Ming Zuo

Chapter 305 What is Tao?
How much is Dongyuan worth?
No one can tell.

As the first garden in Jinling, it has long been famous all over the world.

Xu Yinjue took Dongyuan out as a prize, it's impossible not to be tempted.

Gu Jianshan has traveled the rivers and lakes for many years, wandering around, and fought several times in life and death, before he gained such a great reputation.Later, he served under Fu Zhenshang's family, and only a hundred military officers were mixed in.

He knew very well that since Xu Yinjue offered a heavy reward, he was only allowed to win and not to lose.

If he wins, not to mention whether Dongyuan will really give it to him, at least Xu Yinjue's reward will never be less.

But if he loses, he will definitely be very miserable.

People are drifting in the rivers and lakes, and many times if they don't take a gamble, they will have no chance at all.

With such a belief, Gu Jianshan not only wants to win, but also wants to win beautifully.

I just didn't expect that the wild girl on the opposite side was so overbearing that she took the initiative to make a move.

Gu Jianshan was different from Peng Jiunian and Li Zhenli's flamboyant fists and embroidered legs. When he saw Wang Siyi make a move, his face immediately changed.Before he had time to think about it, he crossed his arms and protected the front door before speaking.

Even so, he still felt hit by a running mad cow.The huge force made him unable to stand at all, and fell directly backwards.

At the same time, the bone seams of both arms were violently exuding heart-pounding pain, and the two arms had completely lost feeling.

The experienced Gu Jianshan knew that his arm bone should have been broken.

I think he walks the rivers and lakes by relying on a pair of iron sand palms that are unparalleled in the world.And in order to practice the highest level of Iron Sand Palm, he did not know how much training he had done.

A pair of hands doesn't talk about cracking steles and rocks, at least it can't be hurt by ordinary swords.

As a result, it was interrupted alive today in the hands of an unknown little girl.

There are thousands of thoughts in my mind, but everything happens in a blink of an eye.

What everyone saw was that he flew upside down like a torn sack, hit the edge of the ship heavily, and spurted out a stream of blood when he opened his mouth.

Fu Zhenshang knew Gu Jianshan's martial arts best, so he was really frightened and threw all the wine glasses in his hand.

Xu Yinjue thought that Wang Siyi had used some kind of dirty trick, and shouted, "You are cheating!"

"Ahem... my son... don't be upset, it's me... I'm not as good as others!"

No one thought that it was the defeated Gu Jianshan who defended Wang Siyi.

Panting heavily, he tried to sit up against the side of the boat, looking at Wang Siyi with complicated eyes, as if he wanted to see through this little girl.

Only when you have actually played against each other will you understand how terrifying this seemingly frail little girl is.

Everyone in the south of the Yangtze River was in an uproar. They didn't expect that Gu Jianshan had given up on the mountain-shaking sound that he blew earlier, but now he gave up.

Gu Jianshan was full of sadness.

Before, he boasted that he wanted to let Wang Siyi know what is beyond the sky and people beyond people, but now he himself understands the meaning of this sentence.

Moreover, Wang Siyi's martial arts are so powerful that he despairs.Even if he continues to study and practice hard, he will never hope to catch up to the gap in this life.

This is how people are, once they find that the gap is so large, it becomes very calm to admit defeat.

"May I ask where the girl came from? I have traveled the rivers and lakes for many years, and I have never seen such a magical skill as the girl. Please tell me that Gu died without regret."

Wang Siyi waved her hand, she didn't think it was a big deal to win against Gu Jianshan.

"I am the commander of the cavalry of the Dongchang Association. I have practiced martial arts with my father since I was a child."

Gu Jianshan's expression changed drastically, and he wished he could slap himself a few times.

He even dared to challenge a cavalry commander without shame, and he didn't complain about the loss.

Later generations read martial arts novels and feel that those heroes are invincible and invincible.But in fact, in ancient society, the people with the highest martial arts were basically in the official family.

Acquire literary and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family, this sentence is not just talking.

Furthermore, the cost of martial arts is very high.And the only ones who can provide sufficient resources for martial arts practitioners are officials.

Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for the reckless in the world to beat the generals of the imperial court.

In the real world, there is no such thing as internal or light work, and fighting depends entirely on physical fitness. How can ordinary people compare with officials?
If Wang Siyi's identity had been known in advance, he would not have come forward if he was killed.

But then he thought of something, and said in surprise: "Aside from General Qin in Sichuan, there are female generals in this world?"

Seeing Wang Siyi winning two games in a row, Huang Zongxi was really happy, and proudly said: "Our General Wang has unrivaled martial arts skills, and personally killed more than three hundred Dong captives at Qingshui Pass. Even if he is a man in the world, there is no one better than him."

There were gasps all over the venue, looking at the proud and independent Wang Siyi, it was like listening to a scripture from heaven.

If it hadn't been for seeing her cripple Gu Jianshan with one punch just now, everyone would even suspect that Huang Zongxi was lying.

Wang Siyi didn't care about defeating Gu Jianshan, she cared about other things.

She looked at Xu Yinjue, who was ashen-faced, and shouted, "Bring the title deed."

Xu Yinjue was about to spit out a mouthful of old blood.

"What did you say?"

Wang Siyi walked over with a few steps, her phoenix eyes were full of power.

"You want to say nothing?"

Xu Yinjue trembled on the spot, wanting to call for protection.Turning around, the servants and servants all ran more than ten steps away.

Just kidding, these people know how powerful Gu Jianshan is.But Gu Jianshan couldn't hold a single move in front of this female Tyrannosaurus rex, they didn't want to die.

What is the prince of the state, what is superior to others, at this time Xu Yinjue is full of desire to survive.

He tried his best to put on a smiling face, and tried his best to explain: "The title deed... I didn't bring the title deed with me. Girl, don't worry, I'll send it to you later..."

Wang Siyi is now happy.

"It's almost there."

She pointed at Xu Yinjue's nose again, and said threateningly: "If you dare to lie to me, I'll call at the door. Let's see if the descendants of King Zhongshan are any more capable?"

Xu Yinjue's heart was beating like thunder, and he hurriedly said: "This... This son keeps his word and will never break his word."

Wang Siyi got the guarantee, turned around and came back, and before she was seated, she shouted: "Zuo Menggeng, I won a garden. Do you want it? If you want it, I will give it to you."

Xu Yinjue who was behind was so hesitant that he didn't come up.

Dongyuan is priceless, even he values ​​it very much.I didn't expect this little girl to give it away...

The contest is over, but everything has just begun.

Zhang Cai saw the competition with his own eyes, and he was defeated and lost, and knew that he had to turn around as soon as possible, otherwise he would always be at a disadvantage.

At the same time, he was secretly annoyed, realizing that what he advocated in the past was so unbearable.

Before resuming the society, Zhang Cai organized many societies.Among them, the Guande Society is a fencing group that sharpens martial arts, and it is one of the concrete manifestations of Zhang Cai's advocacy of "practical learning".

Zhang Cai advocated the restoration of the ancient six arts of a gentleman, and learning swordsmanship was one of them.

Now it seems that the little things they have learned are purely literati's imagination, and they are not the same thing as real combat.

He winked at one person on his side, and that person understood, and the more people came out.

"General Wang's martial arts are so brave that they opened our eyes. However, no matter how good the martial arts are, they are nothing more than rationale. We scholars should take the pursuit of morality as our duty."

Everyone was stunned, and understood that the topic was coming.

On Zuo Menggeng's side, after several people looked at each other, Huang Zongxi stepped forward.

"Have you ever asked this friend what to call him?"

The man cupped his hands towards Zhang Cai and said, "I'm going to return to you. I have been taught by Master Zhang. I am a beginner in Confucianism, and I am not afraid of being generous."

Zhang Cai likes to support young scholars very much, and has written prefaces, recommended and communicated with these people many times.

Is it familiar?

That's right, that's how the academic circles of later generations played.

Looking back, these people also played a great role in making Zhang Cai famous.

In this debate, they will naturally come forward and act as pawns for Zhang Cai.

Although Gui Erfu's words were simple, they showed what Zhang Cai and others were trying to do.

Aiming at Liu Zongzhou's remarks of returning to the common people and using them for the common people, Zhang Cai cunningly started from the aspect of Tao and reason, intending to attribute Liu Zongzhou's words to reason, and then obtain suppression from the level of Tao.

Although Zhang Cai believed in Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, by the end of Ming Dynasty, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism had undergone great changes.

In Zhu Xi's time, Dao and Li were often confused.

For example, it notes in "The Original Meaning of the Book of Changes": Yin and Yang alternately move, Qi also.Its principle is the so-called Tao.

It is also said: Yin and Yang in the hexagrams and lines are all in the form, and their principles follow the Tao.

Of course, most of the time, Dao and Li are treated separately by Zhu Xi.

He said in "Yue Lei": Clothing, food, and actions are just things, and the principle of things is the way.It is impossible to replace things with Tao.And like this chair, which has four legs and can be used to sit on, the principle of this chair is also... the way must be reasonable and reasonable.Reason is a virtual thing, without that temperament, there is no place for this reason. "Yi" said: "One yin and one yang are called Dao", which is both rational and qi.Yin and yang are qi; one yin and one yang are principles.

In other words, Dao is the root, while reason is the appearance.

Gui Erfu's remarks are to say that no matter how good Wang Siyi's martial arts are, this is just a superficial mechanism.

Only the fundamental Tao is the real knowledge.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in Zhang Caifang stroked their beards one after another and praised him again and again, feeling that they had gained a favorable position in the debate.

But Gui Erfu's opponent, Huang Zongxi, showed his sharpness and only said one sentence.

"Dare to ask Brother Gui, what is Tao?"

(End of this chapter)