Plane Travel Guide

Chapter 1418: Babel Tower

The people can learn from it, but they can't be made to know it—from "The Analects? Chapter 8? Tabor Pian".

For thousands of years, everyone has read the sentences according to the way of "people can be used, let them know; if they cannot be used, they should be known." Therefore, when Tang Shaozhe read out the new sentence, everyone present immediately fell into a short-term petrification and couldn't extricate themselves.

Even people like Zhu Di, who ignored the "Sage's Son's Saying" deep down in their hearts, were startled and woke up.

Seeing that the logical system of the people had not returned to its original state, Tang Shaozhe took advantage of the victory to pursue again: "Confucius has been running around to educate the people all his life. The so-called education without distinction is exactly what he advocated throughout his life. This shows the benevolence of the saints! Spring and Autumn and Warring States There is no Tongtian Pagoda, but it cannot be said that saints are against this form! Your Majesty, are you right?"

Zhu Di next to him was noncommittal, just nodded casually and then looked at the three cabinet scholars.In the early years of Yongle, he used the cruel means of "judging the ten clans" to kill Fang Xiaoru, the "seed of reading", and his reputation among scholars has never been very good.Plane Travel Guide 1418

Although he wiped out Fang Xiaoru's ten clans, sometimes he was shocked by Fang Xiaoru's firmness in retrospect.These scholars are often really desperate to the extreme.Now, he wanted to see how these people dealt with Tang Shaozhe's attack!

In fact, in the description Tang Shaozhe gave him yesterday, he already understood the benefits of Tongtian Tower being distributed all over the world.Regarding the conduct of officials, in fact, Zhu Di had no trust at all just like his father Zhu Yuanzhang.

If the Tongtian Pagoda is built, it will indeed be able to draw the attention of all people in the world to a large extent.The shameless deeds of those corrupt officials will no longer be attributed to the imperial court.For the basis of governance, it is indeed much thicker.Therefore, he agreed with the construction of the Tongtian Tower, but these officials are still needed to govern the world, so the cabinet's opinions have to be consulted!

After a short period of distraction, Jin Youzi first retorted: "The major events of the world are planned by the meat-eaters. My son is mediocre, but I am just a man, how can I talk about the national affairs?"

Tang Shaozhe refused to give in at all: "Hmph, water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it! This is the so-called: Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world!"

The previous sentence is familiar to everyone. It first came from Xunzi in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was later quoted by Tang Taizong and Wei Zheng in "Zhenguan Zhengyao", which made it popular all over the world.Several people present also understood.But the latter sentence, but I don't know the source!

Zhu Di was the first to be very interested in this, rubbing his forehead, which was not completely sober from the hangover, and asked: "My lord, can you explain it in detail below? Please don't hesitate to enlighten me!"

"In the world, there is a subjugation of the country, and there is a subjugation of the world. Changing the surname to change the name is called the subjugation of the country; benevolence and righteousness are full, and as for leading the beasts to eat people, people will eat each other, which is called the subjugation of the world. Therefore, knowing how to protect the world, and then knowing how to protect the country Those who protect the country will be sought by the king and his ministers; those who protect the world will be ashamed and responsible!" Tang Shaozhe memorized this passage well back then, and now he is saying it without stopping at all.

"Destruction of the country? Destruction of the world? Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world?" Zhu Di regained his hangover nerves and muttered to himself repeatedly: "What a 'the rise and fall of the world, everyone is responsible'! Well, well said! "

The so-called concept of "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world" was first put forward by Gu Yanwu, a great thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

It is this passage recited by Tang Shaozhe, which describes in detail the difference between a country and a civilization.The eight characters formed later were summarized by Mr. Liang Qichao in the late Qing Dynasty.

Jin Youzi, Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi and others next to each other looked at each other in blank dismay, and were stunned by this sentence again!Since everyone is responsible, of course meat eaters are despised.It's not that a villager in the mountains is not qualified to know the world's major events.

Jin Youzi's opinion was completely blocked.However, it is not easy to refute the fact that the three cabinet bachelors are well-educated and rich.

After thinking about it, Yang Shiqi opened his mouth to find another way: "Well, according to what the National Teacher said, this generation can talk about world affairs. But the sage said: If you are above the average person, you can speak well; below the average person, you can speak well." It can’t be spoken. How many middle-class people in the countryside are there? How can this generation be allowed to talk about the important affairs of the court? If things go on like this, how can the local government be governed?”

The sage also said that a person with intermediate knowledge can understand the meaning of advanced knowledge, so he can talk about advanced knowledge; with a person with low knowledge, it is a waste to talk to him about higher learning.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this statement. Of course, learning is a gradual process.You can't study calculus without learning addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.Even if you talk about the relevant content with elementary school students, they may not be able to understand it!

But what Yang Shiqi meant at this moment was that those ordinary people had limited qualifications and received very shallow education, so they couldn't understand the intentions of the imperial court at all, and random "talking" would only cause a lot of trouble for local officials to govern.

Tang Shaozhe refused to let the three cabinet scholars go into battle shirtless!These people earn the privileges of officials, Tang Shaozhe is not afraid of them!After traveling through several planes of time and space, his current thoughts have already formed a unique style.

"Master Yang's words are wrong! To educate all people is the essence of Confucianism! If all the people in the world, from the emperor to the general, down to the traffickers and pawns, all go to school, study and know the etiquette, why worry about the rural people? The capital of the middleman?" The smiling Tang Shaozhe spoke sharply.Plane Travel Guide 1418

He said that Confucianism regards educating the people as its own duty, but the three cabinet scholars present here are speechless: this is indeed the truth!

After a while, Yang Rong interjected: "It takes time to educate all people. How can such a major event be accomplished overnight?"

"Hehehe..." Tang Shaozhe looked up to the sky with a long smile, and he felt very good talking with the Confucians: "It is said that if you don't accumulate silicon steps, you can go a thousand miles! It takes time to educate the people, and it takes time for the people of the world to gradually get used to the form of participating in and discussing politics. Time. In this case, why don't we try to do it first? Bit by bit, slowly progress!"

Having said all this, the three cabinet scholars can only sigh in their hearts. Once this policy comes out, I really don't know what the central cabinet will be scolded by those below!

Although the imperial examination system is a very good civil service examination system, the same year, classmates, and township parties that emerged because of this are also stubborn problems.The three Cabinet Grand Masters are of course high and powerful, but if they don't abide by this rule, it will be miserable.

Scholars don't use knives to kill people, but just talking about it is enough to make these adults feel so frightened that they can't sleep or eat.

As soon as Tang Shaozhe's Tongtian Pagoda is released, officials all over the world will definitely attract scolding.Because this blocked the way for many people to make a fortune, ten years of hard work, working thousands of miles as an official just for money!If you blocked other people's plans to make a fortune, then I have to feel sorry for you!

It stands to reason that the root of Tongtian Pagoda lies in Tang Shaozhe, and the officials all over the world should scold Master Guoshi if they want to scold him.

But who doesn't know that Tang Shangxian is a master of comprehension, with countless magical means on his body, who dares to scold him secretly?Isn't that the birthday man hanged himself, because he thinks his life is too long?And the emperor who supported Tang Shaozhe naturally couldn't scold him, it's taboo for his lord!

Only three Cabinet Grand Masters are left!As the prime ministers of the cabinet, you don't stick to your principles when it comes to such major issues of right and wrong that are related to the interests of officials all over the world, and who do you scold if you don't?Of course, the persimmons should be picked softly!

Knowing that officials and scholars all over the world dare not pursue the responsibility of the emperor and the national teacher, they will only push the three of them to the forefront of the storm, so they must insist on a few words: "The people need to be educated, just let them study, why bother?" Want to know how to discuss politics?"

"Hmph!" Seeing that the defenses of the three Cabinet Grand Masters were crumbling, Tang Shaozhe certainly would not let go of the opportunity: "The sound of the wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound is in my ears; family affairs, state affairs, world affairs, and everything concerned!"

This couplet written by Gu Xiancheng at the gate of Donglin Academy in the late Ming Dynasty is indeed powerful, forcibly blocking all the answers.

Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi, and Jin Youzi, you look at me, I look at you, they don't know what to say for a long time.

Have you never heard that Master Guoshi is also proficient in Confucian culture?Why are you talking in the same way every time you open your mouth now!Could it be that a cultivator who is a cultivator of the family would study Confucian classics when he has nothing to do?This is not scientific!

Zhu Di was secretly happy when he saw that the three academicians in the cabinet no longer had any objections.Although his knife is very sharp, he prefers to see these learned people being speechless when they are said.

"Since this is the case, the decree of the Tongtian Tower has been passed. Youzi, please draw up the decree for me!" Seeing the three academicians dejected, Zhu Di added another sentence: "The decree will be published in the mansion newspaper, and it will be issued to me within three months. !"

Don't be in such a hurry, boss?This time the three academicians really want to cry but have no tears!

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