"Why didn't Sanlang say a word today?" Pi Guangye, who came from Hangzhou, grabbed Niu Xiji and asked.
Pi Guangye, a native of Xiangyang, the son of Pi Rixiu, was originally a judge of the Qianliu shogunate. After the surrender of Wuyue Xiandi, Pi Guangye got the post of governor of Hangzhou and has been an official there ever since.
In Han Yu's Taoist system, Pi Rixiu was considered an important figure, advocating generals and determined to "bring order to chaos" and "revival of Confucianism and Taoism".
As for the extent to which chaos can be rectified, he made it very clear: "The present is the past."
That is to restore the ancient system, so that "politics returns to Qingming" and "people's customs return to simplicity".
To put it bluntly, under the background of the martial arts, the life of the literati was too difficult, so they yearned endlessly for ancient times and hoped to restore the system of the past.
Of course, their faction can be subdivided.
Some people just want to get rid of the current miserable situation. It doesn't matter whether they restore ancient rituals or how "ancient" they are.
Some people want to restore the Confucian orthodoxy in one fell swoop. Because in the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism, Taoism, and Huang-Lao doctrine had a great resurgence, which greatly eroded the interests of Confucianism. These alien doctrines must be suppressed and eliminated, so that the whole country can be regarded as Confucian.
A voice speaks.
Pi Rixiu is this kind of person.
In "Inviting Han Wen Gong to Distribute the Book of Taixue", it is believed that Han Yu's article "cultivated Yangmo in a barren land and trampled the old man in a deserted land, so Confucius was majestic and self-righteous."
Translated, Han Yu's articles supported the teachings of Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai, and trampled the thoughts of Buddhism and Taoism to the ground.
Of course, the imagination of the Confucian literati in the Tang Dynasty was not "rich" enough.
In their opinion, "The way of the saints is like a smooth road, and the way of the disciples is like a slanted path. There are all paths that are not bad, and there are all slanted paths that are not bad. However, the smooth path has smooth bridges, and the sloping path has bitter thorns."
Those who cannot "reject Yang Mo and suppress the Buddha with words" are "sinners like saints".
Okay, actually it's not bad.
Pi Rixiu, one of the most radical Confucian scholars at this time, also admitted that the teachings of various schools of thought were useful and could reach the end, but Confucianism was a "smooth road" that was convenient and fast, while the teachings of various schools of thought were "inclined paths".
There are many thorns on the road, making it difficult to walk.
He is not overbearing enough, and he has not yet become a unified being. His tone is tough, but a little weak.
A few hundred years later, the various schools of thought will be on a "cross-road", rather than the "inclined path" that can also reach the end as acknowledged by Pi Rixiu, a "backbone member of the Knights" of the Confucianists in the Tang Dynasty.
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As the son of Pi Rixiu, Pi Guangye was also an ambitious young man in his early years. He was determined to inherit his father's ambition to unify Confucianism and eliminate all other "heresies." However, after running into obstacles everywhere, he gave up and actually started writing
Something like "The Record of Monsters" that seriously deviates from the path of Confucius and Saints can only be said to be completely broken and not firm at all.
Of course, not to mention the eldest brother, Niu Xiji is not a person with a "firm Taoist heart".
He was really scared.
Why did you follow your uncle's footsteps and join this school of thought? If you analyze your heart carefully, you may have a desire to make progress. In addition, you see the decline of Taoism and want to contribute to Confucianism.
However, he also hit a wall in reality and became discouraged.
Pi Guangye wrote "The Record of Monsters". He became a poet of the Huajian School and wrote the "Huajian Collection" about the resentment between men and women.
There are not a few such people.
After the establishment of the New Dynasty, there were fewer people writing Huajian Ci, and Niu Xiji also stopped writing. He began to change his career as a poet of the Peasants' Compassion School, caring about the sufferings of the people.
The new dynasty gave them hope, but they didn't have much hope either.
The past one hundred and fifty years had been really unsatisfactory, and he could not imagine defeating other schools of thought and only respecting Confucianism. Although this old martial artist played with women every day, he was indeed a very shrewd person, he was ruthless, and he was quick with his knives.
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Being targeted by him, it is not impossible that the whole family was exiled to the Western Regions, and that his wife and daughter were exiled to Yeting.
The prince is also a vulgar martial artist. He learns everything from the present and follows the rules and regulations. The second generation of the Xia Dynasty cannot hope for it.
Therefore, his current mood is really low, his will is not firm, and he even has a speculative mentality.
Pi and Niu are indeed a pair of sleeping dragon and phoenix chicks.
"The tea tastes so good. It must be the Yixing Yangxian tea that the sage likes the most, right? I drank bowl after bowl, went to the toilet many times, and didn't listen to the opinions of all the people." Niu Xiji said.
"You're such a bad boy!" Pi Guangye smiled and said, "Why don't you tell the truth in front of me?"
Niu Xiji smiled awkwardly and said, "How is the writing of "The Record of Monsters" going?"
"The five volumes have been completed." Pi Guangye said.
"Are you still writing the sixth volume?"
"I won't write anymore, I want to do something serious."
"What's the right way to do business?" Niu Xiji asked.
"Have you had lunch today?" Pi Guangye asked.
"I ate two turtle heads and a plate of venison, and I was almost full," Niu Xiji said.
"The sage said that the price of turtle heads in Liaodong and Hebei is cheaper than pork. Many people buy it. After eating it, there is oil and water in their stomachs, which saves a lot of food. This is a virtuous policy, and I deeply believe it." Pi Guangye
Said: "I want to go to Liaodong to be a governor."
"You are trying to cater to your superiors." Niu Xiji glanced at him and said with a smile.
"What if you cater to them, but what if you don't cater to them?" Pi Guangye said with a wry smile: "I fought with Yang Mo and Shi Lao for three hundred years, and ended up sinking together. In the end, the farmer came back. Do you think this is unfair?"
The peasant family is one of the hundreds of schools of thought in the pre-Qin period. It advocates that the country should be governed by virtuous people. They should farm and eat together with the people, cook together with them, sympathize with the people's hardships, and pay attention to agricultural production.
With the development of the times, farm doctrine has also changed, and rulers are no longer required to farm and cook together with the people, because this is unrealistic.
They began to affirm the different divisions of labor in society, but asked the rulers to restrain their own behavior, not to rob or exploit the people too much, and to be thrifty and not to be extravagant.
At this time, they began to become more "academic" and their political overtones gradually faded. They studied meteorological knowledge closely related to agricultural production such as sunlight and rain. They also studied farmland water conservancy to reduce the impact of natural disasters.
In short, they have become more academic and more like technocrats. However, their binding requirements for rulers have not changed, they are not very popular, and their gradual decline is inevitable.
Of course, it is still open to question whether the so-called farmhouses in the Xia Dynasty were the previous farmhouses, because there is no inheritance relationship between the two.
There were many agricultural officials in the Xia Dynasty, and they were indeed a force, but they were all supported by Shao Shude. After all, he was the first to advocate breeding, three-crop rotation, and both agriculture and animal husbandry. All the agricultural officials in the Xia Dynasty were from
It will gradually be mass-produced, which is not the same as the farmers of thousands of years ago.
But in the eyes of people like Niu Xiji and Pi Guangye who are very sensitive to the "controversy over orthodoxy", this is a peasant family, or a "new peasant family". It doesn't matter what the name is, you just need to know that they are already in the political arena.
A faction that cannot be ignored is enough. Moreover, as the imperial examinations have fixed quotas for agriculture, this faction also has a steady stream of new troops, which can fight a protracted war with them and must not be ignored.
"Sometimes -" Niu Xiji suddenly sighed: "I hated myself before, no matter how bad I wrote, I didn't get a few famous prostitutes."
"Haha." Pi Guangye laughed.
Niu Xiji also shook his head and laughed, saying: "You will accomplish nothing if you waste time."
I feel even more ashamed when I remember that I suggested that my nephews and nephews who could not pass the Jinshi exam should try agricultural science. Poaching the corner and poaching yourself, but still okay? He is indeed not a determined person.
"Just as you said -" Niu Xiji said again: "Now that the farmers have returned, I would like to compare with them. They can plant trees, plow fields, and shepherd sheep. I can also educate the people and teach them Chinese style. You go to Liaodong
, I will go to Anxi and let the saints see that we Confucians are not just idlers, we can still do things for the country, and we can do better and more beautifully than them."
"The ambition is not small." Pi Guangye said with a smile: "However, it is not easy to go to the Western Regions. Now everyone knows that saints pay attention to the frontiers. It is easy to get promoted when you go there, but it is not easy to get a real job."
"I have my own way." Niu Xiji said with a smile.
"Tell me about it." Pi Guangye's interest was aroused and he asked.
"The principles of the book "Zhi Zhi" are good, but the words are too vulgar and straightforward, which is plainer than vernacular." Niu Xiji said: "The saint probably still needs others to help him polish it. Who else but me can do this?
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"Haha, interesting." Pi Guangye laughed again and said: "Indeed, with your skills, you can really polish it. But be a little more restrained. The sage doesn't like people who use too gorgeous rhetoric. Don't make it self-defeating."
"I don't have to worry about this." Niu Xiji said, "Let's figure it out. Haha, although it doesn't sound good to us, we are much more enlightened than those bunch of student farmers."
"Yi Jing and Zhang Bi's people need to pay attention." Pi Guangye reminded: "They are half warriors, and it is easier to win the favor of the saint."
Niu Xiji nodded.
Confucianism was already in decline and internally divided.
The aristocratic families are too adaptable and cater to their superiors, which is considered a faction.
There is another group of people who are half-literate and half-military - these people are similar to the so-called frontier fortress poets in those days, who relied on military merit to get promoted.
In addition, there are Confucian scholars who are passionate about landscapes and are close to Buddhism and Taoism, and there are even literati who are Buddhists and Taoists themselves, such as the several poet monks and poets and Taoists invited this time.
There is still a school of literati who likes to write poems about loving and pitying farmers.
As for those who advocate the restoration of Confucianism and the rejection of other heretical doctrines, although they have loud voices and many supporters, in terms of the total number of people, they actually do not have an advantage. What's more, there are too many weak-willed people among them.
Including himself.
The internal divisions are like this, unable to be monolithic and united to the outside world. No wonder they are despised by the warriors as "Cuo Da", alas.
The meeting held by the saint at the Hongwen Hall was just for fun, but it couldn't change anything anyway to make the old man happy.
When it comes to safeguarding Confucian orthodoxy, we must take our time and not rush.
After the two of them finished talking, they took a short rest and then returned to Hongwen Hall.
Han Xie was taking a nap, Yan Shenghou was advocating, and the others were divided into various factions, like a rabble.
Niu Xiji has begun to read three chapters of "Zhi Zhi" seriously.
If you don't understand your thoughts well, how can you polish them?
Now you have to pretend to be a loyal believer of the saint, follow his train of thought, and understand his thoughts before you start writing.
This meeting is just a walk-through of the process, so forget it and end it as soon as possible. The outcome cannot be changed anyway.
