The rise of the prince

Chapter 579
Li Xingzhou didn't look much, and walked away on his own. The emperor didn't dare to abolish the prince directly because he was afraid of these people.

But the old man Meng Zhiye is really stubborn.

Meng Zhiye is currently writing a new book for the emperor, and he is trusted by the emperor, so he is so stubborn.

To put it bluntly, what he compiled is a new interpretation of the sage's quotations.

This kind of thing has been done in all dynasties. They picked out some of the great men's quotations and distorted them to make profits for themselves, deceive the people, and please the emperor.

Before liberation, most people were illiterate and very superstitious. Many students learned from scratch. By then, Meng Zhiye and other "big Confucians" wrote books and believed whatever they said.

This kind of example is very common, and it is really a disaster for thousands of years.

For example, someone took Confucius's saying "restrain oneself and return to the rites to be benevolence. One day, self-restraint and rites return, and the world will return to benevolence. Is benevolence up to others?" The meaning of a sage is to destroy human desires
Well said, it sounds very reasonable.But if you link the context, what Confucius said about "restraining oneself and returning to the rituals" is a concrete action, which is to ask people to follow the Zhou rituals left by the Zhou Dynasty, which is straightforward and nothing more.

Some people also picked out "repaying grievances with virtue" from the Analects of Confucius to teach the world. The sage Confucius taught us to be magnanimous and to be a good person.

It was highly respected in the past, but later it became the reason for the "new human beings" of the new era to call Confucius a hypocrite and teach bad people.

It even rose to the point where someone raised their arms and cursed loudly: Look, this is the naked evidence, it is Confucius, the chief culprit, and the ideological legacy of Confucius has taught the Chinese people to be weak!

But many people have the energy to shout and curse, but they don't even have the short time to glance at the Analects or look up its source.About an inch of time is an inch of gold, everyone's time is so precious.

In fact, you don’t need much knowledge, as long as you have read the Analects, you will understand that not to mention that Confucius disagreed with this point of view, even the phrase "repaying grievances with virtue" was not said by Confucius.

The original text is: "Or say: 'How to repay grievances with virtue?' The Master said: 'How to repay virtue? Repay grievances with straightness, and repay virtue with virtue.'"

It means that someone asked Confucius: "How about not caring about being hurt, but repaying with kindness?"

Confucius asked: "If you do this (repay grievances with kindness), what should you repay kindness? (In my opinion) you should directly fight back when you face harm, and you should repay kindness with kindness."

This is what Confucius said, and "repaying grievances with virtue" was asked by others.

Another example is Edison who said, "Genius is one percent inspiration, 90.00 percent perspiration." So I tell everyone that hard work can lead to success, but many people will find the opposite when they enter the society, and many times hard work does not equal success. .In fact, what Edison said was: "Genius is one percent inspiration, 90.00% sweat. But that one percent inspiration is the most important, even more important than that 90.00% sweat."

Most people are easily misled by those who distort the facts, especially an authoritative Confucian like Meng Zhiye.

The emperor was very thoughtful, and he probably saw this, so he let the book be compiled.

Anyway, the so-called sages are all dead, and wise people use words to control others.You can interpret their words in any way, as long as you favor the royal family, consolidate the imperial rule, let the people believe in the connection between heaven and man, and believe that the emperor is closely related to the fate of the world.

This should have been Chen Yu's job. He used to be a prisoner of the Tokyo Imperial College, a scholar of the Hanlin University, and the most influential Confucianist today, but Chen Yu resolutely refused to do it. Wait for someone to compile a book, and don't compromise until you are dismissed from office.

He once talked with Chen Yu, implicitly implying that he should submit to the emperor first. Anyway, compiling a book does not happen overnight, at least it will take several years. When he comes to power, this matter can be stopped.

Chen Yu is already very old, there is no need to ruin his reputation for such a thing, maybe he will curse for future generations.

But Chen Yu just shook his head. He said that in matters of learning, he should not succumb to falsehoods, and he should not shirk and say that he could not help himself. Let alone a few years, he would not give up even a word.

Afterwards, he has always opposed the emperor's revision of the book, until today, he was demoted to a commoner, dismissed from office, and fell down to the point of selling his property.

He actually admires Chen Yu, but he can't be as persistent as he is, sometimes he needs to turn a corner.

After returning home, Shiyu was reading "Xunzi", and asked Gillian next to him some questions from time to time, and Gillian would answer them carefully.

He Qian, Yue'er and Qiu'er were happily fighting the Landlords.

Qiu'er excitedly told him that the second batch of steam engines was about to be completed. There were two in total in the second batch. If they could be completed in early May, then the palace would have three steam engines. , build the second generation steam engine.

He originally wanted to have dinner with everyone, but after a while someone came to inform that He Zhao invited him to the dinner.

If it was before, he would not have gone directly, and would rather be with the little girls at home, beautiful and delicious, and what kind of big meal would he want.

But it's different now, he has entered the vortex of power, and sometimes he can't help himself, so He Zhao has to give him face.

After coming to He Mansion, I realized that it was the beginning of spring that He Zhao and his friends went hunting outside the city, and the harvest was good, so I asked him to try something new.

Degong is also here, but there are no other people. Everyone eats and chats, and slowly talks about what he did in the northwest. He told Degong and He Zhao about this in private, but The two were dumbfounded on the spot, and then said that he was kidding, whimsical.

But at the time they didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was just for fun, and it turned out that Li Xingzhou was serious.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, De Gong was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, "Are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid! So many people signed a joint letter to welcome the prince back from Jiangzhou. Who is it aimed at? You don't know? "

Degong flicked his sleeves after finishing speaking: "Hmph, if you are doing something serious, the old man can understand it, such as the affairs of the Privy Council. But you spend so much effort on frivolous things, you are really going to die of anger Old man." De Gong glared at him resentfully.

It is rare for He Zhao to unite with De Gong on this matter: "Don't you think that by being clever a few times and accomplishing one or two things, it shows that these various and bizarre little ideas and small tricks can be used to great effect. Doing things in a down-to-earth way is the way.”

Li Xingzhou raised his forehead, "Yes, yes, you have taught me a lesson." He felt that he was also sad. He had never won against He Zhao in the past, but now he is fine. One of them is his prospective father-in-law, and the other is him. Grandpa, he was completely crushed to death.

He Zhao proudly supported his beard, looking like a villain.

"It's good that you understand, stop messing around with the Northwest, and quickly put your experience on the court and the Northern Expedition. If the Northern Expedition succeeds this time, Nanjing will definitely need a lot of officials. It's really a way to enrich your wings." time." Degong reminded in a low voice.

"You are no better than the prince. You have seen it. Even though the prince was sent to Jiangzhou, there are still many people in the court who want to welcome him back. That is because the prince has been in business for a long time and has full wings. You are just a rising star, and you can't stand alone. "

Li Xingzhou nodded.

After Degong finished speaking, it was He Zhao's turn again: "The biggest thing is to manage the Privy Council well. The irrelevant measures in the Northwest are not worth bothering. The Northern Expedition is the biggest family and country event at present. , there must be one or two people with ulterior motives, as a member of the Privy Council, you must pay close attention to it, and don't let the food and grass drag the army down."

"Yes Yes Yes"

Just when the two of them were criticizing and fighting him, someone came in to report that someone from the palace was here to find him.

Li Xingzhou was surprised, he didn't understand why he was looking for him now, he stood up and followed the servants out of the small courtyard, Yan Gu was already standing outside waiting in a hurry.

Seeing him coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My lord, the Northwest urgent report, the Northwest urgent report! It was sent by the steward, and I want the lord to personally sign it."

(End of this chapter)