Chapter 300: The True Way of Confucius and Mencius
One-click direct access to Chinese domain names
Ju Ming's knowledge was not outstanding. In the final analysis, he just used Zhu Xi's banner to get close to Zhu Yuanzhang, hoping to maintain the status of Neo-Confucianism.
As long as Neo-Confucianism and Zhu Xi don't fail, people like Ju Ming can continue to maintain their current status. But unfortunately, his ability was directly defeated by Lao Zhu.
Even without Zhang Ximeng taking action, Zhu Ming was so embarrassed that he almost collapsed on the ground.
Zhu Yuanzhang had good intentions and didn't do anything to him.
"Scholar Zhu, please go to the hotel to have a rest. I will give you meals to Scholar Zhu later."
Zhu Ming hurriedly thanked him, then staggered up and bowed out.
I don’t know what happened. When I crossed the threshold, I was in a trance. I stumbled and fell heavily to the ground. My nose was hit hard, blood flowed, and my face was covered with flowers.
That’s so miserable!
Fortunately, Guo Ying was waiting outside. Seeing this, he hurriedly helped Zhu Ming up and bandaged the wound.
Zhu Yuanzhang was watching from inside, with a faint smile on his face.
There are some things that are afraid of being revealed. When he was down and begging for food, how did Master Zhu's descendants ever show mercy to his fellow tribesmen? How often did they want to help their relatives?
Now that he holds great power, he pounces on him. Who knows what his intentions are?
Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "Go and call Mr. Zhang and the others."
Not long after, Zhang Ximeng, Song Lian, and several civil servants all arrived.
At this time, Song Lian had nothing but admiration for Zhang Ximeng, and she simply fell in love with him.
On the way here, they heard that Master Zhu, a descendant of Master Zhu, who came to recognize his relatives, fell hard at Zhu Yuanzhang's door, bleeding profusely, and suffered a terrible fall.
Does this mean that Zhu Yuanzhang’s family is too high for them to reach?
Song Lian couldn't help laughing when he thought of this. Sure enough, Zhang Xiang had seen through the superiors. For such a heroic figure, you just need to explain the truth clearly. The rest of the decision is left to others to decide.
What does haste make waste?
These people are simply shooting themselves in the foot and are self-defeating!
Song Lian was sincerely convinced, with a smile on his face, which Zhu Yuanzhang could see in his eyes.
"Scholar Song, what do you have to tell us?"
Song Lian paused for a moment and said hurriedly: "The grand ceremony has been almost planned. When the time comes, the ministers will persuade you to come in. After the ascendant announces it to the world, you can officially be promoted to the King of Wu and take charge of the land south of the Yangtze River."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Song."
After a short pause, Lao Zhu leaned forward and said: "The ceremony is secondary, the key is to explain the truth clearly and convince the people of the world... We decided to announce the evil deeds of the Zhao and Song dynasties at the ceremony, build a kneeling statue, and place it in front of Yue Fei's tomb.
At the same time, we must formally announce in front of Yue Fei's tomb that our army is determined to make the Northern Expedition, expel the Huru, and accomplish the great feat that has never been accomplished by our predecessors."
Song Lian nodded, he could arrange all these things, it was nothing more than adding some items to the ceremony, but there was one thing, the time had not come yet, Song Lian didn't know whether it could be done successfully...
This matter probably depends on Zhang Ximeng's intention.
"Mr. Zhang, please tell me too!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled bitterly and said: "My lord, I have been looking forward to my lord's enthronement for a long time, but I'm afraid it will have to wait a little longer. After all, the matter in front of me may not end so easily."
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled, "So, is there anyone more important than Master Zhu? Could it be that they are descendants of Saint Kong? Do we remember that they are not loyal ministers of the Yuan Dynasty? Can they also come to advise me, a rebellious minister and traitor?"
Lao Zhu's words were full of ridicule and contempt, and there was no need to hide them.
Zhu Yuanzhang ended up like this, and Confucius was afraid that he would not be much better off. Even if he showed his favor to Master Kong, the Confucius family might not be able to escape the fate of severe punishment. Trying to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang at this time would only add fuel to the fire.
Zhang Ximeng said: "My Lord, I am not a member of the Confucian family, but a famous Confucian named Huang Shu. This old man has left home. It is said that he will use his old body to persuade the Lord. He also said that if he fails, he will be benevolent! He is holding the hope of death. My heart is here to advise my lord."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, what do you mean? A dying person? Still risking his life to persuade him? Does he have the weight?
Song Lian was shocked. This Mr. Huang Minghuang was not ordinary. He was respected by the world as one of the four outstanding scholars, and the other three were all dead. Mr. Huang was talented, wrote many books, and If he is old enough and senior enough, he can probably be regarded as the Taishan Beidou of today's scholars, a master-level figure.
Song Lian, Liu Ji and others were all of a lower rank than others, and perhaps only Jia Lu could compare with them. But Jia Lu was famous for his water control, and Shilin actually looked down upon such dirty work.
You stinking water-controller, you know nothing about Confucianism!
Huang Shu basically came here with the Yitian Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Sword to teach his disobedient younger generations.
After Zhu Yuanzhang learned his identity, he finally became serious. He looked at Zhang Ximeng and then at the others.
"Mr. Zhang, we fight with reason, no matter how we fight, we have never been afraid of anyone... Since he is coming, we will open the door to fight. Sir, are you sure we can defeat him?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled faintly and said, "My lord, the debate is not about winning or losing. If this old man is really dedicated to the people, what he said makes sense, and I am willing to ask him for advice. If he has intentions and intentions, even those three He is resurrected, and the four outstanding scholars are here, and we can refute him!"
"good!"
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help clasping his hands and laughing, "In the past few years, we have been debating truths, looking for strategies, being honest and speaking freely... and we have reached today's situation. Ju Ming also suggested that we open up our voices, so as he said, it is best to open up our voices... Invite some ordinary people, invite army generals, all three religions and nine schools, traffickers and pawns, all come. As long as it makes sense, aren't you afraid of debate?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was just watching the excitement and didn't mind the big deal. He saw that the funeral was not afraid of burying too much!
Mr. Huang is already seventy or eighty years old, and I don’t know if he can bear it?
It would be bad if you are tired from the journey and die in anger during a debate.
Song Lian secretly planned that he must invite several famous doctors to be on standby to save people at any time.
Even if Huang Shu couldn't hold on anymore and fell down, he would wait until this incident passed before he died.
Good guy, the funeral has been prepared in advance, and the arrangements are indeed very clear.
Song Lian was making preparations here, but the legendary Mr. Huang was full of confidence. He passed the Jinshi examination, served as an official in the Yuan Dynasty for many years, and participated in compiling history. Later, he resigned and went into seclusion, wrote books and traveled in the forest.
His life was basically the most standard scholar-bureaucrat routine.
He studied hard in his early years, then gained fame, served as an official, brought benefits to the country, retired to the woods, and wrote books... It can be said that even the most picky people may not be able to find his problem.
If you want to persuade others, you must first establish yourself in a very upright manner. To upright others, you must first upright yourself. Otherwise, why should you teach others?
Huang Ming was quite sure of this, so when he arrived in Hangzhou, he only met a few old friends, took the time to chat with Ju Ming, and then went to bed early.
As you get older, you can no longer withstand the hardships and need to recharge your batteries.
In this way, until the third day, Zhu Yuanzhang actually ordered to meet the senior scholar Huang Shu at Lingyin Temple, and at the same time welcomed all walks of life in Hangzhou to attend.
After the news spread, the whole of Hangzhou was in a state of excitement.
After Zhu Yuanzhang captured Hangzhou, he only dealt with some simple matters. When it came to how to govern the city, Lao Zhu did not express his position. Everyone was full of expectations for this.
During this period, the discussion about Yue Fei's unjust case aroused the excitement of the people. Everyone had a vague expectation that summoning Huang Ming this time, and facing the people of Hangzhou in Lingyin Temple, might bring a conclusion to these matters.
Therefore, people come early to help the old and the young to grab the best seats.
The people who were more active than the ordinary people were the scholars. They came one after another, hoping that Mr. Huang could refute the little traitor, so that his fallacies would be self-defeating, and peace would be restored to the scholars all over the world.
Even Ju Ming, who was in a trance and fell badly a few days ago, came.
If Mr. Huang takes action, it must be the fart of the old god, something extraordinary, so just watch it.
There are many people here, but unexpectedly, there are also many people on the other side. Gao Qi, Zhang Yu, Xu Bi, Tang Su, and Yu Yaochen are all young talents. They are famous talents in Wuzhong. They are smiling and full of expectations.
.
It's very simple. Mr. Zhang, whom they have always admired, will also come today and will be the main speaker.
"I can finally appreciate Mr. Zhang's style."
Several people clenched their fists and couldn't wait.
The scheduled time has come, and the main characters finally begin to enter the scene... What is unexpected is that including Zhu Yuanzhang, they are all dressed up as literati, wearing dark clothes, flowing and very imposing.
The only exception was Zhang Ximeng. He wore a Taoist robe and a large cloak, and he seemed to stand out among a group of people.
Obviously this kind of outfit is very interesting.
After Zhang Ximeng sat down, the legendary Huang Daru also came. He first saluted Zhu Yuanzhang. Old Zhu smiled and said, "Old scholar Huang is here, just in time to listen to the lecture. Today we are sitting and talking about Taoism. Please don't be too polite, please speak freely."
!”
Huang Ming thanked him and sat down. He looked around and his eyes fell on Zhang Ximeng. There was nothing he could do. He was too young and it was difficult not to be recognized.
"I heard that Prime Minister Zhang seems to be a descendant of Mr. Yunzhuang?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "I don't dare, it's just the same clan as the Zhang family, not direct relatives."
"Well! I once remembered that when Mr. Yunzhuang wrote the edict to seal Confucius, he also greatly agreed with the teachings of Confucius and Mencius and the teachings of sages. I really can't figure out why Mr. Zhang, who came from a famous family, would deviate from the orthodox and despise the principles!
"
As soon as these words came out, everyone around who heard them frowned.
Especially Gao Qi and others, they just wanted to curse.
Relying on the old and selling the old, right?
If you say this and use Mr. Yunzhuang to suppress Mr. Zhang, are you kind?
Zhang Ximeng was not in a hurry and said with a calm smile: "I didn't study much when I was a late student. Later, my family suffered drastic changes and my parents passed away... If I have any knowledge, it was gained step by step, not from reading in books.
It happened that I was born unlucky. At a young age, I fell into a war, struggled to survive, and almost lost my life. Therefore, my knowledge is earthy and bloody. I cannot achieve stability, moderation and peace."
"Also, since the teachings of Confucius and Mencius have been mentioned, I would like to ask for advice. At that time, Confucius traveled around the world, and Master Mencius also visited many kings... It can be seen that they also traveled around and did not study behind closed doors."
"In terms of academic methods alone, not only did late students not deviate from the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but he was probably a true disciple of Confucius and Mencius. Do you think so, senior?" For the fastest update of the novel, please visit: