On the surface, Lin Chen naturally had to forgive Wei Zheng.
Although Lin Chen was a loser in his previous life, he had seen pigs run before.
His goal was to have enough people from the Great Tang settle in Donglin to create value for him. After learning the technology tree, he would develop another technology tree. His biggest goal was to return to the year 9012.
Lin Chen was not an orphan, so if he had the chance, he would not want to spend his retirement in the Tang Empire.
Naturally, he couldn't ruin his relationship with the Great Tang.
Although he was not afraid, there was no need to!
"Secretary Wei, please rise. I just want you to understand one thing. Even if a farmer is illiterate, at least his experience in farming is something you should learn!
Just like Mencius said: A gentleman is far away from the kitchen!
The scholars nowadays actually understood Meng Zi as telling them to stay away from the kitchen because the kitchen was a filthy place in their eyes!
But in my opinion, this is just a bunch of lazy hypocrites looking for a reason to not do anything!
If a saint had a spirit in heaven, he would probably be angered to death by some scholars!
Mencius 'complete sentence was: A gentleman treats animals and beasts as if they were alive, but he can't bear to see them die!
Hearing his voice, I couldn't bear to eat his meat.
Therefore, the gentleman is far away from the kitchen.
It meant not to kill, even if it was a beast, it had to have a benevolent heart!
Hearing the cries of beasts, he couldn't bear to eat meat!
It was used to advise King Xuan of Qi to show his benevolence!
Who told you scholars to stay away from the kitchen?
If the kitchen is a filthy place, then what are you eating? Filthy thing?
Or was it because it was made in a filthy place and pretended not to see it, so it tasted especially good?
You scholars like to say one thing and do another. You talk nonsense all day and deliberately distort the words of the saints to cater to the thoughts of many scholars who reap without sowing!
If he was from a poor family and had no money or people, would the scholar starve to death instead of cooking for the sake of studying?
Or did he say that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen and still secretly cook for himself?”
Wei Zheng, who had already stood up, cupped his hands and bowed again."Student, please accept my teachings once again!"
After listening to Lin Chen's explanation, Wei Zheng felt that he had been taught a lesson. It turned out that the words of a Saint could not be understood on the surface.
Some words might seem simple, but when combined with the original text, they were far from what they understood now.
In particular, the social environment was different. One could not use one's own living environment to understand the works that were produced under the pre-Qin environment. This was because the era was different and the environment was different.
The Sage was indeed a true Sage. It was just that the later generations were disappointing and misinterpreted the Sage's words to achieve their own goals.
"Alright, my Eastwoods Kingdom doesn't have as many rules as your Great Tang!
Emissaries of the Great Tang, please follow me!”Lin Chen turned around and left.
The group of remonstrants who had been questioned by Lin Chen followed him with trepidation and carefully looked around.
After walking for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Lin Chen brought them to a fork in the road.
Here, a row of sports cars with national flags had been prepared. The red color was like blood burning.
Every sports car was a convertible-top. The purpose was naturally to let these ancient people of the Great Tang have a good look at the future country.
Using a sports car instead of a frisbee also gave these guys time to see.
"Everyone, please get on the carriage. You can understand that this is a carriage of your Great Tang!”Lin Chen said.
In the next second, the Future people standing in front of each car opened the door of the passenger seat.
These people were all men.
Initially, Lin Chen had thought that a woman would be the host, but thinking of the ancient people's sense of right and wrong, he changed it to a man.
The group of officials who had never seen the world, although they did not know what a sports car was, when it came to a carriage, they understood and sat in it obediently.
There was no one in the car at the front because Lin Chen was driving it himself.
"Your Royal Highness, come with me!" Lin Chen said.
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