The so-called "two Confucius" certainly does not refer to Confucius and Kong Xilu.

Although Kong Xilu is very strong and has the strongest Confucian attainments in the world, he is honestly unworthy of it throughout the thousands of years in China.

"Two Confucius" refers to the controversy between ancient and modern scriptures, that is, the controversy between "Zhou Li" and "Imperial System", which is the different understanding of Confucius and his people at different stages of his life on scriptures, etiquette, and systems.

Jiang Xinghuo said slowly: "From Zhou to Confucius's young and strong learning, because of the revolution for Confucius's later years, in this way, it is just like a bamboo, from which it is split in half, and the origin is clear." ”

"Confucius was not allowed to take the throne and could not govern him, so the history of Tolu became the "Spring and Autumn Period", and the law of the king was established to fund future generations."

Jiang Xinghuo first set the personality for "Spring and Autumn", well, in fact, even if it is more true, Jiang Xinghuo's words are indeed not wrong, books are written by people, and when Confucius wrote books and said, he naturally added his own thoughts to them.

Kong Xilu seemed to be smiling, and said: "Therefore, I waited for the Confucian, and saw that the "Royal System" and "Zhou Li" did not match, but I didn't know that this was the law of King Su? ”

"Yes, exactly."

The conversation between the two is simple, but the amount of information contained is not a lot, if you can't have a basic understanding of the ideological system of pre-Qin Confucianism, it is difficult to understand what Jiang Xinghuo and Kong Xilu are talking about.

There is a key word here, called "Suwang".

The word Suwang, from the "Hanshu Dong Zhongshu Biography", "Confucius made the "Spring and Autumn Period", the first is the king and everything is the system, see the text of the Su Wang", the "Su" in this means emptiness, emptiness, refers to the name without the real or the real nameless, to the era of vigorous development of the Eastern Han Dynasty classics, Wang Chong said in the "On Heng Dingxian" that "Confucius is not the king, the industry of the king is in the "Spring and Autumn", which means that although Confucius is not the king, he did the king's career, that is, he wrote the "Spring and Autumn", from then on, Confucianism specifically referred to Confucius as the king of Su.

But in the era before Confucius, the word Suwang meant more to refer to the emperors of ancient times.

The reason why Dong Zhongshu wants to brag about Confucius like this is that he wants to carry out the reform of the ancient system.

Isn't that a coincidence? Jiang Xinghuo wanted to do the same.

It doesn't matter if there is great ideological resistance to reform, the predecessors have already found a way out.

As long as the flag is correct, some enemies can also become friends.

As we all know, Dong Zhongshu is the successor of "Ram Studies", well, here is another popular science, whether it is a ram or Zuo's or Gu Liang, they are all annotations of the book "Spring and Autumn", which is equivalent to Zhu Xi's annotations to the four books, the meaning is the same, the purpose is to use their own academic understanding to grasp the right to speak, similar to the Pope's interpretation of the Bible. The reason is that the book "Spring and Autumn" is written very concisely, commonly known as micro-words, if there is no annotation, ordinary people read through it, and they are basically in a state of confusion that they don't understand, so they have the right to interpret the most important book of "Spring and Autumn", in fact, they have the right to speak about the scriptures.

And Dong Zhongshu wants to make the Spring and Autumn Annotation of the Ram version become the official version.

"So, the national teacher is going to do Dong Zhongshu's thing? No, it's better than Dong Zhongshu. ”

The young Cao Duan also came back to his senses at this time.

In fact, in the Han Dynasty, when the style of worship of antiquity prevailed, it was indeed necessary to launch an ancient authoritative figure who thought that his doctrine was endorsed, so Dong Zhongshu chose Confucius. Dong Zhongshu took the sentence of the 14th year of mourning in the "Legend of the Ram in the Spring and Autumn Period" as the ideological program, "Stirring up the troubled times, opposing the righteousness, and not approaching the "Spring and Autumn Period"" as the ideological program, and first created the theory of the king's restructuring, declaring that the "Spring and Autumn Period" was a matter of the new king in response to heaven, and Dong Zhongshu carried out political activities and realized political ideals under the banner of Confucius and "Spring and Autumn".

And now the head of the Southern Confucius family is here, the inheritor of all the good virtues in the world, the spokesperson of Confucius, if Jiang Xinghuo does not make good use of it, it is to give up the near and far.

Jiang Xinghuo coughed lightly, and then said: "Dong Zhongshu is a Tuogu reform, why not Confucius?" When you look at "The Royal System", is it closer to Zhou Li, or is it closer to "Spring and Autumn"? ”

Needless to say, Zhou Li is a thing, everyone who understands it, an old mummy.

And "The Monarchy" is a very interesting thing, "The Monarchy" is one of the six classics of the "Book of Rites" in one of the articles, if you just look at the content, in fact, it is to record the various political systems of ancient times, that is, the feudal state, officials, lords, sacrifices, funerals, punishments, the establishment of a city, the selection of officials and school education, does it seem that there is nothing special?

But in fact, the status of the "Book of Rites" in the Six Classics is very high, and the "Imperial System" is the most important thing in the Book of Rites.

In fact, when learning about these, Jiang Xinghuo always felt that if everything went well, he should also leave a few books for future generations before he died in this life.

Ahem, it's far away, in short, the content of "The Monarchy" is diametrically opposed to Zhou Li, and even contrary to it, which has also become the contradiction and conflict between the ancient literature school and the modern literature school in the scriptures, which cannot be resolved.

The reason is also very simple, this is all made up by Confucius.

A Confucius, who came up with two opposite thoughts, listened?

Jiang Xinghuo gave the answer: "Confucius asked in the prime of life, because of the turbulent situation, he needed to respect the king of Zhou, so that he had the hope of peace in the sea. However, the Zhou Dynasty ritual system, to the Spring and Autumn Period, has long been not adapted to the drastic changes in society, the accumulation of disadvantages can be seen with the naked eye, Confucius to the old age, felt that there is no hope of saving the time, and worried that the royal road will not work, so he inherited the Zhou rites and changed the system, personally revised it, in order to leave a complete set of political system for future generations, and metaphorically metaphorized its ideas in the "Royal System" and "Spring and Autumn". ”

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo faced the dispute between the ancient and modern literary schools, or the disputes between two different political systems, and chose Dong Zhongshu's modern literary school.

In fact, the "Spring and Autumn" scriptures propagated by Gongyang Studies are indeed more consistent with the "Royal System", and the "Royal System" is according to Jiang Xinghuo, that is, Confucius's Tuogu reform thought.

So after this string, Jiang Xinghuo's ideological context is very clear.

Confucius Tuogu reformed and wrote "The Royal System" and "Spring and Autumn", and Dong Zhongshu Tuogu reformed the system based on the ram science, wrote "Spring and Autumn Dew", and used "The Royal System".

"So what does the national teacher mean by using the "Imperial System" to rule the Six Classics, and then make annotations to the Six Classics?"

Jiang Xinghuo didn't laugh and didn't say anything, that would make them feel that they were ambiguous, and if something didn't work out, they might be sold at any time, but he bowed his head and said: "That's the idea of this matter." ”

Cao Duan and Kong Xilu pondered for a moment and did not speak.

But he didn't speak, in fact, at some moments, he could still show his attitude than saying a lot.

Jiang Xinghuo was not in a hurry, looking at the snowy scene of Mochou Lake outside the window, and poured himself a glass of wine, and before he knew it, Gao Xunzhi, who was drunk, had already fallen asleep next to everyone.

After a while, Cao Duan finally spoke, his eyes flashing with some longing: "What article does the national teacher plan to ask me to write?" ”

Cao Duan didn't forget, this is what Jiang Xinghuo asked them to do, Note that a big project like the Sixth Classic is definitely not for them to do, at most it is to take the lead and review and other work.

"You wrote the Confucius Academic Genealogy Examination."

Hearing this, Cao Duan had a big head, but he still couldn't help but complain.

The academic genealogy of Confucius is mainly bounded by the great unification of Qin, which is divided into pre-Qin and two Han dynasties.

Let's first talk about the pre-Qin period, when Confucius was alive, there were two groups of disciples, one group was the local Shandong disciples of Lu State, and the other group was the Hebei disciples of Yanzhao and other places.

Shandong is the authentic modern literary school, and Hebei is the authentic ancient literary school, but just as the left can be infinitely divided, the authentic modern school based on the countryside can also be divided indefinitely, and at that time it was divided into three main factions, such as the Lu faction, the Qi faction, and the Han faction, which respectively propagated their own ideas.

The ancient literature school, on the other hand, is not divided into factions according to the region, but according to the professional expertise they have learned, that is, what they have learned and what they have learned well, they advocate what to explain Confucianism, that is, the so-called "Yuanjing Li Theory", which is divided into the "Zhou Li" school, the "Chinese" school, the "Zuo Chuan" school, the "Filial Piety Classic" school, and so on.

During the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the ancient literature school flourished, and this kind of "Yuan Jing Li Theory" was even more obvious, and the Eastern Han Dynasty court attached great importance to the study of scriptures.

Now thousands of years have passed, but it is not involved in the academic circles of the early Ming Dynasty, at most there are some inheritances that they can't explain, and the reason why we have to do this work is to clean up the source.

Well, if I have to say it, it's about the same as compiling a family tree.

If you say this thing makes sense, then you have to figure it out.

"How?"

When Cao Duan was groaning, Jiang Xinghuo urged, but these two words suddenly shook Cao Duan's heart like a bell.

Cao Duan sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then replied: "Confucius used the "Imperial System" to legislate for later generations, and the Qin and Han systems were different from the "Imperial System", so the "Imperial System" was regarded as a useless book. After the Qin and Han dynasties, the two schools of ancient literature were complex and confused, which led to the concealment of Confucius's reform, and the two schools of ancient literature were just two sets of doctrine systems derived from Confucius's early years and later years. ”

Seeing Cao Duan's attitude, Jiang Xinghuo smiled with satisfaction.

"Come, drink."

Cao Duan took the wine glass, swallowed it, looked at the snow outside the window, but he shivered and always felt that he was tied to a thief ship when he went out for a meal.

But the question is, do you still have a choice?

"Ming Pao" file "Into the Oracle", but it almost became a shame in his life, if he had never been named, Cao Duan was afraid that he would not have the face to go out now, the layout of this national teacher is interlocking, and now thinking about it makes Cao Duan's heart palpitate.

However, Jiang Xinghuo didn't treat him badly, what he taught him, now Cao Duan himself has gradually realized something, and seeing it is to precipitate, he will be able to start a sect and establish a sect when he returns to his hometown in the future, and he will become a generation of famous masters, and I am afraid that it is even more famous than in history, because many philosophical ideas are destined not to be covered by time, and they are not fueled by seedlings.

Cao Duan was thinking nonsense, but Jiang Xinghuo just stroked his palms and laughed: "It's so good!" This is to revisit its origin after a thousand years, to remove the false and retain the true, although the delineation is quite complicated, but it is also a major event. ”

It is indeed a big deal, after all, although the ancient literature school and the modern literature school are fighting very hard in history, but because they are in the same vein, just like the sword sect qi sect of the Huashan school in martial arts has been passed down for countless generations, many of the past rights and wrongs are difficult to judge, if you can really distinguish their respective sources, and then add some artificial reasoning and elaboration, in short, you can sort these things out, it is something that can be handled.

But it sounds like a lot of work, well, in fact, the workload is also very large, but there is always a head and tail, no matter the rest, in fact, the focus is on the two Han Dynasty, after Dong Zhongshu helped Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to reform the ancient system, the Han Dynasty set up Confucianism as an official school, and the counties and townships have set up scripture teachers, and the scriptures have been flourishing since then, and the scriptures at that time were rewritten in the official book used in the Han Dynasty, that is, the scriptures of today's scriptures, and later unearthed the big seal and small seal of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which became the ancient scriptures and scriptures, and the ancient scriptures and scriptures were more than the rules and sentences of the exegesis, and the study of literature and scriptures is the study of small words and righteousness to support the ancient system.

The ancient literature school and the modern literature school competed very fiercely, but in fact, as of the White Tiger View Conference of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, the two factions began to gradually accept each other, and until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, who had a very high historical status, absorbed the elite of the modern literature and scriptures on the basis of the ancient texts and scriptures, and finally integrated them and reached the realm of the grandmaster.

Therefore, during the period from Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, there is actually nothing to say, mainly the context of the academic genealogy between them, which needs to be sorted out.

Of course, things that can become famous are not so easy.

After all, the two Han Dynasty have been together for hundreds of years.

Cao Duan has a headache by himself, Jiang Xinghuo can find him, and he has this ability, right?

After Cao Duan was done, it was Kong Xilu's turn next.

"Kong Gong."

Jiang Xinghuo handed Kong Xilu a glass of wine and looked at him with a smile.

Needless to say, since Kong Xilu is ranked after Cao Duan, the task of the article he wants to write will only be more difficult, not smaller, and his status is also more important than Cao Duan.

Kong Xilu was half helpless and half relieved, he was short of hands, and it was time to repay the debt: "Say it." ”

"With "The Royal System" as the core, there are probably two main points in making an article on "Ancient and Modern Literature Examination".

Jiang Xinghuo brushed it up, and said: "First, the line of ram science advocates the reform of the ancient system, and it echoes the "royal system", so it is still the authentic Confucian system, which remains unchanged, but it is necessary to explain the subtle meaning of the Six Classics from the "Imperial System", and explain that the Six Classics handed down by Confucius are used to save the evils of the times, not only to criticize the past, but also to correct the future In other words, Confucius made the "Imperial System" for future generations, not only to divide it with Zhou Li, but also to deduce the future social system. ”

"Therefore, the social system of the Qin and Han dynasties did not match what was said in the "Imperial System", in fact, it had nothing to do with it, what the sage hoped for was only change, because of the specific situation at that time, even Confucius could not think of a social system that transcended the times."

This is equivalent to putting a small patch on the incorrespondence between "The Monarchy" and the political practice of later generations, which can be regarded as self-justifying.

"Second, the various systems in the "Royal System" are all the new systems that Confucius thought, although some later generations did not adopt them, but such as the selection of officials, counties, and governance, these principles can still be traced back to find the source of thought, so the reform of the system and the flow of thought in later generations should also sort out a context, which is the original intention of the "Ancient and Modern Literature Examination", in the sense, it is the same as the "Confucius Academic Genealogy Examination", but one starts from the genealogy, and the other starts from the interlaced context of the system and thought."

Seeing that Kong Xilu didn't speak for a long time, Jiang Xinghuo added another fire: "There are subtle words and great righteousness in the scriptures, the purpose of Confucius's reform is micro-words, and the canonical system and ethics contained in the group scriptures are turned into great righteousness, and the micro-words are cut off after the Western Han Dynasty. ”

Kong Xilu certainly understood what Jiang Xinghuo meant, which was on an official level, implying that the power of "exegesis" could be given to him.

"The Six Classics are mourned, and the Holy Way is covered."

Kong Xilu said solemnly: "I wrote this article. ”

"Kong Gong is righteous."

Jiang Xinghuo and Kong Xilu had a drink, and the matter of writing articles and commenting on scriptures was settled.

In this way, with these two great Confucians, they set off academic disputes within the science of science, and it will be considered a success.

And with this mess, I think that the science of science, which has been divided by the revival of mind and practice, should be even more overwhelming.

In terms of public opinion, if there is a huge dispute within the ideological circles, they can tear it up and quarrel as they like, because for the science of science, which originally occupied a dominant position, no matter how much they quarrel, in fact, they will lose.

If the matter of annotating the Six Classics is completed, then the status of Zhu Xi's "Four Books and Chapters and Sentences" in the academic world and the imperial examination must naturally decline, because the Four Books are originally the ladder of the Six Classics.

And based on the ram science of Dong Zhongshu, who advocated the reform of the law, and combined with the "Imperial System" reformed by Confucius himself, the "Royal System" was raised to the status of "the key to open the door of the Six Classics", and the academic basis and support for the reform of the law will not be more sufficient at that time? It's all one ring after the other.

Kong Xilu and Cao Duan were full of food and drink, and took the first step to say goodbye and leave, while Gao Xunzhi is now sleeping in the warm attic, if he wakes up rashly and pulls him into the cold wind and snow outside, he is afraid that he will be at risk of illness or even sudden death, so he is still asleep.

Jiang Xinghuo was alone admiring the increasingly heavy wind and snow, and he even saw a carriage with the banner of the Great Prince's Mansion passing by on the side of the street, thinking that someone from the family came out to play, according to the specifications of the carriage, the status was not low.

However, Gao Xunzhi did not sleep for long, and after a while, he woke up leisurely.

Looking at the messy appearance of the cups and plates on the table, Gao Xunzhi rubbed his cheeks with somewhat loose skin and asked, "Both of them agreed?" ”

"Why should Mrs. Gao ask knowingly."

Jiang Xinghuo said without replying, his eyes seemed to be unfocused at the moment.

"Why don't you leave, do you want me to do something for you? Then you have to beg me, I am different from them, you have no kindness to me. ”

"Nope."

Jiang Xinghuo turned his head at this time and looked at him.

If you say at this time, "Your granddaughter is doing well in Yangzhou", I'm afraid it will be a lore.

But Jiang Xinghuo is not such a person, since Gao Xunzhi did not participate in the conspiracy of Tyranny, he will not do anything to Gao Xunzhi, even if the other party does not recognize him, in fact, even if Gao Xunzhi really does it against him, Jiang Xinghuo can't do anything to coerce other people's wives and daughters, after all, he is not even Jingqing's daughter, and he is still a good student to live.

Gao Xunzhi is not that important, since he doesn't want to help himself, Jiang Xinghuo naturally won't force it.

Jiang Xinghuo said frankly: "It's just that everything is complicated, and now that it is suddenly empty, I am a little at a loss." ”

Gao Xunzhi also served as Jiuqing, and he quite understood this, and said: "You are now a national teacher, although you do not have the name of Song Shi Pingzhang's important military affairs, but you have the fact of participating in political affairs, if you are not busy, it is time for you to reflect on yourself." ”

Jiang Xinghuo smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It's not just these questions, I just want to do the things in front of me now." ”

He stood up, looked at the snowflakes flying outside the window, and suddenly said, "What do you think of the world now?" ”

Gao Xunzhi heard the abnormality in Jiang Xinghuo's words, stared at him, and said slowly after a while: "Like a person who has been sick for a long time, he suddenly takes a fierce medicine, and he is full of qi and blood for a while. ”

"If you are seriously ill, you have to take strong medicine, and if you carrion, you have to scrape the bones." Jiang Xinghuo said lightly, but his gaze became unfathomable.

Gao Xunzhi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and after pondering for a long time, he continued: "It's hard to go away. ”

"The snow is white and everything is fine."

At this moment, there is no ice on the ice surface of Mochou Lake.

Whether it's good or ugly, as the snow gets heavier and heavier, it's gone.

"What do you mean by that?"

Gao Xunzhi raised his head and looked at Jiang Xinghuo, his eyes flashing with deep doubts and exploration.

The corners of Jiang Xinghuo's mouth outlined a curvature, and he said softly: "The specific situation still depends on how the situation in the world evolves." ”

Gao Xunzhi nodded, but there was still a little doubt in his heart, because he felt that this didn't seem to be Jiang Xinghuo's intention.

"Let's get back to business, there is indeed something to ask you today, it is the matter of Jianwen's remnants."

Jiang Xinghuo waved his hand and put the topic he had just mentioned behind again.

Gao Xunzhi saw that he was resolute, and it was inconvenient to say more, so he said, "It has nothing to do with me." ”

"It really has nothing to do with you?"

Jiang Xinghuo interrupted him, he stared at Gao Xunzhi, and said: "Tyrant Zhao is dead, and his remnants have disappeared for more than half a year, but now, they have started to act again, what do they want to do?" The first year of Yongle is about to pass, even if Emperor Jianwen is alive, can he still turn the sky upside down? ”

"I really don't know."

Gao Xunzhi's attitude was very resolute.

"At the end of the year, there are a lot of things, so you should write a book and talk with them in the house during this time."

Jiang Xinghuo's words turned too fast, and he almost flashed Gao Xunzhi to his waist for a while.

The co-author didn't show me favors, just give me a handle that doesn't exist, in short, you want me to work for you, right?

But you said that Gao Xunzhi didn't have a ghost in his heart when he faced Jiang Xinghuo's questioning just now, that's not right, because Mao Dafang, a diehard loyal to Emperor Jianwen, did not die, and he did find him before.

Because of this, Gao Xunzhi sent his granddaughter to Yangzhou.

And this kind of thing is too sensitive, Gao Xunzhi doesn't dare and can't talk about it to anyone, but he doesn't know if Mao Dafang's whereabouts have been discovered by Jinyiwei and other intelligence agencies. After all, Mao Dafang came to see him, and he had never explained it, and he would be speechless when the time came.

Almost all restoration activities are like this, like these old Jianwen ministers, at the beginning there will be people who remember the good of the old master, and there will be people who run back and forth, trying to resist, but once these Wenchen find that they are doing well in the new dynasty, gradually, as the new emperor sits on the throne, this kind of rebellion will disappear.

In the end, even internally, there will be hatred of each other, because those who try to resist become enemies of those who are trying to live a stable life.

They are all people who eat the emperor's food, what kind of rebellion can they make? Hungry?

"What do you want me to do?"

Gao Xunzhi was relieved, and the thought flashed in his heart, and he was idle

Jiang Xinghuo was not polite to him, and simply explained: "The diversion of history, the history is the scripture, the history is the history, I heard that you have a lot of research on national history, you might as well publish a book, so as to be concise and clear, and sort out the national history." ”

Gao Xunzhi is not surprised, the purpose of the Six Classics and the "Imperial System" is to play a role in facilitating the change of the law in the ideological circles, and all along, the ideological circles have always had the view that the Six Classics are history, which is obviously in conflict with Jiang Xinghuo's proposition.

The reason is also very simple, if the Six Classics are all static and record the past history books, then how can they fit with the reform of the Tuogu system, and then justify themselves?

"In the past, Cheng Zhu Lixue interpreted the scriptures by reading history, I think it is very inappropriate, since the Six Classics are the reform of Confucius Tuogu, and the ideological expression of changing the Zhou rites with the "Royal System", it is naturally not attributed to the history books, and the Six Classics can be read by reading poetry and books.

Gao Xunzhi's comprehension ability is very strong, and he summed it up and said: "That is to say, all historical events are successful, and the dogs are dross, and the sons have spared no effort to attack them. ”

"Yes."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded and said: "Separate the study of Chinese culture from the study of scriptures, the study of China is the history of the serious, "Historical Records", "Book of Han", "Book of the Later Han", "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" and other things, and the study of scriptures is the wisdom of the sage and the philosophy of governing the world. ”

"Combing through the history of the country. It's not that hard. ”

This work only requires him to give full play to his historiographical skills from an objective point of view, collect previous historical materials, and concisely and clearly extract some dynastic contexts and important historical events, without any political stance.

Although it is to serve Jiang Xinghuo's transformation side, for him, he will not be attacked.

"Who are you going to show this stuff when it's written?"

Jiang Xinghuo said as a matter of course: "National history education, from private schools, to Guozijian and the National Administration School, can be used as general reading, don't worry, just this book is enough for you and your family to have food and clothing, clean money." ”

In this way, Gao Xunzhi was relieved.

In fact, what he doesn't know is that this kind of routine is the same as asking retired politicians to write autobiographical memoirs and then help publish and publicize sales, the money is very clean, but you can be regarded as admitting this favor, and it will be bad to oppose it while taking money in the future, right? That's a big face.

After dealing with the internal reform of Confucianism, Jiang Xinghuo just left the Shengqi Building, and there are still many challenges waiting for him in the future, and this year is not easy.

(End of chapter)