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Chapter 955 Confucianism

Looking at the youngest Yang Hong who was kneeling on the ground, Yang Zheng's anger had already been directed towards Qiqibaba.

Not every kid is well-versed in tactics.

Yang Hong was entrusted to Xia Houzhi to be raised by her because she had no children at that time, and later Xiahou Zhi conceived Yang Xu, so Yang Hong was neglected to discipline him.

Mixing with the so-called famous people, he was contaminated with a lot of bad habits.

"Get up, it's a good thing that you don't become the Duke of Huai. In the future, you can make some achievements in astronomy and numerology with peace of mind in Taixue." Yang Zheng's voice softened.

On the outside it is the monarch and his ministers, but here it is father and son.

All kinds of evidence showed that he was being used by others, which also showed that his mind was relatively simple.

Tiger poison does not eat children.

The guilt of Yang Hong's body has not reached that level, depriving him of his title and demoting him to a commoner is already a very serious punishment.

"Father doesn't blame Erchen?" Yang Hong raised his head in surprise, his face was full of tears.

It seemed that he didn't care much about Duke Huai either.

After all, a "celebrity" has a wider heart. With or without this prince, he is the prince of Daqin after all.

Yang Zheng only deprived him of his royal title, but did not eliminate the clan.

A stable and wealthy life is no problem after all.

Yang Zheng stroked the frosty hair on his temples, and sighed, "What's the blame? It's my edict to seal the king, but luckily you didn't do those evil things, otherwise the place where we meet today won't be here .”

"My son has no eyes and no eyes, and he failed his father." Yang Hong slammed his head on the wooden board heavily.

But Yang Zheng laughed. When he was named King Huai, he didn't plan what he could do. He just guarded Jianghuai on behalf of the old Yang family. He was really promising, and Yang Zheng had sealed him out long ago.

"Okay, okay, I found a master for you, Liu Hui, a scholar of the Taixue University, and you are willing to learn from him. I hope to see your name in my Taixing Grand Ceremony in the future."

The master of mathematics in the present age is undoubtedly Liu Hui, who was the first person in China to clearly advocate the use of logical reasoning to demonstrate mathematical propositions.

He came from a humble background, but he was tireless in academics.

Strictly speaking, Liu Hui is the founder of practical mathematics. He has two works, "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic Notes" and "Sea Island Mathematical Classics". .

What Confucianism lacks most is logic and practicality.

Liu Hui's mathematical thinking can just make up for it.

After the Great Qin unified the world, everyone else was conscripting, but he and Huangfumi were the only ones.

Becoming a bachelor of Taixue, the whole family lives in the best mansion in Daxing City, and the treatment of clothing, food, housing and transportation is the same as that of the chief officials of the three provinces such as Du Yu and Wei Guan. Every year, they and their families will be entertained at the palace banquet, and the rewards will continue every month. .

This move is to set an example for the people of the world, and Daqin respects these people.

"I obey!" Yang Hong's voice became louder.

"Taixing Dadian" has almost come to an end. It lasted nearly seven years and collected famous books from all over the world, covering everything.

The imperial examinations over the years have been based on the "Taixing Dadian".

Computing, medicine, engineering, agriculture, and other miscellaneous studies have a lower number of scholarships than Confucianism.

In fact, an interesting phenomenon has also emerged in recent years.

Most of the children of the gentry are in the art category, either in rhythm, or Danqing, or poetry.

Most of the sons of powerful families are military-oriented, and more and more sons of good families join the army.

The poor family has multiple traditional ways of imperial examinations, studying the Four Books and Five Classics hard.

The common people favor subjects such as mathematics, medicine, and engineering. The imperial court provides living allowances for students of these subjects, including food, clothing, housing and transportation.

In fact, Confucianism has gradually entered a stage of decline in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

In troubled times, Confucianism can no longer scare people. Cao Mengde said that killing the descendants of Confucius, Kong Rong’s family, would kill the whole family. Three generations of the Sima family read a lot of Four Books and Five Classics, but they did things in the opposite direction, which was a blow to Confucianism. .

The Confucian classics in the Han Dynasty have many abuses, cumbersome forms and miscellaneous contents.

In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, wars were still frequent and people’s hearts were in turmoil. Benevolence, righteousness and morality could not be exchanged for a meal or a piece of clothing, so they tended to decline. Metaphysics rose, but metaphysics was mainly the revival of Taoism, and it also included Confucianism, not Confucianism. revival.

So much so that Ji Kang once publicly claimed that "it is not Tang Wu but Zhou Confucianism", and people at that time regarded Confucianism as pedantic and not for the world.

That is to say, Confucianism has not kept up with the times.

Yang Zheng's "Taixing Canon" seems to be elevating other schools and academics, but in fact it is also pointing out a new path for Confucianism. It either integrates other academics to improve itself like the Great Qin Dynasty today, or sinks completely in the pile of old papers of history. , become a zombie.

Confucianism is only a leaf in Chinese civilization, and now other branches are also flourishing. Where Confucianism goes, it depends on the choices of Confucian scholars themselves.

But Confucian scholars seem to be aware of this.

Start aggressively reaching out.

Confucian scholars represented by Du Yu have already begun to extend their hands outside the territory.

Du Yu tried his best to promote Confucianism in the Western Regions and Central Asia, and improved the teachings to suit the appetite of the local people.

Confucianism tends to decline in the Central Plains, but it seems to have gained a new life in the west. Compared with the sects of Sasanian and Romans, Confucianism is still moderate and tolerant.

The level is also much higher than them.

Not afraid of not knowing the goods, but afraid of comparing goods.

Western classical sects are so distorted and anti-human, and they frequently use all kinds of heinous tortures to imprison people's thoughts.

No matter how Confucianism declines, it is slightly stronger than their side.

With the help of Great Qin's influence, Confucianism also conquered cities and territories in people's hearts.

Compared with other schools of thought, Confucianism has the strongest desire for progress. After entering the Western Regions and Central Asia, it is like a giant crocodile swimming into a small pond, often fooling the monarchs of other countries to "abolish all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone."

Just like the countries of later generations blindly copied the beautiful country, the countries of the Western Regions and Central Asia were full of curiosity about everything about the Great Qin. Coupled with Du Yu's tireless deception, the countries made up their own minds that the reason why the Great Qin was strong was because of Confucianism. reason.

Khotan and Shule were fully sinicized, taking Confucianism as their national studies, respecting Confucian sages such as Confucius, Mencius and Xun, and building luxurious Confucian temples. Since the kings, the people of the country have changed their Chinese surnames to Chinese names.

In short, if you don't join the Confucian circle, you are not a member of the Chinese civilization circle and belong to a different category.

Heterogeneous people will naturally be discriminated against and suppressed.

Trade with Daqin requires [-]% more business tax, not to mention that it is not within the protection scope of the Qin army.

On a dark and windy night of a certain month, a group of thieves popped up out of nowhere, joined forces inside and outside, invaded their capital, plundered the money in their treasury, and fled before the arrival of the army...

And their people are discriminated against everywhere in the Western Regions and Central Asia, and they are regarded as stubborn barbarians...

Under mental and physical blows, small countries can only succumb.

Confucianism has gradually formed a trend in the west, and countless children of the rich and powerful have actively invested in it with their curiosity about the Great Qin.

(End of this chapter)