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Chapter 805

The carriage must be clanging, leading Yang Reform through the streets and alleys.

In the afternoon, Yang Reform took some free time to come out for a visit.

The afternoon sun was a little hot, and Yang Reform also felt a little hot after riding in the carriage for a while.

"Housekeeper, find a tea house and take a rest. Also, bring Huang Zongxi here, I have something to talk to him..." Yang Reform said lightly, some things are already being arranged, and have been pushed to a certain level , but need to move the next piece.

"I understand!" Wang Chengen immediately agreed, it's really not suitable to run around under the scorching sun, it's better to find a place to rest.

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When Yang Reform went to the teahouse, there were no other customers here.

After drinking a cup of tea, he stared out of the window in a daze for a long time before Huang Zongxi arrived.

Huang Zongxi's eyes widened in surprise, looking at the person in front of him, it was hard to believe that the person in front of him was His Majesty the Emperor, and the Emperor saw him in this humble teahouse.

"Minister..." Huang Zongxi hesitated for a while, and immediately saluted in surprise.

"...This is outside, so there is no need for such a big gift, so as not to reveal Xingzang and cause unnecessary trouble. I have an alias outside, my surname is Yang, my first name is Reform, and I am named Baidu. Taichong calls me Brother Baidu, or Brother Yang That's it..." Yang Reform said with a smile, preventing Huang Zongxi from saluting.

Huang Zongxi immediately stopped saluting, and shouted abruptly: "...I have seen you, son..." Brother Yang, brother Baidu, Huang Zongxi couldn't say it out loud.

"Come on, sit outside, you don't need to be too restrained..." Yang Reform said with a smile, motioning for Huang Zongxi to sit down.

Huang Zongxi looked cramped and carefully sat opposite to Yang Reform.

Yang Reform did it himself, poured a cup of tea for Huang Zongxi, and then asked: "...Where will I be assigned to support education this time?"

Huang Zongxi was flustered by this sudden gift, he hurriedly thanked him, but he didn't dare to make a grand ceremony, he was very embarrassed.

"...Reporting to my son, I was assigned to Huguang..." Huang Zongxi replied awkwardly. A few days ago, the Guozijian, the students who went to Beijing to rush for the exam fought, and he was one of the leaders. According to the punishment, he had to go outside to teach for a year. Now The place of this branch of teaching can be regarded as divided, but it is allocated to Huguang.

"Can you blame me for punishing me too severely? Don't show mercy?" Yang Reform poured out his tea and signaled Huang Zongxi to drink it.

Huang Zongxi was even more cramped, having the emperor pour tea himself, this kind of courtesy is really indescribable, even the high officials of the current dynasty may not be able to easily get this kind of courtesy from the emperor, but he got it, this kind of favor , it is really too big, it was a little cramped at first, but now it is getting more and more cramped.

"...Returning to my son, I don't dare to think like this. It's wrong to hit someone, it's wrong to fight. Since you've done something wrong, you should be punished..." Huang Zongxi said hastily.

Yang Reform looked at Huang Zongxi, who was flustered and cramped, and said, "Do you know why I punished you to teach?"

"This...Reply to my son, I don't know..." Huang Zongxi thought for a while, and said, very puzzled.

Yang Reform thought for a while, organized his language, and said: "...Let's not mention this for now, let's talk about why you two had a dispute..." Yang Reform didn't say why Huang Zongxi was punished to serve as a teacher, but instead talked about over this matter.

"Reporting to you, my lord, it's because of the competition for reading, for the theories of the sages, and for the theories of His Majesty..." Huang Zongxi immediately agreed.

"Oh, for studying? For a saint? For Your Majesty? Can you be more specific?" Yang Reform said.

"Returning to my son, it's still the same question. Is it good or bad for everyone in the world to read books? Is it feasible or not feasible? The students on the bottom side think it is feasible, but the students on the other side think it is impossible. Therefore, the two sides have been arguing fiercely for a long time..." Huang Zongxi calmed down when he talked about what he had been working hard for.Forget that this is a face-to-face conversation with the emperor.

Faced with Huang Zongxi's eloquent talk, Yang Reform did not interrupt, but let Huang Zongxi continue to talk.

"...Besides, it is the debate on how to solve the needs of people. Your Majesty said that people's needs are Confucianism. Therefore, Confucianism should take solving people's needs as its own responsibility. What people need, even if I, a Confucian, have to work hard... Young Master, this debate has a long history. They believe that people's desires are infinite, so their needs are also infinite. Therefore, it is really wrong to devote all our efforts to infinite desires. Needs, unlimited needs and desires should not be regarded as the code of conduct pursued by Confucianism. Only by preserving the principles of nature and eliminating human desires can the world be peaceful.... Human desires are hard to calm, so we should not use human needs to interpret Confucian words... "Huang Zongxi began to explain these things in detail.

"...Finally, it's about the saint..." Huang Zongxi didn't dare to say it when he said this. He didn't dare to doubt the saint's words before, but now, he doesn't believe it so much. No matter what the emperor asked him to fight for, he almost always denied the saint. He had doubts about the saint, but he dared not speak out about his suspicion. If he offended the emperor, the emperor could not pursue it, but he could speak ill of the saint... , he had to think carefully about the consequences.

Yang Reform listened, and tapped the table with his fingers rhythmically.

"In your opinion, is it a good thing or a bad thing for people in the world to read books? Is it possible or impossible?" Yang Reform asked.

"Returning to my son, this is naturally a great thing. There has never been a dynasty that dared to think and dare to do such a grand cause, and it is the only dynasty that can do this kind of thing. Everyone reads, which is naturally a good thing. It's the best thing..." Huang Zongxi said immediately.

"Well, have you ever thought about the consequences of everyone reading? In the past, everyone dared not think about it and couldn't do it, but now they are doing it, but they can consider the consequences of everyone reading..." Yang Reform continued asked.

"...This... everyone has books to read, then the world will be disciples of sages, and there will be no white people in the world. My Ming Dynasty will be a great prosperous age..." Huang Zongxi's eyes dodged a little, not daring to face the emperor's eyes , this problem, now there are some "rumours", but it is a problem that cannot and dare not look directly at.Everyone is a disciple of a sage, and they are all children of Confucianism. How should the tenants, servants, and servants in each household get along with each other?This problem has gradually surfaced, and it has become something that the scholars of the Ming Dynasty had to face. This matter is now considered to be an unsolvable matter, and it has become a big stone that weighs on the hearts of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty. With more and more scholars, this big rock is getting bigger and bigger.

"...I remember chatting with Lord Yansheng a few days ago, and I also talked about this issue. At that time, I joked that Lord Yansheng was a disciple of a saint, and their family was a descendant of a saint. This descendant of a saint enslaves and oppresses a saint. Disciple, isn’t it interesting?...Tai Chong doesn’t need to evade and dodge this question, but it is a question that must be faced, isn’t it?” Yang Reform said with a smile.

After hearing what Yang Reform said, Huang Zongxi's face turned red and then pale, which was really too naked.

"...Next..." Huang Zongxi couldn't sit still anymore, these words were too cruel.

"Get up, this is as long as you know it, don't spread it around, I tell you, I think you know it, this matter is a problem that must be faced directly, it cannot be avoided, and it cannot be dodged, right?" Yang Reform Xu helped Huang Zongxi.

"Mr. Xie..." Huang Zongxi stood up dripping with cold sweat. These words are too serious. This concerns the roots of the emperor. To deny this is to deny the roots of the emperor!What is the emperor thinking?what to doHuang Zongxi's mind went blank.Descendants of saints enslave and oppress disciples of saints!How serious is this question?This is the consequence of everyone having a book to read?

"Is the logic confusing? Is the contradiction sharp?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

Huang Zongxi's mind was blank, his face was covered with sweat, and he looked at the emperor with empty eyes. After a while, he regained some brilliance, and quickly agreed: "...Yes, back to your majesty...Young master, I am really messed up..., really sharp ..."

Looking at Huang Zongxi who was at a loss with empty eyes, Yang Reform smiled again: "...it's logical confusion. Of course, if you are too aggressive, your heart will also be confused.... It's the sharp contradictions. It's the sharp contradictions of the development of the times. It is necessary to adjust..."

"... Logical chaos...? Is it a contradiction of the development of the times?..." Huang Zongxi continued to mutter with empty eyes, as if his spirit had been sucked away by something.

"Yes, it is the sage's yearning for everyone to study, it is the sage's life philosophy, and it is also the reason why the sage is a sage. It is not for nothing that the teacher of all ages is called, but the actual situation is that there will be such a day. It is cruel, and it has a great conflict with some things that are practiced today. For example, there will be things about the descendants of saints oppressing and enslaving saint students. This is logical confusion. I think saints may never have thought of One day, I don't want to have such a cruel result..." Yang Reform said such rebellious words easily, but he didn't have any burdens. The difference in ideology made Yang Reform not have many scruples.

Huang Zongxi's mind was blank again. Having grown so big, today's mind was hit the hardest. The world he practiced, understood, and fought for before collapsed.

"...there is only one ending, either the sage is wrong, he should not yearn for everyone to read, and he should not say that there is no distinction between education, nor should he sit on the seat of the teacher of all ages, nor should everyone read It is said that it is as beautiful as the Buddha Kingdom in the heavens, because this is nonsense, it is impossible to do it, it is a trick to deceive people... Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the way of the world is wrong now, and a certain way that is practiced now These things violate the ideals and speeches of the saints, and are inconsistent with the original intentions of the saints, so they need to be corrected..." Yang Reform analyzed the problems one by one to Huang Zongxi.

Huang Zongxi's mind is still blank, is the saint wrong?Shouldn't a saint be a saint?Or is the current world wrong?To change the current world?If someone else said this kind of thing, I'm afraid that he has already fought the general at this time, but the person sitting opposite is the current emperor, but the current emperor, he can't, can't, and dare not do so, the rest Yes, there is only helpless hesitation.

"This issue is the root issue of the debate over reading. You must have debated it, but it can't be as thorough and complete as what I said today, is it?" Yang Reform said with a smile. Someone has to lead, someone has to guide, although I appointed Kong Yinzhi to do this job, but Kong Yinzhi is not so easy to use, and he has a certain age, so I have to find a "successor" for him. He has to find a newcomer for him. Enlightenment in the field of thought is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It may take several generations to complete. It is really necessary for me to create a new "enlightener" of thought, so as to succeed Kong Yinzhi's class. , let him take the lead when necessary.This is also the original intention of Yang Reform to find Huang Zongxi today.

Huang Zongxi's mind continued to go blank, and he hardly responded to the emperor's words.

"...I'm panicked and ignorant, please help me, sir..." Huang Zongxi knelt down again and asked for help.

"...This needs to be solved from the needs of people. If Taichong carefully studies the needs of people, he will naturally gain something..." Yang Reform continued.

"People need?..." Huang Zongxi's mind was still blank, he knelt on the ground, stood upright, and asked in a murmur.

"Yes, people's needs. If we solve this problem with people's needs, everything will be clear..." Yang Reform continued. In order to enlighten the enlightener of this thought, Yang Reform did not use his brain less.

"...Please give me some pointers..." Huang Zongxi knelt down straight on the ground, asking for advice reverently, but this was not kneeling for imperial power, but kneeling for knowledge.

"This question also involves the level of human needs. Apart from breathing, food, clothing and housing, people must have higher-level needs, such as reading, right?" Yang Reform asked.

"Master Hui, yes, if the family has surplus money and rice, almost every family will send their children to study in the hope of gaining fame and honoring their ancestors..." Huang Zongxi said.

"Yes, this is what people need. When they are full, clothed warmly, and have a house to live in, they naturally have to consider higher-level things, naturally want more things, and naturally need to use more things. Is it wrong?" Yang Reform asked.

"Master Hui, this..." Huang Zongxi thought about it for a while, and became even more confused. He was insatiably greedy, and his desires were hard to fill...

"Let's put it this way, what you said just now is to preserve the principles of nature and eliminate human desires. It seems to mean that people's needs should not be pursued. It seems that human desires are human needs and should be eliminated, right?" Yang Reform asked.

"My lord, yes, those people have compared your majesty's human needs to human desires, thinking that desires are hard to fill, and they are something that needs to be prohibited and should not be advocated. Only when desires are eliminated, can the people abide by the law in a safe and secure way, and the country can Peace will last forever..." Huang Zongxi said.

"...If he really kills human desires, then he should eat and clothe himself warmly and do nothing, just stay at home. Why should he study? Why should he be tested for fame?" Yang Reform said.

"...This..." Huang Zongxi said in confusion.

"...He has studied, gained knowledge, achieved fame, became an official, and became a master, but he said that he would destroy other people's desires, eliminate other people's needs, and let others not think about studying, don't think about it. Do you think this person is very hypocritical? According to his own theory, he should not be able to read and write, should not be tested for fame, should not have a great reputation, right?" Yang Reform Continue to fool around.

"...This, my lord, this seems to make sense. It is indeed a bit hypocritical... That is to say, judging from the level of human needs, after breathing, being full, and warming up, there will be needs such as reading. This is the law of heaven and should not be banned, so everyone is right to read books, my lord, I don’t know if I’m right?” When it comes to preserving the law of heaven and eliminating human desires, Huang Zongxi obviously has his own ideas. The nasty things done by the inventors of rhetoric and theories are not a secret to scholars. There are not a few people who scoff at their rhetoric and theories, but Huang Zongxi is not very interested in this set of theories. I have always been very repulsive, and I can understand what the emperor said, so I just directly say this kind of reasoning and hypocrisy.

"That's right, from the level of human needs, after the most basic breathing is food and clothing. This is the most basic human need, and it is also an indelible demand. These needs are the laws of heaven. Anyone who ignores or ignores this law of heaven will Paying a heavy price ranges from individual death and family ruin to serious corruption of the country and the suffering of the people. Therefore, people’s needs cannot be denied, and the only way to meet people’s needs is the right way. People's needs at a higher level are also the right way, not something bad to be seen, nor something bad to say..." Yang Reform said.

"...Of course, limited to limited ability, it is impossible to achieve perfection. Maybe it is not possible for everyone to read for the time being, but this logic is not wrong. Everything can be created from nothing. Slowly, how many people can read and write in ancient times? How many people can read in the age of saints? From Han to Tang to Song, are there more and more people who read? If poor families have perseverance and perseverance , you can also get the right to study, and now everyone is studying, but it is a step by step step by step, isn't it?" Yang Reform flickered.

"...Young Master's words are even, listening to what you said, most of the confusion in my heart has gone, that is to say, there is nothing wrong with reading, it is not wrong for everyone to read books, and there is nothing wrong with saints, it is only a lot of people who are wrong. They don't want everyone to read, but after they read their own books, they ask others to eliminate human desires, eliminate human needs, and ask others not to study. This is unreasonable, and it is against the law of heaven. My son, they are the ones who should eliminate human desires. , they are the ones who should destroy people..." Huang Zongxi seemed to have figured out something, and said.

"That's right, so now there are some things that are no longer suitable for this world and need to be improved, and the starting point for improvement is naturally to carry forward this theory of human needs, so that everyone can understand that everyone reads books is the essence of human beings. Necessity is the law of heaven and the right way..." Yang Reform tried to fool you.Yang Reform knows his own affairs. The reason why his current reforms can continue is largely due to his high prestige, which is almost always correct. This form is very dangerous. Once Prestige has been compromised, and once mistakes are made in the consistent correctness, the reform may be subject to an unprecedented rebound. It may be busy for 30 years, and once it returns to the pre-liberation.Yang Reform knows that the way to change this situation is to guide ideological changes, guide and train more "like-minded" people with the same way of thinking to work together, have more people to promote, and have ideological recognition , With a change in thinking, the reform of the Ming Dynasty can be truly realized, otherwise it will be death.

(End of this chapter)