“…”

"What?"

Emperor Hongzhi was completely shocked.

Did Wu Shizhong be tied up and arrested to get a soup?

What the hell is it?

Liu Jian sighed in his heart. He regretted it a little. Wu Shizhong has always been steady and an upright person. Although he is just a mere minister of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Jian once talked to him that this person is a talent for creation.

But I never expected that today's Sei-secret would cause such a big mess.

The court never forbids scholars to learn anything, and this is actually quite relaxed.

However, it was decided that Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism were the only annotation during the imperial examination.

What does this mean?

In other words, no matter how good you write the eight-legged essay, if you want to write the eight-legged essay, you have to follow Master Zhu's ideas. If you want to have a sudden idea, it will not work.

Therefore, although some schools began to emerge in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, these schools were mostly regional, such as Luoshu, Zhejiang, etc.

For scholars, the top priority is fame and fortune.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism has flourished, especially the Hu people, which has begun to invade the south, which has made Confucianism, which was originally known for its boldness, become increasingly conservative.

Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty really dared to go out to cut people with swords. In the early Western Han Dynasty, Huang-Lao's theory flourished and Confucianism was suppressed. At that time, Huang-Lao's study emphasized inaction and should not launch foreign wars, but should rest and recuperate. They were firm opponents of the war against the Huns, but the Confucian scholars screamed to support Emperor Wu and the Huns. The Gongyang School even held high the concepts of "great revenge", "great unification" and external expansion. The so-called offenders who violated the strong Han Dynasty in later generations would be punished even if they were far away. In fact, it was essentially the core idea of ​​the Gongyang School. They believed that if the reason could not be surrendered, they would solve it with fists.

In fact, although they talk about some truths and other words, they often chop you into meat sauce first and then slowly reason with you.

Ban Chao, who went on a mission to the Western Regions, cut people everywhere, intimidated Hexi, and made the countries in the Western Regions surrender, was a Confucian scholar, who regarded himself as Gongyang Confucian scholar.

Of course, it is wrong to be so violent.

However, in the Southern Song Dynasty, the royal family was relatively peaceful and the prosperity of Neo-Confucianism was not so much a rewrite of the history of Confucianism, but rather a relatively peaceful social environment at that time, which led to Confucianism becoming more conservative.

By the Ming Dynasty, the social ecology and social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty were actually quite different from those of the Southern Song Dynasty.

So, a group of scholars began to question Neo-Confucianism in their hearts.

Why are the principles mentioned in the book completely different from what you see and hear?

Wu Shizhong is one of them. Deep in his heart, there has always been a huge question hidden in his heart.

Why did these principles become completely useless after entering the career of officialdom? Why do you say that you keep the laws of nature and destroy human desires every day, but in the market, human desires are ubiquitous and worldly emotions are everywhere?

Why has the world not only not had a great governance over the past few hundred years, but has begun to tend to decline day by day?

By investigating things, how can we learn from things?

In the Ministry of Rites, facing the vast sea of ​​documents, he looked at what happened in the court, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't figure it out.

Even he himself did not expect that Xishan and his party shocked him.

It turns out that I have never figured out the truth. I have read so many books but still cannot know the truth here.

If even those who are born as Jinshi cannot understand the truth and cannot find true knowledge in the vast sea and find the key to the truth, then... what about others?

Haven’t all the thousands of people read books in vain? Apart from the eight-legged articles, what is the use of decades of hard work?

In the West Mountain, he suddenly realized that Wang Shouren's level was still very limited at this time, but he thought that he had inherited what his mentor learned and pointed out the direction he pointed out gave Wu Shizhong a feeling of enlightenment.

So that's it.

Today, his disobedience before His Majesty was, to some extent, an instinctive resistance.

After reading Cheng and Zhu for decades, I realized that you were just teasing me. You used to be unable to figure out where Cheng and Zhu were wrong, but now you suddenly have a direction, so you have started to overcorrect it.

This is just like the corrupt scholars in the late Qing Dynasty who suddenly opened their eyes to see the world. The Confucian scholars sent to overseas traveled across the ocean and realized that the world had turned upside down. So, they became resentful and raised countless resentment towards Confucianism. Some people even raised the idea that transformation was useless. Not only did they criticize Confucianism, but they even looked at the square characters. In order to Westernization, they wished that Roman letters could be used to replace the square characters.

This may not be because the overseas Chinese went crazy and began to forget their ancestors. More importantly, what they learned in their lives for more than ten years, they found that the traps were all waste! They were vulnerable in front of Mr. De and Mr. Sai, so they developed a rebellious mentality, which was purely overcorrect.

Wu Shizhong is just overcorrecting the truth. The principles learned by Xishan are like the sword in his hand. Even though these theories still have many incomplete points, with this sword, he wished he could penetrate it directly into Master Zhu's heart. Your uncle told you to fool me for more than ten years!

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Wu Shizhong and was amused and crying. He could not understand Wu Shizhong's feelings.

Liu Jian said heartbrokenly: "Get out!"

Wu Shizhong seemed a little confused. He knew he had made a mistake.

So he looked at Liu Jian apologetically, but he did not feel ashamed of his behavior just now.

He was confident that although he was a minister, as a scholar, he had said what he should have said.

He saluted and slowly retreated.

The warm chalet became quiet in an instant.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly, and he said in confusion: "What did he say about this Wu Shizhong?"

No one answered him because what Wu Shizhong said was just a few words, which were more like crazy words.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "I am confused." He shook his head, his eyes revealing confusion.

But Wu Shizhong's "nonsense" made Liu Jian feel uneasy.

On the one hand, it was out of concern for the young man Wu Shizhong. After all, there were not many people who could be favored by Liu Jian. If he was obsessed with something and thus missed his life, it would be a pity.

On the other hand, isn’t the Crown Prince running towards the West all day long now?

So...what happened in Xishan...?

But no matter what happens, time is still passing little by little, and Mid-Autumn Festival has arrived!

As usual, the court began to rest.

Liu Jian began to become idle in a rare situation.

He thought about it over and over again and decided to go to Xishan in person. No matter what, he had to find out what the West Mountain was.

The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet is the first minister and grandson. If he visits, the situation is too big. Liu Jian is unwilling to have trouble. After thinking about it, he found his son.

Liu Jian has three sons, but unfortunately, both of them died early. This third son, Liu Jie, has no prospects and cannot study. However, he is still peaceful and studies at home with the fame of a scholar...

Of course, reading is an external saying. After all, you can't say that you are having a good meal at home. Although you have been reading this book for thirty-three years, Liu Jie is now in his forty years.

Let Liu Jie go and arrange some things. There were only a few sedan chairmen, a escort, and Liu Jie followed him. The group hurriedly left the city and went to the west mountain!

The West Mountain is almost as large as a small town. Although it is tomorrow the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people have returned home now, but in the West Mountain, it is still very lively. There are many scholars coming, including sixty or seventy.

When everyone got together, there were two young Jinshi, who were on-the-job officials, more than a dozen juren, and a large number of scholars.

There are many scholars here now. Some are ecstatic after listening to Wang Shouren's professor, while others are so angry that Wang Shouren criticized Master Zhu, who is here to find fault.

Because I heard that Mr. Wang didn’t have to go on duty today, so he would come early in the morning, so many people looked forward to it.

Liu Jian is the chief minister of the cabinet and is arrogant. Not many people recognize him. He is wearing an ordinary scarf hat and Confucian shirt. If he doesn't pay attention, it will be difficult for anyone to pay attention to him.

Seeing the lively place, Liu Jian smiled and couldn't help but say to Liu Jie beside him: "I really didn't expect that my father had also come to Xishan several years ago. It was a matter of investigation and measurement by Huang Jing. At that time, this place should have been a wasteland. Later, it was given to the Marquis of Shouning. At that time, I never thought that... one day this place would become Jiangnan in the suburbs of Beijing."

He was about to move forward and went to the crowd to take a look, but he stopped suddenly because he saw an old acquaintance from afar.

That... it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

His Highness the Crown Prince is here too today...

Liu Jian did not keep getting closer.

I sighed in my heart, it is indeed inappropriate to run here.

But Zhu Houzhao seemed very energetic. He was dressed as a scholar and was shuttled through the crowd. On the outside, there were a group of disguised guards who were alert, fearing that they would be better or worse.

When a scholar saw Zhu Houzhao young, he asked, "Brother, I dare to ask about the name of Gao."

As scholars, they like to greet each other.

"Ben...my name is Zhu Shou."

Zhu Shou...has never heard of it...

"It turns out that it is Brother Zhu, who is disrespectful and disrespectful."

Zhu Houzhao now learned to salute, and smiled at the scholar and said, "Shame, ashamed."

Then there was a greeting, and Zhu Houzhao began to talk about his life experience, his family was offering him a scholar, his father was strict, and he finally became a scholar, and so on.

He seemed very proud. When he spoke these nerds with sincere expressions, he could infect these nerds and feel secretly happy and happy.

"I wonder what classics Zhu Xiandi treated during the examination in the college?"

"What!" Zhu Houzhao was stunned.

What is a classic?... He has heard of the examination in the hospital.

"It is the Five Classics, which sutra to treat..."

"..." Zhu Houzhao began to curse in his heart. Which bitch raised an imperial examination that was so complicated. What is the treatment of the Five Classics?
Chapter completed!