Section 47: Desperate for life
In the Yun family's flower room, Li Er sat squarely under the cucumber stand, without a chair, and specially ordered a blanket to be spread on the ground. The eldest grandson knelt beside him, and there was a small table in front of him, on which there was a small red clay stove commonly used by the Yun family, and the light blue flames licked the bottom of the copper kettle, and the water was about to boil, making a slight sizzling sound. Yun Ye knelt opposite Li Er, and there was also a small desk in front of him, except for a white porcelain teacup, there was only pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.
This is a very formal playbook.
Dong Zhongshu's dedication to Confucian treasures made the Three Principles and Five Constants, the Elder and the Young Respect and Humility fixed in an irreversible way as far back as the Han Dynasty, and he believed that all things were born with a purpose. The will of heaven wants to be unified, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty is ordered by heaven to rule. The princes of each feudal kingdom were appointed by the emperor, and the ministers were appointed by the king. In terms of family relations, sons are ordered by their fathers, and wives are ordered by their husbands, and these layers of ruling relationships are all done according to the will of heaven. Can Majesty be the same? Yun Ye asked the emperor after reciting the general idea of Dong Zhongshu's thoughts in history.
"The young and the old are orderly, there is a difference between respect and inferiority, Dong Zhongshu is very kind!" Li Er is the emperor, such an answer is not unexpected by Yun Ye, his brother is a thorough utilitarian. He killed anyone with a single sentence to attack the fundamental possibility of the imperial power of the Heavenly Grant, Yun Ye would not be stupid enough to lift Li Er's scales.
"Wechen told a story to His Majesty, a ridiculous story with no immortals, no rotation of the five virtues, and no participation of yin and yang, and after telling it, the minister will give you a detailed explanation of what Wechen has learned."
The eldest grandson poured a cup of tea for Li Er and Yun Ye, didn't make a sound, and sat back in his seat.
Yun Ye briefly told Li Er what he knew about the history of human evolution, of course, he would not say that man evolved from monkeys, only that human beings started from mastering fire, opening up their spiritual intelligence, and then to the invention of various tools, each invention has brought great momentum to human society, from bows and arrows, to fishing nets, to traps, from hunting to farming, from wearing leaves to dressing, from living in caves, to having a nest, to wooden houses, and then to the walled city.
From the prototype of human beings to the establishment of society, and then to the legend of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, it has always been inseparable from the improvement of tools and the invention of new things, and every improvement is the gospel of mankind.
Li Er was silent, he had never heard such an explanation of human trajectories, at first glance it sounded a little absurd, but when he thought about it carefully, it made a lot of sense, the more he thought about it, the more upset he became, which was completely beyond the scope of his understanding.
"All you have to do is tell me the truth of these things." Li Er was annoyed and angry, because he couldn't understand at all, his brain was flickered into a mess by Yun Ye, and he had long lost his normal thinking ability. Yun Ye was also annoyed, and muttered to himself in his heart, if Lao Tzu didn't say that he had leaked his mouth, would he tell an ancient man a brief history of tools?
"The minister just wants to ask His Majesty, obviously the invention and innovation will bring me great benefits to the Tang Dynasty, why did Weichen only give fifteen rewards for the car?"
Li Er's mouth couldn't close: "You sat on the swing rack for two days, and you were thinking about the fifteen yuan in your heart?" ”
"Your Majesty, don't say fifteen runs, even fifteen thousand runs, the ministers won't take it to heart, the wechen just want to ask, since the car, thirsty, overturned car is so important, why is the court so poor? How much thought a person will spend on improving these agricultural tools until they are modified, his majesty must also know in his heart, why turn a blind eye to their merits? ”
"The minister today and to His Majesty is the study of things, it includes astronomy, physics, geometry, biology, mathematics, navigation can be said to be all-encompassing, he will play a vital role in war, people's livelihood, and the strength of the country, why do the court guilds think it is a joke? Iron smelting, casting, building, not important? Potatoes, horseshoes, useless for the imperial court? ..., "We are hungry for the best armaments, we are hungry for the most productive grain, we are hungry for the finest silk, why is the imperial court, as the master of the country, indifferent?" Why did Wei Chen write last time I hoped to find a few more talents in Kewu, but I didn't know what to say? Confucianism can indeed arm our minds, but who will arm our hands? "The minister sat for two days, but he didn't understand such a simple truth, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu would think of it? Since his birth, the minister has formed a deep friendship with my Datang, and Datang has also reciprocated the minister's deepest love. Weichen doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick and repeatedly rude to His Majesty, His Majesty Xià is a smile, even against the emperor, Weichen is only grounded for three days, Niangniang knelt down for me and pleaded, the prince regarded me as a brother and a friend, how to repay these affectionate friendships? ”
"The minister originally packed his luggage and prepared to no longer set foot in Chang'an in three years, ready to record the knowledge taught by the teacher, and then teach a few disciples, and spend a free life in the jade mountain, but he didn't want to sit alone on the swing frame and think about the bits and pieces in Chang'an, thinking of His Majesty, Niangniang, the prince, and the Houenchen are very ashamed, as a courtier, he pretends to turn a blind eye to the disadvantages and wanders alone, which is really against the virtue of the minister. After thinking hard about the good strategy, I found that only by carrying forward the science of things can we solve this knot. Let me Datang always be in the ordnance, build the city, and be at the highest peak in the world, Your Majesty has the mind of accepting all rivers, please forgive Weichen for being rude. After saying that, he bowed down.
The flower room was so quiet that Li Er was silent, the eldest grandson was silent, and Yun Ye was about to fall asleep on the blanket. "You're telling me the truth, you were born alone, not a pawn thrown by that academic sect?"
After all, Li Er still didn't trust Yun Ye, a person who had disappeared for fifteen years, and Yun Ye's temptation of Dong Zhongshu just now aroused his suspicions.
"The minister's master is unique, the minister is unique, there is no one in this world who can drive my master, although the minister does not have the talent of the master, his old man's character has learned a lot."
"Confucianism is the object of contempt of the master, Mohist is the object of ridicule of the master, Taoism? Vertical and horizontal family? Soldiers? The master probably understands a little bit. Yun Ye didn't understand why Li Er always wanted to connect him with those disappeared sects.
"Listening to you, your master and apprentice seem to know a little bit about the secrets of these sects, why?" In this damn era, a lot of knowledge is passed on by word of mouth, and the law is not passed on to the six ears, Yun Ye does know a little more.
"Damn the Hundred Schools, you killed me." Yun Ye smiled bitterly in his heart, in the future generations of TV on the strange trends of thought, the doctrine is like a flood, who knows what he has learned. I can't even admit it to death!
"Your Majesty, what the master teaches, the disciple learns, where does Weichen know, anyway, the master said, the black dog and the yellow dog, the one who can drive away the wolf is a good dog, so I have learned some." "Xiao Ye, this palace knows that you plan to pass on your master's knowledge, this is the responsibility of the sons of people, this palace plans to find you a few students, can you?" Empress Eldest Sun spoke, and it is estimated that this is also Li Er's idea, and he did not personally come forward to support Xinxue.
Yun Ye sighed, today's hard work was in vain, Lao Tzu finally got serious, but he didn't achieve his goal, and he didn't even give a promise!
The powerful Confucianism is now only in the early days to show the domineering of the unseen, and when Zhu Xi appeared, he began to eat people, the women in modern Chinese history are sorry, you still continue to bind your feet, I can't save you.
"I thought you would give me an adult woman, but I didn't expect it to be just a child, or not, I have time to wait. You can record your master's knowledge in the Zhuangzi with peace of mind, and send it to Chang'an every volume, I want to see it, and I will give you a chance to persuade me. Li Er said with a smile.
Yun Ye stood up with a loud voice: "Really? ”
"Of course!"
"You don't have any jokes?"
Yun Ye was kicked.