"True Confucian, pseudo-Confucian......" Seeing that Fang Xiaoru was infatuated, Zhu Su was also thoughtful. This is a good statement, and it can clearly divide the ranks of literati.

Zhu Su was already considering whether to spread these two words to the world so as to cause the literati to attack each other.

Since he was able to successfully persuade Fang Xiaoru, Zhu Su immediately drove into the palace. Whether this is successful or not, I have to ask Lao Zhu what he means.

It was already noon at the palace gate, and Lao Zhu rarely had some leisure, and was with Queen Ma and Prince Zhu Biao, accompanying the emperor's grandson Zhu Xiongying and playing in the pavilion of the imperial garden.

"So, does the fifth brother want to restore the original Confucianism of Confucius, attack Confucianism with Confucianism, and unlock the shackles of science on thought?" Zhu Biao frowned and thought. "Confucius is the most holy of Confucianism, and reverting to its old system is indeed easier for Confucian students all over the world to accept."

"But in this way, wouldn't it be all over again? After all, the original Confucianism was poor, and after dozens or hundreds of years, how can we guarantee that there will not be other Confucian scholars who are still looking for chapters and sentences in these old piles of paper, and drumming up new Confucianism that has brought disaster to the country and the people? ”

Zhu Su nodded: "What the eldest brother said is very true, so we are not just preaching the original Confucianism, not just the old book." ”

"While publicizing, we should also draw a bottom line for it, one is 'applied to the world', and the other is 'Confucianism'."

"The original meaning of the so-called 'application to the world' is that Confucianism must have its practical significance. It is necessary to pay attention to reality, face contradictions, never be rigid, and oppose the so-called "reason", "qi" and so on empty learning. ”

"And 'Confucianism' is to put an end to taking things out of context and copying them in a rigid way. For example, 'Zilu asks about politics', that is to say 'asking about politics', and it cannot be related to virtue, ethics, heaven and earth, and rationality. Proceeding from reality, we should be clear about Master's intention to teach according to his aptitude, and we should not copy superficial methods, but explore and understand why Master said this, so that 'not only to observe his deeds, but also to see his nature'. ”

Zhu Biao groaned, and then praised with a fierce hit: "Wonderful! A good one that has been used in the world, and is Confucian! ”

In this way, Confucianism can be regarded as truly immortal. Once there are people who go to practice and stick to the rules, they can't be regarded as Confucianism! ”

"Yes." Zhu Su nodded and smiled. In addition, the method of science can be paralleled with Confucianism. Science armes hands, Confucianism arms minds. Scientific logic is meticulous, and it can also make people down-to-earth and think less about those illusory things. Moreover, only by cultivating both the inner and the outer can we achieve the real China that is not easy to come. ”

"What Su'er said is reasonable." Queen Ma, who rarely expresses her opinions in the deliberations and hugs Zhu Xiongying, also spoke. He said to Zhu Biao: "My mother hasn't read many books, but she also knows that this science is a good knowledge that can really benefit the people." If nothing else, just the wool. Who would have thought that wool would be rinsed with potion and spun into thread, and the clothes woven would be warmer than cotton clothes? ”

"Those Confucian scholars always look like they know everything, and I don't think they can figure out such a truth. Mind and hands, how good is that? I look at the Great Song Dynasty, it is because I cut off my hands and my thoughts are crooked again, so I will become so wretched. In the end, he was invaded by a foreign race and sent the entire Chinese country out. ”

Since knowing Chongzhen's death, Queen Ma, who has always been virtuous and virtuous, has rarely become hostile to civil officials. Moreover, she has always been a good person, and she has always spared no effort to support science, a kind of knowledge that can truly benefit the people.

"We understand what the fifth child means." Seeing that Lao Zhu, who had been groaning, spoke. Zhu Su and the others all quieted down. "But we still have two doubts."

"First, if Confucianism goes back to the original intention of Confucius, shouldn't even the Three Principles and Five Constants, Heaven and Man Induction, and the like exist?"

"And the other two. What we want is that those civil officials no longer only focus on fighting with the emperor, but also divert their goal of 'wanting to share the world with the emperor'. ”

"At this point, we don't seem to see how to transfer?"

Lao Zhu looked directly at Zhu Su and said.

As an emperor, Lao Zhu didn't care about whether the inheritance of Confucianism could be accepted, and he didn't even care about what kind of content it had.

What he cares about is always whether this doctrine can become the help of the Ming Dynasty, prove the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty's rule, and whether it will become an obstacle to the imperial power in the future.

"You're a wise man. Someone asked about the core. Zhu Su smiled first and gave a sycophant, which made Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao, and Queen Ma laugh.

Under the laughter and urging of Lao Zhu's "less poor mouth", Zhu Su said: "Actually, your two doubts are already in the 'Confucianism' I just said. The so-called Confucianism is to see through the surface to see the essence and understand what Confucius wanted to teach people. ”

"Big brother, you are well-read, you say, Confucius traveled around the world, created Confucianism, and spared no effort, so what is his fundamental goal?"

"The fundamental goal?" Zhu Biao was slightly stunned. Under the gaze of Lao Zhu and Queen Ma, he thought for a moment and said: "What Confucius wants all his life is nothing more than the words 'Revival Zhou Ceremony'. Could it be that the fifth brother, what you are referring to is Zhou Li? ”

"Big brother is right and it's not right. 'Zhou Li' is still just a means of expression, what Confucius wants to achieve is the polite, orderly, strong and rich China behind the 'Zhou Li'! ”

"Three outlines and five constants, heaven and man induction. It seems to strengthen the imperial power, but in fact it is illusory, and it has long lost its deterrent power. The change of heaven is a natural phenomenon, but whenever the sky changes, Dr. Song Shishi often gathers in groups to write books, refute the policies of the monarch in the name of heaven, and protect his own interests. ”

"Is this kind of program strengthening the imperial power or weakening the imperial power?"

Zhu Su said this, and Lao Zhu was thoughtful. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he wanted to promote science, and what he valued was actually that science emphasized the preservation of heavenly principles and the elimination of human desires, the three outlines and five constants, and was to clamp down on officials for the emperor's family and maintain the society as it was.

However, knowing the situation of the Ming Dynasty in the future, he has thoroughly understood that he can't control hundreds of officials just by implementing science. After all, the so-called Confucian scholars and civil officials are from the same family, and how many of them will really believe in the so-called Son of God, the Three Principles and Five Constants?

If they want to use their knowledge to clamp down on Confucian officials, that is to let them take care of themselves. By the way, he also handed them a knife, a knife capable of stabbing at the imperial power.

Looking at Emperor Zhengde and Emperor Chongzhen, etc., you can see how much the emperor has been wronged in the hands of civil officials.

"Father, you started from the end of the micro-end, expelled the Tartars, and won the country unsurpassed in the world. The reason why he is called the emperor is not because of the three outlines and five constants, but because he conforms to the will of the people. If you really want to follow the so-called monarch as a subject, you were still a subject of Dayuan in the past. Count it up, don't you become a rebel and a thief? Zhu Su said.

"If you want to use this set of arguments to subdue the thieves and bandits, it is untenable."

"In that case, it's better to change to a more defensible statement, 'Respect the king'!" Zhu Su said.

(End of chapter)