Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 804 The Daily Lecturer Takes Appointment (3 more changes)
This grand parade is a grand parade of victory, which symbolizes that the "most elite" Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty still has extremely strong combat effectiveness. , can effectively guarantee the safety of the Ming capital, and can effectively respond to and support the needs of the nine borders and even the use of troops in various places.

Believe it or not, the whole court seems to believe it anyway, and even Gao Yushi, the "famous general of the southern expedition", was forced to express similar views.

In a word, Jingying is very powerful, you have to be honest.

After the reading is completed, the sacrificial offering is just that ritual anyway, so there is no need to go into too much detail. Anyway, for Gao Yushi, it is to accompany the emperor for a trip.

After finishing these matters, it was finally time for Gao Yushi, the newly-promoted Japanese lecturer Zuo Shuzi, to give lectures.

Unexpectedly, just two days before the lecture, Gao Wushi was on duty at Zhan Shifu's office "preparing for lessons", when the obituary came: Zhang Rong died.

Zhang Rong is the British Duke, the highest foreign minister except the royal prince and the county king, and he quits the court as usual.

At the same time, due to the close relationship between the British government and Gao Yushi, Gao Yushi had to come to express his condolences in person. In addition, the eldest son Zhang Yuangong had a very good relationship with Gao Yushi, and he was asked to help him to sacrifice his pen for the memorial book, etc., which was delayed for a few days. .

After the dust settled, the lectures went to early September.

Gao Wushi is the number one scholar of the six poems. In his early years, he published books such as "Longwen Whip Shadow" and "Xinzheng Conversations". Although he was young, he was considered a generation with a great literary reputation. After all, he is still a rookie.

A newcomer means that he cannot yet teach the Four Books, but only the Five Classics.However, the Five Classics generally does not just throw out a subject for the lecturer to explain, but must talk about the subject that he was in charge of in the past.

Gao Wu practiced "Book of Changes", so he can only talk about "Book of Changes" now.

Although the Jingyan system had been formed in the Song Dynasty, its form was not fixed. Not only did it vary from generation to generation, but also the implementation of it by different monarchs within a generation was not the same.Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, there was no fixed date and no fixed place at the beginning.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the emperors were diligent in administration and eager to learn. Although lectures were not institutionalized, they were not a serious problem for holy studies.When Emperor Yingzong ascended the throne at the age of Chongling, and the three Yangs (Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu) were in charge of the government, they felt that they were shouldering the heavy responsibility of educating the young masters, so they invited a sutra feast.Since then, the Sutra Banquet Notes have been formulated, and the lectures will be held three times on the second, [-]th, and [-]nd of each month. The lectures will be given in the Imperial Wenhua Palace, and they will be temporarily exempted in cold and heat.

The opening banquet is a grand ceremony of the imperial court. For example, the feast for one person to know the scriptures, the banquet for the cabinet scholars to know or to know the scriptures, the six ministers and other officials to attend the class, and there are also people who exhibit books, attend ceremonies, offer ceremonies, and praise ceremonies. .

But that is "Jingyan", not daily lectures.In addition to the sutra banquet three times a month, there are also daily lectures, only lecturers and cabinet bachelor attendants, no waiters and other officials are used, and there are four or six lectures by officials. After reading more than ten times with each companion, the lecturers speak directly Righteousness, only in understanding Yi Xiao.

The ritual of daily lectures is much simpler than that of Jingyan, or it is called Xiaojingyan or Xiaojiao.Since then, Jingyan lectures have been institutionalized, with a small lecture every day and a big lecture every ten days, which is the main way for emperors to receive Confucian education.

Although Gao Yushi was the son of Zuo Shuzi, if this position was filled by an older historian, he would sometimes even be in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Academy. The location of the courtyard is not even particularly high.

Because of this, his novels naturally have little rules.

There are no cabinet scholars who come to attend the class, but only one lecturer, who is an acquaintance: Zuo Chunfang, Zuo Zanshan and Shen Li.

The chief official of Zuo Chunfang is Zuo Shuzi, who is the fifth rank, the same level as a university scholar; below Zuo Shuzi is Zuo Yude, who is from the fifth rank; the next is Zuo Zhongyun, who is the sixth rank; the next is Zuo Zanshan , from Liupin.

So there are people in the court who are good at being officials, and Gao Yushi is a latecomer, but now he is Shen Li's superior.Of course, Gao Wushi did well in the examination, and although Shen Li did well in the general examination, he failed in the court examination, but fortunately he did well in the museum examination, otherwise he would not be here as a lecturer today.

However, failing the imperial examination obviously had an impact on him, because if the Hanlin Historian does not get a job such as compiling the Records of the First Emperor and such errands as "Da Ming Hui Dian", the promotion is very slow, and generally they can only rely on seniority. It is such a good thing for Gao Yushi to serve as an imperial official after working for a few months, and then he was promoted to return to the Imperial Academy due to the merits of the foreign appointment-it is much easier to get credit for the foreign appointment than the Imperial Academy.

Therefore, Shen Li, who cannot be a special case, is still just a sixth-rank Zuo Zanshan, but he is 50 years old this year, and Gao Yushi has not yet reached the championship.

It's really people-to-people, maddening people.

"Yi, the way of change." Gao Yushi does not intend to talk about the general principles like ordinary officials, but it does not mean that he can not talk about the principles: "In the past, the ministers chose the classics, and took the "Book of Changes" instead of the rest. The only thing to know is to understand the way of change.”

"Everything in the world is changing all the time. In the midst of all kinds of changes, how can we, as human beings, seek good luck and avoid bad luck?

"Confucius said with emotion in his later years: 'Add me a few years, and I can learn Yi in fifty years. There is no big mistake.' It can be seen that the sage has seen the essence of "Yi". It is said in "Zhou Yi·Xi Ci Xia Zhuan", "Fear ends in the end. At the beginning, it is necessary to have no blame, this is the way of changing.' What is no blame? No blame means no danger, no major fault, or even if there is a fault, it doesn't matter, this is called no blame. No blame To blame is the highest state of life that "Yi" tells us."

"Fear starts from the end, and it must be blameless. This is the way of change. Reflect on the mistakes and make up for them. Those who have no blame are good at making up for their mistakes."

"These words are all from "Book of Changes Xici Zhuan". Who is without fault? It is nothing more than big or small. No blame means not not making mistakes, but precisely after making mistakes, they can reflect and correct them in time. "Zuo Zhuan" says that people Who has no faults? There is nothing good about being able to correct one's faults. Confucius praised Yan Hui: "Don't vent your anger, don't make mistakes." Not making mistakes means not repeating mistakes, and being good at correcting one's own mistakes.

"Book of Changes" also said, "There is no regret for the earthquake."To achieve the state of blamelessness, one must be good at reflecting and repenting, such as Zeng Zi's "examine myself three times a day".Reflection and repentance are the premise of reform. If a person does not truly reflect and repent, it is impossible to truly realize his mistakes, and he will not know how to correct them.To truly achieve no-blame, you must reflect on yourself at any time, be able to check out your own mistakes in every aspect, and check, reflect, and correct your own mistakes anytime, anywhere. "

At this time the emperor asked a question, and Zhu Yijun asked: "Sir, you just clearly said the way of change, but now you say there is no blame. What is the relationship between the two?"

Zhu Yijun usually called Gao Yushi, and he was a king to a minister, so he called him by his first name, but in order to show his closeness, he only called him by his first name instead of his last name.But it’s different when speaking and reading. Zhu Yijun still follows his father Long Qing in this area. No matter which lecturer he is, he calls him Mr. when he lectures and reads—only for this time.

Gao Wushi smiled slightly and said: "Everything in the world is changing, and I should also change. However, there is an unchanging principle in the world, which is the Tao. This Tao in Yizhong is to seek 'no blame'."

Zhu Yijun asked again: "No fault, just try not to make mistakes, or even if you make mistakes, you should correct them as soon as possible?"

Gao Yushi said: "Yi said: 'If there is no blame for the shock, there is regret'. He also said: 'There is no blame for being cautious'. He also said: 'A gentleman works all day long, and he is vigilant at night, and there is no blame for being severe'. These three words are all It means one thing: be cautious.”

But Zhu Yijun had a different opinion. He asked: "Let me give you an example: this year's floods in Liaodong should be flooded, and this natural disaster is also the same! How should the land and its people be cautious so as not to cause floods? It can be 'no blame' ?”

For the Ming people at this time, no matter how knowledgeable they are, there may be no answer to this question, or they can only talk about "heaven and man induction", saying that the flood is a warning from heaven and so on.

But Gao Wushi smiled and said: "Is flooding inevitable? No. I also gave an example. In the past, the flooding of the Yellow River was very serious. However, in recent years, the water has been controlled by the method of beaming water to flush sand, and the embankment has been reinforced with cement. The Yellow River flooded." Another example: In the past, the flooding of the Yangtze River was also serious, especially Huguang and other places, which were often flooded in summer and autumn. However, since the construction of water conservancy in Huguang a few years ago, the flood has been reduced by at least a few years. Half. It can be seen that being cautious does not mean not doing things, it means that some things should be prepared in advance, and contingency measures should be prepared in advance... So you see, although the world changes, if I treat each other with caution, I will not be blamed."

Zhu Yijun laughed, and said: "What you said is very true. Now that Tumochuan is about to undergo a major change, I don't know how I should be 'cautious' to achieve 'no blame'. I hope you can teach me."
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