Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 363
He Xinyin took a sip of tea and continued: "After talking about the three cardinal principles, let's talk about the five constant rules! You are all well-educated and Confucian scholars. Can anyone explain to me what is benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust?"

A white-bearded scribe got up and said: "A benevolent person should not only do things for himself, but also think about others and think for others. Doing things for others is benevolence. A benevolent person loves others; a righteous person is helpful when others have difficulties. Those who are in trouble are doing righteous deeds.”

"A man of propriety is to show others to be crooked. He bends down while others are tall. Respecting others is courtesy; wisdom is wisdom if he has thoroughly studied the principles in books; a believer is what others say. A gentleman who is hard to follow is a letter." .”

He Xinyin said: "Wisdom is worth promoting, and I have nothing to say. Today I only talk about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and faith. Let me talk about benevolence first. It is benevolence to consider others in everything. It's all nonsense!"

Excited, He Xinyin stood on the table and said loudly: "Looking at the history books, Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming. Han against the Huns and Xianbei; Tang against the Turks; Song against the Khitan, Xixia, and Jin. And this dynasty against the Tatars, Wala. At first, we treated them with benevolence! For example, if foreigners don’t have clothes, we teach them how to make clothes; for example, if foreigners don’t have writing, we teach them writing. We treat them with the best things. This should be benevolence, right?”

He Xinyin changed the subject: "But what about these alien races? Have they ever treated us with kindness? They don't think about the virtues of the heaven and the country in the future, but treat our border people with wanton killing and looting! What we gave them It is porcelain, tea, silk, and writing. What do they give us in return? Steel knives, bows and arrows, and iron hooves!"

"Since the Han Dynasty to the present, how many Han people have died tragically at the hands of those alien races whom we treated with kindness? When we were strong, we loved them, but when we were weak? They never returned to love us! They never intended to He treats us with kindness, but he is just deliberately trying to plunder our wealth and take away our wives and daughters!"

"What do you get in exchange for benevolence? It's the resentful souls of countless Han people! That's why I said, the so-called benevolence is nothing but nonsense!"

"Benevolence to foreign people is the greatest cruelty to the people of the Han family! Throughout the dynasties, how many Han people have shed blood because of the monarch's benevolence to foreign people? How many Han sisters have been insulted by foreign people? There is also 'righteousness', which is difficult for foreigners. , it is righteous for us to help. But when we are in trouble, who has ever seen any foreigner help us Han people?"

He Xinyin's grand remarks caused an uproar in the lion forest.A group of Jiangnan celebrities talked about it.

For some reason, He Liu, a person with little ink in his stomach, couldn't help but agree with He Xinyin's point of view: "Mr. In the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty gave him a large amount of rewards in return, and even taught them the characters, etiquette, and systems of the Tang Dynasty! They gradually became stronger by relying on the Tang rituals and the Tang system, and turned around. Come and slaughter our Chinese people."

He Xinyin said: "This brother is right on point! There are more than ten million Chinese people? Why do you want to talk about benevolence and righteousness to those foreigners? Man follows heaven, heaven follows Tao, and Tao follows nature. What is nature? The law of the jungle is nature! Should we be meek lambs under the shackles of the three cardinal principles and five constant principles? Or should we abandon the shackles of the three cardinal principles and five constant principles and be a lion?"

He Xinyin became the focus of the debate meeting.

After the debate meeting, Li Heijiu asked He Liu: "Sixth Master, should we treat He Xinyin to a cup of tea?"

But He Liu shook his head: "Forget it. Although this person is a madman, what he said is unimaginable madness. But if you look at it carefully, there is some truth to him. Anyway, a scholar rebelled, and after ten years No. He is not qualified to drink our Jinyiwei's tea."

After 20 days, the Suzhou Cultural Society ended.He Liu and Li Heijiu return to the capital.

The two entered Beijing in May of the fourth year of Longqing.

He Liu first went to Yongshou Palace to recover his life, and then returned home.

In the He residence, Lao Hu has already traveled westward on a crane.Xiangxiang went to Miyun with her husband Li Rubai.Only Bai Xiaoyan and Xiao Zhong'er were left in the house, which seemed empty.

Bai Xiaoyan had cooked the meal, and the family of three was eating, when Feng Bao came to visit suddenly.

Feng Baodao: "Sixth brother, you are back! During your absence, Zhu Xixiao made a fuss in Jinyiwei! He sent more than 20 hundred households loyal to you to other provinces. Put his people in these seats. He also made a rule, the Northern and Southern Division, the Great and the Small Qin, and the Xianjing Zuo Dudu..."

He Liu sighed: "Oh, the emperor secretly supports him to do this, what can I do?"

Feng Bao was surprised and said, "Sixth brother, do you mean that the emperor is deliberately weakening the power in your hands? No way, how many big cases have the sixth brother investigated in the past four years since the emperor took the throne? There is no credit, but hard work. The emperor Wouldn't this be like killing a donkey?"

He Liudao: "The emperor's heart is like a needle under the sea. It should be noted that since ancient times, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger! By the way, slave Huahua died. Your Majesty's health should have improved a lot in the past few months, right?"

Feng Bao smiled awkwardly: "It's not good! The emperor likes women. After the death of a slave Huahua, slaves Honghong and slave Yanyan will pop up! Concubine Li seems to have seen through this too. Instead of letting Meng Chong , Gao Gong and those people presented beauties to the emperor, blowing pillow wind, and slandering. It is better to present beauties to the emperor. In this short period of three months, Concubine Li chose eighteen ladies from the people for the emperor. .”

He Liu's complexion changed when he heard the words: "Concubine Li Gui is learning from Meng Chong, the evil of every king!"

Feng Bao made a silent gesture: "Sixth brother, don't speak nonsense!"

He Liu smiled and said, "Look, Brother Six is ​​getting old, and he doesn't know what to say."

Feng Baodao: "There is one more thing. Chen Yiqin is run on by Gao Gong every day in the cabinet. I received news that Chen Shoufu is going to retire and return to his hometown. Once he leaves, Gao Gong will be able to take the position of chief assistant."

He Liu was surprised and said, "Chen Shoufu is going to retire and return to his hometown? In this way, there are only four people left in the cabinet, Gao Gong, Guo Pu, Zhang Juzheng, and Zhao Zhenji."

Feng Baodao: "Oh, Mr. Zhang Ge hardly cares about the affairs of the cabinet now. He teaches the eldest son of the emperor in the East Palace every day. Mr. Zhao Ge is in the cabinet, so it can be said that he is alone."

While the two were talking, a messenger entered He's residence.

He Liu took the letter to read, and said to Feng Bao: "Mr. Li Shizhen is going to Liaodong, passing through the capital. He will arrive in two days. You are in charge of the imperial hospital, why don't you ask Mr. Li to diagnose the emperor's pulse."

(End of this chapter)