This first article was not originally written by Zhu Youxiao, but by Ye Xianggao's request. He came from later generations, and there was always some inexplicable resistance to Confucius, and it was already very good to be able to write like this, but listening to Yang He's meaning, he didn't raise Confucius high enough to satisfy him or them.

And Ye Xianggao is also in a hurry below. It's hard to say that the emperor is moved, and this article is listed as the first, I don't want Yang He to be dissatisfied, if it really annoys the emperor, then the status of the first article will not be available, it will not be good-looking.

Yang He continued: "During the Spring and Autumn Period, the heavens and the earth collapsed, and the etiquette collapsed, and I was born Confucius, not only self-denial and repentance, but also benevolence and righteousness, especially the seeds of morality rooted and internalized in the hearts of the people, so that people understand the reason why self-denial and self-esteem and benevolence and righteousness are so, thereby enhancing people's self-confidence and self-esteem, and also laying the scale and atmosphere of Chinese culture, which is the so-called "Tao is written by Confucius", "Heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, and eternity is as long as night." ”

Liu Zongzhou also stepped forward and said: "The teaching of conscience is like the sky. In the past, people said: 'Heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, and eternity is as long as night.' 'A person with a conscience is born with a sense of being born and does not seek anything else, that is, Mencius said: "Those who can do what people do without learning will also have good ability; Those who know without concern also have their conscience. "No matter what the way of the world, under the illumination and guidance of the moral lamp like the sun and the moon, our life has an internal basis and a strong motivation for why and what it does, and it also gives us a standard for judging truth and falsehood, right and wrong, good and evil, beauty and ugliness. This consensus is the basis on which a nation and a people, a religion and a culture can survive and perpetuate, develop and transcend. And all this is given by our sage Confucius! Therefore, please change your majesty to heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, and eternity is as long as night. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "But if you praise Confucius so much to the point of no return, will you belittle Yao Shunyu, Tang Wenwu, Zhou Gong and others to be sacred?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Such praise of Confucius, but it will not belittle the saints, nor will it close the door for those who come to enter the holy realm." On the contrary, the saints are more holy because of the invention of Confucius, and the comers are better sanctified because of the patriarchal Confucius. This is what the former Yuan Wuzong said, "Those who are saints before Confucius are not Confucius; Those who are saints after Confucius have no way to do it without Confucius." From this point of view, Liu Huo's statement that "it is strange that the saints above the Emperor Xi burn paper candles all day long" is untenable. ”

Zhu Youxiao couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he looked at Ye Xianggao and Xu Guangqi.

Ye Xianggao got this opportunity, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the heavens do not give birth to Zhongni, and the master has been dialed to a certain height by the long night, and they feel that it is not enough, everything depends on the holy judgment." ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Looking at the West, they also have sages, and Confucius is the conscious bearer of Confucianism and Taoism, thus establishing the basic heavenly way and human ethics in the universe, so that life and society have their value maintenance. It is not unreasonable for us to raise the Master. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Since everyone thinks that the master should be raised, then we will change the first article to the heaven does not give birth to the master, and the eternity is as long as the night." ”

All the ministers knelt on the ground together and shouted: "Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Some people actually shed tears, which made Zhu Youxiao believe that this should be their true thoughts.

His original little resistance to Confucius also disappeared here, in his mind, he was only a Chinese man, could it be that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were not as knowledgeable as himself, not to mention the famous scientists in history. It can only be said that his own understanding is not in place.

This is Zhu Youxiao's real beginning to regard Confucius as a saint, not like in the past to maintain the goodwill of the scholars, but really began to understand Confucius with his heart, and realized how great Confucius's career was under the circumstances of the time, and how important the inheritance of Chinese culture was to Chinese and the Chinese nation.

Later generations of famous historians commented: "The Emperor of the Apocalypse continued to perpetuate the Taoism of the Chinese, and more importantly, he perfectly carried forward Confucianism, discarded some decadent ideas that hindered the progress of the Chinese, and added some advanced ideas of other civilizations, making Confucius's doctrine become a new Confucianism that most people in the world believe." The cultural consciousness he inherited and magnified was not an ordinary ideological system, but a edification that embodied the way of heaven and humanity. Some people call it a photograph of Herri, which is a very apt metaphor. While elevating the historical status of Confucius, he also made himself known as the new saint by later generations. ”

Zhu Youxiao stood up and waved his hand and said: "Everyone is learning the study of the sage, we must follow the teachings of the sage, and carry forward Confucianism together, so that all civilized people in the world can know the doctrine of the master, so that they all know that we are the descendants of the sage, our ancestors created a brilliant culture, and we must not fall behind. Don't let our ancestors be dishonored, then we can only do better than our ancestors! ”

All the ministers said together: "The ministers are willing to attach themselves to Jiwei and magnify my Chinese Taoism!" ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "There is also news, after the proposal of the cabinet, I decided to take the year of the birth of the master as the first year of the Common Era, and it is scheduled to be implemented next year, so the name of the master can be passed down forever." The light of the Master will always shine on China. ”

The ministers were even more ecstatic, and some of them could not stop crying. Zhu Youxiao said that it was the proposal of the cabinet members, hoping to improve the prestige of the cabinet and eliminate the opinions of some ministers on Fang Congzhe, Ye Xianggao, and others, especially the resentment of Donglin people against Ye Xianggao.

This note proved to be useful. Compared with Confucianism and Taoism, the partisan struggle is nothing at all. At least the people of Donglin have forgiven Ye Xianggao for some of his previous behaviors, and everyone has a good impression of the first and second assistants. Of course, as for how long it will last, it's better not to hope too much.

After rejoicing, what should be done still has to be done, and for the second part of "Common Sense", someone else has an opinion: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the solution of seeking truth from facts seems to be somewhat different from the ancient books. This statement was first seen in Bangu's "Book of Han", Hejian Xianwang 'study the ancients, seek truth from facts', and later Yan Shigu commented as 'to obtain facts, every truth is also', and this article is called 'learning for practicality', what theory and practice are combined, so the minister is a little confused. ”

This made Ye Xianggao a little unhappy, the combination of theory and practice was proposed by Zhu Youxiao, and learning for practice is the view of the Donglin faction, and finally there is a Donglin point of view that has been affirmed by the emperor, and someone actually jumped out to say irresponsible things, which is really hateful.

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