"Has the teacher ever rested?" At night, Gongsun Xun, who had spent a long time and energy reading and digesting his mother's letter, came to the courtyard where Lu Zhi lived, and then carefully knocked on the door of the bedroom where the lights were still on. "The student has something to ask for advice."

"Come in." Lu Zhi's voice was still simply intimidating.

Pushing open the door and coming in, Gongsun Xun first closed the door again, and then bowed to Lu Zhi, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, and when he raised his head, he found that the other party was also reading a silk silk full of words under the lamp.

Of course, this is also normal, hasn't this Teacher Lu been busy calling friends recently? I'm afraid I don't know how many of these letters I have to read every day.

"You don't have to be formal, just sit down, right?" Lu Zhi folded the silk silk in his hand and put it in a box at the head of the bed...... Sure enough, there were stacks of silk silks in the box, and lime bags were also placed to remove the tide, which shows the breadth of this famous Confucian in the sea.

"Don't hide it from the teacher." Gongsun Xun got up and sat down on a small stool opposite the old-style bed, this kind of furniture combination is probably only seen here. "My mother just brought a letter from Liaoxi."

"Oh?" Lu Zhi expressed a slight hint of concern. "I wonder what has happened in my hometown recently?"

This concern is very normal, after all, the level of communication is too low in these days, so when separating the two places, there is more emphasis on any means of obtaining information.

"That's right." Gongsun Xun is colorful. In the letter, my mother said that since Xianbei Koubian suffered a series of counterattacks at the end of last year, the friction between the two sides has not lessened, but has become more and more serious. And because I have the Amway at home, my mother said that she can feel it firsthand, and this time the tension and confrontation may not be limited to one state and one county, so I don't know if there will be a big war......

"I'm afraid what Ling Tang thinks is right." Even if he was sitting on the bed, Lu Zhi was straight. "In two years, Dahan and Xianbei are afraid that there will be a big military disaster."

"Dare to ask Master Lu why this is?" Gongsun Xun earnestly asked. "Is it just because of the aftermath of those two wars?"

"Of course not." Lu Zhi paused for a moment before explaining. "In terms of national strength, the Han Dynasty has been a country for hundreds of years, with a million armor and four guest clothes, which can be called a majestic giant. Although Xianbei has only been in the early stages for 20 years, it also has thousands of miles of territory and 100,000 people who control the strings. The so-called one old and one new, two powers stand side by side, and the new ones will inevitably challenge the old ones in order to seek hegemony. From the point of view of the rulers of the two countries, although Tanshi Huai is only a Xianbei savage, but since he raised the army, in the past 20 years, the north drove Ding Zero, the south pressed the Xiongnu, the east town of Fuyu, the west into Wusu, unified Xianbei, the establishment of the country, since the time of the first emperor is the world's recognized heroes, after the death of the first emperor, its prestige is even more uncontrollable, so that my Han frontier thousands of miles, but most of them are pressed and beaten by Xianbei people! On the other hand, he has been on the throne for eight years and has already been crowned an adult......"

Lu Zhi's words stopped at the right time, but Gongsun Xun had already nodded again and again, and the other party's meaning was already very clear and thorough - from the perspective of state power, if the newborn Xianbei wanted to continue to gain development space, he must and could only continue to challenge the Han; From the perspective of the rulers of both sides, it is the opposite, because if the emperor of the Han Dynasty, who has just been in power, wants to gain authority, it seems that none of the goals is more efficient than Xianbei and Tanshihuai.

Added together, coupled with the friction at the bottom, which has lasted for more than ten years, whether it is the border county or the Xianbei tribes, I am afraid that they have accumulated a lot of hatred and anger.

So this battle, in fact, is waiting for an opportunity.

However, this Gongsun Xun's first question tonight.

"One more thing." Gongsun Xun put his hands on his knees and bowed slightly.

"Tell me." Lu Zhi is still crisp.

"Teacher," Gongsun Xun straightened up and asked seriously. "The controversy between modern and ancient texts has lasted for nearly three hundred years, the first hundred years are not enough, and the next hundred years, the compatibility of ancient texts is getting bigger and bigger, but the modern texts are becoming more and more unbearable, these things are well known, but why has ancient texts never become the mainstream official school in the past three hundred years? It's hard to even get a place in it! What is the reason for this? ”

Lu Zhi narrowed his eyes and looked at his student for a long time before he spoke, "What do you think is the reason?" ”

"At first, I thought that the ram theory in the Jinwen School was too strong, and it suppressed the entire Guwen School with the idea of great unification and the theory of heaven and man induction." Gongsun Xun replied frankly. But later I learned that the Guwen School had been inclusive and had taken the initiative to absorb these things over the years. And in this case, I am afraid that the ancient literature school will not be able to stop the ancient literature school only based on the controversy of the status of the Duke of Zhou and whether the "Spring and Autumn" is the Yuan Jing. In other words, stopping the Guwen School is not an academic ......"

"What's that?" Lu Zhi asked disappreciatively.

"Naturally, it's human." Gongsun Xun replied with his head held high. "Most of my dynasty heirlooms are inherited from scripture, and once the family is developed, it will be an official for generations, such as the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, and the third and third princes of the Yang family. is the other super masters in the DPRK and China, which one is not a family heirloom? For example, Henan Yin Zhuye, four generations of famous ministers in the family, great-grandfather Zhu Hui started in troubled times, relying on personal virtue and talent to sit in the general government of Shangshuling, but Zhu Ye's grandfather Zhu Jie has already begun to practice Confucianism, dare to ask the teacher, about 100 years ago, when the son of Shangshuling Xiu Confucianism, will he practice ancient texts? If it is an ancient text, why is it passed down from generation to generation as the Wanluo giant clan? Teacher, I mean to say that it has been more than 150 years since Wang Mang was defeated and the world was reorganized, and Jinwen, as an official school, is afraid that it has become one with the family in the center of the imperial court. ”

Lu Zhi was silent.

"There's even my other teacher, Master Liu," Gongsun Xun saw that the other party didn't refute, and his speed of speech couldn't help but speed up. "I'm not going to talk about the elder behind my back, but because I've been around him all these days, I'm going to talk about him more clearly...... Master Lu, if everyone knows today, my Master Liu will be ranked as the third prince sooner or later. Why? As a result, it is naturally a family background, and his ancestors have been the three princes with the family heirloom "Han Poems"; Second, isn't it because he himself has been an emperor? But when it comes to emperors, when the imperial court selected three emperors for His Majesty that day, if they didn't choose from the central family, could they still choose from the great Confucians of the ancient literary school in the opposition? Teacher, the dispute between ancient and modern texts is not academic, it is really a dispute for high positions in the imperial court, you must be cautious! ”

"But I don't have the idea of rejecting this article." Lu Zhi's expression was indifferent, but he seemed to have agreed with Gongsun Xun's statement. "What I am writing is just asking for ancient literature to be listed as official learning, or in other words, just to seek a place for ancient literature. Besides, now that the general trend of ancient literature is coming, I think the princes of the imperial court will not ignore it because of their origins, right? ”

"Forgive the students for being rude." Gongsun Xun plucked up his courage and continued. "The teacher's thinking is tantamount to covering his ears and stealing the bell! For these Wanluo Jinwen families, the high-ranking officials are the dependence of the family's continuation, even if they are reluctant to let go, let alone open their mouths to most of the talents in the Kanto region? ”

"If it's as you say." Lu Zhi asked rhetorically. "The central princes of the imperial court have no intention of making concessions, so how could I, a famous Confucian of the ancient literary school, be recruited as a doctor?"

"Teacher." Gongsun Xun suddenly couldn't help laughing. "Dare to ask why you and when were you drafted into the court?"

"I wrote to the general Dou Wu in the first year of Jianning, that is, the year of his accession to the throne, and persuaded him not to abuse the lord, so it was known to the princes of the imperial court." Lu Zhi replied without false colors. "As for being recruited as a doctor, it was a matter of the second year of Jianning......

"And there happened to be a September coup d'état in the middle, the general Dou Wu was killed, and the eunuchs were dominant!" Gongsun Xun said unceremoniously. "When I was traveling with the local scholars in Luoyang, I heard them say that at that time, there was a river of blood flowing between Wanluo, and the heads were rolling, and then the second party was retained, the prison was rising, and everyone was in danger! Teacher, at that time, the princes of the imperial court couldn't even save their own lives, so where would they think about any official position? At this time, they remembered that the powerful Confucians of the Guwen School in the local area were not for anything else, but they really lacked someone to take the knife for them! At this time, why not make a show and pull it over temporarily? Besides, the teacher was born in Fanyang, Zhuo County, and is only dozens of miles away from the Hejian country where the current saint was born, and he can barely be regarded as a native of His Majesty's country...... The so-called killing multiple birds with one stone, but what about now? ”

"What about now?" Lu Zhi asked expressionlessly.

"Now that the saint is in power," Gongsun Xun had already mustered up his courage at this time, so he completely ignored the other party's attitude. "The situation between the eunuchs and the scholars is barely stable, so I'm afraid the princes of the imperial court won't need the teacher and the people from Shandong and Hebei, right? Since they can't use it anymore, how can they be willing to continue to give alms to their official positions? ”

"The princes of the center of the imperial court...... Are they all the kind of people in your eyes? Lu Zhi's expression was still very indifferent, I don't know if all Confucians have this level of qi cultivation. Treat the characters outside the center as rain-proof robes, wear them when the rain comes, and throw them in a pile of debris full of cobwebs when the weather is fine? ”

Gongsun Xun was silent...... It's not that it's speechless, but it's already finished.

"That's what your mother taught you in her letter?" Lu Zhi suddenly asked again.

"Yes," Gongsun Xun replied with a bowed head. "After hearing about the dispute between ancient and modern literature, I was confused, so I wrote to my mother to ask, and she ......"

"She's a woman and a businessman!" Lu Zhi suddenly changed color. "When a woman thinks, she always thinks that the human heart is treacherous; What a businessman thinks about is always driven by interests; And she never thought that there are still saints' subtle words and righteousness in this world, as well as Haoran righteousness! Gongsun Xun, you have to remember that the princes of the court will also have a sense of community! ”

Gongsun Xun was stunned, and then a little angry.

"My words are inappropriate, you can go yourself!" Lu Zhi probably also realized that he should not criticize his mother in front of his son, so he had to wave his hand helplessly. "But don't mention the matter of asking for the establishment of ancient texts as official studies, I have made up my mind, and I will officially write again the morning after tomorrow."

Gongsun Xun took a few deep breaths and adjusted his mood, then stood up and bowed, turned around and prepared to leave.

And at this moment, Lu Zhi behind him suddenly said: "Regardless of the monarch's father and righteousness, there must be fear in your heart to ......"

The voice was low, and he didn't know whether he was talking to himself or teaching himself, but Gongsun Xun only pretended that the other party was talking to himself, and directly opened the door and left.

The weather outside the house was hot, it was midnight, Gongsun Xun stood in the courtyard, looked overhead, only to see a Milky Way lying overhead, and actually divided the top of the courtyard into two pieces...... Staring at the starry sky, for a while, he didn't even know what his state of mind was at this time? Is it joy or anger, worry or relief? In a trance, he even thought of the funny stories his mother told him when he was young, pointing to the stars in the sky......

In this way, I don't know how long I stood there, but after Gongsun Xun came back to his senses, he still didn't go back to his own courtyard to sleep, but turned around and went towards Lu Fan's residence.

Of course, Lu Fan had already fallen asleep, but after hearing Gongsun Xun calling the door, he still got up to greet him, and the two didn't light any lights, so they closed the door and sat on the bed together, and then talked in the dark.

"What kind of person is Master Lu?" Lu Fan groaned slightly. "Brother Xun's question really stopped me, although I have been with him for half a year, it is difficult to explain clearly."

"Why is that?"

"Maybe it's because he's always surprised?" Lu Fan replied quietly in the dark night. "At first, people all over the world thought that he was just a 'famous Confucian in the sea', and I thought so too, so I followed him from Runan to study; however, I followed him to Jiujiang with that Cheng Bing only to know that he could manage the people and fight wars, which can be called civil and military; This trick of scheming is also admirable......"

"That's what I'm afraid of." Gongsun Xun also sighed. "This Lu Shi gives people the feeling that he is omnipotent and omniscient, and he is educated, military and political, and scheming...... Coupled with the knowledge of Cha Wei in the righteous house on the opposite side that day, it really made me tremble. ”

"Actually, I've always wanted to ask Brother Xun." Lu Fan was puzzled. "Isn't it a good thing that Master Lu himself is talented? Why should you be afraid? ”

"Brother Ziheng." Gongsun Xun shook his head in the dark night, and he didn't know if the other party could see it. "Why did you say I came to Luoyang?"

"Why do you have to ask me again?" Lu Fan laughed. "Of course it's studying...... However, except for a few idealistic Confucians, people in this world are actually only studying to be officials. Even if I followed Master Lu in Runan that day, I thought that I would follow him for two years, and when the time was about the same, I would go back to Xiyang County to be a county official under the name of Master Lu's disciple, and then it would be convenient for me to ask for relatives again. ”

"I just appreciate Brother Ziheng's openness." Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing. "Of course, I came to Luoyang to study to be an official, but I came from a better background, and after I was crowned, I had to start from the imperial court no matter how I became an official. And since I want to be an official of the imperial court, then I must establish contacts in the center of Luoyang and spread my fame...... Otherwise, in the future, I will be in the border county, and the people will be in the center, thousands of miles apart, why should I be promoted? As for Lu Gong, although he was the teacher I recognized at the beginning, he inadvertently blocked my way when he came back this time. ”

"That's just as well." Lu Fan figured it out as soon as he thought about it. "But the master's life is like a mountain, since he made an agreement with that Liu Kuan, I'm afraid you can only stay in this Qishi Mountain and study hard."

"That's why I'm scared." Gongsun Xun sighed again. "He can make half a year of hard work go to waste, and I dare not disobey it in the slightest...... My mother wrote a letter today, in which she bluntly said that I had been lawless since I was a child, so I was overly frightened by a character who pressed on my head and could turn my hands into clouds and rain on my hands...... It makes sense to think about it. ”

"The words of respecting relatives really go straight to the hearts of people." Lu Fan nodded in approval. "And Master Lu is still getting along with you day and night, which makes it even more unbearable."

"However, my mother's letter also said that this Master Lu is not necessarily terrible, but that I am just haunted by my heart, and that if I want to do something, I can ignore him...... Brother Ziheng, what do you mean by this? ”

"This ......," Lu Fan said thoughtfully. Could it be that Lu Shi is a moral figure after all, and he can be deceived in a way? In the final analysis, no matter how talented you are, you still can't get rid of the shackles of the four words 'famous Confucianism at home'? ”

"That's what I thought too." Gongsun Xun replied quietly. "So, I just went to Master Lu's room to try it, and after some conversations, I also feel that although he understands in his heart and has the means, he is always bound by moral and legal principles, and it may not be as terrible as I thought......"

"So, what is Shaojun going to do?" Lu Fan suddenly realized. "Do you want me to help?"

"I really need Brother Ziheng's assistance, but I don't need to move for the time being, and let's see if the situation is as I think." As he spoke, Gongsun Xun got out of bed and groped his clogs with his feet. "Even if the situation is as I expected, we need to contact multiple parties......"

"Shaojun." In the dark night, Lu Fan suddenly grabbed Gongsun Xun's hand. "If you want to do something, I have nothing to say, and I will definitely try my best to help, but there is one thing you must remember!"

"Brother Ziheng said."

"Don't underestimate the world!" Lu Fan reminded softly.

"I see." Gongsun Xun nodded slightly. "It's just that I've made up my mind...... Brother Ziheng, go to bed first, and wait for my news in a few days. ”

"The minister received ancient learning from the ancient Confucianism of the old Nanjun Taishou Marong, and he knew that today's "Book of Rites" is particularly redundant. In front of the minister, he used the scriptures of "Zhou Li" to initiate a fallacy, dared to be foolish, and explained it, but his family was lacking and he was unable to write it. Originally, there were two scholars who could be able to study together, concentrate on the study of official wealth and food, combine the chapters and sentences of the "Book of Rites", test the "Book of Rites" and lose it, and the holy scriptures were adjudicated and the inscriptions were published. Ancient literature and science fighting, close to the truth, and disgusted with customs, descended in primary school, since Zhongxing, through the Confucian Dashi Bangu, Jia Kui, Zheng Xing father and son, and Dun Yuezhi. Today, "Mao's Poems", "Zuo's", and "Zhou Li" have their own biographies, which are similar to the "Spring and Autumn Period". —— "Please Establish the Ancient Civil Service Table". LU Zhi. July of the fourth year of Xiping

PS: There is also a new book group, 684558115, interested students can add it.