"Therefore, I think that there is no ontology outside of independence, there is no kung fu outside of prudence, and only is the essence of the nature of destiny, and prudence is the learning of all pleasures, and the unity of solitude and even goodness, Qingyang, in your article, such arguments appear, the old man is very emotional."

Zheng Xunrui didn't speak, but his heart was full of emotion, this was originally said by your old master, I just summarized it in advance, this is not my credit, and you Lord Liu, your tone and attitude changed too quickly, the front is still the house, this will become an old man.

"Qingyang, the old man wants to hear your opinion on Shen Du, the old man is discussing with you, you don't have to be stubborn."

Finally got to the point, Zheng Xunrui is ready, completely discuss the matter of Shen Du, he is not Liu Zongzhou's opponent, he may be exposed after a few rounds, and it is not okay to completely abandon Shen Du's point of view and say other things, as for the combination of Shen Du and governing the country, this is not something that he can discuss at his age, so he must find another way.

"The students' understanding of Shen Du is very superficial, and they never dare to compare with their teachers.

"The student's understanding of Shen Du comes from the inheritance of family style, "The Book of Rites. The eight items listed in the University are Gewu, Enlightenment, Righteousness, Sincerity, Self-cultivation, Family, Governance, and Peace. Students think that the four items of Gewu, Zhizhi, Righteousness and Sincerity are generalizations made for self-cultivation and must be done, as for the latter four items, self-cultivation and Qi family can be achieved by everyone, but not everyone can govern the country and level the world. ”

"Zheng's Family Motto" for the requirements of the children of the family, for filial piety, loyalty, faithfulness, courtesy, righteousness, honesty, shame, this is the Zheng family children must do, this is also the family's views and inheritance of Confucianism, the family motto does not require all children to be able to govern the country and level the world."

"The core requirements of the family motto for the children are to become adults before they want to become a family, and the children of the Zheng family must be kind to others, diligent and thrifty, studious and enterprising, and the family motto believes that there is no sense of identity with the family, and there is no sense of responsibility for the family, it is impossible to have a profit, and it is impossible to become an adult, and if you want to govern the country, you must first govern your family, which is the basic requirement to measure the children."

"Students worship the inheritance of family style, so that the family can have cohesion, a sense of identity, and the family motto can be passed on to this day."

"The title of the teacher's examination is to learn from the gentleman to be cautious and independent, and to establish a foundation from the outside, which makes the students think of the "Zheng Family Motto", the teacher's prudence, the students believe that the teacher's prudence is a summary of the family motto, in this case, the student can write so that there is no ontology outside the independence, there is no kung fu outside the prudence, and the essence of the destiny is the essence of the destiny, and the prudence is the learning of the whole, and the words of the unity of the only and even the good, in fact, this is the understanding of the teacher, not the creation of the student." ……

Liu Zongzhou listened very carefully, he has always felt strange, the idea of cautious independence that he put forward, the focus is to serve the imperial court, and he expects the emperor to be cautious and independent, and he also put forward the concept of cautious independence in combination with the current situation, Zheng Xunrui is just a fifteen-year-old boy, no social experience, let alone experience as an official, how can he have such a deep understanding.

After hearing Zheng Xunrui's explanation, Liu Zongzhou was relieved.

Xingyang Zheng family, is a thousand years of inheritance of the famous family, although these years gradually have a trend of decline, far from being able to compare with the Han and Tang dynasties, but after all, the famous family is different, its family style and family motto, is a collection, is a summary of many years.

Zheng Xunrui can understand the truth from "Zheng's Family Motto", which is indeed not simple.

After nodding slightly, Liu Zongzhou spoke.

"Xingyang Zheng's family, the old man is very admirable, the five surnames and seven wangs in the Tang Dynasty are all famous families, inherited to this day, nearly a thousand years, still have such a heavy impact on the children of the family, it can be seen that it is not simple, the old man did not expect that you can understand so many truths from the family motto, respect the truth of wanting to become an adult, no wonder you can have such knowledge, and you will have to carry it forward in the future."

"Students remember the teachings of their teachers."

Zheng Xunrui secretly exhaled, he talked about Shendu from the aspect of family style inheritance, which avoided too much entanglement, and also allowed him to get out of Shendu's point of view as soon as possible.

Liu Zongzhou nodded slightly, took a book from the table casually, and handed it to Zheng Xunrui.

"This is the old man's experience of Shen Du, you take it back and take a good look, the focus of Shen Du is to cultivate oneself, but its ultimate foothold is still in the governance of the world, you are still young, never set foot in officialdom, there is no understanding of this, it is also very normal, you can understand the truth of self-cultivation from the "Zheng Family Motto", the old man is shocked, the old man believes that you will do something in the future, the old man Jian yì you travel around, see the situation everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, increase your own knowledge."

When he said this, Liu Zongzhou suddenly thought of something.

"That's right, after the beginning of the year, you can go to the school to study, you don't have to go to the county school, the time for the school to start classes, it was supposed to be the fifteenth of next month, but the year before is two months, according to your knowledge, you don't have to go to the school to listen to the lectures in these two months, you can go to the following to travel, the harvest may be greater, the old man greeted the professor of Confucianism, at the end of the first month of next year, you will come to the school to listen to the class."

Leaving the Yingtianfu Mansion, Zheng Xunrui wiped the cold sweat from his head.

From Liu Zongzhou's words, he heard the sound of the strings, Liu Zongzhou has a clear positioning for his future, that is, to enter the imperial court and do things for the emperor's family, but at present, he is not particularly aware of the affairs of officialdom and the suffering of the people, so he needs time to go down and travel, the time for the opening of the school is less than a month, this month's time, it is definitely not possible to travel well, once he enters the school to study, by the end of June, he will take the township test in August, and it is impossible to travel.

At the end of the township examination, in February of the next year, we will have to participate in the examination and the palace examination, to cope with many celebratory ceremonies, and we need to rush to the capital early, and there can not be a lot of time, the transportation of this era is not developed, and the general scholars, rushing to the capital from Nanjing, are ten days and a half months, so calculated, it is indeed only this time to have time.

Entering the imperial court as an official is an inevitable choice, but how to be an official and what things should be done, Zheng Xunrui has completely different views and understandings, and he is afraid that he will have a conceptual conflict with many people in this regard, and may also make Liu Zongzhou deeply disappointed.

Zheng Jinhong was still waiting outside the mansion, and when he saw Zheng Xunrui coming out, he hurriedly drove the carriage to greet Zheng Xunrui.

"Qingyang, I met my teacher, I came to find you, it's almost noon, I booked a place in the restaurant, let's go, let's go drink."

Yang Tingshu's carriage suddenly appeared.

Zheng Xunrui smiled and nodded.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, but you should drink more leisurely, anyway, you are not my opponent when you drink."

Yang Tingshu's face flushed slightly, obviously not convinced, but thinking about the experience of drinking last time, he couldn't argue.

Yang Tingshu told the place of Zheng Jinhong's restaurant and went straight to Zheng Xunrui's carriage.

"Brother Huaidou, this time to travel, there is a lot of time, just now the teacher allowed me to enter the school to study in the future, so there will be three months, my idea, I still have to go a little farther, I don't know what you mean."

Yang Tingshu's face showed a smile, he was born last year, he can not go to the school to study, now Zheng Xunrui has more time, of course it is a good thing, the two of them can travel everywhere and increase some knowledge, which will definitely have a huge effect on the township test in the coming year.

"Okay, I can't ask for it, so I'm going to plan well."

"One qiē obeys Brother Huaidou's arrangement, but there are three places that you can't go, one is the capital, the second is Liaodong, the third is Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan, and the rest of the places, casually Brother Huaidou, the requirements on the time are the same, anyway, I want to go home for the Spring Festival, I don't want to be homesick outside during the Spring Festival."

"Okay, there's no problem with this, the north won't go, it's messing, you and I are powerless readers, and it's asking for trouble when you go, don't talk about the capital, you don't need to go at the moment, as for Liaodong, I didn't think about it, the place I thought of was to go to all parts of Nanzhili and Zhejiang to see, it would be very good."

During the meal, Yang Tingshu specially arranged a private room for Zheng Jinhong and his coachman, so that the two of them went to eat, and there was no need to wait outside the private room, which made Zheng Xunrui very impressed.

Zheng Xunrui would not have thought that the reason why Yang Tingshu did this was because of his influence, in the process of doing things on weekdays, Zheng Xunrui never commanded in front of Zheng Jinhong, and his attitude was respectful, which made Yang Tingshu feel that it was not simple, good things, Yang Tingshu was willing to learn.

The time of eating lasted for a long time, starting at two o'clock in the afternoon and continuing until Shen Shi, the two of them did not eat much, but talked a lot.

After eating, Yang Tingshu took Zheng Xunrui to wander around Nanjing, and it seemed that the two would still have dinner together in the afternoon.

It is normal for scholars to do this kind of thing, and there are often all-night drinkers, which is regarded as a kind of demeanor and temperament, just imagine how the peasant households can have such interest, no money and no such style.

Zheng Xunrui was also refreshed, and proposed to do it himself in the afternoon, or go to eat in the old place.