The stupid son of Chongba

Chapter 84 Let’s tell your mother the good news right away! (34)

"Hahaha, Master Song, you're overpraising me."

Zhu Ju hurried forward and helped Song Lian up.

Although I had just had an argument with this old master, he is just like that. If people are polite to him, he will be twice as polite in return.

"I really want to know how you came up with this psychology."

Song Lian couldn't help but ask,
"Can you tell us about it?"

This question made all the students curious.

"Yeah, this kid has been stupid for so many years, how come he suddenly becomes smart?"

"This isn't just enlightenment. According to what Father said, this kid is almost as good as a saint!"

"Could it be that he is too smart, so God has suppressed him for more than ten years?"

"It's possible..."

Zhu Di, Zhu Gang and their companions were all whispering to each other.

They also want to know what the crux of the problem is!
"Haha, actually I am just standing on the shoulders of giants."

Zhu Ju acted like a master and said with a smile,

"The study of the mind was created by following the experience of our predecessors."

"Master Meng also expounded his point of view in that article - everyone has a heart of compassion; everyone has a heart of shame and disgust; everyone has a heart of respect; everyone has a heart of right and wrong."

"The heart of compassion is benevolence; the heart of shame and hatred is righteousness; the heart of respect is courtesy; the heart of right and wrong is wisdom."

"Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom are not imposed on me from without; they are inherent in me. I just don't think about them."

"I have this inherent in me, and I don't need to think about it. Isn't it just what I said, that it comes from people's instinctive conscience without any need for thinking?"

When Song Lian heard this, he suddenly understood.

"This old man knows!"

He said repeatedly,

"That is to say, the philosophy of the King of Wu is derived from Mencius's classics!"

Zhu Ju smiled and nodded.

"You can say that, so I didn't completely deny Mencius's remarks just now, I just think that what he said is not enough."

He said,

"The waves behind push forward the waves ahead. We should take the essence and discard the dross. Only in this way can people's thinking progress! To value the past over the present is, to put it bluntly, to be unprogressive!"

"This is also the fault of many corrupt scholars. It is undeniable that they are all well-educated, but the higher their knowledge, the more stubborn they become. They are unwilling to accept new things and are not as good as the proactive young students. So there is a joke that the higher the knowledge, the lower the learning."

Upon hearing this, Song Lian couldn't help but look ashamed.

“The higher the learning, the lower the knowledge… Your Highness, King Wu, you are talking about this old man…”

He said ashamedly,

"I consider myself to be well-read and have regarded myself as an authority for many years. I cannot tolerate doubts from others and I will not listen to what young people say, even if what they say is right."

"This time, I was really taught a good lesson by His Highness!"

Zhu Ju waved his hand.

"I definitely don't mean to mock Master Song. You are so humble and willing to learn now. You can't be called a corrupt scholar at all. If you are, you are a progressive scholar. Hahahaha!"

He smiled and praised,
"The students now admire Master Song's broad-mindedness!"

For a scholar of such high status to be able to put aside his attitude and humbly seek advice when hearing a new knowledge is itself a noble character.

In the words of Confucius, it is called asking questions that are not ashamed.

This is what we think, but how many people can actually do it?
In history, when the School of Mind came into being, although it was extremely popular and Wang Yangming was revered as a sage, there were still countless scholars who adhered to the ideas of Neo-Confucianism and banded together to engage in a decades-long war of words with the disciples of the School of Mind, especially those who were officials, who pursued the School of Mind even more relentlessly.

Compared with them, Song Lian can definitely be called a progressive old man!

"Hahaha, thank you, Your Highness King Wu. I like the title of Progressive Old Confucian very much."

Song Lian stroked his beard and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, I would like to take my leave first and go home to think carefully about what His Royal Highness the King of Wu said today."

The gains today were so huge that he needed a quiet environment to calm down and think and digest it!

"go Go!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said with a smile,

"If you don't understand something, feel free to ask our Sixth Brother, okay?"

Song Lian nodded repeatedly and left in a hurry.

Looking at his leaving back, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer suppress the pride in his heart and burst into laughter.

Snapped!
Old Zhu slapped Zhu Ju on the shoulder and grinned:
"You're really bringing honor to us, little bastard!"

"Song Lian, this old fellow, has always been self-righteous, relying on his knowledge, sometimes he even ignores me!"

"I didn't expect that you could make him bow down to me. Hahaha, I'm really proud of you!"

"Biao'er, Biao'er! I have something to tell you!"

At his shout, Zhu Biao quickly stood up from the second row and walked in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Father, I guess you want to compile my words today into a book and spread it across the world?"

Zhu Biao said with a smile.

Snapped!
"clever!"

Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands behind his back, shook his head and said,

"Our Zhu family finally produced a genius, how can we not publicize it?"

"Besides, we have also heard about this Xinxue, which is indeed a good subject. True gold is not afraid of fire! You can ask the historian to sort it out immediately. It doesn't need to be too long, just write one article first."

"We need to let everyone in the world see, let those who like to gossip behind our backs see how talented our Sixth Brother is!" "Go!"

Even though the School of Mind is not a profound knowledge, Lao Zhu is determined to promote it to the world! Even if it is just hype, he wants to hype Zhu Ju to the level of a genius and sage!
There are so many benefits to doing this!
For the Ming Dynasty and the royal family, it is a hundred benefits with no harm!
"According to the order!"

Zhu Biao retreated in response, and before leaving he winked at Zhu Ju and gave him a thumbs up.

This little orange is really a big hit!

"Old Six, you made us proud this time!"

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Zhu Ju on the shoulder and said with a smile,
"Go, tell your mother and make her happy!"

"If she knew what you did today, her jaw would probably drop in shock! Hahahaha..."

"go!"

When Mr. Zhu was happy, the first thing he thought of was his sister.

The little fool at the beginning has now become a genius in Song Lian's mouth! In a few days, countless people will praise Zhu Ju as the founder of Xinxue!
If the girl knew about this, she might cry with joy!
The father and son left the main hall, leaving only a group of students.

Wow.

Zhu Di suddenly sat down, picked up the book, and read it attentively.

"Hey, Old Four, Master Song and Father are gone, why are you still pretending to read a book?"

Zhu Gang pushed Zhu Di and said jokingly,
"You have also come to your senses. Do you want to become the Qilin child of our family that the emperor father mentioned?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Zhu Di raised his eyes and glanced at him.

"Third brother, don't you have a sense of crisis?"

He said seriously,

"Zhu Ju is younger than us, but his performance today has surpassed us by a huge margin. Even Master Song admired him and asked him for advice."

"Even if I can't become a Qilin child, at least I can't fall behind too much, right? If I don't make progress now, then in the history books in the future, among the founding princes of the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid only Zhu Biao and Zhu Ju will shine brightly."

"I, Zhu Di, don't want to have only a name in history books, so I have to study hard."

Zhu Gang was stunned when he heard this.

After listening to Zhu Di's words, all the princes returned to their seats silently and began to read.

"No, you all want to learn from him?"

"Play, it's not impossible to play for a while first and then study!"

Zhu Gang looked around and suddenly felt as if he was isolated from the whole world...

He turned to look at Zhu Chong, his expression suddenly changed.

Zhu Chong, who has never liked reading, was now staring at the book and muttering to himself.

"Second brother, even you..."

Zhu Gang stepped forward and tried to pull Zhu Chong, but was pushed away roughly by Zhu Chong.

"Go away and don't disturb my progress!"

Zhu Chong said unhappily,
"Old Four is right. Even if we can't compare to them, we can't fall too far behind! We all have the same father, and if there's such a big difference, we'll be laughed at!"

Zhu Gang: “#￥%……&#￥”

"Okay, okay, okay, you all learn, you will all be talented people in the future, and I will be the only one left!"

Zhu Gang cursed at the same time, but he sat down honestly and took out the book.

Even if he couldn't concentrate on it, he had to pretend... If he really ran out to play, he would feel uneasy!

Crash, crash.

The main hall was extremely quiet, with only the sounds of flipping books and breathing.

Outside the house, several eunuchs carrying food boxes were walking together, chatting and laughing, and were about to enter the main hall to deliver snacks to their prince, but suddenly, one of them stopped them.

"Something's wrong, nine out of ten is wrong!"

The eunuch looked at the main hall in surprise and whispered,

"This... the princes are actually reading books?! Didn't Master Song leave?"

The servants looked at this rare spectacle and couldn't help but comment:

"I've never seen my Prince Jin reading a book so seriously! Is the sun rising from the west?"

"Yes! Normally, the princes don't read books, so why did they all change their ways today? I looked carefully and there is no master here!"

"Could something have happened? Li San'er, you are well-informed, go and find out!"

"..."

……

Outside Kunning Palace, on the imperial road.

The father and son walked one after the other.

"You little brat, when you see your mother, you must tell her all about your glorious deeds. Don't leave out a single word! Make her very happy!"

Zhu Yuanzhang bared his teeth and said,
"Because of some public opinion, she cried all night long and was heartbroken! Even to this day, the knot in her heart has not been completely untied!"

"However, after today, this knot will no longer exist!"

Zhu Ju paused.

"Dad, what's going on? Isn't it just that I'm getting mad?"

He couldn't help asking,

"Is there any other hidden story here?"

(End of this chapter)