After waiting for a while, it was finally time for the students to get out of school. The students left in twos and threes, and Li Mu came down from the corridor to the school.

When Kong Yingda saw him, he immediately saluted, Li Mu turned sideways to show that he didn't accept it, and said, "Old Kong, a joke, why are you still serious." You just want to be my apprentice, you want to be, I don't want to accept it, how old are you. ”

Kong Yingda was no longer angry in front of Li Mu, as if he hadn't heard his run, and said stubbornly: "It's your business whether you can stand it or not, what I Kong Yingda said, I have to do what I say." ”

"Okay, then whatever you want." Li Mu looked at the students who stopped because of his arrival, and said, "I came today on the orders of His Majesty to give lessons to the crown prince and King Yue, it has nothing to do with you and others, let's go home." ”

Unexpectedly, when the students heard this, they refused to leave. Even those who had already reached the door retreated back. Those who can accompany the prince to study in Chongwen Hall are all royal nobles and are the same age as the prince. In order to let them get in touch with the crown prince as soon as possible, and wait for the next generation, after these people inherit the title, they can better assist the crown prince who ascended the throne as the emperor to govern the country.

In the words of later generations, this is a standard group of princelings.

The crown prince is twelve years old this year, and the eldest of these people is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and they are all hot-blooded young people. They were already familiar with all kinds of legends about Li Mu, and they were also curious about how capable this nominal Chongwenguan professor was.

Kong Yingda's status is that he actually saluted him in public, which made these young people surprised and felt uplifted. They are not much younger than Li Mu, and what Li Mu can do, they also think they can do, so they want to know how to do it.

Seeing that everyone was back again, Li Mu frowned and said, "Your Majesty instructed Benhou to teach the crown prince and the king of Yue, do you want to listen to it too?" It's not impossible to listen to it, but you should be mentally prepared, this lesson is not suitable for you to listen to. ”

Where do the students know what is suitable or not, Qi brushed and saluted Li Mu, sat on the futon, and expressed his will with action.

Kong Yingda's heart couldn't help but feel a little surprised, these bastard students, when the old man was in class, they were listless one by one, Li Mu didn't take a day of class a month, look at you excited, you have heard how he taught, you know that he must teach well?

Li Mu looked at Kong Yingda, Kong Yingda hurriedly calmed down, bowed down and saluted, and said, "The old man also wants to listen to the knowledge of Zhulu Hou. ”

"Alas, it's just a casual class, what are you doing, it's really distressing to me......" Li Mu sighed, rubbed his stomach, and suddenly saw a little eunuch walking by, who seemed to be going from the Taiji Hall to the Lizheng Palace, raised his hand to stop him: "Who is that!" ”

The little eunuch pointed at himself in surprise, Li Mu nodded, and said, "Yes, what about you, do you know me?" ”

The little eunuch is also a godson of Gonggong Gao, how can he not recognize Li Mu, a man of the hour, hurriedly came over and saluted: "The slave maid has seen the Marquis of Zhulu." ”

Li Mu took out a 'little goldfish' from his sleeve, threw it to the little eunuch, and said: "Please go to the Lizheng Hall to help me give me a sentence, today, I will add a class in the Chongwen Pavilion, and I will definitely delay lunch when I see it, you go to Your Majesty, if you don't dare, just tell Gao Gonggong, let Gao Gonggong arrange a meal, send it to Chongwen Pavilion, make it hearty, this Hou has no meat and is not happy." ”

The little eunuch was stunned, did this Zhulu Marquis use the palace as a tavern?

Seeing that the little eunuch didn't move, Li Mu frowned and said, "Go!" ”

"Oh, oh, thank you for the reward." Under the temptation of the 'little goldfish', the little eunuch obviously failed to bear it. Anyway, it's just a sentence, and you shouldn't blame yourself, so you can't blame it!

The little eunuch left quickly, Li Mu turned around, looked at the students, and Kong Yingda, who found a futon out of nowhere, knelt next to him, and said: "Just now I was under the eaves of the porch, and I listened to a passage of 'benevolent government' taught by Lao Kong, which is really wonderful. Even I'm a genius, and I can't find anything wrong with it—"

When Kong Yingda heard this, her chin raised slightly, and she secretly said in her heart, the old man finally has something that impresses you - wait, why does the old man need you to be impressed, it's funny!

"After Ben Hou heard this, he really felt sad for you."

？？？

Kong Yingda's head was full of question marks, and all the students were also full of question marks. This turn is a bit big, what does it mean, the teaching is good, why is it sad?

……

The little eunuch hurried to the Lizheng Palace, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the palace, he heard His Majesty scolding, and he didn't know who to scold. Secretly looked in along the crack in the door, the queen was persuading, and his godfather didn't dare to make a sound, there was a shoe print on his shoulder, looking at the size of this shoe print, there must be no doubt that His Majesty kicked it.

How is this good? Isn't it the same as looking for death to go in at this time to spread the word?

But if it doesn't pass on, what will happen to the little goldfish in the sleeve? If you have received everything, can you still send it back? He is not Grandpa Gao, as the chief eunuch, even Uncle Guo has to give some face, he is just a eunuch with a little status in the palace, or is it because he hugged Grandpa Gao's thigh and became his godson, otherwise how can he have face at all? If Li Mu wants to rectify him, it is too easy.

After hesitating at the door for a while, the little eunuch gritted his teeth and entered the hall anyway.

Although he had already put his steps very lightly, he was still the first to be discovered. Seeing that it was him, Grandpa Gao hurriedly walked over and reprimanded: "It's getting more and more unruly, who let you in?" Get out of here! ”

The little eunuch hurriedly knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "Godfather, if it's not that my son doesn't know the rules, my son really can't help it." Just now, his son passed by the Chongwen Pavilion and was caught by the Hou of Zhulu, and he had to ask his son to pass the word, but his son didn't dare to provoke him! ”

The little eunuch thought to himself, anyway, if you ask me to pass the word, I will pass the word. Put it in a pot, so what's the matter, I'm afraid you won't allow it?

When Li Shimin heard it, he immediately didn't blame the little eunuch for having no rules, and scolded: "Look at it, how arrogant this kid is, if he has something to tell me, he doesn't even tell it in person, who does he think he is?" ”

Li Shimin glared at the little eunuch angrily and said, "What did he ask you to say, come on!" ”

The little eunuch trembled like a sifting chaff, and stammered: "Zhuluhou said, he said that he would definitely delay lunch if he gave extra classes to the students of Chongwen Pavilion, so let and let him prepare, and said that he was hearty, and he was not happy without meat." ”

"He's going to teach?"

Hearing the little eunuch say this, Li Shimin was not very angry. After all, what Li Mu did was what he asked him to do, and he listened to him no matter what he said. But Li Shimin was a little skeptical that Li Mu was perfunctory, frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Gao Gan, you go to the imperial dining room to inform you, when you prepare a meal for the students, I want to go and see what Li Mu wants to say, will it mislead people's children." ”

Gonggong Gao took the order and left, pulling the little eunuch to take the first step. Li Shimin put on his clothes and said to the queen: "I have dinner with Li Mu and Kong Yingda in the Chongwen Pavilion, and the queen doesn't have to wait." ”

"Your Majesty, you must control your temper, although Li Mu, this kid, is arguing with Your Majesty, but what Your Majesty asked him to do, he has done. The concubines thought it was much better than those who flattered but didn't do anything—"

"Okay, I see you've been bribed by him." Li Shimin didn't have a good temperament, even he admitted in his heart that Empress Changsun was right, but he was the emperor, so he had to save face.

Li Shimin quietly came to the eaves of the porch, and happened to hear Li Mu debating with Kong Yingda.

“…… Dare to ask Zhuluhou, since you think that the 'benevolent government' I just taught is good, why do you think that it is the 'sorrow' of the students? ”

"Isn't it sad that your lecture is good, but the content is wrong?"

Kong Yingda was furious, jumped to his feet and said, "You mean that Kong Sheng's words are wrong?" ”

Li Mu chuckled lightly and asked, "Lao Kong, let's not be in a hurry to get excited, let me ask you, who is the so-called benevolent government for?" ”

Kong Yingda had a straight face, and he didn't want to answer, but he felt that he didn't speak as if he had fallen into momentum, so he replied: "Naturally, it is for the monarch and the minister." They understand the principle of benevolent government, and only when they apply benevolent government to the people can they return to the heart of the world. ”

Li Mu smiled again: "Dare to ask, Kong Sheng's career in his life is enough to be praised?" ”

No one knows his ancestors better than Kong Yingda, and Confucius's life is indeed not enough to praise in his career. The first official he did was called Ji's official, and he worked as a storekeeper for a nobleman surnamed Ji, and later because of the good management of the warehouse, he became a secretary, and changed from managing the warehouse to dry farming. When Confucius was thirty-five years old, there was civil strife in Lu, and Confucius had no choice but to run to the Qi country, and found another job, Gao Zhaozi's retainer, referred to as a staff member. As a staff member, he mixed from thirty-five to fifty, during which he traveled around the world, and did not make achievements in politics, but accepted many apprentices. But it's pitiful, and few of his apprentices are reused.

In short, although the way of Confucius was admired by later generations, it was the result of continuous improvement over several generations. Confucius's initial theory, that set of things, he didn't need to understand himself. It's just that since the Han Dynasty 'deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism', the Central Plains dynasties of all dynasties have continuously strengthened the status of Confucianism, and have 'deified' Confucius, and some things that are not too faceless have been downplayed or even not mentioned, but these so-called 'defects', Confucius's descendants are very clear.

Li Mu also knew that when he said these things, Kong Yingda, as a descendant of Kong Sheng, would inevitably jump to his feet, and he didn't want to argue with Kong Yingda about this, so he stopped in moderation and continued: "I have also studied one or two of the so-called benevolent government of Kong Sheng. The word benevolence did not begin with Confucius. Confucius said that he was 'benevolent', and he believed that the ruler was generous to the people and gave favors to win the hearts and minds of the people. Later, Mencius further elaborated on the theory of benevolent government. ”

Li Mu looked at Kong Yingda and said: "The word benevolence and government, if there is no omission in the book I read, it should be from "Mencius: Liang Hui Wang I": 'Wang Ru is benevolent to the people, provincial punishment, thin taxation, deep cultivation and easy to cultivate, the strong man to spend his spare time, cultivate his filial piety and loyalty, enter his father and brother, and go out to his long-term strength. It can be used to make the system to tart the strong armor of Qin and Chu. 'Old Kong, am I right? ”

Although Kong Yingda was angry, he didn't dare to talk nonsense about the saint classics. He searched his memory, and as Li Mu said, the word benevolence and government began in "Mencius", and nodded expressionlessly.

Li Mu said: "Mencius, Gongsun Choushang" also said: 'At this time, the country of ten thousand times, the benevolent government, the people are pleased, such as the solution of the upside down. I won't give more examples, you can look through the books for yourself. In short, the benevolent government mentioned by Confucius and Mencius requires some necessary conditions. First, as a ruler, you must have a certain amount of benevolence and leniency towards others. Second, as a common people, we must know kindness and righteousness in order to repay the ruler's benevolence. To put it simply, the ruler uses generosity and favor to curry favor with the people in exchange for the support of the people. ”

Kong Yingda couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with this?" Is this wrong in your eyes? ”

"Of course not!" Li Mu asked: "Old Kong, let me ask you, even if the monarch and the ministers are benevolent according to what Confucius and Mencius said, what should the people do if they don't know kindness and righteousness?" ”

Kong Yingda didn't think about it, and blurted out: "Of course it's to educate, isn't that what we are doing?"

As soon as these words came out, all the students nodded one after another, and even Li Shimin, who was under the corridor, nodded subconsciously, because all of them have received this consciousness since childhood.

Li Mu shook his head and said, "Lao Kong, there are tens of millions of people in this world, how many can you educate?" You have been teaching disciples all your life, and I take the liberty of asking, you have taught 10,000 people? ”

Kong Yingda pursed his lips and snorted: "You are raising the bar, the old man is only one person, how many disciples can he teach, Kong Sheng is only three thousand disciples in his life, and the old man has so far, more than two thousand, which is already a lot!" ”

"Heh, more than 2,000 people." Li Mu sneered: "If you compare the people to the sea, the person you Kong Yingda has educated all your life is just a drop of water." There are a hundred Kong Yingda, at most it is just a scoop of water, can you educate it? ”

Kong Yingda was speechless, and Li Mu said again: "And have you ever thought that anyone can read a book?" People who can afford to read, even if they are so-called poor, are also people who have no worries about food and clothing, there are many tenants in the suburbs of Chang'an, they don't even have their own land, how can they afford to read? ”

Kong Yingda didn't say a word, and Li Mu said again: "Take a step back, even if you can educate yourself, have you ever thought that there are some people in this world, he is stubborn, he is lustful, he is shameless, you will try your best to educate, you will break your mouth, you will vomit blood, and he can't educate." You are good to him, he thinks you should, and you are benevolent, no matter how great the favor is, he is too little. Even if you treat him as an ancestor, he is as good as a guest, there is no kindness at all, and when he encounters a major event, he should betray or betray, do you dare to say that there is no such person? ”