Chapter 43

"Until this time, a scholar of Yunlu academy took over the position of the cabinet chief assistant. He did not continue to adhere to the ideas of his predecessors, but resolutely put himself into Renzong's command and solved the matter for Renzong with abusive words. The uproar over the nation's foundation has finally come to an end.

"Because of this, Yunlu Academy was disgusted by Renzong. He realized that the existence of Yunlu Academy was not conducive to the rule of imperial power. At this time, Cheng Hui proposed the establishment of Guozijian and the training of talents by the imperial court. "

"And the decline of Confucianism began here."

This is the origin of the dispute between Yunlu academy and Guozijian about Confucian orthodoxy.

Guozijian is a National University, and Yunlu academy is a private college. How can a private college ever be a national college.

Xu Xinnian said, with the tone of the school entrance examination, "what do you think of elder brother..... Well, I mean the matter of striving for the foundation of the country, which has nothing to do with academics."

Do you think that when it comes to academics, you can't answer the question like big brother? Xu Qian make complaints about it, laughing, "the surface is the struggle for the country, but actually the struggle for power."

"If a scholar wants to show his ambition, he must hold great power, and the amount of power in a country is fixed. When you have more power, others lose it. The highest level of party struggle is to build up an emperor and become an uncrowned emperor. "

Xu's face changed greatly when he heard that new year's examination was a random one.

Xu Qian gave him a squint: "why, what I said is wrong?"

That's right, but it can't be said nonsense. Xu takes a deep breath in the new year: "you go on."

Xu Qi'an nodded: "no matter how powerful the Dragon slaughtering skill of Confucianism is, the imperial power is stronger after all. Learn martial arts, goods in the imperial family. This sentence does everything. Since ancient times, as long as you are a power minister, no matter you are greedy or virtuous, there will be no good end. "

It is only for a short time to control the government. In the end, it will be cleared, because ministers will always be ministers. When Xu Qi'an read history in his last life, there were too many uncrowned emperors. Which one came to a good end?

The war years of the collapse of imperial power are another matter.

Xu new year some urgent pursuit asked: "what is the solution?"

The college will not teach what the elder brother told him.

"No solution!" Xu Qi'an shook his head and sighed: "the court hall is like a battlefield. It's a good time for the party to fight. It's a crematorium for the whole family."

What he said was strange, but it seemed that there was a thousand years of literature and history brewing in his eyes. Looking at these eyes, Xu Xinnian was stunned.

"But there's another way of thinking here, big brother." Xu Qi'an's words changed.

"Go ahead, big brother."

"Qian Daru's deeds are a living example. When you can influence the fate of a country, you will change from a scholar attached to the imperial power to a strong man who can be equal to the imperial power."

As soon as Xu's eyes brightened and his face was just filled with joy, he heard Xu Qian say leisurely: "Erlang is very intelligent and can be taught."

"..." Xu Erlang just reflected that it was I who was taking an examination of him...

Xu Qi'an didn't continue to speak, thinking about a question in his heart. Although Yunlu Academy's future in officialdom was cut off, it was still the holy land of mastering the Confucian practice system.

It's only official career that has been cut off.

Although Xu didn't say whether the Academy's official career began to decline or the whole Confucian system began to decline, Xu Qi'an thought it was the latter.

Because combined with the waterfall, Xu Erlang said: for 200 years, the highest level of Confucianism is only three grades.

Is it because after Sanpin, the Confucian system had to be an official? Or is it related to Confucianism?

"What does this monument mean? Why are you here? " He asked.

Looking at the words in the tablet, Xu Xinnian sighed: "this is a follow-up, or a part, of the dispute over Confucian orthodoxy."

"That Cheng Yasheng is amazing. After he established the Imperial College, he knew that if he wanted to surpass Yunlu academy, he must have his own education system. Otherwise, the students of Guozijian are still the students of Yunlu Academy.

"So he devoted himself to the study of the classics of saints, re annotated them and integrated them into his own thoughts. After 13 years, we have finally established an education system that is better than the blue and better than the blue. "

"Save heaven's reason and destroy human desire?" Xu Qian's heart moved.

Xu Erlang nodded, and after the conversation, he began to be willing to explain academic issues to his cousin, saying: "Cheng Yasheng believes that everything in the world follows a certain law, which is called" reason ". Reason is the most essential thing in the world, and it is also the most correct one."

"Only when everything depends on reason can it flourish. But people will lose themselves and reason in the confusion of all things in the world. "

"Therefore, it is necessary to preserve natural principles and eliminate human desires?" Xu Qian Road.

It is the outline of Guozijian School of thought to preserve the natural principle and eliminate human desire. Xu Qi'an is waiting for Xu Xinnian's explanation on how to operate.

Xu Xinnian continued: "Cheng Yasheng has formulated a set of rules for the saints. If scholars follow these rules, they will not make mistakes, they will be correct, and they should conform to the laws of heaven and earth."This set of rules elevates loyalty, filial piety, chastity and righteousness to the height of heavenly principle."

Xu Xinnian sneered: "if you want to die, you have to die; if the father wants to die, you have to die; if the father wants to die, you have to die; if you want to live for righteousness, you have to die; if you want to protect the festival, you have to die."

Xu Qi'an listened in silence and suddenly asked, "I think it's right or wrong?"

Xu Xinnian was stunned. He looked at his cousin and opened his mouth to speak. But a mysterious force stuck his throat and made him speechless.

Xu Qian understood that this kind of power is called "thought imprisonment".

"That's why we have this monument?" Xu Qi'an turned his eyes to the inscription.

"Well." Xu Erlang nodded: "the dispute between Yunlu academy and Guozijian is an academic dispute and an idea dispute. But this monument has been standing in the Yasheng Academy for two hundred years. It never fails. It never fails every day, and Yunlu academy can't win the Imperial College every day. "

"The Dean has been sitting in the college for more than ten years, trying to refute the inscriptions and create a more mature and correct concept, but he failed."

"Because it represents truth, it represents right." Xu Qian said.

"Yes." Xu Xinnian sighed: "not only the Dean, but also the great scholars and teachers of the academy are competing with this inscription, but no one can succeed. The thought of Yasheng can not be refuted by ordinary people. "

"That blank tablet over there..." Xu Qi'an guessed.

"It's the president who is there, but he has never written on it for more than ten years." Pointing to the table beside the blank stone tablet, Xu Xinnian said:

"later, some students and great scholars tried to inscribe on the stone tablet to compete with Cheng Yasheng's inscription, but it would be erased the next day. But the pen and inkstone on the table are left behind. Maybe the dean is also looking forward to it. "

"Because of this, every time the students have a whim and feel excellent, they will come here to write. It's a pity that the person the Dean expected never appeared. "

"I used to think that I could and inscribed words on the stone tablet..." speaking of this, Xu Xinnian didn't continue. Obviously, he didn't intend to tell his cousin about his childhood frivolity, so as to avoid another social death.

Facing the inscription, Xu Qi'an was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice:

"farewell to the past, elder brother asked you, is the king important or is the world important?"

Xu Xinnian did not hesitate: "nature is the world."

Xu Qian asked again, "why do you study?"

Xu Xinnian subconsciously said: "loyal to your country..."

with that, he was stunned.

Xu Qian didn't care at all, and continued to ask, "is it really the lifelong pursuit of scholars to be famous in history?"

Xu Xinnian didn't answer. His silence says everything.

The actions of the two great Confucians in Yunlu Academy in order to rub poetry also explained everything.

Xu Qian sighed.

If you want me to die, I have to die. Why?

The father wants his son to die, but the son has to die. Why?

Can't this shitty society have more human rights? Xu Qi'an said with a smile: "I am not a scholar, but I also want to write something, saying goodbye to the old, grinding for me."

Frowned at the new year.

Xu Qi'an said: "anyway, the pen and ink are here. It's just for people to write. If elder brother doesn't write well, someone will erase it tomorrow."

After listening to Xu Xinnian, he went to sharpen his ink. He stood in front of the tablet with a pen and asked, "what do you want to write?"

"I'll write it myself this time." Xu Qian snatched the pen and gazed at the blank stone tablet.

The face of the stall owner who ate breakfast this morning suddenly appeared in my mind. It was very painful, but I didn't dare to ask for silver. Poor as a dog.

The problem of petty officials in Dafeng Dynasty has existed for a long time. All the people in the palace are loyal and patriotic, but they never look down on the people at the bottom.

He thought of Zhou Li's arrogant and domineering attitude when he was riding in the street. I think of the records of the rampant Yamen in the capital.

The existence of extraordinary force makes the shortcomings of the feudal dynasty more and more incisive, and also makes the bottom people even have no courage to resist.

At least he didn't know that the peasant uprising would take shape in his life.

Xu Qi'an took a deep breath, breathed heavily, and wrote:

"for the heaven and earth, for the life of the people, for the sage, for the eternal peace!"

After writing, Xu Qi'an felt fresh and fresh. He threw his pen away and said aloud, "this is what a scholar should do."

Boom!

In Xu Ci's old mind, it was like a thunderbolt splitting the chaotic spiritual consciousness and the shackles of the soul.

He looked at his cousin stupidly. He didn't know if it was an illusion. Xu Erlang seemed to see his cousin's purple head flash away.

Click!

The stone tablet on the side suddenly cracked, and a huge crack appeared.The two brothers were surprised. Before they could react, the whole Yasheng academy trembled, the dome "rustled" and the candlestick fell.

The sculpture of Yasheng burst into a fresh air and broke through the white clouds on the top of the mountain. The vision can be seen dozens of miles away.

Xu Qi'an was confused and his face was extremely ugly: "what's the matter? Ok... It seems to have caused trouble. "

"What's the trouble, what's the trouble?" Excited, Xu said aloud, "what does this have to do with us? We have never been to the Yasheng Academy."

Then he ran out of the door with his head in his arms and ran away.

"Scholar, wait for me." Xu Qi'an catches up with him. He says that at the critical moment, the scholar has strong adaptability.

PS: the Neo Confucianism in the book is an academic school based on the divergence of "Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism", which is quite different from the Neo Confucianism in reality.

After all, you asked me to create an academic school... Well, I'm so hung up. What else can I write?

The main reason for the explanation is the polarization of praise and criticism of "Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism", which easily leads to unnecessary war of words, so I have to make a statement.

Please recommend it, little ones.