In the Wenhua Palace, the six Shangshu, the cabinet scholars and other important ministers of the court are lined up on both sides, Yang Cong led a group of editors to revise the book in the middle, and the dedication ceremony of "The Principle of Knowledge" is being held ceremoniously.

Jiajing seemed to be quite interested in this book, and after Yang Cong presented the first draft of "Astronomy", he kept reading it and read it with relish.

At first, the courtiers thought that he was just pretending, after all, the emperor in this kind of ceremony had to pretend to be interested in the knowledge in the book, to show that the book was compiled under his leadership.

However, a quarter of an hour has passed, and Jiajing is still reading with relish, which is a little wrong.

There are not many idlers present, including Jiajing, who have to deal with the government affairs, this ceremony is almost on the line, this Yang Cong only presented a few first drafts, you read it for a quarter of an hour and don't stop, and you can't read the pile in the back for a day.

Are you going to stand here for a day?

Is it not possible to deal with today's government affairs?

At this time, many people showed impatience on their faces, especially Xia Yan, who was dissatisfied with it.

Is this book so good?

He has always believed that the "auxiliary" of the first assistant of the cabinet not only has the meaning of assisting the emperor, but also has the responsibility of teaching the emperor.

At this time, the emperor was obviously addicted to Yang Cong's book and couldn't extricate himself, so he naturally had to remind the emperor.

So, he coughed without any scruples, and then arched his hand and said aloud: "Your Majesty, how is this book?" ”

Jiajing was disturbed by Xia Yan, and finally reacted, this is not the time to read a book.

He raised his head and said unsatisfactorily: "This book is full of pictures and texts, the writing is smooth, the artistic conception is far-reaching but easy to understand, it is really wonderful, it is really wonderful." ”

When Xia Yan heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly in his heart, wonderful, wonderful fart!

Of course, no matter how crazy he was, he wouldn't dare to disobey Jiajing so much, and on the surface, he still pretended to be sympathetic and nodded, as if he had also read the book.

At this time, Jiajing had fully sobered up, and naturally he would not indulge in it anymore, he gently closed the book, and then raised his hand to signal the contribution to continue.

Seeing this, Wang Xuan, Tang Shunzhi and others hurriedly raised the manuscript in their hands above their heads in turn and respectfully handed it to Jiajing.

Every time Jiajing took it, he would open it and take a closer look, and then gently closed it again, signaling everyone to continue, and the process lasted for nearly a quarter of an hour to complete, and at this time, Jiajing had a thick row of manuscripts piled up on the dragon case.

This "The Principle of Knowing from Things" is really a huge work, and the number of it alone is not less than 100 copies, this Yang Cong is really good.

At this time, most of the officials of the Yangming lineage and neutral courtiers such as Mao Bowen showed admiration on their faces.

Da Ming, it has been a long time since there has been such a huge work.

Immediately afterwards, Jiajing pretended to be curious: "Qingfeng, what does this reason for learning from things mean?" ”

This is also a process, which roughly means to ask Yang Cong to explain why he used the title of "The Principle of Gewu Zhizhi" as the title of the book, or in other words, why he compiled the book "The Principle of Gewu Zhizhi".

What is the meaning of the principle of learning from things, of course the officials present are clear, this is an important thought of Confucianism, the so-called eight eyes of Confucianism "Gewu, Zhizhi, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world", I don't know what the reason for learning from things means, you still read a fart book!

However, many people present did not know that Yang Cong would use "The Principle of Gewu Zhizhi" as the title of the book, because if you want to purely discuss the etiquette, at most you will explain the principle of Gewu Zhizhi in a few thousand words in one article, and it is completely unnecessary to compile such a book.

Yang Cong arched his hand unhurriedly and said: "The Book of Rites. There are clouds in the university, and those who want to be clear and virtuous in the world will rule the country first; Those who want to rule their country must first gather their families; Those who want to gather their families must first cultivate their bodies; Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts; Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere; If you want to be sincere, you should know it first; Enlightenment is in Gewu. Therefore, Weichen thinks that the foundation of a scholar lies in Gewu. ”

When Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but nod slightly, and the important ministers of the court present also nodded cooperatively.

There is some truth to this, because many of the asages have said something like this.

Sure enough, immediately afterward, Yang Cong gave an example: "The sages have clouds in the second journey, they are still poor, and things are still reasonable." It's just a matter of exhaustion. Zhu Zi even pointed out that the knowledge of things is the principle of poverty, the understanding of people, the words of the saints, and the accidents. Therefore, Weichen thinks that our generation of scholars should be aware of things, tomorrow's reason, enlightenment, and accidents, so as to govern the country, Qi family, and level the world. “

This guy is very unhappy.

Jiajing listened to the clouds, because his knowledge was originally limited, and it was good to be able to understand ordinary and popular articles.

Xia Yan and Yan Song also frowned when they heard this, it was not that they didn't understand what Yang Cong was saying, the main thing was that Yang Cong pulled out this "Cheng Zhu Lixue", it seemed that he wanted to give Yang Ming a look!

The officials of the Yangming lineage naturally danced when they heard this, because their teacher or ancestor Wang Shouren said this is the truth, Yang Cong quoted it at this time, and it seemed that he had a sense of carrying forward the past and forging ahead into the future.

Sure enough, Yang Cong immediately said: "Mr. Yang Ming also said, to know things, to know, but also to act, to know in action, in action, in the unity of knowledge and action, only for the great success." Therefore, Weichen thinks that the knowledge of the object, the knowledge of the object, and the person who knows can also be the convenience of the object, the two complement each other, and the world is peaceful. “

That's a good thing to say!

When the officials of Yangming's lineage heard this, they almost applauded and praised it, from the Four Books and Five Classics, to Cheng Zhu Lixue, and then to Yangming's Learning, it is really carrying forward the past and forging ahead into the future!

When Xia Yan and Yan Song heard this, their brows furrowed even more.

This guy is not ashamed, he dares to be compared with the ancient sages and sub-saints Zhuzi, do you want to be a saint?

Xia Yan couldn't help but sneered: "Lord Yang, what do you mean, after reading your "The Principle of Knowing Things", can you govern the country, Qi family, and level the world?" ”

That's a good question!

Yang Cong pretended to frown and thought for a while, and then said loudly: "Lord Shoufu, what Xia Guan means is not that after reading this "The Principle of Knowing from Things", you can govern the country, Qi family, and level the world. Xia Guan also said just now, the principle of learning from things, the ancient sages have explanations, Xia Guan is also on the basis of understanding the words of the ancient sages to compile this book, so, to read this book, you must first learn the words of the ancient sages, if the words of the ancient sages are understood, and then look at this book, it is possible to govern the country, Qi family, and level the world! ”

This is said to be atmospheric and easy to understand, okay!

When Jiajing heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up.

The reason why he thinks it's good is not that Yang Cong's cowhide is good, but mainly because it is easy to understand, he completely understands it, and Yang Cong is talking a lot in front of him, and he doesn't understand it very well.

Finally, an easy-to-understand sentence came up, so it was natural to seize the opportunity and quickly pick up the conversation.

Jiajing didn't care about Xia Yan blowing his beard and glaring there, and was about to continue to "argue" with Yang Cong, he directly stroked his palm and said: "Okay, a good ruler, a good family, and a peaceful world, Qingfeng, I hope this book is just like what you said, and if it is reasonable, it can level the world." ”

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