Everyone understood that the purpose of Your Majesty restricting the development of Buddhism and Taoism is very simple, which is to maintain the rule of the court. You cannot threaten the safety of the court just because they do some "good things". Similarly, the wanton expansion of Buddhism and Taoism will also threaten the status of Confucianism. If you develop to the point where you can compete with Confucianism, the emperor will have to consider the interests of individuals and the country and introduce Buddhism to obey their suggestions.

Your Majesty's attitude is very clear and he still insists on the ancestral teaching of respecting Confucianism, but it is also a warning that Confucianism and Law are not the only choice at the moment. Buddhism can use its own advantages to develop and grow, prosper the place, and benefit the people, so you might as well give it a try. And everyone also knows that although Confucianism and Law now have an advantage in the court, its voice among the people is still inferior to Buddhists and Taoism.

Now the situation is subtle. The gentry in the country colluded with Shi Dao, and even did not hesitate to join the cult to fight against the implementation of the court's policies, and to welcome Emperor Deyou to return to the country to threaten the emperor. His Majesty has been very annoyed, and the assassination has added fuel to the fire. The scholars are still arguing about who Confucian orthodox are suppressing each other, and they are completely unaware of the crisis they are facing.

"Fifth brother, I think it is because scholars regard Neo-Confucianism as orthodox, and Taoism and Mind Studies are constantly quarrels, and utilitarianism is regarded as a sidetrack. Now, the advocate of "benefiting industry and commerce, and value merchants", which makes Neo-Confucianism think that this is deviant from Confucianism orthodox, and then dissatisfied with the court, and the prime minister deceived the emperor. I wonder what the fifth brother has to think about this!" Wang Yinglin didn't know how His Majesty would rectify the court's principles after returning to the capital. If he suppressed Neo-Confucianism and advocated utilitarianism, it would lead to a more violent government policy. I don't know how many officials would withdraw from the court because of this, and many great scholars were convicted of it, so he wanted to know His Majesty's attitude.

"Then what is good and evil, what is black and white, and what is movement and stillness?" Zhao Bing thought about it and asked.

"This..." Several people were stunned. This question was very simple, but if it was explained, it would not be explained in a few words.

"In fact, these are all relatives. Everyone has different positions and opinions." Zhao Bing smiled and said, "If our dynasty and the Mongol Yuan, our dynasty occupied the rich land of the Central Plains and Jiangnan, but the Mongol Yuan could only occupy the bitter and cold land of the northern desert. They were naturally resentful. They were both the people of the Supreme Heaven, so why could they have to eat but not fill their stomachs and clothes? Then they occupied the Central Plains and plunder wealth just to live a better life. Of course, they realized that it was just. Now we sent troops to fight the north to recover our hometown and save the people from water and fire, and they also thought it was just. And the essence was just a dispute of interests."

"Looking at the white clouds outside the window, are they quiet or moving?" Zhao Bing pointed at the window again.

"The clouds are fluttering with the wind, and they will naturally move!" Ma Duanlin replied.

"And the clouds look down at you in the air, and I, what they see is movement or stillness?" Zhao Bing asked again.

"Or move!" Ma Duanlin said vaguely.

"Also like the water in this cup turns into ice when it meets cold and heat turns into vapor when it meets heat, then don't you think they are not water?" Zhao Bing said, "The same is true in the world. Buddhism, Tao, and Confucianism all aim to save sentient beings, help the poor, and go to the great way together. The difference is only in the different forms of realization. Tao is to understand the way of heaven through one's own practice, to achieve the goal of becoming an immortal and living in heaven and earth forever; while Buddhists practice virtue and do good deeds, eliminate their own evils, and then be able to ascend to the Pure Land after death. Confucianism is to cultivate the mind and cultivate nature, know virtue, understand the great righteousness, and achieve the way of heaven by serving the world and serving the people."

"Well, the fifth brother said it is reasonable." Xie Fangde nodded thoughtfully.

"The reason why our dynasty abandons Buddhism and uses scholars to govern the country is precisely because Confucianism is the way of governing the world, which can help the people and the country. This is consistent with the interests of the emperor. If the two sides deviate, the two sides will lose the meaning of cooperation and will naturally be abandoned." Zhao Bing said.

"Your Majesty is so serious. It's not that far!" Wang Yinglin was shocked when he heard this. If the emperor's remarks were spread, it would definitely be a shock to the government and the people's hearts.

"Of course I know, otherwise I wouldn't have said these words in front of you. I just wanted to explain this truth." Zhao Bing smiled when he saw everyone's nervous look.

"That's great, it shocked me to sweat all over!" Wang Yinglin raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and smiled. He was also shocked. His Majesty must have thought of this before.

"Fifth brother is determined to innovate, how should he choose?" Xie Fangde asked for a moment of silence.

"In fact, Confucianism and Law have been changing, but they are silently abiding by the old rules, solidifying their thoughts, and prejudices in various schools, which have caused them to stagnate now." Zhao Bing took a sip of tea and continued, "Confucianism began with the way of Confucius and Mencius, and rose in the Han Dynasty. It has been innovated throughout the dynasties over thousands of years. All the gentlemen are great Confucian scholars, so I will no longer show off my skills and only talk about this dynasty."

"We dare not be the word "Everyone". I wish to listen to the noble opinions of the fifth brother!" Wang Yinglin and Xie Fangde politely said. They knew that Your Majesty did not like classics and history, but the three masters were all famous scholars of the world. They also held court banquets in Qiongzhou to invite famous scholars to preach. It should be said that the young emperor received complete Confucian education. Even if he didn't like it, his learning was a hundred times better than ordinary scholars.

"Our literature in our dynasty was flourishing, and famous scholars emerged one after another. Now there are three mainstream people: one is Zhu Wengong's Neo-Confucianism school; the second is Lu Xiangshan's Heart School; and the third is Ye Shuixin and Chen Longchuan's School of Mechanism. They all inherited the two-year studies of Heluo, and developed and innovated based on this to lead to their respective schools..." Zhao Bing talked freely.

"Zhu Li's study is based on the 'theory' of the two brothers, and absorbed Zhou Dunyi's Tai Chi theory, Zhang Zai's original theory of Qi and the thought of explaining Tao. Its core is reason, or praise Tao. He believes that all things have their own principles, and the principles of all things will eventually become one, which is Tai Chi; reason is also the principle of normality, and human nature. It also takes Qi as the second nature, and its form is sentient, shape, trace, and has the nature of condensation and creation, which is the material that casts all things. And all things in the world are the product of the unity of principles and materials."

"It advocates 'investigating things to know'. People should understand the principles of nature, understand human ethics, speak holy words, and be familiar with accidents. The principles of nature refer to be benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, human ethics, and holy words. The accident is the analysis and application of the principles of nature. It is believed that: if you suddenly have the intention to be in the plants and trees, what is the knowledge? In this way, you hope to gain something is to cook sand and want to make a meal."

"Lu Xiangshan claimed that he was satisfied with it because he read "Mencius", and he did not deny Yiluo's origin. He combined Mencius's view of "everything is in me" and conscience, good ability, and Buddhist Zen Buddhism's mind arises and hearts, etc., and believed that "mind is principle". Moreover, the laws of heaven, human, and physics are only in the heart. The universe is my heart, and my heart is the universe. This is eternal and unchanging, and this is "mind learning."

"The school of merits believes that things are located, and Tao is located, and advocates utilitarianism, opposes false talk about life and life. It puts forward the arguments about the unity of opposites and unity of things, and advocates the actual investigation of things to determine the meaning. It advocates the use of things rather than self-use, and trade and benefit workers, and uses the power of the state to support merchants and circulate currency, opposes the emphasis on the foundation and suppress the end. It emphasizes that Tao exists in things itself."

"Fifth brother said it well, but I think which side makes more sense?" Listening to the little emperor summarizing the opinions of various sects in just a few words, Wang Yinglin nodded secretly and then asked.

"Actually, for me, they were not able to hit the point, they just saw the surface of things, they were not able to see the essence." Zhao Bing smiled slightly. He came from seven hundred years later, and with the technological means at that time, he had not yet studied the world thoroughly. He could not tell them that we live on a ball, and matter would not disappear, but just changed the form of existence. Ghosts and gods were even more false words, although he could not explain how his soul came to this world.

"Oh, what do you mean by Fifth Brother?" Xie Fangde asked with a frown. He thought His Majesty was too arrogant.

"This... we often say that if we don't reach the top, we don't know how short the mountains are; if we don't enter the ocean, we don't know how small the rivers and lakes are. Their vision is still too narrow, and the height of the standing is not high enough, so it is naturally difficult to see the true appearance of this world." Zhao Bing slowly said, "Our dynasty is known as the land of thousands of miles. In fact, compared with the entire world, it is just a corner of Qiongzhou, and compared with the entire universe, it is just a drop of water in the sea. The greatness of the universe is not something that a heart can carry."

"Fifth brother, is there such a big world?" Ma Duanlin said curiously.

"Of course, the vastness of the world and the vastness of the universe are far beyond your imagination. When you can fly into the sky, you will see another scene. The bright moon and stars in the sky are just a grain of dust in the universe. Although a drop of water is small, there is another world, and a grass and a tree. We are just frogs in the well in this world. How dare you say that you can see through the universe? And the Confucianism is not a reflection of values, not a mysterious saying." Zhao Bing said.

"The fifth brother's words are shocking the past and present. We have heard of them but have not heard of them. We have seen nothing. It is true..." Wang Yinglin sighed, not knowing how to evaluate them.

"Haha, if these words were not from my mouth, they would definitely be regarded as a great rebellion and arbitrary saying." Zhao Bing said, "The mystery of the world is not what you see before you. The transformation of day and night is actually just the rotation of the world, not the rising and setting of the sun in the east, and you will definitely find it difficult for you to accept it. I also say that the moon in the sky has no moon palace, Chang'e, but a huge stone ball, you will not believe it. But what I say will be confirmed one day later."
Chapter completed!