Chapter 36: Old Bottles, New Wine

"Don't look at the Zhen, Saga and Kongo clans surrendering at this time, but if it is really called the Zhen clan to monopolize Goryeo, and the Saga clan or the Kongo clan to monopolize Fuso, they may not really be willing to cede Jeju ......"

Lin Jian asked Jun Xun to snuggle up to his chest, casually touching her tender breasts, there are some things that don't need to be explained to Gu Tianqiao and Gu Siyuan, but they need to be told Jun Xun to relieve her confusion, so as not to make her cranky.

When Chongguan first met in the eighth year, Jun Xun was still a naïve girl who was just sixteen years old, and at this time she was a twenty-seven-year-old woman who was mature, bright and plump. It's just that over the years as the main mother, Jun Xun still has an innocent and delicate temperament that has not been completely taken off, although she may not be able to calm the inner house, but her temperament is especially loved by Lin Xuan.

Lin Tie sleeps, his hands like to touch indiscriminately, but Jun Xun presses his hand and doesn't let him move, but sometimes he listens to it, and the vital place falls into the clutches of Lin Tie, rubbing, rubbing, extremely sensitive, can't help but clamp, tight double strands, plump buttocks writhing uneasily, coquettishly said: "Straight to the point, what kind of mess to touch?" ”

Lin Tie held Jun Xun's waist and asked her to ride on him, Jun Xun was willing, but he couldn't resist Lin Tie's strength, so he opened his legs, and sat down with his waist against the big pestle, squeezing up so slippery and swollen, Jun Xun just weakly supported Lin Tie's chest, and said angrily: "What kind of conversation?" ”

Lin Lian grinned, wrapped his arms around Jun Xun's slender but extremely fleshy waist, and said: "The responsibility of the empire is to weaken the threat on the territory, but there is a royal way and a domineering way. For thousands of years, how many of the foreign domains Yanyi have been influenced by the royal road? When the empire was at its peak, it was naturally dismissive of the threat of foreign vassals, but when the empire was weak, it was so weak. Thinking about the rise of Yeji Department in Wulun Mountain, its Ding Zhuang is less than 10,000, even after controlling Yandong and Yanxi Zhuhu, Dingkou is especially less than 1 million, but the Central Plains is in Yanji, Jinzhong, and Guanzhong counties, and Dingkou is nearly 20 million, can it stop it? Compared with Yanhulai, Goryeo Dingkou is more than 5 million, and Fusang Dingkou is likely to be close to 20 million, to the future trend, it is really impossible to prevent one surname from ruling Goryeo and Fusang, how to eliminate the threat of Goryeo and Fusang to the Central Plains? The establishment of Jeju not only concerned the future control of Jeju by the central government, but also the question of how to eliminate the threat of Goryeo and Fusang to the Central Plains. Of course, I also have to give Zhengjun an explanation, I don't want everyone in the Lin family to keep their eyes on Zhengjun. ”

Gu Junxun was also worried that the turmoil would have a long-term negative impact on his daughter Jungjun, and if everyone agreed that Jungjun would go to Jeju to become a vassal in the future, the impact of the turmoil would naturally disappear - and he also deeply felt Lin Lian's intentions for her mother and daughter.

It's just that Jun Xun was ashamed to straddle Lin Lian's body and listen to him talk about family and country affairs in a serious manner, his hot face was pressed against Lin Lian's chest, and he shouted: "Don't listen, don't listen, how can you have the slightest appearance of governing the country and leveling the world......"

"Everyone in the world knows that I am the most anti-Confucian, how can the Confucian Eight Eyes restrain me?" Lin said with a grim face, but a thought flashed through his mind and stopped there. Jun Xun was embarrassed for a long time, and when he saw that Lin Lian was no longer messing around, he raised his head in confusion, looked at Lin Liancha's happy appearance, and asked, "Where does the husband want to go?" ”

"The eight eyes of Confucianism are for the purpose of Gewu, Zhizhi, sincerity, righteousness, self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world," Lin Jian asked Jun Xun as if he had an understanding, "What do you mean by the eyes of Gewu?" ”

"The former sages explained the 'Gewu', saying that the cultivation of the mind is not affected by things, and restores the knowledge of heavenly principles; and also said that the intellect is not affected by external objects, so that the mind knows the principles of heaven,...... "Jun Xun's family learning origins, when it comes to Confucianism and justice, he is more proficient than Lin Lian, and at this time, his mind is attracted to Lin Lian's inexplicable thoughts, and he can't care about his shame, and he opens his mouth to answer.

"If we simply interpret the two eyes of 'Gewu' and 'Zhizhi' as 'the reason of things to know', and regard the empirical verification as the only means to know the truth of things, then Confucianism may not be useless for me." Lin Jian said with some hesitation.

"How can the Confucian Eight Eyes be interpreted indiscriminately, and the motto 'Ge Elimination' means 'royal'?" Jun Xun said coquettishly.

"The etiquette of Gewu Zhizhi only says, 'Those who want to be sincere in their intentions should first know it, and then they will know it in Gewu, and then they will know it, and then they will know it sincerely," Lin Jian said, "As for the meaning of the word 'Ge', it is just that many Confucianists have interpreted it later." Others can interpret the meaning of 'royal' and 'elimination', so why can't I be trained as 'reasoning'? In the final analysis, how to explain the Confucian Eight Eyes is not just a means of politicians, the world does not obey me, I will let them know how cruel the righteousness of 'Ge' training is to 'Yu'! ”

Gu Junxun was stunned, when he knew what kind of murderous intention was hidden in Lin Lian's words.

The word "grid" is explained as "royal", and there are two well-known words, one is "out of place", and the other is "kill and don't discuss". If Lin Jian wants to use the military and political power he holds to reinterpret the Eight Eyes of Confucianism, even if he interprets the word 'Gewu' as shit, it may not be unsuccessful......

Of course, Lin Jian will not stand up and explain Confucianism by himself, as long as he has this intention, there are many people who want to do this.

"A reinterpretation of the Eight Eyes of Confucianism may buffer the sharp contradiction between the old and the new," Lin said, "and the stubborn elm lumps must always be given a step down the ......"

Lin Jian also knew that the biggest difference between him and this world was there.

When most people in the world think that the truth is known a priori, the first task is to cultivate the mind and cultivate morality; However, Lin Bin, who baptized later generations, has a concept that is fundamentally incompatible with the current mainstream, that is, he always believes that practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, which is the root of the distinctive style of "pragmatism and not retreat" of Huaidong's military and political affairs under his control.

The reason why Lin Tie admires miscellaneous craftsmanship is that in addition to the practicality of miscellaneous craftsmanship, the main point is that miscellaneous craftsmanship is different from the mainstream and is the most important empirical science in the world; It's just that it has been suppressed by the mainstream and official schools for thousands of years, and it is difficult to form an academic system that can compete with mainstream Confucianism.

Lin Lian's current efforts did not have the luxury of suggesting a new system of learning that could compete with the old school, but to forcibly make the concept of "empirical verification" accepted by the world.

Can Lin Jian expect a massive eclipse observation to completely overthrow the foundation of the old school? Will a whole new empirical science be established? Lin Jian didn't have such extravagant hopes, he wanted the world to understand the truth of "verified by evidence" or "verified by measurement".

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The next day, Lin Jian summoned Gao Zongting, Lin Mengde, Song Fu, Sun Jingxuan and others to discuss the reinterpretation of the Confucian Eight Purposes.

Lin Mengde, Sun Jingxuan, Ge Siyu and others were either born in businessmen, or from Huibang, or from craftsmen, with the strongest pragmatic style, and they were also the most determined anti-old scholars in Huaidong's military and political affairs.

Gao Zongting and Lin Mengde looked at each other and smiled bitterly, they were particularly deeply impregnated with Confucianism since childhood, but the creation of a new empire will inevitably involve the adoption of a set of theories as the basis for governing the state system.

Reinterpreting the eight objectives of Confucianism, removing the a priori known parts of the Confucian scriptures that do not conform to the new theory, and reforming Confucianism may be the only way to reconcile the contradictions between the old and the new.

Otherwise, the old school will not bow its head, and with Lin Bin's strong style of governance, he may kill the Confucian scholars in the world one day and open the way for the new school.

"The Lord thinks, or a new way; Xu was invited by Zuo Xiang and Hu Xiang to discuss - Zuo and Hu should have superb insights in Confucianism, which is beyond our reach. Song Fu said.

Those who can enter the sea as jinshi and the first are all proficient in Confucianism, which is currently an official school, and Zuo Chengmu and Hu Wenmu are naturally among the best.

"Then you talk to Zuo Hu Ergong about this matter in private, I'm afraid that Zuo Gong and Hu Gong are also elm pimples, and they will spray me with saliva." Lin Jian has never been good at scriptures and interpretations, he can put forward an idea, but the specific work is not something he can participate in at all. If he really wants to debate with Zuo Chengmu and them, he may not be able to argue with a hundred mouths, and he also knows that he needs to hide his clumsiness when necessary, as long as Gao Zongting and Song Fu carry out his intentions.

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"How did you come up to this?" Everyone retreated, leaving Song Jia alone in the study to assist Lin Tie in handling official business, she was with Lin Tie all day long, Lin Tie could have any intentions, almost always talked to her first, and felt strange that Lin Tie suddenly proposed a new interpretation of Confucianism.

Lin Jian naturally wouldn't tell Song Jia that he had a whimsical idea last night when he was under Jun Xun to "govern the country and level the world", but he just avoided the important and said lightly: "Establishing a new school is very contradictory to the old school, I can suppress it at this time, but it is not a long-term method after all; An effective strategy has always been to divide the enemy, win over the people who can be won over by the enemy, and achieve the goal of weakening and destroying the enemy; Even if the goal of thoroughly reforming Confucianism cannot be achieved, it is necessary to divide Confucianism into two factions, the old and the new, and let them fight each other, so as to weaken the resistance to the popularization of Confucianism......"

"You're as treacherous as a fox!" Song Jia thinks about it, whether it is military and political affairs or daily affairs, there are only a few effective guiding principles, and dividing hostile forces or resistance has always been one of the most effective means.

Lin Jian said to Song Jia again: "You prepare a letter for me to Zhao Shuhan and Zhang Yubo, and explain these points thoroughly in the letter; The embarrassment that Zhao Shuhan and Zhang Yubo are in at the moment, in the final analysis, is that they cannot completely break with the old tradition, but they no longer accept the old tradition, and it may be easier to accept the practice of filling these old bottles with new wine. ”

"You're asking them to cover their ears and steal the bell?" Song Jia asked.

"No," Lin Jian shook his head and said, "I want them to understand the survival of the fittest......

"Survival of the fittest?" Song Jia asked suspiciously, "What's the solution?" ”

Lin Jian patted his head, survival of the fittest is a common word after the popularization of natural evolution and evolutionary theory, and people are naturally very unfamiliar with it, he said: "The situation has changed, we must actively adapt to this change, in order to survive better, instead of just thinking about the benefits of the old times and stubborn; Huaidong's ability to have today's situation actually stems from this...... Although the general trend is like this, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be recurrence. I made up my mind to send Jungjun to the vassal in the future, and I was afraid that there would be a repetition in Jiangning, but I could finally keep some of the new fire in Jeju......"

Song Jia can naturally understand Lin Lian's painstaking efforts, and can understand the thoughts he used in Jeju.

Jeju is a newly built city, and the social atmosphere is the most civilized, and the old Confucians fundamentally regarded Jeju as a barbaric land, and they did not want to go to Jeju to take root in their hearts; Therefore, Jeju is an excellent fertile ground for new schools to take root and flourish and be the least hindered by old theories.

In addition to sending his most trusted protégé Chen Ize to preside over Jeju, Lin Jian also had a purpose in banishing Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan to Jeju.

On the surface, it seems that Zhang Yubo and Zhao Shuhan are against Huaidong, but their essence has been separated from the old Confucianism.

Zhao Shuhan is actually a more representative figure of Xinxue than Jiang Yue and Song Shixian, and Lin Jian now wants Zhao Shuhan to supervise the Jeju Stargazing Observatory, which is actually to completely apply the means of "practical verification" of Xinxue to observe the celestial phenomena and the sea of stars, and prepare for the establishment of the new theory; Lin Jian also allowed Zhao Shuhan to open a school in Jeju, hoping that Zhao Shuhan could really plant the seeds of new learning in Jeju and prevent the old Confucianism from interfering with the formation of a powerful and deep-rooted academic school.

Zhang Yubo advocated not abolishing the emperor, but hoped that Lin Jian would be a powerful minister, but he actually wanted to find a balance between the old and the new, not against Lin Lian's ruling - he just wanted to pay attention to the maintenance of order; In the final analysis, he just thinks that Lin Jian has set up a new dynasty, which is just a new reincarnation similar to the former Chen and Yuan Yue. Zhang Yubo had no bad intentions, but his idea was not strange if Lin Jian and the Privy Council and the military department were far away.

Zhang Yubo is very eye-catching in Jiangning, but with him in Jeju, it is not necessarily bad.

Lin Jian made the eldest daughter of Jeju a vassal in Jeju, so that Jeju could be separated from Goryeo and Fusang forever, which was only one purpose. The main purpose of Lim Jian was to ensure that Jeju would have a nominal supreme clan in the future, so that it could maintain a relatively independent or autonomous status, so that the development of Sinhak in Jeju would be less affected by the fierce struggle on the central side.

Knowing the news that Ye Ji Baishi led his troops to Goryeo to participate in the war, although he knew that this might be an opportunity that the military department could seize at present, Lin Jian still carried out a relatively stable military deployment before the step-by-step implementation, and the main purpose, the various things he was doing now, needed a relatively stable external environment.