Chapter 691 0686 [Someone Wants to Be an Educator]
On the bank of the Bian River, Zhang Genzhi, Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, left Beijing for his official post. Two to three hundred officials and scholars saw him off. The willow trees on the embankment were almost stripped bare.
I was writing poetry and drinking again, and the boat had not set off until noon.
Zhang Gen wrote six poems in one breath. Except for the first two poems, which are considered excellent works, the remaining four poems can only be said to be average.
"Everyone should assist the officials and the prince with all their heart, so that our Ming Dynasty can reach a prosperous age. Say goodbye!" Zhang Gen bowed to everyone.
Zhai Ruwen led a group of officials in return and watched Zhang Gen and his wife board the ship.
The scholars standing on the periphery of the crowd were filled with emotion when they saw this scene. They felt that the previous dynasty perished due to party strife, but now that they saw the harmony among officials in the new dynasty, they all thought that a picture of a prosperous age was in front of them.
Yes, the Song Dynasty died due to party strife. This is the consensus of both the government and the public.
Although the emperor and the prince repeatedly emphasized that in addition to party strife, there were also factors such as the emperor's ignorance, corrupt officials, redundancy, and excessive mergers... But everyone still liked to criticize party strife.
In particular, many of the party's disciples have been re-elected to serve as officials, and they hate party strife to their core.
In addition to party disputes, there are also eunuchs.
Just like Zhao Kuangyin used culture to control military force to prevent military rebels from rebelling, this is a summary of previous experiences and lessons. Officials of the Ming Dynasty and the New Dynasty demanded the suppression of eunuchs one after another, and advocated that officials should be harmonious and exercise restraint even if they disagreed with their governance ideas.
The official ship gradually moved away, and soon only a small black dot remained.
The bureaucrats finally turned around and returned to the city. They were in small groups, laughing and chatting. It seemed that everything in the government and the public was peaceful.
Huan Guo boarded Xiao Chu's carriage, opened the curtain and swept outside, laughing in a low voice: "After the publication of the "Da Ming Law", except for judicial officials, not many people read it seriously. The prince took advantage of the ban on gambling. , but it made them vigilant. Several bookstores in Tokyo have sold out "Da Ming Law".
"The prince is pushing them forward, but if they can't push them forward, they can only be beaten with a stick." Xiao Chu said.
Huan Guo gloated: "In the past few days, the thresholds of Kaifeng Fuyamen, Kaifeng County Yamen, and Xiangfu County Yamen have all been stepped on. Officials of the new dynasty who settled in Kaifeng, as well as wealthy families in Kaifeng in the previous dynasty, with a household registration of more than thirty or fifty people Are they all busy dividing households and seeking peace? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty moved powerful people, and Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty suppressed prominent families. It was nothing more than the emperor taking over power and purging places. Not to mention the early Song Dynasty. The imperial court came forward to split up the Chen family of Yimen."
Xiao Chu said: "It's not that they don't understand, but they think it has nothing to do with them. Prime Minister Zhang retreated bravely, so he must have seen some clues."
Both of them were deeply influenced by the Gongyang faction, and at the same time they adhered to utilitarianism. They supported the unlimited strengthening of imperial power. And on this basis, we will achieve the unification of systems, culture, and territory, and then expand our territory to the outside world to strengthen China.
Although there are many differences in specific theories, the two can definitely work together.
Family interests?
Haha, Xiao Chu lived for more than sixty years and indulged in traveling, teaching and studying, and now he doesn't even have a wife.
Although Huan Guo had a son, he was a first-ranked scholar and had been promoted to the prefect of Chengdu, but he resigned from office for more than ten years to devote himself to studying. How could the things he valued most be yellow and white?
Their ambition is to achieve meritorious service, morality, and reputation!
Today, when Hu Guo returned home after rest, his eldest son Hu Yin was in the study.
Hu Yin was actually a nephew of Huan Guo. He was abandoned by his biological parents because of his poverty, and was brought back to be fed by Huan Guo's mother.
Historically, Huan Guo tried his best to help Qin Hui ascend to power, and was even known as the "leader of the Qin Party". Later, he found that he had been deceived by Qin Hui. On the one hand, he was impeached by Qin Hui's opponents, and on the other hand, he was disgusted by Qin Hui because of his main battle. Finally, he resigned from office and went to write a book to spread the anti-golden thoughts.
As the adopted son of Hu State, Hu Yin was always committed to overthrowing Qin Hui, and was dismissed from office until Qin Hui's death.
"What are you doing?" Huan Guo saw his son playing with the connected balls.
Hu Yin replied: "Pendulum experiment."
Huan Guo reminded: "It's okay to study hard, but don't be obsessed."
"Father is ridiculous, so he should be obsessed with reason." Hu Yin said.
If not influenced by time travellers, Hu Yin’s academic thoughts are as follows——
The universe is composed of Qi, which evolves into all things in the world, showing different attributes and containing changes and laws. People should explore and understand all things to learn their laws and principles.
Moreover, people explore the laws and principles of things in order to make better use of things.
Knowledge separated from things is empty knowledge, knowledge without action is confused knowledge. Only knowledge that can connect things and act on it after knowing it can be called true knowledge.
But how to explore the truth of all things?
Hu Yin said that you must first correct your mind, and then use your heart to observe, understand, and summarize the principles of all things.
In fact, he only lacked a methodology.
The physics brought by Zhu Guoxiang and Ju Ming just complemented Hu Yin's method of exploring all things.
Hu Yin likes this knowledge so much!
When Ju Ming led troops to besiege Tokyo, Hu Yin worked as a school clerk in the Song Dynasty court. He also served as a professor at Luoyang Prefecture. He was ordered to search for banned books in the school, but he confiscated the students' "Tao Yongce" and secretly studied it himself.
Hu Yin has almost finished learning the knowledge given by the emperor and the prince, and he has to study the next things by himself.
After the pendulum experiment was completed, Hu Yin wrote out the experimental records and ran to his adoptive father and said, "Father, my son plans to resign and return to his hometown."
Huan Guo was shocked and said: "The new dynasty has just been established. This is the spring of the third year of Hongwu. It is the time for men to make contributions. How can you think of resigning at such a young age?"
Hu Yin said: "I have learned all the knowledge of the emperor and the prince, and have verified most of it. I can't learn anything new if I stay in Tokyo. I plan to return to my hometown in Fujian, do research and experiments, and pass on these knowledge to the scholars in my hometown."
"Chen Yuan is giving lectures there, so it's not your turn yet." Hu Anguo said.
Hu Yin said: "Then I request to be a professor in the official school, either in Huainan or Zhejiang. After spreading the knowledge, I will ask to be transferred to other places."
Hu Anguo asked: "Have you decided?"
Hu Yin said: "I am not interested in being an official."
Hu Anguo sighed: "That's good. Spreading new knowledge for your majesty and the prince will surely win the favor of the royal family. You will become a great scholar in the future."
"Being able to explore the principles of all things is enough for this life, and whether you can be a great scholar is secondary." Hu Yin said.
A few days later, Zhu Guoxiang received a strange memorial.
Hu Yin, a minor official in the Ministry of Revenue, requested to be a professor in the official school of the prefecture. He also requested to be transferred every three years to any state capital, as he wanted to spread physics all over the country.
Zhu Guoxiang immediately sent someone to summon him, and also called his son to come.
While waiting, the father and son chatted.
Zhu Guoxiang asked: "Is this Hu Yin famous in history?"
Zhu Ming said: "The three brothers of the Hu family are all great Confucian scholars, and this Hu Yin is the eldest. The most famous one is the third brother Hu Hong, the founder of the Huxiang School. Wang Fuzhi in the late Ming Dynasty was the successor of the Huxiang School. This school advocated the anti-Jin Northern Expedition in politics and promoted the theory of great revenge. It called for reforming the system to reduce the burden on the people. In academia, it advocated rectifying the mind and exploring the truth, and advocated a pragmatic style of applying knowledge to practice. It also advocated that the principles of heaven and human desires should coexist in the same body, and they explained human desires from the perspective of human nature."
Zhu Ming laughed as he said: "Their slogan is 'the unity of body and function', which is actually the same as my 'theory of the use of Tao'."
Zhu Guoxiang sighed: "The thoughts of ancient Confucian scholars were still flourishing, not as pedantic as I thought before. Could it be that after the Ming Dynasty, they were bound by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism?"
Zhu Ming said: "Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is just a tool for rulers, Even Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism itself was misinterpreted and tampered with. It is related to the specific social environment. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, there was a chaotic world, economic decline, and sparse population. In addition, the extensive rule of the Yuan Dynasty caused moral collapse and people's hearts were difficult to gather. At this time, it is necessary to unify thoughts and strengthen control. "
"When it developed to Hongzhi, Zhengde, and Jiajing, the social economy had recovered and productivity had also been greatly improved. The new social structure and economic environment must pursue ideological progress to achieve the fit between ideology and morality and the current society. Therefore, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, a variety of thoughts began to appear again."
"The Confucian reforms in the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were actually the same. When the economy was prosperous and the society was developing, they sought innovation and change because new classes emerged. When encountering foreign enemies and social decline, they tended to be pragmatic. The Qing Dynasty was an exception. The court was too strict and it was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty that it could not suppress social thoughts. "
When the father and son chatted alone, they were used to sending everyone away.
The eunuchs, palace maids and attendants gradually developed a habit. Whenever the emperor and the prince met, they would automatically walk a few dozen steps away.
The attendant eunuch suddenly stood at the door of the palace, and Zhu Guoxiang said, "Come in."
The eunuchs and attendants entered one after another, and then brought Hu Yin in.
Hu Yin bowed properly: "Your servant Hu Yin, I greet the emperor and the prince!"
Zhu Guoxiang smiled and said, "Please sit down."
Zhu Ming asked, "Why do you want to be a professor in the official school of the prefecture when you are not a Beijing official?"
Hu Yin replied, "Although books on physics, mathematics, and astronomy have been published all over the country, they can only be bought in provincial governments and some wealthy prefectures. There is an extreme shortage of teachers, and students can only buy books and study by themselves. I am willing to go to remote prefectures and change places every three years to spread the tradition of physics as soon as possible."
"Great!" Zhu Ming praised.
Hu Yin added: "In the next imperial examination, I think the questions on physics, mathematics, and astronomy should not be too difficult. Just test the basics, otherwise a large number of students will find it difficult to adapt. It will take at least 20 years for all candidates in the country to master this subject, and the difficulty of the questions in the imperial examinations can be increased year by year."
Zhu Guoxiang particularly liked this young man: "I will raise your official rank by three levels, and you can choose a remote prefecture by yourself."
Since Hu Yin chose to be a school principal in various parts of the country, Zhu Guoxiang was not stingy and directly promoted his official rank and increased his salary.