Chapter 1757: Cleverness leads to misunderstanding (Part 1)
"Brother Hu, you are such an amazing talent, you can actually come up with this method. I really saw you right, I knew you and Brother Xia both He is a very good person, so I recommend him to my nephew."
My uncle Zhu Shouren was full of praise for Hu Wei, and even praised Xia Qiang for his good manners.
“Haha, it is also thanks to Brother Zhu’s discerning eyes and his ability to recommend talents to his virtuous nephew that we have the opportunity to realize our ambitions.”
Hu Wei also complimented Zhu Shouren. .
"That's true. Thank you Brother Zhu. If it weren't for Brother Hu's recommendation, how could we have met such a big shot as Mr. Zhu." Xia Chai also agreed.
The three of them complimented each other, their self-confidence increased a lot, and they divided the work with satisfaction.
Xia Qiang was responsible for keeping watch at the window, paying attention to people coming from outside, and giving warnings in time; Hu Wei and his uncle Zhu Shouren were responsible for rummaging through the handsome tent to find the books that Zhu Pingan had read yesterday, as well as the paper for writing.
Actually, there was no need for them to search, there was a pile of books on the candle table made by Zhu Pingan.
One of the books is still lying in the middle, but the pages are just closed. At first glance, it seems that Zhu Pingan has just read it.
Uncle Zhu Shouren and Hu Wei saw the book on the table at a glance, and they looked at each other.
“It’s true, this is the book that my nephew read just this morning. I have an impression of the blue cover. In the morning, I noticed that my nephew was reading a book with a blue cover. It must be this book."
Uncle Zhu Shouren picked up the book on the table and said with confidence.
"Well, yes, I also have the impression that Mr. Zhu seemed to have read a blue book in the morning, and this should be the correct one."
Hu Wei also nodded, he I also have some impression.
Uncle Zhu Shouren quickly flipped through the book and saw a slight crease on one page. He couldn't help but pat the book and said to Hu Wei and Xia Qiang with a proud look on his face, "This page has a crease. It should be When my nephew saw something interesting, he specially folded a corner to mark it so that he could read it next time. When I was in my hometown, I went to my second brother’s house to look at my nephew’s study. There are many pages in the room with creases, and each creased page is relatively worn. It is caused by my nephew's frequent reading."
"Well, yes, Brother Zhu really knows Mr. Zhu. This page is indeed three times older than the other pages. Master Zhu must have stayed on this page for a long time." Hu Wei stepped forward to flip through the book and nodded affirmatively.
"Let me take a look while there's no one outside." Xia Qiang, who was watching the wind at the window, couldn't help it anymore. He let himself out regardless and came over to take a look.
The three of them gathered together and stared at this page of the book to study.
“What is there on this page that my nephew should read over and over again?”
Uncle Zhu Shouren read it over and scratched his head. For a moment, he couldn't tell what the important content was on this page.
"This book is a collection of memorials. This page is a memorial written by a censor named Zhang Kongwu in the Song Dynasty after he inspected Sichuan. It involves politics, economy, people's livelihood and other aspects, but it can attract Lord Zhu. It must be about military records," Xia Qiang said, stroking his chin after combining the contents of the book and the front and back pages.
"Oh, let me take a look, um, there is something about military in it." Uncle Zhu Shouren was inspired and immediately lowered his head to look for that sentence.
"'There is a general named Zhang Hao in Bashu, who has a style of training in front of the palace of Wu Kingdom, the military sage Sun Wu. He can be entrusted with important tasks as appropriate.' The only sentence in this memorial that is related to military affairs is worthy of my nephew's reading. How long? ”
Uncle Zhu Shouren found it quickly, and then shook his head in disappointment.
"Haha, Brother Zhu, it must be this sentence that attracted Master Zhu's attention." Hu Wei said with a smile.
"Yes, that's it." Xia Qiang also agreed.
"What's the profound meaning of this sentence?" Uncle Zhu Shouren looked at the two of them doubtfully and asked.
"Brother Zhu, does he know the allusion about military training in front of the palace of Wu Kingdom, the military sage Sun Wu?" Hu Wei asked his uncle Zhu Shouren with a smile.
"Ahem, I didn't sleep well last night. My head was a little dizzy and I couldn't remember it for a while." The uncle coughed and said shamelessly.
In fact, he only read the Four Books and Five Classics or some indescribable little forbidden books between men and women. As for historical books and other historical books, in his opinion, they were useless for the imperial examination. He basically didn't read them and didn't bother to read them.
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang knew that Zhu Shouren didn't know as soon as they saw Zhu Shouren's appearance, but they did not expose him.
"Brother Zhu, this allusion is like this. In order to test Sun Wu's ability, King Wu deliberately selected more than 100 maids for Sun Wu to train, including the two most beloved beauties of King Wu."
Hu Wei preached to Zhu Shouren.
"Sun Wu is very lucky. There are a hundred palace maids at his disposal." Uncle Zhu Shouren chuckled.
Hu Wei and Xia Qiang were speechless.
"Sun Wu divided the maids into two teams, the left and right, and designated the two most favored beauties of King Wu as the left and right captains. He explained the military order clearly and stated that if anyone violated the order, he would be punished according to the general law. The maids would respond with their mouths. Good, but they felt it was novel and fun. During the drill, they did not listen to the orders, laughed loudly, and the formation was in chaos. Wu issued military orders three times and five times, but the palace maids still did not obey the orders. None of them were in good shape. Their delicate bodies were shaking wildly, they were laughing loudly, and their formations were scattered. The captains of the two concubines even laughed so much that they almost sat on the ground. So Sun Wu went to the palace. According to the military law, the captains of the two beloved concubines were beheaded in public."
Hu Wei continued to preach.
"Ah, he wants to kill King Wu's two favorite concubines? What can King Wu do?" Uncle Zhu Shouren said in surprise.
"That's right. When King Wu saw that Sun Wu wanted to kill his concubines, he immediately sent someone to tell him that he already knew that Sun Wu could use troops, and asked Sun Wu to pardon his two concubines, but Sun Wu didn't He refused mercilessly, saying that the general was in the army, and the king ordered Unable to accept this, he insisted on killing the two captains of the two concubines. Then, he appointed the leaders of the two teams to continue training. When Sun Wu was training again, none of the palace ladies dared to disobey Sun Wu's military orders and strictly followed them. Left and right, forward and backward, making orders and prohibitions The formation was in order. Sun Wu asked the King of Wu to inspect it. However, the King of Wu was sad because his two beloved concubines were killed and was unwilling to go. Sun Wu went to see the King of Wu in person and said, "It is the common practice of military strategists to enforce orders and prohibitions, and to distinguish rewards and punishments." , is the general rule for generals to treat their soldiers with dignity. , Only in this way can they obey the orders and defeat the enemy in battle. After hearing this, King Wu's anger subsided. When he inspected the palace maid and found that he was carrying out the orders and prohibiting them, he completely dissipated his anger and worshiped Sun Wu as a general. "
Xia Qiang followed Hu Wei's words and slowly told the following story.
“Oh, I understand. Rather than being interested in this sentence in the memorial, the wise nephew is more interested in the allusion about military training in front of Sun Wu’s palace. In this allusion, Sun Wu emphasized the dignity of the soldiers. Only then can the soldiers obey the orders and obey the orders. In other words, the wise nephew wants to imitate Sun Wu."
After hearing this, the uncle Zhu Shouren suddenly realized.
“Brother Zhu, you are wise.” Hu Wei smiled and praised.
"Hey, hey, where?" Uncle Zhu Shouren waved his hand helpfully and laughed. (End of chapter)