This group of scholars, after experiencing it firsthand, knew the hardships of farming.

Wang Shouren looked at the angry appearance of the crowd, but said calmly: "The suffering of the peasants, I am waiting here today, and I only have a glimpse of one or two, we have only been working here for half a day, and we have been complaining of hardship, and the peasants are farming, sowing seeds and planting seedlings in spring, diverting water for irrigation in summer, harvesting in autumn, and in winter, they have to deal with the forced labor of the government, all year round, which shows how hard they work." ”

After that, Wang Shouren smiled, and then continued: "On weekdays, we always say that agriculture is the foundation of the country, which is the foundation of the country, and everyone attaches importance to it, but throughout the ages, so many scholars attach importance to farming, and how many people are willing to lean over to try the hardships of farming?" I don't know the hardships, but I talk extravagantly about farming, so how can we achieve the 'benevolent government' that the saint said? ”

Everyone was silent, and the one who scolded was no longer the person who wrote the letter of persuasion to the peasants, but even they were scolded together.

But...... Surprisingly, no one stood up to refute Wang Shouren's words, and even those scholars who were ready to criticize Wang Shouren chose to remain silent at the moment.

Wang Shouren said again: "Take advantage of this gap, I will talk about the same reason, the so-called sameness, in fact, is very simple, you look at the persuasion of the farmer, the person who wrote this article, is the study not good?" Book...... Isn't it a good read? Or, isn't it smart enough? ”

Everyone shook their heads, and even Zhu Houzhao shook their heads.

Such a wonderful article, and it was also designated as a model by the imperial court, then, the person who wrote this article is at least a Hanlin, in this world, who dares to say that Hanlin is not good at learning and is not smart enough?

But why don't you bother with this article? In fact...... The problem is obvious, because the person who wrote this article lacks empathy, he has no way of knowing the hardships of the peasants, he does not know what it means to cultivate, how to sow seeds, and how to harvest, so he only has a beautiful imagination of farming. ”

"Readers have a beautiful imagination, this is not a bad thing, poetry and songs have always been sung for thousands of years, which one is not touching? It's just that...... If you want to imagine it based on this, and you want to realize the benevolent government of the saints, it will be bad, and at least it will be a joke, and in general, it will mislead the country and harm the people, and the result will be ...... Benevolent government has become harsh government, good intentions, but bad things have been done. ”

"Since the Ming Dynasty, there have been countless virtuous ministers and capable ministers, which one is not extremely smart, but do you think that in the past hundred years, there has been a scene of the so-called great rule of the sage?"

Everyone shook their heads again, and Zhu Houzhao also shook their heads.

The truth is simple and easy to see! Although everyone can say that today is a peaceful world, if you talk about the great governance, at most it is just talking, such things cannot be taken seriously, and everyone's hearts are like mirrors.

Wang Shouren said with a smile: "But in the past hundred years, no, even if it doesn't start from the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a great rule in the Tang and Song dynasties, at most, the world has been peaceful for more than a hundred years." So, what's the problem? Out of the temple, out of the government and the opposition, out of you and me, we are all meritorious people and have received the grace of the country, but you and I are scholars, although we claim to be smart and profound, we have no empathy. If you only need to study, you can govern the country and level the world, then when Confucius and Mencius, the world has already been governed. ”

The crowd was silent again.

This time, it seems that Wang Shouren's words are slowly digested.

Wang Shouren's words are very simple, there are not too many people, just like his current image, his body is full of dirt, his long sleeves have long been rolled up, and there is no Sven who reads at all.

Liu Jian, who was standing not far away, also began to think about it.

Whether he agrees with it or not, listening to everyone scolding the ridiculous letter of persuasion, now he has no temper at all.

This made his old face blush slightly, but he realized that even if he wanted to refute a few words for the persuasion of the agricultural book or Cheng Zhu Lixue, it was difficult to find any excuse.

……

"Next, it's time to get to the bottom of it. So what is the Way? What did the saints stand for? ”

Wang Shouren looked at everyone with a smile and asked.

The scholars were silent again, the knowledge of the saints was so profound, they had studied hard for decades, but they were only peeps in the tube, and they felt that they had picked up the wisdom of the stars, who dared to claim that they had obtained the truth of the saints.

But one of them stretched out his hand and said, "I know, I know." ”

Everyone looked at that person, wasn't it the braggart reader Zhu Shou?

As soon as they saw Zhu Shou speaking so loudly, everyone's faces pulled down.

Who is this person, so shameless?

Are you worthy to know the truth of the saints?

Wang Shouren glanced at Zhu Houzhao and smiled, his teacher had secretly instructed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would come to study, so that Wang Shouren would not be surprised, just treat the prince as an ordinary person.

Wang Shouren is a very practical person, he will do what his teacher says, after all, he is a person who has seen the world, and he can talk and laugh with Li Dongyang, a major bachelor in the country.

Wang Shouren smiled and said, "Zhu Xiucai, you can talk about it." ”

Seeing that Wang Shouren had clicked on him, Zhu Houzhao excitedly put his hands behind his back and said, "Isn't the truth of a saint very simple?" It is nothing more than diligence, filial piety, loyalty, and benevolence, which are clearly written in the Analects! ”

“……”

The scholars around him are eager to strangle Zhu Houzhao to death, this stinky shameless, you are still energetic.

The teachings of the saints, can you summarize them in one sentence? Who are you, have you ever read the four books, and what are you talking about, have you read the Spring and Autumn Period? The allusions in the Spring and Autumn Period, how many truths are enough to make people think deeply, what a brazen person......

At this time, Liu Jian's footsteps were gradually approaching, and when he heard Zhu Houzhao about to answer the question, he couldn't help but prick up his ears, but after listening to Zhu Houzhao's answer, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he is really ignorant and fearless.

……

But at this time, Wang Shouren said: "Yes, it's all right, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are the essence of the way of the sage, and Zhu Xiucai revealed the truth of the sage in one word, which is very admirable......"

Zhu Houzhao was happy.

He suddenly realized that this knowledge was so interesting.

Compared with Yang Zhan, he is also verbose, and he has studied for several years, but in the end, he still said that there is a road for the road in the book mountain, and there is no end to the sea of learning, and what I have studied for 20 years and achieved nothing.

Is this kind of book read by people? After reading for more than 20 years, I talk every day about how I hang the beam and stab the stocks, but you still have nothing, you have achieved nothing, and you still teach Bengong to follow and read? Isn't that the palace a lifetime of reading, and it is also going to achieve nothing? That learns...... And what's the use?

Mr. Wang speaks, and it sounds very good.

Seeing that many people are puzzled.

Wang Shouren said with a smile: "You must have a lot of doubts in your heart, in fact, most of the people who come here today are newcomers, the reason why I have this question, this involves the simplicity of the avenue, the study of the saints, just like Buddhism, the Buddha said compassion, this heart has good thoughts, is the Buddha." If you abandon the root of this goodness, even if you live alone in an old temple in the deep mountains and recite Buddhist scriptures for a lifetime, what is the use? The study of the saints, the same is true, what the saints advocate, is nothing more than loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, the four books and five classics, just to tell everyone, why to uphold loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, can be read, but can not be over-interpreted, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, that is, knowledge, there is a difference between good and bad, the reason of the saint, that is, conscience. ”

Therefore, with conscience, there is the unity of knowledge and action, as long as people stick to their conscience, and then let go to do it, this is the action. In the process of cultivating the land, even if you and I have empathy, but at the same time, in fact, we have learned more knowledge, the more you practice, the more you learn, the more you learn, since you have learned the way of the sage, you will be able to distinguish what is good and what is bad, what is unkind, what is disloyal and unfilial, you have to avoid such personnel. ”

But if you think it's beneficial, why don't you do it? Ancient sages, such as the three emperors and five emperors, there are Shennong to taste a hundred herbs, there is Dayu to control the water, these sages, all of them are in the implementation of benevolence and righteousness, just like our Zhu Xiucai, he already knows what is loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, today, he ploughed the land, and has empathy for farmers, learned a lot of knowledge, he upholds his own heart, knows that if it is beneficial, in the process of farming, he has also mastered the method of farming, then, on a different day, if he can be named on the gold list, enter the court as an official, he will not make the mistake of persuading farmers to write, action, It is also able to carry out the true knowledge, and the pursuit of the avenue in the study will only make the avenue farther and farther away from oneself. ’

Zhu Houzhao smiled proudly, I have to say that this should be the first person in this world to say that he has understood the way of the sage, is a talented person, and has obtained the true transmission of the sage.

But the readers were all thoughtful, and the negative teaching materials of the persuading agricultural books made them feel ridiculous, and the Hanlin who wrote this article was not the person who pursued the avenue in the study that Mr. Wang said?

Someone couldn't help but say, "How can a scholar plow the land?" ”

Wang Shouren glanced at the person who raised the question: "Not only do you need to cultivate the land, but the six arts of a gentleman, it can be seen that scholars not only need to learn etiquette, but also need to know vocal music, riding and archery, driving chariots and horses, calligraphy, and arithmetic." ”

"Since all of the above needs to be learned, why not learn to farm? Scholars, if you don't learn more about the world, how can you help the world? My senior brother Xu Jing knows astronomy and geography, so he admires me very much. Another senior brother, painting can be called a must, but also make me admire, the world is full of learning, the sage's truth, is used to correct your mind, never tell you the way to do things, you already have the way of the sage in your heart, can do it sincerely, do you still expect the sage more than a thousand years ago to guide you how to help the world, implement the benevolent government? ”