Chapter Establishing Norms
Zhao Bing talked with several chief ministers to clarify the root causes and the whole story of the "learning chaos". As a result, he took care of lunch and invited dinner. Considering that the old men were not young, they also gave them the opportunity to exchange opinions. He announced that they would have been on the recess for half an hour. Everyone should move freely. They should be respectful and should be relieved, and should be relaxed, and they should be moved, and they should be relaxed.
After Shen Shi passed, everyone returned to the hall to discuss matters. This time, Zhao Bing moved the venue to the back hall, allowing everyone to remove the official uniform and take off their boots to avoid the crime of losing their manners. After all, even if he was riding a horse for such a day, he had already trained his iron butt, and his back was also sore. Moreover, the straight official uniform looked solemn, but it was really uncomfortable.
"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!" With the help of relaxation, the old men also sent their servants back to get their regular clothes and put them on. They were all loose long clothes, thin-soled silk shoes, and their crowns and hats were removed, and they only used hairpins to gather their hair buns. They looked like they did not have the majesty of the priests, but they were like helping the old man at home. Although the official clothes were removed, etiquette was indispensable. They bowed and bowed to their hands.
"You all take care of me as I grow up, so don't be polite." Zhao Bing raised his hand and asked everyone to avoid politeness and let them sit on the couch at will.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Yes, the three gentlemen Deng and Jiang are all my masters. Liu Xiang also has a half-teacher relationship with me. In Lu Xiang, Wang has also received a lot of education. Now that he has gone to the official uniform and is in his private class, he is my teacher and friend. There is no need to thank him, and I am also annoyed!" Zhao Bing sighed.
"Haha, that's not respectful!" Ying Jieyan's oldest and oldest among the people, so he first found a soft couch, then asked Wang De for a cushion, and found a comfortable position to sit down on His Majesty's right hand.
"You are welcome to the Lord, so I am not polite!" Lu Xiufu also knew the temper of the young emperor, and sat down on His Majesty's left hand, but he was still a little restrained. The other few people stopped being polite and went to sit down. It seemed casual, but they could also distinguish between high and low.
"Thank you all today. I asked the kitchen to stew the soup, and it will take some time. Let's try the camellia tea that Wang Xiang and I brought back from Jiuhua Mountain. How did it taste?" Everyone sat down, and Zhao Bing asked Xiaohuangmen to deliver the newly cooked tea ceremony.
"Yes, you all want to try it. On that day, Your Majesty and I climbed Mount Jiuhua, and I was inspired by Jiuhua Mountain Tea, Your Majesty discussed learning in Huacheng Temple, and the Taoist temple. Even talking about the world, evaluating gods and Buddhas, discussing justice and profit, and discussing gains and losses, I felt a lot and felt a sudden enlightenment." Wang Yinglin also raised his hand and invited him.
"Oh, then please tell me the truth and let us also receive some teachings!" Jiang Qi said.
"Your Majesty, I'm not polite!" Seeing that Your Majesty had not agreed, Wang Yinglin started from the attack on the imperial boat and told the important things he said, and of course he also hid those "unbearable" language...
"I and Your Majesty first met on the epidemic ship. At that time, Your Majesty was less than six years old and was still a naughty boy, just like yesterday. Now he has led his army to the northern expedition twice, and his troops are powerful in the Central Plains, allowing the Mongol Yuan to beg for peace. Now he can analyze the overall situation of the world and the people's opinions so subtle, which really makes me feel old. It is time to return home and play with my grandchildren!" Liu Fu sighed after hearing this.
"Liu Xiang praised me. I have a little knowledge and talked about the world. I laughed!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, don't be too humble, but there are unique features in what you say. Our descendants should not be too restrictive in their learning and the methods of our ancestors, so as to bind our own hands and feet, stop at the present, and linger." Ying Jieyan said.
"Your Majesty can make such a judgment, which is in line with the current situation. Now the various Confucian schools are competing for over-the-top and stopping in practice. Whenever there is a difference, they will praise and criticize others' studies. In fact, as Your Majesty said, the essence of the dispute is a struggle for interests, and they forget the righteousness." Lu Xiufu said.
"In the early years of Nandu, with the conclusion of the peace talks in Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong also realized that the academies had gradually replaced the official schools, and there were many schools and many schools, which led to the stability of the court." Wang Yinglin said, "Emperor Gaozong once again advocated Confucianism, took it as orthodox, rebuilt official schools, restored suburban sacrifices, built temples, respected gods, and established imperial power. He tried to promote the establishment of the right path of national studies to eliminate folk cults."
"However, at this time, academies have become the main body of learning Confucianism, and Neo-Confucianism has gradually gained the upper hand and has been well popularized and promoted. Later, it was established as an official school, but it conflicted and fought with the mainstream ideology of official school, resulting in prosperity and decline, and was designated as a pseudo-school by the rulers. Although it was restored since then, it was not as good as before. Instead, it became a tool for different theories to attack each other, resulting in turmoil in the court, and Tai students led astray for the treacherous and slanderous."
"Well, that's exactly that!" Several people thought it was right and nodded.
"I also think that Tai students often do things to submit memorials. Some court officials saw their weaknesses of being frivolous and daring to speak out for themselves. However, I think that the deceived people are ultimately the minority, after all, they are just tributaries. Looking at the Tai students who have been involved in politics for a hundred years, they have always made more achievements than they have failed." Zhao Bing said.
At this time, he realized that the ministers were still reserved for suppressing their academic chaos, but he also knew that after the Neo-Confucianism became an official, intellectuals seemed to have gained a certain right to speak in terms of political rights and interests, and gained something they were pursuing; but in terms of innovation and openness of their thoughts, they suffered from the negative consequences of the victory of the official learning, and they also wanted to force their political views, which triggered a rebound, led to prosperity and decline, and began to decline.
On the one hand, scholars, due to the constraints and intervention of mainstream ideology, the intellectuals of scholars and officials were greatly reduced in terms of freedom of speech; on the other hand, Neo-Confucianism was influenced by the superiority of official schools, and they were also accustomed to suppressing different voices in ideological and political circles. The students of Tai also wanted to be the "Censorate without officials" and "speak where the attendants dare not speak, and where the censors dare not attack" to interfere in the government affairs.
However, in terms of the composition of Tai students at that time, the children of wealthy families accounted for a considerable proportion. In the dirty political environment, there were many people who were keen on high-ranking officials and generous salaries. Some of the Tai students teams were bribed and praised unfairly, and it was not uncommon for those who changed their minds. Some ruling ministers also looked at the tricks and learned to use the strategy of using Tai students to influence public opinion. The most prominent ones were the two treacherous ministers Qin Hui and Jia Sidao.
"Your Majesty's evaluation is very pertinent and realistic. Some people are provoking the cause of this academic chaos. However, according to the investigation by me, the officials in the court did not involve it, but the gentry instigated it from it." Lu Xiufu said, "The Mongol Yuan occupied Jiangnan for more than ten years. They valued profit and downplayed Confucianism. All the official schools were abandoned, and scholars could only go to academies to study. However, various places were blocked. In addition, the Mongol Yuan had been conducting imperial examinations for many years, and the exchanges between academies were basically cut off, forming an atmosphere of self-confidence and closed-door construction, which led to the deepening of prejudice among various schools. Now that our dynasty has returned to Jiangnan, the situation has changed, and the Confucian scholars still viewed it from the old concepts, and conflicts are inevitable."
"What Lu Prime Minister analyzed is that I have said many times that governing the country with Confucianism is the foundation of the Song Dynasty, and this will not change. However, I have also emphasized several times that if scholars do not want to be enterprising and hold on to the old rules, they will be replaced by emerging classes and eliminated by history." Zhao Bing said, "The main problem of Confucian scholars in Jiangnan is that the absence of the court has led to ideological confusion and moral decline. Therefore, I think we need to take several steps to change the status quo."
"Please make it clear!" several people politely said.
"First of all, we must restore the official school, establish the orthodox status of the official school, build a new education system, so that scholars can establish a correct moral concept; secondly, we must conduct publicity to the people so that they can understand the great righteousness, and use this as a standard for everyone to abide by life and consciously restrain individual and collective behavior; in addition, the court should regulate the academies and prohibit the dissemination of speeches that are not conducive to national stability, unity of all classes and social progress; in addition, the compilation of the law should be completed as a norm for normative behavior."
"Your Majesty, now our dynasty respects Confucianism, but there are many schools of thought and scholars who practice Neo-Confucianism. How can we regulate it?" Ying Jieyan asked.
"I believe that the moral concept advocated cannot be the view of a certain school, but the code of conduct and norms of people based on ideology in their common lives, that is, the consensus of the vast majority of the entire society, rather than the rules to safeguard the interests of a few people!" Zhao Bing said. In his previous life, he could say that he had been receiving moral education since kindergarten, and there were special courses to strengthen each stage after school, which was a must-have item for various exams. He could not remember it, so he could say the previous set of things with his mouth.
"Well, Your Majesty's words are reasonable. Only in this way can we seek common ground and eliminate differences, be accepted by the people of the world, and achieve great harmony!" Lu Xiufu was also excited when he heard this. Everyone here nodded in agreement.
"I think the current moral concept is mainly advocated by Confucianism, but it has been developed over thousands of years and has been drawing on the essence of other religions to form a moral ideal of taking the world as the public, a moral principle of loyalty and forgiveness, and a moral norm of the doctrine of the mean. We can refine and supplement it to form a general norm that can be accepted by all classes!" Zhao Bing said.
What he said was nothing wrong. Even the moral concept in modern Chinese traditional philosophy still mainly refers to the traditional moral concept that takes Confucianism as orthodox. Although its essence and dross coexist, it still represents the traditional Chinese culture of the ritual. Confucianism requires people to act according to the doctrine of the mean, be impartial, and are often the Chinese people's criterion for dealing with people.
Chapter completed!