Chapter 107 There should be more than just Confucius in universities
After Zhu Houzhao yawned and said "retreat from the court", all the ministers withdrew from the Qianqing Palace one after another. Except for the cabinet ministers and the eunuchs in charge of rites, only Wang Yangming remained in the hall, listening to Zhu Houzhao's arrangements. Preparations for the establishment of Capital University.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Yangming, who was thirty-three years old.
This was the first time Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Yangming. Although he had asked Wang Yangming to do a few things for him, it was still at this moment that he really looked at himself.
Zhu Houzhao only saw Wang Yangming's rectangular face and goat's beard. His eyes were indeed bright and sparkling, but he did not look like a saint with great enlightenment. It seemed that there was still a bit of incomprehension in the world between his eyebrows.
Wang Yangming was also looking at Zhu Houzhao. On the surface, the Zhu Houzhao he saw was just a young man with a white face and a light beard and clear eyes. But why did his eyes seem to have a hint of maturity, and even when he looked at himself, there was a hint of scrutiny and solemnity. .
Zhu Houzhao knew that Wang Yangming at this time had not experienced Liu Jin's training, nor had he experienced enlightenment in Longchang, so he could understand that he had not yet become sophisticated and cunning.
However, Wang Yangming became more suspicious after seeing Zhu Houzhao. He wondered what kind of hardships this young emperor who had grown up in the palace had to go through before he could analyze the people of this society so thoroughly and be full of struggle consciousness in a program of governing the country. He is so unkind and ruthless towards his political opponents that he has such a strong desire to protect himself, even to the point of killing people from ten clans!
"Is it true that the death of a father can make a person grow up quickly? I, Wang Yangming, have not yet realized this. Is it because no close relatives have passed away in the family, and I don't know how many years my father will live, and I will still have to live in chaos and ignorance for a few more years."
Wang Yangming couldn't help but think wildly for a while.
"Wang Shouren!"
Zhu Houzhao shouted smoothly.
"Your Majesty!"
Wang Yangming also shouted at the same time.
"Speak first," Zhu Houzhao extended his hand to give Wang Yangming respect.
"Your Majesty, please tell me first. Your Majesty asked me to stay," Wang Yangming replied.
Zhu Houzhao nodded after hearing this: "Do you know what kind of university I want to build? Or you can tell me why you suddenly recommended yourself just now and are willing to be the sacrifice for this capital university?"
"I would like to answer your Majesty's second question first. I dare not deceive Your Majesty. I just saw that no one dared to recommend myself, so I recommended myself. Thanks to your Majesty's kindness, I was promoted to be a lecturer in the Imperial Academy, but I am not a concubine. As a scholar, I am really unfit to serve as a scholar in the Imperial Academy. Now I see that Your Majesty wants to convert the Baofang into a university. I have to study in the Baofang by His Majesty's order. Now I can only go back and continue studying."
Wang Yangming replied truthfully.
Zhu Houzhao thought that Wang Yangming was really different from other people of this era. As soon as he proposed to build a university, a man of great fortune like him would immediately understand his purpose.
Now, Zhu Houzhao knows that even the geniuses of this era need time to guide them. "In that case, please tell me your understanding," Zhu Houzhao said.
"According to the order! As I understand it, university is a place for adults to learn, that is, it is not a place for children to be enlightened, but a place for those who seek knowledge to learn," Wang Yangming replied.
Zhu Houzhao walked up to Wang Yangming and gave Wang Yangming a booklet about the "Oracle to Build a Capital University": "While reading, I listened to what I said. What you said is almost what I meant, but not entirely. I want to build a university." Although this university is not a place where children learn to read and write, it is also a place of enlightenment and enlightenment of new ideas
The so-called greatness of the Capital University should not only be a place for the elderly to study, but a place where all the knowledge in the world is gathered and studied. It is not just about studying, but also about applying what you have learned, and it also has the purpose of exploring new knowledge. I have decided to temporarily call the Capital University It is divided into four subjects: liberal arts, science, engineering, and medicine, which will be expanded in the future. As for the meaning of these four subjects, I have explained it above, and you can take a closer look;
Now you have to prepare for me to build the Capital University for the Ming Dynasty. How to rebuild the Leopard Room is not very important. What is more important is to immediately find the masters in these four subjects. You will declare them to me as professors of the Capital University. , no matter they were former traffickers or nobility, as long as they are talented in some aspect and have good moral character, they can be recruited. ”
Professor already had such an official position in the Ming Dynasty, but the meaning was different from that of later generations. Professors in later generations were more equivalent to doctors in ancient times. However, Zhu Houzhao also wanted to avoid confusion with the Imperial Academy, and professor originally meant a teacher, so he also Simply let the official title of university teachers be professor. As for the specific levels of university teachers in the future, we can only discuss it later.
Wang Yangming understood a lot after reading Zhu Houzhao's brochure and listening to Zhu Houzhao's words. However, before he could speak, the first assistant Ma Wensheng said: "Your Majesty, you want to promote miscellaneous knowledge to benefit all schools of thought." , but since the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu promoted the Kong family, he suppressed hundreds of schools and became the greatest emperor of all time. As a result, Emperor Wu became the greatest emperor of all time. Since your majesty wanted to achieve greatness as an emperor, why did you promote hundreds of schools of thought and not express the Six Classics? "< br>
"After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism and deposed hundreds of schools of thought, did the Han Dynasty decline because of this?" Zhu Houzhao asked, and Ma Wensheng replied: "I have limited historical knowledge. I wonder what this has to do with the exclusive respect for Confucianism?"
"Let's put it this way, I'm not abandoning Confucianism. In fact, Confucianism has already changed. But I can't support only one Confucian school and suppress hundreds of schools of thought, just like people can't only be sensible but also know how to dress and eat. , even driving and riding horses, society has Hundreds of skills, naturally, there are hundreds of learnings. If the Ming Dynasty wants to prosper, it must let all flowers bloom in the world of scholarship. Buddhism, Taoism and even the Jesus of the West can tolerate it, why can't other miscellaneous studies be tolerated? Those who can benefit the empire are good scholars! ! ”
When Zhu Houzhao said this, Ma Wensheng had no choice but to reply: "Remember the holy edict!"
In fact, the exclusive respect for Confucianism was the will of the emperors and rulers to maintain their rule. In the Ming Dynasty, which was not ruled by foreign races, neither the officials in the court nor the people in the rivers and lakes restricted their own thoughts and could accept different voices. As long as Zhu Houzi doesn't take care of their most fundamental interests, it doesn't matter what the emperor believes or does.
Wang Yangming also replied at this time: "I already understand your Majesty's meaning. I wonder if your Majesty still has an edict?"
"I have only one request. The purpose of running the Capital University is to be inclusive! Different voices are allowed in the university, as long as they do not violate the laws and do not intend to overthrow the dynasty. Tolerance is great, and a hundred flowers must bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend!"
After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Jiao Fang who was present couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty's mind is beyond the reach of my ministers!"
Wang Yangming also nodded at this time and said: "I will bear in mind your Majesty's decree. Please rest assured, I will definitely plan to build such a university!"
Wang Yangming is not a complacent person. When he was newly married, he even talked with Taoist priests, discussed Zen with old monks, and asked about geography with traders and footmen. These were all things he often did. Now, building such a university has become what he wants to do. Therefore, at this moment, after he understood Zhu Houzhao's purpose of building the Capital University, he couldn't help but become more active.
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