The Dou Family Village does not refer to only one village.

Along the Yi River, there are more than a dozen villages of different sizes that survive under the Dou family's wings. There are more than 10,000 people in this clan. If these people are gathered together, a town can be formed. Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Dou family has always taken the right side and formed a huge network with the Guanlong military nobles and the Guandong family.

Dou Yi was a relative of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and Dou Rongding was a relative of the Sui Dynasty...

If we included the Dou family during the Han Dynasty and Li Yuan later, the Dou family could be called an absolute family of relatives. With such a sideline, the Dou family's strength in Luoyang's clan village has long surpassed the Zheng family.

Regardless of whether the Zheng family is willing to admit it, the Dou family, an old family whose history is not inferior to that of the Guandong gentry, has regained its vitality after experiencing the decline of the late Eastern Han Dynasty and showing unparalleled vitality. They have connotations and strength. Even the Guanlong military aristocrats had to be more careful when facing the Dou family.

Zheng Shian seemed to look down on the Dou family a little, believing that the Dou family's bloodline was impure and had already transformed into Hu.

But Zheng Yanqing did not dare to underestimate the Dou family... Such a noble family that had been around for 800 years has become increasingly stronger and stronger in the changing dynasties. To put it in a later saying: The people of the Dou family have political minds that ordinary people cannot match.

They know how to choose and how to go with the flow.

If you choose the right one at a time, it can be said to be luck; but if you choose the right one at a time, it is not just luck, but more about vision.

There is no doubt that the people from the Dou family have great vision.

Therefore, when Zheng Yanqing stepped into the Dou family's school, he had no intention of contempt.

With a sense of awe, he came to the school and became a member of the Dou family school with a group of children.

Dou Family School is adjacent to Luoyang Jingu Garden.

During the Western Jin Dynasty, the wealthy Shi Chong built the Jingu Garden, which has a history of three hundred years.

The courtyard is full of grass and gurgling water. Although it has been abandoned for a long time, the scenery is still particularly moving. The school house is not far from Jingu Garden. When you climb to the branches of the school house, you can see the rockery and flowing water and pavilions in the Jingu Garden.

In other words, a powerful family like the Dou family can establish a school building here, and idle people do not have such energy at all.

The school is a top-notch courtyard with three courtyards in front, middle and back, teaching different skills. The elementary school is concentrated in the vestibule, sitting in the classroom, and the birds singing and flowers singing outside the window can be seen through the window. The quiet world is a bit solemn.

The teacher who taught Yan Qing and others was about the early thirties and was very young.

He had a face with a national character, a little bronze skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was arrogant without anger. He wore a white long gown, exuding a bit of elegance. Although he always smiled most of the time, the children in the classroom always had a little fear of him.

I can't say why, maybe it's because there's a hint of majesty in my bones.

Zheng Yanqing knew that the gentleman's surname was Li and his name was Li Ji. He was a gentleman who Dou Kang specially invited back from Youzhou.

Although Dou Kang is not the head of the family, he is one of the most powerful figures in the Dou family today.

After all, Dou Kang's father Dou Rongding's branch was born into a royal family. In short, he is still Yang Jian's nephew.

Li Ji led his students to worship the ancestors in the middle hall of the school, and then began to formally teach.

He talked about "Wu Cang", which was also the most popular elementary school textbook at that time. These Wu Cang are roughly the same as the "Cangjie Pian" by Professors Yan Shigu and Zheng Hongyi. The so-called Wu Cang is based on the "Cangjie Pian" written by Li Si in the Qin Dynasty, the "Yuanli Pian" written by Zhao Gao, and the "Boxue Pian" written by Hu Wujing. Since the Han Dynasty, these three articles have been combined into one, commonly known as "Cangjie Pian", and have been changed from Qin Xiaozhang to Han Liwen, also known as "Sancang Shu".

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, "Xunzan Pian" and "Pangxi Pian" were added, so they were renamed "Wu Cang".

This is the Enlightenment Textbook during the Sui Dynasty. Like "Thousand Character Text", it is full of four-character rhymes, with each sixty words, one chapter.

It mainly focuses on official script, which can be used for children to copy and learn on the one hand, and it is also easy to recite on the other hand.

Li Ji recited articles in class, and the yin and yang were shattered and the rhythm was very strong. Students followed them to recite them together. Although they might not understand the meaning, they could read them roughly. It turned out that recitation was also a great subject.

Li Ji's recitation is completely different from the kind of poetry recitations in later generations.

Shaking his head and leaving with the rhythm. His voice was overwhelmed by the young child's voice and echoed endlessly in the school. Such a way of reading easily makes people feel like they are. Zheng Yanqing initially felt that shaking his head and looked interesting, but gradually, he was immersed in it. Unconsciously, a stick of incense went out, but it came during class.

Li Ji put down the book and said with a smile: "Everyone goes out to rest for a while. When we hear the bell, we will start learning words."

"Thank you for your teachings, sir!"

The students stood up one after another and thanked Li Ji.

Before the start of school, you must learn this etiquette. The so-called etiquette cannot be abolished. Students should salute their husbands to show respect for their teachers and be grateful for their hard work in teaching their knowledge. The husbands should also salute them to thank the students for their listening.

In short, there are many etiquettes and many particularities.

Zheng Yanqing finally understood why later generations always said "the country of etiquette". Only through etiquette can you understand the profound connotation hidden in it. Maybe you didn't understand it when you were young, but as you grew older, you will gradually understand it. Unfortunately, in the era of Yanqing's previous life, these traditional ancient rituals have been lost, and even become the four-dimensional ones.

The children all walked out of the school while they were resting.

Yan Qing was about to go out, but Li Ji called him: "Your name is Zheng Yanqing, is he from the Zheng family?"

"Sir, the student is Anyuantang, the old housekeeper of Anyuantang, and the student's grandfather..."

Zheng Yanqing answered respectfully.

For some reason, he always felt that Mr. Li Ji looked very friendly.

Li Ji nodded, "I heard that Zheng Cao invited Yan Zhuo as a mat. How could you ask you to come to Dou's village school to study?"

"This... the student doesn't know."

Li Ji looked at him and said in a deep voice: "Actually, it doesn't matter where you learn, the key lies in yourself. Yan Qing, I think you have known a lot of words when you perform in class. Who have you learned from before? Which book are you reading?"

Zheng Yanqing often can recite the truth after reading it once.

His performance was naturally different from other students. Li Ji noticed this, so Yan Qing stayed.

"When I was a young student, I studied with my nurse for a while, and later I saw the Liu Xiong Monument while cleaning the master's study."

Li Ji's eyes lit up, "If you say so, can you write too?"

"Well, I learned some."

Yan Qing didn't dare to speak too much. The writings from the Sui and Tang Dynasties were quite different from the simplified Chinese characters he learned in later generations. He could recognize some characters because of copying inscriptions or other reasons; but he did not recognize some characters.

This is also an important reason why he wants to study in the village.

Li Ji nodded, "Well, I will understand this way... You have a good foundation, but you can't get tired of it. The starting point is high and the requirements are high. In the future, I will have stricter requirements for you than others. You need to be prepared."

Yan Qing didn't know what Li Ji said, what thought was coming from.

Instinctively, he felt that Li Ji seemed to treat him differently from other children. Is it a good or a bad thing? Zheng Yanqing couldn't say it. But since Li Ji said that, Yan Qing still thanked him respectfully and then left the class.

After a while of rest, everyone re-entered the class.

Li Jizhong taught his lessons again, but this time, he mainly wrote and asked everyone to write Wucang texts on the sand table.

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Chapter completed!