Yang Bo didn't know how to answer Zhang Juzheng's question, or couldn't answer His Majesty's seemingly ignorant question.

Children's truths are the most hurtful, and sincerity is the greatest nirvana.

The ten-year-old owner lamented that Yang Bo was a gentleman in the past, and also lamented the various villain behaviors made by Yang Bo in order to safeguard the interests of the Jin Party.

Farewell to virtue, the gentleman and the villain, talk to each other, but the gentleman is also Yang Bo, and the villain is also Yang Bo.

"Ugh." Yang Bo only let out a heavy sigh, and he couldn't answer the question.

If you say it's a villain, it's a denial of your past, and if you say it's a gentleman, it's a denial of your present, no matter how you answer, it's a contradiction.

The last journey of his life, going like this, made Yang Bo a little at a loss.

Zhang Juzheng looked at Yang Bo's appearance, and knew that Yang Bo was now in a dilemma, and he said everything about the feast, and now discussing whether Yang Bo is a gentleman or a villain is just an example, it is Yang Bo's problem, not Yang Bo himself.

"The metaphysical is the Tao, the metaphysical is the instrument, and now the metaphysical discussion of this question, how should I answer this question?" Zhang Juzheng frowned and said, in terms of learning, it is the first time in so many years that Zhang Juzheng has such serious doubts.

Yang Bo thought for a while and said: "This is the reason why I refuse to agree to you, above learning, the master is the first, your understanding of the Tao is far above me, you can't answer the question, I can't answer, I can't answer, to the Wenhua Hall to give a feast, it's just to lose my face again." ”

Teaching the little emperor to read, Yang Bo could only keep vague words, talking about him left and right, His Majesty asked the rules, he could only say the facts, His Majesty asked the facts, he could only say the rules, didn't he become a big traitor who pointed to the deer as a horse?

Zhang Juzheng is very lonely, so in terms of learning, in state affairs, in terms of learning, only Yang Bo can sit and discuss with Zhang Juzheng.

"Let's go from knowing a word to discuss." Zhang Juzheng sat up straight, he was going to discuss with Yang Bo, he had a vague answer in his heart, but he didn't know how to describe it, and the more he argued, the clearer it became.

Yang Bo can also tell him a few words, those Confucian scholars of the Hanlin Academy, even the unity of knowledge and action, can remove the unity of knowledge and action, leaving only conscience, and understanding conscience as: as long as there is conscience, everything will be fine.

This kind of metaphysical psychology is not at all in line with the reality of practice, Wang Yangming has emphasized the importance of action more than once, if he knows that future generations understand his psychology as this, he wishes that he did not push the psychology to a height that does not belong to it.

May 24th, the moon is like a tooth out of the East Mountain, the stars and Han are brilliant and shining in the sky, the spring breeze blows the branches and leaves of the Pu tree and the willow tree with a little coolness, and the weeping silk keeps swinging in the wild goose back to the pool, setting off a burst of ripples, scattering the moon shadow in the water, and the sound of the banhu bang flute in the theater floor is transmitted into the Wenchang Pavilion along the spring breeze.

Zhang Juzheng's fingers kept tapping on the table, and he said: "The mayfly is in the heaven and the earth, and it is a drop in the ocean." Mourning the moments of my life, envying the infinity of the Yangtze River, this is Su Shi's "Former Chibi Fu". ”

"We are like mayflies in the vast world, as small as a corn in the sea. Lamenting that our life is only a short moment, envying the endless flow of the Yangtze River, witnessing several vicissitudes of life, and witnessing how many heroes and heroes. ”

"Knowledge, our cognition of the infinite truth of all things, this cognition seems to me to be two-sided."

"The first aspect is metaphysical, all things are isolated from each other, one-sided, static, and unchanging, as if the infinite reason of all things should be like this from the beginning of its existence, for example, we are still using Qin law to govern and Confucianism to cultivate ourselves."

Yang Bo thought for a while before he spoke: "Dong Zhongshu once said that the great origin of the Tao comes from the sky, the sky does not change, and the Tao does not change, which is consistent with Bai Gui's thoughts. ”

This knowledge is a noun, the knowledge of cognition.

Zhang Juzheng is not talking nonsense, hundreds of generations have used Qin law to govern, and all dynasties have used Confucianism to cultivate and educate, it seems that it has always been like this, but it has always been like this, right?

Zhang Juzheng continued: "In the second aspect, our cognition of the infinite principle of all things is metaphysical, and it is the experience obtained from the practice, we find that all things are related to each other, are in motion, and are changing with each passing day, as if the infinite reason of all things is like the water of the Yangtze River, and the water is impermanent, so the reason is not constant. ”

"All things are connected to each other, the moon in the water is the reflection of the moon in the heavenly palace, the moon in the water is scattered by the ripples set off by the willow leaves, and the willow leaves swing is the wind blowing, and the willow tree planted by the water's edge was planted when I first entered Beijing."

"Infinite things, one thing and one thing, are interconnected and influence each other."

Yang Bo looked at the scattered moon shadows in the wild goose back to the pond, it was already very different, and he seemed to have a new understanding of the infinite principle of all things.

Yang Bo thought for a long time this time before saying: "The sky is always changing, the Tao is also changing, one yin and one yang is the Tao, the next one is good, and the one who becomes is also nature, you can't hold one as a fixed image, you can't fix the name, it's true." ”

Zhang Juzheng continued: "Metaphysically, the book of sages, the Chinese of the heart, the virtue of benevolence, and the physics of all things, that is, in the process of our understanding of the infinite reason of all things, it is a shield that cannot be trapped. ”

"In the metaform, practicing the truth, seeing what is seen, observing what is gained, and observing and gaining, is a sharp spear that cannot be trapped."

"What is the shield of the husband that cannot be trapped, and the spear that is not trapped? When a sharp spear pierces a strong shield, it will come out of the spark, and the collision of the reality of practice and metaphysical knowledge will give rise to doubts, and when we solve these doubts, we will understand the principle of all things more clearly. ”

When Yang Bo heard this, his eyes flashed, and he said quite approvingly: "Bai Gui, who is not a great talent in the world, suddenly opened up when he heard the words, like an initiation. ”

Zhang Juzheng continued: "This is true of people, and so is social society, if people do not solve these doubts about the reality of cognition and practice, they will be ruined; The Han Dynasty Qin, the Tang Dynasty followed the Sui, the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty replaced the Yuan, which was a great doubt provoked by contradictions, an irreconcilable necessity, and a great doubt provoked by contradictions, and the inevitability of resolving and reconciled. ”

"Contradictions exist between all things, the great doubts of contradictions, and the infinite progress of all things."

Because the sharp spear of experience gained from down-to-earth practice has an impact on the shield of inherent cognition, it will inevitably produce doubts, and if you think about these doubts and get a definite answer, you will not be helpless and at a loss.

In the same way, there are all kinds of contradictions in Jiangshan Sheji, if the doubts caused by these contradictions cannot be eliminated, it will become inevitable that the Qin of the Han Dynasty, the Sui of the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty will become inevitable, and this is also the process of resolving doubts.

Yang Bo's left fist hit his right palm hard, and said excitedly: "Only reason is, only reason is, Bai Gui's words are better than reading books for ten years, that's it, it's true." ”

"Then Yang Dazai, is he a gentleman or a villain?" Zhang Juzheng rounded the question back.

Obviously, Yang Bo's cognitive shield and practical spear have conflicted, which is the source of Yang Bo's embarrassment in the court, Yang Bo either transforms upwards into a gentleman, or chooses to become a villain downward.

"So, I plan to take the test after the law is pushed out in Beijing, Zhishi will return to his hometown, and everything will be packed." Yang Bo answered this question, he chose to escape, unable to solve the doubts in his heart, so he simply did not solve them.

"Is Dazai willing?" Zhang Juzheng frowned and asked, Yang Bo was evading, dodging, in this matter, Yang Bo chose to be a coward, which made Zhang Juzheng slightly disappointed.

Yang Bo smiled bitterly, shook his head slightly dejectedly and said, "I'm old, Bai Gui, I'm old." ”

The two sat in the Wenchang Pavilion, listening to the gurgling water, the cuckoo crying the moon, watching the palace lights in the theater go out, the voices gradually disappeared, and the night slowly deepened, and the two looked at each other speechlessly.

"Dazai, are you here for Magui, Majin and the others?" Zhang Juzheng asked Yang Bo about his intentions.

"Exactly, please also ask Yuanfu to raise his noble hand, Ma Gui and Ma Jin are resolute and brave, make good use of soldiers, and have many military exploits, raid Bansheng, garrison Gyeonggi, border defense, it is a temporary general, it is a pity to abandon it, Yuanfu, the intention is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, this kills the military generals, and I am afraid of hurting the hearts of the soldiers." Yang Bo admitted that he had come for the Jin Party.

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "I don't want to kill people, the deputy chief soldier and general of Xuanda University, if you are corrupt, you can make meritorious service for crimes, but you can't go back to Xuanda to do things." ”

Bing Jing and Carbon Jing are institutional corruption, and this kind of institutional corruption has caused extremely serious damage to the rule of officials, but Zhang Juzheng has no good way, these are all old diseases, if His Majesty is young and strong, Zhang Juzheng can still manage one or two, but His Majesty is still in the prime of life, and Zhang Juzheng can't move.

You Zhang Juzheng is in charge of the cabinet, as an auxiliary minister, life and death, power in your hands, you not only want power, but also fame, but also good name, what do you want to do?

"Dazai still has to restrain Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei, if they do things again, they can't blame my subordinates for being ruthless." Zhang Juzheng said quite seriously.

Yang Bo talked about this, shook his head and said: "Yan Shifan is Yan Song's own son, Yan Song can't be restrained, I, an old man who wants to be a master, can I restrain them?" ”

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he could only shake his head and say, "That's the same." ”

Yang Bo leaned forward and said, "Bai Gui, you are so seeking the country, how can you make a living?" ”

"I know, I know, I don't care, but you can't care less about your new law, are you willing to let people die? I am not as knowledgeable as you, and I am not as ambitious as you, but I have thought of a way to make a living. ”

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. Zhang Juzheng looked at Yang Bo, frowning slightly.

"Haha, I know you care, it's useless for you to appease the Jin Party, if it was useful, you would have promised me to be my in-laws." Yang Bo leaned back in his chair and said with a smile: "The authorities are confused, the bystanders are clear, and Bai Gui is in the game, so he doesn't feel any difference." ”

"In fact, Bai Gui's method of seeking his life is far away in the sky and close in front of him, which is Your Majesty."

"Although Your Majesty is ten years old, there are already people who are in charge, we are Ming, Your Majesty is willing to support, Bai Gui can seek glory and glory, and some people will inevitably seek humiliation! If that insidious person knew that His Majesty who assassinated the king and drove him would have to be wise, I don't know if he would regret it. ”

Zhang Juzheng was slightly skeptical, and then showed a smile, it is true, Your Majesty has great ambitions, and the country is very lucky.

"There is one thing that requires Yang Dazai's cooperation." Since Zhang Juzheng let go of Ma Gui, Ma Jin and others, he did not pursue it too much, so he naturally has conditions.