The second person was a young scholar in his twenties. He first stood up and bowed his hands to Shen Chen and said, "I am going to Shanyang Li Kai to follow my eldest son Ya Gong to inherit his career."
He is not a local scholar in Jingzhou, but a student of the famous scholar Wei Xi. Obviously, this also represents Wei Xi's attitude.
Shen Chen cupped his hands and said, "You're polite, please sit down."
The two sat down and Li Kai said: "I followed my teacher to study the "Book of Filial Piety". The former king had the most virtuous principles to obey the world, the people were harmonious, and there was no resentment between superiors and inferiors. It was all because of filial piety. Sikong avenged his father and served the world. The most filial person is now serving the emperor, supporting the Han Dynasty, and maintaining both loyalty and filial piety. Why should Xiao Lang disobey Sikong?"
Shen Chen smiled and said: "Since we are studying the "Book of Filial Piety", we should know that "those who love their relatives do not dare to be evil to others; those who respect their relatives do not dare to be arrogant to others. Love and respect are done in serving relatives, and moral education is imposed on the people. , punished all over the world." If Cao Cao really abides by his filial piety, why did he slaughter hundreds of thousands of Xuzhou residents? Didn't they have parents and heirs?"
"Forehead"
Li Kai was speechless for a moment.
Shen Chen suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "Oh, I think about it. Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou completely. Naturally, there will be no children to honor their parents, which is good. Confucius said: Those who love their relatives dare not do evil to others, no If you dare to be arrogant to others, as long as you kill them all, you don't have to be evil to others, be arrogant to others, and use the lives of others to fulfill your own false filial piety. Cao Cao is very filial."
"well."
Li Kai sighed, cupped his hands, and left the table.
The third person came up, and this person came up and said: "Cao Cao used the position of Sikong to control the six laws of founding the country, and assisted the king in governing the country. The expedition against Zhang Xiu was a formal military punishment. It is in line with etiquette and law. How could he not do it?"
This person is in charge of "Book of Rites".
Shen Chen nodded and said, "Is it etiquette for an adulterous aunt?"
The man looked embarrassed and had to leave.
The fourth person who ruled was "Zuo Zhuan" and said: "Zhuzhuang Gong and Yi Shegu were drinking and went out privately. They begged for meat. They took the staff and knocked it. How can the beggar beg for meat?"
The implication is that you, a lowly person, how can you offend someone in a superior position?
Shen Chen sneered and said: "Are you the one who governs Zuo Zhuan but not the Book of Rites? At night, the concubine will hold a candle on the steps of the gate, the palace minister will hold a candle on the west steps, the people of Dian will hold a big candle in the courtyard, and those who are in jail will hold candles. A big candle was placed outside the door. The guests were drunk and sat in the north to take the recommended breasts. Yi Shegu herself was rude, so how could she say that it was an offence? What's more, even Confucius did not regard things as humble, but you looked down on a person. , are your ancestors all princes of all ages?"
"this"
The fourth person was stunned.
Those who study "Zuo Zhuan" are indeed less likely to study other classics, because "Zuo Zhuan" itself has nearly 200,000 words. From the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, countless people studied "Zuo Zhuan", and many famous scholars and scholars left behind There are also many books.
Just one copy of "Zuo Zhuan" and its derivatives and the chapters left by various masters may amount to millions of words. At that time, it was possible to study it for a lifetime, so it was normal not to study other books.
Shen Chen rolled his sleeves and said, "Master, you don't care about poverty and lowliness but admire others, and don't care about wealth and honor but want to be motivated by the middle." You don't even know the whole story, and you are ashamed of being humble and love vanity. You are really vulgar and stupid. !”
The man's face froze, and he hid his face and left.
Soon a fifth person came up and said: "Confucius's ditch and the tombs can be used to hide the master's disloyalty." Although Sikong was a little cruel, he had to do it because the country was in danger. Besides, there are also benevolent and righteous people who make people feel cruel. When doubts arise, a gentleman should change his duties, so that he can respect the emperor and humble his ministers, and achieve great political success."
Shen Chen's face darkened, and he waved his hand and said, "Fork out!"
At that moment, soldiers rushed over and wanted to drag the fifth person away.
The man shouted: "Why are you rude?"
Shen Chen said: "The purpose of consolidating the tombs in Fuzigou is to stabilize the arrogant Ji Pingzi and prevent the destruction of Lu, so that Duke Ding can regain the throne in the future. What is the purpose of Cao Cao's massacre of Xuzhou? It is to sacrifice human breasts to the emperor. Is it true? To compare the virtuous Master and Yan Hui with the ungrateful Cao Cao, how can such clever words and tricks be used to trap Master Yan Hui into unrighteousness?"
The man's face was ashen and he was dragged out. Many other students did not dare to say anything because of the majesty of the soldiers.
Then the sixth person, the seventh person, and the eighth person came up one by one. These people talked from a relatively general angle. They said that Shen Chen was not loyal and patriotic when he resisted Cao Cao. They said that he should not get involved in the important affairs of the court. There were even some It is inappropriate to say that he avenged his relatives.
Shen Chen retorted one by one, and what he said was reasonable and convincing.
Basically there is no one who can fight.
Because Shen Chen's argument is also very reasonable, what he focuses on is to separate Cao Cao and Liu Xie, and not let those Confucian scholars bind Cao Cao and Liu Xie together.
Otherwise, they would claim that whatever Cao Cao did was backed by the Emperor.
As long as we hold on to this point, everything will be easy to say.
If you say that resisting Cao Cao is not loyal to the emperor and patriotic, does that mean that Cao Cao is equal to the country, and where does that put the emperor?
You said he was doing it in the name of the Emperor.
good.
Where is the edict?
How about a holiday without an edict?
If there are none, then he is sending troops privately.
Why can't I fight with the princes when they send troops privately?
Just because he is called Cao Cao?
As for saying that he shouldn't take revenge, it's even more ridiculous.
Although in the late Han Dynasty, with the decline of Gongyang Ru, the idea of great revenge has gradually declined.
But there is still a market for it.
What's more, Cao Cao's expedition to Xuzhou was in the name of avenging his father.
He, Cao Cao, can take revenge.
I can not?
Why?
Double standards are not such double standards.
Therefore, under Shen Chen's firepower output like a series of cannons, many Confucian scholars were almost sprayed away.
They were defeated one by one, and soon more than ten were lost.
The reason for this is that the people who came here are just young scholars.
If they were replaced by their teacher, their combat effectiveness would definitely be different, which might put some pressure on Shen Chen.
But they are just a bunch of young Confucian scholars who have not learned their skills well and are just trying their best.
Although Shen Chen had not studied Confucianism for a long time, only six or seven years, his dialectical logical thinking was much better than theirs, and he easily defeated these people.
After nearly half of the losses were lost, those who came no longer dared to step forward and stood around, cowering.
There was silence in the courtyard, and everyone's faces were different.
The scholars who came to find trouble all looked unhappy, but they were refuted by others, that is, they were not good at their studies, and no one could blame them.
The villagers didn't really understand what they were talking about, but when they saw Shen Chen fighting one against ten, spraying each other with shame and leaving them ashamed, they knew that he had won a great victory, so they watched with relish.
Some of the theatergoers were glad that they were not looking for trouble, otherwise they would have been scolded by a twelve-year-old child in public and would have lost all face.
Pang Tong and Xu Shu looked at each other with great interest. Shen Chen's debate was extremely brilliant. Even if they had been in their place, they might not have been so quick-witted, so they sincerely admired his talent and learning.
After a while, Shen Chen saw that no one was sitting in front of him, so he laughed and said, "Why, is this all you have?"
Hu Shang and Wen Xia never appeared. They looked at each other and shook their heads silently.
After checking their eyes, they couldn't figure out who he was.
But some reckless men stood up and yelled: "Why are you so arrogant as a child with a yellow mouth? Who is not older than you and who is not senior to you? You are vulgar when you open your mouth, but you are stupid when you are silent. You are just a child, how dare you do this? Is this chatty?"
It's started, it's started.
Shen Chen was shocked, and someone finally started to attack him personally.
He immediately jumped up like a spring and roared at the man: "The Master said: When you are young, you will not become a younger brother; when you grow up, you will have nothing to say; when you grow old and do not die, you are a thief. You are old and have no virtue, and you are a human being. How can you be so rude that you will die?"
"With your character and talent, how can you educate students?"
The man didn't dare to show weakness and immediately responded.
Shen Chen calmly said: "Why can't I? There is no predecessor in learning, and those who are masters are teachers. Xiang Luo became Confucius' teacher at the age of seven. Not to mention my talent and learning, everyone knows it. Who can beat me?"
"Are you virtuous?"
The man asked back.
Shen Chen sneered and said, "Whether I am virtuous or not is not something you can evaluate."
The man smiled and said, "Can the villagers comment?"
"nature."
Shen Chen said seriously: "All the surrounding villagers can comment on my virtue."
The man said: "I heard that you stole pigs and grain from the village pavilion a few days ago, and the carriage even scratched someone's trousers while running away. Is this possible?"
"There is no such thing."
Shen Chen flatly denied it.
The man suddenly laughed: "Where is Xiao Da?"
Someone among the crowd came out timidly, and when Shen Chen looked at him, his eyes averted.
This person was the lazy man I met at Hanyang Juxiang Pavilion a few days ago.
Shen Chen looked at it and frowned slightly.
He didn't expect that this person would actually come to frame him.
Seeing that the situation had changed, Hu Shang immediately came to the man and asked, "Brother Zhao Lang, what's going on?"
That person was the Anzhong Zhao family, named Zhao Ran, and his family was located in the north of Hanyangju.
He whispered to Hu Shang: "I passed by Mianshui and met this man. I learned some things. Today I have a good look at Shen Chen."
Hu Shang happily patted his shoulder and said, "Then please leave it to Brother Zhao Lang."
"rest assured."
Zhao Ran replied in a low voice, then walked to Shen Chen and said to the surrounding villagers: "Everyone, there are witnesses to this man's stealing of pigs and grains. Do you want to hand over your children to such an unscrupulous person?" him?"
"No, is this true?"
"this"
"Could it be Shen Xiaolang? I don't believe he is such a person."
"But they have witnesses."
There was an uproar around me, I never expected something like this to happen.
Although personal morality is a fantasy thing, and Cao Cao's personal morality is very poor, he is the most powerful person in the world.
But when it comes to teaching and educating people, people naturally want people with good moral ethics to be in charge.
If you don't have enough virtue, why should you be someone else's teacher?
So now that it is revealed that Shen Chen has really done these things, I am afraid that his reputation will soon spread throughout the countryside.
"He said nonsense. It was obviously the pig we bought. That day when we were gathering in Hanyang, a family's pig happened to be lost. It was somewhat similar to the pig we bought. Xiao Lang was afraid that they would misunderstand, so he put the pig in that family's house first. At home, he said that he would return it to Xiaolang after he found the pig."
Before Shen Chen could say anything, his bodyguard Shen Qi was unhappy and immediately stood up and pointed at Xiao Da Dao: "As for this guy, he just falsely accused the young man. The young man was kind-hearted and gave him 300 yuan to buy pants. And so on. How can we trust the words of scoundrels?"
That Xiao Da was actually bribed by Zhao Ran to frame Shen Chen. Hearing this sentence, he became anxious and said hurriedly: "I am telling the truth. It was Zhao Hua and Mr. Du who said that he stole pigs and grain. This is all our fault." What you saw, not to mention if you didn’t steal it, why did you give back the pig coins?”
This is just like the logic of why you should send the old man to the hospital if you didn't hit him.
Deng Pi said angrily: "You are really hateful. Xiao Lang was obviously afraid that the villagers would lose their pigs and grain and have nothing to rely on this year, so he gave charity out of kindness. But in your mouth, it turned into stealing pigs and grain." , there was no proof at the time, so why did you make false accusations later and ruin Xiaolang’s reputation?”
Zhao Ran said lazily: "There was no certificate at the time, so why were you so anxious to return the pig coins? Maybe you were afraid that the certificate would be found."
Are you trying to make excuses with me?
Shen Chen was furious, but calmed down after a moment, and suddenly smiled and said: "So, you want to accuse me of stealing pigs and grain?"
"That's natural."
Zhao Ran put his hands on his hips and said: "Since it is a crime, how can there be no reason not to ask for guilt?"
Shen Chen nodded: "Okay, you and I will go see the sufferer. If there is evidence, I will go to prison. If there is no evidence, you are slandering me. How about that?"
"Forehead"
Zhao Ran hesitated all of a sudden.
The crime of defamation in the Han Dynasty was still very serious. In the Western Han Dynasty, it was basically abandoning the market, that is, beheading or beheading.
After the Eastern Han Dynasty, this crime became much lighter. Basically, you falsely accused someone of whatever crime you were accused of, and you found out the truth. So if you falsely accuse someone of rebelling, you are rebelling, and if you falsely accuse someone of stealing, you are stealing.
The crime that Zhao Ran accused Shen Chen of was actually theft. Although it was not a serious crime, he still had to go to jail and perform corvee labor. Moreover, this was only in name. Being a prisoner had no human rights, and there was no place to argue with him after he died.
Therefore, it also made him hesitate for a while whether to continue or not.
Seeing his hesitation, the people traveling around him said, "Aren't there witnesses to what I'm afraid he might do?"
"Yes, the certification evidence is all there, so what is there to be afraid of?"
"Brother Zhao Lang, aren't you afraid anymore?"
Everyone encouraged him.
Zhao Ran was a little bit unable to get off the tiger, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, if there is any lie, I will accept the punishment, but I firmly believe that you are just deceiving the people and the villagers with your evil words."
"You all heard it."
Shen Chen looked around and said, "This man wants to accuse me of stealing pigs and grain today. Let's go to Hanyang to gather together and ask the victim. How about that?"
"Okay, let's go."
Some people still wanted to watch the fun and didn't mind it, so they all wanted to follow.
But some villagers still shook their heads and prepared to leave.
Hanyang Ju is more than 20 miles away from here. They can just stay nearby and watch the excitement. It is obviously not cost-effective to travel more than 20 miles just to watch a show.
However, the scholars took the risk.
I didn't win the debate with Shen Chen about the classics before, but now I started to attack his moral character.
Zhao Ran felt that with the presence of witnesses, he was sure of victory, and the rest of the world also thought so. The scholars who were watching the excitement would naturally follow suit, and hundreds of people cheered and went out, preparing to gather in Hanyang.
After everyone had gone out and the courtyard was a little empty, Zhuge Liang came to Shen Chen and chuckled: "Brother, what's up, I told you."
Shen Chen nodded: "I really didn't expect them to be so cruel. I gave pigs and money to the villagers before. Firstly, I was afraid that they would really misunderstand that we might be related to this matter. Secondly, I was afraid that the villagers would lose it. Property, life is difficult. I didn’t expect to be used by these people as a means to criticize me.”
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "How do you plan to solve this matter?"
Shen Chen thought for a while and said: "I guessed at that time that the wheat grains should be caused by wild boars. As long as the wild boars are found, it can at least prove that I did not steal Mr. Du's grain. As for Brother Zhao Lang, I'm afraid I can't find it." His pig."
"It doesn't matter."
Zhuge Liang didn't have a feather fan in his hand, but he still gently covered his face with his long sleeves and whispered in Shen Chen's ear: "You can take care of it yourself. I already have an idea."
Shen Chen looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise and said, "Brother."
"Go ahead."
Zhuge Liang put his hands behind his back and smiled mysteriously.
With his words, Shen Chen suddenly felt confident and walked out the door.
Deng Hong and Liu Xian came over and asked, "Ah Chen, what on earth is going on."
Shen Chen shook his head and said: "It's not a big deal. I was afraid that I would lose my reputation and scattered some of my belongings. Don't worry, uncle, they can't do anything to me."
"That's good."
Deng Hong nodded, believing that his grandson had a solution.
Everyone was already waiting for him outside. Shen Chen came to the door, protected by twenty guards, and carriages were brought over, preparing to set off for Hanyangju.
The scholars on their side had carriages for traveling, but the carriages were in the east of the pavilion, so they were delayed for some time.
After waiting for almost two-quarters of an hour, which was half an hour, the road to the west of the pavilion was already filled with horse-drawn carriages. The surrounding villagers saw that a large number of vehicles had suddenly gathered, and even more people came to watch the excitement.
Shen Chen's motorcade was at the front. Before they set off, they suddenly noticed a huge team approaching at the end of the road to the west, facing the direction they came from.
Because the road was relatively narrow, they did not set off, and planned to wait until the team at the end of the road arrived at Suiting, and then leave after both parties missed it.
But when the team got closer and closer to Suiting, Shen Chen suddenly noticed that the person at the front seemed quite familiar.
That team was not a horse-drawn carriage, but a pushcart. It was so dark that it was difficult to see clearly. There were about twenty or thirty people in the car. The man at the front was a strong man, who seemed familiar.
Soon they arrived. The man noticed that there were carriages on the road. Shen Chen stood there and said happily: "Shen Xiaolang, I'm sorry, I'm late."
"It turns out to be Brother Zhao Lang."
Shen Chen bowed his hands and saw that those on the carts were actually wild boars, more than ten in total.
The visitor was none other than Zhao Hua. He said happily: "Xiao Lang is right. My pig was indeed taken away by wild boars nearby. It also brought those wild boars to eat the wheat grains at Uncle Du's house. Let's cut them open." Their bellies are full of wheat grains."
The old man Du who said before that Shen Chen's horses ate his wheat came forward, took out his wallet and said guiltily: "Xiao Lang, I was also obsessed at the time. I was afraid that if no one compensated, my family would be hungry." Dead man, you said that your horse ate my wheat. Not only did you generously give me coins, but you also sent people to help us catch these wild boars. You are truly benevolent and kind. This is the coin you gave me in the first place. , now returned to Xiaolang.”
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the people around him changed drastically, especially that Zhao Ran.
Shen Chen glanced at the scholars behind who came to cause trouble, and then asked: "These are all small things. I also said at the time that if the real culprit is found in the future, please tell everyone that your wheat field is not mine." Horse damage. Are you sure you have found the real culprit now? Brother Zhao Lang, have you found your pig?"
"certainly."
Zhao Hua brought over a black pig tied to the cart and said, "Look, Xiaolang, I told you that day that there was a white spot on my pig's ear, but the one you gave me didn't have it, so I have always suspected that the pig was not mine and that I wrongly blamed the young man. Now it seems that it is indeed the case. The young man's kindness and righteousness make us ashamed."
Shen Chen looked and saw that there was indeed a white spot on the pig's ear.
Old man Du also pointed to the wild boars on the cart and said: "We slaughtered these wild boars and cut open their stomachs. They were full of wheat grains. This time I came to Suiting to apologize to Xiaolang. We have discussed that half of the wild boars here will be donated to us." Xiaolang. The two of them are selling these pig breasts to make up for them to eat in the wheat fields in the countryside."
At this time, Zhao Ran was already fighting with his two legs and was about to collapse. But there was no one around to help him. Instead, he was afraid to avoid him as if he was looking at the god of plague.
Xiao Da, who had come to testify before, rolled his eyes and wanted to run away.
But the surrounding guards had already surrounded the people.
The scholars were all depressed.
Not only did we not get a good result from the debate this time, but now it seems that we may even have to include one.
Only Shen Chen looked back at Zhuge Liang, full of gratitude.
In fact, when he was in the village that day, he was really just afraid that the villagers would misunderstand them as thieves, so he said that he would give his pigs and some money to the villagers first, and then return them to him after he found out the truth.
This will prevent gossip.
After all, they were wandering around the countryside during that time, as if they were visiting places, so it was normal for the villagers to suspect them.
Unexpectedly, my attempt to prove my innocence was attacked by someone.
It is really surprising to attack him by saying that since you did not steal anything, why should you compensate the villagers?
Fortunately, Zhuge Liang thought much more deeply than he did, and considered all aspects carefully. He sent people in advance to help the villagers surround and suppress the group of wild boars and clear his name.
This made Shen Chen very lucky to have such an all-round friend like Zhuge Liang by his side.
As for Zhao Ran.
It can only be said that he just happened to hit the muzzle of the gun.
If he just debated scriptures with Shen Chen, nothing would happen.
But he had to use this as an unfounded reason to attack Shen Chen's moral character. He deserved to go to jail.