Chapter 534 The Study of Emperors
After finishing the free speech in the Wenhua Hall, Zhu Zaijing also asked Xu Jie and Li Chunfang to find some well-written writers to start a political discussion debate on the grand narrative of "the rise of the Ming Dynasty" on the significance of the Beijing-Tianjin New Road.
These discussions were published in the internal journal of the Hanlin Academy and the "Ming Dynasty Fenghua" magazine of the Ming Dynasty Book Company.
Use this new political theory to explain the important impact of the Beijing-Tianjin Road on the present and future of the Ming Dynasty.
Let more knowledgeable people understand the historical and political significance of the new road through these political discussions.
This will form a top-down consensus and joint effort, and then initiate the construction of other new roads after the success of the Beijing-Tianjin New Road.
In this way, many people who may have encountered ideological problems and some bottom-line issues that could not be touched can use the current new political consensus to explain, break through, and change the originally lifeless political atmosphere.
Therefore, this political theory construction work on "grand narrative" initiated and launched by Zhu Zaijing began.
Its significance is almost comparable to the political movement of "deposing hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used Dong Zhongshu's teachings to strengthen centralization of power during the Western Han Dynasty.
Although Zhu Zaijing's political theory started from a new path, if we study it carefully, many people with political vision will find that this is not just the political significance of a path.
Rather, it represents a meaning that represents a new political direction and development.
Because if we want to build such a road, we must abandon our original political thinking and use new political thinking to think about the significance of this road.
In this way, we can understand what kind of new ideas will be the new opportunities provided for the rise of Ming Dynasty in terms of business, industry, people's livelihood, etc.
When this new thought becomes the consensus of the world, corresponding cracks will arise in the political thought of "exclusively respecting Confucianism" for more than a thousand years, causing it to undergo a new political evolution.
And this is something that many people with lofty ideals like to hear.
The avenue that many of them pursue diligently is that they hope that one day they can open up a new path and realm on the current Confucian path, so that they can become great Confucians like Zhu Xi, Cheng Hao, Wang Yangming, etc.
The fundamental reason why these great Confucians became "sage" Confucian scholars after Confucius and Mencius is because they pioneered and innovated new theories based on the original Confucianism.
It is not what some people think, that they just read more books and interpret more Confucian classics.
But that's not the case at all.
The birth of a generation of great Confucians must bring new Confucian theories and new Confucian thinking, so that they can become recognized great Confucians by the world.
If it is just based on who reads more books and who writes articles with a stronger sense of morality, then wouldn’t the great Confucians become worthless commodities?
Therefore, the development of Confucianism is not static.
The development of Confucianism must also rely on the needs of the times and carry out new theoretical sublimation in order to maintain its vitality forever.
Now Zhu Zaijing uses a road as a lever to pry off the needs of the times and let these smart scholars think about the new changes and new needs brought by this road. Then as long as they are smart enough, their knowledge and theory are solid enough, and their thoughts are enough He is active and has the vision to think beyond the times.
Then they can definitely use the gap that Zhu Zaijing helped them pry open to rethink the combination of current political needs and Confucian culture.
Wait until they supplement these theories and form a new system.
So the exclusive Confucianism may also become a new theoretical thinking in "commerce" and "industry".
After all, during the two thousand years of development of Confucianism, in order to survive and to better meet the needs of the times, they have absorbed the advantages of many hundreds of schools and added them to their own system.
Therefore, whether Confucianism is feudal or backward actually all depends on the depth of thought and thinking of the people who use Confucianism, and whether it is feudal or backward.
If the depth of their thinking and thinking is advanced enough and able to lead the needs of the times, then they might as well become the new great Confucians needed by the new era.
Just like Zhu Xi, Cheng Hao, Zhang Zai and others back then.
The reason why Zhu Xi and others were able to achieve such high Confucian achievements was actually because the Confucian theories and Confucian thoughts they proposed were in line with the needs of the times. That is why they were respected as the sages and great philosophers of Confucianism by those who later studied Confucianism. A virtuous person.
Now that Zhu Zaijing has opened up new political needs and provided them with new political theoretical support, there is no reason why they should be any worse than Zhu Xi, Cheng Hao, Zhang Zai and other ancients.
Maybe after in-depth thinking and research, these people will come up with new Confucian slogans.
For example, the New Confucian thinking of "development is the last word" and "the truth is within the range of a cannon".
After this, who will dare to say that Confucianism is a representative of feudal backwardness?
And by extension.
Even in the historical development timeline before Zhu Zaijing traveled through time, there was a humiliating historical process that caused various masters and thinkers at that time to criticize Confucianism in writing and verbally.
But it is undeniable that these people can put forward such thinking and critical words and thoughts, in fact, all in order to make the future "Confucianism" glow with new vitality and no longer be as lifeless as it has been since the Song and Ming Dynasties.
So in the final analysis, the masters and thinkers of that era were not criticizing Confucianism and Confucianism itself. They were criticizing those corrupt Confucians who refused to adapt to the past and insisted on taking the laws of their ancestors as the golden rule.
If they are lucky enough to survive that period of humiliation and enter a relatively peaceful and powerful era, then these people will definitely become masters of "Chinese Studies" and then sublimate the Confucianism they once criticized into new ideas. .
Because they will also clearly understand that the greatest contribution to this civilization that has lasted for thousands of years is that Confucian culture provided a large enough internal driving force.
Therefore, as the new spokespersons of Chinese civilization and people of the new era, they will inevitably use the thoughts and thinking they can see and understand now to reintegrate into the new Confucian needs, so that they can continue to become the pillar that supports the entire civilization. Backbone.
This enables children now and in the future to be able to recite some ancient poems and say a few sentences from Confucian classics, while at the same time maintaining the spirit of thinking and exploring new cultures and new worlds.
And this is proof of the progress of Confucian culture!
Therefore, no matter how many people criticize Confucianism and hate Confucianism, in fact, they only hate the backward Confucianism and the feudal Confucianism.
Therefore, as long as we can connect Confucian culture with Confucian doctrine and the progress of the same era, we can form a new theoretical model.
If this pattern continues, who will criticize Confucianism as a conservative and backward ideological doctrine in the future?
After all, there is no other thought in the Ming Dynasty that can replace the influence of Confucian culture, and Zhu Zaijing is not confident in creating a new cultural theory to replace the current Confucian thought.
Moreover, based on Zhu Zaijing's experience before time travel and his current thinking, he also found that in China at that time, no matter what "Bible" they learned from foreign monks, those politicians also spared no effort to emphasize "so-and-so" The theoretical practice of "Sinicization of Thought".
And what is this "Sinicization"?
It is the basis of culture that the Chinese people have learned and accepted for thousands of years. Therefore, in a sense, "Sinicization" is also the development and inheritance of New Confucian culture.
The reason why the word "Confucianism" is not mentioned is because the previous history of humiliation is difficult to accept. Therefore, these changes are not described as the evolutionary doctrine of Confucianism, but the term "Sinicization" is used instead. .
But if we explore the origin and clarify the truth, the meaning of "Sinicization" of foreign ideas is to adapt to the needs of the new era, to protect the national roots and national background, and then make them sinicized.
Otherwise, why spend so much effort to innovate the theory?
Therefore, to put it bluntly, if Chinese culture wants to be constantly updated, it must have these continuously improving theories as the ideological support of the entire civilization.
As long as you have these ideological approvals, many of the remaining things will become easy and will no longer appear to be burdensome.
So after Zhu Zaijing pried open this gap, he immediately made the Hanlin Academy and Daming Book Company the birthplace and dissemination center of New Confucianism and New Confucian theory, playing an important role in brewing the New Culture Movement ideas at Tsinghua University and Peking University. effect.
It can be said that Zhu Zaijing worked hard for a vibrant new future for the Ming Dynasty.
He not only wanted to revitalize today's Ming Dynasty in terms of industrial technology, but also broadened Ming Dynasty's vision in terms of ideological realm.
Make him a giant with a strong body and a sound mind!
Otherwise, if Zhu Zaijing only wanted to make some new inventions and cultivate some technical inventors who could invent and create, then the Ming Dynasty he created would definitely not be a promising and energetic Ming Dynasty.
It will only be an ancient man wearing a mecha. No matter how advanced the weapon is, it cannot hide the fact that it is barbaric.
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And Zhu Zaijing also knew clearly the consequences of this barbarism.
He also knew some world history before traveling through time.
He knew that a certain big country in the north only valued industrial creation and neglected the sublimation and construction of ideas. As a result, it seemed a bit stupid and decadent when competing with other countries. In the end, it only existed for 69 years before it collapsed.
Therefore, in order to prevent the Ming Dynasty, which he worked so hard to pull out of the quagmire of the feudal cycle, from following in the footsteps of that superpower, Zhu Zaijing must create new ideas and political theories for the future Ming Dynasty.
Let the future Ming Dynasty not only be physically strong, but also mentally healthy and spiritually rich.
Otherwise, God knows what kind of monster Daming will become in a few decades.
If this monster gets out of control one day in the future and begins to collapse on itself, and later people want to unify the post-collapse situation, it will probably never be possible again.
Therefore, in order for the territory of the Ming Dynasty to continue to exist forever, Zhu Zaijing must take precautions and at the same time develop and explore future political theories so that he can have enough ideological power in the future to inherit the greatness of the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years. Territory supports and holds together.
For this reason, Zhu Zaijing could not hide it from Emperor Jiajing and just work alone silently.
So after preparing and starting all this, Zhu Zaijing also wrote a memorial to the Emperor Jiajing who was in retreat on the creation of the Ming Dynasty's grand narrative political theory.
In his memorial, Zhu Zaijing elaborated on the importance of grand narrative political theory to the Ming Dynasty's greatness again, and also explained the importance of new political theory to the Jiajing era.
Therefore, after Emperor Jiajing saw Zhu Zaijing's memorial while in seclusion, he couldn't help but show an extremely shocked look!
He never thought that politics could be played like this?
It turns out that Emperor Jiajing believed that politics was nothing more than a contest between power and people's hearts.
But after reading Zhu Zaijing's memorial on the establishment of the Ming Dynasty's grand narrative political theory, Emperor Jiajing suddenly felt that his original approach seemed a bit too childish.
It seems that I have grasped the key, but in fact I have missed the mark.
This caused everyone in the Ming Dynasty, whether it was him or others, to fall into a "calculating" political atmosphere.
Although this political atmosphere ensured that the imperial power in his hands would not be at risk, it also cut off the possibility of him becoming an eternal sage.
Therefore, after Emperor Jiajing read Zhu Zaijing's memorial "On the Creation of Ming Dynasty's Grand Narrative Political Theory" several times, he seemed to have a new understanding in his heart, and felt that he was one step closer to "becoming an immortal".
"Huang Jin, have you read the new memorial sent by San'er?"
Emperor Jiajing was so eager to share this moment that he wanted to have someone by his side to share his current excitement and understanding with.
Of course Huang Jin knew what Emperor Jiajing was talking about.
But as a qualified slave, Huang Jin cannot always be particularly smart.
So Huang Jin said: "I read it once, but I didn't understand it. I don't know what Prince Yu wanted to say. Moreover, I was confused when I saw it, and I was still confused in the end."
Emperor Jiajing looked at Huang Jin's appearance and listened to Huang Jin's current words.
He immediately laughed out loud, "It's okay if you don't understand. This is the emperor's education given by heaven! San'er is truly my good son!"
Huang Jin was suddenly surprised and said with a look of shock: "Emperor, what did you say?! This is the study of emperors! Why didn't this slave see it?"
Emperor Jiajing chuckled and said: "It's normal that you can't tell because you are not as tall as me and San'er. San'er and I think of Ming in our hearts and look at the world. So I can tell San'er at a glance. The weight of this memorial! ”
"What is written in this memorial is an unprecedented piece of imperial scholarship that has shocked both ancient and modern times. Its significance is comparable to "Shang Jun Shu" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian". "Shang Jun Shu" and "Shang Jun Shu" "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" talks about the method of governing people, but "San'er Memorial" talks about the actual method of governing the world."
"If he can really do all the things and problems mentioned in this memorial, then my Ming Dynasty will definitely be an unattainable peak! In the future, I will be no less generous than the sage kings of the past!"
"Even after thousands of generations have passed, future generations will praise my prosperous Ming Dynasty!"
Then Emperor Jiajing said excitedly: "I am very pleased to hear that King Yu has made great achievements in supervising the country. I will give King Yu an extra level for entering and exiting the carriage, driving the ceremonial guard, etc., serving ten chapters, and wearing a jade belt."
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