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"Daddy."

Zhao Chen's voice came from behind.

"What's the matter?"

"Lunch is ready."

Zhao Ning said to Zhu Lian, "Let's go, eat first."

Zhu Lian said: "Officials, ministers and concubines have something to ask."

"What's the matter?"

"Fengying has been a widow so far and is lonely. Can the officials include her in the harem?"

Zhao Ning was taken aback, Fengying?

Seeing that Zhao Ning was a little unresponsive, Zhu Lian said, "My concubine's younger sister."

"Oh, I remember."

Into the harem?

This doesn't work!

After killing Zhao Kai, you want to occupy his wife?

It's a bit of an understatement.

He never advertises himself as a good person, but this kind of thing is always not very good.

"It might be inappropriate to include her in the harem, but you can find a good family for her."

Zhao Ning knew that Zhu Lian wanted to see his younger sister often, so he continued: "If you miss her, you can often announce her to the palace to reminisce about the old days."

"It has to be like this."

After everyone was seated, Zhao Ning saw little Princess Roujia sitting next to Qian Jinshu, talking and laughing.

Zhao Ning asked: "Roujia, what are you talking about, so happy?"

Roujia said: "Daddy, I was asking my little mother about going to sea. She said that many people in Hangzhou go to sea, and there are many magical things outside the sea."

"Oh, you have a heart."

"Daddy, when I grow up, can I go to sea?" Roujia asked curiously, tilting her head.

She is nine years old this year, she looks like Zhu Lian, she is as delicate and delicate, her skin is as white as precious jade, her eyes are big, gentle and soft.

"You want to go to sea?"

"miss you!"

Zhao Ning said: "Okay, you will go to sea when you grow up."

"Thank you dad, then don't I have to go to the Shibo Department to stay for two years?"

"Do you still know Shibo Division?"

"That's what the little girl told me."

Qian Jinshu smiled and said, "Roujia is very smart, she can understand as soon as she speaks."

"My little lady knows a lot. I want to sleep with my little lady tonight, and I want to listen to her stories."

Zhu Lian dotingly smiled and said: "Roujia, my lady has just entered the palace, so don't cause trouble for her."

"It's okay, I like Roujia too."

The two women were modest there, only Zhao Ning sighed in his heart: Roujia, stop making trouble!You sleep with your little mother, where will I sleep with your father!

The maid brought the lunch and poured the wine.

Zhao Ning suddenly changed the subject. He looked at Zhao Chen and said, "How is Chen'er studying today?"

"Back to Dad, I recently finished reading Dad's "On the Boat People."

Zhao Ning became interested and said, "Oh, tell me."

Zhao Chen said: "The people are more important than the king, followed by the community. The people are like water, and the king is like a boat. If the king is ignorant, the boat will not be able to sail. If the king is wise, the boat will sail in the four seas, and it will not be able to sail through the wind and waves..."

"Wait." Zhao Ning interrupted Zhao Chen.

"Daddy, is there a problem with the baby?"

"I remember that my "On the Boat People" was written in vernacular."

"Indeed."

"Then you can speak in vernacular. Remember, it is the common people who are enlightened by new learning. There are hundreds of millions of people in Song Dynasty today. Only by vigorously promoting vernacular can it be quickly circulated among the common people."

Zhao Chen said: "Knowledge is the skill of a sage. If the common people know it, how can the nobility of knowledge be displayed?"

Zhao Ning couldn't help frowning, and said, "Is there a distinction between high and low knowledge?"

"What the boy means is that the study of saints..."

"What I want you to talk about now is "On the Boat People", not the study of saints."

"Chen'er, if Daddy asks you to talk about "Zhou Min Zhi Lun", just talk about it, and don't talk about anything else." Zhu Lian reminded.

Zhao Chen nodded and said: "The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the last. The people are like the water in the rivers and seas, and the king is a huge boat. The boat is carried by the water. Without water, the ship has no meaning. If the person at the helm is stupid, the ship will not know where it is going. It is easy to encounter rocks and undercurrents, and the ship may sink in rivers and seas. If the person at the helm is wise, the ship will follow the predetermined track , step by step towards the distant destination.”

"The Sheji is the four seas. The water can carry a boat, or there can be huge waves to sink the boat. If the boat sinks, but the water is still there, it means that the king is gone, the people are still there, and the Sheji will still be there."

"Therefore, we must treat the people kindly, so that the world can be peaceful."

After Zhao Chen said this, Zhao Ning couldn't help but nodded, and he asked, "How can we treat the people well?"

Zhao Chen replied again: "From ancient times to the present, civil turmoil is mostly caused by officials and powerful people corrupting their selfish desires and exploiting the common people, which makes the people in the world boil. If the officials can be kept clean and honest, the world will be able to enjoy long-term peace and stability."

Zhao Ning asked again: "How to make officials honest and honest?"

Zhao Chen hesitated for a moment, then said: "Educate officials with the learning of sages, so that officials can abide by conduct and stick to morality, and they will be honest and upright."

"anything else?"

"Nothing."

"there is none left?"

Rou Jia on the side quickly said: "I know, Daddy, I know."

Zhao Ning looked at Roujia curiously, and said, "You know?"

Rou Jia said seriously: "Let the people have the responsibility and power to supervise the officials, and use newspapers to build bridges between the two."

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

Zhao Ning smiled and said, "Who told you this?"

"Mr. Yuzhang."

The Mr. Yuzhang she was talking about was Luo Congyan.

Zhao Ning called Rou Jia over, and Rou Jia came over and sat beside Zhao Ning, blinking her big eyes.

Zhao Ning caressed her long black and smooth hair fondly, and said with a smile, "You have been attending Mr. Yuzhang's class since you were young?"

"I've heard it a few times."

"Then do you think Mr. Yuzhang is right?"

"Probably right."

"Oh, why do you say it's possible?"

"Didn't Miss just say that? Everything is changing, and what Mr. Yuzhang said may be wrong one day."

Zhao Ning laughed, but he looked at the little princess differently.

In the past few years, he has been busy with state affairs, so he basically has no time to sit down and chat with these children.

Although they were born before he crossed over, they were still his children in name, blood was thicker than water.

Qian Jinshu said hastily: "I just told Roujia an example of a folk businessman in Hangzhou, and she didn't expect her to use it right away."

Zhao Chen said: "Father, the holy theory is based on benevolence, propriety, faith, and righteousness. This is the way to govern the country..."

"Okay, let's stop here and eat."

"Daddy..."

"Eat, don't delay your mother's meal, her body has not recovered yet."

"Yes."

Only then did Zhao Chen retreat.

Zhao Ning didn't think about it any more, since it's time to spend time with his family, don't say any more unhappy things.

After eating, Zhao Ning did not take a nap, but immediately summoned Luo Congyan.

"What books does the prince read on weekdays?"

Luo Congyan said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness likes to read the Four Books and Five Classics on weekdays."

"Are you new to reading?"

"Read it too."

"What about "Emperor Learning"?"

"Read it too."

""Zizhi Tongjian", can you read the history books of various dynasties?"

"Read it too."

"How was the reading?"

Luo Congyan hesitated for a moment, and Zhao Ning said, "It's okay, sir."

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Luo Congyan said: "The prince is not very interested in the "Emperor's Book" and many other historical books, but he is particularly interested in the Four Books and the Five Classics, and he is not very interested in new learning."

"Unwilling to invest?"

"No, no, I'm not very interested."

"how you said that?"

"The prince studies diligently and is inquisitive. He is kind, gentle, polite, righteous, and reasonable. He likes the studies of sages, especially Mr. Yichuan's Neo-Confucianism."

Zhao Ning was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Zhao Chen to still like Neo Confucianism.

Er Cheng's Confucianism is part of Confucianism.

Cheng Yi believes that reason is the ultimate principle of the universe and the only existence that rules the world.

The so-called "Tianli" is a general term for morality and hierarchy in the feudal era, and it also has the meaning of the characteristics of things and the laws of development.

Cheng Yi also said a famous saying: starving to death is a small matter, but injustice is a major matter.

Philosophy is the generalization and summary of natural knowledge and social knowledge.

The formation of society is affected by the natural environment. For example, the mountains in the Southwest, the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the grasslands, and the eastern Liaodong have different natural environments, resulting in different social relationships, cultures, and customs.

Individuals are in society and nature, and their thoughts are naturally influenced by nature and specific social environments.

Er Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, in the final analysis, is also a kind of speculation on social relations in a specific era.

As for Zhu Xi's later words of "preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires", they were also said in a specific environment.

What kind of environment was the Song Dynasty where Cheng Yi lived?

Why did he say something like "starving to death is a small matter, but injustice is a major matter"?

The society of the Song Dynasty was completely different from that of the Tang Dynasty.

We can understand that the demise of the Tang Dynasty was the end of the classical empire.

Several important components of society in the Tang Dynasty: the royal family, aristocratic families, poor families, and poor people.

A poor family refers to a family with a low family status, not a poor family.

In the society of the Tang Dynasty, the upward channel was basically controlled by the powerful, and the poor were very weak.