After taking a seat, Lin Zhao met a number of Luoyang celebrities!

Lin Zhao, as the youngest person among them, naturally received the most attention. Although he is young, his position is not high, and his knowledge seems to be average, he has not been able to deny that Lin Zhao is famous.

Solved the murder of the Liao envoy, sent an envoy to the Liao State, and also helped the Liao State solve a rebellion by mistake, and it is said that he is also the life-saving benefactor of Queen Xiao, the crown prince and the princess. Every time the Liao envoy came to Bianjing, he would ask about Lin Zhao, which had been rumored to be an interesting anecdote.

The performance in the Dengzhou Ayun case reversed the trend of reform and reform in the Great Song Dynasty to a certain extent, so that the Xining reform law could break through many obstacles and be smoothly implemented.

The actions in Hangzhou were even more shocking, quelling a rebellion, and scratching a comma again for the struggle between the long house and the second room since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty. Then he ruthlessly pulled Zhao Zongyong, the king of Yuhang County, off the horse!

The lofty status of the Pu Dynasty in the Great Song Dynasty was impacted, which had a subtle impact on the clan and even the court situation.

Lin Zhao's destructive power is amazing, and everywhere he goes, it always makes it difficult for some people to feel at ease, even to the point of being terrified.

However, Lin Zhao is familiar to the people in front of him, or he cares about it, because of his attitude and actions in the Qingmiao Law some time ago.

first inadvertently helped Wang Anshi to start the change, and everyone thought that he would be a staunch supporter and follower of Wang Anshi, and once upon a time, he was even compared to Lu Huiqing.

But the facts surprised everyone, and when the Qingmiao Law was really implemented, Lin Zhao unexpectedly objected. Although his opposition is not so fierce and the movement is not large, because of his special identity and previous actions, he is destined to cause an uproar and receive thousands of attention.

Some people speculate that Lin Zhao's position changed because of a rift in the relationship with Wang Anshi's father and son. But through past understanding and a brief conversation with Shicai, Sima Guang could clearly feel that Lin Zhao was a choice from his heart. You must know that Master Sima has secretly paid attention to Lin Zhao for a long time, and he has a very unique eye for people.

Lin Zhao didn't do things for Wang Anshi for the way to get promoted to the camp, in fact, if you look closely, Lin Zhao actually didn't do anything for Wang Anshi in the real sense. He has always been on the facts, but the impact of things done is misunderstood!

Maybe before this, Lin Zhao was indeed optimistic about Wang Anshi's change and was willing to express his support, but in the process of implementation, he had a new understanding.

This shows that Lin Zhao is growing up in this process, he is a pure-hearted young man, at least in the matter of the Qingmiao Law, he is more rational and fair, and he has a bit of loyalty to the country and the people. He has his own observations and judgments, and will make choices accordingly because of this.

Many people present felt that Lin Zhao's stance on changing the law in the future would change to conservative, and even become a member of the old party. But Sima Guang didn't think so, especially Lin Zhao's words to himself, which strengthened this idea.

During the Song Dynasty, with the continuous improvement of tables and chairs, although there were more and more joint meal systems, in the mainstream banquet occasions, the meal system was still the main one.

Today, Shao Yong's happy nest banquet is like this, one person has one case, and there are some tableware and dishes on the table.

Since it is a separate meal system, the arrangement of seats is naturally exquisite, and Lin Zhao's seat is second only to Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao. As for some other "celebrities" who came to accompany them, they naturally relegated to the back position.

Because most of the people present are academics, the things they talk about are naturally inseparable from poetry, etiquette, and Confucian classics.

These are not what Lin Zhao is good at, listening to Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao brothers mention what reason, what kind of anger, how is the principle of heaven, etc., Lin Zhao can only sigh with admiration, and can hardly say a word.

I only heard Cheng Yi say: "Reason precedes all things, everything is just a heavenly principle", everything comes from reason", and if there is reason, there is anger. Ethics and morality, discipline and law are all determined by heaven. It is in accordance with the principles of heaven to follow, otherwise it is against the principles of heaven. ”

Cheng Hao said: "People's surnames are good, surnames are reasonable, and temperaments are different, so people's surnames are good and evil." Therefore, turbidity and evil surnames are actually human desires. If human desires blind their hearts, they will damage the principles of heaven. Therefore, "no one's desire is heaven's reason". ”

Lin Zhao chuckled in his heart, this should be the original source of Cheng Zhu's desire to destroy people! Although there is some truth, but there is a feeling of poisoning for thousands of years, Lin Zhao felt slightly uncomfortable in his heart.

Cheng Yi said: "This is some of my brother's latest ideas, which are slightly different from my cousin's way of 'qi', please forgive my cousin!" ”

After all, their brother used to study under his cousin Zhang Zai, and now that he has developed a different doctrine from his master, he is inevitably worried that he will violate the respect for his master......

Zhang Zai waved his hand and smiled: "Uncle Zheng is too worried, there is a way that is better than blue, seeing that you have so many ideas, and now you are concentrating on studying, I am too late to be happy." And your ideas are great and insightful! ”

Uncle Zheng is Cheng Yi's cousin, and hearing Zhang Zai say this, the two brothers are a little relieved. Shao Yong over there also said: "I haven't seen such an incisive insight for a long time, Bo Chun and Uncle Zheng have a lot of ideas, go on!" ”

Could it be that the dinner parties of these people in Pingping are all academic seminars? Lin Zhao couldn't help but feel a little big. If that's all there is to it, why invite me? Do you want me to study the Confucian classics, or do you want me to be tortured? Lin Zhao could only smile bitterly in his heart, and in the spirit of the mentality that if he comes, he will be safe, just listen carefully.

The Ercheng brothers over there won the praise of the two masters, Zhang Zai and Shao Yong, and they were excited in their hearts and continued to talk endlessly. I only heard Cheng Hao say: "If the heavenly principle is prosperous, people want to perish, and if people want to prosper, the heavenly reason will decline...... For example, for women, Dong Zhongshu once mentioned in "Spring and Autumn Dew": Yang is noble and yin is cheap...... The outmoded idea that women are inferior to men...... Therefore, it is not appropriate for a woman to remarry after being widowed, and the husband is the wife, and the woman should ...... Death by starvation is a small matter, but loss of festival is a big matter......"

All in all, the more he talked, the more excessive he became, all about the existence of heavenly principles and the destruction of human desires, as well as the inferiority of men and women.

The other Lin Zhao doesn't care, just say it, but when it comes to the status of women and the relationship between men and women. For a modern civilized person like Lin Zhao, he really can't listen to it.

Therefore, Lin Zhao's expression was slightly unnatural, and this scene happened to be seen by Shao Yong, who was seated, and couldn't help asking: "Dongyang has a different opinion!" ”

Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao's eyes also fell on Lin Zhao, and said, "I don't know what Dongyang thinks about this?" ”

"But it's okay, let's have a discussion!"

Lin Zhao was not interested in participating, but now it is difficult to ride a tiger, and it seems that he can't go without saying a word. Immediately said: "I can't talk about opinions, it's just that Brother Bochun talks about the inferiority of men and women...... There is some truth to this, but ......"

After all, in ancient times, especially in the patriarchal feudal society, it was an indisputable fact that the male surname was the main labor force and the social status was relatively high. Moreover, this kind of thinking has been deeply rooted, and if it were to openly oppose it in its entirety, the pressure would not be ordinarily great.

Lin Zhao said euphemistically: "But women are not vassals, they also have their own status and value, and they also have their own lives and the right to pursue happiness."

Honor is important, but we can't ignore women's happiness, their existence, and their rights, right? There is a way to reconcile yin and yang, this world is inseparable from men, and it is also inseparable from women, and the value and importance of their existence are the same as ours, so men and women should be equal! ”

Lin Zhao's words were somewhat shocking, and everyone present was a little stunned. Equality? Are you kidding? Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the inferiority of men and women seems to be a matter of course, and no one has doubted it at all for many years.

Even in the Sui and Tang dynasties, when Hu Feng was heavier and more open, women's status seemed to be relatively high, but after all, it was still limited, and it was still much worse than men.

Otherwise, Wu Zetian ascended the throne as a woman and became the emperor, and it would not have attracted such serious criticism and fierce opposition, which is a fixed thinking formed over thousands of years, and it is justified. So when Lin Zhao said this, on the one hand, he felt a little shocking, and on the other hand, it was like a joke!

Everyone looked at Lin Zhao in surprise, their eyes were full of puzzlement and surprise, Lin Zhao's thoughts were really strange!

"Dongyang, it's been like this since ancient times!" Cheng Hao said: "Women should pay attention to chastity, know how to be courteous, righteous and honest, and ...... between husband and wife."

"Maybe it's true since ancient times, even if men are the masters of this world, they can't treat women as vassals and ignore their feelings......" Lin Zhao knows that the truth of equality between men and women, which is no more obvious in later generations, is difficult for people to accept now. But he still wants to express it, maybe it will play a little role, and it can be regarded as a snack for all the female surnames in the millennium!

"Is that really strange? How can women be compared with men, men have three wives and four concubines, and their status is so high. I heard that you Lin Dongyang also have concubines, where is your equality with her? The chaperone in the last seat asked coldly.

"At least I will marry her if I really like it, and once I enter the door, I will sincerely have affection for her and each other, and I just don't treat her as a concubine or a woman, this is the equality I can give her!"

Lin Zhao said: "There must be respect and humility in etiquette, and naturally it cannot be abandoned and disordered, I just want to say that this degree needs to be grasped well." We can't be too demanding, there is a saying called overkill, too much too much, isn't that exactly the case? ”

Some people pondered slightly, as if they were moved by Lin Zhao's words, while others were not moved at all and shook their heads again and again. There are even people who despise Lin Zhao, and Confucius has said that only women and villains are difficult to raise! It's normal for them to react this way.

Sima Guang was obviously wrong, he felt that Lin Zhao didn't mean to fight for a woman, and the core idea expressed in his words was in the last sentence.

Too much, overkill! There is no absolute right or wrong in the world, and nothing is absolutely useless, such as Wang Anshi's reform strategy......

Cheng Hao said: "But in this way, wouldn't it be that the gang is often slack......

Gang Chang is a very serious issue in ancient history, and Lin Zhao didn't dare to be careless, and said: "The etiquette system is often not abolished, and this is the truth that there are no rules. It's just that everything must have a degree, and it must be done in moderation, and the people, whether men or women, must abide by the laws of the court, courtesy, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety, respect the old and love the young, but there is no need to have heavenly principles and destroy people's desires, right? ”

It's not a fundamental disagreement after a long time, it's just a matter of degree! However, in this way, it shows that Lin Zhao does not agree with Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao's brothers' statement about reason......

"What does Brother Dongyang have about reason?" Cheng Hao was slightly frustrated, after all, his doctrine was not recognized by others.

Lin Zhao didn't want to dwell on these issues, but it was difficult to ride a tiger at this time, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Reason is important, but I think that for individuals, the heart is the most important." ”

Shao Yong suddenly smiled in his heart, tonight's banquet was really extraordinary. There are already "qi" and "reason" about learning, and now Lin Zhao has put out a "heart" again. It's really interesting, quite a hundred schools of thought contend, a hundred flowers blooming.

Even Sima Guang was interested, it was expected that Zhang Zai and the Ercheng brothers had wonderful insights, and Lin Zhao was completely unexpected. They are all curious, what is Lin Zhao's "heart"?

Lin Zhao was completely chasing ducks to the shelves and was forced to participate in such an esoteric topic. At this point, it is impossible to retreat. While speaking hard, Lin Zhao found that this seemed to be an opportunity.

Although Cheng Zhu Lixue has had some adverse effects on later generations to a certain extent, they are all things put forward by a generation of famous writers, and their influence on later generations is immeasurable. It can't be changed easily, but now Lin Zhao has the opportunity to change from the root.

Perhaps "disguised" to become an academic master, put forward some ideas, and then influence Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao, as well as Zhang Zai and Shao Yong.

Lin Zhao did not think that he would write a book and become a generation of Confucians, but he could borrow the mouths of others to promote this concept. Of course, the premise is that this doctrine must be attractive and convincing enough to make people feel tempted and even convincing, then the only one who can compete with Cheng Zhu Lixue in later generations is Lu Wang Xinxue.

Lin Zhao only knew a little about these things, so he could only say something. I believe that even if what I say is very simple and jerky, and even has some loopholes, it will also have some inspiration for these academic cattle. What's more, in fact, the study of mind originally started from Cheng Hao, but it was later further deepened by Lu Jiuyuan and gradually carried forward.

Lin Zhao said eloquently: "The so-called heart is the heart, and it is also the spirit of people, just as Bo Chun and Uncle Zheng said, we must use heavenly principles to overwhelm selfish desires. But in fact, it is more about the choice of the heart, the heart has a good conscience, there are also evil desires, what people need is the choice of conscience.

How can we maintain a good conscience? Only by learning from things, that is, by relying on practice to experience, in practice constantly self-reflection, self-improvement, so as to achieve the unity of knowledge and action. In the continuous learning of things, find ways to solve problems, and do it to conscience. What other principles do we need to care about? Do you care what people want? ”

After finishing speaking, there was a sudden silence in the lobby, and there was no sound, so to speak, that it could be heard that a pin had fallen. Everyone was shocked by Lin Zhao's words, and the seemingly unpretentious sentences seemed to say a very profound truth.

Lin Zhao's words and the views of the Ercheng brothers seem to be the same, but there are obvious differences in them. In fact, whether it is qi or reason, or even the heart that Lin Zhao said, the difference between what he said and explained is not so big. However, they just keep emphasizing the principles of heaven and human desires, and use a theory or rule to restrain people's hearts, and after all, they still stay in passive rules.

But what about Lin Zhao? No constraints were proposed, but a good solution was found. Through practice and self-reflection, to continuously improve oneself, is an active improvement and improvement of the action, vaguely seems to be slightly higher! More importantly, it is a proactive way to face problems and solve them.

It's easy to ask a question at any time, but it's not easy to solve a problem!

Shao Yong, Zhang Zai and Sima Guang were shocked, while the Ercheng brothers were a little gloomy, and some of the ideas that were originally unstructured were a little messy in an instant, and even a little unconfident. Lin Zhao's so-called "heart" and knowledge of things really brought them a lot of impact.

They wouldn't have thought that Lin Zhao, as a speaker, was still in a mess in his head, and he didn't even know what he said just now? He just piled up what he could remember and said it in a way that seemed coherent, but in reality it was chaos.

Lin Zhao looked at the people in front of him blankly, and didn't react at all? What's going on? Did you say something wrong that shouldn't have been said? It's inevitable to be apprehensive! I knew that I was going to talk about these confusing things, so embarrassing!

Unexpectedly, at this time, Shao Yong suddenly smiled, as the master, he was the first to break the embarrassing and weird situation in front of him.

"Dongyang, I didn't see that your knowledge is in-depth, so insightful!" Shao Yong was amazed, Lin Zhao's idea was shocking, it was really commendable to have such an insight in the year of the weak crown.

Lin Zhao put his mind at ease, knowing that the confused pretending to be forced was considered a success, and shook his head and said: "Where, it's just some superficial ideas about the kid's reading and doing things, if there is anything wrong, please correct me." ”

Sima Guang vaguely seemed to understand why Lin Zhao could perform so well at such an age. A big reason is that he seems to be unpretentious, but he has a very reasonable idea.

As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, just do it, this is what he told Lin Zhao, why not Lin Zhao's own thoughts? Suddenly, Sima Guang seemed to be touched in his heart. As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, why do you have to be so clear? Perhaps selfish desires can be transformed into conscience......

For a while, Master Sima seemed to have figured out something...... (To be continued.) )