Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 814 Family and Country Debate
Naturally, Li Qingzhao had met Zhao Roujia, the Princess of Chu, and had admired her beauty and intelligence. He also loved this royal Jiarui, and said with a smile, "It's a concubine with a low fortune. It's a pity that I don't have the chance to teach the Princess."

"The layman is serious!" Zhu Lian's tone was very polite, and he turned to look at the red-clothed woman standing beside him, and said softly, "Yu Xuan, how are those little palace people studying?"

"The ladies are diligent, and their academic performance surpasses that of the Qianyuan." The woman in red replied very straightforwardly, without any affectation, and even a little proud.

She was one of the dozens of orphans rescued by Zhu Lian and Wang Xiu in Shangshui back then. Lin Yuxuan, who was almost treated as a two-legged sheep, was not as lucky as Li Caiwei, but she also entered Meihuashan Primary School for a while.

For many years, she was adopted in the palace again and became a little maid. In a few years, she grew into a slim beauty. The official eighth-rank court lady who was involved in the case was also loved by Qing Jun.

Because of the establishment of Zhongshan Academy Girls' Zhai, she was fortunate to be reused by Zhu Lian as Li Qingzhao's assistant and responsible for selecting palace attendants. Because of her gentle personality and smooth handling, she was deeply loved by girls and was even more valued by Zhu Lian.

Li Qingzhao was very satisfied with Lin Yuxuan, but she knew that Zhu Lian must have something to do here, so she said slowly, "Okay, you go to have tea with Senior Official Zhang and the Monk Palace."

Lin Yuxuan obediently apologized to Zhu Lian and withdrew. He also understood that the Empress Dowager talked to the head of the house, and even Shang Gong also withdrew, which was definitely not something she could listen to.

Zhu Lian glanced at Li Qingzhao playfully, and said, "Your Excellency is giving lectures?"

"Yes! Your Majesty is going to attend school?" Li Qingzhao said casually, and immediately felt a little regretful. How could the Empress Dowager go to attend school in a large audience? It was too outrageous to spread the word.

Besides, she didn't think much of Wang Xiu's excessive concern about those strange skills. Although she was not conservative in her thinking, she did not object to the establishment of those miscellaneous subjects, and even encouraged women to receive education, but she thought that scholars In addition to talents, studying miscellaneous subjects concurrently is a kind of self-cultivation, but if you focus too much on these miscellaneous subjects, you will neglect your career. This is not her orientation.

Moreover, she believes that Wang Xiu's study of miscellaneous studies is too deep, and he is a pillar of the country, but without the loyalty of Confucians, he can only be a pragmatic bureaucrat.

If Wang Xiu knew Li Qingzhao's thoughts, he would definitely be very disappointed, because Li Qingzhao still has limitations, and it is precisely the stubborn conservative thinking of scholars that is the motivation for him to cultivate new scholars.

The atmosphere in the debate hall was very strange. The conversation between Wang Xiu and Master Yun Hao surprised these students even when they were giving lectures.

Many students are engaged in so-called science and engineering research, exploring the mysteries of nature, some have already begun to explore mechanics at a deep level, and some students even claim that as long as they have the right equipment, they can conjure lightning.

This is not a joke, let alone a joke, but the implementation of reality. That is the research direction given by Wang Xiu. After a series of deduction and demonstration, friction produces a strong current. As for how to derive the storage, that is two things. .

These students are very interested in natural exploration, but of course they are much indifferent to some theories of gods and ghosts.However, Wang Xiu still instilled the idea of ​​reverence for heaven and earth, and dismissed Mencius' quotations that man can conquer heaven, which made them a little bit tasteful.

He often used a sentence: Humans are just the protagonists of heaven and earth chosen by the Dao of Heaven. Don't fly arrogantly to the Heavenly Palace, or instantly overwhelm mountains and seas, thinking that you can beat the heavens.The so-called unfathomable power of the sky, when you reach the peak, you will find that it is not the peak you climbed, but the beginning of another stage.

It has to be said that Wang Xiu's Taoist theory is solid, combined with the mind learning inherited from Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, it is eloquent and never inferior to mind learning.

At this time, he answered the student's question, and said in a loud voice: "Buddhism and Taoism all come from Taoism, and they follow the path of heaven to live endlessly. Everything in the world has a general trend, and small changes can be made, but big changes are not allowed. Just as Mr. Chongmiao He is a free and unrestrained immortal in the world, but he cannot disobey the will of heaven."

"The head of the mountain is saying that the captives uphold the will of heaven, but the court has perverted it and was abandoned by heaven?"

This question is quite sharp. If you don’t answer well, you will be caught by the tail. If you don’t answer it well, you will be caught by the tail. If you have two intentions, you will deliberately slander the court. Khan, secretly scolded this student for being tricky, and actually played a trick on Wang Xiu.

Wang Xiu didn't care at all, but looked at the student with great interest, and said with a slight smile, "What do you think is the difference between Xuanhe years and now?"

It is equivalent to kicking the ball back. The Xuanhe period was indeed prosperous, but it was a kind of sick society. Compared with Dazhong Jianyan, it is a world and a place, and the truth that a fool understands.

However, if you understand it, it’s not that kind of thing to say it. It’s still necessary to avoid the taboo of the ancestors. You can’t use it on Zhao Ji. At most, you can only say that the six thieves have brought disaster to the country.

Sure enough, the students faltered, just said that there are thieves and thieves who are harming the country, and they didn't even mention their names. It's not for other reasons. Mr. Cai's reputation is very bad, but Erlang of Cai's family is an important minister of the court, and he is very likely to enter the two mansions. , who dares to talk nonsense.As for the other people, except for a few servants, they can be regarded as serious scholars. They can fight in the nest, but if they speak out openly, they will be hated by others.

Seeing that the student dared not answer, Wang Xiu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The scholar's thoughtfulness was definitely not what he wanted.Although he does not believe in absolute democracy, and even holds his nose against freedom, the future elites he has the most hope for do not dare to speak freely. How can this mentality promote the sublimation of social thoughts, and how can it affect the changes of the times? the goal of?
What academic debates need is to speak freely, and we must not look forward and backward, worry about gains and losses, and lose the true meaning of debate.

Since he is a student of Zhongshan Academy, and since this is where he places his great hopes, he will not hide his secrets, and must guide their thinking. He said in a deep voice, "Since you don't answer, I will help you answer."

"Let's not talk about what is right and what is wrong. Let's just talk about the prosperity, honor and disgrace of the past dynasties. Which one can become a millennium empire? No, there will be no after the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Don't tell me that Ji Zhou's 800 years of history, look at the pre-Qin war, the master is running around , In the end, there was no way to return to heaven, and it was the survivors of the first emperor, Fen VI, who ended the split for hundreds of years."

"The country has been established for more than a hundred years, and the emperors of all dynasties have never lost their virtues, but the Jingkang incident is inevitable. What is the reason? It is because the power is too concentrated, and all dynasties have been like this. In the end, they cannot escape the cycle of striving, becoming strong, and declining. Perhaps, someone From the bottom of my heart, I will say that the two grand masters have harmed the country, so that the captives are rampant."

He paused at this point, and looked at the people in the debate hall. Seeing their astonished faces, they were obviously very shocked by his words.

(End of this chapter)