Chapter 30 Vernacular Essay Scheme

Kong Xilu was overjoyed.

Another imperial examination was held. Although it was said to be the last time, it was enough for him to have a group of new people enter the imperial court, and at the same time, establish four academies and let them preside over them.

Isn't this a big convenience for them?

Arguably, what they want. In He Xikai's conditions, they all got it.

Kong Xilu said, "Thank you, sir."

He Xi said, "No thanks, I also have something for you to do. If you want to, you can say anything, and if you don't, you haven't heard of it."

Kong Xilu was stunned for a moment, and secretly said in his heart, "Is this right?"

In his mind, He Xi has never been a good talker. Now that it's suddenly so easy to talk, there must be something wrong with it. Hearing He Xi say that he had a request, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Kong Xilu said, "Your Excellency, please speak."

He Xi said: "You go back to the imperial court, and on the grounds of simplicity, ask the imperial court to write documents in the future, practice the vernacular, and confirm that the simplified Chinese is the correct character."

This is also the most important thing for He Xi.

He Xi's evaluation of what he has done over the years is too pragmatic.

Pragmatism is not bad.

Between the virtual and the real, there is an influence on each other.

He Xi created a lot of things, which can be regarded as the establishment of a new government system. But these systems, in the eyes of many people, are a measure of rights and interests, and an emergency strategy in a war. It's not a long-term solution.

Many people in the Manchu Dynasty want to return to the Hongwu period in their hearts, and it seems that the Hongwu period is the most perfect. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang killed too few people back then.

In fact, He Xi can also be understood.

However, it is a ploy to crush the living with the dead.

This kind of means, He Xi doesn't care. I don't think I can get on the table. But the problem is that people's desire is a big problem. It's hard to change what others think.

He Xi was just immersed in things before and straightened out one thing after another. Got it. It's done. In terms of retreat, it is more a matter of legal and political logic.

For example, the jurisprudence of the Ming Emperor was changed from the Mandate of Heaven to the will of the people. Let the emperor's identity change from the son of heaven, the herdsman of the sky, to the lord of the people, trusted by the people of the world, and preside over the great affairs of the world.

But these things, ordinary people don't really care too much.

The average person will not care about the basic logic of American political correctness.

Therefore, He Xi actually ceded the aesthetic right to the old Confucian scholars.

What is beautiful and what is not, what is good and what is bad, these may seem like simple questions, but they represent fundamental questions. If everyone in the world feels that the policy implemented by He Xi is temporary, urgent, unavoidable, and expedient, then it is inevitable that He Xi's policy will be overturned in the future.

Therefore, He Xi must reverse this situation from the perspective of public opinion.

Of course, He Xi didn't want to mention this matter at the conference, after all, half of the conference is a façade matter, and the other half is what really needs to be solved.

It is necessary to implement vernacular and simplified characters.

First of all, it is the explosive growth of government affairs in the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of documents and archives exist, which naturally have nothing to do with ancient texts.

There are also requirements in various aspects, which are too inconvenient for the ancients.

Secondly, He Xi started with the vernacular first, which was culturally separated from the previous one. It can be said that as soon as the vernacular text comes out, it can be concluded that before He Xi, it was ancient, and after He Xi, at least in modern times.

It is also the attitude of He Xi's determination to pull the world's public opinion from the hands of scholars to the hands of the citizens.

Although He Xi had already started a newspaper, it was not enough.

Because of the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were not too many literate people in the whole of China. Newspapers were more often circulated in the hands of officials and scholars, and even became a tool for political struggle. But the public opinion they influence is only the upper echelons of scholars. It has nothing to do with the lower classes of the people at all.

However, He Xi also noticed. With the development of Beijing's industry, in fact, there are low-level technicians, who are not very literate, but they are very literate, because if they are illiterate, many jobs are difficult to carry out.

In the process of industrial development, he has also earned dividends and has the ability to let his children go to school.

But these people have nothing to do with the ancient texts.

If the war of public opinion, if it is in the field of ancient literature, then it is not impossible for He Xi to win, but it is just difficult. After all, sometimes it is harder to change a person's mind than to kill him.

Therefore, He Xi wanted to make sure that the vernacular was the official orthodoxy.

In this way, the situation is different.

This is one thing, He Xi has to do it sooner or later. It's just that I took it out today and made an exchange with Kong Xilu. After all, Kong Xilu and the Jiangnan scholars behind him represent the cultural aesthetics of this era.

If they had come forward, the turmoil would have been smaller, and there would have been more people scolded.

Yes, He Xi is very clear. If he does this thing, there will definitely be a big turmoil. In fact, the vernacular Wen He Xi has been implemented on a small scale. A lot of people don't care, after all, in their opinion, it's hard to get into the hall.

Just like Japanese and Korean, in ancient times, these so-called languages were just made up for learning Chinese. In North Korea and Japan, only people of low status will learn.

And the vernacular is the same.

Let the vernacular language replace the ancient language and become orthodox. This is simply unacceptable to many old stubborns. There will definitely be a storm.

Of course, these people just have some academic influence. Politically, it can't stop He Xi from doing anything. But He Xi still thinks that it is better to let these people come forward and bear the infamy instead of himself. At least, let Dr. Jiangnan support himself in this matter.

It's also a vote.

It's just that this petition is not easy to make?

This request stunned Kong Xilu. Don't know how to answer?

In his opinion, the sage's subtle words and righteousness are not comparable to those so-called vernacular texts. Personally, this is one thing that he must not do.

But these words came out of his mouth.

The reason is simple.

Kong Xilu is not a person, and he does not represent himself. He opened his mouth happily here, and behind him was the Nankong lineage that was buried by him.

What made Kong Xilu even more uneasy was that he thought that those people behind him might really agree?

Yes, he thought at first that it would definitely not work. But if you can ensure the status and inheritance of your family, maybe it's not impossible.

He's like that himself. Not to mention others.

Those who are really hard-core and have an unswerving insistence on Confucianism are already dead.

Kong Xilu said, "This matter is very important, and I must go back and discuss it with others. I can give you an answer."

He Xi didn't care and said, "As soon as possible, time waits for no one."

"Yes." Kong Xilu said. He hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, the Confucian case?"

He Xi said, "Confucius case, do you want to interfere? Yes, as long as the so-called schools and imperial examinations are all abolished. It's not impossible for me to reinstate the Duke of Yansheng?"

Kong Xilu suddenly said, "My lord, this matter must not be deserved."

Nankong is worried about the loss of the lineage of Yan Shenggong? Don't worry, the ancestor of their lineage back then was originally the Yan Shenggong of the Southern Song Dynasty, and they were the descendants of Confucius. After the Mongols destroyed the Song Dynasty, they were forced to pass the line of Yan Shenggong to the north.

Nankong was willing, it was a joke.

It's just a last resort.

He came forward now because he wanted to know what He Xi thought about the Confucian family, or Confucianism. And not to save the North Kong. Don't say it, he doesn't want to save it so much, or he really wants to save it, and this condition can't be opened.

Nankong alone is nothing. He can speak now, which represents the group of people behind him.

The conditions of the vernacular text prescribed by He Xi are absolutely impossible for Nankong. It is impossible for the people behind him to agree, he is generous to him

People's hearts, go to save Beikong.

"It means that the Northern Kong line is fighting against the imperial court, and it deserves this end. It's just that there is no one to sacrifice the ancestors. I mean------" Khonhiru said.

He Xi said, "Do you want to be the Holy Father?"

"I don't mean that down." Kong Xilu said, "It's just that I don't want to see the ancestral sacrifice cut off. Please open up the net."

He Xi was silent for a while, and said, "Are you white?"

Kong Xilu said, "Exactly, not yet out."

He Xi said, "Then you should be a doctor in the Hanlin Academy."

Kong Xilu was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and said, "Thank you, sir."

The reason why Kong Xilu is happy is not that he is just a doctor, but just a petty official, what does he care about what the doctor represents? The Doctor of the Five Classics was used by the imperial court to settle the descendants of the sages.

Below Mencius, all the way to Zhu Xi, many descendants of Confucian sages have this position, and it is hereditary.

Of course, Confucius didn't. Because Confucius has the Holy Father.

Now, He Xi said that giving him a doctor of the Five Classics is itself to put Confucius in the position of a Confucian sage, although he may no longer be the king of Dachengwen, but he may still be the most holy teacher.

That is, the political status of Confucius will be preserved, and Confucianism will not be completely overthrown.

For Kong Xilu, this time he came over, and the purpose was achieved.

He Xi was also very helpless about this result. Confucianism is so difficult, the hundred-legged insect dies but does not stiffen. The influence is too great. With the power of the night, it is not impossible to bring down the Confucian family. It can only be said that the backlash is too great. It's so big that He Xi can't bear it.

He Xi took down the Northern Confucius, which also said that the grandson of the Northern Confucius was not filial and bent the knee to serve the thief, and did not say that Confucius himself was not.

The re-inclusion of Confucius in the ranks of Confucian sages can be regarded as a return to the status of Confucius, but in essence, He Xi has to admit the reality.

Confucianism is stretched out in the flesh and blood marrow of China, and it cannot be taken out without moving, thrilling, and near-death major surgery, such as a hundred years of humiliation at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

It is impossible for He Xi to create a crisis in order to completely liquidate Confucianism.