Zhao Bing did not dare to waste too long this time visiting Jiuhua Mountain. They were planning to stay here for one day and would return to Chizhou tomorrow. After the time of the day, the sun was no longer so strong. Everyone was full and had enough food and drink, and they were ready to continue to go to the Jin Dizang's Physical Body Hall. After seeing it, they were ready to go back to the guest hall to rest for a night and go down the mountain tomorrow morning.

Huacheng Temple is still a little far away from the flesh-body hall, and Zhao Bing still wanted to hike, but Wang Yinglin and Xie Fangde did not plan to take the sedan chair again. The monks had the precept of not eating after noon, so they left Wang De and a few eunuchs in the guest ward to take care of dinner. They were only Ni Liang and the inner guards, and the sedan chairmen followed behind with empty sedan chairs.

Everyone climbed up the mountain road. At this time, the pilgrims had already gone down the mountain, and they only met pedestrians in groups of three or three on the way. Zhao Bing could also see the members of the movement pretending to be monks and vendors in the air, scattered around them and the group, and informed them of the surrounding situation through gestures and eyes exchanges with the inner guards and informed them of precautions.

After all, Wang Yinglin and Xie Fangde were not young anymore, so everyone was not walking fast. Lu Xu introduced the surrounding scenery in the first two steps. Two old companions were around the emperor and the guards were guarding the surroundings. It was very eye-catching. From time to time, monks and monks came forward to chat with each other and invited them to the temple for tea and Buddhists, which made Zhao Bing feel a little like the train station in his previous life.

"Fifth brother, why the arguments between Zhu and Lu schools are more than just like enemies, have you ever thought about it?" After a distance, Wang Yinglin, who was worried, caught up with the little emperor and asked.

"I think the conflict between Zhu and Lu is more about the way of learning Confucianism and the universe. The reason is the difference in their living environment, temperament and life practice, and then there are differences in academic research." Zhao Bing thought about it. In fact, it is a problem of a native family in modern society. Zhu and Lu have different backgrounds, different family environments, and different experiences, so they will naturally have different views on things.

"The fifth brother said it is reasonable, and the origins of the two Gaoxians, Zhu and Lu, are indeed different." Wang Yinglin felt that the young emperor had a very unique perspective on the problem, but he also thought it was reasonable.

Zhu Xi was born into a Confucian family, and his father Zhu Song was very serious about Zhu Xi's education. Since Zhu Song was a Confucian scholar who grew up under the education of Neo-Confucianism, his requirements for his son were naturally implemented according to the goal of Confucianism to be a sage. When Zhu Xi was ten years old, he "sharply the study of sages and sages", and studied "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects of Confucius", and "Mencius" every day, and determined to be a sage.

Before his father Zhu Song died, he entrusted Zhu Xi to his friend Liu Ziyu, a friend of the fifth husband of Chong'an. He also wrote a letter to ask the five husbands Liu Zihui, Liu Mianzhi, Hu Xian and other three friends with deep learning to educate Zhu Xi. In the 18th year of Shaoxing, Zhu Xi entered the capital for the imperial examination and ranked 90th in the fifth place in the list of Kings and Auxiliary, and was admitted to the Jinshi. In the 21st year of Shaoxing, he was appointed as the second-level official in the capital examination and was awarded the title of Zuo Digonglang and the chief clerk of Tong'an County, Quanzhou. On his way to Tong'an, he was taught by Li Tong of Yanping.

Lu Jiuyuan was born in a feudal family that lived together for nine generations. His eighth generation ancestor Lu Xisheng served as prime minister during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang. At the end of the Five Dynasties, he moved to Jinxi to avoid war and made a living. He became a wealthy family in the local area. After several generations of changes, when Lu Jiuyuan was born, his family was declining, with only about ten acres of vegetable fields, a pharmacy and a scholastic house, and he relied on managing medicine and teaching to maintain his family's plans.

But at this point, the Lumen still retains the demeanor of the clan. He is still respected by the villagers for his good family style. He once implemented the rituals such as weddings and funerals mentioned in the "Sima Family Book" at home. The Lumen family style is cleaned up, and the family management relies on strictly implementing the clan principles. At the same time, it also relies on the family members to exert their own enthusiasm and initiative, to do their best, and to provide their own duties. It is well-known in the prefectures and is even praised by Xiaozong.

Therefore, what Zhu Xi learned came from his family and teachers, inheriting the orthodox "Luo Xue" of the two Chengs, thus laying the foundation for his later doctrines. What Lu Jiuyuan learned came from his family's collection of books, "I was satisfied with it because of reading "Mencius"". I thought that after Confucius's study "from Zengzi's son Si, and from Zisi's sons, I learned it from his masters", but more of it came from his own thoughts and opinions.

"But I think that they are just academic differences, not fundamental contradictions. At least they are consistent in their views on "righteousness and profit". In this way, there is a unified point in the practice methods of Taoism and learning and respecting virtue. It is believed that whether it is studying or taking the imperial examination, it is for righteousness, for public, not for profit or for private purposes." Zhao Bing said.

"Well, that's true. After Zhu and Lu entered the officialdom, they both eliminated the current ills and did things that are beneficial to the people." Xie Fangde said, he had no doubts about the morality of the two.

During his tenure, Zhu Xi realized the disadvantages of "the world of Buddha seeking immortality, which deteriorated the people's spirit, dissipated national strength, and hindered the country's revival." In the 16th year of Chunxi, he ordered his magistrate Zhangzhou. After he took office in Zhangzhou, he implemented all the coupons, mainly reflected in the serious world, levying fu, promoting customs, spreading Confucianism and impeaching traitors.

In the 32nd year of Shaoxing, Emperor Xiaozong ascended the throne and ordered his subjects to seek opinions. Zhu Xi responded to the imperial edict, and vigorously declared the proposition of rebellion and war, and opposed Buddhism and worshipped Confucianism. He gave detailed opinions on teaching and learning, making plans to restore, and appointing talents to cultivate politics. In October of the first year of Longxing, he responded to the imperial edict and entered the palace of Chuigong and submitted three notes to Xiaozong: one note on the study of correcting the heart and sincerity, studying things to learn to know, opposing the study of old and heresy, two note on the principle of revenge of foreign enemies, opposing peace talks, three note on the way to cultivate political affairs within, and opposing favoritism to the slander ministers.

Lu Jiuyuan believed that appointing talents, enabling them, rewarding merits, and punishing them was the "Four Gentlemen Tang" to cure national diseases. In the first year of Shaoxi of Guangzong, Lu Jiuyuan was appointed as the magistrate of Jingmen on the north road of Jinghu. At that time, the Jin army invaded the territory in the south, and Jingmen was located on the front line of the border of the Southern Song Dynasty. Seeing that Jingmen had no city walls, he believed that this administrative area was located in the Jianghan Plain, with roads connected all over the place, defending Jiangling in the south, supporting Xiangyang in the north, protecting Suizhou in the east, Zhongxiang in the west, and Yichang in the west; only when Jingmen was consolidated, the neighbors had support, otherwise they would be attacked from both sides. So he made up his mind to build the city wall.

Lu Jiuyuan also drastically reformed the tax drawbacks, unreasonable system and the old customs and habits of the Jingmen Army. Foreign vendors came to Jingmen to do business, which increased the tax revenue in Jingmen. He recommended or promoted subordinates, and did not value qualifications and origins. He believed that in ancient times, the recruitment of local officials was not restricted by qualifications and origins, and the performance of them was easy to distinguish between good and bad. Later generations were very concerned about qualifications and origins, and it was difficult to judge whether they had political achievements.

Lu Jiuyuan is honest and honest, and enforces the law impartially. Some people complain, but he accepts and accepts the case in person regardless of the time. Most cases are mediated. If the content of the accusation involves privacy, violates human ethics and is depressed, the complainant will be persuaded to automatically withdraw the appeal in order to maintain the integrity of social morality. Only those who commit serious crimes, are seriously ill-injured and do not change their case will be punished according to the law. Therefore, there are fewer and fewer civil litigation. By the second year of taking office, there are only two or three lawsuits per month.

"They are doing a good job in the official position and their reputation is also good. Why don't they do it again or can't continue?" Zhao Bing asked back.

"Because of treacherous and slanderous people are in power, and because they are dedicated to the Tao, they are unwilling to become an official!" Xie Fangde said.

"But I don't think so?" Zhao Bing shook his head and said.

"What do you think of the fifth brother?" Wang Yinglin said.

"I thought they would not be able to adapt and do not understand the way of being an official. The scholars were full of passion and could only retire in the countryside to teach their disciples." Zhao Bing said.

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"I know you are not convinced." Zhao Bing looked at the faces of several people and said with a smile. "Officials should not only have the lofty ambition of 'establishing their minds for the heaven and earth, establishing their destiny for the people, inheriting their unique knowledge for the past sages, and opening peace for all ages', but also have the pragmatism of 'the superiors know the king's intentions and the lowers reflect the people's sentiments'. And they should also understand that the officialdom is not all virtuous people, and there are also villains with incorrect minds."

"What the fifth brother said is good!" Wang Yinglin nodded.

"You should know that the Qingyuan Party's ban is prohibited. The Censor impeached Zhu Wengong's 'Ten Major Crimes', which triggered the liquidation of Neo-Confucianism. He was denied the leader of false learning and proposed the saying "behead Zhu Xi to eliminate false learning". He was dismissed from office and was dismissed from the temple. His disciples were either exiled or imprisoned, and they were all implicated and punished. Why is this? It is rare that there were no virtuous ministers in the civil and military affairs in the court, and the emperor was also stupid?" Zhao Bing asked while walking.

"This... this is because the treacherous and jealous Chen Jizu was framed, and he captured the wind and shadows, moved flowers and trees, and used inverted fabrication to concoct evidence. Emperor Ningzong and the court officials were deceived by him, which led to the tragedy of the party ban." This question was very sensitive, and Wang Yinglin thought about it before he said.

"Mr. Wang is an official than Zhu Wen Guild." Zhao Bing smiled and said, "In fact, we all know that the party ban was caused by the 'Jingjie'. At that time, land annexation prevailed. Officials and gentry annexed the land, but the taxes were not transferred with the transfer of land, resulting in uneven land taxes and the people who lost land received heavier taxes. Zhu Xi proposed to go to the Jingjie, re-verify the land acres and pay taxes according to the land acres. This suggestion would inevitably damage the interests of the gentry, so they were strongly opposed by them."

"The reason why I say he can't be an official is that he is overestimating his ability. At present, I promote the tax payment of gentry and the world in the same way as the world of justice. There are constant opposition from the court and the people, and the voice of abolishing the establishment again, and the attack on the imperial ships occurred." Zhao Bing said, "Think about the fact that I am today, I will encounter such great resistance, but he is just a mere Huanzhang Pavilion waiting and serving as a lecturer. He has to face the pressure from the powerful people in the court and the gentry in the wild. It is not something he can do."
Chapter completed!