Chapter 527: The Night I Miss You

A group of people were arguing.

A group of people were making a racket.

But this group of people, having gone two days and nights without sleep, were still excited.

Because everyone present knew what kind of great undertaking they were engaged in.

This was a great undertaking that could change the Longyan Dynasty!

It was a great undertaking that could change the world!

Liu Zheng and Qingyang Shuo were also very excited.

At the very least, Liu Zheng believed that if, at the beginning, these scholars of Liangzhou had only worked with him because of his status, then now, they had already begun to slowly, and even deeply, identify with his viewpoints.

They identified with his Heart Learning.

This showed that Heart Learning still had quite a market in the current Longyan Dynasty.

A book.

A book was compiled just like that, following the arguments and the collision of viewpoints.

Combining the Heart Learning of Wang Yangming, the Heart Learning of Wang Gen, and even the Heart Learning of Wang Longxi and Luo Nian'an.

The first one was "Principles"!

Wang Yangming's "Heart is Principle," Wang Gen's "Accepting Desires as Principles," Wang Longxi's "Thought," and Luo Nian'an's "Investigation of Things to Extend Knowledge" and "Returning to Tranquility and Focusing on Stillness." Speaking of Luo Nian'an, he was another great master of Heart Learning after Wang Gen; his "Returning to Tranquility and Focusing on Stillness" reinterpreted Wang Yangming's doctrine of Extending Innate Knowledge. He was known as the meritorious official who received Wang Yangming's true transmission and remedied the flaws of Heart Learning.

The second one was "No Classics"!

This was already mentioned in the previous chapter. It was a classic that subverted Confucianism, and in their eyes, subverting the classics was a sacred concept. They advocated for "No Classics," where the principles of heaven and earth were the classics, and human relations and society were the classics. This book was actually a major supplement to Wang Yangming's Heart Learning. Why say that? Wang Yangming and his disciples, in the final analysis, held ideas and concepts that advocated for having no desires or cravings. This kind of ethereal Heart Learning was actually detached from socialization.

That is why Wang Gen's "Practice leads to true knowledge" was so valuable.

Liu Zheng wanted to add some socialization to Heart Learning.

He believed that practice was the only way to test any truth.

Therefore.

"No Classics" did not mean there were truly no classics!

The classics were human relations, society, and keeping pace with the times, not some fixed thing!

The third one was "Unity of Knowledge and Action," or it could be called the improved "Unity of Action and Knowledge," where principles and actions complemented each other and provided mutual proof!

The fourth one was "Extending Innate Knowledge"!

Extending Innate Knowledge advocated for having no good and no evil, and no sages and no slaves. Cultivate the body and nourish the heart, with the heart containing no external objects.

A mixture of various advanced viewpoints.

A collision of various advanced ideas.

Finally.

After three days and three nights.

Four works on Heart Learning were born.

Liu Zheng and Qingyang Shuo looked at each other and smiled.

This group of scholars also celebrated and cheered.

They were honored to participate in this great transformation.

"Is he very busy?"

Xie Chan had been unhappy again recently.

She felt that this Longyan Dynasty was truly complicated! The society was complicated, people's hearts were complicated, everything was complicated! Why did this bunch of annoying scholars have to surround the Liangzhou Prefecture!

The Prefect of Liangzhou had also not written to her for three days—let's just call them letters, but she still loved reading them.

"Chan'er, Chan'er, he is indeed a bit busy, don't be angry with him, don't be angry with him!"

Ever since Xie Chan insisted that Feng Sanniang call her Chan'er instead of Princess, Feng Sanniang felt that the matter between her son and this Princess was as good as settled.

Xie Chan's face turned red: "I am not thinking about him, it's just, it's just..."

Pfft!

It's not him I'm thinking about!

I'm thinking about his cheesy pick-up lines!

This shouldn't count as thinking about him, right?

She tugged at the corner of her skirt with her hand, trying hard to comfort herself.

"It's here, it's here!"

Just then, Jiang Xuan ran in.

Xie Chan turned around abruptly, her face full of surprise: "What's here?"

Jiang Xuan chuckled: "Your Highness, the young master has indeed been busy day and night these past few days, but his letters have not been few..."

Xie Chan happily snatched it away.

Then, she dove back into her quilt...

"Baby, I stayed up all night with this group of people today. What kind of night did I stay up for? The night I missed you..."

"Ah!"

That bunch of literary giants and scholars at the entrance of the Liangzhou Prefecture.

Their daily routine upon waking up was to sit in meditation, argue, chant poems, and recite the classics!

They had turned the entrance of the Liangzhou Prefecture into a large-scale academic gathering.

These people didn't even mind the scorching sun.

Occasionally, a few people who suffered heatstroke were quickly dragged away, and then others would step up to take their places...

Damn it!

Liu Zheng was complaining inwardly; when it came to resisting the Xiongnu or driving out the Southern Barbarians, he never saw them this united and vigorous, but now that they were targeting him, they all suddenly found their scholarly integrity?

"Prefect Liu, are you too afraid to come out?"

"Hmph, is this the so-called sage of the world, overflowing with talent?"

"A once-in-a-millennium military genius? Bah!"

A few days ago, these people were still very patient, saying that as scholars, their speech should naturally be elegant and refined. Not many days had passed, and they were already so sun-scorched they were spouting profanities, itching to resort to violence.

"This Prefect Liu is truly..."

"Preposterous!"

"Too arrogant and conceited!"

Especially the attendants of the Four Great Academy Principals; each one of them was furious.

What were the Four Great Academy Principals?

They were all highly respected and prestigious literary giants in the Longyan Dynasty!

You, Prefect Liu, won't come out to give an explanation, just leaving them to bake in the sun like this?

"No matter, no matter..."

The four old Deans, however, were smiling with a chuckle. They were still there, putting on a show of playing chess and drinking tea, maintaining the appearance of being highly respected and prestigious.

Just at this moment.

Suddenly, the main gate of the Liangzhou Prefecture was opened.

A soldier came out and shouted loudly: "The Young Master has ordered: today, with the gathering of Longyan scholars, it is a grand literary event, so lingering outside the prefecture gate is truly somewhat inappropriate. I invite you all to move to the Liangzhou Poetry Society; the Young Master will be waiting for all you colleagues there!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire crowd was in an uproar.

Many people became excited.

This Prefect Liu, has he finally dared to come out and accept the challenge?

"Hahahaha, a fellow who doesn't know life from death!"

"Let's go!"

"Let's go together and see what he has to say!"

They were not afraid of Liu Zheng accepting the challenge; what they feared was him not daring to come out. As long as he dared to face the scholars of the world, their soft knives could be wielded against him to their hearts' content!

Die!

The Dean of Yuelu Academy also gave a mocking chuckle: "This Prefect Liu is nothing more than this."

The others nodded in succession.

In reality, they had no Method to deal with Prefect Liu either. They could only sit here and cause trouble.

The Liangzhou Army was so strong that they could not possibly resort to any violent means.

If they were Prefect Liu, they would certainly insist on not leaving the house.

In that way, this seemingly grand scholar protest would have fizzled out into nothing.

After all, that old Emperor of the Longyan Dynasty had not yet defined the nature of this matter. If they made trouble here for too long, the Liangzhou Prefecture could completely expel them on the charge of disturbing the peace.

Who would have thought.

Prefect Liu actually wanted to receive this group of people?

Nothing more than this.

Nothing more than this.