"Dongdu Fu" says: Within the four seas, schools are like forests, and the gates are full of doors.
This sentence talks about the educational prosperity of Yuanshuo Kingdom.
Since Emperor Yuan, the Yuanshuo Kingdom has established official schools throughout the country. The official schools in the countryside are called Xiangxu, the official schools in counties, roads, towns, and marquises are called schools, the official schools in prefectures are called xue, and the official schools in the east are called xue. The official school in the capital is called Taixue.
Qiu Shuijing came to Tianshiyuan from Shuofang City, but what he saw on the way was a different scene, which was different from the record in "Dongdu Fu".
Not only are there no students in the villages and towns along the way, they can even be said to be sparsely populated. Some of the villages have closed down, and the villages are overgrown with weeds, wild foxes, and many monsters.
In the past thirty years, people from the countryside have fled to the city, leaving only women, children, old and young in the countryside, living on some thin fields, which has caused many problems.
The countryside in Qiu Shuijing's heart carries the beauty of his childhood. The countryside in his impression is beautiful with beautiful mountains and clear waters and outstanding people. However, what he saw along the way this time was a scene of the collapse of etiquette, music, and moral disintegration.
If nothing else, there is a huge problem with the Xiangxu teaching alone.
All the young people in the villages and towns have gone to the city, leaving some old people and children. Couples with some money often take their children to the city and send them to government schools to study. The rest are all without money. , parents are working outside, how can grandparents take care of those children?
Children left behind in the countryside have no parental supervision. Not only do they not go to Xiangxu to study, they even call their friends, form gangs, and run rampant among their neighbors.
In the past, the rural village of Xiangxu was full of students. Now it is considered good to have three or five young people studying there.
“Without scholars, the rural community will not be able to continue. Without the rural community, children in the countryside will have nowhere to study, and there will be more and more ignorant people, and chaos will occur in the countryside.”
After arriving in no man's land, Qiu Shuijing shook his head repeatedly.
However, the purpose of his coming to Tianshiyuan this time was not to go to the countryside to observe the people's sentiments, but had other plans.
"Mr. Shuijing, it's getting late. Why don't we stay here temporarily, eat something, and wait until the Tianmen appears to make plans." Behind Qiu Shuijing, a scholar said .
Qiu Shuijing looked at the setting sun, nodded, and walked into a dilapidated hut with a group of scholars. He saw that the place was full of thorns, and it must have been abandoned for some years.
A few scholars were tidying up and were about to light a fire to cook, when suddenly they heard the faint sound of reading coming from the inner hall of Xiangxu.
Qiu Shuijing's expression moved slightly, she raised her hand to make a silent gesture, stood up quietly, and followed the sound of reading to the inner hall of Xiangxu.
A few scholars followed him on tiptoe, and the sound of reading gradually became clearer. Everyone was wondering: "This Xiangxu has obviously been abandoned for many years, and it is surrounded by uninhabited areas. Why are there teachers teaching here in the human area?"
"The people teaching in Xiangxu may not be human beings." Qiu Shuijing seemed to guess their thoughts., sneered in a low voice.
The scholars were awe-struck and looked into the inner hall. They saw an old yellow-skinned fox man about half a man tall standing up, holding a pointer in his left hand and a book in his right hand, pacing back and forth in the hall.
And there were more than a dozen foxes in the hall, yellow, white, red, and flower, each sitting upright, shaking their heads, and reading scriptures!
"Evils are causing trouble. If you enlighten your wisdom and understand things, if you start to recite the saint's articles, you will definitely transform into a human being in the future, bring trouble to the world, and even compete with others for the world!"
Qiu Shuijing's murderous intention is true. About to take action, his eyes suddenly stopped, and the murderous intention in his heart gradually faded away.
There were fox demons everywhere in the classroom, and among the fox demons, there was a young man in a yellow shirt sitting upright, shaking his head and reciting articles with the foxes.
The boy was thirteen or fourteen years old, with handsome features, red lips and white teeth. He was studying seriously.
Except for this boy, no one in this class is human!
"The people's livelihood in Tianshiyuan is in decline, and the rural order has collapsed. People no longer teach children, and children no longer study. Instead, the fox demon teaches and educates people, reading and writing."
Qiu Shuijing was filled with emotion: "And it's rare to find a person who loves to learn, that's all, let them go. This young man actually studied with a group of fox demons in a no-man's land, and he wasn't afraid. It's really weird..."
He turned and left.
The scholars were surprised and quickly followed him quietly to Xiangxu's courtyard.
Qiu Shuijing did not speak, and the scholars did not dare to ask.
After a while, I suddenly heard the sound of a bell. The children in the classroom were shouting and shouting. There was a lot of noise. Many fox monsters rushed out and made a lot of noise. When they saw the people in the courtyard, a dozen fox demons were standing there on two legs, with their eyes wide open and their mouths open, at a loss.
The scholars looked at Qiu Shuijing one after another. Qiu Shuijing smiled slightly and didn't take it seriously.
The sound of footsteps came from the preface, and a slightly childish voice said: "Brother Hua, Third Brother Li, don't run too fast, wait for me!"
The scholars followed the sound and saw that the human boy was one step behind and had just walked out of the classroom.
A lady saw the young man's movements clearly and whispered to the scholar next to him: "He is a blind man..."
The other scholars looked at it carefully. Everyone is stunned.
The young man’s eyes were all white, he had no pupils, and he could not see. He was indeed blind.
"No wonder he goes to class with the fox demon."
Everyone thought to themselves: "He can't see, he can only hear sounds, and mistakenly thinks that the people around him are people. But I didn’t expect that the people who studied with him were all demons!"
Although the young man could not see, his ears were very sensitive. He smiled and said: "Sir, sir, there is a guest in Xiangxu!"
Du, Du.
The sound of the crutches falling to the ground came, and the yellow-skinned old fox who taught walked out of the classroom on crutches., an old voice came from his mouth: "The distinguished guest has come from afar, I am sorry for not being able to welcome you."
After that, the old fox's face darkened, and he said to the little foxes: "get out of class is over, it's heaven. It’s too late, please go home quickly.”
The little foxes dispersed in a hurry.
Qiu Shuijing looked at the blind young man, and saw that although the young man was blind, he seemed to be able to see his surroundings clearly. He bowed slightly to him and the scholars, and followed the foxes away from the place. The preface to the film is dilapidated.
Qiu Shuijing was slightly surprised and looked sideways at the young man's back, thoughtfully.
"His name is Su Yun."
The yellow-skinned old fox coughed, raised his hand, led Qiu Shuijing towards the inner hall, and said: "Tianshi Yuan Tianmen Town He is thirteen years old this year. When Su Yun was seven years old, something happened to his family and he became blind for some reason. He was quite pitiful, but he was a studious child. When he came to my place one day, he couldn't leave when he heard the sound of reading. You have to listen. I saw that he was eager to learn, so I asked him to stay." Qiu Shuijing said calmly: "As far as I know, he is from Tianmen Town? There are no living people in Tianmen Town, Shiyuan. Not only is there no one in Tianmen Town, there is also no man's land within a hundred miles of Tianmen Town."
The yellow-skinned old fox stopped and looked at him sideways. The fox smiled and his beard trembled slightly: "Most of what you heard, sir, are rumors."
Qiu Shuijing looked at the inner hall and saw a painting hanging on the main hall, which was about plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums, corresponding to There is an inscription on the "Four Gentlemen", which reads "Be a role model to others". There is no inscription, so I don't know who painted it.
The yellow-skinned old fox came to the painting, sat upright facing Qiu Shuijing, put his crutch across his knees, and said solemnly: "Sir from the city, please leave a whole body."
Qiu Shuijing looked away from the painting and asked: "What do you call your Excellency?"
Old Fox said: "They call me Mr. Yehu. What do you call the gentleman from the city?"
"Qiu Shuijing."
Qiu Shuijing bowed slightly and said, "Shuijing led his students to pass by this treasured place. After a long journey, I would like to borrow your master's treasured place to stay. Please be accommodating."
That old man The fox raised his head and looked at him in surprise: "You won't kill me to slay demons?"
"The Master said that there is no distinction between education and distinction. Isn't that what Mr. Yehu did?"
Qiu Shuijing said solemnly: "Sir is a demon, and Su Yun is a human. Sir, he did not refuse to teach him because he is not the same kind. This is exactly what the teacher did. Nowadays, the countryside is out of order, education is difficult, and people may not be able to Being able to teach without distinction, let alone a demon? That’s why Mr. Yehu’s actions are so precious.”
The old fox breathed a sigh of relief.
Qiu Shuijing changed the subject and said: "But I just listened to Mr. Yehu's lecture. He was talking about the classics of the Old Saints, the old classics from thousands of years ago. Although the classics of the Old Saints are good, they are already outdated. It's out of date and can't keep up with today's times."
The old fox was surprised: "Why did Mr. Shui Jing say this?These books? This is what we have learned for thousands of years..."
"This was the case in the past, hundreds of years ago, and even thirty-five years ago. But now..."
Qiu Shuijing showed a hint of bitterness, paused, and said: "Sir, times have changed. "
He repeated again: "Times have changed, hey, if you don't change the past, you will only get beaten, but it is no longer the past..."
He shook his head and did not continue.
The old fox stood up tremblingly, and said a little confused: "I dare to ask Mr. Shui Jing, if you don't teach the scriptures of the old saint, what should you teach? The gentleman said that there are old saints, is it possible that there are new saints now? "
Qiu Shuijing shook his head with a sarcastic expression: "New Saint? There are no new saints in the world today... Maybe there are, but they are not in Yuanshuo Kingdom..."
He calmed down and was not in the mood to continue talking, and said: "Rural Xiangxu can't keep up with the times. I want to To learn useful things, you still have to go to the city. If you rely on the old Bible to learn, you will only get beaten, and the things you learn are only things from thousands of years ago. Mr. Yehu, although you teach without distinction, if you continue to teach, you will only mislead your students. Things belonging to the Old Saint cannot survive in the city. ”
The old fox was dumbfounded.
Misleading the disciples?
Where do you start with this?
The knowledge of the old saint has been Has it fallen to this level?
After a while, the old fox bowed his hand to Qiu Shuijing and disappeared in a burst of evil spirit.
Qiu Shuijing stepped out of the hall. >
At the third watch of the night, Qiu Shuijing was meditating and taking a nap. Suddenly she became energetic, opened her eyes and whispered: "Wake up! The gate of heaven is open! "
In the preface, all the scholars were sleeping on the ground. After hearing the words, they stood up one after another, showing excitement.
"Put out the bonfire! "
Qiu Shuijing gave an order, and some scholars immediately put out the bonfire.
Huh——
Qiu Shuijing jumped up and jumped to the roof of Xiangxu, several The scholar rabbit flew up and landed next to him.
There were no lights in the villages of Tianshiyuan at night, which was completely different from the lights of the city. Only the stars and the crescent moon decorated the night sky.
The cold wind was bleak.
Qiu Shuijing whispered: "Open your heavenly eyes, otherwise you will not be able to see the heavenly gate! "
The scholars behind him took out a piece of jade leaf. The leaf was in the shape of an eye. They placed it between their eyebrows, like a vertical eye.
"Open! "All the scholars drank in low voices.
I saw that the jade leaves between their eyebrows gradually disappeared under their skin and disappeared.
Under the skin between the eyebrows of a scholar Something rolled, and then the skin split open on both sides, revealing a rolling eye.
The other scholars also opened their eyes one after another, looking around, and they couldn't help but trembled and shouted. Said: "The gate of heaven is really opened! Ghost market, ghost market also appeared! ”