The sparsely maintained neat goatee, the angular face, the cold eyes, the tightly pursed lips, and the soft-looking facial curves made Zheng Xunrui's first impression of Zodiac Zhou a little strange.

It's definitely not right to judge people by their appearance, but Tongguò's attention to a person's expression can show a person's general personality and the principles of dealing with people on weekdays, which still has some truth. When Zheng Xunrui saw the famous Huang Daozhou, the feeling that came to his mind was that there was a rather arrogant and strict teacher on the other side.

However, the Zodiac Zhou is not as simple as Mr. Teaching, known as a Confucian master by later generations, a national hero, and has been sought after by many people, the Zodiac Zhou in history, in terms of loyalty to the integrity of the Ming Dynasty, is indeed stronger than many Donglin Party members, when the Ming Dynasty has collapsed, still ordered to fight against the Qing Dynasty, refused to surrender after being captured, and was eventually killed, which made those who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty Donglin Party ashamed.

In terms of academics, although Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou are known as masters of Confucianism at the same time, Huang Daozhou is still inferior to Liu Zongzhou, Liu Zongzhou in the study of Confucianism on the basis of the supremacy, put forward the view of prudence, and fully demonstrated, and finally formed a relatively complete system, but Huang Daozhou did not do this, there is no independent academic argument.

When he really met Huang Daozhou, Zheng Xunrui's first impression was not particularly good, but he would not let the impression influence his own judgment, although he and Xu Wanghua had already discussed, Xu Wanghua's opinion of Huang Daozhou was not very good.

After greeting each other, Huang Daozhou stopped talking, looked at Zheng Xunrui, and did not mention the matter of Xu Jikuang, the leader of the Shanyin Gang, which made Zheng Xunrui a little uncomfortable, as if someone came to ask you to do something. But with the shelf of age and seniority, I think that you should handle this matter, and you don't need to thank you.

suppressed his own unhappiness, Zheng Xunrui still wanted to discuss his understanding of the current situation with Huang Daozhou, and peek out Huang Daozhou's true ability, after all, Huang Daozhou is known as a fool. That is, to do things but seek righteousness, disdain to turn around, and go straight, such a character has its own huge weaknesses, but it also has a certain integrity reflected in it.

"Mr. Huang's "Jiehuan Yuan Gong Biography", there is a passage in it, which says, 'The wise cannot plan, the brave cannot decide, the benevolent cannot defend, and the righteous cannot decide.' Lai Shengren rose up and then the world was dark. I don't know what that means. ”

Zheng Xunrui did not have the slightest politeness, he did not want to discuss the so-called academics with Huang Daozhou for a long time, those rhetorical academics have no effect on the current situation, and can only be used to fool those who are not diligent and do not distinguish between the four bodies, because these people do not know the sufferings of the people and blindly pursue academics. Blindly follow the legal principles, blindly reflect their own reputation. As everyone knows, politicians need to solve real problems.

It's like saying that you have a group of people in front of you who are about to starve to death, and you don't come up with food relief, but you talk about a better future in front of them, telling these people that there will be bread and silver. It is to struggle according to your theory, and to deal with problems in such a way that you can imagine what the outcome will be.

Zheng Xunrui mentioned "The Biography of Jiehuan Yuan Gong", which made Huang Daozhou's eyes suddenly light up, this book is a biography written by Huang Daozhou for his teacher Yuan Keli. It is also an article that he is proud of.

"Adults are so young, they have actually read "The Biography of Jiehuan Yuan".

Huang Daozhou's answer made Zheng Xunrui feel cold for a while, it seems that this humble title is worthy of the name, on the one hand, it shows that Huang Daozhou is upright and does not know how to turn, on the other hand, it also reflects Huang Daozhou's pretentiousness and high spirit, and the sour and rotten atmosphere in his beard.

Seeing that Zheng Xunrui didn't speak, Huang Daozhou didn't care, and began to talk eloquently.

"In the following book "Jiehuan Yuan Gong Biography", its core is related to the word loyalty, if the loyalty is not distinguished, it is the confusion of evil and good, so the world is not governed, I need the appearance of the saint, in order to be able to govern well, the ancient Xingzhou 800 years of Jiang Ziya, the 400 years of the Han Dynasty Zhang Zifang, throughout my dynasty, it is not that there are no saints, but the saints are always suppressed by the sage, and they must not stretch their ambitions......"

Huang Daozhou said for half an hour, it is indeed a quotation from the scriptures, which seems majestic, but one of the core issues that Zheng Xunrui is concerned about, that is, what is a saint and who is a saint in this era, this point of view Huang Daozhou did not say for a long time.

It should be said that there is some truth in Huang Daozhou's argument, whether it is Zhou Yanru or Wen Tiren, they have a certain ability and have been trusted and reused by the emperor, but these people are also called pasteurs and decorators in history, they are not able or unwilling to touch the fundamental problem, they do not have the courage to change the decadent situation of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty collapsed.

After Huang Daozhou finished speaking, Zheng Xunrui spoke with a smile.

"What Mr. Huang is saying is, in that case, can Mr. Huang tell me who are saints in my dynasty and what the standards of saints are."

"The so-called saint is concerned about the survival of the world, the rise and fall of the world, taking it as his own responsibility, with an unyielding integrity, such as Haoran righteousness full of congestion between heaven and earth, not confined to the gains and losses of a generation, the high of the temple is a minister, and the far away of the rivers and lakes is a benevolent person, clean and self-conscious, every word and deed, every move is admired by the people, and its high wind and bright festival ......will be passed down through the ages."

When Huang Daozhou said this, Zheng Xunrui's face became stern, and in just a few words of conversation, he finally discovered the fatal flaw of the Donglin Party, and also understood that its theory was not feasible at all, which contained more than just the meaning of rhetoric and scholars' misunderstanding.

The concept of the saint mentioned by Huang Daozhou is concerned about the rise and fall of the survival of the world, in fact, after hundreds of years, the controversy about this aspect has emerged in endlessly, the most typical is the flood of responsibility thought, that is, that the reader must have an iron backbone and unyielding integrity, can not be circulating, can not be flexible, adhere to the concept to the death, as for the dynasties, see how you control the reader, with a good use of it can be with the help of its force, the wind is hanging, chopping waves, become positive energy, with bad use of the formation of confrontation resistance, Destroy and break down, create negative energy, and hasten your demise.

The most fatal part of this view is that it is believed that scholars are concerned about the survival and rise and fall of the world, as for the survival of a country and a surname, as well as the human tragedy caused by the change of dynasties, including the suffering of the common people, etc., it is not what readers need to care about, the change of dynasties is the normal wear and tear of historical changes, and the suffering suffered by the people is also the price paid by history.

It is precisely because of this viewpoint and understanding that many Donglin Party members who led the surrender and renegade shamelessly summed up history without feeling the slightest shame.

Of course, today's Zodiac Week has not been able to think of such a far-reaching idea, nor will it have such a clear idea.

But Zheng Xunrui's heart was already cold, and he sadly found that Huang Daozhou was indeed only suitable for being a teacher, or burying his head in theoretical research, and such a person would be put in the imperial court, and it would be no good for him to put forward any good ideas.

Finally waited for Huang Daozhou to finish speaking, Zheng Xunrui slowly spoke.

"Mr. Huang's opinion, the first time I heard it, the official knows that Mr. Huang is proficient in the Book of Changes, based on the way of heaven, and can foresee major events, Mr. Huang has never mentioned who is a saint in our dynasty, and the official can also understand, but there are a few words that the official wants to give to Mr. Huang."

Huang Daozhou was slightly stunned, looked at Zheng Xunrui, and the expression on his face became puzzled.

"Mr. Huang said that the saint, the understanding of the official, is nothing more than to help the crisis and tilt the talent, Mr. Huang thinks that the emperor is surrounded by people who offer small benefits from time to time, and there is no great ability, to put it bluntly, that is, to tinker, tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, what he does, can not reverse the fate of the dynasty's decline, it is nothing more than to find out the emperor's preferences, good at empty words, beautiful words, and peacemakers."

"Some officials agree with Mr. Huang's views, but in many places, the officials also have different views."

"This official thinks that there are still several types of people in the DPRK and China, which are even more hateful."

"A type of people are to oppress people with high-sounding truths, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are selling their reputations, and the truth they say is flawless, but unfortunately in reality, they can't implement it at all, but they don't think it's wrong, but insist on their own views, thinking that the court doesn't adopt their construction, it's stupid."

"There is another type of people, who are of noble character, selfless and fearless, and when they do things, they think that they are brave and loyal, and they have mastered the truth, so they have no scruples, and even after doing wrong things, they are still so righteous and confident, and they are still so open-minded."

"There are many such precedents in my dynasty, so I won't list specific people and things, I think Mr. Huang understands."

"The evaluation given by this official to these people is not the material of the pillars, the so-called upright and unable to achieve change, dare to make a mistake and be straightforward and be broad-minded, although self-discipline is useless, this is the scholar's empty talk on paper, misleading the country and the country."

"This official once heard a joke, saying that an adult, strict with himself, very good reputation, when buying vegetables, has always been sympathetic to the people, many people have a penny, when speaking, between the lines is also worried about the suffering of the people, but such an adult, when leading the army to fight against foreign races, but it is extremely stupid, defeated, almost ruined the country, can such a person say that he is not a talent, can he be said to be a talent." ……

When Zheng Xunrui was gushing, Huang Daozhou's face turned from white to red, from red to blue, and finally slowly turned white again.

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Huang Daozhou couldn't speak for a long time.

Zheng Xunrui has combined thousands of years of history and summed up the experience, where is the Zodiac Zhou can match, which is like saying that Zheng Xunrui is standing on the shoulders of giants, with the help of the power of giants, and the duel with Zodiac Zhou.

After a while, Huang Daozhou, who had a calm face, stood up and opened his mouth with a fist at Zheng Xunrui.

"The adults are so young, and the truth they say is so incisive and sharp, and they have been taught below, so I will leave."

"Mr. Huang has made up his mind, and the official will not keep it, the official has a doubt, what is the relationship between Xu Jikuang, the leader of the Shanyin Gang, and Mr. Huang."

"Don't dare, Xu Jikuang is a student under him, he has knowledge, but unfortunately he mistakenly joined the Cao Gang, and he is also heartbroken, so he came forward to intercede." (To be continued......)