In the sound of the rain, Xu Ping lit the kerosene lamp, carefully read Li Jing's palace test Wen Fuzai, put it on the table and said to Li Jing: "It is stable and stable, there are no major mistakes and omissions, it should be able to win." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Imperial Examination is a test of literary talent, which is the understanding of the government of the past dynasties, rather than the articles of scripture and righteousness. Officialdom is not a school, it wants to govern the world and help the people, not people who ignore political affairs and concentrate on expounding the articles of the sages. Therefore, the first is not to attract attention with strange theories, but to have the benevolence to persuade the superiors and subordinates, and finally to look at the literature. Don't think that being fair and stable is mediocre, this is the most basic requirement for the imperial examination. ”

Li Jing was born in poverty, and his father worked and studied all his life, but he never responded. He studied with his father, and he was all wild, and after his father died at the age of fourteen, his widowed mother pulled him very hard, which was a bit cynical. Reflecting on the article, it is often unconventional, so that he can express his own opinions, which is always a bit deviant.

This is a major taboo in the imperial examination, which is for the selection of officials, not for the search for Confucian theorists. Xu Ping has always been worried that he can't change this, and he can't learn the scriptures, so he gave him the opportunity to visit famous teachers. Now it seems that the effect is not bad, and the imperial examination article will not give people a sense of surprise.

The palace test is only two or three percent at most, and there is nothing out of place in the article, so this jinshi is in his hand. As for the ranking, it can only depend on the examiner's opinion, after all, Li Jing does not have the amazing literary talent at first sight, and the ranking will not be too high.

Gaodi Jinshi naturally has many conveniences in his career, but it is not impossible to find a way out if the rank is low. Prime Minister Zhang Shixun was more than 100 in the middle of the jinshi, Fan Zhongyan was only a second department, he was a little stumbling when he was young, as long as he really has the ability, he still has a chance to get ahead.

Listening to Xu Ping's words, Li Jing was also happy.

Poor mothers and old people cannot choose to be supported, this is the basic requirement of literati doctors, as long as there is a way out, it is good. He himself knows his own faults, he is knowledgeable but not profound, and he often inadvertently commits taboos, which should be extremely difficult compared with others. Only when you are a jinshi and have the capital to settle down can you have the opportunity to carry forward your knowledge.

Seeing that Xu Ping was in a good mood today, Li Jing said: "It's rare that Mr. has leisure today, before coming to the capital, I wrote a few articles on "Etiquette", I wonder if you can read and guide me together?" ”

Xu Ping said: "Take it to me." After passing the Jinshi, these studies can be done, and there is no need to learn from the imperial examination articles as before. Jinshi is a threshold, and after passing it, you just have to do your own learning. ”

Li Jing turned around and went back to the room, took a few paper manuscripts after a while, and respectfully handed them to Xu Ping.

Xu Ping turned on the light and read page by page. He looked at it very roughly, and he just looked at the general idea, and he didn't carefully pick out the words. He was educated not to find the rules and sentences, and he was used to it.

Li Ji was deeply influenced by Xunzi, and regarded etiquette as the foundation of everything, and the righteousness, wisdom, and faith were all developed by etiquette. It is also believed that the source of etiquette is human desire, and that people are born to live, to eat, to marry a wife, to have children, and to reproduce offspring, these are all instinctive desires that people are born with, and they exist objectively.

Etiquette is sublimated from these desires, but Xunzi believes that these desires should be restricted, and etiquette is not enough to restrain chaos. From this point of view, Xunzi's lecture on rituals naturally contains the content of the law, and also contains the content of rituals.

Li Jing went further, Xunzi still believed that people's original desires were the source of chaos and had evil implications, while Li Jing believed that these desires were positive, although they needed to be restrained by courtesy, but there was nothing wrong with the desire itself.

Xu Ping had long known that Li Ji respected Xunzi and suppressed Mencius academically, even to the point of treating Mencius as an enemy, and it was not surprising to read these articles of his.

However, Li Jing's understanding of etiquette led to the idea of "paying equal attention to righteousness and benefit", which still made Xu Ping feel a little novel. To tell the truth, although Li Jing regarded himself as a student in front of Xu Ping, the two never talked about academic issues. It is said that words and deeds teach, but Xu Ping only teaches by example and has no words here.

The so-called learning is often just a sentence, but learning is not in this sentence, but in how to break it down and make it clear for people to understand and accept. Therefore, Li Jing's "attaching equal importance to righteousness and benefit" is learning, and Xu Ping's whether he says that labor creates value, or that productivity determines production relations, is not learning, but just a sentence.

Putting the article on the table, Xu Ping thought for a while and asked Li Jing: "Today in Jinmingchi, I talked about one thing with Fan Beizhi and other pavilion personnel fishing and enjoying the scenery. According to the Fan Waiting System, there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world, and it is not in the people if it is in the government. I often hear people talk about this, but when I think about it, I don't think it's necessarily the case. ”

Hearing Xu Ping question this point of view, Li Jing wanted to open his mouth to refute it, but he didn't say it, and Shengsheng suppressed the words in his heart. Although the teacher-student relationship with Xu Ping is informal, he will not violate the basic etiquette.

Looking at Li Jing's appearance, Xu Ping smiled and asked, "You said in your article that people's desires are naturally courtesy, this makes sense, let's not talk about it for the time being." For example, when a man is walking on the road and is thirsty, he sees a pear tree in front of him, and the pears on it are large and fat, so he picks one and eats it to quench his thirst. Then I ask you, is this pear considered his wealth when it comes into this man's hands? ”

"Forgive the students for being ignorant, first see if this pear tree has an owner, if there is an owner, it is stealing, so how can we talk about human wealth?"

Hearing this, Xu Ping smiled and said, "Since I said so, this tree is naturally an ownerless thing, otherwise why should I ask you?" I'm talking to you seriously, and I'm not the storyteller in the tile, playing this kind of dumb riddle with you! ”

"Sir forgive the sin, it is the student who thinks badly. Since it is an ownerless thing, this pear is naturally the property of this person. ”

"Then I ask you, this man has got one pear, or plucked a few more, and has several pears for his property. So where did this property come from? ”

"Nature comes from the pear tree, and pears will grow from the pear tree. This is a simple and simple reason, why is the gentleman asking? ”

"Did this man have these pears because of the pear tree, or because he picked them with his own hands? The pear tree is there, and if he doesn't pick it, the pear won't be his. He spends his strength plucking one pear, and he spends his strength plucking two pears, and he gets two pears. Then why didn't he say that he had earned the property of these pears with all his strength? ”

"Sir, there must be pears first, and it takes him effort to get them, and they are still on the pears."

Xu Ping nodded: "Then let me ask you, the saint will accept the protégé, and he will be restrained." Naturally, this bundle has become the property of the saint, right? Where did these possessions of the saints come from? ”

Li Ji hesitated a little: "Naturally, it was handed over by a protégé——"

"Why don't you say that it was earned by the sages who taught their students to work hard?"

Seeing that Li Ji wanted to speak and stopped, Xu Ping said: "I am not joking with you today, but it is really the sentence that the world's wealth is fixed during the day, so I can't agree." Where does this wealth come from? Did it fall from the sky, or did people earn it with all their efforts? If it is earned with effort, will there be more wealth if it is earned with more effort? Is there a definite amount of wealth in the world? For example, there is no sugarcane growing in Yongzhou, it is the people who have spent countless efforts to open up the fields and plant sugarcane to squeeze grain out to get the wealth of sugar, where does this wealth come from? According to me, there is no fixed amount of wealth in the world, as long as people are willing to spend their efforts and will spend their efforts, they can give birth to more wealth. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ping stood up, paced back and forth, and said: "Therefore, it is not right to say that the wealth of the world has a fixed number, and it is even more wrong to be in the government and in the people." It's not just about putting in the effort, it's about putting in the effort. For example, in my village, one person could only plant ten acres of land, but with those new farming tools, I can easily plant thirty or fifty acres. Isn't this more wealth than peace? Where does this wealth come from? Because it will make you stronger! ”

Seeing that Li Jing was a little confused, Xu Ping said again: "Li Jing, it is a very remarkable thing to explain clearly where the wealth comes from. If we financial officials, once our income increases, it is good because the wind and rain are smooth, but if not, we will inevitably be impeached by the courtiers for looting the people's wealth. But is that actually the case? Sometimes, it is just that the people can use the same strength to create more wealth, and when the tide rises, the ship rises, and the income of the court naturally increases. This principle is not difficult to understand, for example, if the government lends money to the people, they can plant more land, and the court can naturally collect more taxes. But when it came to the financial management of the three divisions, some people said that they competed with the people for profits and tied the hands and feet of the three divisions. For the country and the people, this is a great harm. ”

Li Jing said: "What does Mr. mean—"

"I just read your "Treatise on Etiquette" and talked about 'attaching equal importance to righteousness and benefit', and I was also impressed. It is not enough to just talk about 'paying equal attention to justice and profit', you should explain clearly where the benefits come from, and let everyone understand that the benefits received by the government are not to loot the people, but to give them better conditions and create more wealth to collect." This kind of benefit, naturally, the more the better, the government's income is higher, and the people have more benefits. It is not enough to just collect more taxes, but it is a good thing that the government helps the people create more wealth, and the income increases every year! ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ping turned around, looked at Li Jing and said, "People's hands can create wealth!" All our wealth is naturally created with the help of the products given by heaven and earth, but it is fundamentally created by human hands. The management of the imperial court is fundamental, and only in this way can we collect more money and food with confidence. Learning, Li Jing, if you can explain this issue clearly, you will be true learning, and you will definitely become a generation of grandmasters who will be passed on to future generations! (To be continued.) )