In the first month, although Ezhou is not as dripping into ice as in the north, there is no kind of coldness that penetrates into the bone marrow.

When the sky was just dawning, Liu Wengu followed Zhao Xingde to get up, pushed open the door, and a gust of cold wind poured in, and he couldn't help but shiver, Liu Wengu was shocked. Zhao Xingde showers with cold water every morning, even if he has experienced military life, he can't bear this hardship. In the courtyard, a bathing room was surrounded by wooden planks, and a tank full of water was placed outside the wall, and the water was drawn from the Yangtze River. Liu Wengu used a bucket to lift the cold water onto the wooden platform, and saw that Zhao Xingde's naked body was already standing below and waiting, and without thinking, a bucket of water was poured into the water tank. Listening to the bubbling sound, a stream of water flew down with a biting chill, splashing in all directions, and the cold was pressing, Liu Wengu couldn't help but shiver.

"Good fellows! Joyfully! ”

Zhao Xingde let out a low roar. The skin is tense and the muscles bulge suddenly. Every day, his teeth were still ringing, and his whole body seemed to be in an ice cellar, and it was like a fire, pain, cold, numbness, and heat, and all kinds of sensations hit the skin and nerves of his whole body. Suddenly the night was gone. Under the biting cold water, thick goosebumps stood proudly, and the muscles and pores of the whole body trembled and fought against the cold. Just like when the two armies were fighting, Zhao Xingde would never take a step back, as if he heard a war drum roaring in his heart, and soon his whole body became as red as a baby. After a bucket of water was poured, a cold wind swished through the cracks in the planks. Zhao Xingde noticed that there was no movement on his head, and shouted, "Get some more water!" Liu Wengu didn't dare to slack off, and poured a large bucket of water into the water tank. When the muscles and bones are strained, the body and skin are starved! "The biting cold and burning sensation came again, and soon after, the skin became sluggish, numb, and stiff, and no amount of cold water poured down was just the sensation of hitting the skin.

"Cool! Joyfully! Zhao Xingde walked out of the bath room, but was stunned on the spot.

"Sir......" Liu Wengu wanted to explain, but he didn't dare to speak. The west wind is sluggish, with a slight chill.

In the neat and clean courtyard, Chen Dong, Deng Su, and Zhu Sen looked at Zhao Xingde with strange expressions. "We are uninvited guests, and we are rude." Zhu Sen arched his hand, but his eyes looked down. "Brother Yuan, I'm so interested." Chen Dong teased solemnly: "Smoking is like stopping the fight, and untying the seeds is like taking off the armor." ”

"Where, where," Zhao Xingde smiled embarrassedly: "Thousands of gravels are especially strong, and the wind is blowing." He was only wearing a silk robe, and he was full of energy in the morning, and he was stimulated by cold water, so his body was a little strange. Liu Wengu looked at the sanctimonious three people dumbfounded, almost unable to believe his ears. Deng Su raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling that the two sentences of poetry were excellent, but they were only used in the wrong place. Chen Dong and Deng Su both wore black gauze long-winged hats, official robes with square hearts and curved collars, jade belts around the waist, knee coverings, scarves, purple robes and skirts, and white socks and soap boots. This is specially for the Great Rites to wear a full set of court clothes, only a slight movement, the two-foot-long hat wings sway. The prime minister and the Ministry of Rites are just like the monks, in contrast, Zhao Xingde's appearance is like responding to the sentence "Mu monkey and crown", which makes people laugh. No, Liu Wengu had seen the three of them walk into the courtyard just now. But Zhu Sen gestured with his eyes and asked Liu Wengu not to report, and the three of them waited by the bath.

There were few servants in the mansion of the Marquis of Wuchang, Chen Dong called open the door, and did not let people pass, I heard that Zhao Xingde's master and apprentice were in the backyard, and went straight in to find someone, but I saw this cold bath of "straining his muscles and bones, starving his muscles and bones".

Zhao Xingde changed into cotton clothes, Deng Sucai arched his hand and persuaded: "It's cold, why is Brother Zhao suffering like this?" ”

"Move your qi and nourish your body," Zhao Xingde patted his thigh and said with a smile, "If you don't deliberately sharpen yourself, how will you go to the battlefield to fight in the future." He stretched out his hand and asked the three to sit down. Zhu Sen's eyes changed slightly, and he turned his head out the window. Chen Dong's face was slightly gloomy, and he chewed Zhao Xingde's words carefully, and there was the sadness of the hero's twilight. "If all the soldiers of my Great Song Dynasty are like Yuan Zhi," Deng Su said with a smile, "What a way can the Khitan people do." "Gently lift the verse. Zhao Xingde also went to Ezhou for some days, Chen Dong was ashamed, Deng Su was secretly witty, and it was the first time for the two to visit the Marquis of Wuchang's mansion.

"The two of you have a lot of opportunities," Zhao Xingde smiled and poured tea for them, and asked, "Why are you free?" ”

"Alas, it's a long story," Chen Dong shook his head, "I'll borrow a quiet place from you." ”

On the first day of the Great Rites Meeting, there was a lot of arguing. The Ministry of Rites Lang Gong Rui made a noise, provoked the dispute over the "Song Rite Law", the supporters praised the festival, thinking that only "out of the ceremony and into the punishment" can punish the evil and promote the good, and the opponents are not in the minority, Huangzhou Xuezheng Cheng Guanqiao said that if the "Song Rite Law" is really popular in the world, I am afraid that the gentry's house will become a prisoner under the stairs, the two sides quote the scriptures, talk and sword, argue from the morning to the sunset, or hold each other. The adults and gentlemen fought again at night, until the fifth watch, when many old gentlemen were physically exhausted, so they gave up for the time being. The Great Rites Discussion lasted for a whole day, and it had not yet cut into the main topic of "Monarchs and Ministers". Although Chen Dong respected his identity and did not participate in the debate, he was also dizzy and secretly decided that he would no longer attend the Great Rites Discussion if it was not necessary. When he left the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Sen said that he was going to visit Zhao Xingde, and Chen Dong and Deng Su happily went together.

"Wu Zilongtai is also excessive," Deng Su shook his head and said, "He himself lives in seclusion in Hangzhou, but he refers to the central government." It is necessary to forcibly add the "Song Rite Law" to the Great Rites Discussion. In my opinion, the two sides are like fire and water, accusing each other of being traitors and evil people, even if they fight for a hundred years, they will not be able to achieve a result. Although the number of scholars and politicians who support the "Song Rite Law" is small, these people have the momentum to not stop until the goal is achieved, and they have forcibly muddied the water of the Great Rites Discussion.

"Many people do not agree with the 'punishment of courtesy'." Zhu Sen's face was solemn, and he said slowly: "Yuezhou Chen Anshidao, the so-called 'rites and punishments' in the "Song Rite Law" have confused 'rites' with 'politics'. In this way, the people of the world can only be forced to obey the strict etiquette law. The sage said, 'Lead the government, punish the people, and the people will be free and shameless; Guide it with virtue, with courtesy, shame and character. If the imperial court forcibly implements the Song ritual law, most people in the world will not only not become gentlemen who abide by etiquette, but will become hypocritical and shameless people under the persecution of punishment. ”

"That's a good point." Zhao Xingde nodded and said, "This is the desire to hurry." ”

However, some people say that if there is a gap between 'rites' and 'punishment', then there must be villains who take advantage of this loophole, villains are rampant, gentlemen are angry, and over time, people in the world must think that outside the law, they can have no scruples. Only by 'going out of the rites and entering the punishment', which is like the rules of rope and ink, can everyone truly become a gentleman, and the way of the sage's teachings can be widely practiced in the world. ”

"It's the opposite of what happened. Everybody is a gentleman? Zhao Xingde shook his head and sighed, "It's better to say that everyone is a slave of etiquette." ”

"Yuan Zhi's words are very good," Deng Su nodded, and said with a smile: "If you hear Mr. Fuxiu's argument, you should be a big deal." Lu Fuxiu refuted them and said, even though etiquette binds the world like rope and ink rules, there is always one thing that it cannot restrict. This is the human heart! Even if you are in prison, you can think about it for thousands of years. With the size of the universe, the human heart encompasses the universe. People's hearts are changing, they can be glorious, they can be treacherous and hypocritical, but you can't see it, Zhou Gong is afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang is humble and not usurped. The world changes, not the flag, not the wind, but the heart. The heart is all freedom, the saint guides it with courtesy, whether it is virtuous or not, it is all self-chosen, and then it is punished to punish the stubborn. Wu Zilong wants to use a 'Song Rite Law' to ink the good and bad in the world, I am afraid it is even more difficult than the combination of heaven and earth, and the mixing of yin and yang. What the ritual can do is at most like Pangu opening the sky, so that the light and pure will rise to the sky, and the heavy turbid will sink to the earth, and the virtuous and the unvirtuous will each have their place. ”

"Heartbeat is freedom, wonderful!" Zhao Xingde nodded and said, "Lu Fuxiu has nothing to say, and others have nothing to say." ”

"The gentleman deceived him, Yuan Zhi, you were wrong." Deng Su's face showed an angry look, "These people are also shameless, although Lu Fuxiu is reasonable, these people come out one after another to make strong words, stir up nonsense, and simply sweep the floor." Lu Fuxiu was also angry enough to ignore them, they were so proud that they were willing to admit defeat. The more Deng Su spoke, the more angry he became, and he slapped his palm on the table, shaking the teacup and jumping straight. Lu Fuxiu's self-respecting identity, he was originally unwilling to argue with these juniors as a scholar and politician in Chuzhou, but the Ministry of Rites specially sent someone to invite him to Ezhou.

"Won't it?" Zhao Xingde's face showed a look of confusion, "Are the others standing by and watching?" ”

Deng Su shook his head and kept silent. Chen Dong coughed and said with a wry smile: "Although Lu Fuxiu is famous in the world, as soon as he came up, he clearly stated that he opposed the system of 'virtual monarch reality' and 'school recommendation', and strongly advocated returning to His Majesty. This offended the vast majority of the scholars who participated in the 'Great Rites Meeting'. They taboo that his reputation is too high, and now that Lu Fuxiu is embarrassed, these people are secretly proud, if Mr. Fuxiu withdraws from the big ceremony in anger, they will only secretly applaud. Zhu Sen also sighed, in today's situation, some people are clearly reasonable and poor, but they are entangled like scoundrels in the market, some people are watching the fire from the other side, the party is the same and the party is different, and the Great Rites Discussion is no longer a simple debate of righteousness and reason. Deng Su not only could not drive them out of the Ministry of Rites like crazy students, but instead wanted to get as much support as possible from the Great Rites Law, so that the Great Rites Law could be called the world's salty service. However, today's meeting made him a little unbearable.

Chen Xianggong said it simply. This is clearly the same party and the same party, and the words of friends, regardless of right or wrong, all echo and agree. If you are not a friend of me, you will be excluded regardless of right and wrong. Deng Su sneered, "The gentlemen are not the party, if you connive at the party and the private business, it can only be that the villain is rampant, and the righteous person retreats, I think the 'Great Rites Law' is not discussed, if Chen Xianggong really wants the Song Dynasty to think about it and set rules for the imperial court, the first is to strictly prohibit friends from competing with each other." ”