Song Ling'er hit her horse and galloped up the mountain, followed by several guards. All three ocelots were hung in bamboo bags.
At this time, it has been more than half a month since the students started studying.
Out of the huge team of six to seven hundred people, only about thirty people were left. Apart from the attendants such as the book boy, there were actually only about twenty real students.
Song Ling'er couldn't get used to living in the mountains. Wang Yangming was a master of hypnosis to her. He just sat there and fell asleep while listening. She ran home halfway, but she was very bored at home, so she took the three civil engineering masters with her.
He came to Longgang Mountain to deliver food to Wang Yuan.
Wang Yuan was lying on the grass reading a book. He patted his butt and stood up. He said with a smile: "Long time no see."
"I brought you meat pie, and the cats are here too." Song Ling'er jumped off the horse with a smile.
Wang Yuan looked behind her and asked, "Who is this?"
Song Ling'er introduced: "Zhan Hui, we met on the way, so we came here together."
When Wang Yuan saw this man's Confucian attire, he cupped his hands and said, "Senior Zhan, Wang Yuan, please be polite!"
"I've heard about Junior Wang's talent for a long time." Zhan Hui bowed in return.
The Zhan family is a wealthy family in Guizhou, and its ancestors were high-ranking officials in the Yuan Dynasty. Zhan Hui's mother's surname is Yue, and she is also from a wealthy family in Guizhou.
In the Ming Dynasty, the Zhan family and the Yue family produced a lot of candidates and passed several Jinshi examinations. They were truly scholarly families.
The first thing Wang Yangming did when he came to Guizhou was to visit Zhan's family - Zhan Hui's brother Zhan En was a Jinshi scholar in the same year as Wang Yangming, and they had a pretty good relationship.
Zhan En was originally an official in the capital, but due to his father's death, Ding You returned home to observe his filial piety. As a result, he traveled extensively and fell seriously ill and died.
After Wang Yangming came to Zhan's house, he learned that his friend had passed away. Not only that, his friend's mother also happened to be dead, leaving only his friend's younger brother Zhan Hui. He also wrote an epitaph for his friend's deceased mother.
Within a few years, Zhan Hui's father, mother, and eldest brother died of illness one after another. The child became the head of the family when he was only in his teens. After he arranged everything at home, he went to Longgang Mountain, intending to study under Wang Yangming, who was the same year as his brother.
"Where is sir?" Zhan Hui asked.
Wang Yuan pointed behind him: "I'm teaching Miao children to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters."
Zhan Hui immediately handed over his hand: "Junior Wang, I'm going to see you first. Let's discuss knowledge tomorrow."
"Brother Zhan, please." Wang Yuan said.
After Zhan Hui left, Song Ling'er asked excitedly: "Is there anything happening in the mountains during the days I've been gone?"
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "We fought several times, and the bridge of Chen Yi's nose was broken." Then he added and emphasized, "I didn't hit him."
"It's a pity that I didn't see it." Song Linger felt quite sorry for this.
The two chatted for a while, then took the cat, the guard, and the horse towards the academy.
Well, those thatched houses have been officially named "Longgang Academy".
There were still dozens of steps away from the academy when a burst of noise was heard, with occasional shouts of "well done" and "beat him to death".
"There's another fight!"
Song Ling'er was so happy that she even ignored Wang Yuan and ran towards the academy quickly.
Wang Yuan had long been accustomed to this. He was used to the fights among the students in Longgang, and he was used to Song Ling'er jumping out and walking slowly towards the academy with a smile.
This time it seemed that they had gotten angry. The two men involved in the fight were actually holding wooden sticks each. They used the wooden sticks as guns, and used military moves to fight. Fortunately, they did not completely lose their minds and did not attack each other's throat.
Wait for the fatal part.
"Ahem!"
Wang Yangming suddenly appeared, coughed twice, and the fight ended immediately.
Uncle Wang also had a headache at this time. The scholars in Guizhou were too difficult to control. They were full of energy all day long and liked to fight whenever they disagreed. He took out a piece of paper and called to Wang Yuan: "Wang Erlang, this is
For the Longgang Academy doctrine formulated for the teacher, you can get some rice paste and paste it on the wall."
Wang Yuan immediately complied with the instructions, and took the time to read the content of the dogma: determined, diligent in studying, correcting mistakes, and doing good deeds.
One of them, "responsible for good deeds", is to prevent living beings from fighting.
Uncle Wang said, you are all studying in Longgang Mountain, and you are both classmates and friends. When your friends make mistakes, you should give them gentle advice and not blame them to death, making the other party embarrassed. At the same time, everyone should reflect on their own mistakes and not always criticize them harshly.
Others, those who can point out their own mistakes, are equivalent to their own teachers, and they are their admonishers. If any of you can point out my mistakes, they are also my admonishers, Wang Yangming, and I will definitely make corrections seriously. This is called teaching and learning.
Wang Yangming stood in front of the hut and admonished: "Let's talk about determination first. Without determination, nothing can be accomplished in the world. Only after determination can we have a direction for progress, so as not to play and play all day and waste time. Zi Cang, what is your ambition?
What?"
"I..." Ye Wu thought carefully and replied, "Cultivate oneself, govern the country and bring peace to the world."
Wang Yangming shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You are really good at asking for trouble."
Chen Yi, the health worker whose nose was beaten flat, took the initiative to raise his hand and said: "Sir, my ambition is to pass the Jinshi examination, mount my horse to support the army, and dismount my horse to bring peace to the people. I will govern my martial arts with culture, make my wife a wife, and serve the king. This is a real man."
That’s what it’s for!”
Wang Yangming said: "Then you should study diligently and practice your skills of reassuring the people. Don't think about fighting with others all day long."
"Hahahaha!" Zhu Sheng laughed.
Chen Yi touched the bridge of his nose and said shamelessly: "Fighting is also a training of skills. From now on, I will lead the army to fight the Mongols."
Wang Yangming suddenly asked Wang Yuan: "Wang Erlang, you are the best in fighting. What is your ambition?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "I have no ambitions."
"You must have!" Wang Yangming didn't believe his lies.
"I really don't have one," Wang Yuan said.
Wang Yangming said: "Of all the people here, you, Boyuan, Zicang, and Zonglu are the most diligent and eager to learn. All three of them have a Taoist heart, but you don't talk about Taoism in everything. You seem to disdain the teachings of saints."
Gu. What is your ambition?"
Wang Yuan said: "Sir's knowledge and Zhu Xi's knowledge are all correct in my opinion. I do not disdain the way of the sage."
"But you usually ask the most questions, speak the least, and act unpredictable." Wang Yangming pointed at Wang Yuan. "That day you said that my heart is the heart of heaven, my nature is nature, and my destiny is destiny. You seem to have already had your own destiny.
You have your own thoughts and ambitions, what is your destiny?"
Everyone looked at Wang Yuan because these words were so cool.
Wang Yuan lowered his head and said nothing.
Wang Yangming had been quietly inspecting his students for a long time, but Wang Yuan was the only one who made him feel unsure.
What is Wang Yuan doing?
He studied Zhu Xi's principles while studying Wang Yangming's principles, and then pondered their fundamental intentions.
Take "close to the people" as an example. Zhu Xi annotated it as "new people", which actually divided people into hierarchies in advance. The emperor, elders, and scholars are "adults" who have the right and responsibility to educate all people, reflecting a kind of order of respect and inferiority.
, the idea of ordering old and young.
Wang Yangming introduced Zen thought into Neo-Confucianism and believed that everyone can become a saint. He first regarded all people as equal. Those who first understand the truth should love others and educate others, and at the same time correct their own mistakes in the process.
Mistakes bring yourself closer to the great road.
Logically speaking, Zhu Xi was not wrong, and could even improve the stability of state power and society.
But stability often brings inertia. Now that the Ming Dynasty is riddled with holes, people of insight are seeking change, and Wang Yangming is also pursuing a change.
As early as the Hongzhi Dynasty, Liu Jian, the first assistant, launched the restoration movement. Although he did not directly criticize Zhu Xi, it already had some meaning. With the restoration movement, Liu Jian carried out many reforms, such as land administration, salt administration, military administration, etc.
Unfortunately, when Zhu Houzhao came to power, Liu Jian was forced to resign and was replaced by the amiable Li Dongyang.
Wang Yangming is also "retrofitting", and Wang Yuan will also "retroduce" in the future.
Wang Yuan tried to figure out Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming, treating them both as tool men. Even though he hid it well, Wang Yangming still felt that there was something wrong with what he said and did sometimes.
If a modern person is thrown into ancient times, no matter how hidden it is, it will be as obvious as a firefly in the dark night.
Song Ling'er was attracted by Wang Yuan's unique temperament.
Wang Yangming also paid special attention to Wang Yuan because of his unique temperament.
In the middle of the afternoon, before Wang Yangming finished explaining the academy's doctrine, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came to the mountain.
"Tear down all the houses for me!"
The man at the head, dressed as a subordinate, was determined to demolish the house without warning.