Yang Qian walked down the corridor of the palace, followed by his chamberlain, his pace was slow and unhurried. Although he was only a three-year-old child at this time, he already had a calm demeanor.

Yang Gan looked at the scenery in front of him, but he was absent-minded, thinking secretly about his future path. He lost his mother at a young age in the deep palace, and without the protection of his mother and concubine, he was naturally incomparable to other princes, and his The mother-in-law is not from a rich family, so Yang Qian does not have any maternal clan to rely on. Now all he can do is grow up step by step and wait for adults to open a mansion and establish a government office. Naturally, there is no need to be so cautious.

Yang Qian also knows that his current martial arts practice will inevitably lag behind others, and he can only practice step by step without affecting his physical development and potential. Although he will lag behind the princes in the early stage, he can catch up in the future. After all, he Having been a human being for many lifetimes, he has already endured life and death, and his realm is far beyond what other people can match.

Yang Qian has felt that he can leave his body since he was a child, but in order to transcend life and death in the future, he has been suppressing the impulse of his soul to leave his body, waiting for the improvement of his realm, and continuing to accumulate his own heritage. You must know that since the Middle Ages During that period, all the Confucian scholars had never practiced Taoism in their lives, but in their later years they could rely on the realm knowledge accumulated through reading to survive the seven thunder tribulations and achieve the realm of the Creator. They can be said to be role models for our generation.

Yang Qian arrived at the study room soon. After greeting the masters in the study room, he sat down in his seat and waited quietly for the arrival of the prince, second prince and third prince's brothers. He then Naturally, there were other princes born, but most of them were not old enough to go to the study room to study, so he is now the youngest prince to go to the study room.

After a while, the prince and others came to the study room surrounded by everyone. Yang Qian quickly stood up, respectfully bowed to the prince as a king and his ministers, and then said respectfully.

"My brother has met His Highness the Crown Prince, the Second and Third Imperial Brothers!"

Although the prince is also a prince, he is different from other princes in that he is a prince. The prince's status is second only to the emperor himself. He has his own East Palace, which is similar to the imperial court. The official configuration of the East Palace completely imitates the imperial system, and there is also a team of A personal guard similar to the Emperor's Imperial Guard.

As the fourth prince, Yang Gan had to bow and greet the prince when he saw him. This was the difference between monarch and minister, so all the princes had to compete for the position of prince. They were also the sons of the emperor, so how could they be willing to be inferior to others.

The prince is only in his teens now, and he is already full of majesty. He participated in government affairs much earlier than other princes, and was deeply loved by Emperor Qian.

The prince glanced at Yang Qian, who looked like a brother, smiled gently and said.

"Xiaosi, you are still too alienated. We are all brothers, there is no need to be so alienated!!"

Yang Qian stood up and didn't dare to be careless at all. Now the prince's scheming is still shallow and he doesn't have much fear of the princes. But as the princes gradually grow up and open government offices, the prince will definitely be wary. He doesn't want to go there. If you become the target of the Crown Prince's attack, it would be better to be more respectful from now on.

Yang Qian stood up and tried his best to keep an expressionless face. It looked very funny for the villain to act like this, and he said solemnly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the crown prince. There is a distinction between monarch and minister, and etiquette cannot be abolished!"

When the prince heard this, a trace of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, but his smile remained unchanged and he said.

"Xiaosi, you are still too old-fashioned!"

The master who went to the study room was a Hanlin bachelor, whose surname was Liu Mingji.

Liu Ji is a disciple of Neo-Confucianism, which emphasizes "preserving natural principles and destroying human desires." This concept first came from "Book of Rites and Music", which said: "Those who transform humans into things are those who destroy natural principles and destroy human desires. So there is rebellion.

A deceitful heart leads to lewdness and chaos. "The so-called "those who destroy the laws of heaven and have poor desires" here refer to those who destroy the laws of heaven and do whatever they want. Neo-Confucianism advocates that "people's selfish desires are in danger. The Tao is in the heart of heaven, so they are subtle. They are destroyed.

Self-desires will make Heaven's principles clear. "The so-called "destroy selfish desires will make Heaven's principles clear" means "preserving Heaven's principles and destroying human desires."

Neo-Confucianism believes that the Doctrine of the Mean calls 'zhizhizhonghe', 'respecting virtue' and 'Tao wenxue', the Great Learning calls 'clear virtue', and the Book of Books says 'the human heart is only in danger, the Taoist heart is only subtle, and the essence is only one'.

"Yun Zhi Jue Zhong', thousands of words from sages only teach people the truth and destroy their desires."

Confucian Neo-Confucianism advocates the understanding of reason and nature. People are blinded by their own selfish desires, so they cannot see their true appearance and cannot understand the principles of heaven and earth. If you want to experience and find the common principles of all things, you must remove the human nature.

Selfish desires. Later, some people took it out of context to judge Neo-Confucianism, saying that "preserving natural principles and destroying human desires" imprisoned human freedom, etc. This is a misunderstanding and is not the right truth.

Of course, Neo-Confucianism is not completely without flaws. It places too much emphasis on ethical principles, differentiates between superior and inferior, emphasizes etiquette over laws, and is conservative. Therefore, any theory needs to be viewed dialectically and cannot be completely rejected, nor can it be fully followed.

Scholar Liu Ji attached great importance to the principles of etiquette and law, and was extremely satisfied with what Yang Qian said. He walked squarely, stroked his beard with his right hand, nodded and said to the prince.

"What the fourth prince said are rules. The prince must remember that he is the king and the princes are ministers. The etiquette and laws cannot be abolished!"

The prince looked at Bachelor Liu Ji with a glint in his eyes. Naturally, he attached great importance to this group of noble ministers in the Hanlin Academy, and he quickly said to Liu Ji.

"What Bachelor Liu taught me is that I have been taught a lesson!"

Yang Gan looked at the prince who was pretending to be polite and polite, and sighed in his heart. He is indeed a member of the royal family. At such a young age, he knows how to win over and show off. He didn't see that Liu Ji was so excited by the prince's show that he accidentally broke a few of his penis.

Beard?

The second prince and the third prince are less scheming than the prince, with dissatisfaction and unwillingness on their faces. Under the guidance of the forces behind them, there are already signs of fighting with the prince. However, due to their young age, they are not yet able to

Entering the court to experience government affairs, there is nothing you can do.

When Liu Ji saw that all the princes had come, he started to give lectures. Today's lecture was about "Book of Rites. Li Yun": "The journey of the great road, the world is for the public. Select the talented and capable, keep faith and cultivate harmony."

, Old friends do not just kiss their own relatives,... Therefore, people seek to be closed but do not prosper, they do not commit theft and chaos, so they stay outside without being closed to each other, this is called Great Harmony."

The sound of clear reading resounded in the upper study room. Yang Qian did not hesitate at all because he had already learned these things. He listened to Liu Ji's explanation very seriously. Although knowledge is only those knowledge, it belongs to everyone.

Different people have different understandings, and Li Zhan benefited a lot from Liu Ji's explanation.

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Chapter completed!