The three old men on the judge's bench checked each other's results, and the old man in the middle announced: Helian Longshan memorized two thousand eight hundred and fifty-six words.

Although it was in line with his expectations, Helian Longshan still experienced endless frustration and remorse: if he hadn't fallen, Xiuniang would not have knocked over the charcoal basin, but continued to carry it down, afraid that he would have won a long time ago, and he could call Huang Tai his father-in-law.

Thinking of this, Helian Longshan glanced at Fu Jian with slanted eyes, and secretly ruthless: It must be you kid who made the ghost, if it weren't for the hall, I would punch you all over the ground to find your teeth!

"Lord Huang, judging from the current results, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Helian, both of them have achieved the same results, they are both the first and the second, and the best candidate for your son-in-law should be selected from among the two, I don't know what Lord Huang wants?"

Huang Tai nodded yes.

The old man continued to ask: "Now that we are short of essay scores, may I ask Master Huang, have we re-examined or have another exam question?"

"Lord Huang, in my opinion, there is no need for the two young people to rewrite the article again, it is better to let them explain their opinions in front of everyone, and let us listen to the young people's opinions!" Before Huang Tai could express his position, Fu Xiong put forward his own suggestion.

"What the prime minister said is extremely true!" Huang Tai agreed with Fu Xiong's suggestion, and then turned to the crown prince Fu Chang and Helian Longshan and said: "The topic is still self-denial, and the order of speeches is still decided by drawing lots, giving you a moment to prepare." ”

The order of speech is first Fu Chang and then Helian Long Mountain.

Time passed quietly with the ticking sound of a leaky pot.

Helian Longshan was desperate, his eyes were slightly closed, and his mind went blank.

If it is to write an essay, Helian Longshan can use the kung fu of seeing things on a white screen, peeking at the article on the bookcase at home to barely finish, this face-to-face speech, expounding the opinion of "self-denial and revenge", for Helian Longshan, it is too difficult, he has not read the Confucian classics, how can he clearly explain his own views!

Helian Longshan listened to the sound of the leaky pot ticking and dripping, and his heart was like stopping water. When people are in despair, their hearts are calm.

"Hey! Helian Longshan, this kid, he knows a fart, and he actually has the opportunity to talk about it in front of the emperor. Pity myself, full of wealth, wasted, if I were to speak, I would definitely be able to astonish the four people, so that the saint, my father, Brother Fu Chang, and all the people present here would admire my foresight!

"Who is talking here?" Helian Longshan shivered, he cheered up and glanced around, only to see Fu Chang wrinkling his head and thinking hard about the content of his speech, and Fu Jian was drooping his head listlessly.

Helian Longshan carefully recalled, this voice is not so much a sound as an idea, it obviously did not come from anyone's mouth, he could not determine the direction of its source, it was neither inside nor outside, neither left nor right, neither up nor down, just as a person's mind suddenly invaded his mind, and it seemed that it was originally there, but he suddenly realized its existence.

"It's Fu Jian! It's Fu Jian's thinking!" Helian Longshan was very excited, could this be the "He Xintong" mentioned by the master, and he has the ability to know other people's minds!

"Lord Huang, my father, my uncle, and all my predecessors, I dare to explain my views on self-denial and revenge. If there is anything wrong, please give me advice from my seniors!"

"Just say it, why do you talk so much nonsense!" the voice grumbled in Helian Longshan's head.

"Self-denial repentance came out of the "Analects of Yan Yuan", and Yan Yuan asked Ren. Zi said: Self-denial is benevolence. One day of self-denial and revenge, the world will return to benevolence!" Fu Chang began to solve the problem.

"Who doesn't know!" the voice continued.

Benevolence is the perfect moral realm of man's heart, which is actually the principle of heaven, so if he can overcome his selfish desires and return to the principle of heaven, he will naturally attain the state of benevolence. Fu Chang explained the connotation of self-denial and retribution.

'Wrong, you're right' The understanding of self is too narrow, everyone corresponds to a self, each country can also correspond to itself at the national level, each nation corresponds to its own at the national level, Shi Nong and industrial and commercial corresponds to its own class of self, each level has its own level of selfish desires, if these selfish desires are not constrained by certain norms, then disputes will arise, and the society will fall into chaos, so that the selfish desires at any level can not be satisfied; etiquette is actually a norm, used to restrain their own selfish desires at all levels, and all levels of their own can act according to etiquette, and the whole society can live in harmony......" The voice no longer paid attention to Fu Chang's remarks, and continued to reason along his own lines.

Helian Longshan felt that the idea of that voice was very reasonable, and his consciousness was unconsciously dragged down by that voice, and as for what Fu Chang said, it was all thrown out of the clouds.

However, self-denial and retribution are in conflict with the ideals of the great rule of the world, the strength of the country and the prosperity of the people, and each level of selfish desires, no matter how inflated, has its reasonable level, and it is necessary to adjust the norms of behavior at all levels with the times, so that their selfish desires will turn into the strength of hard work. For example, the peddlers and pawns, they hoarded and traveled between the major cities in the east, west, north and south, nothing more than selling goods to earn the price difference between regions, and their prosperity could not only stabilize the imbalance of prices between regions, facilitate the people's lives, but also increase the income of the government and promote the development of commerce, the key is to ......" Under the guidance of that voice, Helian Longshan also understood how to strengthen armaments, how to expand farming, how to harmonize nationalities and other strategies.

There was a round of applause in the hall.

As the applause rang out, the voice disappeared from his mind, and Helian Longshan returned to the hall with his attention, and when he looked at Fu Chang sideways, he had already sat down, and his face was still proud, thinking: This kid's speech seems to have been recognized by everyone.

"Helian Gongzi, it's time for you to speak!" an old man in the judge's seat reminded Helian Longshan.

"Wrong, everyone's understanding of 'self' is too narrow, everyone corresponds to a self, each country can also correspond to itself at the national level, and each nation corresponds to its own at the national level......" Helian Longshan has already thought of a coping plan, he moved out the idea of the voice in his head unchanged, but changed "you" to "everyone".