Wang Shizhen kept her posture as if she had dropped the jar. Facing the emperor's question, she did not answer for a long time.

His thoughts kept churning in his mind, and he never figured out how to answer.

What if the emperor asked him if he could write an article when he first met him.

Then Wang Shizhen can definitely finish it with one wave of his hand.

But when the emperor said what he had said before, and then asked if he could write an article, the meaning was completely different.

Especially that sentence, can't saints be wrong?

The meaning was so complicated that even Wang Shizhen did not dare to think deeply about it.

Luo Sigong stood aside. The bottle in his hand was dotted with egg yolks on the fabric. There was nothing surprising about it.

But in Wang Shizhen's opinion, there was something unspeakably terrifying about it.

A trace of panic flashed subconsciously in his eyes.

Wang Shizhen doesn't know whether the fireflies are metamorphosed from rotten grass or are the result of mating adult insects, and he doesn't care.

Chanting grass and flowers, singing about objects and praising events are all just images that use objects to describe people.

Who has nothing to do to tinker with a lot of things for intercourse, and then lies down and watches these things every day?

Do you still have the demeanor of a scholar-bureaucrat?

Even if there are indeed errors and omissions in the "Book of Rites", it is not a big problem.

If he is as knowledgeable as a scholar, how can he still believe in the "hard-forever method"?

It is normal for scholars to rewrite and modify the classics and package their own ideas into the meaning of saints.

If not, how could there be so many schools of Confucian classics?

Classic? Just a dead thing that can be painted over.

Is there an error in the Book of Rites? Confucianism is flexible, and the worst thing is to reinterpret it.

But, the crux of the matter is this.

What does the emperor want?

He deliberately seized on this flaw in the "Book of Rites" and blamed it on the saints.

He didn't think that the emperor was ignorant of the importance and acted as he pleased.

So... did the emperor want to seize the right to interpret scriptures, or did he want to shake the foundation of Confucianism!?

The former is fine.

It's always a fight but not a victory.

You can even misinterpret the words of saints, so why do you have the nerve to start a sect?

Forget it this time, you have to listen to my opinions from now on, and let’s run Confucianism well together, you know?

If it's the latter...

Wang Shizhen is afraid of this place!

The growth of rotten grass is the black and white lettering in the Book of Rites; the mating of adult insects is the golden words of the emperor.

If the saints of this world are unwilling to recognize the legal authority of the saints of all generations, it will be the same as pure and turbid colliding with each other, creating chaos again!

I don’t know how many innocent people have to be crushed.

From the Book of Rites, Confucianism, saints, to students, scholars, and the literary world, all will be swept in because of this!

This is the foundation for how many people in the world live and work?

Even if he is the leader of the literary world, can he exist independently from the Confucian school?

His relatives, close friends, descendants, and fellow countrymen will all suffer unreasonable disasters!

It’s even the same as Miemen!

The matter was so important that Wang Shizhen remained silent for a long time, speechless.

Naturally, leaders will not stand still and wait for their subordinates to be subordinated.

Seeing Wang Shizhen's hesitation, Zhu Yijun did not urge him.

He turned around, took a swaying step, and continued walking.

The group of people followed behind again.

Zhu Yijun naturally knew how much pressure his words "Can't a saint be wrong" put on Wang Shizhen?

However, Zhu Yijun was not really so big that he would dig Confucius's grave at this time.

He doesn't have the diamond yet, so he can't take on the porcelain job.

In a sense, the entire imperial court's current legal system is based on the classics of saints.

Whether he is the "Emperor" who follows Confucian etiquette, or he is a scholar, a scholar selected by the Four Books and Five Classics, or even tens of millions of scholars who are waiting to be fed.

Everyone is eating from the same pot, who dares to lift the pot?

Except for eunuchs and relatives, who would want to hear the court say that it disrespects Confucius?

If Zhu Yijun's ability at this time were to spread rumors that he intended to shake the foundation of Confucianism.

The first thing to be destroyed is probably his body.

Therefore, his criticism of the saint just now was just a deliberate attempt to put pressure on Wang Shizhen.

The purpose is to psychologically force the leader of the literary world to play a game of advancing, retreating, and retreating.

If he wanted to seize the right to interpret scriptures, Wang Shizhen would definitely resist him in three ways.

But is it wrong to ask the saint?

Then Wang Shizhen had to cry and say - the saint's intention was good, but they understood it wrong! I will correct it right now, Your Majesty, don't say anything!

Therefore, Zhu Yijun was not in a hurry to urge Wang Shizhen, and allowed the war between heaven and man in his heart at this moment.

The emperor walked in front and leisurely told Wang Shizhen the whole story: "Last year, when I was studying the classics, I read the Book of Rites and became interested in this matter. I wanted to witness such a magical thing with my own eyes."

"Then, I started to work and ordered my ministers to dig a pond and pile up rotten grass. At that time, I also invited all the gentlemen to witness."

"It's a pity that the rotten grass failed to turn into fireflies in the end."

"I was unwilling to give in and wanted to try again before summer this year. However, my cousin Li Chengming came forward and said that my method was wrong and he could do it."

"He is quite trustworthy, so I left the matter to him."

"Then he tried it several times using the so-called 'controlled experiment method' he learned from the university."

"In a clean pond, there are three water tanks separated. In one place, only humus plants are piled, in one place, only adult insects are put in, and in the other place, both."

At this point, Zhu Yijun stopped abruptly.

On the one hand, Wang Shizhen was aroused to be a little curious, but on the other hand, she was deliberately trying to gain time to think, and happily rambled on.

"Controlled experimental method?" He repeated it doubtfully at first, and then asked, "May I ask Your Majesty the results?"

Zhu Yijun looked gentle and waved his hand to reveal the first topic: "This is the result of logic. It has not been compiled into a book yet. We will talk about it later."

"As for the result..."

He nodded slightly.

Behind him, Zhang Hong took out a volume of manuscripts from his arms and sent it to Wang Shizhen.

Wang Shizhen saluted and received it in his hand.

Taking a closer look, there are a few big words on the cover. The grammar is strange, but it is simple and easy to understand - "Based on the method of controlled experiments, explore the reproduction method of certain fireflies living in water."

There is also a subtitle below: "In order to solve Emperor Chang Wei's doubts about the 'rotten grass is firefly' in the Book of Rites, special funds are allocated from internal funds."

Wang Shizhen held this volume of manuscripts in his hand and looked strange.

What the hell?

Needless to say, this series of titles has no literary beauty. How come the following line is still called the emperor's personal account?

Changwei is the nickname of the little emperor. Because of its rather personal attributes, it is never used. Historically, it was called Yuzhai, but Zhu Yijun didn't think it sounded good, so he didn't use it.

There is no other emperor now, so specifying which emperor it is makes Wang Shizhen feel strange.

Zhu Yijun seemed to see his doubts and said with a smile: "I don't understand either. It's just that my cousin said that doing experiments is different from doing knowledge. There is no emphasis on culture, only accuracy. Every person and thing that appears is not necessary."

There is ambiguity.”

"Now that I have no posthumous title or temple, I can only be known as one."

The emperor said it easily.

When Wang Shizhen heard this, her heart became heavier.

This behavior did not attach importance to status and seemed frivolous, but it also revealed the emperor's attitude and seemed to take it very seriously.

Wang Shizhen sighed again in her heart, I'm afraid it's not good.
To be continued...