Water Margin people

Chapter 1604: Confucian Counterattack

"What are you teaching? They are all strange and lewd techniques. The Four Books and Five Classics are compressed into a position where they can be studied or not. This is putting the cart before the horse and misleading the students!"

A great scholar immediately criticized the education problems in the school. Since ancient times, students have been studying various Confucian classics, but now these books have been compiled as elective courses in schools, and there are very few students studying them.

"Mr. Zhang, your school's curriculum is arranged according to His Majesty's requirements. It is the students' freedom to learn whatever they want!"

Li Qingzhao looked a little unhappy. If there was any problem with her, she would admit it, but if there was any problem with her students, she would be unhappy because they were her students, her children.

"Freedom? I think it means letting it go its own way! We came to you to ask you to reform the school and get the academic world back on track!"

"Add courses on the Four Books and Five Classics, and add subjects such as poetry and classics to the exams!"

"What are those miscellaneous skills of craftsmen that are being tested now? Can a group of skilled craftsmen become officials? What do they know?"

"The same is true for the military academy. In the past, there were only a hundred people admitted at a time, but now the number of admitted people accounts for as much as 30%! And the military officers are actually of the same rank as the civil officials!"

"You still allow women to go to school and take part in the imperial examinations. Where have you put the rules of our ancestors?"

Finally, someone revealed the ultimate goal. They wanted to reform the school while Sun Lei was away and Principal Li Qingzhao had returned. They had already united great scholars from all over the country. As long as the reform began, they would be successful in a short time. When Sun Lei came back, everything would be a foregone conclusion.

"Is this your purpose?"

Li Qingzhao looked at the elders and spoke. She was not an ignorant woman. Their words were so straightforward, how could she not know the purpose.

"Also, we're going to take you to Qufu this time. The grand sacrifice for Duke Yansheng is coming soon!"

The one from the Li family also spoke.

"What subjects are taught in school is decided by His Majesty. I have no right to change it. As for the big exam, it is to select talents for the country, and it is not something I can participate in!"

"As for the Military Academy, the six arts of a gentleman include archery and charioteering! What's the problem with that? Didn't Confucius travel around the countries with a sword? Why don't you say anything?"

"When did you let women participate in the Qufu Grand Sacrifice? I won't go! You look down on women, but I am a woman, I look up to them! I want them to learn to read and write, I want them to take the exam! I want to see why women should be enslaved by you!"

Li Qingzhao shook her head and rejected them all at once. She knew that these elders wanted to use her to gain some benefits. If it was just for money, she would accept it, but since it involved the school, students and the country, she would never agree.

Li Qingzhao's words were very firm and not polite at all, which angered a group of great scholars.

"You don't even listen to your elders? You've forgotten the Three Obediences and Four Virtues!"

The middle-aged Confucian scholar from the Li family was furious. Li Qingzhao hadn't even gotten married yet, but she dared to disobey his advice.

"Xin Qiji!"

Li Qingzhao shouted coldly.

"The students are here!"

Xin Qiji immediately stood in front of Li Qingzhao with a spear in his hand.

"Teacher Dai, send these elders out!"

Li Qingzhao said with her eyes closed.

"you dare!"

All the Confucian scholars became angry.

"roll!"

Xin Qiji swung his spear, and the tip of the spear just brushed the noses of the great scholars. The strong wind with cold murderous aura frightened the scholars so much that they retreated again and again.

"My spear has no eyes, and you deserve to be killed!"

Xin Qiji continued to wave his spear and roar.

Those Confucian scholars couldn't reason with such a brat and were so scared that they all left the inn.

"Principal, get them all out! These old men are obviously not good people!"

Xin Qiji came back with a proud look on his face and asked for credit.

But Li Qingzhao just wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and started crying. "Damn those old men!"

When Xin Qiji saw Li Qingzhao crying, he became furious and murderous. The principal who loved him so much was actually made to cry. Those people deserved to die.

"Don't worry about them! If I had known this would happen, I would have stayed in the Western Regions and never come back!"

Li Qingzhao shook her head and said that those elders were just representatives of certain forces.

"Principal Li, your choice is correct!"

Zhu Fu smiled and clasped his fists. He had not spoken a word just now because he was waiting for the result. There were some things that he could not directly participate in.

"Manager Zhu, have you known this a long time ago?"

Li Qingzhao looked at Zhu Fu and asked.

"Your Majesty said that Confucius' Confucianism was originally a very good academic discipline, but the descendants of later generations continued to castrate it, and eventually it became a shackle that the upper class used to imprison the lower class. He wants to break this shackle and smash it completely!"

Zhu Fu clasped his fists.

"Brother Zhu Fu, what do you mean?"

Xin Qiji didn't quite understand and asked quickly.

"What do you mean by brother? You should call him uncle. The generations are all messed up."

Zhu Fu glanced at Xin Qiji and said, "This kid actually mentioned a higher generation than himself."

"Don't worry about the details!"

Xin Qiji said with a smile.

"Why has the Kong family survived for thousands of years? In every dynasty, after the transfer of imperial power, the emperor would immediately confer titles on the Kong family, from "Baocheng Marquis", "Shengting Marquis", "Chongsheng Marquis", "Baosheng Marquis", to later "Wenxuan Duke". Then during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, he was conferred the title "Yansheng Duke". The Kong family can be said to have been conferred the highest title!"

"The reason is that since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has become the mainstream of the world's literary world. All scholars learn from the Confucian school of thought. The emperor needs these learned people to help govern the world, so he needs to win over the Confucian family."

"But your majesty doesn't buy it. Your majesty has never paid attention to the Kong family or those so-called great Confucian scholars. Your majesty has opened a school to teach independent knowledge. The students in the school now have nothing to do with the Kong family or Confucianism."

"This is equivalent to digging up the roots of the Kong family and Confucianism. How could these people be willing to do this? However, they are also afraid of death and dare not go to His Majesty, so they come to Principal Li to put pressure on him!"

Zhu Fu looked at Li Qingzhao and said, Li Qingzhao is the vice-president of Qi State School and also the earliest founder of the school. Now that the emperor is away, it is easiest to start with Li Qingzhao.

"Those old guys really have bad intentions. I'm going to take people to arrest them and put them in jail!"

Xin Qiji spoke immediately.

"It's useless. Even if you catch them, what can you convict them of? The others will continue as usual! There are many conservatives in this world!"

Zhu Fu shook his head.

"So let them do whatever they want?"

Xin Qiji was furious.

"The solution is to wait until more students graduate from school, and these old antiques will naturally be replaced!"

Zhu Fu shook his head and said, these conservatives are more troublesome than the rebels, as for the rebels, they can just be conquered by the army.

“This is too frustrating!”

Xin Qiji had a hot temper.

"That's how your majesty arranged it. Do you have a better idea?"

Zhu Fu looked at Xin Qiji and said.

"That's it. Tell the guards that I'm not feeling well and won't see anyone until I return to Liangshan City!"

Li Qingzhao spoke up, she knew she had become a breakthrough point for those conservatives who resisted the imperial power, and now she could only avoid them.