With a bang, Zhao Kai slammed a Ru porcelain teacup. Not satisfied, he picked up an inkstone and smashed it hard on the ground. There was still some ink in the Duan Inkstone, which immediately "blackened" a large area on the ground. Several ministers and generals in the Pizhou camp, as well as Guo Tiannu, Ren Baolian, Wu Meiniang and others who accompanied Zhao Kai south, were all frightened by the sudden anger of Zhao Guan's family, and they all looked at him blankly.
What made Zhao Kai angry was the secret report that Zhao Huan was about to hold a Confucian Conference in Yangzhou just sent to him by the Military Affairs Department.
This Zhao Huan is too hateful! Another blatant copying of homework! Moreover, this guy is copying homework faster and faster, and the level of plagiarism is getting higher and higher.
Less than a month after the successful conclusion of Zhao Kai's Confucian Conference, Zhao Huan was preparing to hold a Confucian Conference, and he also made it clear that he would compete with Zhao Kai, who had just been elected as the Confucian School.
What’s even more hateful is that Zhao Huan also shouted the slogan of “preserving Confucianism, educating people, carrying on unique learning, and cultivating one’s true nature.” They also claim that "the principles of nature are simple and everything lies in the heart" and nonsense that "everyone can become a sage"... Isn't this subjective idealism?
Zhao Kai finally brought the distorted Confucianism back to the scientific development path of "studying things to gain knowledge" and "studying things to understand principles", so that it can continue to develop along the line of "Scientology" in the future.
Zhao Huan, on the other hand, directly came up with "The principles of nature are simple and everything lies in the heart", and "everyone can become a sage"... What does this mean? If you think about it in your heart, can you understand the principles of heaven and become a sage? Isn't this a lie?
Will there be "becoming a sage and going to heaven" and "Confucius bless us" next?
If Confucianism continues to be messed up like this, won't it become a religion? Will there be any "holy tickets" sold in the future?
This is not possible!
In fact, Zhao Kai was also a little worried about how to reform Confucianism.
If you simply want Confucianism to compete with Catholicism and Tianfang Sect for territory, the best way is to "become a sage and go to heaven" and "Confucius bless us"... But Zhao Kai is not willing to do this, and It’s also very difficult to do.
I don’t want to because this approach is too stupid. Once the brain is broken, it will be difficult for science to develop. Although a large territory can be created in a short period of time, without the support of science and technology, no matter how large the territory is, it will be short-lived.
And if Confucianism is guided in the direction of scientific rationality... then under the current circumstances, its appeal to the broad masses of the people at the bottom will not be very strong. It is definitely not better than the religious "become a sage and go to heaven" and "Confucius bless us".
Of course, with the establishment of the "Confucian Court" and Confucian branches in various places, as well as numerous academies and rural schools, the competitiveness of Confucianism at the grassroots level has improved a lot compared to before.
In Zhao Kai's view, the grassroots strength of Confucianism under the leadership of Ruting was enough. Now we just have to wait for generations of new soldiers (Ding Yu) who have received "compulsory education" and academies and various schools of education to grow up and colonize the world.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Huan jumped out at this time to cause a split in Confucianism, and openly promoted the banner of "the principles of nature are simple and everything depends on the heart"... This is a big deal!
Of course Zhao Kai, who is only a high school sophomore, would not know that the pace of the Confucian "Neo-Confucianism" reform he promoted was too big and too drastic. It was very normal for Confucianism, which was already extremely loose, to split. Even without Zhao Huan's promotion, the split It will still happen.
We are all intellectuals, they all know how to think, and they all feel that they are "extremely awesome" (especially awesome), and there is no strict organizational control... You can carry out reforms, why can't I carry out reforms? You do one thing, and I do another! The result is naturally a split!
This kind of thing has happened in many sects, schools, and parties in history.
In fact, in the original history, when Zhu Xi held high the banner of "Neo-Confucianism", some Confucian scholars with different views, represented by Lu Jiuyuan, raised the banner of "Xin Xue". Later, the two schools of Neo-Confucianism and Xinxue continued to fight from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty!
Zhao Kai didn't understand these principles, so he thought that Zhao Huan not only copied his homework, but also ruined his own affairs! The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. All kinds of thoughts intertwined together, and he finally roared: "Pack it all up and get ready for me to go! I want to go to Yangzhou in person to see if Zhao Huan still dares to hold the Lao Shizi Confucian Academy Conference?"
It’s time to fight!
Generals Yue Fei, Dong Jingang, Li Shifu, Qu Duan, Liu Zhengyan, Miao Fu, and Niu Gao did not expect that Zhao Kai would be so angry. None of them moved and glanced at each other. Yue Fei took a step forward and said to Zhao Kai: "The officials... we haven't got Ezhou yet, and Li Bao's navy is blocked in the Han River and can't get out. Should we wait a little longer?”
"What are you waiting for? Zhao Huan has already held a Confucian Conference!" Because Yue Fei spoke, Zhao Kai had to hold back his anger, "Pengju, do you still think he will hand over Ezhou?"
Yue Fei thought it right, "Guan, if Li Bao's navy cannot get out, how can we cross the Yangtze River?"
Zhao Kai calmed down a little. Since Yue Fei repeatedly mentioned the navy army, this must be a problem. Yue Fei has been stationed on Shandong Road for a long time with his troops, and must have studied the issue of crossing the river to the southeast.
And Zhao Huan's navy...that's really fierce!
But in a blink of an eye, Zhao Kai figured out that going to Jiangdong was seven parts political and three parts military.
The key is not whether there are trolls, but whether there are people!
No matter how strong Zhao Huan's naval force is, it only has 100,000 people, and most of them are navy. The number of people who can actually fight on the Yangtze River is only 30,000 to 40,000, and there are only 300 warships... Compared to the Yangtze River's The length of these ships is simply not enough for the navy.
Moreover, Zhao Huan had already shown signs of running away to Guangdong and Guangxi, and his will to resist was not firm. Once the Northern Army gained momentum, he would most likely choose to flee.
In addition, the role of the previous Confucian Conference has not disappeared. Even if Zhao Huan organized a Confucian Conference, the Confucian Confucianism in the southeast was still divided, and there would definitely be many people siding with the powerful Neo-Confucianism.
These people must have boats in their hands. Even if they don't, they will try their best to get them...With their boats, the army can cross the river on a pontoon bridge.
Once the army crosses the river...it will be a storm in Zhongshan!
So the key to the problem now is to show momentum and make Zhao Huan and Southeast Scholars tremble!
Zhao Huan must not be allowed to successfully complete the Confucian Scholars Conference, let alone the southeastern Confucian scholars think that the Northern Dynasty army will be blocked by the Yangtze River.
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai already knew it in his heart, and he snorted loudly: "Zhao Huan has committed an unforgivable crime by tarnishing the teachings of the saints! I am fighting for Confucianism, and there will definitely be many people in the Southeast Confucian sect who will abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side. With their support, crossing the river is no longer a problem...The question now is how fast the troops are! Pengju, how many days can the army set off? Can it cross the Huaihe River?"
The Yangtze River can be crossed by the Party that leads the way, but the Huaihe River can only rely on itself.
Yue Fei thought for a while and said: "We can send troops within ten days... The Huaihe River is not a problem. I have already prepared hundreds of ships on the Huaibei rivers such as Wuishui, Feishui, and Yingshui."
"Okay, that's enough!" Zhao Kai said with a smile, "Swear to send troops in ten days!" His face suddenly darkened, and he looked at several generals with bright eyes, "This time... we must make no mistakes! Do you understand?"
Zhao Kai's Red Turban Song Army actually didn't take any chances, and was much stronger than the Jin soldiers, the Puppet Song Army, and the Xixia Army. The reason why Hebei, Shandong, Beijing and other places suffered serious damage was not because of the massive looting by the Red Turban Song Army, but because of the destruction caused by the Jin soldiers and the Puppet Song Army, and the land policy of the Red Turban Song Army... ...
But this time we are going to the extremely wealthy Jiangnan, so we have to pay special attention to it!
Yue Fei and others looked at each other and saluted together: "Please rest assured, officials, I will definitely restrain the officers and soldiers so that they do not commit any crimes, and seize all Jiangnan for the officials!"
"Okay!" Zhao Kai was very satisfied, nodded and said: "After Jiangnan is recovered, I will definitely reward the three armies!"
Heavy rewards have been prepared for a long time... There is still plenty of land gained from the last peace of Hebei and Beijing. After Yue Fei destroyed the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kai transferred part of the land originally belonging to Jingxi East Road to Henan Road (Yingtian Road). Therefore, the Song Dynasty court still has tens of millions of acres of camp land to be distributed, and it only needs a small part of it.
Therefore, the land system in the Southeast can still remain unchanged... Zhao Kai had already guaranteed this to the Southeast Confucian scholars present at the Confucian Sect Conference.
...
When Zhao Kai decided to launch a "school war", his eldest brother Zhao Huan was crying goodbye to his wife Zhu Lian at the Jiangmen Wharf.
It’s really a separation between life and death!
Not only were their fathers crying, but a bunch of children were crying too!
Zhao Huan not only cheated his father, but also cheated his son. He ran away but left his wife and children in Yingtian Mansion... Oh, no, not Yingtian Mansion, but Jinling Mansion!
Yingtian Mansion will never fall!
Zhao Huan would not give Zhao Kai a chance to seize Yingtian Mansion... and his excuse for changing Yingtian Mansion to Jinling Mansion was to move Jiangdu - Jiangdu was in the north and Yingtian was in the south. Going to Jiangdu certainly seemed brave and fearless.
He was almost crying now, so he wiped away his tears and said to Zhu Lian and a group of children: "Don't cry anymore... This battle may not be fought, and even if it is fought, it will be difficult to win or lose." Although my land division is not as good as Zhao Kai, the city of Jiangdu has strong walls, a triangular fort has been built recently, and artillery has been added, so it can definitely be defended. If Zhao Kai doesn't capture Jiangdu, I'm sorry he won't dare to cross the Yangtze River. So. Don’t worry!”
Zhu Lian wiped his tears and said: "Don't worry, officials, the city of Jinling is stronger than Jiangdu... Most of the Ding Zhuang people in the city are people from the south of Bianzhou. They will definitely unite as one and fight against the thieves to the end. If Zhao Kai dares, that thief If he crosses the river rashly, Jinling City will be his burial place."
This attitude made Zhao Huan very satisfied. He nodded and said: "Okay, we husband and wife are of one mind to protect the Song Dynasty, promote Confucianism, and destroy Zhao Kai!"
