Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 867
Zhu Youjian knew very well in his heart that it was absolutely impossible to overthrow the dominance of Confucian dross culture in Ming Dynasty through a so-called "battle of scolding" in later generations.

In the end, this debate can only play a limited guiding role. After all, the vitality of a long-standing civilization is extremely tenacious.

Things that have been passed down through countless generations have already taken root and flourished. Only by constantly getting rid of their diseased bodies and transforming and replacing them with new concepts with more vitality and vitality can we finally achieve our goals.

Zhu Youjian did not completely subvert the idea of ​​Confucian culture. Many characteristics of Confucian culture are incomparable to other cultures.

However, just as all civilizations did not have the current form at the beginning of their birth, any civilization needs to be explored and explored through practice, so as not to lag behind the development and progress of the times.

The civilization that keeps pace with the times is the most advanced and most dynamic civilization, and the best system will be born in the environment of this advanced civilization.

Confucian civilization must abandon the shortcomings of being unrealistic and unrealistic, maintain and carry forward the fine tradition of "people-oriented", absorb more advanced ideas from other civilizations, and promote Chinese civilization to always be ahead of the world.

In this great debate, the Huangming Weekly News has benefited the most. With more and more scholars joining the debate, the newspaper's sales have grown explosively, and its influence has also risen to an unprecedented height.

The current newspaper has changed to a two-day period, and the workload has increased a lot. The sharp increase in circulation has also greatly increased the income of the newspaper office. The increase in editorial staff has also made the timeliness of news and the diversity of themes more flexible and rich. It is no exaggeration to say that the current Huangming Weekly has initially taken the embryonic form of modern media, and has also become a banner leading the direction of Ming Dynasty.

This is what Zhu Youjian hopes to see.

The greater the influence of the newspaper among the people, the content it reports will become the focus of people's attention, which will unconsciously affect the behavior and thinking of the people, which will have far-reaching significance for the reform of Ming Dynasty society.

With the escalation of the debate, the collision between traditional Confucianism and the pragmatic school headed by Yangming's Mind School became more and more intense. Neither of the two sides can convince the other. Every issue of Huangming Weekly is full of this kind of debate In the article, these celebrities and Confucian scholars all quoted scriptures, insinuated, pointed and scolded, and the content of the article can also be seen that the anger between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, and they almost roll up their sleeves and fight in the street.

Due to the large number of yamen in the capital city and the opening of many schools in recent years, the literacy rate of ordinary people is very high, and the income of most families is not low. It has become one of the pleasures of many families after dinner.

In the past two months, the debate has become more and more intense, and many officials have even joined it. Many diehards of traditional Confucianism have written letters through various channels, asking the cabinet to punish the initiators of this debate, and to demote Zhu Shunshui and Wu Weiye to the local government. As an official, in order to calm down this seemingly endless turmoil.

The cabinet ministers also disagreed on this matter, but they all knew that the emperor had always advocated pragmatism, so they further deduced that this article was most likely published according to the emperor's wishes, so despite the raging outsiders, but The cabinet ministers remained silent, neither interfering nor expressing their views.

The cabinet's attitude of indifference has also aroused the dissatisfaction of many celebrities.

There have been a lot of comments in the streets and alleys, pointing at Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and others who are eating vegetarian meals in their corpses. Faced with the shameless behavior of some people who dare to openly question the famous religion, they actually severely crack down on them. Should live above the temple.

Zhu Shunshui and Wu Weiye, who are at the center of this turmoil, are now also feeling strong pressure from the outside world.

In addition to normal business affairs, the two also spent a lot of energy writing articles to respond to outside doubts and abuse, and even some people surrounded and abused them in front of their house.

Fortunately, both of them are people with extremely strong willpower, and they have an obsession with the ideals and beliefs in their hearts, and they have not been shaken by pressure. In addition, Zhu Youjian ordered Jin Yiwei to protect them and to Those who had excessive behavior were caught several times, and this stopped the situation from further getting out of control.

Although the cabinet ministers did not express their position on this matter, many middle and lower-level officials who participated in the debate and expressed opposing opinions were warned by their superiors: everything should be based on official business, and do not touch other things too much.

Most of the quick-responsive, quick-witted, and sensitive officials immediately silenced their voices and never expressed their views on the matter.

These people suddenly understood the stakes in this matter, and knew that since the Shangguan had a clear attitude, if they continued to meddle, they might not have good results.

However, the remaining few officials who are unresponsive and rigid in thinking still go their own way. Whether in public or in private, they express their extreme dissatisfaction with Zhu Shunshui and others everywhere. It belongs to Guo Taiyan, the doctor of the Ritual System Division of the Ministry of Rites, Fan Deqing, the head of the Grand Official Office of Guanglu Temple, Li Xianming, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and others.

These few people have a common feature, that is, the yamen they work in are all leisurely places, and they don't have much serious official business on weekdays, so they have a lot of free time.

Once this person has been idle for a long time, he will think about finding something to do.

Guo Taiyan and others often get together on weekdays. After banquets, they often lament that their talents are not met, and the big bosses in the court have no eyes. Appreciation, so that you can rise to the top and soar into the sky.

But the facts let them down.

The boring and feeble content in their notebooks is often thrown into the wastebasket by the cabinet scribes, and it may end up in the hands of top ministers.

After repeated setbacks, Guo Taiyan and others became increasingly resentful, but there was nothing they could do.

At this moment, the Huangming Weekly article just gave them a chance to vent their dissatisfaction, so several people started their own performances, hoping to take the opportunity to expand their influence in the scholarly community. I want to be named.

Unfortunately, this time they misread the situation again.

It's not that Guo Taiyan and others didn't guess that there was an emperor behind this article, but they thought that in the face of such strong opposition, no matter who it was, they would finally compromise. There is an opportunity to use the huge reputation to blackmail the court to ask for a better official position.

Regrettably, the wishful thinking of several people fell through.

(End of this chapter)