An elderly teacher in the academy said with a smile: "Dr. Zhu, aren't you embarrassing me? Although these guys are not well-educated, they still have some knowledge. How can a clerk understand them?"
Zhu Yuanhao shook his head and said: "No, no, haven't you heard that judging people by appearance makes it difficult to distinguish between the wise and the foolish?"
"When we study and learn, we can't just read books. We should read more and listen more, observe the will of heaven, and understand the feelings of the people. Even the peddlers in the market, the peasants and farmers can often speak out the simple truth."
His words were pertinent, but he still regarded Jiang Zhou as a peddler in the market, the peasants and farmers.
Zhu Yuanhao's words made all the students bow and say that they would learn from him.
"I'll say one sentence each. Do you want to let others speak?"
Yan Xiaowu said impatiently: "What? Are you afraid that you can't argue with my brother?"
The students glared at him.
Zhu Yuanhao was neither annoyed nor angry, and smiled: "Haha, you can say whatever you want, little errand boy."
Jiang Zhou patted Yan Xiaowu, signaling him to behave himself.
With a little bit of alcohol, his voice was much higher than usual: "Just now you talked a lot, but the meaning is just four words, why do you need to say so much nonsense?"
"Disrespectful!"
The students scolded, Zhu Yuanhao waved his hand to stop them, frowned at Jiang Zhou and said: "Which four words?"
Jiang Zhou was slightly disdainful: "Inner Sage and Outer King."
The eyes of several elders lit up slightly when they heard this.
Zhu Yuanhao asked tentatively, "What does it mean to be a sage inside and a king outside?"
"Of course, it means the sage way of benevolence and virtue, and the kingly way of courtesy and governance."
Jiang Zhou said with a bit of disdain, "That's not bad, but it's too wishful thinking. If anyone really thinks that these four words can bring peace to the world, that person must be an ignorant person who is high above, does not know the sufferings of the world, and only knows how to fantasize."
"How dare you!"
"You are just a lowly official who can't read a single word. Where did you hear these heresies? What do you know about benevolence and righteousness!"
Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and governance are the concepts followed by Confucianism.
His words were equivalent to scolding the entire Confucianism.
The reason why the students of Bailu did not draw their swords immediately was because Li Dongyang had already stood up. Li Dongyang stopped the students who were about to get angry and said to Jiang Zhou seriously: "What do you mean, little errand boy?"
Jiang Zhou glanced at the old man with a long beard who seemed to have great prestige, and smiled: "You are lucky to have someone who understands."
He then glanced at the students who were glaring at him, smiled, and said loudly: "If I don't understand benevolence and righteousness, who else in this world can understand it?"
"The so-called benevolence is human, which is the heart of human beings and the nature of life."
"Ritual is the law of heaven, the righteousness of earth, and the behavior of the people."
"Benevolence is the foundation of human beings, and ritual, righteousness, integrity, and shame are the guidelines of human beings, which are the four dimensions of the country."
"Without a foundation and a framework, people cannot stand, and if the four dimensions are not expanded, the country will perish."
Taking advantage of the alcohol, Jiang Zhou spoke eloquently.
It shocked the students of Bailu Academy.
Xu Wenqing and the noble young man had incredible looks in their eyes.
Li Dongyang, Dai Yougong, Zhu Yuanhao and others were also stunned.
Even Yan Xiaowu behind him widened his eyes.
No one expected that a small demon patrol guard could speak such elegant words.
Not only that, these words were simply deafening to Li, Dai, Zhu and others.
Benevolence is the heart of man and the nature of life.
Ritual is the principle of heaven, the righteousness of earth, and the conduct of the people.
Benevolence is the foundation, ritual is the outline, ritual, righteousness, and integrity are the four dimensions of the country.
Just a few words, but they are profound.
The three looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
Zhu Yuanhao stood up directly, folded his hands in front of his chest, and bowed solemnly: "Little brother, do you have anything to teach me?"
His address had changed.
An ordinary official would never say what he said just now.
Although Li Dongyang and Dai Yougong did not move, they also sat upright with solemn faces.
"I dare not."
Jiang Zhou was not a domineering person. He was just angry at the rudeness of these students before, and took advantage of the alcohol to return the greeting.
Others treated him politely, so he returned the greeting.
For a man who spent almost all his spare time in major libraries and trained himself to be a strong talker and a peerless keyboard player on the Internet, this kind of scene is just one sentence.
Fighting, I can't do it.
You can't quarrel!
Jiang Zhou said leisurely: "It is not wrong to take benevolence as the basis and etiquette as the outline."
"The benevolent love others, and people always love them. The court cultivates etiquette to restrain and guide the nature and behavior of the people. If everyone in the world can be benevolent and observe etiquette, then the world will naturally be peaceful."
Li, Dai, and Zhu nodded and agreed deeply.
A scholar said unconvincedly: "This is what we all hold. Do you still need to say it?"
"Haha."
Jiang Zhou laughed and said: "That's the truth, but if we really follow this and regard benevolence, righteousness, and courtesy as the criterion to govern the country and the people, then I'm afraid it will be..."
He glanced at the students and slowly uttered a few words: "The country will perish."
"Bold!"
"Shut up!"
"Absurd!"
His words really caused the students to curse, and even several old teachers couldn't sit still.
Jiang Zhou was neither anxious nor afraid, but just watched them curse quietly.
"Okay!"
Finally, under the dissatisfied eyes of Li and Dai, Zhu Yuanhao shouted to stop.
Everyone was angry and shut up, but still glared at Jiang Zhou.
Zhu Yuanhao swept his stern eyes over the crowd and said, "Please continue, young brother."
Jiang Zhou smiled and said, "What you all want is nothing more than everyone in the world doing good. If there are countless people doing good, and only a few doing evil, "
"In this way, the superiors don't need to work hard at all. Just one clear order, and the few evil people will naturally be drowned and eliminated by the overwhelming trend of the world doing good, and the country will naturally be peaceful."
"I am not very talented and learned, I don't know if what I said is right?"
The noble young man said, "Yes, you, the official, although your words are rough and simple, you have understood some of the truth."
"The two words of benevolence and courtesy are the great way of our Confucianism. If the world can follow the way of our Confucianism, cherish benevolence and observe courtesy, how can it be so difficult? Will there be more disasters?"
Jiang Zhou sighed and said only three words: "Is it possible?"
The noble scholar stood up and said righteously: "Why not? As long as we read poetry and books, understand the classics, and keep our original intentions, when we go to the court one day, we will naturally make this great way popular throughout the world. By then, everyone will be blessed with the benevolence of the king and know the etiquette of the sage king, and it will naturally be accomplished!"
Li Dongyang, who had been sitting and listening quietly, suddenly raised his head and said: "From what you said, it seems that you don't agree with the rule of the country by benevolence, righteousness and etiquette."
"Although you didn't mention it in your words, I, an old man, can hear some of your meaning. What you advocate is the word "law"? "
Jiang Zhou only looked at the long-bearded old man who had been very quiet.
He said a lot, but he didn't say a word related to "law".
Some words can't be said.
After hesitating for a while, Jiang Zhou gritted his teeth. He had said so many big words, so he was not afraid to say more.
He said: "The sage is inside and the king is outside. The sage way is benevolent and virtuous, and the kingly way is to follow the rites. This is a great way, but this great way is blocked."
The students were angry and wanted to rebuke, but Li Dongyang stopped them with his hand and looked at Jiang Zhou seriously.
Jiang Zhou was not afraid: "This world is too big to be governed by one person's opinion."
"I am not advocating the 'law' system, but the way of governing a country cannot be without 'law'."
"If there is no law, killing people can be laughed off. Everyone does not know right from wrong, and only compares whose fist is bigger."
Li Dongyang stroked his long beard and said with interest: "What you said is indeed reasonable, but my great Ji is not lawless, on the contrary,"
"Since the current Majesty ascended the throne, the strictest legislation has been made in the history of history. The most, but why is there still frequent unrest in the world? "
"How many people ignore the strictness of the law, take risks, and violate the law. From this point of view, the word law is not feasible. Isn't it because of people who break the law, don't know benevolence, and don't understand etiquette?"
Jiang Zhou smiled slowly and said, "Old sir, I said 'one law', not law."
Li Dongyang's eyes lit up: "Oh? What's the difference?"
"Humph, deliberately making a mystery..."
Some students muttered in a low voice, and were glared at by Zhu Yuanhao.
"The law is better than one and solid, establish prestige with power, control ministers with skills, and rule the people with laws. The law does not favor the rich, the rope does not bend, the punishment does not avoid ministers, and the reward does not exclude ordinary people. The most taboo is the contradiction between the old and the new, the contradiction between the past and the present, and the change of orders from morning to night."
Jiang Zhou spoke these words quickly with ups and downs.
No matter whether others can understand it or not, he does not intend to explain it. There is no need, and he dares not.
He had not been in the Sujing Division for a long time, but it was enough for him to see many things.
Daji did have strict laws, but it also had many drawbacks.
The problem of not punishing officials and not treating common people with courtesy is also present in this world, and it is even more serious.
Criminal law is for common people.
Etiquette is for nobles.
If common people break the law, they should be punished. If they have done good deeds, it is reasonable and you should do it. It is not worth mentioning.
On the contrary, nobles are not punished for their crimes, do nothing, but can be praised for their merits. There are many people.
Most of the students were confused, and only a few showed a thoughtful look, including Xu Wenqing.
Li Dongyang, Dai Yougong and others listened with excitement.