Out of Jixian Gate, Zhang Yuan saw his carriage parked under the red-barked pine on the side of Chengxian Street at a glance, because the horse driving was a little special-

Since moving to the old alley of Li Ge, in order to facilitate travel, Zhang Yuan spent thirty taels of silver to buy a single-wheel carriage, the cyan gelding driving this cyan gelding from Datong Victory Fort, the horse is eight years old, it is the prime of life, Uncle Yao who drove felt that the capital was cold, so he put a big red cotton pad on the waist of the big green horse to protect against the cold, in fact, it is not necessary, Mongolian horses are not afraid of the cold-

Zhang Yuan and Xu Guangqi and others said goodbye, walked to the carriage under the red-skinned Panasonic, thinking about the summary of the debate the day after tomorrow, Zhang Yuan was satisfied with the second debate just now, such as Shen Yu and Xu Ruke, such pedantic and rigid Ming officials in addition to using their power to forcibly suppress Western learning or bite the so-called ancestral system, they really can't argue with him, and Liu Zongzhou is profound in Confucianism, but when it comes to astronomical almanacs, it is his shortcoming, and the best thing is that yesterday he used the "Spring and Autumn Period" "Huayi's Discrimination" to bind the other party's hands and feet, So today's debate was a landslide victory for their side......

"Young Master—"

Mu Zhenzhen flashed out from the side of the carriage, wearing a stone basket-colored skirt, her face was as white as porcelain, and she was smiling, Mu Zhenzhen was five months pregnant, although Mu Zhenzhen didn't feel that it was too cumbersome, and she still wanted to go out with Zhang Yuan, but Shang Tanran ordered her to recuperate more, so she rarely came to the yamen to pick up Zhang Yuan recently.

Zhang Yuan smiled and asked: "Why did you really come here today, staying in the house and bored?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "Previously, the people of Qingmo Mountain came to report the good news that the milk tea girl gave birth to a daughter the night before, and the young grandmother prepared some gifts for Aunt Wei to visit, and the maid came out. With that, he opened the car door and let Zhang Yuan get into the car, Wang Wei reached out in the car and pulled Zhang Yuan, and then Mu Zhenzhen also sat up. The carriage was a bit crowded.

Wang Wei chuckled: "Really sit on the lap of the prime minister." You're a double, don't get squeezed. ”

Mu Zhenzhen pursed her lips and smiled: "Aunt Wei sits, Aunt Wei's body is light. It won't press the young master. ”

"One on each side, all on my lap."

Mu Zhenzhen refused, so Wang Wei sat close to Zhang Yuan. So that Mu Zhenzhen can sit more comfortably.

Zhang Yuan hugged left and right, very happy, and said: "The people of Qingmo Mountain are happy to be fathers, and they are gratifying-then are we going to the East Fourth Archway now?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "The young grandmother has already returned to the East Fourth Archway with the young master, let the young master go over there after he disperses, and the maid and the aunt go to visit Dong Milk Tea's mother and daughter." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I will also accompany you, and I will come back after a visit." ”

Uncle Yao had just turned around in the carriage, but heard someone shouting, "Zhang Jiezi, I have something to say to you." ”

Zhang Yuan heard that this was Liu Zongzhou's voice. I thought to myself: "What does Mr. Qidong want to tell me, and you want to convince me?" When I opened the curtain, I saw Liu Zongzhou riding a donkey. A servant leads a donkey. Already walked to the red-barked Panasonic.

"What does Mr. Qidong command?" Debate is debate, and Zhang Yuan still respects Liu Zongzhou.

Liu Zongzhou got off the donkey. said: "Zhang Jiezi, I'll take your car, go all the way to the Huitong Pavilion and talk slowly." How did he know that there were two concubines in Zhang Yuan's car, which was simply arrogant and lascivious.

Wang Wei, who was half-leaning on Zhang Yuan's arms, covered his mouth with his sleeves and couldn't help laughing, and Mu Zhenzhen couldn't help laughing-

Zhang Yuan said to Liu Zongzhou: "I won't go to the Huitong Hall, the student will get out of the car and walk with Mr. After that, put down the curtain of the car and let Mu Zhenzhen move from his lap to sit with Wang Wei, so that he could get out of the car conveniently.

The snow was shoveled to both sides of the street, piled up like two ice and snow low walls, the afternoon sun was shining, reflecting the snow walls exceptionally bright, and the road was exceptionally clean, Zhang Yuan and Liu Zongzhou followed the carriage to the south, and Liu's servants led the donkey and followed-

Liu Zongzhou frowned, stroked his goatee as he walked, and walked a little half a mile before he spoke: "Zhang Jiezi, do you remember when I left Shanyin that year and met you and Qi Biaojia on the Yuewang Bridge?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I remember, Mr. also told me and Qi Huzi to visit Mr. Gao Jingyi in Wuxi. ”

Liu Zongzhou nodded: "I resigned last year to return to Shaoxing, and I also went to visit Mr. Nangao and Mr. Jingyi when I passed through Wuxi, and the two gentlemen praised you and had great expectations. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Mr. Nangao and Mr. Jingyi have spared no effort to reward the juniors, and the younger generations have benefited a lot. ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "On that day in Yuewang Qiaotou, you said, 'The learning of sages and sages is used to help the world', I appreciate it very much, but now, you have changed your original intention and take Western learning as the guideline, why is this?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Sir, think about it, in terms of reputation, the student is now named on the gold list, he is an upstart in Hanlin, and his reputation is there, and making friends with Western priests will not enhance the reputation of the student, but I am afraid that it will be damaged; In terms of profit, students and relatives have their own ways to make money, and the court also has money, so students don't have to worry about daily use, and those Western priests in addition to giving me prisms and maps of all countries, do they have money to send me? Therefore, what is it for students to show their eyes for Western learning, not for fame or profit? ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "This is really incomprehensible. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "At the beginning, Mr. asked the students to concentrate on learning, but the students refused, because the students felt that they were not people who were devoted to learning, but wanted to help the world. ”

Liu Zongzhou nodded, expressing his belief in Zhang Yuan's confession, but said: "The decline of the world does not lie in the existence of Western learning, but in the fact that scholars do not know what etiquette and righteousness are. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "People's profit is like the trend of water, this can only be guided, can not be forcibly curbed, Jiangnan is rich, it is precisely because of the many businessmen, this is not the reason for the decline of the world, Mr. Jingyang once said, 'How to do business, rich and courteous, can bow; Rich and good, its virtue can be with things, how to take care of people's use', business, wealth, is not a sin, but how to treat wealth. ”

Liu Zongzhou admired the late Donglin leader Gu Xiancheng, Gu Xiancheng was in favor of business, Zhang Yuan used Gu Xiancheng's words to enlighten Liu Zongzhou, but Liu Zongzhou said: "You say that people tend to profit like water tends to fall, isn't this the Catholic theory of sexual evil!" ”

Confucianism advocates the original goodness of human nature, and Catholicism advocates original sin, which is really incompatible, Zhang Yuan cautiously replied: "Mr. Qidong, there is a difference between the original sin of Catholicism and Xunzi's theory of sexual evil, but it is somewhat similar to the Buddha's end of the consciousness and Alayya, which is a kind of karma accumulated by the soul from generation to generation, which will change people's nature, and the original goodness of human beings refers to the era when the hearts of the three emperors and five emperors were simple, and now people's hearts are no longer ancient, and many vices and bad habits have been deep into the bone marrow and blood, so they must be learned by the day after tomorrow to cultivate the mind. Confucianism can lead people to goodness, as can Catholicism and Buddhism, but these are only moral constraints, and governing the country requires reason and the rule of law. ”

In the late Ming Dynasty, there was an ideological tendency to unite Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, Jiao Hong was the body surface, and the Donglin Party was against the unity of the three religions, and against the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism. Seeing that Zhang Yuan frowned and said nothing, he said: "Although you have the ambition of helping the world and benefiting the people, your words and deeds can only be the opposite of each other. ”

Zhang Yuan knew that he could not convince the stubborn Liu Zongzhou, and said slowly: "Mr. Qidong, I don't want to be a master of Confucianism, what I want to do is to govern the world and be a capable minister. ”

Liu Zongzhou originally planned to persuade Zhang Yuan in private, but unexpectedly, it was difficult to conspire with each other, and the conversation collapsed again without saying a few words, and he also knew that the current Zhang Yuan was not the young man who asked him for advice in Dashan Temple that day, and sighed: "Zhang Jiezi, you are too utilitarian!" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "My utilitarianism is not only for the sake of my own person, but for my family and country, and students have to dare to say that Mr. Qidong seems to be too sorry for Yu's good name——"

Liu Zongzhou said angrily: "How am I so famous!" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Resigning at every turn, this is to keep your name, but to attribute the guilt to the monarch, how can you be conscientious and endure the burden to stay in the court to do some practical things." ”

Zhang Yuan's words were extremely sharp, stabbing at Liu Zongzhou's key point of cherishing his reputation too much, a generation of Confucians changed color, but finally did not have a seizure, stopped, let the servant lead the donkey to ride, and said to Zhang Yuan: "Zhang Jiezi, I still hope you don't forget what you said on the Yuewang Bridge back then." ”

Zhang Yuan bowed deeply and said: "The learning of sages and sages has the ability to help - students will never dare to look at it." ”

Liu Zongzhou was condescending, staring at Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan's eyes were calm, neither humble nor arrogant, for a long time, Liu Zongzhou sighed and said: "There will be a period later." "Ride a donkey west to the Huitong Hall.

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Liu Zongzhou was upright and wanted to persuade Zhang Yuan, but after Shen Yu left the Guozijian, he went to Fang Congzhe's apartment in Yongfang, and after Fang Congzhe left the palace, he reported to Fang Congzhe about the debate in the Guozijian that day, and said: "——Zhang Yuanshan can quibble, and he has the identity of the East Palace speaker, which is really not something that Nanjing officials such as me can contend with, how do you think you should deal with it?" ”

Fang Congzhe's eyebrows twitched and asked, "Liu Qidong can't argue with Zhang Yuan?" ”

Shen Yu said: "Zhang Yuan didn't respect Liu Zongzhou as a teacher at all, and the debate was ruthless, and when it came to the calendar, he was not Liu Zongzhou's director. ”

Fang Congzhe sneered: "If you want to change the calendar, you are a fool and a dream." After a moment of silence, he said, "The day after tomorrow, I will invite the cabinet and the seven secretaries to go to the Guozijian to listen to the last debate." ”

Shen Yu was a little weak-hearted, the more officials he attended, wouldn't it be more embarrassing if he couldn't argue with Zhang Yuan, but he listened to Fang Congzhe and said: "Don't worry, I have my own measure." ”

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At the end of the year, there are a lot of things in the unit, and the update is not very stable, so forgive me.