Chapter 231 The Yellow River

Because it is a true historical instinct, the views in the book only represent my personal views and do not prove anything. Because after writing it later, more celebrities will be involved. Zhao Zhen’s dynasty was too many, including his understanding of Confucianism. If you disagree, please forgive me. Please ask for a monthly ticket.

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"I don't understand," Wang Anshi said honestly.

"Can you clearly explain that gentlemen are harmonious but different, villains are the same but not harmonious?"

According to the mathematical formula, a+b=b+a, that is, two plus one equals one plus two. Then harmony and difference are equal to the same but not the same, but the result is two different, one is a villain and the other is a gentleman.

The problem arises.

Wang Anshi hadn't thought of it for a moment and replied: "No."

Asked about the magistrate Zhao Jun or other officials in Taipingzhou, they could give an answer immediately, but Wang Anshi thought for a moment and replied again: "No."

Those who understand the superficial answers can give five answers, and those who understand the more they can give ten answers, or even twenty answers. Can you explain clearly?

This is not the point, the following is the point.

Zheng Lang also said: "Therefore, it is a gentleman, only harmonious but different, so it is a villain, only the same but not harmonious. Those who are only harmonious but different are called gentlemen, and those who are only the same but not harmonious are villains. If this cycle continues, it will be endless. Therefore, there is no accurate answer to this sentence. Similarly, there is also a gentleman who is calm but not arrogant, a villain who is arrogant but not calm; Duke Wen of Jin is treacherous but not upright, Duke Huan of Qi is righteous but not treacherous, etc. The previous conditions are different, the answers are different, the time is different, the answers are different, and the characters are different, and the answers are also different. I just said one plus one, and now I am talking about it, the time is different, and the location is different, so one is not the current one plus one, so it will not be equal, at most it is similar, or even the opposite may be."

Someone hasn't understood it yet, and is circling around and is a little dizzy.

Some people have understood a little bit that the one plus one mentioned by Zheng Lang is not one plus one, but things. The same thing just now, the same thing, the same thing as the present, will inevitably change as the conditions such as time and place. If the time error is a little, anything will have a difference, or like a battlefield, opportunity will be fleeting in an instant. In the blink of an eye, one seizes a fighter jet and the other fails to catch a fighter jet, which can lead to the life and death of tens of thousands of people. This is an obvious example, not obvious, such as sitting here to chat, but there are certainly subtle differences.

"Therefore, although the Book of Changes says that sixty-four hexagrams and more than three hundred small lines are generated in cycles, they are actually subtle differences in each cycle. In fact, Taoism and Buddhists also have similar theories. This is an objective fact, and no one can avoid it. But compared with the negativeness of Taoism and Buddhism, Confucianism is more effective, hoping to use different situations to keep the favorable side longer. For example, this hexagram evolved from Ben hexagram. What is the current situation? Only one yang line outside, the five lines inside are all yin and soft, which is the most dangerous. Therefore, the villain has a long momentum, and the gentleman should follow the current situation and stop acting at this time. However, there is no absolute stop in the world, and the yin and yang are constantly changing, so this yang line gradually shifts to the core. Although there are many yin lines, it must be

However, it is excluded from the outside. Look at the change of the six lines. The first line is lonely and the five yins are inside, which is the most dangerous. So it is easy to say that zhenwu is, if you stick to the right path and do not know how to change, it is dangerous. The yang line is transferred inward to the second line. This path is not enough, so it is despised and zhenwu is still in danger. Otherwise, it is dangerous. When it comes to the third line, the yang line is peeled on the face and invades the inside, so there is no fault and no major mistakes. The fourth line, invades inside, and the two yins are crossed inside, so it is peeled on the bed, which is bad. In the fifth line, if the palace maid is close to the king and is favored, even if there is no great achievement, there is no great mistake. Finally, it gradually peels it inside and evolves to the Fu hexagram (the upper five yin lines and the lower one yang lines). The right way is revealed. A gentleman can pick huge fruits, and a villain picks them and peels off the roof."

"That is to say, different responses need to be adjusted according to different situations?"

“That’s right, so I say keep up with the times.”

For example, the various legal systems at the beginning of the Song Dynasty were formulated with positive significance at that time, and they quickly moved from chaos to governance. Otherwise, there would be war in the Central Plains. However, after decades of great governance, the system at that time formed serious problems and some adjustments must be made according to the situation.

Needless to say, this is.

With this point, it points out the direction for inclusive adjustment, which is the core.

But how to adjust?

Straight and warm it, simple and without pride.

To be straight is also just, and to be just the mean.

Wen is gentle, and Confucius did not object to courage. He even regarded riding and shooting as the two arts of the six arts and ran around with his sword. But overall, he opposed radical practices, such as gentleness, respect, humility, and dullness. If you are not sure, you cannot use strong medicine. The more powerful the medicine is, the greater the damage.

But when it is time to be forced, it is okay to be brave and benevolent, but why not be sure of oneself? The Song Dynasty is not sure of oneself now. On the contrary, when Zhuge Liang ruled Shu, the country was small, and Liu Bei was defeated by Eastern Wu. At that time, the situation was critical, and it was really time to be sure of oneself.

Song Huizong was so defeated that he was not sure of his own. As long as he did not have a maritime alliance and supported the Khitans at the critical moment, the Khitans would not escape so quickly or surrender. Even if the country was finally destroyed, the Song Dynasty would be prepared, and if it was prepared, it might not be possible to lose most of the country so quickly.

Are the Song army really weak?

Take a look at the battle examples of all sizes and see how they will perform to Dangxiang people next!

Therefore, using gentleness as the prescription will cause less labor pain, less damage, and a greater chance of success.

Simple, concise. The more concise, the easier it is to execute and efficiently. This is the case with administration and the law. Although there are many possibilities for interpretation, the general direction is. On the contrary, the more trivial it is, the easier it is for people to get loopholes, and even to interpret it to the end, contradictory and go to a miserable path.

You cannot have any pride, pride, and self-righteousness. You must have a humble heart, just like walking on thin ice, so that you will not make mistakes or make fewer mistakes.

Straight is the standard and the method, warm is the light and heavy is the measure, simplicity is the degree, and not arrogant is the heart.

The doctrine of the mean interpreted in this way will become the best prescription for the Song Dynasty and even serve as a guiding role for future generations.

Not only governing the country, it can be used in many aspects. For example, if you change to different bosses and subordinates, you must have different strategies, maintain a fair heart, persuade you to speak with gentle words that you can't stand, and persuade you to refuse to listen, and avoid you rationally. It seems very similar to the doctrine of mean that is rare in the eyes of the world, but because of the word "straight" and its nature is completely different, it has more positive significance.

For example, when educating children, you must not be self-righteous. Whatever you want, you must make them do. Be humble, think from the child's perspective, try to simplify the persuasion, and be simple and not arrogant. Then make different adjustments according to his different situations. When encountering difficulties, encourage a few words to prevent him from being angry. When he succeeds, he cannot be proud and complacent. When he is not serious in his studies, he cannot hope that his son will become successful, and he must be beaten and kicked. He must slowly correct him. It is also keeping pace with the times and warming him straight!

What kind of mean is this!

Isn’t it useful to cultivate myself, manage my family, deal with the world, govern the country, and pacify the world?

As for the previous inclusive adjustment, Zheng Lang said to four students along the way that if there is no power in it, he still holds one; if you can learn with him, you can not be with the right one, you can be with the right path, you can be with the right path, you can be with the right path, you can be with the right path, you can be with the right path, you can be with the right path, you can be with the right path, you can be with the right path, you can be with the right path; if there is a way in the world, you can see it, and if there is no way, you can hide it; if the way of a gentleman comes out or where it comes out or where it comes out or where it goes; if it is open but not relaxed, you can not be able to do it, and if it is relaxed but not loose, you can not do it, and if it is open and relaxed, you can be the way of a civil and military; if the government is lenient, the people are slow, and if it is slow, you can be corrected and fierce, the people are broken, and if it is useless, you can be generous.

So, these words contain a strong tolerance or adjustment.

The Doctrine of the Mean was not written by Confucius, but by descendants, and was compiled by scholars during the Qin and Han dynasties.

I never paid attention to it before, and it was not until the Tang and Song dynasties that I gradually realized its value.

But there are many problems in this book with thousands of words. The first one is very good, but the later one gradually goes off topic. Some people tend to be incorrect, and some are still unknown.

So the predecessors had to generally say that the so-called doctrine of the mean is the unity of man and nature, and the way of heaven and human nature are united, but what is the way of heaven and what is the way of human nature is easier to get off topic and not understand what is said.

In the end, it becomes common and becomes a rare confusion.

The more you become, the more petty, and even very vulgar.

However, the dual-purpose interpretations of later generations are quite accurate, but they are inseparable from the small-school spirit and are empty, and they are unable to truly interpret the broad and practical spirit of the mean.

But one thing is that the doctrine of the mean is not what Confucius said, but an academic work developed by descendants based on Confucius' thoughts.

After Zheng Lang's interpretation, the taste is changing, or going further, it is no longer the doctrine of the mean of Confucius, but it is definitely Confucius' doctrine of the mean. All arguments are found from the works of Confucius, Mencius and Xun, or the books they have compiled.

Even the thoughts of these four mantras are all Confucian thoughts.

It is enough. As long as it is "Confucius's doctrine of the mean", Confucianism can accept it.

Even the so-called "keeping pace with the times" is a kind of harmony between man and nature.

However, compared with the other, this mean has a clear core idea, a unity of man and nature, a unity of virtue, a general rule, and a positive universal value!

At first, others still didn't understand, so Zheng Lang made an explanation again.

The fourth little boy suddenly rushed over and happily lifted Zheng Lang up and said, "Doctor Zheng, this is Confucianism!"

It is not just Confucianism, but it is creating a new Confucian system based on the original framework of meanness.

Punishment Zhao Tong carefully savored it, finally understood most of it, and murmured: "What a big doctrine of the mean."

Generally speaking, the current Song Dynasty officials have not had a very bad mentality and are jealous, but it is difficult to find a bad person in the true sense.

The environment caused by this is Liu E and Zhao Zhen, both of whom are wise rulers. The real "treacherous ministers" do not exist in the market. If Cai Jing goes to Zhao Zhen's dynasty, it must be Cai Jing, at most it is Lu Yijian. The most evil person is undoubtedly Xia Shu, but Xia Shu is really like the evil one written in history books?

So Zhao Jun doesn't like Zheng Lang.

He sighed and said, "Master Zheng, you are also retribution in the world."

Regardless of whether this young couple is performing or not, ordinary officials will definitely not be able to do this. So good retribution comes, which makes him suddenly enlightened and finally realizes the Zheng family’s doctrine of mean...

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Zheng Lang was not anxious. If he wanted to interpret it, he had to have some helpers. The helper was three students. Yan Rong could not help for the time being, and the three students had not yet reached that level of academic performance. He was the same, and what he lacked even more was his experience and understanding of society.

The core standards have been established and where have they been placed.

Although this matter spread rapidly with the Three Monuments today, Zheng Lang also maintained a humble heart and turned his attention to government affairs.

His memorial arrived in the capital.

In fact, Lu Yijian has received a lot of news from the letter from Lu Sanshu.

Seeing Zheng Lang's memorial, Zheng Lang's idea was clear when he saw Lu Yijian. This kid is very ambitious and far away. He still doesn't know that Zheng Lang has another great ambition, and the dawn has already appeared.

Anyway, it was speculated that Zheng Lang would make a big move, but there were some problems. Whether it was a circle or a circle, the privately occupied lakes was ultimately a problem. Some wealthy families occupied 2,000 acres of lakes. Anyway, it was a waste lakes, and the government didn't care, but when the land was closed, they had to compensate 2,000 acres of fertile land. What did that become?

Some people took the opportunity to circle the dike in order to seek fertile land when connecting the dike.

Lu Yijian has seen many such tricks.

Therefore, this edict was requested.

This edict has no effect on other places, it is issued as a law, and those wealthy families should still occupy it. However, with this edict, Zheng Lang has the legal evidence, and he can find countermeasures when circulating the dike.

He did not express his opinion and handed the memorial to Li Di.

Li Di was also in distress. Since the beginning of summer, there have been many rains in summer and the Bian River has flooded with disasters. Although it is not serious, the disaster last year was empty, which has further increased the burden on the country. After reading the memorial, Li Di was still an elder and went to the place. Fan Feng was cured of the illness, and when he came back, he was eager to ask the official to lose his reputation. It also allowed Lu Yijian to take the opportunity to get the place. What else do you care about?

After thinking about it, he said, "You must be cautious."

Only said this sentence.

There are also dangers in the southern quanwei, but not in the north. Look at the Bian River. So the output of one acre of land in the north is not as good as the output of four acres of land in the south.

This is also a big deal. It is prohibited to encircle private dikes and occupy the lakes and lakes, which involves the interests of many people. Although after the issuance of this edict, it is questionable that several people were seriously enforcing it. So the two prime ministers joined hands to meet Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen looked at it and said, "Isn't that right? Just let them occupy the lakes and lakes, block the waterways, and the waterways are not smooth. The water disasters in the north are not calm, and the south is about to rise again?"

Li Di swallowed his throat and had to point out: "Zheng Lang may not be the case. He is not aware of his voice. He may want to overhaul the embankment or connect the embankment together, so he asked His Majesty for this edict."

"Is that true?" Zhao Zhen became excited.

This was his last happy time. He was young and promising, committed to working hard and diligent. He occasionally had a happy life with two satisfactory concubines. He even took a small revenge on Wang Mengzheng some time ago.

The cause dates back to a few years ago. He was attracted to Wang Mengzheng's daughter, but Liu E thought he was charming and married the woman to Liu Congde and asked Zhao Zhen to marry Guo back. Zhao Zhen was very unhappy, but he couldn't do it and endured it.

It happened that something happened to the Wang family. His son Wang Qixiong was killed and removed from the list, that is, he would take the lead from top to bottom, and eliminate his fame and title. This case was handled by Cheng Lin when Zheng Lang went to Beijing to worship. But this year he was re-received, and the new Privy Councilor Wang Shu would follow it. Cai Qi shouted: "This is the law, how can you follow it!" He pulled Wang Shu and refused to let him execute it. The next day he reported to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen was about to vent his anger and said hypocritically: "Is it OK to be demoted to the first-class official?"

Cai Qi said it was not possible, so he followed Cai Qiyan.

This incident made him happy a little. You ***, I am the emperor. If you don’t marry your daughter to me, you will be attached to the trend of the fire and marry the Liu family! Now it depends on who has the final say.
To be continued...