golden scales

Zhu Hegui said that he "knows", but in fact he may not really know.On the contrary, after being educated by his father, he was more confused.

For thousands of years, I am afraid that all children will think about a question: why should they study.

Maybe Zhu Cihong himself forgot, but he must have had this question when he was a child.

Regarding the answer, the people of the Song Dynasty put it most clearly: the emperor values ​​heroes, and articles teach you.

Song Zhenzong also had a poem, which said: "The rich don't need to buy good land, there are thousands of millet in the book; there is no need to raise a high hall, the book has a golden house; don't hate when you go out, there are so many horses and horses in the book; Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book; if a man has a lifelong ambition, read the Six Classics diligently in front of the window."

This poem is by no means encouraging young people to read pornographic novels, but encouraging them to learn.

If we get to the bottom line, even Confucius pointed out: There is still the possibility of starvation in the cultivated land, but there must be a salary in learning.It can be seen that being good at learning leads to being an official is the prevailing value from ancient times to the present. The difference is whether to be an official and then seek personal gain, or to make a living for the people, which depends on the realm of the scholar.

Zhu Hegui's status destined him not to be an "official official", so what's the point of his study?

His father once taught him that learning can enrich a person's spiritual world, books are the ladder to sublimation, and knowledge can lead people to civilization and escape from ignorance. These words can be summed up in one meaning: because we are not perfect, we must study hard and improve ourselves personality, sublimate one's realm, and become a figure like the sages and saints.

Based on the worship of his father, Zhu Hegui established his yearning for the saint since he was very young.After studying, he paid great attention to all the knowledge of self-cultivation, and those gentlemen also selflessly told him the words and deeds of the sage, how to become a gentleman, and even pointed out the path to a sage.

However, as he walked, he found that his father didn't recognize him anymore.

Is this because you have gone astray?Or is it because the father responded to the allusion of "Ye Gong loves dragons"?

Neither Zhu nor Gui spoke a word during the rest of the trip, they just watched the trees and fields passing by outside the window.He has recovered from the shock of the steam age, and he is no longer full of interest like his younger brothers.He found that his father had also taken out a magazine "The Study of Ten Thousand Transformations" and began to read it.I am still working tirelessly to perfect my own shortcomings.

——Could it be because of my lack of knowledge?

Zhu and Gui remembered the story of Wang Yangming.When Mr. Yangming was young, he used to sit on a bamboo leaf in the courtyard for seven days and nights.And finally passed out.Although Mr. Yangming did not gain the Tao because of this, Zhu Hegui still yearned for this determination to pursue wisdom. He also secretly imitated it, but his mother's eyes were red from crying because he hadn't eaten two meals.

Look at "The Science of Wanhua" again, which contains the fundamentals of the universe and the principles of change.Almost every issue becomes a new chemistry textbook.Zhu Hegui is both novel and repulsed by these changes, and always feels that these things have nothing to do with the science of life.

Indeed, you know that iron and oxygen can undergo an oxidation reaction, but does this solve your confusion?

Can you know the induction between heaven, earth and man?

Can you uphold the middle way and not do anything wrong?

Can you walk in the society harmoniously, so that everyone feels like a spring breeze when they see you?

Since nothing works, what's the use of learning from him?

The ultimate goal of the country should be a world of great harmony where all peoples are Yaos and Shuns, not a world of petty people.

Zhu Hegui suddenly felt a sharp pain. It turned out that his fingernails were deeply embedded in the flesh of his palm.

It was too dangerous to think so.

If he is right, then his father is wrong.He couldn't bear the pain of the idol's collapse.

Zhu Hegui was full of entanglements, and secretly glanced at his father, for fear that his little thoughts would be discovered by his discerning father.

The train stopped steadily at Beijing Railway Station.The newly built station still smells of white and rock.His Majesty the Emperor took several sons out of the carriage, boarded the royal carriage, and went straight back to the palace.

Zhu Hegui and his father were in the same car.The other younger brothers could only sit in the carriage at the back, which made him somewhat relieved, as if he had returned to the days when he enjoyed his father's love alone when he was a child.When he got on the car, he accidentally saw the black wheels, which were made of new rubber materials. They were black and shiny, with curved patterns on them.

"This is rubber, no wonder I feel much more comfortable in the car recently." Zhu Hegui murmured.

"You said that when Master traveled around the world, if he had rubber tires, would he use them?" Zhu Cihong asked casually.

"It should be." Zhu Hegui said: "After all, it is much more comfortable than a wooden wheel, and the car is not easy to break."

"And if the master rejects rubber tires, there is no reason to use the tall cars of the Zhou Dynasty. Most likely, we have to go back to the era of the holy kings, and I am afraid that we have to walk." Zhu Cihong pointed out.

Zhu Hegui was sensitively aware of his father's intentions, and said: "Father, my son has absolutely no intention of rejecting new learning."

"I believe you didn't, because you are the beneficiary of Xinxue." Zhu Cihong smiled and pulled his son into the car.

Zhu Hegui sat down beside the emperor, and said quietly: "It's just that there is no need to put your mind and energy on this, let him go."

Zhu Cilang suddenly felt angry, and was about to speak out to refute, but suddenly his tongue got stuck and he couldn't speak a word.

Zhu Cihong, the crown prince, also said the same thing when facing his biological father, Emperor Chongzhen.

Zhu Cihong had a prophetic affirmation of his own knowledge and opinions, and history also proved that the demise of the Ming Dynasty had a great relationship with the emperor's involvement in party disputes and the neglect of state affairs.

However, Chongzhen himself did not have this kind of awareness!

It is impossible for the current crown prince to have this kind of awareness!

Just judging from these two sentences, it can be said that like father, like son, I and this eldest son are no different.

If this is the case, Zhu Cihong will have even more headaches, because everyone from Chongzhen to himself seems to have an unparalleled stubborn character.If the crown prince really inherited this, it would not be easy to correct the thoughts in his little head!

Zhu Cihong felt quite a headache, and then thought of a person who could be a gentleman.

Huanyang real person Guo Jingzhong.

It is really difficult for Zhu Cihong to understand these masters sometimes.

When Guo Jingzhong met him, he had a very speculative conversation with him, and then he was busy with state affairs, making people think that he was a monk with political ambitions, just like Yao Guangxiao when he became the ancestor.However, after the world was settled, just when he was getting rewards, he left his disciples and grandchildren to run around outside, and he concealed his name in Baiyun Temple in Beijing with Dong Hong's old-fashioned attitude.

Baiyun audience Taoist didn't know that this old Guo had a close relationship with the current emperor, and even appointed him the position of Caitou, and he happily grew vegetables in the garden every day.

Zhu Cihong took a special day, changed into casual clothes, and brought only a dozen guards to Baiyun Temple.It was almost noon when I arrived at the temple, but I saw an old Taoist with white hair and white beard walking towards the town with a basket of cabbage, but it was Guo Jingzhong, Guo Zhenren.

"Where is the real man going?" Zhu Cihong stopped the carriage and shouted to Guo Jingzhong who was making way for him.

"There are too many dishes in Guanli, let's give them to some old pilgrims." Guo Jingzhong smiled at Zhu Cihong, and immediately felt warm.

"The real man will get in the car, and I'll take you there." The worries accumulated in Zhu Cihong's heart suddenly dissipated, and he suddenly became enlightened.

Guo Jingzhong was not too polite, and handed over the food on the burden to the attendants of the auxiliary car, and she was about to take off her shoes and get on the car.Zhu Cihong stretched out his hands to support the old Taoist and helped him up.Guo Jingzhong said: "The old shoes are dirty, it's a pity to step on them." Of course Zhu Cihong didn't mind, although the carriage was covered with pure wool carpets, in the eyes of the emperor, it was just for stepping on feet.

"Aren't there any young Taoists in Guanli? You want the teacher to be so busy." Zhu Cihong asked.

Guo Jingzhong cupped her hands and said: "What should be done, what should be done. Now if you can walk, you can walk more. When you can't walk in the future, you will sometimes lie down."

"The teacher is Daolu Division Zhengyin." Zhu Cihong said: "A few days ago, the queen mother mentioned the teacher, saying that several of the teacher's disciples also worked hard for the princes, and they should give the teacher a title."

Fu Shan is famous for his mastery of gynecology in later generations, and the current master of gynecology belongs to Guo Jingzhong.The royal midwife has been used to looking for Guo Zhenren, and it was not until Guo Zhenren was too old when the fifth child was born that he looked for Fu Shan.

"Hey, human respect is not as good as self-respect, so you can save yourself these false tricks." Guo Jingzhong smiled and shook her hand, and said again: "Your Majesty has a lot of things to do every day, so how can you be free today?"

"Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, everything is troublesome." Zhu Cihong has let go a lot unconsciously, saying that it is troublesome, but there is nothing in his heart.

Guo Jingzhong just smiled, squinting her eyes and waiting for Zhu Cihong to speak on her own.

Zhu Cihong was also not polite, and immediately poured out the dust in his heart, just like facing an excellent psychiatrist.

Guo Jingzhong listened quietly all the time, and only after the emperor finished speaking did he say with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise..."

"Teacher, don't be cliche." Zhu Cilang interrupted Guo Jingzhong, saying: "Just say what you want, why should I come all the way to see the teacher with such a cliché."

"Hehe," Guo Jingzhong smiled, "Your Majesty is wise and pedantic, this is the truth, but it's a pity that the word 'I' has not been broken."

"Me?" Zhu Cihong asked puzzled, "Is the teacher talking about ego?"

"If you don't understand those, just say 'I'." Guo Jingzhong said: "Your Majesty has a world in mind, but after all, he still draws a circle and regards this circle as 'I'. If others don't step into this circle, it will be fine , once stepping into this circle, His Majesty will inevitably be regarded as a demonic way, demon-killing guard 'me'."

Zhu Cihong frowned.

"The crown prince is obsessed with Confucianism because he thinks he can get rid of confusion and understand the Dao. How many parents hope to have a sage like Yan Hui, but His Majesty is lucky to have one but is troubled, isn't that the case?" Guo Jingzhong laughed. road.

Zhu Cihong's frown deepened, and he said, "Yan Hui died of starvation at the age of 36. The Crown Prince is going to be emperor after all. I don't mind him starving to death at the age of 36, but what if he leads the whole country to starve to death?" ?” (To be continued~^~)