The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son

This group of scholars didn't realize the suffering of farming until they experienced it for themselves.

Wang Shouren looked at the crowd's feelings of indignation, but said calmly: "The peasant's suffering, I'm waiting here today, I just glimpsed one or two, but we have been farming here for half a day, and the farmer has farmed. , Sowing seeds in spring, planting seedlings in summer, diversion and irrigation in summer, harvesting in autumn, and dealing with the government ’s servitude in winter, all year round, showing how hard they are. "

After talking, Wang Shouren smiled, and then went on: "We always say that agriculture is the foundation of the country. This is the foundation of the country. Everyone attaches importance to it. But since ancient times, so many readers have paid attention to farming, and there are Several people are willing to lean down and try the hardships of farming? I do n’t know the hardships, but they talk about farming. So, how can we achieve the “benevolence” that the saints have said? "

Everyone was silent, and the curse was no longer the one who wrote the peasant book, but even they all scolded them together.

But ... surprisingly, no one came forward to refute Wang Shouren's words. Even those who were preparing to attack Wang Shouren chose silence at the moment.

Wang Shouren said again: "In this gap, let me talk about empathy again. The so-called empathy is actually very simple. Did you read the man's book of persuading farmers and write this article? Is the book ... not well read? Or is it not smart enough? "

Everyone shook their heads, and even Zhu Houzhao shook his head.

Such a wonderful article, and it was also designated by the court as a model. So, the person who wrote this article is at least a Hanlin. Who dares to say that Hanlin's learning is not good enough and not smart enough in this world?

"But why do you disdain this article? Actually ... The problem is obvious, because the person who wrote this article lacks empathy. He has no way of knowing the peasants' hardship, what is reclamation, how to sow, I do n’t know how to harvest, so he only has a good imagination about farming. "

"The reader has a beautiful imagination. This is not a bad thing. It has always been a poem and song. It has been a thousand years. Which one is not an exciting chord? Just ... I want to use this imagination to achieve the saint ’s benevolence. This is bad. There was a joke, and I said to Dali that this would mislead the country and harm the people. As a result ... Benevolence became harsh, but kind, but it did bad things. "

"Since the Ming Dynasty, there are countless virtuous ministers who are not clever, but do you think that in the past 100 years, can there be a vision of the saint's so-called great governance?"

Everyone shook their heads again, and Zhu Houzhao shook his head.

The reason is shallow and easy to see! Although everyone can say that today is a world of peace, but the most important thing is to talk about the rule of affairs. Such things cannot be taken seriously. Everyone's heart is like a mirror.

Wang Shouren said with a smile: "But for a hundred years, no, even if it did not start from the Ming Dynasty, there was no Dazhi during the Tang and Song Dynasties, at most it was just a hundred years since the world was peaceful. So, what is the problem? It is in the temple. , Also out of the Chaoye, out of you and me, I and others are meritorious people, and I am honoured by the grace of the country, but you and I, like scholars, are self-proclaimed to be smart and self-professed, but they have no sense of empathy. It is difficult to govern the country and the world. It is easy to do it only by learning. If you only need to study, you can govern the country and the world, then when Confucius and Mencius, the world has already been ruled. "

Everyone was silent again.

This time, it seemed that he was slowly digesting Wang Shouren's words.

Wang Shouren's words are very simple, and there are not too many people, just like his current image, his body is covered with mud, his long sleeves have already been rolled up, and there is no scholarly gentleman.

Liu Jian, who was not far away, also began to think about it.

Regardless of whether he agrees or disagrees in his heart, listening to the ridiculous book of persuading the peasant, now he has no temper at all.

This made his old face reddish, but he realized that even if he wanted to refute a few words for persuading Nong Shu, or Cheng Zhuli, he could hardly find any excuse.

...

"The next step is to make it simple. So what is the way? What does the saint advocate?"

Wang Shouren looked at everyone and asked with a smile.

The scholars were silent again, the knowledge of the saints, how profound they were, they had been reading hard for ten years, but they had only a glimpse of the leopard, and they felt that they had picked up the starry teeth, who dare to claim that they had obtained the truth of the saint.

But one person actually reached out and said: "I know, I know."

Everyone looked at that person, isn't that the brave scholar Zhu Shou?

At the sight of Zhu Shou being so stern, everyone's face was pulled down.

Who is this person, so shameless?

Do you deserve to know the truth of the saint?

Wang Shouren glanced at Zhu Houzhao and smiled. The teacher had already secretly taught. His Royal Highness would come to study, so that Wang Shouren didn't have to be surprised and treated the prince as an ordinary person.

Wang Shouren is a very real person. He can do what the teacher says. After all, he is a person who has seen the world, and he can talk and laugh with Li Dongyang, a scholar in various universities.

Wang Shouren smiled and said: "Zhu Xiucai, let's talk about it."

Seeing Wang Shouren point to himself, Zhu Houzhao excitedly said, "Isn't the truth about the saints simple? It's nothing more than diligence, filial piety, loyalty, benevolence, and the Analects clearly stated!"

"..."

The readers around him can't wait to strangle Zhu Houzhao, which is shameless, you are still alive.

The truth of the saint, you can summarize it in one sentence? Who are you, have you ever read four books, and what other analects did you actually say, have you read Spring and Autumn? The allusions in the spring and autumn, how much is enough to make people think deeply, is really a brazen person ...

At this time, Liu Jian's footsteps were gradually approaching. When Zhu Houzhao was about to answer the question, he could not help raising his ears, but after listening to Zhu Houzhao's answer, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

His Royal Highness, the ignorance is really fearless.

...

But at this time, Wang Shouren said: "Yes, all right, loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, is the essence of the saint's way. Zhu Xiucai revealed the truth of the saint in a word, very admirable ..."

Zhu Hou took pleasure.

He suddenly discovered that this knowledge is really interesting.

Compared with Yang Zhanshi, who is always willing to talk, he learned a lot of knowledge with him for a few years, but he came to the end, but he still said that the book mountain has a road and a path, learning the sea without end, working hard, saying what I read twenty It contains nothing.

Are people reading this kind of book? After reading for more than 20 years, every day I said how I can hang the beams of the thorns. As a result, you have nothing to do, you have nothing to do, and you still teach this palace to follow along? Did n’t this palace read for a lifetime, but also want nothing? What did you learn ... what's the use?

Mr. Wang spoke very well.

Seeing many people is puzzled.

Wang Shouren said with a smile: "You must have many doubts in your heart. In fact, most of the people who came here today are newcomers. The reason why I have this question involves the road to simplicity. The study of saints is like Buddhism. The Buddha said compassion, and if there is a kindness in his heart, it is the Buddha. If it is abandoning the root of this kindness, even if it lives alone in the old temple of the deep mountain, what is the use of studying the Buddhist scriptures for a lifetime? The study of saints is also the same. It ’s nothing more than loyalty and filial piety. The four books and five classics tell you why you should keep loyalty and filial piety. You can read it, but you ca n’t over-interpret it. Is conscience. "

"Therefore, with the conscience, there is the unity of knowledge and action. As long as people stick to their consciences and then let go of it, this is action. Just like we just cultivated land, cultivated land is action, the process of arable land. In the meantime, even if you and I have empathy, at the same time, in fact, we have learned more knowledge, the more we practice, the more we learn, you can learn the way of the saint, you can distinguish what is good Yes, what is bad, what is inhumane, what is infidelity and filial piety, such personnel, you have to avoid him. "

"But if you think it's beneficial, why don't you do it? The ancient great sages, such as the three emperors and the five emperors, have the Shennong to taste the baicao, and the big yu to control the water. These sages are all carrying out the things of benevolence and justice, just like us. Zhu Xiucai, he already knows what is loyalty and loyalty. Today, he cultivates the land and has empathy for the farmers. He has learned a lot of knowledge. He upholds his own heart and knows as beneficial. In the process, he also mastered the methods of farming. Then, in the future, if he can win the title of the list and become an official, he will not make the mistake of persuading the peasant book again, and the action will also be able to implement the true knowledge ~ www.wuxiaspot .com ~ Pursuing the avenue in the study will only make the avenue farther and farther away from you. '

Zhu Hou laughed smugly and had to say that this is supposed to be the world. The first person said that he had understood the way of the saint, that he was a talented person who had learned the true story of the saint.

However, the readers are thoughtful. The textbook on the back of the persuasion book makes them ridiculous, and the Hanlin who wrote this article is not the person who pursues the avenue in the study of Mr. Wang.

Someone couldn't help but say: "How can a student be able to cultivate land?"

Wang Shouren glanced at the person who raised the question: "Not only the need for arable land, six gentlemen of the gentleman, it can be seen that the readers not only need to learn rituals, but also need to understand vocal music, riding and shooting, driving horses and horses, running books, and counting."

"Since all of the above needs to be learned, then what is the point of studying farming? If you do n’t learn much about the world, how can you help the world? My brother Xu Jing, who knows astronomy and geography, let me know Admire. Another brother, painting is a must, and I admire it everywhere. The world is full of learning, the truth of the sage is used to correct your mind, there is no way to tell you how to do things, you already have in your heart The way of the saint can be true and sincere. Is it also expected that the saint more than a thousand years ago will guide you how to help the world and implement benevolence? "