"This is a good question!"
Zhou Jiaxian nodded and immediately answered with a solemn face, "To be upright is to conduct oneself with integrity. You should act righteousness and sit firmly, respecting parents and elders above you and caring for younger siblings and clan relatives below you. You must not harm innocent people or do anything that damages the family's interests."
"On the contrary, someone with a crooked heart is the exact opposite!"
These fundamental truths were specially requested by Zhou Chun to be included in the curriculum.
He was very aware of one thing, it's hard for minors to learn good behaviors, but extremely easy for them to pick up bad ones.
Therefore, if these clan members were indoctrinated before reaching adulthood with the idea that in the Cultivation World, deception and achieving goals by any means are acceptable, then there is a very high probability that they would grow up to be like Zhou Zhengkang, who betrayed his family in the past.
Conversely, if they are first presented with these principles in the classroom to establish a sense of righteousness, and when they grow older and are capable of distinguishing right from wrong, they are then shown the harsh realities of society, making them understand the true environment of the Cultivation World.
Then they would gradually become well-rounded, having a moral baseline while not turning into someone who is overly naive.
Of course, these are just ideal scenarios. Ultimately, what a person grows up to be comes down to their nature. External forces can only help and promote, not fundamentally change a person's nature.
There are always people in the world with a vile nature, who are simply born bad!
Educating through morals and disciplining through rituals, these were the educational policies that Zhou Chun particularly set for the school.
In the Cultivation World, even if it's clan regulations and laws, for family cultivators, the constraining force is not particularly strong.
Often, when they violated the clan rules and laws, it was impossible to even detect it.
Since the law cannot effectively constrain them, it is only possible to nurture and strengthen their moral baseline from a young age.
Of course, this moral baseline is the one that Zhou Chun set in line with the situation of the Cultivation World, not the one from his previous life.
Rituals are also a set of rules to constrain people. By abiding by rules and observing rituals, clan members learn from a young age to know and observe rituals, forming habits, so that later on, we need not fear them committing acts of disrespect and chaos.
For cultivators, the journey of cultivation has always been one where the master leads you to the door, but the practice is up to the individual. The teachings a master can impart of the path are limited, often just passing on some experiences.
Therefore, Zhou Chun made the school emphasize the nurturing of morals and rituals, and there was no one among the Zhou Family's higher-ups who disagreed.
At this point, after listening to Zhou Jiaxian's lecture content for a while, Zhou Chun also clapped his hands in praise and stepped into the classroom.
As he clapped his hands, he said, "Seventh Uncle has spoken very well; even I have found it inspiring to listen."
"The Vice Clan Leader is too kind with his praise, these are all thanks to your efforts; I am merely picking up others' wisdom," Zhou Jiaxian replied.
Zhou Jiaxian quickly got up to greet Zhou Chun and then turned his gaze towards those young clan members, saying, "You all should hurry up and greet the Vice Clan Leader."
Hearing his words, those seated students, regardless of their age, all quickly raised their hands in unison and bowed their heads to the ground, greeting him, "Your juniors pay respect to the Vice Clan Leader!"
"There's no need for excessive formalities, my fellow clan members, please sit down," Zhou Chun said as he waved his hand, signaling everyone to rise and be seated.
He then scanned the twenty or so students below him and with a slight smile on his face asked, "You all know me, but I do not know you yet. Could you all please introduce yourselves?"
Upon hearing his words, the students suddenly became silent.
For those among them who had not yet started their cultivation journey or whose cultivation levels were still shallow, the mere fact of Zhou Chun's status as the Vice Clan Leader placed immense pressure on them.
Although they were children, through exposure and understanding, they were aware of the kind of person Vice Clan Leader Zhou Chun was within the Zhou Family.
Zhou Chun also understood these younger members' feelings and immediately pointed at a white-dressed girl, saying, "Then you start, Yudie. Lead the way for these clan members."
As it turned out, the white-dressed girl he pointed to was Zhou Yudie, the "Triple Yin Physique" girl he had brought back from Fengguo's Zhou City.
Seeing that he had called her name, Zhou Yudie, already excited to see him again, immediately stood up with a flushed face and greeted, "Vice Clan Leader, hello. I am Zhou Xindie, fifteen years old, fourth in rank among my generation, currently at the Qi Refinement Realm first layer."
Hearing her identify herself as "Xindie," Zhou Chun also showed a very satisfied expression.
Being able to do this naturally showed that she had completely integrated herself into the Zhou Family and had no longer harbored any aversion to the family for abandoning those mundane clansmen in the past.
He then smiled and praised her, "Very good, Xindie introduced herself very well. The rest of you, please follow her example."
With someone leading the way, the others also relaxed and began standing up one by one to introduce themselves.
A rather robust-looking young man immediately stood up and said, "Vice Clan Leader, hello. My name is Zhou Xinli, eleven years old, tenth in rank among my generation, currently at the Qi Refinement Realm first layer."
"Hmm, Zhou Xinli, I remember you now. Study hard and grow up to serve the family well," Zhou Chun said with a nod, giving him encouragement.
No sooner had he finished speaking than a pretty-looking girl stood up and gave him a bow, saying, "Vice Clan Leader, hello. My name is Zhou Xinyu, nine years old, fifteenth in rank among my generation, currently at the Qi Refinement Realm first layer."