The Rongguo Mansion is closed in all directions, it is obviously daylight, but no light can penetrate it, and it is extremely gloomy.

In a huge room, the floor was clean and dust-free, and Jiang Xinghuo sat cross-legged on the top, his eyes slightly closed, and his breathing was calm.

A monk in a black robe and a Taoist priest in a feathered robe rushed in one after another, but they didn't make any sound.

When the last person came in, Jiang Xinghuo slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were deep and dark, as intimidating as the pitch-black pool of water in the night.

"Let's get started."

Zhu Gaoxu scratched his head and asked, "Master, what's the matter?" ”

This sound completely ruined the mysterious atmosphere.

In fact, today it is not some strange ceremony, but a meeting, a meeting on how to prepare for a polemic.

The curtains were pulled back, the light shone in, and the dust poured in the sunlight.

"The reason why we have brought everyone together today is because the situation is difficult, and we must not only unify our thinking, but also work together to come up with a complete solution."

Yao Guangxiao's words were not polite, but the situation was really difficult.

After cracking the "Fan Envoy Injury Case", Emperor Yongle Long Yan was furious and severely criticized the Ministry of Rites that made a big joke, and the only reigning left attendant Wang Jing was scolded and asked him to concentrate on presiding over the upcoming [Taizu Death Day], and Honglu Temple Shaoqing Xun Yan was not imprisoned, but was demoted to half a level and thrown to the Guozijian as the assistant priest of the wine Hu Yan, Zhuo Jing thus successfully took up the post of the Ministry of Rites, which was regarded as a temporary stable position for the Fa Chang faction.

After a day or two, Jiang Xinghuo finished the next few layouts about Annan and Nanyang, and naturally achieved the goal, which was worth the trip.

But immediately after that, the reformers began to decline unstoppably.

The reason is also very simple, it is not that the faction has become weaker, but that the opponent has become stronger.

- Confucian Confucian Confucian Confucius of the Southern Confucian generation has gone out of the mountain.

In this era when the saints did not come out, although the Southern Confucius did not have the name of the Holy Prince, but the prestige was far greater than that of the Northern Confucius, which was the place of the reputation of the sea, except for the three religious conferences held in the Hongwu Dynasty, Kong Xilu devoted the rest of his time to teaching and educating people in Quzhou Academy, and studying knowledge.

Now that Kong Xilu has gone out of the mountain, the conservatives who already occupy the right to speak in Shilin's public opinion have begun to rise sharply.

At the call of Kong Xilu, many famous Confucian scholars in the south left their hometowns and began to march towards Nanjing, trying to make a final confrontation with the newly rising reformers in terms of public opinion and theory.

In this way, the already precarious situation is suddenly exacerbated and desperate.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Xinghuo and the others, who were in the center, were inevitably in a state of anxiety, but fortunately, the old monk rushed back in time.

Yao Guangxiao secretly arrested a large number of Jianwen remnants, but because Tyrant Zhao acted secretly, many of them were one-line contacts, and their identities were not revealed, so it is still unknown how many enemies Tyrant Zhao has at present.

On the whole, it is still in the form of "the enemy is in the dark, I am in the light", and the remnants of Jianwen are mixed with conservatives, and the vast majority of civil officials in the imperial court are officials inherited from the "Hongwu-Jianwen" era, and the specific identity confirmation work is very difficult, and it is not possible to accurately distinguish what kind of position some people are based on to oppose the change of law.

It can't be said that people just oppose the change of the law, so they have to be deducted from the hat of "Jianwen remnants".

If you want to have a good time, you can think about what it is like to be arrested and interrogated, but in this way, I am afraid that the court will be empty.

The achievements that have not been achieved in the three major cases of Hongwu are obviously impossible to do at the moment.

And although the current situation is difficult, it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, on the contrary, Jiang Xinghuo is not afraid that someone will stand up against the change, but he is afraid that no one will oppose the change, so he silently holds back.

"Can't you avoid war?" Zhang Yuchu was still instinctively weak-hearted, and the frustration of facing Kong Xilu's defeat in the Hongwu Dynasty always lingered in his heart.

Yuan Hui took a piece of cake that the pirates paid tribute to, his mouth was cool, he suddenly felt refreshed, and took another sip of tea before saying.

"If you can't avoid it, either you die or I live, how to avoid it? There is no way to retreat, only a decisive battle. ”

The first battle is a decisive battle.

How tragic, but how helpless.

Confucianism has dominated the minds of the people for thousands of years, and now the science that represents Confucianism can lose countless times, but the new science cannot afford to lose once.

Lose once, lose the whole game.

Of course, this time Xinxue is not without helpers, at least, the leaders of Buddhism and Taoism are on the same front as Jiang Xinghuo.

"I think it is extremely necessary to fight this polemic at the level of ideology and public opinion."

Zhuo Jing also said slowly: "The enemy has already hit the door, even if our strength is not strong enough, is there still time for us to grow?" The enemy will not give it, and there can be no rule in this world that 'the right time, place, and people are all in me' to start a war. ”

"Again, it makes a lot of sense to win this battle."

"As long as the menacing attack of Confucianism can be thwarted, then the reform of the law and the new learning will no longer be a faint candle in the wind that can be extinguished in the hearts of the people of the world, but will truly become a towering giant tree!"

After saying this, Zhuo Jing breathed a long sigh of relief.

At this stage, the most important thing is to deal with this thorny difficulty.

They need a tough attitude to unify their minds internally, even temporarily, temporarily.

After all, they are not only fighting now, but they are going to continue this battle until the entire Confucianism is completely destroyed.

So-called victory can never be easily achieved.

But now we can unite and win the first battle, so that we can continue to build morale and strengthen the team like a snowball until the final victory is achieved.

Zhang Yuchu frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "Then what should we do?" ”

That's a good question

This is also something that Jiang Xinghuo has always been more entangled.

According to the plan, the new school should first establish a solid foundation, and then slowly try to knock science into the dust and replace it.

But now that Kong Xilu suddenly came out of the mountain, the slight advantage that Xinxue had accumulated in the capital by praying for rain was gone, and he was forced to meet the challenge of Confucianism.

In this way, if Jiang Xinghuo wants to accomplish this goal, he has to launch a polemic in advance, and there is even a high probability that he will fail.

But if they fail, or if there is a mistake that leads to unnecessary accidents, then the little capital they have accumulated before will probably be ruined, and it will be too late to talk about any changes and overthrow the old system.

So, what exactly to do?

Jiang Xinghuo took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and countless thoughts kept flashing through his mind.

Confucianism is so powerful that it is like a parasitic vine that is attached to everyone's minds, constantly absorbing and emptying the things that everyone desires to change in their hearts, and at the same time instilling the concept of "Three Principles and Five Constants" to imprison human nature, so that whether it is Lu Jiuyuan's "study of the heart" or the "study of merit" of the Yongjia and Yongkang schools, it will not become a climate.

"So, as long as there is a way to defeat the menacing momentum of Confucianism, then we can hope to win." Song Li, who had just returned to Beijing, said slowly.

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, "Then it's better to take the sacrificial flag of the living Confucian saint first." ”

Everyone was stunned.

Yao Guangxiao added: "You see how powerful this living Confucian sage is, during the Hongwu Dynasty, just relying on a few "Analects" to kill the world's challengers on their backs, and not winning a game against him, isn't it a regret for scholars?" ”

"That being said. But Kong Xilu is, after all, the Confucian sect of the Southern Confucian generation," Zhuo Jing also shook his head.

Of course, it is easy to be ruthless, but strictly speaking, the leaders of Buddhism and Taoism like Yao Guangxiao and Zhang Yuchu are all defeated under Kong Xilu.

Seeing that these people had been talking for a long time without an explanation, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but get irritable.

"It seems that only Master is his opponent."

"Master, let's do it, let's do it, what's the point of being crooked?"

After listening to Zhu Gaoxu's words, everyone was not annoyed, first, the efforts to cultivate the mind and qi were in place, and second, they all knew that Zhu Gaoxu's role was indispensable.

Xiucai rebelled, and it didn't work out for three years.

A qualified group must have both a pen and a knife, and neither of them can accomplish anything, but must be closely integrated.

Jiang Xinghuo, who had never spoken, had a thought in his heart, but he suddenly spoke.

"This time, we might as well use the most radical way to counter the attack of Confucianism."

"Oh?"

Song Li glanced at Jiang Xinghuo in surprise and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Jiang Xinghuo said calmly: "There have been examples of continuous attempts in the past dynasties and dynasties, but this process of innovation is often accompanied by blood and fire, but most of the changes eventually come to naught and dissipate in the smoke and clouds of history. ”

"The root cause is that the ideological changes have not kept up, so the question is, how to carry out planned and step-by-step ideological changes? This is by no means a generalized sentence that can be summed up in one sentence. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Xinghuo paused, raised his eyes and looked around at the people present, and finally fell on Yao Guangxiao: "This time, we have to do something different." ”

Zhuo Jing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I would like to hear about it." ”

"Think, first of all, who are our enemies? What are the categories that can be divided into social identities? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into deep thought.

In the Ming Dynasty, the concept of Confucianism, which is a great and generalized concept, is naturally the sacrifice and worship of saints.

Therefore, Confucian saints such as Confucius and Mencius, and even the descendants of the five sons of the Northern Song Dynasty, all enjoyed a high social status and the right to speak in public opinion. Don't you see, how many generations has Yan Shenggong been rich and noble by relying on Confucius? The nobles are still only resting with the country, and the Yanshenggong is simply resting with Confucianism.

The first category of enemies, after the saints.

Then, at the top level, there were civil officials who were deeply influenced by Confucianism, from education to entry, and they filled the temples and even all the official offices in the world.

Science was set as the standard for the imperial examinations, and it was the government that promulgated laws, compiled classics, guided the people, and controlled the flow of literature and education.

On the other hand, the bureaucracy was also manipulated by Confucianism, and all government offices and palaces were infiltrated by Confucianism.

The second type of enemy, civilian officials.

In the middle level of Confucianism, there are the reserves of civil officials, that is, scholars, and the corresponding academies and private schools.

Many academies have a transcendent status in the local area, and even local officials have to listen to them in some related matters.

This is because the deans and gentlemen of the academy are usually officials of Zhishi or scholars who cannot go further on the road to the imperial examination.

Civil officials are the upper level of scholars, and civil officials will also come to this level after Zhishi, teaching scholars as Confucians, and they who are cultivated by Confucianism will continue to train the next generation, and so on, generation after generation, and the cycle continues.

The third type of enemy, the scholar.

At the bottom of Confucianism are the countless people in the world, who work hard to let their children also embark on this road, and strive to climb up, so as to completely change their fate.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high.

The fourth type of enemy, the believers.

It is precisely because of such a complex, extremely large network of relationships that can be circulated up and down that the science of Confucianism has been able to maintain its prosperity for nearly 200 years, and has always suppressed the heads of all schools.

Confucianism is a theory with Confucius and Mencius as the core, but Confucianism is not all pure Confucius and Mencius.

Seeing that everyone had finished thinking, Jiang Xinghuo spoke.

"After the saints, civil officials, scholars, and believers."

"What do you think we should do to deal with these four types of enemies?"

"This"

Hearing Jiang Xinghuo's words, the room fell silent again.

Although most of them have deeply studied Confucianism, and now they have all held important positions in the imperial court, it is not so easy to let them come up with specific plans immediately.

In the end, it was Song Li who broke the silence first: "We can find a breakthrough point from these four types of enemies, such as civil officials, if the momentum of changing the law can be suppressed by the momentum of conservatism, then many civil officials are not firm in their belief in science, but just regard it as a stepping stone to enter the official career through the imperial examination. ”

Song Li's train of thought is certainly correct, but this is not what Jiang Xinghuo wants.

"As I said, we're going to do something different this time than we've done in the past. To strike in an all-round way. ”

Jiang Xinghuo sat down and said, "The first one is to reduce the privileges of saint worship and saints. ”

Song Li was surprised: "Isn't that going against the people of the world?" ”

"We're just going against the current."

Zhuo Jing twisted his beard and said: "You can do this!" However, before doing so, you need to check the situation and think about the countermeasures. ”

Zhang Yuchu also echoed: "That's exactly how it should be. ”

Jiang Xinghuo bowed slightly, and said, "Yes, this matter needs to be cautious, but there is indeed an opportunity right now." ”

"It's also a coincidence."

Yao Guangxiao raised his head and smiled, his triangular eyes sparkled: "Do you remember which letter Li Zhigang fell on?" ”

"Naturally, I remember that Huang Xin's letter was written in a sharp style. The gentleman is not for the country, so he commits a clean death and does not avoid it; The villain is not for the country, but he is a slanderer, and he is rich and noble. Ming Jun is happy to admonish the pure and the country is prosperous, and the faint monarch is happy to be Tao and the country is dead. Kill the dragon, every time you do it, the effect is there"

Before Zhuo Jing could finish reciting, Yao Guangxiao gently spit out a few words.

"The people I sent out dug up the tomb of the king of Xu."

"What?" Zhu Gaoxu was stunned.

Everyone was stunned by the news for a moment.

Yao Guangxiao looked at everyone with a smile, as if he had expected them to have such expressions.

Zhang Yuchu opened his mouth wide, and after a few breaths, he came to his senses, and he hurriedly asked Yao Guangxiao: "Isn't it wrong?" This is not a joke! ”

"After thousands of years, how did the tomb of the king of Su be discovered?"

Yao Guangxiao stretched out his hand and stroked his beard, and said slowly: "Because I want to dig a grave for Jiang Sheng." ”

Don't get me wrong, it's not a curse, it's literal "digging graves".

When Jiang Xinghuo was released from prison, in order to determine whether his previous seven crossings on different historical lines were on the same historical line as the Ming Dynasty in this world, or whether the history he changed was not affected by the established facts in the future, he entrusted the old monk to send someone to dig up the grave he left in the Northern Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that his grave was not dug up, but he dug out the grave of the old man of the king.

After the defeat of the war with King Wu of Zhou, he set himself on fire on the deer platform, and the Shang Dynasty perished, after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou in order to show his unstoppable benevolent demeanor, allowed the descendants of the King of Zhou to bury his bones, and the son of the King of Zhou, Wu Geng, in accordance with the order of the King of Zhou, "buried in the Qi River after death", ordered people to cut off the Qi water, and buried it in the riverbed, after sealing the river, the river flowed, and then the river shifted, and the tomb was buried with the riverbed, and it was precisely because of this that the tomb of the King of Xu, buried under the old road of the river, was never found.

The tomb of King Su was excavated in the 20th century in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, and when it was excavated, it had been patronized by tomb robbers, and the unearthed items were incomplete.

And this time Yao Guangxiao excavated, but found a lot of good things.

"When I received a reply from the person who sent out, I felt strange, so I ordered someone to secretly investigate, and I really found something strange—there were many tortoise shells in it, and there were also symbols similar to words recorded on the tortoise shells, and these words were complex in form, thick strokes, and a large number of strokes, and the form was rough and natural, and the specific meaning could not be recognized."

"At that time, I wasn't sure, so I communicated with Jiang Sheng in Jiangnan, and only then did I confirm that this is the legendary ancient script!"

In fact, in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, the original research history of oracle bone inscriptions can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, when some oracle bone inscriptions have been discovered, but no famous researchers have left records, until the middle and late Qing Dynasty, with the discovery of a large number of oracle bone inscriptions, a relatively complete research system has gradually been formed.

This means that the interpretation is up to me!

Not only that, but the tombs of the Shang Dynasty, especially those of the Shang kings, were of great importance to the controversy, and everyone realized the great value of this event.

Why does the tomb of the king of Shang have special significance for the polemic?

It is because whether it is to change the law or to keep the old, the core proposition of the debate is: king, righteousness, ancient and modern.

What I have to mention here is that what was the controversy between the science represented by Zhu Xi and the study of deeds represented by Chen Liang in the dispute between "Wang Ba Yi and Profit" hundreds of years ago?

In fact, the "hegemony" that Zhu Xi and Chen Liang fought for is, in the final analysis, a matter of historical outlook, but it has raised the historical outlook to the height of political philosophy.

Zhu Xi believes that in ancient times and to the third dynasty of the Xia and Shang dynasties, the ruler was the holy king, and the holy king passed on the Taoist heart to each other, and the heart was pure, so the social Tianli was popular, and it was "royal politics".

And three generations later, due to the loss of the Taoist heart, the emperors of the Han and Tang dynasties did not have the Taoist heart, only knew interests and human desires, and the benevolent and righteous actions they did were just accidental actions that happened to be consistent with the Taoist heart of the ancient saint kings, because there was no Taoist heart, so the Han and Tang dynasties were "hegemonic politics".

Among them, the rule of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, as a royal politics, is a kind of philosophical setting, political ideal, or Taoist system based on Confucius, for Zhu Zi.

This kind of Taoism actually reflects the ideal political society that Rixue wants to build, that is, the sages are in power and the sages are used, so that the Tao and the power are unified, and in the minds of the Confucians after three generations, the most attractive part of the rule of the three generations lies in this.

The focus of Zhu Chen's debate on the righteousness and benefit of Wang Ba lies in the difference between Zhu Xi and Chen Liang's evaluation of the history of the rule of the three dynasties, as well as the different interpretations of "Taoism" embodied in it.

Chen Liang also explained that even if it is three generations of emperors, it is not entirely the royal way to rule the world, and there is also hegemony in the middle, and the royal road needs to be domineering to open up the road for itself, which is the so-called "Tang Fang Ji is in Nanchao and is a businessman, and King Wu is a Zhou".

Based on the historical view of the rule of three generations, that is, the controversy over the issue of "hegemony", the two of them led to a deeper distinction between "righteousness and benefit".

In other words, how to distinguish between "royal road" and "domineering"?

Zhu Xi's criterion for distinguishing between kings and overlords lies in whether to emphasize benevolence and righteousness or advocate utilitarianism, benevolence and righteousness are the royal way, and utilitarianism is hegemony.

Chen Liang believes that benevolence and utilitarianism are complementary to each other, and profit is also righteousness, and righteousness should be reflected through profit. If there is no profit, how can we have the four virtues? ”。

So seeing the core question of this debate, smart people will definitely ask, why is Zhu Xi so convinced that the rule of three generations is good? He is not a traverser like Jiang Xinghuo, and he has not seen with his own eyes what the third generation of Xia Shang is like.

The answer is, Confucius said.

Confucius clearly expressed his ambition to follow and carry forward the way of governing the country of the three generations in the Book of Rites, that is, the so-called "the journey of the avenue, and the three generations of Ying, Qiu Wei is not caught, and there are ambitions", "Zhou in view of the three generations, depressed and depressed, I follow the Zhou" and so on.

Mencius is even more said to be three generations, Zhu Xi regards himself as Confucian and Mencian orthodoxy, and he can stitch up and explain other things that Confucius and Mencius have not explained, but this kind of repeated mention and clear things can never be explained by himself, which is his academic foundation and even the foundation of his life, so it is natural to adhere to this point of view.

So got it?

The rule of three generations - the dispute between kings and tyrants - the debate of righteousness and benefit.

In the final analysis, it is all on the "three generations" of Xia Shang Zhou.

And Yao Guangxiao accidentally dug a grave for Jiang Xinghuo, but he didn't expect to dig up the tomb of the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty, the middle dynasty of the Xia Dynasty and the Xia Qi Zhou, and it was accompanied by the unearthing of a large number of oracle bone inscriptions.

This is equivalent to affirming/denying the rule of the three dynasties directly through the oracle bone inscription, which is a recording medium that reflects the social, political, economic, military, and cultural of the Shang Dynasty at that time.

And the right to interpret the oracle bone inscription is in the hands of Jiang Xinghuo.

In other words, Jiang Xinghuo has now obtained the most critical evidence of the "Debate of Wang Ba's Righteousness and Benefit"!

It's still the only one in heaven and on earth!

It's a one-hit winning move!

The most important thing is that no one else knows this secret, only the higher-ups who have been firmly bound to the chariot of the Changeling have just knew.

This means that Jiang Xinghuo can be completely surprised and leave this decisive trump card on the most important decisive battle!

Changing the law, in essence, is to use hegemonic means to change the status quo of the country in a relatively short period of time, strengthen the country and enrich the people!

To strengthen the country and enrich the people, we must reverse the current concept of "righteousness is absolutely greater than profit", at least to achieve the state of "both kings and tyrants, righteousness and benefit" advocated by Chen Liang, otherwise how to carry out trade without seeking benefits? Do we still want to build a large rural society in which Lao Zhu is self-sufficient?

"In other words, can we prove that even a saint like Confucius and Mencius is wrong in his judgment about the rule of three generations?"

Zhu Gaoxu finally realized that although he was working hard to learn and improve, his foundation was too poor, and his reaction speed to these things naturally could not be compared with these people who had played with their brains all their lives.

"Yes."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and said: "Wang Ba Yili can use this as a solution, and the debate between ancient and modern times has added a chance of winning, if the appalling aristocratic customs of the Shang Dynasty can be revealed, instead of putting the black cauldron on the head of King Xuan alone, then I think it is better to be 'ancient' or 'modern', and there is naturally a comparison." ”

Zhang Yuchu's eyes flashed with excitement: "The saint is not dead, and the thief is not stopped!" ”

I can't help but feel that Zhang Yuchu is not excited, as the so-called "the person who knows you best is often your opponent", as the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain, who is known as the Taoist Confucian, he knows too well where Confucianism is powerful.

If it can really be done, the authority of the saints of Confucius and Mencius will be damaged, and as a result, it may really be possible to achieve what Jiang Xinghuo said, "reducing the worship of saints and the privileges after saints".

"Combined with the introduction of Xunzi into the five sages of Confucianism, one plus and one subtraction, the situation is easy."

"What a plan!"

Song Li couldn't help but admire.

The slightly pessimistic mood of the crowd began to ignite.

The sense of oppression brought to them by Confucianism was too strong.

It is precisely because they understand the science of science and the control of Confucianism in every aspect of the world that they feel pessimistic.

And now that Jiang Xinghuo has found a breakthrough, a breakthrough with absolute empirical evidence, his eyes suddenly brightened.

"Wait, there's one more question."

Yuan Jue frowned and said: "That is the result of the translation of the oracle bone inscription, or the result of the interpretation that is not conducive to the traditional concept of Confucianism, the 'rule of three generations', if others do not recognize it, what should I do?" ”

"Naturally, there is a way."

Jiang Xinghuo smiled and groaned: "Don't forget, now we are standing in the light and standing on the stage, and standing here will be slandered in the dark, but there is also an advantage, that is, you can give orders." ”

"There are so many dragon bones in the world (the name of traditional Chinese medicine, that is, ancient animal fossils), there are always tortoise shells engraved with oracle bone inscriptions, and the power of the world and the wealth of the four seas, can't you find any evidence?"

In fact, in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, a large number of tortoise shells engraved with oracle bone inscriptions were all turned out from medicinal herb stores or collectibles, and now that the timeline is earlier, there must be more tortoise shells that have not been boiled or damaged, so there is no need to worry about this.

"So how do we deal with the civilian officials?"

Regarding how to deal with the second type of enemy, Jiang Xinghuo actually had some insights when he was in Jiangnan to control the water.

"A new school needs to be built, Daming Administration."

"Daming School of Administration? What does it do? Song Li was quite interested in this, and seeing that Zhuo Jing had become Zhuo Shangshu and his top boss, he didn't blush that it was fake, so he asked eagerly.

Jiang Xinghuo said: "Naturally, it is to teach civil officials how to be officials and administration, not only training before each appointment to a different official position, but also regular special rotation training, such as learning the doctrine of Xunzi Shengwang, learning the practical regulations of the examination law, and the subsequent introduction of various law change measures. ”

Hearing this, everyone fell into a short period of thought.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the imperial examination with science as the examination standard is an important means for the Ming Dynasty to select talents as officials.

However, science really doesn't teach how to be an official!

All civil officials have figured out the secret of being an official in their long-term career as officials, but they are only "officials", for the sake of official careers, not for administration.

"Is administration also a science? How do you teach it? ”

"Everything is learning, and the same is true for administration."

Jiang Xinghuo said with a smile: "A Confucian student, from entering a private school to enlighten himself, reciting three hundred poems, to learning the Four Books and Five Classics, taking the examination of children's students, showing talents, and even lifting people and jinshi, what he learned is how to cultivate himself and govern the country and the world, but really give him a county, do you think he can govern well?" This is not possible, because science does not teach administration, and administration must have a special knowledge to teach, called "Administration and Management". ”

From Jiang Xinghuo's words, in fact, everyone present also tasted a deeper meaning.

This Daming administrative school was used to screen and master civil officials.

It doesn't matter if the results of the training and learning in the school are not related to the evaluation of the civil service's examination method and the results of promotion.

Because this school also has a role, that is, to form its own circle, and the biggest beneficiary of this circle is Jiang Xinghuo, who stands at the top of the school.

This can be understood with a little thought, and does not need to be extended to it.

As a result, within the civil bureaucratic system, the reformers will gain a steady stream of transformation bases, and under the influence of one another, perhaps in a few years, or more than a decade, the balance of power between the two sides will be completely unbalanced.

"The national teacher is far-sighted, and I admire it!"

After Song Li figured this out, he bowed his hand convincingly.

Zhuo Jing asked hurriedly, "But what about the third type of enemy, that is, the scholar?" The national teacher said before that he wanted to rectify the style of study of the national eunuch, what kind of rectification method is it? ”

Jiang Xinghuo said: "I think that rectifying the style of study of Guozijian is a beginning of rectifying the style of study of Shilin, and it is also a typical representative. ”

"On the one hand, through the Science Hall of the National Prison, the scope of study of the inmates is expanded, and the natural sciences and social sciences are expanded, and the horizons of people are expanded, and they will naturally not stick to the empty talk of the past, but will be more interested in exploring the truth of the world through hands-on experiments."

"On the other hand, it is to restore the old Hongwu system. Nor are all the strict regimes restored, but some of the better ones. You must know that the other side of political innovation is the reform of the school and examination system, and the current hasty change of the imperial examination system is very likely to cause a huge backlash. However, as the temples and schools in the upstream, once they are completely changed, in fact, the complete change of the final examination system is a matter of course. ”

Yao Guangxiao nodded: "The school cultivates talents, and talents enter the imperial court through the imperial examination, so the quality of the school's style of study directly affects the officialdom atmosphere, this road is the right way, and reforming the school and examination system is essentially changing politics." ”

"I have a note here, a big book and a memory."

Jiang Xinghuo took out a note and handed it to Song Li to read.

This is the specific measure that he put forward with Zhuo Jing and Xie Jin that day to rectify the style of Guozi supervision, seriously think about it, prescribe the right medicine, and summarize it.

It includes the purpose of running a school, the direction of running a school, the management of school rules, the scope of teaching materials, the inspection of schools, the responsibilities of instructors, the number of students, the admission conditions, the standards for reducing students, the treatment of students, the standards of school examinations, etc., and it can be said that what has been held back for so long is a set of rules or standards that can be directly used.

Song Li read softly: "The purpose of running a school is to take practice as the standard, and the students should be responsible for the scriptures and books they study on weekdays, and they should practice them for the future." Therefore, it is absolutely forbidden to distinguish between the portals, gather the party and talk about it, or gather the party in groups, and call on others to wander and eat without practice, talk about abandoning the industry, and corrupt the style of study. ”

"The management of school rules is based on the law of Emperor Taizu Gao, and students are not allowed to discuss politics and interfere in politics, and they are not allowed to form crowds to make trouble."

"The admission conditions must be strictly checked in terms of qualifications, and no fraud is allowed, and Confucian students should be promoted to pay tribute to Taixue, and they must be more realistic and repeatedly assessed."

"Reducing the standards for students, promoting the improvement of the teaching quality of Guozijian and the academic performance of students through assessment, if the student fails to pass the examination many times, according to the specific situation, they will be assigned as officials or dismissed as people, and the student status will be cancelled."

"The examination standards, no matter what kind of examination, must be strictly managed, if there is a cheater in the examination room, they will be 'asked for guilt and dismissed', and the rope hall (the punishment agency in the Guozi Prison) will impose the punishment prescribed by Emperor Taizu Gao according to the situation, such as cane punishment, confiscation, and even death."

"In addition, the logistics of Guozijian is related, and the details of income and expenditure need to be publicized, such as the damage to the school building, which needs to be repaired, as well as the relevant logistics personnel and logistics materials, such as their husbands, cooks, school grains, school fields, etc., and the relevant yamen of the imperial court must be allocated in time, and no derogation is allowed."

“.”

There is no doubt that if this is really done, the Guozi prisoners who have just been happy for a few years from the Jianwen era, and even the students of all schools in the world, will be re-affected.

However, Jiang Xinghuo's preparation obviously made them feel at ease.

Having a leader who thinks of everything can really save a lot of trouble and concerns, especially after he comes up with a concrete solution, everyone feels more relaxed.

"What about the last group of enemies, the believers?"

Zhang Yuchu frowned and said, "Do you want to set off a trend for the people to resist Confucianism?" ”

Jiang Xinghuo waved his hand: "No, we have to use the wisdom of the people." ”

The crowd listened attentively.

Jiang Xinghuo continued: "We want to establish the "Ming Pao", and I have already mentioned the specific regulations to Your Majesty, and Xie Jin, a big pen, will be the editor-in-chief, and in the future, the "Ming Pao" will be our main front for propagating science and changing the law. ”

"As for the specific propaganda caliber, that is, Confucius Sage is a benevolent and generous philosopher, and he also has some cognitive deficiencies that are limited by history, but this is a very small aspect, Confucius Sage, or several sages in traditional Confucianism including Xunzi, their hearts are good, but later people read the scriptures crookedly, but they did not use their thoughts on the right path The so-called 'science' is just something that Song Confucianism himself stitched out, what is the real Confucianism? In other words, what is the original appearance of the Tao of Confucius and Mencius? These are all places where we can study, discuss, and publicize. ”

Now the vernacular is very mature, and there are many writers who write very well, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", you may not have heard of it, but we can choose to publish serials to promote it, we can write it ourselves, to deny science in a subtle way, and at the same time promote vernacular literature and popular literature, which is also a kind of change. Don't underestimate the power that the people can bring out in advancing the course of history. ”

Jiang Xinghuo said softly: "The core of science is the Confucian inheritance and the concept of sages, so these are its foundations and must not be lost, otherwise, science will lose its foothold." ”

From the pre-Qin period, to the Western Han Dynasty, to the ups and downs in the middle, Confucianism, or Confucianism, is like a ship of Theseus, which has long become unrecognizable in the constant change of ideas.

The five sons of the Northern Song Dynasty once relayed the general and carried out innovations, changes, and reinforcements of Confucianism again and again, but this still could not change this situation.

In fact, the so-called "Tao of Confucius and Mencius" is the foundation of Confucianism.

It is a concept inherited from Confucius and Mencius, and continues to be inherited, but due to the fact that the political environment has changed in the past dynasties, the successor of Confucius, the later generations of Confucian disciples, in order to maintain this concept, chose to deviate from orthodoxy, and it was forced to go into a more and more crooked line, and gradually evolved into what it is today.

Confucianism has been reduced to a tool of political struggle, and instead of the way of Confucius and Mencius in the past, it has a strong feudal rule.

In this era, everything is going in a bad direction, and the influence of Confucianism is getting worse and worse, and it is difficult to control.

But on the other hand, Confucianism has always had this huge drawback, that is, "Confucianism" is derived from traditional Confucianism.

In other words, simply destroying the core lineage of Confucianism can lead to a complete decline in Confucianism.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo came up with this idea, separating Confucianism from primitive Confucianism, and distinguishing the five sons of the Northern Song Dynasty from Confucius and Mencius.

"Hit the snake and hit the seven inches."

Zhang Yuchu suddenly said: "Therefore, let's get rid of this point, deny the connection between Confucianism and primitive Confucianism, and let Confucianism lose the source of belief and thus lose its support point." ”

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said: "Just like we want to change, it is impossible to forcibly stuff our will into other people's heads and transfer it to others, we can only change other people's minds through various means, and change can be achieved by changing other people's thoughts." ”

Song Li exclaimed: "Wonderful! ”

Jiang Xinghuo looked at Zhang Yuchu and asked, "What does Zhang Zhenren think?" ”

Zhang Yuchu pondered for a few breaths and nodded: "Indeed, this is the only solution, otherwise we will not be able to win against Confucianism, so we can only sit and wait." ”

Seeing this, Jiang Xinghuo finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "So, our main task is to meet this challenge and counterattack from these four aspects, so it's decided, what do you think?" ”

"Good!"

"Agreed."

"Yes."

"So what are you waiting for?"

"I'll leave the matter you said to you."

Jiang Xinghuo sighed: "If it's really a last resort. ”

"No problem." Yao Guangxiao stood side by side with him, and his chin agreed.

Because it's something he wanted to do early on, and he has absolute confidence that he can do it smoothly.

Yao Guangxiao's idea was just to speed up the implementation of Jiang Xinghuo's plan, which was a trick he had prepared a long time ago.

After walking out of the door, Yao Guangxiao turned to look at Jiang Xinghuo who was carrying his hands behind his back and looking out the window: "Jiang Sheng, do you really have confidence in this battle of Taoism?" ”

"Yes!"

Jiang Xinghuo said solemnly.

"Do you know that if you take this step, there is no possibility of taking it back?" Yao Guangxiao asked seriously.

"I understand that no matter what the result is, we will encounter all kinds of doubts, but as long as we can make the country and the people safe, and the people have enough food and clothing, I Jiang Xinghuo is willing to go to the soup and fight the fire, and I will not hesitate." Jiang Xinghuo said firmly.

"We'll see."

Yao Guangxiao said with relief: "If Jiang Sheng can succeed, we will be able to fight for a future in this world of great contention, if we fail."

He looked at Jiang Xinghuo, and said with deep compassion in his tone: "You can also leave the land of right and wrong as soon as possible and enter the ninth reincarnation." ”

The flesh on Jiang Xinghuo's face jumped uncontrollably.

Yao Guangxiao lied just now, and at the edge of Taiyuan City, Shanxi, according to the clues provided by Jiang Xinghuo, he found a grave.

After everyone left, a coffin was placed in front of him.

The moment the coffin was opened, Jiang Xinghuo's entire body trembled slightly.

The face lying in the coffin was familiar to him.

That's the fourth self.

He was finally convinced that, at least on a certain continuous line of history, he had completely changed history.

The flesh in the coffin was already decaying, but the eight characters tattooed on the sunken skin of the cheeks were faintly visible, and they had not faded much.

——Serve the country with a naked heart and swear to kill the gold thief.

(End of chapter)