The two talked for a long time, and when the Zheng Supervision Institute found a good boat and found a ship owner with superb boat skills, Zhao Ran boarded the ship and said goodbye.

Zhao Ran's first journey was to go east from the Dadu River, and after arriving in Jiading, he entered the Min River and went to Yufu. This waterway is extremely turbulent, there are many reefs, and there are often dangerous shoals, and ordinary boatmen dare not walk. But the boatman found by the Zheng Supervision Institute is a veteran, who has been operating boats on the Dadu River for 30 years, so he is no problem.

When boarding the boat, the Zheng Supervision Yuan explained: "The Dadu River is not suitable for large boats, and all such small boats are walking on the water. ”

This small boat is only two zhang long, only five feet wide, and there is a bamboo canopy in the middle, which is indeed a small boat, Zhao Ran is not a person who talks about pomp, and immediately smiled and thanked him, and said goodbye to the chief inspector of the Zheng Supervision Yuan.

The boatman rocked the oars at the stern, and the boat went straight down the river to Jiading, avoiding reefs and shoals all the way, and flying forward like an arrow from a string. The green hills on both sides of the strait are undulating, the high cliffs are connected, and the sound of apes is continuous, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

Zhao Ran wanted to hurry, and he did not delay on the way, fished from the water, cooked and ate it on the boat, and changed the boat with the boatman in the place where the water was gentle, and rushed to Yufu in three days.

Zhao Ran originally wanted to visit the Liu Prison Hospital in Yufu, but when he came to ask, he learned that since Liu Jian Yuan went to the Jade Emperor Pavilion for treatment, he had been recuperating in Bishan in the west of Yufu for the past year, and was not in Fucheng at this time.

The next section of the waterway was still steep, and the boatman in Lizhou was not very familiar with it, so Zhao Ran sent him back, spent five taels of silver on the dock, changed boats and continued to move forward. After passing through the capital, entering Wanxian, entering Kuizhou, and passing through Wushan, Zhao Ran really enjoyed a magnificent and majestic beauty of the river.

After passing Bashan, you will enter the boundary of Huguang. Huguang is the core area of the Ming Dynasty, the population is much denser than Sichuan, after the boat travels to Yiling, the river surface suddenly opens up, only to see hundreds of boats competing for the stream, thousands of sails reflect the sun, a good prosperous scene.

That night, Zhao Ran got off the boat in Jiangling and went to Jiangling Mansion to stay at the Degong Palace. Zhao Ran handed over the Dao, and the door of the guest hall saw that it was the abbot of a county in Sichuan, so he politely came forward in person, welcomed Zhao Ran in, and arranged an upper room with a flower hall for Zhao Ran.

The head of the door also wanted to arrange dinner for Zhao Ran, but Zhao Ran refused: "I don't know what senior brother is called?"

The door head smiled: "Where do you dare to be a senior brother, I am Jiang Zhizhong." "The head of the guest hall of the palace is one level lower than Zhao Ran in terms of rank, so this door is not easy to take in front of Zhao Ran, the county supervisor.

Zhao Ran said: "Jiang Mentou, I first came to Jiangling, to be honest, it was the first time I went out of Sichuan, and I was not familiar with it. If you want to walk around the city and taste the food here, I don't know if Jiang Mentou is free, so I'll do the east. ”

Jiang Mentou said: "I'm really sorry, I have to be on duty for these two days, if Abbot Zhao stays for a few more days, the day after tomorrow, I will book a table in Wangjiang Tower, and ask Abbot Zhao to taste my Jiangling characteristics." ”

Zhao Ran said: "That's okay, I'll go around Jiangling a little more, have a drink with Jiang Mentou and then leave." ”

Jiang Mentou pointed out the location of several night shops in the city, and Zhao Ran walked out of the gate of the Dao Palace and walked away.

Gangneung Night Shop is located in the East Gate, and more than a dozen shops, large and small, each challenge the lantern, lighting up a short street.

Zhao Ran randomly found a store with many people, sat on the street, ordered local pot helmets, rice balls, bean skin, yuan bean puffs and other snacks, and tasted them slowly.

While eating, I listened to a few scholars at the table next to me arguing, the noise became louder and louder, and when Zhao Ran heard it, the quarrel was about to be held in Huguang Township this autumn.

Zhao Ran turned his head to look, but a young student was impassioned: "If the imperial examination does not test the Taoist scriptures, how will the country be founded? What is the foundation of the country?

Some Confucian scholars retorted: "Those who want to be clear and virtuous in the world in ancient times should first rule their country; those who want to rule their country must first gather their families, and those who want to unite their families must first cultivate their bodies, and only if they want to cultivate their bodies, and only then can they unite their families! The country's chaos is determined by order, order, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, and the three outlines and five constants. Where is this evil way? It is clearly the best way to govern the world!"

The young student said: "I am not saying that the Confucian classics are not good, but that they should not be abandoned! I have been in the world for 600 years in the Ming Dynasty, and I have been living endlessly. On the frugal and simple, provincial harshness, thin endowment, do not take away the people, fair and selfless, noble and soft, to do nothing to do something. Governance should be the law, right and wrong, judge it by the law, listen quietly and carefully, and take the law as the conformity. Self-cultivation can be from Confucianism, to Qi family, and then to govern the country and level the world. Therefore, it is said: The Tao is due to the great shun of yin and yang, the goodness of Confucianism and ink, the naming and the essence of the law, migrating with the times, responding to the changes of things, and doing things according to customs, which is inappropriate. The purpose is easy to operate, and the work is more with less. And the Confucianism is biased, and this sacrifice is also the end!"

A Confucian student next to him said: "What a good upper, middle and lower, but in today's world, if the upper is not Confucian, how can the lower be good? The Son of Heaven is noble but not respectful, how can the upper and lower be effective? How have you ever seen the world ruled by Xuanzhi and Xuanzhi? Of course, it is benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, and the Three Principles and Five Constants!"

The young student said: "You are taking things out of context, crooked heresy, I don't care to argue with you." ”

This person immediately sneered: "Uncle Zhang, are you afraid that it is not the foundation of the country, but for the future of your own family, right?"

The young student reprimanded: "Who am I, don't you know? I am not boasting, the work in the Four Books and the Five Classics may be inferior to others, and I am only stronger than your brother Maobin, not weaker, and I am very afraid!

Zhao Ran couldn't help frowning after hearing this, could it be that the Huguang Daomen would be able to let it go unchecked? Where did he come from to be so bold in learning the Tao that he dared to only practice Confucianism and abandon the Taoist scriptures? If this had been placed under the rule of his own Guyang County, he would have been investigated a long time ago!

While they were thinking about it, the group of students suddenly fought. Uncle Zhang, a member of the student, fought four people alone, and was beaten in embarrassment, but he gritted his teeth and fought, the four grabbed his sleeve, and hit him with his fist and face, and one of them said while fighting: "Let you be the end of Confucianism, let you slander Confucius and Mencius!"

Zhang Shuda, a member of the student, resisted and refuted at the same time: "How can I ever slander Confucius and Mencius, but the Tao is the foundation, and this heaven and earth are right! The gentleman doesn't move his mouth, and he can't even do this, what else are you talking about Confucianism?"

Zhao Ran couldn't stand it anymore, stepped forward, connected the dots with both hands, and knocked down all the four students. The four of them fell to the ground and couldn't move, and Uncle Zhang rushed forward, kicked and kicked him, and took revenge on the old fist he had just eaten.

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