Although Xu Huaiyuan's ecstasy was beyond Xu Yan's expectations, it was reasonable to think about it carefully.

After all, the Ming Dynasty was an era when everything was inferior to the level of learning. Although the Xu family had a good reputation in the local area, it was really pale in comparison with those scholarly families and officials.

Although Xu Huaiyuan was rich, he hoped that Xu Yan could take the imperial examination and get fame and glory as soon as possible. Now he is not as strict as in the early Ming Dynasty, and merchants can devote themselves to the business. Therefore, many families use business to support officials. After all, some people in the family are officials in the court, which brings great help to the family.

Now that Zhaoxianzun personally gave Xu Yan a name, he accepted Xu Yan as his disciple in disguise. The relationship between master and apprentice in the officialdom is the most important link. Xu Yan has the support of Zhaoxianzun at least become a scholar and fame.

What is even more commendable is that Xu Yan himself figured out this truth. This action not only made him have a bright future, but also raised the reputation of the Xu family a lot.

This food donation is really worth it!

At this moment, the anger in Xu Huaiyuan's heart was swept away, replaced by a lot of relief.

Seeing the scene of a kind father and a filial son, Xu Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"Father, the child doesn't know whether to talk about anything or not."

Xu Huaiyuan now looked at his son and said with a laugh: "When you talk, what can we not talk about between us?"

Xu Yan thought for a moment and said in a harmonious voice: "Is there any other sea business in the Xu family except for doing business with Hangzhou Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture?"

Xu Huaiyuan was startled when he heard this: "Be careful. Today, the emperor clearly ordered the ban on the sea, and no one could go into the sea. How dare you disobey the sacred intentions and do such a beheading business? Don't talk nonsense outside."

Xu Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, my father, just ask this, as long as our family has no connection with the maritime businessman."

Xu Huaiyuan sighed: "No matter how much money you make, you have to spend your life. You are not stupid for your father, so how could you do that thing that licks blood from the knife?"

"What my father said is very much."

Xu Yan gave a flatterer very appropriately.

"You!" Xu Huaiyuan patted Xu Yan's tender shoulders and said softly: "Go and read the book quickly."

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"Yeah, focus, focus again."

Xu Yan lay on the bed with great pleasure, directing his personal maid Taochun to give him a massage.

He also read some health books in his previous life and had some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine acupoints.

He was a human being for two lifetimes and was born in a wealthy business family. If he didn’t know how to enjoy it, wouldn’t it be too wasteful of resources?

Furthermore, the days of studying are boring, and even if you read articles written by saints for a long time, you will feel dizzy.

Only by combining work and rest can the desire to continue reading?

"Master, is this OK?"

Taochun looks like she is only twelve or thirteen years old, and her body is extremely thin and has not yet grown. Such a little girl naturally doesn't have enough strength, and her hands are still a little sore after pressing for a long time.

"Yeah, this is much better." Xu Yan said with great pleasure: "Taochun, you are pressing the waist eye point now. If you move down about three more punches and then one more punch, you will be the ring jump point."

"Ah, Master, I'll try."

The little girl nodded and followed the order.

One punch, two punches, three punches...

Oh, why is this ring jumping hole here at the young master...

The little girl blushed for a moment.

Seeing that Taochun stopped pressing, Xu Yan turned his head and laughed: "Why did you stop?"

"Young Master!"

Taochun jumped up suddenly and said with a hint: "Young master will bully others."

Xu Yan felt secretly happy but didn't say it out loud. He coughed twice and said, "Okay, you go down."

The little girl was like a general amnesty and ran away in a hurry.

I have rested and enjoyed it, but it’s time to read.

Xu Yan stood up neatly and stretched his body, then came to the desk to sit down.

I have to say that Xu Yan’s original foundation is really bad. Although he has been enlightened for a long time, he cannot even memorize the Four Books.

Fortunately, Xu Yan's soul is from later generations, and he is also a professor of history. As the saying goes, there is no distinction between literature and history. Xu Yan has great research on the Four Books and Five Classics. Although he is not as good as those professional Chinese studies professors, he also has his own unique insights.

In his opinion, although the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty were tested on the Four Books and Five Classics on the surface, they actually tested their understanding and analysis skills.

It is impossible to get a score by memorizing the Four Books and Five Classics. Not to mention a scholar or a scholar, even a scholar, you should not think of it.

Xu Yan has read many articles about the top scholars in the Ming Dynasty, but his logical ideas are very clear and it is definitely not something that can only be made by mediocre people who study hard.

Xu Yan's advantage is that he has read many excellent articles and has strong ability to summarize. So what he wants to do now is not to scan articles and questions, but to summarize.

Xu Yan opened the "Collected Notes on the Four Books" on his desk and saw "The Great Learning".

This is the most classic passage: In ancient times, those who want to make clear virtues of the world should first govern the country; those who want to govern the country should first consolidate their families; those who want to keep their families should first cultivate their bodies; those who want to cultivate their bodies should first correct their hearts; those who want to correct their hearts should first be sincere in their intentions; those who want to be sincere in their intentions should first obtain their knowledge; those who want to be sincere in their intentions should first obtain their knowledge; those who want to be knowledgeable in their knowledge are to investigate things.

In just a few words, I explained the simplest truth: to be clear about virtue, first investigate things.

What is Investigation of things? Some say it is to explore the principles of things, while others say it is to eliminate material desires. Although there is academic dispute, Xu Yan will only recognize the former, that is, to explore the principles of things.

Why? Because Zhu Xi, he thought so and made annotations.

In other words, the Nominal examination of the Four Books is the Four Books, but the actual examination of the Four Books is the collection of notes. If you use your own opinions to break the topic and write an article, you may write off topic.

The simplest and most convenient way is to see how Zhu Zi and he viewed the saint's words, and then follow this perspective to solve the problem.

Therefore, Xu Yan decided to review the book according to the way he did his studies in his previous life, that is, to summarize the key points and memorize them in series.

In this way, not only can the learning efficiency be greatly improved, but each knowledge point will also be integrated. The most important thing is that in the process of summarizing, Xu Yan found that Zhu Xi's understanding of different parts of the Four Books can be merged. These merged points are likely to give test questions. After all, in the Jiajing Dynasty, the test questions that could be directly drawn from the original text of the Four Books were basically given by predecessors. Nowadays, most of the test questions are intercepted. What is intercept? For example, the first sentence comes from "Mencius" and the second sentence is from "The Doctrine of the Mean". A question that seems to be inconsistent with each other is actually related, that is, Zhu Xi's opinion.

Xu Yan's induction and merging can well predict the direction of intercepting questions, and is extremely effective from the perspective of exam-taking.

This is certainly a bit opportunistic, but in order to get a good fortune, Xu Yan can only make more utilitarianism.

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Chapter completed!