It's a bit heavy to say "don't get involved".
Although Zhang Juzheng was not touched by the two studies of theory and mind, he did not want to see the emperor being too deviant.
He immediately frowned: "What do you mean by old learning?"
These words are simply crazy.
Are all the old scholars here? Those who don’t know better think that the emperor has established a sect.
If you have the ability to first realize the Tao in Longchang, then it’s almost enough to say this.
When Xu Jie heard this, in order to avoid getting into trouble, he complied with the emperor's words and explained a few things.
"His Majesty said that he now has a little understanding of the three schools of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. Although the three schools have different ideas, their general directions are very similar."
"The ultimate state that people seek is, firstly, inner perfection, or moral norms, or Bodhi root nature, or the original mind of Tao Yuan; secondly, external behavior, or ethical order, or the Buddhaland of all living beings, or the unity of heaven and man."
"Mencius said that all things are prepared for me; Sakyamuni said that all dharmas are born from the mind, and all cause and effect, and the motes of the world, are formed by the mind; Zhuangzi said that if there is no master in the middle, it will not stop, and if there is no righteousness outside, it will not work."
Zhang Juzheng followed Xu Jie, silently listening to Xu Jie's words, frowning, somewhat confused.
There is no omission in this statement. Throughout the ages, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism have all emphasized cultivating the mind.
These three sentences all talk about the importance of self-awareness.
Internally, it means cultivating the mind; externally, it means using oneself to influence the world.
Internally, Confucianism is about understanding one's mind and nature, and externally, it is about moral rules.
Internally, Buddhism pays attention to the root nature of Bodhi, and externally, it refers to all living beings in the Buddhaland.
Taoism is even more like this, cultivating the mind internally, and then integrating nature and man.
They all advocate that if you know yourself, you can understand the true nature of everything - this is why retreat and enlightenment are fashionable buzzwords in every era.
This is also the reason why Zhang Juzheng is not interested in psychology or Neo-Confucianism.
You can’t govern the country!
So he joined Legalism.
Then could it be that the emperor also...
Just as he was thinking about it, Xu Jie, who was walking in front, suddenly asked: "So we know each other?"
Zhang Juzheng was stunned: "Know?"
Xu Jie added: "These are the emperor's true words, so please don't listen to them."
Only then did Zhang Juzheng realize that he had interrupted the teacher's speech.
He hurriedly stretched out his hand to signal Xu Jie to continue.
Xu Jie nodded and continued: "Yes, we know you!"
"Since Mencius said that oneself is the center of the universe, Buddha said that one can understand the world only by the mind, and Taoists often say that oneself and heaven and earth are one."
"So, by cultivating one's moral character, can one understand the true nature and understand everything?"
Zhang Juzheng didn't speak for a while.
This is a metaphysical category.
Good answers and bad answers.
The answer to this statement is yes from the perspective of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism.
But the first assistant, who secretly followed Legalism and emphasized practical work, chose to remain silent, so he naturally gave a negative answer.
The philosophy of cultivating the mind could not save the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Juzheng is chatting privately with Xu Jie now, and there is no need to be too pretentious - the two are masters and apprentices who preach in the officialdom, and they are the father's support, rather than enlightenment and education. It is normal to have different ideas.
Xu Jie was also not surprised by Zhang Juzheng's reaction.
He continued: "Is the sky and the earth flat or round? What is the overall picture of Kyushu?"
"The world has no end, and the heaven and earth have no end?"
"How can water ice be replaced? How can fireflies live?"
"Your Majesty asked me, do these really need enlightenment?"
After Xu Jie said this, he was also filled with emotion.
At the emperor's age, curiosity is indeed at its peak.
Why didn't he experience this age and mentality back then?
Xu Jie vaguely remembered that when he was five years old, his most ridiculous guess was that as Zhuangzi walked forward, he would reach the town, and that along the way he would reach counties, prefectures, provinces, and all the way to the capital. But when Zhuangzi went back, there would be no other village except for another village.
, there is no way anymore, that is the end of Zhouguang.
It wasn’t until I got older that I realized that the roads in the world extend in all directions and are spread out layer by layer.
When he was ten years old, the thing he was most curious about was why fire could burn.
This is also the reason why I love playing with fire the most at that age.
It's a pity that all curiosity has been lost in the years.
After all, he, Xu Jie, does not have the status of an emperor - he can practice martial arts if he wants to, and practice Taoism if he wants to. Now that this person likes to ask the truth, tens of thousands of taels of silver are thrown in every year, and a lot of people ask the truth for him.
Zhang Juzheng was not like Xu Jie, who was full of jealousy. Instead, he recalled the emperor's various words over the past year and what Xu Jie said today.
Suddenly he had some understanding of what the emperor was thinking.
"You should return to the Holy Spirit, but you will return to me."
This sentence was said by the emperor a year ago.
At that time, everyone just thought that the emperor was dissatisfied with the Confucian scholars for saying nothing and pretending to attend the banquet.
Now Zhang Juzheng has a deeper understanding of this.
Confucianism integrates heaven, earth, and self so well!
This obviously cannot explain the curiosity of the then ten-year-old emperor about the world.
At that time, the emperor asked, how could rotten grass turn into fireflies?
The banquet officials said one after another that they should not worry about the reason. Anyway, the sage said so. First, think carefully about the principles of being a human being.
The emperor also asked, why can green be taken from blue? What is the essence of color?
The officials at the banquet unanimously agreed, saying that we should not worry about the color for now and let’s talk about the meaning of green being superior to blue.
The emperor asked many questions.
Why can ice be made of water? Two children were debating who was right?
The answers you get are all without exception. Don't worry about these for now and think about the principles of life inside.
The mind is the universe.
Jingyan officials all said that if you know the self, you will also know the heaven, earth and universe, and use self-cultivation to replace the emperor's doubts about the world - self-knowledge is the starting point of all knowledge, and it can also solve all doubts, which is called enlightenment.
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The problem is, no matter how good the words are, there is no one to answer the little emperor's doubts.
Even the little emperor's moral character is quite good, but he may no longer be able to listen to these pragmatic principles.
In this situation, the child with unanswered questions and the emperor who had the highest power in the Ming Dynasty combined into one person, and the result can be imagined.
The little emperor inevitably spontaneously developed in his heart the personal hobbies shared by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Juzheng realized it later!
It was suddenly discovered that the lack of education led the emperor to develop strange little hobbies.
At this moment, his hair stood up!
This is his dereliction of duty as an imperial master!
When the emperor has doubts, he should patiently discuss the matter and speak truthfully.
He also had some regrets - since he didn't believe in Confucianism, he shouldn't have used human principles all day long to deal with the emperor's doubts in order to raise the Holy Emperor!
This led to the emperor's eagerness to separate his doubts from the so-called principles of life that the official said!
No wonder the emperor said what he said last year!
The emperor intended to divide heaven and man, so he said what he said last year, forcing the banquet officials not to answer his doubts without any evidence!
From then on, the emperor never asked his doubts at the sutra banquet again.
It turns out that the academy was not only established for the purpose of farming and calculating, but also for the emperor's selfish motives...
Qiu Zhen asked! Qi Zhen asked!
The principles of life belong to the human world.
The laws of the world return to heaven and earth.
Zhang Juzheng thought of this and suddenly sighed: "I understand."
He thought for a while and waved his hand: "Next time the teacher comes to the palace, you might as well ask your Majesty to change the word 'ask' outside the door."
"Since we don't want to be associated with the three religions, we should be more thorough."
The emperor despised the fact that the three religions did not distinguish between subject and object - the generals of the three religions were curious about heaven and earth, and adhered to ethics and rules.
Then he was dissatisfied with this, so he wanted to completely explore the world and start a new adventure to explore the world.
But how can heaven and earth be so easy to seek truth?
Right now, we are just making small fuss and studying fireflies, but it is still a small problem.
I was afraid that one day I would be curious about the whole picture of Kyushu but to no avail, so I couldn't help but imitate the emperor, and wanted to become an immortal and go to the sky to see what happened.
After all, water, fire, and the sun are all things that conjurers specialize in.
There was no guarantee that the emperor would not be taken advantage of due to his curiosity.
no!
The more Zhang Juzheng thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
He hurriedly dragged Xu Jie to see what the so-called "physics" was playing with.
I just hope they are not some Taoist priests who pretend to be gods and ghosts!
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The school hall of the School of Physics is located in the innermost room of the school, and it is also the largest indoor area.
A large courtyard with two entrances has six rooms.
There are two couplets carved on the entrance of the courtyard.
One said: "Things have their reasons, and they should be studied realistically. If they are large, they are like Yuanhui, and if they are small, they are like worms. If you imitate their properties and characterize their texture, it is called nature."
The first one is: "The properties change, and experiments show it. Water becomes ice, and air condensation becomes shape. They respond to each other, and it is assumed that they are constantly changing. This is called change."
The four-character horizontal batch says "Physics - Experiment"
Zhang Juzheng stood outside the courtyard and watched for a long time.
After a while, he shook his head and said to himself: "Physics, physics, that's how it is."
He asked Xu Jie: "Did your Majesty inscribe this character? Where is the original name?"
Whether it’s carving or rubbing, they all have originals.
Xu Jie coughed lightly: "Of course it was inscribed by His Majesty himself."
Astonishingly, he ignored the last half of Zhang Juzheng's words.
Zhang Juzheng spoke again: "I didn't ask the teacher for it. I just wanted the teacher to make a rubbing for me."
Xu Jie immediately put on his face, smiled and waved his hand: "Easy to say, easy to say."
The value of the emperor's inscriptions also varies.
For example, the little emperor usually wrote something about "moral etiquette" and "moral humerus". Everyone took it back and put it in the ancestral hall and hung it up, so they didn't worry too much.
But if it is a handwriting that expresses emotions or shows talent, then the value is extraordinary.
Even the pen and ink of Li Yu, a conquered king, are treasures that literati and scholars strive to collect.
Although this couplet is not very talented, it is the expression of the emperor's expression and is equally valuable.
The two of them walked into the courtyard one after the other.
There are not many people in the room, five or six people in each room.
There were neither Taoist priests who were pretending to be gods, nor those who had just been in the few schools just sitting and listening.
Instead, there was a group of innocent, curious, and even idle students and scholars tinkering with a bunch of weird things.
I saw Xu Jie leading people in.
Immediately, students came forward to greet him and saluted.
"Young Master, Yuan Fu."
"Dean."
"The chief of the mountain, Lord Jiangling."
People with different backgrounds are called by very different names - those who came from a poor family only know that Xu Jie is the dean and do not even know Zhang Juzheng.
Xu Jie didn't take it seriously.
He said to a teenager who was about ten years old: "Shao Yu, let me introduce you to Yuan Fu."
After that, he turned around and introduced to Zhang Juzheng: "This is the grandson of Dingyuan Marquis, Deng Shaoyu. He was born at the end of last year..."
Just as he was talking, he turned around and found Zhang Juzheng standing in front of a desk, bending down with his hands behind his hands and looking at the things on the table.
Xu Jie patted Deng Shaoyu on the shoulder before the latter reacted.
Deng Shaoyu walked up to Zhang Juzheng and carefully introduced: "Yuanfu, the topic of this lecture is 'What is force'."
"The things on the table are all for experiments."
Zhang Juzheng didn't look back, touched the table and asked curiously: "Just now I saw that there are several tables in the house, and this table is the only one covered with ice. Why?"
After Deng Shaoyu heard this, his face immediately turned into a bitter gourd shape, obviously thinking of something bad.
He stretched out his hand and introduced each one: "This is a controlled experiment done in accordance with the requirements set by Li Chengming and Scholar Cheng."
"One has rough wood, one has smooth wood, and one has smooth ice."
Deng Shaoyu picked up the wooden block on the wooden table, placed it on the spring at the edge of the table, and pressed it to the bottom.
The other hand picked up the wooden block on the ice again, pressing it against the spring as before.
Put both hands lightly at the same time.
"There are differences in the experimental data between the two, which is just for us to compare and study their properties."
"That's why, Yuan Fu."
Zhang Juzheng looked like he didn't understand.
When Deng Shaoyu saw this, he asked someone to get their experimental report.
Zhang Juzheng stopped him quickly and said calmly: "You can just print a copy and send it to my house later."
Just kidding, it’s better to avoid seeing this kind of thing live.
What should I do if I can’t understand?
Deng Shaoyu quickly said yes.
Zhang Juzheng nodded and walked to another room.
Deng Shaoyu was very discerning and quickly presented a cylinder as thick as his wrist and as long as his forearm to Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng took it curiously.
It was only when I got it that I could see clearly that the outside of the cylinder was made of copper and the inside was inlaid with lenses.
"This is?"
Deng Shaoyu quickly stepped forward and explained: "Yuanfu, the name of this thing is called a telescope. His Majesty gave it the name of a telescope. It is similar to glasses. It can be placed in front of the eyes to see things, but it can only look into the distance."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Juzheng followed Shan Ruliu, put it in front of his eyes, and looked outside the room.
With just one glance, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but let out a sigh.
It was said to be the same as glasses, and he thought it could cure eye diseases.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I put it in front of my eyes, I felt that the thing suddenly became several times bigger!
Extremely far sight!
He even saw a table of people drinking in a restaurant in the distance! And it was extremely clear!
Deng Shaoyu introduced from the side: "Since the Yuan Dynasty, glasses have particularly aroused your Majesty's curiosity."
"Nowadays, the lens industry is the most developed in Hangzhou, so the school sent people to study there half a year ago, and even recruited two masters to come back."
“Not only did the lens achieve the wonders of flatness, concaveness and convexity, but it also produced many objects such as the harpoon and the katydid peepers.”
Although Deng Shaoyu is young, he also knows what it means to appear holy in front of others.
For unfruitful things like the one just now, you have to use a bunch of powerful words to make outsiders understand and show your power.
For things like lenses, where the process is simple but the results are significant, it is necessary to hide the process and talk about the results.
Sure enough, when Zhang Juzheng heard this, he became more and more curious: "Peeping at the katydids?"
When he saw it, it was obvious that the peeper was something new.
Deng Shaoyu stretched out his hand towards a cylinder fixed on the table and introduced: "The one just now is telescope, and the peeper is microscopy. Well... His Majesty gave it the name of microscope."
It's annoying to say the least.
There are many charming names in Siyuan and Peeping Cathay, but the emperor just gave him a bunch of straightforward names that have no charm.
No respect for the inventor at all!
Zhang Juzheng bent down and looked up and down at the microscope.
Deconstruction is more complicated than previous telescopes.
A shelf was placed on the table, with a small lens as thin as an owl mounted on the shelf, and another lens below. The two were separated by a certain distance, but the lines of sight overlapped.
A piece of glass is placed at the bottom.
It seems that it has not been cleaned very well and there is still a lot of dust on it.
With an idea in his mind, he immediately poked his head out curiously and put his eyes on the microscope.
It’s fine if you don’t look at it. When you look at it, you immediately exclaim: “It turns out to be insect eggs!”
What kind of dust is this! It’s clearly insect eggs!
Extremely clear and every detail is revealed!
He hadn't seen it clearly yet.
Now under the mirror, it has been magnified several times!
Deng Shaoyu said proudly: "When I first studied the lens, I discovered that two overlapping lenses can magnify things several times. If the structure is reasonable, it can be even more magnified than a telescope!"
"That's why it's called the Piercing Cat. This thing can magnify things nine times!"
At this magnification, the most minute deconstruction of insect eggs can be seen clearly, so it is called peeper.
At first, someone even suggested calling it a "flea mirror", but the emperor finally gave it the name of a microscope.
Zhang Juzheng kept looking at the microscope.
It took a while before he reluctantly let go.
He looked back at Xu Jie and said slowly: "Do you still have these two mirrors? Can you send a copy to the cabinet?"
When people see novel things, they will inevitably become interested.
Especially since just now Zhang Juzheng had wanted to take care of the emperor's hobbies, now he naturally had to take action.
What's more... that telescope should be given to Wang Chonggu for a look!
The Ministry of War will definitely like it too!
If this is used properly, it will be an important weapon for the military and the country!
Okay, okay! Even if it is a personal hobby, the little emperor will benefit the country and the people more than Emperor Sejong!
After Zhang Juzheng asked, Xu Jie hadn't spoken yet, and Deng Shaoyu immediately looked bitter: "Yuanfu, the telescope is okay, but the microscope cannot be freed until we finish the experiment."
"This thing is now in charge of Li Chengming, and it is difficult to get a second copy."
Don't look at these gadgets as they are inconspicuous.
They are all made by hand and have not been mass-produced yet.
The telescope is not bad, it took a long time to make, and the experiments were completed as required.
However, the experiment on the microscope has not yet been completed. The structure is also a whimsical idea given by the emperor by chance. Everyone has not yet figured out the principle. Later experiments still need to be done. Only after they are completed can we have the time for mass production - especially
The emperor said that it was not clear enough now and asked them to optimize it by finely grinding the lenses.
The emperor's tasks have not been completed yet, so there is no time to please the cabinet.
Zhang Juzheng felt a little regretful when he heard this, so he had to ask for a telescope first and leave.
He told Xu Jie again and again: "Teacher, if you finish the research, send some to the cabinet."
Xu Jie smiled and nodded.
Afterwards, the group of people wandered around to other rooms.
In the same way, when the emperor has doubts, he sends people with tasks and assignments.
Including all kinds of weird things.
"Force and Speed: Summary and Design Demonstration."
"The Nature of Light: Designing Experiments Based on Reasonable Guesses."
"The Essence of Qi: Design experiments based on guesses about form, performance, and properties."
And so on.
Whenever there are achievements, a group of students will go to Xiyuan to report to the emperor in person - periodic results are also acceptable.
For example, Li Chengming was specially awarded a scholar because of his achievements.
Or maybe Deng Shaoyu also received special academic awards because of the achievements of the lens.
It was only then that Zhang Juzheng was shocked to learn that the highest honor among scholars from all over the world was to be called a great scholar!
Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but think more about the title of Bachelor.
Nowadays, there are only Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shifu, and Zuo Chunfang that are called great scholars!
No matter how bad he is, he still starts as a courtier!
However, there are so many people out there now that Zhang Juzheng cannot ask Xu Jie in detail.
After wandering around for a while, Zhang Juzheng patted Deng Shaoyu on the shoulder: "Your ancestor was the Duke of Taizu personally. Although he has been reduced to a marquis, he may not be able to regain his glory in your hands. Work hard."
Deng Shaoyu was flattered and pleasantly surprised.
Bend down and salute.
He didn't get up until Zhang Juzheng left.
Deng Shaoyu looked at the backs of the two of them, showing envy: "Young man, you should be like this."
Chapter completed!