Let’s start with Mr. Gu. One day, he will be looked at with new eyes and will put away his ridiculous superiority and arrogance.
Thinking of this, she spoke slowly, "Master Gu is truly an upright gentleman, always abiding by the rules and regulations. He is truly admirable. The phrase 'each content with his place' is truly well-speaking. I heard that Master Gu became famous at a young age, but because of Prime Minister Xue's suppression, he was never prominent in the court. Now it seems that Master Gu is content with his lot."
If everyone stayed in their place, Gu Zheng would continue to be buried in the Hanlin Academy and would not be able to make a breakthrough for at least twenty years.
It is such an overbearing rule that you only need to break the rules yourself and suppress others.
Even though Gu Zheng was a man of great cunning, his expression changed slightly, but he quickly said frankly, "Of course. Prime Minister Xue was trying to hone me, and I am deeply grateful. Without Prime Minister Xue, I wouldn't be where I am today."
He Qing found that compared to him, he still had a lot to learn.
The first rule is not to let other people’s words sway your own thoughts. Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, you must hold on at the moment, otherwise you will lose.
Secondly, he didn't understand the affairs of the court. Gu Zheng could even take on the entire court alone. There was no chance of winning an argument with him. If he wanted to suppress him, he had to find a topic that he was good at but he didn't understand.
A topic that Gu Zheng didn’t understand... He Qing’s mind instantly flashed with the five words he had used to express pity for Gu Zheng: the limitations of the times.
Just then, a gust of wind blew by, and a leaf fluttered between the two of them. Affected by the air currents created by the carriage, it swirled in the air. He Qing immediately pointed at the leaf and asked, "Master Gu, have you seen that leaf?"
"Hmm?" The topic jumped too quickly and Gu Zheng could hardly keep up.
He Qing was very pleased with this reaction and asked with a smile, "Look at things suspended in the air. Whether they are as light as a leaf or a feather, or as heavy as a stone, they will eventually fall to the ground. Why is that?"
Gu Zheng: ???
In these stories, Gu Zheng did indeed observe many natural phenomena and formulate certain laws and theories. However, even though he was a genius, his research was not universally accepted. Without guidance and communication, his findings were mixed, specious, and ultimately useless.
Originally, Gu Zheng just regarded it as his own little hobby and didn't care whether it would produce any results.
However, at this time, his life was suddenly shaken by the passing of his family members. The shock and trauma of these separations profoundly affected Gu Zheng. He then spent several years in the Hanlin Academy, where he thoroughly read Confucian classics. This transformation transformed him from a materialist to an idealist, from a natural science researcher to a philosopher and thinker.
Then we went down this "wrong" path.
It was a mistake, but the achievements he made along this path were equally brilliant and splendid, making future generations yearn for him. But compared with the path he could have taken, it is regrettable.
He could have saved an era, but in the end he only achieved success for himself.
Which one is more important, the individual or the collective? Perhaps no one knows except Gu Zheng, and there is no way to judge whether it is right or wrong.
In fact, some of Gu Zheng's ideas had already begun to take shape, but they had not been systematically organized, categorized, or refined. Even he himself was still confused about them. However, He Qing had accidentally paved another path for him.
Sometimes, historical turning points aren't thrilling; at the time, they seem like ordinary, simple days, unremarkable. Only in retrospect do we discover that, long before then, the beginnings of everything had already begun.
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