After Shi Bufan appeased Li Wanrou, he didn't expect that there would be a guest in his house again, and this guest was Kong Yingda, who had a relationship with Shi Bufan. This Kong Yingda has not had any communication since he was fooled into farming by Shi Bufan last time. However, now that Kong Yingda is here again, Shi Bufan can't help but have a headache. This Kong Yingda is not the kind of ordinary official, this Kong Yingda is a scholar, and there are far more scholars than officials, so communicating with him is the most headache. Shi Bufan would rather communicate with some politicians, because those politicians' thinking is immeasurable, nothing more than yearning for profit and power, and there is nothing wrong with talking to them about this.

But when I talk to these scholars, I'm afraid it's often academic. If it is purely academic, then there is nothing, but Kong Yingda is studying Confucian philosophy. Shi Bufan is really not very good at Confucian philosophy, and Confucian philosophy has been gradually eliminated in later generations. If you want to say that Shi Bufan is the most afraid of seeing Kong Yingda, Kong Yingda almost emptied the inventory in his stomach last time, if he comes a few more times, then maybe Shi Bufan is really going to be exposed. So what he was most afraid of was going to see Kong Yingda, but when people were sitting at home, the disaster came, and Kong Yingda actually took the initiative to find the door, which made Shi Bufan even more headache.

"Shi Xiaoshulang, you disappointed me so much!" Kong Yingda said.

Shi Bufan asked rhetorically: "What does Master Kong mean by dazzling eyes?" ”

"Why did you help King Qin and do such a thing?" Kong Yingda asked very directly.

Kong Yingda directly questioned Shi Bufan, why did he help Li Shimin to frame Li Jiancheng. Although Li Shimin has 18 bachelors, in fact, not all of them are strategists, and a large part of them are used as academic help, and they do not have much help in political strategy. Kong Yingda has always been an academic researcher and does not care about this kind of political struggle. Even if you take a step back, no matter who wins, he is not afraid of anything, because he is a descendant of Confucius, and no matter who wins, it is impossible to kill him, but to use him as a political benchmark as a reuse.

Therefore, Kong Yingda is a person who sits firmly in Diaoyutai and is not afraid of any unexpected situations. But Kong Yingda has always regarded Shi Bufan as an academic friend, but now Shi Bufan actually helped Li Shimin to frame this Li Jiancheng. Although outsiders don't know anything, although Kong Yingda mainly studies academics, after all, he has been in officialdom for so many years, and he has never eaten pork and seen pigs run, who doesn't know what is boring here! But Shi Bufan actually took the initiative to help Li Shimin to harm Li Jiancheng, which made Kong Yingda very disappointed. This kind of thing that sows discord and causes discord among other people's families and brothers is very repulsed by Confucianism.

"Master Kong, although I don't think I'm doing this authentically, I'm not wrong!" Shi Bufan replied.

But this time it was Kong Yingda's turn to ask: "Shixiao Shulang, what do you want?" Wealth, power, beauty? ”

"All I want is to survive, and to have a decent fortune to survive. You don't have to be too tired to work every day, so you can get through it safely. And there are a few women with him, the three wives and four concubines don't dare to think about it, but the three or two still want it! Shi Bufan replied.

Kong Yingda asked rhetorically: "Haven't you already done it?" Why do you need to help King Qin do such a thing? ”

"I don't have a choice, I want to survive."

Shi Bufan told Kong Yingda about the specific process, and Kong Yingda knew that there were so many insiders in this Xuanwumen change. And Kong Yingda knew the inside story for the first time, because Kong Yingda had only heard about this before, and did not know the inside story of the matter. Since Kong Yingda went to farm by himself, he didn't continue to participate in the planning of the Qin Palace, so he didn't know so much. But now they all know it, which makes Kong Yingda still very dissatisfied.

"Since you're here to survive, can you do such a thing? If you do this, heaven will not tolerate it! Kong Yingda said unceremoniously.

Shi Bufan laughed and said, "Master Kong, what do you say is Tianli?" Is this one above our heads the sky? What is it like this day? How will this day affect us? What is Heavenly Principle, how did Heavenly Principle come about, and how do you explain this? ”

"Heavenly principles are ......" Kong Yingda wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Shi Bufan.

"Master Confucius, no matter how you explain the 'Heavenly Principle' with the Confucian classics, how do you explain the origin of Heaven. Maybe there is a legend since ancient times, and the legend says that Pangu opened the world, but who has seen this thing in person? And no one knows what the hell is in the sky, but they are here to explain what the principles of heaven are, isn't this funny? Shi Bufan sneered.

"You, you, you, you......" Kong Yingda pointed angrily at Shi Bufan.

Shi Bufan said again: "The so-called Heavenly Principle, since we human beings came from the flood era when Ru Mao drank blood, what is our Heavenly Principle? Since ancient times, the description of heaven is nothing more than a record from the classics. And what is this heaven, and what is this heavenly principle? Back then, Dong Zhongshu said that heaven and man were inducted, but in fact, it was nothing more than his own understanding of heaven, not what God told you. The so-called heavenly principles, in fact, human beings' thinking about the morality, etiquette, and legal system of this world is, in the final analysis, human beings. If there is no one, where is there any heavenly reason! ”

Shi Bufan pointed to Kong Yingda's chest, and then said: "In this world, the thing 'heaven' is created by the human heart, and the heavenly principle is also created by the human heart. The so-called heart for heaven and earth is not really heaven and earth, but heaven and earth only exist in the hearts of human beings, and in fact do not exist. There is heaven and earth in the heart, and there is heaven and earth in this world. And the so-called truth in my heart is the so-called heavenly principle! Everything is made by the heart, and the heavenly principle is the heart, and the heart is the heavenly principle, so the heavenly principle you are talking about is nothing more than the human heart. ”

Kong Yingda suddenly couldn't refute it, because no one had seen how this "sky" came into being, and perhaps more than a thousand years later, scientists could attribute the cause of the universe to a so-called Big Bang. However, the people of this era are nothing more than using their "hearts" to think about how heaven and earth came into being. Therefore, in the era of underdeveloped science and technology, many ideas are idealistic, and Shi Bufan's intention to explain it is also the most appropriate explanation. The so-called heavenly principles are nothing more than Confucian standards of morality and etiquette, plus various social systems. The so-called morality is nothing more than a code of conduct created by human beings, and it has nothing to do with the so-called "heaven and earth". What is heaven and earth, heaven and earth will not be specifically aimed at a certain person, let alone create the so-called "heavenly principles", all these things are just things created and thought out by the human heart.

Shi Bufan doesn't think that "sky" is anything, this world is still the world of human beings, the world of intelligent creatures. All morality is actually created by human beings, but it is ridiculous to label him with the so-called "heavenly principle" for the sake of mythology. There are even some people who think that their remarks represent the "Heavenly Principle", and think that they represent the world, so they also represent the "Heavenly Principle".

"Master Kong, do you say that what I have done is intolerable? But since Heavenly Principle is the creation of the thoughts and thoughts of the people of the world, do you think you can represent the people of the world? Do you think your ideas represent the thoughts of everyone in the world? Do you think everyone in the world needs the same things? Shi Bufan asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Kong Yingda didn't dare to admit it.

Shi Bufan asked again: "Master Kong, the first thing in life in this world is survival. Ants still steal life, let alone humans? What people do in order to survive is understandable. Survival is the most important thing, and this is the most basic human heart. Although we can use our hearts to reflect on our conscience three times a day, this conscience is based on the fact that we can all survive. If you can't even survive, then what can you talk about conscience? Mr. Kong, you can't deny that human survival is the most basic need, and it is more important than what power and wealth are? ”

"Yes!" Kong Yingda replied.

"Then I did something that seemed to be against the rules of etiquette in order to survive, so what's the matter?" Shi Bufan asked rhetorically.

Kong Yingda also wanted to say: "But, that ......"

"Master Kong, I know what you want to say. I know you think I participated in this coup d'état for the sake of glory and wealth, right? But let me tell you, I adopted the two daughters of Prince Jiancheng, and tried to ensure that the sons of Prince Jiancheng did not die, do you say that I am for glory and wealth? Shi Bufan asked.

Kong Yingda couldn't help frowning, because if Shi Bufan was for glory and wealth, then he couldn't have Li Jiancheng's daughter and the son who helped Li Jiancheng avoid being killed, but Shi Bufan did it. Although Shi Bufan will not be publicly punished, his future political future will also be ruined. Therefore, if Shi Bufan is for the sake of future glory and wealth, how can he do such a stupid thing, so it shows that Shi Bufan is not for glory and wealth. However, Kong Yingda is still very dissatisfied with Shi Bufan's practice of harming others for his own survival.

"Life is what I want, and righteousness is what I want. You can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also. Don't you know that this is the teaching of Yah-ho? Kong Yingda asked.

Shi Bufan replied without denying it: "I always keep this teaching in my heart, but I said I couldn't do it." ”

"......" Kong Yingda was speechless, it was the first time he had heard someone directly confess that he couldn't sacrifice his life for righteousness.

"I can't sacrifice my life for righteousness. But I can do that no one offends me and I don't offend anyone, but whoever wants to kill me, then I will fight with him. What I can do is that I can not help the wrongdoers when it is not my business. But if anyone wants to kill me, then I can only desperately save myself, although the means may be more extreme, but then I am also trying to survive. What I can do is that if I can survive, I won't implicate too many innocent people. The daughter of the prince is innocent, and the son of the prince is innocent. I can make amendum to Prince Cheng by taking in his daughter and trying to make sure that his son doesn't die. ”

"That's my conscience, I know what I need. The only thing I needed was to know that all I needed was to survive, and that it would be better to survive properly. And I didn't frame Prince Jiancheng for the sake of power, so I chose to compensate Prince Jiancheng, isn't it okay? ”

And in every person's heart, there is a conscience. And Tianliang, that is, Tianli, is a morality recognized by everyone in the world, so this morality is also Tianli. Since survival is recognized and needed by everyone in the world, then it is naturally the greatest heavenly principle. Human beings are the foundation of the existence of heaven, if human beings do not exist, then the 'heaven' that is placed in people's hearts, is it attached to the skin without hair? What I can do is ensure my survival, but I also try not to infringe on the survival of others. I waited for three meals a day, but in fact, I didn't kill living beings? However, we only survive according to the methods we need, and as long as we can maintain our own survival and kill, it is not unkindness, this is the law of survival. But after satisfying one's own survival needs, killing for one's own selfish desires and vanity is intolerable. ”

Therefore, the human heart is the principle of heaven, and the principle of heaven is placed in the heart of the person. Master Kong, it seems that you haven't cultivated home yet! ”

Kong Yingda was stunned by Shi Bufan's words, which involved countless disciplines from astronomy to geography, from biology to philosophy, and even from history to anthropology. But where did Kong Yingda learn so much, he was dizzy.

Kong Yingda's knowledge is limited to the books of the ancients, and the books of the ancients are hesitant and the science is not developed, and there are very few things left, and even most of them are biased towards classical academics. But the times are different, his knowledge is more than Kong Yingda, I don't know how many times. Although Shi Bufan mainly studied liberal arts, it did not prevent him from citing some well-known knowledge of science and engineering to add persuasiveness to his arguments. So Kong Yingda was completely stunned by so many things from Shi Bufan, because these things were too "tall", and Kong Yingda couldn't understand it for a while.

"You mean that the Heavenly Principle exists in everyone's heart? The human heart is the principle of heaven, and when we seek the principle of heaven, we do not need to go to heaven to sense, but to seek and dig out our inner conscience? Kong Yingda asked.

Shi Bufan nodded and said, "That's right, that's it!" The human heart is the heavenly principle, and the heavenly principle exists in the human heart, so I can summarize it as 'the heart is the reason', and the heart is where all the heavenly principles are. ”