Chapter Thirty-Eight: Knocking on Uncle Sun Tong and Establishing a Hundred Schools of Learning
This person is Shusun Tong.
As soon as I returned to the Sihai Hall after the court meeting, Qi Wan came in to report to my uncle and grandson to ask for a meeting.
I was trying to clean up this guy, I didn't have time to trouble him the first few times I gave me eye medicine, but I didn't expect him to send it to the door himself!
After my uncle and grandson came in, he was still excited, and after saluting me, he expressed his intention: "Your Majesty, the minister's view of this paper and movable type printing is very exquisite, therefore, the minister has an idea, and I hope that Your Majesty will approve it." ”
I said lightly: "Speak." ”
Shusun Tong didn't notice my attitude in the slightest, and continued: "Your Majesty, I think that the appearance of these two artifacts will make my Confucian knowledge broadcast to the world. In the past, due to the large number of Confucian classics and the large number of bamboo slips, it was very inconvenient for the disciples to learn, and the books they could carry when traveling around the world were limited, and they could not spread what they had learned at all. ”
"Your Majesty, if my Confucian disciples were to carry books made of paper with them when they taught in the future, how many more books would they bring with them, and how many people would be able to listen to my Confucian teachings."
Seeing that Uncle Sun Tong was still chattering, my face sank, and I interrupted: "Why, the emperor forbade private learning, everyone in the world knows it, do you want to go against the emperor's holy will?" ”
My uncle and grandson stopped abruptly, and then realized that I was displeased.
I also wondered in my heart: 'They all say that you are a good guy, why do you seem to be a stunned young man now, is it because my personality has changed through you?' ’
What I don't know is that Shusun Tong has been depressed since the fall of Confucianism until Yingzheng died, and it was not until he realized that Hu Hai was incompetent and that Great Qin was crumbling that he began to change his personality and became sleek and sophisticated.
When my uncle and grandson saw me reprimanding him, he immediately resigned: "Your Majesty, the minister didn't mean that, the minister...... Confucianist...... Your Majesty ......"
Seeing his incoherent speech, I couldn't help but laugh, but my face became more and more gloomy, and I continued to reprimand: "I tried to give you the opportunity to be a doctor because I thought you could understand my good intentions. But what about you? Not only did he not do his job all day long, but he made enemies everywhere in the court for Confucianism, and he also sang against me everywhere. ”
"Now you are so ignorant of the general situation, and you want me and Confucianism to become the target of public criticism when my foundation is not stable. If it weren't for the fact that I studied under Mr. Chun Yu, and you followed Mr. Chun Yu for so many years, I would have thrown you to Lingnan to fight against the Nanban! ”
Seeing that I was really angry, my uncle and grandson hurriedly bent my waist deeper, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "The minister knows that he is wrong, Your Majesty forgives your sins, Your Majesty forgives your sins." ”
Seeing that the purpose of shock was achieved, I slowed down and said, "Hmph! Just know what you're wrong, sit down! ”
Uncle Sun Tong looked up at me as if he was a fake, and hurriedly thanked me and sat down in the next position, but he didn't dare to raise his head.
I laughed secretly and pretended to be deep: "Uncle Sun Tong, I have high hopes for you. You have opposed me in the past in matters of conscription and the affairs of the government, and I can not blame the past, and I should not mention the matter of today. But will you know how to do it in the future? ”
Uncle Sun Tong hurriedly responded: "The minister knows, and the minister will be cautious in his words and deeds in the future." ”
I nodded and said, "You don't have to be discouraged, I have already planned for Confucianism." ”
"Tomorrow I will order all the books to be transcribed on paper and replace the bamboo slips, which will not be completed in a year and a half. I will establish a hundred schools of learning, called presiding over the transcription of books, but in fact, the style of lecturing will slowly rise, making my Great Qin a state of etiquette. This school palace will be in your hands. ”
"This is your opportunity, but also a Confucian opportunity, you have to take advantage of it."
In addition, this matter should not be rushed, but should be carried out gradually, so as not to make people find out. Once someone with a heart moves out of the former emperor, I am afraid that I will have to close the school palace at that time. ”
Shusun Tong originally had no hope, but when he heard this, he immediately burst into tears of gratitude: "Your Majesty, the minister must do his best and never give up!" ”
I sighed lightly, afraid that he didn't understand what I meant, and couldn't bear to let him take over this matter in a daze, and one day I became a scapegoat, and I suddenly realized, and said leisurely: "If you are accidentally found out that the school palace has other plans, at that time, I will have the heart to protect you, and I am afraid that someone in the court will not let you go, do you understand?" ”
Shusun Tong was clever this time, nodded heavily and said, "Chen understands." The rebuilding of the school palace is a matter of the minister's thoughts, and now that there is an opportunity, the minister will advocate it. ”
I breathed a sigh of relief, not in vain, I was intimidated and beaten, this person does have a pure heart in his studies.
It's just that the establishment of a hundred schools of thought and the reproduction of the grand scene of a hundred schools of thought contending are really not an overnight thing. Not only is the educational resources themselves scarce, but also the mountain of Yingzheng's "prohibiting private learning and taking officials as teachers" is pressing!
It's better to act first than to do nothing.
The next day, I announced the establishment of the Hundred Schools of Learning, and in the name of transcribing books, there was no large-scale opposition. There are sporadic voices suggesting restrictions on the Academy, and I prevaricate with the "Imperial History".
The law does not prohibit it, and it is better not to leave documentary evidence for such risky things. When I can be as decisive as Yingzheng, I don't have to be so cautious.
Subsequently, on the grounds that "when transcribing books, the classics are like a sea of smoke, and the books of hundreds of schools of thought are often missing", I ordered that people from all over the world be invited to enter the palace to repair books, and at the same time announced the news that the world was printed on paper and movable type.
He also decreed that those who can complete, streamline, paraphrase, and expand the revision of the book can be rewarded with one word and one word once they are approved by two-thirds of the doctors in the DPRK and China, and those who have excellent overall performance can also become doctors to be edicted through the joint appointment of more than three doctors.
You must know that since the unification of Great Qin, a hundred schools of thought have withered. In addition to the Great Qin Guoben Legalists and the schools of medicine, agriculture, and Mo that relied on craftsmanship to eat, they still survived, and the schools of Confucianism, soldiers, names, and verticals and horizontal have almost disappeared.
Now that I heard the news, I naturally talked about it.
Somewhere, a soldier said to the Confucian student in front of him: "Have you heard that the imperial court has opened a hundred schools of study palace and recruited all sons and hundreds of schools to study in the palace?" ”
Confucian sneered and said, "What kind of study! I've heard that even if we are asked to repair the book, we are still not allowed to teach in private! Barbarian Qin is Barbarian Qin! ”
The soldier said, "That's better than before." Now that there is no war, and private learning is prohibited, it is good to repair the books so that the classics of the soldiers can be passed on, so that we will not be cut off. Moreover, the imperial court also produced light paper and movable type printing, which was extremely convenient to use, which was an opportunity. ”
Confucian still disdainfully said: "I won't go, I'd rather let the Confucian faction break off with me than serve the tyrannical Qin!" ”
The soldier said helplessly: "In this case, we will have a meeting later." ”
Confucianism was furious and shouted, "You ......, traitor! ”
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Similar conversations have arisen everywhere. Some people would rather die than serve Daqin, and some people think that my Fusu may be different from Yingzheng, and for a while, there is really an appearance of a hundred schools of thought contending.