After Xu Guangqi left Yenching University with a solemn face, he returned to his apartment in Beijing. Chen Zilong and several other disciples immediately stepped forward to greet the teacher, and by the way, they wanted to find out from the teacher's mouth the emperor's true opinion on the matter of Confucius.

However, Xu Guangqi ignored the problems of these disciples, and he ordered Chen Zilong and others to move the reform policies published by the imperial court in the past three years, primary school and university textbooks, and the Daming Times to his study, and then looked through the study alone for a long time, and did not come out of the study until late at night.

Xu Guangqi tossed and turned that night, and almost never slept. As the leaders of Xinxue, Xu Guangqi and Chongzhen obviously have different understandings of Xinxue. Although he has always advocated that scholars and doctors should open their arms, absorb Western knowledge and knowledge, and use Western learning to promote the self-innovation of Confucianism, he really did not completely defeat Confucianism.

As one of the few pioneers in the study of natural sciences among scholars, he has always regarded Western learning as a practical technology to study, and he believes that these practical techniques can improve the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty and change the atmosphere of the Ming scholars who advocate the righteousness of the scriptures and abandon the practical learning.

Xu Guangqi, who was devoted to the translation of Western books and various natural science research, naturally thought that the emperor's thoughts were no different from his own, although Chongzhen often acted unexpectedly after ascending the throne, but Xu Guangqi still did not think that the young Chongzhen had any personal opinions in academics, until today's dialogue with the emperor.

After returning home, Xu Guangqi finally believed that what Chongzhen said to him today was not impulsive, but had this tendency since the establishment of Yenching University to promote Xinxue. Otherwise, the concise history of China, which Chongzhen ordered Qian Qianyi to edit, would not have laid out from the outset the idea that the laborers were driving the historical process.

Xu Guangqi is not averse to the idea that "if you don't work, you can't eat", but he doesn't agree with the idea of overthrowing the old school. In his view, the new school should be an improvement and inheritance of the old school, rather than a complete subversion. But today, Xinxue is no longer a small hobby between him and a few friends, but a new school that relies on Yenching University, Daming Times and other new primary schools in various places.

In such a new school of thought, Chongzhen's idea of overthrowing the old school did not lack supporters. Because of the promotion of new learning, an elite group of new intellectuals has been created that is different from the old-style scholars. Although the number of this group is not large, because it is located in the capital and has mastered public opinion institutions such as the Daming Times, and the organizational system of cultivating reserve talents such as new-style elementary schools and universities, the influence of Xinxue on the imperial court is greater day by day.

When the number of new intellectuals who advocated new learning rose to a certain level, they must not be reconciled to the embarrassing situation in which they only had influence on the emperor, but could not enter the bureaucracy to display their talents. Bringing down the old school and making the new school a government school will naturally have the support of the new intellectuals.

Although the Taizhou School, which advocated the reform of Confucianism during the Wanli period, had a great reputation, it was finally suppressed by physicists from all over the world because of its only non-governmental influence, and finally the entire school was fragmented and completely silent. These descendants of the Taizhou School, recruited by the emperor to Yenching University, are now also part of the Xinxue, and they are also the representatives of the most radical criticism of Confucianism.

Although Xu Guangqi can't bear to attack the old school, it does not mean that he wants his protégés, relatives and friends to suffer the same fate as the Taizhou school. Moreover, he was unwilling to break with the radicals in Xinxue, which led to contradictions within Xinxue, which led to a more complicated situation of party struggle.

After thinking all night, Xu Guangqi, whose eyes were bloodshot, gathered his disciples early the next morning and publicly warned them that no one was allowed to express their opinions on the affairs of Yan Shenggong and the Confucian Mansion, and anyone who violated it would be expelled from the portal.

The teacher's statement made Chen Zilong and others a little difficult to accept. But they also can't disobey Xu Guangqi's orders, after all, what the current Ming Dynasty pays attention to is the atmosphere of "being a teacher for one day and a father for life", and betraying the disciples of the master is equivalent to cutting off their own political future, and even the enemies of the master cannot accept such a person.

The silence of the moderates in Xu Guangqi's new school made public opinion in the capital more unified, and all those who dared to intercede for the old cases of Yan Shenggong and Confucius were described as sanctimonious hypocrites, well-dressed beasts who were in the company of beasts.

As a result, there were some new changes in public opinion in the capital, that is, some people tried to distinguish Confucius from Confucius to ensure that the reputation of the Holy Master would not be tarnished, but this also made the reputation of Yan Shenggong and Confucius even lower.

Some people even picked up the Song and Yuan dynasties, Yan Shenggong and Confucius sent Zhang Dehui and Yuan Haowen to Kublai Khan in 1252 to give Kublai Khan the honorific title of "Confucian Great Master", and the Southern Song Dynasty still existed at that time. If the Ming Dynasty is invaded by foreign enemies, will the Confucian government once again flatter the barbarians to suppress China's orthodoxy?

Therefore, he openly claimed that the traitorous Yan Shenggong and the Confucian government were not worthy to take charge of China's cultural context, and had no right to bow to the barbarians on Confucius's behalf. Confucius used to praise Guan Zhong, "Micro Guan Zhong, I was sent to the left." If the husband and the woman are forgiven, they will not know it through the ditch. ”

Today's Yan Sheng Gong and theorists are obsessed with the small festival of women's chastity, but they have completely forgotten the major festival of Huayi's defense. Only then did the Liaodong scholars take refuge in Houjin and slaughter the Chinese people, and some people shouted grievances for these scholars.

Eventually, the man concludes the article by saying, "... Those who respect Confucius do not respect Confucius, but respect Confucius instead of dissidents; Those who respect the scriptures do not respect knowledge, but imprison people's hearts by respecting the scriptures. ”

As soon as this article came out, it naturally attracted the attention of people all over the world, and the criticism of Yan Shenggong and Confucius Mansion by public opinion went to a new level. Dare to speak so loudly, and the Daming Times can print it in full, naturally Su Changqing, who is hated by a cadre of Confucian defenders.

However, although Su Changqing at this time attracted envy, he also became the object of attention of young scholars for a while, especially those who had been reading for a long time and were more in favor of the ideas revealed in Su Changqing's article. And Su Changqing's articles are all written in the vernacular, and the easy-to-understand content is acceptable to even ordinary people in the market, which has also made him popular with many small people in the market.

Of course, the old-fashioned scholars and doctors who couldn't find Su Changqing's true identity quickly turned their anger on Sun Zhiqi, the editor-in-chief of the Daming Times, but put him in the midst of everyone's criticism.

But no matter how loud these scholars are, their voices are still not as good as those of the Ming Times. The ideological trend of criticizing Confucius that arose from the capital is spreading to the whole country in an orderly manner.

In the capital at the center of public opinion, Zhu Youzhen still arranged his daily itinerary in an orderly manner, and did not show too much attention to the direction of this storm.

Although Shoufu Huang Liji had a headache with the increasingly violent Confucian incident, for the Ming Dynasty under his leadership, except for the earthquake in the south this year, other places were quite calm, which was a rare stable year in recent years. Therefore, in the end, he did not intervene in the Confucian incident, so as not to draw the fire to himself.

Just when Huang Liji and his cabinet colleagues were trying their best to maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty, thousands of miles away in the Japanese archipelago, a war drama finally began.

The battle was first provoked by the Kyoto Shogunate Army led by Naotaka I, and on November 12, Naotaka Ii raised an army of 15,000 troops with 3,000 Ii Red Reserves as the core and advanced towards Osaka. At this time, Yoshinao of Owari was still on his way to Kyoto.

Naotaka Ii descended the Yodo River, and on the way another 1,500 men were detached to attack Nara under the leadership of Shigetsuna Inagaki in order to retake the area east of Osaka.

Shigetsuna Inagaki was the shogun who escaped from Osaka Castle, and was pursued by the Osaka rebels, who fled from Sakai City to Nara and from Nara to Kyoto, and miraculously escaped danger in several major wars.

Although itakura Shigemune, the representative of the Kyoto office, saw him and threw him into prison, he thought that it was a shame for a warrior to lose Osaka Castle and not die in battle. But when Naotaka Ii arrived in Kyoto, he released the lucky one.

Naotaka Ii thought that Shigetsuna Inagaki, who had been able to escape from the hands of the Osaka rebels several times, was the person who knew the most about the Osaka rebels now, and that he should be made to make meritorious service instead of committing suicide to apologize.

Inagaki Shigetsuna did not live up to Inoi's expectations, not only reporting the names of some of his colleagues who had defected to the rebels, but also explaining in detail the terrain inside and outside Osaka Castle.

Shigetsuna Inagaki suggested to Naotaka Ii, "... Osaka Castle occupies an advantageous position, and if we use the means of direct assault, I am afraid that the losses of our army will be beyond imagination.

According to the report of the envoy who went to Osaka to announce the decree last time, this Osaka Castle is not monolithic now. His Royal Highness Tadacho's subordinates were strong in force, but because they were few in number, they could only share the power to govern Osaka with the citizens of Osaka.

Now that His Royal Highness Tadanaga has surrendered to the shogunate, these samurai in Osaka Castle have lost their reputation for righteousness, and they must be in a dilemma. The lord first used the military power to deter them, and then recruited and pardoned these samurai in the name of the shogunate, so naturally they would not stay in Osaka Castle and wait for death.

As for the citizens of Osaka, although they are now tough on words, once the samurai in the castle leave, these citizens will inevitably lose the courage to resist the shogunate army. If the lord only pursues the chief evil and does not ask about coercion, then the citizens of the castle will surely open the door and surrender to the lord, and Osaka will settle down.

Therefore, the key to this battle is that the adults should raid Osaka Castle with a thunderous attitude, and do not give these rebellions a chance to unite people's hearts..."

Naodaka Ii immediately looked at Inagaki Shigetsuna with admiration and praised him: "I saw that you were being chased by the rebels and hiding in Tibet, and I thought that you had such an end because of your lack of ability. But I didn't expect that you have such a splendid chest in your chest, and I will recommend your talent to the general..."

For Nao's praise, Inagaki Shigetsuna also had no response. Because these suggestions he put forward were his own personal experience, and it was the rebels who used the same methods to beat him and hide in Tibet. But now, he naturally won't be honest.

Naotaka Ii decided to adopt the suggestion of Shigetsuna Inagaki and quickly dispatched troops to the castle when the people of Osaka Castle were panicking, thus shaking the hearts of the people of Osaka even more. For this reason, he was not even willing to wait for the slow righteous army.