The anger can be puffed up, but it cannot be vented.

was interrupted by Fang Congzhe one after another, Yang Xian's momentum was like a rainbow, but at this time, he couldn't help but be discouraged, his eyes widened, and he stared at the other party. Fang Congzhe didn't look at him, his eyes wandered. Yang Xian was helpless, suppressed his anger, and replied: "My brother has a position, and he has left the city for business a few days ago. So it wasn't there. ”

"I see." Fang Congzhe turned his gaze back, sighed, showed a look of regret, and said again and again, "It's a pity, it's a pity!" He asked Yang Xian and said, "I saw Mr. I just now seem to have something to say." Mr. Jiuwen is talented, I don't know what you want to teach me? ”

Yang Xian picked up the courage and said with a strong face: "The envoy came from afar to meet my Jinling scholars, and the first sentence was to accuse us of 'not knowing the courtesy', and the momentum is so turbulent!" In the lower class, there is nothing to teach the envoy. But there is a sentence that I want to ask the envoy: since we Jinling is a place that 'does not know etiquette', then why did the envoy trek through the mountains and rivers and traveled thousands of miles to come? What is it? ”

After Fang Congzhe came to Jinling, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't see him for a few days. The people of Jinling actually knew his intention for a long time and knew it clearly. Therefore, Yang Xian's question is very tricky, and if Fang Congzhe answers truthfully, it will inevitably be ridiculed. When he came to Jinling for something, he refused to bow down, but instead accused others of "not knowing etiquette". I can't say anything.

Therefore, Fang Congzhe couldn't answer the truth.

However, another trouble came out. If he didn't answer the truth, then why did he come to see Zhu Yuanzhang? You can't make up one thing on the fly. If you do so, you will be delaying your business.

Fang Congzhe was not in a hurry, smiled slightly, and said: "The words of 'not knowing etiquette' are my presumptuous and arrogant words, please don't take Mr. to heart." Why did I come to Jinling this time? I think you sages should already know it. To tell the truth, when I came back to Jinling from Zhe, I came as a lobbyist. 'Pretending to be amazing' is the norm for lobbyists. Why bother, sir? ”

"Reach out and don't hit the smiley man".

Fang Congzhe spoke so honestly, but Yang Xian lost his temper. What's more, because he was interrupted one after another, his momentum had long since stopped, but he refused to stop there, but he lifted his spirits, stood upright, and said sharply: "'Pretending to be amazing is the norm for lobbyists'. In this way, Fang Envoy is to underestimate me and there is no one in Jinling, so he said big words, and used it to insult Wu Guogong and insult us? ”

"Wu Guogong is powerful in China, and he can be described as a 'peerless hero'. When Zhe was in Yidu, he tried to serve King Yan, and many times I heard King Yan praise Wu Guogong and praise him as 'the first hero in Jiangnan'. Congzhe came to Jinling this time to convey my lord's love and admiration for him to Wu Guogong. Mr.'s so-called 'insult', I really don't know where to start! Gentlemen or scholars are rich in five cars, which is an important town of Jiangnan culture; Or know that there will be a strategy, and there is a high talent for temporary change. Although Congzhe is far away in Yidu, he has admired you for a long time. Mr. also called the word 'insult', I don't know where to start! ”

"The envoy is worthy of the self-proclaimed title of 'lobbyist', and he is really sharp-toothed. However, there is a saying that I wonder if the envoy has heard? ”

"Sir, please."

Yang Xian said disdainfully: "The tongue of the venerable envoy is three inches long, and he can speak wildly. It's a pity that 'words speak louder than reason, and you will be punished in the end'. After finishing speaking, he stopped debating with Fang Congzhe, held his head high, and sat back in the seat proudly.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were hundreds of schools, among which there was a "famous family", known for his good arguments. Gongsun Long, the representative of the "famous family", has the saying that "white horses are not horses", which is close to the category of "sophistry", and almost no one can argue with him.

He used to be Pingyuan-kun's doorman, and Pingyuan-jun valued him very much.

But one day, Confucius's seventh grandson, Kong Chuan, came to Zhao from Lu to meet Pingyuanjun, and after some conversation with Pingyuanjun, Pingyuanjun said to Gongsun Long: "Gongwufu and Confucius debate the matter!" Its personal reasoning is better than rhetoric, and public rhetoric is better than reason. Words speak louder than reason, and they will be punished in the end. ”

Gongsun Long is the representative of the "debater"; Kong Piercing is a descendant of Confucius, and is naturally a representative of "Confucianism". Yang Xian quoted this sentence to evaluate Fang Congzhe, in other words, he despised him for his vain words, he had no real talent and real learning, and he was not a "great road". Xunzi rebuked Gongsun Long, saying that he was "confused by using his name to mess with the truth"; Zou Yan criticized it as "harmful" and "not a harmless gentleman".

Fang Congzhe also read a lot, and when he heard it, he understood what Yang Xian meant, and he was not angry, but still smiled slightly, and said: "Mr. Gao Yi, Congzhe originally admired you very much. But now listening to Mr. Say, it is really a big disappointment for Congzhe.

"The ancients said: 'Those who know the times are handsome.'" What is 'current affairs'? 'Time', the present, 'business', event or situation. A true hero should take appropriate measures depending on the current situation. What is the situation today? Yuan lost its deer, heroes competed and male and female undecided. This troubled time too.

"It's a world of great contention. It is like the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in ancient times. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with the Confucianism of Confucius, he still praised Zigong's eloquence. In the name of Mencius, he also promised to be 'knowledgeable', and was famous for his 'eloquence', not only that, but he also practiced it personally, 'dozens of cars and hundreds of followers, to spread food to the princes', and actively engaged in lobbying in various vassal states. "Warring States Policy" records that Mencius persuaded Qi to fight Yan, saying: "Today, this text and martial arts must not be lost." Isn't that the typical rhetoric of the Zongheng family? The great Confucian Xunzi, although he himself has no vertical and horizontal travel, but in his book there is an analysis of the "art of talking". It can be the 'law of vertical and horizontal', and it can be called the 'scripture of lobbying'. The opening chapter of "Good Sayings" in "Shuo Yuan" clearly quotes his arguments, and compares him with Guiguzi, Zigong, Su Qin, etc.

"Even saints like Confucius and Meng, and great Confucians like Xunzi, all have the style of 'debaters'. But I listened to my husband's remarks and seemed to be dismissive of the 'debater'. Could it be that Sir thinks that your knowledge has surpassed that of Confucius and Meng, and that you can criticize the sages?

"Why did Kong and Meng do this?" Those who know the current affairs are also. In order to 'use the world', it is therefore a last resort. If we don't use 'argument' as a means, we can't 'use knowledge' to the world. 'Those who know the times are handsome'. If you have talent and learning, but you don't know the current affairs, it is nothing more than a piece of rotten wood. ”

Fang Congzhe sent envoys to Songjiang and Dajian at the same time, and some people successively used the infamy of "vertical and horizontal techniques to confuse the monarch and chaos the country" and so on to criticize him. Therefore, Fang Congzhe had been prepared for this for a long time, and he was not chaotic at all. And compared with his previous two rebuttals, his rebuttals this time were even more extravagant, citing scriptures and classics, and citing Confucius, Mengzi, and Xunzi as positive examples. It also focuses on the concept of "those who know the times are junjie". After a rebuttal, the Jinling ministers in the hall were speechless.

The warm sunlight flows indoors, and the desks are all quaint.

Fang Congzhe stood alone in the hall, facing the famous people between Jiangnan and Huaisi alone. The old man among them was gray-haired enough for his grandfather; Even the young ones are at least thirty years old, and they can be his uncles. But at this moment, these people are silent. For a while, there was silence in the hall.

After a while, one of them slowly got up.

But this man was nearly fifty years old, wearing a scarf on his head, a long beard under his chin, and his hair and beard were already gray. Although he was much older than Fang Congzhe, after standing up, he first bowed uprightly, without any support, it was completely the etiquette of meeting his peers, and after the salute, he said: "I have heard of the reputation of the envoy 'good at argumentation' before, but I always can't believe the rumors, but when I see it today, my real name is true." The venerable envoy is able to argue without hindrance, and it is really like a river. ......, Chen Yu in Xia Jinling, but there was a question I wanted to ask the envoy. ”

Chen Yu, a native of Jinling, is a line in the word, and the number is Jingcheng. He was a professor in Wenzhou who was Mengyuan, and then abandoned his official position and went into hiding. Zhu Yuanzhang entered Jinling and was assisted by him. "Every inquiry is based on a big plan, and it is an order, and it is an official, and it is never accepted." He won Zhu Yuanzhang's trust. Zhu Yuanzhang once handwrote the words "Mr. Bank of China" to address him, and visited him in person several times in person.

In addition, Chen Yu is good at Danqing, "once wrote Taizu's imperial appearance, wonderful at that time", and also painted a portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang. Therefore, among the ministers of Jinling, although he has no official position, his status is very important.

Fang Congzhe knew in his heart that this person must be the leader of the Jinling ministers in the room, and if he wanted to see Zhu Yuanzhang, he must pass his pass. At the moment, he was in awe, and said politely: "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Jingcheng is the first in Jinling. I have admired it for a long time from philosophy, and now I have to see it, fortunately even ah! I don't know what your question is? Please sir. ”

Chen's question is not difficult, and it even sounds casual.

He asked, "The envoy's elder brother, Fang Xizhe, is now serving as a senator in Jinling, and he and I are colleagues and are familiar with each other. My question is that I want to ask the envoy, the envoy is in Yidu, and the brother is in Jinling; The Venerable Envoy is able to speak and argue, which is certainly breathtaking, but the Venerable Brother is cautious in his words and deeds, and he is very 'cautious'. The virtuous brothers are originally of the same production, why are they so different? ”

This question seems to be calm, but it is just asking Fang Congzhe why his brothers are different, but in fact, it has planted a trap in the question. The difference in the personalities of the two brothers is just a cover, and the focus of this question is on the front: Fang Congzhe is in Yidu, and Fang Xizhe is in Jinling. - That's where the trap and the trap come in.

If Fang Congzhe's answer is not good, he will either elevate Deng She and belittle Zhu Yuanzhang, which is equivalent to belittling the master in the master's house, resulting in "not being polite"; Either Zhu Yuanzhang was too high and belittled Deng She, so that the envoy could not promote the prestige of his country abroad, resulting in a "humiliating mission".

Fang Congzhe said: "'Ginger is still old and spicy'. I have heard for a long time that Chen Zhongxing has a reputation of "talent and purity", and has always been known as "the first character of Jinling". But being simple doesn't seem to mean you're not smart. His question seems to be gentle, but it is like a heavy sword without a blade, and if you don't answer it well, it will definitely make people laugh! Compared with Yang Xian's aggressiveness, it is even higher. ”

The wind swept the leaves and blew through the blades of the guards in the courtyard, with a trace of the awe-inspiring Jin Ge air, quietly and immersed in the room.

……

"The south wind is prosperous in May, and Sijun is under the chin."

On the green field outside the city of Dizhou, Luo Guoqi, Ji Zongzhou and others rode back to the city. While walking, I felt the warm breeze from the south. Luo Guoqi looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "It's almost evening." ......, the other few days ago, it was so hot that people sweated profusely, and they didn't want to move at all. It's getting cooler these days. ”

"The sky is high and cool, and it is the time when the army is being used. It's also good for the weather to get cooler. At the very least, when the time comes to war, the soldiers will not work too hard. ”

"Yesterday I saw a student from the martial arts academy, and when he was in the academy, he learned about the weather. Listening to him, maybe there will be rain in a few days. If that were the case, it would be for the best. ”

"Yes. Now that the camp outside the city has been completed, when it rains, you can go to the heat; Second, the roads are muddy after the rain, and perhaps the attack of the Yuan army can be delayed a little. ”

It's been out of the city for most of the day, and he has been checking two camps in a row non-stop, Ji Zongzhou is a little unbearable after all, and he feels that the inside of his legs straddling the mount is grinding painfully. Coupled with the fact that he was getting closer to the city, he couldn't help but think of the night talk with Ji Chong two days ago, and Ji Chong insisted on refusing to return to Yidu first. As soon as he thought of this, he was not only tired, but his head suddenly ached, although he still insisted on asking and answering questions with Luo Guoqi, but it was inevitable that he was a little absent-minded.

Luo Guoqi is the main general in the city, so he walked at the front of the team, beyond Ji Zongzhou's half of the horse's head, then looked back, turned his head to look at Ji Zongzhou, saw that his face was gloomy, as if he had something on his mind, slightly stunned, followed his line of sight to look at the city, and saw the soldiers on the head of the city walking, a big flag was inserted obliquely, and the word "Ji" was written on it, but it was Ji Chong's department. Immediately guessed Ji Zongzhou's thoughts.

He smiled and said, "The day before yesterday, the lord sent a military document mentioning Ji Chong. said that if Ji Chong wants to go back to Yidu, let me not stop it, and then it will be. I wanted to talk to adults about it yesterday. It's just that the military has been busy with military affairs in the past few days, so I can't take care of it for the time being. My lord, have you talked to Ji Chong? ”

Ji Zongzhou pulled his face, probably wanting to laugh, but he didn't laugh after all, and said, "There is Lord Lao's care." The dog is now under the account of the adult, and it is expected that the adult should know the temperament and character of the dog very well. The dog is young and vigorous, and loyal to his lord, when this powerful enemy comes, how can he abandon the city and leave? And even if he wanted to leave, I wouldn't agree. Even the adults haven't left yet, and since he is an adult's general and leads a thousand people, how can he run away first?

"Don't hide it from your lordship, I have met and talked about it with Inuzi, but what we are talking about is not going back to Yidu, but saying that 'the city is in the people, and the city is lost and people are dead'."

Luo Guoqi could hardly believe that Ji Zongzhou said this, but looking at Ji Zongzhou's expression, it didn't seem to be fake, so he was respectful and said with admiration: "The virtuous father and son are the royal family of the heart, although they are in danger, their faces do not change, and they encourage each other, they are really a model of loyal ministers and filial sons." The words "the city is in the people, and the city is lost and the people are dead" is even more generous and powerful. Although the national weapon is not as good as itself, it is also willing to encourage adults with it. ”

Ji Zongzhou secretly sighed, knowing that he was suffering, he thought: "Anyway, Ji Chong doesn't plan to go back first, and with the strict orders of the lord, I can't go." Even if you die, at least you have a good reputation! I only hope that Ji Chong can be right, if my father and son die in this city at the same time, the main guild can treat my family better. ”

It's quite a "broken jar and broken" simplicity.

However, he thought so, and after listening to Luo Guoqi's praise, his heart couldn't help but move. He had never heard other people's sincere praise, and vaguely, he seemed to have a little strange feeling. It feels like it comes and goes so fast. Before he could savor it, a sudden sound of horses' hooves came from a distance.

Everyone stopped moving forward, and under the red flag blowing in the wind, Luo Guoqi withdrew and watched.

And he saw two horsemen galloping towards him, dressed like Mongols in the clothes of the common people. The attendants and guards all took out bows and arrows, arrows on the strings, knives on the waist, and shouted vigilance. When he ran closer, he saw that on the heads of the two people's horses, a small flag was hung on the horse, the background color was red, and the flying eagle was painted on it.

"It's a scout sent out by the army in the city."

……

The horse's hooves are as if urging.

In Jinling City, in the mansion of Wu Guogong, in the side room, the sound of the wind is dark, and someone is flicking the case table with his fingers, a sound, a little bit, and it seems to tug at everyone's heartstrings.

Chen Yu asked: "The virtuous brothers are originally of the same production, why are they so different?" ”

Fang Congzhe didn't answer the rhetorical question, and said: "I heard that Chen Zhongfu is the younger brother of Mr. When Mr. Zhongfu was young, he once teased your brush and ink around you when you were studying, and learned to paint like you. You rebuked him and said, 'Shall I not have any long?' Thou art accustomed to those under him? ’

"Although the way of Danqing is difficult to learn from a saint, if it is used properly, it can cultivate sentiment. Mr. and Brother Ling are also in the same production, Brother Ling is both leisurely in the painting and calligraphy, and he is vigorous in Dongshan, but Mr. wants to build a style to curb the work, and he is also stupid from philosophy, may I ask Mr.: Why is Mr. Ling's brother's career so different? ”

Chen Yu was stunned, dumbfounded, and for a long time, he reluctantly replied: "I can't bear to worry, and my brother doesn't change his happiness." "Scholars take "self-cultivation and family governance and peace in the world" as their own responsibility, such as today's chaos, the people are not living, so I can't stand that kind of sorrow, but my brother can't change that kind of fun.

"Li Cao Dongshan" refers to seclusion; "The merit of containment" refers to the meritorious service.

Fang Congzhe and Chen Yu's question and answer have a source, and it is from "The World Says New Words". Just now, Yang Xian quoted the classics to attack Fang Congzhe, and in the blink of an eye, it became Fang Congzhe quoting the ancients to fight back at Chen Yu and skillfully resolve the trap.

After Chen Yu answered, Fang Congzhe said slowly: "The same is true of Congzhe and his brother. "Everyone has their own ambitions, and no one can change them. Chen Yu was silent, exchanged glances with everyone in the room, and said, "Please sit down for a while, Mr. Turning his body upside down, he slowly withdrew from the outdoors and went to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

——

1, I can't bear to worry, and my brother doesn't change his happiness.

Dai Andao is both vigorous and strong, and his brother wants to build a style to curb the work. Mrs. Xie said: "Brother Qing's career, how special? Dai said: "The lower officials are unbearable, and the younger brother does not change his happiness." ”