After the Double Ninth Festival, Zhang Yuan came to the Huiji Wang Siren Mansion was almost the time, Shi Shuang carried two baskets, one basket was filled with Xiaoshan persimmon and Shanyin Xie Tangerine, and the other basket was a big river crab and a tile cockle, yesterday it was said that the "crab meeting" on Yudi Mountain, Zhang Yuan felt that the river crab flavor was extremely beautiful, so he ordered Shi Shuang to buy 20 catties of big river crab early this morning and give it to the teacher Wang Siren's family to try it.

Wang Siren, who was wearing a light blue straight jacket, stood on the eaves of the front hall, and said: "Zhang Yuan, it seems that you won a lot of silver yesterday, and you also know that buying some fruits and crabs to honor your teacher is also a courtesy." ”

The news of the bet and lawsuit with Yang Shangyuan spread really fast, Zhang Yuan hurriedly bowed down and said: "Teacher Rongqi, the student is not rash and gambling, but he was forced by Yang Xiucai, and he had no choice but to do so." ”

Wang Siren looked at this young disciple, his expression was still humble and calm, this son was young, and the city was not shallow, and said, "Follow me to the study to talk." He turned around and walked to the study in the front yard.

Zhang Yuan followed Wang Siren to the study, Wang Siren sat down, he bowed, and obeyed the order to tell the story of yesterday's trip to Yudi Mountain and Yang Shangyuan.

Wang Siren smiled on his face: "'With the lord of a country's thieves, crown seven books of benevolence and righteousness', these two sentences are really broken, but you dare to bet." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's not that the student is reckless, but the student firmly believes that Yang Shangyuan can't break the 'Zi Yue' within seven steps, so the student won't lose, but the student almost can't win, so Yang Shangyuan is really going too fast——"

One sentence amused Wang Siren, laughed, laughed for a while, suddenly smiled, and said solemnly: "Zhang Yuan, do you think that you can win Yang Shangyuan with your talent, and you can still get gambling money when you get to the government?" ”

Zhang Yuan didn't dare to speak, and listened to Wang Siren's lesson.

Wang Siren said: "The "Da Ming Law" stipulates, 'All those who gamble money and property are eighty rods, and the money and goods in the stall are in the official, and those who open casinos are guilty of the same crime', so Hou County's order to give you one hundred and fifty taels of gambling silver is selfish, of course, you are still different from gambling, the first assistant of the cabinet Ye Xianggao is still playing chess and gambling with people in the house, and the gambling is Song Ta's "Chunhua Pavilion Post", which I have seen with my own eyes - "Da Ming Law" can not take advantage of loopholes, the real theory is still to see face and communication, if you are not Zhang Rulin's grandson, is not my Wang Siren's protégé, the little Confucian boy dared to go to court to sue Xiucai, and he still bet, whether it is reasonable or not, he will be out of the stick first, don't you say? ”

Zhang Yuan said respectfully: "The teacher taught him very well, but the students still acted a little rashly. ”

Wang Siren said: "Otherwise, I don't want you to accuse you, but I want you to understand the situation and situation, and I want you to understand what can be done and what can't be done. It is impossible for him to accuse all the malpractices of the government, he will only stand up for those so-called malpractices of the government that are openly or secretly detrimental to him or his mentors, so once he enters the official career, the quality of his own virtue and surname is secondary, and the key lies in the interests behind it-"

Zhang Yuan has the strings "Zheng" in his mind, but the sound of the strings, he has not thought about one thing before Wang Siren said this, suddenly penetrated, Wang Siren is twenty years old, mixed in the officialdom for nearly 20 years, and is a very smart and witty person, many things of course than he can see through, this point, Zhang Yuan suddenly enlightened, he used to read the historical materials of the late Ming Dynasty, and the view on the dispute between Donglin and the eunuch party that eventually led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty is: Although Donglin also has villains, most of them are gentlemen; There are many villains in the eunuch party, but there are no people with integrity and intelligence.

And at this moment, he understands that since he is already in the court, the role of personal moral character is limited, whether it is a gentleman or a villain, the huge interest system will envelop you, imperceptibly affect your words and deeds, maybe this is still in your unconsciousness, when you speak generously, self-righteousness is for heaven and earth, for the people, in fact, you are standing on the cornerstone of interests, of course, there are people who do not care about their own interests, but as long as he speaks, he acts, his words and deeds can affect the government, that is to represent a certain interest, Because the policy of the imperial court is to balance interests, if you understand this, it is not easy to be confused by appearances, and you will understand that Donglin is an interest group, and the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, and the Eunuch Party are also interest groups formed by their respective dependent clans, teachers and students, and in-laws.

"By the way, it seems that Mr. Wang has a close relationship with the eunuch party figures, when the Chongzhen Dynasty Donglin Party was fully in power, Mr. Wang was also excluded, and his career was unsuccessful, if possible in the future, I must help the teacher as a student, Mr. Wang seems to be laughing and scolding is not very serious, but the festival is not a loss, it is definitely stronger than Qian Qianyi and Zhou Yanru."

Zhang Yuan figured out this, of course, the look on his face was very different, and Wang Siren asked: "Zhang Yuan, what are you laughing at, do you have some understanding again, let's listen to it?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Students listen to what the teacher said, if they have some understanding, but they have not yet sorted out the clues, they only understand this, and it is easy for a person to find a reason for what he has done. ”

Wang Siren twisted his beard and said: "You now understand that I am not accusing you of saying this, you must judge the situation and be good at taking advantage of the situation, Yang Shangyuan is not fighting you because he is at a loss, but his power is not as good as yours - there is one more thing you don't know, Yao Fu visited Hou County Ling and Shaoxing prefect Xu Shijin last night, that Xu Shijin and Yao Fu's cousin Yao Chengli are the same department, and Mr. Suzhi, the uncle of the Ling family, is also in the same department. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The student knows about this, and the student is also worried that the case will be repeated, so Yao Fu is very good at drilling camps, so yesterday evening I asked my brother Zhang Zongzi to ask the clan uncle to send a tribute to Xu Fuzun." ”

Wang Siren smiled and said: "Great, you have no last resort, but Yang Shangyuan insisted that there was no private casting of fake silver, and the fake silver was fooled when he bought the woven flannel cloth from Songjiang merchants, so he thought about using it, which is not good to convict him of a felony, but the reputation of the student should not be preserved. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Yang Shangyuan has lost his fame for showing talent, and he will not dare to do evil unscrupulously in the future, and it will be good to punish the crime if he does evil again." ”

Wang Siren said: "Don't think about it so much, take your heart back, and talk about the eight-strand text today." ”

Zhang Yuan hurriedly stood up and said, "Yes." ”

Wang Siren said: "What I teach you now are small questions and eight shares, the small questions are difficult to understand, the questions are rare, delicate and trivial, sticky and even down, and there are a lot of constraints, so the small questions are the most difficult to work. ”

At the moment, Wang Siren will mention the eight parts of the text of the two ratios, out of the question, the middle two ratio, the last two ratio, the bundle of two ratios and the knot six parts one by one, each part of the lecture, to make Zhang Yuan's work, for example, when it comes to the mention of the second ratio, on the question "not its ghost but sacrifice, flattery" let Zhang Yuan plan to mention the two shares, Zhang Yuan thought for a moment, said: "The surname of the heaven and the earth, do not confuse the gods, the people are not only confused, the husband wins with the heart of seeking blessings, and uses it to do his tricks; Those who are through the love of all things should not be disregarded with nothingness, and the people are not the only ones who can be reckless, and the husband is also the ambition of the profit, and by doing his flattering skills. ”

Wang Siren praised: "Good! Mentioning two is not the same as breaking the question, breaking the intention should be clean, and mentioning the second than the rest of the meaning should be inexhaustible, so that it is good to continue to write the following. ”

After lunch, Zhang Yuan was willing to learn and comprehend quickly, and Wang Siren, who was a teacher, also spoke energetically, and unconsciously, the dusk sun shone on the wall of the study, and it was already dusk.

Eating crabs for dinner, Zhang Yuan thought that the room was stuffy with the lamp, so he and Wuling moved the table to the courtyard to eat crabs on the Taihu Lake Stone, the moon rose early on the tenth day of the first month, and a few wild geese under the Taihu Lake Stone were lovely under the moon shadow, and Wuling suddenly realized: "Ah, there is a moon!" ”

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It's nice to have a moon and you can see the tickets clearly.