Hou Xuan is Hou Meng's third son, 26 years old this year, and is currently studying in Guozijian.

The appearance is quite similar to his father, and it is a little scary to come out during the day, and it can scare ghosts when he comes out at night.

Before the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty was obscure, there were also requirements for appearance. If you are too ugly or have a disability, no matter how good you are in the exam, you should get out of the way.

"Go and see what they are talking about, and then see what kind of person Zhu Chenggong is," Hou Meng got Song Huizong's order and went home to tell his son, "Don't have a deep friendship with him, this person has offended the Cai Party, and is valued by the officials, and most of them will be besieged by the traitorous party in the future." ”

Hou Xuan said: "Why should my father be discouraged? Cai Jing has enemies on all sides, and sooner or later he will lose ground. ”

Hou Meng shook his head and said: "The official family likes to play chess, I am a chess piece, and Zhu Chenggong is also a chess piece." We are just pawns, but Cai Jing is a car and a horse, and at a critical time, he abandons the pawn and protects the car. At most, within a year or two, fathers will be degraded, so why involve young people? If we don't have a deep friendship with Zhu Chenggong, he can stay in the capital for a few more years. ”

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was already chess, called Xiangxi, Xiangge Opera, and even the three-person three-person game and the seven-person Guangxiang play.

Soldiers, you can walk diagonally......

Hou Xuan carried the treasure knife and went out with an entourage.

His personality is similar to that of his father when he was young, he likes to make friends with heroes, and he spends a lot of money.

When Deputy Prime Minister Hou Meng was not admitted to the Jinshi examination, he had been a ranger for several years, and he was often ridiculed for his ugliness.

One spring when the scholars gathered, someone painted Hou Meng's face on a kite and flew it into the sky.

In the face of such teasing, Hou Meng composed a lyric on the spot: "Who is willing to believe it if you haven't met Xingzang?" Now the name of the square watch. Gratuitous good craftsman painting description. When the wind is light, it is high in the air. I had to boast that my body was gradually stable, and I was only suspected of going to the Toad Palace. When the rain is over, the sunset is red. A few people are on the ground, look at me in the blue sky! ”

The scholars were ashamed and admired, and they didn't dare to joke about Hou Meng's appearance anymore.

Hou Xuan took his father's task, rode to the Cai River, and after a little inquiry, he knew where Zhu Ming was.

There were many scholars and people at the scene, not only those who were taking the exam, but even the students of Guozijian and Taixue came quietly.

"Who is Zhu Chenggong?" Hou Xuan asked.

The scholar next to him said: "The person who is lecturing at this moment is Zhu Chenggong. Mr. Mo'an spoke for an hour, drank water and rested. ”

Hou Xuan asked his entourage to lead the horse and wait, and continued to squeeze inside.

But I heard someone question: "Brother Chenggong is based on 'me' everywhere, where is the discipline?" 'I' can be a wife, and the wife is the main and the husband does not exist. 'I' can be the Son, the Son is the Son and the Father is not. 'I' can be a minister, where is the minister for the sake of the king? ”

Zhu Ming said: "This brother is talking about the Three Guidelines. However, the three outlines cannot be discussed alone, but must be discussed together with the three outlines and six disciplines, and the three outlines and five permanent principles. What is Gang? Have you ever seen a fishing net? The rope is the rope that the fisherman grasps when the fishing net is cast. If you only care about that rope everywhere, the rope is crooked, the rope is broken, no matter how good the net is, can you catch a fish? ”

"Please elaborate." Said the skeptic.

Zhu Ming said: "Ban Gu first advocated the Three Principles and Six Disciplines, but he also said that everyone has the nature of the Five Constants. When discussing the righteousness of the three outlines, he said that the monarchs are also in the group, and the group is so in the heart. The father also teaches the son by the law. The husband also helps, and the way also helps. ”

"If you are a king, if you don't have a group of ministers, will the courtiers return to their hearts? If a father does not obey the law, should his children obey it? If a husband does not support his wife, should she obey? Shouldn't! ”

"The Three Principles and Five Constants are about the importance of mutual morality between monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, husbands and wives, elders and children, and friends. It does not mean that the king is a minister, and the minister must be loyal to his king; It does not mean that the Father is the Son, and the Son must be foolish to his Father; Not to mention that if the husband is the wife, the wife must blindly obey her husband. ”

"Let me ask you, there is a husband and wife. The wife is virtuous and virtuous, and there is no mistake in the slightest. The husband eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, loses all the family property and ancestral business, and beats and scolds his wife at every turn. Husband, Fu Ye, such a husband, has he supported his wife? Should his wife still obey him? ”

The man shook his head and said, "I shouldn't." ”

Zhu Ming said: "Women have women's virtues, and husbands also have husbands' virtues. If the husband does not abide by his morality, the discipline is broken, and the husband should not talk about it anymore. The wife should be advised, if she does not change after repeated persuasion, she will simply divorce and marry a good husband after divorce! ”

"Well said the little gentleman!"

But it was an aunt who opened her throat and yelled, she was still carrying a basket on her arm, probably coming here to shop.

There were many women who listened to the lecture at the scene, and they all felt that Zhu Ming was reasonable.

Ban Gu, who first advocated the Three Principles and Six Disciplines, has already used the Five Constants to explain the three programs separately.

Later, Zhu Xi combined the three outlines and five constants, and he also made it clear. The responsibilities of monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, and husbands and wives are all coordinated in both directions, and we cannot talk about power without leaving obligations.

However, people in the world only talk about the three outlines, deliberately ignore or even misinterpret the five constants, and only emphasize the relationship between superiority and inferiority, but do not talk about the responsibilities of being a king, a father, and a husband.

Zhu Ming said to those young scholars: "Ban Guyan, the father is also beneficial, and he teaches his son by law." Fathers have no rules and do not teach the law, so should sons listen to the great truths they say? ”

Young people are more or less rebellious and empathize with Zhu Ming's words.

But they didn't dare to shout it directly, so a burst of laughter broke out at the scene, using laughter to express their approval.

The emperor is not a group of courtiers, what should the courtiers do?

Zhu Ming didn't say this, anyway, the truth is there.

Zhu Ming continued: "The theory of 'self' and 'square' is to use one's own body as a ruler to draw the family and the country and the world more squarely. If the husband loses his program, he should be corrected. The father has lost his program, and he should be reminded. If you lose your program, you should be admonished. ”

Another person asked: "If the husband fails to do so, the wife can divorce and remarry." If the father loses his plan, can he still recognize a father again? ”

"Hahahaha!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Zhu Ming said: "If the father loses his outline, if he can't persuade him to correct it, as a son, he will check and fill in the gaps for his father at that time." But if this father brings disaster to the country and the people, the son should draw a clear line and even sever the relationship between father and son. Otherwise, do you still want to help the abuses and the tigers? ”

Immediately, some people objected: "What is the solution for stealing and running away?" (Mencius said that if Gaotao was the chief judge, Shun's father committed murder.) Shun should let the chief justice arrest people first, this is justice. Shun Zai ran away with his father by himself, which is filial piety. At the same time, Shun must also abdicate the throne. ）

Zhu Ming replied: "Righteousness kills relatives, what it means! ("Zuo Biography" records that Shi Jie's son rebelled, and Shi Jie's son was booby-trapped to death, which belonged to the righteous annihilation of relatives.) ）

"Where are the kisses?" Someone asked again.

Zhu Ming said: "Confucianism stresses benevolence and righteousness, and righteousness comes first. Kissing can be hidden, but it must be in line with the general righteousness. The allusion of stealing and running away is not to let Shun run away with his father on his back. Instead, he had to order Gaotao to arrest Shun's father first, and Shun had to give up the throne, so that he could fulfill his filial piety. If Shun doesn't give up the throne and doesn't let Gaotao arrest people, then Shun will lose his righteousness, and this unrighteous foolishness and filial piety will also be. ”

This explanation is convincing enough.

Hou Xuan listened for a while, and couldn't help but clap his hands and applaud, solving his doubts about loyalty and filial piety.

Between father and son, relatives can be killed in righteousness.

So between the monarch and the minister, can the monarch be destroyed by righteousness?

Of course, Zhu Ming didn't dare to talk about it, and he didn't need to talk about it, because Mencius had already given the answer - Zhu Yifu, but he didn't hear of killing the king.

A single husband can be killed, but he can't be regarded as a murderer!

Zhu Ming talked for a while, then went to set up a stall to sell goods, and Chen Yuan came over to give a lecture.

Chen Yuan's style is different, he is not as radical as Zhu Ming, and all kinds of truths are eloquent, which makes people feel like a spring breeze.

Hou Xuan was from Shandong, and from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, Shandong scholars were called "Confucian". They seldom went to the Shike, but frantically memorized the Confucian classics. Li Bai even wrote a special poem, saying that Shandong scholars can only preach the scriptures, and they are all blind in serious work, so it is better to go back to Shandong to farm.

Hou Xuan, a native of Shandong, does not belong to any faction, and he can listen to it energetically at the moment, but he wants to join the "Taoist faction".

As for his father's advice, he had long been thrown out of the clouds.

In the evening, the stall will be closed and return to the inn.

Many scholars also put away their stalls and scattered with small goods.

There were people on the same road, surrounding Chen Yuan and Zhu Ming, chattering excitedly.

Zhu Ming was actually crazy about making up for knowledge, reading a lot of classics when he was in Yangzhou Academy, and also asking Chen Yuan some key questions in Daming Village.

For example, today's "righteous annihilation of relatives" was given by Chen Yuan, and Zhu Ming only knew the idiom, but did not know its etymology.

"In Xia Chen Dong, the word Shaoyang, I have seen Mr. Mo'an, I have seen Brother Chenggong!" A student rushed over and saluted them.

Chen Yuan smiled back, but Zhu Ming couldn't help but look at this person twice when he returned the salute.

The student in front of him led the first student movement in Chinese history, and the concept of "six thieves" also came from Chen Dong.

It's a pity that later because he prevented Zhao Gou from going to Jinling and asked Zhao Gou to return the capital to Kaifeng, he was killed by Zhao Jiu's order.

Chen Dong asked, "Can you two give a lecture specifically for Tai students?" There are too many people on both sides of the Cai River, and many times they can't squeeze in, and they can't hear clearly. ”

Chen Yuan expressed regret: "Taixue does not allow outsiders to preach. ”

Chen Dong said: "But outside the city, if you bring the Tai students over, there will be at least hundreds of people. ”

"Yes." Chen Yuan nodded.

Hou Xuan also used to report his name, but the city gate was about to close, and Zhu Ming lived outside the city, so he could only come back the next day to communicate.

He rode back home and said excitedly: "Father, Mr. Chen is a true Confucian, and Zhu Chenggong is also familiar with scriptures and righteousness, both of which are pillars of the country. ”

"I know." Hou Meng's tone was flat.

He was already completely disappointed with the current situation, and only thought about self-preservation and doing some small things by the way. The Shandong Ranger in his youth has long been gone, leaving only a dull twilight.

Liu Kui fell, Zhang Shangying fell, and it should be his turn next.

Song Huizong's personality is changeable, and he wants to play one out of the other. Under the crazy slander of the traitorous party, Hou Meng can last for a year or two at most.

It is true to use him to balance Cai Jing, but there are too many such candidates, and they are consumables in the eyes of Song Huizong.

Only Cai Jing is indispensable, who makes the family proficient in the art of making money?

(End of chapter)