When everyone stood up, Lord Xu, with the help of his son, put one hand on the small chair and slowly sat down on the apricot-yellow cushion in the center of the podium.

Xu Fan lit incense for his father, then bowed and stepped down from the stage.

The smoke from the incense sticks curled up, exuding the scent of agarwood. In addition to being a show-off and a wake-up call, it also served the purpose of telling time.

Otherwise, with those chatterboxes' abilities, one person can talk to you nonstop until dark.

Of course, there is no time limit for Lord Xu to speak.

He was seen leaning on a small table, slowly recalling his experience of studying psychology with Nie Shuangjiang when he was young.

He also talked about how he had just entered officialdom and spoke out for justice based on his "conscience", which offended the then Prime Minister Zhang Cong. As a result, he was exiled to Yanping, Fujian, to be a small magistrate despite his status as a top scholar in the imperial examination.

But he did not despair because he had the support of learning. Instead, he encouraged himself with the experience of Yangming Gong in Longchang, carefully tried unjust cases, founded the village community school, destroyed the ** temple, and arrested the thieves who harmed the countryside. He made achievements little by little, and was gradually promoted to Huangzhou Tongzhi, Zhejiang Ancha Qianshi, Jiangxi Xuezheng... and then returned to the capital.

In the end, he relied on the ingenious use of psychology to deal with the treacherous ministers Yan Song and his son, and finally defeated them, thus accomplishing a glorious feat of restoring order for the Ming Dynasty.

Lord Xu spoke in a low voice, with a slight Wu accent, but his speech was clear and engaging.

At least Zhao Hao listened with great interest, and felt the pleasure of listening to the history told by the people involved in the incident themselves.

But Wang Xijue in the fourth row smiled bitterly and said to Shen Shixing beside him: "I heard that Yuan Fu has been telling the story from the beginning every year since he overthrew Yan Song..."

Shen Shixing looked straight ahead, as if he hadn't heard what he said. After a while, he whispered, "Be careful with your words."

Wang Xijue curled his lips. He had listened to Lord Xu's reminiscences of the past four times and could even recite them word for word.

~~

After Xu Jie finished his story, he began to expound his own understanding of the philosophy of mind. But the incense stick had been extinguished for who knows how long...

"In ancient times, the saints had the Tao in their hearts and expressed it from time to time, either in the form of articles or in achievements. As for what they called articles, they were either applied to the court, used by the country, expressed in the family, or seen in the questions and answers between teachers and students, as well as in the daily social interactions. Although the writings were different for different situations and the words were different for different people, they were all the application of the Tao. Therefore, those who talk about the Tao must fully understand the application of the Tao, which is called good speaking; those who study the Tao must also fully understand the application of the Tao, which is called good learning..."

Although Xu Ge Lao was born in the Jiangyou School, he was now the co-leader of Wangxue, so naturally he could not talk too deeply about his own branch of learning. He just talked about the relationship between Xinxue and self-cultivation and peace, which made Zhao Hao, who was looking for trouble, unable to find fault.

After speaking for more than half an hour, Lord Xu left. Zhao Zhenji then invited Mr. Hu Zhi from Lushan to give a lecture on behalf of the Jiangyou School.

Wang's philosophy is relatively abstruse, so Wang Yangming's disciples had different understandings of it, and they founded seven schools of thought.

Because of the unremitting efforts of Mr. Xu to promote it, this branch is now the most influential. Its disciples all claim to be the "orthodox Wang School", but the other six schools are not convinced.

Zhao Hao listened carefully to Hu Zhi's lecture. In order to seek enlightenment, this old gentleman has been studying Zen meditation in recent years. Based on the doctrine of his school that "the truth is in the mind, not in the universe", he realized the amazing truth that "the mind creates the universe"!

"The sky is high because of my heart, and it covers it; the earth is thick because of my heart, and it carries it; the sun and the moon are bright because of my heart, and they shine; the stars are lined up because of my heart, and they are brilliant." I only heard Mr. Lushan preaching earnestly:

"Rain and dew are the moisture of my heart, thunder and wind are the thinness of my heart, the four seasons are the movement of my heart, ghosts and gods are the mystery of my heart... Therefore, my heart is what created the sun, moon, heaven, earth and all things. If you only observe it, otherwise it will be dark and desolate, and the sun, moon, heaven, earth and all things will be extinguished. If the sun, moon, heaven, earth and all things are extinguished, how can you see the so-called principle?"

To put it simply, as long as I don't see, hear or perceive, this world does not exist, so this world is actually created by my own consciousness...

Zhao Hao was dumbfounded by this nonsense. All he could hear was A-Du's song "Close Your Eyes and It Will Be Dark".

Hey, didn't your master Yangming say that? He said, "I am connected with the universe and all things in the world, without any hindrance. Therefore, the principles of human mind are the principles of the universe and all things in the world." What the saint Wang meant was, "I am connected with the world as one." How can you deny the existence of the world?

'If you die, will this young master cease to exist?'

But even with this kind of rubbish, Mr. Lushan still brazenly declared that he had "explained Wang's school of thought in one go" and "explained the ultimate end of this school of thought, and would not dare to borrow the reputation of the ancient scholars"!

What the old gentleman meant was that I love my master, but I love the truth more. So I want to loudly declare that I have surpassed Wang Yangming...

Hey, who gave you this extraordinary confidence? Wang Dachui? Your master's coffin lid can't hold it down...

However, the audience was so fascinated by the performance that they sent Mr. Lushan off the stage with warm applause.

“That was a great story!”

"As expected of Mr. Lushan!"

"You don't have to listen to me, because I have a heart and that's enough!"

Zhao Hao felt like his mouth was about to cramp. If he could post this chapter, he would have probably complained about ninety-nine things...

In the midst of his busy schedule, he caught a glimpse of Zhang the idol out of the corner of his eye.

Suddenly, I saw that the corners of Zhang Juzheng's mouth were also twitching slightly, but they were covered by the fluttering of his beard and could not be seen without careful observation.

~~

However, what Zhao Hao didn't expect was that even more ridiculous things were yet to come.

The next person to take the stage was Cha Duo, who represented the Southern Middle School School. He was even more radical than Hu Zhi, and actually believed that "all things in the world are the dregs of my heart" and that "there is no reason and no object outside the heart"!

Okay, except for your own heart, the whole world is garbage and no longer exists!

Then there was Mr. Zhou Tan from the Fujian-Guangdong Wang School. The old man was in his seventies and had few teeth left. He spoke in a whistling voice, but he never stopped saying things that were shocking.

He said, 'The sky is illuminated by the mind, the earth is observed by the mind, and things are created by the mind'. Yes, everyone is the creator!

Come on, old man, show me a hammer...

Then, the Northern Wang School, the Chuzhong Wang School, and the Zhejiang Zhong Wang School came on stage one after another. Every family has amazing words. Some people say that we don’t need to study or write articles, we just need to persist in meditation, and we can "speak thousands of words from the heart, and the work of harmony and nurturing is all done from the heart"!

The most amazing one even said, "Don't use your mind, don't think about good or evil, just look at the original appearance"!

Hey, you are studying the mind. If you don’t even use the heart, then what is it still called the study of the mind?

Also, 'Think neither good nor evil' is the slogan of Zen Buddhism. Have you paid them the copyright fees?

Zhao Hao's complaining function has never been as crazy as it is today...

~~

After noon, the representative of the last of the seven major schools, the Taizhou School, came on stage.

This man was extraordinary as soon as he appeared. While others walked up the stairs, he leaped up from the stage and landed on the stage in a graceful and elegant manner.

He was wearing a conical hat, a linen robe, straw sandals, and carrying a long sword of ancient style. He looked like he had walked into the wrong film set and was out of place among the scholars and officials in brocade robes and sable furs in the yard.

"I am He Xinyin from Jiangxi. I am not targeting anyone. I am saying that everything everyone said just now is rubbish!"

Is this my line? Young Master Zhao in the audience wailed...

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