Early in the morning, the snow stopped, and it was just a light snow festival, and the snow was not very heavy, but it still felt cold.

Chen Shan came to the medical hall early in the morning, and invited Gongsun Yu and Lu Fu to go to the Dongmei meeting together, Lu Fu said that he wanted to guard the medical hall and not go, Gongsun Yu was about to set off to the Phoenix Ruins under Zhongnan Mountain to see the master, thinking that he would pass by Bowangyuan anyway, so it was better to go by the way to see what this Dongmei would be like, so he went on the road with Chen Shan.

Bowang Garden is five miles south of the Gate of Covering Ang, next to Shanglin Garden, in fact, it is also part of Shanglin Garden, but Liu Che specially set aside this place for the prince to use alone.

It was less than half an hour to arrive at Bowangyuan, although it snowed for the first time since the beginning of winter yesterday, and the weather began to turn cold, but there were still a lot of guests who came to participate in the Winter Plum Meeting today.

Bowang Garden is not very big, but the pavilions and pavilions in the garden, small bridges and flowing water, winding rockeries are all available, and yesterday's snow also turned the whole garden into a snow.

There are still guards at the door, but there is no inventory of the guests who come in and out, and the guards can be seen patrolling everywhere in the garden, and it is estimated that the prince should come here today.

"Mr. Linghu, you also come over to participate in the Winter Plum Meeting."

As soon as he entered the garden gate, Chen Shan recognized the old man walking in front of him as Ling Humao, and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

Ling Humao turned around, saw that it was Gongsun Yu and Chen Shan, and said with a smile: "You guys came here so early, I haven't left Chang'an since I participated in the Boyuan meeting last month, just waiting to come to the Bowang Winter Plum Meeting today, and you can also see the prince's demeanor, if you can communicate with the prince a few words, this life is enough." ”

Chen Shan hurriedly asked, "Sir, will the prince come today?" ”

"Of course it will come, and when the Dongmei meeting begins, someone will have a big wooden box under the Huabiao next to the Bowang Pavilion, called the tassel tube, and then you can put your shape in the tassel tube."

"Will the prince see me?"

"Generally, you can see it, listening to his doorman, every time after the Bowang meeting, the prince will look at the pleadings in the trays he takes back one by one, and urge the people below to handle it."

"That's great, if there's no response, I can come back a few more times."

"Of course, it would be better if you were lucky enough to be able to state it to the prince in person, but there were indeed too many people who wrote the book, so I thought of using the method of using a tassel."

The two of them chatted and came to the Bowang Pavilion in the center of Bowang Garden, and Gongsun Yu also came with them behind.

As soon as you enter the garden gate, you will be grateful for the pavilion, pass through the Thanksgiving Pavilion, and follow the winding path over the rockery to a large lawn, and the center of the lawn is the Bowang Pavilion. The Bowang Pavilion is very large, and both sides are connected to the surrounding pavilions of the garden through a promenade, which is very spectacular.

The snow on the lawn had long been swept away, and it was full of people, mostly Confucian scholars, but also scholars, small officials, and ordinary people, who gathered together in twos and threes, speaking with accents from all over the place, some reminiscing about the past, some discussing current affairs, and some debating opinions, which was very lively.

Suddenly, someone shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived..."

At this time, all the people present knelt down and shouted: "The prince is Chitose." ”

Gongsun Yu also knelt down with the crowd and shouted together, and after a while, he heard a crisp voice coming over beautifully: "Everyone get up." ”

Gongsun Yu stood up, looked at the Bowang Pavilion, and saw a group of people walking towards the Bowang Pavilion from the southwest side through the long corridor, led by a burly and masculine man, dressed in a black python robe, wearing a white cloak, with a long crown on his head, heroic posture, and a jade tree in the wind; He was followed by an old man with white hair and long beard, who was relatively short in stature, but still walked quite steadily, followed by a large group of people, all of whom were dressed as dignitaries.

Ling Humao whispered to Gongsun Yu and Chen Shan: "The one who walks in the front is the current prince, the old man who is followed is his teacher, the prince Shaofu Shide, the young man in the back should be the prince's eldest son Liu Jin, and the group of twenty or thirty-year-old sons and brothers who follow behind are all cousins of the prince, there are Gongsun Jingsheng, the son of Prime Minister Gongsun He, the three sons of Changping Hou Weiqing, Wei Yan, Wei Budo, Wei Deng, and the last one is the current Pingyang Hou Caozong. ”

After listening to Ling Humao's introduction, Chen Shan said excitedly: "I have been in Chang'an City for a few years, and I only saw these princes in the palace today.

"Do you know, their throne is hereditary, the previous Pingyang Marquis died, his eldest son attacked his throne, the first Pingyang Marquis is the founding hero Cao Shen, Gaozu was named Pingyang Marquis, Cao Zong should be the sixth Pingyang Marquis, he is the grandson of Princess Pingyang, and the son of Princess Wei Chang, the grandson of the emperor, his father died when he was young, so he attacked the throne."

After hearing this, Gongsun Yu sighed: "These people are the pillars of the future country." ”

At this time, I only heard that there was a doorman who was supposed to be the prince in the Bowang Pavilion, and held up a plaque that read: "On the difference between the ram and the grain beam," and said loudly: "This is the first topic of the day, who will speak first." ”

As soon as the words fell, the following began to chatter and discuss, and at this time, Ling Hu Mao hurriedly reminded Chen Shan: "Brother, there is already a tassel under the Huabiao, you can hurry up and hand it over." ”

Chen Shan immediately walked to the tassel tube, took out a bamboo slip from his arms and put it in.

There was still no one in the middle of the lawn to express his opinion first, and no one even called out a few times. At this time, a young man in his teens and twenties walked to the front of the pavilion, only to see him holding on to the railing and saying loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet, I will talk first." ”

Seeing that someone was about to speak, the prince also hurriedly shouted: "Everyone, please be quiet, Pingyang Hou Cao Zong will express his views first, and everyone will listen to his statement first." ”

At this time, the following became silent, and only Cao Zong was heard saying: "It is said that these two transmissions are from Zixia's disciples, I don't think it is necessarily, if they are both from Zixia's disciples, then there is no difference between these two transmissions; In the same "Spring and Autumn Sutra", Zixia can naturally be given to different disciples, but it should only be similar and detailed, and it should not contradict itself, let alone attack each other; Now I find that there are not only many contradictions between the two passes, but also the attack of "Gu Liang" on "Ram", I can list three examples here. ”

At this time, I saw the prince's teacher Shi De hurriedly praised: "Pingyang Hou said it well, which three cases are they, please cite them." ”

"Thank you Taifu for your praise, I will list it, the first example, "Spring and Autumn Classics: Five Years of Yin Gong" wrote: September, the palace of Zhongzi; "The Legend of the Ram" said: Who is the one who examines the palace? Kao Yu entered the room, the first sacrifice Zhongzi also, Huan Weijun, then he was the sacrifice of Zhongzi? Hidden for Huan Li, so for Huan to sacrifice his mother. But what is the word? into public opinion also; However, "The Biography of Gu Liang" said: The examiner is also successful, and the wife is also the wife, the ceremony, the concubine is the king, and the palace is built for his mother, so that his son is the master of his sacrifice. In the son sacrifice, in the grandson, the middle son, the mother of the Hui Gong, the hidden grandson and the cultivation, not hidden; Try to compare the two legends, they are very different: first, the interpretation of the test words is different, "The Legend of the Ram" thinks that the "test palace" is to send the Zhongzi god into the temple and sacrifice it; "The Biography of Gu Liang" thinks that this is the completion of the gift of taking the concubine as a wife; Second, the understanding of Zhongzi is different, "The Legend of the Ram" believes that Zhongzi is Lu Hui's concubine, but "Gu Liang Biography" believes that Lu Xiao's concubine, Hui's mother, is also the biological mother; Third, "The Legend of the Ram" believes that the palace of Kao Zhongzi is to fulfill the long-cherished wish of Duke Yin to give way to Duke Huan, which is beyond reproach; "The Biography of Gu Liang" believes that Yin Gong is a grandson, and he should be condemned for violating Sun Zhi's etiquette and sacrificing his grandmother; Isn't it strange that the same son Xia passed on, and the contradiction is like this? ”

After hearing this, the prince also nodded and said: "It is not unreasonable for the Marquis of Pingyang to cite this example, there are contradictions in it, continue to talk about it." ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, the second case, in the twenty-second year of the Duke of Xu, Song Xianggong and King Chu Cheng fought against Yu Hong, because Song Xianggong did not want to attack when the enemy was halfway and when his foothold was not stable, he lost the opportunity to win the attack twice, paid attention to benevolence and righteousness, and suffered a big defeat; "The Legend of the Ram" praised Song Xianggong very much, saying that "although the battle of King Wen (King Wen of Zhou) is not enough", "The Biography of Gu Liang" put forward the principle of warfare: "Twice the attack (our army is twice as large as the enemy, then attack), the enemy fights, and the less is defended", thinking that Song Xianggong violated this principle, he was simply unworthy of being a person, how generous he was scolded, and the same behavior of the same person, the evaluation was completely opposite, "Ram" was praised to the sky, but "Gu Liang" was relegated to the ground, how could it be from the same division? ”

"Well, that's a good point."

At this time, there was also warm applause from the audience, all applauding for Cao Zong.

Cao Zong continued: "The third example, "Spring and Autumn Classics: The Fifteenth Year of Xuangong": In winter, locusts (grain-eating insects) are born; "The Legend of the Ram" cloud: Those who do not say "locusts", what are the people who say "locusts"? If you don't write a book, why is this a book? Luckily; Who is lucky? It is still said to be the cloud of acceptance. Who is the one who receives it? It is easy to change the ancient, it should be and there are natural disasters, and its various are announced to change here; The so-called "change the ancient and easy to change", He Xiu noted the cloud: "The above is Xuangong, and the old system of changing the public land is ancient, and the tax is mu." The author of "The Legend of the Ram" believes that because the Lu State implemented the tax system according to the acres of land for the first time, the heavens sent a plague to the land, and the Lu State should be punished; Fortunately, this kind of heavenly punishment is not great; However, "The Biography of Gu Liang" said: It is said that it is not a disaster of tax acres; This is a critique and refutation of "The Legend of the Ram"; One said that the locust was due to the implementation of the "initial tax mu", and the other said that the locust was not due to the implementation of the "initial tax mu", if these two diametrically opposed theories were out of Zixia, Zixia was a disciple of Confucius, and a great Confucian in the later period, this was a loud slap in the face of himself, Zixia would not do such a thing, in short, no matter whether the ram was high or Gu Liangchi, he might not be a student of Zixia, under the name of Zixia, but just to gain self-respect. ”