Saint of the Confucian way

Zhang Zongshi said, "the Lord of the two halls can't give Fang Xusheng direct help in this matter, but he still counts as Fang Xusheng's strength, which is enough to make miscellaneous scholars dare not act rashly."

The old scholar reluctantly said, "you used to work in the governor's office. You must know the current situation of Qingguo. In Qingguo, scholars and major forces everywhere have twisted into a rope to make a final counterattack. If they don't succeed, they will become benevolent. Miscellaneous families are their last chance. Others don't know. We Xiangzhou people shouldn't fail to see that Qingguo and miscellaneous families have been desperate."

One person echoed: "When I came back from Qingguo a few days ago, I found that the anti King sentiment in Qingguo was extremely high. Even those who recognized Fang Xusheng before did not say anything good about Fang Xusheng in order to support Qingguo. Some Qingguo people now have a very similar view. They think that Qingguo did wrong before, but they also think that Jingguo's punishment on Qingguo was too cruel, so that Qingguo people can't see hope, You can only fight back. "

Zhang Zongshi was stunned and said, "I see. I left the governor's house not long ago. I have been reviewing the holy classics at home these days. I don't know the happiness in Qingguo. Can it be said that Qingguo was awakened and more united because of the pressure of Jingguo?"

The old scholar sighed: "That's what I'm most worried about. Once Qingguo people and miscellaneous families really fight with Jingguo, even if there is a square and empty saint, Jingguo will suffer heavy losses. After all, Qingguo is an old power, and the overall strength of Jingguo is still not as good as Qingguo. Therefore, Jingguo should think of ways to break up the alliance between miscellaneous families and the temple, then continue to negotiate, bargain slowly, and finally sign the agreement A mutually acceptable contract. "

Zhang Zongshi showed surprise and said, "in my judgment, Fang Xusheng doesn't seem to care too much about miscellaneous artists and Qingguo. He still focuses on innovation rather than dealing with miscellaneous artists and Qingguo."

"Oh? Why do you think so?" the old scholar was even more surprised.

The rest of the people who asked Youju stared at Zhang Zongshi curiously, because this statement is very novel. So far, no one has said a similar opinion.

Zhang Zongshi said, "when I was in the governor's office, I learned a lot of ways to behave and do things from Fang Xusheng. I carefully analyzed everything about the Lixiang Pavilion and found that the focus of the Lixiang pavilion was not to improve the position of the ritual department or 'ritual', but to maintain and expand the literary and Taoist status of Jingguo, and to be vigilant against the influence of other countries on Jingguo."

"You talk carefully." the old scholar became interested.

Zhang Zongshi Road: "Most of the rules and regulations formulated by the government offices before are the same, but it is specially noted in the Lixiang pavilion that the interests of the king country should be the foundation, and Fang Xusheng made them himself. This is a very unusual signal that Fang Xusheng attaches great importance to this aspect. According to my experience, Fang Xusheng attaches more importance to this rule and regulation than even attracting the temple. I have no direct evidence To prove this, I only judge it based on my experience and feeling in the governor's office. "

At this time, a young man said, "brother Zhang's words are very enlightening. According to brother Zhang's inference, can we conclude that Fang Xusheng actually believes that the official office of the Lixiang Pavilion may finally ignore the national interests?"

Zhang Zongshi was stunned and said: "Unexpectedly! This fellow really woke up the dreamer with a word. I thought this rule was a little strange before, but I couldn't find the source. Now I fully understand it! Fang Xusheng believes that the Lixiang Pavilion is very powerful, but he also believes that the Lixiang Pavilion is likely to be eroded by foreign culture and completely forget the scenery because of its special status and handling foreign and Jingguo culture at the same time China's national interests, began to serve foreign culture, prosper foreign culture and suppress Jingguo culture! "

"These words seem to be a little around." the old scholar frowned.

Zhang Zongshi said patiently: "The literature and Taoism are bright. Many actions that seemed to be deviant in ancient times are now conducive to the holy way and even to the progress of the human race. The simplest example is Kong Sheng, who opened his own private school. At that time, he was deviant, but now it seems that it is the luck of the human race. In fact, neither we nor the Lixiang Pavilion can accurately judge what is the general trend of the future It's a wrong move, because we don't have a standard. Now, Fang Xusheng gives a standard, which is to judge "based on national interests", which solves this problem. "

"Can you make it clearer?" the old scholar asked, and the others nodded hurriedly to know more.

Zhang Zongshi thought for a moment and said, "Fang Xusheng once wrote in the history of politics." Take a country called Europa as an example. It is said that that country had a period called the "Renaissance". There were many factors that formed that period and many successes. However, Fang Xusheng pointed out in his book that the core of the Renaissance was that foreign scholars who painted and wrote Taoism broke away from the shackles of ethnic education and no longer created identical and highly similar ethnic education works Product, began to explore and recognize personal beauty and characteristics, so as to liberate the nature of the alien, get more possibilities for development, balance the interests of the ethnic group and the individual, and let the alien go to the peak. "

"If, I mean, if that ethnic group had a government office similar to the lixiangge at that time, and that government office did not judge by the national interest, what would be the result? It would be inevitable to think that those foreign scholars violated the code and thus banned. However, if we consider from the perspective of national interest, we will find that those people created different works and violated the law Law? No. can it really threaten the national order? No. however, those different works can promote cultural prosperity and meet the needs of different ethnic groups. Even from the most utilitarian point of view, they can also bring taxes. Is this good or bad? Should they be advocated or prohibited? "

"Obviously, it should be advocated. At the same time, we should also see a higher level of national interests, that is, if the Europa culture continues to prosper and begins to affect other ethnic groups, other ethnic groups will more recognize Europa. This is what I said before, which may lead people of other ethnic groups to prefer or even worship Europa and begin to publicize everything about Europa , let other ethnic groups slowly submit to the spirit. Even if the other party's country has an official office like the courteous cabinet, it will not help. A prosperous culture can not only resist the invasion of foreigners, but also slowly invade foreigners! "

The young man who reminded Zhang Zongshi before: "I have also read the political history. In fact, the Renaissance is bound to happen, but it may not necessarily happen in Europa. It may be regarded as the luck of Europa people, which has nothing to do with official offices such as lixiangge."

Zhang Zongshi Lang said: "This is where I admire Fang Xusheng! We may only think that it is an accident, and we won't even get to the bottom of it, nor will we associate the Renaissance with Jingguo. However, Fang Xusheng learned one thing through the Renaissance, that is, Jingguo should imitate the Renaissance to prosper Jingguo culture, let Jingguo culture erode foreign countries, and then the whole country On the one hand, we should strengthen Jingguo. "

The old scholar said again, "if there are good things in foreign countries, will Jingguo boycott them?"

Zhang Zongshi was stunned and couldn't answer immediately.

The young man said with a smile: "It's very simple. We learn good things and absorb them, but we don't deify foreign countries. What we learn is' good things', not 'foreign countries'! What we learn is' knowledge', and what we respect is' teachers', not the slaves of teachers because we learn knowledge. Only those who can't distinguish between 'learning' and 'learning from teachers' will feel inferior. We respect Respect to the teacher, but we only bend our knees to the right knowledge! Just like the rule of asking friends to live in, sometimes we only talk about things, not people. As long as the ritual Pavilion of Jingguo does not eat inside and outside, grasps its discretion, does not infinitely exalt and deify foreign countries, and treats good things with a fair and fair attitude, there will never be traitors and rebellious species in Jingguo. "

"Brother, you have a good idea!" Zhang Zongshi sincerely admired it.

They continued to discuss. It was not until late at night that Zhang Zongshi left wenyouju and returned home.

On the second day, Zhang Zongshi received a document from the Prefecture Animal Husbandry yamen, which said that as long as Zhang Zongshi passed the examination, he could directly enter the Zuo Xiangge.