Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 1169 Chen Xue’s two branches in the North
Chen Zhi said this, and then he really didn't put much effort into the changes in power in the south. He only sent people to record the situation, but he devoted himself to improving the imperial examination and system.

For the next two years, Chen Zhi devoted himself to this. On the one hand, he perfected the imperial examination system and formulated many subjects. Although it included metaphysics and Confucian classics, it also included knowledge from other schools. The basis was several volumes of " "Grand Canon", even some principles of the Yin Yang family were adapted by him.

In this way, in two years, many people in the private sector and scholars had to study many books written by Chen Zhi in order to take the imperial examination. For this purpose, they expended energy and studied them.

Not only that, with two years of stability, all the forces inside and outside the surroundings were suppressed. Without any constraints, Chen Zhi was able to calmly allocate various resources. As a result, ironworks were built one after another. Blast furnace technology was advancing with each passing day. Supplemented by many water forging workshops, it didn't take long for many new iron products to be born.

It was accompanied by many ancillary industries, some of which could benefit ordinary people's livelihood. They were written down in several books by Chen Zhi and compiled into the reference catalog of the imperial examination books, which caused many scholars to improve their evaluation during the imperial examination. , I have to try and test it myself, and learn from things.

This kind of advocacy became more popular after the second imperial examination was held, and became even more important after learning that the third imperial examination would be held as scheduled.

Slowly, with the attention of the imperial examination scholars, the books in these reference catalogs gradually spread and became known to many people outside the imperial examination, which immediately aroused a lot of noise.

The root cause is that many of them contradict and go against the advocacy of Shilin in the past, so they should not be respected, and there are still many criticisms.

Behind this criticism, there are actually many forces from various parties behind it.

The combat power of the Youzhou Xuanjia Army is unparalleled in the world. No one dares to stroke the tiger's beard, but they will not give up their vigilance because of this, let alone be willing to do so. Now that they have a target, they naturally want to use it to kill Chen His reputation was ruined. After all, according to their past experience, this person's reputation was very important.

It's a pity that they don't understand that the era when fame was important was the time when the world was unified, relying on the Ninth Rank Officials and Human Laws as the scale, they can naturally rank people through evaluation, but the situation is different now.

The establishment and continuous improvement of the imperial examination system was actually gradually eroding the living space of the ninth-rank official law. Due to the division and weakness of the imperial court, the influence of the ninth-rank law was gradually declining, and it was no longer the only option.

Therefore, although the reputation of the Chen family in the North has declined within a certain range, it has not affected the yearning for the imperial examination among scholars all over the world. Even as time goes by, everyone is flocking to it.

Not only that, as the influence of the books in the reference catalog gradually overflowed, many people studied them in order to criticize Chen Zhi. A group of people who devoted themselves to studying Chen Zhi's works slowly accumulated and gradually formed a large scale, mutually influencing each other. In order to deepen their understanding, they actually started discussing with each other.

If we had put it in the peaceful days of unification, there would have been a time when the Xingtan forum would have come up with Chen's works to study, criticize, and review them. But now because of the chaos everywhere and the separation of north, south, east and west, there is no such thing. Such an opportunity also makes the study of Chen's works appear regional, regional, fragmented and differentiated.

Most history books of later generations call this period the "birth and gradual division of Chen Xue".

According to later researchers, there were six main branches of Chen Xue at this time, of which two were the most influential, both in Youzhou.

One of them was called the "Imperial Examination Chen School" and was also the largest group at that time. The main representatives were Chen Zi, Chen Ting, and scholars Gao Qing, Liu Xiang and others.

Among them, the first two are members of the Chen clan. One is Chen Zhi's closest confidant and clan member. He has been an examiner for three times and has studied Chen Xue very deeply. Chen Xue also participated in the imperial examination once, but he never made the list.

As for Gao Qing and Liu Xiang, they were among the first batch of people to be listed and were the earliest to qualify for Jinshi. Especially since the latter later became Chen's in-laws, their familiarity with Chen's studies was a major advantage in gaining a foothold. Of course, he would not let it go easily, and gradually developed into an authority in studying and explaining Chen Xue.It's just that this branch of Chen Xue mainly focused on imperial examinations and had low practical value. Most of it involved theory. Although it was correct in its line, it tended to be pragmatic and not in-depth. Many great Confucian scholars in later generations criticized it and even gave new interpretations of Chen Xue. During the movement, he was heavily criticized by Han Yu and others.

In contrast, there is another Chen school in Youzhou, the representatives of which are Gao Bing, Sun Xiu, and later Wang Gou's nephew Wang Meng.

Most of these people were not born in imperial examinations, and each had their own strengths. Gao Bing and Wang Meng were mostly military strategists. What Gao Bing valued was Chen Xuezhong's military thinking, and put it into practice. "The Art of War", is mostly considered to be one of the main descendants of Chen's military thought.

In comparison, Wang Meng did not write much, but his half-student Zhang Bin had fifteen commentaries included in "The Essentials of Chen's Art of War", and some of his words and deeds were also summarized and regarded as Another main inheritor of Chen's military strategy.

Sun Xiunai was born in Taoism. He improved the method of alchemy and compiled the Taoist Canon. He also invited Ge Hongbei to come and made many contributions to the introduction of Taoism from the upper class to the people. Many of the Taoist scriptures he compiled were based on Chen's teachings. Learn, and some even copy them intact.

Therefore, he is also regarded as the important successor of Chen Xue.

Unlike the two descendants of military strategists, most of Sun Xiu's works involve many methods of alchemy and qi-seeking, and they record many chemical phenomena and physical experiments, which have high scientific research value.

The inheritance of Chen Xue in their branch is relatively mixed, but because when they were first born, they were classified into the same category as the imperial Chen Xue and were called "Miscellaneous Chen Xue".

These two sets of Chen Xue originated from the three states in the North, and later gradually spread and became one of the foundations of Chen Xue in the North, and gradually formed several major schools. According to regions, they can be mainly divided into Yanzhao School, Lu School and Lu School. The local sect, and the Central Plains Chen Xue.

The Central Plains Chen Xue was mainly inherited from the Imperial Examination Chen Xue, and became the guiding ideology of several subsequent dynasties.

Apart from these two Chen schools, the one with the greatest influence is still Jiangzuo Chen school.

However, unlike the development of Chen Xue in the north, the birth of Jiangzuo Chen Xue was mainly for criticism and refutation. It was started by many Jiangnan great Confucians, celebrities, Confucian scholars, and even children of aristocratic families in order to combat the Chen family’s reputation. Therefore, for a long time For a period of time, Chen Xue was mainly misinterpreted.

But with Xuan Jia's expedition, this situation gradually changed. Jiangnan Chen Xue began to change in a positive direction, and slowly developed a system.

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　　This is the only one left today, and I really can’t hold it any longer.

　　During this period of time, I have been doing rehabilitation training. Originally, the time was not long, but recently it was increased to 10 to [-] minutes. Then I have to swim, but I can't swim, so I need to spend extra time to learn.

　　I will make some adjustments and strive to return to the normal update frequency as soon as possible. I am grateful for your support. I will find the time as soon as possible.

　　
　
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