The New Hanlin Academy continued to ask.
"Your Highness, I don't know. If I don't kill his dog, the wine will be sour.
What do you mean?"
Wang Gen and the others heard this question.
They were stunned for a moment.
If it was a simple literal meaning.
This sentence meant that if he didn't kill the dog beside him, the wine would turn sour.
It was a sentence without a beginning and an end, making people puzzled.
But they didn't expect that Zhu Bai would still answer fluently.
"There's a reason why the technique doesn't work. If you don't kill the dog, the wine will be sour.
This passage came from Han Feizi's third sutra.
It meant that there was a reason why the government's decrees could not be passed down.
It referred to the treacherous officials in the court who would obstruct the implementation of the law.
Just like a wine maker, if he didn't kill the dog around him, the wine would turn sour.”
Everyone was shocked.
They didn't expect Zhu Bai to have such a deep understanding of these allusions.
He was already so skilled that he could do it with ease.
Even Wang Gen and the others had to think about these questions before answering.
But Zhu Bai's reply didn't pause in the slightest.
It was as if he had been reading these stories a moment ago.
Wang Gen glanced at Zhu Bai's desk.
There was no Book of Lord Shang or Han Feizi, but other books.
Zhu Bai was not without a temper.
He hated being disturbed when he was reading.
Moreover, it was a meaningless test.
"Milords, you hold the position of Hanlin.
He couldn't fall behind in his studies. He should go back and read more books.”
The two Hanlin who heard this were at the young and complacent age.
Now, he was being 'educated' by an eight-year-old child.
His face was filled with shame.
He wanted to dig a hole in the ground and jump in.
In the past, they boasted that they were knowledgeable, but now, they could not compare to a child.
This was a huge blow to them.
It was not harmful, but extremely insulting.
"Yes, Your Highness is right!"
Only then did the two of them realize that their actions were like showing off their skills in front of an expert.
They cupped their hands and left.
"The Imperial Academy is nothing more than this."
Zhu Bai threw down this sentence and lowered his head to read.
In his heart, those who passed the eight-part imperial examination in the Imperial Academy were all smart people.
But Zhu Bai felt that most of them were pedantic people.
He only knew how to study and would not apply his knowledge to reality.
This sentence not only mocked the two people in front of him.
He even mocked Wang Gen and the others who were not far away, causing them to lose face.
However, in the corner of the library, a voice said indifferently.
"The Hanlin Academy is nothing more than this?"
A fifty-year-old Hanlin, who looked a little old, walked over.
"Lord Chen."
Wang Gen and the others bowed to Chen Huaiyi.
The other party walked straight over without looking at them.
"The current Hanlin Academy is really getting worse year by year.”
Chen Huaiyi said mercilessly.
This made Wang Gen and the others feel even more ashamed.
He recalled that they had indeed slacked off in their studies in recent days.
When Zhu Bai saw Chen Huaiyi coming over, he knew that he was here to make trouble.
He was not in a hurry. He took a teacup and poured a cup of tea for Chen Huaiyi.
He said with a smile.
"Sir, please."
Chen Huaiyi took the teacup and slowly drank it.
He casually said.
"Drinking from the spring of greed is refreshing, and the road is dry and happy.”
Zhu Bai immediately replied when he heard this.
"This sentence comes from Wang Bo's Preface to King Teng's Pavilion.
Even after drinking the water from Greedy Spring, his mood was still fresh and clean.
Even though he was in a dry rut, he was still cheerful.”
Hearing Zhu Bai answer so quickly, Chen Huaiyi only smiled.
"Your Highness, do you know the reason for this greed?”
Zhu Bai was just about to answer, but he didn't know what to say.
He realized that he really didn't know.
Tan Quan?
Was it the name of a spring?
Looking at the silent Zhu Bai, Chen Huaiyi said indifferently.
"The so-called Greedy Spring is Shimen Town, thirty miles north of Guangzhou.
There is a spring outside the town called Greed Spring.
Officials who went there to take up their posts would drink the spring water there to show their elegance.
However, it was later discovered that the officials who drank from the greed spring all ended up being arrested for corruption and dereliction of duty.”
Hearing this, Zhu Bai came to a sudden realization.
So it was such an allusion.
Chen Huaiyi continued.
"This allusion comes from the Western Jin Dynasty. Everyone says that if you drink the water of the Greedy Spring, you will definitely be corrupt in office.
The corrupt officials also cried and complained that it was because they drank the spring of greed.。
However, there was an honest official named Wu Yinzhi who not only drank the water from the Greedy Spring.
He had not committed any corruption during his term of office.
This meant that greed for spring water was just an excuse for some people!”
After hearing this, Zhu Bai also got down from his chair.
He bowed respectfully.
"This student is too arrogant."
He knew that the Chen Huaiyi in front of him was different from the Hanlin scholars like Wang Gen.
Chen Huaiyi was a true scholar.
It was a task at the level of a sweeping monk in the library.
He was different from people who showed off after learning a little.
Zhu Bai only poured a cup of tea for the other party, and the other party could casually bring out an allusion.
It's familiar, but no one knows it.
Unless one studied for dozens of years, they would be able to master it.
Zhu Bai raised his head and continued.
"The so-called greed is just a shield for corrupt officials.
Greed and not greed was a person's own cultivation, not an external thing.
The mind is the truth, and it covers the outside world."
Hearing the last sentence, Chen Huaiyi's smile froze.
She could not help but mutter.
"The heart is the truth, covering the outside."
The general idea was that everything in this world was just a heart.
It was the first time Chen Huaiyi had heard this sentence, and there was a faint light in his mind.
However, he could not catch it.
Chen Huaiyi felt that this thing was very important, but he just couldn't think of anything.
Until Zhu Bai continued.
"It's the same principle as being an official.
If you want to cultivate your body, cultivate your heart first!"
At this moment, Chen Huaiyi was enlightened as if he had been enlightened.
He excitedly came in front of Zhu Bai.
"Who taught you that!"
The other party shook his head.
"I thought of it myself."
Hearing this, Chen Huaiyi only laughed.
"Young and intelligent! It actually came to this!
We can't catch up!"
With that, he shook his head and left.
It was as if he was immersed in the two sentences that Zhu Bai had just said.
Wang Gen and the others were stunned when they saw this.
Even a great scholar like Chen Huaiyi was amazed by Zhu Bai's knowledge.
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