From the bottom of his heart, Han Du did not want the princes to go to the academy, even as common people, and hoped that Lao Zhu could take back his life.
The academy is a place to teach and educate people, not a place to serve the masters. Without these uncles going to the academy, Han Du would just stick to his word in the academy and do whatever he wanted. But with them in, Han Du would have scruples no matter what he did.
"Well, let me think about it." Lao Zhu glanced at Han Du indifferently and considered the matter carefully.
What are you thinking about? Do you even need to think about it?
Han Du smiled and continued to persuade: "Your Majesty, it is actually enough to be taught by Confucian scholars. These are the most basic skills taught by me. To be honest, they may not be suitable for some princes."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu glanced at Han Du strangely and asked with a smile: "Why, do you think Confucianism is suitable?"
"It's appropriate, it's appropriate." In order to avoid the difficulty of sending the gods, Han Du didn't want Zhu Zi and others to enter the academy at all, so he kept echoing.
"Really, is it appropriate?" Lao Zhu gave Han Du a strange look, took out a memorial from his sleeve robe and handed it to Han Du.
"Look, here are the people you see fit to impeach you for."
Han Du accepted the memorial in confusion, wondering why someone would impeach him even if he was no longer an official. Han Du couldn't help but wonder, what could they impeach themselves for?
"Handu... is contrary to the way of the saints,... is arrogant and rude... is heresy..."
When Han Du saw it, his nose was almost twisted with anger. These people simply called themselves heinous people. They even gave in to the point where they no longer served as officials. However, these people still refused to let them go. They even wanted to set fire to the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy. They were bullying others too much. .
If these people impeached him, Han Du could bear to not be on the same level as them. But impeaching the Academy is not an option. Han Du has high hopes for the academy. If he wants to turn it into a sacred place of Ming science, how can he tolerate their casual slander.
"Your Majesty, they are slandering and framing." Han Du was so angry that his hands trembling while holding the memorial.
"You say others slander you, but they say
Well-founded. "Lao Zhu glanced at Han Du with a smile.
Han Du wanted to refute, but was interrupted by Lao Zhu with a wave of his hand, "If you have something to say, don't say it to me. Go and say it to those who are impeaching you. You can defend yourself to them tomorrow morning."
"Yes." Han Du immediately lowered his head and replied.
Lao Zhu was able to notify Han Du in advance and show him the memorial, which was considered partial. If you don't reveal any information to Han Du, and let Han Du go to court directly and keep Han Du in the dark, then you have given up on Han Du.
As expected by Lao Zhu, at the beginning of the morning court on the second day, after the old eunuch shouted, "Something is going to happen, something is going to happen!", some officials took the lead in attacking.
"I have begun to report to the Emperor. I have the original memorial."
"Accurate."
"I impeach Jinghaibo Han Du for being ignorant and unskilled, causing trouble for the common people, and violating the principles of sages and sages. Please ask the emperor to close the academy immediately and hold Han Du accountable to serve as a warning to others."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu glanced at the ministers and then said calmly: "Farming and mulberry trees are the foundation of food and clothing, and the academy is the source of culture. If the academy is in chaos, people's hearts will become unruly, and if people's hearts are not old, the world will be in chaos. Education is a matter of education. It’s no big deal, since someone is impeaching Han Du and disrupting the way of education, then let’s summon Han Du.”
"Xuan Handu has come to the palace to pay an audience." At Lao Zhu's signal, the old eunuch immediately stood up and shouted.
Han Du walked in from outside the palace, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Han Du, pay homage to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."
"Get flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Han Du thanked him, he got up from the ground.
Seeing Han Du getting up, Lao Zhu asked expressionlessly: "Someone is accusing your academy of not teaching the way of sages and messing up the world. What can you say?"
Han Du replied calmly and immediately: "Your Majesty, this is nonsense and slandering my ministers. Please understand clearly."
Lao Zhu didn't say anything, just sat on the dragon chair.
The official who was impeaching Han Du suddenly stared, pointed at Han Du and said sternly: "Han Du, you can't even think about making excuses. What are you teaching in your academy? Do you dare to confront me?"
Han Du looked at this person with a smile and said calmly: "A person who is clean will be clean by himself. I haven't done anything wrong, so why don't I dare?"
"Okay." The official couldn't wait to ask Han Du. He didn't even care about the rudeness in Han Du's words. "I would like to ask you, do you teach the Four Books and Five Classics in your academy?"
"No." Han Du said truthfully, and then asked, "But no one has stipulated that all academies in the world must teach the Four Books and the Five Classics, right? Besides, it's not that the academies will not teach the Four Books and the Five Classics, but now the academies do not We can't afford to hire a great scholar, so we can only put it on hold for now. If we have money in the future, the academy will also hire a great scholar to teach the Four Books and Five Classics."
After all, the Four Books and Five Classics are the outline scope of the imperial examination set by Lao Zhu. If you want to be an official, you must pass the imperial examination. If you want to pass the imperial examination, you cannot throw away these four books and five classics. Han Du also didn't want the people he worked so hard to teach to not even have to be officials, but to be ordinary people all their lives.
In that case, Han Du's purpose of teaching mathematics, physics and chemistry would be greatly compromised. No matter what dynasty they are in, officials represent the ruling class. If a certain knowledge cannot even enter the ruling class, then sooner or later this knowledge will be lost in the long river of history. Just like the contention of a hundred schools of thought that occurred in history, isn't it now that Confucianism is the only one left?
The reason why Confucianism has been passed down for thousands of years is because it is deeply rooted in the ruling class and only respects Confucianism. Looking at other Mo families, families, etc., they have all disappeared long ago.
The official was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Han Du would say this. For a moment, he didn't know how to refute Han Du. Han Du said that he had no money and could not afford to hire a great scholar for the time being. He couldn't force Han Du to hire a great scholar to teach the Four Books and Five Classics in the academy right now, right?
And unlike this official's aggressiveness, Han Du had a humble expression from beginning to end, making it impossible to find Han Du's fault. Don't give others the chance to grab your sore foot and attack you.
"Of course, if you are generous enough, I can invite Confucian scholars to teach the Four Books and Five Classics in the academy now." Han Du looked at the officials with a smile.
The official's face became ugly for a while. Not only did his impeachment of Han Du have no effect, but he was also defeated by an army. He said with a sullen face: "I have nothing to offer, and my family has no money. Although I want to help my uncle, I am more than willing but unable to do so. Please forgive me."
