Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 427 The Way of the King

  With Fang Jifan's guarantee, everyone settled down.

  Fang Jifan is quite reliable.

  Emperor Hongzhi seemed to be relieved from a heavy burden, and his face relaxed a bit, and said: "In this way, the relief money and food in Ningbo Prefecture don't have to be distributed, so that's good..."

  Now that this matter has been explained, Fang Jifan has nothing to do with him, so Fang Jifan resigned after speaking.

   After Fang Jifan left, he paused, and Emperor Hongzhi said again: "Please see the king of Joseon. What do you think?"

  Don't look at the film and television dramas of later generations, it seems that when the dynasty is opened, the monarchs and ministers are extremely formal, and often hundreds or thousands of people gather together to discuss state affairs in an orderly manner.

   But in fact, monarchs and ministers are also human beings, and this is only the case in court meetings, and almost above court meetings, hundreds of thousands of people get together, and in fact, nothing can be discussed.

  Any operation of power will be carried out in a small circle!

   "I have something I want to play." The one who spoke was Zhang Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and said: "Recently, there is a great scholar of Confucianism..."

  Wen Suchen...

  Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have some impressions: "Is it Wen Suchen who wrote "Suhe Fu"?"

   "Exactly!"

  Liu Jian and others were all silent.

   This person is a celebrity, very prestigious in the Jiangnan area.

  It is said that he came to Beijing a few years ago and taught Chengcheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism in Beijing.

  The Minister of Rites, Zhang Sheng, continued: "Recently he criticized the new learning, saying that he wanted to compete with Fang Jifan."

   "Oh." Emperor Hongzhi nodded, and didn't seem to care too much.

   "Fang Jifan didn't even mention it, so Fang Jifan just took it as a joke."

   "Fang Jifan probably didn't know about it." Liu Jian smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Wen Suchen really might not dare to argue with Fang Jifan."

   "Why?" Emperor Hongzhi looked surprised: "Could it be that Fang Jifan can eat people?"

   "Can't eat people." Zhang Sheng looked deeply at Emperor Hongzhi: "But he can beat people..."

   All of a sudden, everyone suddenly realized.

   This is not surprising.

   It’s no wonder that after the emergence of the new school, no major incidents occurred!

   Logically speaking, this is a bit out of line with the usual phenomenon! There are so many great Confucian scholars of Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism, but none of them jumped out and yelled at Fang Jifan!

  If it was in the past, there would have been many Confucian scholars and famous scholars who would have competed with the new theory on such disputes.

   After all, great Confucians still rely on reasoning to make a living, but if there is no reason, and the chest is full of economics, before they speak, they will directly hit him with a big ear. Although the other party may be notorious, but he is also very polite.

   "I think what they want is to argue with Wang Shouren, so it is false to secretly slander Fang Jifan, and it is true to ask his disciple Wang Shouren to accept the provocation."

  Emperor Hongzhi immediately understood.

Zhang Sheng continued: "Wang Shouren is Fang Jifan's most proud disciple. Fang Jifan has said this on many occasions. This Wang Shouren can be said to be the true biography of Fang Jifan. If Wang Shouren can be silenced, then Wen Suchen's goal is also true." That's it. Since Wang Shouren is Fang Jifan's disciple, how can he humiliate the teacher? We must argue with him. But Wen Suchen is a great Confucianist in the world, and Wang Shouren is young, so he will definitely not be his opponent."

  Emperor Hongzhi said with a half-smile, "Oh."

  He is somewhat interested in this, but at the same time, he is quite displeased with Wen Suchen's scheme.

  However, great Confucianism has always been like this. If we can use the wind to defeat Wang Shouren, the reputation of Wen Suchen will become even more prominent.

   "One more thing..." Speaking of this, Zhang Sheng glanced at Liu Jian: "Wen Suchen seems to have criticized Juren Liu Jie."

  This time he was talking about his own son, but Liu Jian still looked calm.

  He has been criticized by many great Confucian scholars, it can be said that he is used to it, but his son Hao Duanduan was scolded by others. Although his expression did not change, he was slightly dissatisfied in his heart.

"Although Liu Jie has made great achievements, people say that when he came to Tianjin Wei, Liu Jie was very proud of Li Yi, the king of North Korea. Being an imperial envoy, to be disrespectful to Li Yi is domineering, and it deviates from our original intention of Da Ming to enforce the kingly way, if it spreads out, I'm afraid it will be laughed at by all countries in the world."

   Wang Dao and domineering, once in the Han Dynasty, Confucian scholars had discussed and even had fierce confrontations.

Wen Suchen's starting point is very good. He used Liu Jie's arrogant treatment of North Korean King Li Yi as the starting point, and accused Liu Jie of losing the etiquette of hospitality after learning from Wang Shouren. I want to repeat the mistakes of the original ram theory.

  Gongyangxue in the Han Dynasty once played the banner of "Tianzi Yijue", which is not only the incarnation of heaven, but also a kind of title. He also introduced the "response between heaven and man", thinking that if disasters from heaven are closely related to the behavior of the emperor, such as the collapse of the earth, it may be the reason why the emperor lost his morality.

   Since then, there have been "great unification", "the debate between Yi and Xia" and so on.

  Of course, there is one more thing, which is the thought of 'great revenge'.

The most typical example is that when the "Gongyang Zhuan" interpreted the text of "Spring and Autumn", it praised the thought of revenge. Although there was animosity between Guoguo and Jiguo, it happened a hundred years ago. You can't just kill the whole family just because there was an enmity a hundred years ago.

  Therefore, in "Gongyang Zhuan", it is such an explanation, asking: Is there still revenge for the ninth generation. The answer is: Although it is possible for a hundred generations.

   Qi’s destruction of the Ji Kingdom is itself a manifestation of domineering, but it has received strong support from the Gongyang School, and it is their characteristic that revenge must be revenged, and it is very advocated that revenge must be revenged.

  Later generations concluded that it is actually domineering.

  Of course, in the end, Gongyangxue completely declined.

  Thus, ideas such as "Great Unification" have been handed down. Although the theory of "Interaction between Heaven and Man" is no longer advocated by people, there are still remnants in Confucianism. This domineering idea of ​​"great revenge" was completely thrown into the garbage dump by the Confucian scholars of later generations.

  As for the 'Emperor the Son of Heaven', he hated it deeply and was replaced by the monarch and minister.

  Overbearing is the characteristic of Gongyangology.

  That's why Wen Suchen criticized Liu Jie with domineering, and used it to criticize Xinxue.

   This clearly shows that they want to transfer their new learning to Gongyang Xue.

  As for the Gongyang School, which has already weakened for thousands of years, it is pitiful to be dragged out to flog the corpse at this time.

  But among its thoughts, there are indeed many that cannot be tolerated by the current imperial court. Not to mention the great revenge, what the **** is the heaven and man sensing? If there is a landslide today, it will be said that the emperor is immoral. If there is a heavy rain tomorrow, it will be a warning from the heavens. What immoral things did your emperor do? Drought, then even more lack of great virtue.

What is really intolerable, I think, is "the son of heaven and the prince". The emperor and the vassal king, even like Fang Jifan, the new uncle, are a kind of nobility, but this title is relatively high-ranking. Emperor Hongzhi has a good temper, even if he looks uncomfortable I like it, but I don't know how to make a sound. If Emperor Taizu Gao was still alive, he must have raised the blade and killed all the blind Bibi people to the blood.

   Sure enough, Emperor Hongzhi frowned slightly.

  He doesn’t like Gongyangxue, so naturally he doesn’t like the domineering idea of ​​revenge. Of course, no emperor would like “Heaven and Man Response” or “Emperor Yijue”.

   Liu Jian said seriously: "Nonsense."

  Zhang Sheng said kindly: "This is what Wen Suchen said, and I just reported the facts."

  In the Snapper, there was silence.

  Emperor Hongzhi said indifferently: "Liu Jie has made great contributions. Is he really proud of taking credit for his return journey?"

   "This..." Zhang Sheng hesitated, not knowing how to answer. Obviously, judging from the rewards brought by the chief receptionist of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Jie did have many faux pas.

  Seeing that he hesitated and did not answer, Emperor Hongzhi understood, glanced at Liu Jian, and said indifferently: "He is still young..."

   In fact, he is not young anymore, he is older than Emperor Hongzhi.

However, Emperor Hongzhi killed Liu Jie to death. In fact, it was to cover Liu Jian's shame, so he said: "Everyone gets confused, just pay attention to it in the future. Li Yi, the king of North Korea, wants to treat you well. Guest, I follow the kingly way, rule the world with virtue, and treat foreign countries with courtesy, so that he doesn't have to worry about it."

   After finishing speaking, he pondered for a while, and then said: "As for this Wen Suchen, he is just a sensationalist, so don't pay attention to it."

   It is obvious that he wants the new student to rely on Gongyang.

  The Gongyang School has long been abandoned, and it is impossible to revive it.

   Not to mention that the current scholars can no longer accept his views, even the imperial court is absolutely unable to accept it.

  Emperor Hongzhi naturally knew the idea of ​​Xinxue, so he was very displeased with Wen Suchen.

   Liu Jian did not relax because of Emperor Hongzhi's protection.

  Your Majesty can certainly be considerate of his son, but the mouths of the scholars are too sharp.

  Thinking of this, his heart sank, and it really was a big tree attracting the wind.

  After thinking for a while, Liu Jian said: "The reason for this is that the old minister must ask the minister after returning home."

  Emperor Hongzhi nodded his head and said: "He has worked very hard all the way in North Korea. You just came back, so you don't have to criticize him, otherwise I will criticize you."

  Liu Jian naturally understood that Emperor Hongzhi meant to protect him in this matter, so he glanced at Emperor Hongzhi gratefully and said: "I obey the order."

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled slightly and said, "Let's talk about something happy. Now, how are the Japanese pirates doing?"

  Military Minister Ma Wensheng has been chewing carefully on the performance just now. As a gentleman of the Hongzhi Dynasty, he has always paid more attention to this matter in the scholar forest!

At this time, His Majesty suddenly asked about the Pingwa, and Ma Wensheng came back to his senses, his eyes brightened a little, and he said energetically: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has selected elite soldiers and strong generals, and let them control the latest six ships. Sea boats, now recharge your batteries, as long as the Japanese pirates dare to come, I will teach them to die without a place to die!"

   Welcome Piqi to become the latest leader of this book, thank you for your support, and thank you for reading this book all the time. Tiger will continue to work hard, and I hope everyone will continue to support it!

  (end of this chapter)