This parade is a victorious one. It symbolizes that the "most elite" Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty still has extremely strong combat effectiveness. It is a victorious and mighty division that can fight when called upon. , can effectively guarantee the security of the Ming Dynasty's capital, and can effectively respond to and support the military needs of the nine borders and even all regions.
Whether you believe it or not, everyone in the imperial court seems to believe it. Even Gao Pragmatic, the "famous southern expedition general", was forced to express similar views.
All in all, Jingying is very powerful, so you should be more honest.
After the grand reading was completed, the ceremony was just that, and there is no need to go into too much detail. Anyway, for Gao Pragmatic, it was to accompany the emperor, kowtow when he should, and recite the memorial inscriptions when he should.
After these things were done, it was finally the turn of Gao Pingshi, the Zuo Shuzi who had been newly promoted as a Japanese lecturer, to give lectures.
Unexpectedly, just two days before the lecture, Gao Pangshi was on duty in Zhan Shifu "preparing lessons" when the obituary came: Zhang Rong died.
Zhang Rong is a British duke, the highest foreign official title except the princes and princes of the royal family. As a rule, he resigned from the court.
At the same time, due to the close relationship between the British government and Gao Jingshi, Gao Jingshi had no choice but to come to express his condolences in person. In addition, the crown prince Zhang Yuangong had a good relationship with Gao Jingshi, and asked him to help him write brushes, write elixirs for sacrifices, etc., which delayed a few days. .
After the dust settled, lectures arrived in early September.
Gao Pangshi was the dignified Sixth No. 1 Scholar. In his early years, he published books such as "Longwen Whip Shadow" and "Xinzheng Duiyun". Although he was young, he was considered to be a man with a heyday of literary fame. However, for Jingyanri Lecturer, he was After all, he is still a newcomer.
Being a new person means that he cannot yet teach the Four Books, only the Five Classics. However, the Five Classics generally do not just leave any subject to be taught by the lecturer, but must teach the subject that he was the master of at that time.
Gao pragmatically governs "The Book of Changes", so he can only talk about "The Book of Changes" now.
Although the system of Jingyan had been formed in the Song Dynasty, its form was not fixed. Not only did it vary from dynasty to dynasty, but the implementation of it by different monarchs within a generation was also different. Take the Ming Dynasty as an example. At the beginning, there was no fixed day and no fixed place.
In the early Ming Dynasty, the emperors were diligent in government and eager to learn. Although lectures were not institutionalized, they did not have any major impact on sacred learning. When Yingzong came to the throne at the age of three, Sanyang was in charge of the government. He felt that he had the important responsibility of educating young children, so he went to Shu to hold a sutra banquet. From then on, the Sutra and Banquet Rituals were formulated, and lectures were given three times on the 2nd, 12th, and 22nd of each month. Lectures and readings were held in the Emperor's Wenhua Hall, and were temporarily exempted during the cold and heat.
The opening banquet is a grand ceremony for the imperial court. For example, one of the honorable ministers knows the banquet, the cabinet scholar may know or share the banquet, the six ministers and other official attendants, and there are also people who display books, serve etiquette, serve, and praise. .
But that was a "Sutra Banquet", not a daily lecture. In addition to the sutra banquets held three times a month, there are also daily lectures, which are only for reading officials and cabinet bachelor attendants. There is no need for attendants and other officials. There are lectures on officials or four or six. After each companion reading more than ten times, the lectures are given directly by the officials. Great righteousness can only be understood through understanding.
The daily lecture ceremony is simpler than that of the Jingyan Festival, or it is also called Xiaojingyan or Xiaoji. From then on, Jingyan lectures were institutionalized, with one lecture every day and one lecture every ten days, which became the main way for emperors to receive Confucian education.
Although Gao Jingshi was the concubine of Zuo, if this position was filled by a more senior historian, he would sometimes even be in charge of Hanlin affairs. However, Gao pragmatism obviously belongs to the most junior category. Not only could he not be in charge of Hanlin affairs, he would also be in charge of Hanlin affairs. The location of the hospital is not even particularly high.
Because of this, his novels naturally have few rules.
There was no cabinet bachelor who came to attend the class, and there was only one lecturer, who was an acquaintance: Zuo Chunfang, Zuo Zanshan, Shen Li.
The chief officer of Zuo Chunfang is Zuo Shuzi, who is of the fifth rank, the same level as a great scholar; below Zuo Shuzi is Zuo Yude, who is the fifth rank; next is Zuo Zhongyun, who is the sixth rank; and below that is Zuo Zanshan , from the sixth grade.
Therefore, it is said that there are people in the court who like to be officials. Gao Pragmatic, a latecomer, is now Shen Li's superior officer. Of course, Gao Pragmatic did well in the examination, and although Shen Li did well in the examination, he failed in the imperial examination. Fortunately, he did well in the imperial examination, otherwise he would not be working as a lecturer here today.
But failing the court examination obviously had an impact on him, because if Hanlin historians did not have the task of compiling the records of the late emperors and the "Da Ming Huidian", promotion would be very slow. Generally, they could only wait for seniority, and rarely It was such a good thing that Gao Jingshi worked as a Hanlin official for a few months before taking a post abroad, and then he was promoted back to the Hanlin Academy based on his merits during his tenure - it was much easier to get credit for a foreign post than in the Hanlin Academy.
Therefore, Shen Li, who cannot be a special case, is still only Zuo Zanshan, a sixth-ranker. However, he is fifty years old this year, and Gao Pragmatic has not yet reached the first rank.
It's really annoying to compare people to each other.
"Yi is the way of change." Gao Pragmatic did not intend to just talk about the big principles like ordinary officials, but it does not mean that the principles should not be said: "In the past, I selected the classics and discarded the rest and took "Zhouyi" as the The only thing is to understand the way of change.”
"All things in the world are changing all the time. Amidst all the changes, how can we, as human beings, seek good fortune and avoid misfortune? This is what the Book of Changes wants to talk about."
"Confucius said with emotion in his later years: 'Add me a few more years, fifty more to learn the Yi, and it won't be a big mistake.' It can be seen that the sage saw the essence of the "Yi". "Book of Changes·Xici Biography" says, 'Fear will end First of all, it is necessary to be blameless. This is called the way of change. What is blameless? Blameless means that there is no danger, no big fault, or even if there is a fault, it doesn't matter. This is called blameless. No blame. Guilt is the highest state of life that "Yi" tells us."
"Be afraid of starting with the end, and you must be blameless. This is called the way of change. Reflect on and make up for your mistakes without blame. Those who are blameless are those who are good at making up for their mistakes."
"These words all come from "Zhouyi Xici Zhuan". Who has no fault? It's just big or small. Being blameless does not mean not making mistakes, but it means being able to reflect and correct them in time after making mistakes. "Zuo Zhuan" says that people Who has no mistakes? There is no greater virtue than being able to correct mistakes. Confucius praised Yan Hui: "Don't express your anger and never make mistakes." Not making mistakes means not repeating mistakes and being good at correcting your mistakes.
"The Book of Changes" also says, "Those who are shaken without blame have only regrets." To achieve a state of no guilt, one must be good at reflection and repentance, as Zeng Zi said, "Examine myself three times a day." Reflection and repentance are the prerequisite for correction. If a person does not truly reflect and repent, he will not be able to truly realize his mistakes, and he will not know how to correct them. To truly be blameless, you must reflect on yourself at any time, be able to check out your mistakes in every aspect anytime and anywhere, and check, reflect, and correct your mistakes anytime and anywhere. "
At this time, the emperor asked a question, and Zhu Yijun asked: "Sir, just now he clearly said the way to change, but now he says there is no blame. What is the relationship between the two?"
Zhu Yijun usually calls Gao Pragmatic, which is a monarch addressing his ministers, so he calls him by his first name. However, in order to show his closeness, he only calls him by his first name instead of his surname. But it was different when giving lectures and readings. Zhu Yijun still followed his father Long Qing in this regard. No matter who was the lecturer, he would always call him sir when giving lectures and readings - for this period of time only.
Gao Qingshi smiled slightly and said: "Everything in the world is changing, and I should also change. However, there is an unchanging principle in the world, which is the Tao. This Tao in Yi is to seek 'no blame'."
Zhu Yijun asked again: "Being blameless means trying not to make mistakes, or even if you make mistakes, you should correct them as soon as possible?"
Gao pragmatically said: "Yi said: 'Those who are shaken without blame have regrets'. He also said: 'Be careful without blame'. He also said: 'A gentleman works hard all day long, is vigilant at night, and is severe without blame'. These three words are all It means one thing: caution.”
But Zhu Yijun had a different opinion. He asked: "Let me give you an example: this year's floods in Liaodong are also floods in Yingtian. This is a natural disaster! How should the people of this place be careful to prevent floods? They can be 'severe without blame'" ?”
For the enlightened people at this time, no matter how knowledgeable they were, this question might not have an answer, or they might just have to talk about "sensation from heaven and man", saying that floods are warnings from heaven.
But Gao Pragmatic smiled and said: "Are floods inevitable? No. I also gave an example. In the past, the flooding of the Yellow River was extremely serious. However, in recent years, the flood control method has been used to control the water and the river embankments have been reinforced with cement. The flooding of the Yellow River has It has been reduced a lot. Another example: In the past, flooding of the Yangtze River was serious, especially in Huguang and other places, which often flooded the country in summer and autumn. However, since the construction of water conservancy projects in Huguang a few years ago, the floods have reduced by at least Half. It can be seen that being cautious does not mean not doing anything, it means that some things should be prepared in advance and contingency measures should be taken in advance... So you see, although the world has changed, if I treat others with caution, I will be blameless."
Zhu Yijun laughed and said: "What you said is absolutely true. Now that Tumochuan is about to undergo a great change, I don't know how I can be 'cautious' and achieve 'no blame'. I hope you can teach me."
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