According to folklore, the later Zhuge Lady Huang (said to be named "Huang Yueying") was actually quite beautiful, or deliberately blackened her face because she was hiding from the war, or slandered as an ugly girl because of the envy of the township. First of all, during the period when Miss Huang will become an adult, Jingzhou, especially the surrounding area of Xiangyang, is quite peaceful, and there is nothing to avoid; Secondly, the Huang family is also a local celebrity, who dares to slander his young lady so boldly?

When Huang Zhi welcomed the group into the grass house, and specially called his wife and daughter to meet him, Shi Xun finally saw that Miss Huang. This little girl is estimated to be only seven or eight years old, wearing a cloth coat and a double beard, not only has facial features molded out of the same mold as his father, but also as written in the book, she is "yellow and black" - her skin is black and rough, and her hair is yellow and thin. Although the eighteenth change of the female college may become more and more beautiful, after all, the triangular eyes will not become almond round eyes if they don't go to Korea for plastic surgery - upside-down eyebrows are easy to modify. Therefore, Zhuge Liang may really fall in love with this little girl's talent, so he ignored her appearance, after all, such a thing as a handsome guy marrying an ugly girl may not be rare in the era of free love in later generations, let alone the years of arranged marriage.

On the evening of the same day, Zhao Qi, Shi Xun, and Sun Wen stayed at Huang's house. Huang Shou's family was not well-off, and he couldn't take out any good things to entertain the guests, so he just served hot water and bibimbap with beans and wheat, and the side dishes were only pickled radish and salted dried fish. Shi Xun felt a little difficult to swallow, but looking at the old man Zhao Qi, eating it was very fragrant, chewing radish was like tasting mountain treasures, and smacking dried fish was like tasting seafood. He had to grit his teeth. Like taking medicine, I washed those coarse foods down my throat with plain water. Sun Wen's rough billet also tasted very fragrant. And stuffed five large bowls of rice in a row, looking at Mrs. Huang's eyes, as if she was afraid that this big man would eat up all the surplus food of his family throughout the year in one meal.

After the evening eclipse, the sky gradually darkened, Huang Chengyan lit a candle, and naturally began to discuss scriptures with Zhao Qi. He also took out several scrolls of bamboo slips from the bookshelf and respectfully handed them to Zhao Qi: "This is the "Mencius Chapters and Verses" written by Zhao Gong, and I copied three of them from a friend before I gave it. Studying day and night has benefited me a lot. However, there is still something unclear, and God is fortunate to meet Zhao Gong, just to ask for advice. ”

Zhao Qi stroked his beard and smiled: "This is also the words of the family, if there is any doubt, it is okay to discuss together." ”

So the two of you said, and I began to discuss "Mencius" one by one, and Shi Xun listened to it next to me, so I was a little lacking in interest. It is said that in these years, Boss Meng's status is not as high as that of later generations. The only classics that scholars need to study are the "Five Classics", and there are no "Four Books" at all. Basically, at least nine out of ten scholars may not be willing to read Mencius in their lifetime. Zhao Qi can be said to be the first scholar to systematically study Mencius, and to annotate and interpret it, so his teachings may be profound in this era, and in front of Song Confucianism and Qing Confucianism, it is a bit pediatric. For Xun, who has roughly read Zhu Xi's "Commentary on Mencius", there is basically no nutrition to absorb.

Of course, he was still forced to sit upright, pretending to be listening to the lecture - but he would never raise his hand to speak. He can still get through, but Sun Wen over there can't stand it at all, and yawns several times in a row. Zhao Qi first noticed Sun Wen's drowsy state, so he waved at Huang Zhi and said that my companion has worked hard all day, and I hope to arrange for him to rest as soon as possible. The class was interrupted, and Huang Zhu was a little impatient, but he still took the posture that a master should have, held a candle, and politely led Sun Wen to a side room to sleep.

The Huang family is not wealthy, and there are few candles, Huang Zhu left with this candle, and Shixun and Zhao Qi were completely hidden in the darkness. It was Xun Zheng who wanted to take advantage of this kung fu to close his eyes and recuperate, but he heard Zhao Qi ask: "Is it that Mr. doesn't say a word, has he never read "Mencius", or is he dissatisfied with what Mencius said?" ”

He was also talking about the lecture, and he couldn't stop for a while, so he asked the student who never spoke, are you interested in my course? If you don't plan to listen to the lecture, you can just wash up and go to sleep.

While listening to it just now, Shi Xun slandered in his heart - he didn't have any dislike for Meng Ke and his doctrine, he just had nothing to do and habitually complained. At this moment, after listening to Zhao Qi's question, I should have replied that I really didn't know about "Mencius", and I also went to sleep with Sun Wen, but my heart of complaining was not extinguished, so I said casually: "Xun also tried to read "Mencius", although there are a few things that are not clear, but I am afraid of blaspheming the sages, so I dare not ask for advice." ”

Zhao Qi said that if you have any questions, you can ask them, don't have any worries. So Xun raised his eyebrows and replied maliciously: "Xun once wrote a poem in the past to ask Mencius - 'How many people are neighbors who are busy with chickens every day?' Out of the begging sacrifice Yu Xi also to support his second wife? The Son of Heaven is still in Xi to Xing Zhou as Dong Dao, and he said that he was set to be in a Xi and actually said that Wei Qi! ’”

Of course, this is not his originality, it was first seen from Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Huang Rong was on the way to find a monk to see a doctor, and Zhu Ziliu fought with his tongue, and mocked Mencius with poetry, saying: "How can a beggar have a second wife? Lots of chickens next door? At that time, there was Zhou Tianzi, what did they say about Wei Qi? Later, I learned that this was a paragraph copied by Mr. Zha from Feng Menglong's "Ancient and Modern Laughter".

Zhao Qi was stunned when he heard this, and didn't answer for a long time. It just so happened that at this time, Huang Zhi also returned with a candle and sat down opposite Zhao Qi, not realizing how awkward the atmosphere was, and opened his mouth to continue the topic before he left. But Zhao Qi waved his hand at him and asked Shi Xun, "Which Fang family did Mr. Shi study in?" ”

Shi Xun said that I studied with Sun Qian for a while. Zhao Qi nodded: "In this way, it is Zheng Kangcheng's retransmission, no wonder he can learn from others and have unique opinions, but the old man is lazy." This poem is indeed disrespectful to the sages, but it does not hurt to argue for the sake of its truth. The second wife, the chicken and the clouds, Mencius is the best allegory, but it is just a matter of assuming that the words are elaborated, and there is no need to delve into it. But when it comes to lobbying Wei and Qi......"

Shixun asked, "How is it?" "He said in his heart, I want to see, old master Zhao, how do you wash Meng Ke's floor.

I only heard Zhao Qi say slowly: "Mencius advocated that the people are noble and the king is light, and advocated that the world should be fixed in one place and then be peaceful." At that time, Zhou Tianzi had lost his handle for a long time and could not be revived, so he said that Wei and Qi also wanted to make Wei and Qi go down for a day. The ministers should be loyal to their kings, but Mencius also said: 'The thief is called a thief, the thief is a thief, the thief is a cripple, and the thief is a husband.' I heard that a husband was punished, but I didn't hear of killing a king. 'If the king is not benevolent, the minister will not be the king, which is also in line with the principles of heaven, and it is harmless to the way of the king and the minister. ”

Ahh

The most important legacy that Meng Ke left to future generations is the simple "people-oriented" thought, which is easy to be recognized after two thousand years, but in this era, it is tantamount to a fallacy. In the Chronicles of Arts and Literature, "Mencius" is classified as one of the "Hundred Schools of Thought", which is not appropriate for him to be Confucian orthodoxy. From Zhao Qi began to pay attention to "Mencius", until Later Shu was included in the "Eleventh Classics", and then Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty compiled the "Four Books", placing "Mencius" and "Analects", "University" and "Zhongyong" side by side, this book became a Confucian classic, and Meng Boss was also put on the laurel of "Yasheng". However, there are still repeats, it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was dissatisfied with Meng Ke's people-oriented thinking, dissatisfied with Mencius's statement that if the monarch is unreasonable, the people have the right to overthrow the government, so he ordered the relevant chapters in the book to be deleted.

This time, Xun changed the limerick poem that ridiculed Mencius in later generations and took it out to ask Zhao Qi, in fact, he had the intention of prank, as if the student was dissatisfied with the teacher's recitation, so he wanted to deliberately make trouble. He estimated that Zhao Qi would either scold himself for the case, or casually sing a few words of praise to Mencius to fool the past, but he didn't expect that Old Man Zhao really answered, not only answered, but also vigorously admired the people-oriented ideas in the book.

For the scholars of this era, this is very valuable.

Originally, the matter could have ended here, the mischievous student asked a question, the teacher gave a positive answer, and the student was quite impressed, so he shouldn't say anything more, continue to listen to the class honestly, or just quit the class. But there was a sudden flash of inspiration in Shi Xun's mind, so he climbed down the pole and asked Zhao Qi: "If today's son is made by a villain, it will also lose its handle, just like the king of Zhou in the past." As Mencius said, should we also ask Wei and Qi to go down in one day? ”

"What is that?" Zhao Qi really put his face up, "After King Zhou Ziping moved eastward, he lost his handle, the princes were in dispute, and the people's hearts were not attached. And my Yanhan rebellion, only ten years, although the Son of Heaven is covered with dust, but there is no loss of morality, today is also out of the control of the villain, and will return to Luoyang, how can it be compared with the Eastern Zhou Dynasty? Tianxin is insatiable, and Hanzuo should not be extinguished! ”

It was Xun Xin who said that Han Zuo is immortal, and Lao Tzu has more say than you, but I really don't want to tell you about this because I caused this conversation, what Lao Tzu wants to say is: "People's hearts were not attached to Zhou in the past, and they may not be attached to Han today." Zhao Gong didn't see Liu Jingsheng's suburbs worship heaven and earth? ”

When Zhao Qi heard this, he was taken aback, turned his head and asked Huang Zhu: "Is there such a thing?" Huang Zhu let out a long sigh: "This is indeed the case. Although Han Degao (Han Song) tried hard to advise, Liu Mu refused to listen. Therefore, the rest of the scholars, although they are all rejected, would rather hide in the mountains and forests than go out to Jingzhou again. ”

His answer was already expected by Shi Xun, so Shi Xun squinted at Zhao Qi and said in his heart, old man, you understand what I want to say this time, what is my intention, right? Lao Tzu is giving Liu Biao eye medicine to repay his deep hatred for me if he wants to find a ticket for the scholar! (To be continued......)

PS: Today's second update.