The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 77 Become an explorer of the times

Chen Jingke is a science major and has never studied journalism or broadcasting or hosting.

His understanding of dialogue techniques all comes from self-media and major UP owners.

These people are the best at using words to induce people.

For example, if you talk about the history of wheat development, if the title is 'Wheat has changed human life' or something like that.

It's just average, and many people don't bother to watch it.

But would it be different if the title were changed to 'Humans Tamed by Wheat'?

There are countless similar cases.

In his previous life, he had followed an UP owner with a similar title.

This issue is about white sugar, and its title is, Humans Dominated by White Sugar.

The next issue is about cotton, and the title is, Humanity Dominated by Cotton.

I clicked in and saw that it was indeed talking about white sugar.

It is very vivid about how humans pursue sugar and how much risk they take for a bite of sweets.

Finally, we came to a conclusion: You see, it is in pursuit of sweets that human civilization has developed.

If we talk about cotton, the copywriting is similar.

Just change the keyword to cotton and add a few cases of pursuing cotton adventures.

At first glance, their copywriting seems to make sense, and it feels like that’s how it is.

If you think about it carefully outside of the copywriting, what kind of bullshit is this?

Human beings are too pitiful. Sometimes they are dominated by this, and sometimes they are dominated by that.

Human beings are indeed pursuing something, but this thing is called materials, including all the materials needed for survival.

After material satisfaction, they began to pursue spiritual enjoyment.

Humans are not animals with one-line thinking. They can pursue many things at the same time. Sugar and cotton are just one of them.

Perhaps in the process of pursuing sugar, many things did happen that promoted the development of human civilization.

But it would be a big mistake to attribute the development of human civilization to sugar and cotton.

From then on, he never watched the video of that up owner again.

And before unblocking it, he clicked and disliked the videos of this uploader one by one.

Today he was using similar words to deal with Fang Xiaoru.

All the development and changes of Confucianism are attributed to the influence of the external environment.

This is very one-sided. The development of Confucianism is a very complicated matter, with many factors affecting it.

The external environment is indeed the most important factor, but it is not the only factor.

For example, personal qualities and abilities also have a great impact.

Chen Jingke deliberately ignored other factors and only talked about the influence of the external environment, which is not objective.

His purpose of doing this was simple, to break Fang Xiaoru's worship of the sages.

See, the interpretation of the scriptures by the sages you admire is only influenced by the external environment, and is not as sacred as you think.

In particular, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which is highly praised by people now, was written when the country was disadvantageous in foreign wars and had to live in humiliation.

It's not as high-level as you think, and it's not even the truth.

Moreover, Chen Jingke is still plotting.

If Fang Xiaoru cannot escape from the logic of rhetoric, he will question the sages.

If he can escape the influence of words, it means that he truly understands the reasons for the changes in Confucianism.

The sages had no mystery to him.

Of course, there is another possibility that Fang Xiaoru's Taoist heart was completely broken and he became a pedantic supporter of Confucianism.

But this possibility is extremely low.

Chen Jingke thought that Fang Xiaoru would think about the logic of speech for a long time and finally break out.

At that time, Confucianism will have a "rebellion", to be precise, it will be a rebel of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

And Confucianism will have one more explorer.

What Chen Jingke wanted was for Fang Xiaoru to doubt his predecessors and then think independently to find Confucianism more suitable for the Ming Dynasty.

He wasted so much time trying to wake up Fang Xiaoru out of helplessness.

He knows his own business, and although he knows the direction of future development, he cannot achieve it by himself.

For example, everyone knows the formula of nuclear fission, but until the 21st century, only a handful of countries have the ability to study this stuff.

He knew that Wang Yangming was very good at studying psychology, but he didn't know much about anything other than studying things to gain knowledge.

He can come up with some concepts and frameworks, but someone needs to fill them in.In arithmetic and science, he created a compilation group for "Hongwu Suanjing".

But is the ideological field really left to its own devices?
It is impossible to complete the ideological construction by relying only on a "Brief History of China".

Moreover, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was so strong that it was difficult for him to win against them.

Splitting them internally and using Confucianism to fight Confucianism is the best way.

He had no choice before, but now he is ready to try to draw Fang Xiaoru into his own camp.

Of course, he won't be arrogant and say, "Follow me, I promise to make you a saint."

That would make people look stupid.

Moreover, Fang Xiaoru now worships the sages too much, and the Fuzhou Rites are just an external manifestation of his worship of the sages.

If you want to use him, you must help him break away from the sacred cloak of the sages.

Today is an attempt.

It's best if you can succeed. If you don't succeed, you'll have to think of a solution later.

If it doesn't work out, look for someone else.

Chen Jingke smiled at the corner of his mouth, looking at Fang Xiaoru whose expression kept changing, and after a while he said again:
"It doesn't matter whether the "Bamboo Chronicle" is a forgery or not, and it doesn't matter whether I have read the history books of Chu State."

"We only say things that can be proven by you and me."

"Different eras and different external environments will lead to corresponding changes in Confucianism."

"You don't object to this, do you?"

Fang Xiaoru wanted to refute, but his ethics prevented him from saying such things against his will.

But he really couldn't admit that Chen Jingke was right.

Because that is to admit that the sages interpreted the scriptures to suit the actual situation.

It is equivalent to taking off the sacred cloak from the sages.

Chen Jingke didn't expect him to answer and continued:
"The Zhou Dynasty had the same situation as the Zhou Dynasty, and the Zhou rites were only formulated based on the situation at that time and were only applicable to that time."

"The Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions. Why do you think that the Zhou rites thousands of years ago are suitable for the Ming Dynasty?"

"I know you want to refute, wouldn't it be enough to fully restore the situation to the Zhou Dynasty?"

"So, have you considered the cost of doing this?"

"The most critical question is, if Zhou Li is so useful, where is Zhou?"

Fang Xiaoru remained silent, but the expression on his face became more solemn.

Chen Jingke knew that the heat was almost over, and any further talk would be detrimental to Fang Xiaoru's "enlightenment".

So I decided to end today’s topic.

"Actually, His Majesty, the Prince and the Grandson all think highly of you, and His Majesty even mentioned you several times."

"While appreciating your talent, His Majesty also regrets your pedantry."

Hearing this, Fang Xiaoru's spirit was lifted up a lot, and his eyes looking towards the palace were a little more grateful.

Chen Jingke continued: "Your Majesty's intention of asking you to participate in the compilation of "A Brief History of China" must be understood by you yourself. I hope you will not let down the Holy Grace."

Fang Xiaoru finally spoke: "Thank you Chen Bandu for reminding me that Fang Xiaoru will serve your Majesty and the court and die exhausted."

Then, he raised his head and stared at Chen Jingke, and asked in a deep voice: "Did you teach him what the grandson said in the restaurant that day?"

Chen Jingke nodded, shook his head and said, "I told my ancestors the story of how they opened up new territories. It was Taisun himself who thought of this story to refute you."

Fang Xiaoru showed a look of relief: "My great-grandson is so smart, which is really a blessing to the country and a blessing to all the people."

Before, he thought it was Ye Dui who told Zhu Xiongying, but after hearing what Chen Jingke said, he realized something was wrong.

Ye Dui was a great scholar. Although he was not a pedantic person, he would not take the initiative to tell these stories to his grandson.

Those stories are more like those told by Chen Jingke.

Then he suspected that what Zhu Xiongying said to refute him was also taught by Chen Jingke.

This means that the grandson has become Chen Jingke's messenger, which is a very dangerous thing.

If this was the case, he would risk his life to ask the emperor to abolish Chen Jingke's position as his grandson's companion.

Fortunately, Taisun thought of it himself.

Then he felt that he was too sensitive. What kind of people were the emperor and the prince?

If such a thing really happened, how could they not know about it.

Chen Jingke didn't know what he was thinking just now, otherwise he would definitely complain.

You really dare to think about turning his grandson into a puppet under Zhu Yuanzhang's nose.

(End of this chapter)