Xinshun 1730

Chapter 486

In fact, he has already been persuaded by Dazai Harutai.

Indeed, what Liu Yu said was very straightforward. Japan has a lot of gold and silver, so it is a crime to conceive a jade, and sooner or later it will open a port.

It is indeed as Dazai Harutai said, fortunately it was Dashun who asked for the opening of the port.

What if it was changed to Southern Barbarian Di?
I'm afraid that Japanese Confucian scholars will be dissatisfied, and the theory of expelling barbarians will definitely spread everywhere.It is necessary to find a way to request retreat, expel the barbarians, and continue to lock the country.

This is almost inevitable.

This is not a purely technical issue, but an issue involving the cultural system, the way of thinking and cultural pride for more than a thousand years.

If they were not proud of the derivative culture of China, Arai Shiraishi and others would not feel inferior in front of North Korean messengers, thinking that North Korea humiliated everywhere.

On the contrary, if Dashun forces Japan to open ports for trade, at least in terms of learning practical skills and other aspects, the resistance will be much smaller.

Yamaga Soyuki's theory of self-emergence of Japanese culture is not mainstream at this time.And because Dashun forced the switch, and the emperor of the world is not an Angsa person, this trend of thought that tried to break away from the system will inevitably disappear.

If the Southern Barbarian invasion forced the switch, the intensity of the debate on whether to continue to retreat and fight against the barbarians or switch to learn, even if it is lower than that encountered by the Chinese Dynasty and lower than that of North Korea, it will definitely last for more than ten or twenty years.

"Brother Chuntai really has the foresight, and it is true. Fortune is where misfortune lies, and misfortune is where fortune rests. This matter is indeed not necessarily a bad thing. It's just my brother's words, the system of sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty should be different, why not?"

Dazai Chuntai smiled and said: "The Thirteen Classics are not lacking in this country. Tang people can understand it, and our country can understand it. There are holy ways in it, and they will eventually lead to the same goal by different routes. The counties and counties of the Tang Dynasty and the feudal system of the country are not easy to copy. Yes In this trip to the Tang Dynasty, we should not study the classics, but study the utensils."

"You and I are both of the school of ancient studies. We should shield the interference of future generations' random interpretations so that we can read the original meaning of Confucius and Mencius. If you go to the Tang Dynasty to study the classics, it will mess up your knowledge."

"Utensils are different. All kinds of practical knowledge cannot be obtained by comprehending the Thirteen Classics. This is what we need to learn."

The Hagyu Surai faction, since its inception, has emphasized talent over virtue.What is called talent, this is the so-called tool.

Dazai Chuntai felt that anyway, the ancient school wanted to study the pre-Qin classics, so in terms of Confucianism, there was actually no need to have too much communication with Dashun.

Everyone is human, and they all study the pre-Qin classics, and the people in Dashun may not necessarily be stronger than themselves.Actually, after this battle, a huge gap can be clearly seen.

And this thing is indeed not something that can be realized from the Thirteen Classics, it still needs to be communicated.

Shan County Zhou Nan agreed in his heart, and said, "Actually, the matter has been found out. His Highness Zongwu of the shogunate is about to go to Tang to repair it. The shogunate is also summoning Confucian scholars, and asked to recommend some learned Confucians to follow to Tang."

"You and I have quite a few disciples, and I can recommend them to go. You can ask them to learn more and see more during the period."

The news that Tokugawa Zongwu was going to Dashun to repair was not a secret.There are also quite a few people who go to Dashun. In addition to the due guard of honor, medical students and Confucian scholars are all going there.

In this era, the school of ancient studies dominated Zhu Zixue. Although Zhu Zixue was the official knowledge of Japan, the influence among the people was still dominated by various ancient schools of thought.

Especially with the death of Kinoshita Shun'an and his last disciple Yusen Fangzhou, Zhu Zixue has no one who can carry the banner.On the contrary, it is the side of the ancient school that is full of talents.

Although the ancient school can be divided infinitely, Yamaga Soyuki, Hagyu Sorai, Ito Jinsai, Dazai Harutai, Hattori Nankaku and others have different ideas, but they all use the name of the ancient school.

Zhu Zixue is a set of stereotyped learning, and it can be seen at a glance whether it is heresy or not.

The ancient school is to re-study the ancient books of the pre-Qin period. Naturally, there will be many different interpretations.

Therefore, this time Tokugawa Zongwu was going to Dashun, after all, he still had to select some talents from the increasingly famous ancient school.In addition, I also heard that Zhu Zixue was not popular in Dashun, so more Confucian scholars from Zhu Zixue were sent there, and there might be quarrels, and practical learning was indeed something that Zhu Zixue's Confucian students were not very good at.

The generation of Zhou Nan in Shan County is old, and even if the Confucian scholars of the ancient school are allowed to follow, the official representative must be from the school of Zhu Zixue.As far as seniority and prestige are concerned, at this time Zhu Zixue's school and the group of old men like Zhou Nan in Shan County are a generation behind in academic continuation, so they can't go, they can only choose their disciples to go.

When it comes to disciples, the ancient school is a mess and can learn everything, and the agriculture and military studies have talents, and it is indeed more suitable.

However, Dazai Chuntai said: "Going to repair it this time is just a temporary act. If you want to really learn the knowledge of Tang Dynasty, you still have to follow the strategy of repatriating Tang envoys as I said."

Shanxian Zhou Nan smiled wryly and said: "This needs to be written to the general. But how to write the letter?"

He has energy in Changzhou Fan, many of his disciples are the pillars of Changzhou Fan, and he himself is the head teacher of Minglun Hall. If he only uses official channels, he is the most suitable.

The problem is that the Changzhou Fan's performance in this battle was too bad. The shogunate has always been afraid of the Changzhou Fan. It is impossible for the Changzhou Fan Lord to ask the general to restart the system of sending Tang envoys at such a juncture.

Even if it was a good idea, if the Changzhou Domain requested it, the shogunate would probably have to think carefully, wondering whether the Changzhou Domain wanted to make trouble by taking advantage of the large number of Kansai Ancient Schools.

After thinking for a while, Yamagata Shunan suddenly thought of a suitable candidate. Their teacher's younger brother Ogyu Beikei is currently in Edo and is the general's staff.

After the general came to power, he was worried that the old man would be too powerful, so he ousted Arai Shiraishi, but after all, he still needed some Confucian scholars as his staff. In addition, Hagyu Kaben was a doctor, so he chose Murojito and Hagyu Beike recommended by Arai Shiraishi. .Now that Shijiu Chao is dead, Ogyu Beixi is already the most influential Confucian scholar around the general.

Although one of the two brothers is the founder of the ancient school, and the other is a loyal follower of Zhu Zixue, they are heresies to each other, and they had little communication before, but it seems that it is most appropriate to ask him to speak for this kind of matter.

Just expressing his thoughts, Dazai Harutai immediately vetoed Shanxian Shunan's thoughts, and said in a low voice: "Today's events are exactly the time for my ancient school to overwhelm all heresies."

"There is a bus order in the Han Dynasty. All officials and people who make contributions, and those who are recruited will be conveyed by them. Those who are good will be appointed as Langguan and adopt their words."

"My school of ancient studies has always been criticized, and it is not official orthodox knowledge. How can I not follow the example of the Han Shu public car to write a letter, contact my disciples, friends, and Japanese people of insight, and write to the shogunate, requesting the repatriation of the Tang envoy?"

"This is not private, but public."

"The repatriation of the Tang envoy's administration is for the public."

"It is also for the public to correct the true meaning of Confucianism and reject the false learning of Song Confucianism."

"Besides, the three mountains and five mountains, the people of insight and talents are not only in one domain, and the general will not think that these domains have different intentions."

As soon as the bold idea was put forward, Shanxian Zhou Nan took a deep breath.

This... This is not a small matter, but a major event that may have a greater impact than the Ako incident and the Maharaja King incident.

If it is energy, it must be there.

There are many disciples of the ancient school, and they have a lot of friends, and all the feudal clans have acquaintances.There are also many acquaintances in Edo. Shunan in Yamagata alone has many famous doctors.

At this time, the theory of internal organs was still mainstream. Although there were skeptics, it was still more than ten years before the autopsy proved that the internal organs were wrong and the introduction of orchid medicine was launched.At this time, all the famous doctors are Chinese doctors, and they must hope that the shogunate will allow them to study.

Confucian scholars and doctors are almost close relatives in Japan.Confucian scholars have many disciples, doctors have many disciples, and there are many patients. If you make contact, you can indeed be mighty.

There are risks in doing so, but if it is done, the rewards are also great.

They are at this age, and they don't expect to be officials or anything, anyway, they don't have a few years to live.Moreover, Ogyu Sorai's reputation is not good, so it is impossible to be a staff officer of the shogunate; Shunan Yamagata is from the Choshu clan, and he has never heard that a person from the Choshu clan can be a staff officer of the shogunate.

But if it is done, firstly, the Tang envoy system can be repatriated, and secondly, the influence of the ancient school can be greatly expanded.

In recent years, the ancient school has been criticized. The Lin family and Zhu Zixue's disciples grasped the ancient school's idea of ​​"emphasizing talent over virtue", especially the book about meritocracy and the separation of morality and talent The rhetoric, plus criticism.

In the past few years, the shogunate’s finances have improved again. Many previous policies that slapped heads were abandoned, and many reforms that tried to maintain the small peasant economy and reactionary reforms have almost all failed. The commodity economy has continued to develop, and this is another common problem.

That is, the moral corruption of Italian city-states during the Renaissance, and the "corruption" of market morals brought about by the development of the commodity economy in the late Ming Dynasty, is now Japan's turn.

Zhu Zixue put this big hat on the head of the ancient school, thinking that it was the rise of the ancient school that led to the corruption of folk morality.

In history, the "ban on lenient political and heretical theories" that was issued decades later was actually used as a big hat, officially abolishing the ancient school of thought.

In addition, the group of people from the Ancient School really did "excessively".

Some insulted the shogunate, some reprimanded the shogunate, and even the disciples of Dazai Harutai lost their heads because of the theory of "respecting the king and overthrowing the curtain" early on. Those who called for the relocation of the capital, those who called for unification... In short, the shogunate is not wronged to ban them.

Anyone who has come to the step of "recovering the true meaning of pre-Qin Confucianism" will inevitably be confused.Whether Zhu Zixue is a heresy can be seen at a glance. The ancient schools all say that they are the true Confucians, and their thinking can be said to flourish.All kinds of Confucianist names, Fa, Mo, Dao, Ming, and agriculture, but no matter how good the disguise is, it will always show its tail. This point has already been noticed by the shogunate at this time, and the people on the official Zhu Zixue side have also taken advantage of it. fought back.

Under such atmosphere, even the Ming Lun Hall of the Changzhou Clan, in the name of Zhu Zixue, actually secretly taught the knowledge of the ancient school.

Dazai Harutai wanted to launch a letter on the bus, and he was trying to use this opportunity to fight back, holding the dominance of the orthodox thought after the founding of the country, so as to completely kill Zhu Zixue.

Historically, the ancient school of thought was so close to success that there were discussions within the shogunate about "demolition of the temple", but the result was Zhu Zixue's full-scale counterattack, and imposed leniency and ban on schools.

Since the heretics have to mess with each other, how can they just wait for others to kill themselves instead of killing others first?

Looking at Dazai Harutai's eager gaze, Shanxian Shunan recalled the shock of the first battle in Hagi Castle, and the shock of what he saw after being captured, and gritted his teeth: "This matter is feasible! This is for the public, not for private reasons." !"

(End of this chapter)