Seeing Lin Yanchao's name, Fujian Governor Zhao Shenlu felt the boss's displeasure in his heart.

After Lin Yanchao returned to his hometown, Zhao Shenlu had no shortage of etiquette, but he did not give any advice on the matter of Japan, which eventually led to his preparations for the Japanese court being coldly handled by the imperial court. The emperor and the cabinet also lost trust in him.

Now, Lin Yanchao's name is still on the sponsor list given by the two masters, which makes Zhao Shenlu feel very unhappy.

"Why add the name of Lin Zonghai?"

Facing Zhao Shenlu’s questioning, the two masters looked at each other, and the short and fat master said, “Dongweng, this person Lin Zonghai is not the time to offend him now.”

"But he has offended this court," Zhao Shenlu snorted, "He has bullied this court. Will this court still show his merits to him in front of the emperor?"

The tall and thin master said, "I agree with Dong Weng's words. In the past, we might have been afraid of Lin Sanyuan and three points, but now it is not the case. This time, Lin Sanyuan is ranked first and is not used by the emperor. This shows that this person has lost his holy family."

"If there is no place for the saints, so what if there is a recommendation from the governor of Pan Cao? So what if his teacher is Shenwu County? How about countless officials in the court treat him as Xie An? The so-called Anshi refused to leave, and he would be like the common people. This is just the imagination of scholars and those frustrated officials. Since ancient times, who has been a minister who can defeat the emperor?"

Master Gao and Skinny said the words firmly, but Master Bad did not object immediately, while Zhao Shenlu nodded and said, "In this way, isn't Lin Sanyuan not going to come back?"

The short and fat master was born and said, "It is said that the system of using people is to 'the titles and people share the titles in the court and the public's consent to the emperor. The emperor is close to the ministers, and officials regard it as a shame. The Ministry of Personnel and the nine ministers are the right way. Lin Zonghai is so popular that he should not be ignored."

Master Gaoshou said, "This is a bad word. If the court really recommends the candidates, how can we give up the right way? As long as the son is in power today, it will be difficult for Lin Zonghai to make great use. In my opinion, at most, he will be the last one to go to Nanjing to be a Shangshu."

Zhao Shenlu nodded and said, "That's true, our court has this consideration. If the emperor is not happy with Lin Zonghai, then our court will report Lin Zonghai's name. Isn't this even more taboo by the emperor?"

After hearing Zhao Shenlu's words, the short and fat master moved his lips, but finally he held it down and said nothing.

However, when Lin Yanchao, who was unemployed in his hometown, learned that the governor of the canal transportation was rejected by the emperor, he was also a member of the same year. Yu Kong Jian, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites' Etiquette Department, asked someone to send him a book.

The title of this book is "Cai Gen Tan". Yu Kongjian wrote the preface for this book and wanted to ask Lin Yanchao to comment.

Lin Yanchao read Kong Jian’s preface to a sentence that said, “If someone with a friend Hong Zicheng holds the "Cai Gen Tan" and begs me for the preface. I will start to read it. Then I will read it through the editing table, and then read it with my hands. Then I feel that his life goes straight into the mystery, and the human feelings are all dangerous. Looking up at the heaven and earth, I see the barbarians who are inferior to the second level; the fame and fame of the dust are great, and the knowledge is of great significance.”

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but feel the order after reading it. Chen Meigong also gave him a copy of "Cai Gen Tan" to himself, but now it is quite different from that time.

At that time, Lin Yanchao was very fame and did not read it carefully, but he simply felt that the words "I am not surprised by favors and disgraces, and I am free to watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the courtyard; I am unintentionally staying and leaving, and I follow the clouds rolling and unfolding outside the sky." It is quite Zen to read.

When I was living in seclusion in Dongshan today, Lin Yanchao read this book again but had a different state of mind.

When Lin Yanchao was idle every day, he would read it in his home yard and consciously gained knowledge.

What is the gain of knowledge? It is not that I have read a lot of principles that seem to understand or not from other people's books. The more I read the more I am confused.

In the words of books, it is "If you understand things and reason according to people's words, you will understand and be confused, and you will not be better at enlightening yourself."

After reading every day, Lin Yanchao's state of seclusion also changed a little. He used the words in the book to explain, "You can be rich and noble, but you can't be rich and noble."

If you retire, you will be less rich and noble, but you will be jealous when you see others being promoted. This is human nature. If you really want to continue to be noble, you will not be less rich and noble.

In the reforms you advocate, you must understand that "Your desires should not be indulged, and you should use the method of reversal to control it. The way is only the word "forbearance". People's desires should not be disguised, and you should use the method of following them to adjust it."

If reform is said to be the heart of Tao, then the heart of the people is the desire of the people. People who have the ambition to reform and have just held great power all see that they are not satisfied here or there, and they have to make drastic moves everywhere, but the more they are at this time, the more they need to restrain their own ideas and desires.

Reform must follow the hearts of the people, that is, the desires of the people, conform to the hearts and general trends, and cannot be done contrary to their intentions.

How to do it?

Then we should use this sentence "Those who are good at enlightening people's hearts should gradually understand them because of what they understand, and do not forcefully open up what they close; those who are good at moving and transforming should gradually adapt them because of what they are easy, and do not lightly correct their difficulties."

Reform is to enlighten people's hearts first. We must first start with the understanding of the people. We should not promote policies that the people do not understand or understand at the beginning. If we still don't understand, then start with the enlightenment of the people. As for reform and changing customs, we must go from easy to difficult. Don't think about changing deeply rooted habits from the beginning.

Lin Yanchao reads in his spare time and becomes clearer. Many chaotic and unclear things in the past have gradually become clearer after living in seclusion at home and studying these days.

Of course, Confucian scholars must come to know this and admire the saying "What people today need to do, the ancients actually thought of it." In fact, when reading the scriptures, they value others rather than themselves, and value Taoism and hearts over others' hearts.

However, despite reading so many great principles in "Cai Gen Tan" and many Zen intentions are in mind, when Lin Yanchao knew that Zhao Shenlu had no name on the list of people who reported to the court to commend gentry and provide relief, he still couldn't help but feel a fluctuation in his heart.

Although Lin Yanchao has resigned and can not pay much attention to these mere fictional reputations, I can not mention it, but you can not write it down. I can not refuse this honor, but you can not refuse to commend it to the court.

He did not give advice to Zhao Shenlu on the matter of Japanese pirates, but Zhao Shenlu did not report his achievements, obviously because he could not recover.

On this side, the emperor rejected his governor of the canal transportation, and on the other side, Zhao Shenlu had already seen the limelight and dared to take revenge on him in this matter.

The two things are combined together, but they are a bit disturbing my mood.

Despite this, Lin Yanchao still contributed money and efforts to disaster relief matters, and did not change his approach because of Zhao Shenlu's move. Disaster relief was for the elders of his hometown, not for the praise of Zhao Shenlu and the emperor.

However, despite Lin Yanchao's dedication, his uncle gradually felt a little complaining, thinking why Lin Yanchao used his family's ministers to help these ordinary people, but he did not lose any benefits in the court. Isn't this a loss-making business? Of course, his uncle didn't dare to say it in front of Lin Yanchao, but the words always came to Lin Yanchao's ears.

However, Uncle San can understand the general situation and even uses the money from his own store to subsidize it.

After the relief work, Lin Yanchao saw that the academy was on track, so he became completely idle. Before he knew it, summer went and autumn came. On that day, Lin Yanchao walked more than ten miles to visit his old friends at the Linyang Temple Temple in the northern suburbs.

This old friend is nothing else, but Lin Yanchao's friend Gong Zinan when he was young.

When friends met again, Lin Yanchao could hardly recognize this monk who had been ordained, and was his friend for many years.

After seeing Lin Yanchao, Gong Zinan clasped his hands together and said, "I have met the master of the tribe."

Lin Yanchao also replied, "Master...it's been a long time since."

Countless words choked in my throat, not knowing where to start.

Gong Zinan smiled and said, "The tribe came from afar, please let me pour tea for you."

"good."

Immediately Gong Zinan led Lin Yanchao into the temple and sat down and then personally cooked tea for Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao saw that Gong Zinan had dressed up as a monk and was calm when he was still at the same time. This tea-filling action seemed to have a unique Zen meaning.

Gong Zinan poured a cup of tea to Lin Yanchao and said, "Ministry is so far away that he must be very thirsty, but it is not advisable to drink it in a hurry. This first cup of tea is very hot, so please ask the Ministry to drink it slowly."

Lin Yanchao nodded and sipped the tea, his eyes lit up and said, "This tea is very good."

Gong Zinan said happily: "This tea tree was planted by the poor monk when he rebuilt the temple. It has been taken care of by himself in the past few years. I wonder if it can be seen if it can be seen in the Dharma Hall."

Lin Yanchaodao: "Rebuild the temple?"

Gong Zinan poured the second cup of tea ceremony: "Yes, this Linyang Temple is an ancient temple in the Later Tang Dynasty. When I was abandoned in this dynasty, I saw that the temple was abandoned after I converted to Buddhism, so I spent all my family's wealth to rebuild the temple. At that time, I also wrote a poem, 'The jungle was covered with vines, and the iron-sheen clothes were broken; I heard the chimes in the lonely village at night, and I heard the chimes in the spring ridges and saw the monks returning home. The mountains were deserted and thorns were not adjacent, and the ridges were separated by peach branches. There were few guests climbing; the lonely thatched trunks remained with four walls, and the Buddha's front lamp was lit in the frost and wind'."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "It's very good."

Gong Zinan said: "The ministry used all its savings to run academies, while I used them to build Buddhist temples."

Lin Yanchao said: "I only admire the master in my heart. It is really not easy to be able to abandon prosperity and come here."

Gong Zinan raised his head and said, "I was young and devoted to the imperial examinations and wanted to work hard. Later, I failed the exam many times, and my mother and sister died of illness one after another. In the end, I became a monk and became a monk with impermanence."

Lin Yanchao knew that Gong Zinan's sister was, and he and his mother intended to betroth their sister to him, but Lin Yanchao refused the marriage when he had Lin Qianqian.

Later, his sister married Chen Ruoyu, but after hearing that she had been depressed and finally died of illness a few years ago.

Lin Yanchao felt a little moved when he heard the news. For some reason, his sister's love strand came to him.

Lin Yanchao said: "I..."

Gong Zinan said: "When the Tribe refused to marry, it was a bit of a blame. You and my friends for many years, and my sister and I were the lives you saved. If the Tribe agreed, this might not be a good marriage. My sister has always been virtuous and can tolerate others. If the Tribe married her, she would be able to tolerate the current wife."

Lin Yanchao shook his head and said, "This is impossible."

Gong Zinan smiled and said, "I actually don't know. When I saw Mrs. Zun looking at the eyes of the Tribe, I should have guessed that she had a deep affection for the Tribe. The Tribe and Mrs. Zun are the best people. At the beginning, it was just my Gong family's wishful thinking, so the Tribe doesn't have to feel guilty."

Lin Yanchao said, "Actually, I think this is the case with human fate. If I hadn't saved Master and Sister Ling by the Minshui River, you wouldn't have met me, and then there would be nothing in the future."

Gong Zinan smiled and said, "I always hate that people's hearts are not as good as water. When the tide of the ground is rippling, I can see what else can the ministry worry about? Come, let's take a look at the plum trees I planted in the temple in the past few years."

Lin Yanchao nodded and immediately walked to the temple with Gong Zinan. But when he saw Gong Zinan pointing to the plum blossoms, he said, "This is what I have planted for several years. I always remember the plum blossoms blooming all over the mountain when spring is warm and flowers bloom. The plum blossoms are fragrant and fragrant. My sister always loved plum blossoms during her lifetime. She would be happy to see this plum blossom."

Speaking of this, Gong Zinan choked up his sobs.

"If the ministry is free, you might as well come here next spring to see the plum blossoms blooming all over the mountains."

Lin Yanchao imagined the plum blossom scenery in his mind leisurely, and then said to Gong Zinan: "If I have time, I will definitely come."

Since returning from a visit to Gong Zinan, Lin Yanchao also envied his idle life like a wild crane. Therefore, after the academy was on track, he would stay in the small courtyard in the east of the city for a while every other day.

After staying there, Lin Yanchao went up the mountain to visit people in the mountains and fields. No matter who anyone could have had a relationship with him, talk about the world, talk about the past and the present, and even if he met someone who had never read a book, Lin Yanchao could have a chat with him about the weather, farming, and talk about the whole day.

Sometimes he went to Gushan to talk to monks, sometimes he rode on the West Lake with his friends, sometimes he wrote walls and carved stones with his fellow men, and sometimes he stayed at the homes of the mountain people in the deep mountains, eating wild vegetables, drinking sweet mountain spring water, and sleeping on straw at night was a unique feeling.

This is what Cai Gen Tan said, "Cheep vegetables often and do everything." Yes, being content with poverty and enjoying the Tao can bring wisdom.

Lin Yanchao Fangyi understood what he said in the book, "Sleep eight feet at night and eat two liters a day, why should you care about it all? People should live like "colored pens are dyed empty, sharp blades are pumped water." This is the realm of life. Wasting time and throwing time in vain may not be a joy in life.

Such days are really forgettable. Lin Yanchao lived in seclusion in the mountains.

Lin Yanchao did not tell others his name, but instead showed his name to others with his own name. However, all those who have been dating admired Lin Yanchao's knowledge and talent, and felt that he must be a famous scholar today. Over time, the name of Mr. Xuegong is becoming more and more famous in the mountains and fields.

During the days when he retired to the mountains, Lin Yanchao also forgot his identity as an official and whether he would recover. As for Zhao Shenlu, his uncle's affairs were even left aside.

Occasionally he would go to Linyang Temple to meet Gong Zinan and stay in the temple for a night. When Lin Yanchao closed his eyes, he would think about how the plum blossoms in the temple would be like a scene of the petals flying all over the mountain. The beauty whom he had only seen once and placed his heart on his face. At this moment, he really felt that life was a little like a dream.

ps: Today I would like to ask you all my brothers and sisters for recommendation votes. Yes, the recommendation votes for this book will be about to cost one million votes. This is a great honor for this book. I still remember that the votes for 300,000 votes and 500,000 votes were still in front of me. But now I have already written this book. I sincerely thank my brothers and sisters for their company along the way. Thank you everyone.
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