Zhang Yue said to Fan Zuyu: "Okay, I will write a reply to Mr. Sima."

"Okay! Thank you, Da Shen." Fan Zuyu's eyes were full of hope, "I'll be waiting here all night."

…

Zhang Yue walked out of the room and turned around to see Guo Lin following him under the moonlight.

"Yes, senior brother!"

"Sanlang, we haven't spoken for a long time, let's talk."

"OK."

Immediately, the two junior brothers were wandering in the courtyard of Zhang Mansion.

Zhang Yue brought up a lantern to illuminate the road and said with a smile: "Brother, do you still remember? When you and I went to Zhoujin Hall to copy books, we would light pine oil every year when we walked on the mountain road. The smell of pine oil was pungent and pungent.

Choking, you always snatch it from my hand and lift it for me."

Guo Lindao: "What does Sanlang mean by this?"

Zhang Yue said with emotion: "Because I remember it, and it feels good to think about it from time to time."

Guo Lin looked at Zhang Yue and said: "Sanlang, you have changed. After looking at you, I know what it means to be a gentleman and a leopard, and his culture is also great." Back then, Fujian was a poor family, but now his waist is gold and his clothes are purple, and his hair has faded like a young leopard.

You are so beautiful that even an old friend like me would not dare to offend your majesty in the slightest."

"Actually, I should have come to see you a long time ago, but I was afraid that others would say that I was taking advantage of you."

Zhang Yue said sternly to Guo Lin: "Brother, I have told you before that as long as you entrust me with something, no matter what it is, just ask and I will definitely help you do it."

After listening to Zhang Yue's words, Guo Lin seemed to think about it seriously, and then said: "No... I really don't have anything to ask of you."

Zhang Yue laughed when he heard this and looked at Guo Lin, who had patches on his robes, and said: "Brother, you are frustrating me so much! If you don't think about yourself, you should think about your children! You have so many children, and I usually

You don’t want the gift given to you.”

Guo Lindao: "Master Sima is very good to me. He has enough food, clothing and warmth. I really don't need any help."

"Besides, Sanlang, I am a scholar. Scholars only seek from within, never from outside!"

Zhang Yue thought to himself, Senior Brother, you said that I have changed, but you have not changed. It is you who have always made me believe in the meaning of "lure bait can catch the most talented people in the world, but cannot taste the world's heroes; famous ships can carry the world's wretches".

Scholars, but not the heroes of the world.

Guo Lin said: "It's Sanlang instead, I'm worried about you!"

"worry about me?"

Guo Lin nodded and said: "I am not under the apprenticeship of Bachelor Sima, so I think he is right in everything. But now there are two roads in front of you, have you decided which road to take?"

Zhang Yue said to Guo Lin: "Brother, I still say that the country should be governed with leniency and severity! To be lenient or to be strict is to harm the country!"

Guo Lindao: "But Sanlang, sugarcane is not sweet at both ends. Now you have no choice. Everyone in the world is forcing you to choose. If you don't choose, no matter which path you take, people will regard you as an alien and think that you are trying to have both sides. So I am here

I’m worried about you!”

At this point Guo Lin stopped.

Zhang Yue sneered and said: "If I don't choose, then I am playing both sides?"

Guo Lin nodded and said, "People in the world will see it this way."

Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin's solemn look and laughed and said, "Senior brother, you look so solemn."

Guo Lin heard this and said helplessly: "Sanlang, please don't joke."

Zhang Yue sighed: "I have been thinking about my master and my wife these years. Unfortunately, I was too busy and didn't go to pay homage when I returned to my hometown."

"Senior brother, there are not many people who can speak their true feelings nowadays. You will go and see my elder brother later. You know you will be extremely happy when you come."

Guo Lin nodded slowly.

"That's right, where did you go from here? To say that I have a good relationship is a mediocre view!"

Guo Lin said sternly: "Junior brother, I think a true man should stay on the same page and not waver."

Zhang Yue said: "What is wavering? What does the sage's Sixteen-Character Heart Biography say? The human heart is only in danger, the Taoist heart is only weak; the essence is only one, and it is allowed to hold on to the center."

"Did the sage tell you that in order to govern a country, one must follow the Tao or the heart of the people?"

"The changing method is the heart of Tao, and the unchanging method is the human heart. Brother, tell me how to be the only one? Being one is the only one, but how to explain the only one?"

Guo Lin got the true biography of Sima Guang, so he said: "If you don't miss it, you will be in danger; if you miss it, you will be in danger." Sima Xueshi said that he studied Zizhi Tongjian and got one insight. Throughout the three thousand years of history, no matter which dynasty or generation

, the human heart has never changed, and neither has human nature.”

"What happened in the previous dynasties will also happen in the later dynasties. As long as human nature and the heart of the people remain unchanged, the Taoist heart will also remain unchanged, and the governance of the Tao will also remain unchanged."

Zhang Yue thought to himself that Sima Guang's reasoning was indeed unique.

It is true that human nature has not changed much from Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the present, but the environment has changed.

"Senior brother, you only told me Weiyi, but you haven't told me what Weijing is!"

What is Weijing?

For example, when he first graduated, Zhang Yue wanted to get a job with "more money and less things to do", but most people would tell you to stop dreaming. If you want more money, you must have more things to do, and if you want less things, you must have less money.

Young people should not be imaginative and must be down-to-earth.

Choosing one of 'more money, more things,' or 'less money, less things' is the 'only' one, just like there is only one way to choose between reform and non-change.

But what about the reality? Is there a job with "more money and less work"? Yes, it's just that you have to "grow your skills".

Wei Jing means "both want and want", it has the advantages of both but not the shortcomings of both.

Developing skills is the way to be "excellent". On the contrary, if you don't have skills, let alone being unique, there will only be jobs waiting for you with "less money, more work".

Zhang Yue said to Guo Lin: "Brother, I remember when we were copying books, one page of words was worth three cents!"

Guo Lin nodded.

Zhang Yue said: "The more you copy, the more money you make, the less you copy, the less money you make, right?"

Guo Lin nodded. Of course, copying books is a physical job, and the money is calculated based on the number of words.

Then Zhang Yue smiled and said to Guo Lin: "Brother, do you know how much one of my words is worth now?"

Everyone knows that calligraphy is after the ancients, but among modern people, Su Shi's calligraphy is extremely difficult to find. But if there is one person whose calligraphy is more difficult to find and more expensive than Su Shi's, it is Zhang Yue.

Even Yelu Hongji, the leader of the Liao Kingdom, asked him for calligraphy and was honored to receive Zhang Yue's calligraphy.

However, Zhang Yue cherishes his handwriting very much and usually has his writing ghostwritten. It is extremely difficult to obtain his authentic handwriting, so it is not an exaggeration to say that every word he writes is worth a hundred gold.

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Why is it the same as writing? Why am I so much better now than before?"

"Senior brother, "Weiyi" is the idea of ​​"Weijing", and "Weijing" is the skill of "Weiyi". We must be the only one in the only, and the only in the only."

Guo Lin thought for a long time and said: "I am too stupid to understand."

Zhang Yue said: "Senior brother, it's very simple. There are no heroes in ancient and modern times who can accomplish things without overcoming everyone's opinions."

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether I want to change the law or not. As long as I can achieve something, that's the only way to do it!"

Zhang Yue had already made up his mind. If Zhang Kai's attack on Huangzhou was defeated this time, he would immediately submit his resignation and go out. Then he would move his family to the south and wait for the two emperors to hunt north in a few decades.

With big bosses like Sima Guang turning against me and raising this flag, wouldn't I become the target of public criticism from the old party? The new party won't tolerate it and it will be over sooner or later.

The debate over reform and unchanged laws has turned into a battle of positions, with each other opposing each other for the sake of opposing.

If everyone sticks to this and focuses on internal struggles within the party, the Song Dynasty will be over.

If you stick to the battle of reform and unchanged laws, your horizons will be narrow, and you will be trapped in a dilemma. If you want to break the cycle, you must let your eyes see a higher level.

Therefore, for Zhang Yue, there is no dispute over reform and unchangeable methods, only a dispute between 'only' and 'weijing'.
Chapter completed!