Prime Minister

Chapter 188 Poems
What Zhang Yue said is fighting Meng Huo by attacking the mind, and governing Shu by judging the situation is a political achievement.

Among them, Zhuge Liang is particularly commendable for governing Shu. Therefore, in the Three Kingdoms games of all dynasties, Zhuge Liang's politics are close to one hundred.

Zhang Yue expected to get objection from Sansu and his son when he answered this question.

Don't think that all Shu people are fans of Zhuge Kongming. In fact, Sansu and his son have criticized Kongming.

For example, Su Xun quoted Guan Zhong's words in "The Book of Quan": Attacking toughness will lead to weakness, taking advantage of flaws will lead to gods, attacking toughness will make flawless people strong, and taking advantage of flaws will make strong people weak.

Those who took the world in ancient times often kept it first.Zhuge Kongming abandoned Jingzhou to take Xishu, I know he can't do anything.

Su Xun believed that Zhuge Liang wanted to destroy the weak Soochow first instead of competing with the powerful Cao Wei. This was Kong Ming's mistake.

Su Shi's criticism was even more severe. Liu Biao's funeral, the Former Lord was in Jingzhou, and Kong Ming wanted to attack and kill his orphan, but the Former Lord could not bear it.Later, Liu Zhang came to Shu with his rebellious nature, and within a few months, he suppressed his voice and slapped his back to seize the country. This is how different he is from Cao Cao!

In the end, Su Shi concluded that those who use benevolence, righteousness, fraud and power to win the world are the reasons why Kong Ming lost.

Su Zhe was much more euphemistic than his father and elder brother, saying that Zhuge Kongming had the talent for governing the country, but he was not a general when he was in the rush of various conquests.

It’s okay for Kong Ming to govern the country, but let’s forget about military strategy. It’s fine to let a general go to conquer Wei, why bother to go to battle in person?
Sure enough, Su Xun asked Zhang Yue: "Liu Yan ruled Shu with strictness, and Liu Zhang ruled Shu with lenient, it is a mistake to say that it is lenient and strict. There is a saying in the Shu Shu that "the criminal law is harsh and urgent, and the common people are cut off, and the gentleman and the villain are full of resentment." How can it be explained?"

Zhang Yuexin said that Su Xun really didn't like Zhuge Liang as said in the history books, is he trying to argue with himself? .

In fact, this statement can be answered in the following way: "Liang's criminal law is harsh, and the common people are harshly stripped, and a gentleman and a villain are full of resentment."

Zhang Yue just quoted Pei Songzhi's words.

Facing Su Xun's words now, Zhang Yue thought to himself, in this world, where there is bright pink, there is bright black. In later generations, there are still people who advocate removing the teacher's example from the text, so as not to cultivate students' foolish and loyal spirit.

Zhang Yue didn't know what to say.

Su Zhe frowned secretly, his view of Zhuge Liang was quite different from that of his father and brother, and he still recognized Zhuge Liang's ability to govern the country.

Now Su Zhe saw that his father seemed to be arguing, and seemed to want to argue with Zhang Yue, so he couldn't help worrying secretly, fearing that the two of them would get serious about it.

Ouyang Xiu and Zeng Gong also watched from the sidelines to see how Zhang Yue would respond.

But seeing Zhang Yue smiled and said: "What Su Gong said is very true. Tolerance and fierceness are just skills, not the way. If you blindly seek skills in governing a country, you will stop at skills."

When everyone listened to their hearts, they were discouraged.

Ouyang Xiu smiled slightly, arguing with the elders is irrational, but it is wise for Zhang Yue to take a step back.

But Su Xun heard Zhang Yue's incomplete meaning and asked: "Where is that way?"

Everyone thought that Zhang Yue didn't dare to debate and was about to change the topic, but saw Zhang Yue said: "Su Gong, I have learned a lot from reading Zhou Rites recently. The sages respected Zhou Rites in governing the world, but they never talked about the way of leniency and fierceness. Wang Mang reformed the system It is also known as advocating Zhou etiquette, but it forces the whole world to turn against it, why?"

"Why?"

Zhang Yuedao: "My subordinates think that there is skill but no way. Those who govern the country must have the meaning of "Guanju" and "Linzhi", and then they can practice the laws of Zhou officials. "Guanju" and "Linzhi" come from "The Book of Songs·Guo "Feng" is the principle of my Confucian righteous family to cultivate morality and finally turn it into the benevolent custom of the world."

"When this sentence is pushed to the subtle point, it must be accumulated from the subtlety of the boudoir mat to the fumigation, so that there is no one person or thing in the world that cannot be transformed by it, and then the law of Zhou officials can be followed. Wang Mang owes this."

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, if you want to discuss the Tao with me, let's discuss the Tao.This statement is the purpose of Neo-Confucianism later. If you can refute it, I will write my name upside down.

Su Xun thought for a while, and said with emotion: "Cultivating one's morality, regulating one's family, governing the country and the world is the way!"

Seeing that his arguable father did not object to Zhang Yue, Su Zhe couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "Sanlang first entered Taixue, and wrote the great meaning of Taixue, which expounds the study of Mingti Dayong. Mingti can be called the mind, and Dayong can be called the theory. Can it be confirmed?"

Su Shi listened and asked: "I still have to ask for advice, what is talking about mind and deeds?"

Zhang Yue said heartily: "I don't dare to do it. Take filial piety as an example. Filial piety to parents comes from nature. If you only talk about filial piety and don't talk about filial piety, just talk about filial piety. The actor who plays a filial son on stage is the most filial son in the world."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yue said sternly: "So whether it is lenient or strict, in the final analysis, it is about deeds. The most important thing is the heart. Whether it is lenient or strict, you must start from the heart."

"Liu Yan ruled Shu Yanye, and his heart was to rebel against the Han and stand on his own. Liu Zhang ruled Shu leniently, but because of his weakness, he did it for the sake of guarding his position. There are eight hundred plants, and the field is no more than fifteen hectares. They carry food and clothing with them, and they all rely on the officials. They do not care about their lives. There is no silk left inside, and no money outside. This is the heart."

"Strictness is the art, but also the deeds, and the deeds don't care about the heart, so there is a saying that 'the criminal law is harsh, and the people are stripped, and the gentleman and the villain are full of resentment'."

After these words, everyone showed admiration, especially Su Zhe.

When changing clothes during the banquet, Ouyang Xiu smiled at Zeng Gong: "Zhang Duzhi is a young phoenix, and he will be clearer than his old voice in the future!"

When Zeng Gong heard this, his expression became complicated again.

The following people continued to write poems.

The poems written by everyone at the banquet were written into the poetry anthology, and Ouyang Xiu published it, and then became popular in Bianjing, even to the point where Luoyang was expensive.

After all, Sansu, Ouyang Xiu, and Zeng Gong are all the most famous literary scholars in the world.Ouyang Xiu is not only a great master in the literary world, but also an examiner of several imperial examinations.

For Ouyang Xiu and the others, one more or one less collection of poems like this is nothing more than a slight increase in their reputation.

But for Zhang Yue and Zeng Zai, their names have also spread along with this collection of poems.

Especially the heart-attacking couplet by Zhuge Kongming was praised by many people, who thought it was a criticism of the current situation.

With the spread of poetry anthology, scholars in Bianjing, and even the usually high-minded pavilions, deeply regretted that they could not meet this meeting and missed this opportunity to become famous.

After Zeng Gong went out, he said to Zeng Zai: "The knowledge in Zhang Du's chest can be taught by you. You are his classmate, so don't lose it."

And at this moment in the Han Mansion.

Han Qi is reading this collection of poems that Ouyang Xiu gave him.

Han Qi himself doesn't like to compose poems, and he usually doesn't like talented poems very much, but because of Ouyang Xiu, Sansu, and Zeng Gong's high reputation, he also appreciates them.

When Han Qi saw Zhang Yue's name, he thought of the young man he had seen when he was in Taixue.

The look in the boy's eyes left an impression on him, so he still remembers it to this day.

Han Qi laughed when he read Zhang Yue's first poem, and after turning over a dozen pages, he shook his head when he saw Zhang Yue's poems again, not because Zhang Yue's poems were not good, but because they couldn't be compared with other poems in the anthology.

But when Han Qi flipped through the pages and found that Zhang Yue wrote a heart-warming couplet, he was momentarily stunned.He spread the collection of poems on the desk and said to this page: "This old man underestimated this son."

(End of this chapter)