Fantasy Three Kingdoms: Four knots in Taoyuan at the beginning

Chapter 179 Chapter 176
Tian Feng and the three looked at each other when they heard the words, and then laughed: "Yuan Tan's words are true, I'm the one waiting for you."

In this era, Buddhism had been introduced into China, and some literati also began to study Buddhist culture.

Therefore, it is not surprising to say such words as phase.

In this regard, the four of them skipped this topic and did not discuss it again.

What Gu Yong said was good, who hasn't kept any secrets yet.

Wouldn't that be enough as long as Chen Yuan was one of his own?

As for his secrets, if he insisted on pursuing them, he would offend others.

Rarely confused.

The letters have all been sent out. As for the effect, it all depends on luck.

However, Chen Yuan was confident that even if they couldn't invite all of them, it shouldn't be a big problem if they came.

After all, the teachers at Xiangyang Academy are terrifying.

Cai Yong, Sima Hui, Pang Degong, and Xiang Lang are all well-known.

That is to say, Xiang Lang is slightly weaker, but in Jingzhou, Xiang Lang's reputation is not weak at all.

In terms of martial arts, Tong Yuan and Li Yan may not be known to ordinary people, but those powerful people must know.

How powerful these two people are.

If you can be taught by these two people, it is definitely a rare good thing.

As for the affairs of the Cai family, we should not rush it, but take it easy.

Let's deal with Zhang Wen first.

Jian Yong also took care of everything in Luoyang. As soon as the comet hits the moon, Zhang Rang and the others will have people impeach Zhang Wen.

This kind of thing is basically accurate in one shot.

Even if there is no impeachment, Zhang Wen will voluntarily resign from the position of Sangong to avoid suspicion.

This tradition originated from Dong Zhongshu in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The root of the disaster lies in the interaction between heaven and man.

This theory of ghosts originated very early and was scattered in ancient documents.

"Hong Fan" said: "Su, when it is cold", "Ye, when it is cold", it is believed that the attitude of the monarch can affect the change of the weather.

This is the germination of the idea of ​​the induction between heaven and man.

Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn", and believed that disasters and disasters were caused by the failure of the monarch.

Confucius once said: "A severe drought in a country means that all punishments and virtues are lost?"

"When a country prospers, there must be auspicious auspiciousness; when a country is about to perish, there must be evildoers. When you see a yarrow, it moves your four limbs." Virtue will surely touch the heavens. "A family with good deeds will have celebrations, and a family with bad deeds will have disasters."On the other hand, Confucius emphasized that "if you offend the heavens, you have nothing to pray for."

Mozi said: "Heaven will bless those who love others and benefit others, and those who are wicked and rob others will be cursed by heaven."

Dong Zhongshu inherited the thought of the Five Elements in "Hong Fan" in the Confucian tradition, carried it forward, and established a set of universe theories including heaven and man.Dong Zhongshu believes that the universe is composed of five different attributes: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.

In Dong Zi's view, not only the weather is formed according to the five elements, but also the human affairs are formed according to the five elements.

In a word, at the end, Dong Zhongshu proposed that at the time of heaven and man, they merge into one, that is, heaven and man are one.

A comet attacking the moon is a very bad astronomical phenomenon, which means that disasters will happen.

But in this era, a more systematic view has been formed.

The comet hits the moon, the main catastrophe occurs, and the Sangong loses his virtue.

There are three of the three, and it didn't necessarily have to be Zhang Wen who was dismissed from office.

But if someone pushed the flames, Zhang Wen would definitely not be able to escape this disaster.

But in Chen Yuan's memory, the comet's attack on the moon seemed to happen soon.

Chen Yuan's memory is correct, three days later, in the middle of the night.

It was originally a moonlit and quiet winter night, but the entire Shenzhou fell into silence at this time.

Nonsense, who doesn't sleep in the middle of the night.

Unless someone else has other plans.

Chen Yuan is one of these people with other plans.

Chen Yuan didn't sleep, and invited several people to have a drink in his mansion.

Among them are Liu Bei, Gu Yong, Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Xi Zhicai and Dian Wei.

The reason why Dian Wei followed was because Dian Wei was now the commander of Liu Bei's guards.

As long as Liu Bei travels, Dian Wei will follow.

The purpose of having a drink this time is to witness the astronomical spectacle of a comet hitting the moon.

To be honest, Chen Yuan is not very interested in the idea of ​​the induction between heaven and man.

Of course, although he didn't catch a cold, Chen Yuan didn't think it was unreasonable.

Human beings are originally born of heaven and earth, so they are naturally connected with heaven and earth, and there is a reason for the interaction between heaven and man.

But it is a bit nonsense to apply it too much or read the scriptures indiscriminately.

The comet attacking the moon is just a normal astronomical phenomenon, and Sangong should be dismissed just because of this, which is very funny.

Chen Yuan called these people here for two reasons.

One is to let everyone know that the deal with the Cai family has already begun.

Another thing is to get rid of the misconceptions in everyone's minds about the relationship between heaven and man.

Chen Yuan didn't want such bullshit to happen to the Liu Bei Group in the future, wasting time and energy to solve a lot of troubles caused by the celestial changes.

So, while waiting, Chen Yuan started talking.

"Brother, gentlemen, please teach me when Yuan Yi is confused."

Hearing Chen Yuan's words, everyone looked at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, I don't know what you think about the induction between heaven and man?"

Everyone frowned, not knowing what Chen Yuan meant.

The interaction between heaven and man is the core of Dong Zhongshu's teleological system of theology.

Dong Zhongshu is a representative of the Gongyang School. Chen Yuan asked what does this mean?
Gu Yong said for the purpose of taking care of his younger brother: "Zi Chu, what do you mean by this?"

Chen Yuan smiled: "Brother, don't be nervous, just chatting today, just talking about Dong Zi's thoughts."

Seeing what Chen Yuan said, the others didn't think much about it.

I thought Chen Yuan wanted to delve into Dong Zi's theory. After all, the news that Chen Yuan admired the theory of the Gongyang School had already spread.

The conversation between him and Yang Xu outside Luoyang City was not unheard by others.

This naturally spread out.

Everyone began to talk about their own views on the interaction between heaven and man, what disasters and condemnations, what heaven and man are of the same kind, it is not pleasant to talk about it.

Disaster condemnation is the belief that natural disasters are causally linked to the ruler's mistakes. "The root of all disasters and abnormalities is born from the loss of the country."If the Son of Heaven disobeyed the will of Heaven and did not practice benevolence and righteousness, Heaven would have catastrophes and condemn them.If "condemn it but don't know it, you will be afraid of it."

The theory of "heaven and man are of the same kind" holds that "the sky has yin and yang, and humans also have yin and yang. The yin qi of heaven and earth arises, and the yin qi of human beings arises in response to it; It starts. Its way is one.”

In fact, what is the great progress of the theory of interaction between heaven and man?
It is to put a shackle on the supreme monarchy.

That's heaven.

Dong Zhongshu shaped "Heaven" as the supreme god, and limited the unlimited monarchy with the theory of "interaction between heaven and man".

Of course, this also provides a reasonable theoretical basis for the emperor to rule the world.

This theory has been recognized by the world.

The most typical evidence is Zhang Jiao's slogan: "Heaven is dead, and Huang Tian should stand."

Whose heaven is it?

God of the Liu family.

The heaven of the Liu family is dead, so the rationale for the emperor of the Liu family to rule the world is gone.

Now it's time for Zhang Family's Huang Tian to rule the world.

This is why the imperial court violently suppressed the Yellow Turbans.

This is to dig out the foundation of the Liu family's rule of the world.

Why did many tyrants join in the Yellow Turban Rebellion?

The reason is simple. Zhang Jiao's slogan is a recognition of the relationship between heaven and man, and it is a recognition of putting a shackle on the emperor.

As for whether it is Cang Tian or Huang Tian, ​​they are both like a bird to Hao Qiang.

Anyway, you need to rely on them.

In some novels, it is written that time travels to become the Yellow Turban, and finally becomes the big boss of the Yellow Turban, wanting to recruit security.

This is simply not possible.

The emperor of the Liu family will never allow the recruitment of the leader of the Yellow Turban.

Anyway, during the period of Emperor Han Ling, he would never allow the Yellow Turban to be recruited.

As for why so many Yellow Turban soldiers were recruited later, it was entirely because of the loss of central authority and the inability to control those powerful people.

For those tyrants, it doesn't matter what the sky is, as long as they can strengthen their own strength.

For example, Cao Cao recruited Qingzhou Yellow Turbans on a large scale. At that time, Emperor Hanling had died long ago, and the authority of the central government had long been lost.

How could Emperor Xian of the Han have any power to control the princes in these places, he himself was in trouble.

After everyone discussed it, Chen Yuan finally said: "It seems that all gentlemen think that the induction between heaven and man is very correct?"

The crowd nodded.

This is not to blame these people, the limitations of the times.

Moreover, the theory of induction between heaven and man has put a shackle on the emperor, which is beneficial to them who are ministers.

Otherwise, if the Son of Heaven did not restrain him, the consequences would be dire.

That's not doing whatever you want.

Chen Yuan shook his head: "Yuan doesn't think so."

When Chen Yuan said this, everyone was shocked.

Good guy, are you going to oppose Dong Zhongshu?

Everyone looked at each other, but Liu Bei had a good relationship with his fourth brother, so he scolded directly: "Zichu, what are you talking about?"

Liu Bei is covering for Chen Yuan.

Drinking talk can't be taken seriously.

It's not that Liu Bei doesn't trust these people in front of him, but this matter is too important. If it gets out, Chen Yuan will be accused by Wan Fu.

Chen Yuan knew Liu Bei's meaning, and smiled at Liu Bei: "Brother, don't panic, Yuan knows it well."

Liu Bei wants to scold people at this time, you have a fart.

How can such words be said indiscriminately.

Gu Yong and the others also love Chen Yuan, and they all said: "Zi Chu's drinking capacity is still light, and he started talking drunk after only a few drinks."

Seeing that everyone was covering himself one after another, Chen Yuan was very relieved.

They are all upright people, and they are not blind.

Chen Yuan waved his hands and said to the crowd: "Brother, gentlemen, there is no need to be like this. Yuan knows what he is talking about, can you let me finish the sentence first, even if I am wrong, will you gentlemen spread the word? I believe you Mister won’t, since that’s the case, why do Yuan have any worries?”

When everyone heard what Chen Yuan said, they knew that it would be impossible not to let him speak.

Well, anyway, no matter what Chen Yuan said today, they were determined not to reveal a single word.

Seeing this, Liu Bei felt at ease.

Looking at Chen Yuan angrily: "Forget it, I'll let you get drunk again."

Until now, Liu Bei is still covering for Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan cleared his throat and said: "Dong Zi's sense of heaven and man, inherited from the sage of Confucius, the country will prosper, and there will be auspiciousness; , Those who are evil and thieves will be punished by the sky, and the Yin-Yang and Five Elements studies are introduced below to achieve great success.With Qi as the foundation, the sky is supreme, the Son of Heaven proclaims and transforms on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the human world is governed by the Son of Heaven.Have you ever thought about the consequences of this? "

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what Chen Yuan meant.

What consequences?
There are no consequences, this set of theories is very good.

It not only publicized the legitimacy of the emperor's rule of the world, but also left a back door for the courtiers to restrict the emperor.

This is conducive to the check and balance of the monarch and his ministers.

Chen Yuan knew that these people's minds were limited, and he didn't expect them to give an answer, but just raised a topic.

"The consequence is to limit the progress of various technologies."

Everyone continued to be confused.

technology?
What technology?
What does it matter if progress is not progress?
Seeing everyone's bewildered expressions, Chen Yuan could only go further: "Everyone, what do you think the progress of our society depends on?"

"Son of Heaven."

"saint."

"Yingjie."

Everyone had different answers, but none of them got the point.

Chen Yuan said the answer directly: "Science and technology!"

Chen Yuan knew that this ranking alone would not be able to convince them.

Therefore, Chen Yuan began to explain: "Suiren drilled wood to make fire, Fuxi developed gossip, made ropes into nets, taught people to hunt, Cangjie invented characters to replace rope knots, Shennong tasted herbs, taught people medical treatment and farming, and Huangdi began to make clothes. , building boats, making music, creating medicine, etc., the reason why our Chinese people can develop now is closely related to the creation technology of our ancestors."

"Just imagine, if there were no creations of these ancestors above, would our Huaxia race still be stuck in the age of savages who drank blood, and how could we have such a splendid civilization?"

"I call these creations science and technology, which is the so-called power of production. Only by increasing productivity can we make progress in our Chinese society and further develop civilization. Without science and technology, we are still savages. How can we talk about etiquette? How can we talk about national rule, do you think so?"

The summary of Chen Yuan's long passage is that science and technology are the primary productive forces, and the economic base determines the superstructure.

Liu Bei's education and thinking instinctively made them feel that what Chen Yuan said was wrong and wanted to refute.

However, after thinking and thinking, they couldn't find a point to refute.

Because what Chen Yuan said is correct.

Chen Yuan added another blow: "Sima Gong once said that when he was a scholar, he studied the heaven and man, and through the changes of the past and the present, the so-called gods and spirits are all illusory. , the gentleman puts the gods above all else.”

Sima Qian, other people don’t comment on him, but he opposes attaching religious superstition to scientific knowledge, which makes people restrained and fearful. His superstitious thoughts are critical of the theological world view of the interaction between heaven and man.

This alone deserves respect from future generations.

(End of this chapter)