And Zhu Gaochi, who was sitting next to him, clenched his chubby fists in his sleeves, staring at Dao Yan with blazing eyes.

In any case, Dao Yan is half of his teacher, and Zhu Gaochi certainly doesn't want Dao Yan to be angry with his father.

Dao Yan didn't say much, just calmly continued to use tea, and even put a piece of matcha pastry made according to the old method of the Song Dynasty into his mouth, and waited until he was full of food and drink, then he stood up, respectfully saluted Zhu Di, and said calmly: "Back to Your Majesty, Lao Wei does have some selfishness in it." ”

Zhu Di smiled: "I know that you are for Jiang Xinghuo. I am afraid that once heliocentrism and gravitational force are proposed, it will shake the sense of heaven and man, and I will be unfavorable to him. ”

"You, you, old monk, what do I say?"

Zhu Di pointed at Dao Yan and shook his head helplessly.

The old guys and old comrades-in-arms for so many years turned their heads to outsiders, how could they not let Zhu Di cry out in vain?

"Your Majesty is wise, but it is not just because of Jiang Xinghuo himself, but because of heliocentrism and gravitation, it is indeed possible to directly let everyone in the world see that the induction of heaven and man is wrong. Lao Qucai wanted to use the power of Xunzi to modify the content of the Confucian sage doctrine...... Of course, it's not about making a big move, it's just about taking the first step. ”

Dao Yan spoke slowly and logically, not in a hurry.

However, what he said made Zhu Di's face cloudy.

Dao Yan continued: "Actually, this is not a selfish motive, after all, in the years since the founding of the country, Cheng Zhu Lixue has accumulated serious shortcomings. If we continue to act according to the imperial examination system in the past, we will inevitably lead to the example of the tragedy of the north and south lists, isn't it just around the corner? For the livelihood of the world and for His Majesty, Lao Wei proposed to use Xunzi's doctrine to improve Confucianism, which is the case. ”

After hearing these words, Zhang Yuchu couldn't help but raise his head and look at Dao Yan.

Dao Yan's words are actually very unlevel.

If it is Zhang Yuchu, he will give the emperor a rainbow fart first.

But Dao Yan was stunned and said all the true thoughts in his heart, but he only missed the most critical point, that is, the strengthening of the imperial power by the Holy King's theory.

It's obviously just a one-sentence thing, and the emperor is happy when he says it, so why don't you say it?

And Zhu Di's face became more and more ugly.

Dao Yan continued: "Although Lao Wei knows about the maladministration of the imperial examination over the years, he has not been able to reform it. It's not just because Lao Ge is a member of Buddhism, and it's not just because Lao Ge had a shallow foundation in the past, and it was difficult to promote the general trend. Rather, it is because, if the imperial examination system is rashly reformed, but there is no corresponding alternative, I am afraid it is better not to change. And today, hearing Jiang Sheng's remarks, the poor monk suddenly thought of something, maybe the poor monk can try one or two...... Please also ask Your Majesty to fulfill it. ”

Originally, Zhu Di felt a little unhappy because Dao Yan had been talking about how Jiang Xinghuo was, and did not mention the matter of strengthening his imperial power by the Holy King's words.

But when Dao Yan said this, Zhu Di was a little less displeased.

This is because Zhu Di believes that Dao Yan is not blindly biased towards Jiang Xinghuo, but has indeed considered the reform of the imperial examination for a long time.

Zhu Di snorted coldly: "Be bold and Daoyan, taking Cheng Zhu Lixue as the study of the imperial examination is the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu Gao, you dare to go against Emperor Taizu Gao's ancestral system?" ”

Zhu Di's words, don't look at the sternness of what he says, but it obviously means not to be angry.

After all, in fact, if you want to say who violated Emperor Taizu Gao's ancestral system the most.

No one else, the first one is him Zhu Di.

"Your Majesty."

Dao Yan said calmly: "What is the ancestral system? That was the rule set by Emperor Taizu Gao. The old man doesn't think it's wrong, but he feels that if the situation is now moving from erosion to revival, then something needs to be integrated even more. Otherwise, the old man thinks that once he misses the opportunity for this great turmoil to bring about great change, I am afraid that in the future, it will never appear again. ”

Dao Yan's attitude was extremely resolute.

Zhu Di's brows furrowed into a Sichuan shape, and finally waved his hand and sighed: "That's it...... How are you going to transform the imperial examination? ”

Dao Yan and ten said: "First of all, the concept of Confucianism, it is inconvenient for Lao Qu and Zhang Zhenren to intervene directly, His Majesty should order Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, Jin Youzi and other Confucians who read poetry and books to recompile the relevant annotations used by the imperial court for the imperial examination, in order to promote the knowledge of the sages. Of course, it is necessary to add Xunzi's thoughts to this, and ensure that the proportion is not less than one-fifth, after all, Xunzi is one of the five saints. ”

In fact, Daoyan's logic is a bit unreasonable.

Why should one of the Five Saints have a thought that accounts for one-fifth of the content of the exam? The other four sages, to put it bluntly, in addition to Mencius, Yanzi, Zisi, and Zengzi, the sum of these three sages is far less than half of Mencius.

However, the red line of one-fifth is obviously the result of Dao Yan after careful consideration.

Because one-fifth is the ratio of Cheng Zhu Lixue who is enough to ensure that the disturbance is like a pool of fishy and disgusting stagnant pools, and this ratio is good, it is neither completely replaced, nor does it pose an extremely significant threat, it belongs to the kind of temperature that is slightly hot when you soak your feet.

"Secondly, in terms of culture and education, we selected Confucianism from all over the country to meet the requirements of the imperial court, and took them as the mainstay, and spread the essence of pre-Qin Confucianism in schools at the level of Guozijian, Fuxue, Zhouxue, County Studies, Social Studies, etc., and educate the people with Xunzi's 'Holy King' thought, so that the people of the world can respect His Majesty as a god." Dao Yan turned the rosary in his hand and said slowly.

Translation, what is "Confucianism that meets the requirements of the imperial court"? What does it mean to "spread the essence of pre-Qin Confucianism"?

Zhu Di likes to hear this.

Dao Yan finally said: "In addition, Lao Wei hopes that His Majesty will allow him to abolish some of the remarks that prohibit Confucian scholars from expressing dissent. For example, Cheng Zhu Lixue should not be used as the only criterion for academics. ”

Dao Yan said "abolishing some remarks that forbade Confucian scholars to express dissent", so did the Ming Dynasty prohibit Confucian scholars from expressing dissent?

Forbidden, and not forbidden.

The non-prohibition here is the non-prohibition of civil dissent; The prohibition here is to prohibit Confucian students in government-run schools from making any dissenting remarks about scholarship and the policies of the imperial court.

The education system of the Ming Dynasty was divided into two levels: the central government school was the Guozijian, and there were government schools, state schools, and county schools in the local areas, and social studies in the villages.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were generally 30,000 to 40,000 students recruited from prefectures, prefectures, and counties across the country every year, and they were all called "Liao Shansheng", the so-called Liao Shansheng, that is, the students who were provided with six buckets of rice by the public.

As a supplement to county learning, Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered the world to establish social studies, that is, rural primary schools and community primary schools in later generations. This is not Zhu Yuanzhang's initiative, it can only be said to be a restoration, and the social science system was inherited from the Yuan Dynasty.

The Yuan system of 50 families for a society, each community set up a school, the selection of those who know the scriptures as teachers, the introduction of education, the agricultural slack season to send the children of peasant families under the age of 15 to enroll, read the "Book of Filial Piety", "Primary School", "University", "Analects", "Mencius", and to teach and persuade farmers and mulberry as the main task.

Zhu Yuanzhang added to the educational content of social studies the imperial edict (Zhu Yuanzhang's quotations), the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and rituals such as crowns, marriages, funerals, and sacrifices, as well as simple historical calculations.

Of course, Lao Zhu is not a good person, and for students other than social studies, his six buckets of rice are not taken for nothing.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also stipulated that in regular government-run schools at all levels, from the Guozijian to the county schools, it is forbidden not to wear school uniforms, not to arrive late and leave early, not to drink alcohol at night, not to form associations (including literary societies and poetry clubs), not to discuss whether the food in the school cafeteria is good or not, not to criticize people and things, and not to make irresponsible remarks about the state's major policies.

In later generations, if you violate the school rules, the most you will do is to dissuade you or report criticism, but in the Ming Dynasty, if you violate Lao Zhu's school rules, the consequences will be a little serious.

Punishment methods include, but are not limited to, confiscation, servitude, shackles for life, starvation, self-confession, and public display.

Zhu Di naturally knew this, so Zhu Di asked, "Oh? Wouldn't this be worrying about stirring up a bigger storm of public opinion? After all, once this opening is opened, I am afraid that it will not end well in the future. ”

Dao Yan nodded slightly: "Everything in the world has two sides, and what is beneficial to others will be harmful to oneself; What is harmful to oneself will also benefit others...... Since the old man chose to do this, he had already expected this outcome. ”

"Your Majesty, Cheng Zhu Lixue must be challenged, whether it is a new doctrine or an old doctrine, the opening of the academic battle must be opened, otherwise, everything will be impossible to talk about."

Dao Yan said very frankly, obviously having full confidence in his own approach.

In fact, this is also a necessary foreshadowing for Dao Yan to do the big thing for Jiang Xinghuo, who will be released from prison soon.

The emergence of new productive forces will shake the economic foundation and will inevitably lead to changes in the superstructure.

Rather than allow the old superstructure, especially the ideological one, to carry out an overwhelming public encirclement and suppression of the new productive forces.

It's better to take the lead now and catch Cheng Zhu Lixue off guard.

Moreover, it is still a selfish trick.

Sacrifice Xunzi, a pre-Qin Confucian sage, to deal with Zhu Xi, a Confucian junior.

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes, and at this angle he looked a little similar to Zhu Gaosui: "How sure are you?" ”

Dao Yan said: "Ten percent." ”

These two simple words made Zhu Di's eyebrows suddenly raised.

Ten percent, that's the chance to win!

Dao Yan seemed to see Zhu Di's thoughts, and said: "Lao Wei has a way to keep the imperial court from any loss, and this matter will definitely be carried out smoothly." ”

"What's the solution?"

Dao Yan coughed lightly, and Zhu Di motioned to Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Yuchu to leave with a solemn face.

After the two talked for a while, Dao Yan said solemnly to Zhu Di.

"What the old man said is true, and there has never been a half-word falsehood."

Zhu Di was silent for a moment and sighed: "I don't want to force you, but I hope you can remember that I am the Emperor of the Ninety-Five, the emperor of the world." ”

Dao Yan's first name is.

"Alright, I'm tired, it's over today." Zhu Di waved his hand, stood up and walked out of the room.

(End of chapter)