Chen Qingzhi who travels south in all clothes

In Shen's mansion in the east of the city, Qingzhi and his mentor Shen Yue sat opposite each other in an open pavilion. The courtyard was filled with pruning bamboos.

"If you are here to be a lobbyist, please go back," Shen Yue said mercilessly to this beloved disciple.

"Teacher..." Qing Zhi persuaded earnestly, "Your Majesty is no longer harsh, and you must have listened to your advice. Why can't we each take a step back?"

"You're wrong, Qing Zhi, right and wrong, right and wrong, never can, give in the slightest," Shen Yue said with a frosty face, "And you came a step late, I just made a statement to His Majesty, please resign from the post of Shangshuling, and recommend Fan Zhen will take over."

"Fan Zhen, is that Fan Zhen who wrote the book "On the Extinction of Gods"?" Qing Zhi felt anxious, the teacher was adding fuel to the fire.

Shen Yue nodded and said, "That's right, what you don't know is that he is also the elder brother of Fan Yun in the servant, and he used to work in the Xidi with us Jingling Eight Friends, so he can be said to be our old acquaintance. "

Qingzhi silently thought, Fan Zhen was so close to this group of important founding ministers, yet he never became an official. It can be seen that it was because of his consistent atheism.

Shen Yue said slowly, "Back then in Xidi, King Jingling was also a Buddhist worshiper. He once questioned him, 'If you don't believe in cause and effect, how can there be wealth and poverty in the world?'

He replied loudly, "Human life is like a tree of flowers, which grow from the same branch and open a stalk. They fall with the wind, fall on the matting under the curtain, and fall on the dung after closing the fence." side.Those who fall into the grass mat are the same as your Highness; those who fall into the dung are the same as the lower officials.Although there are different paths between high and low, where is the cause and effect? '

Qingzhi heard his sublime remarks, and praised him, "This gentleman is very human!"

"I believe that with him, a man of integrity and honesty, who stands above the imperial court, will be able to coerce the courtiers who tend to be in power, and suppress the unhealthy trends of Buddhism, Taoism, gods and ghosts," Shen Yue said with a firm expression.

"Menshi clearly sees it," Qingzhi said worriedly, "But can the emperor accept your painstaking efforts?"

"Knowing that you can't do it! Qingzhi, do you still remember the four words 'do your part' that your teacher asked you to give to His Majesty back then? I spent half my life honoring and disgrace, many years of friendship, and death as admonishment. Yes, it's a success!

As a teacher on the verge of dying, he is already half buried in the loess. His official reputation, official career, and even his wealth and life are not so important! "

Shen Yue gently stroked his long beard under his chin, and suddenly said kindly, "Wang Du, the crown prince and you are the disciples who have valued cultivation the most in this old man's half life. Ziheng can pass on my way, Zhaoming can pass on my writing, and celebration can pass on My history, what is there to regret about this old man?"

Qingzhi burst into tears, all the words of dissuasion were choked up in his stomach for a while.

Shen Yue took out a volume of silk books from the wooden box, and saw "Four Tones and Eight Diseases" written in Feibai script on the seal, presumably it was the title of this volume.

Shen Yue handed it to Qingzhi, and said slightly proudly, "This is what I have devoted myself to in my later years, but it is just a glimpse of the rhythm of poetry. I know that your ambition is not here, so help me to hand it to that child Zhaoming."

Qingzhi knows very well that his mentor is full of modest words, so it must be his very satisfactory work.

The two chatted again, and not long after, Qingzhi took his leave and left. As he was drifting away, he heard the voice of his mentor reciting eloquently, saying:

Haoshou buried the files, and was exhausted and sleepy.

No one rewards high festivals, and the way is to be chaste.

Once the crown is hung, it is drowned in poetry and books.

For Shen Yue's determination, Xiao Yan, the emperor of Liang, gave him the last tolerance and retained his position as Shangshuling, but he was not allowed to go to the court to discuss politics, and his real power in the Shangshutai was emptied, and the left and right servants took the place. Guan, in fact, is to make Shen Yue spend his old age peacefully in his own mansion.

Xiao Yan was quite hesitant about the appointment of Fan Zhen, so he held an unprecedentedly grand meeting in the Minglun Hall of the Imperial College, and invited important court officials, even eminent monks and famous Confucians to challenge his theory of the extinction of gods.

Since the Western Jin Dynasty, chatting has become a common practice, and celebrities of the gentry gathered for banquets, often waving their tails, talking about metaphysics such as Lao Zhuang, Zhouyi, and Buddhist scriptures, analyzing meanings, and debating each other.However, such a grand scale, abundant talents, and comprehensive and in-depth topics are unique.

At that time, thousands of scholars crowded the Guozijian and stood outside the hall to watch. In Minglun Hall, Fan Zhen single-handedly, thoughtful and eloquent, fought against hundreds of courtiers and celebrities on the other side for three days and three nights. , was shocked.

At the talk meeting, Xiao Yan was deeply impressed by Fan Zhen's talent and courage, and ordered him to be promoted to Shangshu Zuocheng, but he was also a bit indifferent to the matter of worshiping Buddhism.