Chapter 66 Death of Fang Xiaoru
Who is Fang Xiaoru?
He is the leader of the literary world, the great master of Confucianism, and the sect of learning in the world. By using He Xi's method, wouldn't he admit that Confucianism is inferior to the New Learning in governing the country? This is absolutely not allowed.
He Fang Xiaoru can die, but he cannot admit defeat.
He was convinced when he lost to He Xi, but he could not admit defeat on behalf of Confucianism. He always felt that He Xi's teachings were too utilitarian, without benevolence, too lawless, and without fear. Too cold and impersonal.
Think of everything as a machine, and people as part of the machine.
This is not the right way of Confucianism. It is not the future that everyone in the world deserves.
If he is not good, it is because he himself is not good, not because of Confucianism. It's just that he couldn't innovate on the basis of the sages of the past generations and let He Xi correct his evil ways.
Therefore, he can die. But there are some things you can't do.
This is Fang Xiaoru’s benevolence of benevolence.
Just this sentence made Ding Xian extremely happy. The saying "Seek benevolence and gain benevolence" doesn't mean that Fang Xiaoru has no intention of admitting his mistake now that he has arrived. If he admits his mistake, it will be difficult for Ding Xian to handle it. After all, Fang Xiaoru admitted his mistake. If he didn't convey it to him, he wouldn't plead for him. It seems inconsistent with the persona I just established. it's good now. These four words were conveyed to the emperor. The emperor only wished he had not killed him earlier. ..
Ding Xian sighed and said, "How long has it been? You still say this. If I were you, I would quickly write a confession and ask for His Majesty's forgiveness. Maybe I can get mercy outside the law."
Fang Xiaoru now figured it out. Said: "It doesn't matter. In the position of chief assistant, I have done enough things against my will. Now that I am no longer the chief assistant, I don't have to take care of the overall situation. Besides, I wrote this, is it really useful?"
Fang Xiaoru calmed down and figured it out. He didn't completely see through Ding Xian's drama, but he understood that Ding Xian was not the kind of person who would do his best wholeheartedly. Nothing more than trying to gain some political capital from him.
After understanding this, he was unwilling to say anything more to Ding Xian.
Any theory must face the issue of life and death, and Confucianism is the same. Confucianism is very calm about life and death. For Fang Xiaoru, matters of life and death are just a matter of adapting to things. It’s a lie to say you’re not afraid of death. But since the matter is a foregone conclusion, I accept it calmly.
You will not leave a stain on your life because you are greedy for life and afraid of death.
He knew who Ding Xian was. If it were someone else, he actually wouldn't mind leaving something behind, be it knowledge or connections. Anyway, when a person dies, everything is gone. But for Ding Xian, forget it.
Ding Xian said: "What do you want to tell your family?"
Fang Xiaoru was silent for a while and said: "The instructions I gave to my family are all in the books of sages. There is nothing more to say at this moment. Giving a son a thousand pieces of gold is not as good as leaving a son a lesson. What should be taught to them has been taught before, and they cannot learn it. Once you know how to do it, you can only study on your own.”
Ding Xian was silent. At this time, he also felt a little ashamed of himself.
Putting himself in his shoes, if he were today, he would definitely not be as free and calm as Fang Xiaoru.
What he cared about in the end was not his family property, but his son's knowledge.
However, this self-consciousness only lasted for a moment, and then it ceased to exist.
For Ding Xian, just look at such a person. To imitate or something. Totally impossible. Too stupid.
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As Ding Xian expected, Ding Xian passed the saying "Seek benevolence and gain benevolence" to Zhu Yunwen through secret channels. Zhu Yunwen dropped a plate. So the court process advanced.
Fang Xiaoru was forced to the execution ground. Also put on the execution ground were Fang Xiaoru's two sons. Naturally, the ten tribes were not killed. However, several die-hard ministers who followed Fang Xiaoru died together. For a time, the court was empty.
As for the officials who did not go to the execution ground, there were even more officials who were exiled, imprisoned and dismissed from office.
For a time, everyone in the court was in danger.
Ding Xian officially replaced Fang Xiaoru as the chief assistant.
This news reached Cao Guogong’s mansion, and Yao Guangxiao
After hearing this, he was silent for a long time and said to Li Jinglong: "From now on, the world's context is in the north. Does Cao Guogong think there will be other changes in the world?"
Li Jinglong also fell silent.
Zhu Yunwen was still too far away from the bottom, and he didn't know Fang Xiaoru's influence.
Fang Xiaoru does not represent himself. Rather, it was the influence of scholar-bureaucrats that had been passed down from Song Lian to Fang Xiaoru for more than thirty years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Don't say anything else. Speaking of Li Jinglong alone, his father Li Wenzhong also studied under Song Lian.
Speaking of which, he also has some relationship with Fang Xiaoru. It's okay to call Fang Xiaoru "Master Uncle". It's just that the relationship between civil and military people is too close, and it's not good for anyone, and he, Uncle Fang, is an upright person. I won't engage in any private hookups.
Getting closer to Fang Xiaoru would not do any good.
Because Fang Xiaoru was determined not to show favoritism. On the contrary, it is very possible that he really thought that Li Jinglong was his nephew, and instead made strict demands.
How could a realistic person like Li Jinglong not stay away from this uncle?
But keep those who treat you at a respectful distance. Li Jinglong even disliked Fang Xiaoru. But people still know good and bad. Fang Xiaoru has no moral flaws. Although there are many things going on below, it is not Fang Xiaoru's fault.
Killing Fang Xiaoru's whole family like this is too much.
Li Jinglong murmured in his heart, he didn't expect Zhu Yunwen to be so cruel.
Not to mention, there are so many scholar-bureaucrats. They have read Song Lian and Fang Xiaoru's books since they were young, and the articles have led them step by step to today. Song Lian and Fang Xiaoru were to them what Lu Xun and other great writers were to the people of their time.
Fang Xiaoru has always been highly respected. Even in the minds of many people, He Xi appeared in the debate with Fang Xiaoru as a negative example.
Such people will be killed as soon as they are told to kill.
Where should scholars all over the world go? Many people don't understand this.
This is one of the reasons why Yao Guangxiao told Zhu Di in history that Fang Xiaoru was a seed for reading and must not be killed. What's more, Fang Xiaoru in history was not as influential as Fang Xiaoru today. After all, Fang Xiaoru in history did not return to Beijing until the 28th year of Hongwu. Today, Fang Xiaoru has been serving as a minister in the capital.
If we say that Fang Xiaoru's status in history comes from Song Lian and his own articles. Now the articles written by Song Lian and Fang Xiaoru are even more icing on the cake, because Fang Xiaoru's actions in the imperial court, especially the reopening of the imperial examinations and his preferential treatment of scholars, have set an example for scholars all over the world.
his death.
It seems simple, but in fact, it is definitely not simple.
There is always inertia in people's hearts. For example, He Xi surpassed Fang Xiaoru in many academic aspects. But in the eyes of many scholars, He Xi is inferior to Fang Xiaoru. But many people actually admit it. Even if He Xi is not as good as Fang Xiaoru, he is still a great scholar, just as Fang Xiaoru said. He Xi's knowledge is impure and not the right path of holy learning.
But no matter what, He Xi is also comparable to Fang Xiaoru.
Now Fang Xiaoru has ended up like this. Moreover, what Ding Xian wanted to do was just to imitate some of He Xi's reforms in order to increase financial resources for the Nanjing court.
So what’s the problem?
Since the policies of Beijing and Nanjing have converged. So why did these scholars vote for Nanjing instead of Beijing?
What kind of person is He Xi? Everybody knows. Although Nanjing has been pouring dirty water on He Xi. But what He Xi has done over the years cannot be erased.
No matter how much people hate He Xi, they have to admit that He Xi is an unparalleled figure in the country and a genius who has made achievements everywhere. Apart from the matter of raising troops to seize the throne, there is no other stain. And who is Ding Xian? He is just a person who deceives his master and destroys his ancestors.
Since they are all the same, why do they support Ding Xian?
Not to mention that Nanjing also killed Fang Xiaoru, which aroused the hatred of scholars all over the world.
This is what Yao Guangxiao said, the world's cultural heritage lies in the north.
Zhu Yunwen read the books of sages and received the most traditional classic education since childhood, but he was not actually a scholar in essence. something is him
An existence destined to be beyond comprehension.
He Xi and Fang Xiaoru had been fighting for decades, but they never expected that the outcome would be determined by today's situation.
From then on, it was a foregone conclusion that the way of governing the world would be biased towards the new learning.
