At this point, Wang Shouren's attitude towards Song Nan has changed greatly, and a person who can read his poems and read them casually is, in the words of later generations, a fan. You don't see many big stars' saliva songs being talked about by the brain-dead, and the moaning without illness also digs out the behind-the-scenes connotation of many emotional stories, and is undoubtedly an unconditional supporter.

Song Nan was embarrassed to sue Wang Shouren, and a new department was set up in the Jinyi Wei Yamen, saying: The Writing Bureau, which specializes in collecting poems and essays written by the people of the world to audit them, and find out whether these people have great rebellious words and slander the words of the imperial court, which is an inspection organ of the literary prison. And Wang Shouren's poems and essays are circulated all over the world, and naturally they can't escape the inspection of the Jinyiwei Writing Bureau. Before coming, Song Nan deliberately reviewed these dossiers, and made up for some of the poems and ideas written by Wang Shouren. This "Longtan Night Walk" was temporarily memorized by Song Nan, because he came to cooperate with Wang Shouren and wanted to win Wang Shouren's favor and use it as a stepping stone.

Of course, Wang Shouren didn't know this, he also thought that Song Nan was already another brain-dead fan of his own, and his voice was much louder, and his demeanor was more natural and casual.

"I didn't expect Grandpa Guo to actually read my clumsy work, yes, part of the mood in this poem is a portrayal of the state of mind of enlightenment that night, after that night, I summarized what I felt in my heart, and explored and extended the things of the mind on the basis of the Lu brothers' academics, and finally formed a system."

Song Nan arched his hand and said: "Congratulations, Shouren Gezhu, Longchang Enlightenment, the anecdote on Lord Wang sounds really incredible, just like the anecdote of the ancient sages who he learned from reading when he was a child, with a mysterious and indescribable feeling." I feel more and more that the study of the mind is a doctrine that has never been seen before or since, can you tell me what this mind is? ”

Wang Shouren smiled and said: "If Grandpa Guo is really interested, Shouren is willing to talk about this mental learning, but if it is detailed, I am afraid that it will not be able to finish it for three days and three nights, and it depends on Grandpa Guo's understanding, whether he can explain it through a little bit." In this way, I have summarized the four decisions of the mind here, which is the entrance formula, and I will listen to it with Grandpa Guo. ”

Song Nan said: "Listen to me." ”

Wang Shouren put his hand on the bamboo and said slowly: "There is no goodness and no disgusting body, there are good and malicious movements. Knowing good and knowing evil is conscience, and doing evil for good is a thing. ”

Song Nan frowned and was silent, these tongue twister-like four mantras seemed to be easy to understand, but in fact, they contained deep meanings, Wang Shouren seemed to see Song Nan's confusion, and said with a smile: "Rong Shouren will explain a little for Grandpa Guo." When we have the idea of good and evil, it is not because of the heart, but because of the intention. For example, if someone wants to kill someone and set fire, it is not his intention to kill and set fire, but his idea; If you want to kill people and set fires, this is called intentional action. ”

Song Nan frowned and said: "Can you understand it this way, Lord Wang means that the heart is the heart, and the mind is the mind, and the two are not the same thing, but two different things, not the 'mind' as we usually say, we usually regard the mind as one." ”

Wang Shouren laughed and blurted out: "The son can be taught." As soon as the words came out, he felt abrupt, and hurriedly covered up: "That...... Grandpa Guo's wisdom is outstanding, and Shouren admires it so much, it took me a long time to figure out this truth. ”

Song Nan couldn't help but say: "This is a novelty, it's the first time I've heard this kind of remarks, the heart and the mind are not the same thing, dare to ask what the last two sentences mean?" What is conscience? ”

Wang Shouren said: "The essence of the mind is the knowledge, there is no good and no evil in the undeveloped, when we move the matter, the intention is added to the body of the thing, the conscience has a good and evil division." For example, the flowers in the mountains are gorgeous and beautiful, but if we don't think the flowers are beautiful, and we don't even see them blooming, then what standard is there to measure whether the flowers are beautiful or not? We see it blooming and think that it is a flower, then it is a beautiful mountain flower in full bloom. In other words, this flower does not bloom in the mountains at all, but in our hearts, if you see it, he will save it, if you can't see it, it is not a flower. ”

Song Nan almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood: "Fuck, isn't this naked idealism?" This is naked subjective consciousness that determines objective things, not idealism, what is it? ”

Wang Shouren didn't notice Song Nan's color change, and said to himself: "To sum up, Shouren believes that the body is the heart, the mind is the knowledge, and the place of the mind is the thing. ”

Song Nan has completely collapsed, he doesn't want to discuss it anymore, although he made up some painstaking theories when he came, and he also prepared a lot of questions to ask, what 'to conscience', 'what is nothing outside the heart', what 'unity of knowledge and action' and other heavyweight questions are ready to be discussed with this great sage, hearing this, Song Nan already feels that there is no need to discuss it.

Seeing that Wang Shouren was still unfinished and seemed to want to continue, Song Nan hurriedly said: "What Lord Wang said is enough for me to think hard for a while, I can't chew it too much, and I will listen to Mr. 's teachings in the future. Lord Wang set off a storm in my heart, and it was very enjoyable, extremely enjoyable. ”

Wang Shouren smiled and said: "Grandpa Song is polite, in the final analysis, this is just the insight of Shouren's inner thoughts, and it may not make everyone have synaesthesia, but Grandpa Guo can see the ground when he comes into contact with his doctrine for the first time, and Shouren is also very pleased." ”

Although Song Nan could not agree with his theory of mind, he had to admire these ancient thinkers and philosophers, and had to say that many things were submerged in the torrent of history, but these scholarships and ideas were gathered bit by bit to nourish generation after generation; It is precisely the painstaking efforts of these people who are incomprehensible to ordinary people that have formed a huge and complex system of Chinese ideology and culture.

The two returned to the hall, the hot tea was re-brewed, Wang Shouren's attitude towards Song Nan had been extremely relaxed, and Song Nan took this opportunity to start discussing the official matters to be discussed on this trip.

"Lord Wang, I have taken the liberty to visit today because I want to ask Lord Wang for his cooperation." Song Nan took a sip of hot tea, spit out the tea foam and smiled.

"Grandpa Guo's hands and eyes are all over the sky, but there is something to ask me to cooperate, which is strange." Wang Shouren said with a smile.

Song Nan said with a smile: "Lord Wang is joking, I am just a member of the imperial court, and I don't have any ability to reach the sky, and only adults can help me in this matter, so I took the liberty to come to visit." ”

Wang Shouren put down the teacup and said, "Oh? Can Wei Shouren help his grandfather? This is strange, Shouren's official position is lowly to be mediocre, but I can't think of anything that has to be Shouren. ”

Song Nan said: "Lord Wang should know about a major matter that the court is discussing in private. ”

Wang Shouren thought for a while and said, "Shu Shouren is stupid, I don't know what Grandpa Guo is referring to?" ”

Song Nan said: "Ming people don't say secret words, this matter is related to the future heir of the Ming Sheji, there are rumors in the outside world, although Lord Wang is a master of the turbid world, but after all, he is a court official, should he really not know about this matter." ”

Wang Shouren's expression was solemn, his whole body tensed, and he said vigilantly: "It turned out that this was the case, the emperor was in full bloom, and it was too early to talk about the matter of the heirs. ”

Song Nan said in a low voice: "What if the thing is true? What should Lord Wang say? ”

Wang Shouren was shocked and said, "You mean...... You mean......"

Song Nan nodded slightly and said: "Since I came to discuss this matter with Lord Wang, I will not hide the inside story, the fact that the emperor can't have children is a fact, there is no doubt about it." A year ago, the Empress Dowager asked Allah of the Imperial Hospital to hold the conclusion reached by examining the emperor's body, and the emperor himself knew about it. That Lu Zhen returned to his hometown last spring, and died more than ten days later. ”

Beads of sweat oozed from Wang Shouren's forehead, he picked up the teacup tremblingly, put it on the table without drinking it, and said in a low voice: "What does Grandpa Guo mean by telling Shouren this big secret?" ”

Song Nan said: "This matter will soon be no secret, it is not only you and me who know about it, but also the cabinet ministers and foreign court officials, and I don't know how many people still know." I'm not worried about any of this, but once this secret is discovered by another group of people, it will cause an unknown amount of trouble, and Lord Wang should understand what I mean. ”

Wang Shouren said in a low voice: "Do you mean the vassal king?" ”

Song Nan nodded and said: "Exactly, once the emperor's affairs are made public, the thoughts of the vassal kings can be known without asking, and it is difficult to make a big mess." In fact, I know that a vassal king has already known about this, and that there is someone in the cabinet who is complicit with him, and this person is now actively working to seek his son's succession as the crown prince. ”

Wang Shouren became more and more frightened, and after a little thought, he asked in a trembling voice: "Who is the vassal king that Grandpa Guo is talking about?" ”

Song Nan smiled and said, "Lord Wang, do you still need me to say this?" You know better than I do in your heart, didn't you secretly send someone to investigate his behavior, and even almost collided with my brocade guard? Lord Wang has been paying attention to this person for a long time, and perhaps Lord Wang knows this person better than I do. ”

Wang Shouren got up slowly, paced with his hands in his hands, suddenly stopped, looked at Song Nan with blazing eyes, and said: "Although Shouren doesn't know why Grandpa Guo came to me to talk about this matter, but as far as this matter itself is concerned, if the emperor has no heir, it is feasible to inherit a suitable person from the clan, but this person must not be the son of that person." Yes, I have been staring at him for several years, and what he is doing behind his back is a bit unsightly, if it weren't for the future of the Ming Dynasty, as long as that person is not too popular, I won't make a noise. But if such a person wants to seek the emperor's heir, Shouren must not sit idly by. After all, what does Grandpa Guo want to know? Shouren knows everything, and there is no end to words. ”