Because the crown prince Zhu Changluo wanted to come to the Guozijian to listen to this big debate, so the officials of the Guozijian below Zhu Guozhen did not dare to slack off, and carried out a comprehensive inspection of the Guozijian a few days earlier, except for the instructors and prisoners, the rest of the idle personnel were not allowed to stay in the prison, and on the morning of November 15, they ordered the servants to clear all the snow on the road from Jixianmen to Yiluntang, and transferred 200 sergeants from the Dongcheng and Beicheng Soldiers and Horses Division to strengthen the guards, and the supervisors and instructors of each hall were urging the prisoners to line up to greet them.

Beijing Guozijian is larger than the scale of the Guozijian in Jiming Mountain, Nanjing, covering an area of more than 100 acres, at most there were more than 13,000 prisoners, the preparation of regulations, the prosperity of humanities, unprecedented, but since Jiajing, the number of prisoners studying in the south prison and the north prison has decreased year by year, and now the number of prisoners in the north prison is only 7,000 people, it is the middle of winter, most of the prisoners from other provinces have returned to their hometowns, but there are still more than 1,000 prisoners in the prison, many prisoners are looking forward to this big debate, some studious prisoners have also purchased the "Geometric Original", Aesop's Fables" and other Western books to study, and it has become fashionable to understand Western studies-

Recently, there is such a rumor in the Guozi Prison, saying that the new champion Zhang Yuan's ability to memorize is due to the teaching of Matteo Ricci, the great Confucian of Taixi, Matteo Ricci has a memory method called "Palace of Memory", at the beginning Matteo Ricci was impressed by many officials with this extraordinary strong memory, a text of hundreds of words that does not make sense, Matteo Ricci can recite it once he reads it, and he can also memorize it backwards, Matteo Ricci claims that this is not a talent, but an ability that can be obtained through the "Palace of Memory" training, which is very attractive to the prisoners. Because everyone hopes that they have the ability to never forget, there is no need to work so hard to read and take scientific examinations, Zhang Yuan is nineteen years old, and there are ten members of the Han Society with the title of the gold list, so there are rumors that Zhang Yuan and his Han Society's imperial examination success and Matteo Ricci's memory method are linked, and the curiosity of the prisoners is unquenchable, not afraid of the cold, and they lined up on both sides of the road from Taixue Gate to Yilun Hall early to wait for the arrival of the crown prince and the officials participating in the debate-

At the beginning of the hour, the officials of the Zhan Mansion and the Hanlin Academy, as well as Shen Yu and Master Lotus Pond, accompanied by Zhu Guozhen, entered the Jixian Gate. Standing in front of the Taixue Gate, there are already internal officials in the East Palace to spread the word, and the crown prince will come to the national eunuch at two o'clock.

The terrace in front of Taixuemen to Yilun Hall was forty-three zhang long, and more than a thousand inmates lined up on both sides, neatly and neatly, making a slight low buzzing sound, which was the inmates whispering, and they saw Zhang Yuan wearing a heron pattern complement official uniform. Weak-crowned young six-rank officer. It's really enviable.

The cloudy sky began to fall again, and at two o'clock, the East Palace halogen book came. Yan Shanwei, Yu Linwei, and Donggong Hu drove to Guozijian from the car surrounded by the crown prince and the eldest grandson of the emperor, and the crown prince Zhu Changluo and the eldest grandson Zhu Youxiao got off in front of the Taixue Gate to accept the visits of the officials and prisoners. Zhang Yuan saw that Zhu Changluo's white face was fat, and he looked older than when he and Zhou Yanru confronted each other in Wenhua Hall three months ago, and thought to himself that the eight beauties sent by Zheng Guifei were very pestering, and the nectar cakes were often eaten, "The twenty-eight beauties are like crisps, and the sword on the waist slashes the fool", Zhu Changluo will definitely collapse if he continues like this, and the matter of the house and bed, even Wang An, the companion of the East Palace, is not easy to advise, right?

Enter the wide hall in the middle of Yilun Hall. Guangtang has a wall of fire and geothermal heat, warm as spring, hanging on the edict of Emperor Taizu Gao Wutong, Zhu Changluo set up a seat under the edict, Zhu by the school to stand at the bottom, wait for the officials to see the ceremony, Zhu Changluo specially ordered to give the eighty-year-old lotus pond master to give a seat. The rest of the officials were not allowed to sit, but they did not have to kneel and stand to debate, and the four scribes who were in charge of recording the debate were allowed to sit and take notes—

There were a total of 16 officials in the Zhan Mansion headed by Qian Longxi, scholars, concubines, Yude, and Zanshan, and 16 scholars, attendants, attendants, lecturers, revisions, editors, and reviewers headed by Guo Shu in the Hanlin Academy. In addition, there were 12 officials of the Guozijian and 4 Western missionaries. Qian Longxi and Guo Shu respectively reported to the crown prince about the preparations for the big debate, and the crown prince said: "Since ancient times, the emperor has respected Confucianism, and has been educated by Buddhism and Taoism, and persuaded people to be kind. Taizong of the Tang Dynasty asked Wei Zheng, 'What is the master of the people, and what is the light, and what is the dark?' In view of this, the emperor ordered the officials of the Zhan Shifu and the Hanlin Academy to listen to the three debates between the two sides on the 15th, 16th, and 183rd of this month, in order to determine the right and wrong. ”

After the debate, these four transcripts will fill in each other's gaps and references, and form one for Qian Longxi and Guo Shu to review and submit, and then submit it to the emperor's imperial review-

Shen Yu went out of class, saluted the crown prince first, got up and said: "The emperor's royal world, this Confucianism is to set the discipline, and the discipline is to reward and punish clearly, so that the people can persuade the good to change the evil, and not be moved by foreign objects. Emperor Taizu Gao drove far away, nine streams of posts, four Yi to the king, and still earnestly in the defense of Yidi, containing the ancestral precepts and canons and other books, where the tributary countries are famous, their personnel, tribute has a number, the period of the tribute, to have a survey, the post in the main and guest division, it is not the carrier and there is no survey, then there is the law of crossing the Guanjin, there is the law of cross-examination. As for the positions and positions of the ministry, it is especially strictly forbidden to do evil and righteousness, and those who should go to the left and do good deeds, and incite the people should be divided into subordinates, or hanged or streamed, and their military and civilian people, etc., do not ask where they come from, and harbor those who are leading and listening to the affairs within the territory, or send them to the border to fill the army, or send out their mouths to serve the people, and the law is strictly enforced. Don't you know that the name of Muyi is desirable, and the amount of the imperial court can cover the famine! The reason why the royal road is flattened, the foolish people are easy to think wrong, and the evil is suppressed, and it is clearly set in one respect, which is the reason why the customs are pure. Therefore, the two clans of Shi Dao have been circulated for a long time, and they go hand in hand with Confucianism, and the small art of witchcraft is slightly new, and it should be strictly refined, so as not to incite the foolish people, and it is ...... to plan for the security of all generations."

Shen Yu said a lot of things, all of which were the contents of his three "Distant and Alien" before and after, he wanted to see how Xu Guangqi, Zhang Yuan and others refuted him face to face?

Xu Guangqi nodded to Li Zhizao, Zhang Yuan, and Xiong Sanba, and went out to argue: "Over the years, the ministers have paid attention to their studies with Matteo Ricci and Pang Di'e, and they know the most true and accurate. It is very strict, its knowledge is very knowledgeable, its heart is very true, its vision is very certain, and it is also the hero of thousands of people and the outstanding of ten thousand people in other countries, so those who come from the east for tens of thousands of miles will teach people in other countries. All of them are self-cultivation to the Lord. Hearing the teachings of Chinese sages, they are also self-cultivation and ideals. It is confirmed by hard work and hardship, and danger and danger. In order to make everyone good, the ministers carefully study the Catholic teachings, all of them take serving God as the foundation, saving the body and soul as the most important thing, loyalty, filial piety and love as the work, taking the good and reforming as the starting point, repentance and purification as the further study, ascending to heaven and true blessings as the reward of doing good, and eternal hell as the bitter reward for doing evil. All the precepts and rules are the best of heaven and human feelings, and they should be able to supplement Confucianism and guide people to goodness. ”

Shen Yu said: "If Yahism confuses the small people, it is said that the ancestors do not need to sacrifice, but if they respect God, they can ascend to heaven and avoid hell." The theory of heaven and hell is also practiced by the two clans of the Buddha, and then they are used to persuade people to be filial, and to punish those who are not filial and create bad karma, so it also helps Confucianism. Today, he directly advises not to sacrifice to the ancestors, which is to teach unfilial piety. It is the leader of the world without father and son, it is really a thief of Confucianism, and the holy world will be punished. ”

Shen Yu said in a loud voice, the eldest grandson Zhu Youxiao, who was standing in front of the crown prince's throne, took half a step back in surprise, the twelve-year-old Zhu Youxiao couldn't understand what the two sides were arguing, just looking at who was full of momentum, he thought who had the upper hand, and now seeing Shen Yu so aggressive, he naturally had the upper hand, and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Zhang Yuan, and saw that Mr. Zhang was looking at him with a smile, his heart was at ease, and he secretly thought: "Look at how Mr. Zhang refutes you." ”

In terms of qualifications, it is not Zhang Yuan's turn to speak, and now it is Li Zhizao, the young secretary of Nanjing Taifu Temple, who responded to Shen Yu's accusation, Li Zhizao said: "The fourth commandment of God's Ten Commandments is to teach people to be filial to their parents. ”

Li Zhizao's attitude is also very tough, do not show mercy to Shen Yu, he and Shen Yu are in Nanjing as an official, originally had a good personal relationship, Shen Yu also knows that he believes in Catholicism, he has never advised him before, since last year's banquet, suddenly fierce apostasy, really made him very angry, in May last year, Shen Yu first served as a waiter in Nanjing, in the mansion banquet guests, Li Zhizao also participated, there were courtesans and opera troupe performances at the banquet, Li Zhizao thought that those performances were obscene, so he advised Shen Yu with the sixth commandment of Catholicism not to commit adultery, Shen Yu was very annoyed, So he became the vanguard of anti-Jewishism -

Shen Yu heard Li Zhizao accuse him of not being a gentleman in person, he was furious in his heart, and sneered: "Whether you are a gentleman or not is another matter, but if you sacrifice your ancestors and be filial to your parents, you can be called the Son of Man, and the believers of Yahism can't even be called the Son of Man." ”

Seeing that the two of them were fiercely talking, Wang An, who was standing next to the crown prince, whispered a few words to the crown prince, and the crown prince said: "In the debate in Yilun Hall, you must not scold each other, you should convince people with reason." ”

Li Zhizao and Shen Yuqi claimed: "I respectfully follow His Highness's decree." ”

Li Zhizao slowed down his tone and said: "Matteo Ricci, a sage in Taixi, was summoned by the emperor, and his knowledge is profound, and he has been praised by Ye Ge Lao. ”

Just ten days ago, at Zhang Yuan's suggestion, missionaries such as Xu Guangqi, Li Zhizao and Long Huamin held a meeting in the church to vote on whether Catholicism allows Chinese believers to worship their ancestors and worship Confucius These traditional Chinese rituals, and finally Long Huamin, Pang Di'e and other missionaries agreed to continue Matteo Ricci's liturgical adaptation and scientific missionary strategy, which is a necessary concession, otherwise Zhang Yuan will withdraw from the debate, Zhang Yuan does not want to challenge traditional Chinese folklore for the sake of Catholicism, so Li Zhizao today recalls Matteo Ricci's missionary deeds -

Nanjing Ministry of Rites Langzhong Xu Ruke said: "Matteo Ricci first came to the Ming Dynasty, naturally cautious preaching, did not dare to provoke my ancestors, worship Confucius ceremony, now more than 20 years have passed, Catholicism from Long Huamin below, thinking that the congregation has increased greatly, the power is expanding, but dare to prohibit the congregation to worship ancestors, sacrifice Confucius, over time, will incite the congregation to rebel, damage to my Ming dynasty. ”

Xiong Sanba knelt down: "Priest Wang Fengsu banned Catholics from worshiping ancestors and worshipping Confucius in Nanjing, which was a temporary prejudice, and also because he did not know much about the customs of the Ming Dynasty and caused a misunderstanding in verbal communication. Thick burial, for a while, gongs and drums are noisy, swaggering through the market, but Bo filial piety reputation, and raising relatives is a matter of years or even decades, and it is difficult for outsiders to know. In view of this, Wang Fengsu advocated filial piety among the parishioners before his death, so as not to cause the pain of his son wanting to raise and his relatives not being there, and to be filial during his life, and to have no regrets after death. Rather, it lies in the difference in the ritual of sacrifice. President Long Huamin has now told the congregation to respect the traditional etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, and it is forbidden to worship ancestors and Confucius. ”

The Germanic Xiong Sanba is really eloquent and eloquent. The use of common sayings is reasonable, and Wang Fengsu's radical preaching is gently disguised. These missionaries in the Ming Dynasty had now realized that missionary missions in the East had to return to Matteo Ricci's cautious strategy, because just the previous year, the Catholic Church had been martyred in Japan, and the shogunate Tokugawa Ieyasu had banned Catholicism, destroyed all churches, and beheaded or burned a large number of Jesuits, Franciscans, and Catholics (the Japanese shogunate banned Catholicism very severely, and the punishment was cruel, hanging the congregants upside down on dung pits and burning them to death, throwing them into sulfur mineral springs, etc., until the Meiji Restoration two hundred years later, when the ban was lifted). Long Huamin and others in Beijing also learned the news recently, and if the Nanjing teaching case could not be saved this time, they would probably fall into the same miserable situation as missionaries in Japan.

Shen Yu squinted at Xiong Sanba, and sneered: "Worshipping ancestors and sacrificing holes are all forbidden, this is a plan for you to delay the army when you see that the imperial court is in a hurry to ban religion." ”

Zhang Yuan finally spoke: "Why does Shen Shilang use this malice to speculate on others, Zi said, 'If you pass without changing, you are also wrong'." Wang Fengsu has a problem, will he not be allowed to change it? ”

Shen Yu was also waiting for Zhang Yuan to speak, and when he heard Zhang Yuan quote the "Analects" to defend Wang Fengsu, he immediately said: "If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, and Wang Fengsu will be a person who is Yidi." To come to my Ming Dynasty to preach is to harbor evil intentions, all over the world. At home and abroad, but the emperor is the lord of the overlay, and he is called Daming with the name of the country, and Bi Yidi is also known as Daxi, how can there be two big things in the world? The three generations of the long, the princes of the world said the king of heaven, the king of the world said the son of heaven, the ancient custom of this dynasty, every edict, are said to be heavenly, and Bi Yidi called God, if it will be driven on it, the following offenses, the sin will not be forgiven. ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head slightly, Shen Yu is a representative of the ignorant and blind arrogant and pedantic Ming gentry, and those who hold this view should be the majority, they don't believe in Matteo Ricci's "The Complete Map of the Land of All Nations", how can the Ming Dynasty occupy such a small piece, and it is not the center, it is really unreasonable, the foreign countries that these people know are Korea, Japan, Annam, Siam, and the farthest is Manchurian, and they have forgotten where the Three Treasure Eunuchs have been, what Matteo Ricci said There are more than 30 countries in Haixi, which is definitely a deception, Matteo Ricci thought that the ocean was insignificant, and the Ming people could not see it or reach it, so he dared to talk nonsense-

Zhang Yuan is a little helpless, Shen Yu These people are repulsive to anything new, you can't make them believe that the Spaniards have crossed the Atlantic to the United States to mine silver, because you can't take them to the United States, so you can't prove that you are right, Long Huamin and Xiong Sanba came from tens of thousands of miles away to stand in front of them, they don't believe it, they only think that the Ming is the biggest, the Ming is the best, and the Ming is the center of the world-

Zhang Yuanxin said: "You must refute him with the knowledge that Shen Yu can understand and has in the Four Books and Five Classics, otherwise it is useless to let you talk nonsense, and you will have nothing to do with the three 'I don't believe'." ”

Looking out of the window of Yilun Hall, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and a thin layer of snow accumulated on the ground that had been swept in the morning, Zhang Yuan took a long breath and asked Shen Yu: "Shen Shilang's mouth is not my race, his heart will be different, and the people who close their mouths hide evil intentions, dare to ask Shen Shilang, which classic did Yi Di say first appear?" ”

Shen Yu hesitated for a moment and replied: "The Analects of the Eight Hundred 'Yi Di is not as good as the Xia Zhi'. ”

"Wrong!"

Zhang Yuan's voice was not loud, but it was categorically clear: "The debate of Zhuxia Yidi was first seen in "Spring and Autumn", but what does Shen Shilang know about the debate of Huaxia Yidi in "Spring and Autumn"? ”

Zhang Yuan is the ruler of the "Spring and Autumn" scriptures, the first art was cut off during the examination, and it is the wonderful play of the "Spring and Autumn" question that still stands out, so no one dares to doubt Zhang Yuan's profound attainments in the "Spring and Autumn", in fact, "Spring and Autumn" and "Analects" are both from the hands of Confucius, Yi Di said in no particular order, but "Spring and Autumn" is a history book, from the first year of Lu Yin, the world's impression is of course that "Spring and Autumn" is older than "Analects", Zhang Yuan used this to give Shen Yu a dismount, first suppress Shen Yu's momentum -

Shen Yu's face turned red, and he angrily stopped answering Zhang Yuan's question.

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Did Shen Shilang throw aside the Four Books and Five Classics after he won the Jinshi, and really regarded the sages and sages as a stepping stone to his career, let me tell you, the "Spring and Autumn Period" said that the Chinese is only in today's Henan and Shandong, and Songgao Heluo is Yidi, Shaanxi belonged to Qin in ancient times, and "The Legend of the Ram" said, "What is it called Qin?" Yi Di Zhi Ye', in the next from Shaoxing, Shaoxing ancient Baiyue, Yi Di also, Shen Shilang is a native of Wucheng, Zhejiang, and also Yi Di——"

"Nonsense."

Shen Yu shouted angrily: "How can the Spring and Autumn Period be copied to the Ming Dynasty, my ancestor and my father, who have read the books of sages for generations, have nothing to do with Yidi." ”

Zhang Yuan waited for Shen Yu's words, and said loudly: "Shen Shilang is right, people with animal faces and evil hearts, although Chinese people, are not Yidi; Do good and righteous, self-cultivation and self-cultivation, although it is a remote country, it is also my friend of China, "Spring and Autumn Dew" ridiculed Zheng Vaxu, said Dizhi, Zheng Guofa is unrighteous, betrayal of the alliance and no faith, Yidi's line is also, so Di Zhi - so Huaxia and Yidi are not divided into regions, but in civilization and education, is it a state of etiquette, or a barbarian tribe, such as Jianzhou Nuerha Chi, Zhen Yi Di, and Matteo Ricci people, knowledgeable, admire my Chinese education, how can Yi Di disparage it? ”

———————————————————————

5,000 words, it's very difficult to write, it's more difficult to write than the debate of "Shangpin Hanshi", and the trail is exhaustive.

————————————————————————

Recommend two books: "Online Game: The Great Forbidden Spell Master", ISBN: 2570768, "Green Lantern Ghost Story", ISBN: 2331669, one is an online game, the other is a supernatural, please go to a look at the book friends who are interested, thank you book friends.