"I need to pee! He's too focused on playing chess!"
Zhu Lin was still running out, but he turned around and said,
"I'll be right back. Cover me later.”
"Hiss-"
A throbbing came from his bladder, causing Zhu Lin to almost lose control. His footsteps became faster and faster.
"This…"
Liu Meng watched Zhu Lin leave in a hurry and could only nod.
"Alright, then hurry up!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Song Lian had already walked to the podium with the jade belt around his waist.
He first looked around and scanned the students. When he saw that the seat beside Liu Meng had been vacated, he couldn't help but frown.
This Prince of Wei, Zhu Lin, had only been in class for a while, and he had run away again?
If he ran away, then so be it. The child could not be taught, and he did not want to care.
"Class!"
He said,
" Turn the Mencius to this chapter on the letter. Look at this sentence-"
"Is water not divided into east and west, up and down? Human nature is good, just like water flowing downward. There was no man who was not good, and there was no water that did not fall!”
"This means that the kindness of human nature is like the water flowing downwards.”
"Therefore, Master Meng also said…"
As Song Lian spoke, Zhu Di's eyes gradually showed some confusion.
……
Clack clack.
Footsteps sounded outside the main hall.
"Xiao Hu, you said that Zhu Lin wants to leave the palace?”
Zhu Yuanzhang asked casually as he paced in the courtyard.
"Yes."
Xiao Hu said respectfully,
"His Highness the King of Wei wants to see the outside world. This general will persuade him to study hard. If he gets teacher's praise, the emperor will agree.”
"Because of this, he has already entered the library to study hard.”
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and looked at Zhu Biao beside him.
"Look at this kid. He's not a person who stops!”
He laughed and scolded,
"As soon as the ban was lifted, you want to go out and cause trouble!”
"Will we agree to it? Don't even think about it!"
"Father, if little brother can really study well, then it's fine to let him go out and play.”Zhu Biao smiled and replied," He's like you. He can't hold it in. If we don't let him go out and play, it might be easier for him to cause trouble in the palace.”
Old Zhu pursed his lips.
"Just let him be! As a big brother, he had no dignity at all!”
He snorted.
"Forget it, I'll go and see how he's doing. I'll also take a look at the other good-for-nothing kids!”
Even though Old Zhu did not spare Zhu Lin verbally, he still cared about this son of his very much.
Today was his first day of class after he woke up. As his father, he was naturally concerned.
The three of them slowly walked out of the school. Through the window, they could see the situation inside.
Zhu Yuanzhang took a few glances and frowned.
"Erhu, didn't you say that Zhu Lin went in? Where is he? Why didn't we see it?"
Erhu's heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly looked over.
There was no one beside Liu He!
"Just now…just now this general clearly sent His Highness the King of Wei in! He was sitting right next to the eldest grandson of Uncle Cheng Yi, Liu Wei!”
Xiao Hu muttered,
"This…why is there no one here?"
Seeing his father's face gradually turn ugly, Zhu Biao held his forehead.
This little brother was probably going to make his father angry again.
"This disappointing thing! He…he actually dared to skip class!"
"No, no, we have to beat him up. We can't let him go anymore!”
Zhu Yuanzhang paced back and forth on the spot. His anger points were soaring!
"Father, maybe I have something to do. Maybe I went to relieve myself. Take a look again, take a look again…"
Zhu Biao could only hold his father's hand and try to dissuade him.
Whoosh!
Zhu Yuanzhang shook off Zhu Biao's hand and said angrily,
"What can happen? How could it be so coincidental that he went to relieve himself the moment we arrived? Even if you want to shit, you should be done, right?"
"Don't put in a good word for him! He was skipping class! This ignorant and incompetent thing will anger me to death sooner or later…Damn it…"
His hair was on fire outside, but Song Lian was still talking in the classroom.
"Everyone has compassion and shame. Everyone has a respectful heart, and everyone has a heart of right and wrong.”
"Because of this, people are kind…"
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Di stood up and cupped his hands.
"Master Song, I have a question.”
Song Lian stopped and nodded.”
"Mencius said that human nature is good, but if that's the case, why are there so many bad people in this world?”
Zhu Di asked,
"According to Mencius, everyone in this world should be kind, so the prison should be empty, and so should hell!”
"I don't understand.”
Song Lian's expression changed.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his anger dissipated.
"Our Di 'er is quite capable.”
He said in a low and muffled voice,
"Mencius 'comments are all bullshit! This Song Lian is still telling our sons about Mencius every day!”
"Isn't this teaching our sons silly? Di 'er's question was not bad. Let's see how this old man will respond!”
Zhu Biao's gaze fell on Zhu Di as if he was deep in thought.
"There are evil people in the world because they are forced by the situation and have no choice but to do evil!”
Song Lian said unhappily,
"Just like how water can sometimes move up and down, you can't deny that water moves downwards!”
"You can ask those villains. Maybe they have their own difficulties. If they can do good, who would be willing to do evil?”
Zhu Di shook his head again.
"What about Yuan Ren? If no one forced them, why did they come to the Central Plains to burn, kill, and pillage?”
He asked again,
"They act recklessly and commit all kinds of evil. Are they also good people?”
When Song Lian heard this, he was stunned at first, then his entire face fell.
"Zhu Di, so you mean that you don't agree with Master Meng's theory of good nature and instead support the theory of evil nature?”
He said coldly,
"You think humans are evil?"
Zhu Di was stunned.
"That's not the case. I just have doubts about the so-called theory of good nature.”
He cupped his hands again and said,
"If you can give a counterexample, then this theory of good nature cannot be established!”
Song Lian looked annoyed.
"Presumptuous! How dare you say that Master Meng's theory of good nature is invalid? This is the standard pursued by many Confucian scholars for thousands of years. How can you slander it?”
He pulled out his ferule and shouted,
"You have evil thoughts, and your heart is not right!”
"Come up, I want to beat you 30 times!”
Outside, Zhu Yuanzhang was listening to his fourth brother's words with great interest. When he heard that Song Lian wanted to beat him up, he was instantly furious.
Bang!
Old Zhu kicked into the classroom and shouted,
"Old man! Don't you dare!"
"What did our fourth brother say wrong? You want to hit him? Could Mencius 'words be more powerful than our imperial edict?”
"I just feel that Fourth Brother's question is very good! If you can't answer it, it's either your level is not good enough, or Mencius is wrong!”
"No matter what, it's not our fourth brother's fault. What right do you have to hit him?”
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