Chapter 285, People's Heart

Zhu Heng really couldn't remember the names and official positions of so many officials, but he remembered Xu Fushan and Sun Shi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who spoke up for him, and of course he also remembered those high-ranking and powerful noble families, especially the three families of Zhenyuan Marquis and Weiyuan Marquis and Zhenguo Gong, the descendants or grandsons of these three families are more or less related to Zeng Rong.

He also learned not long ago that it turned out that Wang Fan, Gu Tou and Li Man had all gone to Jinxiufang to harass Zeng Rong, especially the Wang family, who actually wanted to buy Zeng Rong back to be a subordinate, and he didn't give up if he couldn't make a plan, and he also wanted to bring Zeng Rong into the Wang family as an embroiderer.

He once thought that the reason why his father was attacking the Wang family was to take the opportunity to take back the power of the inner eunuch, and with Zeng Rong's reason, he could turn the spearhead to her, and his father could still settle down.

But just now he quietly asked Chang Dezi, only to know that yesterday the girl of the Wang family actually chased Zeng Rong with a thorny moon branch, and Zeng Rong dared to run, if he changed to a timid and weak one, he would definitely have broken his appearance yesterday.

The young girl's family anger is so heavy, which can be seen from the tutor.

When he was thinking about how to get justice for Zeng Rong, Zhu Wu suddenly sent someone to pass the word, saying that they also wanted to form a team to participate in the dragon boat race, and many of them could also paddle.

Knowing that the contestants were all sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys, there was no need to ask if they were also people in the circle where Zhu Wu came and went on weekdays, so Zhu Xu ordered the guards to bring these people up, and they happened to know each other together.

In a moment, Zhu Wu came up with more than a dozen people, Zhu Heng glanced at it, all of them were seen in the back garden on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday, but half of them were missing, and the two sons of the Li family, the prince of Zhenguo, who was more impressed, and the two sons of the Shangshu Sun family of the Ministry of Rites were not there, and the two of the Wang family and the Gu family were there.

Because most of the officials present had seen Zhu Wu, everyone didn't wait for the emperor to speak, they got up and saluted Zhu Wu first, Zhu Wu returned the salute with a smile one by one, and greeted everyone in a familiar tone, and the dozen or so people he brought also knelt in front of Zhu Xu's case, and were introducing their family history and age one by one.

At this point, Zhu Heng understood Zhu Wu's intentions, and it was true that he wanted to ask for his father's consent, and that he wanted to fight him and steal his limelight.

Fortunately, Zhu Heng has experienced too many such scenes, so he has long been able to face them calmly.

"Second Highness Qiqi, I heard that you have been concentrating on the study of knowledge and calligraphy and painting for the past ten years, and the old minister has always had a question in his heart, I wonder if His Royal Highness can help solve his doubts?" Seeing that Zhu Heng was snubbed, Sun Shi was a little unhappy, and asked loudly.

As soon as Sun Shi spoke, Zhu Xu also had to sell him some face, and at the same time, he was also a little curious about what questions this old old man had to ask his son, you know, this old old man has not served a few people in terms of knowledge on weekdays.

"Sun Shangshu, please, it's just that Zhu Heng is only shallow in his studies and has limited knowledge, so he may not be able to help." Zhu Heng humbly replied to the other party with a smile.

"At the beginning of man, is his nature good or evil?" Sun Shi asked.

As soon as this question came out, not only Zhu Heng was blinded, but also the other people present, what the hell is this problem, people are inherently good, and three-year-old children can carry it, right?

Despite this, everyone didn't say anything, and most of them looked at Zhu Heng, wondering how Zhu Heng would answer.

Zhu Heng pondered for a moment before he spoke, "I personally tend to be good in nature, everyone comes to this world in a naked strip, so there is a saying that the heart of a child is beautiful in innocence, and there is another sentence, if you want to cultivate a childish heart, first cultivate goodness like water, it can be seen that at the beginning of people, nature is good." ”

"Why, then, did they grow up in the same family and receive the same education, and some even twins, but when they grow up with very different temperaments?" Sun Shi continued to ask.

When everyone heard it, it turned out that the focus was here, obviously there was something in it, who was implied?

Zhu Heng guessed as early as the beginning of Sun Shi's opening that it was impossible for this old man to simply take a sentence to discuss with him, and when he heard this, he knew what the other party meant, but this topic was too sensitive, and he didn't want to annoy his father, let alone push this Shangshu Lord into a puddle.

"Lord Sun, this question is simple and simple, the dragon gave birth to nine sons, the nine sons are different, and it is complicated to say that it is complicated, the most difficult thing in the world to identify is the human heart, and the human heart is constantly changing, just like saying that I myself, I have been self-closed for ten years and refuse to see people, even the closest family members do not want to see, but one day I suddenly had an epiphany, it turned out that because of my complacency, not only hurt those relatives who cared, but also missed a lot of good scenery on the road to growth, I hope it is not too late."

After Zhu Heng finished speaking, he remembered the dark and windy night in the moon, and the chattering little figure, a smile slowly bloomed on his face, and the starlight in his eyes overflowed, and many people present were moved by this smile.

Hell, a man actually has such a bright smile and such bright eyes, which of these civil and military officials present has not been immersed in officialdom for decades, whose smile does not hide thousands of thoughts, whose eyes are not bottomless?

Of course, the people present also knew that the reason why Zhu Heng could still have a pure childish heart was mostly related to his self-isolation over the years, plus his legs were already like this, and he kicked him out early, which also saved him from many secret fights.

But now, he took the initiative to come out, and he wanted to make up for the scenery he missed on the way to growth, does this mean that he wants to go out of the mountain and join this competition?

But the question is, his legs have been useless for ten years, is there any hope of a cure or is he going to push the wheelchair into it like this?

What about the emperor, what does the emperor mean?

The officials present became more and more unable to understand this scene, but there was one point, everyone still recognized Zhu Heng's character, who didn't know that Sun Shi's original intention was to stand up for him, but he skillfully turned the problem to himself, which not only saved the face of the emperor and Zhu Wu, but also did not let Sun Shi lose any truth.

Even Xu Fushan, who has always been more strict with people, stroked his beard with satisfaction, this child has been abandoned for so many years, and he still has the ability to protect himself, the key is that his nature is still pure, and such a person is worth pulling.

But there are positive and negative sides to everything, although a person with a pure nature will not turn around and attack the person who helps him, but this kind of person has one of the biggest weaknesses, that is, when he is constantly interrupted, he suffers from it, and he who wants to achieve great things, his character must not be soft, and he must be decisive in killing.

There are those who are satisfied with Zhu Heng's answer, and naturally there are those who are dissatisfied, especially Zhu Heng's last sentence "I hope it's not too late", leaving too much room for everyone to interpret.