Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2543 Aroused a wave of waves

  Chang'an.

  Du Ling.

   Xing Yong didn't seem to know how he got back to the temporary place. He felt that the things he heard in Qinglong Temple seemed to be churning in his mind all the time.

  Those things are like an awl, which hurts my heart, and like a crowbar, prying open some closed doors.

"In ancient times, those who wished to manifest virtue in the world first ruled their country; those who wanted to rule their country first ordered their families; those who wanted to order their families first cultivated their bodies; those who wanted to cultivate their bodies first rectified their hearts; Those who want to be honest must first be sincere in their intentions; those who want to be sincere in their intentions must first extend their knowledge, and the extension of knowledge lies in investigating things...」

  『Hehe, haha... Really...』

   Xing Yong shook his head, smiling a little nervously.

  This is what Confucius said.

  Master Confucius said it very easily.

  It seems that after studying things, you can extend your knowledge, and after you extend your knowledge, you can be sincere, and then step by step, you will finally govern the country and the world.

  Xing Yong always believed in this before.

  But during this process, he encountered many problems.

  There are a lot of problems, and these problems cannot be explained by Xing Yong, or in other words, they cannot be explained with the words of Confucius. Because the relationship between Confucius's governance of the country and the peace of the world, etc., is not a relationship that is necessary to be related to each other at all.

  Because what Confucius said casually, it seems reasonable, but there is no logic.

  There are corrupt officials, there are corrupt officials, and there are villains who are as good as arrows when they get chicken feathers. There are too many people who are not of any moral character at all, but they are in charge of managing the local area and the country.

  Similarly, there are also some well-educated Confucians and honest gentlemen who have no problems in learning or morality, but they may not be able to govern the country well, and even ordinary county towns are messed up...

   More importantly, in the past three or four hundred years, how many emperors have practiced a series of exercises such as self-cultivation and so on before sitting on the throne of governing the world?

   So, what is wrong?

   Xing Yong began to doubt, but he did not dare to doubt. Because doubting those scriptures of Confucius is like doubting his own life. Therefore, Confucius cannot be wrong, only others, or even himself, can be wrong.

  The more you think, the more frightened you become.

   The more fearful you are, the more it accumulates in your mind.

   Then today, like a clogged toilet, there was a bang.

   Transparent.

  『Benevolence and Righteousness, Benefits…』

  Xing Yong was circling around the small courtyard excitedly, he couldn't fall asleep.

  Before today, most of the students studied hard, what is the standard of success?

  Self-cultivation, family management, country and world peace...

   How many people can do it?

  The positions of officials are always so few, how many people can be there? In order to become an official, he eventually forgot what he had learned and what he wanted to do. He desperately climbed up and stepped down, just hoping that the official hat on his head would not fall off, and he could do any disgusting things.

   Now, there is another way.

  Most people can do it, and a path that can be done.

  No matter what stage you are in, no matter whether you have become an official or not, you can do it, and you must do it.

  『If it benefits the world, do it, if it is not good for the world, change it. 』

   Has nothing to do with benevolence, loyalty, filial piety, etc.

   It has nothing to do with how many books you have read or how many years you have kept your filial piety.

  『Yes, benevolence and righteousness have nothing to do with interests! ”Xing Yong laughed hahaha, and then couldn’t help but shed tears, “Benevolence and righteousness are benevolence and righteousness, interests are interests, why must they be mixed together? We're separated, isn't everything clear? I read it wrong, wrong! 』

  From now on, you don’t have to talk about anything, just to be interrupted and asked, are you benevolent? Are you loyal? Are you virtuous, are you filial?

   A thing is a thing.

   It is not necessary to put on the shell of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness all the time!

"Ha ha ha ha…"

   Xing Yong laughed, feeling relaxed.

  Then someone in the yard next door yelled, "Guapi! Filial piety? ! You don't want to break your horns, how dare you pinch it! 』

"Uh..." Xing Yong was interrupted, obviously a little upset, but when he thought that the next door seemed to be a butcher, with five big and three rough faces, he didn't dare to make a mistake, silently, with his hands behind his back, he went back into the room go.

  Look, sleeping is good, not sleeping is bad, it's that simple.

   Is it necessary to be connected with loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness?

   Is it possible to talk about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness with the butcher next door, so that everyone can not sleep?

what!

sleep!

   Mind is clear!

  …(▽)/…

   Xing Yong felt that he went to sleep with a clear mind, but there were also some people who were hard to calm down.

  For example, Zheng Xuan.

  In the hall, the slightly dim candlelight flickered.

  Zheng Xuan was sitting in the hall, looking at Guoyuan serving him respectfully, he couldn't help but think of how he was like Guoyuan when he was studying with Ma Rong.

Ma Rong, he also taught Zhou rituals, but he didn't follow the so-called "rituals" at all. This guy is famous for "teaching students before and playing female music later", so when Zheng Xuan asked Ma Rong to learn, Some thoughts inevitably came to mind, but at that time Zheng Xuan forced himself not to think about it.

   Now Zheng Xuan actually understood it early, but he just didn't dare to say it.

  Good knowledge does not mean good moral character.

   This is obvious.

   The reverse is also true, so knowledge and morality are fundamentally two different things, and there is no connection between them at all.

  So hello to Ma Rongxue, is there any conflict with Ma Rong playing with women?

  But at that time, Zheng Xuan, why did he think that a person with good knowledge and morality should be good if he acts privately?

  『Zini…』

   Zheng Xuan said.

  『Master. 』Guoyuan took a step forward and stood with his hands down.

   Zheng Xuan looked at his hands, which looked more and more dry and old under the dim candlelight. He quietly put his hands on his knees, and then said calmly: "Today, in Qinglong Temple, you have heard everything, what do you think?" 』

   Guoyuan didn't know what to say for a while.

  The candle is flickering, burning itself, as if still unhurried, unhurried.

  But if candles are really so peaceful, why are they crying?

   Is it sad because the candle burns by itself, or is it sad because the darkness cannot be driven away?

  Guoyuan was silent for a while, then bowed his head and bowed, "Master, if the theory of benefits and harms is widely publicized today, it will inevitably corrupt morality, and only know how to pursue benefits, so that loyalty and filial piety will no longer exist!" 』

   Guoyuan put his knees on the ground, pressed his left hand on the back of his right hand, and then pressed it on the floor in front of him, leaned forward slowly and touched the back of his left hand with his forehead, and made the most standard and solemn salute, "Master..."

   Although Zheng Xuan has not done anything yet, and it is very likely that Zheng Xuan has no way to do anything, because this involves something on a higher level, it is a political direction, and it is a brand new future.

  But only Zheng Xuan can do it.

  In Dahan, knowledge is priceless and has been stained with countless blood.

   Every time a school movement is determined, the bottom is endless corpses.

  So Guoyuan's obeisance is not only to worship Zheng Xuan, but also to worship him and those things that Zheng Xuan insisted on before.

  Zheng Xuan bowed to Guoyuan and sighed slightly.

  In the hall, the light and shadow of the candlelight flickered, as if there were countless battlefields of light and darkness unfolding, fighting and devouring and annihilating each other.

   There was a deathly silence, and time passed by without knowing the speed.

I don't know how long it took, Zheng Xuan's cloudy eyes gradually became clear and clear again. The old man slowly raised his palm and watched quietly, his face was calm, and there was no other expression in his eyes, "Zini ,look…"

   Guoyuan raised his head, not knowing what it meant.

  『Your hand...』Zheng Xuan signaled Guoyuan to raise his hand too, and then put his own hand and Guoyuan’s hand together, 『Did you see...I’m getting old...』

  『Master! ’Guo Yuan moved forward, held Zheng Xuan’s hand, “Master…”

  『The pictures of the hussars are not in the Han Dynasty, but in the Quartet of China. "Zheng Xuan said slowly, "No one has done this in the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty. No one did it in the former Qin Dynasty, and even more so in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods... and I'm old, so I probably won't see that day...』

"When I came to Youfufeng back then, I thought the west of Longxi was the west of the Great Han Dynasty," Zheng Xuan seemed to be feeling something, "but now, the Western Regions, Anxi, Daqin, and even the west of Taixi... and the Northern Desert , South of Cochin, these things, Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period, could he have imagined it? Does he know that the big man has a hussar general? Does he know the four directions of China, east, west, north, south, where exactly is the boundary? 』

  『Confucius only climbed Mount Tai...』

  『Small world, this world, in fact, is not small...』

  Zheng Xuan grabbed Guoyuan with his backhand, "If others talk about interests, but not about benevolence...but this is a hussar..."

  『Master! 』Guoyuan became a little excited, as if to show that he could not be subdued by force.

  But Zheng Xuan didn't want Guoyuan to say, "Let me ask you, what is benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety?" 』

  『Benevolence, Righteousness, Loyalty and Filial Piety…』

  Guoyuan suddenly became a little dazed, because he knew that Zheng Xuan was not simply asking about the meaning of these words, but according to the scriptures, who didn't know?

  But what is said in the scriptures, is it really "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness"?

  Confucius was the great commander of the state of Lu, but Confucius was from the state of Song. So should Confucius be loyal to the Song State, or should he be loyal to the Lu State? Loyal to the state of Song, Confucius did not do anything for the state of Song, loyal to the state of Lu, Confucius did not step forward to turn the tide, save the country and save the king during the civil strife in Lu, but ran away.

  Confucius was only three years old when his father died, and then he was forced to leave his hometown. Even when he grew up, he was able to marry a Song girl as his wife in order to be able to go home to worship his father. So did Confucius observe mourning filial piety? How long has it been mourning again?

Confucius boldly declared to Qi Jinggong that there must be rules, and the rules are "junjun, ministers, father, son, son". Confucius died, Confucius went to Qi Jinggong, Qi Jinggong said he couldn't control it, and then Confucius ran away without saying a word. So did Confucius obey the rules, or did he not?

   Qi Jinggong also said that he would seal a piece of land for Confucius. How could it be regarded as the best of benevolence and righteousness, and he favored him more? However, Confucius abandoned Qi Jinggong because of his own safety. Is this considered benevolence and righteousness, or is it inhumane?

  『Everything is an illusion...There is nothing...』

   Zheng Xuan said slowly.

  『Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness... In fact, there is nothing...』

  Hearing this assertion, Guoyuan was silent for a long time, then he raised his head to look at Zheng Xuan, and asked earnestly: "Doesn't loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness come from the heart, and is it practiced?" How can it be illusory, how can it be said that there is no? 』

  『The so-called loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are ideas. The idea of ​​loyalty is loyalty, either loyal to Lu, or loyal to Qi. Loyalty to Lu may not benefit Qi, and loyalty to Qi may not harm Lu. Therefore, this loyalty is not true, but false. Loyalty is like this, filial piety is like this, all of them are like this. 』

   Zheng Xuan sighed and said, "Confucius also knows how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone all living beings?" Therefore, if the gentleman does not establish it, then he uses a false name to order the common people to establish it? If so, what is the need for such loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness? 』

  『Therefore, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are all rituals. ’Zheng Xuan raised his head, looked beyond Guoyuan, and looked at the dark night, “And those who are “proprietary” are those who are not “proprietary”, and then they understand their “propriety”, and they may not follow their “property” and also. Now, it’s just talking about it, and it’s not that loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness should be eliminated. There are still some...』

  …()…

  Late at night, some people are sleeping soundly, and some people can't sleep.

   Get up and drink tea when you can’t fall asleep.

   Anyway, I can't sleep.

  The firepower of the red clay stove is not strong, and the speed of boiling water is naturally not fast.

  The sound of gurgling water is especially loud in the middle of the night, just like those words during the day are still vibrating in the ear, knocking on the eardrum, and colliding in the brain.

   Neither Sima Hui nor Sima Yi spoke.

   I don’t know if it’s because the quiet night couldn’t bear to break it, or because the faint tea fragrance makes people calm, or it’s just that the two of them are thinking, but they haven’t been able to find any clue yet.

  Sima Hui claims to be a hermit, but he doesn't really see through the world of mortals, but just pretends to see through the world of mortals. The real hermits are basically hiding in those inaccessible deep mountains and old forests, or waiting to die in remote dilapidated old houses, and will never show their faces in front of ordinary people, let alone see the emperor's uncle.

This does not mean that Sima Hui is a hypocrite and a moral villain, but most of the students of the Han Dynasty, and even the children of the gentry in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, all have such a thought, the more "hidden" the name, the bigger the head, then Why not "hidden"? The more you "abandon" the official, the more you will be promoted, so why not "abandon" the official?

  There is a shortcut to the south, why bother to climb the mountain?

  Until one day, an emperor was irritated by those who "hidden" at every turn, and would "abandon" after a few words.

  After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, gradually, there were no hermits, or in other words, hermits did not become a social custom or trend.

  Unspoken rules are unspoken rules.

  The more the recluse, the bigger the official, the longer the filial piety, the more filial piety, and making money is not shabby, etc. These are all unspoken rules, all of which are gold on one's face and a placebo on one's heart.

  『The water is boiling...』

  The sound of water boiling.

   The brewed tea is not as strong as the brewed tea, but it is also less bitter and more fragrant.

   The two uncles and nephews were holding tea bowls, drinking, gurgling, gurgling.

  『It’s said that it’s open...』Mr. Shui Jing said a few times habitually, 『Okay, it’s okay to say it...』

  Once the unspoken rules are broken, they naturally cannot continue to become unspoken rules. And most of the unspoken rules are not good things.

  Sima Yi put down the tea bowl, hesitating slightly, "Uncle, Hussar...isn't it..."

  Sima Hui slightly raised his long eyebrows, "What do you want to say?" 』

"Hmm..." Sima Yi raised his head, "My lord uncle, although the son of Pang said this, but... it said "beneficial to the world"...not to say that it is beneficial to the emperor... besides, the interests are interests, and loyalty is loyalty. The theory of phase separation is no longer discussed...does it mean...」

  Mr. Shui Jing was silent for a while, then nodded, "No need. 』

  The two fell silent again, and after a while, Sima Hui said, "Actually, it's a good thing to talk about it." 』

  Sima Yi nodded, "It's a good thing. Let's talk about it first. It's better than saying it later... After all, Guanzhong is already very different from Shandong..."

  Sima Hui hummed, and then picked up the tea bowl, "That's right, it's like this tea...the tea of ​​the hussars...if it wasn't for the hussars, who would think of drinking tea like this?" Essence, dross, hehe, good...』

  『Indeed. Not only this tea..." Sima Yi said, "there are many other things, the master almost moves the world with the power of one person...weapons, farming, spices, and...this is the right answer, the four directions of China..."

  『This Huaxia Quartet... Zhongda, how much do you know? How much of it is true and how much is false? ’ Mr. Shui Jing asked.

  Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "Except for Taixi learning, there are many scholars, the rest are all true." A few days ago, Li Mancheng of Yinshan also fought against Ding Ling and defeated a group of soldiers, and captured a lot, and will **** the prisoners to Chang'an in the near future. Northern Territory Protectorate first destroyed Xianbei, and then drove Dingling away. Now most of Mobei belong to hussars...Jiaozhi? Said that the passage from Jianning to Jiaozhi is being built in order to transfer various materials from the north to the south...』

   These things, Sima Yi, who is a middle-level and high-level under the hussars, is of course clear.

  『Therefore, the "Confucius and Mencius" in Taixi is probably true? ”Mr. Shui Jing said, “Yanhuang, Five Emperors, Zhuzi, Hundred Schools, Pre-Qin, Dahan...um... hiss..."

  Mr. Shui Jing suddenly took a breath, and his eyeballs rolled.

   Then Sima Yi didn't understand at first, but then he was startled, and he and Sima Hui stared at each other.

  『Could it be…』X2

   Both of them saw their own guesses from the other's face.

  The lights flickered, the light and shadow flickered, as if something was growing out of the darkness, and then slowly sneaked into the surrounding objects, growing quietly...

  (end of this chapter)