back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 273
Seeing Lu Chengqi put down the newspaper, Zhang Zai knew that Lu Chengqi, who looked very gentle before, seemed to be harboring explosive power.This is an inexplicable and unclear feeling. It is completely gone from being so humbly asking for advice before. Instead, it becomes like a tiger looking for food, silent but extremely dangerous.

Zhang Zai didn't understand why a person's temperament could completely change within two days.Maybe this is the real emperor, Zhang Zai doesn't understand, Lu Chengqi doesn't understand either, what exactly is he angry about?
Are you angry?The newspaper, as a tool to dominate public opinion, actually allows these words full of negative energy to be published aboveboard, for better sales. What is the difference between this and the irresponsible peripheral tabloids of later generations?
What made Lu Chengqi even more angry, but what he could do was that the Chinese had too much officialism.It was just that he praised Zhang Zai as a sage, and these newspapers could not find out Zhang Zai's life, and even exposed Zhang Zai's case.Such intentions, in the most prestigious ancient times, isn't this equivalent to punishing people to death?

Lu Chengqi was angry, but it was useless.No matter how powerful he is, he can't control the world's ideas.He looked at Zhang Zai and found that this middle-aged man in his 40s no longer had the sense of restraint on his face, and gradually looked calm.

A sage is a sage, no matter where he is, his temperament will not change.Lu Chengqi wanted to laugh, but couldn't, so he stood up, handed the newspaper on the Long case to Zhang Zai, and didn't say anything.

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhang Zai's eyes, he took the newspaper and read it involuntarily.When he found that the newspapers were full of reports criticizing and slandering him, he didn't seem surprised. Instead, he looked at it without arrogance or rashness, as if he stayed out of the matter.

Zhang Zai's reading speed is much faster than that of Lu Chengqi.After all, the words in the newspaper should be understood and understood by people who can read and write, and try to use plain sentences. Zhang Zai, who is used to pondering the meaning of the scriptures, naturally reads it easily.

Looking at the past ten lines at a glance, a few newspapers took less than a quarter of an hour to get a general idea.Seeing that Zhang Zai had finished reading, Lu Chengqi said in a heavy tone; "Sir, have you finished reading?"

Zhang Zai said with a smile: "I have already read it."

Lu Chengqi was a little astonished: "It's full of bad things about Mr., how can you still be so calm?"

Zhang Zai said with a smile: "The way of a gentleman is to be reserved and not to fight, and the benevolent should not worry."

Lu Chengqi knew that traditional Confucian scholars were all gentlemen.It's not derogatory here, it's admirable.From the "Analects" alone, we can see the status of "gentleman" in Confucius' mind. It is an ideal personality standard. In a short "Analects" of more than 2 characters, the word "gentleman" It appeared more than 100 times.It can be seen how much Confucius valued the way of a gentleman.

Zhang Zai's "reserved and not contending" comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Wei Linggong". Do not compete with others for strength and victory, generally unite people and do not form parties for personal gain.

The benevolent man does not worry, which comes from "The Analects of Confucius Xianwen": "The Master said: 'The wise do not confuse, the benevolent do not worry, the brave do not fear.'", the benevolent do not worry means that a person has a big heart of benevolence and righteousness , his heart is extremely kind and tolerant, so he can ignore many details and don't care about small gains and losses.Only such a person can truly achieve inner peace and calmness.

Zhang Zai's use of these two sentences, of course, means that he is a gentleman and will not care about the villain's slander.The subconscious meaning is that he only needs to be himself, and what others think of him has no effect on him.

This is the way of the gentleman advocated by Confucianism since Confucius.But how many people can really do it?Lu Chengqi dared to say that among the officials in the imperial court, there were no more than one hand who could be such a gentleman.

Why do you say that?The answer given by Confucius is that the way of a gentleman can be divided into several levels.The first standard of a gentleman is "the benevolent does not worry, the wise does not confuse, and the brave does not fear"; the second standard is "a gentleman cherishes virtue, while a villain cherishes earth. The standard is "reserve without fighting, group without party, harmony without difference"; the fourth standard is "a gentleman is easy to do but hard to talk about. If you don't talk about it, you don't talk about it; if you want to make people, you can use it. Small It’s difficult for people but easy to talk about. Even if you don’t talk about it, you can talk about it; it’s also about making people, so please be prepared.”

Among them, the third standard is not to form a party for personal gain. How many of the current Dashun officials can really do it?I'm afraid there are very few.

Lu Chengqi, who had intensively read "The Analects of Confucius", sighed: "Mr. is a true gentleman, but these villains slander you. I am afraid that Mr.'s teaching will be affected!"

Zhang Zai said solemnly: "Your Majesty once bestowed words on Zihou, to establish a heart for the world, to establish a life for the people, to inherit the knowledge of the past saints, and to bring peace to the world. Zihou dare not forget, and always keep it in his heart. He has never done this before." Upholding, how can you care about others? What a gentleman does is self-evident!"

Lu Chengqi admired Zhang Zai's broad-mindedness, but he was still a little worried: "I want to defend my husband and promote the essence of Guan Xue, what do you think?"

Zhang Zai said with a smile: "What your majesty does has its own reason, Zihou dare not speculate. If the newspaper can spread the way of sages and sages, it will certainly educate the people. I heard that this thing is advocated by your majesty, Zihou In my humble opinion, this is an act of great merit.”

Knowing that Zhang Zai doesn't know how to flatter, getting such admiration from him is more effective than [-] flattery from other people.While Lu Chengqi was happy, he forgot about these details, so he asked Zhang Zai about his impression of the Royal University yesterday.

Naturally, Zhang Zai would not say that Lu Chengqi did not teach the way of sages before, but only admired the specialization of the Royal University in science and technology. also".What Zhang Zai said was that the disciplines studied by the Royal University are all the natural ways studied by sages. If they understand it, they can also become virtuous and holy.

At this time, his thoughts were still very open. Zhang Zai did not reject other disciplines, but looked at these new things with great interest, and felt that there were profound laws in them, which were no worse than the way of sages.In fact, Zhang Zai also has a strong interest and attainments in astronomy, but the Royal University has not yet opened this major.

Lu Chengqi was secretly delighted, although this Imperial University copied the experience of later generations, it was still running with its own characteristics.But in the eyes of the Great Confucianism at this time, it is still lacking in all aspects.Zhang Zai can say that, and Lu Chengqi feels at ease.Lu Chengqi asked Zhang Zai how he planned to teach these students, and Zhang Zai answered him in the words of Confucius: "There is no discrimination in teaching."

Lu Chengqi asked: "Are you teaching students in accordance with their aptitude?"

Zhang Zai had never heard of the term "teach students in accordance with their aptitude", but he immediately understood its meaning. Chinese characters are so magical.Zhang Zai agreed with this very much: "Your Majesty's words show the main purpose of breaking the customs."

(End of this chapter)