"Master!" Guoyuan was a little excited, as if he wanted to express his mightiness and inability to bend.

But Zheng Xuan didn't want Guoyuan to say it, "Let me ask you, what is benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety?"

『Benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety...』

Guoyuan suddenly became a little dazed because he knew that Zheng Xuan was not simply asking about the meaning of these words, and according to the scriptures, who doesn’t know what it means?

But what the scriptures say is really "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness"?

Confucius was the Grand Secretary of the State of Lu, but Confucius was from Song. So should Confucius be loyal to Song or Lu? Is he loyal to Song? Confucius did not do anything to Song or Lu? When the Lu internal chaos, Confucius did not stand up and turned the tide and saved the country and the king, but ran away.

When Confucius' father died, Confucius was only three years old. He was forced to leave his hometown. Even when he grew up, he specially married a Song daughter to his wife in order to go home to worship his father. So has Confucius ever been mourning filial piety? How long has he been mourning filial piety?

Confucius declared to King Jing of Qi that there must be rules, which is "the ruler, the ruler, the minister, the father, the son". The so-called king is the main body of the minister. If the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die. As a result, someone in Qi wanted Confucius to kill him. Confucius looked for King Jing of Qi, and King Jing of Qi said he could not control it, and then Confucius ran away without saying a word. So did Confucius follow the rules, or did he not follow the rules?

Duke Jing of Qi also said that he wanted to grant Confucius a piece of land. It was considered that he was full of benevolence and righteousness, and he was favored? But Confucius abandoned Duke Jing of Qi because of his own safety. Is this considered benevolence and righteousness, or is it not benevolence and righteousness?

『Everything is illusory... nothing...』

Zheng Xuan said slowly.

"Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness... Actually, there is nothing..."

Hearing this sentence, Guoyuan was silent for a long time. Then he raised his head and looked at Zheng Xuan and asked seriously: "Doesn't loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness come from the heart, and practice it in action? How can it be illusory? How can it be said that there is no?"

"The so-called loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are the thoughts. The idea is loyalty, which means loyalty, either loyal to Lu or loyal to Qi. When loyal to Lu, it may not be beneficial to Qi, and when loyal to Qi, it may not be harmful to Lu. Therefore, this loyalty is not real, but is empty. Loyalty is like this, and filial piety is like this, all of it is like this."

Zheng Xuan sighed and said, "Confucius also knew that seeking profit and avoiding harm. A gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall, let alone all living beings? Therefore, if a gentleman did not establish a name, he would make the common people establish it. If so, why should such loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness be necessary?"

『Therefore, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are all rituals.』 Zheng Xuan raised his head, looked over the Guoyuan, and looked at the dark night.『And this "ritual" means that one does not "ritual" first, and then understands that "ritual" may not necessarily follow its "rituals". Now, it is just a matter of opening up, and it is not a matter of ruling loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness. What should be there or there should be...』

…(???)…

Late at night, some people sleep soundly, and some people can't sleep.

If you can't sleep, you get up and drink tea.

Anyway, I can't sleep.

The firepower of the red mud stove is not high, and the speed of boiling water is naturally not fast.

The gurgling sound of water was particularly loud in the middle of the night, just like the remarks that kept shaking in the ears during the day, hitting the eardrums and colliding in the mind.

Neither Sima Hui nor Sima Yi spoke.

I don’t know if it’s because the quiet night can’t bear to break it, or because the faint fragrance of tea makes people calm, or just that both of them are thinking, but they haven’t found any clue yet.

Sima Hui claimed to be a hermit, but he did not really see through the world, but pretended to see through the world. The real hermits were basically hidden in the mountains and forests that were rarely visited, or were waiting to die in remote and dilapidated old houses. He would not show up in front of ordinary people, let alone meet the emperor's uncle.

This does not mean that Sima Hui is a hypocritical person or a moral villain. But most students of the Han Dynasty and even the children of the gentry in the Wei and Jin Dynasties had such a thought. The more he was, the bigger his reputation, so why not he was "hidden"? The more he abandoned his official position, the higher he was, so why not abandon his official position?

There is a shortcut to Zhongnan, why do you have to work hard to climb the mountain?

Until one day, an emperor was angry with these people who were "hidden" and said a few words and issued an edict to "hidden" and "discarded" and would not be hired again in his life...

Then after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, gradually there were no hermits, or in other words, hermits did not become a custom or a trend in society.

Unspoken rules are unspoken rules.

The more hidden the hermit, the greater the official position, the longer the filial piety, the more filial it is. As for what makes money, the less silly it is, etc., they are all unspoken rules, all of which are gold to put on your face and placebo to your heart.

『The water is boiling...』

The sound of water boils.

The brewed tea is not as strong as the ones that are cooked, but it is less bitter and has more fragrance.

The uncle and nephew each held tea bowls and drank, guru, and guru.

"This is said to be turned on..." Mr. Shui Jing habitually said a few times, "Okay, it's okay if you say to be turned on..."

Once the unspoken rules are revealed, they will naturally not be able to continue to become unspoken rules. And most unspoken rules are not good things.

Sima Yi put down the tea bowl and hesitated a little, "Uncle, the cavalry...is it...?"

Sima Hui raised his long eyebrows slightly, "What do you want to say?"

『Well...』 Sima Yi raised his head, 『Uncle, although these words were said by Pang Shizi,... but... this is saying "benefiting the world"... but it is not said that it is beneficial to the emperor... Besides, this benefit is profit and harm, loyalty and righteousness is loyalty and righteousness. The two parties will talk about it separately, and they will no longer be discussed... Does it mean...

Mr. Shui Jing was silent for a while, nodded, "Nothing is wrong."

The two of them fell silent again. After a while, Sima Hui said: "Actually, it's a good thing to talk about."

Sima Yi nodded, "It's a good thing, let's talk about it first, it's better than talking about it then... After all, Guanzhong is now very different from Shandong..."

Sima Hui nodded, then picked up the tea bowl, "That's right, it's like this tea...the tea of ​​the cavalry...If it weren't for the cavalry, who would have thought of drinking tea like this? Essence, dregs, haha, good..."

'It's true. Not only this tea...' Sima Yi said, 'There are many things, the lord almost alone, pushing the world...weapons, farming, spices, and...this serious explanation, all directions of China...'

"What are the four sides of China... Zhongda, do you know? How many of them are true and how many are false?" asked Mr. Shui Jing.

Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "In addition to the many scholars in Taixi, the rest are all true. A few days ago, Li Mancheng of Yinshan also fought against Ding Ling and defeated a group of troops, and won a lot of them. In the near future, the prisoners will be escorted to Chang'an. The Northern Region Protectorate first defeated the Xianbei and then drove Ding Ling. Now most of the Mobei are all belonging to the cavalry... Although Yi didn't know much, Liu Xuande did defeat the Shishi and advanced to Rinan. It is said that he is building a passage from Jianning to Jiaozhi to transport all north and south supplies..."

Of course, Sima Yi, who is a middle- and senior executive under the Cavalry, is clear about these things.

『Therefore, the "Confucian and Mencius" in Taixi are mostly real?" Mr. Shui Jing said, 『Yanhuang, the Five Emperors, the Sons, the Hundred Schools, the Pre-Qin, the Han Dynasty... um... hiss...

Mr. Shui Jing suddenly took a breath of cold air and his eyes turned rumbling.

Then Sima Yi didn't understand at first, but then he was shocked and stared at each other with Sima Hui.

『Could it be…』X2

Both of them saw their own guesses from each other's faces.
Chapter completed!