Wanli Xinming

Chapter 240 Uprising
Because the emperor was half an hour late when he arrived at Hanyuan Hall, and the discussions of the various schools were very intense at the meeting, the selection meeting that day was held until the sun slanted westward.

After seeing the end of get off work hours, Geng Ding went straight back to his house.His family has a small population and a large house, and his third brother Geng Dingli lives with him.Geng Dingli’s family lives in the East Hospital, while Geng Dingli’s family lives in the West Cross Hospital.

Geng Ding's second brother, Geng Theorem, did not pursue a career, and his education is only a student, but he is not weaker than Geng Ding in terms of academics.The third brother, Geng Dingli, was a five-year jinshi in the Longqing period. He was currently the director of the Ministry of Education. The two families bought a mansion together and lived together.

When Geng Ding went home, the old lady saw that his face was not worried, so he told his family and servants to be careful, and he and his daughter-in-law served the meal in person.Geng Ding took a few bites with a gloomy face, and then asked his son Geng Ruyu, "Is your third uncle back?"

Geng Ruyu put down his chopsticks, stood up and replied, "Reporting to my father, the third uncle came back with a letter earlier, and I will work overtime tonight after the sundial."

Geng directed a hum in his nose, looked him up and down and said, "What book did you read today?"

Geng Ruyu saw sweat on his forehead, hesitating.The daughter-in-law, who was standing by the side, pouted and said, "Master, you've been scolding him all these days, and now he's so scared that he can't even speak. Today, he read the emperor's "On Practice" and wrote a thousand A multi-word experience."

Geng Ding put his chopsticks on the table, intending to scold his daughter-in-law, but it would be too tasteless for a father-in-law to do so.I had no choice but to send out evil anger to my son: "You are a man, a 30-year-old man, what book do you want your wife to tell you? What's the matter, can your father eat you?"

Geng Ruyu smiled apologetically, "Father's majesty. With each passing day, my son is a little bit afraid. I wonder what happened at the selection meeting today?"

Geng Ding became more and more indifferent, and said: "The emperor dragged his sideways to Burma, what else? There are 86 people in total, and [-] of them are selected, all of them are famous Neo Confucianists!"

"Cough, before the selection started, the emperor said first, 'Yu Yuwen Zai, I am from Zhou', Zhu Zian was there?! You say, what else is there to do?"

Geng Ruyu listened with a smile and said, "Today my son is reading "On Practice," which says, 'Practice, know; practice, know again, and repeat until endless, the principle is clearer.' This is to open the eyes of the reform."

Geng Dianping rolled his eyes and said, "So what? 'Although the road is far, it can't be done; although the matter is small, it can't be done if it is not done', isn't that what you mean?"

Geng Ruyu said: "What my father said is true. But referring to "On Contradiction", what the emperor said about the practice is much more profound than that of Xunzi, and he explained the truth clearly - the son did not say this, listen to the father's meaning, although the emperor today is weak Zhu, but still respect Confucius, this is from the ancient times, but it is different from the theme of the two emperors."

Geng Ding was reminded by his son, and suddenly woke up and said, "Huh?"

His daughter-in-law is the granddaughter of Liang Menglong, the current governor of Jiliao, with a single name of Xin.Although Liang Menglong is not a general, this granddaughter is very pungent because he is favored by Liang Menglong.Seeing that my husband was still standing there, he said, "Just sit down and eat, don't you hear 'no words when you eat, no words when you sleep'."

Geng Ruyu saw that Geng Ding was still there, rolling his eyes and thinking, and then glanced at his mother, then slowly sat down and picked up his rice bowl to eat rice.His mother said, "No one is robbing you, so what are you doing in such a hurry?"

Liang Xin pouted again and said, "It's not that the master is frightened. For more than a year, he has been reprimanded every day. He is a good person, and his spirits are gone. He has suffered from stomach pains this year, because he can't eat well. for the sake of."

The old woman was speechless when she heard it, and Geng Ding couldn't help but said, "Whose rule is this, the daughter-in-law is talking about the master? I'm his father, so I can't reprimand him?"

Liang Xin is also full of reading, and he heard the words: "If you can't stand the bullying of Neo-Confucianism, why don't you resign from the office to give lectures? The second master is at home, wandering in the forest, writing books and talking, how comfortable you are. You can’t get into the cabinet just by putting a piece of philosophy on your head, so why should you accept those folly in the courthouse, and then go home and vent your anger at Ruyu?”

Because he couldn't say that he was reluctant to hold this position, Geng Dingding was blushing at the words of his daughter-in-law.

Geng Ruyu secretly praised his daughter-in-law, and said in his heart that he must eat a handful of Shenbao pills tonight and fight against this goblin.Thinking about it, the corners of his mouth swayed into a smile, and Geng Dian saw it, and his anger was about to open his forehead.He shouted, "What are you laughing at?"

Geng Ruyu's face turned pale, so scared that he put down the bowl, and wanted to get up to answer again.His mother said: "Don't get up, I've had a meal several times, can I eat it? You old guy, our family is such a breed, you want to toss him to death? Is filial piety only when you don't hear that your father is kind to your son?"

Geng Fang's eyes pricked up in anger, thinking in his heart that you are going to rebel.Geng Ruyu got up and said, "Mother, it's all right for a son to respect his father." Then he said to his daughter-in-law, "Don't stand out here, go back to the house."

When Liang Xin heard what he said, her eyebrows twitched, and Geng Ruyu winked hurriedly, bowing her hands to her daughter-in-law behind his father.His mother saw him next to him, pouted, and scolded his son for being a coward.But at this time, when they were unanimously resisting Geng Ding, he said to his son, "What do you think your daughter-in-law does? If you want me to say it, she is right. You two want to talk about martial arts, just go to the study room after dinner, don't eat while you're at it. Block people."

Geng Ding has been married for 40 years, and his wife is a doormat, and he will eat her to death all her life.Unexpectedly, the old woman also rebelled today when the daughter-in-law raised her arms, and she was so angry that her blood vessels almost burst.

But the situation was one-on-three. When Lao Geng saw that he had committed public anger, he really couldn't get angry, otherwise the family would have to jump around.When he was embarrassed, Geng Ruyu's four-year-old son ran in, followed by a servant to protect him.

The boy held a large ball of marshmallows and said, "Grandpa, look, the third grandpa bought me marshmallows."

Geng Ding was pleasantly surprised: "Your third grandfather is back?" His grandson didn't answer, and showed his mother with a cotton candy.The old woman behind him said, "Yes, sir. The third master is back, and he said he was going to the west for a bite to eat."

Geng Ruyu said, "Ruyu, go and call your third uncle to come and eat." Geng Ruyu agreed and got up and went out.

Geng Diang was relieved secretly, and without looking at his wife's face, he ordered, "Bring some wine." His daughter-in-law said, "Master, I'll go get it." Geng Ding nodded.

Seeing that the allies were divided and disintegrated, Geng Ding's old wife panicked: "No, let Chunxiang get it. I'm hungry too, so I told them to eat here, and the two of us go to the Westinghouse for dinner." After that, he called the two maids again When I came to serve Geng Ding for dinner, she and her daughter-in-law moved in tactically.

After a while, the old lady heard that her son had led Geng Dingli to the dining room, she was completely relieved, and complained to her daughter-in-law about Geng Dingli's bad temper.In words, I envy my daughter-in-law for being blessed, and I have been a gas bag for half my life, which is also bitter.

What Liang Xin can say can only comfort her mother-in-law.The two of them were eating and talking about themselves, when they heard a bang in the main house, as if someone had dropped a wine glass.

Followed by Geng Ding's shout: "What did you say? Missionary? Be a professor at Jingshi University?!"

What Geng Dingli said, the two women didn't understand.The old woman was not at ease, she put down her chopsticks and got up and said, "Oh, I'll go take a look." The daughter-in-law also said, "Madam, I'll go too." After speaking, she helped the old woman over.

When he entered the dining room, he saw that Geng Ding had thrown his wine glass and smashed half of the table and dishes to the ground.Geng Dingli and Geng Ruyu both stood aside and smiled bitterly. Geng Ruyu was covered in soup and water, and a chicken paw was still hanging on the hem of his clothes.

The old woman was so frightened that she recited the Buddha: "Amitabha, what is this for?" Seeing that Geng Dingding's angry face was speechless, she panicked and asked Geng Dingli, "Third uncle, what's wrong with your elder brother?"

Geng Dingli said with a wry smile: "Today, Wang Shangshu passed the emperor's order to let us hire Fan Li'an, Luo Mingjian, and Matteo Ricci to be professors and lecturers at Beijing Normal University. Teaching mathematics, geometry and philosophy, the elder brother is angry because of this."

The old woman said: "You dead old man, the emperor has his reasons for doing things like this. Are you more knowledgeable than the emperor? Besides, who cares who he is a professor, and he doesn't teach your children and grandchildren, what does it have to do with you? Worth it? When so angry?"

Geng Ruyu supported Geng Ding and said, "Mother, I said the same just now. Originally, my father was just angry. After I said this, I was so talented that I couldn't speak." The old lady heard that, seeing Geng Ding's body began to stiffen. , cried out in fright.Seeing that she was crying, Geng Ruyu hurriedly asked Geng Dingli if she was going to the medical school.

Liang Xin called the maid next to her and said, "Go to my room and find the box containing the three-edged needle." The maid ran out the door as if flying.Here she instructed Geng Ruyu and Geng Dingli to put Geng Dingli in the bedroom.

When Geng was lying on the kang, the little maid brought a box with black lacquer silver tin pattern over. Liang Xin opened the box and asked her mother-in-law to roll up Geng's left arm sleeve over her elbow, and took out a brown strip from the box. Ribbon said: "Tie the old man's arm."

After it was tied, Liang Xin had burned a finger-length three-edged needle in the box on the oil lamp, and lightly patted Geng's elbow.

Immediately after the stab, a red spot appeared on the elbow, and then a drop of black blood flowed out. Liang Xin asked her mother-in-law, "Have you ever bought alcohol at home?" Mei Xiang, the eldest girl beside the old woman, said, "Yes. Liang Xin said: "Go get an alcohol cotton pad and wipe the wound." Before he could finish speaking, Geng directed a long breath, opened his mouth and said hoarsely, "It will kill me."[Note 1]
Geng's family was stunned, and Geng cried to his wife, "You scared me too!" Geng Ruyu was surprised and delighted, and said, "How can you treat like this?

Liang Xin said, "My grandfather has the same temperament as my grandfather, and the disease is the same. When my grandfather was at home, when he couldn't speak, he asked me to stab him." He gestured at Geng Ruyu and put it in the box.

Geng Dingli didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He smiled and said with relief: "Brother, why are you so angry? He Xinyin is such a monarch and fatherless man, the emperor made him a professor. Now a few Westerners are professors, what can you do? It's going to be impossible."

Geng's eyes looked at the ceiling, turbid tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and he sighed: "I fear that after a hundred years, the line of Taoism will be extinct!"

　[Note 1]: This trick is commonly used by my grandmother. It's really wonderful to rejuvenate, but Lao Mo still doesn't know the principle, and he doesn't know what happened to that drop of black blood.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)