The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Emperor Hongzhi twitched the corner of his mouth, thinking that Zhang Yuanzhen was born in the Imperial Academy, how could he say such uneducated words?

Yang Tinghe stood up and said: "The Sutra Banquet is the place where the emperor teaches. Zhang Yuanzhen misled the prince and spread heretical doctrines. The ministers and their talents..."

"I...are not talking nonsense...you...can you read...that bowl of uncooked rice...?" Zhang Yuanzhen was furious.

Zhang Yuanzhen was about the same age as Wang Shouren, and Yan Chengjin guessed that he would not die for a while.

Emperor Hongzhi looked sullen and said, "Zhang Qing's family is playing tricks on the ministers at the Sutra banquet. This is your fault."

His Majesty couldn't bear to deal with Zhang Yuanzhen, but he would hold him accountable. Yan Chengjin said: "Your Majesty, I don't know that this bowl of uncooked rice is related to the theory of Neo-Confucianism. I dare to ask your Majesty and the officials who can cook?"

Emperor Hongzhi was speechless, and Liu Jian and Xie Qian did not answer easily. With his temper, he must have something to say.

Yang Tinghe said displeased: "Such menial work must naturally be done by servants."

Yan Chengjin nodded: "Zhu Zi said that knowledge can be obtained by studying things, but no matter how long you stare at this bowl of uncooked rice, it will not become ripe. Is this right?"

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian nodded doubtfully.

Yang Tinghe said coldly: "What do you want to say?"

Yan Chengjin said: "I know how to cook. First, pour a bowl of uncooked rice into the pot, wash away the dregs with clean water, then pour in clean water, reach out and press the bottom of the pot until it reaches the point between your fingers.

Cook over low heat until the steam hits the pot lid. You can use the remaining heat to cook the rice without adding more firewood.

I have not studied things, but I can understand the "principle" of turning raw rice into cooked rice. What I have done is the unity of knowledge and action. "

Zhang Yuanzhen spat out a few words and said excitedly: "Yes... yes... I just... want to say this."

Emperor Hongzhi understood.

It is different from the way of obtaining "reason" mentioned by Zhu Zi.

Zhu Zi said that the way to obtain "reason" is to examine things. If you keep examining things, you will eventually come out.

What Yan Chengjin said is to obtain "reason" through the unity of knowledge and action.

"Who said this?"

Yan Chengjin bowed and said, "It's Wang Shouren."

Wang Hua next to him turned pale, jumped up and said, "Don't you dare slander my son!"

Wang Shouren took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, this is what I said."

As soon as Xin Xue came to prominence, ministers began to argue with each other as to whether it could be implemented in the capital.

How could he not understand what Yan Chengjin was thinking.

Your Majesty has so many things to do every day that he usually has no time to meddle in such noisy matters.

It is a rare opportunity for His Majesty to be here today.

If he gets His Majesty's nod, he will give lectures in the capital and will not be disturbed by ministers and scholars.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Wang Shouren for a long time and then said: "Do you know the word 'Yuan' in the Book of Changes? How should you interpret it using your knowledge and actions?"

"Yuan Henry Zhen, Yuan is the beginning, the beginning of heaven and earth, and the beginning of all things. For people, Yuan is the heart. There is nothing outside the heart and no reason outside the heart." Wang Shouren said.

"There is nothing outside my heart, huh, so what is my court? What is everything in the world? What is the memorials that I review every day?

If according to what you said, I have cultivated my heart well and the essays have been reviewed, then I still want to see what they do, which is nonsense! "

Wang Shouren knelt on the ground, and all the ministers also knelt on the ground, not daring to look at Emperor Hongzhi.

Yan Chengjin is a little bit better.

His Majesty actually started arguing with Wang Shouren...

Wang Hua was so frightened that he knocked his head on the ground and trembled all over. He was such a son.

In the main hall, the atmosphere became dull and quiet.

An indifferent voice sounded, and Zhu Houzhao said to Emperor Hongzhi: "I think Wang Shouren is right.

What the Book of Changes says are all hexagrams. The hexagrams are so vague that they cannot be generalized.

However, his father used it to embarrass Wang Shouren, and his son thought that his father was being irrational. "

The atmosphere became silent again.

Yan Chengjin heard the sound of the emperor's engine, raised his head slightly, and saw Emperor Hongzhi's chest rising and falling violently.

Zhu Houzhao was always so unafraid of death when he faced His Majesty.

Liu Jian advised: "Your Majesty, if it is more important to save people, it is better to order the imperial doctor to see Mr. Zhang first."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "Pass the imperial physician."

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After a while, the Huagai Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi's calm face showed a hint of anger as he said, "Does the Yan Qing family think so too?"

Yan Chengjin said: "I think what your majesty said makes sense, and what Wang Shouren said also makes sense."

At this time, we need to be tougher. The implementation of Xinxue in Ming Dynasty can make the implementation of science faster.

Science requires hands-on experiments.

But Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism only teaches personality. It is difficult to implement it unless it is freed from such ideological constraints.

"I thought I couldn't tell that you were defending Wang Shouren." Emperor Hongzhi said calmly.

Yan Chengjin said seriously: "I just think that what Wang Shouren said makes sense. You can't look familiar with raw rice."

Emperor Hongzhi wanted to argue, but found that he couldn't.

Yan Chengjin understood his mood. It was the first time that Wang Shouren's philosophy appeared in the court.

Emperor Hongzhi and his ministers were influenced by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and naturally they could not accept Wang Shouren's philosophy for a while.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at him carefully and asked, "I just saw that you were hesitant to speak. What do you want to say?"

"I want Wang Shouren to give lectures at the Qingshan Library, but the principles he realized are not accepted by the ministers in the court. I would like to ask your Majesty not to regard this as a heretical doctrine.

Many of the items made by Song Jing have a great relationship with the unity of knowledge and action. "

Yan Chengjin explained Song Jing's research one by one.

Half an hour later, Emperor Hongzhi said solemnly: "Wang Shouren's knowledge has such an effect?"

"Please believe it, Your Majesty."

Not long after, Emperor Hongzhi ordered that officials who fought each other would be punished with 20 strokes of the cane.

On this day, Yan Chengjin came to the silkworm room to see Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang stayed in the silkworm room for five days. If it was just hemorrhoids, he would have been discharged from the hospital in the future.

But medicines are scarce these days, and they are afraid of inflammation.

So he was allowed to stay in the silkworm room for ten days.

When Yan Chengjin entered the door, Li Dongyang was reading the memorial, and the civil servant next to him helped him hold the tray with pens and ink.

"Sir?"

Li Dongyang looked at him deeply and put down the memorial: "I owe you a favor."

"How do you want to repay me, sir?" Yan Chengjin said straightforwardly.

"I know Qing'e is interested in you, but I haven't made up my mind yet. Let me think about it again." Li Dongyang is very smart and is especially good at guessing other people's thoughts.

The boy asked, and he knew.

The weather gradually warmed up.

Early in the morning,

Yan Chengjin got up and dressed. After two years of observation, Chunxiao had earned the right to dress him.

After Chunxiao tied his belt, he whispered to him, "Master, the peppers in the greenhouse are blooming."

"This master will go and see."

Yan Chengjin walked out of the bedroom, passed through the moon hole in the new courtyard, and came to the greenhouse in the old courtyard.

A pepper tree was blooming with white flowers, dotted with stars.

At this time, He Neng trotted into the greenhouse and said, "Master, Hainan has sent back a letter."

Yan Chengjin took it out and took a look. It was a map of land reclamation sent back by Hainan.

There was also an urgent report. He widened his eyes. The French warships were going to occupy Hainan?

In history, the fifteenth year of Hongzhi was when the Portuguese occupied Malacca.

But what were they going to Hainan for?

"Hurry up and prepare the sedan chair, enter the palace!"