The door opened, and the sound of awakening downstairs gradually became inaudible.

"It's too much!"

Ding Ren slapped the table vigorously, stood up and said, "Duke Yuanshan, what do you mean by this?"

Cao Jin was eating cold rind. He heard this and swallowed it slowly, took a sip of chicken soup, and then said comfortably: "Just follow what I said, take a step back."

This is still mixed with the words!

Ding Ren said coldly: "Duke Yuanshan, I'm afraid that the man will become even more arrogant when he compromises! Also, those people are waiting for our good news before leaving. How do you say it when you go back like this? How do you tell them?!"

Seeing that he questioned his father, Cao An said angrily: "This matter..."

Cao Jin interrupted Cao An with a dry cough. He said slowly: "I have been poor since childhood and became an orphan before I grew up. I rely on those villagers who can't read a big word to raise me. Later, I entered school by chance, and passed the Jinshi by chance... and became an official."

Cao Jin said with a sigh: "I send some money and food every year, not as a gift, just thanksgiving, Dekuan, do you understand what I mean?"

Ding Ren said blankly: "Duke Yuanshan, are you saying... pity them?"

Cao Jin was stunned and sighed softly, "How can I pity them? Just for those gratitude actions? Alas! Dekuan, do you know the sufferings of the people?"

Ding Ren looked at Cao An, who was respectful on the side, and said awkwardly: "Duke Shan, here you are down..."

"You've been reading."

Cao Jin stood up, Cao An hurried over to support him.

Cao Jin sighed, "Dekuan, you have been studying and then taught. This is considered a famous teaching, but you have always been worried about not being able to become an official without a Jinshi. But I want to tell you today that you don't know the hearts of the people. Why do you become an official if you don't know the hearts of the people?"

"We're leaving."

Cao Jin was helped out of the private room by Cao An, and Ding Ren sat there blankly. After a long time, he sneered: "This is a fake shot! I will avoid his inaction today by accusing me of me. As expected, this man becomes a spirit when he is old!"

...

"What a pity!"

After returning, Fang Xing told Zhu Zhanji about what happened just now with some regrets.

"I don't care about anything else. Ding Ren is a person with a harsh and weak appearance at first glance, but Cao An is extremely outstanding and spiritual."

Zhu Zhanji casually sent a letter to Jia Quan, and after he went out, he smiled and said, "Better than Ma Su?"

"Each one has its own strengths."

Fang Xing pondered and said, "Ma Su is calm, but Cao An is a smart person."

This was the second time he expressed his regret for Cao An. Zhu Zhanji felt aroused in his heart and said, "Do you want me to send someone to pass on a message?"

The prince is optimistic about your son, and you, Cao Jin, will you be moved no matter how you say it?

Anyone who is not stupid probably knows that Confucianism is just a stepping stone.

But isn't it okay to change the stepping stone?

At this time, Fang Wu came in and said the three people after Fang Xing left.

"It's an old fox, but he also hides needles in the cotton. Unfortunately, Ding Ren is too stubborn and doesn't hear what Cao Jin means."

Zhu Zhanji said coldly: "They are just the people who are at the forefront, and I don't know how many of them are behind them. This is a warning and a temptation."

"They want to warn us to recall those students and let those self-study die. They want to test our attitude. If they retreat, there will be a constant stream of trouble in the future."

"However, Cao Jin was a diligent official back then, and his family did not take the opportunity to recruit slaves from the fields. He was very poor..."

Fang Xing always respects those with high moral character.

"The Ming Dynasty needed to promote those moral masters, but we could not force everyone to do it according to this model."

Zhu Zhanji deeply agreed with this. There are so many officials in the court, but how many people can truly be called moral guru?

But can a moral master be a good official?

Zhu Zhanji fell into deep thought and didn't even know that Fang Xing left.

After he woke up, Quan Jin had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Highness, someone invited me to dinner before and said something during the meal."

Zhu Zhanji nodded, Quan Jin said in a little embarrassedly: "Those people only talked about the students of Zhixing Academy in their words, but I did not agree to it."

Both Zhu Zhanji and Fang Xing trust Quan Jin's character.

So Zhu Zhanji just nodded: "This matter is OK."

Quan Jin frowned and said, "Listen to their words, the students were wandering around... and ran around, and when they saw a village, they went in, and used their scientific knowledge to attract the attention of those young people, and then began to spread..."

There was a little more joy between Zhu Zhanji's eyebrows, which was what he hoped.

He hopes that science can continue to grow and finally compete with Confucianism, so that there will never be a situation where one can dominate again.

"Confucianism cannot be eliminated."

Zhu Zhanji gave this attribution, which is also a view that Fang Xing emphasized many times.

Losing Confucianism and losing the inheritance that has long been mixed together, are the Han people still Han people?

Quan Jin was still nagging: "The most they brought is not dry food. They would rather drink cold water or be hungry, but bring more books to give to others. Your Highness... I thought of those... ascetic monks!"

Zhu Zhanji frowned slightly and said, "Master Quan, science does not have the ability to demagogue people."

Putting science and religion side by side, Zhu Zhanji believes that this is a dangerous idea.

Quan Jin smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, I have read those books. But for most people, science is a disaster."

Zhu Zhanji's eyes were deep and said lightly: "Only with an opponent can you show your true skills. You just suppress, plan, and make trouble behind your back. There is a problem with these people's moral character. No, it is not a problem, but it is unbearable!"

"Your Highness!"

Quan Jin looked frightened. He knew that Zhu Zhanji would definitely investigate those people. After the results were obtained, these people would be considered to be out of business in the future, and most of their descendants could only stop at the provincial examination.

Zhu Zhanji said coldly: "What I don't like most is the person who is making ghosts behind my back, sneaky, neither human nor ghost, and self-satisfied. No matter how capable such a person is, he can only make a bad thing!"

...

Quan Jin wandered in the big mansion in a daze, and unknowingly wandered outside Fang Xing's courtyard.

"Did Lord Quan look for my master?"

In the yard, Xin Laoqi and Fang Wu were practicing together, and the servants were watching. When they saw Quan Jin, someone went to report to Fang Xing.

Fang Xing came out and saw Quan Jin's appearance and invited him in.

After the two sat down in the wing room, Quan Jin said bitterly: "Xing He Bo, those people just talked about it behind their backs, but they didn't do anything shameful!"

Fang Xing was stunned. After thinking for a while, he understood what Quan Jin meant, and said, "They don't do it because they don't have the ability to do it. Their favorite is the people behind the scenes, such as you and Yuanshan Gong, who are pitiful."

Quan Jin smiled bitterly and said, "But others think I am pedantic. Alas! I am old and can't understand the world. After Your Highness becomes stable, I want to return home... I am tired! I am tired!"

Fang Xing sighed slightly in his heart that this respectable old man sticks to the moral bottom line throughout his life, but he is considered pedantic by the world. If he had not gained his reputation, Zhu Gaochi would not have given him a high position as a Grand Secretary.

After sending Quan Jin out, Fang Xing ordered Xiaodao to find Zhu Zhanji and let someone show Quan Jin's body.

"Master, Lord Quan looks very depressed!"

It was the tea that Mochou went to to show respect for Quan Jing.
Chapter completed!