"Master Su really knows everything from astronomy to geography."
Zhu Biao sighed sincerely.
What was common sense to Su Jing was astonishing knowledge to Zhu Biao.
Su Jing said indifferently: "Actually, I am nothing. The ancients are the most powerful. During the Warring States Period, there was the "Gan Shi Xing Jing", Zhang Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty had already written the "Notes on the Armillary Sphere", and Zu Chongzhi of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties formulated the "Da Ming Dynasty" "Calendar", which shows that the ancients at that time had already observed and understood the laws of the movement of celestial bodies."
"What am I? I just know, and they are the discoverers."
Su Jing didn't think she was great just because she was a modern person, so her scientific knowledge crushed the ancients.
On the contrary, the longer he lived in the Ming Dynasty, the more he felt the power of the ancients.
Although there are not so many advanced scientific instruments and theoretical knowledge, so many scientific "truths" can be discovered.
Zhu Biao felt a little confused after hearing what Su Jing said, and immediately asked:
"Master Su, why haven't I heard this from my teacher before?"
It is clear that they are the supreme principles of heaven and earth, but no one teaches them. Zhu Biao is puzzled.
Su Jing said lightly: "Because these things are useless."
Useless?
Zhu Biao was startled and said: "Master Su, my student disagrees with what you said. The astronomical calendar is so important, how can you say it is useless?"
Su Jing shook her head and said, "What I said is that it's useless to you, do you understand?"
Not useful to me?
Zhu Biao fell into confusion again. He really couldn't understand Su Jing's words.
Seeing this, Su Jing sat up again and said, "It's okay anyway, I'll just talk to you."
"Let me ask you first, what did Qin Shi Huang do to scholars after he unified the six kingdoms?"
Zhu Biao immediately replied: "Burn books and embarrass Confucians!"
Su Jing nodded and said: "Then tell me why Qin Shihuang burned books and humiliated scholars, but don't tell me that it was because he was tyrannical and unethical."
Zhu Biao thought for a while and replied: "Because the servant She Chunyu at that time was more than a thousand years old, and the king of Yin and Zhou Dynasty was more than a thousand years old. He named his descendants meritorious and made himself an auxiliary branch. Now your majesty has a family in the sea, and his descendants are ordinary men. Among them are Tian Chang and Liu Qing. I have no help, so how can I help you?"
"Forget it, just speak plainly."
Zhu Biao wanted to continue, but was interrupted directly by Su Jing: "To put it simply, it was someone who suggested that Qin Shihuang restore the Western Zhou Dynasty's feudal system, and then Prime Minister Li Si refuted it, which ultimately triggered it, right?"
Su Jing didn't know much about this kind of original text, and she couldn't understand it very well.
However, Zhu Biao didn't know.
"Yes, Master Su."
Zhu Biao nodded.
Su Jing said lightly: "Then, let's look at the essence through the phenomenon. The reason why Qin Shihuang did this is actually to consolidate his rule."
"Because many Confucian doctrine books at that time praised ancient emperors and the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and many Confucian scholars also came out to praise the ancient system."
"But the Qin Dynasty at that time had already entered a feudal society, and the system of prefectures and counties completely overturned the feudal system of the Western Zhou Dynasty. In order to strengthen the power in his hands and form sufficient authority, Qin Shihuang Yingzheng needed to suppress those who opposed his ideas. Complete destruction."
"That's why we have to burn books and entrap scholars."
"In the final analysis, it is actually to unify ideas and centralize power."
Regarding burning books and entrapping Confucians, Zhu Biao naturally heard what his teacher said in the main hall.
But no teacher's perspective starts from the direction of Su Jing.
It's very novel, but after thinking about it carefully, it is very reasonable.
"Su Shi Gao discussed it, and the students admired it."
Zhu Biao said to Su Jing, now he is not so easily shocked.
Because it shook too much.
"It's just, Master Su, what does this have to do with astronomy being useless to me?"
Zhu Biao was still confused.
Su Jing smiled and said: "Don't be impatient, take your time, I'll ask you again, what did Dong Zhongshu propose to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty during the Western Han Dynasty?"
Zhu Biao replied: "Depose hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism."
As soon as he finished answering, Zhu Biao was stunned.
this.
There seems to be something wrong with this!
Qin Shihuang tried to trick Confucianism, but why did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respect Confucianism?
Zhu Biao fell into thinking, and Su Jing said lightly: "How are you doing? Do you feel something is wrong?"
Zhu Biao immediately said: "Please ask Master Su for advice."
Su Jing said: "In fact, whether it was Qin Shi Huang or Emperor Wu of Han, their fundamental ideas have not changed, but Confucianism has changed."
"You must have learned Dong Zhongshu's three cardinal principles and five constant principles of heaven and man's induction. It is still the focus of the teacher's teaching, right?"
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Yes, Master Su, the Master of Heaven and Earth, benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, aren't these what we should learn?"
Zhu Biao naturally takes it as a matter of course to study every day.
"Ha ha."
Su Jing smiled and said: "Niu Yi, don't you understand yet? When you burn books to trap Confucians, you are burning books that oppose the Qin Dynasty system and the emperor, and you are trapping Confucian scholars who admire Zhou's system of Zhou etiquette."
"While deposing hundreds of schools of thought and only respecting Confucianism, what is respected is Confucianism, which is the greatest in the world and the emperor."
"In the final analysis, it is just ideological brainwashing carried out by the rulers in order to maintain their own rule."
"Those astronomical knowledge explore the mysteries of the universe and the nature of heaven and earth. If heaven and earth are no longer the heaven and earth mentioned in Confucianism, can the theory that heaven and earth are king, master, master still hold true?"
"Your teacher is a master of Confucianism, so it is naturally impossible for him to teach you these useless things."
Su Jing's move made Zhu Biao's head buzz again.
Yes, even though I'm used to it, I'm still shocked.
The things he learned since childhood were only what others wanted him to learn when it came to Su Jing.
But first of all, he could not find any mistakes in what Su Jing said.
According to his original teacher, burning books and entrapping Confucianism was the result of Qin Shihuang's brutal enlightenment. Dong Zhongshu, who proposed to depose hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, was called the Great Sage of Confucianism because of his high attainments in Confucianism.
These are things Zhu Biao has never doubted.
Now, everything is different.
Su Jing wiped away the covering of the surface, revealing the core things in front of Zhu Biao.
"Master Su, students understand."
Zhu Biao replied blankly, looking a little lonely and unbalanced.
The impact is a bit big.
He thought that as a prince, with so many excellent teachers to teach him, he should be able to see things clearly.
But now, Su Jing's words made him understand that he still thought too much.
"Just understand, don't think too much."
Su Jing looked up at the sky again and said: "What I said is nothing. In fact, ordinary people are the same."
"Most of what everyone does is to protect their own interests."
"It's just that ordinary people can do small things, but people with higher positions can do bigger things."
"And for the emperor, it is the emperor's mind."
(End of chapter)
