Chapter 893 0888 [The Drum for Hearing the News Still Sounded]

Sichuan, Renshou.

As early as last winter, Li Chun traveled north by boat and car. He spent the winter in an inn in Hanzhong, and continued on his way after the snow melted, heading straight to Luoyang through wind and rain.

Li Chun still remembered his father's solemn instructions before leaving home: "An old friend of mine in the court revealed that the Ming Dynasty really wanted to upgrade "Xunzi" into the classics. "Xunzi" can be upgraded into the classics, and the works of my teacher can also be used. Remember, Remember, don’t mention Zhou Gong. I have deleted all the articles involving Zhou Gong.”

The ascension of "Xunzi" to the classics has brought about more than just controversy.

Those schools that were banned in the former Song Dynasty saw the change in the trend from the court's move.

They... also want to take advantage of this opportunity!

When Su Shi had just passed the Jinshi examination, Long Changqi was already recognized as the greatest Confucian scholar in Sichuan.

This man was born in Yeluzi, and because his family was poor, he could only become a monk. He grew up in a temple and learned to read and write by relying on Buddhist scriptures. He also took the opportunity to teach Buddhist scriptures to the gentry's family members and went to borrow the books in the gentry's home.

After thirty years of painstaking study, I mastered Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Not only was he famous in Shu, he was even invited to Fujian with a high salary to lecture on the Book of Changes.

Unfortunately, the examination of the imperial examination at that time was relatively strict, and those who had been monks were not allowed to apply.

His students are all over Sichuan. Even Wen Yanbo came to Shu with his father when he was young and worshiped under Long Changqi's disciples.

At that time, Sichuan society was in turmoil, and Han Qi was sent to govern Shuzhong. The first thing he did when he arrived in Chengdu was to invite Long Changqi to be a professor of official studies, in an attempt to appease the Sichuan scholars.

It was not until Long Changqi was over eighty years old and was recommended repeatedly by Han Qi, Wen Yanbo and others that the emperor allowed Long Changqi to bring his works to Beijing.

Then he met Liu Yannian's uncle Liu Chang.

At that time, Ouyang Xiu only opposed Long Changqi's criticism of Duke Zhou, and did not take any unnecessary actions.

But Liu Chang refused to let go. He drove Long Changqi back to Sichuan, banned all his writings, and made the old man angry to death.

No writing is allowed, only engraving of books and engravings is prohibited, no further printing and selling is allowed, and no more public dissemination is allowed.

There must be others who are studying quietly!

Li Chun's father was Long Changqi's disciple in his later years.

Li Chun also studied with his father since he was a child. Their family has a complete set of Long Changqi's works.

Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, military, Ming, Yin and Yang, Zongheng... Hundreds of schools of thought, all three religions and scholarships, there are dozens of volumes.

When the peonies were in bloom, Li Chun finally came to Luoyang.

Liu Yannian debated several times in Luoyang, using "Etiquette and False Theory" as the starting point, quoting scriptures and making many scholars speechless.

Hearing that he was the nephew of the great scholar Liu Chang, many Confucian scholars were in awe, and Liu Yannian's reputation became even more famous!

Even so, he still didn't dare to beat the Dengwen drum.

Relying on the connections left over from his uncle's past, Liu Yannian visited many officials. He carefully explained his intention, but most of the officials refused to report to the emperor for him.

But there were also a few people who recommended Liu Yannian to the emperor, saying that a great scholar from Jiangxi requested an audience.

These recommendations and memorials were like a mud cow drowning in the sea, without making any waves.

The peonies were beginning to wither, and Liu Yannian finally couldn't bear it anymore and led his servants to the Dengwen Drum.

Do you want to knock it?

What should I do if I offend the emperor by beating the Dengwen drum?

Just when Liu Yannian was hesitating, a donkey cart came slowly.

A young scholar jumped off the donkey cart and asked two servants to help carry the box. Then he took out the money to pay the donkey cart driver.

The young scholar straightened his clothes and strode forward.

In Liu Yannian's shocked eyes, Li Chun took off the drumstick and slammed it out with both hands.

“Dong dong dong dong!!!”

Dengwen drum sounded.

People nearby stopped and ran to watch the excitement.

All the officials in the east city stopped working when they heard the sound of drums.

The censor of the Supervisory Yuan who was in charge of hearing the drums hurriedly walked out of Donghua Gate: "Who is playing the drums? Is it because there is a grievance that is difficult to redress, or is it something else?"

Li Chun stepped forward and bowed before him: "Mr. Junping once again taught Li Chun, his disciple, and now he is bringing a book to request an audience with His Majesty the Emperor!"

The Longchang period's teachings were banned for decades and were difficult for scholars outside Sichuan to access.

The censor had never heard of it and asked out of curiosity: "Which great sage is Mr. Junping?"

Li Chun replied: "Dragon taboo Changqi Gong, nicknamed Zhuxuan, known as Mr. Junping and Mr. Wuling in the world. Mr. was recognized as the greatest Confucian in Sichuan at that time, and wrote dozens of books in his life. Unfortunately, he was plotted by a villain, and the book I was forbidden by the Hunjun. Now that the Holy Emperor is alive, I am here to present the book."

The censor didn't think much and said with a smile: "I see, I must..."

"Nonsense!"

Liu Yannian shouted angrily: "You must make it clear today, who is the villain?"

Li Chun said: "The corrupt scholar Liu Chang from the previous dynasty!"

"That's unreasonable!" Liu Yannian raised his fist and was about to hit him.

That was his uncle, the greatest scholar in Jiangxi after Wang Anshi, but he was called a villain by the young man in front of him!

The censor shouted: "Stop them."

The official behind him immediately stepped forward and dragged the two people who were about to fight away from each other.

Li Chun asked: "Who are you?"

"Jiangxi Liu Yannian!" Liu Yannian said, holding the bamboo stick.

Li Chun sneered: "Liu Chang's descendants?"

Liu Yannian said angrily: "How can you, a bastard like you, call my uncle by his name?"

"So what if we call him by his first name?" Li Chun said disdainfully, "The doctrine is controversial, so debate is the way to go. Even if there is indeed something wrong with Mr. Junping's knowledge, the emperor can still order it to be corrected. Relying on the power in his hands, he can directly cut officials. What is a banned book but a villain?”

Liu Yannian was too lazy to argue with this young man, so he said to the censor: "Long Changqi's learning criticizes the sage Zhou Gong, and it cannot be passed down to the world."

Li Chun said: "All articles discussing Zhou Gong have been deleted."

When this happened, Wang Anshi had not yet started the reform, and his new learning had not yet taken shape, so Liu Chang was the first great Confucian in Jiangxi.

The first great Confucian in Jiangxi killed the first great Confucian in Sichuan, and completely banned his learning. This is a "merit" that can be written in great books.

At least, the children of the Liu family knew very well what happened.

Liu Yannian said: "Just delete the articles criticizing Zhou Gong? Long Changqi also said that the Six Classics have no imperial way!"

This censor is relatively young, and he has been dumbfounded at this moment.

Long Changqi's way is so wild!

Zhou Gong is the humanistic ancestor of Chinese civilization. Criticizing Zhou Gong is criticizing Chinese civilization, which is equivalent to digging up the roots of Confucianism.

And "Six Classics have no imperial way" is also a rebellious statement.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, great Confucian scholars used the emperor, king, and hegemon as symbols to divide the history of the pre-Qin period.

The emperor's way represents the way, the emperor's way represents virtue, the king's way represents merit, and the hegemon's way represents force. Shao Yong said that these four ways are the essence of the Book of Changes and the foundation of the Confucian classics.

However, Long Changqi said that "the six classics do not have the emperor's way", that is, Confucianism does not have the content of "ruling the country with the way", but only governing the country with virtue, merit, and force.

It's almost like saying that Confucianism has no way!

It's not really unfair that his academic thoughts were banned.

For such a big thing, a small censor dared not make the decision on his own. The censor said: "Where are you two living now, and leave your addresses."

The two reported the address of the inn, and the censor entered the Donghua Gate with the box of works.

Zhu Ming sent the books all the way to the Chuigong Hall. He asked about the situation carefully and opened the box with great curiosity.

The works in it include:

Annotations to the Analects, Annotations to the Book of History, Annotations to the Poetry, Annotations to the Rites, Theory of Rites, Annotations to the Political Affairs, The Book of Weeping, Annotations to the Daodejing, Annotations to the Yinfujing, The Essence of the Eight Diagrams, The River Map, The Heart of the Emperor, The Treasure Mirror of the Heart, The Theory of the Perfect Integration of the Three Religions, The Theory of the Correct Spring and Autumn Annals, The Theory of the Restoration of the Way in the Spring and Autumn Annals, The Theory of the Correction of Names in the Heavenly Protection, Annotations to the Zhouyi Xiangfu, The Book of the Last Words of the Gods...

Zhu Ming picked up the Heart of the Emperor and opened it. He was actually enjoying it. It was a bit mixed with Confucianism and Legalism, and mixed with the flavor of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

He then looked at the Annotations to the Analects, which was very high-level.

He then looked at the Annotations to the Book of History. Damn, are the views so radical? Zhu Ming even suspected that it was written by a time traveler.

Zhu Ming did not finish reading it all, but turned the pages casually, reading wherever he turned to.

It can be basically confirmed that Long Changqi was a true great Confucian who was not bound by secular traditions. His academic thoughts were very "modern" and highly consistent with Zhu Ming's thinking.

The scriptures he annotated were often very reasonable while being unorthodox.

Looking at Long Changqi's "Yin Fu Jing Zhu", "Bagua Tu Jing Yi", "He Tu" and other books, Zhu Ming found that this man was also a mathematician.

Unfortunately, he has been dead for decades.

Unfortunately, in another time and space, all of Long Changqi's works were lost.

This old gentleman, who made so many outrageous remarks in the past, was still able to conquer many great scholars. It can be imagined how high his academic level was.

Zhu Ming picked up a pen and wrote a handwritten edict: "Lift the ban on all Long Changqi's books. Summon Li Chun and Liu Yannian."

Lifting the ban does not mean encouraging dissemination. After all, some ideas are too radical and do not conform to the political correctness of the ancient court.

Whether these studies can form a school requires the efforts of Long Changqi's disciples.

The emperor's messenger rode out of Donghua Gate and gave the edict to Li Chun and Liu Yannian in the inn respectively. The two happily tidied up their clothes and stepped out.

As for those books, they were transported to the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites organized people to hand-copy the copies, all of which were stored in the Royal Library.

Hu Anguo was confused when he received the task, and curiously picked up "The True Theory of Spring and Autumn". He was an expert in the study of "Spring and Autumn", so he naturally had to read this one first.

As he read, Hu Anguo put down the book and exclaimed: "This person has many strange and bizarre ideas, but every sentence is well-cited, and those strange ideas are all well-founded... Such a strange person, it's a pity that I don't have the chance to meet him."

Hu Anguo did not continue reading, but turned back to the first page.

While reading the book, he experienced it and compared it with his own understanding of "Spring and Autumn".

Hu Anguo was so inspired that he even wanted to rewrite his "Spring and Autumn Biography".

Xie Liangzuo, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, opened "Zhouyi Xiangfu Notes" and was reluctant to put it down after reading two pages.

This is Long Changqi's masterpiece in his later years.

How to say it?

The level of Yixue research in Sichuan shocked the two Cheng brothers, and Long Changqi was the leader of Yixue in Sichuan.

Long Changqi's Yixue in those days could be said to be the best in the world.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites all stopped working and each picked up a copy of Long Changqi's posthumous work to read.

(Tomorrow I will resume two updates.)