Mr. Kong heard someone calling himself me, and said that he had been waiting for him for a long time, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Emperor Chongzhen who was smiling and holding a book in his hand, sitting there looking at himself?

Frightened, Mr. Kong hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live the student, long live my emperor, long live!" ”

After Kong Xingxie finished saluting, he heard Chongzhen say lightly: "Mr. Kong, get up." It was I who ordered Mr. Kong to be invited here, and I also had some doubts, and I wanted to ask Mr. Kong to explain my doubts. ”

Kong Xingxie stood up, but he understood in his heart, I was afraid that there would be no good banquet, and there would be no good meeting, and today's affairs would be difficult to be good. Although he was full of slander, the Son of Heaven opened his mouth, and Kong Xingxie couldn't help but answer, so he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, please speak, the student knows everything." ”

Chongzhen said to Wang Chengen, who was standing behind him: "I and Mr. Kong will have a few drinks here, and order someone to send some wine and food." ”

After Wang Chengen was ordered to retreat, Chongzhen said: "Don't worry. I have a lot of questions, let's talk while we eat. After speaking, he ignored Kong Xingxie and waited quietly for the wine and food to come up.

After half an hour, the wine and food were brought in, and Chongzhen said, "Go and move a stool for Mr. Kong." Then he said to Kong Xingxie: "You see that I have this memory, I actually forgot to let Mr. Kong sit down and rest first, I hope Mr. Kong doesn't take it to heart." ”

Kong Xingxie said in his heart, I'm afraid it's not that you forgot, but that you did it on purpose? But he replied quite respectfully: "The student doesn't dare." After another salute, he sat on the stool with half his body, whether it was etiquette or demeanor, it was quite chic, and people couldn't find out what it was.

Chongzhen picked up his glass and said, "Come, please ask Mr. Kong to have a drink first and answer my first question." ”

Kong Xingxie hurriedly saluted and said, "The student should not be so loving and tormented by His Majesty." I wonder if Your Majesty has any questions? Students know everything. ”

Chongzhen sighed, drank all the wine in the cup first, and then asked: "My first question is Mr. Kong, or how does the sage theory view Huayi's distinction?" ”

Kong Xingxie said: "Back to Your Majesty, Zi said, Yidi has a king, not as good as the death of Zhuxia, it is from the "Analects of the Eight Heavens", "Spring and Autumn" is also a cloud, Yidi and Huaxia, then Huaxia; Those who are in China and Yi Di are Yi Di. Therefore, the students thought that the barbarians should be taught by the saints, so that they can learn and be polite. ”

Chongzhen snorted, picked up his glass and said, "This second question, what does Mr. Kong think of complaining about this sentence?" ”

As a descendant of Confucius, how did Kong Xingxie not know this idiom from the Analects of Confucius? Although they usually say what to repay grievances with virtue, Kong Xingxie clearly knows the full version of this sentence: "Or say: 'What is it like to repay grievances with virtue?'" The son said, "How can you repay virtue?" Repay grievances with straightforwardness and repay virtue with virtue. ”

Kong Xingxie's mind was racing, but he also had to answer Chongzhen's question, so he stubbornly said: "Back to Your Majesty, repaying grievances with virtue is from the constitution. ”

Chongzhen smiled, and then asked, "So, what about repaying virtue with resentment?" And how? ”

At this time, Kong Xingxie was already drenched in cold sweat, although it was not yet March, and the weather was quite cold, Kong Xingxie felt that the clothes on his body were wet with cold sweat, and it was very uncomfortable to be sticky.

As a last resort, Kong Xingxie could only reply: "Back to Your Majesty, repaying virtue with grievances is from the "Chinese Zhou Language", repaying virtue with grievances is not benevolent." ”

Chongzhen continued: "Okay. I still have a few questions, which are related to the above questions, and I hope Mr. Kong has taught me. ”

Kong Xingxie was horrified, and his words had come to this point, but I was afraid that the next time was when the dagger appeared, although his body was still sitting upright, his twin strands were quite trembling, if he wasn't afraid of being rude in front of the king, he was afraid that Kong Xingxie was already frightened and incontinent at this time.

Chongzhen ignored Kong Xingxie's awkward appearance, and drank another cup, but inexplicably chanted, "Ask the world, what is love, and the direct religion promises life and death?" There are double flyers in the south and the north, and the old wings have been cold and hot several times. Happy and fun, parting bitter, there are even more crazy children. You should have a saying, thousands of miles of stratus clouds, thousands of mountains and twilight snow, who does the shadow go to?

Hengfen Road, lonely when the drums, the smoke is still flat. The soul is a little more groaning, and the mountain ghosts are crying in the wind. The sky is also jealous, and the warblers and swallows are all loess. Through the ages, in order to stay for the people, he sang and drank wildly, and visited Yanqiu. ”

After singing the song "Touching the Fish" Yanqiu, Chongzhen threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground a little frantically, and laughed a few times. At this time, Dikong Xingxie couldn't sit still anymore, and as soon as his knees weakened, he fell to his knees.

Outside, the Jinyi guards heard the movement, but more than ten people poured in from Hulala, surrounding Kong Xingxie in it, for fear that this person would learn what Jing Ke did and hurt Chongzhen. I didn't think that Chongzhen was out of his fingers, and shouted: "Get out!" You are not allowed to come in without my will. ”

After many brocade-clothed guards retreated, Chongzhen looked at Kong Xingxie, who was kneeling on the ground, and sneered: "When I first read this Yanqiu word, I only felt that the artistic conception was extremely beautiful, and it was not much more than Guan Ju. I thought that the person who did this should be a generation of Confucianism. ”

As soon as the words changed, Chongzhen then asked, "What does Mr. Kong think of Kublai Khan?" ”

Kong Xingxie said in a trembling voice: "Back to Your Majesty, although Kublai Khan is a barbarian, he can also be called a generation of heroes, and he is also good at reading poetry and books, and Mr. Yishan also follows him as a great master of Confucianism. ”

Chongzhen sneered: "Not bad. What a great master of Confucianism. From Mr. Kong's point of view, can I be called a great master of Confucianism? ”

Kong Xingxie became more and more frightened at this time, and could only stubbornly say: "The student has long heard that His Majesty is both civil and military, and he can't release the scroll on weekdays, of course, he can be called a great master of Confucianism." ”

Chongzhen said: "Well, this hand can't be released, but it can't be called." I just like to read miscellaneous books. ”

After speaking, he flipped through the book in his hand and read: "The people of Shu will die, and they will gather fifty people together, and stab them with knives, but they will accumulate their corpses." At dusk, doubt is not dead, and stabbed again. There were 1,400,000 bones in the city, not counting those outside the city. ”

After reading it, Chongzhen sneered, "Does Mr. Kong know this book?" ”

Kong Xingxie said: "The student probably remembers, it seems to be the "CD Record" written by Mr. He Qingquan. ”

Chongzhen hummed again and said: "Mr. Kong really reads a lot, and even read such miscellaneous books, which is worthy of the most valued by the Holy Prince, and the talented person who will attack the lord in the future." It's just that I remember that Sage Kong once said a sentence at the beginning, micro-tube Zhong, I was sent to the left. I don't know what to say? ”