The Jiufen Edict of Zhengdan and the review in Nanyuyuan the next day caused a sensation. Ordinary people discussed it incessantly and treated it as a topic of conversation after dinner.
But for some people, it is like throwing a huge stone on a calm lake, stirring up turbulent waves.
On the bank of the Bian River in the east of the city, there is a courtyard that is neither small nor large, called Tuisi Garden.
In a study room in the garden, the great scholar Cheng Yi sat in the middle. Surrounding him were several disciples.
Shao Bowen, Quan Zongyuan, You Zuo, Yang Shi, Li Guang, Zhang Yi.
The expressions on their faces included tension, loss, hesitation, entanglement, excitement and perseverance, all reflected in Cheng Yi's somewhat cloudy eyes surrounded by wrinkles and silkworms.
"It's not a good thing for officials to suppress literature and favor martial arts." Quan Zongyuan said with emotion.
"Suppress literature and favor martial arts? I don't think so. If the officials want to conquer Xixia, they should stabilize the entire northwest and win over the morale of the military." Yang Shi said with a slight frown.
"Going to war, just to get a name in history, and exhausting the people's strength for their own selfish desires, isn't this considered perverse?" Quan Zongyuan became more and more angry.
Yang Shi's eyes widened and his emotions rose.
"For a hundred years, Xixia has repeatedly invaded the northwest, burning, killing, and looting, and the people there have suffered terribly..."
At this time, Quan Zongyuan interjected, "That's why we have to stop fighting and negotiate peace, and the two countries cease fighting. Human beings are not grass and trees, and no one can be ruthless. As long as we treat each other with sincerity and educate them with virtue, Xixia..."
Yang Shi was originally dissatisfied with Quan Zongyuan for interrupting him, but when he heard this, he became even more angry and interrupted Quan Zongyuan rudely.
"Ignorant and arrogant! The burning, killing, looting and hundreds of years of blood debt in the northwest have nothing to do with you anyway, that's why you are so generous. You keep saying that you will treat each other with sincerity and educate with virtue. The war between Song and Xia was mostly instigated by the Xia Kingdom.
When you are short of people, you come to the Song Dynasty; when you are short of money and food, you come to the Song Dynasty again; when there is internal fighting in the court and you want to establish your authority, you come again..."
At this point, Yang Shi almost roared, "Greedy and cruel, they are just a bunch of underfed jackals, leeches lying on my body, Da Song. Now I have the opportunity to defeat them, so that they will never reach out to my Da Song again."
, why not do it all at once?”
Quan Zongyuan was also angry and said with a sarcastic face: "Yang Zhongli, you keep saying that you are generous to the people, love people, use money prudently, use the system prudently, and do not harm wealth or harm the people... They are all lies."
"It is because I sympathize with the suffering of the people and cherish their strength that I hope to find a solution once and for all. But you, on the other hand, blindly settle the matter, give in and seek peace, in the name of saving money, but in fact you are cutting off the flesh and blood of the people to feed the greedy and extravagant summer!"
The quarrel between the two men made the window lattice rattle.
Shao Bowen glanced at the sad-looking teacher and scolded: "You two, why are you so rude in front of Master?"
Quan Zongyuan and Yang Shi both shut up when they heard the sound.
Shao Bowen was not the oldest among his fellow disciples, but he had the most respectable status and reputation. First of all, he had high knowledge and was the first to get started. In addition, his father, Shao Yong, Shao Kang Jiegong, was a great Confucian in the world along with Zhou Dunyi and Zhang Zai.
There was silence in the room. Several disciples had different thoughts and sat there silently.
After a while, Quan Zongyuan made up his mind, stood up and bowed to Cheng Yi.
"Teacher, the student has something important to do and must go back to the city. Please forgive me."
Cheng Yi nodded and replied harmoniously, "Go ahead."
When Quan Zongyuan left, Zhang Yi couldn't help but said: "Senior brother Quan is indeed a little anxious. Taichang Temple has been dissolved, and his Taichang Temple young minister is gone. He has no whereabouts. He is really anxious."
Li Guang turned his head and stared at him, and said unceremoniously: "Uncle Zhang Si, there is something in your words."
Zhang Yi spread his hands and said: "Senior Brother Quan's situation and future are well understood by him. If you are poor, you can be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you can help the world. In this case, why not retreat bravely and retreat to Hongwen Academy and Chongzhi College of Chengdu University to teach and educate
People, spread the teacher’s insights to more people.”
Yang Shi shook his head and sighed: "He can't retreat. Once one becomes obsessed with power, it is difficult for anyone to break free."
You Ye, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, "Zhongli, I see that many of your views are deeply influenced by newspapers and magazines such as "Half Moon Zatan" and "The Tokyo Times."
When Cheng Yi turned his eyes to Yang, his eyes were bright and clear.
Yang Shi accepted it calmly and said: "Yes. I like reading these newspapers and magazines very much. They talk about the past and the present, and criticize the current ills. They can all speak meaningfully and get to the point. And they can often put forward some new ideas for solving problems. What?
It’s incredible when you hear it, but when you think about it, you can’t help but be amazed.”
Cheng Yi shifted his gaze away from Yang Shi's face, scanned the faces of the other disciples one by one, and then spoke.
"In the second half of the second year of Yuanfu, when the official was still in his residence, he was ordered to take charge of the secretarial department and reorganize the book bureau. At that time, no one thought that from that moment on, the academic thought of the Song Dynasty would set off a turbulent wave. Looking back
Look, the officials’ methods are truly amazing and admirable.”
"Newspapers and magazines, and then the great debate, in which we win step by step, no, we win every step of the way. Prepared vs. unprepared, united against unprepared, plus other various means... Countless scholars and Confucian scholars
The idea was changed step by step. The number of applicants for the Secretary Provincial Recruitment Examination was increasing each time; the Chengdu and Biyong University Recruitment Examinations went from being empty to empty to scrambling for the first place... This is all evidence."
"It's not surprising that neutrality is affected. To be honest, reading "Ban Yue Za Tan" and "Donghua Times", and listening to the debates, many doubts in my heart were suddenly solved. It was like digging holes in different walls.
I opened a window and saw a completely different scenery. Changsun Xuanming and Cai Yuandu are really good at it, and they are worthy of being the right-hand man of the official family."
Everyone knew that Changsun Moli was a confidant of the official family. Cai Bian was also the same, which surprised several disciples.
But after thinking about it, some of the doubts in my mind were cleared up.
At the end of the second year of Yuanfu, Cai Bian was pardoned and recalled to Kaifeng. He held the false title of Xianmo Pavilion Minister and kept a low profile. Later, he suddenly became the right secretary of the Zhongshu Province to save trouble. According to the Zhengdan edict, he was also appointed as the Right Assistant Minister of Zhongshu Province.
Secretary, Provincial Attendant.
So that’s it.
"Teacher, what do Cai Yuandu and Changsun Xuanming want to do?" You Ye asked.
Cheng Yi replied leisurely: "Dingfu Youyou, you should ask, what exactly do the officials want to do?"
"Teacher, what exactly do the officials want to do?"
Several disciples looked at each other, and Yang Shi couldn't help but ask.
"'Sparks are generated in collisions, and the truth becomes self-evident in debates.' Cai and Changsun deliberately led and provoked debates among various factions. First, there was the dispute between the Xining Reform Sect and the Yuanyou Yili Sect. With the victories in the northwest war, the Yuan Dynasty
Many of the arguments of the Yuyi school of thought were self-defeating, and they gradually fell into disadvantage."
"Then there was the debate between Shuo Studies and Guan Studies. Now Shu Studies and our Luo Studies have also been pushed to the forefront. In newspapers and magazines, everyone used pens as soldiers and words as arrows. But the Secretariat also joined forces with Hanlin Academy, Hongwen Academy and
The Gewuyuan held public debates one after another, encouraging various schools of thought to come to the stage, state their academic theories in front of the public, refute differences and argue the truth. The storm was raging, and the intensity was no less intense than the Northwest War."
Cheng Yi's words made several disciples listen attentively.
"In addition to many schools of Confucianism, branches of Confucianism, Legalism, and miscellaneous schools are now emerging one after another. I heard that in Mingzhou, a group of students gathered together and proposed a new academic discipline. 'Use benefit to harmonize righteousness, and do not use righteousness to suppress benefit.'
"The Tao is inseparable from its utensils", expressing objections to "correcting one's justice without pursuing its own benefits, and clarifying one's Tao without considering its merits", and proposed that "since there is no utility, then moral principles are useless"..."
Several disciples were stunned when they heard this.
"... proposed that 'learning and Tao are combined, and people are combined with morality'; it was proposed to put the people first, analyze history based on syndrome differentiation, study the success and failure of ancient and modern countries at home and abroad, and the rise and fall of laws and regulations, so as to truly use history as a mirror; 'Business and industry benefit'
, Use the power of the state to support merchants and circulate currency'; 'One thing is two, one is different', 'Unity of opposites, dependence and transformation', 'Use things for your own use'..."
"Heresy! This is a deviant heresy!" You Ye stood up and shouted loudly.
Cheng Yi looked as usual and continued: "These people are mainly concentrated in Mingzhou City, and are known as the Mingzhou School. They founded the "Mingli Newspaper", and their influence is growing in the southeast area. In particular, many large maritime merchants are very supportive.
They. The biggest support behind them is the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce."
Everyone in the Donghai Chamber of Commerce was speechless. Anyone who was interested knew that the Donghai Chamber of Commerce was founded when the official family was still in Qiandi.
You Ye also calmed down and asked hesitantly, "Teacher, what do the officials want to do when they make everyone quarrel?"
Cheng Yi didn't answer. Zhang Yi rolled his eyes and replied: "Senior brother, everyone is so noisy that they have no intention to care about his actions."
Cheng Yi laughed, pointed at Zhang Yi and said, "Uncle Si can become an official." This chapter has been completed!