shishi, commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, and Yong, Shu, Qiang, Mao, Wei, Lu, Peng, and Pu. Call Ergo, Birgan, Li Ermao, and give him an oath..."


    Zheng Xuan said something, and the disciples on the side passed it on at the same time. After finishing the main text, he began to make notes, such as explaining the origin of the word "梦刚", its meaning, and so on. Then he spoke in one breath for half an hour, then stopped, and then another disciple with the same loud voice came up, and started to preach again, and after speaking for another half an hour, it was considered as the end of his morning class. With the support of his disciples, he returned to the courtyard.


    The "book" is the Shangshu. What Zheng Xuan taught this morning is quite satisfactory. There is nothing out of the ordinary. The explanations of the words are also based on allusions. A regular class.


    Then another person came to the stage, but he introduced himself, saying that he is from Shanyang, Xixi, and his style name is Hongyu. Be well-behaved, probably because the previous Shangshu was too obscure and difficult to pronounce, so the Book of Songs was aimed at some ordinary people, so it didn''t take long, and it took less than half an hour to get up and salute, saying that all the lessons this morning are complete. It''s over, and then it''s Q&A time in the afternoon, when will it start and so on...


    The flow of people gradually began to disperse, so it is impossible for so many people to gather together to eat, some brought their own, some were delivered by servants, and of course more gathered in twos and threes to discuss scriptures with each other, Some of them started arguing perhaps because they understood the above differences. Coupled with the cries of small vendors selling food and other commodities, the whole scene gradually became noisy.


    Jia Qu observed for a while, stood up, asked the mat to be returned to the servant who collected the money, and then walked towards the middle of the Taoist temple, but was stopped by Chi Xi before the Taoist temple. Xi Xi clasped his hands and said, "I''m sorry, my teacher is old and weak, and I don''t see any outsiders... and I don''t know what the guests want? If you want to be a teacher, you can go to the side to find a certain brother Ren Zhaoxian..."


    Perhaps it was because there were a lot of sons and daughters of the gentry who came to vote for Zheng Xuan in the past few days, so Xi Xi basically said this set of rhetoric many times, and he didn''t even ask Jia Qu''s origin first as usual.


    Jia Qu bowed his hands in salute, and said: "A certain person came here as an apprentice...A certain person is a guard of the Shangdang, asking to see Zheng Gongye..." Waved his hand, and someone handed him a famous badge.


    "It''s Jia Shijun face to face! I''m rude!" Xi Xi quickly apologized, and then said with a famous stab in his hand, "Please stay here for a while, I will report to you right away..."


    Not long after, Xi Ji came out again, saying that Zheng Xuan was invited.


    However, what Jia Qu did not expect was that in the main hall, Zheng Xuan actually saw him lying down...


    Wasn’t it fine on stage before, why are you lying down now?


    Xi Xi explained: "The teacher is old, blood stagnation, sitting for a long time will cause pain in the waist and hips, and I can''t do it myself... Therefore, after the lecture, I need to lie down for a long time before I can recover. It is not rude and negligent. ..."


    Before Xi Li finished speaking, Zheng Xuan interrupted him: "How can you lie down when you see a guest? Mo Yan Zheng is rude? Help me get up..."


    Jia Qu quickly stepped forward to pay respects, and said, "It''s impolite for Qu to come here unexpectedly, without the integrity and seal. got up..."


    Zheng Xuan smiled slightly, but he didn''t try to force it, "If that''s the case, I''ll be negligent..."


    Xi Li hurriedly brought a brocade cushion from the side, and helped to raise Zheng Xuan''s back, so that Zheng Xuan could talk to Jia Qu in a half-lying position, then stepped back and knelt to one side to accompany him.


    "In the past, I heard that Zheng Gong taught in Gaomi, and I yearned for it. However, the mountains are high and the water is far away, so I can''t listen to Zheng Gong''s teachings..." After Jia Jiaqu exchanged a few words, he got to the point, cupped his hands and said, "I am honored to listen to Zheng Gong. The public grants the book, which adds a lot of benefits... I wonder if Zheng Gong is here, intends to set up a door here and grant it?"


    Everyone can understand Jia Qu''s subtext. Zheng Xuan sighed and said, "The old man is about to sink into the ground. If it wasn''t for his unavoidable love, why would he leave his hometown? Sigh..."


    At the side, Xi Ji added in a low voice: "Zheng Gong''s son...served in Kong Beihai, but..."


    It turned out that Zheng Xuan received high-standard treatment from Kong Rong during the process of returning to Gaomi from Xuzhou. In addition, Kong Rong''s attainments in scriptures were not bad, so Zheng Xuan just pushed the boat along and let his son After becoming an official by Kong Rong''s side, I felt that my son''s following Kong Rong was a good starting point after all, but I never expected that Kong Rong, a bird man, ran away on his own when he encountered something, and then not only Abandoning his wife and daughter, even Zheng Xuan''s son...


    Uh, it should be said so, Kong Rong can''t even care about his wife and daughter, how can he care about Zheng Xuan''s son?


    So Zheng Xuan''s son died tragically at the hands of Yuan Tan''s soldiers.


    Recently, Yuan Tan has gone crazy for some reason. Not only did he marry Kong Rong''s daughter, but he even sent someone to Gaomi to find Zheng Xuan, intending to enlist Zheng Xuan as an official. Yuan Tan killed his own son, how could Zheng Xuan become an official under Yuan Tan? So of course Zheng Xuan couldn''t continue to stay in Gaomi, and he didn''t dare to stay in Jizhou, so he secretly passed the Taihang Mountains and came to Taiyuan.


    Zheng Xuan sighed softly, and said: "The old man is already old, and if he dies, he will die. Shy face came..."


    Jia Qu nodded. Jia Qu knew about Yuan Tan''s attack on Kong Rong, but he didn''t know that one of Zheng Xuan''s sons died in this battle... But in this way, it would be more reasonable for Zheng Xuan to come to Taiyuan. From a point of view, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to send over to make trouble, at least in reason.


    Jia Qu said a few words of comfort, and then said: "Duke Zheng has the heart to teach without distinction, and his heart to teach widely, which really makes Qu admire... However, the place is simple and inconvenient to live in today. If Mr. Zheng agrees, why not go to Pingyang?" This time Jia Qu came here, of course, not because of his fame, but because of Fei Qian''s order.


    On the one hand, it was because Cui Jun from Taiyuan must have known about Zheng Xuan, so no matter what method he used to come, it was impossible to say that he did not know that Zheng Xuan was here, and he must be male to male when he appeared. For Jia Qu, the prefect, he could choose to deal with this matter in a private way or in the name of hussars according to the actual situation, and he was naturally more comfortable with the choice.


    After Jia Qu thought about it, he felt that Zheng Xuan''s reason was more credible. After all, such things as the death of his son cannot be faked. The Academy formed a rivalry, so since it was considered a relatively normal academic exchange activity, it was natural to send it to the Pingyang Academy to compare when.


    Zheng Xuan shook his head, and said with a wry smile: "A certain body is broken, already unbearable, crossing the Taihang, almost dying... Now the pain of the journey is really unbearable... But the disciples of this old man, if they go to the Pingyang Academy, they will not feasible…"


    Xi Li kowtowed to the ground: "Mr. is in need of disciple''s service, how can disciple leave? Disciple is willing to follow Mr. around to fulfill filial piety..."


    Zheng Xuan was a little angry, but Xi Xi and the others just kowtowed.


    Jia Qu was silent for a moment, then said: "If Zheng Gong is worried about the road, there is no need... Zheng Gong doesn''t know, but now Bingzhou is intensively cultivating official roads, and it is well connected. Even if you drive slowly, you can reach Pingyang within ten days. The newly developed four-wheeled carriage, the road is more comfortable, spacious and comfortable, and there is no suffering from bumps. If Mr. Zheng doesn''t believe it, he will call one tomorrow, and he will know a thing or two..."


    Zheng Xuanxin worked so hard to come to Taiyuan, isn''t it just to have a better future? Even if it''s not for himself, he still thinks about his apprentices. In the Han Dynasty, the word master was not called casually.


    If it’s just for avoiding the world, then why bother to give lectures in Taiyuan with great fanfare? I didn’t want to go to Pingyang before, but I was really afraid that my old bones would be bumped and lost on the road. I thought about resting for a while, but now I heard that there are more comfortable carriages, and the roads are smooth, not like myself Zheng Xuan couldn''t help being a little bit moved by imagining such a painful journey, but he was also a little worried. He hesitated for a while, then looked at the disciples around him, finally nodded, and said, "If that''s the case, I''ll trouble you... If it''s true To avoid the exhaustion of the journey, the old man... the old man is also willing to go..."


    (end of this chapter)