Zeng Jing is well-dressed and elegant. Zeng Jing knows that he is a nobody, but others don't know it, so he can pretend.
After he left his hometown, he was not famous, but this did not prevent him from thinking that he was a good person and a celebrity.
A good man shouldn't fight about everything, so he doesn't like fighting.
Celebrities should be able to point the way from a high position, so he doesn't like to argue.
He only likes to comment, and his favorite thing is to be a peacemaker.
Because he discovered that criticizing others can invisibly enhance his own status, and being a peacemaker can often reap benefits for both parties...
The benefit can be money, but it doesn't have to be money.
Most ordinary people don't know why they should fight for some things, and sometimes even if they are justified, most of these people still just pick out some of the things they want to hear because of cognitive problems.
They will not immediately change their original ideas. Just like many ordinary people, no matter which company's food seeds they plant, they can make money anyway, and they don't care whose chip they are. Anyway, the mobile phone is cheap, let alone
What is Chinese and Western medicine all about? Anyway, once the disease is cured, it’s all done.
But some people know it.
So these people will argue about whether they should change or not, and which choice would be better...
Then there are always a small group of people who, under the banner of moderation, play the role of peacemaker, but what they actually do is, to use a common saying, they are trying to deviate from each other.
While shouting, don't fight, we are all brothers...
Then he picked up the one who was being beaten, tied his hands and feet, and pinched his mouth and tongue, but he didn't even say a word to the perpetrator.
Or just dare to fart.
For example, the Manchu-Han conflict.
Don't fight, they are all from the Qing Dynasty!
Whisper to the Manchus, kill a few of them, but don't dirty your hands. These Han people are disobedient. I will educate them. Master, please calm down.
Yelling at the Han people, look, what has this done to you? Look, how many people died because of your struggle? This is all your responsibility! You have to be responsible! The Ming Dynasty was so corrupt, Ming Dynasty
What good is there in the Ming Dynasty? Is it worth fighting for such a Ming Dynasty? Life has to be lived, how can everyone live their lives if you do this, fight back and forth, what kind of barbarian China is it?
For example, the dispute between Chinese and Western medicine.
Don't fight, it's all modern medicine!
Smile in front of capital. You are right. If you don’t have money, how can you treat diseases or take medicine? We are not running a charity hall.
He looked ferocious to the people, "Doesn't it cost money to invest? Does it cost money to do scientific research? How can people survive if the price of medicines is lowered? High medicine prices are not their problem, but your problem! Is it interesting to compete between Chinese and Western medicine? Is Chinese medicine useful?"
?If you want to practice Chinese medicine, you have to waste all the medicinal materials. No, the medicinal materials are not pure, so how can you treat diseases? Chinese medicine is an antique, and now everyone is in modern medicine. What is the difference between Chinese and Western medicine?
Everyone, please stop fighting...
Speak well if you have something to say.
Sometimes such theories can easily confuse people.
So these peacemakers will always take it out to confuse others.
"Why do we need to divide this loyalty, that loyalty, this filial piety, and that filial piety?" Zeng Jing had a righteous look on his face and closed the folding fan with a snap, "They are all loyalty and filial piety, how to divide them? There is no need to divide them, right? It's like
They are ancient scriptures and modern scriptures. They are both scriptures. There is no need to divide them, and there is no need to fight! Isn’t it better for everyone to study the scriptures together and to be loyal and filial to each other than to fight over these? Isn’t it more meaningful?”
Zeng Jing has a loud voice.
Because when he was a child, he knew that talking loudly without being reasonable is nonsense. If you can't get the upper hand, then you can't even fart. So he has to seize the highest and safest position as soon as he comes up. For example, if he is caught stealing peaches, he just needs to shout "you guys"
How can you steal peaches? Then you can change from a lookout to a whistleblower. Maybe you can even get a reward from the owner of the peach and eat some peaches for free.
As for the complaints of other friends, Zeng Jing is also justified. I was on the lookout. I saw the danger coming and reported it in advance. Is it wrong? As for the content of the report, it is not important. What is important is that I did give the warning.
When it comes to responsibilities, what else is there to say? As for you being caught up and beaten, it’s because you couldn’t run fast. Otherwise, why didn’t the others get beaten? Okay, I’ll give you a peach stone. Stop crying and go play.
stop.
"Don't you know what "loyalty" means? Don't you know how "filial piety" is done? Is there anyone here who is not loyal and filial? What is the need to argue? It is said that in order to argue about this matter, the Second Duke actually
..." Zeng Jing shook his head and sighed, with a look of incomprehension and full of sadness, "If there is an error, wouldn't it be a sin? Everyone is good, so what are we arguing about? Aren't these scriptures all Han scriptures?
Aren’t all of you here loyal and filial people? Why should we fight? It’s really a mistake, it’s such a mistake..."
Zeng Jing liked to say such specious words, which seemed to sound correct.
He will not comment on those that are correct, because there is nothing to say, but he will only comment on those that are easily confused and easily distorted, so as to prove that he is smarter than both parties in the argument.
He used this to mark his neutral stance and gain a transcendent status.
Even though he knew that the matter he was arguing about actually had something to do with himself.
But he can treat it as having nothing to do with it, he is just a bystander...
On the surface, it is said that modern and ancient texts are all scriptures, there is no difference, and there is no need to argue. It seems very fair. But in fact, if the ancient texts are no longer in dispute, then modern texts and prophecies will definitely continue to flourish, and what problems will arise later?
, Zeng Jing avoided talking about it.
On the surface, they said that the two old men Zheng Xuan and Sima Hui got sick because of the argument about loyalty and filial piety, which was bad for their health. It sounded like they were caring and considerate, but in fact they were secretly accusing the two old men of being old and confused. It is better for a sensible person like me to understand.
, then can we give way to Xian?
A group of people stood around Zeng Jing, listening and echoing.
These people who listened and echoed may not really agree with what Zeng Jing said, but they were used to listening and echoing, used to not thinking, and then they would soon forget and enter the next reincarnation.
Lu Yu happened to be passing by and heard it. He frowned at the side and stepped forward to stand out from the crowd. He said to Zeng Jing: "Brother, what you said is wrong! Loyalty and filial piety should be fought! If you don't fight, you can't understand the truth! The way of loyalty and filial piety is wrong."
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Lu Yu, Guan Ning and Wang Kai have been at Qinglong Temple for a while, and they are somewhat famous.
When Zeng Jing saw Lu Yu coming, he felt something in his heart. He naturally recognized Lu Yu, but at the moment he pretended not to know him, and quickly interrupted Lu Yu's follow-up words, "Wait! Wait! This is..."
Lu Yu was an honest boy. When Zeng Jing asked, he handed over his hand and said, "I'm Lu Yu. Do you know your brother's surname?"
"Oh..." Zeng Jing also handed over his hand, "I have admired you for a long time. I, Zeng Jing, have met Brother Lu."
"The debate of loyalty and filial piety is not irrelevant, nor is it careless..." Lu Yu still remembered the topic just now, so after saying hello, he continued, "Only when people know loyalty and filial piety can they understand reason, and more..."
"Uh, wait, wait..." Zeng Jing interrupted Lu Yu again, "Brother Lu, stop for a moment, stop for a moment... Well, I heard that your brother once served Yuan Benchu? I wonder if it was Lu Zhonglang's last order? Still?
Yes, Brother Lu has lived in Shandong for a long time and has lived well. Why did he come to Chang'an?"
Where does Lu Yu live and what is his family background? Are they related to the debate about loyalty and filial piety?
Obviously not.
But here in Zeng Jing, it is necessary.
To be a good peacemaker, you must be able to use your strengths, avoid weaknesses, and focus on key points.
Zeng Jing was very good at focusing on key points. Zeng Jing knew that if he argued with Lu Yu about "loyalty and filial piety", he would definitely lose. Because the current concept of "loyalty and filial piety" in the Han Dynasty has deviated from its original meaning. Although it is still called "loyalty and filial piety",
In fact, just like the prophecies in Jinwen Jingxue, they are full of all kinds of selfish desires.
Modern Classics and Ancient Classics are indeed both classics, and there is nothing wrong with this. However, in Modern Classics, too many gentry and aristocratic families intentionally or unintentionally mixed various prophecies into Modern Classics, and then again
They tried their best to turn the Confucian classics, which originally belonged to the public, into the private knowledge of a certain family or clan, just like a scholarly clan, uniting the party and rejecting dissidents.
This problem has become very serious now. It is so serious that even as an emperor, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty would be attacked by a group of people regardless of whether he wanted to open a comprehensive college. What about promoting filial piety and integrity as promised in the early Han Dynasty? It was agreed upon
What about the recommended talents? How come only people from gentry families can be considered talents and can be officials now, while those in Hongdu Academy are not talents. They are all promiscuous and skillful and cannot be officials? The original definition of talents
What is it? It should definitely be measured by the talent's own ability, conduct, morality, etc. How can it be determined by where they were born?
Then the peacemaker always pops up and asks everyone to stop arguing and fighting!
Your Majesty, you see what this Hongdu Academy has done has caused everyone to have opinions, why not withdraw? Isn’t it just an academy?
Everyone, how can you, as ministers, not give the emperor face like this? Your Majesty has withdrawn the academy, so we can no longer make trouble!
Do you have something to say?
It seems that the point of all contradictions is Hongdu Academy.
But what about actually?
Some peacemakers are always really stupid, but most peacemakers are always pretending to be stupid.
Keeping things quiet is in the interest of the "majority". If there is a real argument and the winner or loser is decided, doesn't it mean that you need to change? Whether it is changing your concepts or changing your behavior, you will always have to put in more effort. A lot.
People think that moderation means compromise, or they think it is just compromise. Just like Zeng Jing, he thinks he knows moderation and compromise best.
So even now, Zeng Jing still says that ancient and modern texts are the same.
He feels that he has compromised, or that he has compromised for those who study the modern text, so what kind of trouble will those who study the ancient text make? Hasn't he already admitted his mistake? He has already admitted that the ancient text and the modern text are the same.
Isn't that enough?
Because in Chang'an, after a series of debates, Jin Wen's prophecies were deleted. Jin Wen is no longer the same. Many people began to realize that prophecies were fake and problematic, but what Zeng Jing had learned before was
The Jinwen Sutra, and the Jinwen Sutra has been revised and revised again and again. If everyone "explains it seriously", wouldn't everything you have learned before be in vain? You will have to start learning it all over again.
So Zeng Jing kept silent about prophecies. He only said that modern and ancient texts are scriptures, so everyone should stop arguing and fighting.
If the beating continues, the underwear of those who study Jinwen Jingxue will be exposed!
The same is true for loyalty and filial piety.
Zeng Jing was a famous "filial son" before!
He claimed that after his parents died, he went bankrupt and even buried his parents with debt. Although he looks well dressed now, in fact...
This kind of "filial piety" is in line with the concept of "filial piety" before the Han Dynasty. The more money you spend on funerals after the death of your parents, the more "filial piety" you have.
As for the "filial respect" of parents during their lifetime, others may see it, but no one else can enjoy it!
Only by spending money after death can some people sit down and eat with a smile. So some people preach that they should spend money after death. The more money they have, the more "filial" they have. While eating, their mouths are full of oil.
At the same time, he praised, "What a filial son!"
If Zeng Jing agrees with the new concept of "loyalty and filial piety", then he is not "responsible" to his parents, but he did not "responsible" during his lifetime but "exceeded his responsibilities" after his death. Then what he did before is not
In vain again?
At the same time, his reputation as a "filial son" will also be reduced or even questioned.
Can this be accepted by Zeng Jing? So Zeng Jing must confuse the difference between modern and ancient texts, and must also emphasize that there is no point in arguing about loyalty and filial piety. He must shout loudly, "Stop arguing, stop fighting! Everyone is the same."
ah!"
Otherwise he will become different.
So he didn't let Lu Yu speak smoothly, he started taking words out of context, and he started confusing concepts.
It’s not that he doesn’t understand, he’s pretending to be ignorant.
It's like some people would use novels as historical facts to argue, scold Mr. Luo's Three Kingdoms as unscientific, and then criticize Ma Hou's Three Kingdoms as not rigorous.
Is this a real lake painting, or is it a fake lake painting?
Some public figures in later generations seemed fair and just, and then said that seeds are all seeds, and who produces them are not the same? Chips are all chips, and who makes them are not the same? Medicine is all medicine,
Isn’t it the same regardless of whoever uses the system?
Even though these people know clearly that they are being choked and bullied, they still shout, "Don't fight, stop fighting. Why should we study those old crafts? If there are ready-made ones, don't use them. Isn't it the same?"
Are these people really Hutu, or are they pretending to be Hutu?
There is also the classic saying, "Leave the facts aside."
Or something similar, "Let's not talk about good or bad first", "Don't worry about the truth first"...
Zeng Jing must have been faking it. He not only pretended not to know Lu Yu, but also pretended not to know Lu Yu's experience, and then dug a big hole.
Brother Lu Yu served as a minor official in a local county. He was not an official with Yuan Shao. He just received a share of money and food to support his family. Then he died in the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan. However, when Zeng Jing said this, it seemed that brother Lu Yu took the initiative.
It's the same as going to serve Yuan Shao, and it's Lu Zhi's death?! Lu Zhi is not afraid of power, gives up his official position and returns to his hometown, and then turns around and asks brother Lu Yu to serve Yuan Shao? What does this mean?
Lu Zhi died of illness, so of course Lu Yu had to observe filial piety. In addition, Lu Yu's brother also died during the war. Lu Yu had to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the family at a young age and take care of the whole family. Finally, there was no fighting between Jizhou and Youzhou. Comparatively
Once he was stable, Lu Yu could have the opportunity to leave home and travel. These, in Zeng Jing's words, became a "long-term residence" in Shandong, and he lived well...
This long-term residence is certainly remarkable.
Does staying for one day count as a long stay?
Does staying for one year count as long-term residence?
What is the purpose of a person who has lived in Shandong for a long time coming to Chang'an?
What is the motive of a person who has lived in Shandong for a long time to argue?
Of course Lu Yu understood the implication, but although he understood it in his heart, he was clumsy and was not good at hurried arguments, so after being disrupted by Zeng Jing again and again, he fell into Zeng Jing's trap.
in the trap.
Lu Yu described his situation in an attempt to explain the overall situation, but would the people around him really care about Lu Yu's situation and how many bowls of noodles he had eaten?
Many people just want to see blood.
Zeng Jing knew this, so after he led Lu Yu onto the path of self-realization, he became very relaxed and at ease...
Come on, prove that your father is your father and your brother is your brother.
I don't care about good or bad, past or present, or whether loyalty or filial piety is right or wrong. I just want to look at the evidence. After you prove it, your father is your father and your brother is your brother. Then we'll talk about other things.
Seeing Lu Yu anxious and blushing, everyone burst into laughter, feeling very happy.
The more anxious Lu Yu was and the more he said things were not going with the flow, the happier everyone became.
Ha ha ha ha.
Do the onlookers care who wins and who loses?
They also care, they will follow whoever wins, but what they want more is happiness, and sometimes happiness is even more important than being right.
Wang Kai came late for a while, and then saw Lu Yu being embarrassed, and became furious. He turned around and saw Zeng Jing, but felt that he looked familiar. After thinking about it, he suddenly realized...
Wang Kai pushed through the crowd, walked up to Zeng Jing in a few steps, grabbed Zeng Jing's collar with his hands, and shouted, "Little thief! So you are here!"
"What...what (O_o)??" Zeng Jing didn't know why, "You just recognized the wrong person!"
"I'm not wrong! You thief, what else do you want to steal?!" Wang Kai shouted loudly, "What? You can pretend to be a good person just by wearing decent clothes?!"
"You, you, you, you are such a mouthful!" Zeng Jing twisted Wang Kai's hand, trying to break away from Wang Kai's control, "You wronged me! You wronged a good person! I am not a thief! I am not a thief!"
Wang Kaiwen was not good at learning, but his family wealth was good, so he was able to eat well and have a majestic body. His ability was something that Zeng Jing could easily break free of?
"What injustice? Last time you stole five books at the Anthology Bookstore! You were caught!" Wang Kai still shouted, "I was there! I saw it with my own eyes!"
"I gave you the money! You gave me the money!" Zeng Jing's face turned a little pale. He didn't say whether he stole it or not, "I gave him the money!"
Wang Kai was not actually present, but Wang Kai was rich, so he was basically a popular big customer wherever he went, and it was no exception in the bookstore. So he saw that the clerks in the bookstore were very wary of Zeng Jing's arrival, and their expressions
He asked when something was wrong, and then the bookstore clerk naturally had no need to protect Zeng Jing's secrets.
"You stole five books! Then you wanted to give money to just one book! But you were caught!" Wang Kai sneered, "You call this giving money? I will go to your house and collect all the books in your house."
Is it okay to move them all away and then just give you money for one book? The bookshop shopkeeper was kind and didn’t delve into the matter. He didn’t ask you for money for the other four books and treated them as gifts. In the end, you didn’t feel ashamed and gave them to you.
How dare you show off here! What qualifications do you have to bark here?! How can you have the face to talk about loyalty and filial piety?! Bah! You still claim to be a scholar!
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Wang Kai cursed and then pushed Zeng Jing.
Zeng Jing staggered and almost fell to the ground.
Everyone around him booed.
Zeng Jing quickly covered his face, held his head and ran away.
Seeing that there was no excitement to be seen, everyone around them slowly dispersed while talking about what had just happened, and then went to find the next place of excitement.
Lu Yu stood there blankly, "He...is he really a book thief?"
Wang Kai nodded and said: "That's right, and I stole it more than once... Well, there must be more than five books... The bookstore guy said that they kept losing books for a while, and then they started to pay attention... Brother Lu, you are like this
What are people arguing about? If such people knew good and evil, they wouldn’t steal books!」
Lu Yu scratched his head, "I thought...forget it, I really didn't see it..."
