Chapter 10 Learning and Taoism
Yongle two-year court meeting, hundreds of officials congratulated.
At the court meeting, Zhu Di made a decree to canonize Zhu Gaochi as the crown prince, and at the same time canonized Zhu Zhanji, who was only seven years old, as the emperor's grandson.
At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu was canonized as the king of Han and fiefdomed Yunnan. Canonized Zhu Gaosui as the king of Zhao and fiefdom Beiping.
Zhu Gaoxu said: "What is my crime, I will be driven thousands of miles away." Refusing to go to the vassal country, Zhu Di couldn't bear to force him, and let him stay in Jinling.
When the spring flowers were blooming, Zhu Di led the army and most of the ministers to patrol Beiping, leaving the crown prince Zhu Gaochi to supervise the country.
Zhu Zhanji also drove to the north, but continued to accompany Empress Xu along the way.
In Beiping, Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, became a vassal of the Zhao Dynasty, and Zhu Gaoxu strongly requested to return to Yingtian with his son Zhu Zhanqi, and obtained Zhu Di's permission.
After he returned to Yingtian, with the support of Qiu Fu, the Duke of Qi, and Wang Ning, he obtained Tiance Wei as the guard of the Han King, and often compared himself with Tang Taizong.
This also represents that he has officially opened the road to the reserve.
However, Zhu Zhanji has been watching coldly and did not intervene directly, and even saw his father suffer in front of him, and he was a little happy.
Zhu Gaoxu is just a whetstone, he has not made waves in the original history, and now that he has come to this era, it is even more impossible for him.
Let's let him jump for a few years for the time being, as long as he is favored, he has no chance.
Returning to Yingtian in autumn, Zheng He's preparations for his first trip to the West had already begun.
Zheng He is now the chief eunuch of the inner palace, and in the entire eunuch system today, his status is higher than that of the chief eunuch Gou'er Wang Yan.
The reason why the celebrant surpassed the inner palace eunuch later, on the one hand, was because he mastered the emperor's seal, and more importantly, because Zheng He went to the West, so he gave up the power to control all the eunuchs.
After that, the celebrant became the most powerful department and also managed all the other eunuchs.
Zheng He's current energy has been put on the first trip to the West, stationed in Suzhou Liujiahe for a long time.
Hundreds of ships going to the Western Ocean, more than 20,000 people, and all kinds of materials to be purchased from all over the world, were all concentrated there, and he was so busy that he didn't have time to respond to the sky.
Zhu Zhanji kept an eye on Zheng He's whereabouts until the end of the second year of Yongle, and finally waited for Zheng He to return to Yingtian.
However, before he could see Zheng He, he had another teacher.
Since May of the first year of Yongle, he had two more Taoist teachers by his side, and Buddhism has been looking for opportunities to get close to Zhu Zhanji.
But since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang has been suppressing Buddhism.
Although he was a monk, it was precisely because he was a monk that he was more aware of the harm of Buddhism to the people.
The adoption of Buddhism as the state religion in the Yuan Dynasty led to the rise of folk Buddhism, and almost every county town had a large temple.
These Buddhists do not produce, occupy a large amount of fertile land, and do not pay taxes.
In addition, they also have a large number of believers who have been abducted and deceived in various places, forcibly paying donations, and committing many evils, resulting in the misery of the people.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, in addition to those big nobles, the richest people in the country were the monks of the temple.
There are only a few great nobles, and there are temples everywhere in the country, which shows that monks are more sinful than those Mongolian nobles.
From Zhu Yuanzhang's suppression of Buddhism to Zhu Di's coming to power, the intensity of the purge was slightly relaxed, and the most critical person was Yao Guangxiao, the most trusted Taoist monk around Zhu Di.
Yao Guangxiao planned Zhu Di's battle of Jingjing, and was known as the first person to make great contributions to Jingjing. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was named the monk Lu Si Zuo Shanshi.
Zhu Gaochi was named the crown prince at the beginning of the year, and he was crowned the crown prince and young master.
Although he rarely appears in the court, and usually lives in Jishan Temple in Jilong Mountain, Zhu Di trusts him very much, and his influence in the court is not inferior to that of any minister.
Even when Zhu Di saw him on weekdays, he called him a young master with an official title, and he was respectful.
Because he likes to wear black monk's robes, he is also known as the black-clothed prime minister by the people.
Since Hu Weiyong, the Ming Dynasty abolished the post of prime minister, and he can be nicknamed prime minister, which also shows his great influence.
As a devout Buddhist, he was well aware of the harm of the secular forces of Buddhism to the people, so he never interfered with the imperial court's elimination of the evil forces of Buddhism.
At the same time, he was equally obsessed with profound Buddhism, which, in his view, should not be confused.
However, Taisun is close to Taoist priests and alienated from monks, which is definitely not a good thing.
So when Zhu Zhanji got closer and closer with the two Taoist priests, he also proposed to be the Taisun teacher.
Of course, Zhu Di would not refuse his kindness, so when Zhu Zhanji didn't know it, he had another teacher.
Now, he has two cabinets, Xie Jin and Hu Guang, two Taoist priests in Xuanzhen and Yiqingzi, and now he has added a black-clothed teacher.
However, Yao Guangxiao didn't know that although Zhu Zhanji was young, he had a mature soul.
He doesn't believe in Confucianism, he doesn't believe in martial arts, and as for Buddha, he doesn't believe in it.
In fact, after the Mengyuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty, the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism had already begun the process of unification in the land of China.
The three teachings are all you and me, and I have you, except for the basic doctrines, most of the learning of entering the WTO is almost the same.
After Buddhism was introduced in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was first attached to the Taoist Huang Laozhixue, and in the Wei and Jin dynasties, it was attached to metaphysics. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism gradually became independent, and it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties that it developed to a high degree and formed various sects.
Now that the Mengyuan Dynasty has lost its peak, Buddhism has lost its biggest foundation, and in recent decades, it has accelerated its convergence with Confucianism and Taoism.
The three parties competed with each other, but they relied on each other to compete with the imperial power for the right to believe in addition to secular power.
Zhu Zhanji is still more curious about Yao Guangxiao, it doesn't matter if there is such a teacher, it would be naΓ―ve for anyone to expect to be able to influence their mentality by relying on their own ability.
In modern society, Zhou You has already reached the pinnacle of life, forming his own stable world view and outlook on life, including values.
Religion is only a tool for him, and it is completely impossible to conquer him by relying on those illusory teachings.
He was curious about Yao Guangxiao only because of his resourceful daimyo. If you want to talk to him about the Dharma, let's go as far as you can!
Xuan Zhen and Yi Qingzi are like great enemies against Yao Guangxiao. The shadow of the famous tree, they are just folk strange people, and Yao Guangxiao, a person at the level of a national teacher, is still a little far behind.
The first time they met, it was in the side hall of Wenyuan Pavilion where Zhu Zhanji learned martial arts, and Yao Guangxiao, who was like a sick tiger, appeared, and Zhu Zhanji was not disappointed.
Although he is not proficient in martial arts, he has brought great pressure to Xuan Zhen and Ichikiyoko.
After greeting each other, Zhu Zhanji said straight to the point: "The young master is pedantic, resourceful, broad-minded, and indifferent to fame and fortune. My grandfather and father often mentioned you to me, and now I have the opportunity to learn from the young master, which is really a blessing for Zhanji. β
Yao Guangxiao is almost seventy years old, and in this era, he belongs to Gao Shou. Sitting on Zhu Zhanji's side, he did not move like a bell, and the chief said: "Some false names are not enough to worry about, but when I saw His Royal Highness the Taisun today, I knew that the rumors from the outside world were true, and they were actually the appearance of the Ming Lord." β
"The emperor's grandfather is in the prime of life, and His Royal Highness is in the prime of life, and I am just a young boy, so please don't say anything about the outside world."
Zhu Zhanji knew that he was only seven years old, and he couldn't talk too deeply about him, otherwise he would expose the fact that his age did not match his experience. But some words are not directly explained, and there will be one more fly in the ear in the future, so I have to say it.
Without waiting for Yao Guangxiao to reply, he said again: "I read with Xie Shi, they don't learn Confucianism, they learn martial arts from Yiqingzi Daoist, Xuanzhen Taoist don't learn Taoism, I don't know why the young master taught me?" β
Yao Guangxiao glanced deeply at Zhu Zhanji, who was only seven years old, and was greatly shocked in his heart. He has almost the same appearance as the emperor, although he is not handsome, but he has a dragon-like and tiger-like appearance, and his momentum is compelling.
At the age of seven, he can already talk to adults and look unmoved.
He couldn't understand how a child who grew up in the deep palace could have such an imposing appearance. It's no wonder that the emperor loves him to the core, and he didn't hesitate to make Zhu Gaochi the crown prince, which is all thanks to the blessing of this grandson!
If you don't learn Confucianism, you don't learn Taoism, you can't learn Taoism, you can teach your grandson what else can he teach?
Moreover, Taisun's words also directly pointed out that literature and Confucianism, martial arts and Taoism cannot be confused.
Yiqingzi and Xuanzhen looked at Yao Guangxiao dumbfounded, and couldn't help but show a lively mentality. Although the two of them have been teaching Taisun for a year and a half, and Taisun is also very close to them, they are limited to martial arts exchanges and never listen to their preaching.
The old monk wants to enlighten the grandson with Buddhism, and I am afraid it is not an easy thing.
Yao Guangxiao put away his contemptuous mentality, and asked tentatively again: "I can understand that martial arts and Taoism cannot be confused, I don't know what the difference between literature and Confucianism is what Taisun thinks?" β
"I have heard them say that before Cangjie created characters, the Chinese civilization formed a unique Central Plains culture because of the group living in groups. So in my opinion, Wen is much earlier than Confucianism. Moreover, the history of Taoism and the origin of Chinese civilization are much earlier than Confucian culture. Didn't Confucius once study under Lao Tzu? β
"What is culture? What is a text? What is Confucianism? What is the Tao? β
"Xie Shiyu has talked about some of them, and I have occasional thoughts. In my opinion, culture has two aspects. On the one hand, it is a general term for the life forms of human beings in the region: clothing, crowns, culture, materials, food, housing, transportation, etc. On the other hand, it is a general term for the scope of human spiritual activities, including beliefs, thoughts, and other thoughts that human beings think beyond the realm of animals. β
Yao Guangxiao's eyes widened, his eyes widened as he looked at Zhu Zhanji, and asked again, "Then what is Wen?" What is Confucianism? What is the Tao? β
"Literature is a wide range of knowledge and the application of it and the cultivation of the heart, which includes a variety of ways. Whether it is Confucianism, Taoism, or Buddhism, it is just one of the methods, but now these three schools are dominant, suppressing other schools, resulting in people's learning process, often only through these channels. β
Yao Guangxiao was mourned and asked, "How does the grandson treat him?" β
Of course, Zhu Zhanji would not reveal his true thoughts at this time, and said with a smile: "I was born in the royal family and is in charge of the world, and I need to understand any method and any way." However, they don't limit themselves to one method. β
Yao Guangxiao got up and made a long gesture and said: "Taisun Dacai, Dao Yan has nothing to teach, and he is willing to attach thousands of miles to the end of the green fly." β
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