outside the pavilion.
Old General Xue has been praising Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan for their youth and promising, Xue Yuan stood by the side with his hands behind his back and looked at the people in the pavilion.
Chang Yuyan suddenly smiled and said, "Jiuyao, have you read the article on the saint?"
Xue Yuan said lazily, "Look."
"This method is truly indescribable," Chang Yuyan sighed, "A little thing can be used to read a sentence. If it benefits the people of the world, where in the world will there be people who can't read?"
Xue Yuan did not speak. Chang Yuyan took a few steps to his side, covered his hands and whispered, "Jiu Yao, is this method really thought up by Mrs. Li?"
Xue Yuan lifted his eyelids and gave him a look, "What do you want to say."
"This method is good, but it's not popular," San Yu said. "Don't say anything else, just say the words of the sage. Different reading of the sentence can turn the words of the sage into different meanings. It is a guise to satisfy one's own desires. The gentlemen in my family used the words of the saints to make their own profits. How much has the words of the saints been misinterpreted since ancient times? Words, if this method should be used, then which school of sentence should we follow? Not only the words of sages, but there are many sage books in the world. If every book uses this method, then people of all races and sects will not Are you going to hate him to the core?"
Xue Yuan's eyes flashed, "If this is really what Mrs. Li came up with?"
Chang Yuyan laughed and gloated, "That's really a great scholar who cares about the world today, I can't compare, no matter how many poems I've written, I can't compare."
"You did not write poetry for the world, but to anger your father and clan, for fame and fortune," Xue Yuan, "I see that you have read so many sages' words and fed them all into the belly of dogs."
"This is because the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked," Chang Yuyan said calmly, "The gentleman who taught me to read only talked about these words, but never put them in his heart. The officials in the court were even more oblivious. As long as they change the word or read the sentence at will, they stand above the righteousness, and they can say whatever they want. No one is better than anyone in the muddy water. Do you think it is easy to promote this thing? I'm afraid that once it comes out, it will provoke public anger."
Xue Yuan smiled and said, "That's why the sage called you and Lord Chu here."
Chang Yuyan was startled.
What is good for the Han Shi and not good for the upper ranks, naturally, the upper ranks should be used to fight the upper ranks. The Holy Master should use strength to help, and the Han Shi and the common people only need to wave the flag behind their backs and shout.
Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan were born in an official family, and they were talented and famous. They were unswerving royalists. Xue Yuan felt a pity for them not to start.
Xue Yuan glanced at him with a smile, stepped aside, grabbed a servant in Li's house, and asked his youngest son in Li's house.
Chang Yuyan was stunned for a while before slowly following up, "Li's youngest son, named Li Huan, I know this person."
The little servant said tremblingly, "Yes, this lord is right."
Xue Yuan let go of the servant and looked towards the gazebo. After the sage had finished talking to Li Bao, the old man was helped down by the servant with a haggard look, and the clothes around his neck were soaked with sweat.
Gu Yuanbai glanced down in the pavilion and happened to meet him. The corners of his lips were slightly hooked, and he turned to the other person, "All come and sit next to me."
A few people came forward, Xue Yuan was the farthest, but three steps and two steps quickly passed the crowd and jumped up the steps, sitting next to the saint, and said in a low voice: "Are you tired?"
Gu Yuanbai said, "It's okay."
Xue Yuan thought for a while, "Does the sage recognize Li Huan, the youngest son of the Li family?"
Gu Yuanbai snorted coldly, "He has a face but no brains, he's just an idiot."
The sage seldom speaks so harshly, even Xue Lin's brainless thing, Gu Yuanbai is very personable after being frightened by the wolf. Xue Yuan changed the topic casually, but he was more concerned about it.
Gu Yuanbai looked at the two young talents, "Two ministers, the punctuation issue is very important. Regarding the safety of the master, please don't publicize it now."
Both Chang Yuyan and Chu Wei nodded.
The sage ordered a few more things, and the two remembered them one by one. After retreating, Chu Wei suddenly felt blessed. After leaving the pavilion, he looked back, but between the hidden fences, he saw Xue Yuan's hand on the back of the sage.
The five fingers are separated, strong and strong, and are placed intimately between the waist of the saint.
Chu Wei looked at this for a long time, Jun Ting's eyebrows were a little dazed, when Chang Yuyan wanted to look back in doubt, Chu Wei suddenly recovered, and walked forward quickly, "Brother Chang, We should go."
Chang Yuyan didn't notice anything and said, "Okay."
*
Five days later, on the morning of the morning, the ministers finished their discussions, but the sage did not leave the morning, but spoke the words of the sage with emotion.
"I am touched by the benevolence of the sage Confucius," Sheng Shang said, "every word of the sage Confucius is handed down from time to time. Everyone admires me, Daheng has come out in large numbers, and the role of the sage's words cannot be ignored. ."
The Confucian scholars in the court couldn't help showing a humble look.
The sage's voice changed, "I often feel that I can't let everyone in the world learn the words of the sage. My grandfather is also worried about this. Li Bao is a great scholar in the world. He has studied the principles of Confucian sages for decades. He is old now, but in order to allow the people of the world to listen to the words of the sage, and to allow the scholars of the world to acquire the knowledge of the sage, he came up with a good method."
"Come on," the saint said, "please my grand master to come to court."
Baiguan didn't expect such a scene, they turned their heads and looked back, surprised.
The already gray-haired imperial teacher Li Bao walked into the hall step by step.
He's getting old, and so is his body. If he had some ambitions when he was young, he would have been extinguished by a weakened life now. But even Li Bao could not escape the pursuit of a literati to be famous in history.
Longevity in the annals of history, highly praised by later generations.
With death and family prosperity looming behind him, every word of the saint poked into Li Bao's heart.
Li Bao was leaning on crutches, trembling with every step. His eyes swept across the bright red palace carpet under his feet. The magnificent palace was still as majestic and tall as before, with dragon and phoenix Pan Teng and twelve coats of arms on the golden pillars.
He slowly looked around at the officials.
They all wore official robes and could walk. The dark official robe is added to the body, and there is a heavy majesty in the silence.
These are the people that the sage asked Li Bao to deal with.
Many of them had been to Li Bao's house and asked Li Bao to correct their articles. Many of these people were more and more famous talents and Confucian scholars, and they were representatives of various factions.
Li Bao retracted his eyes from them and finally walked to the front of the hall. He threw away his crutches and knelt down tremblingly.
"Chen Li Bao pays homage to the sage!"
"Get up," Gu Yuanbai said, "come here, help Taifu to get up."
After Li Bao was supported by the eunuch to stand up, he held up a stack of thick papers in his hand, "Sir, this is what this minister wants to offer!"
The eunuch stepped forward to take it, Gu Yuanbai took one out and looked at it, his mouth twitched, his eyes looking at Li Bao became more gentle, and he turned his head to the eunuch and said, "Leave these in the hands of the ministers."
Five eunuchs filed out from the side, and immediately called these papers into the hands of the ministers. Baiguan was either puzzled or curious. After he lowered his head to read it, his heart shrank and he couldn't believe it.
Li Bao took a few breaths, and in the eyes of the sage, he explained the functions of these punctuation marks one by one.
Gu Yuanbai nods from time to time, with a very agreeable and appreciative expression.
What is on the paper is not "The Controversy of Cao Hui" written by Gu Yuanbai that day, but two paragraphs of "Warring States Policy" that Li Bao himself tried to write with punctuation.
The two paragraphs are few, succinct but said everything.
After Li Bao finished explaining, the entire hall was silent as if there were still voices.
Someone was shocked and said, "How can this work?!"
"Why can't this be used?" The sage looked at him lightly, "I think Li Qing's words are good, and the method is good. With this method, people in the world can no longer waste their energy and time on learning sentence and reading, something that is beneficial to all the people. , isn't it exactly what the sage Confucius said, there is no class?"
The interrogator was speechless.
Li Bao's lips trembled, "The sage's words are very true! This method, this method... I urge the sage to use this method for sentence reading, so as to popularize the people!"
As soon as these words came out, Baiguan was in an uproar.
One by one the officials stood up excitedly and said loudly to the sage no, but if they were asked why they were no, they couldn't say anything else. Some Han Shi officials in the imperial court were tangled, but before they came forward, some ministers who had talked with the sage a few days ago stood up resolutely.
The entire courtroom was noisy like a vegetable market.
Gu Yuanbai looked at the hundreds of officials below who didn't want the slightest image. Some of them even rolled up their sleeves and blushed. The etiquette spoken by the sage Kong was forgotten. Look, this is full of benevolence and righteousness. Courteous officials.
What they value is not the saint at all, but the fame and fortune represented by the saint.
The bustling world is for profit, and the bustling world is for profit.
There are not no pure Confucian scholars, but those who are ups and downs in the officialdom are rarely able to maintain their original aspirations.
The sage stood up slowly on the dragon chair, and the eunuch beside him shouted: "Quiet—"
Baiguan seemed to realize that it was above the main hall, and they closed their mouths abruptly, their faces turned pale.
Gu Yuanbai descended the steps step by step, pointed at the chaotic group of officials, and the anger in the calm was faint, "Look at you! You have read so many sage books in vain, look at what you are now! What a difference!"
"What are you rolling up your sleeves for? Are you going to beat your head and blood in front of me!" Gu Yuanbai's face finally stopped calm, and anger burned in his eyebrows, "Absurd! Extremely absurd!"
The officials who were scolded by the sage pointing their noses turned pale, and turned red with shame.
"A mouth full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and a mouth full of serving the country and the people, I think it's ridiculous to see you all like this," Gu Yuanbai snorted coldly, his chest still heaving violently, "If you can't say it well, then it's not good to say it. Where, I don't think you feel bad, it's your own selfish desires, looking at these punctuation marks brought by the master, what you see in your eyes is not the words of saints, not the people of the world, but the power you only want to see.' The word for power and the word for "profit" of fame and fortune!"
Baiguan's breathing stagnated, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground, making a dozen uneven muffled noises, cold sweat soaked through his back, and said in panic, "I don't dare to wait!"
"Don't you dare?" Gu Yuanbai looked at them gloomily, "Then tell me. Where is Huang Qing, Zhou Qing, Shangshu? Where is Jiuqing? Stand up for me and tell me what's wrong with Taifu's method. , where can't it be used!"
The minister was silent.
Gu Yuanbai said, "Tell me?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Housing came forward first, "I feel that there is nothing wrong with it, it can be used, and it can be used naturally."