Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 763 Confucianism and Taoism

  Yang Ya was obviously frightened by Liu Jin's anger.

  Everyone is obviously discussing the pros and cons of knowledge, why are you making such a mess?

Liu Jin sneered, and said: "In this world, it's because of people like you that you have indulged countless vicious officials and gentry like wolves and tigers, fooled the people, and treated them like pigs and dogs. What are you talking about foolish people and troublesome people, the most stupid and tricky people in this world are people like you who only know how to make stereotypes?"

   "What did you say?" Yang Ya seemed to feel insulted.

Liu Jin gritted his teeth: "Let's say you are worse than a dog! Even a dog, even after meeting people, knows how to get close to it, and can tell the difference between good and bad. You call yourself a Qingliu, read sage books, Confucius' benevolent government and love for the people, you forgot Have you forgotten Mencius’ people-oriented? Since Confucius opened Confucianism, the world’s Confucianism has continued to this day. Whether it’s sincere or hypocritical, you all know the word love the people. You deserve to die if you make trouble with the people. Under the door of the saint."

   "..." Yang Ya blushed and said coldly, "I don't talk to unknown people."

   "It's you!" Liu Jin was furious.

  The sadness and grievances of so many days, he has always laughed it off, and if he eats something, the matter will pass.

   But now, he is angry.

  He can't allow someone to say that you deserve it after he has tasted all the ups and downs.

  Why do I, Liu Jin, deserve to eat your rice?

   Liu Jin sternly said: "Let's ask you, you call yourself Qingliu, and you are living on the imperial salary, what have you done?"

  His voice was exceptionally loud, shaking the rubble.

  This caused many nearby farmers to hear the movement, thinking that something happened, and came here one after another.

  Minglun Hall of the Faculty of Liberal Arts has almost no high walls, and in the blink of an eye, there are actually many people surrounded outside this Minglun Hall.

  Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it was just scholars arguing with each other.

  Emperor Hongzhi stared at Liu Jin, feeling vaguely familiar with this person, but he had no memory of who it was.

  Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized at this time, suddenly remembered who was here, and couldn't help saying: "Oh, this is not..."

Fang Jifan on the side stabbed Zhu Houzhao in the waist, Zhu Houzhao immediately shut up, looking as if watching the excitement is not a big deal, he can't wait to go forward and hand the two of them a knife. If it is not enough, I, Zhu Houzhao, can do it Pull a cannon for each of you.

  Yang Ya listened, with disdain: "Didn't I say it earlier, my official is the Hanlin, who establishes his life for the common people and speaks for the saint!"

   "Bullshit!" Liu Jin scolded disdainfully.

   This really gave everyone a bad impression, because Liu Jin is obviously much rougher than Yang Ya.

   "What orders did you make and what words did you say. Let me ask you how the government deals with refugees, do you know?"

   "This..." Yang Ya began to search for the decree in her mind.

Liu Jin sneered: "Let's tell you that being a refugee is a capital crime, but recently, refugees are getting more and more prosperous, because their fields have all been taken away by others. They have no land, no tiles on them, and they have to stand in the afternoon. Becoming a refugee is not an option, the government wants to kill them, but they can’t kill them all, so the officers took this opportunity to arrest refugees everywhere, but those in rags who cross the border will inevitably be insulted and beaten by them. Let me ask you, do you know these things? ?”

   "This is a matter for the magistrate." Yang Ya felt guilty.

"Okay." Liu Jin laughed out loud, "Then let's ask you again, Nanzhili, just say Nanzhili, Nanzhili is a land of fish and rice, do you know how many people are there along the official road?" Violent corpses in the wild?"

"this…"

"Seven!" Liu Jin gritted his teeth: "Three of them starved to death, starved to death, what crime did they do, never stole, never robbed, never violated your damned prohibitions, you actually called them troublesome people , is lazy, haha, let me tell you what is lazy, people like you have to sit in a sedan chair when going in and out, that’s called lazy, people like you stretch out your clothes and open your mouth when you eat, that’s lazy. Is it you, not those who died of starvation?"

  Yang Ya has never been used to question himself by these things. He is a bit unable to answer, what kind of country, what kind of refugees, these are only things that only happen in memorials... But, what does this have to do with him?

"Come to think of it, you've never been hungry in your life, do you know? When your stomach burns badly, you're so hungry that you can't help digging out the dirt to eat. Once you eat it, your stomach swells so badly that you feel They are all falling, have you ever tasted this feeling?"

Liu Jin cried, tears streaming down, he burst into tears, beat his heart desperately: "How can you be so heartless, how can you ignore so many terrible things happening, but still complacent and pretentious. How can you pretend that there is no such thing as hunger in this world when you are full of food? How can you think that no one in this world is frozen stiff when you sit in a mansion as warm as spring? How can you do this? You are clearly from the imperial court Order officials are the parents of the common people, they are the blue sky that countless people thought they could rely on, but what have you done, what are you doing?"

  His tears fell on his bumpy face, his heart was so painful that he couldn't breathe, his fist was still hitting his heart desperately, crying loudly.

  He is really heartbroken.

  Why no one pays attention to me, why along the way, what I get is the indifference of these so-called sages who go out to work under the sect of the saints. Without the identity of the **** of the Eastern Palace, he knew that in this world, a person can be so lonely, and a person can fall into such despair.

   "You guys, how can you be so indifferent, can be so hard-hearted, keep talking about the truth, but others treat you like pigs and dogs, why, why can you be like this?"

  Liu Jin continued to torture, but Yang Ya couldn't help but feel a little bit in his heart. He took a step back, a little panicked.

  The person in front of me... looks like a lunatic.

  Many Hanlins are silent.

   I have to say that these days, they are also in Xishan, and they are also being held to work. They naturally have resistance in their hearts, but being tortured by Liu Jin like this, suddenly...they have an inexplicable panic.

  They themselves are also asking, yes, why, why do they complain so much when they work, but they feel at ease and accept what others have earned from their hard work, rich clothes and fine food, and rides and horses?

   "Bastard!" Liu Jin pointed at Yang Ya!

   Suddenly, Minglun Hall fell into a deathly silence.

   This is more than scolding Yang Ya, it is scolding everyone.

  Even Emperor Hongzhi blushed all the time. How could he be scolding this beast, not himself...

  Emperor Hongzhi's heart was extremely shocked.

  The refugees Liu Jin mentioned, the people who died on the side of the road and died in a foreign land, don't seem to be groundless.

  If so, can I feel at ease?

   "Who are you scolding?" Yang Ya couldn't hold back his face, he was ashamed and angry, and wanted to refute.

   "You are the one who scolded!" Liu Jin wiped away her tears, her eyes were red: "The one who scolded you is you bastard!"

   "You...you are so bold..." Yang Ya tried to use her official authority to suppress Liu Jin. In fact, he was a little panicked.

  But at this moment, suddenly... outside Minglun Hall.

  A group of dealers who were watching the excitement suddenly burst into tears: "I...my son..."

The farmer almost fainted. He shouted heartbreakingly: "My son died on the road when he fled famine. Originally...he could have lived, but if it wasn't for a serious illness, if it wasn't for being unable to find When I went to someone for diagnosis and treatment, why would I be gone after a single illness...my son..."

  Countless people, their eyes are red.

   Farmers, I feel the deepest.

   Before they came to Xishan, they all had a miserable past.

  It is true that they have got rid of the hunger and poverty in the past, but now, after Liu Jin cried so loudly, countless sad memories flooded their hearts.

   Someone said angrily: "Officer dog, you still claim to be a scholar. If it weren't for you dog officials, why would my land be taken away by evil gentry, you beast!"

Someone sternly said: "What are you doing for the common people? Why are you speaking for the saints? During the catastrophe, you hid in the government office and ate and drank as usual. We couldn't survive. We fled everywhere and died halfway along the way. How could you do this?" If you are indifferent, even if you are only willing to do a little bit of your duty, why are you so?"

  Countless people were angry and cried bitterly, and there was a commotion.

  Yang Ya looked at the swarming crowd outside, terrified, her face was miserable, and she was almost paralyzed. He looked at Liu Jin who was sobbing, and looked at the angry and painful faces. These people were so close to him, even...behind him, those Hanlin who were standing with him kept backing away. much farther.

The other scholars looked at themselves indifferently, sneering, even if you Yang Ya is pure and noble, Yang Ya has no sense of superiority at all, because the indifferent eyes reveal nakedness. of contempt.

  Yang Ya took a step back, and he couldn't help saying: "This should not be blamed on me, what has it to do with me?"

   Crying and yelling became louder.

At this time, Liu Jin's face was grim, and he said: "After listening to Mr. Liu's reasoning today, we just realized that the real way of saints is here. The nonsense splendid article, the real holy science is that people should understand the pain of others, it should be 'the way of a sage is no different from the daily use of the common people', and it should be 'dressing and eating are the physics of human relations'! This empathy, said It’s in our hearts, it’s in our hearts!”

Liu Jin yelled sadly, and without hesitation, he knelt at Liu Wenshan's feet: "Mr. Liu, you are a great sage. From now on, no matter how much you look down on us, we will treat you as our own under your teachings in this life. In the future, when we get rich, we will enshrine you as your own father, if you don’t mind, then accept us as a beginner, accept us.”

  (end of this chapter)