"Mr. You'an, this "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" is a treasure unearthed when Emperor Chengzong of the Northern Qing Dynasty, Dorgon, robbed Konglin. They are all bamboo slips from 2,000 years ago! The originals are hidden in Laoshan Palace. Inside the Confucius Temple...you can go and pay homage then."
At this time, Grand Duke Luo, the prefect of Songjiang and the ambassador of foreign affairs and trade, was in a Yangtze River passenger boat sailing against the current. He was dutifully talking to a forty-year-old man wearing a white monk's robe, a square scarf, a Chinese character face, a big beard, and a very serious look. A Confucian scholar who is many years old is explaining the circumstances of the discovery of "Zi Lun Ge Wu Chapter". This bearded Confucian scholar is an extraordinary figure. He is a great Confucian from Korea, named Song Shiyeol, Ben Guan Enjin, given the courtesy name Yingfu, and his nickname You'an.
The reason why he is said to be a great Confucian is because he also found a route for the development of Neo-Confucianism - Neo-Confucianism's emphasis on "exercising the truth and studying things" not only embarrassed generations of Chinese Confucian scholars, but also greatly embarrassed Korean Confucian scholars.
On the one hand, the saints all said that we should investigate things, but on the other hand, they couldn't figure out what the ugly Yinmao came from. Is it because everyone is too stupid to follow the route pointed out by the sages?
And this North Korean scholar Song Siyeol didn't think he was stupid. He was North Korea's number one scholar! Can a fool get the top prize? Since even the number one scholar does not know how to investigate things, it means that everyone’s understanding of how to understand things is completely wrong.
Therefore, after much deliberation, Song Dynasty scholar felt that the most important way to learn from the study of things lies in "intention" rather than exhaustive reasoning through practical affairs.
This approach looks a bit similar to the Ming Dynasty’s philosophy of mind, but it’s actually completely different.
The Great Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty only opposed the understanding of nature to understand the truth, and believed that the investigation of things must be done with intention (this probably means that we should oppose empirical evidence and use speculative methods to investigate things). He did not say that "the heart is reason" or "conscience" or anything like that. He did not get rid of any of the various theoretical frameworks. Instead, they have intensified their advocacy of the theory of "preserving heaven's principles and eliminating human desires", believing that human consciousness is the embodiment of "natural principles" and is very pure in itself. However, after being restrained by the body, selfish desires occur and the conscience becomes greatly damaged.
Therefore, if you want to be reasonable, you must suppress your selfish desires... This theory is extremely beneficial to maintaining the feudal order in Korea, so it has become the orthodoxy of Korean Confucianism in history, and Song Siyeol is also revered as Songzi!
In China at the same time, similar theories also became Confucian orthodoxy, so Song Shilie's knowledge was definitely worthy of the word "Great Confucian"... until the "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" was unearthed!
Because Confucius's method of characterizing things is here, anything that is "intentional" and "heart is reason" are all wrong!
Now there has been a privately-run "Gewu Academy" in Shanghai, which has compiled the best results from the "Tai Xue College Entrance Examination" into books, and used them as textbooks together with "New Arithmetic" and "Primary School French"!
What's more, some people even took the Western Gewu studies books that had just been translated by Tongwen Library and compiled them together - I wonder if those teachers could understand them themselves? Anyway, just teach them casually. These things are so important that you need to take the college entrance examination, so you don’t have to worry about no one spending money to learn them!
Of course Song Shiyeol, who had been in Shanghai for a while, also noticed that these seemed to be a lot of desirable things!
To be honest, the great Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty was full of knowledge. He could definitely find reasons to refute "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" from the Confucian classics of the past dynasties... But the "Zi" in "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian" was Confucius!
These are all things that Zi once said, how do you refute them? He is the greatest Confucian! Anyone who dares to refute it would be deceiving the master and destroying the ancestors?
So Song Shilie thought of verifying the authenticity of the bamboo slips of "Zi Lun Ge Wu Pian"...
"What? Mr. Song wants to see the original copy of "Confucius on the Study of Things" with his own eyes?" Grand Duke Luo was a little embarrassed. He was not afraid that Old Man Song would see it as a fake, because he had never doubted it at all - "Confucius on the Study of Things" Most of the principles in "The Bamboo Slips" are true. How could the bamboo slips be false?
Besides... the emperor took it as a real offering, how dare Duke Luo say it was a fake? Are the censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate too happy to die?
Grand Duke Luo is also the number one scholar, so he is not that stupid!
"This is the most important treasure of the country!" Luo Dagong said, "Even the lower officials can't speak... If you really want to see it, you have to go and talk to the Holy One."
"Okay!" Song Shilie stroked his beard, "I will propose it myself when I see His Majesty!"
...
"Song Shilie, do you, North Korea, really want to turn away from the Qing Dynasty and return to the Ming Dynasty?"
Laoshan Palace, Qinzheng Palace. Emperor Zhu Cixiang of the Ming Dynasty had already met the Korean envoy who had put on his official uniform, and he ordered Song Shilie to write a letter to Cao Cao.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, our country, Korea, has always been devoted to the Ming Dynasty. Now the time has come, the troops and horses are ready, and the Tartars have declined. We only need to provide some guns and cannons, and we can drive out the Tartars and become a new nation again. Become a vassal of the kingdom!"
Song Shiyeol speaks fluent Chinese, his etiquette is impeccable, and he has the appearance of a virtuous minister, making him very convincing no matter how you look at him.
Of course, Zhu Cixiang also believed in the loyalty of the Korean state. He nodded approvingly: "I have always heard of the loyalty of the Korean state to the Ming Dynasty, and I also know that you had no choice but to surrender to the Qing Dynasty... I don't blame you for this. , but my Ming Dynasty was too weak at that time and was unable to protect the vassal state. Now that you are willing to come back, of course I am happy.
But the Tartars are very cruel! If North Korea wants to fight against the Tartars, I'm afraid they won't win. Even if I give you guns and cannons, you can't beat Dodo, so you have to fight with the Tartars out of wits! "
battle of wits? How to fight? Song Daru looked at Emperor Zhu, waiting for his "wisdom".
Emperor Zhu said: "I heard that North Korea was coming back, so I thought of a plan to defeat the captives! Let me tell you now... I think that instead of letting North Korea and the Eastern captives fight, it would be better for the eastern captives to send troops to protect North Korea. !”
Song Daru was a little stupid. What did this mean?
"Your Majesty, you want Donglu to protect us...North Korea?"
"Yes, yes, that's it!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "That's my plan. I'm going to stage a fake Japanese pirate invasion, and use fake Japanese pirates to pretend to invade your country of Korea. Your country of Korea will ask Dodo for help again, so that Doduo sent troops to protect you, wouldn’t this have restrained Donglu’s troops?”
This is a war that never tires of deceit! North Korea is so weak and they want to openly turn to the Ming Dynasty. How many soldiers will the Ming Dynasty send to protect it? Moreover, the border between North Korea and the Qing Dynasty is so long that it is impossible to prevent it!
This, this... is there such a way to deceive the Tatars? Song Daru was surprised. How could the emperor of the Ming Dynasty be so cunning?
False Japanese pirate invasion, the Japanese pirates are fake, the invasion is also fake... Can this kind of thing be faked?
"Your Majesty, how many fake Japanese pirates do you plan to send?" Song Daru frowned. "If you send too few, I'm afraid the Donglu won't take it seriously. If you send too many... Korea is a small country, I'm afraid it won't be able to afford it." ah!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "No matter how many people I send, Duduo will not save you North Korea... So what I am going to send is a fleet! A joint fleet of the Japanese navy to occupy the islands in the south of your country of North Korea, and Use these islands as bases to harass Eastern and Spanish ships sailing off the coast of Vladivostok!
Now Donglu and Spain are trading in Vladivostok, exchanging furs and Dongzhu for guns. They were able to build new armies and equip them with large numbers of guns and cannons, all thanks to the fur and Dongzhu trade. Once the Vladivostok trade is threatened, the Donglu will definitely send troops. "
"This..." The more Song Shilie thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong. "I can't make the decision on this matter. I must go back and ask the king of our country for instructions."
"Okay, okay," Zhu Cixi nodded, "Go and ask for instructions!"
In fact, it doesn't matter whether you ask for permission or not. Grandpa Ukita Hideie, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, can't wait to invade North Korea. What does it matter whether the King of North Korea agrees or not?
"Your Majesty, I have another unkind request." Song Shilie had another request.
"Say it." Zhu Cixiang smiled.
"I hope to see the original copy of "Zi Lun Ge Wu" with my own eyes!"
