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Chapter 29 Confucianism is just like this
With excited hands, Zeng Bu took the thin book from the old Zong Yuan from the Empress Dowager Gao behind the curtain.

He took a deep breath, put the jade fluorene in his hand aside, and opened the book respectfully.

Full of text, greets the eye.

The words circled with ink pens one by one, and the notes pasted between the words made Zeng Bu's eyes jump.

Although, the empress dowager said that the prince Yan'an County King is already ten years old.

But everyone knows that it is a false age.

The Prince of Yan'an County was born on the seventh day of December in the ninth year of Xining, in the Zhu Cairen Pavilion in the inner imperial city.

This kind of event is written in the morning newspaper and spread throughout the world.

Moreover, because before the Yan'an County King was born, the five sons of the official family had all died one after another, so the sixth son of the emperor was the eldest son of the emperor at birth!
When he grew up to be three years old, the officials couldn't wait, and he was made the Duke of Jun, and he was added as the inspector Taiwei and the Taiping Army Jiedushi.

At the age of six, he entered Zhangwu Army Jiedushi, was granted the title of King of Yan'an County, and opened the third division of Yitong.

Last year, the Son of Heaven gathered Yan Zhongyan in the Yingdian Hall and summoned all important officials from all over the world. The King of Yan'an County was there to serve him, and all the officials congratulated him.

These are all the contents of the morning newspaper.

Although Zeng Bu was in the world, he paid close attention to this information and kept it firmly in his heart.

Therefore, Zeng Bu knew that the prince would actually be eight years old and three months old this year.

It's just because he was born in December of the ninth year of Xining, so he was regarded as one year and one month in less than a month, and counting the imaginary age, he was considered two years old when he was still in his infancy without even opening his eyes.

And His Royal Highness, who is more than eight years old, is actually reading "Spring and Autumn"?
Not only reading, but looking at the words circled by His Highness, as well as the questions raised on those notes and his own interpretation.

He may even have understood Chunqiu!
Even if some words look naive, even if there are some doubts, they are extremely naive.

But... but... this is called the heart of a child, pure and flawless!
Therefore, Zeng Bu bowed respectfully to the Empress Dowager Gao in the curtain: "Your Highness, the Empress Dowager, I see the words and sentences written by the King of Yan'an. The heart of a child comes from the bottom of my heart. I am really sincere and fearful. This is really a blessing in the world!"

Empress Dowager Gao liked to hear such words, and immediately said joyfully: "This is exactly the purpose of inviting the bachelor here!"

"Old people, women and children, although they admire the morality of saints, they can't get close to the way of saints and sages, so they can only turn to bachelors for help!"

"I don't dare!" Zeng Bu saluted and bowed: "We can only die to be loyal to the official family, His Royal Highness the Empress Dowager, and His Royal Highness King of Yan'an County!"

Empress Dowager Gao listened, and sighed in her heart: "Sure enough, Sixth Brother has gained the hope of the world!"

Zeng Bu was just a Hanlin scholar who had just returned from his military service.

But he still believes that the only heir to the emperor is the eldest son of the emperor!

Even Zeng Bu is like this.

Not to mention others.

Both the new party and the old party will only recognize the emperor's eldest son!
Just like during the Zhiping period, even though the first emperor had three sons, the government and the public only recognized the elder brother, King Ying.

As for the second and fourth brothers?
Han Qi and Wen Yanbo, even if they saw each other in the ban, it was as if they hadn't seen them.

This is etiquette, this is the rules and regulations!
If you think about the story of Taizong again, it can only be fought by the world!

Fortunately, the current Sixth Brother is indeed smart, filial, and sensible.

The establishment of this child is not only what everyone expects, but also makes Empress Dowager Gao happy.

Then he preached to Zeng: "I am here, and I thank the bachelor for the sixth brother!"

"I also invite the bachelor, here to answer the prince's questions for the sake of my age!"

Zeng Bu bowed again: "Wei!"

So, there were ministers who brought copywriting, pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Zeng Bu sat on the ground in the hall, spreading paper and writing.

Of course, who is Zeng Bu?

The top smart man and master of Confucianism in the country!
He is also the younger brother of Zeng Gong and Zeng Nanfeng!
All his life, Zeng Gong was advocating ancient times, advocating writing to defend the way, and inheriting and carrying forward the ancient prose movement of Ouyang Xiu and Fan Zhongyan.

And in the Song Dynasty, what were the so-called "returning to the past" and "respecting the ancients" that Confucian scholars talked about?
Anyone who understands knows that it is under the guise of going back to the ancient times, and the right to interpret the Six Classics is taken as their own.

This is true of Sansu, Ercheng, Zhang Zai, and Wang Anshi.

Going forward, the same is true for Hu Yuan, Zhou Dunyi, and Shao Yong.

Anyway, Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi would not jump out of the ground and beat them!

Therefore, Zeng Bu, like all other civil servants and scholar-bureaucrats, is also a person who is good at stuffing private goods.

Moreover, the technology of Zeng Busai's private goods is very superb.

When Xining reformed, Zeng Bu was once introduced as a confidant by Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing.

It was only when the market changed the law that it turned out that everyone was not the same person at all.

What Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing want to do is open source, especially Lu Huiqing, who is eager for success and pursues simple and crude short-term financial profits in order to achieve short-term results and stop other people's mouths!
But what about Zeng Bu?

Influenced by his elder brother Zeng Gong and his teacher Hu Yuan, he actually advocated increasing income and reducing expenditure, mainly focusing on reducing expenditure. In his opinion, the market exchange method is really rough and too short-sighted!
Now, given the opportunity by him, it is natural to quietly insert some of his personal opinions into it.

So, within an hour, Zeng Bu had already written thousands of words in eloquence.

They are all answers to the opinions and questions raised by the king of Yan'an in the biography of Guliang in the Spring and Autumn Period.

To take care of that little prince, and also to take care of Empress Dowager Gao.

In many places, Zeng Bu speaks very straightforwardly and concisely, without using too many gorgeous words and stacked words.

When the book was completed, Zeng Bu checked it and found that there were no omissions, typos, or taboo words. Then he played to the Empress Dowager Gao behind the curtain: "Chen Bu would like to play Her Majesty the Empress Dowager: Prince Yan'an County King, the circled "Spring and Autumn Guliang Biography" and the posted text, I have carefully noted the entries, begging Her Majesty the Empress Dowager to take a look!"

Empress Dowager Gao immediately ordered someone to fetch the text written by Zeng Bu.

Then read them one by one against the books of Yan'an County King.

After just reading it once, Empress Dowager Gao was overjoyed: "A bachelor's knowledge is really profound, and I respect you!"

The text written by Zeng Bu is straightforward and simple.

At least, Empress Dowager Gao understands it, and Empress Dowager Gao still thinks it makes sense.

In fact, in fact, Zeng Buruo concealed Wang Anshi's views on the Spring and Autumn Period, concealed his signature, and showed it to Empress Dowager Gao, and the result was the same.

Confucianism is like this.

The general context is the same, and the only difference is in the details, and the views are different only in morality.

The best example is the Three Legends of Spring and Autumn.

Gu Liang, Gong Yang, and Zuo Zhuan are all interpretations of Confucius' Spring and Autumn Classics, and they are all re-commentations, re-interpretations, and re-elaborations of Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals.

But these three biography from the same origin, in terms of morality and standpoint, are almost three books.

People who don't specialize in this area don't know at all how many twists and turns there are, let alone know that in the past, Confucian scholars almost used their brains for the differences in these details.

The ancestors and masters have already made a good example, disciples and grandchildren, how can they not learn?

Since the Qingli Xingxue Movement, the literary world of the Song Dynasty has ushered in a situation where a hundred flowers are blooming.

The intensity of the collision of ideas is not inferior to the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

It's just that this time, everyone is using the banner of Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Jia Yi, and Yang Xiong to raise their eyes for themselves.

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