It was almost May, and it was sunny for a few days. The weather was hotter than the previous day, and there were one or two fewer pieces of clothing on the pedestrians on the street. Looking at the blue sky overhead, if the weather was the same at the time of harvest, this year would be a solid harvest.

Under the supervision of Han Gang, after more than half a month of busyness, the preparation of the summer harvest and summer tax in Taiyuan Mansion has been almost done. When there were still seven or eight days to go before leaving the sickle, the atmosphere in the Taiyuan Mansion became relaxed.

One piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and military. Since you will have to go all out in a few days, it makes sense to take it easy now. Since Han Gang, the lord of the first house, has such thoughts, the officials below are basically the same.

Of course, there is no time to delay in daily business. Han Gang has always been quick to do things, and he can basically complete the day's work in the morning. In the afternoon, the front yamen generally doesn't have much to do, and there is always time to go back to the backyard to take a nap or read a book. Especially in the early summer afternoon, put a chaise longue under the shade of the tree in front of the study, read a book, put a glass of plum wine in hand, and sleep when you are tired, which is very pleasant.

After changing into the usual clothes of the home, Han Gang leaned comfortably on the bamboo recliner. However, there was no plum wine today, but a cup of sour plum soup was placed on the side of the table.

Han Gang picked up the teacup and took a sip, narrowing his eyes comfortably. The skills of the chef taught by Yan Suxin are not bad, and the sweetness and sourness of the sour plum soup are just right. Although the iced sour plum soup would have tasted better, the taste is now satisfying.

Just after the tea cup, he picked up the letter on the other side.

Han Gang's replies are usually timely, so letters from relatives and friends are also very diligent. There are usually two letters every two or three days. In addition to letters from relatives and friends, there are also many door forms asking to be seen, and there are some poems and texts that are forwarded by scholars who want to recommend themselves in front of him Han Gang. A thick stack was placed on a small table next to Han Gang's recliner.

Letters from relatives and friends have always been put on the top, and Feng Congyi's letters have always been the most diligent. Half of the letter I received today was about horse racing.

Horse racing in Gongzhou began in the spring, and although the horses in the spring were not in good condition, they attracted hundreds of competitors and thousands of spectators from the beginning. Over the past few months, the tournament has become more and more lively, and it is about to catch up with the level of the Keju League. And because of the Keju League, the horse racing event spread quickly, and the wealthy families in Qinzhou began to prepare for the horse racing competition held in the autumn.

Feng Congyi's letter today is saying that there are many wealthy families in Qinzhou who are ready to buy horses in Shengzhou.

The water and soil of Shengzhou are suitable for raising horses, and the horse breeds from Montenegro are also good, so these Qindi giants asked Feng to come to Hangang from righteousness. If you want to come to Shengju to buy horses, or make a contract with the Montenegrin party to supply horses, it will be much easier to have Hangang to help.

The remnants of the Montenegrin party have just settled down in Shengzhou, and if they can have a stable source of money, it will be a good thing, and it can be regarded as appeasing the Montenegrin party with less than 10,000 people.

The Montenegrin party in Shengzhou is all strong, there are no women around, and they hate the government, which is actually very dangerous. Although this kind of thing is funny to say, if they can marry a wife and have children, Linzhou, Fuzhou, and Shengzhou will not have to wait for them.

Han Gang often congratulated himself on his decision during this time. If the remnants of the Montenegrin party in Shengzhou were not 10,000, but 350,000, Shengzhou didn't know what the chaos would become.

However, Han Gang opened Feng Congyi's letter first every time, because his parents' recent situation and oral messages would come with the letter a little together. Han Qianliu and Han Ah Li who stayed in Gongzhou Township, Han Gang always wanted to take them out, but they were unwilling to stay away from Gongzhou, which was a headache. Fortunately, he is in good health, and there is no lack of maintenance on weekdays, so that Han Gang can rest assured.

There are two letters I received today, in addition to the letter from my cousin Feng Congyi, the other one is from Jinling, which is a letter from Wang Anshi.

The thick envelope is large, I don't know how many words are written, and how many pieces of letter paper are stuffed. Han Gang remembered his reply to Wang Anshi last month, and today's letter should be a reply to that letter.

Looks like he's stepped on a tiger's tail. Han Gang thought about it, picked up Wang Anshi's letter and prepared to open it.

"Official!" Wang Yi suddenly walked into the courtyard, called Han Gang, and walked over with a calm face.

"What? Did the fourth brother make a mistake again? Han Gang asked with a smile, "It's good to punish him for sitting in the study for an afternoon." ”

Wang Yi didn't smile, but still kept a straight face, "What did the official write in the letter last month?" Why did my mother say in today's letter that my father read the official's letter, and he didn't go out for two days in a row, so he locked up in the study and wrote a reply to you, and he didn't even have a good mood for dinner. ”

Han Gang Zhilu said that his mother-in-law's private messages to her daughter were all sent together with Wang Anshi's letters, and sometimes they also carried the letters next to the king. Looking at Wang Yi's current appearance, in the letter she received today, her mother-in-law must have written a lot of complaints.

"It's just a matter of different opinions." Han Gang slowly opened Wang Anshi's letter, "Didn't my father-in-law send the manuscript of his new book?" That's what it's about. ”

Han Gang said it lightly, and Wang Yi's eyes were suspicious, "That's it?" ”

"What else could there be? In the letter, he said that his father-in-law's exhortation was to carve a boat for a sword, and many places were taken for granted. Han Gang took out the letter paper, more than a dozen sheets before and after, densely packed with words, I am afraid that there are thousands or nearly thousands of words. He said with great interest, "I don't know how my father-in-law refutes me this time?" ”

When Wang Yi heard this, his face turned dark, "Official!?" How can you be so ......"

"It doesn't matter. Didn't Yuan Ze often argue with his father-in-law at the beginning? It's just an academic dispute between a husband and a father-in-law, so you don't have to worry about ruining your relationship. Han Gang thought for a while, and then said, "You make a compensatory for me in front of your mother-in-law." Let's just say that this incident is an unintentional move, not a disrespectful son-in-law. ”

"Official, my father is also old, and his health is not necessarily very good. You can't slow down and let him let go. Wang Yi leaned over and said softly.

"Do you know what Father-in-law Lu Dao's new writing is?"

“…… Exegesis. Although it was not specifically mentioned in his mother's letter, Wang Yi vaguely remembered that Han Gang mentioned it. It is not wrong that it is just a manuscript and has not yet been officially named, but the content is exegesis.

"That's right, it's exegesis. Exegesis is used to paraphrase the meaning of the word. The new meaning of the Three Classics is just a note of "Poems", "Books" and "Zhou Li", while the father-in-law's new book wants to exhaust the Six Classics. ”

The Confucian scriptures are all from the pre-Qin period and are often so brief that they are obscure. In order to be easy to learn and understand, there are biography and annotations. But before we can describe the commentary on the meaning of the scriptures, we must first interpret the words in the scriptures, and the meaning of the words of a thousand or two thousand years ago will certainly not be the same as they are now. Interpreting ancient words in the present sense is exegesis.

Exegesis interprets the meaning of the text, and the scriptures are commented on as a result. Thousands of years later, Han Gang studied ancient texts, starting with obscure words and phrases, and then extending them to the whole text. After the new meaning of the Three Classics, Wang Anshi wrote a new book of exegesis, just to seize the commanding heights.

Although Han Gang was smiling, his eyes became deep: "Zhuge Wuhou used to study in Jingzhou with Yingchuan Shi Guangyuan, Xu Yuanzhi, and Meng Gongwei, and Shi, Xu, and Meng were all skilled, but Wuhou looked at the general strategy alone. Today's Confucians are all like martial marquis, not seeking chapters and sentences, but only pursuing the general idea. But in this way, after all, the foundation is unstable, and it is when the father-in-law sees this that he begins to focus on exegesis, in order to hold the right of interpretation in his hands. But if my father-in-law is reasonable, I won't be limited by the view of the door, but in my father-in-law's new book, I don't see the reason. ”

The biggest characteristic of Song Confucianism is that it rejects Han Confucianism immersed in the complexity of chapters and sentences, pays attention to returning to the origin, obtains the gist of the Six Classics, and clarifies the original intention of the sages. In essence, it is to take me as the main thing and use the Six Classics to interpret one's own point of view - the so-called Six Classics note me. Confucianism in the Song Dynasty was to be able to explain one's own views at will, as long as it made sense, and it didn't matter if it was taken for granted.

Although this characteristic has brought a new wind to Confucianism, it has also brought countless academic differences, so that there are many schools of thought.

Whether it is a view or an academic disagreement, Han Gang does not agree with Wang Anshi's views. He didn't know much about discipline, and he was far inferior to the Confucian scholars of the day.

Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Ercheng, Sansu, and even Lu Huiqing are all great talents who have penetrated the Buddha and understood the Six Classics. Han Gang asked himself in front of them, if he wanted to make a fuss about the interpretation of the Six Classics, it was a class with an axe and humiliated himself. But if you can direct the main points of the debate to your own areas of expertise, you can turn defeat into victory. Exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses is the essence of the art of war. Therefore, Han Gang has always been speaking out, whether it is a truth or a paraphrase, it must be empirically proven. This is why he would say that Wang Anshi is taking it for granted.

"Official......" Wang Yi was so sad that he wanted to cry. Before getting married, my father and husband had always had disputes, but after all, they were not as close to tearing their faces as they are today. They are all the closest people, which makes her at a loss.

Han Gang hugged his wife's slender waist and sighed in her ear, "My opinion is still like that, my father-in-law's book is a carving boat for a sword, which is taken for granted." You can give in everything else, but you can't let it in this one. ”

Ercheng is now lecturing in Luoyang, and there are more disciples; Wang Anshi was laying a solid foundation for Xinxue again, and speaking of which, it may be because they saw the result of Han Gang's advocacy of the way of nature spreading more and more widely in Shilin, and they had to stand up and resist.

Who is the right trace, who belongs to the Taoist system, and the dispute between schools cannot tolerate the slightest personal feeling.

Han Gang knew that unless he gave up his wishes, there was no room for retreat.

Although his knowledge in the scriptures and meanings cannot be compared with that of a cadre of Confucianism, what are his specialties and where are his strengths. Han Gang never forgets.