When Liu Zongzhou had just returned to the court, the task given to him by the Apocalypse was to prevent heresy from spreading in the Ming Dynasty, and the two also had a discussion at that time, discussing whether a truth could be judged right or wrong according to the number of supporters. It's a pity that Liu Zongzhou and they have not been able to negotiate a satisfactory result for the Apocalypse, and after the tabloid incident, the Apocalypse urged the Holy Academy, because Apocalypse knows that with the continuous popularization of the sense of equality, more and more people will consider the problem from the standpoint of individuals or small groups. When people think from their own standpoint, they will have unintentional or deliberate disagreements, and it is urgent to distinguish between truth and falsehood and avoid heresy and deception and stealing fame.

Liu Zongzhou was prepared before coming this time, and when he saw the old words of the Apocalypse again, he said: "The emperor has mentioned many times that the duty of the Holy Academy should be to avoid heresy and misery to deceive people's minds. Heresy is a kind of thought, no matter how it is said, and it is not rash to stop it if it is allowed to speak until it cannot be easily judged as right or wrong. In order to avoid heresy and heresy from confusing the public, the minister believed that the emperor's previous statement that dialogue on an equal footing within a certain range was the best way, and at the same time, it was necessary to increase the ability of ordinary people to distinguish between right and wrong, which was also the reason why the minister asked to run schools throughout the country. ”

Tianqi was slightly disappointed when he heard Liu Zongzhou say this, more than half a year has passed, and the Holy Academy has only dealt with things with its own words, without any of their things, how can he rest assured that he will hand over the formulation of policies and strategies to the Holy Academy? There is only one idea for equal dialogue, and Apocalypse suggests that they should all go back to discuss it by proxy to prove that they have not put much thought into it. The premise of running schools throughout the country is to have the means to unify their thinking, and now Liu Zongzhou actually said that the purpose of running schools is to improve the ability of ordinary people to discriminate, isn't this putting the cart before the horse? A lot of knowledge can only be said to know a lot, but it doesn't mean that the ability to discriminate must be strong.

Tianqi also knows that it is a good thing to let people all over the country learn knowledge, but Tianqi understands that people with more knowledge are more likely to be deceived and deceived ♀ by others, and there are two kinds of people in the world who are the least likely to be deceived and used, one is people who don't know anything, and their obedience and fear of the government make them unable to think crookedly; The other is people who really understand, they know that there is a difference between what is theoretically and what is actually in this world, and they will not be deceived by a few specious rhetoric. It's a pity that there are too few of these two kinds of people, and the vast majority of the remaining people are people who seem to understand what they don't understand and are easy to be deceived and used, and these people basically belong to people with some knowledge and experience.

Among these people who are easy to be deceived and used, students are the most likely to be provoked to emotions, just after learning a little theoretical knowledge, they think about how to govern the country and level the world, just like a calf that has just grown a few tendons and meat and feels that there is no end to the strength of the whole body, shaking the horns of the calf that are not yet strong and go straight to the tiger to get rid of the harm for the cattle, and the result can be imagined. If students are provoked by people with ulterior motives to play against the court, it is a little unbearable to punish them at that time, feeling that it is a harm to the next generation, and not punishing them will make the law lose its dignity, and it is best to avoid these situations.

Seeing that the apocalypse was silent and did not speak, Liu Zongzhou smiled slightly and said: "The minister knows what the emperor is in, although the emperor can rest assured, equal exchanges and national school running have to be discussed by the imperial court, before this, the minister also came up with a few preventive measures to avoid heresy and misleading people, especially not to let people with ulterior motives confuse and provoke the young people in the school, because the minister knows that young people, especially young people who have learned a little knowledge, are impulsive and easy to be deceived." ”

Tianqi nodded and asked, "Where did Lord Liu know that young people who have learned a little knowledge are impulsive?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Don't talk about it far away, just say that the Southern Song Dynasty wrote against Cai Jing and Tong Guanzhi Chen Dong, and at the beginning of Jiajing in this dynasty, he shouted 'The country has been raising soldiers for 150 years, and the righteousness of the war is today.'" Yang Shen is a young man who understands knowledge. ”

Tianqi looked at Liu Zongzhou and asked, "In the eyes of the world, Chen Dong and Yang Shen are both admirable ministers, how can Lord Liu think that Chen Dong and Yang Shen are impulsive people?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The minister thinks that they are both direct ministers and impulsive people, and if they can endure the momentary anger to serve the country with their talents and knowledge, their achievements will definitely not be small, but it is a pity that one was killed and the other was assigned to be used for life, isn't it a pity?" Besides, the emperor is not going to die, and now there are such people who are against the court everywhere, right? ”

Looking at Liu Zongzhou's smiling face, Tianqi wanted to refute but felt that he couldn't refute it, no manager likes that the people under him are impulsive thorns, although most of these people are capable and knowledgeable people. But then again, people who don't have any skills, and people who can only follow the crowd want him to give some good advice to the court, but he can't mention it. Tianqi thought for a while and nodded, "Impulsive people are not easy to control and have a bad influence, and this is also the reason why I asked your Holy Academy to think about how to avoid heresy from poisoning the people. ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The minister plans to set up a place for equal dialogue in the holy academy first, and if there is an effect that can hear the truth, he will set up such a place ♀ in every prefecture and county across the country, so that the real needs of the people can be heard in a timely manner, so that the court can either correct its mistakes or appease and persuade it, so as to avoid the people's resentment after a long time." The second function is to force all those who disagree to either shut up or go to a designated place for debate, and not to give those with ulterior motives the opportunity to lie and confuse the public. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "This method is a combination of diversion and interception, and it is feasible to a certain extent, is there anything else?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The second method is to change the dialogue on an equal footing from open debate to private exchange, because the people of the country are all interested in saving face, and during public debates, they will quibble and talk about crooked reasoning in order to win or lose, which is not the original intention of finding the truth." Communicating privately can make the person who loses the debate accept it, or at least not lose and get angry. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "You are a method of distinguishing between people who aim to win and those who are debating with reason, which is conducive to finding the true truth, which is worthy of recognition." ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Another way for ministers is to not decide the winner or loser in equal dialogues, and to allow people who think they are justified to seek support for many dialogues and debates ♀, and the advantage of doing is that they can show the advantages and disadvantages of one thing. ”

Hearing what Liu Zongzhou said one after another, Tianqi thought for a while and shook his head and said, "I think that Lord Liu has thought very well about the matter of equal dialogue, but there is still a lack in the matter of running schools across the country∞ I want to know what knowledge Lord Liu is going to teach in the schools run across the country?" Is it the traditional Four Books and Five Surprises or Cheng and Zhu Lixue? Or is it Yang Ming Mind? ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The minister has already considered, first to let the students be literate and reasonable, and then to teach their studies according to their interests, of course, the articles of the imperial examination are indispensable. Not only that, if the conditions permit, the minister is also ready to set up a few more schools, specializing in mathematics, astronomy, agriculture and other knowledge that the Taixi people are good at, we in the Ming Dynasty will also set up a few colleges like the University of Padua, like them, to pass on the knowledge and colleges from generation to generation, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty can also accumulate knowledge and get rid of the bad habit of constantly overthrowing the things of their predecessors. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and asked, "Lord Liu's idea is very good, but why don't you plan to learn both traditional culture and foreign knowledge such as Taixi in a school?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Doesn't the emperor often say that people's energy is limited? If you let everyone learn all the knowledge, I am afraid that they will not learn well, it is better to learn the same and learn it at once. ”

Tianqi shook his head and said: "Lord Liu may not know that the knowledge of the Taixi people determines the characteristics of the Taixi people, and the cultural tradition of the Ming Dynasty determines the way of thinking of the Ming people∞ and thinks that it is flawed to focus on any aspect, and it must be taught comprehensively, so that the students who learn are comprehensive and mature people." If you are afraid that the students' energy is not enough, you can allow them to choose a Taixi knowledge to learn ♀ while learning traditional culture, which has many advantages, which can not only prevent students from becoming cunning and wise Taixi disciples, but also do not forget their duties while learning new Taixi knowledge, and facilitate the opening of the department, after all, the imperial examination is the right way. ”

Seeing that Liu Zongzhou was silent, Tianqi knew that Liu Zongzhou was worried about whether the knowledge of the Ming Dynasty and the knowledge of the Taixi people could be combined, and some things were rashly pulled together, and it might not have the opposite effect, and when the time came, the students would become two devils who were not Chinese and foreign, and they would not be able to draw □ Zongzhou's habit of seeking meticulousness and thoroughness in case of trouble was suitable for governing the country, just like the difference between playing chess and playing mahjong, one should be carefully considered and gain experience from previous lessons, The other has to be judged in a short period of time, and after that, it is over, and I don't want to do it before. Apocalypse is also annoyed by his habit of asking questions and thinking carefully, and wants to change it.

It is not easy to change a conceited person, you must start from the field he is best at, as long as he has no confidence in what he is most proud of, then a little effort will achieve twice the result with half the effort. Just like a person with strong convictions, he is not easy to rebel, but once he does, he will rebel and die. Tianqi thought for a while and asked Liu Zongzhou: "I heard that Lord Liu traveled around lecturing and writing books when he was young, and repeatedly emphasized the importance of 'Shen Du' in your own works, thinking that a middle way can be summed up by the word 'Shen Du', I don't know if this is the case?" ”

Liu Zongzhou heard Tianqi mention 'Shen Du' and the mean, and asked with a smile: "The emperor wants to discuss the golden mean with his ministers?" ”

Seeing that Liu Zongzhou was very conceited, Tianqi also smiled proudly and said, "I have this intention!" ”