Chapter 34 Northern Xinjiang Issues
He Xi was very troubled.
I am worried about the teaching progress of Mingjiantang.
He Xi had to admit one thing, that is, he really underestimated the level of his students.
There are two underestimates here. The first one is the level of normal Imperial College students led by Lian Zining, Huang Zicheng, and Ding Xian.
It's not like He Xi has never seen a genius. But now I have to admit that in future generations, these people will also be absolute academic masters. The learning ability is perfect. Each of the characters who have left their names in history has their own uniqueness.
This group of students quickly mastered what Professor He Xi taught, including induction, deduction, statistics, exegesis, textual research, and investigation and analysis. Science experiments, etc. Various research methods.
Of course, this is why He Xi is indeed not strong in this aspect.
Even the Twenty-Four Histories. No, this is the Twenty-Third Histories, and He Xi has not read much of it, and among the students under him, there are people who have read through the first four Histories.
What is reading through.
Because books were scarce, ancient people cherished the books they got. When they read, they read it over and over again, and even memorized many chapters. You can master the characters in them easily, and only when you refer to the contents of these books, there will be no problems at all, and then you can make sense.
He Xi didn't even read it once.
If you really explain specific historical issues, it will be easy to overturn.
Therefore, what he teaches is more about academic methods. Conceptual things, but conceptual things can be easily explained.
Even mathematically.
Mathematics in the Ming Dynasty was the trough of Chinese mathematics, but there were too many disciples of ancient Chinese mathematics. These students have a good foundation in mathematics. In addition, the mathematical foundation required in sociology is not high. I learned it pretty quickly.
He Xi was faced with a situation where there was nothing to teach him.
It's not that there is really nothing they can learn from his computer and mobile phone. But this requires a transformation process.
He Xi knew very well that the things on his computer and mobile phone could not be taught directly to these people. He Xi needs to figure it out on his own first. Then deconstruct these knowledges and select those that can be accepted by this era. Either as an independent system, or as a supplement to some ancient knowledge. Teach these people.
And although He Xi does not belittle himself. But He Xi's learning speed is also limited.
He couldn't satisfy these students who were eager to learn at a fast pace.
Another underestimate is the underestimation of the foundation and learning attitude of the noble children.
Among the noble disciples headed by Li Jinglong, Li Jinglong is the best. The rest are just a bunch of scrappy scum.
In fact, Li Jinglong himself is mediocre, but his mediocrity makes him stand out among this group of people.
He Xi somewhat understood why Emperor Jianwen asked Li Jinglong to face off against King Yan. Gein, the generals of the Ming Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty all came from the honorary system. In other words, if Emperor Jianwen did not have the courage, he could only choose people from the circle of the first generation of generals, the second generation of generals, and the third generation of generals.
And because Zhu Yuanzhang killed a large number of nobles, he also killed his descendants. Among the direct lineage of the generals of the Ming Dynasty, the three largest pillars were the public line of Wei, the public line of Cao, and at most the public line of Guizhou, that is, the Xu family, the Li family, and the Mu family.
Because Xu Da's daughter is Princess Yan, the Xu family cannot be reused. The Mu family is far away in the southwest, and Mu Ying is no longer here. Emperor Jianwen didn't know what kind of person Mu Chun was, but Cao Guogong Li Jinglong looked like a man of five or six. It seems to be the only option.
Faced with such a huge gap. He Xi could only divide Mingjiantang into two classes. One is the class of the original Imperial College students, and the other is the class of Ge Tiangong, a disciple of He Xi and He Xi's disciple. This place is simply making up classes.
No matter what, the former is troublesome and the latter is also troublesome.
He Xi secretly thought: "No, we can't go on like this. We must find a way."
So, He Xi thought about it and found only one way.
He called Liu Song, Su Boheng, Cheng Ruqi, and Yao Guangxiao together and told them his thoughts.
"Project?" Liu Song said, "What is this?"
He Xi said: "The way of learning has always been to apply what we have learned. And this is even more true for history. We are doing scholarship here. It is important to clarify what happened in history and get to the bottom of it. But what is more important is to point out the direction for current problems. This is also where we are incompatible with Furu.”
"In the way of learning, learning and inquiry are both important. The sage has long said that learning without thinking will lead to failure, and thinking without learning will lead to peril. To be honest, some people like Guozijian have shallow foundations. But most of them are quite good. . Now the method that should be taught has been taught. They are no longer children. They don’t need us to teach them in person. Instead, they should be allowed to learn on their own. If they have any questions, just ask us. "
Su Boxheng stroked his beard and said: "Yes, the way of learning has always been your own. Those who ask the teacher to remind them all the time will not have any great achievements. It's just that the so-called topics of Master He have not been mentioned yet. "
He Xi said: "But no matter what, these students are still students. They have no experience in many things. We can't let them do it, we have to set some scope for them. This scope is the subject. At the same time, we are teachers. Yes. We also need to give them some pointers."
They looked at each other, and Yao Guangxiao said: "What Mr. He said is absolutely true. But where does Mr. He want to draw the line?"
He Xi said: "Nowadays, the war in Northern Xinjiang continues, and it can even be foreseen that the war in Northern Xinjiang may not stop for some time in the future. I will draw the subject on Northern Xinjiang. It can be a strategy for long-term peace and stability in Northern Xinjiang, or a strategy for long-term peace and stability in Northern Xinjiang. There are many reasons why Xinjiang cannot be owned by the Central Plains, and there are also aspects that need to be paid attention to in the war in northern Xinjiang, etc."
"Gentlemen, what do you think?"
Liu Song frowned and said, "This topic is too big."
He Xi said: "Only by getting the big can you get the small. This problem is a problem that every dynasty in ancient times had to face, sorting out the wars and policies in northern Xinjiang in the past dynasties. Firstly, it will expand the knowledge of the students, and secondly, the results will be Become an advisor to the imperial court."
A glimmer of light flashed in Yao Guangxiao's triangular eyes, and he thought to himself: "This is not training historians. It is clearly training ministers." However, compared to those who care about it, Yao Guangxiao is very interested in this big topic.
Cheng Ruqi was taciturn, but he was a disciple of Zhu Sheng, and Zhu Sheng himself was not a simple Confucian scholar. The same is true for Cheng Ruqi. Rather than saying that scholars such as Zhu Sheng and Cheng Ruqi are descendants of Confucius and Mencius, it is better to say that after the Han Dynasty, the world's learning has returned to Confucianism, and all scholars are also descendants of Confucianism.
Even He Xi is like this.
Even though He Xi slandered Confucius and Mencius and created a new theory, most people still subconsciously believed that He Xi was a new branch of Confucianism, rather than independent of Confucianism.
Cheng Ruqi was not very satisfied with many of He Xi's statements. But it didn't stop him from wanting He Xi to try it. After all, after the death of the Song Dynasty, the land of China fell. When the scholar-bureaucrats were tortured and their cultural connections were almost cut off, many people were reflecting.
There are signs of various trends of thought.
It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang dominates alone, knows little about culture, and is self-righteous. The admiration of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, coupled with Ming Dynasty Emperor Chengzu's desire to establish orthodoxy, made it what it was in history. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude has wavered and He Xi has been released, he can immediately attract a group of people who are not satisfied with Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, but it is difficult to establish it. He raised the support of scholars who had a set of theories that rivaled Cheng and Zhu's Neo-Confucian ideals.
Su Boheng was also very interested. Although Su Boheng also learned from his master, it was Zhu Zi who passed it on. But he is more academically interested in Ersu. Mostly due to family background. I am also interested in history. I am also very interested in this big topic itself.
As for Liu Song, he was more of an official than a scholar, although he was not lacking in knowledge. But after you have been an official for a long time, it is easier to think about issues from the perspective of an official. I think He Xi’s question is an excellent first-come-first-served question. Most people don’t know it, but they understand it very well. The fighting has already started in Northern Xinjiang, but we don’t know yet how it will turn out.
But raising this big topic at this time is really too relevant to current affairs, and even flattering.
It couldn't be more appropriate.
Seeing that no one objected, the matter was settled.
