Chapter 414 How can His Majesty’s opinion be expressed?
The word ‘seeking change’ in the newspaper quickly spread throughout the city.
In the streets and alleys, travelers and merchants have heard more or less about this 'change', but most people have no feelings about this 'change'. They only feel that it is far away from them, even if it is mentioned in the newspaper. Even if they write about "Qin and Han" and "Song and Yuan", they are still far away from them.
Only the literati in the city were a little commotion.
Qinhuai River.
The willows are lingering, and the green branches are sprouting.
In a teahouse along the river, several literati wearing Confucian crowns had different views on this 'change'.
Ren Hengtai sat by the window, his palms that were not wet with spring dew pressed on a newspaper filled with the fragrance of ink. He had different opinions on the opinions of the people around him, saying: "The world is still the same. Become good, just like Xia Xue Scholars wrote above that as early as the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, China had already entered a big wave of "thinking about change". Therefore, in just a hundred years or so, the world had moved from the old Zhou rites and feudalism to the backward one. ”< br>
“Qin created a centralized system, swept away the stubborn ‘feudal forces’ of the past, made everyone in the world must live under a unified system, and also forced everyone to live under a common political system , and the management of several generations of emperors in the Han Dynasty added to this fragile system the laws and social ethics established by the imperial power."
"This change is rapid."
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"It's only a hundred years."
"From the history we accidentally read, we can clearly feel that the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Zhou Dynasty before it are two different societies, so separated, and so Dramatic changes have already occurred in the world."
Wu Qian frowned and had a different view on this.
He said solemnly: "I have a different opinion on this."
"Since the imperial examination, court officials must use those who have the right academic qualifications to read the books of Confucius and Mencius. If one learns the ways of Yao and Shun, if he is not on the right track and learns to do clever things, and if he is promoted and lured with money, is he putting more emphasis on fame and wealth than integrity, and hoping that he will achieve success if he has no integrity? "
"Heaven remains unchanged, so does the Tao."
Wu Qian spoke loudly and resonantly.
They are all Linshan students from all over the country, and they all aim to take the imperial examination in the coming year. However, when they heard that a newspaper was going to be published in the capital, they all came over at the same time. It happened to be a meeting and they got together. There was a discussion about the 'change' in the newspaper.
Zhuo Jing echoed: "Since ancient times, the way to build a country has been to respect etiquette rather than power. The fundamental reason lies in the people's hearts and not in skills."
"Since Xia Xueshi entered the dynasty, There are many arrogant words, and many times shocking words, and the words in today's newspapers are no exception. I once heard that Academician Xia was quite dissatisfied with today's "scholars", and now this article proves it. ”
Ren Hengtai frowned.
He said leisurely: "The article is an article, how can it be preconceived?"
"In my opinion, you are probably all appointed by imperial officials to study the relevant 'textbooks' , why is it so seriously injured? The root of the change lies in the article. The article makes it very clear that today's world system cannot cope with 'violence'. After thousands of years of improvement, China has already reached the pinnacle in the field of humanities. However, it is also written in the article. .”
"The objective conditions are not met."
"The Ming Dynasty is not alone in the world. There are Japanese pirates in the East China Sea, Luzon countries in the South Sea, Can Yuan in the north, and Shengfan in the west. They are all eyeing the Ming Dynasty. In my opinion, Come on, Bachelor Xia’s idea is very straightforward. Obviously it is not strong enough now. If it can be strong enough to completely encompass the world, perhaps China's cultural system, which has been brewing for thousands of years, can be displayed without hindrance. But for now, the imperial court is not yet able to overwhelm the world and shock the world. ”
Ren Hengtai told the truth.
He was not very fond of Zhuo Jing and Wu Qian.
Too pedantic and conservative.
As a scholar born in Huguang, he has personally experienced the turmoil in the world, has a deep understanding of this matter, and also deeply understands that a strong country is the foundation of everything, but today's world trend is towards 'idealism' , without considering the objective facts at all, isn’t this putting the cart before the horse? He agreed with Xia Zhibai's point of view.
He believes that the Ming Dynasty should be proactive and at least not be able to settle in a corner. It should actively send people to understand its surroundings, so that it can remain invincible. Even if there are changes in the surrounding areas, the court can respond actively instead of just blindly They are indulged in their own fantasies, thinking that Mongolia's dominance of the world was just an accident, and that China is still the central country of the world and the country of all nations. This is a very dangerous idea.
At this time.
A young man in the crowd who was not in his early twenties suddenly said something.
“What is your Majesty’s attitude towards ‘change’?”
Hearing this.
The faces of all the scholars in the court changed slightly, and they were inexplicably panicked. They looked around, as if looking for the person who made the noise.
Xie Jin did not hide, and stood up openly. He saluted the bachelors around him, his posture was relatively low, and said: "I am Xie Jin, a person from Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. This time He also went north under the orders of the imperial court to observe the Imperial Academy's teaching materials. "
Although Xie Jin is young, he is not stage frightened.
All the scholars in the field looked at Xie Jin. Xie Jin was obviously young, maybe even under twenty. He was not tall, a little skinny, but his eyes were bright. The attitude is neither humble nor arrogant.
Wu Qian said coldly: "This little brother, since he deserves to be appreciated, he should also be aware of it and don't speculate on his intentions."
Xie Jin nodded and said: "Thank you for the reminder, brother. I'm just not speculating on your superiors' intentions. I just listened to a few arguments, but I want to tell you that Your Majesty has actually expressed a certain attitude."
"Oh? When did you reveal it?" Zhuo Jing was a little curious.
Xie Jin walked up to a few people, raised a newspaper on the table high, and said loudly: "This newspaper is evidence."
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“His Majesty’s views are not written in the newspaper, are they?”
"Yes, I didn't see it. Have we all missed it?"
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As soon as Xie Jin's words came out, it instantly aroused everyone's surprise, and even some scholars, I quickly flipped through the newspaper, but after reading it carefully several times, I still didn't find a single sentence about His Majesty in it, which couldn't help but arouse everyone's dissatisfaction.
But before anyone else could get angry, Ren Hengtai laughed.
Ren Hengtai smiled and said: "Little brother, you are right, your Majesty has indeed given his attitude."
After saying that, Ren Hengtai also looked at Wu Qian and Zhuo Jing who were arguing in front, with a bit of joking and pride in his eyes. Now he had roughly guessed that those who were also recruited by the imperial court were probably preparing for the imperial examination next year. Everyone will be his competitor. Now that he sees how many of them are defeated, he feels very happy.
More importantly.
He thought he had the upper hand.
Because he and His Majesty currently hold the same view.
(End of this chapter)