Chapter 130: Being able to live three more days is already a kind act from the gods.

“Second sister-in-law, if you continue to be so polite, I will really run away.”

“You can just call me Congge’er or Congsan’er. The title was conferred by His Majesty.”

“Our family is still the same as before, so we don’t need to pay attention to that.”

Jia Cong said with a deliberate smile.

This eased the tension between the mother and son a lot.

There were already four kinds of snacks on the table. After a while, Yuanyang brought two maids to add a small table.

The table was filled with various Jiangnan specialty cakes.

Jia Lan is five years old this year and has the mentality of a teenager.

Seeing so many delicious foods, I was quite tempted.

However, Li Wan scolded him for being “well-educated and well-mannered”, so he had to force himself to sit upright.

When Jia Cong saw this scene, he sighed inwardly.

Among the younger generation of the Jia family in the original novel, Jia Lan is the most outstanding.

First, there are no famous teachers, and second, there are no resources.

Later, he was able to pass the imperial examination and became a Jinshi. In terms of his talent in Confucianism and Taoism, he must have been top-notch.

It’s a pity that this talent was wasted by the Jia family.

Apart from the fact that her father was a great scholar, the environment and education that Li Wan experienced since childhood was not much different from that of a small family.

It’s nothing more than a little more knowledge of culture and etiquette.

How do you know how to educate children?

At Jia Lan’s age, he is very innocent and naive, but now he is being scolded to the point that he doesn’t even dare to take a piece of his favorite snack.

In the future, when your temperament is fixed, what else will you dare to do?
“I heard from my second sister that Lan’er started learning to read at the age of three?”

Seeing that the mother and son didn’t know how to start the topic.

Jia Cong, who guessed the purpose of the two men’s visit, took the initiative to speak.

“Yes, Lan’er was able to recognize a thousand characters last year, and this year he has started reading The Analects of Confucius!”

“Confucianism and Taoism require the cultivation of Qi. How can I, a woman, know how to enlighten people?”

“I wrote a letter to my father a while ago, and he told me to obey my husband after marriage, and asked me to…”

Li Wan said this while wiping the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

Obviously, she was hurt by the indifference of her mother’s family.

“If it were me, it wouldn’t matter, but Lan’er’s talent cannot be wasted.”

“That’s why I have the nerve to come to Brother Cong…”

“You are a great scholar of the time, if you can, give Lan Er some pointers.”

As he said this, he looked at Jia Cong pleadingly.

“Lan’er, let me ask you, Confucius said: ‘Isn’t it a pleasure to learn and practice it from time to time?’ What does it mean?”

Jia Cong pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Jia Lan.

“Reply uncle!”

“This sentence means that the saints teach us, and it is a happy thing to learn and review it from time to time.”

Jia Lan stood up and bowed in answer.

After saying this, he looked at Li Wan carefully and continued.

“My nephew thinks that, in addition to this, the saints are also teaching us that we should not only focus on studying, but also put what we learn into practice.”

“This will lead to a deeper understanding.”

After hearing this, Jia Cong’s eyes lit up.

This explanation is completely different from the mainstream of modern science.

It’s more like hard work.

Apply what you have learned and focus on practice.

At the age of five, one can break away from the inherent explanations of previous people and come up with one’s own understanding.

Jia Lan’s talent in Confucianism and Taoism is even higher than Jia Cong thought.

But after hearing this explanation, Li Wan, who was standing by, winked at him anxiously.

“Sister-in-law, when you reach the third level of Confucianism, the most important thing is to consult your heart.”

“Understand the words of the sages, implement them, and integrate knowledge and action. Do not violate them in the slightest.”

“Finally, you have to surpass your teacher and form your own doctrine. Only then will you have the hope of breaking through to the fourth level of great scholar.”

“Lan’er is so young, yet she has her own understanding of the classics of sages. She has a natural talent for Confucianism and Taoism, which is rare in the world.”

“This, I…”

When Li Wan heard this, she felt as if struck by lightning. She could easily understand what Jia Cong meant.

I never thought that my education was actually delaying Li Lan’s development.

His eyes suddenly turned red, and he said with gratitude:
“Brother Cong, today is all thanks to you.”

“Otherwise, if it hinders Lan’er’s future, I…”

“It’s okay. Fortunately, Lan’er’s temper has not yet been determined. It’s not too late to correct it.”

Jia Cong shook his head and said comfortingly, “I will be away for a while recently, I am afraid I will not have time to guide Lan’er.”

“Let Lan’er take my seal and go to the Imperial College to register for admission tomorrow.”

“Wait for Uncle Lin from Jiangnan to return to the court in a few months. I will introduce him to you and ask him to accept Lan’er as his apprentice.”

“The White Deer Academy has a collection of tens of thousands of books in the Marquis of Jing’an’s mansion next door. Lan’er can go and have a look when she’s free.”

“From now on, except for the holidays in the Imperial College, my sister-in-law will urge Lan’er to study for an hour each morning and evening.”

“Let Lan’er arrange the rest of the time herself.”

“Being from a powerful family, Lan’er can be a tiger or a wolf, but she can never be a sheep!”

“Yes, I understand. Thank you, Brother Cong!”

Li Wan was also a smart and talented woman in the past.

After being enlightened by Jia Cong, he also realized the problems in his previous educational methods.

I felt suddenly grateful.

“By the way, I have a set of exercises here. Sister-in-law can try to practice it if you have nothing to do.”

Jia Cong gave a copy of “The Secret of Three Yin Water” to Li Wan.

He also asked Yuanyang to bring three thousand taels of silver before sending the mother and son away.

……

“My Lord, all the government offices have been closed, and the brothers are getting ready.”

I told Yuanyang a lot of things in the afternoon.

It was not until dusk that the personal guards commanders Ma Ruyue and Hou Jingyun came in to report.

“Master, are you going out so late?”

Xiaodong’er, who was playing outside with a few maids, heard the noise.

He quickly stuck his head out of the door.

“Dong’er, I have to go out for something.”

“Come back in the evening. Eat your meal and warm my bed at night.”

A mischievous smile appeared on Jia Cong’s face.

“what?”

Xiao Dong’er screamed and ran to the side room, hiding in shame.

……

“Let’s go!”

“Sister Bao, I’m sorry to trouble you to come with me again this time.”

In the room, Jia Cong smiled, then stood up and took Baochai’s hand.

“Cong’er, you really dote on this girl.”

When Baochai saw what happened just now, she couldn’t help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

Warming the bed and such was naturally just to amuse Xiao Dong’er.

Just based on Jia Cong’s personality.

If you didn’t really love me, you wouldn’t make such a joke.

When I left the mansion, I saw that eight hundred cavalrymen had already filled Ningrong Street.

Among them, three hundred were Jia Cong’s cavalry, and the remaining five hundred.

This is the maximum number of troops that the commander of the Beijing camp can mobilize without an imperial edict.

Of course, this is only apparent.

secretly!
Apart from the civil and military judges who stayed in the palace, the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Guards were still outside Shandong.

Black and White Impermanence, the Two Generals of Shackles, General Gan Liu, the Four Seasons Generals, and ten masters of the third realm.

Commanding three thousand ghost soldiers, he is in the Shinto seal, ready to go.

“My Lord, which one shall we start with?”

Hou Jingyun took out a list and handed it to Jia Cong.

The more than 30 names written on the list were exactly the more than 30 ministers who agreed to the marriage at the New Year’s Grand Court Meeting.

“Let’s start with the Sun family. The Minister of the Honglu Temple? From the fifth rank?”

“Let the second sister go to marry?”

Jia Cong’s eyes were indifferent.

This time, we not only need to cut the weeds, but also eradicate the roots!
Return to Beijing for three days and let them live three more days.

This is already a rare act of kindness from the gods.

“lets go!”

After putting away the list, Jia Cong rode on the white tiger.

From the Shinto seal, he took out a great scholar who had been captured alive in Jiangnan and was now tortured half to death by divine power.

Ma Ruyue was carried like a dead dog.

Eight hundred cavalrymen marched out of Ningrong Street in a mighty procession.

(End of this chapter)