Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 704: The Offense is Over
For Zhu Su, guarding the border and protecting the royal family were not unfamiliar tasks.

In the eleventh year of Hongwu, the second elder brother Zhu Chong and the third elder brother Zhu Gang had already been enfeoffed in Xi'an and Taiyuan respectively.

Fourth brother Zhu Di was originally scheduled to be enfeoffed in Beiping this year, but because of the Guangmu incident and the early recall of General Xu Da, the enfeoffment of third brother was temporarily postponed. Most likely, he would have to wait until General Xu returned north to accompany him.

The place where King Zhou would be enfeoffed, Kaifeng, had already been decided, and the original date for the enfeoffment was next year.

During his stay in Yingtian Prefecture, the eldest brother Zhu Biao told him about the places he had seen in his early years; the second brother Zhu Chong wrote to him saying that he planned to rebuild the city defense of Xi'an; the third brother Zhu Gang wrote to him saying that the people of Taiyuan were difficult to govern and he was still trying to adapt.

All this also made Zhu Su more eager to leave Yingtian Prefecture and experience the local customs and people, rather than being accompanied by the books in the deep palace.

But after the Tianshou Festival, Dad gave them and their brothers a piece of paper, saying that if they could understand the meaning of the paper, it might be of great use to the Ming Dynasty.

It was from that time that Zhu Su felt that he should stay in Yingtian Prefecture for some time. After all, there were quite a large collection of books and all kinds of readers here.

More importantly, in those few short sentences about the meaning of science, he seemed to see an endless and dangerous peak covered with thorns, but at the top of that dangerous peak he seemed to be able to faintly see the shadow of the principle that the Neo-Confucian scholars had been pursuing for the past two or three hundred years.

And until today, when I saw this spectacular light screen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears what my father said was the evaluation and discussion of "Xi Yuanlu" by people in later generations, this feeling has become even stronger.

He had long forgotten the customs and practices of Kaifeng, and his father had also said that this was not his first visit to the sightseeing tent, and there would surely be a third and fourth time in the future. As a result, Zhu Su's desire to stay in Yingtian Prefecture became stronger and stronger.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little hesitant.

He also gave the scientific proposal that he showed to his sons to some scholars for their study, and they found many interesting points.

But Zhu Su is his son after all. Which is more important, defending the Ming Dynasty or exploring science?

Ming Tianzi, who was lost in thought, felt his sleeve being pulled. When he looked up, he saw the girl's eager eyes, so his heart softened:
"Forget it, Old Five, just accompany Dad to look at the future discussions, and let's postpone the Kaifeng matter for now."

Zhu Su was immediately overjoyed, and Zhu Bo was also happy. After all, he liked the fifth brother the most among all his brothers.

Zhu Biao was somewhat relieved. It was rare for his father to take back his decision.

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In Guangzheng Hall, Qian Chu raised his eyebrows:
"How could the Song Dynasty cause the Mongolian Khan to die in battle?"

Although it was his first time to visit the sightseeing map, after Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu explained the map, Qian Chu, who had some knowledge of maritime business, also had a preliminary idea of ​​how big the world was.

Because of this, the boundless territory of Mongolia on the light screen appeared even more terrifying.

And he also remembered that this Mengge was the final winner of the Khuriltai Conference. The result was actually ended in this way.

Li Yu sneered at Qian Chu's remarks, but thinking about how Emperor Zhao had just described his fate in just a few words, he felt a little upset for a moment.

Now that the Prince of Jin has become a monk, Emperor Zhao has clearly stated that alcohol and rich food are banned in the palace. Unless there are no unexpected events, the Prince of Jin will only be able to talk about Buddhism for the rest of his life, and will find it difficult to engage in political warfare.

His life was temporarily safe, so why did Emperor Zhao summon him here? Li Yu's three pupils were full of confusion.

Then I suddenly remembered what Qian Chu said just now: "All rivers converge into one, which is the general trend."

Zhao Pu, who was discussing quietly with Zhao Kuangyin, said quietly:
"Money cannot keep you warm, and food cannot fill your stomach, but it can be used to govern the people and bring peace to the world." "Without money, the world will be difficult to pacify."

Zhao Kuangyin also sighed. He understood this principle very well. After all, this was the function of the Fengzhuang Warehouse.

It’s a pity that later generations would rather use the money to go to Mount Tai to deceive the gods and ghosts than to use it to strengthen the army and engrave the stone at Yanran.

Master Kong Jiong shrank his neck.

[When we talked about Neo-Confucianism in the last issue, we mentioned that Zhu Xi almost promoted the development of Neo-Confucianism before his death.

Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty can be roughly divided into three stages.

The first was the transition period from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, when the turbulent times forced various theories to evolve rapidly.

The second was the debate among great Confucian scholars such as Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuyuan, and Lu Zuqian, which eventually led to the Ehu Debate. This stage ended with the death of Zhu Xi and Han Tuozhou's lifting of the party ban and persecution of Neo-Confucian scholars.

The third is that Lizong respected Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and Neo-Confucianism became the orthodox thought during this period.

Unlike traditional Confucianism which focuses on literature and politics, Neo-Confucianism pays more attention to moral cultivation. Zhu Xi also said, "When reading history, one should look at the great ethics, great opportunities, and the gains and losses of great governance and chaos," putting great ethics first.

Some modern scholars believe that Zhu Xi's historical view is based on the main line of "shaping history and returning to the purity of reason", and he judged historical events and figures by the standards of Neo-Confucianism, hoping that this would play a role in maintaining the moral code and ethics for future politics and society.

Simply put, historical records influenced by Neo-Confucianism will have a strong moral coloration.

When talking about Jia Sidao, we have to talk about Shi Miyuan first. After all, it is rare that he assassinated the prime minister, beheaded him to negotiate peace, forged imperial edicts to arbitrarily depose and enthrone, and these things were not included in the "Biography of Traitorous Ministers".

But if we compare, we will find that during Shi Miyuan's reign, he implemented the "Jiading Reform", rehabilitated the Neo-Confucianists who were persecuted during the Qingyuan Party Ban, and Song Lizong, who advocated Neo-Confucianism, was also supported by Shi Miyuan, so Shi Miyuan really made contributions to the development of Neo-Confucianism.

On the other hand, Jia Sidao controlled the remonstration system, suppressed the students of the Imperial College, and even scolded the empty-talking pseudo-moralists as "lazy, pedantic and incompetent people", mocking them for "not knowing what military, finance and punishment are."

In this situation, the most talkative hypocrite will naturally curse your Jia family's coffin lid upside down.

Some modern scholars have also verified that Temur Tashi and Zhang Qiyan, who "contributed greatly" to the compilation of "History of Song Dynasty", were people who studied the "origins of Confucianism and Taoism in Song Dynasty".

Ouyang Xuan, who set the format for "History of Song Dynasty" and wrote essays, eulogies and prefaces, was also a Taoist scholar who was "particularly well-versed in the origins of Yi and Luo books."

Seriously speaking, it is not a big problem for Neo-Confucianism to judge history based on morality. It is also a way of looking at history from multiple perspectives. After all, Jia Sidao did have problems with his personal morality.

But failing to correctly recognize the inevitability of historical laws and instead blaming them on personal morality is a big problem.

After all, if we follow this logic, the only one who could save the Southern Song Dynasty at that time might not be Hai Rui, who was sniping against the Taoist priest at the middle gate.

But if Hai Rui were to sit in Jia Sidao's position, he would probably not be able to escape the fate of being sent into the "Biography of Traitorous Ministers" by this logic in the future.

Some people say that in the Southern Song Dynasty, people would rather offend Mongolia or the emperor than offend the powerful and the literati, and Jia Sidao offended them all by relying on the "Public Land Law".

(End of this chapter)