The morning star is bright, and the fish belly is white in the east. Mopan Hutong, Shen family.

Shen An got up early in the morning, and before dawn, he led people to start working lightly, and he also bent his ears to listen to the movements of Shen Mo's room.

When he heard that the old man got up and the maids began to fetch water and freshen up for the old man, he picked up a tray from the table and carried it into the silent bedroom with both hands.

Shen Mo was brushing his teeth, and when he saw him come in, he spit out the foam in his mouth and smiled: "You lazy person actually got up." ”

Shen An smiled awkwardly: "Today is the first day of the master's reinstatement, and I am so excited." As he spoke, he uncovered the cloth on the tray, revealing a set of new, very clean crimson official uniforms inside, and bowed down slightly excitedly and said, "Please change your clothes!" ”

"What a fuss." Shen Mo glanced at the blue official robe hanging on the hanger, and said with a smile: "I've gained some weight recently, and I don't know if it fits." ”

"It's better to be fat, and you're fat!" Shen An said as he personally took off his pajamas for Shen Mo, first wearing a white gauze middle single, white leno socks, then a jade dark coat, and finally a scarlet robe, stepping on thick-soled soap shoes, tying a plain gold belt, and finally wearing a black gauze hat.

Looking silently in the mirror, the lark that spread its wings and flew among the mountains and the Hague felt comfortable...... He really didn't like the white pheasant, and always felt that it meant 'taking money for nothing and eating idle food'.

Shen An carefully smoothed out every tiny fold on the official robe for him, and said with emotion: "Master, this official uniform still looks pleasing to the eye!" ”

Shen Mo shook his head and smiled, and said, "Respect Luo Yi first and then respect people, this is not a good habit." After speaking, he took off his official hat, patted Shen An's shoulder and said, "Let's prepare for dinner, I have to go to work after eating." ”

Today, he went to Guozijian not to show off, but to deal with a very tricky incident -- there was a rather serious contradiction between Teacher Li Zhen, who he had strongly advocated to stay, and the teachers and officials of the entire Guozijian. Yesterday, he received a joint letter from 40 teachers and officials in Guozijian, requesting that Li Zhen be dismissed in order to correct his style of study.

Shen Mo still has some understanding of Li Zhen's situation...... In other words, this old man, in the position of Dr. Guozijian, is working with sacrificial wine, working with the priest, and arguing with colleagues and colleagues, basically a big quarrel, and a small quarrel every day, which has reached the point where the chickens and dogs are restless, the people's hearts are boiling, and if you don't deal with it, you can't work and teach.

Shen Mo knew that Li Zhen's uninhibited contempt for pseudo-Taoism made him annoying. The officialdom in this era is extremely poor, and hypocrites who are inconsistent in words and deeds abound, and Li Zhen is the most unaccustomed to such people, so he inevitably shows disdain in his words. In addition, he has a keen mind and unparalleled eloquence, and he has never been reasonable and does not suffer losses, so his bosses and colleagues have been offended.

But this is still not the reason why Li Zhen has made everyone shout and beat, and there is no place to stand...... When he arrived at Guozijian on time, all the officials and teachers were waiting in front of the 'Jingyi Pavilion...... Except for Li Zhen.

Everyone saluted the new Lord Sacrificial Wine, waved their hands silently, and said with a gentle smile: "Everyone is an old buddy, and I won't take office as a new official, let's go on like this first, if there is no problem, it will continue like this." ”

His statement made the slightly nervous officials relax a lot, so they proposed to go to Juxian Building in the evening to set a table for the adults to celebrate.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Shen Mo smiled and nodded: "But for now, we are still busy and will meet here in the evening." Everyone nodded, saluted, and laughed.

Shen Mo stopped a doctor of the Five Classics and said, "What about Li Zhen? Why didn't you see his people? ”

"Hide in the house and read," said the doctor, "you don't know it, he is ...... It's muddy. ”

Shen Mo smiled and said, "Please call him to my room, just say that I am looking for him." ”

"Yes." The Doctor went to deliver the message.

After a while, Li Zhen, who was dressed in an old official uniform but was extremely clean, came, got up silently to greet him, and said with a gentle smile: "Brother Hongfu, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?" ”

Li Zhen's emaciated face pulled up a reluctant smile and said, "It's still like that." ”

Shen Mo had long been accustomed to his virtue, and smiled disapprovingly: "Please take a seat, there is Tieguanyin from your hometown, can you taste it enough?" ”

Li Zhen sat down and drank tea with his head down, but he was silent and didn't ask, he absolutely refused to take the initiative to say a word.

Shen Mo finally couldn't help it, and asked him: "Brother Hongfu, you and I can be regarded as Pingshui and like-minded, why are you so angry?" In fact, what he wanted to say to Li Zhen was that he was in the officialdom, not to mention taking the initiative to shoot Sima Fart, but it is always a basic requirement to have a good relationship with his boss and make the leader look pleasing to the eye, right? Not to mention that I have helped you, even if I have offended you, I shouldn't have such a bitter hatred with me, right? Of course, he couldn't have said that.

When Li Zhen heard this, a trace of apology flashed on his face, and he lowered his head and whispered, "It's better for adults to keep their distance from me." ”

"Why?" Shen Mo smiled and asked, "You are not a rebel and thief, why do you want to keep your distance?" ”

"In the eyes of some people, I am a thief." Li Zhen raised his voice and said: "They have a deep hatred for the class I taught, saying that I spread false reasoning and heresy, not only preventing students from coming to my class, but also constantly writing to the Imperial Historical Observatory, hoping that they will investigate my heresy. It seems that he doesn't know that Shen Mo has received a joint complaint letter from others.

Shen Mo fell into deep thought when he heard this, he actually knew the real reason why Li Zhen became the target of public criticism...... Li Zhen is too maverick in thinking and teaching, and compared with his shocking remarks, his 'Li Crazy Teaching Method' is nothing. Even his uninhibited and uninhibited contempt for all Taoist surnames is not the reason why he is annoying, because everyone thinks he is a madman, and they don't feel disgusted.

One is that he despises authority in his lectures, believing that the vast majority of historical works are 'in line with the sages', and uses the Confucian standard of 'moral supremacy' to evaluate historical events and historical figures.

Therefore, one of the things he likes to do in the process of lecturing to students is to overturn the case for the ancients, and he believes that the status of characters should be measured by their contribution to history, rather than from morality.

In the six months since he returned to the country, he has overturned the cases of many ancients who have been sealed and decided, and three of them have the most shocking effect - one of them is Qin Shi Huang. Because Qin Shi Huang 'burned books and pit Confucianism', he has been scolded by Confucianism for two thousand years, and rarely makes an objective evaluation of his merits and demerits. However, Li Zhen openly called Qin Shi Huang "the first emperor of the ages", believing that he unified the princes, abolished feudalism, established counties and counties, ended the long-term melee situation since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and realized the unification of the country.

There is also Wu Zetian, according to the traditional concept, they all think that she is a 'usurpation', which is contrary to the feudal ethical guidelines, so historians of all dynasties have negative evaluations of Wu Zetian, and even those defenders even scolded Wu Zetian as 'Ji Si Chen'. In the midst of almost everyone's voices, Li Zhen shouted that Wu Zetian was 'ten times better than Gaozong and ten thousand times better than Zhongzong'. He believes that Emperor Wu 'focuses on loving and nurturing talents, and thinking about the people', and this alone can be compared to the vast majority of emperors.

The third one is not the emperor, but Li Zhen overturned the case for her, and the shock effect caused was greater than the first two combined, she was Zhuo Wenjun. The love story of Zhuo Wenjun and Sima Xiangru's elopement, all dynasties have been named 'Zhuo Wenjun ** to Sima Xiangru', which is by no means the object of praise, but a violation of customs, even women are ashamed of her.

In this regard, Li Zhen refuted loudly: "Wen Jun is getting a body, not **!" What he means is that Zhuo Wenjun's elopement with Sima Xiangru is a 'good choice of a good mate', and a brave pursuit of love and happiness!

Is this still worth it? In this era of the Three Principles and Five Constants, women have always been men's accessories, whether happiness or pain, everything should be given by men, but Li Zhen is here to encourage women to take the initiative to pursue their own happiness? So arrogant, where is Gangchang? What is the principle of heaven?

So it is understandable that the defenders were angry with him. But what scared them even more was what Li Zhen advocated - childlike theory!

Li Zhen is an important disciple of the Taizhou school, devout and dedicated to learning, and on the basis of Wang Yangming's 'study of conscience', he developed his own doctrine - the theory of childlike heart, the core of which is 'childlike heart is sincerity', 'the husband is childlike, absolutely false and innocent, the original heart of the first thought. If you lose your childlike innocence, you will lose your true heart; If you lose your sincerity, you will lose your true person. Li Zhen believes that the most valuable wealth of people is self; If you want to keep yourself, you must keep your own heart, and the ethical education and atmosphere of the society will make the childlike heart be obscured. If you see it as a political matter, then there is no root in political affairs; If it is written in words, then words cannot reach ......'

He sharply opposed the crowd and criticized superstitious authority, that is, 'do not take Confucius as right and wrong', and respect one's own surname!

This one is too ruthless! You must know that since the Western Han Dynasty 'deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone', Confucianism has become the dominant ideology, Confucius's thoughts and behaviors have become people's code of conduct, and Confucius's likes and dislikes have also become people's standards for judging right and wrong. In the Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi put forward the ethical proposition of 'preserving heavenly principles and destroying human desires', requiring everyone to abide by the Confucian norm of morality, to eliminate the individual's **, and as the main body of '**, the true self must also be stifled!

Therefore, Li Zhen's thoughts are incompatible with the traditional Cheng Zhu science and technology, which makes those defenders feel like a mang, and of course they must get rid of it quickly.

Knowing Li Zhen's current situation, Shen Mo's dissatisfaction with him also disappeared, and he poured him a cup of tea and said, "Brother Hongfu, what are your plans for the future?" ”

Li Zhen raised his head and said, "My understanding of this sentence is - Li Zhen, you can roll up and leave." ”

Shen Mo couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "Where did you think of it?" I am afraid that I will not be able to keep such a precious treasure as yours, so how can I push it out? ”

Li Zhen said in disbelief: "For a trouble like me, which boss is not desperately pushing out, how can you be an exception?" ”

Shen Mo smiled slightly, stared into his eyes and said, "Then let me ask you, is your doctrine right or wrong?" ”

"Of course it's correct!" Li Zhen raised his voice and said, he was willing to defend his scholarship with his life, and when he was asked silently, he raised his feathers like a fighting, as if he was going to war at any time.

"Don't get excited, don't get excited, I don't want to debate with you," Shen Mo hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I just want to ask you, if your scholarship is promoted, it will be good for this country?" Or is it a disadvantage? ”

Li Zhen paused, did not answer directly, but said slowly: "Fallacies and fallacies may bring temporary benefits, but after a long time, the harm will appear!" Saying that, he looked directly at Shen Mo and said: "And righteousness and truth may bring labor pain, but after labor pain, they can correct mistakes and bring things back to the right path." ”

"Are you a crooked or a righteous one?" Shen Mo smiled slightly.

"I firmly believe that righteousness is on my side!" Li Zhen said firmly.

"Isn't that the end of it?" Shen Mo spread his hands, still with that indifferent smile on his face, and said, "Since Zhengli is on your side, what reason do I have to drive you away?" ”

Li Zhen's eyes, which had always been indifferent, suddenly radiated a shining light: "Aren't you afraid that I will cause you trouble?" "The main reason why he has kept the vast majority of officials away is not because he can't accept his academics, but because everyone is afraid that he will bring trouble and affect their career promotion.

"If this trouble is brought about by insisting on the truth." Silently, softly, slowly and firmly, he said, "I admit it." ”

Hearing the three words "I confessed" in silence, Li Zhen's nose was sour, his eyes were full of steam, and he said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, ...... adult" This strong man, even when the family couldn't eat and sent charcoal in the silent snow, he didn't say 'thank you', because he thought that others were good to him, he kept it in his heart, and just look for an opportunity to repay it, and there was no need to say those two words easily.

But now, his heart was full of emotion, and he had to say something to express his feelings at this moment...... After getting through the initial excitement, Li Zhen took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "Do adults also agree with my point of view?" ”

Shen Mo shook his head and said with a smile: "Although it is a bit rude to say this, I have to tell you that I actually don't know much about your books. ”

Li Zhen's face pulled down and said, "Could it be that adults can't entertain me?" He didn't believe that a person who didn't agree with his views would be willing to take trouble for himself.

Then he heard one of the most shocking words in his life—only to hear the silent whisper: "Whatever your opinion holds, I will defend your right to express it." He smiled and said, "Not only you, but everyone." ”

The impact on Li Zhen is no less than the impact of his theory on others, because in his impression, the party that has the right to speak will definitely eliminate the unpleasant voices, and no one can be generous enough to let all the voices sound loudly, let a hundred flowers bloom, and let a hundred schools of thought contend.

But the young priest said he was going to do it...... Li Zhen hadn't recovered from the shock, and listened to Shen Mo continue: "I believe that reason is not clear, as long as it is the truth, it can withstand anyone's refutation, so I will invite you scholars to debate in front of the three princes of the Guozijian and let the students of the national Zijian observe, at that time, right and wrong are at ease in the hearts of the people, and any hypocritical remarks will have nothing to hide." Saying that, he glanced at Li Zhen and said, "Brother Hongfu, are you ready to go on stage?" ”

Li Zhen's blood surged when he boarded, and he said excitedly: "Accompany me at any time!" ”

"Good." Shen Mo smiled faintly, but said: "But your childlike theory is still very imperfect, only arguments, but there is not enough academic elaboration, so it is inevitable that the theory is insufficient, and you must use sophistry to resist on the spot, even if you win, you will inevitably fall into inferiority, so that the opponent and the audience are not convinced." ”

Li Zhen didn't expect Shen Mo to hit the nail on the head, pointing directly to his vital point, his face changed for a while, and finally nodded honestly: "I'm not ready yet." ”

"When you're ready, come to me at any time." Shen Mo nodded and said, "If you don't fight, you will win!" ”

"If you don't fight, you will win?" Li Zhen repeated softly, and his eyes radiated a firm light: "I will go all out to perfect my doctrine until the battle is victorious!" ”

"Good." Shen Mo nodded and said, "But before the Sangonghuai debate, don't bother talking any more, that kind of debate is meaningless." ”

"I understand, I'll gather strength and wait for that day." Li Zhen nodded again.

"Very good......

(To be continued)