Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

Chapter 41

Mr. Liu's son is named Liu Chan, who is seventeen years old. This year, he passed the examination as a scholar, and now he is also studying in the county school.

Liu Chan is somewhat introverted, doesn't like to talk to people very much, and often walks alone.Deng Yuming once refused his daughter to marry him because of his ugly appearance.

For this reason, Mr. Liu has always hated Deng Yuming. His son will be elected in the future. Deng Yuming looks down on him now, and he is not worthy to carry his son's shoes in the future.

Mr. Liu, who was only immersed in his son Zhongju's dream, never imagined that his son would fall into Mengzhen's hands one day.

This matter has to be talked about five days ago, when my son returned home from school that day, it was a bit abnormal.In the past, when my son came back from school, he would memorize and write articles in the room first. Although he was indeed memorizing that day, what he was memorizing was not Confucianism.

Mr. Liu has always disciplined his son very strictly. He knows all the books his son reads. Throughout the dynasties, Confucianism was often respected, and most of the imperial examination subjects were related to Confucianism.Liu Chan has loved reading since he was a child, and he knows everything about classics and history, but he has never heard of his son studying Taoism.

Mr. Liu was puzzled, he opened the door and went in, and saw his son holding a copy of "Tao Te Ching" in his hand.Master Liu is also a person who has read books. It's not that he has never heard of various schools of thought. He doesn't understand how his good-looking son can read Lao Tzu.

Asked the reason, the son said that he passed by a bookstore today and wanted to buy a book, so he went in, but was attracted by the "Tao Te Ching" on the side, and out of curiosity, he bought it home.

Mr. Liu only read the "Tao Te Ching" when his son was on a whim and out of curiosity, but he didn't care about it, so the matter was left alone.

But who would have thought that his son would be out of control since that day. In just a few days, the books in the house, from Laozi to Zhuangzi, and even Yuanshi Tianzun, were particularly conspicuous among all the Confucianists. Only then did Master Liu realize that his son was not a sudden whim. , No matter how you look at it, it looks like something is wrong.

He called his son to him and asked him what was going on recently, he had never touched Taoism before, why he got stuck in it these days, he must have been bewitched by someone.

Liu Chan knew that he couldn't keep it from him, so he told the story of Mengzhen's preaching in Xueli.Speaking of it, Liu Chan is also an idiot, but after listening to Mengzhen's lecture, he fell into it deeply, yearning for Taoist culture, and every day when he came home from school, he read it carefully with Lao Zhuang in his arms, and couldn't put it down.

After listening to his son's words, Mr. Liu became impatient. That Mengzhen is old enough to go to school, no one can stop him.But what he preached in the county school was so good that he misunderstood his children and took his son who was born so well into the gutter.

Mr. Liu thinks that his son's obsession with Taoism is entirely a fault of deceit. If he hadn't preached in the school, how could his son be so addicted to it that he cannot extricate himself from it.

Full of anger, Mr. Liu rushed to Mengzhen's house, and immediately shut down the number of people when they met.

After listening to the reason, Mengzhen felt that Mr. Liu was inexplicable, and was dazzled by anger. He gave a total of two sermons in school, and some good students asked him to speak the second one. He saw the students Full of interest and joy in my heart, I agreed.

But now Master Liu said that he is a mischievous child, and he will not bear the blame.Moreover, Confucianism and Taoism are not completely in conflict, and the two can penetrate each other. He gave two lectures on Taoism, and he did not see any students who were confused.

Mr. Liu can't sleep like this because he can't blame the pillow. Liu Chan has been influenced by Confucianism since he was a child. Confucianism is deeply rooted in his mind. How could he abandon Confucianism and follow Taoism just because of his Taoism.

Meng Zhen was not in a good mood: "What's wrong with studying Laozhuang, it is peaceful and far-reaching, not enslaved by things, the mind can be cultivated well, and the spiritual level is higher."

But Mr. Liu was in a hurry: "My old brother Meng, why are you talking so profound? I just want my son to study hard, and in the future, he will get a good name and honor my family. What's the use of studying those old people? Besides, there is only one son in my family, if one day he can't think of escaping into Taoism, what will we do..."

Mr. Liu was also in a hurry to say such a thing.Meng Zhen thinks that his worries are completely unfounded, Taoism emphasizes fate, and it is impossible for a random person to enter.

Take him as an example, when he was a child, by chance, he was enlightened by a Taoist. The Taoist wanted to accept him as a disciple and take him back to the Taoist school to practice, but unfortunately his parents beat him away with a stick.

His parents wanted him to study for the imperial examinations, but he was not interested in Confucianism, but longed for Daoism. At the age of 16, a Taoist came to his home again. He escaped into the Taoist door.

But Liu Chan is very lively, but after listening to two Taoist teachings, how could he not think about escaping into the Taoist door.

Meng Zhen said to Master Liu: "Why don't you ask your son what he thinks, listen to what he has to say, what's the use of crying to me, I can't help you either."

"But the matter started because of you. If you didn't preach at school, how could my son listen to it? If he didn't listen, he wouldn't be interested in Taoism, and he wouldn't be trapped in it."

Master Liu still thinks that his son's obsession with Taoism is caused by Mengzhen, and Mengzhen is also a little annoyed by Master Liu's indiscriminate wrongdoing: "I preach is my freedom, listen to it or not. It's their freedom, I didn't force anyone, so it's not my fault."

Mr. Liu heard the impatience in Meng's truth, and quickly made up a smile: "Mr. Meng, I was also impatient, so I spoke rudely to you. Don't take it to heart. When I go back, I will teach you about that naughty son. No way. I burned his Daoist scriptures to see if he dared to read Lao Zhuang in the future. It’s just that Liu has the courage to ask today, can Master Meng stop preaching in school, at least not to my son..."

"Then Mr. Liu, don't eat in the future, okay?" Meng Zhen said something back, and Mr. Liu couldn't help but say, "Master Meng's words are inappropriate. I beg Mr. Meng with good intentions, and Mr. Meng will not stay." It’s okay to be affectionate, why are you still pissing people off, can’t we each take a step back?”

Meng Zhen said: "I am not wrong, why back down."

Mr. Liu was so angry that he got up and left directly. It was too ignorant of the truth. He begged him so lowly, but he still refused to give in.

When Mr. Liu raised his leg and walked out the door, he happened to collide with Meng Hong who came back from outside.Meng Hong saw that his complexion was not very good, so he asked: "Uncle Liu, what's the matter?"

Master Liu was not in a good mood, snorted, and walked away angrily.Meng Hong didn't understand, so he walked up to Meng Zhen, first poured a cup of tea and drank it, and then said: "Father, what's the matter with that man, are you angry with him?"

Meng Zhen's expression was normal, and he only briefly explained the things he preached in the school.

Meng Hong couldn't stop laughing when he heard that, Meng Zhen glared at him: "What are you laughing at?"

Meng Hong said with a smile: "I laugh at the man who can't poop and blame the latrine. My son is not disciplined well, so I blame my father. You say it's ridiculous."

Meng Zhen snorted, it was more than ridiculous, he also felt a little irritated, and seeing Meng Hong still gloating, he said, "Don't laugh, you came back so early today, are things over there?"

Meng Hong stopped laughing, and said: "Wang Xiucai's empress was buried in the world. I don't have anything to do there for the time being, so I will come back first, and I can go there the day after tomorrow." Then I thought of his father who was preaching in school and was approached by someone. I can't help but want to laugh again.

"The son of his family just listened to his father's lectures twice and became obsessed with it. It can be seen that his lectures are good. I have been with him for so long, but I didn't know that he can also preach. Daddy will also tell me about it. .”

Meng Zhen said: "Go and copy the "Tao Te Ching" five times, and you will know what Tao is." He asked him to copy the book again, but Meng Hong was bored, so he didn't say a word.

Suddenly, I don't know how to think of a sentence, I don't know if it was dreamed in a dream, or his father once said it himself, "Your father and I came from the sky, and we will return to the sky in the future."

Meng Hong panicked for a moment, could it be that Meng Zhen was a fairy in his previous life?If that's the case, then he would feel aggrieved wearing an ordinary old man in this life. No wonder people insist on taking the imperial examination route, because there is no other way to go except this way.

Meng Hong looked at his father, couldn't tell whether it was sad or helpless, he was speechless for a long time.

"What's the matter with you, why are you in a daze?"

Meng Zhen reprimanded, and Meng Hong came back to his senses, smiled and said: "I don't have any father, I will go to see my sister-in-law, I have something to tell her."

Meng Hong came out of his father's room, looked up at the sky, the twilight was thin and the sky was white, he couldn't help thinking, are there really gods in this world?

Isn't that only in the legend?

The next day, Meng Zhen came to the school. Just as he put down his books and sat down, a student came to him and bowed to him, "Hello, my name is Liu Chan. I have heard you give two sermons, and I like them very much. But because of me, you were blamed by my father, and I really feel sorry for you, so I would like to say sorry to you."

It turned out that this student was Liu Chan. Although he had been in the school for more than a month, Meng Zhen still didn't recognize all the talented people who were in the same room with him. The sense of presence, if it is not for the self-introduction, Meng Zhen really does not know who he is.

After Liu Chan apologized to Meng Zhen, he immediately said: "I have already promised my father that I will never touch books on Taoism in the future. Don't worry, he will never trouble you again."

Meng Zhen was not afraid that Mr. Liu would come to make trouble, he just felt that it was a pity that there was nothing wrong with learning the way, and because his family did not allow it, Liu Chan gave up learning.

"It's not that I don't study anymore," Liu Chan said slowly again after a while, "I just don't want to worry my family, so I compromised for the time being. I won't touch Lao Zhuang at home, but I can still do it when I come to school." You can see, the way you said is clear and easy to understand, I have benefited a lot from listening to it, and I hope to listen to your explanation in the future."

The young man's attitude is very good, Meng Zhen has long forgotten the unhappiness of yesterday, and said: "It's okay, the most urgent thing now is to study hard, as long as you can balance yourself."

As for what he still wants to hear from him, Meng Zhen doesn’t intend to. Like Liu Chan and all the students in the school, his immediate priority is to study hard and read books related to the imperial examination.

It’s just that after a few days like this, students from other classrooms suddenly approached him and asked him why he hadn’t preached anymore recently, and could he speak for them again.

Meng Zhen raised his eyes, met the eager eyes, and was at a loss for words for a while.

The author says:

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