Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong quickly fought, and the two had similar combat effectiveness, so they were always tied, and no one could help anyone. And the people around didn't expect that this time it would evolve into a full martial arts. Originally, it was just a battle between literati, but two generals actually fought. This kind of strange thing has never been done in a thousand years. This matter soon spread throughout Chang'an, and even Li Shimin was alarmed, and quickly brought the courtiers over to check.

When Li Shimin came over with the ministers, he saw that Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin were fighting with each other, and immediately expelled the people away, after all, if the people were allowed to go down, the face of Datang would be lost, and if it was spread out, I thought that Datang was going to have a coup!

"You two idiots, do you still think you are the general of the Tang Dynasty? How ugly it is to get out of the street fights. Li Shimin couldn't help but scolded loudly.

Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong immediately saluted Li Shimin, and then said loudly together: "Your Majesty, please be the master of your ministers!"

"You two idiots don't hurry up and get things straight." Li Shimin said angrily.

Cheng Biting Jin and Wei Chigong made clear what had just happened. Li Shimin's face immediately turned extremely dark, he really didn't expect things to happen like this. But when something happens, it must be resolved, otherwise the impact will be so bad! The two generals of the Tang Dynasty actually fought, and it was for the literati to fight, what kind of.

At this time, it was Zhang Fei's turn to play.

"Doctor of Four Disciplines, Zhang Chao has seen His Majesty the Emperor," Zhang Chao took the initiative to salute and said.

After Li Shimin saw Zhang Chao coming, he immediately said unceremoniously: "Zhang Chao, what's going on with this?" How did the students of the four disciplines quarrel with the students of the Taixue, how can you, as a doctor of the four disciplines, not know at all! ”

At this time, Zhang Chao immediately said the matter lightly. In the end, it was summarized as one article, saying: "Your Majesty, in the final analysis, this matter is actually an academic dispute, and as a result, the students who are too learned to debate can't compete with the students of our four disciplines, and they start beating people." Our students were indignant because their classmates were beaten. came to seek justice for his classmates, and this is when the conflict occurred. As for the fight between General Cheng Yanjin and General Wei Chigong, this also makes us feel inexplicable. “

When Li Shimin heard this, he immediately said lightly: "Since this time originated from an academic dispute, then don't expand it casually, the students of Taixue apologized to the students of the four schools, and everything was resolved." What do you think of my handling of this? ”

The students of the four schools immediately said: "The emperor is wise!"

But the students who studied too much stopped doing it, and immediately shouted one after another.

"Your Majesty. This matter can't be just settled, if this matter is just settled, where will we put the face of learning too much? ”

"Your Majesty, it's obvious that these mud-legged people of the Four Sects have slandered us for being too learned, why should we apologize to him? The vast majority of our Taixue students are scholars, why should our scholars apologize to the mud legs? ”

When Zhang Chao heard this, he snorted coldly in his heart: "These scholars will not give up the so-called nobility until they die, they are for the sake of the so-called noble face." Looking down on the ordinary people of the Hanmen Shu clan, there is no right or wrong in their eyes. Only whether the bloodline is noble or not, whether it is a scholar or not. My highest goal in coming to this world is to send them to hell with the so-called nobility. ”

When Li Shimin heard what the Taixue student said, he immediately said unhappily: "How are you going to solve it?"

"Your Majesty, since this matter is caused by an academic dispute, then we will also debate with the students of the four schools to see who is good at learning. Didn't the students of the four disciplines slander our university students for debating, but they beat them because of their debates? We're letting them know now. Our students are so much better at learning than the mud legs they learned in the four disciplines. A prestigious Taixue student said.

And this proposal was approved by the students of the four schools, because the students of the four studies have long been unhappy with these students. On weekdays, there are also a lot of education funds for Taixue, and those officials from the scholar clan use the power in their hands to give Taixue a large amount of education funds, and Simenxue can only eat some leftovers, which has long made the students of Simenxue very dissatisfied. Not to mention. They are not yet a class, and there is a class struggle mixed in them, so many students of the four schools hope to take this opportunity to prove their ability and tell those students who are too academic that they are no worse than them. Maybe now the emperor can pay attention to it, and he can soar to the sky.

"Well, since you all have no opinion, what can I say?" Li Shimin said.

Li Yifu came up at this time and took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, I also mentioned a sentence of Analects before, and I and Tai students have different opinions, so this is the conflict. In that case, let's start with this Analect! ”

"Okay, what is this Analect?" Li Shimin said.

"'The Son said, Let the people make it impossible to know it.' We have a conflict in the understanding of this Analect, and according to the understanding given by Dr. Zhang Chao of our four disciplines, this Analect should be broken as 'the people can make it.' No, let it be known. The meaning of this sentence is that if the people can recognize the court, then they will not be left alone. However, if the people do not approve of the court, then the court should teach them the truth, guide them to understand the truth, and then be loyal to the court. This is Dr. Zhang's explanation, and I think it makes a lot of sense. Li Yifu said.

But some Taixue students immediately said: "Your Majesty, this is very ridiculous. The meaning of the sage Confucius is that 'the people can make it happen, but they can't know it.' The meaning of this is that the people must be used, but the people cannot be made to know why. If the people knew why, wouldn't anyone be qualified to use someone else? Therefore, I think it is necessary for the people to be made, but it is absolutely impossible for the people to know why they are being made. Because the people are born to obey the rule of our nobles, if the people know this, then they are not also qualified to become officials? The officials of the court should be held by the nobles, not by the common people. If the people can understand the truth, then what else do we need to do with the court officials and scholars? ”

When this Taixue student said this, it was called a righteous word, as if he was also righteous. If you don't know, look at his righteous words, and think that he is righteous! But actually. He is just a guy who is full of bad water, full of stomach for the interests of his own nobles, in order to be able to monopolize the official power of the imperial court, and to be able to control local forces to bargain with the emperor. And the so-called remarks that the people can make it and cannot be known are actually very likely to be these scholars in order to protect their own interests. Choose the policy of foolishness to rule conveniently.

However, Li Yifu immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this is not the case. I think it should be ......"

"How can you explain the Analects of Sage Confucius, can't our Cui family's explanations be counted?" The student surnamed Cui said immediately.

"Is it only up to you scholars to interpret the Confucian classics?" Li Yifu asked.

"Yes, only our scholars are qualified to explain, you mud-legged people are not qualified to explain at all!" The student surnamed Cui said proudly.

Zhang Chao knew that these scholars also held the so-called right to interpret the Confucian classics, and they took the opportunity to monopolize the right to interpret the Confucian classics through their academic achievements hundreds of years ago. In this way, they ruled the people academically, and then the people had to act according to the methods of the Confucian classics, but they had the right to interpret the Confucian classics. In fact, this is to fool the people through this method. Only foolish people are the choice that is beneficial to them.

First of all, the people can make it unknowable, and they deliberately interpret it in their favor, so that they can control the minds of the people!

"But have you forgotten? The saints of Confucius also have threesomes, and there must be my teacher, is there anyone who is not ashamed to ask? So, why can't I explain this? Li Yifu asked.

Li Yifu immediately said: "Sage Confucius once said that there is no class in teaching. What is education? That is, anyone can be educated, not picked. Since the sage of Confucius can say that there is no class. How could he possibly say what the people could do and what they could not know? ”

And the student surnamed Cui has nothing to say, because this educated and classless is the general who "the people can make it but not know". Confucius was able to say that there is no class in teaching, what a great educator he was, he advocated that anyone could teach, and even he devoted most of his energy to the cause of education. And his students are all from their own backgrounds. There are even those who are born in business. And such a difference in origin is enough to prove that Confucius actually did not choose students, and there was no deliberate policy of fooling the people. Even his willingness to teach students from merchant backgrounds is enough to show that he did not discriminate against merchants. Confucius did not discriminate against merchants, but why did later Confucianism discriminate against merchants?

These are just the ghosts of those later rulers. It is the ruling class that has chosen to distort the Confucian classics in order to protect their own interests. From Dong Zhongshu back then, to the later scholars, they all used their so-called cultural interpretation rights to serve their own interests. And they fool the people through these so-called interpretation rights, and in the end they can do it to bully the ignorance of the people. Only when the people have been fooled can they rule in their favor. If the people are all very intelligent, then of course they are not conducive to their rule. Once the people are wise, they will not believe in their so-called nobility. Their nobility is not worth mentioning, and a truly literate person will not recognize the so-called innate nobility. A literate person will try to change his class and destiny. Therefore, these so-called inherently noble theories are untenable, so they will desperately try to fool the people.

But now it was pointed out very unceremoniously by Li Yifu, saying that what the Confucian sage said was that there is no class, so it is simply a general to the scholars.

"In that case, let's let Dr. Kong Yingda answer. Dr. Kong Yingda is not only profound in Confucianism, but also recognized by the whole Tang Dynasty. And he is still a descendant of Sage Confucius, so he understands this truth very well. So, let's ask Dr. Kong Yingda to answer. Someone said right away.

And Kong Yingda scolded in his heart, this period was also involved in himself, and he was really shot while lying down.

"Kong Yingda Aiqing, tell me, how should this sentence be broken and how should it be explained?" Li Shimin laughed.

And Kong Yingda heard Li Shimin's words, and then couldn't help but twitch in his heart. Although Li Shimin didn't say anything clearly, the meaning of this is very obvious. That is to ask Kong Yingda to answer according to Zhang Chao's sentence breaking method. This also shows that Sage Confucius did not have the idea of foolishness.

But Kong Yingda is very in danger, because if he caters to the emperor, he will definitely be unlucky in the future, because the scholar class will not let him go. The scholars relied on the foolish people to get benefits, but now Kong Yingda actually didn't help them, which made them hate Kong Yingda very much. And Kong Yingda is a descendant of the Confucian saint. That is naturally the right to have the final interpretation. If Kong Yingda explained that Sage Kong did not have the idea of fooling the people, then it would be tantamount to a stage where the ruling foundation of the scholar clan had been torn apart, and it would be troublesome to block it.

Of course, Li Shimin hopes that Kong Yingda will follow Zhang Chao's explanation, because Li Shimin still hopes to open up people's wisdom. If the people's wisdom is not opened, then in the end the emperor will still be controlled by the scholars. If the people's wisdom is opened, everyone can get the opportunity to study, then the emperor can be truly stable! At that time, the emperor can promote anyone he wants, and he doesn't have to care about the face of the scholar clan at all. Therefore, Li Shimin forced Kong Yingda to explain according to Zhang Chao's method, which can be said to be an effective tear in a huge gap in the network of fools established by the Shi clan. Li Shimin didn't think of starting here before. That's a really important killer feature.

"Your Majesty, Dr. Zhang Chao is right, this is what the ancestors meant." Kong Yingda finally said.

As soon as Kong Yingda said this, the whole situation immediately changed, which also shows that Zhang Chao's explanation is correct. And those Taixue students also looked at Kong Yingda with anger on their faces, obviously very angry. And Kong Yingda also couldn't say it, because Li Shimin kept hinting next to him that it really killed him. If you help the nobles. That is, it will be worn by the scholars in the near future, but if you don't help Li Shimin. I'm afraid I'll have small shoes to wear right away. Since Li Shimin's threat is burning his eyebrows, then Kong Yingda is also helping Li Shimin.

"Hey, Confucian!" Zhang Chao finally sighed in his heart.

Zhang Chao was also completely disappointed in Confucianism, and these Confucians actually couldn't stand the test one by one. They have faced great power, and they have never really insisted on what they have seen. These Confucian people, they started with Dong Zhongshu. In order to gain the support of the government, in order to gain the support of the rulers, they have also started an evil path. They choose to want to be supported, and then change their thinking in favor of the ruler. Those Confucian students don't have much backbone at all, they are just trying to cater to the rulers. They were in order to cater to the rulers. They did not hesitate to abandon the teachings of their ancestors, and then they deliberately misinterpreted those Confucian classics, and then made piles of garbage out of context.

When those Confucians faced foreign invaders, they also chose to cooperate, and they also supported whoever was willing to support their Confucianism. And they can always find the theoretical basis for the ruler to rule from the Confucian classics, which is the so-called sin of desire. As long as they want to, they can find a rationale for it and then make excuses for the rulers. Even if the ruler is cruel and unkind, they are able to glorify the people as caring for the people in order to please the ruler.

Therefore, since Dong Zhongshu, Confucianism has long since changed its flavor and has become a school of thought that is constantly changing for the sake of the ruler's rule. They don't have any spiritual ideas of their own, they have all become totalitarian ideas, they just succumb to power, they don't have any real opinions. Whatever power asks them to do, they will do and will never disobey. Now even Kong Yingda, a descendant of Confucius, is like this, and for the benefit of Emperor Li Shimin, he can also "defect". You must know that in the past, those scholars also thought that Confucius should be a fool, and they deliberately removed Confucius's idea of education and classlessness, and deliberately ignored this education and classlessness. On the other hand, however, he advocated that the people could not know what the people could do, so that the foolish people could obtain a theoretical basis. Then they can fool the people and let their family monopolize this officialdom and monopolize the right to rule.

Therefore, Kong Yingda has long ceased to be a true Confucian, and they have long since become a school of thought that is constantly changing in order to cater to power. This will certainly allow the school to continue to be extended, but it will not benefit the country or the nation.

And Kong Yingda's "apostasy" dealt a serious blow to the scholars. Their idea of foolishness has been opened up by Kong Yingda, a "traitor", because Kong Yingda has admitted that Confucianism does not have the idea of foolishness, so that they can no longer be righteous foolish. Kong Yingda is a descendant of Confucius. In this way, what he said has a high right of interpretation, so the foolish thinking of the scholar clan is untenable.

Soon, this discussion was dispersed, and this argument that the people could make it impossible to know it spread throughout Chang'an.

"Hmph, Kong Yingda is actually afraid of the emperor? actually said what he meant by agreeing with Zhang Chao. Don't he know how much damage this has done to our nobles? Zheng Xuanyi said.

But Zheng Xuanyi's sister said: "Brother, this time is a game for our Shi clan, and I'm afraid that it will be impossible for our Shi clan to continue to fool the people, at least in terms of foolishness, we can't stand it." ”

However, that Zheng Xuanyi said; "It doesn't matter, just let those mud legs win a game first, and our warriors will be able to clean them up as long as they have a backhand. Our noblemen are rich and have official positions. What can they have? They have no wealth, they don't have official positions, and they want to be officials to see if we agree. More than eighty percent of the official positions in the imperial court are now owned by our scholars, can they still do anything? As long as we occupy the position of the top level, then they can't go to the top level, so what can they do? ”

But Zheng Xuanyi's sister frowned, and then said, "Brother, you don't have to take the official position too seriously. Official positions are really nothing. ”

"Nothing in office? They don't have official positions, so why should they fight with our warriors? Zheng Xuanyi said disdainfully.

But Zheng Xuanyi's sister still said: "Brother." The official position is really nothing. The official position is just a tool used by the court to rule the people, but no matter how good the tool is, it must be controlled by people in the end. What if they don't have an official position, the official position is just a manifestation. And if our foundation is wounded, then even if we occupy an official position, what can we do? ”

"How is this useless? As long as we have occupied the top positions. So what else can I be afraid of? Zheng Xuanyi asked.

That Zheng Xuanyi's sister shook her head and said, "Brother, I said it all, our foundation is not an official position. You don't take the official position too seriously, even if the official position occupies the position of the prime minister, then the prime minister must have someone to listen to him in order to become the prime minister. If no one listens to him. So how can he become a prime minister? Even if it is an emperor, there are more emperors who have been hollowed out by powerful ministers since ancient times. So the official position is just the leaves of a tree, and even if the leaves are removed, it won't take long to grow. And if the roots of the tree die, the whole tree will collapse. Therefore, what we need to guard against is not official positions, but we should pay attention to our foundation. ”

"Daughter, I think our scholar clan should strive to get more official positions and squeeze out the poor. As long as we control the official position, how can those mud-legged people fight with us? Jung In-ki said.

But Zheng Renji's daughter sighed, obviously the current scholars don't pay attention to the cold door and don't take the cold door seriously. They still focused the battlefield on official positions. However, they ignored that productivity had gradually increased by the Tang Dynasty, and more and more Hanmen Shu had begun to have the opportunity to study. Once the educated people account for more and more of the population, then among all the educated people, the proportion of the Hanmen Shu people is increasing. Will they still be subject to the rule of the nobles? At that time, the strength of the Hanmen Shu clan will become stronger and stronger, so will they, the scholars, be able to stop the Hanmen Shu clan?

The bloodline thinking of the scholar clan is too strict, and this is the foundation on which the scholar clan relies on unity. However, it is also destined to be the core of the demise of the scholars. This idea of noble blood caused the scholars to use blood as a basis for unity and reject people of other bloodlines. However, if a family is only a handful of people in the world, and if it wants to rule everyone with a small number of people, and refuses to give up benefits, then this will definitely not work.

"Father, if one day your daughter chooses to stand on Zhang Chao's side, what will you think?" Jung In-ki's daughter said suddenly.

"What?" Both Jung In-gi and Jung Hyun-yi were shocked. (To be continued......)