"Alas! How come we, good scholars, have become teachers?"
"Isn't that right? We work as farm ministers in the morning and ascend to the emperor's hall in the evening! How come we become teachers? Is this why we have studied so hard for so many years?"
"If we just teach the principles of saints, we have to teach practical learning, the six arts, and military science... How can we teach others if we don't know it ourselves?"
"What we are learning is not to teach! It is to assist the emperor in governing the country!"
"But this emperor doesn't want our help! He thinks we are incompetent..."
"Teach, just teach. Even though we don't know what we want to teach ourselves, it doesn't matter. We can let students learn on their own... but at least we should be given an official!"
"It's just that... the big officials don't give it, and the small officials don't even give it!"
"Alas... rituals have collapsed and music has collapsed, rituals have collapsed and music has collapsed!"
In the city of Qufu, in the courtyard of a Confucius residence where Geng Nanzhong lived, the lobby was brightly lit and filled with people. Sitting in the hall were all famous Confucian gentry from the Seventh Southeast Road who came to Qufu to attend the Confucian Conference, and almost everyone was complaining. Obviously quite dissatisfied with the issues discussed at the first Confucianism Conference held during the day today!
How could it be possible to be satisfied?
This guy has come all the way, intending to be bribed by Zhao Kai's high-ranking official Huulu... Although everyone is a very ethical Confucian scholar, as long as Zhao Kai is sincere enough, everyone is still willing to help. of.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Kai looked down upon everyone's abilities and did not want to give generous salaries to high-ranking officials or even junior officials. Instead, he regarded the big guys as teachers who run schools and teach apprentices.
What’s even more irritating is that Zhao Kai doesn’t even want them to be professors or doctors of official schools, but wants to run dozens of “Confucian-run academies”... Although he doesn’t know what a “Confucian-run academies” are mean? But it is certain that the chiefs of these academies are not officials!
Well, after working for a long time, not only are there no high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but they are not even given a small official!
If they had known it earlier, they would have stayed at home and not come to support Zhao Kai.
Seeing all the "big scholars" in this room complaining, Geng Nanzhong felt quite happy.
His purpose in leading this group of famous scholars from the southeast to the north was to show them Zhao Kai's true face - he had known for a long time that it was absolutely impossible for Zhao Kai to share the world with both the soldiers and the scholar-bureaucrats.
Because there is only so much oil and water in the world, and it is not enough!
Since Zhao Kai was unwilling to abandon his old brothers who helped him conquer the world, he had no extra money to give to the scholar-bureaucrats.
No matter how high the level of Zhao Kai's "Three Questions and Four Questions" was, even like Confucius, he could not win over the hearts of the scholar-bureaucrats in the southeast.
Of course, Zhao Kai can also deceive... he can also appoint officials and make wishes, and he can also draw cakes for these famous scholars in the southeast.
But Zhao Kai didn't do that. Instead, he was seriously holding a Confucian conference, and he seemed to really want to solve the big problems that Confucianism had not solved for more than a thousand years - but he could see these problems, and he could It’s really amazing that you can still try to solve the “three questions”!
Geng Nanzhong couldn't help but sigh when he thought about Zhao Kai's level and then his student Zhao Huan.
"Brother Xidao, why are you sighing? Doesn't the current situation play into your hands?"
When Geng Nanzhong heard this sound, he knew it was Li Qingzhao coming.
Because Li Qingzhao was a female, Kong Jie, the host here, arranged a small courtyard for her to live in with several maids.
After she returned to her residence in Qufu City from Kongjiabaowu this evening, she first took a bath and changed clothes, then briefly drank some wine and food, then put on men's clothes and came to Geng Nanzhong - she is the wife of Duke Wenzheng Zhao , of course she and Geng Nanzhong are in the same group, and her husband-in-law Zhao Wenzheng was greatly favored by Zhao Huan!
Even if she looks down on the coward Zhao Huan, even if she admires Zhao Kai very much as a person, she must stand firmly on Zhao Huan's side!
Geng Nanzhong just smiled bitterly and shook his head when he heard this: "I don't think so... Shuntian officials don't even bother to use their official positions to bribe the southeastern scholar-bureaucrats. Doesn't that mean they are sure of victory? This is comparable to the soldiers of the past. Cao Mengde, who is near Red Cliff, is still crazy!"
"Hmph! I think he is a arrogant soldier who will be defeated, and he will soon follow in the footsteps of Cao Mengde!" Another famous scholar from the southeast hummed next to him. Geng Nanzhong turned around and saw that it was Lu Benzhong, the son of Lu Haowen.
Lu Haowen was also a person who received great favor from Zhao Huan, and Lu Benzhong also became a Jinshi early. He once worshiped Zhongshushe and was a close confidant of Zhao Huan.
However, what he said was a bit too much, and the lobby suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at Mr. Donglai... After all, Qufu is already ruled by Zhao Kai!
Walls have ears!
The atmosphere was a little tense for a while, and no one knew what to say. I don’t know how much time passed before I heard Yanping Mr. Li Tong slowly say: “The world is big and the earth is big, and the truth is the greatest... The most important thing now is whose side the truth is on!”
Lu Benzhong said coldly: "How can a problem that has not been solved for thousands of years be solved by a Confucian conference? I don't believe it anyway!"
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At the same time, in Duke Yansheng's Mansion, Zhao Kai, an official of the Song Dynasty who was still wearing cloth clothes and a scarf, was walking around excitedly in his temporary imperial study.
Sitting in front of him were Chen Dong, Yu Yunwen, Hu Yin, Xiao Buyan, Hu Xian, Liu Zihui and other famous scholars.
Of course, what made Zhao Kai excited was that on the first day of the first Confucianism Conference, unexpected results were achieved.
He has already found some answers to the "two questions" of the "three questions" he raised before.
Early Confucianism was actually a combination of a group of scholars, educators and politicians during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. While they were thinking about the big and small ways, they were looking for opportunities to serve as officials. At the same time, they were running schools and teaching apprentices to spread their ideas.
Basically, it is a three-pronged approach that gradually builds up Confucianism.
It seems that it is not much different from today's Confucianism, but the vitality of Confucianism in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods is far greater than that of today's Confucianism, otherwise they would not be able to stand out among hundreds of schools of thought.
The reason why the Confucian scholars of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were full of vitality seemed to be that they had not been cooped up and had made great achievements in education, so they were able to maintain their stamina in the competition with hundreds of schools of thought.
Today's Confucianism is obviously spoiled by being kept in captivity... In fact, this situation is also very common in later generations. Proper protection can cultivate industries, but over-protection will instead breed some uncompetitive companies. .
Because the Song Dynasty valued literature over martial arts, it took great care of scholars. Regardless of whether there is real talent or practical knowledge, the article can be reused based on its merits. This kind of protection made Song Ru gradually lose his competitiveness. Not only are they incomparable to the Confucians of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, but the Confucians of the Han and Tang dynasties are also more capable than the Confucians of the Song Dynasty!
Of course, the Confucianism in the Song Dynasty may be better than that in the Ming Dynasty. Because the Ming Dynasty had the reputation of being a scholar and a successful candidate, as well as tax-free preferential treatment for being a successful scholar and successful candidate... The favor of promoting rice is equal to the hatred of rice! He was raised so well that he even lost all propriety, justice and integrity.
Since excessive care has caused Confucianism to lose its vitality, then we should reduce some care now, stop sharing the world with them, and push them into the "talent market" - not to let Confucianism compete with other schools, but to let Confucianism compete with other schools. Let the talents cultivated by Confucian academies accept the test of the "market". There is only one Confucian school, but there are many academies!
Many academies must use their own achievements to win reputation and students.
While "pushing Confucianism to the market", Zhao Kai also plans to strengthen the Confucian organization... After all, Confucianism is a sect and not an industry, so an organization must be established.
And the Confucianism Conference seems to be the prototype of the organization!
Perhaps the Confucian Congress can give some authorization to the academies below, divide them into certain school districts, and at the same time develop unified teaching materials and issue certain subsidies.
In addition, some institutions and levels can be established between the Confucian Assembly and the academies, just like the Catholic Ecumenical Church. In fact, before modern times, the church was also responsible for education in Christian civilization circles.
The education within the Tianfang Sect circle is managed by the jurists of the Tianfang Sect.
The education provided by these two groups of magicians seems to be no worse than Confucianism? When it comes to exporting education to the outside world, the magic sticks are definitely still the best!
Those magicians can turn education into an organized activity. Confucians are originally engaged in education, so they should organize education and do it well.
There should not only be "secondary education" at the academy level, but also elementary education attached to the academy...to educate as many people as possible. Nowadays, the big and small Confucians only know how to take exams and become officials. The more advanced ones are to write books and establish a reputation after death. However, they have forgotten that there is no distinction between education and distinction, and they no longer take it as their duty to educate all people. This must be improved!
At the same time, there must be a mechanism for those Confucian "educators" to rise one level at a time, so that they can have sufficient motivation!
Maybe in the future we can also create some Confucian armed enlightenment groups, with one hand to explode thunder and the other Confucian scriptures, to civilize all kinds of barbarians... At the same time, we can also ensure that the Han people who go out to conquer the world will not let the barbarians be civilized.
Of course, the Confucian Assembly cannot have the same power as the Ecumenical Church, and must submit to the imperial power...perhaps it should be similar to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
If we can create a Confucian conference system similar to the church system, then the Confucian organization should be almost complete... Then we only need to create a Confucian "God", and the great cause of Confucian reform will be almost complete. Maybe You can compete with Catholicism and Tianfang Sect.
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai stopped the script, then turned around and looked at the great Confucians sitting in a row with a smile, "Gentlemen, please tell me, what exactly is heaven in our Confucian theory? This day What does it have to do with the common people?"
