A carriage drove slowly to the front of Zhang Mansion.
An old man in his sixties slowly stepped out of the carriage with the support of two men.
This old man was Su Song, a direct scholar of Longtuge. After congratulating Lord Liao on his birthday, he had just returned to the capital and returned to Zhang Yue.
The men around him were his two sons, Su Jia and Su Jian. Because they opposed Wang Anshi's reforms in Taixue, they were later reprimanded along with the six Zhiguo and Zhang Yue.
At that time, Su Song and three other Shiren were demoted because they opposed Li Ding's appointment as an admonishment officer.
After Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister, Su Song served as the magistrate of Hangzhou and had great political achievements. The officials personally ordered Su Song to return to Beijing.
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When Su Song arrived at Zhang Yue's house, he saw Zhang Yue meeting a visitor. The visitor was the famous Er Cheng - brothers Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao.
Su Song and Cheng Hao were acquainted with each other. They were both friendly with Wang Anshi at first, but later they opposed Wang Anshi together.
I am not familiar with Cheng Yi, but I know that he has a younger brother who accepts death.
Seeing Su Song enter, Zhang Yue smiled and nodded to Su Song, and then looked at Cheng Yi. Cheng Yi was currently questioning Zhang Yue.
Su Song heard that Cheng Yi and Zhang Yue were classmates in Imperial College, and later they left due to disagreements with Zhang Yue. Now Cheng Hao and his brother Cheng Hao are giving lectures in Luoyang under the support of Wen Yanbo. The two brothers are extremely famous, and their disciples
There are many disciples.
As for Er Cheng, there are two other people standing behind him who should be disciple-like figures.
"I have been pondering the Prime Minister's words for many years, 'There is no good or disgusting body, there are good and evil actions', and I feel that this is a clever way to please."
"This statement comes from the Tao Te Ching's 'Nothing is called the beginning of heaven and earth; Being is called the mother of all things', but it pales in comparison. There is nothing in heaven and earth better than 'reason'. When there are no fathers and sons in the world, there is the principle of filial piety. Therefore there is goodness.
If there is a disgusting body, then it is a righteous body."
Zhang Yue smiled.
Watching Cheng Yi argue plausibly with Zhang Yue, the other party smiled and said nothing the whole time.
Su Song thought to himself, Zhang Yue is now the prime minister. How can he argue with others again like in the past? I am afraid that no one else except Wang Anshi will be interested in him.
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "My brother has lived in Luoyang and taught for many years, and he is really good at teaching principles."
Cheng Yi said displeasedly: "Prime Minister, I have lived in Luoyang for many years, and I have realized that 'the principles are different', which can be the foundation of the world. This is the great justice of the world."
Su Song was moved when he heard this and said, "I don't know what 'the principle of one point is different' is?"
Cheng Hao said to Cheng Yi: "This is Su Longtu."
When Cheng Yi heard this, he stood up in awe and said: "It turns out to be Su Longtu. The whole world admired Sansheren for his work."
Su Song smiled and said: "This matter is not worth mentioning. I have heard about Mr. Yichuan for a long time, and today I finally have the honor to ask for advice."
Cheng Yi said: "I don't dare to take it seriously. My knowledge comes from Mr. Lianxi. As for the theory, I really got it from me."
Cheng Hao said: "Hey, Huayan Sect has said this a long time ago."
Cheng Yi said: "Everything in the world has its own truth..."
Cheng Yi explained the truth in detail, and Su Song listened with rapt attention. No wonder Mr. Yichuan has such a great reputation in Luoyang. He is really extraordinary.
Cheng Hao smiled at Zhang Yue and said, "Prime Minister, this is just what my younger brother saw and made me laugh."
Zhang Yue knew in his heart that "the principles are different" is the most profound knowledge of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
He said: "Mr. Yichuan's words are true. Therefore, I invited Mr. Yichuan to come to Beijing, and I plan to ask him to be a direct lecturer in Taixue and teach this subject in Taixue."
Zhang Yue said to the man standing behind Cheng Yi, "Is this Yang Zhongli?"
The other party saluted and said, "I learned from Yang Shi and met the Prime Minister."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "I heard that when you first met Mr. Yichuan, Mr. Yichuan was sitting with his eyes closed, and the official was waiting outside the door. When Mr. Yichuan woke up, the snow had accumulated a foot deep."
Yang Shi admitted silently.
This Yang Shinai was the originator of later Fujian studies, and his most famous story is the story of Cheng Menli Xue.
Zhang Yue said: "I heard that Mr. Ercheng's disciples are the most knowledgeable. I would like to ask you to join Taixue as a tutor."
Everyone knows that after the Imperial Academy Yu Fan case, not only Yuan Jiang, the political advisor, was dismissed, but Shen Jichang and other direct lecturers were also stopped.
This matter of paying tribute to the Imperial Academy was originally managed by Yuan Jiang, but now Zhang Yue has taken over the job.
After Wang Anshi was dismissed from the post of imperial eunuch, Zhang Yue once again took charge of the Imperial Academy.
Today's Imperial College is no different from the former Imperial College. There are 100 students born in the upper school, 300 students in the inner school, and 2,000 students in the outer school.
According to the spirit of Wang Anshi's reform, Taixue was where the scholarly atmosphere was led, where political public opinion was located, and where official ideology was shaped.
As one of the leaders of the New Party, Yuan Jiang followed Wang Anshi's new learning in the management of Taixue.
Most of the academic officials in Taixue were members of the New Party. After the Yu Fan case, dozens of officials in Taixue were dismissed, and many students from Taixue were also dealt with.
Zhang Yue decided to reshape the atmosphere of Taixue, so he wrote a letter asking Er Cheng to arrive in Bianjing from Luoyang.
After hearing Zhang Yue's invitation to speak directly, Cheng Yi asked, "I wonder who the judge is?"
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "I was planning to ask Su Longtu in front of me to be the prison judge, and I happened to come across something today."
Hearing that Zhang Yue wanted to ask him to be the judge of the Imperial Academy, Su Song was somewhat prepared, but still a little surprised.
He was also the one who fell down from Taixue.
Zhang Yue said: "Nowadays, Imperial College has always taken Shu Guogong's 'New Learning' as its guideline. I wonder what Su Longtu thinks of it?"
In front of Er Cheng, Su Song said: "Although Su doesn't agree with the new learning, he doesn't object to it either."
Zhang Yue smiled slightly and said: "In that case, Su Longtu can take office."
Both Cheng and Su Song opposed Wang Anshi. They thought that Zhang Yue summoned them back to Taixue to overthrow the "New Learning".
Su Song asked: "I don't know why?"
Zhang Yue said: "Su Long Tu, Nine Classics and Histories, Hundred Schools of Thought, and Algorithm, Topography, Mountain Classics, Materia Medica, Exegesis, Lulu and other studies are omnipotent. In my eyes, he is just the right candidate for prison sentence."
To be honest, Su Song is not the most suitable candidate in Zhang Yue's heart, but he is a person recognized by both the emperor and himself.
In addition, Su Song, like Shen Kuo, was a rare scholar-official in the Northern Song Dynasty who was proficient in "miscellaneous studies".
Cheng Hao said: "As far as I know, the Prime Minister ordered Su Ziyou to re-annotate Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius. Will the Imperial Academy use these two books as scriptures in the future?"
Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "In these years, in Taixue, we have only fought for the meaning of scriptures and not debated knowledge. This is too far away from my original intention. I want to get to the bottom of things, stop talking about these things, and let the scholars return to their duties."
Su Song said: "Prime Minister, in fact, I think that 'the great university has the way to be virtuous, and the golden mean has the art of perfecting one's nature.' These two books can both be said."
Zhang Yue nodded and then said to Cheng Hao: "Mr. Mingdao, can you come out to know Taichang Liyuan and help me?"
Cheng Hao hesitated for a moment and then said: "The Prime Minister values me so much that I will do my best."
Everyone in the venue could see that in fact, neither Su Song nor Er Cheng were Zhang Yue's confidants, but they were both great scholars who were famous all over the world.
Zhang Yue said: "Since the Confucian period of the Han Dynasty, the theory of life and life and metaphysics have been advocated by Buddhists and elders. If this continues, Confucianism will be in danger. Over time, the scholar-bureaucrats will not know the fundamentals of the country's justice, and will fall into the trap of being addicted to metaphysics like the scholar-bureaucrats in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
The theory of nothingness is true.”
"The knowledge of Mr. Yichuan, Mr. Mingdao, and Mr. Hengqu will have a decisive contribution to the survival of Confucianism and the world."
Zhang Zai's Qi studies, Ercheng's Neo-Confucianism were inherited from Zhou Dunyi and Han Yu, and then the Simeng school, and then carried forward by Zhu Xi. Of course, Neo-Confucianism has many problems from the perspective of later generations, but it did meet the needs of the times at that time.
The most important issue in Neo-Confucianism is to solve the problem of the emptiness of the current scholar-bureaucrats' belief in the old.
Promote the worldly benevolence and universal values in Confucianism to the world.
Lao Tzu is an applied philosophy, and he is very opposed to the promotion of universal values. In the Tao Te Ching, it is believed that the world knows that beauty is beautiful, and this is evil. Everyone knows that good is good, and that is not good.
This is a deviation in values.
When officials forcefully enforce this set of values, they will run in the opposite direction.
For example, in the Han Dynasty, "the father of filial piety and integrity lived separately".
Therefore, Lao Tzu proposes not to respect the virtuous and not to promote benevolence, righteousness and morality in the world. This set of values seems to be in opposition to Confucianism, but it does contain profound practical knowledge.
However, despite these shortcomings, when he became Prime Minister Akira Echigo, he realized that it was indeed necessary to promote universal values.
There is no way around it.
The country is so big, and the population under its rule is so large, but the per capita resources are so tight.
If there is no universal value system, divisions and wars will easily result if conflicts among various values arise.
Therefore, two great Confucian masters, Er Cheng, absorbed elements of the Buddhist philosophy of life and life and founded Neo-Confucianism, thereby setting up standards for scholars to cultivate themselves, regulate their families, govern their country, and bring peace to the world, and completed a logically perfect and self-consistent system from the inside out.
It can be called a perfect theoretical system.
Although Yangming’s theory is good, is the mind the reason?
Can the truth in everyone's heart become the common wisdom of the world?
So Zhang Yue invited Er Cheng to Beijing to promote Neo-Confucianism.
Although there are many conflicts between him and Neo-Confucianism, even no less than Wang Anshi's New Learning, after all, they all admire the Simeng school.
It is the orthodoxy of Confucianism descended from the school of Zisi and Mencius.
He had differences with Cheng Yi, but he and Cheng Hao had always admired each other.
Zhang Yue said to Er Cheng: "I heard that one day someone invited Mr. Yichuan and Mr. Mingdao to a banquet. There was a singer at the table. Mr. Yichuan walked away, but Mr. Mingdao enjoyed himself to the fullest."
Cheng Hao said with a smile: "Yes, my brother-in-law came to question me the next day, 'Yesterday there was a prostitute in the dining hall, but there was no prostitute in my heart; today there is no prostitute in the dining hall, but there is a prostitute in your heart.'"
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
Unexpectedly, the two Chengs also had differences on the same matter.
Su Song asked Zhang Yue: "I wonder which gentleman the Prime Minister prefers?"
Zhang Yue said: "I am Mr. Mingdao."
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
No wonder Zhang Yue and Cheng Hao got closer to each other during the second time, and they would quarrel whenever they met.
Therefore, Cheng Hao was promoted to a high position and became an official at Taichang Liyuan.
Zhang Yue said to everyone: "If there is really a great truth in the world, but to implement it, you must start from the reality! You must not follow the rules step by step. This is against human feelings and will be embarrassing in front of your friends."
Cheng Hao smiled, and Cheng Yi argued: "The righteousness is true, and you can't make a single mistake."
"Don't do evil for small things..."
Zhang Yue did not argue with Cheng Yi, but smiled and said: "Today I am enjoying myself, so I have prepared a banquet to drink with you all."
Everyone happily agreed in unison.
Ps: I don’t know when the second update will be, it may be very late, or it may be released early tomorrow morning.