The phrase "Confucian bones" has existed since ancient times, and has been enshrined as Guibi by successive rulers, and has become the actual ruling concept.

The doctrine of Legalism is very profound, but it can be roughly classified into three aspects, law, art, and potential. Law refers to laws and regulations, art refers to the means of implementing policies, systems, and decrees, and refers to the status and power of the monarch, and pays attention to maintaining the rule of the king.

Therefore, Legalism has always been favored by successive emperors, and Legalism has never disappeared, but has been integrated into all aspects, and has been continued, becoming the current Ming system.

There is no dispute that Legalism is domineering, Confucianism is kingly, Confucianism is the inner law, and Confucianism is the backbone, and it is undisputed that the Confucianism is domineering. Legalism is cold and hard, Confucianism is soft and soft, and the combination of the two is just right, and it is precisely because of this that there is the traditional origin of Confucianism and Confucianism.

"On the day of the road construction auction, His Majesty once discussed with the high priest, saying that the world is cruel, the world is cruel, and the life is cruel, this Ming society, from the bones, is like the grassland and jungle, the weak eat the strong, full of blood, people eat people in the cold world, there is no warmth at all, so it is necessary to guide people to goodness in religion, and resolve anger with the cloak of kindness. To some extent, Confucianism is also a religion, which can be called Confucianism. ”

"Legalism is cruel, using cold laws to stipulate the order of people, and violently pushing administrative decrees to maintain the rule of the monarch, so it needs a moderate school of Confucianism to neutralize, so it has the title of Confucianism, and the two are not superior, but two different aspects, one emphasizes practical application, and the other emphasizes spiritual and moral construction."

Thinking about it this way, Xu Guangqi will take care of the current concept of the Ming Dynasty, although it is now used by Cheng Zhu Lixue, but it is also a kind of Confucianism, this concept is not wrong, these two numbers understand, but the Taoist meat behind him is a little puzzled for a while.

Bone is the scaffold, it is the root, the skin is the appearance of the coat, it is the face, but what about the meat? Xu Guangqi subconsciously pinched the meat on his arm, and suddenly realized that meat is the lining, the benefit, and the benefit.

Of course, the benefits here are not the kind of businessmen talk about, but ...... The people, the life of the people.

Legalism supported the order of the people's lives, and Confucianism maintained the appearance and morality of the people's interactions, so Taoism should seek benefits for the people's lives and make them happy.

But how can Taoists make the people happy? Cultivating immortals and refining pills? No, no, no, it's not like that, it should be.......

Tao is nature, thinking of the distinction between natural sciences and humanities that His Majesty just said, thinking about the things that have brought great changes to cement, gunpowder, perfume, water power and so on, Xu Guangqi had a faint epiphany, this is the meaning of Taoist meat.

"Actually, it is more appropriate to use the Mo family, after all, these things are the strengths of the Mo family, but the Mo family has died out, and only Taoism can be used, after all, it is also a doctrine close to the natural avenue."

"It's just that now that Western learning has started, Taoism still plays some alchemy tricks, and the biggest achievement is nothing more than gunpowder, and if you want to realize the concept of Confucian skin and Taoist meat, I'm afraid it's ........"

Thinking of this, Xu Guangqi raised his head suddenly, his eyes stared at the emperor tightly, his expression was full of regret, and he had a feeling that a hero was born at an inopportune time.

"I hate Your Majesty for being born two hundred years later!" Xu Guangqi sighed regretfully.

If His Majesty was born two hundred years earlier, just inheriting the great unification of the ancestors, at that time the West did not rise, just babbling and learning, it is not as mature and organized as now, with the concept of Confucianism and Taoism, when it can open up another situation, a civilization developed by the pure Central Plains, I don't know how brilliant it will be at that time!

It's a pity that now the time has passed, Taoism is not good, the West is learning from the East, and if you want to catch up, you can only learn and learn, but fortunately, it is not too late now, and the Chinese and Western uses are not bad.

Zhu Youxiao recruited a large number of missionaries and translated Western books, and Xu Guangqi naturally participated in them, and after reading countless books, he opened his eyes and knew how big the world is, and how rampant the West is now, so he also has the idea of catching up.

Xu Guangqi's sudden sigh made Zhu Youxiao stunned, what happened just now, why did this old man look at me with such creepy eyes?

Zhu Youxiao was looked at by Xu Guangqi, only to feel that the chrysanthemum was tight, and he felt cold all over, so he couldn't help but take two steps back, widening the distance between the two.

"Why is Aiqing like this?" After pulling away the distance, Zhu Youxiao felt better, and asked pretending that nothing had happened.

"The old minister is sighing for Your Majesty, Your Majesty was born two hundred years later, which is the loss of the Ming Dynasty and the pain of China!"

"Huh!" The corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth twitched, he didn't smile, come, continue to wear a high hat.

However, the back is gone, it's not that Xu Guangqi doesn't say it, but Feng Congwu is here. As the head of the Hanlin Academy, Feng Congwu has been proud of the spring breeze recently, and the hundreds of unwilling Hanlin under his hands were driven by him, working as cattle and horses, and finally the emergence of the Ming Criminal Code and the promulgation of the election law.

Of course, this is not the most proud, what really makes him extremely happy is the title of the academician, although this is the rank of the Inner Government, but it is a positive product, a positive product, how many are there in the entire Ming Dynasty, the first assistant of the cabinet, the governor of the capital, and the order of the inner government.

Moreover, now the first assistant of the cabinet is still vacant, it can be said that there are only two or three who can compare with his identity, although the power is not as powerful, but Feng Congwu is not afraid at all, the Hanlin Academy is not under the jurisdiction of the cabinet, it is directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, except for the emperor, no one can control him.

With a smile on his face, Feng Congwu walked in, and as soon as he entered the door, he bowed and said, "Academician Weichen Hanlin and head of the Hanlin Academy Feng Congwu see Your Majesty, I wish my emperor long live!" ”

"Aiqing, let's be flat!" Zhu Youxiao glanced at him and said gently.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Feng Congwu got up from the ground.

"Feng Aiqing, I called you over to ask about the compilation of the hundred classics and how the translation of Western studies is going." Zhu Youxiao got straight to the point.

"This ......" Feng Congwu's face was embarrassed, "Your Majesty, Western studies are now translated smoothly, and there are three hundred and forty-two translations, but there are ...... hundred classics."

"This is the result of this period of time." Feng Congwu couldn't speak, and finally simply took out a book from his arms and handed it over.

Liu Ruoyu stepped forward, picked up the book, and then handed it to the emperor, Zhu Youxiao took it and looked at it, and was immediately stunned by the title on the cover, the title of the book is very ordinary, called Analects!

He opened it and looked at it, and was stunned again, the content inside was very concise, very refreshing, the whole book did not have too many annotations, all of them were the text of the Analects, but the punctuation marks he invented were used, and the sentence reading was disconnected, which made it clear at a glance and clear and abnormal.

It stands to reason that this is a very good engraved book, but Zhu Youxiao's face is unswerving, and the entire book is full of ancient texts, all of which are from the Analects, without any annotations and annotations, as if no one has read it.

"Feng Congwu, what's going on?" Zhu Youxiao put down the book, and asked with a sinking face, it can be seen from the emperor's way of asking him by his name that the other party is very angry at the moment.

"Your Majesty!" Feng Congwu swallowed his saliva and replied a little nervously, "The minister doesn't know what kind of commentary His Majesty likes, and which commentary he wants to use as orthodox, so he didn't re-annotate and survey, but just made such a sentence to read it out so that people can read it through." ”

"Which one is it?" Zhu Youxiao was stunned for a moment, "Is the commentary of the Analects very ......." The last word he didn't come out, and was silently swallowed back.

How is the commentary on the Analects?

Many, very much, not even to mention the annotations, the versions of the Analects themselves are very many, there are three books in history, the Analects of Lu, and the Analects of Ancient Texts, each of which has different contents, not to mention the books that annotate the Analects.

To be honest, Zhu Youxiao himself had never read through the Analects at all, and the reason why he wanted to re-annotate the Analects was also influenced by the traditional habit of commenting on the Five Classics. Historically, anyone who has a reputation and wants to make a change has done so. To put it bluntly, it is just pulling the skin of a tiger and using the traditions of the ancients to flaunt its correctness.

Zhu Youxiao can change the current land ownership relationship, but he can't change the tradition and culture of the Ming people, Confucianism is immortal, Confucianism, has been engraved into the bones of the Chinese people, and will not disappear and die at all.

In this case, it is better for me to reinterpret Confucianism and let him follow the trend of future history. Zhu Youxiao had a vision far beyond the people of this era by 500 years, and he believed that the Analects and Confucian classics annotated according to his own meaning would not be outdated for at least 500 years.

It's just that other people don't know about his idea, Feng Congwu doesn't know, what's the use of just giving an order to re-annotate? What is the standard?

Therefore, it is not surprising that Feng Congwu handed over a blank paper in the end.

"I was negligent!" Zhu Youxiao resolutely admitted his mistake.

It's just that mistakes are easy to admit, but what to do next? Do you have to re-study the Analects yourself and then annotate them yourself? Not to mention that Zhu Youxiao doesn't have this ability, even if he has it, he doesn't plan to do it, there are so many books and five classics, and after annotating it, I won't be able to do anything else.

What's more, if we want to link Confucianism with natural science and some Western theories, develop together, and seek new changes, this is not something that any person in later generations can do, and it is necessary to have a certain in-depth understanding of Western philosophy and science, and have already read traditional culture and have a deep study.

Zhu Youxiao can't do it, and few people in the entire Ming Dynasty can't do it. Either they only know traditional doctrines and don't understand Western studies or haven't read them at all, such as Feng Congwu, or the traditional doctrines are not deep enough and not level enough, such as Li Zhizao.

After thinking about it, he didn't think of a suitable candidate, isn't there such a suitable person in the entire Ming Dynasty? He scratched at his hair in annoyance.

No, in fact, there is another person who can, Zhu Youxiao's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he thought of something, his eyes turned around, and he looked over.

Xu Guangqi!

[Author's digression]: I went to work, worked the night shift at night, and didn't come back.