The snow was getting heavier and heavier. A small yellow door held a Kailuo umbrella, but Zhao Bing shouted back and was exposed to the wind and snow like everyone else. He still sat upright on the steps with his back straight, allowing the snowflakes to fall on the cloak. Although he was suspected of making a show, he also won the admiration of everyone. At least his attitude of "sincerely accepting advice" was enough to crush his predecessors.

Two quarters of an hour later, Chen Pu was still talking about the way of being a king, and Zhao Bing was actually already wandering around the world. At this moment, what he saw was the "Lixue Pian" by Zhenzong Zhao Heng. In this poem, "There are thousands of bells of millet in the book", "There are golden houses in the book", "There are beautiful women in the book", "There are many cars and horses in the book" can be said to perfectly interpret the benefits of reading, and informing young people in ancient and modern times about the pursuit of houses, cars, wealth and beauty.

In Zhao Bing's opinion, although the poem is mixed with common things like Golden House and Yan Ruyu, it is too utilitarian. But I have to say that this is very realistic and effective. If you just encourage scholars to read, and say that reading is to cultivate temperament and cultivate sentiment, who cares about you? This also indirectly shows that reading is not so tempting, and the emperors are forced to come up with this "bad strategy".

Therefore, the rulers advocate Taoism more often because they use this as a tool for ideological rule, proclaiming "praise the reputation and integrity", creating a character for themselves to "refer to the wise ministers" and decorate the imperial court's appearance. The ones they cultivated were mostly a large group of foolish and incompetent scholars who deceived the world and stole the world's reputation. The books they read were just "The Four Books" and lacked the ability to govern the world.

To be honest, these Taoists, especially in the later period, were not only promoting "righteousness" and "sincerity", could not come up with constructive opinions and suggestions on how to reform bad policies, and all problems across the country were not effectively solved. Instead, they took advantage of this and acted recklessly and corrupt, resulting in "bringing for public acts and intoxication into a trend", and the upright people were rejected by them.

Some people who deceive the world and steal reputations in the name of Taoism deceive the world. They all claim to be "righteous, self-cultivated, manage the family, govern the country, and pacify the world", boasting that they "establish their destiny for the people, establish their minds for the world, open peace for all generations, and inherit their unique knowledge for the previous sages", which resulted in abusing the country and harming the people.

Chen Pu, who was born in a poor family, was inspiring and hard-working, studied hard. He read the Four Books and Five Classics, devoted himself to studying Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism. After years of hard work, he was proficient in classics and history, and had outstanding knowledge. He was famous in Fujian and Zhejiang. So he lived in seclusion in Shitangshan, entertaining himself with his writings. After the fall of the Song Dynasty, he regarded himself as a Song survivor and vowed not to serve in the Yuan Dynasty. He set up a museum in Renfeng Temple in Shitangshan to promote learning and recruit apprentices.

In teaching, Chen Puli advocated the connection between theory and practice, "not focusing on literary and vocabulary", and "must know practice and be worthy of the ancient sages." Under his influence, many disciples were both proficient in the mystery of Neo-Confucianism, and could also go deep into social reality and seek insightful insights. Moreover, they also practiced it and made a roving pot, known as the prototype of clocks, which can be considered more enlightened and progressive among contemporary scholars.

But in Zhao Bing's view, Chen Pu still failed to break out of the shackles of the times. Although he advocated practice and went deep into the society to understand the people's sentiments, he did not have the experience of entering the officialdom and did not have the opportunity to practice what he thought was unverified theories. The advice he proposed now is naturally beautiful, but in fact it cannot be realized...

"According to the sir, everyone can become king as long as they reach the level of a saint, but this is the intention?" Chen Pu talked for a long time, and finally gave Zhao Bing the opportunity to interrupt. He asked out loud.

"That is, only when things are in harmony can you know the truth, only when you know the truth can you be sincere, only when you have the heart is upright, only when your mind is upright can you cultivate yourself, only when your body is cultivated, only when your family is united, only when your country is governed, and only when your country is governed can you be peaceful. From the emperor to the common people, everyone takes self-cultivation as the basis." Chen Pu immediately replied.

Hearing Chen Pu's answer, Deng Guangjian, who was hiding in the crowd, sighed inwardly: "It's over!" Although the emperor refused the request of the ministers to receive Fu Que's memorial, he was not relieved, so he changed his clothes and hid it among the onlookers to observe. When he heard the little emperor's question, he began to observe silently for him when he heard Chen Pu's answer.

Deng Guangjian, as one of the "Three Emperors Teachers", taught Confucian classics and history and taught the ways of sages and kings inside and outside. In his opinion, the little emperor was not a good student - there were too many questions. According to the master's task was to teach the Tao and answer questions, and it was a good thing for students to ask questions, which showed that he was eager to learn and be ambitious, but the little emperor's questions often rebelled against the truth and questioned the sages, which made it difficult for him to answer, so that he always felt speechless.

Whenever this happens, Deng Guangjian's way of answering questions is often a ruler to make his memory rise and he dare not talk nonsense. But the little emperor often "remembered and not beat" in this regard, and did not change his teachings. Even if he was temporarily suppressed, he was still convinced and dissatisfied, which gave him a headache. However, in private, he often thought that what the little emperor said was not all unreasonable words, and it made sense after careful consideration.

"This makes me a little puzzled. Mencius once said: It is out of his kind, and it has never been more prosperous than Confucius since he was born in the people. It can be seen that he can be called a sage, but Confucius's sage was not yet a three-month gangster in Lu State until he was fifty-six years old and failed to become a king. Why is this?" As Deng Guangjian expected, Zhao Bing raised an inextricable question.

"This..." Chen Pu was speechless for a moment, and it was difficult to answer after pondering for a long time.

"Oh, I am also very talented and knowledgeable. I know that I cannot cultivate myself and nature at all times. Otherwise, I will become a saint. You will not submit memorials to advise me to cultivate myself and nature. Therefore, I must be thousands of miles away from the saints, and it is far from reaching the state of "the world is submissive". Otherwise, there is no need to be a military force and conquer the Mongol Yuan. Now you declare in public that only a saint can be king. Is it implying that I am not worthy of being an emperor, or that you are worthy of being a king!" Zhao Bing asked suddenly after thinking about it.

"Your Majesty, the people have no intention of this, so they must never dare..." This question is more shocking than the previous question. Chen Pulei's outside is burning and tender inside is now. This is not a matter of right or wrong, but a major matter of life and death. Even if he has eight courages, he dare not question the emperor's status in public, and he dare not say in front of the emperor that he wants to be king. This is a rebellion, and admits that it is a serious crime to destroy the nine clans.

"Can you please help me?" Zhao Bing looked at the famous scholars and scholars behind Chen Pu and asked.

"..." Several people bowed their heads and remained silent.

"Hey, being too humble is hypocritical!" Zhao Bing asked without shame anymore, ""

"Mr. Xugu, Mr. Yutan, and Mr. Wenxing, I have the honor to have attended a poetry meeting held by you and others, and have experienced the knowledge of all talents. I can be said to be skilled in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I also made amazing words when talking about Taoism and the scriptures, but I have no chance to ask for advice. Today I can answer my questions and answer questions, and let the people in the capital receive teachings. I will also have a beautiful conversation in the future!" Seeing that they did not answer, Zhao Bing was famous one by one.

"The grass-roots and others are a little ignorant, so they dare not!" Several people looked at each other and were shocked. The little emperor had participated in their poetry meeting, but he couldn't remember which poetry meeting it was. If he said something disrespectful or did something rude, wouldn't all this be wasted? And they didn't dare to answer correctly at the moment. You should know that if you can't answer at this moment, it's just embarrassing, and if you answer correctly, you will lose your life.

"Mr. Wenxing was timid at all!" Zhao Bing pointed to Deng Mu, "In the past, you were naked and chasing the cruise ship I was riding on the West Lake. How heroic and free and easy it was to play the piano and sing in the rain. How could you be timid now?"

"Meng Lang, I really don't know that Your Majesty is on the boat, and I hope to atone for his sins!" Deng Mu's face was burning like fire when he heard this. How could he forget the "humiliation" that day, but at that time he could pretend to be crazy and stupid by not knowing the truth. Now, in full view of everyone, he would be looking for death if he goes crazy. And he also knew that his image had collapsed in the eyes of the little emperor, and it was impossible to stand out again, and he couldn't help but feel extremely depressed.

‘Pa!’ Several people were so angry that they didn’t dare to respond. Zhao Bing was annoyed and hit the case with his palm. Not only was the snow falling on the case shaken away, but the snow on his body also fell. “You have taught me a lot of Taoism, but you can’t explain the contradictions. Is it because you are talking nonsense or are the sages wrong?”

"..." Now not only Chen Pu and other famous scholars, but also a group of tyrant students pretend to be dead and dare not answer.

Just kidding, this large group of people wrote a memorial to the emperor, to put it bluntly, to point out the emperor's fault and let him admit his mistakes, in other words, it is to reduce the emperor's face. But the emperor respected the wise and the nobles, answered them in public, and refuted their advice one by one, forcing them to admit that they were wrong. Now he advised Your Majesty to respect Taoism as orthodox. This can be said to be the safest advice, and it is correct, but after telling the little emperor for a long time, a question made them fall into a desperate situation and unable to answer.

In this case, admitting that they have misunderstood the classics is not only because they have lost all the reputation of Confucian scholars, but also because they mislead the emperor with pseudo-education. His Majesty must kill them all in anger. Some people say that there is still the oath left by the emperor and ancestors of "not killing those who write books and talk about things"? But that also scores the situation, distorting the classics and history, questioning or even denying the words of the saints, and they become public enemies of scholars in the world. Not only will no one come forward to protect themselves, but everyone is afraid that they will kill them with their own hands.

The crowds of people watching were not all ordinary people watching the fun, and there were also scholars and officials, who were also thinking about the questions raised by the emperor. According to the general consensus now, the sage inside and the king outside said that people can reach the realm of a saint, and they can become the leader of the world - the king. But as the emperor said, the sage in the world is comparable to the sage, but he did not become the leader of the world.
Chapter completed!