The Chinese nation is one of the kindest nations in the world. Although wars and killings have continued to occur in history, the history of any nation is like this. The difference is that this is not an active pursuit of the Chinese.````
Only when they are overly invaded by foreign nations or overly persecuted by corrupt officials will they launch a heroic counterattack. The true heroism and noble spiritual values of the Chinese nation are fully revealed in the counterattack, and they are also in this counterattack.
, it continues to grow like a snowball.
Throughout history, China is like a huge cube. It will collapse in the tide of water being drained into the sea. But after the tide recedes, it still stands there proudly, facing the world from the other side, and will never disappear or sink.
There seems to be no suspense about the outcome of the National War, and even its nature is becoming a crusade and suppression of the separatist forces by the central government. A new dynasty named ZTE has re-established itself, but does this mean that it will be as prosperous as after the end of the war era?
What about an immediate revival of perk?
In the view of some historians, China has entered the Great Dark Age since the Ming Dynasty. In Zhu Yongxing's view, the Ming Dynasty indeed adopted a series of measures that stifled national spirituality and harmed human dignity, such as Zhu Baba's
Literary inquisition and the Eight-Part Writing Recruitment made the minds of intellectuals more and more rigid day by day, but compared with the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history, it obviously pales into insignificance.
If the establishment of a new dynasty is like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, because the inherent culture is too low, it will have no choice but to fully accept the political form of the Ming Dynasty and Confucian Neo-Confucianism. The result of acceptance will be that it will be unable to put aside the dark age.
A heavy pressure remains.
I want to leap up with full spirit, rejuvenate the devastated Chinese nation, rejuvenate and rejuvenate, create China's fourth golden age, play a loyal, powerful and glorious role among all nations in the world, and become the most
One of the important protagonists, Zhu Yongxing, had to fight against a lifestyle and ideology that could no longer adapt to the times, and the accumulation of a long feudal history became his huge resistance at this time.
"I will not take the eight-legged essay test. I have made a decree and there will be no changes." Zhu Yongxing was a little irritated. He frowned at the memorials of officials from various places compiled by the Prime Minister's Office and didn't even bother to read them.
Zha Rulong secretly complained that he understood the importance of the imperial examination to scholars and the mentality of scholars. Therefore, he wanted to persuade Zhu Yongxing to make some changes and not to be too aggressive.
In feudal society, the imperial examination was the only way out for intellectuals. In the Han and Tang dynasties, there was also a school way. In the Ming Dynasty, schools were just to train talents to take exams. In the Han and Tang dynasties, there was a way to make meritorious service in the frontier, but in the Ming dynasty, there was no other way.
Opportunity. Zhu Yuanzhang further stipulated the scope of the examination, limiting it to the "Five Classics" and "Four Books". The "Five Classics" and "Four Books" also used the annotations of Zhu Xi, a leader in Neo-Confucianism and Taoism, as standard textbooks, and also promulgated a test paper format, which is the Eight-legged Pattern Writing
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What Zhu Yongxing hates most is not the genre of the Eight-legged essay, but the main characteristics of the Eight-legged essay, the spiritual aspect and the content. According to regulations, when writing an Eight-legged essay, you cannot express your own opinions. It is not your own speaking (in the Eight-legged essay)
There is no word "I"), but the Confucian sage system is talking. It seems to be stable and comprehensive, but in fact it touches nothing.
This style of writing is the same as algebraic equations. There is no need for independent thinking - in fact, independent thinking is strictly prohibited. As long as the words of the sage's system can be appropriately substituted into the eight-part equation, it will be the best article.
.As for how to properly substitute it, that is the greatest mystery and greatest knowledge pursued by Chinese intellectuals for hundreds of years.
Therefore, the main research work undertaken by intellectuals was to select all the test questions from the Five Classics and the Four Books, and ask experts who were experienced in this field to write hundreds of eight-part essays and recite them day and night.
During the exam, copy the appropriate article. Just like placing a bet in gambling, if the bet is successful, you will become a Jinshi and be appointed as an official; if the bet is unsuccessful, you will fail and return and come back for the next exam.
Therefore, intellectuals in feudal society usually did not come into contact with any other books except the "Four Books" and "Five Classics". If someone was actually interested in literature, art, or science and engineering, that would be even more shocking and would be looked down upon by his relatives and friends.
Intellectuals were dragged into the sauce vat by the Eight-part essay. They had no thoughts of their own, let alone their own feelings. They did not know that human beings had other knowledge and other sentiments. They only knew how to write the Eight-part essay and how to be an official. So,
A kind of "officialdom" society that only existed in China was formed.
European history is moving at a fast pace. The 14th century has entered the Renaissance era, breaking away from the shackles of the dark age and showing a dazzling light. However, the Chinese are still stuck in a sauce jar clogged with cultural dross, which makes Zhu Yongxing unbearable.
If we want to make the country and the nation leap forward with full spirit, we must first obtain ideological liberation and innovation, instead of continuing the decline of feudal society and closing our eyes to the rapid changes in the outside world and the modern times.
The rise of civilization creates a so-called "prosperous age".
"Long live, can you use current policy theory as the main test to test your ability and insight, and use the eight-part essay as the second test to test your writing skills? In this case, the material discussion may be settled." Zha Rulong thought for a while and suggested cautiously.
"Current affairs policies can also be tested for writing skills." Zhu Yongxing shook his head decisively, paused, softened his tone, and said: "Don't worry about those material discussions. Even if some candidates boycott the exam, I will not change my mind. Today is no different than in the past, and the people's hearts are seeking governance.
, a few scholars who insist on stereotyped writing can’t change the world.”
"Long live the wise and mighty gods, rebuild China, a few pedantic scholars are not enough." Zha Rulong smiled bitterly and said: "We are just worried about the reputation of long live being damaged. After all, the eight-legged essay was established by Emperor Gao and has continued for hundreds of years.
The standard for selecting scholars for years was suddenly abolished..."
"Emperor Gao did a great job in driving the Meng Yuan Dynasty!" Zhu Yongxing paused, then changed his tone and said in a deep voice: "Emperor Gao is a hero, but is he a perfect man? Can't the rules be changed? Let's not talk about anything else.
, I deeply hate the literary prison and the eight-part essay to recruit scholars, and I must change it."
Literary prison is a containment, and eight-part essay is a fishing hook. This is not an original creation of the Manchus, but is inherited and carried forward to its peak. There are two tools for Chinese culture to gradually become a sauce vat: one is the literary prison, and the other is the literary prison.
It's eight-part essay.
Literary Prison is a type of imperial edict, and its characteristic is that the charges arise from the distorted interpretation of words by people in authority, and the evidence is also formed from the distorted interpretation of words by people in authority. Once a single word or sentence is considered to slander the head of state or the
Satirizing the government constitutes criminal liability. The meaning of words does not lie in the objective interpretation, but in the subjective interpretation of the people in power. The literary prison itself is a reaction to the guilty conscience of those in power. The more guilty the person is, the more uneasy he or she will be.
In the Ming Dynasty, the literary inquisition started especially with Zhu Baba, and was the most brutal. For example, Lin Yuanliang, a professor of Fu Xue in Zhejiang (Hangzhou), had a memorial that said "constitutions will govern the constitution" and was executed; Zhao Boyan, a professor of Fu Xue in Peking (Beijing), had a memorial in There is "Yi governs the world", which should be punished; Jiang Zhi, a professor of government in Guilin (Guangxi), has "Jianzhong Zuozhi" in his memorial, which should be punished; the "rule" in these sentences is originally "law" and "standard" "" means. But Zhu Yuanzhang did not give such an explanation. In the Jiangnan dialect at that time, "ze" had the same pronunciation as "thief". Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was obviously a satire on his past as a thief.
There is also Xu Yuan, a professor of Weishi (Henan Weishi) County, who wrote in the memorial: "The body is dry and Fa Kun, and the algae is decorated with peace." These two sentences are ancient texts from a thousand years ago, but Zhu Yuanzhang explained: "Fa Kun is the same as Fa Kun. 'Fakun' has the same pronunciation as 'Fakun', which means shaving my head, which is a mockery of my having been a monk. 'Fakun' has the same pronunciation as 'Fakun', which obviously means that I will lose my peace early." So Xu Wuwu was executed. This group of people were all from the local area. A school teacher only wrote memorials on behalf of local officials, but ended up being killed.
Of course, the literary inquisition is not limited to memorials. Zhu Yuanzhang believed in Buddhism and paid the most respect to the eminent Indian monk Shi Laifu. Shi Laifu said goodbye and returned to China. Before leaving, he wrote a poem of thanksgiving. There are two lines in the poem: "I feel ashamed of my special realm. "There is no virtue in praising Tao Tang." The meaning is obvious. He was born in a foreign country (special territory) and felt ashamed that he was not born in China. He felt that he was not qualified to praise the great emperor. But Zhu Yuanzhang's explanation was different. He said: "Shu, clearly refers to I am 'evil Zhu'. I have no virtue, and it is clearly pointed out that I have no moral character." So Shi Laifu changed from a guest to a prisoner, and was executed.
It can be seen from these examples that the emperor can interpret whoever he wants to kill and accuse him of crimes at will. If the superiors have good intentions, the subordinates must follow suit. If those in power have this hobby, it will be a disaster for intellectuals, except for those who are killed. In addition to "false accusation of treason", there is another purely literal crime.
When Cangji was creating characters, the gods and ghosts cried at night. When thousands of horses were silent, it meant ignorance, fraud, rigidity, backwardness...
There are only two emperors who were born from civilians in Chinese history, one is Zhu Yuanzhang and the other is Liu Bang. Liu Bang can always maintain the open-minded and generous temperament of heroes and remain true to the nature of civilian society. Zhu Yuanzhang deeply regards his civilian identity as a Shameful, deeply ashamed that he had been a beggar and a monk. In his complex of inferiority complex, he had the violent idea of suppressing others in order to achieve his own psychological balance.
It is undeniable that Zhu Yuanzhang is also a hero and has made great contributions to the Chinese nation. But as Zhu Yongxing said, he was not a perfect man, he even had serious personality defects and made extremely serious mistakes.
"Future generations will never restore the prime minister system. If anyone makes such a request, he will be charged with treason and sentenced to death." Zhu Yongxing suddenly looked at Zha Rulong very seriously, and what he said made Zha Rulong stunned. " Is this what Emperor Gao said? I want to change it, what do you think?"
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