Film and TV: Starting from the Night Watchman of Dafeng

Chapter 18 Immortality
Chen Tai and others also looked at him with doubt.

Wei An shook his head slightly, "I've read classics in the library before. The Taoist Tianzong's so-called 'investigating things to gain knowledge' seems to me more like 'controlling things' or 'controlling things'. Control everything. Nothing is uncontrollable."

"That's quite fitting."

Zhao Shou and others nodded.

"Dean, teachers, and gentlemen." Wei An pointed to a stream winding down from the top of a mountain in the distance. "Do you know why water flows from high to low, rather than from low to high?"

Then he pointed to a patch of dead leaves in the woods behind him and asked, "Do you know that falling leaves always fall to the ground?"

"Do you know why the sun rises and the moon sets, and why there are winds, frosts, rain, snow, thunder, and lightning?"

He asked three questions in a row.

Even a man as knowledgeable as Zhao Shou could still see a hint of stupidity in his clear eyes.

There was a long silence.

"Isn't it always like this?"

An old man said.

Although the others didn't speak, their eyes revealed the same words.

Always like this!
It has existed since ancient times!

Wei An shook his head slightly, not answering directly. Instead, he said, "Prime Minister Cheng believes that 'everything in the world follows a certain principle.' He attributes this to the principles of heaven. That's both right and wrong, and it's not exhaustive. Nothing happens by chance; there must be a reason behind it. To study things is to seek out those principles."

"Isn't reason...in the human heart?" an old man said nervously.

Just after proposing a theory, you want to overturn it yourself?

"Some principles can be sought in the heart, while some still need to be tested before they can be obtained. This is why I say that the new learning is not perfect." Wei An explained.

Yangming's philosophy of mind is certainly unique and has been praised by countless people, but in the final analysis, it is idealistic.

Idealism is prone to change and distortion.

The schools of mind after Wang Yangming include the "ready-made school", the "return to tranquility school", the "daily use school" and the "revision school".

Regardless of which school, they originally inherited the better points of Wang Yangming's philosophy of mind, but some of the developments went astray.

For example, the "ready-made school" believes that everyone is a saint. This is not wrong. The human heart is inherently good. Once the selfish desires are removed, the human heart is the heart of Tao.

However, they also advocate that the answer in one's heart is the most correct one when encountering a problem, and one should just do it accordingly. In this way, the disciples of this group are bold, arrogant, and even out of line.

As a person who has received modern education, Wei An is more inclined to materialism.

If Cheng Xue had been defeated with "science" before, the effect would naturally be explosive and very good.

Unfortunately, the verification took too long, which was contrary to his urgency to take control of his own destiny as soon as possible.

So he chose the School of Mind.

Xinxue has another important function, which is to break the shackles and liberate the mind!

After that, he would slowly transform the study of the mind toward the mind-body dualism.

I finally lived up to the teachings of my junior and senior high school ethics and politics teachers.

Everyone nodded.

"So you're... going to chase Cheng Hui and beat him up."

Another old man had unique insights.

"Uh…"

Under everyone's gaze, Wei An felt a little embarrassed.

It seems, indeed, that is the case.

He smiled again, quite resigned, "I have already offended you. I believe Minister Cheng will understand. Besides, I have no intention of pursuing a career in politics."

"Oh, is that so." Li Mubai's eyes lit up and he glanced at Chen Tai beside him very deliberately.

As we all know, Chen Tai is best at state governance.

"Wuyang is well versed in all the classics. I don't have much to teach him." Chen Tai was also free and easy, looking at Wei An again, "Don't rush your career, there will be opportunities."

"Teacher, it will take up most of my time to study the principles of things." Wei An did not answer directly, but gave the answer.

Chen Tai's eyes dimmed.

This is his personal ambition, so he doesn't force it.

Zhao Shou sighed and said, "There are countless things in the world. If you make such a great wish, wouldn't it be like a black horse horn? How many things can you obtain in your entire life?"

Rather than saying 'things', it's better to say 'phenomenon'. Wei An did not explain, saying, "So, Dean, teacher, and all the teachers, I intend to cultivate both martial arts and martial arts."

He actually wanted to live forever.

This wish came into being after he came to this world and discovered the existence of a supernatural system.

The priority comes only after 'having the ability to control your own life'.

If he had said frankly that he wanted to "seek immortality", his teachers and leaders would have misunderstood him as being "afraid of death".

A gentleman can be deceived by tricks.

The teachers are all gentlemen and will forgive him.

He was not just pretending; he had thought it over carefully at the polo field.

He will definitely move forward in the Confucian system.

The conditions for advance payment are too harsh.

Since he couldn't break through to the third level through advance payment, he would do it himself.

As for the debt incurred by advance payment...

He has already paid in advance and has eaten the fruit, so who cares?
"You...this is a good idea." Zhao Shou sighed with a smile.

The expressions of the others were the same, suggesting that "times are changing too fast and cannot keep up with the minds of young people."

"We still need to distinguish the primary from the secondary." Chen Tai pointed out.

I'm worried.

Such seedlings...they are not just seedlings, they are already pillars of heaven, talents who follow the rules and have a promising future!

Wei An nodded obediently.

When everyone was about to move forward towards the Confucian Temple, two figures appeared in the void. They were Xin Shan Xue Zheng and... Xu Xinnian.

"Greetings to the dean and gentlemen." Xu Xinnian bowed first with an anxious look on his face.

Before he could look at the teacher, Zhang Shen stepped forward and asked with a frown, "Cijiu, what happened?"

"Teacher, Dean, and gentlemen, my elder brother is in trouble. Please save him."

Xu Xinnian bowed deeply.

"Is he the talented person who wrote 'Don't worry about having no friends on the road ahead, everyone in the world knows you'?" Zhang Shen's expression became stern, and he confirmed in a deep voice.

That day behind the Sheep Pavilion, Xu Xinnian explained in front of several teachers and leaders that the farewell poem was not written by him, but by his elder brother.

In fact, when he was bidding farewell to Zi Yang at the Sheep Pavilion, he wanted to reveal the truth. Wei An was making too much noise and attracted everyone's attention, including his.

"Goodbye, leave this matter to me. Where is your elder brother?" Li Mubai reacted very quickly.

"You old thief, you are addicted to snatching students. Brother Cijiu is my disciple." Zhang Shen said angrily.

If Zhao Shou hadn't been there, the two would probably have started fighting!

"My elder brother is already in the Ministry of Justice, Teacher, Mr. Mu Bai, there is no time to lose, otherwise something might happen!" Xu Xinnian looked anxious.

"The place where I stand is in front of the Criminal Department!" Li Mubai directly used his ultimate move.

Although this seems very cool, it actually consumes a lot of literary energy. The greater the distance, the greater the consumption.

"I'm standing in front of the main gate of the Ministry of Justice." Zhang Shen hesitated. He used to be the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, so it was nothing for him to enter the Ministry of Justice. But after thinking about it, he made the same choice as Li Mubai.

Xu Xinnian's gaze was fixed on the void for a long time, and he visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

He immediately apologized to Zhao Shou, Wei An and others, "President, gentlemen, Master Wei, I am sorry for disturbing you. I will take my leave now."

"Brother Nian, how big a case is it that it has been brought to the Ministry of Justice?" Wei An asked.

Xu Xinnian was the one who welcomed him into the academy, and he would always be grateful for this kindness.

The latter looked at him gratefully and relayed Lao Zhang's words to everyone.

"The Kyoto government's public security is so devastating! How despicable!"

"Harassing women in the street, the Imperial College is full of scum like this! Pah!"

"Is this Zhou Xianping's revenge?"

Amidst all the complaints, Chen Tai's speculation immediately caught Xu Xinnian's attention. He said solemnly, "Sir, why do you say that? Please teach me."

(End of this chapter)