Chapter 113 The luxury of this life is the existence of truth

Cao Cao and Yan Wei didn't need to ask for directions, they just followed the flow of people to Xu Shao's private school, outside the east gate of Pingyu County, where the market looks like, and the thatched huts are connected.Many students came and went to the streets, and many rushed to the school to attend lectures. In a tall house with a thatched roof and windows on all sides, the house can accommodate about 200 students, and there are small stones or bricks arranged radially outside the house. Those who pay the money will have a number plate, and can go to the hut to attend lectures. Those who can't pay the money or can't register can only sit outside and listen to Xu Shao's lectures to the students.

Xu Shao didn't charge or drive away the poor scholars who took classes. Xu Shao's classes are divided into morning and afternoon classes. Every five days, each class only has two half-day classes. There can be five classes in rotation, teaching a maximum of about 1,000 students. In fact, more than 3,000 scholars from all over the country gathered in Pingyu County at most, and tens of thousands of family members, servants, and friends who followed these students came together. From the Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty to the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties, the resources of official schools were tight and the threshold was high, which naturally gave birth to the economy of private schools.For example, Laozi, Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, etc., were all famous leaders of private schools.Great Confucians like Xu Shao, Zheng Xuan, and Lu Zhi who taught at Luoyang Taixue and were familiar with the officialdom at that time naturally became a "diamond-level" scarce resource, and students of poor scholars flocked to them.

The 200 students in the school had already sat down, waiting for Xu Shao, and the stones and bricks outside the school near the inner circle were already crowded with people. Cao Cao wanted to find a brick to put his butt on, but it was very difficult for him to put a foot in. Outside the school, there were at least 100 non-class students, sitting around the school like stars and moons. Cao Cao felt strange, as for?Isn't it just Xu Shao?Is his class worth listening to?Thinking back when they were in Taixue... Hey, Cao Cao thought, if he and the other students could have seen such a hard-working and fanatical scene before going to Taixue, he and other students would at least add two points of hard work.

Cao Cao looked at so many people inside and out again, could he still hear the content of the class?Among the lecturers were ignorant teenagers in their teens, and crop farmers in their decades.Students are of different ages and levels. Can they understand Xu Shao's class? After a slight commotion among the students, they calmed down instantly.According to Cao Cao's experience, the legendary Xu Shao appeared.The middle-aged and down-and-out teacher who was originally thought to have been replaced by the image of a young talent with a stalwart appearance, a young talent, a well-groomed, well-dressed young talent with an official taste.

Xu Shao was born in 150 AD, only five years older than Cao Cao.At such a young age, he was able to open a school, and he also has the "Yuedan Review" that the world envies.How is his class? Cao Cao saw that all the students were ready to attend the class, and he was the only one standing, looking so abrupt, so he hurriedly sat down on the spot, holding Qiao Xuan's Qingxuan sword and preparing to attend the class. Xu Shao began to give lectures, with a loud voice and slow pronunciation, in order to let all the students inside and outside can hear clearly as much as possible. Cao Cao was completely infected and melted by the young Xu Shao.There are not many reasons to hate a person, and there are not many reasons to love a person. It is nothing more than whether there is love in the heart.

Cao Cao was ashamed of his misunderstanding and belittling of Xu Shao. He was like a pious child at the moment, listening to Xu Shao's explanation of the classics like listening to the wind: since ancient times, what the emperor valued was nothing but treasures, and what was close to him was nothing but relatives and old friends. What they love should be the people, and what they value should not be Juelu.In history, the subjugated kings did not love the people, did not treat the country well, did not know how to manage their relatives, did not know how to balance power and rank, and made people all over the world follow him, killing lives for treasures, and overstepping the court for titles.Laozi said that "the people are the most important, the community is second, and the king is the least".But throughout history, how many monarchs didn't understand this sentence upside down?They think that the king is the most important, the country is second, and the people are the least...

After Xu Shao finished speaking, he paused, and the court was completely silent. Cao Cao was shocked when he heard it, he finally knew the crux of the problem, the source of the hesitation and the desolation he encountered. If the emperor and those in power don't value the people and let you Cao Cao work hard, everything will be in vain. Cao Cao admired Xu Shao's courage from the bottom of his heart. He dared to talk about such a sensitive topic in such a class, and he would be confinement in Luoyang. Xu Shao continued: The sage said that a gentleman should never endanger the community just because he loves his relatives.Loving certain people hurts the law.Don't think that since ancient times, governing people is like governing rivers, raising people is like raising animals, and employing people is like using grass and trees.We must know that people have emotions, right and wrong, and opposites.Whether you are an emperor, a general or a commoner, you must pay attention to learning and improving yourself.Discern the laws of things and the hidden truths.Emperors, generals and ministers must work together to govern the country harmoniously.The people are the head of the family, and they should be good-neighborly and friendly, and unite father, brother and wife.In this way, the group of officials can obey the teaching, the officials can be strictly judged, the neighbors can be united, and the family can be harmonious.The sage asked the emperor to have the four seas in his heart, in order not to forget the meritorious, hardworking, and loving people in the four seas, not to forget every meritorious person in the country, and not to let any guilty person be spared, so that the Enwei spreads far and wide, and the four seas are of the same heart.

This is the first time Cao Cao has heard such sincere voices of worrying about the country and loving the people in class since he left Taixue.This long-lost familiarity suddenly evokes the emotion that has been backlogged deep in my heart.The students present applauded sincerely for the truth and lasted for a long time.Cao Cao also applauded enthusiastically, and at some point, tears were already shining in his eyes. Cao Cao has already been convinced by Xu Shao, but he has been in the team ten years later, and he sleeps in the dust for hundreds of miles, how can he ask Xu Shao to comment on him?