Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

When Xia Yuan visited the Forbidden City in his previous life, he had also been to the Qianqing Palace. Although he was not allowed to visit, he looked through the guardrail and saw an upright and bright plaque with a square Danbi, and a dragon chair placed on the Danbi. .

Basically you can see these things.

But now that I came in, I found that there was a cave inside, and there was also a plaque, but it was not written with the words "upright and upright", but with the words "respect the heaven and the ancestor."

There were also incense burners placed on both sides of Danbi. He couldn't see clearly what style they were in. After all, he only had time to scan them briefly when he entered the palace, and then he was ushered into the Dongnuan Pavilion by the eunuch.

Seeing the figure sitting behind the imperial desk, Xia Yuan did not take a closer look. He straightened his clothes and his expression to make himself look very serious. This is called straightening first and then solemnity, and then solemnity and then again. To bow, there is no other way to raise your forehead and salute, it’s quite complicated.

Silently reciting the ceremonial details of Xiao Jing's instructions, Xia Yuan raised his hands in front of his forehead and paid homage in a formal manner, "Student Xia Yuan pays homage to Your Majesty and respectfully wishes my Emperor peace."

"I beg you to be safe, without any ceremony."

After a few seconds, a very gentle voice sounded in the palace, and Xia Yuan straightened up. Then he hesitated for a moment, and then boldly went to observe Emperor Hongzhi behind the imperial case.

He was seen wearing an ocher yellow robe with a round collar, embroidered with dragon patterns, and a black Yishan crown on his head.

He looks to be in his thirties, with a beard on his chin and regular facial features. Perhaps because he has lived in the palace for a long time, his skin is very white, much whiter than that of Zhu Houzhao, but it is white and has no blood color, as if it is sick. He was pale, and at this time, the expression on his face looked very gentle and friendly.

Well, a very friendly middle-aged handsome man.

Xia Yuan secretly came to a conclusion and speculated wildly in his heart. Even if Zhu Youtang was not the emperor, he would probably be able to seduce many rich women with his middle-aged and pale face.

"I see that you have been staring at me, but what is there on my face?"

"No, no, the student just wants to, uh, pay homage to the holy face, yes, pay homage to the holy face."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Youtang stretched out his hand to touch his face, and asked with a smile: "Can you be satisfied with my holy face?"

Gee, this is a question.

Xia Yuan had an inexplicable sense of seeing someone on a blind date. He thought about it and felt that whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied with the answer seemed a bit awkward.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, to be honest, my student and his wife had talked about His Majesty's appearance at home before. My wife said that the Emperor must be very good-looking."

"Looking very good?" Zhu Youtang was a little confused. What kind of description is this?

If you change the pronunciation of that long word, maybe he can still understand it.

"Yes, that's what she said. Maybe she thinks the emperor is the most powerful person in the world, so his appearance will naturally be very powerful."

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan had a wry smile on his face, "The student's wife has never read anything, doesn't understand many things, and has a bit of a stubborn temper. At that time, the student told her that although the emperor was very powerful, it didn't mean that he looked good. It was also very powerful, she didn’t quite believe it.

Therefore, when she was summoned to the palace by His Majesty, and before getting on the carriage, the student told her, I will go to the palace to see the emperor, and when I come back, I will tell you what the emperor is like."

Zhu Youtang had a look of interest on his face, "Then how are you going to describe my appearance to her after you go back?"

"The student told her when she got back that the emperor was not very handsome, but very friendly, just like an elder in the family."

"Elder in the family?"

Zhu Youtang was startled, then nodded and said: "That's right. I'm more than ten years older than you. It's okay for you to treat me as your elder. In this way, we can also chat with each other.

Be lighter."

"Then I wonder what your Majesty wants to talk about when he summons students to the palace this time?"

After hearing this, Zhu Youtang's expression became much serious, and then he picked up a stack of articles on the imperial desk and walked down. When he walked to Xia Yuan, he handed the articles over and said, "Please take a look at these articles first.

."

Xia Yuan stretched out his hand to take it, and immediately recognized that it was Wang Shouren's handwriting. Then he read on and quickly saw that this was a summary of the study of mind. After reading the rest of the articles, there was no doubt that it was Wang Shouren's handwriting.

, all of them are systematic explanations of psychology.

Has this guy realized this?

He has already understood more than half of the complete mind, right?

"Can you recognize who wrote this?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I recognized him. It's Wang Shouren."

"Then you taught him all this knowledge?"

"Your Majesty, no."

"?"

Zhu Youtang was obviously confused. He didn't expect to get such an answer, so he subconsciously asked: "Aren't you his teacher?"

".Sort of."

"."

Emperor Hongzhi stared at him speechlessly for a while, consciously guessing the reason, and said kindly: "Don't worry, sir, I am not trying to punish anyone with these knowledge, you can admit it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xia Yuan thanked him first, then shook his head, "But it really wasn't taught by students."

"Oh? Who taught that?"

"He realized it on his own."

"That's all."

Obviously, Zhu Youtang was not prepared to debate this anymore, and continued: "No matter where this knowledge comes from, I will tell you directly the reason why I summoned you to the palace this time."

He paced in the hall, thinking about his words and slowly speaking: "Since Taizu founded the Ding Dynasty, he has set up imperial examinations and promoted education. Since then, the imperial examinations have always been based on Cheng and Zhu. Knowing and doing are unified, and the mind can understand these knowledge.

But it goes against the Cheng-Zhu way. You must know this, right?"

"Students know."

Xia Yuan nodded. He has been a scholar all his life. He studied Cheng Zhu, Confucius and Mencius. His mind is full of the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as chapters and verses. His views on Neo-Confucianism cannot be said to be very profound, at least they are above the level.

In his opinion, psychology and Neo-Confucianism are not only contradictory, but also completely subvert Neo-Confucianism.

You must know that the essence of Neo-Confucianism is the study of principles.

Preserve heaven's principles and destroy human desires.

What matters is that reason is above all else.

In other words, if a person wants to make a career and realize self-worth, he must restrain or even eliminate his own desires, and everything must be based on reason.

From another perspective, Neo-Confucianism emphasizes the opposition between natural principles and human desires.

But in Xinxue, if nothing else, the mere statement that the heart is the principle is completely contrary to the Neo-Confucian principle of preserving natural principles and destroying human desires. Since the human heart is the natural principle and human desires are the way of heaven, why should we restrain our inner desires?

"Someone gave me two suggestions. One is to abolish Cheng and Zhu and establish a new school. The other is to abolish the new school and the imperial examinations of the country will still be based on Cheng and Zhu."

"Which one do you think I should adopt?"

Note: [Qing was originally a respectful title for men in ancient times, and was not used only when the emperor addressed his ministers.]
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