Chapter 254: Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using them for a while
After hearing Wang Shouren's big remarks, Liu Jian's health trembled.
He actually felt a little enlightened.
It’s not that Wang Shouren’s knowledge is so profound, but that his thinking suddenly cracks a dead end.
Since the popularity of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, scholars have thought that the Four Books are treasure books. What is treasure books? In the eyes of scholars all over the world, the Four Books are both books of saints and theoretical guides.
And this trend actually began before the emergence of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
At that time, Zhao Pu, the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, others thought that he only read for life and was ignorant of his skills. It was inappropriate to be prime minister. Emperor Zhao Kuangyi asked if it was right, and Zhao Pu replied, "I am helping to rule the world with half of my troops."
Therefore, people stubbornly regard, or the Four Books, as theoretically guided books, and believe that as long as they read the books well, everything in the world can be solved.
What is really terrifying is not only this. With the emergence of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, Master Zhu praised the way of saints to an unparalleled level, so that scholars in the world believed that after reading, they could learn about the world's knowledge, and they were all over the four books. Therefore, scholars did not have to care about anything or pay attention to anything, and believed that if they read the books thoroughly, they could govern the country and pacify the world.
These disappointed students frantically understood the so-called Four Books and Five Classics. When they finally got what they wanted and entered the career path, they naturally regarded the Four Books as their own standards for governing the place, but the problem arose.
That is, the one in the book, which is really practical, doesn't work, so many people are mistaken by the book and are bleeding.
If ordinary people think it doesn’t work, they will naturally find ways to choose other ways to solve the problem. In the subsequent social atmosphere, people still enjoy the way of saints, and eventually they start to get into the brink of stubbornness!
Since the saint's words are not wrong, and since Master Zhu is not wrong, what is the problem?
The problem was found. This is because I was not good at learning and not reading enough books, so I did not truly understand the essence of the way of a saint.
So, what is the solution? It is to continue reading. The more you read, the more you feel that the principle is not understood. The more you read, the more you feel confused and too profound. What does this mean? Of course, the words of a saint will not be as simple as it appears. Well... it must have implicit more profound meanings, so...
The result is that the more I read, the more I can’t understand, the more I can’t do things, the more I make a lot of jokes, but I make jokes, but I start to reflect on myself. This is because I am not well-educated.
This is a vicious cycle. Most people still feel that they have not even learned the wisdom of a saint when they read books until they die. When they die, they still have no distinction between grains and no diligence in the four bodies.
At this time, Liu Jian suddenly realized that he finally understood why Wu Shizhong started to go crazy after coming to the West Mountain. He read too much, but when he really entered the career of officialdom, he found that he could use too little. He was always confused. I think before that, he also thought that the reason why he was so "incompetent" must be that he had not read enough books and fell into that vicious circle.
But, deep in the heart, there is no seed of doubt that has been planted?
Wang Shouren pointed out this point and finally jumped out. This was not because he didn’t read enough books, but because he read too much books and the world’s knowledge was all-encompassing. How could he rely on half of the Analects to explain it?
Of course, saints need respect. The way of saints is also the great way of the world, and there is a difference between humans and beasts.
But the way of a saint is not the solution to the problem.
To solve the problem, we need to integrate knowledge and action!
"..." Liu Jian actually felt that his heart began to shake.
He took a deep breath, and he could understand Wu Shizhong now.
This is because...
Is Liu Jian's pupils contracted because he had encountered this doubt and was finally solved by Wang Shouren?
Calm down! Calm down!
Don’t let a young boy’s disciple mess up my mind. If not, if it spreads, wouldn’t it be laughed at by the people of the world?
Haha... It's just a group of young boys, it's insignificant. I want to shake Cheng and Zhu's learning by saying a few strange and strange things. It's ridiculous!
But in his heart, there was a faint voice, as if he was constantly chanting Wang Shouren's words repeatedly, and he couldn't get rid of them.
...
At this moment, I saw a scholar in the distance, and couldn't help but refute Wang Shouren: "Zhao Pu, the wise prime minister of the Song Dynasty, could rule the world with only half of the Analects of Confucius. Could it be that Zhao Pu was wrong?"
This is indeed an excellent reason to refute.
"Grandpa Zhao is not wrong." Wang Shouren said with a calm smile.
Suddenly, the scholars who were pressed on the ground by Wang Shouren's friction lit up and said, "Since he is not wrong, isn't it just that the teacher is wrong?"
In the face of the questioning, Wang Shouren was still calm and said calmly: "You are wrong again. In his life, Zhao Xianggong followed Song Taizu to fight south and north and used troops everywhere. Is this reading? In fact, he has been leading troops for half of his life, so he naturally has no intention of studying. The reason why he said half of the Analects of Confucius governs the world is that in your opinion, it seems that only half of the Analects of Confucius is enough to govern the world. But in fact, it is intimately in line with the way of unity of knowledge and action. Half of the Analects of Confucius, and even after reading half of the Analects of Confucius, you will know loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. So, why should you deeply study what kind of benevolence, what kind of loyalty, and what filial piety? Bent over and do things, and after doing things, you will learn more principles, so people call Zhao Xianggong a virtuous prime minister."
“…”
Everyone fell silent again for a moment.
Many of Wang Shouren's words were thought-provoking. It was like someone who wanted to unlock the lock, tried every means and scraped his stomach, but he could not do anything about this keyhole. After thinking for a thousand years, a group of scholars were still there, and they were studying how to find a matching key.
As a result, Wang Shouren appeared, raised his leg and kicked the door... and was kicked open all of a sudden.
So, the only problem left to the scholars is that although their purpose is to open the door, Wang Shouren's kick did achieve the goal that scholars hope to achieve, but the way they opened was wrong, what should I do?
Therefore, although some people admire Wang Shouren, they think that Wang Shouren's reason is still a problem, but what is the problem? This theoretical level is not as good as Wang Shouren.
Some people suddenly realize it and are very excited. Just leave your lock and the door opens.
After almost chatting, Wang Shouren stood up, picked up the hoe in his hand, and said, "It's getting late, but this piece of land has only been half overturned. It's time to rest. Why not finish the land?"
"Ah, I'm still flipping?" Liu Jie felt very upset. He just listened with relish and said halfway. It turned out that he still had to work.
Another scholar said, "Sir, since you have taught students this principle through farming, I don't have to continue to flirt with this place."
Wang Shouren looked back and looked at the scholar strangely, saying, "Who said he asked you to come here to teach you the truth..."
Everyone showed confusion...
Which is this?
"So……"
Wang Shouren said calmly: "I was invited to farm. The weather is going to be cold. The greenhouse should be built quickly. The teacher saw that we were incompetent disciples Mu Xiu. He said that he was idle anyway. He raised his troops for a thousand days and used troops for a while. Come and flip the ground, so he quickly set up the greenhouse. If you don't finish what you do today, your teacher will punish you."
“…”
Many people really feel like a rig dog in their hearts.
We...didn't this be fooled?
besides……
Someone became surprised and looked at Wang Shouren and said, "Dare you sure that Mr. Wang's knowledge is all from Professor Xin Jianbo?"
"Natural." Wang Shouren nodded very directly. Following his mentor, he realized many truths. His mentor took great pains to make him understand.
“…”
Everyone's expressions became strange.
Who is this Xin Jianbo? It’s obvious that he has a bad reputation.
Today, Zhu Houzhao was very obedient. He was already excited to roll up his sleeves and silently picked up the hoe.
He thought this knowledge was good, and he was determined to learn this knowledge well.
It turns out that turning the ground is also a knowledge, so bow and horse must be a knowledge. Now that I have already produced half a teacher, at least the conscience is almost the same, and knowledge and action are integrated. With knowledge, there is still a word "action".
But this industry is not difficult for Zhu Houzhao. Although Zhu Houzhao was so tired that he was out of breath just now, he was an active person. After taking a break, he became more energetic and honestly leaned over to work.
In the evening, everyone was tired and exhausted, but with the experience of the morning, many people began to master the skills, and the following work was obviously much more effective. In the afternoon, they reclaimed a hundred acres of land. Although they were all panting and hungry, they were sweating profusely, and even looked embarrassed. Some people looked at this large area of land they had once turned over and thought that they would plant food here in the future, and felt relieved.
Zhu Houzhao refused to leave because there was still night classes at night. She squatted in the ridges and ate steamed cakes happily, and even put them in the cold tea, she felt so happy. She really learned a lot this day.
Lao Fang, a young secretary, is still very good.
After burping, Zhu Houzhao had another question in her heart.
Where did Lao Fang go? I haven’t seen anyone all day!
Liu Jie, who was very enthusiastic about saying goodbye to Wang Shouren, then returned to the tea stall.
At this time, Liu Jian had already eaten dried potatoes and the taste was pretty good. After drinking a few cups of tea here, looking at his steaming and panting son, he slowly stood up and said, "Let's go, go back home!"
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These chapters are rather long-winded and are actually the most difficult to write. They need to think about it, but at the same time, they are also very difficult to be funny, not to mention that they can make readers feel very happy. But they must be written. After all, it is a historical novel. The emergence of Wang Xue is one of the biggest events that affected the entire Ming Dynasty. If you don’t mention this, many historical events in the second half of the history of the Ming Dynasty are like a large piece of blank space. The tiger is very tired of writing, but I just hope everyone can read it more easily. By the way, it’s the end of the month, support it.
Chapter completed!