Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 21 Ouyang Wenzhong Gong (this chapter is free)

Zhao Xingde returned to the Zhai, Chen Dong smiled and said: "Yuan Zhi, during the Ching Ming Festival, the students from my Zhai will gather for an outing, can you go with us?" Zhao Xingde said: "I have promised my father and elders to go out together, thank you Brother Shaoyang "Chen Dong said with a smile: "It's okay," Er sighed again, "The annual Qingming outing is a great event among my grand scholars. Don't cry in the wind and feel sad for the moon. Everyone plays the piano and Fu Poetry, drinking and singing, it is indeed a great pity not to participate."

"I heard that Zhao Guangshi is going to propose to Dr. Li's daughter-in-law." "Really?" Zhao Xingde questioned lightly.

"It's absolutely true." Chen Dong tutted, "This story has spread in Bianliang." That idiot actually made up an excuse, saying that the fairy in the dream instructed him to marry a talented woman. After a pause, he continued, "It's the prime minister's son, and it's also a fairy entrusting a dream, so Dr. Li can't agree to it. Oh, ah, a flower is 'inserted' on the cow dung." "

"I'm afraid not necessarily." Zhao Xingde didn't ask any further.He was about to wash up and go to bed, but in the courtyard, Deng Su and Zhang Bing were still arguing with each other over Confucianism, and their voices became louder and louder.

Just listen to Zhang Bingdao: "The best goodness is like water, and it talks about following the way of heaven. Therefore, the saints follow the way of heaven and make laws, but the saints themselves are also under the way of heaven. If the law is the expression of the way, the saints are also under the law."

Deng Su said: "This statement is wrong. The Tao is the order of the world and the order of all things. Therefore, it is high and low, Yin and Yang, before and after, and the order of human relationships. Therefore, it is the order of monarchs and ministers, father and son, and elders and children. For husbands and wives. The highest goodness is like water, and the law is like water, implying that it comes from the top down. The sage king practices the law, and the bottom one obeys it, which is the original intention of the law. If the king is not in the law, where does the law come from?"

Zhang Bing said again: "The way of the Tao is very Tao. The Taoist, between heaven and earth, is mixed and formless, and it is formless and nameless, and it helps all things. Those who go against it will perish, and those who follow it will prosper. Therefore, the king must Follow the Tao. Those who follow the law are the surface of the Tao, and those who follow the Tao are the foundation of the law. If the world is governed by the Tao, everything is under the Tao, and everyone is under the law. Therefore, the prince who breaks the law should be guilty of the same crime as the common people. The king is under the law."

Zhao Xingde shook his head and complained in a low voice: "Arguing endlessly all day long, and let no one sleep." Chen Dong said: "Dao Differences do not conspire with each other, how can we argue for the same way without arguing? How can Tao rule the world?"

Zhao Xingde had always been humble and indifferent, but at this moment he felt a little inexplicably depressed, so he blurted out: "The party is united and the dissidents are attacked, isn't this a clique? Isn't it because of the faction that the government is so decadent?" Chen Dong asked back: "Then you think we are studying Why Taixue?"

Zhao Xingde said without hesitation: "Cultivate awe-inspiring righteousness, understand the learning of sages, and understand the way of 'chaos'." This is the standard answer of Taixue.Chen Dong shook his head, and sighed: "Pedantic." At this time, Li Rui, who was lying on the bed and hadn't fallen asleep, also said in a rare voice: "Sure enough, pedantic."

Chen Dong took a look at Li Rui, and walked to the courtyard with Zhao Xingde, before he said: "If it's only for the three points you just said, this imperial education can be useless. Can't you cultivate your spirit in rural farming and study? Can't you go to school?" ? The publication of history books all over the world is not enough for you to rule "chaotic"?" Zhao Xingde did not answer, and Chen Dong said again: "The Imperial Academy was established by the imperial court to allow the younger generation scholars to distinguish right from wrong, make friends with colleagues, and be cited as a gentleman. Friends. If you study and cultivate yourself, you will benefit from each other, stick to your reputation, and never fall into the turbid stream. When you go out to serve the country, you will work together with one heart and one mind, and be consistent from beginning to end, so that the country will be prosperous and strong, and the world will be peaceful!"

Deng Su and Zhang Bing in the courtyard also stopped their arguments and came over at this time. Chen Dong continued: "Don't you hear Ouyang Wenzhong's 'clique theory', 'Generally, gentlemen and gentlemen regard fellows as friends; villains and villains People regard the same interests as friends. This is also a natural principle. 'If a gentleman forms a party, if it comes from the common heart of the world, why not?"

He pointed to the building in the middle of the Taixue building that honored the sages of the Confucian school, and said in a deep voice: "In the past, Wang Wengong's new law was originally intended to strengthen the country and benefit the people, but people's hearts were divided, and they acted indiscriminately. On the contrary, the new law has become a law that disturbs the people and harms the people. Wang Wengong expanded the Taixue and advocated the abolition of the imperial examination and replaced it with the school. The original intention was the same. After Sima Wenzheng came to power, the new law was abolished, but the scale of the Taixue and the emphasis on students remained the same as before. Since then, all famous officials of all dynasties have regarded Taixue as a place for the court to cultivate talents."

Although Wang Anshi had passed away for a long time, he was still a famous official respected by the new party in the court. Even Chen Dong and other students who regarded themselves as the old party, they also respected him when they mentioned him. Hearing what Chen Dong said, Deng Su and Zhang Bing together Nodded to show agreement.At this time, the stele of party members had just been demolished not long ago, and the imperial court strictly prohibited cliques, Zhao Xingde just shook his head, not bothering to refute him.

Chen Dong said again: "There are only a thousand prefectures and counties in the world, and there are 600 of my Taixue scholars. If we form a party of gentlemen to rule the world, those who are far-sighted and far-sighted will make decisions inside, and those who are pragmatic and capable will run outside, then the country will be established." Anbang, but between the backhands, we can look forward to a well-off prosperity and the rule of Great Harmony."

Zhao Xingde retorted: "People's hearts are hard to come by. I can only wait for three or four people to argue endlessly. It is so difficult to lead the majority of scholars into a party. It is simple and clear for villains to gather together. In the end, it is often the party of gentlemen. The villain's party fell." "No." Chen Dong immediately said, "People's hearts are unpredictable, and the way of heaven is unique. The villain's party is easy to gather and disperse. Only the gentleman's party will go through thousands of twists and turns, and will never follow the trend If it is beneficial, it will become a great rule of the world!"

Zhao Xingde said: "Since the Dao is very Dao and the Dao of Heaven is unpredictable, Brother Shaoyang, how do you know that what you know is true and what others know is false? Perhaps what you insist on today is to go to the left with the Dao of Heaven. ?” He made up his mind to question Chen Dong, hoping that he would not be so stubborn.

Chen Dong said: "I don't necessarily know everything is true, but the kindness of my heart, even though I almost died, I still don't regret it." He paused, then sighed: "Even if what I insist on is wrong, I can be with you." Gentlemen and gentlemen strengthen each other, witness the true knowledge, and then you will hear the Tao in the morning, and you will die in the evening." Chen Dong's tone was filled with fiery persistence, and Zhao Xingde, Chen Dong, Deng Su, and Zhang Bing stood facing each other, with Confucian shirts as the night 'Dew' is wet, but it doesn't feel cold at all.

A round of bright moon hangs in the sky, and the soft brilliance sprinkles the earth. The night is deep, and there is no sound. In the courtyard, only insects are singing.After Zhao Xingde returned to his room, he lay on the bed, his heart racing, is this a dispute between the scholars of the Song Dynasty and the party?He silently thought, is this different from those scholars in history?Or will everything that should happen happen?Before I knew it, I fell asleep.

As the Qingming Festival approaches, nearly a million residents in Bianliang City, rich or poor, take advantage of the April wind and clear air, and the flowers in the countryside are in full bloom, and they go out to the city for outings.Zhao Xingde was invited to travel with Li Gefei's family and his master Chao Buzhi.

"Yuan Zhi don't need to be cautious, Uncle Wen and I are chatting freely here, you go and play with their young people." Chao Buzhi smiled, pointing a goose feather fan to Li Ruoxue and Li Ruoxue who were flying the kite again not far away. Li Ruoxu.

When Zhao Xingde came closer, Li Ruoxue looked back at him, smiled and nodded to him.Li Ruoxu was under fifteen, so he took a big dragonfly kite and was flying it. Seeing the kite flying higher and higher, both Li Ruoxue and Li Ruoxu were very excited. Suddenly, the wind direction changed, and the kite fell crookedly. Another lark kite got tangled up and both kites hung to the ground together.The girl flying the lark kite was wearing a light yellow shirt and a green skirt. She was still young, but her face was very delicate.Li Ruoxu climbed up the old tree, took down the kite, disbanded it and returned it to others.