It had been three days since Zhou Jiande was escorted to Tingwei, and the brand-new embroidered Imperial History Mansion had welcomed its first Confucian guest.

This is a gentle and elegant young man, if you compare it with Lu Bushu, this young man is more gentle and kind.

When this person came, Bai Mingzhe personally acted as a porter and came out to greet him.

Living room

Bai Mingzhe filled the cup in front of the young man's case with hot water before returning to his seat and sitting down.

"I don't know what Brother Chu is doing here?"

Chu Da bowed his hand, took out a square seal wrapped in cloth from his arms, and put it on the table with a "bang".

He said loudly: "The family teacher has a word, let me return the seal of Xunzi to the imperial history." This seal has been handed over to Lu Bushu, and it should be Lu Bushu's thing. The public has the ability to have heaven and earth, defeat Lu Bushu, and win the seal of Xunzi, which is the will of heaven! The will of heaven cannot be violated, it is the common way of man! ”

"Three days ago, the public sent someone to send the seal back, and the family teacher was very relieved and very frightened. He sleeps at night and can't sleep. Every time you close your eyes, the two masters Zixia and Xunzi will appear in front of you. The princes reprimanded the master with words of admonition and anger, reprimanding the family teacher for taking back the seal, insulting the glory of Confucianism for hundreds of years. ”

"The family teacher is afraid that after a hundred years, when the soul returns to Jiuquan, the sons blame and order me to return the seal."

Bai Mingzhe arched his hand and smiled, "Master Dong is serious, this is a Confucian thing, I just return it to its original owner." ”

Chu Da said so much, and finally pointed out that he would hand over the seal of Xunzi to himself, Bai Mingzhe was not a fool, and he knew very well what this guy meant.

Even if it hasn't been said explicitly, it's still not difficult to guess that this is an attempt to win over you.

After this incident, Lu Bushu's expulsion from Confucianism has been decided, and the position vacated by him naturally needs someone to take over.

Dong Zhongshu has many disciples, but there are very few who can compare with Lu Bushu. If he didn't hurry up to find a successor, the status of the Ram School would be replaced by the Guliang School and the Left School, which was not what he wanted to see.

After decades of hard work, I finally made a wedding dress for others, who is to reason with this?

Therefore, since there is no suitable successor, the person who defeats Lu Bushu is the best candidate!

It's not that Confucianism doesn't matter, anyway, it's still young, and there is still time, so let's cultivate it slowly.

Chu Da cautiously looked at Bai Mingzhe with the peripheral light of his eyes.

He was also curious about what kind of person had the ability to defeat his senior brother.

Now that he saw it, he thought about it a little and had the first evaluation of Bai Mingzhe: Although he is young, he is quite old.

Originally, he was grateful for Bai Mingzhe's defeat of Lu Bushu, but now that he sees this, his favorability has deepened again.

If it was friendly just now, now it's respectful.

So, he bowed his hand again and said in a deep voice: "Bai Gong, seeing you today, Da (Chu Da claims to be) is deeply honored, there is a sentence below, I don't know whether to say it or not."

Bai Mingzhe took a sip of water, pursed his lips, and said in a low voice: "Haha, Brother Chu, it's okay to say it."

With permission, Chu Da began to unceremoniously recount the statements that had been prepared long ago: "Your Majesty deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, and among Confucianism, the Ram School was respected. Now that the family teacher is approaching the year of the Mandate of Heaven, the eldest disciple Bu Shu is treacherous, deceitful and ungrateful, and it is really difficult to inherit the position of Confucian leader. ”

"Except for Lu Bushu, the other disciples are shallow in knowledge, have no ability to govern the country, and have no talent to inherit the holy throne. At that time, the Han Dynasty will be in danger, the soldiers will be moved, and those who study may not have a peaceful day. ”

Suddenly, he stood up and bowed to Bai Mingzhe, "Da Tang Tu, please return to Taixue with me, see the family teacher, follow the seal of Xunzi, hold the authority of Confucianism, and create a new prosperous era of Confucianism and Taoism in the Han Dynasty." As long as Mr. agrees, from now on, Mr. Wei will take the lead. ”

The picture is poor!

Chu Da's true purpose has appeared!

He did not directly explain that Bai Mingzhe should join the Ram School, but used the future of the Han and the people as an excuse to show his attitude by the way.

In this way, others cannot say that Confucianism is too domineering.

If someone discusses: Your Majesty has just appointed the embroidered imperial history, and Confucianism is desperately trying to win it over, this is too domineering and too greedy for authority, right? Are you Confucians planning to rebel?

They just need to respond: Ahhhh Mr. Bai joined Confucianism, and Confucianism will provide better services for the Han Dynasty, which is for the people and for Your Majesty. If you say so, we can go to Weiyang Palace to visit you and say that you have framed it.

Although Chu Da is not as famous as Lu Bushu, his talent is not below Lu Bushu. Who can be favored by Hu Wusheng and Dong Zhongshu at the same time, where can they go?

You must know that after Dong Zhongshu died, the Ram School relied on the support of veterans such as Chu Da, Ying Gong, and Wuqiu Shouwang, so that they were not defeated by the Guliang School. If there were no of them, Gu Liang's time to suppress the ram in all directions would have been more than fifty years earlier.

His remarks were carefully considered.

Bai Mingzhe also stood up and arched his hand at Chu Da, "Brother Chu is serious. As far as the younger brother knows, Brother Chu has always been low-key, so people in the world know Lu, but not Chu. If Brother Chu is interested, the person who inherits the orthodox position of Confucianism must be Brother Chu. Condition...... The younger brother is not optimistic about the future of the Ram School, and he really has no intention of joining Confucianism. ”

Although Chu Da was grateful for the compliments, he was still slightly irritated by the contempt for Confucianism later, and roared in a low voice: "What does Bai Gong mean by this? Under the leadership of Dong Zi and Hu Zidi, the Wu Ram School has defeated the hundred schools of thought. Let's ask the world, which one else can compete with the My Ram School? ”

Bai Mingzhe motioned for Chu Da to sit down, and sighed, "Brother Chu, the enemy of the ram is not outside Confucianism, but inside Confucianism." If I remember correctly, Dong Zi once said: Those who are in the Spring and Autumn Period are also righteous. Dare to ask Brother Chu, what does Dong Zi say in "Ram Spring and Autumn"? Or what are they? ”

The anger on Chu Da's face suddenly froze, he held his breath, cold sweat broke out, and he muttered: "Whispers and righteousness......"

Although the Master said this, he did not explicitly say the specific meaning of the subtle words.

Not only him, but even the other disciples of Lu Bushu and Dong Zhongshu didn't know the specific meaning of Weiyan.

Everyone thinks that as long as I am familiar with "Spring and Autumn" 10,000 times, I can naturally understand the subtle meaning of what the master said. If you don't realize it, you don't read it enough times and your qualifications are dull!

Now, the weakness of the disciples of the Ram School was mercilessly pointed out by Bai Mingzhe.

Bai Mingzhe knew that even if all Dong Zhongshu's proud disciples came today, it would be useless.

Whoever comes, who kneels!

The Ram School only talks about micro-words and righteousness, and even, after Dong Zhongshu's death, micro-words and righteousness have not yet been denied the importance of politics.

Now letting this group of students just recite "Spring and Autumn" and never think about the mystery of Dong Zhongshu's disciple is tantamount to asking primary school students who use Arabic numerals to solve the world's mathematical problems.

It's not an order of magnitude at all, how can it be whole?

Now Bai Mingzhe has directly come to a "peerless body", no matter how many classics there are in Chu Da's chest, he can't break the defense.

With the passage of time, Chu Da, who was originally full of confidence, was at a loss, and even had a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Bai Mingzhe smiled and handed Chu Da a linen cloth to wipe his face, "Brother Chu, dare to ask if you have thought of the content of the subtle words?" Now that Dong Zi is alive, none of your disciples know the meaning of the words, if Dong Zi unfortunately passes away, this will become the weak point of the Ram School! Now you can understand, why is the younger brother not optimistic about the Ram School? In terms of understanding the meaning of small words, the ram is far inferior to Gu Liang! ”

Chu Da trembled and took the linen cloth, wiped the beads of sweat the size of a bean on his forehead, panted, and said in fear: "Whew! This...... Bai Gong, don't worry, I can definitely think of it! It's just that it takes a little time. "Ram Spring and Autumn" has a lot of subtle words and meanings...... I can definitely sum it up. ”

Bai Mingzhe saw that Chu was about to go crazy in panic, recalled a document he had read in his mind, and said calmly: "Alas, Brother Chu, do you need a hint from the younger brother?"

Chu Da felt chills all over his body, and said tremblingly: "Bai Gong still understands "Spring and Autumn"?"

"I understand a little."

"Since you understand, please advise." Chu Da gritted his teeth and said this.

I'm a disciple of Dong Zi, I don't understand, I want to see what you, who are not even a Confucian student, can say!

Bai Mingzhe put his fist against his mouth, coughed, cleared his throat, and began to say aloud: "After I read "Ram Spring and Autumn", I got a total of twenty-eight Spring and Autumn Words! Today, I will explain, please appreciate Brother Chu! ”

"The first of the great refuge: mourning the public enjoys Zhou, and Ji Hou praises it. Those who take Xianggong as this is the best thing, and the heart of the ancestor is exhausted. What's the end? Xianggong will take revenge. …… Distant ancestors, how many lifetimes? 'The Ninth Generation. Can the Ninth World take revenge? Although it can be a hundred generations. ”

"The second king: Yidi has a king, but it is better to die than the subordinates!"

"The third one: micro-tube Zhong, and his hair is left!"

"The Fourth Righteousness of Noble Death: ......"

"Traitor to Thieves Fifth: ......"

The more subtle words came out of Bai Mingzhe's mouth, the more Chu Da's body trembled.

For some reason, he felt that the person in front of him was not a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, but a Confucian master.

In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the Spring and Autumn Period, as if he had heard the words spoken by Confucius when he taught the seventy-two sages.

"For the sake of politics and virtue, such as the stars, dwelling in their place and the stars arching over them!"

"There must be a teacher for the threesome, choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones!"

"Ziyou: What do you know? Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, is knowing! ”

Before he knew it, two lines of hot tears slipped from the corners of his eyes.

Chu Da's pupils were full of bloodshots, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stared at Bai Mingzhe.

Suddenly, he found that the person in front of him suddenly became a little blurred, and a faint righteousness rushed to his face.

He rubbed his eyes, found that his front had become a little hazy, and he didn't hold back, "plopped", knelt on the ground, and cried, "Chu Da, a disciple of Confucianism in later generations, has seen the master!" ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! He kept kowtowing, muttering the subtle words he had just understood.

His forehead became blood-red, and tears were "popping!" Pop" dripping on the ground.