The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 3056 What’s the point?

In the main hall of Ji Mansion, Ji Quan stood at the door. He was obviously just a thin old man, but he was blocking the entire Ji Mansion like a huge lion.

Mrs. Ji's hair was messy and she sat slumped in a chair. She kept wiping her tears with a silk handkerchief. The maid gently rubbed her shoulders.

The eldest young master of the Ji Mansion was wearing a scholar's uniform and stood beside his mother with a gloomy face, looking at his most beloved second sister indifferently.

The second young master of the Ji Mansion is not here. The young master Ji Can is only thirteen years old, but is taller than Ji Quan. He holds the scabbard of the sword in his left hand and the hilt of the sword in his right hand. He is slightly bent over, like a ferocious wolf hunting for prey, staring at the second young master in front of him. Sister, it seems that I can draw my sword and strike out at any time.

The second young lady of the Ji family is over twenty-six years old. She is wearing a simple light blue skirt, has a round face and narrow eyes, and is dignified. She stands in the main hall with her chest raised and her head raised, looking at her father calmly.

"I will definitely go to the children's examination on March 15th!" As she spoke, Ji Yue straightened her spine slightly.

The young master Ji Can said angrily: "Second sister, can you honestly tell me, how does your father usually treat you?"

"Love and care in every possible way." Ji Yue said.

"After your second brother-in-law died in the war, who was the first to take you home and save you from the humiliation of your husband's family?"

"It's daddy."

"So, what made you so rebellious and turned into an unfilial daughter!" Ji Can's eyes flashed with angry flames.

Ji Yue said without fear: "Testing to be a child student does not mean being unfilial. Even if I become a child student or even a female scholar with a higher academic status, I will always be filial to my father."

Ji Can pointed at Ji Quan, who was blowing his beard and staring, and said, "Is this how you honor your father? Is it called filial piety to make my father angry like this?"

Ji Yue bit her lower lip lightly with her teeth, then gritted her teeth, her eyes were firm, and she said slowly: "What are you talking about?"

"You..." Ji Quan, a dignified scholar, pointed at his daughter, his face turned blue and he couldn't say a word.

Ji Can's eyes widened and he looked at his sister in disbelief.

Ji Yue's mother was so angry that she rolled her eyes, and the girl behind her hurriedly rubbed her back.

"What words are there" refers to an allusion from "The Classic of Filial Piety", one of the Thirteen Classics.

Zengzi once asked Confucius whether a son could be considered filial only if he absolutely obeyed his father's orders.

But Confucius said, "What is this?" and objected to this statement. That is what Ji Yue said, "What is it?"

Confucius added later that if the king does something unjust, only the ministers who advise the king can be called loyal; when the father does something unjust and makes a mistake, the child who advises the father can be called a filial son. How can a child be called a filial son if he blindly obeys his father's orders?

When Ji Yue said these four words, he was quoting the entire following paragraph of Confucius.

Both Ji Can and his son had read the "Book of Filial Piety", and even Ji's mother had read it, but they never expected that she would use the Classics of All Saints to fight back.

Ji Can said angrily: "You have only been studying for a few years, but you are so crazy! You can also use the words of saints? You say that my father is unjust? Come on, tell me where my father is unjust!"

Ji Yue was silent for a few breaths and said slowly: "If I tell you, dad will be angry."

"I promise for father, you can say it! I want to see what you can say!" Ji Can said angrily.

Ji Quan was slightly displeased, but he did not stop his most beloved son.

When Ji Yue saw that her father did not stop her, a look of disappointment flashed in her eyes, and she said decisively: "The human race is facing the crisis of annihilation and continues to expand the number of scholars. As a woman, if she can be promoted to a scholar and serve the human race, is it a righteous act? Fang Sheng is a half-saint of the human race. , commander in chief, he issued an edict to recruit female scholars. Is it a righteous move for me to accept the exam? But he didn't hide it, but took the initiative to ask his father to agree. Is it a righteous act? Brother, I want to ask, you usually claim to read the books of sages and understand people, why did you become so aggressive when you learned that I was going to participate in this year's childbirth examination? What about your manly demeanor? Is it because you are participating in the Tongsheng Examination this year and you are afraid that I will steal your limelight?"

"You...you are slanderous! Father, look at my sister, you can't tell me that I'm so messy again!" Ji Can suddenly turned his head to look at Fang Yun, tears glistening in his eyes.

When Ji Quan saw that his youngest son who looked most like him was actually crying, he became furious and said, "You unfilial daughter, are you going to make me angry to death?"

Seeing such a familiar scene, Ji Yue remembered that she would be scolded by her father every time she had a conflict with her brother. Tears welled up in her eyes and she asked, "Dad, do you think my daughter is not worthy of studying or being a child?" "

When Ji Quan saw his daughter's eyes were red, he snorted coldly and said, "If I thought you were unworthy, I would not have taught you how to read and write, nor would I have let you fool around with women from the women's society. It is a rule that women cannot be scholars. , this rule cannot be broken now!”

"Who set the rules? Is it Kong Sheng?" Ji Yue asked.

Ji Quan was stunned for a moment and said: "Of course it is Confucius! If Confucius allowed women to become scholars, he would directly give talents to women. Why only men? Why only men are admitted to the imperial examination? This is not just Confucius's rule , is also the rule of the saints!”

"Now, Fang Sheng has established Fang Sheng's rules!" Ji Yue said.

Ji Quan's blood surged and he said angrily: "The Ji family cannot mention the name of that murderer! Isn't it enough that he harmed the Ji family, Qing country, and Qing Jun? If it weren't for him, how could Qing Jun die tragically? If it weren't for him, Ji Quan How come the family has fallen into such a state! Everything about the Ji family is due to him! He will definitely be opposed by all the saints, and his rules should not exist!"

"Then daddy is saying that you can deny the rules of a semi-saint?" Ji Yue asked.

Ji Quan took a step forward, swung his right arm, and slapped Ji Yue in the face.

Ji Yue covered her face and looked at her father in astonishment.

Ji's mother and the eldest son of the Ji family looked at Ji Quan in disbelief, while Ji Can sneered with a smug look in his eyes.

Ji Quan looked at his daughter's tears falling like pearls from a broken string, and suddenly turned around and walked out.

Ji Quan walked and said, "Come here, lock Yue'er up with a chain and put her in her boudoir. She is not allowed to leave the Ji family before the 15th! Whoever dares to let her go, I will break your legs! This Qingguo, this Ji family, is not named Fang!"

Ji Can smiled and said, "Second sister, now you know what it means to not listen to the old people and suffer in front of you? I have said that you women are not worthy of studying, but you just don't listen. Now what? Hide in your boudoir and embroider. When I pass the Tongsheng exam, if you dare to bully me again, I will teach you a lesson with my talent! Hahahaha..."

Ji Can strode away.

"Second sister, let's go." The eldest son of the Ji family winked at the servant and pushed and pulled Ji Yue into the boudoir.

Ji Yue sat on the bedside, secretly took out a book from under the mattress, and gently stroked it.

"A New Annotation of the Analects"

On the morning of the tenth day, the door of the Ji family was slammed open.

A Jinshi and two Juren walked in.

Before the Ji family knew what happened, they saw the leading Jinshi raised the token and said loudly: "The Criminal Hall received a report that Ji Quan obstructed the imperial edict and set up a private prison. He will be arrested immediately!"