"I heard that Li Yuanhao gave Gao Zheng to you in order not to let you obstruct the peace."

"The minister immediately beheaded him."

"You did a good job...... Zhao Zhen showed apologies on his face, Yin Zhu didn't understand, why didn't he close a public case in Liangzhejiang? No, it will involve a lot, once Gao Yanei talks nonsense, whether it is true or not, it may implicate the clan, first of all, Zhao Yuanyan's son will not be able to run away. Anyway, the unresolved cases of the Song Dynasty are not one or two, I don't care about this one or more, and killing them on the spot is the best means. But Zhao Zhen knew in his heart that Zheng Lang could not be afraid of the children of the clan, this was taking the initiative to reduce the burden on the court and himself, and it was also a manifestation of general knowledge.

"Your Majesty, don't forget that the minister also wrote a book of moderation, but unfortunately there is no time, otherwise the minister wants to revise this book again. Write another book of benevolence and righteousness. ”

"Benevolence?"

"The way of the I Ching, the transformation of yin and yang, the yin nourishes the yang, and the yang gives birth to yin, so it is said that the solitary yin does not grow, and the solitary yang does not grow. The same is true of benevolence and righteousness, there is righteousness in benevolence, and benevolence in righteousness, so as to constitute a complex whole existence. For example, loyalty and filial piety, loyalty and filial piety are beautiful, but is that easy? The minister passed by his hometown this time and saw that several mothers were old and frail, and he wanted to learn Bao Zheng to stay and serve them, but there was something in the court, and the minister had to be an unfilial son and came to the capital with pain. ”

"No," Zhao Zhen shuddered with fright, you have seven old mothers, serving one by one, the eldest aunt is in her sixties, and the youngest is only in her forties, you have to serve until that day.

"But it must be taken into account, for example, although the minister does not believe in the old interpretation and the second religion, a few ladies like it, so they have to try to achieve both loyalty and filial piety."

"It should be so, it should be so," Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

"There is also a kind of thought, altruism, and egoism, which is also a manifestation of a dispute between benevolence and righteousness."

"Altruism, egoism?"

"Altruism is about helping others at the cost of everything. Egoism means that people are not for themselves, and heaven and earth will be destroyed. Zheng Lang made a brief explanation. It is not so simple, the West was the first to advocate altruism, starting with Kant, and many scholars have put forward and perfected this theory one after another. However, it was the Mohists from China who first put forward this theory, and there are not many similar theories in Confucianism.

Zhao Zhen asked suspiciously: "Is there an altruist that Qing said?" ”

"Yes, in the ancient Mo family, there was also one person in the court, Fan Zhongyan! He is infinitely close to this altruist. ”

"Benefit?"

"In order for the individual to survive, he must do it for himself, the egoist is the instinct of the human being, the core, and the individual drives the development of the society as a whole. However, compared with all kinds of harsh environments, the invasion and occupation of enemy countries must be coordinated as a whole, which is the acquired environment produced by altruism. Both go to extremes, and neither is very beneficial. Therefore, Mencius denounced Mozi as a livestock, and the master approved that Zizi should accept oxen, which is a kind of reconciliation between altruism and self-interest. The minister thought that His Majesty had done a good job, and the moderate reconciliation of the two was appropriate, which reflected this benevolent character. ”

"Qing has won the award," Zhao Zhen said shyly.

He has already understood these ideas and theories, and has gradually formed the core of Zheng Lang's benevolence and righteousness. But he hasn't figured out yet, Zheng Lang's unpublished book of benevolence and righteousness will be a summary of whether the entire Western Xia is war or peace, as well as the future dragon and tiger fight...... "I still want you to be a good minister." ”

Although Confucianism is good, how difficult it is, take a look at the new book of the mean, how long did Zheng Lang take, and now he has to rebuild it, this benevolence and righteousness have been held back for so many years, and now a shadow has only come out. Moreover, there is a greater degree of ritual music in the future, as well as loyalty, forgiveness, wisdom, and so on. In addition, he is filial to his mother so much, and he doesn't want to be a courtier, so he doesn't have time to be a courtier at all.

But an uneasy emotion suddenly wrapped around him. Zheng Lang is not greedy for power, this is what Zhao Zhen appreciates the most, but it is this kind of non-greed that makes him feel faintly uneasy.

The food brought by the eunuch was a casual banquet, unless it was a palace banquet, it was difficult to eat exquisite food in Zhao Zhen's banquet.

A few ordinary side dishes, Zhao Zhen didn't drink, Zheng Lang was even worse at drinking, the gentleman didn't speak, and the two ate silently. Princess Fukang suddenly put down her chopsticks and asked, "Master Zheng, are you my guardian knight?" ”

"This, this ......" Zheng Lang couldn't answer in embarrassment. The more you go on, the more you can't answer, the more you used to be small, special circumstances, it doesn't matter if you say this, this pretty little princess will grow bigger and bigger in the future, once you directly say that I am your guardian knight, it will be very ambiguous.

Zhao Zhen finally put down his chopsticks, laughed, and said, "He is." ”

"What do you mean by a guardian knight?"

"He will guard your happiness."

"Then, Master Zheng, can you often come to the palace to teach me how to write?"

"This can't work, unless your father summons you, the minister can't enter the palace casually," Zheng Lang refused without hesitation. It's not like when I was a child, just a lift, and small, and there is no taboo about often entering the palace. Now when the blood is strong, he is the prime minister of the court, and he often enters the palace, which will make people gossip. When I was a child, because of the number of times I entered the palace, I also attracted Fan Wei's impeachment. Why bother?

"Why?"

"You'll find out in a few years."

"You're saying I'll know it when I'm older?"

"yes."

"I also know now that you are most loyal to my father."

"Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, I'm still early, whether I am loyal to Your Majesty, I can't draw conclusions until the coffin is closed."

"Be faithful to the future."

"That's right, but I can't make that conclusion right now."

"So how am I going to learn to write in the future?"

"That's it, after the minister goes back, write a post for you to copy, and also note the writing of each stroke, if the minister doesn't enter the palace, you can also learn."

"I still have your jade pendant." As he spoke, he took out the opal jade pendant from his waist.

Looking at this little girl's well-behaved appearance, and suddenly thinking of her future, Zheng Lang felt guilty for no reason, and said: "You wear this piece of jade well, this is also a testimony of the minister's promise." But you are a princess, and the minister is a courtier, you can talk about it when you are small, but you can't say it again when you are older, how about this as an agreement in our hearts? ”

"Okay, pull the hook."

Zheng Lang pulled the hook with the little guy's hand.

Zhao Zhen's face was also full of warmth, he lacked brothers, and sometimes, he regarded Zheng Lang as a promising little brother. If it weren't for his daughter, Zheng Lang would never be messing around like this. Suddenly sighed: "Zheng Qing, you are too indulgent to me. ”

"Your Majesty, you are very self-disciplined, and the ministers of the court and the central government are strict and lenient, so the ministers are like this. But it is a matter of national affairs, and the minister will never indulge His Majesty. ”

"That's how it should be," Zhao Zhen laughed again.

Laughing so much that many eunuchs looked at each other, and muttered in their hearts, Your Majesty has talked a lot with the ministers, but he has never laughed so many times, this Zheng Xingzhi, don't offend. After eating, the monarch and the ministers talked for a while, and Zhao Zhen let Zheng Lang leave the inner palace.

Zheng Lang went to Zhongshu again.

In his position, he has to seek his own government, and the Chinese book is in charge of the country's civil affairs, and many details are not understood by themselves, so they must be carefully looked at, and the submissions of various places and the documents kept by the Chinese book are filed. Only by having a comprehensive understanding can we easily handle the affairs of the whole country.

It wasn't until the third watch that he rubbed his eyes and went home.

The new house is not far from the palace, just outside the Donghua Gate, the shopkeeper bought it, a small courtyard with three entrances and three exits, with a small and exquisite garden, and the second entrance is a two-story building, the area is not very large, but it is located in the downtown area, so it took more than 7,000 yuan to take it down. The original owner heard that Zheng Lang bought it and gave a preferential price.

There is only one benefit, the early and near.

The price of the capital is expensive, and it depends on how to spend it, run to Fanlou every day, and raise dozens of beautiful families, that is, as the governor of the east and west, if there is no other business, you will also feel that the money is not enough. But for a fee like Zheng Lang, even if he lives in the capital, the salary alone is enough to pay for it.

Back at home, Cui Xian and the four of them were knitting clothes, and Zheng Lang asked, "Why don't you sleep yet?" ”

"Wait for the officials to come back?"

"I've taken a look at the storage, and it will be back to normal in a few days, so you guys should rest early."

Si'er complained: "Official, you can't be like this. ”

"If you want to be a good official, you have to work hard, do you want me to be a good official, or a bad official?"

"Don't embarrass Si'er," Cui Xian said, and added: "I received a few invitations today, and you have two copies for you to take a look at." ”

As he spoke, he pulled out two copies of the post from the side of the drawer.

One was sent by Lu Yijian, inviting him to go to his house for a banquet tomorrow night. The other one was sent by Fu Bi, Wang Gongchen, Wang Su, Yu Jing, and Ouyang Xiu, inviting him to go to Fanlou for a banquet tomorrow. One is the old minister with the deepest power and the grace of recommendation, and the other is a friend and the main minister of the Taiwan Cabinet. Cui Xian felt a headache when she saw these two posts.

"Official, what should I do?"

Zheng Lang thought for a while and said, "I'll go to Fanlou tomorrow." ”

Compared with Lu Yijian, these five people are not very confused when they work together. After all, Lu Yijian is already in the West Mountain. But when Fan Lou was mentioned, he thought of another person, and he couldn't help frowning.

……

As the sun sets, Fan Lou sings and dances.

But the main building of Fan Lou has made some changes, the lowest floor is vacated, specially serving guests to drink tea and listen to rap, rap in the Tang Dynasty called vulgar speaking, Yuan Ming called commentary, later generations called storytelling. The speaker is called tongue discrimination, which is mainly divided into two categories: narrative novels and historical telling. Novels are mostly short stories, spirits, fat powder, legends, public cases, knives, rods, gods, witchcraft, etc., and those who discern the tongue must have spoken and sang, painted and colored, in order to attract listeners. Talking about history is not real history, but mostly folk wild history, such as the commentary on the Three Kingdoms, Xue Rengui's expedition to the east, the commentary on the history of the Five Dynasties, and so on. Most of the artists came from the book club composed of unsuccessful literati, some of whom were responsible for writing novels and wild histories, and some were responsible for rapping, which was quite similar to the writer's profession in later generations, which was very hard and had a low status.

Fan Lou used to rap, but the place where the ground floor of the main building was vacated to make a rap like this was a change made a few months ago.

He slapped the table and said: "That day, Zheng Lang said to Han Qi in the camp, Zhigui, I want to fight the wind. Han Qi looked up at the sky, puzzled, and asked where the wind came from? Zheng Lang said, and watched me practice the magic array, so I tried to light the magic weapon in front of the big tent and put down a large array of yin and yang. Zheng Lang said to Han Qi, Jun Chang, please monarch Yang array. Han Qi said, it's not proper, Dingchuan Han is the monarch's land, I am a guest, please know the main yang array. Zheng Lang thought about it for a long time, and said it's okay. The two entered the circle. Ladies and gentlemen, why are you in formation? ”

As soon as you slap the table, you are about to say a sentence, if you know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition, the audience below is listening with relish, and they are noisy together, and some people take out money from their waists and smash it on it, so that the tongue can continue to speak.

Ouyang Xiu squirted out a sip of tea and said, "Why is this happening?" ”

"Why take folk words seriously, just listen to them for fun," Yu Jingle said.

"This Fan family ......" Wang Su also shook his head.

The reason why Fan Lou was rebuilt is to publicize Zheng Lang's deeds, not only to sing for free, but also to talk about Zheng Lang's affairs, the more magical he says, the more reward he will give.

Fu Bi was also laughing, and after laughing, he said, "I'm afraid that Xingzhi doesn't like it." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zheng Lang walk in from outside.

"Here," Ouyang Xiu said.

"Wait, let's see how he reacts to rap." Fu Bi stopped Ouyang Xiu and didn't let him call Zheng Lang.

The tongue discerning began again, and continued to say: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't underestimate this wind, this wind is very useful. Let's see Zheng Gong and Han Gong open the Eryi Array, and the magic will come. This Eryi array went straight to the heavenly court, and the two of them were originally mortal from the heavenly Kuixing and Tianxuan stars, and the Tai Bai Xing saw that the two real bodies went straight to the heavenly court, and hurriedly came to ask the two stars what they were doing. Zheng Gongdao, I will borrow the wind god from the Emperor of Heaven. Tai Bai Xing didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent the wind god to come. When the wind god saw the two star monarchs, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and the little god saw the two star monarchs. Zheng Gongdao, I will borrow a gust of wind from you. Bringing the wind god to Dingchuan Village, the sand flew away in an instant, the black wind was strong, and the five fingers were not visible in the camp of the Xixia thieves. Seeing the situation, Di Qing shouted, Zheng Xianggong borrowed a gale, let's kill the enemy. ”

Zheng Lang shuddered.

Grandma's, can I still make the god of wind obey?

But the common people didn't think so, and some people said: "Yes, I heard from the people who came back from the front line that there was a very strong black wind in front of Dingchuan Village that day, and it was with this strong wind that my army killed the enemy." It seems that the tongue is reasonable, and most of it is borrowed wind. ”

"Is it true or not?"

"It's a real black wind, and you can't die well if you lie to you."

"Nonsense," Zheng Lang couldn't help but say.

"Who are you to dare to insult Zheng Xianggong." A guest came to Fanlou to listen to rap every day, and he worshiped Zheng Lang more and more, and said unconvinced.

Zheng Lang was too lazy to distinguish it, his eyes looked at it, and he actually walked over and asked, "Brother Yanguo, Brother Junzhen, Brother Yong, Brother Xiuye, Brother Andao, why are you also listening to and rapping." ”

"We're listening to your tongue tell you and Brother Zhigui how to perform the Yang and Yin Ritual Array, it's interesting to hear, or you can sit down and listen to it." Fu Bi joked and said.

"Don't make fun of me and I'm going upstairs."

A few people walked up to the fourth floor and ordered food and drinks, Zheng Lang asked, "Brother Yanguo asked me to come here, why are you doing it?" ”

"It's not me who made an appointment, but Jun Zhen invited Xingzhi to come to Fanlou to discuss one thing."

"What?"

"Eliminate an evil for the court?"

Zheng Lang said in his heart, here! His face did not show it, and he asked lightly: "Who." ”

"Xia Zhu!" Wang Gongchen said.

Zheng Lang almost fell, Wang Gongchen is the future representative of the "Lilliputian", Xia Zhu is the same, Lu Yijian fell, look at the chaos in this court!