Chapter 468: The Collision of Confucianism and Fangxue

"This is a temptation!"

Fang Xing leaned on the recliner, and said lazily: "Not only is he testing His Majesty's attitude towards you and me, but more importantly, he is testing whether His Majesty can accept further infiltration by civil servants. WwΔW. "LieWen. Cc"

Zhu Zhanji's face was not very good-looking, and he rushed to Fang Xing's place immediately after learning about the scene this morning.

Xie Jin was silent, because he himself was not tempting back then, but reckless.

"Brother Dehua, Grandpa Huang has put aside a lot of affairs for them in recent years, isn't it enough?"

Zhu Di is very diligent in politics, but he can't compare with his Lao Tzu, so after getting in touch with the cabinet, he also consciously delegated some powers to Hu Guang and the others.

Fang Xing smiled, and said meaningfully: "After trying the sweetness of power and the ambition of a scholar-bureaucrat, who doesn't want to have a little more control!"

Li Shanchang was the prime minister of the left back then, and he was also named the Duke of Korea as a civil servant.

He still gained Zhu Yuanzhang's trust when he was recuperating in the later period, and gradually became headstrong, constantly testing Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line.

Since the marriage with Hu Weiyong, the government at that time had begun to get out of control.

As for whether Hu Weiyong wanted to rebel or Li Shanchang was also involved, this point will probably never be clear.

However, Hu Weiyong was promoted by Li Shanchang, and the two were also married. In addition, Li Shanchang relied on his high merits and touched Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line many times in his work. In the end, it was inevitable that the family would end.

Hu Guang's status today is similar to that of Hu Weiyong back then, but Zhu Di is in power and the country is strong, so of course Hu Guang will not be suspected of treason.

"They feel that Ming Dynasty should be governed by civil servants. As for the king, it's good to rule it down. When they compile history books, they will naturally add a few strokes. That's still Mingjun!"

Of course it is Mingjun, as long as you don’t care about anything, we will definitely give you a few good words when the time comes to ensure that your good reputation will be passed down to future generations.

but……

Fang Xing smiled, and said disdainfully: "If they mess up the pot, I guess the king who is under the influence of the ruler is the best scapegoat, and there will probably be another tyrant in the history books!"

Zhu Zhanji was horrified when he heard the words. He is only so old now, and Zhu Di hasn't even started to explain these ways of monarchs and ministers to him.

So after hearing Fang Xing's analysis, he couldn't help but look at Xie Jin.

Xie Jin used to be an "assistant" existence, so he naturally has experience in this kind of thing.

But Xie Jin smiled wryly and said: "The old man only knew how to do things back then, and he said he was not satisfied, and he said he was unhappy. Now that I think about it, it was indeed a bit past."

But if you want to say that Xie Jinneng has Hu Guang's scheming, Fang Xing and Zhu Zhanji will not believe it, nor will Zhu Di, otherwise he would not be able to escape from the imperial prison alive.

This is a stunned young man! Still a genius.

Zhu Zhanji's eyes turned cold, and he asked, "Brother Dehua, I know, but do civil servants still dare to suppress the king?"

"Why don't you dare?"

Fang Xing said slowly: "When the entire Ming Dynasty, only the imperial examinations can stand out, then a consensus will be formed from top to bottom..."

Zhu Zhanji held his breath, he felt that Fang Xing's next words might shock people.

"I taught you some philosophy, do you think it has a lot in common with Confucianism?"

In fact, Fang Xing understands the philosophy of shit, but he just found a few books and passed them on to his students.

Zhu Zhanji nodded, and Fang Xing smiled and said, "Confucianism emphasizes knowledge of things, self-cultivation, self-cultivation, and family reunification. What do you think this is? The way of governing the country?"

"But without these, how strong is the heart! How to study?"

Xie Jin retorted with some displeasure. In his opinion, these teachings in the university are the true meaning of life, and a word cannot be changed.

hehe!

Fang Xing smiled, and said flatly: "But why do I feel that this is cultivating the Tao?"

Xie Jin was furious, but Fang Xing didn't give him a chance to argue, and continued, "People are different, so it is really necessary to cultivate your mind and body!"

Xie Jin's face turned pale, and Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but lean back a little, because he knew Fang Xing's method, which was to restrain first and then raise.

"But this is just your wishful thinking!"

Fang Xing sneered and said: "The so-called cultivation of the mind and body, in my opinion, the environmental influence is the biggest factor, followed by the human heart. Even if the nine sons of the dragon are different, do Confucianists want to use those few books to bring the world into harmony? joke!"

Xie Jin said angrily: "Nonsense! If there is no Confucianism to correct people's hearts, how can there be order and order!"

Confucianism teaches us that heaven and earth are kings, relatives and teachers. Of course, there is an official master hidden in it.

As a commoner, you have to be obedient to the officials, because this is the need of order, and it is the natural division of classes.

"Look, it's been revealed without saying a few words!"

Fang Xing said with a smile: "Before the Han Dynasty, the laws of the Qin Dynasty were strict, but Lord Shang died tragically later. This is the price."

"Dong Zhongshu called out to dismiss all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone, and then took it as his duty to cater to the king, and finally succeeded in making Confucianism a prominent school, high in the temple, covering the common people..."

"But what happened next?"

Fang Xing sneered, "After only respecting Confucianism, how many generations prospered and how many generations died?"

The Central Plains dynasty under the rule of Confucianism has always been caught in a cycle of chaos, and there is no exception.

"Self-cultivation? Have those corrupt officials cultivated themselves?"

"If it has been repaired, why is it useless?"

"Human nature is greedy, and this is the most reasonable thing!"

Fang Xing got up, went to the table and poured a cup of tea for everyone, then paced and said: "In my opinion, Confucianism is useful, but it can only be used for assistance, not for governing the country!"

Fang Xing pressed his hand and signaled Xie Jin to wait for him to finish speaking.

"Not everyone can be taught to be a great virtuous scholar. Instead of blindly chanting slogans, it is better to admit your own shortcomings and introduce other theories to benefit yourself."

Thinking of the corrupt officials who have been brought to justice since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Jin is silent. Obviously, he also knows that Confucianism blindly works on these aspects and flaunts its own morality, which is too much.

"After that comes the article."

Speaking of articles, Fang Xing couldn't help shaking his head and said, "The imperial examinations are used to govern the world, but you actually think that the students who pass the exams based on those stereotyped articles can rule the world?"

"Half the Analects of Confucius to rule the world, do you know how to build weapons? Do you know how to farm? Do you know how to build sea ships?"

Xie Jin was stunned and said, "Aren't there craftsmen and farmers? Why should I wait?"

Zhu Zhanji had already heard the meaning of Fang Xing's words, so he just lowered his eyes slightly, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"Yes! What do you need?"

Fang Xing looked at the big tree that started to sprout in the yard, and said quietly: "Those who don't know craftsman should manage craftsmen, those who don't know how to farm should manage farming, and those who don't know how to build ships should manage shipbuilding, so, you still have What's the use?"

Xie Jin opened his mouth and wanted to say that we are herdsmen of the Son of Heaven, but thinking of Fang Xing's words just now, the herdsmen don't understand the skills of herdsmen, and they suddenly became depressed.

Fang Xing laughed, and concluded: "Fang Xue emphasizes practicality, and it will be useful if you learn it, instead of delving into the way of a gentleman or the way of a sage. Tell me, which theory is more useful?"

This is the first time Fang Xing proposed the term Fang Xue. Zhu Zhanji knew what it meant, so he raised his eyebrows and said, "As far as Yu Guo is concerned, we only look at the actual effect!"

Xie Jin said dejectedly: "But the old man saw these classes you taught. After these students come out, can they be officials?"

This is attacking the shield with the spear of the son!

Fang Xing shook his head and said, "Of course not!"

Before Xie Jin could show his complacent expression, Fang Xing said decisively: "I once gave a memorial to Your Majesty, suggesting that the officials of the Ming Dynasty must start from the lower ranks when they become officials, that is to say, they must be officials first, and then they must be officials. Only then can you gradually improve according to your political performance!"

"This is impossible!"

Xie Jin denied it almost without hesitation: "No one asked under the ten-year window, and became famous all over the world in one fell swoop..."

"So regardless of whether he is competent or not, he has to be an official, right?"

Fang Xing looked at Xie Jin with a half-smile and asked.

Xie Jin was stunned and couldn't answer. Fang Xing nodded and praised him for not messing around, and then said: "Everything is inferior, but reading is high. This is true in itself, but the mistake is talking about Confucianism. Do you have to be an official if you study?" ?”

"What would you do if you weren't an official?"

Xie Jin himself is an official fan, otherwise he would not take the initiative to beg Zhu Di to abuse him.

Fang Xing shook his index finger and said, "Students from Zhixing Academy, tell me that they are no longer officials, what else can they do?"

Xie Jin thought of the textbooks he had read recently, and suddenly his body shook, and he looked at Fang Xing in horror.

"You are digging the foundation of my Confucianism!"

After learning Fang Xue, even if you don't become an official, you can still easily find your future with those knowledge.

Whether it is physics or chemistry, or even mathematics, politics, geography... After the students have learned these, any industry will not be difficult for him.

And Confucianism, if you don't go to be an official or teach, you have to relearn other knowledge to make a living.

Zhu Zhanji was thinking: Can students trained by Confucianism only be officials?

But can they do it?

The lessons learned from history are not far away, and everyone knows what officials with pure Confucianism are like!