This morning, but it was a silent class, he left the Guozijian, and when he arrived at the Yuwang Mansion, it was just after midnight, and it was obvious that he went out early.

The porter saw that it was the new Master Shen, and let him in without saying a word, and after a while, Feng Bao, the eunuch who went to invite him yesterday, greeted him with a smile and said, "Hey, Lord Shen, you came really early." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said, "Eating under the command of the tall man is not early." ”

Feng Bao was deeply touched when he heard this: "Yes, when Master Gao was lecturing in the mansion, he made a lot of noise in the mansion, and everyone was very nervous. ”

Shen Mo said strangely: "What are you nervous about?" He teaches the prince, but he doesn't teach you. ”

"Who said they wouldn't teach us?" Feng Bao said depressedly: "He doesn't teach ordinary palace people, but those of us who are originally literate, he also wants us to memorize the scriptures of filial piety, know honesty and shame, keep our promises, and drive us away from the prince if we disobey the slightest disobedience. ”

"It's good to improve your cultivation a little." Shen Mo smiled and said, "Master Gao's hard work, sooner or later you will experience it." ”

While speaking, Feng Bao led him to the main hall, served tea and snacks again, and whispered: "The prince hasn't gotten up yet, sir, you can drink some tea here, eat something and so on." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Shen Mo smiled: "Father-in-law Feng has something to do first, if it's okay, let's talk." ”

Feng Bao was flattered when he heard this, eunuchs like him, Qingliu has always avoided it, for example, if Fang Cai's sentence, if Gao Gong or Chen Yiqin said, there will only be the first half of the sentence 'If you have something to do first', there will be no second half of the sentence 'Let's talk about it'. Receiving such a courtesy from Shen Mo, Feng Bao was very excited in his heart, and nodded heavily: "Medium!" The miscellaneous family will accompany Master Shen to talk! ”

So the two chatted, and at first they naturally asked each other: 'Where is Gonggong Feng's ancestral hometown?' ''Miscellaneous family is a native of Shenzhou, Zhending Mansion in Beizhili, the word Yongting, and the number Shuanglin. ’

Shen Mo was secretly surprised, he had a lot of contact with the eunuchs, but he didn't hear any of them...... Because the eunuch profession is really too embarrassing for the ancestors, even if it is done to the celebrant Dajue, so the eunuchs often change their names and surnames after entering the palace, let alone use any font size.

For them, the name is just a code name for the master to remember, and all other meanings can be erased.

But this Feng Bao not only has a word but also a number, which is really unexpected. But what was even more surprising was yet to come, as the conversation deepened, Shen Mo found that this Feng Bao was a very peculiar eunuch - so strange that he didn't look like a eunuch anymore.

According to his understanding of the eunuchs in the past, although these people were generally from poor backgrounds and generally did not have a high cultural quality, although they later attended the literacy class in the palace, they were only rough in literature and ink, and they were simply a group of semi-literate.

Compared with some people, this Feng Bao simply stands out from the crowd, and he silently found that he is not only proficient in scripture and history, but also talks like the Tao; And he is good at playing a variety of musical instruments, in addition to painting, opera, just in terms of versatility, even he is willing to bow down.

How do you say that? Shen Mo said silently in his heart: "I am not afraid that the eunuch is ambitious, but I am afraid that the eunuch is educated." 'The ink in this Feng Bao's belly is estimated to be much more than that white-clothed Xiushi Wang Zhenke, and he will definitely be a character in the future!

It's just that such a cultured eunuch is not a shortage in the palace, so should he stay in the celebrant eunuch? Shen Mo asked softly, "Father-in-law has always been in the prince's mansion?" ”

Feng Bao shook his head and said gloomily: "The slave maid was originally in the celebrant eunuch, and she was the eunuch of the ancestor's court, because she made a mistake later, she was assigned to the prince's mansion to sweep the floor. ”

"I see." Shen Mo bowed his head lightly, and comforted him: "Life inevitably has ups and downs, no one can be without setbacks, I believe you will have a good future sooner or later!" ”

"Thank you, sir!" Feng Bao grinned.

At this time, it was reported later, and Prince Yu got up, and Feng Bao smiled and said: "Master Shen will rest first, and the slave and maid will go to the back to serve." ”

"Father-in-law Feng, please." Shen Mo nodded and smiled.

After a while, Prince Yu came in from behind, and when he saw Shen Mo, he smiled and squinted, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm a little late." ”

He smiled silently: "The prince's noble body is important, and it doesn't hurt for Weichen to wait a little longer." ”

"Let's go to the study and talk...... Oh no, keep learning. King Yu rushed to the study with Shen Mo.

Entering the study, the two sat down face to face as they had said yesterday, and King Yu said with great interest: "What kind of joke will you tell today?" ”

After thinking about it silently, he said with a smile: "Since Your Majesty asked me to talk about "Mencius", then I will tell a story about a husband and wife who fought with "Mencius". Glancing at His Royal Highness King Yu, who was full of expectation, he said: "It is said that there is a scholar who wants to marry a concubine, and his wife is not happy, so she asked him: 'A husband is matched with a woman's ears, where is the concubine seen?' The husband Zhen Zhen said: "Mencius Yun: "The Qi people have a wife and a concubine. It can be seen that concubines have existed since ancient times. ”

King Yu nodded when he heard this and said, "There is indeed such a statement. ”

Shen Mo smiled slightly: "The wife was not convinced: "If you say this, I should also recruit a second husband." The scholar was amazed and said, 'Why?' Who allowed you to have three husbands? The wife said, "Mencius said, 'Mencius said that there are three husbands, 'big husband', 'little husband', and 'cheap husband'. ”

Hearing this, King Yu stroked his palms and laughed: "This lady's good mouth, where did Mr. Shen hear this joke?" ”

Shen Mo smiled faintly and said: "The so-called reading a hundred times is self-evident, and the lower officials have read too many books and figured it out." ”

"I can't imagine that reading a book has this effect." King Yu smiled: "I won't tell you, Mr. Gu feels that those scriptures are extremely boring, they are all clichés, and people want to sleep when they hear them." ”

Shen Mo smiled and said: "In fact, at the level of His Royal Highness, there is no need to die reading, we should corroborate the words of the saints in the book with the things happening around us, and get our own true meaning, this is the real way of learning." ”

Hearing this, King Yu asked, "What is the true meaning?" ”

"Everybody is different." Shen Mo shook his head and said, "Only you can realize it," he said with a smile: "It will take a process, but you can now express the doubts in your heart, and we will discuss it together." ”

"There is really a ......" King Yu fell into deep thought when he heard this, and only asked softly after a while: "Lao Tzu has a saying, I have three virtues: 'said Ci, said Jane, said dare not be the first in the world', these three virtues, especially 'dare not be the first in the world', what does it mean?" Please sir advise. ”

This sentence was silently seen on the wall of Yuxi Palace, and it was also used by Emperor Jiajing to talk about things, which can be seen to be the emperor's admiring maxim. The heart said, 'It seems that this prince also has a pursuit. That pursuit was to win Jiajing's favor so that he could overcome his younger brother and ascend to the throne of emperor.

Shen Mo is really afraid that he has no desires and no desires, so he wants to be a prince of peace. He cleared his throat and said: "Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" is only a few hundred words, but it contains the truth of heaven and earth...... What is Reason? It's a one-size-fits-all truth. Saying that, he looked at King Yu with blazing eyes and said: "As far as His Royal Highness is concerned, it is natural to experience it in the way of governing the country." ”

"Sir, please." Yuwang sat up precariously, as long as it was a question that he really wanted to know, he would definitely listen carefully.

"It can be said that these 'three treasures' are a high summary of Lao Tzu's ruling view. One virtue is called 'mercy', which is to attach importance to the responsibility of the superior to the lower, and for the superior, he should treat his people with a benevolent attitude, so that the people can return to their hearts. Shen Mo said clearly: "And my Confucianism talks about 'loyalty and filial piety', emphasizing the responsibility of the lower to the higher, as long as the courtiers are loyal and filial to the king...... This has been emphasized for 2,000 years, but what is the result? Han, Tang, Song and Yuan, those who should die have to die, and no one has been able to survive the country forever. ”

"What is the reason? Just like a lake, if there is no continuous injection of rainwater from the river, no matter how big it is, it will be dried out to the bottom. Any country is this lake, if the monarch does not know how to love the people, only knows how to ask for it, sooner or later the lake will be exhausted and the country will be defeated; On the contrary, if the monarch can be benevolent, righteous and love the people, the common people will definitely support it, just like countless rivers flowing into the great lake, the country can only become stronger and stronger, and there will never be a danger of decay! Said and looked at King Yu and said: "Your Majesty saw this, so he introduced Taoism, so that Confucianism and Taoism complement each other, not only requiring loyalty from the lower to the top, but also asking for the mercy of the lower to the lower, only in this way can we get the support of the people, and the long-term peace and stability, so for the way of the king, the first is 'love the people'." ”

King Yu nodded and said, "Xiao Wang remembers." ”

"Speaking of 'thrift', it means that the imperial court is strict with frugality, less construction projects, and tries to avoid disturbing the people; If the imperial court controls and consumes less social wealth, the wealth in the hands of the people will be more, and the people will be able to live a good life; If the common people live a good life, then who will rebel? Even if someone is ambitious, I'm afraid they will be sent to the government before they get into trouble. Shen Mo said lightly: "In fact, only when the people are comfortable, will they truly support the monarch and love the country; If the common people can't even eat enough and can't get by, then it will not be far from the appearance of Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Zhang Jiao, and Huang Chao. ”

King Yu often heard Gao Gong say that now the people all over the country are not living, and the people are living in great difficulty, and now when he hears Shen Mo say this, he can't help but stand up and say: "No...... It's not going to be the other way around, is it? ”

"There have been rebellions in some places." Shen Mo said lightly: "But now it's only a small local scale, which shows that there is still something to be done, but if it goes on like this for another generation, it will really be a big problem." ”

King Yu wiped his sweat and said, "I really have to take care of it." As he spoke, he looked at Shen Mo and said, "Sir, let's talk about the third one." ”

"'Don't dare to be the first in the world' means that the king and the court retreat from their bodies, and cannot compete to stand in front of the people to command, command, and be powerful." Silent and deep said: "Lao Tzu thinks, 'If you can't walk in front of the people of the world, and if the officials don't serve and command the people, the people will be at peace', 'If you don't dare to enjoy yourself before the people of the world, the officials will not dare to compete with the people for profit, and the people will be rich', 'If you don't dare to let the people obey you, but obey the people yourself, then the people will not be controlled and oppressed, and the people's ability to read and be independent will grow!'" ’”

King Yu smiled when he heard this: "According to Lao Tzu's meaning, 'being an official does not make decisions for the people, and he has no face to eat the three stone valleys', this adage of a good official seems to be faulty." ”

"Not bad!" Shen Mo nodded and said: "If the officials are the masters of the people, the people will become poor and incompetent; Only when the people make their own decisions can they become self-reliant and prosperous. ”

"Then what do you need officials for?" Yuwang asked.

"Protection." Silent said: "Protect the peace of the people, protect their self-improvement and prosperity power, will inevitably get the sincere support of the people, this is a mutual relationship, for thousands of years, the politicians are because they only know how to take, do not know to pay, so there are so many dynasty changes, Your Highness, take history as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall!" ”

King Yu said in awe: "Sir, the student has been taught. ”

Shen Mo used this method of telling jokes and reasoning at the same time to entertain and educate, so that King Yu listened with great interest, and often thought deeply, and suddenly felt that this teacher was really not simple...... In fact, the reason why Shen Mo taught like this was because he knew that if he blindly made a courtier-like gag and tell jokes, although he would make His Royal Highness King Yu like him very much, he would never respect himself from the bottom of his heart; Of course, if you blindly talk about the big truth, Yuwang will feel even more boring, and will not think that he is any different from the rest of the masters.

Only with such a vivid teaching method can Yuwang maintain his interest, and he will not feel that he is a master who does not learn and has no skills...... In fact, Yuwang quickly became obsessed with his class, and as soon as it came to the silent class, he was in high spirits and engrossed; When it was someone else's turn, he was listless, lacking in interest, and even argued with the rest of the masters for differences in opinions, so as to defend Teacher Shen's dignity.

In this way, Zhang Juzheng can say that Yin Shizhan and Chen Yiqin are muttering, this Shen boy is here to smash our jobs? Chen Yiqin said: "Let's teach him a lesson." Yin Shizhan said: "How to teach? "Let's go inside." The two of them shook the folding fan and walked into the hall, and when they saw that Shen Mo was chatting with Feng Bao hotly, they were a little angry.

The two looked at each other, immediately had a bad idea, and looked at each other and laughed.

Feng Bao was really seduced, and said with a smile: "What are the two masters laughing at?" ”

"On the way, Lord Yin told me a joke." Chen Yiqin wiped his tears and said, "It's so funny." ”

"What's the joke so funny?" Feng Bao smiled: "Master Yin, can you tell me to listen?" ”

Yin Shizhan's surname was loyal, but he couldn't say such a damaging word, so he said, "It's better for Master Chen to say." ”

"Okay," Chen Yiqin said with a smile: "A long, long time ago, there was a prince, and there was a father-in-law by his side who could go to heaven and earth and had extremely high martial arts......" Speaking of this, Chen Yiqin stopped and sat down to drink tea.

Feng Bao said strangely: "And then? ”

"A long, long time ago, there was a prince, and there was a father-in-law by his side who could go to heaven and earth and had extremely high martial arts......" Chen Yiqin repeated again, which made Feng Bao depressed, and said: "I'm asking, what about my father-in-law?" ”

Chen Yiqin smiled narrowly, and said seriously: "My father-in-law is gone." ”

Feng Bao's face was as suffocated as a pig's liver, and his hands caged in his sleeves were clenched with bruises...... Although he was a eunuch, he was also a young man with a blood surname, how could he allow people to be teased like this? He squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Yiqin, looking at his hot day, but the official uniform on his body was very thick, he could only keep shaking the folding fan to cool down, and his heart moved, so he smiled: "I heard that Master Chen is very good at pairs, and the miscellaneous family has a connection, so I dare to ask Master Chen." ”

"Awards, awards." Chen Yiqin said with a big grin, although Feng Bao is educated, he is also a showman, but compared to their talents, it is really not enough, so he nodded and said, "You can talk about it." ”

"Master, wearing winter clothes and holding a summer fan, have you spent several years in spring and autumn?" Feng Bao said with a stiff smile.

Chen Yiqin listened, oh, this is sarcastic to me, a lot of age and nothing, just a little waiter. Where would he let a eunuch laugh? I was about to find fault with the salute, and suddenly understood that this guy had made a couplet for himself, which embedded the names of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and thought that this kid had a little ink in his stomach, so he secretly sneered: "Okay, look how I salute you!" Thinking of this, he smiled faintly and said, "The next link is here, can you listen well...... Little eunuch, Yan Nanfei, come to Yanjing, is that thing still there?! After speaking, he laughed, and Yin Shizhan couldn't help laughing, tilting his head and sneering. Shen Mo actually wanted to laugh too, but seeing that Feng Bao couldn't cry or laugh, he was very embarrassed, and he couldn't help himself because of Fang Cai's friendship.

(To be continued)