Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 170: Heresy of the Beginning of Love! (Today 9k Yuha)

"Sister! Sister! Something terrible has happened~"

Yuan Baoer's voice came through the door. Zhang Qinghe rolled her eyes, turned over, and covered her head with the quilt.

However, the quilt was violently opened, and cold air poured in. Zhang Qinghe said angrily: "Yuanbaoer! Do you want to die? You disturbed my sleep so early in the morning!"

Yuan Baoer was so anxious that she jumped up and down, saying, "You are still sleeping, you are still sleeping! Su Lang is about to be snatched away by someone!"

Zhang Qinghe said angrily: "What does Su Yun have to do with me? Whoever he wants to marry and whoever snatches him away has nothing to do with me!"

Yuan Baoer said with a look of disappointment: "How can it not matter? You are his concubine. You gave up everything just for him. How can it not matter?"

Zhang Qinghe asked in surprise, "We used his name to escape from Jiujiang Tower. Why did we do it for him?"

Yuan Baoer snorted and said, "Then you have to get married. If you get married now, will ordinary people be interested in you?"

Zhang Qinghe laughed and said, "Why do you have to get married? Isn't it good for us to live together for the rest of our lives?"

Yuan Baoer rolled her eyes and said, "You have tasted the taste of a man, but I haven't. I still want a man. When I get married, what will you do alone? Tell me, what will you do!"

Zhang Qinghe laughed loudly upon hearing this and said, "You are such a shameless little girl, you talk about men all the time. Do you know what a man tastes like?"

Yuan Baoer sighed and said, "I just don't know, that's why I have to get married. Besides, as women, how can we survive in this world if we don't get married?

We have gone through a lot of hardships all the way to Bian Jing, and many times people have had bad intentions towards us.

When we arrive in Bianjing City, let alone the wolves that are watching us from all sides, even our savings won't last us long.

Well, ten or eight years is no problem, but we are all in our teens and twenties. It will take at least fifty years to live until the day we die!
Live happily for eight or nine years, and then how to live the remaining forty years? "

Zhang Qinghe looked at Yuan Baoer in surprise. It turned out that this seemingly heartless girl actually had many things hidden in her heart.

Zhang Qinghe was somewhat touched. Yuan Baoer had been paying attention to Su Yun's affairs recently and had been urging her to find Su Yun every day. So this was the reason.

Yuan Baoer was afraid that after she got married, she would be left alone and helpless for the rest of her life.

Zhang Qinghe touched Yuan Baoer's little head and said, "Don't worry so much. When you get married, I will save a lot of dowry for you. As for me, I don't think so much for now."

Yuan Baoer wrinkled her nose and asked, "Sister, do you look down on Su Yun?"

Zhang Qinghe laughed and said, "You got it the other way around. It should be that Master Su looks down on my sister!
What is my sister? She is just a good girl. What is Mr. Su? He is an immortal who has been banished to the mortal world. He can only marry the daughter of a prime minister or a royal family.

Even if we take a concubine, she has to be the daughter of an honest family. How can it be our turn?
Yuanbaoer, this is our fate. No matter how glorious we are in a brothel, we are still just prostitutes."

Yuan Baoer fell silent upon hearing this, and after a while she said, "Sister, I don't believe in fate!"

Zhang Qinghe didn't want to talk about this issue, so she quickly changed the subject and asked with a smile, "What did you just say?"

Yuan Baoer's eyes suddenly lit up, and she said, "Sister, Liu Xianglan has come to Bianjing, and she is the most beautiful girl in Fanlou!"

Zhang Qinghe's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she asked happily, "Sister Xianglan is coming to Bianjing?"

She had a good relationship with Liu Xianglan and was very happy to hear the news from her old friend.

Yuan Baoer nodded and said, "Yes, not only that, she is also thinking of snatching Su Yun from you!"

Zhang Qinghe smiled helplessly and said, "Master Su is not mine, so why should I fight for him?"

Yuan Baoer said angrily: "She knows that you, sister, gave up everything and left Jiujiang Tower because of Su Yun, but she still has ideas about Master Su. Isn't this just competing with you?"

Zhang Qinghe shook her head and said, "But I'm not with Master Su."

Yuan Baoer snorted and said, "Does she know that you gave up everything for Master Su? Does she know that you are not Master Su's concubine?"

Zhang Qinghe suddenly fell silent.

Logically speaking, if she gave up everything and joined a man just for the status of a concubine, most men would not reject her, whether for her beauty or for face.

After all, a stunning courtesan would give up everything for you just to be with you, and she wouldn't even ask you to give her the status of a legal wife, but only want to accompany you like a concubine. Which man could refuse?
So, according to common sense, in the eyes of the people in Ezhou, I must be Su Yun’s concubine now.

Zhang Qinghe asked, "Why do you say that Sister Xianglan wants to snatch Master Su from me? What's going on?"

Yuan Baoer snorted coldly and said, "I heard from Aunt Li that Fanlou's courtesan Liu Xianglan is openly courting Su Yun, and Liu Xianglan is already pregnant, and now Su Yun's uncle won't let anyone in.

Sister, you said, Liu Xianglan doesn't know that you are not Su Yun's concubine, so isn't she trying to steal your man?"

Zhang Qinghe felt a little uncomfortable, but still said: "Maybe Master Su told Sister Xianglan that I didn't follow Master Su."

Yuan Baoer snorted again and said, "Su Yun is such an ungrateful man. He knows that my sister gave up everything for her, but he doesn't come to be with you, but gets entangled with Liu Xianglan. He is really hateful!"

Zhang Qinghe laughed and said, "You are getting more and more ridiculous. It was clearly me who left Jiujiang Tower in the name of Master Su. It is not Master Su who betrayed me, but we who betrayed him."

Yuan Baoer said indignantly: "That won't work either, how does he know if my sister is being reserved or not, or if it's because I came to Bianjing, how can he remain indifferent?

Moreover, his sister helped him twice in a row, once at Daxiangguo Temple and once when those people spread rumors.

It would have been fine if he didn't show any concern last time, after all, he didn't know where we lived, but this time I told him the address, and several months have passed, but he still hasn't come. Tell me, is he a heartless person?"

Yuan Bao'er was obviously being unreasonable. Zhang Qinghe had a headache and waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "Okay, okay, don't talk about Master Su's affairs anymore. Master Su and I really have no other relationship. Don't worry about it."

Yuan Baoer said anxiously: "How can that be possible? Sister, you are so outstanding, how can other men be interested in you? How can you get married in the future?"

Zhang Qinghe looked at Yuan Baoer in surprise, and then she asked suspiciously, "Baoer, you always mention Su Yun to me. Do you... like him?"

Yuan Baoer opened her mouth wide, looked at Zhang Qinghe in disbelief, and said, "I am thinking about you wholeheartedly, but you doubt me like this? I...I will ignore you!"

Yuan Baoer stamped her feet and ran away. Zhang Qinghe looked at Yuan Baoer with suspicion.

Is this the first love?
Yuan Baoer just ran away for a while, then ran back and asked, "Sister, are we going to look for Liu Xianglan?"

Zhang Qinghe thought about it, shook his head and said, "We have already become good people. Since leaving Jiujiang Tower, we have nothing to do with brothels. How can we still go to Fan Tower and other brothels? It is inappropriate.

Baoer, you must remember not to tell anyone about brothels and other things in the future, otherwise once it gets out, our peaceful days will be over.

Those street hooligans are still a little afraid of decent women, but if they knew we came from a brothel, we would never have peace."

Yuanbao nodded and stopped talking. I don’t know what he was thinking.

Zhang Qinghe ignored Yuan Baoer, knowing that this girl was crazy and had only one idea at a time.

But today Yuan Baoer reminded her that she couldn't go on like this any longer. If she continued to live off her savings, she might end up on the streets.

I have to find a way to start a business to make a living, but I need to think about this carefully.

All her skills in the first twenty years were such as playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing and so on, which were all the abilities of an oiran. Now that she was out of the brothel environment, these skills became somewhat useless.

Of course, if she was willing to work as a godmother in a brothel or a music house, it would be more than enough for her, as there were plenty of restaurants and brothels offering high prices to hire her.

But after finally getting out of Jiujiang Tower, how could she be willing to enter a brothel again, even as a godmother?

……

Too learned.

A room in Shangshe.

The professor was lecturing on the Book of Rites in class.

The professor's name was Lü Dalin, and he came from the Lü family of Lantian. He had a very famous brother named Lü Dafang. He himself was also very famous in later generations and was listed as one of the "Four Masters of Cheng's School".

Lu Dalin and his three elder brothers Lu Dazhong, Lu Dafang and Lu Dajun all came from a family of officials with a long tradition of scholarly tradition, and all four brothers passed the imperial examinations.

Only Lu Dalin had a strong temperament. He respected Zhang Zai's teachings, "did not linger on the imperial examinations", and had no interest in a career in officialdom. He pursued academic research all his life.

At that time, a group of erudite scholars headed by Zhang Zai emerged in the Guanzhong region, and they were recognized by later generations as the "Guanzhong School".

The Lu brothers are also recognized as masters of Guanxue.

Lu Dalin and his two elder brothers Lu Dazhong and Lu Dajun studied under Zhang Zai and devoted themselves to the study of the Six Classics, especially the in-depth study and practice of the Three Rites (namely, Yili, Zhouli and Liji).

Therefore, in order to promote Zhang Zai's Guanxue, Lü Dalin accepted the position of Doctor of Taixue in the imperial court and specialized in teaching the Three Rituals.

At this moment, Lu Dalin was speaking on the stage, and the students were listening below with respectful expressions.

Lu Dalin had a strong temperament and set high standards for discipline in class, so most students did not dare to say much.

When the get out of class was about to end, Lu Dalin put down his book, a little smile appeared on his face, and he said: "The Spring Examination is approaching, and most of the students in our dormitory will take the exam.

During this period, this sutra is not from the Book of Rites, so you can put it aside for now. If you want to listen to my class, you can come anytime later."

At this time, a student stood up and bowed to Lu Dalin, saying, "Sir, I have some questions to ask you."

Lu Dalin took a look and found that it was a student named Shao Bowen, whose father was the Neo-Confucian scholar Shao Yong. He himself was also a studious person, and Lu Dalin had a good impression of him.

Lu Dalin smiled and said, "Ziwen, what's the problem? Tell me."

Shao Bowen asked, "Sir, do you know that there are some shocking theories circulating among scholars and even the common people recently?"

Lu Dalin said, "No, I haven't. What is the shocking saying? Tell me about it."

He noticed that the other students all had excited expressions on their faces, and he immediately knew that the statement must be quite shocking, otherwise so many students would not be paying attention to it.

Shao Bowen said: "Most of these remarks appear in chapters and sentences, and are not coherent. It is said that they are fragments of words from the Annotations to the Four Books by Su Yunxiu, the author of Annotations to the Mencius. Because they are too shocking, they have been spread.

For example, "The affairs of the universe are one's own affairs; one's own affairs are the affairs of the universe" and "The method of studying is mainly to "discover one's original heart" and there is no need to read too much and seek external knowledge."

What else is there? [The heart is the master of the body. Although the eyes see, the reason why they see is the heart; although the ears hear, the reason why they hear is the heart; although the mouth and limbs speak, the reason why they speak and move is the heart]

He even said some arrogant words like "If you know the root of learning, all Six Classics can be your footnotes" and "Although the world is vast, as long as you have a thought to do good and a conscience, even an ordinary person can become a sage"!
I wonder what you think of these words, sir?"

After hearing the first few sentences, Lu Dalin's brows had already been furrowed. He studied under Zhang Zai of Guanxue first, and later under Cheng Yi of Luoxue. He was proficient in both major schools of Neo-Confucianism, and was quite disgusted with such unmaterialistic statements.

Moreover, when he heard the following two sentences, "If you know the root of learning, the Six Classics are all my footnotes" and "Although the world is vast, as long as you have a thought of goodness and a conscience, even ordinary people can become saints and sages," he shouted decisively, "What kind of heresy is this! How can this be the teaching of Confucianism? Could it be that you heard a few words from Buddhism and want to bring disaster to Confucianism?"

Seeing Lu Dalin so excited, all the students showed excitement.

As students of the Imperial College who were in the upper house had a good understanding of the classics, they could naturally see that these statements were contrary to Neo-Confucianism, and they had long wanted to see how the Confucian scholars of the Neo-Confucian school would refute these theories.

But the two Cheng brothers were not in Bian Jing, and Shao Yong, Shao Bowen's father, died in the tenth year of Xining. Now the most authoritative person in Bian Jing, whom they could contact, was Lü Dalin.

Now it is interesting to see Lu Dalin directly refute it as heresy.

Su Yun already had a copy of Collected Commentaries on Mencius, and he brought Mencius into the Temple of Confucius and promoted the book Mencius to the section of classics, making him one of the great scholars of classics of the time.

At this moment, he was summoned by the government to Chongwen Academy to write. It was said that once the "Collected Commentaries on the Four Books" was completed, it would change the situation in which the Five Classics were respected, and the Four Books would be on par with the Five Classics... Isn't this nonsense!

The words that were circulated during this period were both arrogant and shocking. The key point was that many inexperienced scholars were actually fascinated by them.

Even the common people would always say something like "Although the world is vast, as long as one has a thought to do good and a conscience, even an ordinary person can become a sage." This kind of words would make the arrogant scholars feel very uncomfortable.

Now, the fun begins!
(End of this chapter)