As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
Even Zhu Su didn't expect that Huang Zicheng would dare to contradict him outright and not be afraid of the power of his own prince. According to his original plan, he had never thought about quarreling with these minions, and would wait until Zhan Tong, Pingyang Four Elders and others made comments before he came out to find fault.
Being named by Huang Zicheng now was beyond his expectation.
Before Zhu Su could react, Fang Xiaoru, who was beside him, stood up first and angrily scolded Huang Zicheng: "Discourteous! How dare you blame my teacher!"
"My master developed science and understood the principles of all things; he wrote poems to revive the literary style of the Tang Dynasty; the enemy came out and made our Ming Dynasty famous in the northern frontier. How can we say that he has made no achievements?"
"You speak lies, and the following offenders are guilty of grandstanding and flattering, with ulterior motives!"
Fang Xiaoru's eyes widened, wanting to choose someone to devour. Seeing his disciple come forward, Zhu Su did not react, and held Zhu Fang, Li Jinglong and others, and only watched Huang Zicheng's reaction.
In fact, Huang Zicheng already felt three points of regret when he asked the question. The fifth prince in front of him is not an ordinary person. He is not a Confucian gentleman who talks but does not take action, but the prince of the Ming Dynasty who is as different as himself. There were rumors that Prince Yongjia Hou was at odds with His Highness, so he drew his sword and killed him in anger. Let alone an ordinary scholar like myself?
But the person who came forward was Fang Xiaoru, the former number one talent. Seeing that the Fifth Highness didn't seem to have any intention of going into battle shirtless, Huang Zicheng regretted it again. As the saying goes, success comes with fame. For literati, if fame comes first, success will be achieved. If he persists at this moment, he will have a reputation of not fearing power in the future...
What's more, what I said is to obey nature and respond to people. Even if there are thousands of people, I will go there, so what should I be afraid of?
"I also understand the way of science, but it's just a strange skill that cannot be exposed to the public."
"After Brother Fang became His Highness's sect, he made many fallacies and heresies, which caused an uproar among the scholars. Doesn't it mean that Your Highness's knowledge is not from our famous teachings, but from heretics? I am saying that Your Highness has not studied the famous teachings. What's wrong?"
"Besides, poets and poets are nothing more than trivial people. As for the military exploits in Northern Xinjiang... it only shows that Your Highness is familiar with military tactics, but it does not mean that Your Highness knows the knowledge of my famous religion."
"Moreover, military strategists are the last ones. Zhu Zi said about military strategists: 'It's not too much to enlighten people's ambition to be militaristic! Take Sun Wu's book "Yi" and "The Analects of Confucius" and list them, how can he refute them!'. Saint Even with such words, how can a mere military achievement be compared with the great event of the prosperity of my famous religion?"
Zhu Xi believed that military strategism was a knowledge that "does not move toward profit and gain" and he despised it. Huang Zicheng quoted Zhu Xi's words to show that even if Zhu Su achieved military success in northern Xinjiang, it did not mean that he was a talented and learned person. Zhu Ping, who was fighting with Zhu Su in the northern Xinjiang, almost wanted to draw his sword. Over there, Zhu Di was also angry, but he still remembered not to ruin the arrangement of his fifth brother, so he held it back and did not make any move.
Most of the people present were Confucian disciples, and they naturally agreed with the sage's words of exalting Confucianism and belittling soldiers. Fang Xiaoru had fallen into a trap before and offended many scholars. Seeing that Huang Zicheng's strategy was better than Fang Xiaoru's, some Confucian scholars deliberately applauded him loudly.
Seeing Huang Zicheng quoting Zhu Zi's words and belittling Zhu Su again, Fang Xiaoru wanted to refute it, but was silenced by applause. Seeing Huang Zicheng elated amidst the applause, his pressure increased sharply and sweat appeared on his forehead.
Seeing that Fang Xiaoru could not bear the pressure, and the atmosphere of the appearance was almost enough, Zhu Su thought for a while and stood up.
He first bowed to the so-called Three Elders of Pingyang and asked loudly: "Confucianism has always known etiquette, but I don't know about it. Is it true that I know etiquette so well?"
The three elders of Pingyang, as the most virtuous and respected people in the scene, saw the Confucian scholars making noise but did not stop them, and they also wanted to deliberately kill Fang Xiaoru, who was so "crooked and evil". Now when Zhu Su said this, he could only wave his hand, and the Confucian scholars below fell silent.
"Master, I..." Fang Xiaoru looked ashamed.
"It's okay, don't worry about the quarrel of words. Just keep my heart in mind." Zhu Su comforted Fang Xiaoru with a smile. Fang Xiaoru's eyes lit up and he nodded, feeling that the master's figure in front of him was a little taller.
"Fun Yi Huang Zicheng... right? You said that this wine-sacrifice does not understand our Confucianism, so you should resign yourself as a wine-sacrifice."
"So, you think you know it very well?" Zhu Su walked towards Huang Zicheng step by step.
"Back to Your Highness, the student can read a thousand characters at the age of three and memorize Tang poems at the age of five. He has read through the Four Books and Five Classics at the age of eight. He has a basic understanding of Confucianism." Huang Zicheng bowed.
"He is still a talented man." Zhu Su chuckled, turned around and said, "Come on, bring me two bows and arrows."
Behind him, the accompanying dog responded loudly without hesitation. But when everyone heard it, they were confused. Huang Zicheng also asked curiously: "What do you want your highness to do with a bow and arrow?"
"What else can I do with a bow and arrow? Of course I want to compete with you!" Zhu Su looked at Huang Zicheng as if he were a fool.
Everyone was in an uproar, and Huang Zicheng was also shocked. He thought that Zhu Su wanted to kill him in the name of archery, so he waved his hands and refused, saying: "Students don't know how to use bows and arrows. Besides, the art of archery is different from the art of archery." What does Confucianism have to do with it?”
"Why doesn't it matter?" Zhu Su said matter-of-factly. "Etiquette, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and arithmetic are the six arts of a gentleman! You call yourself a Confucian disciple, but you don't know how to shoot. Are you not a gentleman?"
"Ah, that's right. Confucianism also has the Confucianism of the gentleman and the Confucianism of the villain. The Confucianism of the villain can also be regarded as Confucianism." Zhu Laowu slapped his head, looking negligent.
Huang Zicheng's face turned green and white for a while. By saying this, wouldn't it mean pointing your nose at yourself and calling yourself a villain? He calmed down and argued: "The so-called 'six arts of ancient times are not available today'. As Confucian people, we only need to learn the classics and practice them, and inherit the mantle of the sages before we can be called Confucian."
"Oh. That's it." Zhu Su said. "You said you must call him Cheng and Zhu. It seems that you have received many inheritances from Cheng and Zhu. But I have another question. Which one is the Confucian, Cheng, Zhu or Confucius and Mencius?"
"Which one is a Confucian?" This question was not only asked by Huang Zicheng, but also Zhan Tong, Lu Ben, even the three elders of Pingyang and everyone in the audience were stunned for a moment. After a moment, Huang Zicheng came to his senses and said with a smile: "Isn't your highness joking? Confucius, Mencius, Cheng Zhu, are all our Confucian sages..."
"Yes." Zhu Su couldn't deny it, "Then I would like to ask another question, who is more virtuous compared with Confucius, Mencius or Cheng Zhu?"
Huang Zicheng was stunned, feeling that His Highness was not simply ignorant, but had specially prepared some kind of trap. But there is no doubt about this question. He thought about it again and again, but could not find any loopholes in the question, so he had to say: "Confucius and Mencius pioneered Confucianism and Taoism, and they were the most holy and sub-sage. The master Confucius was not born in heaven, and the eternity is like a long night. Of course it is Confucius. Meng is more virtuous than Cheng and Zhu."
"That's it." Zhu Su said. After all, Huang Zicheng knew the truth and did not dare to risk the disapproval of the world to say that Cheng and Zhu Gengxian were wise. But since you said that Confucius and Mencius were more virtuous, then it is my turn. Zhu Su thought about it, with a smile that showed he was winning.
(End of chapter)
