The Confucian family's understanding of the progress of the imperial court's debate on the ritual of Confucius was always delayed for a few days, and in the intervening days, under the joint attack of Zhang Fujing and Yang Tinghe, the pros and cons of the original Great Rite Discussion, those who opposed the reformulation of the Confucius ritual were left and right.

The good news is that Zhang Fujing has finally left Beijing.

The bad news is that many of Wang Shouren's volumes of "The Examination of Practice and Dialectics" have been copied at an outrageous rate.

At first, the emperor's side only asked the literate ministers in the palace to change people to copy day and night, and after the five sets of copied ones were handed over to Zhang Fujing, Yang Tinghe and others, they naturally found someone to copy more.

Zhu Houxi put forward the theory of the three principles of heaven, things, and people quite early, and it was in the first year of Jiajing.

However, these scholarly views were discussed for a long time in the imperial study and between the counselors of leaving Beijing, and it was not until the end of the second year of Jiajing that they were officially known to the outside world.

To this day, this is the first book devoted to these scholarly perspectives.

Yang Ting and them had too many things to do, and they couldn't complete this job.

Although Zhu Houxi can say it, it is no fun for him to easily quote scriptures and use the logic and words that everyone is used to in today's learning.

And Wang Shouren, who is worried about Ding Wei, can be said to have taken advantage of the right time, place and people.

The Confucius ritual is only an attitude and a symbolic debate, and this practice and dialectics are a frontal challenge to the science and even Confucianism that are now official studies!

Yang Tinghe has already gotten a set and seen the third volume.

"Father, take a break."

Among the four sons, Yang Shen is in Guangdong, Yang Dian has done the water patrol imperial history, the third son Yang Huan has given up the re-examination and won the shade of the scholars, and the fourth son Yang Zhenzhong has been in the middle for eight years, and he still wants to try again.

Seeing that his son brought a cup of tea, Yang Tinghe put down the book first, and then asked him, "Where have you read?" ”

"My son had just read the beginning of the second volume. Wang Dutai dissected the principle of things and the reason of people, and it seems that he no longer adheres to the previous theory that the mind is sex. ”

Yang Tinghe nodded and said melancholy: "Wang Bo'an has had many ups and downs in his life, and his ambition is very comparable. After understanding the law of conscience, it is almost natural. It can make Wang Bo'an more experienced and easier to learn and persevere, and this practical learning is indeed infinitely mysterious......"

He bowed his head to Wang Shouren in terms of academic understanding, which was helpless.

In the past, although the emperor could sometimes have many witty words that made him feel like an initiation, he was always not as clear as Wang Shouren, and it was easier for him to understand.

The reason for this is very simple, Confucianism has its own system of "academic language".

Zhu Houxi's language is always more out-of-the-box or vulgar and shallow, which is actually not very friendly to academic bigwigs: not precise enough, not enough to remind people of more predecessors and think more.

But Wang Shouren is an expert.

In order for practical studies to be called "learning", it must be systematically expounded from the level of world view: what is the nature of the world, what is the law of world change, what is the relationship between human thinking and the existence of the world, and what are the methods of understanding and changing the world.

In fact, from ancient times to the present, although the subject category of "philosophy" has not been clearly proposed, the influence of the pre-Qin princes, including religion, is relatively large, in fact, they cannot avoid the elaboration of the worldview.

At this time, there was no clear specific classification of learning. Among the many studies, only arithmetic, astronomical calendar, medicine, etc., are independent from the integrated learning of antiquity. The research content of philosophy mainly revolves around ontology and cognition.

The difference between science and mind is that there are some differences in the views in these aspects.

Now Wang Shouren has gone to the next level, no longer confined to the framework of mind or pure science.

Of course, there are reasons why Wang Shouren's understanding is very comparable, but in Yang Tinghe's view, some of Zhu Houxi's "occasional gains" are too thought-provoking.

Thinking of this, he said to his fourth son: "Since you can be promoted, you don't need to study other knowledge. The subtlety of this practice and dialectics is not only for the father, but also for all the counselors. As a father, I have already had some conversations with you on weekdays, and now I have Wang Shouren's five books, so you can study them with peace of mind, and you don't have to be obsessed with the next year's exam. In three or five years, the world will know where the road of learning is. ”

Yang Zhen asked with some shock: "Three or five years?" ”

What kind of knowledge will not be accepted by more people after a generation or even several generations of debate in the minds of the world's readers?

Is it because His Majesty is behind this practice? But what can be learned must be able to withstand debate after all.

Yang Tinghe waved his hand: "Go back and continue reading, and rest after reading this third volume for my father." ”

In fact, the most intriguing thing is the proposition of the principle of things. The principle of all things is the easiest to see, touch, and prove. All of these studies have been incorporated into the new development practice of Confucianism, and the verifiability and feasibility of learning are no longer just rhetorical speculation.

Furthermore, if the set of things Your Majesty said is so easy to find the mistakes and omissions, with the skills of Yang Ting and these people, how can they be so enthusiastic?

Today's people are better than the ancients...... In the future, I'm afraid there is no need to call it a Confucian temple, how about calling it a Confucian temple?

So in addition to the hall of Dacheng Wenxuan and his disciples, how can we not add a hall of science and practice?

Your Majesty said that everything is developing!

Yang Tinghe thought about his identity as the "leader of the New Party" and carefully read Wang Shouren's achievements.

He also hopes that he can be inspired to write a book and speak.

By the time the new law was implemented nationwide in the fifth year of Jiajing, he would be nearly seventy years old, and he should have retired bravely.

meritorious deeds, he Yang Tinghe is no longer lacking; And in the process of "ascending the throne" of this new school, he Yang Tinghe still lacks a lot!

In the capital, scholars and officials have a hot topic that they have to participate in and must participate in this time.

The emperor only beat him with a court rod because Li Guan ridiculed him for his suspicion of Confucius, who had been dead for many years, and the emperor gladly encouraged others who quoted scriptures and classics to discuss things.

Now Wang Shouren's book is only passed on by word of mouth, and many people are not qualified to read the specific text.

But the words had already come out.

There is no unwavering learning from hundreds of generations, and there is no eternal law.

Seeking knowledge is doing, and doing is knowing. Knowing that there is truth and falsehood, it is clear to act. True knowledge sometimes changes, and practice changes it. The meritorious deeds of knowledge are the true knowledge of the moment.

"Doesn't this mean that I wait for the cold window to study hard, and after all, it is mostly a temporary true knowledge? In this way, what is the use of learning this sage classic? ”

In the national prison, the prisoners are the most uneasy.

How will those of them who have been reading the books of sages for many years deal with next year's township examination and the next year's meeting examination?

Kong Zhewen and the descendants of many sages have become the main objects of many people's "enthusiastic arguments".

He was indeed indignant.

It's just in the national prison, it's okay to express a little opinion, right?

"All dynasties and dynasties have followed the learning of the sages, even if there are troubled times, there are also many times of governance and prosperity! From this point of view, this is not the mistake of the sages, but the failure of the people in the court to understand its meaning and use its method! ”

Kong Zhewen's words caused a round of applause, although it was a bit dangerous.

After saying these words, Kong Zhewen's heartbeat also accelerated a little.

I just had to name and say that the reigning monarchs and ministers did not abide by the old law and were going to cause trouble.

"And that Emperor Ming Academy!" One of the prisoners said, "Do you remember Your Majesty's kindness to Zhang Fujing? The son of Soyin is admitted to the Huangming Academy! Could it be that the Guozijian will cease to exist in the future? ”

This sentence can resonate more with most of the country's prison students.

Since the Sui Dynasty, Guozijian has been the highest official school in the country. During the Hongwu period, the status of the Guozijian was also extremely high, and there was once a grand occasion when more than half of the high school students in the imperial examination came from the Guozijian. During the Yongle period, there were nearly 10,000 students in Nanjing Guozijian, and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

But since the precedent of "students with more than 100 nanometers of stone entered the Guozijian", the influence of the Guozijian has indeed been getting lower and lower.

Nowadays, the prison is even more mixed. There are those who will fail to be selected by the Hanlin Academy, and those who are sent in on the basis of merit, as well as tribute supervisors and Yisheng.

In this tribute prison, it is divided into annual tribute, election tribute, engong, and nagong. The annual tribute and the election of tribute are generally a bit level, but the prisoners who came in from Enyin and Nagong, and the Yisheng from local officials and even foreign countries, are basically just mixed here.

"In my opinion, now that it's the new law, everything is messed up! Ladies and gentlemen, since Your Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Rites to gather for the ceremony of the Master, and I will recite the scriptures of the sages on the day of imprisonment, why don't we write to Your Majesty together and express our opinions? ”

"Got it right! Respect for teachers, just about to start from my own generation! ”

Kong Zhewen trembled and watched as they wanted to take the lead in signing their names, and was about to recommend another supervisor with better studies to take the lead, but he saw that the Guozijian Siye brought someone to carry a lot of pages.

"It is decreed that the daily writing class of the inmates should be changed to a transcription of the Examination of Practical and Dialectical Studies, so that it can be read by hundreds of officials before it is published! Each person is not limited to 250 and 6 characters per day, one hand a day, all of them are in regular letters, and they are in line with calligraphy. Character practice and composition are exempt this month. ”

“……”

It is true that the prisoners are often assigned to repetitive work that requires a large number of literate personnel, but this time they were actually asked to copy the book, and many people immediately opposed it.

Guozijian Siye just said coldly: "This month's small exam, this matter will be included in the exam." Those who fail to complete it are all inferior. ”

Guozijian holds 12 large and small examinations a year, which are divided into upper, middle and lower grades according to their grades, and each has points. In the six third-level exams, those who have scored eight points in the past can be promoted or graduated with official awards, which is quite like the university credit system in later generations.

Now if you want to link the little transcription to the exam? The inmates did have 256 words of homework every day, and they also had to write six essays a month.

Without saying anything, Guozijian handed out a separate page of paper to each prisoner.

Each person had only one page, and everyone had to copy it equally, from the prison to the Yisheng.

It seems that everyone only repeats the contents of one page. After it is collected, I am afraid that it will be bound into a separate book.

In this case, you can get several copies every day?

was regarded as a copyist and fell second, the key is what is this copying? A new book outside of the Confucian classics, originally written by heretics!

He went to Guozijian to study the classics and seek a career, and many people in Guozijian complained about it.

Naturally, the pages that were sent to my hand were also circulated.

Some people just read some "broken chapters" first, and then open their mouths to refute angrily.

Another person who is not making trouble said that after this day, more words about this book came out of the country's prison.

After Wang Zuo summarized today's report, he sent someone to report to Huang Jin.

After Zhang Jin went to Nanzhili to serve as a garrison eunuch, Zhang Zuo, who was promoted to the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, could no longer directly supervise the Jinyi Guard.

Huang Jin's power is a little greater.

After he consulted Zhu Houxi, Wang Zuo was ordered to enter the palace and go to the Yangxin Palace.

It was already night, and he stood there and reported earnestly: "Since the opening of the wall on the side of Xiyuan and the reconstruction of the Huangming University, the prisoners have talked a lot. Zhang Wei's staff Shen Wenzhou had a lot of dealings with Kong Zhewen, the Gonggong Supervisor of the Kong Family, and the ministers had always been careful. Your Majesty, today I ordered the prisoners to copy the books, and after nightfall, there were many discussions in many wine shops and green buildings in the city. I am afraid that someone will make trouble in tandem, do you make some preparations? ”

"Let's talk about it when it gets up." Zhu Houxi only looked at other movements in the newspaper, and Wang Zuo did not write this matter separately in it, "Wang Rumei set up a banquet, Tang Gao and Wang Qin ......"

Wang Rumei, who lost her mind that day, was not punished, and now that he has come forward, he has become a central figure in opposing the renaissance of Confucius.

Zhu Houxi looked up at him after reading this news: "More than four grades, no one goes?" ”

Wang Zuo shook his head.

Wang Rumei is from the seven-rank rite department, Wang Qin, the head of the military department, is the sixth grade, and Tang Gao, the nine-year champion of Zhengde, is currently a bachelor from the five-grade Hanlin Academy. In addition, the people who went to the banquet, in addition to the right and imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the fourth grade, and the two six Lang of the fifth grade, most of them were Beijing officials of the sixth and seventh grades.

Above the fourth grade, that is the character of the six or so servants, and it is very close to the counselor.

Zhu Houxi laughed: The future is still important. Now that the flow of counselors is so fast, the world is about to vacate more high-ranking officials, and only some small shrimps are still fighting in tandem.

After reading the report, Zhu Houxi handed it to Huang Jin to keep it, and then looked at Wang Zuo again: "You want to ask for a meeting, it's not just for the prisoners, right?" Say. ”

Wang Zuo saluted: "Huguang reported that the King of Liao was seriously ill. ”

Zhu Houxi's eyes froze: "What's the matter?" ”

“…… Excessive lewdness. Wang Zuo added, "The impeachment of Jingzhou Mansion and Huguang Yushi may have also frightened the King of Liao." In short, the people in the Department of Honor and Guard reported that the King of Liao was indeed very ill this time. Some clansmen of the Liao clan are also planning to complain to His Majesty that the King of Liao is unconscious and that the Princess of Liao is acting domineeringly, and ask His Majesty to appoint the King of Liao as the master of the Liao Domain. ”

"Why do you still mention Princess Liao?"

"Before the Liao King was mourned and attacked, most of the affairs of the Liao Domain were handled by the Liao Princess Mao. After the Liao king attacked the feudal domain, he only wantonly bribed his clan relatives in the Liao domain, begging for favor or taking revenge. Princess Liao...... is really famous, but there are many relatives in the Liao domain, and the princess of Liao inevitably has a lot of admonitions. ”

Zhu Houxi calculated the time.

This King of Liao officially took the throne, and it will only take a few months, right? Breaking your body even more so quickly?

Although it was his own reason, if the emperor changed the Liao domain to another king or simply eliminated the Liao domain after being impeached for harming the people during this period of time, it would be another big deal.

The other feudal clans would not stand in the position of the common people and feel that the Liao clan or the Liao king deserved it, but would only feel that the emperor was really harsh on the vassal clan.

Wang Zuo waited for the emperor's decision.

As for the matter of the Liao Domain, it has actually been dealt with before, and the will is already on the way: Zhu Houxi gave a reprimand, dismissed those beggars, ordered the King of Liao to return the bribes received, and fined a large amount of silver to the victims.

The main contradiction in Jingzhou Mansion is not how stupid Zhu Zhige, the king of Liao, is now, but that the officials of Jingzhou Mansion are doing something.

Zhu Houxi punished the Liao Domain, and the Jingzhou Mansion should stop.

But now that Zhu Zhige is seriously ill, if Huguang is "scared to death" of two vassal kings in a short period of time, then it may be really lively.

Zhu Houxi pondered for a moment and said: "Hurry up and go to Jingzhou Mansion to comfort the King of Liao on my behalf, and ask the Marquis of Jing'an to ask a famous doctor to diagnose him." ”

It's summer, and there are often torrential rains.

In the capital, the prisoners were worried about the future, and many Beijing officials with different intentions felt that this was a good opportunity to use Confucius's position to stir up many scholars in the world to gain momentum.

On the way to Shandong, Zhang Fujing rushed to Huguang to comfort the eunuchs and Jinyi guards of the King of Liao.

Wang Shouren had just arrived in Nanchang Mansion, and Yu Chengye, the commander of Jiangxi Patrol Water Imperial History and Zhu Houxi's sister, went out of the city to greet him with Jiangxi officials.

The man sent by Beijing to tell him the latest situation was also waiting there, bringing him news that would surely shock the whole of Jiangxi.

Zhang Fu saluted, please redefine the Confucius ceremony.

Wang Shouren was stunned: Isn't it that I just sent those books to the capital, and Your Majesty is playing so big, right?

The Confucian discussion has not been limited to the capital so far, but has swept most of the Ming Dynasty.

The changes in the five military camps and the changes in Sichuan, in the name of rebellion, those real hardcore old parties have been swept away by many high-ranking officials.

Now, however, the governors of the provinces are even more afraid to take it lightly.

Those Zhishi officials and local gentry scattered all over the country have vital interests, and they all know what kind of impact it will have if they want to move a knife against Confucius's status.

In Jinan Prefecture, Shandong, Gao Zhong, the new eunuch of the general town, received a "banquet" from Qufu.

He opened the box and looked at the sumptuous "feast" inside.

“…… That's a 'head-killing'......"