Lingji Palace, on the podium.

Zhao Zhenji helped Zhao Hao set up the stage, and took the opportunity to light incense for him to whisper, "Be brief and leave more time for you to sing along with Lord Xu."

Seeing Zhao Hao nodded obediently, Zhao Zhenji went down the stage with peace of mind.

I don’t know if it’s because they both have the surname Zhao, or because the child is so handsome, but Zhao Zhenji has a very good impression of Zhao Hao. He believes that this good boy will cooperate well with the performance.

Then the whole place was silent.

Everyone looked at Zhao Hao, wanting to hear whether this young poet was as talented as the legend said...

Zhao Hao sat upright on the cushion and slowly looked around the field.

I saw a crowd of five thousand people looking at me in unison, which gave me a very strong sense of oppression.

"It's all cabbage, a pile of cabbage..." Zhao Hao silently recited a few sentences of "Master's Secret", then cleared his throat and smiled at everyone:

"I am Zhao Hao from Xiuning. I am really nervous to take the stage on behalf of my brother. My brother has already written a speech for me and asked me to read it out, but unfortunately I have a bad memory and can't recite it no matter what..."

The elders in the audience smiled dotingly upon hearing this. No one believed that Zhao Hao was telling the truth.

Yes, to give a speech on such an important occasion, even if one has a bad memory, one will still read the manuscript for a few more days and memorize it by rote.

Elder Xu also smiled faintly and said, "This child is quite interesting."

"Of course, he saw that the atmosphere was too bad, so he was just showing off." Xu Fan also laughed softly, "Anyway, he is young, and he said something wrong just to make you laugh."

Xu Jie nodded slightly.

~~

On the high platform, Zhao Hao put his hand on the small phone, suppressed his nervousness, and then smiled at everyone:

"Let me tell you my personal opinion."

"I'd like to hear more details." The crowd in the audience responded with a buzz of chatter, creating a relaxed and lively atmosphere.

"I think what Uncle He said just now is not right..." Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"Of course it's not right." Everyone laughed and said, "Look, even a 17 or 18-year-old child can hear the absurdity of Mr. He's words!"

Wu Shilai also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that at least this kid didn't talk nonsense.

"Then tell me, where did he go wrong?" someone asked.

"Yangming Gong said very clearly that the ultimate goal of the School of Mind is to cultivate conscience. And the only thing that has conscience is one's own heart, not one's own body."

Although Zhao Hao wanted to tell them that conscience should be in the mind, not in the heart, he had to give in to avoid diverting the topic.

"So he got the premise wrong from the beginning, and the conclusion he derived from it is naturally not worth mentioning."

"Yes, that's great!" Zhao Hao's words were just simple, but because he was against He Xinyin, he won applause from the whole room. "Keep on commenting, kid!"

"So the theories of Mr. Lushan and Senior Cha are at least closer to Yangming Gong's original intention than Uncle He, because they are explaining their own hearts. What can Uncle He do about what others think in their hearts?"

"That's right..." Amid the laughter of the crowd, the dark look on Mr. Lushan Hu Zhi's face faded a little. Although the kid's words sounded a bit strange, they were ultimately helping him to save face.

"Why did Uncle He make such a mistake? In my opinion, he misunderstood the application of psychology." Zhao Hao became more and more relaxed and smiled:

"It's like, someone is obviously a man, but you force him to have a baby. No matter how much effort you put in, it's all in vain."

"Hahaha..." The audience's laughter became louder and louder, and they whispered that this young Master Zhao would become a famous lecturer in the future just based on his eloquence, not to mention his academic background.

"That's right, this 'people's daily life is the Tao' is simply nonsense. My Yangming's philosophy of mind is so elegant, grand and high-end? How can it be related to ordinary people?" Many people agreed with it.

"What these elder brothers said is so right! Xinxue is a 'self-study' that is used to examine one's own heart, cultivate one's own mind, and bring the inner mind into harmony with the external world."

Teacher Zhao was completely in the mood, interacting happily with the audience, saying, "Uncle He insisted on transforming this subject, which was meant for him, into a subject for others. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"That's right!" Everyone laughed and nodded.

"Since I am learning for myself, I can think whatever I want. Even if I imagine myself as the entire universe, what can you do to me? As long as I don't put it into action, you can't judge me for my thoughts!"

"Yes, well said!" The audience cheered and applauded loudly, which was even louder than any other lecture before, even including that of Lord Xu...

This is the charm of interaction, which is why I love this chapter.

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In the west side hall, the young county princess also clapped her hands desperately, until her hands turned red.

"Okay, that's very well said!"

"Sister, do you understand?" Li Chengen scratched his head and asked in a low voice.

"Of course I understand!" The little county lady raised her head, as if she had mastered the basic law, and said in a delicate voice: "My eldest brother said that it is my own business to like someone, and I don't need to wait for others to like me first..."

"Oh, is that so?" Li Chengen said with an admiring look: "Big brother is big brother, you are so brave!"

Zhang Xiaojing and her brother were so confused after hearing this. What the hell is going on?

Xu Yuanchun was delighted, thinking to herself, from what the county lady said, she and the boy surnamed Zhao have nothing to do with each other...

And she has a crush on someone. Could it be, could it be...

I don’t know what scene Mr. Xu was thinking of, he was laughing so hard that his saliva was about to come out.

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Below the stage, Lord Xu frowned slightly, feeling that Zhao Hao's remarks were somewhat inappropriate.

But on second thought, he is still a child, and it is inevitable that he looks at things in a one-sided and childish way. It is already commendable that he has the heart to protect Wang Xue.

At worst, when we interact later, I will give him some advice and correct his mistakes.

Zhang Juzheng, who was separated from Lord Xu by five or six people, looked directly at his neighbor for the first time.

With Mr. Zhang's superhuman wisdom, how could he not hear that although Zhao Hao defended the School of Mind everywhere, he seemed to be setting up cages step by step, trying to trap this ferocious beast.

But, it's not that easy...

Zhang Juzheng sighed secretly, then laughed at himself, saying, how could a child who was almost the same age as Jingxiu have such complicated thoughts?

Isn't it that Bu Gu's thoughts are so crazy that everything he hears seems to be restricting his psychology?

Well, it's probably just a coincidence.

But it's an idea...

As Zhang Juzheng was thinking about it, he listened attentively to Zhao Hao's speech.

~~

Zhao Hao had already stirred up the atmosphere in the room. Without any preamble, someone asked loudly, "Young Master, do you mean 'study for oneself, and eventually achieve success'?"

This sentence was used by Cheng Yi to comment on the sentence "The Master said, 'The scholars of the ancient times studied for themselves, while the scholars of today study for others'" in The Analects.

Simply put, Confucius believed that scholars in ancient times studied to improve themselves, but scholars today study to become famous and let others know about them.'

To put it bluntly, Confucius' habit of respecting the past and despising the present has come back again, and he casually complained that people's hearts are no longer the same as they used to be.

Since everything Confucius said was correct, Cheng Yi commented that only when scholars focus on improving themselves can they eventually comprehend the principles of the world.

Neo-Confucianism and the School of Mind are both offshoots of Confucianism. This internal and external perspective is naturally consistent. The so-called "cultivating oneself and then bringing peace to the country" also originated from this.

In everyone's opinion, Zhao Hao's answer was no surprise, because this question was not a challenge at all, but just a way to flatter.

Unexpectedly, the young man slowly shook his head and said shockingly:

"No, no matter how clear your mind is, you still know nothing about this world."

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