Chapter 157: The left and right civil and military scholars

After the prefect's speech was over, the instructor asked the head of the three test cases to come forward, burn incense to Confucius on behalf of the students, and then made a promise. Tang Shunzhi was the prefect, so he could naturally be careless and silent but nothing was wrong. He had to honestly recite the words given by the prefecture school in advance, and then quickly stepped down from office.

In the eyes of everyone, this is already an amazing honor, enough to boast about your grandson decades later. But people cannot compare with each other, and it will be pissing people off... When the ceremony ended, the adults took a step forward and walked to the door, the prefect suddenly turned around and said, "Sincere words, you are leaving, your studies will be taught by me."

A jealous or envious look immediately fell on Shen Mo. Even though his face was as good as the city wall, he felt a little embarrassed and quickly responded and followed Lao Tang into the sedan chair.

In the sedan chair, the two of them were like serious people, saying that the weather was really good today, but as soon as they arrived in the inner room and study of the prefect's office, Tang Shunzhi showed a disrespectful smile and said, "What a boy, are you proud of? Uncle Master treats you well, right?"

Chen Si rolled his eyes and said, "My uncle, how many people want to drag me down and replace him with this sedan chair by himself?" As he said that, he stretched out his hand and gestured, "I offended at least a hundred people now."

Tang Shunzhi burst into laughter and twisted his beard and said, "I have never understood one thing. Please help explain... How could my senior brother, the old-fashioned Taoist master, teach you such a student?" He said with regret: "You should be my Tang Jingchuan student."

Chen Si shook his head and smiled, "I really can't answer this if I will be a teacher for one day and be a father forever."

However, Tang Shunzhi did not joke with him anymore, but said in a deep voice: "I really want you to pass on my robe and mantle... or help me pass on my robe and mantle, so that I will not lose what I have learned in my life."

Chen said softly: "Then I will tell the truth. I respect Yangming Gong very much, respect my master very much, and admire you, uncle..."

"But what?" Tang Shunzhi asked with a smile.

"But I don't want to get involved with the current Wang Xue disciples." Silently said: "I admit that many of them have truly realized the study of the mind and worked hard for the country and the people, but most of the disciples of Wang Xue have completely become pure talk... or even empty talk. They talk about 'flowers and trees' and their hearts' all day long, talking about ambition and ideals, but avoiding talking about 'unity of knowledge and action'." As they said, they said with a sarcasm: "I think they are more terrible than the nerds of Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism... At least they know how to cultivate themselves, manage their families, govern the country and pacify the world, but they have already chased those famous scholars of the Wei and Jin dynasties like rice insects! I dare to say responsibly that these people will definitely lose their eternal reputation in the future."

Tang Shunzhi looked silent as if he didn't know him, and said softly: "How come you learn as sharp as Xu Wei?"

"There are two reasons. One is that I feel that I lack some edges and corners." Silently said bluntly: "It's not a peaceful and prosperous era now, but there are still some edges and corners to stand out." After saying that, he looked at Tang Shun calmly: "Second, uncle is a century-old genius, a scholarly celestial being. The glory behind him must be immortal forever. Why bother with those people and make his reputation amazement?"

After silence, the inner room was very quiet. Tang Shunzhi sat upright on the large chair and looked at him calmly, his eyes extremely clear, like a scheming child, and like an old man who had seen all the world and understood it thoroughly.

As soon as he saw that gaze, Chen Mo secretly scolded himself for being troublesome in his heart. Only then did he realize that Tang Shunzhi was a person like Wang Yangming... Even if it was not as good as it was, it was not far away. Such a person had wisdom beyond the ordinary, and everything in the world was like a flower tree in the forest, all in his mind. Is there any question that people can't see through? Isn't he showing off his skills or what?

Sure enough, Tang Shunzhi said lightly: "I have a lot of good words, but you care too much about fame... reputation." He originally wanted to say "fame and fortune", but fame is beneficial, and fame is not divided, so when he speaks, he changed his mind to the point.

The silent body tightened slightly, but did not refute.

Tang Shunzhi asked softly: "Do you think reputation is important, or do something practical?"

What else can you say when silence is, you can only say that ‘the latter is important’.

"But in this world, what can one do alone?" Tang Shunzhi said lightly: "Do you know how many people are fighting behind every decision of the court? There are no less than a hundred people on both sides, from the Grand Secretary to the Kedao censors, all of them appear as groups. They have behind the scenes, some charge, some shaking flags, and even those who fall into the other party's undercover. Each person does his best, but his goal is to fight against the party's differences, and that is, the party is the same!"

"Not to mention the local area, it is a continuation and branch of the court struggle, no exception at all." He said, "It's like a green-skinned war on the street, now it's all fighting in groups. If you have to fight one-on-one, even a tiger can't beat a group of wolves."

"You didn't go inside Wang Xue, so you don't understand how powerful this circle is." Tang Shunzhi said lightly: "Even I was only in contact with a part of the people, but there were two major officials in the Wang Xue faction, six ministers, six ministers and ministers of the six ministers in Beijing, and only one official in the six ministers in Nanjing was not missed. At least 30% of the officials in the border areas were all over the country. There were countless officials of various colors, including the censors and censors... and there were countless scholars in the wild and retired officials, which were powerful forces."

Silence was shocked. He did not expect that the Wang Xue faction, who was suppressed several times by Emperor Jiajing, would live so prosperous and unrestrainedly... 'If you could hold these powers in your hands, wouldn't even the emperor be bullied?' A thought passed through his heart and quickly suppressed it. You should not even think about such a crazy idea.

Seeing his surprised expression, Tang Shunzhi smiled with some bad taste: "But you don't have to be too scared. Although there are many members of Wang Xue, they are not as powerful as you think. Otherwise, they would not even be allowed to give public lectures. Because Wang Xue itself has several schools, such as the Nanzhong School founded by my master Mr. Longxi, and the Taizhou School founded by He Xinyin's master Wang Gen. They each have their own opinions and are not united... For example, their Taizhou School advocates that "they must first stabilize the country before fighting foreign countries, so they should be strict first and then resist the Japanese." As he said that, he pointed to his nose and said: "But I advocate fighting the Japanese first and then resolutely... I was labeled as a strict party for this."

Chen Shu chuckled, "I heard that Uncle Master was recommended by Zhao Wenhua?" Zhao Wenhua is Yan Song's godson and number one minion. If you have something to do with such a person, Yan Party's stigma cannot escape.

Tang Shunzhi spread his hands and said, "The Yan Party is in power, and the old holy family is in high spirits, and it is impossible to shake it for a while, but the Japanese/pirates will not wait, and I, the Ming Dynasty, cannot afford to wait. If I distance myself from the Yan Party and do not accept the appointment of the court, I have to squat in the countryside to study... That will make my reputation complete, but what is the use of my Ming Dynasty today?"

After listening to Tang Shunzhi's words, he remained silent for a long time before sighing: "I haven't reached this level yet..."

"It's okay," Tang Shunzhi shook his head and smiled, "I'm saying so much to you. I don't want you to misunderstand me. I don't want you to join you... Maybe they have this idea, but I don't. I just simply ask you to take my robes and pass on what I have learned throughout my life." With a long sigh, he said slowly, "You also know that I, Tang Shunzhi, have not been in office for 16 years. During these 16 years, I lived in a villa, remote city, and swept the traces. I pay attention to day and night, forget to sleep and eat, and read the hundreds of sons, the allusions of the country, the books of the law, and the books of the law, and learn to shoot and calculate! Learn astronomical law, and learn to be acquainted! Learn to be a mountain, river, and the geography! Learn to be a military strategy and battle formation! From the small skills of military crafts, I can see everything in learning."

As he said that, he took out a piece of silk bag of one foot thick from under the table, and slowly opened it, he said: "It's not me, Tang Jingchuan, who boasted about astronomy, music, geography, military tactics, arc sagittals, Pythagoreans, and bizarre birds! I have already understood the three flavors of it." The silk bag opened, which was six thick handwritten books. He cherished and explored these six books that embodies his life's hard work and said: "This is a six books compiled by me, "Left", "Right", "Wen", "Martial Arts", "Confucianism", and "Bai". Although it covers a lot, it is all about practical learning."

"Six episodes are passed down to the world, and scholars cannot test their mystery. Only true talents can understand them," he said proudly, "If you master one of them, you can build a great achievement that shocks the past and the present!"

He looked at him suspiciously and said to himself: "You understand all six books, why haven't you seen the sun rise in the sun?"

Tang Shunzhi naturally saw silent disbelief and smiled bitterly: "My essence, blood, qi and veins have all been integrated into these six books. Don't look at me now, but I'm actually exhausted and have little life... I want to do something, but I can't ask for anything." As he said that, he lifted his clothes and knelt down to Si Si and said: "Please, please do me for this help. Pass these six books to the right person to carry forward them, so that I can be content with it..."
Chapter completed!