"Haha, Your Highness is worrying too much." Liu Bowen said with a smile.
"The world has been practicing emptiness for a long time. People like Cheng and Zhu often use heaven's principles to suppress people. Everything that cannot be explained to the wise is attributed to the profound nature of heaven."
"We need people who are down-to-earth and practice the practical knowledge of what it means to strengthen the country and enrich the people. Science is very suitable."
"As for thoughts... Your Highness doesn't have to think about it yourself. The sages have already written books, haven't they?"
Liu Bowen looked at Zhu Su.
Zhu Su was puzzled for a while, sage?
He asked tentatively: "Sir, are you saying that we don't need to innovate, but should...retrospect?"
"Not bad." Liu Bowen nodded.
Zhu Su frowned. He didn't have a good impression of the word "retro".
After all, in history, in a few years, a huge "retro" trend will be launched.
Emperor Jianwen took Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and Fang Xiaoru to prepare to revive the Zhou rites, reverse the times, and build the Ming Dynasty into a "powerful country" like the Western Zhou Dynasty.
The result was obvious, the world was overturned, and Zhu Laosi jumped out and picked the peaches.
Zhu Su himself was also very disgusted with the so-called "eating of the past but not changing". He was educated by later generations and always firmly believed that the trend of the times was overwhelming.
Only by proceeding from reality and keeping pace with the times can we truly avoid being eliminated by the times. Retro? It is better to maintain the status quo by tinkering!
He even wondered whether Liu Bowen deliberately used these words to deceive him because of his young age. In fact, he was speaking on the side of the civil servants and the remnants of the former Yuan Dynasty.
"Your Highness, please listen to what I have to say in detail." Seeing Zhu Su's suspicion, Liu Bowen said with a smile: "Confucianism is broad and profound. If it is fabricated out of thin air, it will definitely be difficult to convince the public."
"But if we are seeking to restore ancient times, as His Highness just said to Song Gong, the Neo-Confucianism is often far-fetched. If students all over the world abandon Neo-Confucianism and learn the ancient methods, the resistance they will encounter will naturally be much smaller."
"Second things..." Liu Bowen's eyes showed a hint of confidence of a top counselor: "It is said that it is a retro, how to restore it, isn't it between the thoughts of His Highness and His Majesty?"
"Whether we want to restore the Gongyang Confucianism's 'respecting the king and resisting the barbarians' and 'the hatred of ten generations can still be repaid', or we want to restore the Tang Dynasty Confucianism's 'managing the world and applying it' and 'praising sincerity and discussing the Tao'..."
"..."
Zhu Su looked at Liu Bowen in shock. Liu Bowen's words can be regarded as selling all the Confucian underwear directly to Zhu Su.
Confucianism has been developing for thousands of years. Is it possible that today's Neo-Confucianism is the only one like this? It suppresses social development and is just an old-fashioned doctrine that maintains natural principles but loses human nature? of course not.
You know, there has been too much "old wine" in the bottle of Confucianism. These various Confucian thoughts, even though they have been baptized by the times, are not completely useless today.
For example, the aggressiveness of Han Confucianism and the pragmatism of Tang Confucianism are the reasons why the Han and Tang Dynasties were so strong. Even Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which Zhu Su was most disgusted with, actually had merits in some respects.
What Liu Bowen meant was that since Neo-Confucianism had been abandoned by Lao Zhu, he might as well advocate restoration and "piece together" a set of "ancient Confucianism" that could meet the current development of the Ming Dynasty from the Confucianism that had been popular in the past. come out.
Anyway, now Zhu Su is the imperial minister and Lao Zhu is the emperor.
What will be taught in the Imperial College and what will be tested in Enke? Then the Confucian scholars in the world must learn something!
In the promotion of "old Confucianism", even the scriptures and statements are ready-made, and can be scraped together and used as soon as they are scrapped!
"...Sir, you are really talented." Zhu Su admired him greatly. Sure enough, the ones who are best at dealing with Confucian scholars are Confucian scholars.
Under the guise of "retro", they promoted the new Confucianism that Ming Dynasty wanted. These retro-Confucian schools have their own niche factions and have their own fans.
Originally suppressed by Neo-Confucianism, they would naturally jump out and completely drag Neo-Confucianism into the quagmire. Coupled with the push from the imperial court and the country's top universities...
If I, a layman like myself, were to forcefully come up with a set of so-called Confucian theories, I am afraid that before I can promote it, I will be sprayed into a sieve by the Confucian scholars who are struggling to resist it.
Liu Bowen's words undoubtedly opened a big window for Zhu Su, who was originally having a headache about this matter.
"It is my great honor to be able to enlighten His Highness." Liu Bowen said with a smile. "The details need to be discussed by Your Highness and Your Majesty. I will not participate."
After finishing speaking, he picked up the tea and said no more words.
This old fox really knows how to protect himself wisely! Zhu Su cursed in his heart.
This is the only point I can make. If I and Lao Zhu succeed in the end, if they accept his kindness, even if they liquidate the old officials of Yuanting, they will not be able to liquidate him.
If it fails, the secret words in the dark room will not say anything of substance, and those old Yuanting officials will not be able to find a reason to settle the score!
Lao Liu was directly invincible.
But looking at the patches on his clothes, Zhu Su felt sad and desolate.
A great talent of this generation lives so cautiously, using all his talents and knowledge to protect himself...
Isn’t it China’s loss?
…
In the next few days, Zhu Su even put the matter of going to the Imperial College behind to take up his post, and began to retreat directly in the Imperial Manor.
Although after Liu Bowen's advice, Zhu Su finally understood what to do. But even so, this matter still requires an extremely large amount of energy. After instructing Gouer Xiangdeng not to disturb anyone, Zhu Su began to turn his attention to what was going on outside the window. He read through the pile of old papers with all his heart, trying to remove the dross, extract the essence, and tinker with a suitable "Retro Confucianism" came as the ideological program of the Ming Dynasty.
There was no sun or moon in the mountain, and no one knew how many days had passed. Zhu Su, who finally had some income, came out of the study. I haven't seen sunlight for a long time, so it's still a bit dazzling when I open the door. He felt a slight itch on his chin, and when he moved his hands, he actually had stubble growing on it.
"Your Highness, you have finally come out!" Xiangdeng, the old chamberlain, looked distressed and hurriedly called for people to bring silk clothes, cloud shoes, and willow branches to warm soup. His Highness has been personable since he was a child, and that's all he is. How can he let others see His Highness looking so sloppy?
"Xiang Deng, are there any foreign affairs these days?" Zhu Su asked while letting the servants change their clothes. The old chamberlain thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I have it."
"In the past few days, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Qin, His Highness the King of Jin, His Highness the King of Yan, His Highness the King of Chu, His Highness the King of Jingjiang, the Young Master of the Duke of Wei, and the Young Master of the Duke of Cao, etc., have all come to look for you, Your Highness."
"I heard that you were thinking hard about the great road, so I all left."
"Also, all the great nobles in Beijing have sent greetings to you, congratulating you on your meritorious service and sending you congratulations."
"Huh?" Zhu Su frowned, "Only nobles? Don't the civil servants have anything to say congratulations to?"
"No." Xiang Deng shook his head in confusion. "Your Highness is a prince, how dare those civil servants come to contaminate you?"
"In this way..." Zhu Su didn't answer. He thought the waiter was too slow to change clothes, so he started to put on his clothes.
It turns out that as a prince, those civil servants should certainly not get involved in right and wrong.
But now that he has been appointed as the Imperial College's liberator... Even if those civil servants are superficial, they should express their goodwill to his "new colleague" verbally.
"It seems that those civil servants are not all fools. They have realized something and are ready to collude."
Zhu Su sneered in his heart.
(End of chapter)
