In March, the weather is warm, the trees on both sides of the road are dense, the shade is thick, the canopy is full, because the leaves are in different shades of green, and in the woods and grasses, sometimes there are chickadees, squirrels and other animals, which appear vibrant. The Xia Kingdom gave up attacking Datong Mansion, and the envoy Xiao He ran up and down Bianliang again, and the cloud of war that once shrouded the two countries temporarily dissipated. Zhao Xingde took more than 50 sergeants and returned to Dunhuang in disguised caravans via the Song Realm, and after going ashore in Fuzhou, he went to visit Zhu Sen's lecture in Jielu.

When they arrived outside Longqi Mountain, more than 50 sergeants were sharpened in the inn, and Zhao Xingde hired a small sedan chair, rode a horse by himself, and went into the mountain with Li Ruoxue to visit friends. Because Song Xia eliminated the bait, the two of them were comfortable, and while walking slowly, they admired the mountains, but they didn't feel that the mountain roads were rugged, but they had some fun. Along the way, scholars riding horses into the mountains are endless. Zhao Xingde didn't feel a little strange, it is said that the Bamboo Forest Academy built by Zhu Sen has only dozens of famous students.

"Brother, is there any grand event today?" He stopped a scholar on horseback and asked.

"Mr. Huang Zhoushan will speak for three days, and he will learn from the scholars in Mr. Zhu's Bamboo Forest Academy," the scholar looked at Zhao Xingde with a suspicious gaze, saw his demeanor, and said kindly, "If Brother Tai takes his family to Zhulin Academy, he might as well postpone it for a few days, it is said that there were as many as four or five hundred students who came to the academy to listen to the lecture yesterday, and the guest rooms of Zhulin Academy are already full, and even the horse-tied stakes are not enough." He glanced at the sedan chair again, and arched his hand, "There is still a hurry below, farewell, farewell." Then he hurried his horse and rode forward.

Zhao Xingde leaned over the sedan curtain and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence today, Mr. Zhoushan's lecture at Zhu Damu Academy is a Confucian event. After the prosperity of the Science Society, although Chen Dong, Zhu Sen, Zhao Xingde and others have a great reputation, but Huang Zhoushan is a respected predecessor of everyone. He himself has been fighting in the Xia Kingdom for many years, and now it is difficult to say that he is a simple Confucian scholar.

"Isn't Mr. Zhoushan the deacon learning to sacrifice wine?" Li Ruoxue said in a low voice.

"Who would have expected a wandering career?" Zhao Xingde replied in a low voice, feeling emotion in his heart. I thought that Taixue sacrificial wine was an important position for the country's Confucianism, and if Huang Jian lectured here, naturally all the scholars would flock to it. In fact, Zhu Sen's sister is the Empress Zhu of the current dynasty, and because of her status as a relative, she can only hide in the mountains and forests and concentrate on learning. However, the scholars who came out of the Bamboo Forest Academy have been vigorously promoted by Deng Su, the current waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the Zhitai Scholar. Under the deliberate maintenance of His Majesty in the current dynasty, the popularity of the science society has become the largest force among the civil officials of the imperial court. Zhu Sen's scholarship and apprenticeship are extremely strict, and the nearby scholars have not taken this opportunity to show their talents and become the minds of Zhu Sen's students.

In the depths of Longqi Mountain, there are tens of thousands of acres of continuous bamboo forest, it is the spring of March, the spring bamboo shoots in the mountains break out of the soil, the festival is upward, the tiger and the tiger are vigorous, countless green bamboos, the slim and slim are erect, the elegant and chic demeanor is outstanding, the thick is like a basin, the farmer can cut down the bamboo knots to make buckets. Zhu Sen established the Bamboo Forest Academy here, using the bamboo here to make paper for his own use, and later used spring bamboo shoots to make paper, the paper is very fine, and it was selected as a tribute today.

In the shade of the bamboo forest, dozens of houses with blue tiles and white walls form a courtyard, which is where the academy is located. Now the horse-tethered stakes outside the academy are full of horses, donkeys, oxen, and other mounts, and some are tied to thicker bamboos, and the trough that used to give water to the cows and horses has dried up, and the servants are constantly adding water to it. This courtyard, which usually only accommodates dozens of people, is already full of people, and the people inside the door are shoulder to shoulder, and those outside the door stretch their necks to look in, fortunately, the people who come to listen to the lecture are all Sven people, and the whole academy is still quiet.

On the podium in the middle of the academy, Huang Zhoushan sat in the center, and Zhu Sen sat beside Huang Jian with a respectful face. Huang Jian has already spoken and is answering the scholar's question. At this time, a scholar named Yang Xiu asked: "What Mr. said, those who are officials should be the people, not the same surname." However, King Wu of Zhou fell, and Uncle Boyi died without eating Zhou Su, isn't it the loyalty of his courtiers? ”

Huang Jian smiled slightly, looked at the seat, and immediately a Confucian named Dong Xiang retorted: "King Wu of Zhou is rebelling with righteousness, if people of insight are like Boyi and Uncle Qi, where will the people of the world be?" Yang Xiu was unconvinced: "If you say this, if you are in chaos, you can cover up your shame if you are looking at the enemy, and you can cover up your shame!" Dong Xiang said: "How can the Zhou room be compared with Di Yi." The two of them did not give in to each other and glared angrily. All the Confucian scholars looked at Huang Jian and Zhu Sen in the upper seat.

At this time, Huang Jian said in a heavy tone: "This is the difference between the dead world and the dead dynasty. When the Yin Zhou Dynasty was in the Yi Dynasty, when the five Hu were chaotic, it was the death of the world, and the death of not eating Zhou Su was not to die as a tyrant of the merchants, but to die to martyr the world of the Yin merchants. It is the people of Yin Shang who respect it, and the Zhou room has to praise it. For example, the Han Dynasty and Qin Zuo, the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the Taizu of our dynasty were subject to the world in the Later Zhou. The surname of Yi was changed, and the etiquette, ethics, and systems of the world have not changed greatly, and China is still the China of the Chinese, and it is a dead dynasty. The Zhou people and the Yin Shang, the Chinese and the Hu people, have different customs, different ethics, different systems, and Bo Yi Shu Qi is not loyal to Yin Zhou, but loyal to the world of Yin Shang. Sui Chen also has Emperor Yang, but he cannot be equated with Uncle Boyi. Those who are officials, and what they eat, are all the people's fat and people's ointment, and they should be loyal to the world, and they should not be slaves and maids of one family and one surname. For the way of officials, Mencius said that the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. ”

Although all the Confucian scholars had read Huang Zhoushan's book, they still felt different when they heard this deafening words in person. Many people showed excitement on their faces. If you chew the words, the words of the ministers in ancient times are synonymous with slaves and maids, and the ministers are the slaves of the king. Therefore, the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die, and if he does not die, he is disloyal. After the Han Dynasty, the son was added after the minister, this way of loyalty and filial piety, the courtier and the father said, it is about the king as the father, otherwise it is a disloyal and unfilial person. There are even some Confucians, who regard the king as the yang and the minister as the yin, explaining that the courtiers serve the monarch, just like wives and concubines serve men. The scholars have been reading since childhood, and they are sincere in self-cultivation, and they are reading these knowledge, and there are no doubts in their hearts. As soon as he came into contact with Huang Jian's writings, he was an official, a minister of the world, a minister of all the people, not a minister of a family with one surname. The righteousness of the king and the minister is just to cooperate to take on the responsibility of the world. It is equivalent to freeing oneself from the self-identity of the king's slaves and concubines. From the inside to get rid of the low eyebrows and pleasing to the eyes of the feminine Confucian, and turn to become the husband of the world as his own responsibility, this kind of inner relief and cheerfulness, is not enough to be said by outsiders. This is also the reason why Huang Jian's real students are scarce, but his doctrine is poisonous to the world, and it is also the fundamental reason why Huang Zhoushan was attacked by others and finally resigned from Taixue.

However, although Huang Jian can be traced back to the way of Confucius and Mencius, he is not the mainstream of Confucianism since the Han Dynasty, and even the deceased Master Yang Shi, the privy counselor Shao Wu of the dynasty, Qin Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Deng Su, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, have spared no effort to question this, but only because of Huang Jian's style and reputation, he has not been classified as a first-class traitor. Since Huang Jian founded this school of doctrine, he is known for his knowledge and unhindered argumentation, but there are few real disciples, and among the courtiers and officials, only Li Ruobing, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, is regarded as a formal disciple. Before studying under Huang Jian, Li Ruobing was already a rising star among Qingliu officials. He is the first in the ether assessment, and he is also the predecessor of Chen Dong, Deng Su and others, and he is cautious, as if he is also a celebrity. If other scholars openly profess the learning of Huangzhoushan, it is tantamount to cutting themselves off from their official careers. And if you can argue with him, you are likely to be appreciated by the powerful people in the DPRK and China.

Sure enough, as soon as Huang Jian's words fell, a Confucian named Xu Yingyuan stood up and said: "Even though Mr. Huang has a lotus tongue and upholds the righteous path of the monarch and the father and son in his later life, it is difficult to shake. Before Huang Jian could answer, another Confucian named Cui Shi stood up and said: "Mr. has a very high argument, but there is not a word of truth, I have the Liao State to invade and occupy the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun in the north, and the Xia State to occupy Guanzhong in the west. ”

The two of them were not good-mouthed, the scholars were in an uproar, Zhu Sen's face sank, these two people were not from the Bamboo Forest Academy, and they didn't know if they wanted to make a name for themselves. Huang Jian didn't think it was wrong, he smiled slightly, and was about to answer, but someone outside the academy said coldly: "Zi said, when you hear it, you can die at night." He also said that there must be my teacher in the threesome. Mr. Xu claims to uphold the right path and cannot be shaken, but he is three points stronger than his master. ”

Xu Yingyuan's face changed slightly. Confucius still diligently prayed, no matter how arrogant he was, he could not claim to be perfect. Xu Yingyuan secretly regretted that he had said it all, and the sages of the past dynasties had written countless treatises on the way of loyalty, and it was better to quote a few sentences casually than to claim to uphold the right path. If Shao Wu, Qin Hui and other giants in the DPRK and China said this, it would be reasonable, but at this moment, being deliberately led like this, it suddenly seemed that he was too arrogant. In front of the senior grandmaster Huang Zhoushan, he claimed to uphold the right path, and faintly implied that the other party was treacherous, and the name of "crazy birth" could not escape.

Thinking of this, Xu Yingyuan's face turned a little blue, he looked towards the gate of the academy with everyone, and then the scholars outside the door got out of the way, only to see a green-robed Confucian standing at the door, this person had a slightly dark face, no beard, his face was shaved iron-blue, and his eyes were clear with an awe-inspiring majesty, which made people feel a slight oppression. He only had a jade pendant hanging from his waist, but he did not carry a sword. If it is a sword, it is more like a military general than a Confucian scholar. He was followed by a lady, wearing a hat to hide her complexion, but the white veil hanging from the brim of the hat showed her graceful figure.

Author: Yuanji is trying to do more, striving to write well, and I hope that more people will like this book.