5. The true meaning of reading

Fan Qing stayed for a while, then returned to his own mansion, ready to take a moment to go to Zheng Mansion tomorrow afternoon to see Zheng Guang, reveal his identity, and give Zheng Guang some tips, such an excellent young man with a heart is really too rare, the Ming Dynasty is in a state of flux, people of insight are anxious, but His Majesty the Emperor is obsessed with immortals, and he is unwilling to excite the dynasty, so if you want to change the status quo, you can only put your hope on the next generation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

As he said before, his self-cultivation is not good, and his family is not good at managing it, how can he talk about governing the country and leveling the world? He revered the powerful Wang Yangming is the best model of self-cultivation, after the enlightenment of the dragon field, self-cultivation to the limit, finally broke through the confinement of the ancestors, created his own mind, with the "unity of knowledge and action" as the core of the doctrine, established a saint, and became a generation of saints.

As an official for so many years, from the imperial examination era to see many scholars, advocating the heart of the people are not a few, really, Wang Yangming with his outstanding talent and excellent character has been followed by many people from the heart, although Yang Ming heart learning can not be officially recognized, and even was banned for a time, but the real learning, is not able to be prevented from spreading, in the southeast coast of South China, where the imperial court decree is the weakest, Yang Ming heart is widely spread, Wang Xuemen people all over the southeast.

After the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the commodity economy in the south of the Yangtze River flourished, completely replacing the north as China's economic center, but the political center has always been in the north, there is no active commodity economic stimulus, the official political ideology of the Ming Dynasty is still rigid, and politics can not keep up with the development model of the commodity economy, thus brewing a huge contradiction and disconnection between South China and North China, and the root cause of the Japanese Rebellion lies in this.

Fan Qing, who was transferred from the north to the south, gradually perceived and realized the huge contradiction and inconsistency between the administrative style of the Ming government and the active commodity economy in the Jiangnan region during his two-year term.

The unity of knowledge and action is the core soul of Wang Yangming's psychology, and it is also the only way to govern the country and level the world pursued by people with lofty ideals for thousands of years, but this only way, what can really be done is too few, too many people are full of economy, but when it is their turn to do things, they are extremely incompetent.

They regard Yang Minggong's psychology as heresy, but they themselves have forgotten, or they don't want to think about it at all, what Confucius said about "teaching students according to their aptitude" and "learning to specialize", isn't it the same as "the unity of knowledge and action"?

Is today's Confucianism the Confucianism of Confucius or the Confucianism of Dong Zhongshu? Or Zhu Xi's Confucianism?

There are thousands of followers of Yang Ming Gong, but there are really not many people who can do the "unity of knowledge and action", Yang Ming Gongwen can govern the country and martial arts, and show all what he has learned, this is the real saint, the real unity of knowledge and action, and when today's scholars are selected, the talent selection ceremony for the country is regarded as a ladder of glory and wealth, rather than a ladder to show what they have learned.

Reading is for doing things, not for glory and wealth, but since the former Song Dynasty, there is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book, which is the biggest driving force for readers to read.

Every time he thinks of this, Fan Qing feels heartbroken, the government has reached this point, even if the emperor is obsessed with immortal ways and ignores the problems of the government, but if the cabinet ministers and courtiers are dedicated to governing the country, and the emperor will not go to court for decades, what will happen? No one, no one has achieved the unity of knowledge and action, just talking, even Wang Xuemen.

But in this thick darkness, Fan Qing found a ray of light in Suzhou, the maverick pure boy, the clean and self-righteous boy, Mr. Jing Chuan's proud protΓ©gΓ©, Mr. Jing Chuan himself is also a Wang Xuemen, a master of mental learning, in the early years of the imperial examination as an official, after seeing the dark curtain of the imperial court, he was disappointed, so he resigned and retired to the countryside, although such a person is respectable, but it has not brought any practical benefits to the world.

After becoming the prefect of Suzhou, Fan Qing discovered more and more the importance of the unity of knowledge and action, and he felt more and more that what he had learned was not enough, the things in the books were dead, but people were alive, and how to govern the living with the truth of death? Being able to write and speak, but not being able to do it, this is the biggest problem for scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

And that young man, whenever he mentioned a problem, not only expounded his own views in the general sense and explained the way of the sage, but more valuable and crucial, but put forward a practical solution to the problem, he would say the truth of doing so, speaking for the sage, but then he thought about how to do it, not how to say it, out of this pragmatic point of view, his articles were also very gorgeous, but under the gorgeous, it was a solid foundation, not a castle in the air.

He is by no means the kind of scholar who has a thousand words and no idea in his chest, but is a talent who can really do things.

To be able to cultivate such a student, it is really worthy of the famous Mr. Jing Chuan, and I think that Mr. Jing Chuan himself has found what he needs from these years of retreat.

Everyone says that the law of the ancestors is immutable, but is the law of the ancestors really immutable? The former Song Dynasty adhered to the law of the ancestors and insisted on Yashan, this is the law of the ancestors? If this is the case, I think that the law of the ancestors is really going to change, and Yang Minggong may think the same way.

When night fell, Zheng's house was peaceful, Zheng Guang turned the corner, everyone was at ease, after dinner, the big guys went to rest, the old lady felt that Zheng Guang might wake up at night, and then she would be hungry, so she asked the kitchen to prepare the cooked chicken soup and white rice, and she personally sent it to Zheng Guang's house.

Gently pushed the door open, for fear of waking up the sleeping Zheng Guang, but after opening the door, he saw that Zheng Guang was awake, sitting on the bed with a gentle face and stroking the head of Zhao Die'er who was sleeping on the edge of the bed, and smiled dumbly.

"Guang'er, why are you awake?" asked the maid to bring the chicken soup and white rice to the table, and waved her hand to let the maid out, and then asked Zheng Guang softly, Zheng Guang smiled: "After all, my grandson is young and in good health, and I can't sleep for too long if I want to, and I have been sleeping for about four hours now, enough is enough, grandma, it's getting late, don't you go to sleep?" ”

The old lady sat on the edge of the bed, looked at Zhao Die'er who was sleeping on the edge of the bed, and smiled kindly: "Grandma is a person who sleeps less, can't sleep for too long, she can only fall asleep every day, and she wakes up a little more than two hours, and sometimes I envy you young people, one sleep is four or five hours, alas, Die'er is also tired today......

Zheng Guang looked at Zhao Die'er, and a tidal wave of memories came to his heart, it was not his original memory, the memory of this body, but this memory had affected the new soul, Zheng Guang remembered the bits and pieces spent with Zhao Dieer since he was a child, Zhao Dieer was extremely attached to Zheng Guang, and Zheng Guang also liked this cousin very much.

In the Ming Dynasty, distant cousins can get married, even in modern times, many places allow relatives to marry each other, Zheng Guang does not object, because this gentle and kind girl is really very attached to herself, and her deep feelings have become a habit of this body, and they can no longer be shaken.

Now I am Zheng Guang, the undisputed Zheng Guang.

"Die'er is tired, I've been waiting for me for a while, let her sleep, grandma, when my grandson is admitted to the Jinshi, Die'er's filial piety will be over, at that time, I also asked grandma to marry my grandson and Die'er." Zheng Guang's solemn request.

The old lady smiled and nodded: "You and Die'er grew up under the watch, of course grandma will fulfill you, Die'er is a good girl, soft temperament, and has done a lot of things for you, there is no doubt about your heart, you can marry Die'er, it is also your blessing, you, don't bully Die'er after getting married." ”

Zheng Guang has always been a person who keeps his promises, he has always regarded promises as more important than anything else, even if modern society has lost the essence of integrity, but Zheng Guang has always had, during the Great Song Dynasty, Zheng Guang won everyone's recognition with his sincerity, and was able to lead everyone to persist in resisting Meng Yuan, although the final inevitable failure, but that heart has never changed, so he said: "In this life and this life, I will not live up to her, and if I violate this oath, heaven and man will abandon her." ”

The old lady said: "It's enough to have such a heart, don't make too heavy oaths, grandma knows that you are the same as your father, a person who keeps promises, remember, in your life, the person who can't be sorry the most is Die'er, grandma knows, in the future, you will be admitted to the Jinshi, become a big official, it is inevitable that you will encounter some things you don't want to do, you will meet some people you don't want to see, the future is important, and it's important to have a clear conscience, do you remember what your father said to you at the end?" ”

Zheng Guang nodded, and said with a straight face: "In life, I don't want to be without fault, but I want to have a clear conscience." ”

The old lady said: "Whether it is your grandfather or your father, they all regard having a clear conscience as the most important thing, and when you become an official in the future, even if you are scolded when you encounter those things, but as long as you have a clear conscience, then it's okay, your father often says, right and wrong, there are descendants who say that grandma is a woman, and she doesn't know too much truth, so she can only tell you these words, how to think, how to do, grandchildren, it depends on yourself." ”

Zheng Guang nodded: "Grandson remembers." ”

The old lady nodded, turned to look at the chicken soup, and asked, "Are you hungry?" Would you like something to eat? ”

Zheng Guang shook his head: "I don't want to eat for the time being, grandma, go and rest, my grandson will eat by himself when he is hungry." ”

The old lady looked at Zhao Die'er, who was sleeping, got up and took a blanket and draped it on her: "Then grandma will go back first, rest more, there is still more than a month to take the house exam, don't worry too much, grandma believes that the good grandson will definitely be able to get the Jinshi and glorify the ancestors." ”

Zheng Guang nodded: "Grandson knows." ”

The old lady left with peace of mind, seeing the old lady leave, as soon as the door was closed, Zheng Guang's hand touched the top of Zhao Die'er's head: "Since you woke up, why don't you open your eyes?" Isn't it fun to eavesdrop on other people's conversations? ”