Chapter 204

"Hey, who said this? It's quite interesting!"

Zheng Chengwu's eyes lit up. Although he was a martial artist, he was an invincible military god before.

This is definitely not something that a reckless man can do, but requires mastery of every aspect of military strategy.

As the saying goes, success depends on planning but not courage. This is the truth.

Therefore, Zheng Chengwu's literary level may not be high, but he is definitely one who can appreciate it.

The depth of this sentence was immediately apparent.

Lord Zuo Xiang and others also nodded repeatedly. Although this sentence was straightforward, the meaning was very profound.

Everyone must go through hardships before they can become successful.

And these hardships, from another perspective, are also increasing their abilities.

It's not that you will become successful after experiencing hardships, but you must bear all the hardships before you can be reborn.

Young people may not understand this.

But how could they, the old gangsters, not understand.

Shen Wuming was stunned for a moment, wasn't this what Mencius said?

There is Mencius in this world!

When he was reading classics before, he often saw Mencius appearing.

And there are many famous sayings that I didn’t know before, let alone this sentence.

They will all be ruined in future generations!

"Isn't this what Mencius said?"

Shen Wuming was a little confused, "It comes from "Mencius: Gaozi II"!"

However, as soon as this statement came out, everyone looked at each other, and the other prime ministers also frowned slightly.

Did Mencius say this?

"Guozhong, you are a Confucian scholar, so you should know something about it. Have you ever heard of this sentence?"

Mr. Zuo Xiang spoke slowly, "I have little talent and knowledge, but I have never heard of it."

"I don't know either."

Li Guozhong was silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head, "Mencius has been passed down to this day, and I can recite every chapter backwards and forwards."

"But I have never heard of the Yougaozi chapter, let alone such a sentence in it."

"But we don't rule out other possibilities."

Li Guozhong thought for a moment and said, "After all, ancient classics and modern classics have always been fighting."

"Isn't the reason because the ancient books have not been passed down to this day? Especially after Qin Shihuang burned books and harassed Confucian scholars."

It is not uncommon for this kind of incomplete inheritance of documents to lead to disagreements in later generations.

Even the Analects, the inheritance left by Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, is full of doubts.

Not questioning the quality of The Analects of Confucius, but questioning whether this is the original version.

And the Analects itself lacks a lot.

"Maybe Lord Shen saw the fragment somewhere. Can you tell me the full text?"

Li Guozhong seemed to be interested.

He was able to become the prime minister, firstly, not because of his talent in governing the country, and secondly, not because of his talent in war.

Rather, he is knowledgeable.

He was once the number one scholar, and later helped the emperor write edicts in the Hanlin Academy for ten years.

Then he taught as a wine priest at Taixue.

In the words of later generations, this Mr. Li Guozhong was purely academic.

Even after becoming the prime minister, he was still in charge of the yamen such as the Ministry of Rites, Taixue, and Honglu Temple.

So he was extremely interested in classics.

The language level and depth of this sentence are obviously from the classics.

It's definitely not a fabrication.

"The whole story, let me think about it."

Shen Wuming rubbed his eyebrows and began to recall this article. At that time, he was asked to recite the entire article.

Especially since he had to study ancient Chinese, he even read the annotations carefully.

If not, I wouldn’t know it comes from Mencius’ Gaozi chapter.

He also remembered it now.

"The original text should be——"

"Shun Fa was raised among the moors, Fu Yue was raised among the building blocks, Jiao Ge was raised among the fish and salt..."

"... When you enter, you will be helpless, and when you leave, you will be invincible against foreign patients. The country will be permanently destroyed. Then you will know that you were born in sorrow and died in peace and happiness."

As Shen Wuming spoke word by word, everyone suddenly became serious.

Pei Deben even had a look of admiration on his face, "Unsurprisingly, this must be what Mencius said."

"Even if it's not him, he is definitely another sage who is extremely talented and knowledgeable."

Li Guozhong nodded, "What Deben said is quite right!"

"And regardless of whether this article is from Mencius or not, the content alone is enough for countless students to study."

"I think we can copy it and distribute it to various academies for publication."

"Or maybe the seal is carved in the Ministry of Rites and Imperial College, so that other students can look at it when they come in and out."

"What do you think?"

Zheng Chengwu rolled his eyes, "Whatever, aren't you in charge of the Ministry of Rites? You can discuss it with the Minister of Rites."

Li Guozhong ignored him. After all, as everyone knew, Zheng Chengwu was a fool.

As a result, the idiot added, "I think this is not what Mencius said?"

"Why?" Li Guozhong raised his eyebrows. This style is actually quite similar to Mencius.

Even if he didn't deny it out loud, when would it be this reckless military man's turn to make irresponsible remarks.

"Don't you understand?"

Zheng Chengwu chuckled, "Look at what he said just now, a whisker will become lawless..."

"To put it simply, if there is no Legalism at home and no enemy countries outside, the country will perish."

"Did you notice? It's Legalism, not Confucianism."

No one present cared about his translation.

After all, everyone who sits here to eat has a higher level of literature than this reckless man.

Pei Zian is no exception.

Of course, the little fox is an exception, but the little fox is not a person, she is a fox spirit.

So the little fox couldn't help but chime in, "That makes sense, I didn't notice it just now."

"Isn't it?"

Zheng Chengwu was even more proud, "You little monster is still knowledgeable, unlike them, who read so many books in vain."

"Well...ah?"

Su Xiaoxiao nodded first, then raised her head with a face full of surprise and fear, "You...how do you know I'm a monster?"

Zheng Chengwu was a little confused, "Is it possible that everyone can see that you are a monster?"

The group of people who can sit in the position of prime minister are all very skilled, and the worst are all in the seventh realm.

No matter how talented the little fox is, it's a joke to want to hide her breath in front of them.

"Don't worry, no one cares about you."

Zheng Chengwu has a good impression of this little monster who can understand him, and patted his chest.

"There are monsters everywhere in the capital. You can walk around everywhere before the crackdown."

"If it doesn't work, I'll give you a token. You can tell me my name later."

"If those people dare to check you, just say you are a monster from Zheng Chengwu's family, and they will leave you alone."

At this point, Zheng Chengwu really took out a token from his sleeve and threw it to the little fox.

"But don't make trouble!"

"Otherwise, if you cause trouble, they will find this token, and the people from the Censorate will scold me again."

At the end, Zheng Chengwu looked bitter. It was obvious that he had been scolded by the people from the Censorate more than once or twice.

(There are problems with the third chapter, it will be later)