Chapter 42 Thoughts on Learning
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think it was a big deal that there were many people helping the King of Shu with his homework. Zhu Yuanzhang trained his children for those in power. For those in power, the most important thing is to employ people. Therefore, if this assignment is written by one person. That's plagiarism. If many people are involved, it means that the King of Shu knows how to use people.
After all, the editors-in-chief of many major books may not be involved in much work.
While Zhu Yuanzhang was watching, he patted the chair next to him and said, "Sit down."
"Yes." King Shu said.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Some of your assignments are refreshing to me, but they are biased toward today. I know all the roads you mentioned, but they are ancient roads from the Han and Tang Dynasties. You did not explain in detail. Some place names were copied from ancient books. Are you here?"
The King of Shu said: "It's a child but I haven't verified it yet."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You must be solid in your studies. Let's do this. I will allocate you to a hundred households of Jin Yiwei and ask them to survey the ancient roads written on you one by one. You can revise your homework after you go back."
The King of Shu said: "Yes."
After Zhu Yuanzhang handed the homework to the King of Shu, he waved to He Xi, who was standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang, to come over. He Xi leaned forward slightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "I know this son of mine. Although he is knowledgeable, his performance today is beyond my expectations. Do you really have the Midas touch and can turn stupidity into wisdom?"
In fact, the King of Shu is very smart. There are also certain achievements in literature.
It's just that he's a little too young. In Confucian education, the King of Shu at this time should be studying the Four Books and Five Classics. But at this moment, the King of Shu came up with such a report. Although Zhu Yuanzhang knew that there were a lot of help from others, even the King of Shu did not shy away from this in his report, clearly stating what someone in a certain house said. Those words were said by a certain general. But in any case, Zhu Yuanzhang was very surprised that the King of Shu could come up with something new and refreshing.
He Xi whispered: "It's not because I have the talent to turn stones into gold. The King of Shu is already very smart. I just gave you some pointers. Furthermore, my teacher once said that history is the least necessary qualification." Knowledge, as long as you can work hard and dare to work hard, you will generally achieve something. If someone is willing to sit on the bench for thirty years, even if it is not everyone, there will definitely be a place. And true knowledge will make people become more and more mature. Be clear, understand more and more. It can guide the program and handle the affairs of the world. And the more you learn, the more unclear you are, like falling into the fog, mysterious and mysterious things. Either the lecturer is half-empty, and he himself does not understand it, or It’s just pretending to be profound, but in fact there is probably less truth and more falsehood.”
Although He Xi spoke very quietly, no one dared to whisper when the emperor was present. Therefore, He Xi whispered, but word spread.
The prince nodded thoughtfully, looking at King Shu's homework in his hands. The homework of King Shu was nothing to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang planned several battles with Can Yuan. He knew very well where on the grassland the army could pass, and he did not need his son's reminder. But the prince is different. In terms of military strategy, the prince has weaknesses. In many battles against Can Yuan, he was only responsible for logistics and executing Zhu Yuanzhang's orders. In fact, he didn't know much about why he marched like this. There weren’t many people to ask.
After all, it is not good for the prince to have too close contacts with the big men in the army. The generals that the prince deeply trusts, Mu Ying and Lan Yu, are not in the capital, and Zhu Yuanzhang will not let them be in the capital. If you think about it, you will know that these two people are the prince's future arms. In the future, the prince will be crowned king and return to Beijing. Now the prince is still the prince. The two of them can just accumulate achievements outside and do more when they return to the capital.
Therefore, King Shu's homework solved many of the prince's confusions.
At this moment, the prince secretly thought: "My father actually chooses and uses the knowledge of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and He Xi's knowledge is indeed useful. No wonder my father is leaning towards He Xi. I will study it carefully in the future." ”
The prince was not worried about He Xi, nor was he worried about King Shu. What he was most worried about was not being able to grasp his father's thoughts.
It's not that the prince has no opinions, but as the prince of a hero, he understands one thing very well. What will happen if his father thinks differently?
It's just that the prince has already changed his mind.
Not necessarily others. Sitting not far away, Song Ne gritted her teeth and turned red. Today, the Imperial Academy was lent to Mingjiantang, and he was already feeling aggrieved. He also heard He Xi’s strange words. His lungs were even more furious.
Yes, He Xi doesn't feel that he is yin and yang. After all, he was telling the truth and what he meant. The study of history does not require much intelligence, but more hard work. As for what follows, it is also He Xi’s experience.
Whenever you learn something clearly, it will become easier and simpler. Instead of getting more complicated.
But these words clearly hinted at Neo-Confucianism in Song Ne's ears. Yes, Neo-Confucianism is fragmented. This was not said by He Xi, but a summary of later generations of great Confucians. It seems that Neo-Confucianism is that the family can rule the country and bring peace to the world, but in many matters, there are many separations and contradictions.
This just confirms what He Xi said just now. The more you learn, the more complicated it becomes.
But such an occasion is really not the time for him to have an attack.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said without saying anything else: "Xu Zheng, it's getting late. Please ask the students to come up."
Xu Zheng agreed, and Lian Zining came up soon.
Lian Zining stood at the bottom and saluted the emperor and the ministers first. After saluting, he said loudly: "What the student is talking about is "The Beginning, End and Lessons of the Six Towns"."
As soon as Lian Zining said that, there was a buzzing sound below.
Because in their opinion, this topic is too biased.
Many people don’t even know what Six Towns is. After all, the history of the Southern and Northern Dynasties will not be the focus in later generations. In this era, not many people studied it. Even if someone knew about it, they had only seen it when they were studying. They knew that the Six Towns Rebellion was a key event in the Northern Dynasties and would directly affect future generations. The Northern Zhou Dynasty, Northern Qi Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties were all affected by the Six Towns Rebellion. But that's all.
They don't know more.
Lian Zining was still talking.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't listen to what Lian Zining said. This typhoon alone was able to stand in front of so many ministers, generals, and him without stage fright. Not bad. Then he listened carefully to Lian Zining's talk about the chaos in the six towns, and he was fascinated by the difference. No longer pay attention to Lian Zining as a person, but pay attention to what Lian Zining talks about.
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew about the Six Towns Rebellion, but he did not delve into it. But at this moment, listening to Lian Zining's lecture, I suddenly felt that the chaos in the six towns was an issue worthy of in-depth study.
Here is a brief introduction to the six towns.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty established six military towns on the Monan grassland to resist Rouran's attack. Even these six military towns are in the Monan area today. In later generations, Inner Mongolia faced the front line of Outer Mongolia. Of course this is not very accurate. Just saying it briefly.
Originally, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty was located in Pingcheng, which was originally near Datong, Shanxi Province. However, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang. The political center is hard to move. It is conducive to the Sinicization of the entire Northern Wei Dynasty. However, the soldiers in the six towns were far away from the political center, and the attention they received was declining day by day. Due to various reasons, a vigorous uprising broke out in six towns. The ancestors of the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty, and the Li family of the Tang Dynasty appeared one after another in this great chaos. Even the so-called Guanlong family was formed during this chaos.
Zhu Yuanzhang first thought of Zhu Di's subsequent move of the capital from the Six Towns Rebellion.
Without him, although Zhu Yuanzhang valued Nanjing very much, he also knew that the Ming Dynasty's military center of gravity could only be in northern Xinjiang in the future, and Nanjing, as the political center, was far away from the military center of gravity. There would be a recurrence of the Six Towns Rebellion in the future.
The idea of moving the capital to Beijing slowly wandered in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
However, the focus of what Lian Zining was talking about was not here, but why there was chaos in the later stages of the Six Towns. How much money did the Northern Wei Dynasty spend to maintain the existence of the six towns on the grassland, and how much did the soldiers at the bottom of the six towns receive.
