At this moment, the atmosphere in the school has become extremely solemn.
Zhao Qixue had no choice but to show the court newspaper that published the "lowly Confucian" article to Song Xueyao.
I told you not to look, but you insisted on looking... Since you wouldn't listen to my advice, I'll let you take a look!
Zhao Qixue secretly raised his head and glanced at Song Xueyao carefully, wanting to see what his expression would be next. He was very curious!
Not only Zhao Qixue, but other students in the school were looking at Song Xueyao with curious eyes at this time, wanting to see what kind of expression he would have next.
Song Xueyao took the newspaper and looked at the title of the article, his expression changed slightly.
"Bad scholar?"
These two words were too eye-catching. At that moment, Song Xueyao's blood pressure suddenly rose. He subconsciously said, "What kind of lunatic is this? How dare you write such a thing? Aren't you afraid of being attacked by scholars all over the world?"
Song Xueyao frowned and read it carefully.
After just looking for a while, Song Xueyao's whole cheeks turned red instantly and he went straight into a red-warm state.
His hair stood on end with rage, his eyes wide open, and he stared at the article intently. The more he read, the more rapid his breathing became.
This article was written with every word being a gem, quoting from classics, and having brilliant literary talent, but the content was extremely vicious, and almost every word pierced Song Xueyao's heart. He wanted to scold and refute it, but for a moment he didn't know how to refute it.
As the saying goes, lies never hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife!
This article stripped Song Xueyao's dirty thoughts from his gorgeous clothes and exposed them nakedly to the public.
The more Song Xueyao looked, the angrier he became. Not only his face, but his entire skin turned red, and steam was coming out of his body, as if he was a roasted red-skinned duck.
After a while, he suddenly shouted: "How ridiculous! How ridiculous!"
Then he spat out a mouthful of black blood, and when he looked up, he saw many students in the school looking at him with eyes that looked like they were watching a show and not minding the trouble...
For a moment, an incomparable feeling of humiliation filled his heart. For a Confucian scholar like him, this feeling was more painful than killing him ten thousand times!
His eyes went dark and his whole body fell backwards, hitting the ground with his head. Blood gushed out instantly and he fell into a coma!
In the hall, the students who were watching the excitement cried out in surprise when they saw this scene and ran over. They just wanted to have fun and see how Dr. Song Xueyao would react, but they didn't expect it to be so much fun! Song Xueyao was so angry that he fainted! He also hit his head and bled a lot!
The students gathered around Dr. Song Xueyao and were shocked to find that he was breathing in less and out more!
"Send him to the doctor, send him to the doctor quickly!"
"Dr. Song is dying!"
"Quick! Send him to the doctor!"
When the students sent Dr. Song Xueyao to the clinic, unfortunately, his body was already cold.
"Why did you send a corpse here?" The old Chinese doctor in the clinic saw this scene and looked at the group of students with strange eyes.
"This is Dr. Song Xueyao, a great scholar of the time. Please stop joking. Save him!" Zhao Qixue was sweating profusely. He really just wanted to have fun, but he didn't expect Dr. Song to be so angry that he died because of the official report he handed over. This made his scalp numb and he regretted it for a moment. Why did it happen to him? He was in trouble!
The old Chinese doctor with white hair and beard felt the pulse, frowned and shook his head , and said: "I am just a doctor, not a god. This great scholar has no pulse at all. He is already dead. How can a dead person be saved? My friend, please don't make things difficult for me."
"Ah...?" Hearing this, Zhao Qixue was very desperate and sat down on the ground.
"Song, Dr. Song, I'm so angry..."
No one expected that this article would directly anger Song Xueyao, a doctor of the Imperial College who was famous all over the world a few days ago, to death. The destructive power was simply too great.
Once this news came out, it undoubtedly caused an uproar!
When this article originally appeared in the official gazette, it had already caused countless controversies, and scholars all over the world were discussing it.
And now, Song Xueyao, a doctor of the Imperial College, was so angry about this article that he almost died. This added fuel to the fire and pushed this article directly to the forefront, making the not-so-active literary world of the Eastern Han Dynasty extremely lively!
The literary world of this country has not been so lively for a long, long time.
Su Che's article "The Lowly Confucian" was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, which immediately stirred up thousands of waves and caused the fish in the lake to swim around.
Fufeng County, Maoling.
When Ma Rong and Ma Jichang saw this article, they couldn't help laughing out loud.
The great scholar Lu Zhi, who came to pay his respects to his teacher, was stunned when he saw this scene. He subconsciously asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Ma Rong shook his head and said, "I am laughing at this article. It is really interesting. I have read many good articles before, but never such an interesting one. I am naturally very happy to read this article "The Lowly Scholar" before I die."
Lu Zhi was surprised and asked: "This article is so disparaging to Confucian scholars, why do you think so highly of it?"
Ma Rong turned his head, glanced at Lu Zhi, and asked, "Do you really think that this article is belittling Confucian scholars?"
This made Lu Zhi fall silent. After a while, he said, "At least this article satirizes many people. This Lu Xun is most likely the pen name of Zhang Zhongjing. He is really crazy. He dared to write such an article. He is really not afraid of death!"
Ma Rong smiled and said, "I think so. I have never seen anyone in the world who can write such an article with such a style of writing. Only that unusual boy can do that. However, what he wrote does make some sense. In this world, cheap Confucians are rampant, and real Confucians are pitifully rare..."
"Didn't you scold him before? Why do you agree with this article?" Lu Zhi asked.
"I scolded him because what he did had nothing to do with him."
"What he did...are you referring to Chengjin Bank?"
Lu Zhi seemed to be thinking about something.
He also felt that something was wrong with Chengjin Money House.
In fact.
There are definitely quite a few people who have this idea.
After all, there are too many smart people in this world.
But driven by profit, they will still deposit a large sum of money and wait to earn some interest before running away.
Having clearly recognized the danger, people still think they can escape in time. This is the weakness of human nature.
"Although his bank had problems, there was nothing wrong with what he did. He saved people, prevented plague, and saved countless lives. His merits are immeasurable. It is an exception to the rules to confer him the title of Marquis of Jishiting, but it is also reasonable." Ma Rong picked up the teacup, took a sip slowly, and said slowly: "And those pedantic scholars are jealous of others' achievements and exclude those who are different from them. They just want to belittle others and make them give up their titles voluntarily. How can such a thing happen in this world?"
"So, he cursed well, cursed heartily, and said it very well!"
"I originally thought he was just a fraud, but after reading this article, I realized that he is a hero, a great man of the time!"
After hearing this, Lu Zhi was speechless. He smiled bitterly and said, "Someone asked me to ask you to come out and say a few words. You actually said this. I dare not say these words out."
Now Lu Xun is being criticized by everyone. If these words of Ma Rong were to be made known, people would not keep silent because of your status, but would instead scold you as well.
By then, the reputation of Ma Rong, a famous and virtuous scholar, would have plummeted.
"I just said that he wrote a good article. I am not on his side. He is a liar." Ma Rong shook his head and drew a clear line between them.
"Disciple, I understand." Lu Zhi nodded.
Ma Rong did not stand up to accuse Lu Xun, but that does not mean that no one else did.
This article is so destructive!
It was like Su Che stepping on the faces of a group of Confucian scholars in the Eastern Han Dynasty and saying, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting anyone, I'm saying that everyone here is garbage!"
Not to mention other Confucian scholars, even Su Che's father Zhang Zonghan was accidentally hurt. After reading the article, he rushed to the prefectural governor's mansion and asked Su Che: "Zhongjing, do you know this Lu Xun?"
"Dad, what's wrong?" Su Che temporarily put down the government affairs in his hands and did not admit it directly.
"This guy named Lu Xun published an article that directly exposed the truth! Many people asked me if I knew this Lu Xun!" Zhang Zonghan said hurriedly.
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time." Su Che smiled and handed Zhang Zonghan a cup of tea.
"Take a look at this first!"
How could Zhang Zonghan still have the heart to drink tea? He quickly handed the court report to Su Che, then smiled bitterly and said, "This article "The Lowly Confucian" is so harsh that the whole world is boiling, the whole literary world is boiling!!"
"I am a little scared. Many people asked me if I was Lu Xun. I told them, how could I have the courage to do that?"
"It is said that many Confucian families have sworn that they would not be human beings if they did not kill Lu Xun!"
"This incident has become really huge!"
Su Che listened to this and blinked innocently, thinking that this article was written by Lu Xun, so what does it have to do with him, Zhang Zhongjing?
"Come to think of it, this article was written by Lu Xun. Your county magistrate's name is Lu Guan. Could it be that he wrote it?" Zhang Zonghan suddenly thought of something and asked hurriedly.
"Probably not." Su Che shook his head.
"No matter if it's him or not, you should advise him to take care of himself and be careful about his own safety first!" Zhang Zonghan warned seriously.
"It's not that exaggerated. There are so many people with the surname Lu in this world." Su Che didn't care.
"No, you don't understand the seriousness of this matter at all. Whether it is him or not, it is not the key point. The key point is to pay attention to safety. Do you understand?" Zhang Zonghan stared at Su Che and reminded him seriously again.
Su Che felt his father's concerned look and was slightly stunned. Then he nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will make sure he is safe."
"That's good." Zhang Zonghan nodded and left with peace of mind.
Su Che accompanied his father all the way out of the prefect's mansion, watched his father get on the carriage and drive away, then turned around and returned to the mansion.
Su Che naturally understood the meaning of this instruction just now.
The county magistrate Lu Guan had never had any interaction with his father, so naturally he was not concerned about Lu Guan, but Su Che. The implicit meaning of Zhang Zonghan's words was to let Su Che pay attention to his own safety, and Lu Guan was just a metaphor.
Obviously, before coming here, Zhang Zonghan already knew that Lu Xun was most likely his beloved son!
But he didn't point it out, instead he beat around the bush and told Su Che to be careful...
This is a father's concern for his son.
Su Che returned to his office and continued to handle official business.
Not long.
Lu Guan came in. He smiled bitterly and said, "My Lord, your article almost turned the entire Han literary world upside down! The Han literary world has never been so lively!"
Su Che glanced at him and said with a smile: "Yes, Lu Xun is very famous now. You must not let others misunderstand and let others think that Lu Xun is you, otherwise you will be in trouble!"
When these words were spoken, Lu Guan's face turned green. He had never thought of this!
"Master, I will be careful!" Lu Guan said hurriedly.
…
A few days later, another article appeared in the Jingzhou gazette.
This article was written by a young man. It is also well written and every word is gem.
The general meaning of this article is to point out that the content of the "cheap Confucian" article is very problematic.
Although many passages quote classics from famous authors, they make things very reasonable.
But the problem is that you, Lu Xun, are not a saint, and you don't understand the virtues of those who attacked Zhang Zhongjing. It is really untenable to demote them to lowly Confucian scholars just because they attacked Ji Shihou.
Moreover, this article by you, Lu Xun, directly angered the Imperial College Doctor Song Xueyao to death. You are so vicious, how can you be called Xun?
Xunzi's article denounced others as inferior Confucians in order to persuade everyone to be good and learn from more wise gentlemen. However, your article simply attacks those who you call "inferior Confucians". What is your intention?
You write such vicious articles and wantonly belittle others. What is the difference between your moral character and those of those people whom you call inferior Confucians?
This article, with more than 2,000 words, is beautifully written and the response is quite appropriate. The person who signed it is Guan Ning!
Guan Ning, one of the young geniuses of this era.
He was born in Zhuxu County, Beihai County, and was a descendant of the famous Guan Zhong.
There is a story about Guan Ning.
Guan Ning and his good friend Hua Xin were weeding in the garden when they saw a piece of gold in the field. Guan Ning continued to swing his hoe, and to him it looked no different from tiles or stones. Hua Xin happily picked it up, but when he found out it was not gold, he threw it away again.
After that, they sat on the same mat and read together. A man in formal attire sitting in a carriage with a canopy happened to pass by the door. Guan Ning continued reading as before, but Hua Xin put down the book and went out to watch.
Soon, when Hua Xin came back, Guan Ning took out a dagger, cut the seat they were sitting on, and said to Hua Xin: "From now on, you are no longer my friend."
This is the famous severance of diplomatic relations.
Because he was devoted to studying, Guan Ning achieved some academic success at a young age.
When he saw the article about the despicable Confucian scholar, he did not take it seriously. However, at the invitation of his fellow townsman, he wrote a response article questioning the morality of Lu Xun.
Not long after, when Su Che saw this article, he smiled slightly and did not take Guan Ning seriously at all.
That day, after dealing with government affairs, Su Che wrote more than 2,000 words specifically to respond to Guan Ning.
The general meaning of Su Che's article is:
Xunzi once said:
Believing in something that is credible is certainty.
To doubt something that is suspicious is also to be certain.
Respecting the virtuous is benevolence.
To despise the unvirtuous is also benevolence.
To put it appropriately is wise.
Appropriate silence is also wise.
He who speaks a lot and in accordance with the law is a sage.
He who speaks little and abides by the law is a gentleman.
No matter how much you talk, it is not legal, and if you indulge yourself in it, you are still a villain no matter how eloquent you are!
Using all your energy without meeting the needs of the people is evil!
Now those who attack Zhang Zhongjing and think that he is not worthy of the title of Marquis Jishi, no matter what their reasons are, are saying inappropriate words and they are the words of a mean person.
They were jealous of others' achievements and tried to curry favor with the public, depriving Zhang Zhongjing of his own merits and asking him to resign the title granted by the emperor. This was not correct.
My contempt for this group of unvirtuous people is a manifestation of my benevolence. Why don't you answer this question directly, but instead accuse me of being vicious?
You say that there is no difference between me and those who are criticized. Does that mean that people who do evil cannot be criticized? What is the logic behind this?
I heard that your ambition is to become a hermit.
But the hermits mentioned by the ancients are people with noble moral character, people who can be calm and content with their lot, people who are kind and upright, people who are content with their fate and do not ask for anything extravagantly, and people who advocate correct ideas.
Do you want to be a hermit who has no talent but brags that he has talent? A person who has no wisdom but brags that he has wisdom? A person who is greedy but never satisfied but pretends that he has no greed? A person who behaves in a sinister and dirty way but insists on bragging that he is cautious and honest?
Is this what you call the hermit's path?
That's ridiculous to the extreme!
…
Su Che's article was also extremely aggressive. Since Guan Ning dared to speak out, he must not be let off. He must be made to understand that not everyone can cheat! Since he has spoken out, he must be prepared to be criticized!
Not long after, when Guan Ning read this article, he was so ashamed that he cut off his long hair as an apology. Then he turned his attention away from worldly affairs and devoted himself to reading.
In this era, our hair is given to us by our parents and we cannot cut our hair easily.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, King Gou Jian of Yue slept on firewood and tasted gall. In order to remind himself, he cut his hair to show his ambition. This is the origin of shaving one's hair to show one's ambition.
At this moment, Guan Ning cut off his hair, which was considered a very solemn apology, even a little excessive.
This caused the astonishment of Guan Ning's friends, and later an idiom was derived, "Guan Ning cuts his hair", which means to repent of one's mistakes.
Although Guan Ning admitted defeat, it did not mean that others would do the same. Some people still jumped out to continue attacking Lu Xun.
For a while, the Jingzhou official newspaper turned into a battlefield of the Han Dynasty literary world, and it was extremely lively.
The person who jumped out this time was called Duan Wenji. He was either an unknown person or, like Su Che, he used a pen name. The latter possibility was obviously greater. This was because he was afraid of losing the war of words and being embarrassed. Then he would have to cut his hair to apologize like Guan Ning, which would be bad.
This passage says: You call others "bad Confucians" to show your superiority. When others refute you, you immediately attack them, as if all scholars in the world are bad Confucians. As if once someone refutes you, that person is a bad Confucian, and you will immediately attack them! This is not the behavior of a benevolent person! This is low behavior!
This was so low-class that Su Che was too lazy to respond.
But he thought about it and decided to reply. It would be bad if this person thought he won!
Su Che said: "The cheap Confucianists attack others, but you cannot allow others to attack the cheap Confucianists, otherwise it is not the performance of a benevolent person. How can there be such a reason in this world? Of course, not all scholars in this world are cheap Confucianists, but some people always defend cheap Confucianists for interests or relationships, and try to refute me and save the reputation of cheap Confucianists. Naturally, I have to scold them back. You can't even understand this most basic truth, and you still jump out and bark like a dog. It's ridiculous! It seems that you are no different from those cheap Confucianists!
When these words were spoken, the scholar with the pen name Duan Wenji became very angry and tore the court report to pieces. However, he did not respond further and there was no further response.
Soon another person emerged, named Xue Wen, who was obviously also a pen name.
Xue Wen said: You often quote Xunzi's words to refute people, but many of his words are basically taken out of context. However, you treat them as the teachings of a saint and forbid people to refute them, otherwise they would be refuting Xunzi. What is the difference between such sophistry and those of despicable Confucian villains?
Su Che replied: You said I took it out of context, then tell me your understanding... Can you understand all the words of the saints by yourself? Is your understanding correct? My understanding is taken out of context? Do you think you have mastered the saint's right to interpret? If you can't explain the reason, then don't embarrass yourself here!
The Confucian scholar named Xue Wen was choked to the point of nearly vomiting blood. He was a great Confucian scholar of the time and actually had the right to interpret some of the sages' scriptures, but he couldn't say this out loud, otherwise others would know it was him and would question his intentions. He was very depressed for a moment and reluctantly withdrew from the battlefield.
Soon another person jumped out and asked Lu Xun directly: "Why is it that no one can be granted a title without military merit? This is a perverse act. The person who pointed out this mistake was degraded by you as a cheap scholar. What's the reason for this?"
Su Che immediately responded: "The White Horse Alliance" is recorded in Volume 9 of "Records of the Grand Historian" in the Annals of Empress Dowager Lü.
First, the country will last forever, and its descendants will have access to wine and meat forever as long as the Han Empire exists.
Second, if anyone is not a descendant of the Liu family but is king, the whole world can attack him together. If anyone is not a descendant of the Liu family but is made a marquis without any merit, the whole world can punish him together!
This achievement is a meritorious service, and to privately regard it as a military achievement is a false rumor!
It was reasonable and fitting that Zhang Zhongjing was conferred the title of Marquis Jishi by the emperor for his contribution in eradicating the plague.
I didn’t even bother to mention this in my article…
Because I think you are all educated people and must be knowledgeable, so I don’t need to say much.
But you don’t even understand this, you are simply an illiterate who doesn’t read!
Go back to elementary school and start learning from scratch! Don't embarrass yourself in a place where everyone in the world can see you!
Soon this person saw this response and was so ashamed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
The scholars of this era are still very reasonable, but since they are reasonable, Su Che will talk to them about reason!
For a while.
Su Che has been in and out of the Han literary world seven times!
When responding to every opponent, Su Che is extremely aggressive, and there are very few opponents who can be his match.
Gradually, as a month passed, there was no longer any rival.
No one in the world dared to question the fairness of Su Che, the Marquis of Jishi, because they were really scared by Lu Xun's scolding!
Su Che couldn't help feeling lonely as he was invincible. He couldn't help but sigh, is there no one who can compete in the Han literary world?
There is no doubt that the pen name Lu Xun became famous throughout the Han Dynasty.
No matter whether it is a bad reputation or a terrible reputation, it is definitely famous.
Ordinary people may still feel a sense of mystery, but for all educated people, this name is simply a household name.
Many people have speculated about Lu Xun's true identity, and it is most likely that he is Zhang Zhongjing, the Marquis of Jishi!
Of course, some people also say that Lu Xun is Zhang Zonghan, the father of Zhang Zhongjing.
Others say it was Lu Guan, the county magistrate of Nanyang County who had served for decades, because they both have the surname Lu.
This old man Lu Guan inevitably became the target of criticism.
This took Lu Guan a long time to explain, but he still couldn't clear himself of suspicion. This made the old man very depressed, fearing that some radical scholars would come to assassinate him.
But Su Che didn't take it to heart.
but.
While he felt good about cursing, he seemed to be thinking about something.
Now that I have already cursed at them, I must not abandon this pen name. I will just write a few more articles. I must continue to stir up trouble, curse those despicable Confucian scholars in the world, and awaken some young people who are passionate about serving the country!
During this month, Su Che has dealt with all the backlog of official business in Nanyang County. He now has some free time to play with Zhang Ying, take care of the affairs of Chengjin Chamber of Commerce, and write some articles.
Nowadays, Chengjin Medical Clinics are spread all over the world, and barefoot doctors are numerous, so there is no need for Su Che to be a "doctor in the clinic".
Under such circumstances, it might not be a bad idea to write more articles to awaken more people.
Su Che didn't think much about it and started writing directly. But as he wrote, Su Che had many new ideas.
So he decided not to curse for the time being and to write a groundbreaking article first!
Three days later, an article titled "Confucian Theory" appeared in all the major newspapers.
Su Che expounded on the shortcomings of contemporary Confucianism from various tricky angles, saying that modern Confucianism has become divorced from the masses of the people and has become a false and empty doctrine, which is not true Confucianism.
He then cited classics and pointed out in detail the true direction of Confucianism from ancient times to the present...