Li Shimin didn't want to hear him sell miserably, and said: "I am talking about the classics of the saints, what nonsense are you talking about!" ”

"The minister is just too aggrieved in his heart and complains." Seeing that Li Shimin was about to get angry again, Li Mu hurriedly pulled his words back and said, "What the minister said just now is definitely not a false word. That's exactly what the minister thought. And the minister didn't just open his mouth and say, the minister has a basis, and the minister has studied it. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh and said: "When did you study the sage classics, since you said that you have studied them, then I will test you, to Jun Yaoshun, what kind of classics do you say?" ”

Li Mu was not in a hurry, and said: "Return to Your Majesty, to Jun Yaoshun, and say "Mencius". Yi Yin cultivates in the wilderness of Youxin, and the way of Le Yao Shun is ...... The soup made people hire them with coins, and they shouted: 'Why should I hire people with coins from soup?' Shall I be in the midst of acres by the way of Le Yao Shun? Tang San's envoy hired him, and then changed his words: "I am in the middle of the acre, because I am happy with the way of Yao Shun, how can I make the king the king of Yao Shun?" Shall I make the people the people of Yao Shun? I don't know if the minister is right. ”

Li Shimin was stunned, Baiguan was stunned, and even Kong Yingda was stunned. It's not that Li Mu said it wrong, but Li Mu said it right, which is really strange!

Li Shimin asked, "Have you read Mencius?" ”

"The minister reads it." Li Mu replied: "The minister not only read Mencius, but also read all the books he could find. ”

Li Shimin didn't believe it and said, "You are so studious? ”

When Li Mu heard this, he smiled embarrassedly, and said: "The minister is not studious, the minister is a premonition that he will be able to use it one day, in order not to be speechless like Kong sacrifice wine, so the minister found a book to read, "Sun Tzu: Seeking Attack" said: "Know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles; Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; I don't know who I am, I don't know myself, I will die in every battle. Chen Shen thought so and made some preparations early. ”

"I'll quote the scriptures." Li Shimin saw Li Mu's villainous appearance, he was angry and funny, and said, "Do you know that you will argue with Kong Qing's family? Without this controversy, wouldn't these books have been read in vain? ”

Li Mu said solemnly: "Your Majesty's words are different, the saint is a classic, and every sentence is deafening, how can you read it in vain?" ”

"Didn't you just say that the words of the saints are useless?"

Li Mu immediately denied it: "The minister didn't say it!" ”

Kong Yingda seized the opportunity and pointed at Li Mu and said: "Your Majesty has seen it, Zhuluhou is talking nonsense with his eyes open, he just finished saying that the sage classics that the students learned cannot cause Jun Yaoshun, and now he is going to change his words!" ”

Li Mu pushed Kong Yingda's hand away and said, "Kong Sacrifice Wine, I didn't say you, your problem of liking to point to people's noses has to be changed." Which chapter in the Book of Rites teaches you to refer to people's noses to speak in accordance with etiquette? You are the descendant of Confucius, you should discipline yourself, relying on the old and selling the old, wouldn't it make people laugh? ”

"I'm ......" Kong Yingda pursed her mouth tightly, for fear that a mouthful of blood would spurt out. glanced at Li Mu hatefully, and said, "You can't deny it!" ”

"I didn't deny it, I said that." Li Mu faced Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, what the minister said is not in conflict. The meaning expressed in the original text of Mencius is that Mencius believed that Yi Yin dropped out of cultivation because he wanted to use his wisdom and virtue to assist Shang Tang to make him a virtuous monarch like Yao Shun. Therefore, there is a message to Jun Yao Shun, but Mencius never said that after learning the way of Confucius and Mencius, he can be sent to Jun Yao Shun. Moreover, among the various classics that the minister has read, there has never been a record that Confucius and Mencius said similar things. The ministers are sparse and shallow, and they also have to consult Confucius sacrificial wine, which classic book have you read that has a similar record? ”

Kong Yingda was stunned, he tried to recall, but he really didn't find a record that Kong Meng said something similar.

Li Mu said with a smile: "Since Kong Sacrificial Wine can't think of it, then there is no more." The minister can come to the conclusion that those who can learn the way of Confucius and Mencius can lead to Jun Yao Shun are all pretentious people. Even the two saints of Confucius and Mencius didn't dare to say that they could do it to Jun Yaoshun, they thought that they could do it by reading a few books, isn't it ridiculous?! ”

When Kong Yingda heard Li Mu say this, he became excited and said, "You dare to criticize the two saints of Confucius and Mencius!" ”

"Don't be excited about the Confucian sacrifice wine, I didn't criticize the two saints of Confucius and Mencius! What I said is the truth, when Confucius traveled around the world, he could be able to reach Jun Yaoshun? Mencius lobbied between Qi and Song, but can he do it to Jun Yao Shun? ”

Kong Yingda couldn't answer, he snorted for a long time, and said stiffly: "That's because I haven't met Mingjun!" ”

Li Mu smiled: "This is strange, since the way of Confucius and Mencius can lead to Jun Yaoshun, why do you still pick people?" ”

"......" Kong Yingda couldn't answer, and the hundred officials couldn't answer either, they didn't even think about this question. They suddenly found that after so many years of saying to Jun Yaoshun, no one had even studied his meaning.

Li Mu saw that Kong Yingda had nothing to say, smiled casually, and said: "The way of Confucius and Mencius originates from the two saints of Confucius and Mencius. The two saints themselves can't do it to Jun Yao Shun, and the descendants and disciples of the saints keep saying to Jun Yao Shun, saying that you are ridiculous, are you wronged? ”

Li Mu saluted Li Shimin and said, "The minister thinks that what Mencius said is a kind of expectation, and what he wants to express is that I will do my best to make the monarch I serve as virtuous as Yao Shun as possible. This expectation just shows that the two sages of Confucius and Mencius knew that the monarch they served was not Yao Shun, and they could not become Yao Shun. ”

"The reason why Yao Shun is Yao Shun is because they are Yao Shun. This is a gift, and it is beyond human intervention. Why are the students studying in Guozijian good and bad in their studies? That's why too. Some people are naturally good at being carpenters, and some people are naturally good at being blacksmiths, and if they are not allowed to study, they will naturally not be able to read, which is the difference in talent. Throughout history, which Ming monarch was taught by the so-called virtuous ministers? No, not a single one! Even if a virtuous minister can teach a good prince, if this prince is evil in nature, after he succeeds to the throne, he will poison the world, and Emperor Yang of the former dynasty is an example. ”

"The minister thinks that a virtuous minister cannot create a wise man, but a wise man can create a virtuous minister. The reason why a virtuous minister is a virtuous minister is either because he corrected the mistakes of the monarch, or because they solved the suffering of the people, but if the monarch is unreasonable, and the virtuous minister has just said a word, and before he has time to do something, the monarch kills him? How can there be a virtuous minister? ”

"This is like a micro-minister, a minister of cloth, ploughing in the ...... of the horse."

Li Shimin was originally fascinated by what he heard, but when he heard this, he frowned and said, "Speak well, am I asking you to recite the "Teacher Table"?" ”

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the minister reads too much, too miscellaneous, and accidentally strings it together. The minister means that the minister was originally a hairy boy in the small town of Mayi, and he was lucky enough to make a little contribution, if it weren't for His Majesty's knowledge of people and good duties, let the minister serve in the Ministry of Industry, how could the minister's talent have a chance to be displayed. If the talent of the minister cannot be displayed, there will be no Zhenguan plow, no horseshoe, and no printing. Isn't this exactly the confirmation of the minister's words, the Ming monarch is a godsend, there is a Ming monarch and then there are virtuous ministers? ”

This sycophant shot a new realm, Li Shimin was quite useful, and the officials were also very impressed. It's easy to shoot a sycophant, but like Li Mu, who makes a sycophant so theoretically profound, ordinary people really can't do it.

Li Mu kept peeking at Li Shimin's expression, and when he saw that he was being used, he struck while the iron was hot, and said: "The minister just said that Kong Saijiu had a misunderstanding with the minister, so the minister took this opportunity to explain a few words. The minister hates the gate lord clan, but the minister wants to explain that the minister only hates some of them. The minister hates people like Cui Yuyan, but the minister respects people like the king's servant. The difference between these was only understood after reading the "Historical Records". ”

"You still read the Records of History?"

Li Mudao: "The minister has read it, and the minister found the source of 'scholar' in the "Historical Records". In the ancient tribal era, 'shi' was a person with special abilities in the tribe. It could be a samurai, it could be a sorcerer, it could be a person who could fish, it could be a person who could hunt. Call them 'scholars' because they are superior and the people need to rely on their abilities, so they are respected. ”

"In the pre-Qin era, in order to let their descendants enjoy the same status as them, these 'scholars' developed selfishness, and only passed on the knowledge and abilities they possessed to their own heirs or close people, thus giving rise to the 'scholar clan'."

"The power of the scholars gradually accumulated, surpassing the commoners and becoming scholars. The scholar was rewarded by the emperor and became a minister. Between the change of dynasties, a gate valve was formed. ”

"Just as the ancient 'scholars' were respected by the people, the scholars also led the people to survive and reproduce, which is also worthy of respect. But there are some of them, just because they were born in the family of the gate lord clan, they were born as a member of the gate lord clan, they have no contribution to the country, no work to the community, no work to the people, but they also enjoy the same privileges as those meritorious scholars, such as Cui Yuyan, people are just moths in the gate lord clan, and the minister thinks that they are not worthy of respect. ”

"But if a truly talented scholar like Wang Shizhong is still worthy of respect."

Li Shimin thought about Li Mu's words carefully, felt that there was a bit of truth, thought for a while and asked: "Then in your opinion, how should students be taught in order to become useful talents?" ”

"The minister does not know, because the minister has not taught the students. But the minister knew that teaching like this would definitely not teach talents. Your Majesty, please look at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, which one was taught by a teacher like Confucius Wine? I only know one but I don't know the other, the saint scriptures will only be read according to the script, what is the use of such a talent? ”

Kong Yingda couldn't help it, and said: "Zhuluhou, you don't want to be arrogant, don't you put the world's students in your eyes when you say this!" ”

Li Mu turned his head to look at Kong Yingda and said, "If it can enter my eyes, it will naturally enter my eyes, and if it can't enter my eyes, can it still be forced into it?" As he was talking, Li Mu suddenly looked at the hall beam above Kong Yingda's head and said, "Eh? Strange and strange, Kong Saijiu, I can hear your voice, but I can't see where you are? Where are you? ”

Kong Yingda couldn't bear it anymore, suddenly her eyelids rolled up, she fell on her back, fell to the ground with a bang, and really fainted. I don't know if it's angry or falling.