Idle courtiers

Chapter 301 Talking to scholars is really tiring
Zhou Nan's heart moved, and he immediately remembered the book "Zhang Juzheng Explains the Doctrine of the Mean in Colleges" that he had read when he was in college.

This book was written by Zhang Juzheng when he was teaching the young Emperor Wanli to read, and it can be regarded as an enlightenment reading for the prince.

At that time, there was a craze for Chinese studies in society.This book is very popular because it is easy to understand, interesting and compelling.You are a liberal arts student, and you don’t have two copies of Zhang Juzheng, Yu Dan, and Yi Zhongtian, and you are too embarrassed to pick up female literary youths——Zhang Juzheng expressed a lot of pressure: "Who are Mr. Yu and Mr. Yi?"

When Zhou Nan was in college, his endocrine exploded and his male consciousness was awakened. He put a lot of effort into these few introductory books on Chinese studies, some of which he still remembers clearly.

Hearing Zhang Juzheng's question, he immediately replied loudly: "Benevolence means loving each other with love. Letting go means respecting each other with courtesy. One person refers to the ruler. The ruler can indeed govern the family with benevolence, so that the father in the family is kind and the son is filial. Huan Ran has kindness to a blind date, and a country can be seen as a father and son. It can be seen that the one who is superior plays an exemplary role.”

"But morality and benevolence cannot be tolerated blindly. The premise of brothers and friends is to be respectful, and the premise of order is to respect each other. Otherwise, it will be unprincipled concessions and connivance, which will even be criticized by the world and harm the king. The best virtue." Zhou Nan finally said: "Zheng Boke's Duan Yuyan, for Zheng Bo, it may not be a good reputation. Just imagine, if Zheng Wugong loves his brothers, teaches him earnestly, and immediately points out his brothers' mistakes, why use fighting in the same room? It can be seen that Wu Gong is not a brother. A gentleman too!"

The eyes of the middle-aged scholar outside lit up, "The solution is wonderful, I heard that you cured "Spring and Autumn"?"

Zhou Nan: "Exactly."

A middle-aged scholar: "How do you want to treat "Spring and Autumn"?" When scholars in the Ming Dynasty took part in the imperial examination, the Four Books were compulsory subjects, and as for the Five Classics, they only studied one classic.The Spring and Autumn Period is the most difficult among the Five Classics, so most ordinary scholars choose to study The Book of Songs or the Book of Rites.

Zhou Nan: "The words of a sage can be supplemented by the events of the Spring and Autumn Period." It means that Confucius was a man of the Zhou Dynasty.Many of his thoughts come from the Spring and Autumn Period, reflecting the social reality of the Spring and Autumn Period.Because the Spring and Autumn Period is so far away from the present era, there are many things that people don't understand.So what to do, read "Spring and Autumn" to see how people in that era behaved.In this way, one can understand Confucius and Mencius naturally.

The middle-aged scholar clapped his palms and said with a smile: "That's right, that's good, it's interesting. You are Zhou Nan, and you are even more serious. It's not the way for you to let the old man stand in the middle of the night."

Zhou Nan just wanted to roll his eyes when he heard that, you came to my door and asked me if I was Zhou Nan.Mr. Zhang, you are more pretentious than me!

Despite the slander in his heart, Zhou Nan stood up respectfully and bowed to the ground: "It's Zhou Nan, who dare to ask who is Mr.? Please come into the room and tell me."

"Master has an invitation, but he is disrespectful." The middle-aged scholar strode into the study and helped Zhou Nan up: "I am Zhang Juzheng."

Zhou Nan pretended to be horrified and let out an "ouch" and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Taiyue. How lucky is it, kid. It's a great honor to be able to meet seniors."

Zhang Juzheng was able to enter the study and gave his name again. Obviously, Zhou Nan's response just now hit his meaning.

There is a door to this today.

Zhou Nan continued to slander in his heart: Talking to scholars is really tiring. Why don’t you just speak up when you have something to say? Why do you need to quote scriptures for a long time, so many brain cells die and consume so many calories?

The problem is that scholars in the Ming Dynasty talked and played like this, modest and gentlemen, without revealing.If you play big swords under the moon - Ming Kan, I'm afraid Lao Zhang will turn around and leave immediately.

Zhang Juzheng said: "I am Zhang Juzheng, is Zhang Juzheng amazing?"

This is not nonsense, this is the largest politician in the history of the Ming Dynasty!
Zhang Juzheng smiled again and chanted: "Several times I sit under the flowers and play the flute, and the silver man's red wall looks into the distance. It seems that the stars are not last night. For whom is the wind and dew standing at midnight. The lingering thoughts pull out the cocoon, and the heart hurts to peel the banana .In March and May in [-], the poor glass of wine never disappeared."

"Yes, yes, I can't write such a good poem. Zhou Nan, you are also amazing!"

Zhou Nan couldn't help being elated when he heard him reciting his own works: "Poetry is a small way, but it is just a student's daily pastime. It can neither govern the country nor calm the world. In fact, it is of no use at all."

Zhang Juzheng: "Otherwise, it is still very good to use it to cultivate sentiment. Most people who can write good poems can't go wrong."

"Sir, please sit down." Zhou Nan hurriedly made tea soup for Zhang Juzheng.

He was busy, while Zhang Juzheng looked at the situation in the study with his hands behind his back and a smile.

I saw that the fragrance of books, the small red clay stove, futons, and Suqin in the house have a different kind of elegance.Especially the banner on the wall, where the inscription "Tian Xingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement" is written by Zhou Nan in Huai'an.But the ink color is shiny, and the force penetrates the back of the paper, showing a good skill.In particular, the aggressive momentum jumped out.

Although Zhang Juzheng was born as a scholar with profound knowledge, he has always paid attention to practice.This word caught his fancy, and he couldn't help but praise him: "Good word, I can see that my little friend has a lot of ambition!"

The ancients paid attention to subtlety when speaking and doing things. It may not be a good thing to be said so by a Hanlin bachelor and the future chief minister of the cabinet.

But Zhou Nan was not afraid, and said: "Zhou Nan encountered great difficulties back then, and he survived Liaodong for ten years with an unyielding will. If he didn't set his ambitions, he would have fallen into ruin long ago. Besides, my generation of scholars are scholars Why, isn't it also Xiu Qi Zhiping in the end? The so-called, the sound of the wind and rain is in the ear, and the family and the country are all concerned."

As he spoke, he handed over a cup of tea.

Zhang Juzheng's eyes brightened, and he cheered: "The sound of the wind and the rain is in my ears, and I care about everything about family affairs and state affairs. Indeed, the ultimate ideal of a scholar is to be economical."

Looking at Zhou Nan standing in front of him, neither humble nor overbearing, talking, he seemed to see himself standing on the bank of the Yangtze River when he was young, and when he made great ambitions with his friends, it was more than 20 years ago in a blink of an eye. up.

This Zhou Zimu is almost 30 years old. People of this age have experienced the ups and downs of life and have matured. It is indeed time to do things.It's time to unsheath the sword.

The two sat down and said a few scriptures, and drank a few sips of tea, Zhou Nan said: "Mr. Zhang comes to the humble house late at night, and there must be something to teach. My boy, listen to the teacher's teachings."

It's getting late, and there's no need to gossip, it's time to get down to business.

Zhou Nan was facing the most savvy person in the world today, so he felt nervous.

Zhang Juzheng: "Previously, Li Zi actually asked King Jing to leave the capital to become a feudal clan. You said at Li Wei's house that King Jing is the country where the prince should be at the age of [-] according to the court ritual system. King Yu is also the prince, and he should also be the country. This is a small matter. What do you think?"

The Li Zishi he was talking about was the current cabinet elder, Li Chunfang, a scholar of Wuyingdian, a bachelor of attendant in Yuwangfu, and now a banner of the Wangfu Department.

As soon as Zhang Juzheng said that King Jing would not leave Beijing to go to Anlu, Zhou Nan shuddered, and immediately understood that Lao Zhang's words had two meanings.First, ask Zhou Nan about his political stance; second, compare him to him.

The first question is what Zhou Nan thinks of King Jing, and the second question is how can King Jing let him go if he does not leave Beijing.

Zhou Nan thought, in fact, there is no need to answer the first question.His performance in Li Wei's house has already proved that he is not King Jing's person, but the latter question is a bit difficult.

There are so many talents in Prince Yu's Mansion, and King Jing's life and death depends on the capital. It is estimated that they are also thinking about how to deal with it.However, as he said, the two princes are both princes, and King Yu has not entered the position of crown prince, and his reputation is not right, so if he wants to be a fan, everyone should go together.Brothers, don't leave anyone behind.

If King Jing was obsessed with this point, the court would be in the wrong, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Unless the position of Crown Prince Yu is determined now.

But "the two dragons will not meet each other" is a big taboo shrouded in the Jiajing Dynasty, how can it be broken?No one dared to take the risk of offending the emperor, which pot was not opened and which pot was lifted.

Zhou Nan's heart was spinning rapidly, and suddenly he had an idea, and said cautiously: "The key now is to right the throne for King Yu."

Zhang Juzheng: "Easier said than done? Your Majesty will not establish a prince."

Zhou Nan: "Students dare to say that the position of the crown prince is just a title, and the king's heart is unpredictable. We, as courtiers, can't presume the long live heart. There is axiom between heaven and earth, and this axiom is the human heart. The key to this."

Such a character as Zhang Juzheng immediately understood the meaning of Zhou Nan's words.Yes, it is impossible for the emperor to establish a prince, even in this lifetime.Instead of working hard on fame and status, it is better to grasp public opinion to create momentum for the palace.

In fact, not only did everyone in the palace do this on weekdays, but even the emperor continued to enrich the power of the palace to prepare for King Yu's succession in the future.

However, as Zhou Nan said, the king's heart is unpredictable.Things may change until the end.

Especially now that King Jing and Chen Hong are colluding.

In the past two years, Huang Jin, the eunuch who was in charge of the official seal, was old and his hands and feet were no longer dexterous. He was really not suitable to serve the lord.On the contrary, Chen Hong is young and vigorous, and he does things according to His Majesty's wishes.

If Chen Hong is in control of the palace and King Jing stays in the capital, once it comes to a critical moment and he closes the palace and cuts off internal and external traffic, the problem will become serious.

Also because of this variable, the hearts of the people in the court will inevitably fluctuate.Once the matter of King Jing's vassal is over, the change in people's hearts will be out of control!
No one can guarantee what monster moths will appear in the future.

Zhang Juzheng asked: "How do you say it?"

Zhou Nan didn't give out the answer directly. Lao Zhang went to his home today to play quiz games with him.It would be a bit of a loss for Mr. Zhou if people asked him a question and he answered it instead of making his own request.

Now is the time to put conditions on the palace.

Zhou Nan: "Mr. Li Wei and Mr. Li Gao know about purchasing ordnance for Fujian?"

Zhang Juzheng sighed suddenly: "It's inconvenient for us courtiers to intervene in the prince's family affairs." Earlier, when the Li family father and son were forced to ask him to meet Zhou Nan, he thought it was unusual. .

After careful questioning, I found out that the Li family father and son had business dealings with Yan Song.

This father and son love money. In order to make money, they dare to cooperate with anyone regardless of enemy or friend. It is really speechless.

(End of this chapter)