My brother-in-law is the prince Chapter 97: Good news

When Zhang Anshi saw someone, he frowned and asked Xu Qin, "What are you doing here?"

Xu Qin was very happy when he saw Zhang Anshi, and said with a smile: "My sister saw my father coming back drunk last night, and then she realized that Brother Zhang had also gone to drink. She said that you must not be able to drink well. Our Xu family has ancestral

Ask me to bring you the hangover soup in person, and your headache will go away after drinking it."

Zhang Anshi said: "I, Zhang Anshi, will scare you to death if I tell you about my drinking power. Where is the hangover soup? I'll take a few sips."

This hangover soup is quite effective, mainly because it is not bitter and is sweet.

Xu Qin said excitedly: "Brother Zhang, look at the sobering soup I brought you so early in the morning. I care so much about you! Brother Zhang, are you still short of people? I think I can be the Four Evils."

Zhang Anshi slapped him on the head: "Four evils? This is outdated now. We are now the Great Confucians, the Five Confucians in the Capital. Have you heard of it? Hey, you are so stupid. You didn't even catch the heat when you ate shit. Go home quickly and don't go out.

Hanging out, oh, yes, tell your sister, thank you."

Xu Qin suddenly looked unhappy, but he was still obedient and sincere. He felt that sooner or later Zhang Anshi would be moved by his sincerity.

Zhang Anshi rested at home for a day, and in the evening, Li Jinglong came unexpectedly.

When he saw Zhang Anshi, he seemed very excited.

"Today, His Majesty issued an order to transfer a censor to be the prefect, haha... That censor often impeached me. Brother, Your Majesty has begun to like me."

"I like it," Zhang Anshi said, "At most, I don't hate it."

Li Jinglong nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "Yes, yes, but for me, this is what I like."

After saying that, he actually started to wipe his tears again and choked up: "You don't know what kind of life I have been living in the past two years. Life is worse than death. I can't even sleep peacefully. I am afraid that when His Majesty thinks of me, he will kill me."

Cut it off. I also want to die. My father is the famous Li Wenzhong in the world. He chased people to the north and made great military achievements. But I just want to kill him. I am a coward and just want to live."

Zhang Anshi sighed and said, "If it were you, I would be the same."

This is not to comfort him, this is the truth.

In his previous life, Zhang Anshi was an ordinary person, although he didn't understand this until he was nearly middle-aged.

In this life, the reason why he was able to prosper was partly because he had a prince brother-in-law, and partly because he had the experience of being a human being in two lifetimes.

But the vast majority of people in this world are ordinary people who just want to hang out with their wives and children. After all, people like Zhu Di, Zhu Neng, and Qiu Fu are always yelling at people with blades who want to kill people everywhere.

It's a minority, just a handful.

Therefore, Zhang Anshi does not despise cowards. As long as they do not engage in gambling or drugs, there is nothing to despise.

Li Jinglong found that Zhang Anshi spoke nicely and received comfort from Zhang Anshi. He thanked him again and again before saying goodbye and going back.

Zhang Anshi went to Guozi School as usual the next morning.

In the past few days, Gu Xingzu's progress has been rapid, which can even be described as rapid.

He has almost memorized the Four Books and Five Classics.

Next, I will continue to recite some of the examiner’s previous articles that were originally explained to me.

Anyway, it’s just a matter of blindness.

Jiangxi’s writing style has its own characteristics, and almost all the examiners this time are from Jiangxi. To suit their taste, it is crucial to digest their writing style.

Yang Shiqi looked at it, but he was very worried. He pulled Zhang Anshi aside and said: "My dear, is this kind of learning useful? What's more... how can we really learn knowledge in this way?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Then let me ask you, are these Four Books and Five Classics really useful? Is it possible that Yang Shi said that he relied on the Four Books and Five Classics to do things?"

After all, Yang Shiqi was a Confucian scholar, and his ancestor was a sage named Confucius. When he heard Zhang Anshi's words, he meant that the Four Books and Five Classics were useless. He suddenly became a little anxious and said: "It is still very useful."

Zhang Anshi said calmly: "I would like to hear the details."

"Reading can clarify your mind,

Reading can help you understand things."

Zhang Anshi sneered and said: "You can learn a lot of great principles by reading, but what is the use of great principles? The road to the mountain of books is the path of diligence, and the sea of ​​learning is boundless. The boat is hard work. This saying makes sense, but how many of them are really there?

Are there really people who are willing to endure hardships? Those who are willing to study diligently are really willing to endure hardships and stand hard work. If you don’t listen to such words, wouldn’t you be willing to endure hardships and stand hard work? In my opinion, these words are very useful and every sentence makes sense, but there are

What’s the use of principles? I’ve been learning principles all my life, but aren’t I still lazy and greedy?”

Yang Shiqi: "..."

Zhang Anshi continued: "Whether a person is great does not depend on what great principles he has really learned, but on whether he has truly found a way to apply what he has learned. For example, take Yang Shi's lecture. Yang Shi lectures on the Four Books and Five Classics. Many

Confucian students also studied the Four Books and Five Classics, but the vast majority of Confucian students were no different between those who had studied it and those who had not, except for writing a few nonsense articles. But Yang Shi was ten times and a hundred times smarter than them in making plans and actions. Therefore,

It can be seen that the key to the problem lies in people, not in the principles."

Yang Shiqi said: "My benefactor's words are too extreme. Yang thinks...the learning of saints..."

"You can just know the sage's learning, but you can't study it deeply. The purpose of learning the sage's learning is not to do things with the sage's learning, but to have a basic moral concept in your heart. When the sage is there, you don't expect to teach others.

How to do things only promotes etiquette and customs, so he has three thousand disciples, who are educated and educated. But what about the Confucian scholars in later generations?"

Zhang Anshi did not dare to say these words to other Confucian scholars because he was afraid of pain and that they would break his head.

But Yang Shiqi is different. Yang Shiqi is more reasonable.

So at this time, Zhang Anshi continued: "The Confucian scholars of later generations actually regarded the knowledge of the saints as a way to deal with people. This is called not learning the good things, but learning the bad things. The saints advocate teaching without distinction, then I will

Let me ask you, are today’s scholars willing to stoop down to educate scholars, farmers, industry and commerce? Aren’t they holding on to knowledge as their own unique secrets, using it as a stepping stone to becoming officials, and using the knowledge of saints to distinguish themselves?

Capital for all living beings.”

"It can be seen from this that the current Confucian scholars are all fake Confucian scholars. They are no match for the saint. I think Qiu Song is closer to the saint than those people. Only Qiu Song really dares to go up to him if he has something to do."

Yang Shiqi smiled bitterly and said: "This statement is biased. In fact, there are many people with high moral standards and respect..."

Zhang Anshi said: "I'm a virtuous man. Sorry, I cursed. I learned this from an elder."

After a pause, Zhang Anshi continued: "Let's talk about the eight-legged essay in the imperial examination. If you really regard it as a purpose, you are a stupid Confucian. A truly smart person will treat it as a tool. Since being an official requires eight-part essay,

Then study the eight-part essay, crush it into pieces, analyze how to write it well, and become a Jinshi in the future. It is no different from a farmer's farming tools, a craftsman's hammer, and a fisherman's fishing net. When we think of it as

When using tools, and being able to use these tools well, such people are truly talented people.”

"And some stupid scholars regard this as their lifelong goal. Then such a person, no matter how good his writing is, is just a stupid scholar."

Yang Shiqi was really anxious at this moment and broke through his defense directly. He did not allow anyone to insult the White Lotus in his heart like this: "My benefactor's words are cynical. My benefactor has the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties."

As we all know, the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties is a curse word, especially for scholars of this era. If someone calls you the style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it is basically equivalent to saying that you are stupid and indifferent.

Zhang Anshi didn't hear Yang Shiqi's cursing in a roundabout way, but he was actually happy when he heard this unique description: "The style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties is good because they know how to question, but stupid because they can't do anything except question, alone."

If you can’t do anything, isn’t this a waste?”

"But these people come from high families and are supported by countless people. I despise them very much."

Yang Shiqi sighed, he was completely convinced, because Zhang Anshi's answers were wrong. Sometimes it was really tiring to communicate with Zhang Anshi, because he really talked nonsense.

Yang Shiqi finally couldn't help but said: "By saying this, are you not even giving up on courtesy, justice, and integrity?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Master Yang, why are you anxious?"

After Yang Shiqi heard this, he suddenly woke up.

Yes, why should I be anxious? What should I be anxious about? My benefactor is not a Confucian scholar, so I shouldn't argue with him.

Moreover, he is still a child. Isn’t it normal for teenagers to be rebellious?

Take a deep breath.

Yang Shiqi tried his best to smile: "Yang is not in a hurry."

Zhang Anshi said calmly: "You are just in a hurry."

Yang Shiqi soon discovered that Zhang Anshi began to drag him from purely academic discussions to the level of throwing and rolling. Not surprisingly, he might be pushed to the ground by his benefactor with his rich experience of throwing and rolling.

He was a very smart man, so he immediately changed the subject: "What Yang means is that the etiquette, justice and integrity that the saints admire should also be discarded. If there is no etiquette and justice, what is the difference between them and barbarians?"

"I didn't say it's useless." Zhang Anshi said: "What I mean is that etiquette, justice and integrity are just a person's conscience after all. People cannot rely on having a conscience, let alone talk about their conscience all day long and create countless works.

It’s a useless article. Instead, you should uphold your own conscience, which is what the sages call propriety, justice and shame, and complete what you want to do.”

"Only in this way, by integrating knowledge and action, can we create a complete person."

Zhang Anshi paused and then continued: "There are some people who regard their conscience as everything. How can this be done?"

When Yang Shiqi heard this, his body trembled involuntarily.

He was shocked.

What shocked him was not that Zhang Anshi was disrespectful to the saints, but that he was truly deviant.

It doesn't matter if you don't like saints, because you don't have to be a Confucian scholar.

But you distort the original intention of the sage and overturn the sage's principles. This cannot be tolerated.

In the end, Yang Shiqi just cursed silently in his heart and walked away.

He didn't want to argue with Zhang Anshi.

"The unity of knowledge and action... It's ridiculous... What does a young man... know? Forget it... After all, he is my benefactor, and I shouldn't slander him. But... it's really worrying that he continues to go astray like this.

, he will be in danger if this continues."
To be continued...