Li Tai thought for a moment and said, "The gentleman acts according to the position he usually occupies, and is unwilling to act outside of this position. If you are usually rich, you will act according to the standard of wealth; Usually poor, act according to the standard of poverty; Ordinary people who live in ethnic minority areas act in accordance with the standards of ethnic minority areas; In times of trouble, act according to the standard of affliction. No matter what position a gentleman enters, he will feel proud.

When you are in a higher position, you do not bully the people below, and when you are in a lower position, you do not climb to the top of the people, and if you correct your virtue and do not ask for others, you will not have resentment. The upper does not complain about the sky, and the lower does not blame others, so the gentleman is in a flat and safe place to wait for the opportunity given by fate, and the villain does risky things to get things by luck.

Confucius said: Archery is similar to a gentleman's place, losing its target, not hitting the center of the target, and looking for its own cause in turn. ”

Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "What do you want to say?" ”

Li Tai stood up with difficulty, suddenly knelt down facing Li Shimin, and said loudly: "The child just wants to say that in his position, he seeks his own government, and Shinong and industrialists perform their duties, and if they do not seek their own government in their position, they are suspected of trespassing, and it is considered a "violation of etiquette". Li Chengqian adjusted his eyebrows, Li Er looked at Li Chengqian for a while, got up slowly, but his face was heavy, he was silent for a moment, and suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled: "The gentleman can't think of his position!" Good! All right! ”

Seeing the prince and princess kneeling on the ground, Li Er pursed his lips, and after everyone was flattened, he smiled and said: "What a rich and noble person, he is rich and noble; Poor and lowly, poor and lowly, this saying Qingque should always be kept in mind and not forgotten! ”

Li Tai smiled and nodded yes, but there seemed to be some doubts in his eyes, but when he saw that Li Er was happy, he also went to doubt.

Li Shimin continued: "What about Cheng Qian? What have you studied lately? ”

Li Chengqian glanced up at Li Er, and then smiled slightly: "Erchen has recently learned "Shangshu Hongfan" and "Xunzi Wang". ”

The corners of Li Er's mouth curled slightly: "Where did you read "Shangshu Hongfan"? ”

Li Chengqian stood up respectfully and said: "There is no bias and no party, and the royal road is swinging; There is no party and no bias, and the royal road is mediocre; There is no mirror, no side, and the royal road is upright. ”

"What about "Xunzi Monarchy"? Therefore, if you know that you are not together, and believe in the way of your friends and enemies, there is no king and overlord in the world, and you will always win. It's a domineering person. ”

Li Er rubbed his forehead, looked at Li Chengqian a little helplessly, and said, "What is the royal way?" ”

"If the enemy is not obedient, he will run over him."

Li Er said again: "What is domineering? ”

"Good guy, I've run it over too!"

All the brothers looked at their brother speechlessly, and Li Tai on the side did look at Li Chengqian with admiration, Cen Wenwen has taught the "Five Classics" in recent years, Mencius and the like have not studied deeply, and their brothers have begun to read "Shangshu" and "Xunzi".

"Dare to ask my brother, what is the way of Confucius and Mencius?"

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "If you follow your father's question, it is: talk to him before grinding." ”

Li Tai was speechless, Li Er was speechless, but the brothers laughed heartily, but after a while, Li Tai and Li Er also shook their heads with a wry smile, if you think about it, isn't that the case?

"Your Majesty, the eldest grandson and Xiao have been waiting in front of the palace for a long time."

The eunuch's voice came from a distance, and Li Er waved his hand and said, "You wait and use it for yourself, and after you have eaten, you can go back and rest." As soon as he arrived at the door, Li Er looked at Li Chengqian on the side and said, "Chengqian stay, I have something to say to you." ”

Eating with Li Er is not a simple matter, you must pay attention to proportions when speaking, and eat in accordance with etiquette, until Li Er walked out of the hall, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Li Er was gone, the eldest grandson beckoned Li Chengqian to take Li Zhi back and beckoned the concubines out of the hall.

Seeing that the adults were gone, everyone began to gather in groups of three and two to play with each other.

"Big brother~ Just now, tell me about the "Shangshu" and "Xunzi" you said?"

Li Chengqian pursed his lips when he heard this: "Go back and ask Cen Wenwen." ”

"But Master Cen didn't let me learn too quickly, and the two books are only hastily read now, and I haven't started reading them yet."

"The royal road or hegemony that Fang Cai talked about is just a one-sided word, the Tao stresses the law, potential, and strategy, and the royal road emphasizes virtue, affection, and righteousness, but both must be aimed at achieving meritorious deeds, and the difference between the king and the tyrant is that the hegemony pays more attention to the use of means, strategies, and force, and convincing people with force, while the royal road pays attention to convincing people with virtue and moving people with affection and righteousness, both of which are only means to achieve meritorious deeds, and there is no difference in nature."

"What about the way of Confucius and Mencius?"

"Whether it is a royal way or a domineering way, it is to achieve a so-called goal, and the way of Confucius and Mencius is to regulate the process before achieving the goal, when to emphasize the royal way and when to emphasize the domineering."

Li Tai nodded ignorantly, and then pondered for himself, the younger brothers and sisters were still playing, but Xiangcheng's eyes were red, and he kept eating with his head down, and he didn't dare to look up for a long time.

After Li Er finished eating, he went to the front hall to discuss state affairs, Li Chengqian also put down the meal, hugged Li Zhi and began to play, there are not many times when brothers and sisters get together, and they are also three groups of two, each playing their own and not interfering with each other.

"What's wrong with the eldest sister today?"

Xiangcheng saw Li Chengqian asking himself, wiped the tears from his eyes, and reluctantly shook his head, the thirteen-year-old Xiangcheng had already made a marriage with Xiao Rui at this time, and he would marry into the Xiao family just by waiting for the spring of next year.

"Is there something wrong with Mrs. Xian?" Li Chengqian asked tentatively, watching her look change, and then it was determined.

"What did the Imperial Doctor say?"

"It's just that he was weak and got cold last night, so he got sick."

Li Chengqian couldn't take care of this kind of thing, so he just looked at his sister and said helplessly: "I'll let your sister-in-law come over to visit tomorrow, but Mrs. Xian has eighty percent of her heart disease, and even if she looks at it, the effect won't be too great." ”

Xiangcheng shook her head helplessly, how could she not know these things, while lamenting her mother's misery, she also thought of her unmasked husband, just hoping that he would not be as good as her father.

Xu was having enough fun, and the brothers and sisters said goodbye to Li Chengqian one by one, until the house was no longer empty, Li Chengqian found a few mats and lay on them to rest for a while.

"Tired?" I don't know when, Li Er suddenly appeared in front of Li Chengqian, and the lights around him had been extinguished, leaving only one side still on.

"I'm not tired, but I'm a little worried these days."

"Worried that those old ministers will teach your younger brothers and sisters badly?" Li Er sighed slightly and said, "Let's take a look, it may not be as you imagined." ”

I don't want to mention the sad things anymore, Li Chengqian fortunately said some happy things, and told Li Er how to develop the Kewu Academy, how to develop the academy, how to recruit students, one by one, no matter how big or small, on the one hand, he told Li Er, and on the other hand, he wanted him to help him refer to the details.

Li Er's opinion is very simple, that is, no matter how to put up the shelf first, and then slowly fill it after the shelf, he didn't say much about the Kewu Academy, he just had to harvest some things, as for how those things were studied, he didn't want to know.