After the more than 100 people who have been selected for the examination are selected, a palace examination is held to determine the ranking of these people and the official positions they will be selected in the future. However, it is a few days before the palace examination is held, and this is not the most eye-catching thing inside and outside the court now.

The most striking thing in and out of the court is of course the debate between the school of science and the other schools.

Since a few days ago, Yun Xi announced the abolition of Zhu Yuanzhang's decree to exempt the maiden from the maid's family and ordered the abolition of the funeral system, so there has been a constant war of words between the school of science and other schools, and as time passed, not only did not slowly stop, but intensified, not only the civil officials in the capital, but even the local officials near the capital wrote to the capital, entrusting friends to post big-character posters for themselves.

Although there were many differences between the school of science and other schools, and there were many points of view that could be debated, both sides could not help but focus on their attitudes towards women. First, this debate was caused by the abolition of the preferential treatment of the families of the festival women, and secondly, it was easy to arouse taboos to talk about other things.

Confucius himself said that the monarch and the ministers are fathers and sons, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister is compared to that of father and son, even if Yun Xi Jinkou said that the son is filial to the father and must follow the etiquette rather than do what the father says, but the ministers say such things are still easy to be suspected of unfilial piety by people with ulterior motives, so everyone coincidentally tries to avoid this topic. As for the monarch as a minister, no one dared to talk about it, and besides, the difference between the two sides on this point was very small, and everyone debated what the status of women should be.

Yun Xi leaned on the couch, closed his eyes and listened to Chen Ying narrate the main debates and bases of the two sides during this period of time, and said: "In this way, the main basis of the current school of science is what Confucius said in the Analects: 'But women and villains are difficult to raise'? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Ying said: "Confucius said very little about women, that is, most of them only talk about the way of husband and wife, women naturally have to obey their husbands, but the extent of obedience is only to say that it is etiquette, so it is difficult to use it as a basis." ”

"And many classics after Confucius, because this debate is in the name of 'tracing the origin of the source', so it cannot be cited, so this sentence of Confucius has a derogatory meaning for women was named a guideline by the school of science, and it was debated with the Zhou Li, Khan Li and other schools."

"I see." Yun Xi opened his eyes, picked up the "Analects" that was placed aside, flipped through a few pages to confirm his guess again, and said to Chen Ying: "Aiqing comes here with her ears." He then whispered a few words in Chen Ying's ear.

Chen Ying was very surprised when she heard Yun Xi's words, and silently recited the "Analects" several times in her heart, then raised her head and muttered in disbelief: "How can this be? Rao is Chen Ying only uses the Confucian classics as a stepping stone, but it is also a bit staggering. If what Yunxi said is right, then the entire Confucianism will be affected.

"Chen Aiqing, you should also understand what I mean. Find an opportune time to spread the word. Yun Xi said.

Chen Ying came back to her senses, bowed down and said, "The minister will not disgrace his life." ”

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On the second day, it was midnight.

This day is the day of the rest of the hundred officials on March 25, and since it is a day of rest, the ministers do not have to go to the court or serve on the council, and they can do what they want. As a result, such days are the most active on both sides of the debate, and today is no exception.

From the beginning of the day, people put up big-character posters on wooden boards to explain their own views or to refute the opinions of others. Most people in this era go to bed early at night and therefore wake up early, and many get up at the beginning of the day, take advantage of the faint sunlight to write, and post it after dawn.

Therefore, a very normal thing happened: many people with opposing views met when they came to post big-character posters, and immediately argued as a matter of course. Soon, more and more people gathered in front of the plank, divided into two sides, and argued loudly. Looking at it from a distance, it looks like two gangs with the nature of the underworld are about to start a film. But if you get closer, you will find that most of the people on both sides are middle-aged and elderly people over the age of 40, wearing long robes, and arguing fiercely in fluent and stiff official language. There were also people nearby with anxious faces, talking something that no one could understand, and it should be an official from the Liangguang and Fujian areas.

At this time, in the police station near this piece of public rental housing, two policemen were sitting on the roof, munching on melon seeds while watching these civilian officials debate in a rather novel way. One of them said: "This is really a novelty, my family is also a person who has lived in the capital for generations, and it is the first time that I have lived for nearly thirty years to see civil officials so noisy. He was a little worried: "They won't fight, will they?" If there is a fight, the two of us will watch from the side of the police station and watch without moving, I am afraid that we will be reprimanded by the officials. ”

"No, it won't." Another man said: "Literati pay attention to gentlemen who do not use their hands, although these civil officials may not all be considered gentlemen, but they also do not know how to do it." ”

"What's more, even if they do it, what's the use of the two of us going up to persuade them? Most of them are court officials, and they will listen to the two of us? If we run into someone, the two of us won't be reprimanded. ”

As he was talking, another person from the east walked into the public rental housing area, walked to the vicinity of the civil servant who was debating fiercely, and wanted to separate the crowd and walk inside.

"This is, Chen Ying, a member of the Zhongshu House?" A policeman said.

"It's Lord Chen. I heard that he is a close confidant of His Majesty. ”

"In that case, what did he say, it must have been approved by His Majesty?"

"That's how it should be."

"Then it looks like this debate is coming to an end. How could His Majesty's cronies freely speak out and debate this matter? There must be very important evidence. The policeman said.

At this time, Song Lin and the others, who were standing in front of the plank, thought the same as him. A few days ago, Chen Ying didn't speak, and a big-character poster was not posted, but when she suddenly appeared, she must have a basis that he thought was difficult to refute. Song Lin couldn't help but stop talking, and looked at Chen Ying with clenched fists.

Many people thought like Song Lin, so gradually there was no sound in the venue, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Chen Ying, who was already standing in the middle.

Chen Ying enjoyed this kind of attention, and after glancing around, she coughed twice and asked Song Lin: "Master Song, may I ask, how many 'female' characters are there in the Analects?" ”

Song Lin was a little inexplicable, but he still silently recited the "Analects" in his heart and replied: "There are a total of nineteen 'female' characters in the Analects. ”

"I don't know how many of them have the word 'ru'?"

"Your Majesty, there are a total of eighteen 'female' characters with the word 'you'."

As soon as the words fell, Song Lin reacted and said in surprise: "Could it be that Confucius's original intention, the remaining 'female' character is also the word 'ru'?" The original meaning of this sentence is ......"

"It's 'only Ruzi and the villain are difficult to raise.'" Chen Ying said loudly: "There are a total of nineteen 'female' characters in the Analects, of which eighteen have been identified by the masters of the past dynasties, and they must all be fake. So how can you say that the only remaining word 'female' is not a fake word? ”

What's more, if this word is fake, it doesn't make sense. This sentence comes from the seventeenth yang goods chapter of the "Analects", if it is a "woman" through "you", this sentence means: (yang goods) You are a kid and a villain are generally difficult to get along with. ”

"If this character is indeed a fake, then Confucius has never said anything disdainful of women, and even if women still have to obey men, they do not have to be inferior as the school of science says."

"This." Suddenly, there was a gasping sound at the scene, and then many people began to discuss with the people around them.

The point put forward by Chen Ying is too novel! Perhaps a long time ago, some people doubted whether the word 'female' was a fake, but with the passage of time, Dong Zhongshu's interpretation of the Analects became an orthodox interpretation, and although later generations continued to question his interpretation, no one ever doubted this sentence, because the meaning of this sentence was so clear that even peasants who did not read could understand it. Therefore, even if the school of science used this sentence as the root of its own refutation, it did not carefully analyze the question of whether the word 'female' may be a fake word, so it was now refuted by Chen Ying in one fell swoop.

In normal times, the reinterpretation of this sentence would not be a big blow to the school of science, but now this sentence is an important basis for the debate between the school of science and other schools, and if the original interpretation is overturned, the school of science will immediately fall into crisis.

"This is just the words of a family, although the other eighteen 'female' characters are all Ru characters, and it cannot be assumed that this 'female' character is also Ru characters." Song Lin reacted and retorted loudly.

"Confucius said in the Book of Rites: 'The way of a gentleman is hidden by fee, and the foolishness of husband and wife can be known.' And to the end, although the saint also has some ignorance, the husband and wife are not good, can be done, and to the end, although the saint also has something to do. ’”

The husband and wife in this statement do not refer to husband and wife, but to men and women, and Confucians since ancient times have believed so, and students have no other opinions. However, it can be seen from this that Confucius used the word "woman" to refer to the son of "woman", rather than the word "woman". So how can we think that the "woman" in "but women and villains are difficult to raise" means women? Chen Ying didn't say out loud again.

These words completely overwhelmed the School of Reason, leaving the people present speechless. If they want to refute Chen Ying's words now, they have to prove that the word husband and wife in the middle chapter of the "Book of Rites" means husband and wife, but if the couple in this sentence is interpreted as husband and wife, it will not make sense.

And there is also a word in the "Book of Rites" that specifically expresses the meaning of wife, that is, the word "wife". They have no room for argument.

Chen Ying said these words, seeing that everyone in the physical school present was speechless, some of them also showed a sense of despair, and some proudly dusted off their bodies, bowed and saluted: "Colleagues, the students still have something to do, so let's go first." Then he left the place.

The two policemen sitting on the roof of the police station looked at Chen Ying who left with some stunnedness. They guessed that Chen Ying must have amazing words, but they didn't expect the effect to be so good. Although they didn't understand what Chen Ying said, they could understand it when they saw the reaction of the hosts present.

But they quickly became excited, because they finally had something to brag about with others. After Chen Zhongshu said this, many officials present were angry and wanted to beat Chen Zhongshu, but fortunately I risked my life to save him, and Chen Zhongshu thanked me and said...... "One of them conceived in his mind how to tell others about this matter."

However, it was precisely under the distorted word of mouth of many ordinary people that these words spread quickly, not only the officials of the current dynasty knew, but even the people inside and outside the capital knew, and those Xiucai who lived in the countryside also knew. The school of science quickly fell into crisis.

To add insult to injury, someone posted a big-character poster, listing several major crimes that Zhu Xi was impeached for before his death: seducing the nuns to think that they were spoiling their concubines and the housewife was pregnant without a husband. Attacking Zhu Xi, one of the important representatives of the School of Reason, from a private point of view.

At this moment, the school of science fell into a precarious situation. Originally, in the time of Confucius, private morality was not completely comparable to public morality, but in later generations, the two were on a par, and if private morality was not good, it would be considered bad public morality. Zhu Xi himself is like this, how can his doctrine be considered correct? Although the people of the School of Science rummaged through the piles of old papers and found the records of the year, trying to prove that Zhu Xi only accepted two nuns as concubines, and that he did not do it when his daughter-in-law was pregnant. But it's been hundreds of years, and it's not easy to prove it all. What's more, even just taking a nun as a concubine is a scandal, so the school of science is almost about to be fully beaten in a short period of time.

But at this moment, Huiyuan Zhoushu, who had not yet participated in the palace examination, suddenly posted a big-character poster and said: "The Analects of Wei Ling has a cloud: Zi said: 'A gentleman does not lift people by his words, and he does not use people to talk nonsense. Although Zhu Xi's own private morality is quite suspicious, it cannot be considered that his words are all wrong at one time, and there are still many truths in science. ”

After he said this, many people who shared his views spoke out against the complete overthrow of the school of science.

But this only makes the real school of science even more embarrassing. Because the school of science itself advocates the integration of public and private, this statement is tantamount to further denying the foundation of the school of science.

In the end, Yun Xi intervened at the right time, saying that although there were many fallacies in the School of Reason, there were also some merits, so that the Zhou Li School absorbed some of the views of the School of Science. However, not all the people of the Zhou Li School were willing to do so, so the Zhou Li School split, and one of them formed a new school, which was later called the prototype of the Ming Li School. But that's all for later.

At this point, most of the people in the school of science switched to other schools, and the rest could only survive; After many more years, after all the remaining people died, the true school of science became extinct, and unless there was another major political change similar to the Mongol destruction of the Song dynasty, the school of science would not rise again.