Chapter 1574: Ye Gong Loves Dragons

The door opened, and the sound of Fang Xing going downstairs gradually became inaudible.

"Too much deceit!"

Ding Ren patted the table vigorously, stood up and said, "Yuan Shan Gong, what do you say about this?"

Cao Jin was eating cold skin jelly. Hearing that he swallowed it slowly and took a sip of chicken soup, he said comfortably, "Just follow what the old man said, take a step back."

These words are still in the mud!

Ding Ren said coldly: "Yuan Shan Gong, I'm afraid that he will be even more arrogant if he compromises like this! Also, before leaving, those people were waiting for our good news. How can we go back like this? How can we talk to them?" explain?!"

When Cao An saw him questioning his father, he said angrily, "This matter..."

Cao Jin interrupted Cao An with a dry cough, and he said slowly: "My family was poor since I was a child, and I became an orphan before I grew up. I was raised by those illiterate folks. Later, by chance, I entered the By chance, I won a Jinshi... and became an official."

Cao Jin said with a sigh of relief: "The old man will send some money and food back every year. It is not considered a gift, but just gratitude. Dekuan, do you understand what the old man means?"

Ding Ren said blankly: "Yuanshan Gong, you mean... pity them?"

Cao Jin was stunned, and sighed softly: "How can I pity them? Just for those acts of gratitude? Hey! Dekuan, do you know the suffering of the people?"

Ding Ren glanced uncomfortably at Cao An, who was acting respectfully at the side, and said awkwardly: "Yuanshangong, I'm..."

"You've been reading."

Cao Jin got up, and Cao An hurried over to support her.

Cao Jin sighed and said: "Dekuan, you have been studying and then teaching. You have taught well, but you have been brooding about not being a Jinshi, and not being an official. But I want to tell you today, you don't know people's hearts. I don't know Why is the public opinion an official?"

"Let's go."

Cao Jin was helped out of the private room by Cao An, Ding Ren sat there blankly, for a long time, he sneered and said: "This is a feint! By blaming the old man to avoid his inaction today, this man is really old Just become fine!"

...

"Pity!"

After returning, Fang Xing told Zhu Zhanji what happened just now with some regret.

"I don't care about anything else. That Ding Ren looks like a stern and soft-hearted person, but that Cao An is extremely outstanding and spiritual."

Zhu Zhanji handed a letter to Jia Quan casually, and when he went out, he smiled and said, "Better than Ma Su?"

"Each has its own strengths."

Fang Xing murmured, "Ma Su is calm, but Cao An is agile. It's a pity."

This is the second time he has expressed his regret for Cao An. Zhu Zhanji moved in his heart and said, "Do you want me to send someone to pass on a message?"

The crown prince is optimistic about your son, so Cao Jin will be moved by what you say, right?

Anyone who is not stupid probably knows that Confucianism is just a stepping stone.

Wouldn't it be okay to change a stepping stone?

At this time Fang Wu came in, and said what the three people said after Fang Xing left.

"He's an old fox, but he still has a needle in his mouth. It's a pity that Ding Ren is too stubborn, and he didn't understand the meaning of Cao Jin's words."

Zhu Zhanji said coldly: "They are just the leaders. I don't know how many are behind. This is a warning and a temptation."

"They want to warn us, warn us to recall those students, and let those self-taught students fend for themselves. They want to test our attitude. If we quit, there will be a steady stream of troubles in the future."

"However, Cao Jin worked hard as an official back then, and his family didn't take the opportunity to recruit servants from the fields. He was very poor..."

Fang Xing always respects those with profound virtues.

"Da Ming needs to promote those high moral figures, but it cannot force everyone to follow this mold."

Zhu Zhanji took this very seriously. There are so many officials in the court, but how many people can really be regarded as high moral scholars?

But can a man of high morals be a good official?

Zhu Zhanji fell into deep thought, not even knowing that Fang Xing had left.

When he woke up, Quan Jin had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Highness, someone invited me to dinner earlier,

Some words were spoken during the meeting. "

Zhu Zhanji hummed, and Quan Jin said with some embarrassment: "Those people only talked about the students of Zhixing Academy in their words, and the minister did not promise."

Both Zhu Zhanji and Fang Xing trusted Quan Jin's character.

So Zhu Zhanji just nodded: "It's okay."

Quan Jin frowned and said: "Listen to what they say, those students are wandering... running around, entering a village whenever they see one, sneaking in with a guide, and then using scientific knowledge to attract the attention of those young people, And then it started spreading..."

Zhu Zhanji's brows were more happy, which is what he hoped.

He hoped that science would continue to grow and eventually compete with Confucianism, so that there would no longer be a monopoly.

"Confucianism cannot be destroyed."

Zhu Zhanji made this attributive, which is also an opinion that Fang Xing has emphasized many times.

Lost Confucianism, lost those traditions that have long been mixed together, are Han people still Han people?

Quan Jin was still rambling: "What they bring most is not dry food. They would rather drink cold water or go hungry, but they also want to bring more books to give away. Your Highness... I think of those... ascetics!"

Zhu Zhanji frowned slightly, and said, "Master Quan, science does not have the ability to deceive people."

Putting science and religion side by side, Zhu Zhanji thinks this is a dangerous idea.

Quan Jin said with a wry smile: "Yes, I have read those books. It's just that for most people, science is a scourge."

Zhu Zhanji's eyes were deep, and he said lightly: "Only when you have an opponent can you show your true skills, blindly suppress, plan, and manipulate behind the scenes, these people have problems with their morals, no, it's not a problem, but unbearable! "

"Your Highness!"

Quan Jin's eyes showed panic. He knew that Zhu Zhanji would definitely investigate those people. After the results were obtained, these people would be regarded as having no chance of official career in the future, and most of their descendants could only stop at the rural examination.

Zhu Zhanji said indifferently: "What I dislike the most are people who play tricks behind their backs. They are sneaky, neither human nor ghost, and complacent. No matter how capable such people are, they can only do bad things!"

...

Quan Jin wandered around the mansion in a daze, and wandered outside Fang Xing's small courtyard before he knew it.

"Master Quan looking for my master?"

In the courtyard, Xin Lao Qi and Fang Wu were practicing duel, and the servants were watching. When they saw Quan Jin, someone went to report Fang Xing.

When Fang woke up and saw Quan Jin's appearance, he invited him in.

After the two sat down in the wing room, Quan Jin said bitterly: "Xing Hebo, those people just talked behind their backs, but they didn't do anything shameful!"

Fang Xing was stunned, and after thinking for a while before he understood what Quan Jin meant, he said, "They don't do it because they don't have the ability to do it. What they like the most is people who are behind their backs. There are few people like you and Yuan Shangong." pitiful."

Quan Jin smiled wryly and said: "But others think that this old man is pedantic, hey! This old man is too old to understand the morals of the world, and when His Highness is stable, this old man wants to return to his hometown... Tired! This old man is tired!"

Fang Xing sighed slightly in his heart. This respectable old man has always adhered to the bottom line of morality, but he is regarded as pedantic by the world. If it were not for his reputation, Zhu Gaochi probably would not have given him a high position as a scholar.

Sending Quan Jin away, Fang Xing ordered Xiaodao to go find Zhu Zhanji and ask someone to show Quan Jin his body.

"Master, Mr. Quan looks very depressed!"

Previously, Mo Chou went to serve tea to show respect for Quan Jin.

Fang Xing shook his head, and said, "I've been calling you a gentleman all day long, but there really is a gentleman here, but he's just superficially respectful. Why is Mr. Ye so obsessed with fame? Fame?"