After hearing this, although Song Chengren was a smart man, due to the inertia of his thinking, it took him a moment to understand Zhou Shangjing's hint. "Zhou Shoufu, you mean Lu De is also a direct disciple of He Ming? How is this possible? He is a descendant of the Lu family! His great uncle is Lu Sirui, a great scholar from Jiangnan. This person's academic philosophy has always been completely different from that of He Ming. On the contrary, although Lu Sirui has passed away, he debated scriptures with He Ming many times during his lifetime, and each time they were at war with each other" At this point, Song Chengren was dumbfounded and shook his head repeatedly: "Under such circumstances, Lu As a descendant of the Lu family, how could De worship He Ming as his disciple? To the Lu family, this kind of thing was as serious as deceiving his master and destroying his ancestors, and it was simply treason! If word spread, he would not only lose his inheritance. If you have the qualifications, you may be expelled from the family and removed from the family tree What's more, Lu De and Zhao Shancai have always had a cold relationship and competed with each other. How could they be brothers in the same school" No wonder Song Chengren couldn't believe this. thing. The ancestor of the Lu family is a disciple of Wang Shouren. He has always believed in the "Xin Xue" school, which is an emerging branch of Confucianism. It teaches that "the heart has no external things", "the heart is reason", "the unity of knowledge and action", "everyone is can become a sage"; and the imperial mentality that He Ming is good at is derived from the more ancient "Gongyanggu Liang" school, whose main concepts are "great unification", "monarch and ministers, father and son", and "the distinction between Huayi and Huayi" , or even "internal law and external Confucianism"! [Currently used, it is the most complete and best-used App for listening to books. It integrates 4 major speech synthesis engines, over 100 sounds, and is a source-changing artifact that supports offline reading. huanyuanapp.com Source-changing App] Although these two schools are They are all branches of Confucianism, but their specific ideas are completely opposite and conflict with each other. In this era, differences between schools, sects, and orthodoxy have become instincts deeply rooted in the bones of all scholars, and deviating from the orthodox and changing sects is something that scholars will never dare to cross. Therefore, Song Chengren naturally couldn't believe that the Lu family was the current model of "Xin Xue", and that Lu De, as a descendant of the Lu family, actually secretly joined He Ming's sect! If this kind of thing spreads, it will definitely cause a shock among the scholars. Zhou Shangjing smiled indifferently and said: "Why is it impossible? Although the Lu family regards 'Xin Xue' as the norm, it does not mean that Lu De will definitely stick to 'Xin Xue' and inherit the family tradition! Lu De is also a A young man with great ideas. He has watched the debates between the two great scholars, Lu Sirui and He Ming, many times since he was a child. He has also witnessed He Ming's charm and demeanor with his own eyes. It is normal for him to become interested in He Ming's knowledge. "Things!" After a pause, Zhou Shangjing further explained: "After He Ming left the temple center and went to Yingtian Academy to preach and teach, I have been sending people to keep an eye on him secretly, and I also know everything about He Ming's private activities. ! While He Ming was preaching and teaching at Yingtian Academy, he had only one direct disciple, Zhao Shancai, but in fact, there was another young man who often visited He Ming secretly and received private lessons from He Ming together with Zhao Shancai. This young man is Lu De! Therefore, regardless of whether Lu De has officially become a disciple or not, he is He Ming's direct disciple and has inherited part of He Ming's true heritage like Zhao Shancai! But because of the ideological differences between the Lu family and He Ming! Due to the dispute between heterodoxy and orthodoxy, Lu De naturally did not dare to disclose his relationship with He Ming. He had always kept it secret. Only a few people knew the truth. The relationship between him and Zhao Shancai was cold, which was probably done deliberately. "After that, the smile on Zhou Shangjing's face became more meaningful, and he continued to add: "One more thing, according to the information I collected, Zhao Shancai left several secret letters before he died of illness. , one of the secret letters was sent to Yingtian Academy, and the recipient was most likely Lu De! Therefore, this Lu De may be one of the back-up men Zhao Shancai left behind! " Song Chengren's eyes flickered and he murmured! Said: "That's it! That's it! If that's the case, this Lu De is indeed a variable! But this variablemay be beneficial to us!" Then, Song Chengren looked up at Zhou Shangjing and inquired: "Zhou Shoufu, I closed the door not long ago I received news that the seventh prince summoned Lu De earlier today. The two talked for a long time and seemed to have a very happy conversation. When Lu De said goodbye and left, the seventh prince even personally sent Lu De to the meeting. Garden vestibule I thought this news was just a small matter at first, so I didn't report it to you in time. But looking back now, it seems that this contact between Lu De and the Seventh Prince has another agenda! All Lu De did was to get revenge on He Ming and Zhao Shancai. He deliberately alienated the seventh prince some time ago and allowed the seventh prince to get into trouble. Now,This is to provide help in the snow and once again express the intention to surrender. It is obviously a hard-to-get method. He wants to take the opportunity to win the trust of the seventh prince, lurk around the seventh prince, and spy on the secrets of the seventh prince! So, should we communicate with Lu De privately and cooperate internally and externally to make our follow-up plan more invincible and foolproof? What's more, we know the true relationship between him and He Ming, which is equivalent to having control over him, and we can disqualify him from inheriting the family business at any time, so as long as we threaten him a little bit, we are not afraid of him refusing to cooperate! "Song Chengren's suggestion seemed to be what the question meant, but Zhou Shangjing directly rejected the proposal. "No! You are wrong! Lu De will never cooperate with us! If we contact him secretly and force him to join forces with us, it will only increase the risk of failure of our plan! " Song Chengren couldn't help but be stunned and asked: "Why do you say that? Doesn't he want to take revenge on He Ming and Zhao Shancai? " Zhou Shangjing shook his head helplessly and patiently explained: "If Lu De has inherited He Ming's true heritage, then he must not be simply regarded as a vassal of He Ming and Zhao Shancai. He must have his own position and ideas! If he thinks that he can use the Seventh Prince to realize his ambitions and gain more benefits, he will also deliberately approach the Seventh Prince to draw chestnuts from the fire. This possibility is not low and must be guarded against! Even if Lu De took the opportunity to lurk around the Seventh Prince out of revenge, he still has completely different goals from ours. We just want to prevent the Seventh Prince from becoming the crown prince. But for Lu De, Just to make the seventh prince lose the opportunity to inherit the throne, this punishment is obviously too light and not enough to avenge him! If I and Lu De were to change positions, I would definitely try my best to help the Seventh Prince tide over the difficulties at this time, and take the opportunity to win more of the Seventh Prince's trust, and then gradually gain access to more of the Seventh Prince's secrets, and finally choose a critical moment. The seventh prince was suddenly stabbed in the back, causing him to fall from his peak, ruin his reputation, and be completely in dire straits, even to the point of dying in peace! Therefore, if we have rash contact with Lu De, we will naturally regard Lu De as a helper. Lu De may use us and betray us to gain more trust from the Seventh Prince! At the same time, with the deaths of He Ming and Zhao Shancai, the true relationship between Lu De and He Ming has long been unconfirmed, and we cannot use this incident to threaten him to cooperate with us! " After hearing Zhou Shangjing's explanation, Song Chengren couldn't help but look disappointed, shook his head and frowned: "Well, one Jiang Zheng and one Lu De, if these two variables really affect Zhou Shoufu's follow-up plan, let the Seventh Prince get lucky If you jump out of the trap you set, what should you do? And if the seventh prince can successfully solve the current predicament and successfully take over the position of crown prince after returning to the capital, then wouldn't our current actions completely offend the future emperor? " Seeing Song Chengren's worry, Zhou Shangjing smiled slightly and said with relief: "Don't worry, I have completed the layout, and I will not let the Seventh Prince get any benefits from now on! If you still want the game of Ming Dynasty to continue, you can't let a person who can flip the table at any time sit on the chess table and become a chess player! This is my bottom line! As for the two variables Jiang Zheng and Lu De, even if they play a role, at most they will only slightly reduce the effect of my plan; even if the seventh prince is lucky enough to escape from my trap, he will definitely be covered in fishy smell. , can no longer sit firmly in the reserve position! What¡¯s more, there is also Zhao Junchen! The reason why I suspected the Seventh Prince in the first place was because of Zhao Junchen's reminder. Therefore, after Zhao Junchen found out that the Seventh Prince could not secure his position as Crown Prince, he would definitely add insult to injury and try his best to bring him down completely In this regard, I am still very good at it. Trust Zhao Junchen! " Having said this, a trace of sadness flashed across Zhou Shangjing's old face, and he continued: "Actually, my fear of Zhao Junchen is no less than that of the Seventh Prince, but recently I have only been taking action to deepen Zhao Junchen's hidden dangers and make Zhao Junchen more vulnerable. It is easier for him to show his flaws, but he has not been killed all the time, just in case! My physical condition is getting worse and worse, and I don¡¯t know how long I can survive, so I need to keep Zhao Junchen as a back-up. If I haven¡¯t completely defeated the seventh prince, my destiny will be over and I will pass away. At least I can still hope. The two hidden dangers, Zhao Junchen and the Seventh Prince, are constraining each other and hurting both sides! " Hearing Zhou Shangjing suddenly mention his own death, Song Chengren was also diverted. He couldn't help but look sad, and subconsciously raised his head to carefully observe Zhou Shangjing's complexion. After a little observation, Song Chengren couldn't help but feel shocked again. He Suddenly, I realized that I had just been focusing on discussing the Seventh Prince with Zhou Shangjing, but I had ignored Zhou Shangjing's physical condition and never allowed Zhou Shangjing to rest in time.bsp; At this moment, Zhou Shangjing was already full of fatigue, and his expression flashed with pain from time to time. His wrinkled forehead and gray temples were also sweating again. It seemed that the stomach disease had attacked again, but He still endured his physical discomfort and insisted on talking to Song Chengren. After seeing this situation, Song Chengren stood up quickly and said with concern: "Zhou Shoufu should take a quick rest, and can't continue to waste his mind Do you want me to summon Dr. Zhang to diagnose you again?" Seeing that Song Chengren was about to turn around, After leaving, Zhou Shangjing immediately shook his head and said: "There is no need to summon Doctor Zhang. I have stomach problems seven or eight times every day. Although the pain is unbearable, I have already become accustomed to it. Even if Doctor Zhang comes to diagnose and treat me, it will not be the same." You won't diagnose any new situation, but you will be scolded by him! Don't leave, chat with me for a while longer! I'm not tired, not at all, I just don't want to waste time lying in bed alone ¡¡± Hearing Zhou Shangjing¡¯s statement, he was completely unwilling to let himself go, and a hint of sadness flashed across Song Chengren¡¯s expression again. Song Chengren knew very well that when Zhou Shangjing analyzed the situation incessantly to him just now, he actually just wanted to chat with him for a while longer. Since Zhou Shangjing discovered that his stomach disease had worsened again, but he had been unable to find the cause and treatment, he knew very well that he must be dead soon, but he didn't know how long he could last. Therefore, perhaps because he wants to seize something as much as possible, or perhaps because he wants to leave something behind as much as possible, Zhou Shangjing always likes to chat with his old friend Song Chengren recently, or to review the past friendship between the two, or to deduce the temple. The future changes of the situation, or just the gossip between the parents In short, I just don't want to lie in bed and rest alone. There was not much time left, and Zhou Shangjing was not willing to waste it, let alone spend it just lying on the hospital bed. After guessing what Zhou Shangjing was thinking, Song Chengren hesitated for a moment, and finally returned to his seat to sit down and continue chatting with Zhou Shangjing. Zhou Shangjing also took a serious look at Song Chengren and found that Song Chengren had a rosy face, a plump figure, and not many wrinkles on his face. He had obviously taken good care of himself in recent years. Although his actual age was only four or five years younger than him, he looked like He is twenty years younger. Zhou Shangjing couldn't help but look envious, shook his head and said: "I am arrogant and arrogant, and I have always been too deep-rooted and scheming, so those who are qualified to be friends with me keep a distance from me and are unwilling to be with me." Deep friendship! I have been running the temple for decades and have gone through countless political turmoils and met all kinds of people, but the only people who can be called true friends are you and Li He! Hey, if Li He is here too! , I am even willing to shamelessly talk to him about his proud old-fashioned skills! After all there are only a few opportunities left to talk to you! Alas, Li He is naturally healthy and energetic, and You are taking good care of yourself and taking good care of yourselfI really envy you, I really envy you" After speaking, Zhou Shangjing slowly closed his eyes, and a trace of moisture appeared in the corners of his eyes. No matter how wise and open-minded a person is, he will definitely be afraid of death. Even Zhou Shangjing is no exception. ?¡ ?¡ ?¡