The old man stroked his beard and looked at the corn field in the thatched cottage with fascination: "But this corn field is different. There is no one here. There are no mountains, no strange peaks and rocks, only endless fields of corn fluttering in the wind. They are monotonous and ugly. , but it means that countless people will be fed by it and no longer suffer from hunger. Where in the world can there be a more beautiful scene than this? Look at the stretching branches and leaves, the plump ears of corn, it is simply more beautiful than the world. The most enchanting beauty must be even more beautiful and charming to all living beings!"
Fang Jun looked stunned...
But when he looked at Kong Yingda, he saw Kong Yingda's eyes lovingly looking at the leaves of the corns swaying and swaying in the breeze. It really seemed that what he was looking at was a peerless beauty who would conquer the country...
This is a state.
It is also a feeling, a feeling of compassion, kindness and kindness.
Fang Jun was in awe, kneeling there, leaning forward slightly, and said in admiration: "Senior, he has an open mind, hides all the people in his chest, and contains benevolence in his organs. He is a sincere and kind-hearted elder. He is truly our generation." He is a role model and I admire him with admiration."
"Hahaha……"
Kong Yingda sat cross-legged and laughed loudly: "These corns, sweet potatoes, and potatoes were all obtained by you who arranged for people to cross the ocean and travel to foreign lands. I was just complaining and expressing my feelings, so you put such a high hat on me. How could it be that you put on such a high hat?" Aren't you bragging about your own achievements in disguise? After all, I'm just talking, but you have actually done these things. Young man, being too thick-skinned is not a good thing!"
Unexpectedly, this great scholar of the time also had such a playful and playful side. Fang Jun was teased and blushed a little...
"If you are poor, you can do well for yourself; if you are rich, you can help the world. The younger generation still thinks about how successful they are, so they inevitably think about doing more things that are beneficial to the country and the people. Once you go through this life, you always want to leave a name for others. I don’t dare to expect that my name will go down in history and be remembered forever, but I still have to leave some memories for future generations, right? In this way, my life will not be in vain.”
Fang Jun is very humble and low-key, and that's what he thinks in his heart.
The soul of a later generation suddenly traveled to the prosperous Tang Dynasty. His talents, knowledge, vision and knowledge were all superior to others. Naturally, he had to try his best to use his abilities and do something beneficial to the country and the people. Only in this way could he not Negative time travel this time.
Kong Yingda raised his white eyebrows and looked at Fang Jun with an increasingly kind and kind look. He said with approval: "I heard a saying among the dandies in Chang'an before, saying that a person's life is not wasted. When he is about to die and looks back on the past, Only if you don’t regret wasting your years, and don’t feel ashamed of doing nothing, can you live up to your life. Erlang, this state of mind must not only be maintained, but also improved.”
The corner of Fang Jun's mouth twitched. This is already close to being supreme, right?
Where should we improve?
Is it really possible to come up with a sentence for you: "My whole life and all my energy have been dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world - the struggle for the liberation of mankind"?
I'm afraid that I haven't scared you to death, and I will be hacked to death by His Majesty Li Er.
On the shore of the land, are you the king's ministers? Everyone in the world is the emperor's ministers, but you vow to liberate "all mankind". Isn't this an obvious plan to overthrow the emperor's rule?
His Majesty Li Er became really angry, and he always put the oil in the pot lightly...
Fang Jun said humbly: "I am a latecomer in my studies, and my talents are sparse and my studies are shallow. I am a joke to my seniors."
Kong Yingda shook his head and said: "Erlang is talented and amazing. Sooner or later he will surely become a first-class scholar. Why should he belittle himself?"
Fang Jun just smiled and didn't answer.
A great scholar?
I'm afraid I can't...
We studied mathematics, physics and chemistry in elementary school, and agriculture in college. It was only after time travel that we came into contact with Confucianism in a real sense. We have read a lot of various works and have some understanding of it, but we only regard Confucianism as a philosophy. Self-study in class has never been regarded as the main means to save the world and create a prosperous age.
It is true that Confucianism is compatible with hundreds of schools of thought and has brought forth the new from the old, and it has long become the root of Chinese culture. But in the final analysis, it is just a philosophy, and governing the country relies more on natural science. "Half of the Analects rules the world." The fallacy is simply ridiculous.
Being able to be a good person is the basic quality of an official.
But being able to be a human being definitely does not mean being able to do things. No matter how thorough a person studies Confucianism, it is impossible to measure the repair of river embankments, the smelting of steel, the preparation of gunpowder, the forging of guns...
Confucianism is the root, the marrow, and the symbol of supremacy. This is no problem. It can educate and restrain the behavior of the world from a moral level.
But in order to become the dominant one, Confucianism continues to suppress other schools of thought, not to mention natural sciences such as arithmetic and inquiry, which are also targeted. This is somewhat perverse.
When it comes to talking about principles, one can talk endlessly about quoting scriptures and allusions, but when it comes to doing practical things, it is useless to focus on the superior and the inferior, and spend all day forming cliques and excluding dissidents. The final outcome is that the innate wisdom of the Chinese nation has been tightly fettered, and the innate wisdom of the Chinese nation has become Become stupid rotten wood.
When the alien bandits break through the border and invade the Central Plains, will they use "mouth cannons" to repel the enemy?
Confucianism is great, but it is precisely because it is too great that it has hindered the progress of the entire Chinese nation, causing it to become self-contained and find it difficult to look up at itself and the world.
Fang Jun's dream is definitely not to be a great Confucian who is famous all over the world with his scriptures. Relatively speaking, he would rather be a craftsman...
Seeing Fang Jun smiling and saying nothing, Kong Yingda said no more.
He was familiar with Fang Jun, so he naturally knew about Fang Jun's ambitions, so he didn't say much to avoid embarrassing himself. Facts have also proved that although Fang Jun's path of "studying things to gain knowledge" runs counter to Confucianism, his achievements are obvious. He also has to admit that that is a point that Confucianism can never reach.
Confucianism cannot build a winding plow, glass cannot be made by Confucianism, bamboo paper cannot be made by Confucianism, fine steel cannot be made by Confucianism, gunpowder cannot be made by Confucianism, a warship that can travel thousands of miles a day cannot be built by Confucianism, and men and horses can be invincible in equipment. The Confucians could not create iron cavalry, the Confucians could not create movable type printing, and even the two books "Mathematics" and "Physics" that have been popularized all over the world, the Confucians could not write...
Fortunately, this is an era of tolerance.
Confucianism has mastered the right to speak and has become a unique school in the world. Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism has not yet emerged. The strategy pursued by Confucianism is to tolerate everything and devour everything. It suppresses all schools first, and then gradually cannibalizes, absorbs, and makes money for its own use, gradually becoming the dominant one. .
They allow arithmetic, investigation of things, and even doctors, military strategists, etc. to exist, but the prerequisite is that they must be under the control of Confucianism, and they must wear a Confucian coat...
After the rise of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, Confucianism completely changed. They excluded dissidents. All doctrines other than Confucian classics were "heresies", and they must concentrate their firepower to completely destroy them. Those who obey me will prosper. I am dead, and I am the only one in all directions!
Then, they unified the world, and then, they started fighting among themselves...
The original meaning of Confucianism has long been changed beyond recognition. Its origin is Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. The doctrine of "restraining human desires and preserving natural principles" was denounced by the world when Zhu Xi was alive and was not included in the mainstream. As a result, after Zhu Xi's death, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, This absolutism of "preserving natural principles and destroying human desires" prevailed all over the world and became a weapon used by rulers to suppress the people, killing all progressive theories.
Everything is done because of desire. Without desire, there is nothing to do. There is desire and then there is action, there is action and then there is finality. This is the principle that cannot be easily changed. How can it be reasonable to have no desire and no action?
However, the ruler liked this, so all the Confucian scholars flocked to it...
In the first year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Wo Ren, a follower of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, moved several times in a short period of time. In just eight months, he was successively promoted to minister of the Ministry of Industry, teacher of Emperor Tongzhi, bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, co-organizer of the bachelor, bachelor of the university, etc. At the same time, the Minister of Hubu and the Bachelor of Wenyuange, Li Tangjie and Wu Tingdong were also summoned to the capital and promoted many times. Several other masters of Emperor Tongzhi, such as Li Hongzao, Xu Tong, Weng Tonghe, and Cheng Zhuli.
Famous Neo-Confucian scholars were simultaneously promoted to powerful positions, which was considered by later generations to be the beginning of the complete collapse of the Qing Dynasty's political system.
Of course, this view is a bit far-fetched, because even if Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism did not occupy the court and become popular in the world in the late Qing Dynasty, the overall backwardness of science, technology, and political system had already doomed the Qing Dynasty. The strong ships and cannons of the West did not care whether you existed or not. The laws of nature, the desire to destroy humans, all corruption and ignorance will be shattered under the smoke of artillery.
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Fortunately, Kong Yingda doesn't know this. The Confucianism he believes in is true Confucianism, which is inclusive and forges ahead.
Therefore, I don’t have much resistance to Fang Jun’s wishes. I just think that everyone has his own ambitions. Perhaps Fang Jun can find a new path that has never been walked by ancient sages, become famous in history, and achieve something unprecedented and shining. Achievements...
