Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 619
"If hundreds of thousands of sheep can be brought back, it will be enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people for a long time." Wen Qing said hurriedly.

Li Jing nodded: "That's it."

While talking, Xiao Jiu took Tu Shaoying into the signing room. Li Jing waved his hand, stopped Tu Shaoying and saluted, got up and said, "Follow me to the study. Respect, Pingzhi, you two also come."

Hearing this, Su Heng put down his pen hastily, got up, Wen Qing and Tu Shaoying followed Li Jing and walked towards the study.

In the study, Li Jing pointed to the chair: "Sit casually, don't be too polite."

"Thank you, Marshal." Tu Shaoying said hurriedly.

Li Jing took a sip of the teacup from Xiaojiu's hand and said, "Boju, I won't talk about the specifics, you just need to know one thing, this time I'm going to deal with Yansheng Gong Kong Yanzhi, I want your subordinates The pen fully cooperates with them."

As he spoke, he pointed to Wen Qing and Su Heng.

"What does the commander want me to do?" Tu Shaoying nodded and said.

Li Jing smiled and nodded. He just liked Tu Shaoying. He pointed and hit him, and he didn't ask a word of unnecessary words. It was really the right person to hand over the Information Department to Tu Shaoying.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Jing continued: "The way this time is like this, let Jingzhi write an article to expose Kong Yanzhi and the county magistrate of Qufu secretly colluding to embezzle the relief food, and then Pingzhi will follow up, to Kong Yanzhi, to Kong Yanzhi The imperial court, and even myself criticized, and then your pen followed immediately, writing articles of criticism.

I want you to reveal to me all the ugly things that the ancestors of the Kong family have done for eight generations, especially when the dynasty changes, the Kong family accepts the favor of the new dynasty and forgets the grace of the previous dynasty. Big book.

The master preaches and preaches and asks people to pay attention to loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness. I want scholars all over the world to see how the descendants of the Confucian family violated the teachings of the most holy teacher by forgetting their ancestors. "

Tu Shaoying's heart trembled when he heard the words, he nodded solemnly and said: "Don't worry, Commander, I understand what the Commander means."

"But you have to remember one thing, no matter how you criticize the Confucian family, don't involve Confucius himself, and don't even get involved with his students. The master is a sage and philosopher of our Han people. The brand of the most holy teacher must not Instead, we need the Master's thoughts to cultivate the moral cultivation of future generations." Li Jing said solemnly.

Tu Shaoying smiled and said, "Criticize the saint? We don't dare either!"

Li Jing shook his head, sighed and said: "When people lose their moral cultivation, they will do things that forget their ancestors. At that time, let alone Confucius and the old man, they are their own ancestors, and they will criticize them unceremoniously. .”

Turning his head to look at Wen Qing and Su Heng, Li Jing continued: "You two often record my remarks, and you know that I have said a lot of remarks that are not good for Confucianism, but you still need to record when I am. For what purpose did you say those words. If you don’t record them, later generations will take them out of context and think that I am against Confucianism.

I can tell you that I am not opposed to the Confucianism of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, loyalty, forgiveness and filial piety advocated by Confucius.

Like that Zhu Xi, who said to preserve the principles of nature and get rid of human desires, and said that starvation to death is a minor matter, but injustice is a major matter.Shit!They are all taken out of context and misinterpret the meaning of the ancestors.

I have explained to you the previous sentence "preserve the principles of nature and get rid of human desires". As for whether my concept is right or wrong, the benevolent sees the benevolent, and the wise sees wisdom, so I will not say more.

Today I will talk about the latter sentence, starving to death is a small injustice but a big one.

Anyone who has read books, especially the inheritors of Confucianism, knows that this sentence was said by Cheng Yi.

But did Cheng Yi mean what Zhu Xi explained?

What Cheng Yi said at the time was that if a woman loses her husband and remarries it is unethical, then it is also unethical for a man to remarry after losing his wife.

We can see that Zhu Xi completely misunderstood the meaning of Cheng Yi's words, and then the descendants of Confucianism pushed this sentence to the common people all over the world. From then on, after a woman lost her husband, she could no longer marry.

But before the promotion of Zhu Xi's Confucianism, women were not criticized for remarrying.Could it be that women in the past were shameless?Don't forget, these people are our ancestors, and those who laugh at women who remarry may be the descendants of those women who remarried.

Of course, the sentence Cheng Yi said can still be reinterpreted. If the meaning of this sentence is reinterpreted, I think that the out of integrity should not be called chastity, but should be called integrity and integrity.

Starving to death is a trivial matter, but losing integrity and integrity is a major matter.

If Zhu Xi had explained it this way back then, I think the spirit of the scholars who inherited Neo Confucianism would have changed, and the country of our Han people would not have fallen into the hands of the Mongols.

It's a pity that there are countless scholars in the Song Dynasty, but few people understand what this festival should be.It's a pity that a hero like Wen Shangong (Wen Tianxiang) can't do it alone. "

Wen Qing hurriedly said: "Students are taught. When recording the commander-in-chief's words and deeds in the future, they must clearly write down the background and purpose of the commander-in-chief's words. When they turn back, the students will sort out what the commander-in-chief said before, and write down many things that have not been clearly recorded. Write it down so as not to mislead future generations."

Li Jing waved his hand: "Don't revise it again, that's called trying to cover up, but giving others a handle."

After a pause, Li Jing smiled and said, "Actually, I want to write an article about my understanding of Confucianism. Unfortunately, I really can't write well, and I can't write well. It's better not to embarrass people."

Su Heng said with a smile: "As long as you agree, the students can do it for you and write your views and publish them in Daming Minsheng Daily."

Wen Qing smiled, looked at Su Heng and said, "What do you think the commander-in-chief told us?"

Su Heng froze for a moment, then suddenly realized.

Li Jing continued with a smile: "Now let me talk about my understanding of Confucianism. The core content of Confucius' Confucianism is benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, loyalty, forgiveness, filial piety. These nine words have a great influence on us Han people, precisely because of the Han people. With these qualities, the country established by our Han people is called a state of etiquette.

But I think there should be one more word, the word brave.

Because of loyalty to the country, when the country encounters difficulties or foreign enemies invade, only some people will stand up, bravely resist the enemy, and even dedicate their lives to the country. This is the courage to be loyal to the country.

In fact, there are such people in any dynasty when the country is in crisis, such as Ran Min in the Wuhu Dynasty, Guo Ziyi in the late Tang Dynasty, Yue Fei in the Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang, and Yu Qian in this dynasty.It is precisely because of these people that the blood of our Han people can continue.

In fact, courage is not innate. Courage can be cultivated through education, just like Confucianism teaches that people should be kind, righteous, propriety, wisdom, trustworthy, loyal, forgiving, filial and fraternal.

Let me say one more thing here, because later generations misunderstood the meaning of their ancestors, and followed too much how to pay attention to benevolence, etiquette, and forgiveness, so they gradually ignored archery (archery) and royal (driving, riding) among the six arts of a gentleman. Even numbers (arithmetic) are neglected.

May I ask who is the gentleman referring to?It seems that those of us scholars are all self-proclaimed gentlemen, right?That is to say, the ancients required scholars to have both civil and military skills.But let's see, how many of today's scholars have both civil and military skills?Without force, how do you give them the courage to fight against foreign enemies? "

"The commander-in-chief said brilliantly." The three of Wen Qing praised in unison.

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "What is brilliant? This is just my comprehension of the thoughts of the predecessors, and these words are a bit out of the question."

After taking a sip of tea, Li Jing continued: "Actually, the reason why I want to depose Confucianism, and even remove the halo from Yan Shenggong's head, is to hope that scholars all over the world can wake up. In addition, the Confucianism I am talking about , mainly talking about Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. Since Neo-Confucianism became popular, the thoughts of our Han people have been imprisoned and gradually lost their blood.

Also, why do I say that the Confucius family has forgotten their ancestors?They didn't even understand the Confucianism that their ancestors summed up with their lifetime wisdom, but followed the Neo-Confucianism advocated by Zhu Xi, which proved that they were not worthy of being the descendants of the most holy teachers, let alone relying on the shadow of their ancestors to enjoy the sagehood. Such a favor. "

Wen Qing and the others nodded silently upon hearing this.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to the three of you. After you make any noise, I will send people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Qufu to investigate. After I get the confession from the county magistrate of Qufu, the battle will begin immediately." Invincible." Li Jing said.

"Don't worry, Marshal, you will live up to Marshal's expectations." Tu Shaoying bowed and said.

"Go, I still have to think about something." Li Jingyang raised his hand and said.

Seeing Li Jing's tired face, Wen Qing said with concern: "Marshal, don't be too tired."

Li Jing nodded slightly.

After Tu Shaoying, Wen Qing, and Su Heng left, Li Jing sat at the desk and began to think deeply.

After a long time, Li Jing called Xiao Jiu: "Send someone to Liaodong immediately, and ask Cao Wenzhao to bring Hutou and Dingguo back to Beijing."

Xiao Jiu received the order and hurriedly ordered people to rush to Liaodong to deliver the order.

After Xiaojiu passed the order, Li Jing said again: "Prepare the car, I want to go to the palace to see the emperor."

"Marshal, please rest for a while!" Xiao Jiu said anxiously upon hearing this.

Li Jing waved his hand: "Let's rest in the car, I want to discuss with the emperor, and visit Shandong and Henan in a few days."

"Out of Beijing for inspection? At this time?" Xiao Jiu asked in surprise.

Li Jing smiled and said: "It is only at this time that we should go out to inspect. Shandong and Henan have suffered such a big disaster. The emperor and I will go down and have a look, which will greatly inspire people's hearts."

"Oh." Xiao Jiu responded, and hurried out to ask someone to prepare the vehicle.

After a while, the carriage was ready, Li Jing straightened his clothes, thought for a while, and asked Xiao Jiu to wash his face with a basin of cold water, feeling much more refreshed, before going out.

When they arrived at the palace, Zhu Youjian heard that Li Jing said that he would go out of Beijing to inspect the disaster area, so he agreed wholeheartedly.

However, Li Jing immediately told Zhu Youjian that there is no need to talk about ostentation when going down this time. People in the disaster area are already unstable.

For Zhu Youjian, he doesn't care about the ostentation, and he is satisfied if he can go out of Beijing for a tour.

(End of this chapter)