Several bigwigs chatted, and Zhan Ruoshui suddenly asked Wang Yuan: "Ruoxu, do you think there is something outside your heart, or nothing outside your heart?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Yangming, Fang Xianfu and Huang Juan all looked at Wang Yuan with smiles.

Wang Yuan felt that he was lying down, this question seemed simple, but it was the difference between "Baisha Xinxue" and "Yangming Xinxue".

Zhan Ruoshui is the head of the contemporary (second generation) Baisha Xinxue, and their doctrine also starts from the "heart", believing that the human heart can be all-encompassing, perceiving all things, and integrating heavenly principles. However, Wang Yangming's psychology advocates that there is nothing outside the mind, and there is no reason outside the mind, and the so-called meaning is the object, and the ontology of the meaning is knowledge.

Although the two are close friends, they are also under the pressure of science and difficult to spread the study of mind, but they do not recognize each other.

Wang Yangming even ridiculed Zhan Ruoshui for taking Zhu Xi's old path.

Wang Yuan thought about it seriously and said: "When I do anything, my heart is reasonable; When I seek knowledge, I reflect my heart. ”

"Hahahaha!"

Zhan Ruoshui slapped his thigh with a smile, pointed at Wang Yangming and said, "Brother Bo'an, you, a proud disciple, are actually more inclined to my Baisha Sect in his mental understanding!" ”

Wang Yangming was not angry, but only reminded: "Brother Ganquan, didn't you really hear it?" This son said vaguely, you sound biased towards yourself, I sound biased towards yourself, he doesn't want to offend anyone. ”

Huang Juan commented: "Swinging, slippery, can be described as a criminal!" ”

Fang Xianfu smiled: "Yes, it's a criminal." ”

Of course, these are all jokes, and no matter which school of mind it is, it now belongs to a niche school. They support each other and improve each other in their differences, and there is no such thing as a gateway view.

Huang Zongxi's "The Case of Ming Confucianism" describes it this way: "Wang Zhan has two families, each with its own purpose...... Those who studied in Cham at that time may have died in the king; Learn from the king, or die from Cham. ”

In other words, the disciples of Wang Yangming and Zhan Ruoshui can change their courts at will. Your students come to me to graduate, and my students come to you to graduate, it all depends on the student's own mind, and everyone is still friends outside of learning.

Wang Yangming smiled and said to a few friends: "Do you know the situation when I first met this criminal when I first arrived in Guizhou? ”

Zhan Ruoshui said curiously: "Let's talk about it." ”

Wang Yangming recounted: "At that time, I was living in a cave, and this gangster heard that a gentleman had come to Longgang Mountain, so he brought wine and rode a horse to the mountain to find me. When we talk about Mencius's 'mind', he said that he agrees with Zhuzi's 'keeping his heart and nurturing his nature, so everything is heavenly'. I asked him, 'What is your heart, and what is your heart?' The man was only twelve or thirteen years old, and how do you suppose he answered? ”

At the age of twelve or thirteen, he doesn't even have a fixed personality, how can he be qualified to talk about his heart? But Wang Yangming asked like this, and there must have been surprising words, which made everyone present even more curious.

Huang Juan said, "What did he say? ”

Wang Yangming learned Wang Yuan's actions at that time and said: "He pointed his halberd at the sky, and he was unashamed and categorical: 'My heart is the heart of heaven, my nature is nature, and my life is the destiny of heaven. Save my heart, nurture my nature, practice my life, that's all! ”

"Hahaha!"

Everyone laughed heartily and cast approving glances at Wang Yuan.

There is nothing wrong with this statement, and the more determined the heart, the better the person will understand the true meaning of this statement. And from the mouth of a child, it is even more valuable, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a prodigy.

The real difficulty lies in how to find one's own mind and destiny, which is exactly the direction of lifelong research and cultivation in science and mind.

Zhan Ruoshui asked interestingly, "Champion Lang, have you found your destiny?" ”

Wang Yuan said awe-inspiringly: "I am not virtuous, and I can't set my heart for heaven and earth; I can't learn much, and I can't continue to learn for the sake of the saints. But I can make a life for the people, and I can open peace for all generations, this is my destiny, and it is also what I am practicing. ”

Thinking of Wang Yuan's two times to quell the chaos, taking the lead, and forgetting to die, several people in front of him couldn't help but be in awe.

Huang Juan clenched his fists and said: "Ambition is not old, if you are a true bachelor, your heart is already firmer than me." ”

Wang Yangming stroked his beard and said approvingly: "I asked this criminal, do you want to be a lonely minister?" He said that he wanted to be a minister of the society. ”

The criminals on the left and the criminals on the right, seemed to be criticizing, but the tone became more and more cordial, and there was also a bit of pride, Wang Yangming was obviously proud of accepting this student.

Fang Xianfu sighed with emotion: "It's not easy to be a minister of the society. ”

The dignified Wai Lang (second in command), a member of the Ministry of Literature, insisted on choosing to resign, and he was definitely not just obsessed with mental learning. His position is too sensitive, sandwiched between several important ministers, and it is very uncomfortable, and many things cannot be done according to his own will.

Even Yang Yiqing, the secretary of the ministry, was clamoring to resign, not to mention the Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Literature and Selection, it was obvious that someone was stretching out his hand too long and treating the ministry as his private back garden!

Zhan Ruoshui suddenly said: "Whether it is spreading the study of mind or supporting the community, you can't fight alone, and it is difficult to become a forest alone." Nowadays, the study of the mind is not flourishing, and the science is dominant, and we cannot be in a high position and cannot display our ambitions. We must gather strength and plan for the future. ”

"That's true." Wang Yangming nodded.

Yangming Psychology and Baisha Psychology are not the knowledge of the mind, they both advocate doing things actively!

Zhan Ruoshui said again: "Since Brother Shuxian and Brother Zongxian have resigned, then they will each return to their hometowns to spread their hearts and learning, and then return to become officials when they are successful." When I return from the mission to Annan, I will also find an opportunity to resign and return to my hometown to spread Baisha Xinxue. How about we set a ten-year period? “

"That's great!" Fang Xianfu and Huang Juan laughed.

Wang Yangming, Zhan Ruoshui, Fang Xianfu and Huang Juan are logically said to belong to those who are proud of their careers. But their position is very awkward, similar to the level of director and deputy director, with a great future but being controlled by others, and it is difficult for them to display their ambitions.

These four bigwigs chose not to fight for the present, but to look to the future, Wang Yangming stayed in the officialdom to spread the mind, and the other three returned to their hometown to promote young people.

For example, the four disciples of Zhan Ruoshui are all Jinshi of the Jiajing Dynasty, and they were all trained after resigning and returning to their hometowns.

Huang Juan said: "If you vacate your position at this time, you can ask Your Majesty to preside over the Tianfu Township Examination, and take the opportunity to select talents to spread the concept of mind." ”

Fang Xianfu said: "Ten years later, the time may be ripe, and we should give full support to Ruoxu to enter the cabinet." ”

Zhan Ruoshui said: "Ruoxu will only be twenty-seven years old at that time, and it seems that he is still too young to serve as a minister. I think fifteen years is more appropriate. ”

Wang Yuan was stupid, these people were still talking about learning just now, and they were planning for the future in a blink of an eye. It was clear that he wanted to spread Xinxue in a big way, and then returned to the court with countless disciples, and also set Wang Yuan as the political core of the "Xinxue Group" in the future.

Yang Tinghe deliberately suppressed them, he was really not wronged, there were too many small actions, and they really should be suppressed!

Wang Yangming said to Wang Yuan: "The Hanlin Academy's review of Mu Konghui was the one I personally selected when I presided over the Shandong Township Examination. A few days ago, he also officially studied the mind with his teacher, so you can walk around with him more. ”

"Understood." Wang Yuan nodded immediately, and there was another junior disciple in the Hanlin Academy.

It's a pity that Wang Yangming's "missionary" activities were all looked at by Yang Tinghe. With Li Dongyang's resignation, not only Wang Yangming was thrown to Nanjing, but his disciple Mu Konghui was also thrown to Nanjing.

Yang Tinghe still underestimated the spread of Xinxue, and actually let Mu Konghui serve as the director of academic affairs of Nanjing Guozijian, didn't this let all Nanjing Guozijian students come to study Xinxue? After the two sessions of the examination, a bunch of jinshi will emerge from the disciples of Xinxue!

Wang Yangming said again: "Jinyiwei has experienced Gu Yingxiang and is also my disciple. ”

Wang Yuan was already numb, and nodded again: "Understood, Mr. should finish it in one breath." ”

Wang Yangming said: "Jinshi Wanchao, Wang Dao, and Liang Gu, who are in the same department as you, have also apprenticed a few days ago. As for the others, needless to say, I'll write a list for you. ”

Wang Yangming's disciple at this time, there was also a disciple named Zheng Yichu, who resigned because he angered Liu Jin.

After Wang Yangming returned to Beijing, he recommended that Zheng Yichu be used, and the emperor sent officials to Zheng's house to investigate, and found that Zheng's family only had two small dilapidated houses, and his mother was still weaving hemp by the door, while Zheng Yichu was lecturing on Zimo Mountain.

Now that Zheng Yichu has been edicted to return to Beijing, he will soon be given an official, because of his previous resume and integrity, most of them will be appointed as the imperial historian.

There is also a disciple named Chen Ding, who previously served as a member of the Like Department and belonged to Yang Yiqing's henchman. The ghost knows how he became Wang Yangming's student, but unfortunately he was dismissed some time ago, and the dismissal was inexplicable, and the contradiction between Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing may be mixed in the middle.

The rest of the disciples in the capital, there are about twenty of them, all of whom are sixth- and seventh-grade petty officials from Jinshi. Although their resumes are shallow, they have good roots and will surely become a force in time.

Wang Yangming has only been back in Beijing for a year, but unconsciously, he has gathered a future group that cannot be underestimated.

Wang Yangming is the core of the group at the moment, and Wang Yuan is the second-generation core cultivated by them.

Is Wang Yangming a gentleman?

Yes.

But a gentleman can be extremely cunning, and a gentleman can also be cunning. In the later period of Zhengde, people's evaluation of Wang Yangming was a "cunning soldier"!