"Heavenly principles and destiny are indeed far away," Zhao Kai frowned and thought for a while, "You don't talk about strange powers and gods, and we can't pretend to be gods. Wouldn't that make it Taoism? And the two religions of God and Tianfang in the West are not the same. Yuguishen, they only have one 'master', and it's too easy to get away with pretending to be gods."
The "one god" of the so-called "monotheistic religion" in the West is actually not the same thing as the ghosts and gods of the Eastern people. Their "one god", that is, the God of creation and the Lord of creation, is actually an existence similar to the laws of heaven.
It's just that their God (Catholicism and Tianfang Sect share the same God) is said to "love the world", and from time to time he causes huge floods to submerge the world, and also scares the world with doomsday judgments. However, China’s natural law does not “manage the people of the world” very much. It can be done whatever the people of the world do...
Therefore, China's Heavenly Principles were discovered by the sages of Confucianism and Taoism, rather than Heavenly Principles sending Jesus or angels to spread his principles.
"The official family," Hu Yin and Hu Daru thought about it for a while, "we really can't pretend to be gods, otherwise all the Confucian scholars in the world will not agree with the Confucian sect conference... But we are not unable to combine the principles of heaven and ordinary people. The people took the bait.”
Zhao Kai looked at Hu Yin and said with a smile: "Ming Zhong, don't be so secretive. If you have any good ideas, just tell me."
Hu Yin paused and considered his words, "Officials, since ancient times, sacrifices have been based on the hierarchy. Only the emperor can offer sacrifices to the heaven and the earth. Mountains and rivers can be offered sacrifices by princes and officials. The gentry and common people can only offer sacrifices to their ancestors and the Kitchen God. So. We only need to connect the principles of heaven with ancestor worship, so that all people in the world can accept the principles of heaven."
Zhao Kai nodded, "How can I contact you?"
Hu Yin said: "All things originate from heaven, and humans originate from ancestors...and humans are also one of all things, so humans originate from ancestors, which means they originate from heaven. Ancestors have souls after death, and ghosts have no entity. In fact, It is just a breath of energy. This energy cannot last forever in the world, and will eventually return to heaven. Since the souls of ancestors return to heaven, then worshiping ancestors means respecting heaven."
A great scholar is a great scholar, and after some explanation, it actually became clear.
Zhao Kai nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, this is the principle. The souls of the ancestors must return to their origin. Otherwise, who should we burn the yellow paper to? And since the principles of heaven are the origin of all things, then the souls of the ancestors must return to the origin. ...That is to say, return to heaven.”
He sighed and said, "Everyone knows about dying, right?"
The great scholars couldn't help but frown and nod. Although everyone didn't like the idea of dying, they all knew that they couldn't escape it!
But after kicking off your feet, it would be even more unhappy if you don’t even get back home...
Zhao Kai pondered for a while and then asked: "Then how do we connect the matters of returning to heaven, worshiping ancestors, heavenly principles, and Confucianism?"
In fact, Confucian "rituals" originally originated from sacrifices. In other words, in addition to education, early Confucians were also engaged in sacrifices... There were no monks or Taoists in those days to help with chanting sutras and transcendence!
Perhaps it is precisely because of the two things of education and sacrifice that Confucianism can survive and grow in an era when various schools of thought are fighting.
However, after Confucianism became a prominent school, Confucian scholars either studied to seek official positions, or the landlords and gentry exploited the poor and lower-middle peasants. Not only did he no longer do his job of offering sacrifices, but he also had no interest in teaching and educating people. There is no other great scholar like Confucius who has three thousand disciples who are "teaching without distinction".
Nowadays, the great scholars who run academies and teach disciples, from this gentleman to that gentleman, actually have few disciples. And even if you accept a disciple, you may not necessarily truly teach... In most cases, the disciples who become disciples of the Great Confucianism have already read the "Four Books and Five Classics" well, and do not need any teaching from the teacher, just in name.
And those who have many disciples are usually village scholars and poor people. Regardless of their level, they don't actually accept many students. Therefore, the literacy rate of the Song Dynasty, which is known as the peak of literary style, was not particularly high.
Moreover, those village scholars and qiongcuoda who opened private schools or taught apprentices in home schools did not have an organization, so these people were usually not members of the rural gentry, and naturally they had little appeal.
They are also at a disadvantage when facing monks, Taoist priests, and White Lotus monks.
And overseas, when faced with the more powerful Tianfang jurists, Theravada Buddhist monks and Catholic priests, those village scholars and poor people who could not survive at home and had no choice but to go overseas were simply humble. Worth mentioning.
"It can be done by setting up schools..." Hu Yin said, "We should not only set up schools and academies, but also open many elementary schools and rural schools. The masters who preside over the elementary schools and rural schools will not only teach people reading, calligraphy and martial arts, but also You can also conduct rituals.”
"How many schools will we need to run?" Chen Dong immediately objected, "It costs money to run a school! Even if we don't cover the full tuition fee, we still need to give a subsidy, right? But do we have that much money?"
Hu Xian was already counting on his fingers, "Let's not talk about the transportation routes. We have just opened the Confucian sect conference, so we can't control so much. Let's count the military schools in Yingtian and Jiedu roads... We are now There are about 600,000 households with soldiers and more than 300 Zhechong Prefectures. There are always two to three thousand children in each Zhechong Prefecture who want to attend elementary school. If one teacher teaches one hundred children, that is twenty or thirty teachers. In rural schools The school building, desks and chairs, textbooks, pens and paper can all be provided by Zhechong government, and we will subsidize the cost of hiring teachers.
The more than 300 Zhechong Mansion requires at most eight to nine thousand gentlemen... A gentleman can subsidize thirty or forty guan a year, which is hundreds of thousands of guan. "
Although hundreds of thousands of dollars are a lot of money, for Zhao Kai, who is about to dominate the world, it is definitely not a big sum of money.
Moreover, hundreds of thousands of education funds a year can cultivate generations of Wuyoufu soldiers who are educated, ideal (Confucian ideals), moral (loyal to the emperor and patriotic), disciplined, and skilled in martial arts. It seems to be a good deal.
By establishing the Fubing Rural School and helping the Fubing perform sacrifices, the Confucian Assembly could figure out a way to run schools and hold sacrifices, and prevent passive monks and Taoists from corroding the virtuous Fubing.
In addition, there are more children of Fu soldiers than Fu soldiers... There will definitely be many Ding Yu who are full of martial virtues in the future. What will happen to these Ding Yu?
They must not be willing to be farmers! These guys are from the exploiting class and were trained as warriors. How can they be willing to work honestly?
Becoming a Confucian priest or joining an armed Confucian corps seems to be a good way out!
If in the future there can be a group of Confucian scholars composed of hundreds of thousands of armed Confucian scholars who are full of martial virtue and devote themselves to the pioneering and enlightenment movement, then the Han people who go out to colonize overseas will not be afraid of reasoning with Catholicism, Tianfang Sect, and Buddhism... ..These people must be particularly good at reasoning, and they must be able to convince others with their virtue.
Sure enough, education is a very cost-effective investment!
As for the Confucianism that transports people... it's not particularly unimportant. You can wait until you have money to advance slowly. Anyway, people in the hinterland of China are not likely to believe in paganism, and hundreds of thousands of armed Confucian scholars are enough to defend the colonial territory. If there are more, only one earth will not be enough for colonization.
"Okay, okay!" Zhao Kai shouted three times in a row, "My true wife! What I want is hundreds of thousands of Confucian scholars who respect heaven, respect their ancestors, are loyal to the king, and are full of martial virtues!"
After hearing Zhao Kai's words, the great scholars below were all stunned.
what 's wrong? Why are hundreds of thousands of people with strong martial virtue involved?
The world is about to be unified, so why do the officials need so many Confucian scholars with strong military virtues?
...
"Everyone, what the Confucian sect conference is discussing today is the Confucian sect conference itself!"
The Confucian Conference is still going on.
Of course, such an important meeting will not be completed in one day.
On the first day, Zhao Kai answered questions raised by Geng Nanzhong, Lu Benzhong, Li Qingzhao and others. The second day of the Confucian Congress was not used to discuss "Zhao Kai's Three Questions", but to discuss the organization of the Confucian Congress.
The reason why Zhao Kai raised this issue at this year's meeting was, of course, because he heard that the Southeastern Confucian scholars attending the meeting were dissatisfied with the matter of being a teacher, so he temporarily changed the content of the discussion and held the Confucian Conference for discussion. .
"Guan Jia, what is there to discuss at the Confucian sect conference?"
Geng Nanzhong raised his hand to ask a question.
"No?" Zhao Kai smiled, "Although I am a Confucian, I am also the Son of Heaven. I am the Supreme Lord and have the power over the world. Those below the seventh rank are not allowed to come to court unless there is a special order...and today, I am wearing a cloth robe and a scarf. , isn’t it worth mentioning to sit down and discuss things with you?”
Geng Nanzhong was stunned and immediately understood what Zhao Kai meant. He had been a courtier for many years, the prince's teacher, and the Duke of the East Palace, so of course he didn't take Mr. Mian seriously.
But for ordinary officials... the matter of Mianjun itself is a big deal!
Moreover, those who came to attend the Confucian Conference today can not only meet the emperor, but also sit down and discuss issues with the emperor.
This is simply the treatment of Zaizhi! Even if the local magistrates and county magistrates have the opportunity to see Tianyan, they can only stand and listen to the lectures, and pass the time in a few words. Where is the opportunity to sit down and chat slowly?
Zhao Kai continued: "In the past, because Taixue had the power to write to Fu Que, there was a saying that there was no official Yushitai. I don't know how many people wanted to join Taixue. And you are the great Confucians that I recognize. You can discuss things with me... Of course you are also qualified to give me a secret report!"
Shangmizuo... In feudal society, whoever has such power, even if he does not have an official position, is still a local hegemon! The local magistrates and county magistrates would not dare to provoke such a person!
"Besides," Zhao Kai added with a smile, "the Confucian sect conference will still be held in the future... Confucian affairs are complicated, can it be done without a conference to discuss them properly? Since the Confucian sect conference is going to If it continues, a government office must be established, there must be staff, and the scholars attending the meeting must have an identity recognized by the conference. Don’t you think these matters should be discussed carefully?"
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