Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 493 Confucianism Moves

Not to mention, with Sun Xiangfu's current high position, he publicly drove back to Chang'an in Li Tai's car, which indeed aroused quite a reaction. Qin Qiong, a die-hard relation, came to the mansion in person that afternoon.

"Zhengming now has the status of the prince's young master, so he should keep a distance from King Pu to avoid being criticized."

"Criticized?" Sun Xiangfu looked at Qin Qiong in surprise and asked.

Qin Qiong explained, "The crown prince has not been in Chang'an for the past two years, but King Pu has been very active. He advocates Confucianism, made friends with various Confucian families, and won the support of many people. He also behaved very pleasingly in front of the queen and His Majesty. , in comparison, the prince is..."

Qin Qiong didn't continue, but Sun Xiangfu already understood that Li Tai, who was good at reading and writing since he was a child, was afraid that he would be targeted by those Confucians, so the one behind him should be led by Kong Yingda Confucian children, they are unwilling to sit back and watch the status of Confucianism be shaken by other schools. At the same time, Confucianism also represents the interests of most scholars, which is really a big force.

On the contrary, Li Chengqian, who is in Shanyang, has not had a strong sense of presence in Chang'an in the past two years. The closeness he showed to the Hou family before made many civil servants think that he was going to follow Li Shimin's path, get close to the generals, and control the military power , which led to Li Tai, who was favored by the Confucian scholar group, very powerful in Chang'an when most of the generals were away.

And as a veteran minister who has experienced the battle for the reserve position, Qin Qiong knows that if this continues, it is not a blessing for the country, and the Xuanwu Sect brothers can kill each other, but it is still close at hand!

When Sun Xiangfu heard the words, he remained silent for a long time. This means that the struggle for interests with the aristocratic family is not over yet!The power struggle with the Confucian scholar group is about to start again, and it really doesn't let people take a moment's leisure!

"Yi Gong, since the battle of Yanping Gate last year, what's going on in Chang'an, can you tell me about it?"

In fact, Sun Xiangfu would do something about Confucianism. He had expected it a long time ago. Kong Yingda, who he had repeatedly slammed in court, was speechless. His political views were also far from what Confucianism advocated. People's groups have less and less right to speak in the court. On the contrary, military generals and various affairs in industry, agriculture, and business occupy the entire court. This is forcing them into a corner!

The rabbit was cornered and even bit people, not to mention these scholars with a lot of spooky thoughts.

Recommending a prince who advocates Confucianism to compete for the throne, if successful, all their interests and demands will be realized, and it just so happens that Li Tai is a very suitable candidate.

Like Li Chengqian, he is the emperor's son, and he is very favored by the emperor. The key is that he himself is fond of Confucianism. Before he was 12 years old, he read the Four Books and Five Classics, and his understanding of Confucian classics has reached a certain level. At a young age, he has a city mansion, and his ambition is not small. In history, it was because of his bloody fight with Li Chengqian that in the end, the provocative Li Chengqian rebelled.

However, what Sun Xiangfu didn't understand was that since Li Tai admired Confucianism and was also favored by Confucianism, why did he openly express his wooing to himself?My relationship with those Confucians is not very good.

What Qin Qiong said next gave Sun Xiangfu some explanations.

"Tubo was defeated, and there are frequent reports of great success in the Tang Dynasty. Everyone knows that the Tang Dynasty will become a powerful dynasty comparable to the Qin and Han Dynasties, especially those scholars, who hold banquets every day to praise each other. The Wenhui was held every now and then in the mansions of some ministers. Since the twelfth lunar month of last year, King Pu had been participating in this kind of literary meeting. At the beginning, the boasting and flattery gradually turned to the discussion of government affairs."

When Qin Qiong said this, she stopped abruptly, and it seemed that it was not easy to continue talking.

"You just say it, don't take my feelings into consideration."

"They said that my Great Tang Dynasty is now invincible in the world. It is time to promote culture and education and become an immortal foundation. The development of agriculture, industry and commerce is important, but this is only temporary. The only way to promote Confucianism in depth is to let people of all walks of life know the etiquette. Observing the festival, the world can be unified, and only the world of great unity can be immortal. We military generals have already done the work of conquering the world, and the matter of governing the world depends on their literati, and... ..."

"And what?"

"Moreover, most of them think that those nobles like me who hold the military power and have many industries under their names will definitely become a disaster for the country in the end, because everyone's money has been earned by us. If things go on like this, We will have more money than the imperial court, and at that time, the imperial court will be controlled by us generals who have both military power and financial power, causing the imperial power to fall..."

After all, Qin Qiong is a general, and he is an honest and responsible general. He actually doesn't think much about the political issues of long-term stability. In addition to Yang's industry, there are shareholders in other industries. He roughly knows how much profit this group can make every year.

If it is calculated according to the calculation method of those Confucian scholars, it will be really terrifying, because even if the group only makes a profit of 2000 to [-] million guan a year, it will still be [-] to [-] million guan in ten years. It is estimated that there is only so much, which makes Qin Qiong, who can't figure it out, start to be afraid of the situation where people like themselves make too much money and make all the money in the market. If only people like themselves have money, no one else has money , is not a good thing.

No way, the ancients were limited by their narrow cognition and could not understand the true meaning of money. As soon as these arguments came out, they almost won the approval of most people, but they never thought about it. Sun Xiangfu and his entire interest group The ability to earn money, not counting the half year of the ninth year of Wude, just from the first year of Zhenguan to the fifth year of Zhenguan, how much money they earned.

But is there less money in the market because they make too much money?
No, not only not less, but also more and more, because more money that was originally hoarded by the aristocratic family was dug out by Sun Xiangfu by various means, and began to circulate in the market, money, it circulated Money is money, and money that is not in circulation is just a pile of metal.

"It's just that, if that's the case, they should unite to deal with us. Why would they think of pushing Li Tai to win me over?"

"Uh, this should be one of their ways to deal with you! Kong Jijiu of the Imperial College seems to want to merge all the families into Confucianism, and it seems that even Yu Shangshu and the others agree with this matter, Wei Shangshu , and no objection."

"merger?"

Hearing this word, Sun Xiangfu was a little dazed. He knew early on that Confucianism is like a panacea, which can change its own attributes according to the needs of the monarch. Before that, Legalism was almost annexed by Confucianism. As a great Confucian, Wei Zheng, Naturally, I have no objection to classifying Legalism as Confucianism.

Now, Kong Yingda knows that the emperor is a more pragmatic person, and if he wants to cater to the emperor, he will follow the emperor's temperament,
Moreover, during this period of time, he has already grasped the emperor's mind through constant reflection.

The monarch of any dynasty hopes that his country can be passed on forever, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is like this. Therefore, he thinks that Dong Zhongshu's "Heaven and Man Response" version of Confucianism may be useful, so he used.Li Shimin, I'm afraid he can't be exempt from customs. Even if Li Shimin can be exempt from customs, what about his son?

Facing Sun Xiangfu's question, Qin Qiong nodded and said, "Yes, these days, they often say that'the way of university lies in Ming Mingde, in being close to the people, and in reaching the ultimate good', what 'extending knowledge is in investigating things, investigating things' Then I realized, 'Wait, I don't quite understand...'"

Although Sun Xiangfu was also annoyed by these Four Books and Five Classics, after reading some annotations of the Four Books and Five Classics that Yu Shinan forced him to read, he basically understood the meaning of these words.

'The way of a university is to be clear and bright, to be close to the people, and to be perfect. 'This is the Book of Rites. The first sentence in the Daxue chapter is equivalent to the first sentence in the "Nine Yin Scriptures"'The way of heaven, the damage is more than enough to make up for the deficiency, so the emptiness wins the reality, and the deficiency wins the surplus... ····' the same, is the general outline of the sentence.

But it means that the purpose of the university is to demonstrate noble character, to make people get rid of old habits, and to achieve the highest state of goodness.

Among the sentences similar to the general outline, there is a sentence that means "it is to make people get rid of old habits", which is of great significance.

Confucianism shouts it as a slogan, and can almost attribute all the credit for the current reform of the Tang Dynasty to itself, because the ancestors of Confucianism said a long time ago that the way of learning is to make people get rid of old habits!Aren't the various reforms of the Tang Dynasty following what their Confucian ancestors said?
Furthermore, 'knowledge lies in investigating things, and knowing things after investigating things. 'That meaning is even more extensive. It can include all the industries that Datang is doing now, and even the technical research on agriculture. The most intuitive meaning is "exploring the principles of things to obtain knowledge."

Well, they yelled this sentence as a slogan. All the technical research is actually done according to what their Confucian ancestors said, and it makes sense.

"These guys really took great pains for their own status and interests, but please rest assured, Mr. Yi, I have my own way to deal with it."

"The old man is not afraid of arguing with them, let him have a lot of reasons, we warriors, we just need to punch them, and they will all be dumb, but I am a little worried that your majesty will change his mind."

When Qin Qiong said this, he really frowned.

As the saying goes, "The cunning rabbit is cooked by the dead dog, and the bird is best hidden by the bow." '

How Liu Bang treated the subordinates who helped him conquer the world during the Han Dynasty, anyone who has read history books knows that now, Li Shimin, who has conquered the Quartet, is about to change from a pioneering monarch to a conservative monarch. Will he do things like cooking dogs and hiding bows?

In any case, the rotten Confucianism's theory of the threat of nobles and nobles still has some truth. Soldiers and money are in the hands of nobles and nobles. It is indeed a major factor of instability in the future. Monarch, it is impossible not to think carefully.

(End of this chapter)