Chapter 409: A Fresh Challenge
Zhao Gou outside the city, the latter's eyes are really no longer fighting.
Because there is no surprise in the war for him, unlike in the late Ming Dynasty, when he was very interested in war and war. But in the current time and space, the appearance of the earth-shattering thunder smoothly resolved Jingkang's shame, and also made him feel a sense of 'boring' in the war. Now he is more curious about concocting the hearts of readers than fighting in war.
But for Zhao Gouyan, this is a very new challenge. Because at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in the previous year, all the reforms he carried out were smashed by relying on the strength in his hands.
It is the so-called -- those who follow me prosper and those who disobey me perish.
And now that he wants to concoct the inner thoughts of the reader, he intends to change his method. Because his stay in this world was too short, and the few years were not enough for him to completely conquer the civil official group, he was afraid that the Great Song Dynasty would return to the old road after he left.
Therefore, this time, his stubborn thunderbolt method is naturally indispensable, but the softening method will not be missing either.
Because, applying both soft and hard is a more efficient way to open, and will get better harvests and results.
In this way, there is a proposition that Qin Hui brought back, this is an attempt.
Those policies in Hedong, Hebei Province, have already expressed some of his own attitudes, and now it is up to him to see who is willing to take the initiative to jump into his own boat.
The strategy is very tacky, so we ask for a rich country and a strong army, and how to make the country rich and strong the army as soon as possible in the current situation; But it is a little difficult to ask, Zhao Song is asking these scholars, why the Central Plains in the Han and Tang dynasties can repeatedly beat the barbarians, but when it comes to Zhao Song, it is clear that the country is very rich, well, it's not that the people are rich, and there is no shortage of money and food, but they are frequently beaten by barbarians all over the ground looking for teeth?
This and the two are very expansive topics, you can repeat the same old tune to say what the way to build a country, still etiquette is not yet power, the fundamental intention is not in the hearts of the people, not in the skills, advocating "faithfulness as the armor, etiquette as the trunk", virtue in the world, the people are at ease, the world is peaceful. can also hold up the big mind of the new deal to change the law.
It's all up to you, your own guts.
Because this thing is publicly signed, what you wrote yourself, everyone has seen it. Your writing, your thoughts, your ideas, etc., are in the public, without the slightest privacy. So, you can't just talk about it, and you can't just let it go.
In such an environment, who is bold, who is timid, and who is a person of which faction, can see more clearly.
Although there will be a lot of opportunists under his command, just like the original New Party, countless people will flock to it, but in reality? What they pursue is their own fame and fortune, not Wang Anshi's reform of the country. But for Zhao Gou, opportunists are also better than hostile elements, aren't they?
And with these people coming to cling to, it is also strengthening his own foundation.
The end of the Northern Song Dynasty was different from the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the science of the Ming and Qing dynasties had not yet developed to maturity in this era, and the government did not promote science as an official science.
There is even a lot of slander about science in Shilin.
Although Zhou Dunyi and Ercheng were generally recognized by scholars, this recognition was more about their personal ethics than their academic philosophy.
Just like that Sima Guang, he doesn't talk about the concept of governance, but only about personal morality, loyalty, filial piety, frugality and integrity, which is almost perfect. This point has been recognized by all the scholars, that is, the small people in the market are leading day and night to look at him, to or call for the road, and wish that he will not go to the court.
Zhao Gou was still worried about the science of the Song Dynasty, but when he came to this era and got Zhao Gou's own memory, this concern disappeared completely.
Because Song Confucianism was a 'betrayer', in the early Zhao and Song dynasties, Confucianism still followed the Li and Tang doctrines, but by the middle period, Song Confucianism had completely abandoned the former and completely swept Han and Tang Confucianism into the garbage heap.
It is necessary to replace the traditional study of exegesis with a new interpretation of the Confucian classics, that is, the so-called "study of righteousness and reason", replace the "heresy" such as Buddhism with the way of Confucianism, and replace the old learning that is useless in the world with the "promising" of Confucianism.
To put it bluntly, these aims are rather self-needs that arise after the development of civil politics to a certain extent.
The Zhao and Song dynasties, which were prosperous in the imperial examinations, did not have the gate valve families of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the change of the foundation would naturally involve the transformation of Confucianism.
After the initial reproduction, the power of Confucianism naturally occupied a dominant position in the society, but in the early Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Lao Da and Zhao Lao Er in order to stabilize the social order, while respecting Confucianism, they also advocated the simultaneous use of the three religions, built a large number of temples and statues to recruit monks and Taoists, compiled and printed Buddhist scriptures and Taoist collections, and the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism have made great progress. As the influence of Buddhism grew, so did its social influence. From emperors and courtiers to literati and doctors, and even lower-class commoners, many people were immersed in it, and the speculative philosophy of the two religions attracted the theoretical interest of many Confucian scholars at that time. For a while, scholars talked about Zen with high and wonderful Xuanyuan, and many famous Confucian scholars who were quite prestigious in the society also studied the inner classics in their hearts and were deeply influenced by it. Some Confucians have blurred the boundaries between the three religions, believing that the three religions are the same and can go hand in hand, and all kinds of circumstances show that Confucianism has been seriously challenged by the study of Buddhism and Taoism as never before, and its orthodox status is being weakened.
This is like a scale, when the angle of inclination reaches a certain amount, how can the vigilant doctors not fight back?
All the factors piled up together, and what broke out was the current Song Confucianism.
What is the Science of Righteousness? The "study of righteousness" in the Northern Song Dynasty focused on the interpretation and synthesis of scriptures, which was different from the research of Sinology, which paid attention to the specific study of one text at a time. Trivial and detailed, lack of comprehensive observation. However, if you only talk about righteousness, you will inevitably have time to talk about your heart and criticize it directly.
Why was science developed in the Two Song Dynasty? That is because the development of Song Confucianism's study of righteousness and reason showed two orientations that were both related and different, that is, the study of righteousness and reason of the orientation of the classics and the study of righteousness and reason of the mind and nature.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, the study of righteousness and rationality was the mainstream. However, due to military and political setbacks, the relative lack of academic resources in Confucianism, and the need to reject Buddhism and Taoism, the study of righteousness and reason, which focused on the nature of the mind, gradually gained the upper hand, and finally became the dominant science throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Therefore, Zhao Gou does not need to include science in the scope of thinking at all, what he needs to do more is to provide enough facts for the study of righteousness and reason oriented to the theory of the classics. Compared with the empty talk of the ethereal mind, it can be seen with the naked eye, and it is beneficial and beneficial to touch it with both hands, which is more illustrative.