After Zhao Bing ‘cutting’ Zhu Xi, he seemed to be unsatisfied. He continued: “After being impeached, Duke Wen of Zhu did not refute it firmly, but wrote a letter to confess his guilt. Some said that it was to preserve a useful body and complete his works; some said that it must be true, otherwise why would he admit his guilt? Some said that it was completely slanderous and that he had no choice but to admit his guilt. But I think that no matter whether it is true or false, once he confessed his guilt, he would confirm his mistakes, which would make the emperor lose the reason to protect him, lose the opportunity to realize his ideals, and also implicate his disciples. This is really an unwise move.”

"Oh, this may be fate!" Wang Yinglin could only sigh.

"Lu Xiangshan is also a problem. I admire their courage to speak out for the sake of being a frank, but they also don't know how to be an official," Zhao Bing said again. "In the ninth year of Chunxi, he was awarded the real position of Guo Zizheng. At the beginning of his tenure, there were many visitors. He thought that he had frequent social engagements and had difficulty having time, so he closed his door and refused guests. This behavior seemed aloof, but he also isolated himself, and lost the opportunity to promote his ideas and make friends, which made him isolated."

Then, Zhao Bing talked about several things Lu Jiuyuan served in Beijing. He went to the Taixue School to give a lecture, first of which he gave six chapters of "Spring and Autumn", and clearly explained his own view of China and barbarians: Chinese barbarians cannot be compared, China is precious but barbarians are cheap. What China is valuable is the cultural tradition of its country of etiquette and righteousness. The reason why barbarians are "bad" is because they do not know etiquette and righteousness, but rely on barbarians to invade by barbarian force. Therefore, even if they are "strong", they will be useless to deal with etiquette and righteousness in the end. This is exactly the "great worries of the sages."

Zhao Bing thought that this remark was out of place, because after the failure of the Northern Expedition of Longxing, Emperor Xiaozong turned to stability in both internal and external policies. The court attached importance to production, encouraged farming and sericulture, developed water conservancy, and had peace and quiet in the people. The family gave people enough, and the cattle and horses were everywhere. The rest of the grain tutored the fields, and the world was peaceful and peaceful. At that time, the people were prosperous in society and the people lived and worked in peace, and there was a political prosperity.

However, Lu Jiuyuan hoped to take advantage of his lectures to publicize the distinction between Chinese and foreigners and the value of China to students, so as to encourage students' patriotic feelings and in order to inspire their enthusiasm for regaining lost territory and resisting the Jin Dynasty. It should be said that patriotism and Northern Expedition were both good, but this move violated the national policy at that time and was suspected of being in opposition to the court.

In the 11th year of Chunxi, Lu Jiuyuan had the opportunity to meet Xiaozong and report to Xiaozong. He wrote five memorials and confessed his ideals and political opinions on the up and down situation of the court to Xiaozong:

The first note talks about the way of getting along with the king and his subjects. He pointed out that Xiaozong was not dedicated to his employing people and was suspicious, so that the king and his subjects could not be united. Until "the twenty years after the imperial examination, the territory had not returned, the hatred had not returned, and the hatred had not returned, and the lessons were gathered."

In the second note, Lu Jiuyuan proposed the fundamental principle of government or political Taoism, that is, he must have the ambition to seek Tao. He advocated the peaceful rule of the three ancient times, and the core of the rule of the three generations lies in "Tao", pointing out that only by following the "Tao" can one finally receive the so-called "governing the world".

The third note is that Lu Jiuyuan discusses the issue of knowing people, lists knowledge of people as the best thing in the world, and advises Emperor Xiaozong to understand the principles of people and understand the ways of using people.

In the fourth note, Lu Jiuyuan frankly expressed his views on the laws of governance and the degree of governance. The purpose of learning with great care is that as long as you have the desire to seek the truth, you will have the intention to seek the truth. He advised Emperor Xiaozong to set his ambitions early, but he also advocated that it should not be too hasty and should proceed step by step.

In the fifth note, Lu Jiuyuan briefly and clearly discussed the way of being a king of Xiaozong. He believed that "if the master is good at being the key, everything is detailed, and if the master is good at being the key, everything is incomplete." The master's job is to know people and employ people, establish the ambition to seek the truth and promote the country, rather than to experience everything personally and take the details of the faults. Doing so will only cause the upper and lower levels to shirke and restrain each other.

Although he repeatedly asked Xiaozong speechlessly, he couldn't help but "appreciate a lot". Zhu Xi also asked for a letter to read and praised him, saying, "I have heard of the most important theory and comforted him. It is a large scale and a profound source, so it is not something that can be seen by corrupt scholars and despised people." It can be seen that this wheel had a great impact. However, Lu Jiuyuan moved to Chengfenglang and was ranked as the eighth rank.

"I also think that what Lu Xiangshan said is the right time to be wrong, and it can be called a good word. But why did Emperor Xiaozong not assign his important tasks, but just perfunctorily treat him like a minor official?" Zhao Bing said.

"I think as the fifth brother said, he is not familiar with the way of being an official, but he is just a scholar and thinks things too simply." Xie Fangde said.

"In fact, it is also a matter of position. Before Lu Xiangshan entered Beijing, he only worked as a small official like the chief clerk. It can be said that he had not experienced the struggles in the officialdom and could not see the overall situation clearly. He did not know the dangers and difficulties. If he had experienced the officialdom and had seen some storms, he would probably not have said such idealistic words easily." Zhao Bing said.

"What the fifth brother said is at the heart of the point. It is easy to govern a village, one town, one state and one county, but if you govern a country, you have to consider a lot. The people and social conditions in different places are very different. The policies that the court has to implement must consider the whole country. We will weigh the pros and cons of it, which is not a matter of decisiveness." Wang Yinglin nodded.

"That is, people's hearts will change according to their situation and position." Zhao Bing said again, "At that time, we were trapped in Qiongzhou, we could be determined to regain our hometown. But after we recovered Jiangnan, some people opposed it when we went on the Northern Expedition, saying that I was not sympathetic to the people, I was armed and brutal and warlike."

"And the policies I currently implement are almost very similar to those reported by Zhu and Lu that year. Why did they encounter many obstacles when regaining their hometowns and expelling the Tartars? Their memorials should not focus on qualifications and knowledge to select talents. However, when I was promoted and worked hard, some people suggested that they were too low-class and should not be an official; Prime Minister Lu and Wen Gong moved to Qiong on their own and then took the position of prime minister, and the six important officials of the ministry rarely changed. It can be said that they were specialized in employing people! But some people advised that this was not possible. The court was prone to autocracy, and the end was too big to lose." Zhao Bing smiled bitterly.

"Some people say that I do not practice morality, do not respect sages, prefer skilled things, and lose my ambition. I don't understand. Is the saint's words unchanged? Then why should Duke Wen of Zhu re-edit the Four Classics? Lu Xiangshan's annotation of "The Great Learning"? It is true that I am good at skilled things, but I improved firearms and muskets and cannons. Otherwise, how can I recover the entire Jiangnan with more than 100,000 elite soldiers and achieve victory in the Northern Expedition with the same strength as the Mongolian Yuan army? Moreover, the ships I improved can go to the West, go to the South Ocean, sell our goods from our dynasty to the Fanfans, exchange real gold and silver, and fill the national treasury. Isn't these right?"

"I sometimes feel very confused. These people are also known as disciples of Zhu Lu. They learn the saints' articles, but what they do is contrary to it. It's really strange!" Zhao Bing shook his head and sighed.

"These people are full, so how can they understand the ambitions of fifth brother!" Ni Liang snorted beside him.

"You are also an important official in the court. You should be more sensible when speaking and not speak casually. Now that I am still here, otherwise I would have been dismissed from office and imprisoned long ago!" Zhao Bing turned around and glared at him.

"Hehe, the Sa family is devoted to following the fifth brother. I will go wherever you go!" Ni Liang said with a silly smile.

"The fifth brother doesn't have to be bothered. Ni Dalang said it well," Wang Yinglin smiled. "I first entered Qiongzhou in the past, and there were nearly 10,000 officials of all sizes and sizes. In the financial situation, some people proposed to lay off most of the officials to save expenses. The fifth brother went against the opposition and insisted that no one was cut, and all of them were properly placed, and all salaries were paid. At that time, I also felt that it was inappropriate. But now it seems that the fifth brother was far-sighted. After we entered Jiangnan, these retained officials could quickly enter the role and perform their duties everywhere, avoiding the dilemma of having a name but no official available."

"That's true. Nowadays, most of the officials in prefectures and counties are old officials in Qiongzhou. After training in Qiongzhou, they can take on the responsibility of governing the local area. On the contrary, those newly recruited officials in Jiangnan are lazy and lazy to do things, and they dislike the court for treating themselves badly and have no official positions. I talked to them, and these officials still do not forget the grace of the fifth brother that day, and are grateful and support them as before." Xie Fangde also said.

"It is precisely because of the support of these old people that I dared to let go of the Northern Expedition, otherwise the affairs in the court would make it difficult for me to be separated." Zhao Bing smiled and said, "Mr. Dieshan did a good job, not only ensuring the military supplies of Jingxiang and Xichuan, but also taking care of Yunnan. Mr. Lu did a good job, forcing the monks out to take the initiative to attract guests!"

"The fifth brother has been slandered. He still has to be the help of the governor of Zhuang. On that day, he led his army to guard Chizhou. How dare those little kids act rashly? I also took advantage of the opportunity to implement the new policy, so that I can achieve the final result now!" Lu Xu saw another monk in front of him recruiting pilgrims along the way, shook his head and said with a smile.

"Mr. Lu seems to be able to understand the current situation and use the situation to do something right now!" Zhao Bing chuckled.

"Please give me some advice!" Lu Xu rarely saw the emperor, and did not get the opportunity to give him an opportunity in person, so he would not let him go. The guards accompanying him were also clever people. He knew that what His Majesty and his gentlemen said was not known to outsiders, so he had already stepped forward to stop the monk in charge of the guest.

"You see, those monks know that they have contributed the Buddhist tea they have made to me. Why can't you give us a few kilograms of tea to taste?" Zhao Bing said with a straight face.

"Oh..." Lu Xu was stunned when he heard this. Didn't His Majesty always be polite to his subordinates and never ask for tribute? How could he ask for things from himself today!

"If Mr. Lu, the fifth brother and the two gentlemen drink the tea from Jiuhua Mountain and praise it, and then leave the tea in Jiuhua Mountain, wouldn't the tea from Jiuhua Mountain be more famous than the Buddha tea? Who would buy the tea from monk?" Seeing that he was puzzled, Chen Shishi mentioned it.

"How come I was so stupid!" Lu Xu said hurriedly, "I thanked Wu Ge'er and two gentlemen on behalf of the people of Chizhou. This move will surely make Jiuhua Mountain Tea famous at home and abroad, with merchants gathering and benefiting the people, but the monks are not very happy."

"Haha..." Zhao Bing laughed loudly after hearing this, "When we leave Chizhou, you can go up the mountain to question the monks, saying that they dare to blackmail the emperor, and then use this to take over the management rights of the street market at the foot of the mountain to the government office and collect taxes from it!"
Chapter completed!