In a mansion in the capital.

"The author of the three-character poem is only a thirteen-year-old boy. Even if he is now a student, there is no such thing. No wonder Mr. Chen has not told his father who wrote this poem. He must have stolen his name."

But I saw a young man speaking angrily.

A dark and fat man on the side smiled slightly and did not answer the conversation.

The young man said to the fat black man: "Uncle, what do you say?"

The fat black man smiled and said: "When you see a virtuous person, you can think of them together, and when you see an unworthy person, you can also think of them together. The person beside the deer may not be a deer."

The young man heard this and said, "My uncle is teasing me about my nephew's youth again."

The fat black man smiled and said: "You are allowed to write ten thousand words of policy words when you are thirteen years old, but you are not allowed to write this three-character poem as a twelve-year-old boy?"

The young man thought for a while and said, "My uncle is right, but in all fairness, does he really believe that this poem was written by a thirteen-year-old boy? When my father praised this poem in Shuzhou as a saint's teaching, everyone thought it was done by an old Confucian."

But now it is rumored that it was done by a thirteen-year-old boy. If this is not done carefully, it will make people think that someone is trying to deceive the world and steal his reputation, and it will also bring shame to my father."

The fat, dark man nodded and said, "That's true."

"As a son of man, I cannot bring shame to my father. I should refute this son. If not, I would like to apologize face to face."

The fat black man said: "You have such a temper, you will definitely get into arguments when we meet, and it will only ruin your reputation. You have not yet taken the imperial examination, and your excuse for not being ignored will spread to the ears of the examiner in the future. It is better to let your uncle go there."

Bar!"

"But my uncle's provincial examination is about to happen?"

The fat dark man smiled and said, "I have my own sense of proportion."

On this day, Zhang Yue was preparing to celebrate the New Year in Taixue, but Cai Que made him drink.

Zhang Yue agreed immediately after hearing this.

The two of them immediately came to Qingfeng Tower outside Taixue.

Zhang Yue came to see Cai Que and said, "Brother Chizheng, why did you invite me here?"

Cai Que smiled and said: "Don't worry, Sanlang, I will come to pay you this time."

The two came to a private room in Qingfeng Building, but saw that a table of dishes had been served in the private room, and the dishes were very rich.

Seeing this, Zhang Yue said suspiciously: "Brother Zhizheng, tell me what you have to say."

Cai Que said with a guilty look on his face: "To be honest, my teacher has a good friend who has heard of Sanlang for a long time, so he asked Sanlang to meet here. Don't worry, Sanlang will never embarrass you."

Zhang Yue looked at Cai Que and thought, what is this man's reputation?

Soon I saw a fat, dark man entering. When he saw Zhang Yue, he smiled and saluted, "This must be Zhang Xiucai!"

"I don't dare to take it. What's the next step?"

The other party smiled and said: "I am Wang Anguo of Linchuan."

Wang Anguo?

He is Wang Anshi's younger brother? Zeng Gong's brother-in-law?

"Sanlang, does he know if my brother is good enough?"

Zhang Yue said: "I have admired your name for a long time."

Immediately, Zhang Yue saw that Cai Que had closed the door and left.

Wang Anguo is about thirty years old, about the same age as Zhang Heng, and indeed dark and fat.

Historically, Wu Chuhou and Wang Anguo had good relations.

Once Wang Anguo asked Wu Chuhou to write a poem for him, and Wu Chuhou wrote it immediately.

Feiqing's former name was Wen Zhongkui, and he was still fat in his thinking. Jiang Yan was good at using five-color pens, and Yu Xin was good at writing about the waist and ten circumferences.

I only know that my appearance is not pink, but I don't expect that I am full of pearls. When we meet at the Luoyang Club, we drink wine and don't care if our clothes are wet.

Wang Anguo was furious when he saw this, and the two broke off relations from then on.

It can be seen from this that you must not ridicule others casually, as even the best friends will fall out.

Zhang Yue saw Wang Anguo sit down with a slight smile, raised his tea cup and sipped the tea: "I expected you to see me in person, but I never expected you to come here."

Seeing Zhang Yue being so calm, Wang Anguo asked: "You said you wrote this poem to meet my brother Jiefu?"

Zhang Yue said: "A three-character poem is not worth mentioning. My brother has always had political achievements in his previous posts, but then he returned to Beijing and wrote a letter of ten thousand words to express his sincere opinions on state affairs. I can't help but sigh with regret. My brother's talents are not at the right time."

Seeing Zhang Yue pretending to be an adult, Wang Anguo smiled and said: "You are an ordinary boy, what insights can you teach my brother?"

Zhang Yue said: "I think that my brother Wanyan Shugu, the ancient people wanted to do something, so they would not fail to conquer and punish them first, and then get their meaning."

"Another poem said: The attack was severe and sudden, and there was no blow from all directions. In other words, 'King Wen first conquered and executed, and then he became proud of the world."

"May I ask Brother Wang, what is conquest and execution?"

Wang Anguo laughed and said: "I heard that Sanlang was a Jing student before. I am not as good as Sanlang when it comes to expounding and interpreting Chinese characters. However, according to Xunzi's words, 'Those who are happy will be punished when they go out, and they will bow and yield when they enter.'"

Zhang Yue said: "Brother Wang, why should you care about the left and right? If you only talk about conquest and execution, Xia Jie and Shang Zhou will not lose the world, but Shang Tang and Zhou Wu will not win the world."

Wang Anguo nodded and said: "Shang Tang fought with Ming Tiao, and Zhou Wu conquered Muye to conquer the world. As for Shang Tang and Zhou Wu, besides talking about 'conquest and execution', please tell me what else he said."

Zhang Yue said: "There are still benefits."

"Profit?" Wang Anguo thought Zhang Yue knew the word "benevolence and righteousness".

"Why not 'benevolence and righteousness'?" Wang Anguo said seriously, "Don't you hear that 'if benevolence and righteousness are not applied, the offensive and defensive momentum will be different'. How can scholars talk about interests and talk about 'benevolence and righteousness'?"

Zhang Yue thought to himself that your political views are really completely different from your brother's, otherwise he would not use "benevolence and righteousness" to refute himself.

Zhang Yue said: "If benevolence and righteousness are not applied, the offensive and defensive momentum will be different. This phrase comes from Jia Sheng's "Guo Qin Lun". However, I have seen that the literary language of Qin Lun is fat and thin (Qian Zhongshu said), but it is nothing more than Er'er."

Seeing that Zhang Yue dared to criticize Qin Lun, Wang Anguo was also shocked. This young man became more and more outrageous.

"If your remarks were somewhat novel before, but now it seems that you are simply ignorant. Jia Sheng's article is also something you can criticize? If you don't tell me why, you will blame me for being ruthless."

Zhang Yue said: "Brother Wang is angry. Although Jia Sheng's article is good, as far as the theory of Guo Qin is concerned, the meaning of the article is not high!"

Wang Anguo sneered and said: "Why not? Then I will listen attentively."

Zhang Yue said: "Don't take it seriously. It is said in the Book of Changes that one yin and one yang are called the Tao. Therefore, the Qian hexagram and the Kun hexagram in the Yi Jing, one yin and one yang, are the Tao. It covers everything in the world. Just what Brother Wang said, so I am happy,

When you go out, you conquer and punish them; when you enter, you bow to them."

"Therefore, since ancient times, the ancestors have governed the world in this way, benefiting with the left hand and conquering with the right hand."

"It's not about profit, but about benevolence and righteousness!" Wang Anguo emphasized again.

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Brother Wang, what is benevolence and righteousness? Qin lost the world because of killing the clan, trapping Confucian scholars, belittling the people of Qin, and serving the world."

"The clan is the family. How can you control the people without blood relatives? The King of Qin unified the world and regarded the people as the clan and the clan as the scholars. Therefore, when the King of Qin killed the clan, he regarded the clan and the scholars as the same."

"Confucian scholars are the leaders of the four peoples. Without Confucian scholars, how can we control the people of the country? The King of Qin unified the world, treating scholars as citizens of the country, and treating the people of the country as scholars. Therefore, the King of Qin pitted Confucian scholars and regarded scholars as no different from the people of the country."

"The people of Qin are the people of the country. How can we destroy the six kingdoms without the people of Qin? The king of Qin unified the world and regarded the people as the six countries and the six countries as the people of the country. Therefore, the king of Qin treated the people of Qin poorly and regarded the people of the country as the same as the people of the six countries."

"Serving the world and treating the people like oxen and horses, Qin lost the world because of its loss of benevolence and righteousness. What is benevolence and righteousness? It lies in interests first, before relatives, secondly after scholars, secondly after countrymen, and thirdly before the world! In Jia Sheng's words, 'Qin

The root and the bottom are lost, so it cannot grow."

Wang Anguo didn't say a word after hearing this. He was so shocked that he couldn't be more shocked. Except for his brother, no other person in the world could shock him to this extent.

For this reason, I saw that not a single chopstick was touched on the food on the table.

Zhang Yue immediately said: "Therefore, when Taizu founded the country, he taught, 'Southerners cannot be prime ministers.' This is also true."

Wang Anguo nodded after listening. According to Zhang Yue's words, Taizu relied on the civil servants and generals to conquer the world. As for the southerners, they were all citizens of the Southern Tang Dynasty who were destroyed by the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the northerners were used as prime ministers, that is, '

"Benevolence and righteousness" is consistent with governing the country with Confucianism.

"The so-called benevolence and righteousness are used in governing the country, which is in line with vested interests. After Taizu brought peace to the world, he treated his meritorious officials favorably, did not kill scholars, and did not even treat southerners as prime ministers. This was all in line with vested interests and in line with benevolence and righteousness. In line with benevolence and righteousness, this principle

Over the past hundred years since the dynasty, it can be said to be a peaceful and prosperous era, all due to the word 'benevolence and righteousness'. However, because of this, the Liao and Xia are now looking at the borders, and the country is in ruins and the people are in poverty, and it is all due to the word 'benevolence and righteousness'."

"Then why did Saburo say that governing the country is based on interests rather than benevolence and righteousness?"

Zhang Yue said: "My brother mentioned in the book of speeches that 'the changes in the world are in line with the wishes of the former king'. Talents should be selected from schools, promoted and appointed in the future, and then punished. In view of this

Fan Xianggong’s new policy must not allow the loss of talents.”

"However, the reform lies in enriching the country. If you want to enrich the country, if you don't take something from the top, you will take it from the bottom. If you take it from the bottom, the country will perish. The fall of Qin lies in the loss of the people, not the loss of benevolence and righteousness. Therefore, this is why I said, Jia Sheng passed the Qin

The reason is that the intention is not high. However, taking it from the top, is this consistent with benevolence and righteousness? The method of conquest and punishment can suppress it for a while, but it cannot last long. The long-term governance of the country depends on the word profit. Reform cannot be based on benevolence and righteousness, so what can you do?

How can profit make up for the loss of benevolence and righteousness?"
Chapter completed!