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Chapter 589
Facing the "provocation" of the Kong family, Yang Reform paid attention to it. As a family that has enjoyed wealth and honor for 2000 years, the Kong family will definitely not easily declare that they are on their side. However, since this time the Kong family themselves Couldn't sit still, and wanted to end it himself, Yang Reform felt that he might as well test the Kong family to see if he really wanted to stand by him, or just to express his existence.

In fact, considering the meanings of all aspects, Yang Reform thinks that the Kong family most likely wants to remind him of the existence of the Kong family. They are afraid that they will be different from those officials and will not easily stand in line, because once they stand in line, they will fall into a trap. Passive, there is no such detached position anymore. If the side of the team wins, it is okay to say, but if it loses, it will really implicate the Kong family and ruin the prosperity of the Kong family for 2000 years.

Yang Reform knew that the Kong family would not easily express their support for themselves. They were used to the detached position, the kind of general general talk, writing a memorandum, and praising the support of merit. This support is useless at all. The support for the reform is that the Confucian family personally ended up applauding the new Confucianism with real knives and guns, and charged for the reform of Confucianism, the most stubborn disease in Chinese history. This is what Yang Reform needs.

Yang Reform knew that the Confucian family would not easily give up their detached position. However, the dispute over Confucian characters had obviously touched the foundation of the Confucian family, and he could not allow him to continue standing on the detached position and watching the tigers fight. , he also had to cheer up, carefully observe the situation on the field, and participate in and place bets in time, otherwise, after this battle of Confucian characters, who knows what Confucian characters will be interpreted as?The Confucian family lost nothing.

Yang Reform also knew that it was not so easy to impress the Kong family. Even if the Kong family had to step down and needed to bet, they would take the initiative completely.

Yang Reform could let go of his dignity. As the emperor, in order to show his sincerity, he rushed to the Guozijian the next day eagerly to "discuss sincerity" with the members of the Kong family.Yang Reform knew that once the Confucian family supported him sincerely, then he would be more comfortable in reforming Confucianism, the most stubborn disease in Chinese history, and the possibility of reforming the entire society would be greater.

The demise of the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of today's people, is very regrettable. It was only a little bit short of jumping into capitalism and industrial civilization. It was just a little bit short of China's take-off and becoming the world's dominant existence. While many people lamented, they also blamed the cause on the Little Ice River; on the corruption, stupidity, and greed of the ruling class and the need for bureaucrats; on the failure of the Ming Dynasty to collect taxes; on the good luck of the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, before China "cures" the stubborn disease of Confucianism, it is impossible for China to enter the capitalist society on its own, let alone enter the industrial age.Therefore, the Ming Dynasty, which had been hovering in front of capitalism, died.The Song Dynasty, which had always been known as a developed commodity economy, also died.Not to mention the Qing Dynasty, which relied on one nation to enslave the entire country, would have to die.

"Depose all schools of thought, and only respect Confucianism", the domineering of this sentence is not for nothing, the ranking of "Scholar, Farmer, Industry and Commerce" is not for nothing, and look at the ranking of "Scholar, Farmer, Industry and Commerce" is not even ranked Soldiers and military households..., the huge limitations of Confucianism itself hampered the progress of the entire civilization. Confucianism itself, or rather, is only a tool to maintain rule, not a force to promote social progress, although Confucianism itself has absorbed many excellent There are also many excellent people who come out of this point of view, but it still has to be said that he is just an excellent tool for maintaining the rule, and more of a restraint on the progress and liberation of productivity.

Looking around, the horror scene where people who follow one after another are all "Confucianism" makes Yang Reform feel fear. This kind of power is too great, so big that even Yang Reform feels helpless and fearful. , Let alone the birth of new ideas and new theories, they will be crushed by this terrifying force at any time. Without new ideas and theories born, it is undoubtedly ridiculous to talk about the progress of civilization, social development, and entering the era of industrialization.Of course, we have to admit that Confucianism has made great contributions to social inheritance.

Yang Reform's original plan was to use his strong prestige, strong political and military power, and numerous interests to unite a group of people to forcibly reform the society. The Ming Dynasty forcibly brought the Ming Dynasty into the era of industrialization and pushed the Ming Dynasty onto the track of progress. As for the issue of Confucianism, it also planned to use its strong prestige, political, economic, and military strength as a backing to force Confucianism to bow its head, or in other words, with its own To restrain the influence of Confucianism on society, and force the Ming Dynasty to enter the industrial age, as long as you don’t make big mistakes and die too early, sending the Ming Dynasty into the industrial age is not an impossible task, and it is not in vain for you Coming to the Ming Dynasty to be emperor once, it is not in vain to call him Yang Reform.Of course, Yang Reform does not expect harmony in the process, and is ready for a violent collision.This is why there is a new interpretation of Confucian characters.

If Confucianism can improve itself to meet the needs of the development of social productive forces, this is of course a great thing. Yang’s reform is desirable, but obviously, this is unlikely. History has proved that even at the end of the [-]th century, Confucianism They have no intention of improving themselves, and are still using speech that is only suitable as a ruling tool.This is why Yang Reform plans to abandon the current Confucian mainstream and go it alone.

However, now that Confucianism has a certain "power of interpretation" of Confucianism, there is a turning point in this matter. If Confucianism fully supports the reform of Confucianism, then I don't have to fight head-to-head with Confucianism, the biggest and most stubborn disease in ancient Chinese society , It is absolutely possible to make the reform process of the whole society more harmonious and faster.After all, if Confucianism "interprets and updates" Confucianism, many things don't need to be proved by oneself, and combined with one's own strength, this is undoubtedly a perfect combination, which can perfectly reform Confucianism. , Let go of the shackles of Confucianism on the entire society, and the pace of the Ming Dynasty's leap into the industrial age will be accelerated, and it will not stop, let alone regress. [If you don’t understand, you can refer to the sentence “XXX has the final right to interpret XX”. Of course, Confucianism’s right to interpret Confucianism can only be said to be partial. 】

In the long run, it is undoubtedly more cost-effective to cooperate with the Kong family.

Therefore, Yang Reform personally went to the Imperial Academy to meet the Kong family members.

On the way to Guozijian, there was still the sound of long live, after all, it was rare for the emperor to leave the palace.

Yang Reform somewhat enjoys the voice of the people shouting long live, and feels that this is what he deserves, which is more enjoyable, but then he thinks that he is going to negotiate with others, and he is a little unhappy, so he can only think of other things to appease his mood .

When they arrived at the Guozijian, it was still Lin Qian who came forward to receive him, and the great Confucian Liu Zongzhou was also there with him, and the process was the same as last time.

First, I paid homage to the first teacher of Confucius, and then I went to Yilun Hall to attend lectures.The lecturer was Kong Zhenyun, the candidate appointed by Yang Reform this time.

Kong Zhenyun seemed very calm, just like last time, when he saw the emperor, everything was normal.

"The Master said: Shun has great knowledge! Shun likes to ask questions but listens to others' words, hides evil but promotes good, grasps both ends of it, and uses it to the people. He thinks that Shun..."

Yang Reform still didn't understand the content of the lecture. If the content of the lecture hadn't been told to Yang Reform in advance, it was a passage taken from "The Doctrine of the Mean". Yang Reform would not have known the source of this passage.Although Yang Reform claims to have come from the future and can develop golden thighs, his reserve of knowledge of ancient prose is really pitiful, especially this kind of ancient prose with profound meaning.

Fortunately, Kong Zhenyun also gave various explanations, and Yang Reform could understand a little bit, and he probably knew what it was. What he said was: Dayu was good at consulting others, and then XXX..., the society A piece of harmony so and so.

After a few paragraphs later, Yang Reform still listened to [-] to [-] percent of the time.

The big-headed Yang Reform reluctantly listened.Although most of them did not understand, but Yang Reform also caught the taste. In this "Doctrine of the Mean", there is a sentence that is very suitable for the situation, which can be well combined with the new interpretation of Confucian characters, or it can be explained very well. A new interpretation of Confucian characters.

This sentence is: Mandate of Heaven is called nature, straightforwardness is called Tao, and cultivation of Tao is called teaching.The Dao is one that cannot be separated even for a moment; if it can be separated, it is not the Dao.

The explanation is: the essential characteristics endowed by God are called nature (nature), and following the nature to behave and deal with things is called the Tao. The enlightenment of the sages is to follow the nature to correct the difference between excess and deficiency, so that general affairs can be in line with the right way , This is called enlightenment, this righteous path cannot be separated from the body for a moment, if you can leave it, it is not the righteous path.

This sentence is quite suitable for the explanation of the man who Yang reformed needs Confucianism.For example, breathing is innate, innate, and gifted by God, and it cannot be left at all times. People who leave breathing are dead.

The reason why Yang Reform remembers this sentence is that Huang Zongxi once used this sentence as an argument in the mansion newspaper. He has competed with those old Confucianism. , feel that it is in line with their own views and interests.Now that he heard Kong Zhenyun give a lecture on "The Doctrine of the Mean", but deliberately did not mention this passage, Yang Reform knew that this Kong Zhenyun was interesting and was implying something.

After finally finishing speaking, Yang Reform hurriedly praised him, then pretended to exchange ideas with everyone, and talked for a while, and then said that he wanted to rest, and left Yilun Hall, and went to the temporary resting place, and met Lin Qian , After meeting Liu Zongzhou, I saw Kong Zhenyun. This cover was called more than one, and even the guards and eunuchs drove away early, just to see Kong Zhenyun.

Seeing Kong Zhenyun coming in with a calm face, Yang Reform didn't know whether to laugh or get angry, or to laugh at himself, he deserves to be the emperor... the Kong family's grandeur is really fucking big!
"Chen Guozijian Siye Kong Zhenyun kowtows to His Majesty!" Kong Zhenyun kowtowed without hesitation. The rules are as good as they are.

Seeing the visitor kneel down, Yang Reform felt a little more at ease.Some thoughts appeared in Yang Reform's heart. For a long time, Yang Reform wanted to abolish the kneeling ceremony, but today, Yang Reform felt that the kneeling ceremony also had its effect. At least he hadn't said anything. Have an advantage in the heart.

"Excuse me, the Qing family, get up." Yang Reform forced Kong Zhenyun to kneel for a while longer before letting him get up, otherwise, he really couldn't balance his mind.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!" Kong Zhenyun replied neither humble nor overbearing.

"I have benefited a lot from the lectures taught by the Qing family!" Yang Reform said with a smile, this guy deliberately started his lecture with "The Doctrine of the Mean", if there is no ghost, then it would be strange.

"It's my honor to be able to give lectures to His Majesty." Kong Zhenyun said unhurriedly, with a calm expression on his face.

"That's right! I heard that the Kong family wants to invest in oil? I don't know how much the Kong family wants?" Yang Reform suddenly said this directly, and he also asked a question directly to see if you are still calm. This guy's calm Yang Reform is hurting.

This statement really made Kong Zhenyun, who had always been calm, move his face. However, it was obvious that Kong Zhenyun was a calm master, he only moved for a moment, and then calmed down again.

"..." Kong Zhenyun did not speak, and continued to look calm.

"...Don't worry, the Qing family, there is no one around, they have already been dismissed..." Seeing Kong Zhenyun's so calm look, Yang Reform had to remind him that there was no one else around.

"Your Majesty, the destiny is called the nature, the willfulness is the Tao, and the practice of the Tao is teaching. The Tao must not be separated for a moment; if you can leave it, it is not the Tao..." Kong Zhenyun said this sentence calmly.

During the meeting this time, Yang Reform really couldn't calm down when the underground party gave secret signals. What does it mean to answer yourself with this sentence?Do you support your own new solution, or do you not support it?

Yang Reform thought about it, and sure enough, he guessed right, the Kong family really had a very high tone, or in other words, they took the initiative quite well.He neither reached any substantive things with himself, but also kept emphasizing their interests. It seemed that he was ready to withdraw at any time.

Although Kong Zhenyun didn't make it clear, Yang Reform knew that the new interpretation of Confucian characters really hurt the Confucius family.

Yang Reform thought for a while, but he laughed. I'm not afraid of pretending. As long as you have a "feeling" for this new interpretation of Confucian characters, you must have a flaw. If you participate, you must have the benefits you want, and you are not afraid that you will not be hooked.It really doesn't work, what I considered earlier was to forcibly suppress Confucianism, without you Confucianism, the Ming Dynasty would still continue.

"Kong Qing's family, I am a sincere and reputable person. I have always kept my word and kept what I said, and I have always emphasized that Confucianism has always been the foundation of our country's governance. On this point, the Qing family Don't worry." Yang Reform was annoyed by this calm person, but he let go to talk about things with Kong Zhenyun.

(End of this chapter)