Chapter 42: The Way of Enlightenment

Duan Chong's words are really a bit rebellious, the so-called people's wisdom is stupid, how can we talk about promoting people's wisdom? But since it was said by Scholar Dong, it is debatable whether this sentence is correct or not. In the eyes of everyone's suspicion and hesitation, Duan Zhong did not stop talking, but continued: "The teacher has been in my Dali for a few years, not without asking about the world, but watching coldly, indifferently watching the conquest and division of the Southern Liang and the Northern Liang, as an outsider, what he sees is also relatively thorough. ”

"The South Liang is heavy, the North Liang is heavy, this is something that everyone can see in their eyes. And the style of the Northern Liang Dynasty did not bring benefits to the court, on the contrary, the scholars were immersed in poetry, and there were four words hanging above their heads, do not discuss state affairs. All day long, it is the wind and snow, the wine and the red song, with a little so-called talent, to win the favor of the Qinglou woman, to buy drunk money, and not to make progress. What is the heart of serving the country? ”

"In the past, when the Liang Dynasty had not yet been divided between the north and the south, the scholars discussed state affairs, acupuncture the disadvantages of the times, and the scientific examination was balanced by discussing politics, and they were truly sympathetic to the people, taking care of the people's words, knowing the sufferings of the people, and the good policy of the Meiji world, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, so the south of the Yangtze River accumulated wealth and the people's livelihood was safe. However, now that the scientific examination is taken, only the literature is not examined by the law, although it is arranged by the imperial court, but how many people can see through it with a clear eye in the world? It's all about drilling poetry and studying scriptures and history, even if it's an official, what's the use? Can it make the people happy, can it make the country strong, can it put an end to the division between the north and the south, and can it make the world peaceful? ”

Duan Chong's words were conclusive, and there was a sound on the ground, and after a few words, the audience was silent. This is definitely not what a fifteen-year-old boy said, this is the advice of Scholar Dong. As a human being, Duan Zhong naturally knew that Scholar Dong would not spit out such nonsense. And these words were just said by Duan Zhong in the name of Scholar Dong. As for why I said this, because Duan Chong's literary talent is really ...... It's too bad, I have to say something that will calm the scene.

And now it seems that Duan Chong's words have indeed achieved good results. At least, these so-called doctors will no longer be able to make things difficult for themselves, because at this moment, Duan Zhong himself is making things difficult for these doctoral scholars.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Duan Zhong still didn't stop. "In the eyes of all of you, you may think that the people are stupid, so why should you develop the wisdom of the people. But according to the teacher, the dullness of the people's wisdom is not only the dullness of the people, but also the dullness of the world's scholars, the dullness of the court, the world's people except the Son of Heaven, and the people's wisdom is related to national strength. Although the Northern Liang is heavy on martial arts and light on literature, but the status of the Northern Liang Shizi is extremely high, but all the people who are famous in the body can not kneel and worship in the court, and all the Shizi can discuss political affairs and discuss the national plan, so there are more and more angry people in the Northern Liang, and they all want to go south to wave their teachers and step on the South Liang. As the saying goes, the people's desire is the trend of the times. On the other hand, Nanliang, although he shouts every day that he is orthodox in the world, which one is not satisfied with the status quo and covets the comfort of Jiangnan? The wealth of Jiangnan is not the wealth of Nanliang, and the wealth of Jiangnan is not created by Nanliang. ”

"You look at the subset of scriptures and history every day in this Taixue, how much do you know about the strategy of governing the country, how much do you know about the sufferings of the people, if you were an official in the court in the past, can you use practical actions to benefit the people? Or prepare for the fish and meat village and accumulate ill-gotten gains? How many of you here know what the real purpose of your study is? ”

Duan Zhong said a long time, finally stopped, slowly sat down on the chair, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip, moistened his throat, and then looked down with a smile. And everyone in the audience was silent for a while, mostly pensive. Then, the whole lecture hall remembered the sparse applause, and then everyone clapped their hands, and there were applause. Prolonged.

Dr. Bai Yifan's face was originally full of disdain, but it was replaced by shock at this moment. Because these words came from the mouth of a fifteen-year-old boy, even if they were to describe the meaning of our Dong scholars, the deep meaning of these words would not have been said if it was not for my own understanding. At this moment, in addition to being shocked, Dr. Bai's heart was shocked by an idiom: every word is beautiful.

This is a deafening speech, and Duan Chong's words are like a pair of hands, removing the last fig leaf on this group of doctors and students. Underneath Duan Chong's extremely bright eyes were countless students who had no place to be ashamed. That arrogant energy can no longer be used.

Duan Zhong is very satisfied with his speech skills, if he stands on this lecture hall again today and tells Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream", it will surely be even more sensational and cause people to reflect more. Of course, the content of it needs to be modified appropriately.

Duan Zhong stood up, walked to the back of the hall, and saluted the two doctors and scholars Bai Yifan and Huang Zhiping, who were still pondering, very respectfully: "Two old men, I will talk so much today." You see how. Bai Xuezhi was said by Duan Chongyi, hurriedly sobered up, and said with a smile: "Wen Yuanbo's just a few words, let me wait like a thunderbolt, and suddenly it became clear, I really listened to your words, and it was better to read ten years of books." Dali can have such an excellent prince as Wen Yuanbo, it should be a great luck. ”

Duan Zhong smiled and said, "Dr. Bai has won the award." I'm just conveying the teacher's thoughts, it's really insightful, it's the teacher. ”

Bai Xuezhi smiled: "The so-called famous teacher makes a high apprentice. If Wen Yuanbo did not have a deep understanding of Dr. Dong's thoughts, he would definitely not be able to say such a righteous and concise lecture. ”

Duan Zhong and Bai Xuezhi were polite for a long time, and finally arched their hands and left the lecture hall. However, what followed was a variety of students who wanted to discuss the strategy of governing the country with Duan Chong. Since Duan Zhong is burdened with the title of Doctor of Taixue, and he is in Taixue at the moment, he will definitely not be able to escape, so he can only deal with them one by one with a cheeky face.

Fortunately, Duan Chong read a lot of history books in his previous life, and he could always quote scriptures and talk about various issues, which also made Taixue students admire. Of course, there are definitely a lot of people in Taixue who can speak well, so some people talk to Duan Zhong about the differences, and they actually debate loudly. By the time all the students were done, it was already past lunchtime.

Seeing that the scholars who still had an aftertaste still wanted to continue to discuss around Duan Chong, Dr. Bai Yifan served a meal very familiarly, and invited Duan Chong into the backyard on the pretext of eating, which was relieved. However, in the house, Duan Zhong ushered in a debate between the two old scholars in the name of discussion, and he took pity on the ink in his stomach.

And when he walked out of Taixue in embarrassment and returned to his house, it was already evening. And when he arrived at the house, he didn't care about eating, so he fell asleep on the bed. This kind of thing is much more tiring than fighting.

After taking a nap on the bed for a while, but he heard a soft sound from the window, Duan Zhong immediately woke up, turned over and sat up, and looked at the head of the bed, but saw that there was an extra letter next to his pillow. The corners of Duan Chong's mouth twitched, when is the letter from this season of impermanence not good, but this time to write a letter.

With a soft sigh, he opened the envelope and took out a thin piece of paper. There are dense words written on it, but ordinary people can't read what is written. This is the secret language of Duan Zhong and Ji Wuchang, only the person who writes and receives the letter can understand it, and even if others see the letter, they can't understand what is written on it.

After reading the letter, Duan Zhong sighed heavily. It seems that Jiangnan is a little simpler, and he called softly outside the door: "Come in!" A small crack appeared in the window in an instant, and a black shadow rushed in through the window and stood in front of Duan Chong's bed. Duan Zhong sighed softly: "Why are you back?" ”

Jiang Mingchen gently took off the black cloth he was wearing on his face, and said, "There are not enough people, there is no silver." ”

Duan Zhong shook his head and sighed again: "I don't mean to blame you. It's just that I didn't expect that things in Jiangnan would fall into a quagmire. ”

Jiang Mingchen said: "Ji Wuchang said that there are many people who want to eat Wei Zhigao's leftovers, and the bones are difficult to gnaw. 100,000 taels of silver is not enough, and the most important thing is that the role played by the governor of Jiangnan is not so simple. ”

Duan Zhong frowned: "How can I say this." ”

"The Shen family in Hangzhou is drinking soup with the salt merchant giant Jia Zhigao, and the head of the family, Shen Zhentao, has always led a great force in Jiangnan, and he is almost all responsible for wiping Wei Zhigao's ass, but the real person behind Shen Zhentao is Liao Xulin, the son of Liao Zhangjin, the governor of Jiangnan, and Shen Zhentao is just a hand."

Duan nodded his head, Liao Xulin himself was naturally very familiar, but what he didn't expect was that this Pianpian Jiagongzi, one of the four talents in Jiangnan, turned out to be the helmsman behind a big family. But he heard Jiang Mingchen continue: "Ji Wuchang analyzed, this Wei Zhigao and the governor of Jiangnan are in collusion, and they have played tricks to round up the big business of Jiangnan Salt Farm, but they don't want others to do it." And before we gave them silver, it was tantamount to throwing it into the West Lake, and it was all empty. ”

Duan Zhong sighed: "I didn't expect this Wei Zhigao to be so cunning, knowing that he wouldn't give us this mouthful of rice, he still accepted my silver with a smile." Sure enough, he deserves the name of a businessman. ”

Duan Zhong patted his head, he didn't expect to plant a big heel here, and put in 100,000 taels of silver for nothing. Said helplessly: "Then when you come back this time, why do you still need silver and manpower?" ”

Jiang Mingchen said: "Ji Wuchang said that if you want to drink soup, you must be ruthless. Therefore, if the Shen family is destroyed, this soup will naturally flow into our mouths. ”

Duan Zhong was stunned: "How did you kill it?" ”

Jiang Mingchen said quietly: "Kill them all, not one will be left!" ”