There are several years of warm winters, and this winter is colder.

It often snows heavily, and the Yellow River is so thick and frozen that even horses can run on it smoothly.

But in the eyes of the common people, it is normal that Gyeonggi does not freeze in winter, so what has it become? Suddenly, I thought of Zheng Lang's words, because I went to the world with purity, so God was sad, and it didn't snow or freeze. Di Qing went, Fan Zhongyan went, and the emperor also went. The court is filthy, can it not snow?

Zhengjiazhuang is very lively, at this time it cannot be called a village, but a lively market town. There are too many foreign populations, and the workshops of the imperial heart are expanding every day, and there are more than 1,200 people in the workshops alone. The teachers and students of the college are family members, reaching five or six hundred. Large-scale research and development, more than 400 related craftsmen were invited. In addition, it turned out that the workers of the Zheng family's workshop, some workers in related industries, transporters and coachmen who carried back and forth from Caishui Wharf, more than 100 accounts of the charity association, so many people wanted to eat and drink, and the tertiary industry brought in, and even a brothel and gambling house, helplessly, there were more than 5,000 people. Together with their families, they gradually approached 10,000 people and more than 1,000 households. Starting from Zhengjiazhuang, it spread all the way to the soil mountain of Zhengjia, and then spread to Caishui. It's like a long black dragon, winding across the white earth.

And it is still expanding, after the Lantern Festival, the workshop is also ready to call 300 workers over.

At this point, there are already some small state towns, which are not as populous as here.

The snow is still flying in the sky, the Zheng family walked out together, the New Year's Day is coming, Zhao Niannu wants to take Li Gui and a few little sisters back to visit the elders of the clan, Empress Dowager Cao, this is a etiquette, you have to go.

After the Lantern Festival, I will come back.

"Gong Zheng, let's go," Li Gui said honestly.

hasn't grown up yet, but he has stayed by Zheng Lang's side in the past few years. There are blood relatives in the dark, and they naturally have a kind of admiration for Zheng Lang.

"When you go back, you have to listen to your mother." Zheng Lang said, looked at Zhao Niannu, and said, "You have to be careful all the way." ”

Zhao Niannu nodded and said softly, "I don't really want to go back to Beijing." ”

"That's not good, your mother is still in the deep palace. But go back. Be careful what you say, it's not a few years ago. ”

"I see." Zhao Niannu was silent, and her "brother" approach also made her feel very disappointed.

Several people got into the carriage and, under the protection of the guards, gradually moved away.

Wu Niang was still looking at the heavy snow, Cui Xian persuaded: "Wu Niang, this result is the best." ”

Those who know are not to blame, and those who are blamed for Zhao Niannu cannot come to Zhengjiazhuang, and those who know are not public. As soon as it was made public, under the strong opposition of the minister, Zhao Niannu could not come to Zhengjiazhuang. Although there are separations, at least most of the time the family is reunited. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking in pieces, but Zheng Lang stretched his waist, and the New Year came. The countdown begins!

Is there really no desire to do nothing?

However, this is also the way of the sage, as the master said, believe in studiousness, keep the good way of death, do not enter the dangerous state, do not live in the chaotic state, and see the way in the world. If there is no way, it is hidden, there is a way in the state, and it is poor and cheap, and it is shameful. Bang Wu Dao. Rich and noble, shameful.

Zheng Lang walked into the study, where he passed, he retained some habits from his previous life, and liked to collect some calligraphy and paintings, gadgets, and some precious ancient books. However, most of the ancient books were moved back to the academy, and it was convenient for him to teach Li Gui and the three little princesses, so the study room was expanded.

As soon as the four children left, the study was empty, and only the two adopted sons were immersed in reading.

Cui Xian wanted to let them try the exam, but Zheng Lang stopped them. The talent is too weak, and you have to study for at least ten years before you can barely give it a try.

But the two children are very sensible and loyal, quite similar to Cui Xian's three elder brothers, and Zheng Lang is also very satisfied. Even if you fail the exam, it is not very difficult to make up for two officials in your own capacity. If you want to be an official, you must not only be good at learning, but also be a person and an official.

Zheng Lang added a few pieces of charcoal and put them on the brazier.

I went to my desk and started writing.

Begin to write loyalty.

This loyalty is not the loyalty that people think of, loyalty to the country or the master, and forgiveness is also not forgiveness.

It's a bit of a mouthful.

But in the Song Dynasty, it gradually evolved into loyalty and forgiveness, and this evolution was not high in Confucianism, let alone the mutual antagonism that Zheng Lang said.

The loyalty and forgiveness written by Zheng Lang is the loyalty and forgiveness of ancient Confucianism, which is very important, and may involve the Taoist hearts of various schools and factions.

Let's start with one.

I used to talk to Feng Yuan about this when I was a teenager, but Zheng Lang didn't think it through at that time. Later, his thinking matured, and he finally set three as the most important number in Confucianism. The positive and negative sides of the void, such as benevolence, righteousness, compassion, filial piety, loyalty and forgiveness, and so on. True benevolence, righteousness, compassion, filial piety, and forgiveness do not exist, or no one can do it at all. What is done is only to be close to benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and forgiveness, which is the product of the two. That's three.

But when writing loyalty, you must also write to one.

From the Analects, Zi said, See, my way is consistent. Zeng Zi said only. When Confucius went out, the doorman asked what Taoism was?

Zeng Tzu said that the way of the master is only loyalty and forgiveness.

It is certainly not loyalty to oneself, but it is very important loyalty and forgiveness, and here loyalty and forgiveness are made one.

Because these two words did not exist before, they did not appear until the Spring and Autumn Period, earlier than the Analects, Zhou Yu said, in the middle of the test, loyalty. Do what they are evil and abandon their loyalty. Serving people's hearts with one's own heart is loyalty. It's not the loyalty of a loyal minister! To do unto others what you would not have done to yourself is called disloyalty.

In the left biography, it is said that forgiveness is done, and Lourdes is also, and the scriptures of etiquette are also. King Huan of Zhou used the twelve cities and Zheng that he could not have, which was unforgiving. Forgiveness and loyalty here mean the same thing.

Therefore, Zeng Tzu said that loyalty and forgiveness are one.

Definitely not, including Confucius, did not seriously use three to distinguish the theorem of all things in the universe, but many aspects realize that this three, or in the middle, or benevolence and righteousness complement each other, and this complementarity is the middle, that is, the three.

It's just that before Zheng Lang appeared, no one had ever seriously thought about this three, or thought about it, and wouldn't think about it in such detail. But even if Zheng Lang did not appear, few descendants thought so. There was a man, a half-servant street writer.

Therefore, the Confucian self further evolved and perfected it.

The master said that I will save my body three times a day, and I will seek for others but not be loyal? Mencius said that if a gentleman is reflexive, I will be disloyal.

And the Master said that he forgives, and that he should not do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Meng also said that the prescription of benevolence is to forgive. There are many more examples, if you flip through the books of Master and Mencius Xunzi, you can find dozens of words of loyalty and forgiveness.

The difference also comes out, the so-called loyalty is internal, and forgiveness is external. Loyalty requires that you do your best in your heart and have a clear conscience, and forgiveness means that I love everyone, everyone loves me, and if you want everyone to love me, I must first love everyone.

Or one more point. Virtuous people. And there is no need for others, that is, the people often say that doing good deeds without leaving a name. Of course it's a good thing, close to the realm of a saint, but a few people can do it. The second is to be virtuous to people and to be used by people. There is also a kind of virtue for people, but for people. This will be hated by everyone, but there are many in real life. There is another situation that Confucius and Mencius did not say, that is, people are virtuous to me. Instead of repaying the favor, I went to harm this virtuous man.

One and four are opposed, and two and three are opposed.

But one and two are also opposites, and they depend on each other.

This is loyalty and forgiveness.

But this loyalty and forgiveness are not absolute, where is the virtue, where is it used?

Therefore, this Zhong many believe that it cannot exist. It actually exists, but it is mixed with a lot of forgiveness when it exists. And forgiveness is mixed with some loyalty. After all, compared to rewarding kindness, it is more clever to give grace first and then seek retribution.

Because no one systematically thinks that what was first loyal degenerates into loyal loyalty.

It is a mistake to think like this, the master said that the monarch and the minister are the father and the son, and the minister is the son and the servant. It can't be said that Lao Tzu is bad or poor, and the son will not raise the elderly, and the same is true for ministers. There is a master-slave relationship, so a true loyal subject does not expect anything from the king. will also honestly do things for the king, advise and advise, govern and save the people, and strengthen the country. This is called a loyal minister, or replaced by Fan Zhongyan's famous saying, wow! To taste the heart of the ancient benevolence, or the difference between the two, what is it? Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself; The height of the temple is worried about the people; Far away from the rivers and lakes, you are worried about it. It is a worry about advancing and a worry about retreating. But when will it be? It must be said that "the worries of the world are worried, and the joy of the world is happy".

Fan Zhongyan was wrong, the heart of Gu Ren is not this heart, Gu Renren's heart is wider, but this is the heart of loyal ministers.

It can't be called loyalty, it's just the side of loyalty, the loyalty of loyal ministers, and loyalty to one's own heart, loyalty to friends, loyalty to people, and doing good deeds and virtues without asking for anything in return, which is true loyalty.

However, Master and Mencius obviously felt that this kind of loyalty could not be promoted, so they promoted more forgiveness, or the kind of virtue between loyalty and forgiveness, and did what they wanted, such as those who knew what they wanted, and then pushed what they wanted, as well as others.

But loyalty is not obedience, it is to establish righteousness and morality, and it is used for loyal ministers not to let ministers flatter the emperor, which is disloyalty, but ministers. A true loyal minister, if he doesn't think about his own officials, and the emperor doesn't do well, he has to be persuaded not to be afraid of the emperor's anger. Let the emperor be a good king and govern the country. Even if the emperor has his head cut off, he is not afraid, this is the real loyal minister.

So here's a big question, according to Zheng Lang's statement, what is Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu's behavior?

That's when I said my heart.

The Master often said, but this is also the Tao, and that is also the Tao, and he did not make it clear. So what is the Tao, I really can't say, because everything in the universe is too complex, who can explain it clearly. Ants have the way of ants, beasts have the way of beasts, and people have the way of people.

But the Tao is one, there is only one avenue, and the more saints you are, the closer you are to this path. For example, the loyalty and forgiveness of Confucianism, and then look at the Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu family, if you want to destroy it, you will be tired of it, and if you want to kick it, you will exalt it. The reason is almost the same, the miscellaneous family Lu Buwei is a businessman, and he is very utilitarian, so he does not talk about Deren, but says that it is tired of destruction and hesitation. Dropped down.

There is also Lao Tzu's desire to be strong, to be weak, to be strong, to decline, to rejuvenate, to take away, to give. It is similar to the Confucian self-desire to establish people. Zhou Shu also said that if you want to defeat it, you will be assisted by it, and if you want to take it, you will be with it. When Han Feizi of the Legalist saw this sentence, he was happy to hunt his heart, and he also quoted it.

Why is there such a difference, Lao Tzu was born, so it is said that there is some accumulation, Confucius wants to enter the WTO, and he said it positively, there are several reasons, Lu Guoxiao, respect the Zhou room, and Lu Guo will be safe. Therefore, the master did not like war, so he faintly felt that there was benevolence and righteousness, and he talked more about benevolence and less about righteousness. Etiquette talks more about etiquette and humility, and less about war. Secondly, the master directly absorbed nutrition from the Zhou royal family, and learned royal etiquette, and no matter whether the Zhou royal family or Lu Guoqiang exercised the surrender of all the candidates in the world, he used more preaching.

This creates some incompleteness of the Master.

But the master also vaguely knew that it was useless to just preach, and wrote some righteousness, some prestige, and neutrality, but not much.

There is also karma in Buddhism.

and the original Diamond Sutra.

The Diamond Sutra rarely talks about karma, but mostly talks about self-control and self-cultivation of the mind. This temperance is for the sake of cultivating the Taoist heart, or for the forgiveness of Confucianism. There is also a more naked way to show that Shakyamuni's way is not rare in many treasures, as long as you read and preach this Buddhist scripture, you will accumulate great merit. Reading and preaching the meaning of Buddhist scriptures is the majority of Buddhism. Ask or forgive. Although Shakyamuni later felt this contradiction and covered it up with some specious words, why did he say it more than a dozen times?

So what is the Taoist heart, the actual Confucian benevolence is the foundation, righteousness is the moderation, the middle tone, and the etiquette is the law, which is already close to this kind of Taoist heart. Of course, it can't be regarded as a true Dao heart. Therefore, the master talked for most of the day. The more you go around, the more confused you become. Lao Tzu simply came to a sentence, mysterious and mysterious. Shakyamuni also simply said that all things have a way, such as a dream bubble, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such. It became a paradoxical emptiness.

They want to be saints, and Zheng Lang doesn't want to be saints.

So just get this right. You can get close to the so-called Dao Heart.

There is much help for the righteous, and little help for the unjust, which is in this. Instead of a benevolent god, don't look at anything else, when you see the Song Dynasty, you know what will happen to blind benevolence? He was benevolent to the Khitan, and he didn't go to war, but why did he still station more than 200,000 forbidden troops in Hedong, Hebei? Why did Qing Lishi let the Khitan blackmail him again?

Look at Western Xia again. not only rewarded him, but also gave him coins to help them quell the rebellion that did not hide the false Pang, how did Li Liangzuo repay him in the past two years?

There is also cochin. The same is true.

Benevolence, where are the hardcore friends?

Therefore, this kind of Mohist benevolence is not the Tao, the real Tao is this kind of middle. Benevolence is the mainstay, righteousness is the festival. Only benevolent people can be good people, can be evil, only benevolent people can love people, can be evil. It was not Zheng Lang who said it, but the words in the Book of Rites.

A slap in the face, put up with it, and persuade it. The second slap struck, and then persuaded and warned. The third slap is coming, can you still bear it? Fuck it.

This is the true benevolence and righteousness, love and moderation, and the true Tao. This point was better than that of the Song Dynasty in the early Tang Dynasty, focusing on benevolence, and never rejecting Fanbang, but if it was not satisfied, the cattle people would use the weapons of the elite soldiers. Therefore, all nations came to court, and once the white race in the mountains of the Caucasus, as well as the Yi people in Kamchatka, came from thousands of miles to the court. Look at the present, if it weren't for the peace prison, even the Wa Kingdom would not have sent an envoy to the Song Dynasty to congratulate him. came, a few wild monks, or widows who came to borrow seeds.

Too weak, not the Tao, but as Mencius said, animals. Writing this, Zheng Lang thought of his previous life. I don't know how it developed. It seems to be giving the way, but it is not giving the way, it is bringing about self-destruction. If love continues, why are allies mutiny, and the middle country becomes enemies, and enemies arise on all sides? It's too weak, and they all think they can be bullied.

In fact, the real Tao is not like this, such as beating that little Fei Fat, or other small countries to be ruthless, and then wooing other countries, there is grace and authority, and the Tao will be there. Otherwise, if it continues, Xiaofei will become more and more rampant, and Wa Guo, Lao Mei and Ah San think that Xiaofei can ride on their heads, and they will become more and more bold. In the end, it is not weakness in exchange for peace, but in exchange for big wars and special operations, which can even be divided.

Write it, polish it, and publish it directly in the newspaper.

As soon as the article came out, it caused greater repercussions and controversy.

Zheng Lang did not express rejection of Taoism, but whether it was Taoism or Buddhism, what did they say that Shakyamuni and Lao Tzu did not get the true Taoist heart, so they used words to fool the world?

It doesn't matter.

There are many scholars who do not like to occupy the land and invade the fields, and directly shout to destroy the Buddha and destroy the Buddha.

Zheng Lang pointed out some of their positive effects, which were much better than these scholars who shouted and shouted to kill.

However, there was not much opposition in Confucianism, compared with the radical and novel statements earlier, Zheng Lang's Confucianism at this time was close to the ideas of the master, and then looking at Mr. Three and Mr. Five of the academy, they tampered with the ideas of the master more, and there were not many people who objected.

On the contrary, many people think that it is a beautiful talk, whether they admit it or not, Zheng Lang's young enlightenment is very famous, and it is not until today that he realizes this Taoist heart. It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, but it's definitely a good story. But there is also controversy, Zheng Lang wrote Zhongshu, and used many words to write this loyalty, as well as loyal ministers.

Compared with the court, how many ministers are loyal ministers?

Of course, Confucianism is cultivated to this point. Zheng Lang has no doubt that he has entered the ranks of Confucianism.

Gao Taotao was also reading this newspaper, and it was full of nearly 20,000 words, which occupied a front page of the Gyeonggi Evening News.

After seeing it, Gao sighed, Zheng Lang thought that it was difficult for a true loyal minister to do it. But everyone should at least be a forgiveness. Eat the king's luck, and be loyal to the king. However, looking at many scholars and doctors, they professed the righteousness of saints, but even the ministers could not do it.

There are still loyal ministers, such as Fan Zhongyan, Zheng Lang can also be counted as one, but can Zheng Lang be used with her husband's temper? Gao Tao was a little distracted. And she also knows something, the country's finances are tight. I had to borrow money from the rich, and I had been borrowing every year for the past two years, which had never happened in previous years. Regardless of whether Han Qi is a loyal minister or a traitor, at least in terms of business, Zheng Lang is several points behind. I don't know how to persuade him.

Thinking of this, she said to the eunuch, "Call the eldest princess." ”

"Whoa." The eunuch stepped back. came to Jining Temple and called Zhao Niannu into the inner palace. After talking for a while, the relationship between the two is not evil, even if there is some estrangement because of Zhao Shu, it is still reasonable.

After a while, Gao Tao asked, "Nunu, do you know how long Zheng Gong will cultivate Confucianism?" ”

"Queen. I don't know very well, but I heard him talk to a few gentlemen of the academy about the seminary, which he plans to finish next summer, and some of them will stay for later. Then, in the fall, he worked with several gentlemen to study the history of Confucianism. ”

"Why do you want to keep some of it for later?"

"Etiquette is about the system, there is a national system, a system of behaving and acting, Zheng Gong has not thought about it yet," Zhao Niannu replied hesitantly.

Gao Taotao's eyes lit up.

understood Zheng Lang's intentions, but he couldn't let go, Zhao Niannu couldn't say it clearly, but Gao Tao was very happy to hear it. That's what a loyal servant is. But once again, how to convince her husband? Zhao Niannu didn't think of anything else, but Gao Tao treated her well, and she also felt a little raw. She doesn't like Empress Dowager Cao very much, if there is no Empress Dowager Cao, there will be no unfilial brother on the throne. The reason why I often enter the palace to take a look is that my biological mother, Concubine Miao, is still in the palace. Because he was ostracized and depressed, if it weren't for Zhao Niannu who often went back to Beijing to visit the palace, he wouldn't even bother to speak, otherwise Zhao Niannu wouldn't even want to come into this palace.

After going back, I was ready to return to Zhengzhou.

The big drama is staged.

First of all, Fan Zhen drafted Han Qi's official relocation system, using a metaphor, saying that Han Qi was the Duke of Zhou, and it is unknown whether he meant to be sarcastic.

Lü Zhi was then impeached, and Han Qi should not be referred to as the Duke of Zhou.

Here comes the question, Han Qi is the Duke of Zhou, should Zhao Shu be the king of Zhou? So Han Qi wrote a table begging for dismissal. If you don't want to retreat, learn to be rich, one table is not two tables, and then it is not possible, twenty tables, and it is guaranteed to retreat.

This retirement is a high-profile gesture.

Fan Zhen commented, Zhou Gong is not reckless, and he wants to be one of the world's Zhou. The Duke of Zhou did not go to Lu to enter the country, but assisted King Cheng of Zhou to govern the Zhou State and make the world continue to submit to the Zhou Dynasty. It means that you Han Qi should not retire, quit and go to just a county guard, inappropriate, you have to stay in Zhongshu and continue to serve the country.

That's what it literally means.

At that time, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu still thought that Fan Zhen was a "good person", so they neglected the past. It wasn't until Fan Zhen opposed the establishment of Zhao Yunrang as the imperial exam that Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi woke up to the fact that Fan Zhen and them were not all the way.

In order to make Zhao Shu achieve his wish, Han Qi reduced the ministers of Taiwan, or sent them to the Khitan as an envoy, and some ministers were dissatisfied. Fan Zhen didn't write Huo Guang, otherwise he would have gone down a long time ago, and it would have been too clear to write Huo Guang.

This discussion made Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu think of Fan Zhen's comment again.

It's not the year-end annotation, nearly a year has passed!

actually turned this matter over, Ouyang Xiu said in front of Zhao Shu: "Fan Zhen treats Han Qi as Duke Zhou, and treats His Majesty as a son. ”

Ouyang Xiu held a grudge, Zhao Shu held a grudge even more, sent someone to find the archive, and when he saw it, he was furious and put Fan Zhen outside Chenzhou. Anyway, Ouyang Xiu has gone too far, you yourself consider yourself a grandmaster of the literary world, and you usually praise the righteousness of the sage, how did you do this kind of villainous thing?

Fan Yan was distributed in the front, and the back caused an uproar among the ministers. As a result of the uproar, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu did the next more rebellious thing.