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Chapter 816 Debate with Xu Guangqi about reading

The war in the northern desert is a festival for the people to revel in, but for Yang Reform, it can be described as calm, everything is based on gradual progress, everything is expected, and there is nothing Big surprise.

Zhang Xianyong's natural experiments soon became popular throughout Beijing, and then throughout the Ming Dynasty, and the wave of buying experimental instruments reached a new level.The dialectical thinking triggered by natural experiments has further torn the world apart.

Indeed, as Yang Reform hoped, the war in the desert and Zhang Xianyong's natural experiment attracted the attention of Beijing and the world.

The original focus on Xu Guangqi was much blurred.Xu Guangqi's entry to Beijing was no longer the only focus of attention.Of course, Xu Guangqi is still the focus of many people's attention, and many people still hope to find a breakthrough point in Xu Guangqi. Among these people, Yang Reform himself may also be included.

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Unlike seeing Xu Guangqi yesterday, Yang Reform's mood is much better today, and he didn't cry uncontrollably like yesterday when he met Xu Guangqi.

"Master Xu looks much better today..." Yang Reform said with a smile.In this time and space, on a certain level, the most intimate person may be Xu Guangqi. This is the perception of Yang Reform. This feeling, even if he is as close as the queen, as trusted as Wang Chengen, and as trustworthy as Sun Chengzong, he has never had such a kindness. , from hundreds of years of inheritance, is unique.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, thanks to His Majesty, everything is fine." Xu Guangqi replied.Xu Guangqi is very proud of being able to accomplish this almost impossible task throughout the ages. Apart from admiration, pride, and emotion for the emperor in front of him, he is more admired and proud.

"Sit down..." Yang Reform said with a smile, let Xu Guangqi return to Beijing, Yang Reform naturally has important matters, except for crying yesterday, he was reporting work, which has almost nothing to do with Yang Reform's purpose.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xu Guangqi was not pretentious, and sat down after thanking En.

"...Master Xu knows that I asked Master Xu to return to Beijing, but why?" Yang Reform didn't intend to talk nonsense, and was going to get straight to the point.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have been out of Beijing for several years, and it is time to return to Beijing for a review." Xu Guangqi replied.

"Hehe, this is just a small problem. I believe in Master Xu. Even if I don't return to Beijing for ten years, I don't worry about it. It's not this problem." Yang Reform said with a smile. About Xu Guangqi's return to Beijing, it is definitely not what the ministers said What about not returning to Beijing for several years, not conforming to the system or something, but Yang Reform has important things for Xu Guangqi.

"...Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust. That minister really doesn't know..." Xu Guangqi was also relieved for a while.He can accomplish such a career, except for the unconditional support of the emperor, which is the unconditional trust of the emperor. Apart from these two things, it is absolutely impossible to accomplish this. An emperor can let his ministers hold more than half of the people and money of the Ming Dynasty. This courage and trust is absolutely unique.

"... What does Master Xu think about the fact that everyone in the world reads?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

Xu Guangqi pondered for a while, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the fact that people all over the world read books is actually a major event, a grand event, and an important event in the past and present. Benefiting tens of thousands of people, the blessings have lasted for thousands of years..." Xu Guangqi answered seriously.

Looking at Xu Guangqi's serious expression, Yang Reform believed that Xu Guangqi was not flattering, but talking about business.

"Leaving aside the merits and virtues, Master Xu will first talk about the consequences of everyone in the world reading books?" Yang Reform said seriously.Everyone in the world reads books, and Yang Reform regards it as a sharp weapon to tear Confucianism and the world apart.

To change the world, we must change the spiritual outlook of the world. To change the spiritual outlook of the world, Confucianism and the culture represented by Confucianism are absolutely unavoidable. The humanistic ethics, moral values, and values ​​​​extended from Confucian culture , the world view, and the law must be rewritten and changed absolutely. Changing these things is easy to say, but it is definitely not that simple in practice. Before there is no external force to crush these things, it is simply impossible to change them. Night Tale.

But... Yang Reform is ready to give it a go, vowing to change these things.

"...the consequences..." Xu Guangqi fell into deep thought. This question is not a difficult problem to think about, but the consequences are indeed unpredictable. It is not unpredictable but incompatible with today's reality. There are many contradictions. But can't say it.

"...A few days ago, I chatted with Yan Sheng Gong Kong Yinzhi about this question, and later extended another question. Does Master Xu want to hear it?" Yang Reform asked.

"May I ask His Majesty what is the question?" Xu Guangqi asked suspiciously.

"... I asked Yan Shenggong, if everyone reads books in the future, will his Kong family also enslave thousands of family members and exploit tens of thousands of tenants? In one sentence, will the descendants of saints enslave and exploit saints? Disciple?" Yang Reform said, this sharp question has been fermented, and Yang Reform believes that Confucianism will be forced to make changes.

Xu Guangqi was taken aback, and his face suddenly became unnatural. This question was definitely very sharp, and it was asked directly to the bone, making people unable to get rid of it or avoid it.

Xu Guangqi was taken aback, he really didn't know how to answer the emperor's words, no matter how he answered, there was definitely something wrong.Doesn't everyone support reading?Could it be that what he said earlier was nonsense?What about the idea of ​​a saint?no more?Saint wrong?Support reading?How to answer the emperor's question?The descendants of the saints enslave the disciples of the saints, so what kind of saints are they?What is that scholar?Is it that mean?

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I really don't know how to answer..." Xu Guangqi sighed, the emperor's question was too tricky and too sharp, so sharp that he couldn't avoid it.

"...Master Xu, don't worry, this is not to embarrass Master Xu, but to discuss this issue. Since this question has already been asked, an answer will be given sooner or later. You can't just bury your head in the sand and pretend Zuo didn't see anything, since I want to solve and explain this problem, I should start to dissect it from here, Master Xu is the person I trust the most, but it doesn't matter..." Yang Reform said sincerely.

Xu Guangqi sighed. It’s not that he hasn’t thought about the issue of everyone reading in private. He has indeed thought about it. The consequence of everyone reading is that everyone is a scholar, and everyone has the privileges that a scholar should have. Things, that is, everyone does not have it, that is to say, it creates a de facto "everyone is equal", but what is the consequence of this "everyone is equal"?To put it bluntly, the current and past moral and ethical systems may collapse.

"...Master Xu, but it's okay..." Yang Reform urged again.

"...Oh, Your Majesty, the result of everyone reading is that everyone is equal. Although it is in line with the concept of a sage's Datong world, this consequence is indeed a complete loss of ethics and morality today..." Xu Guangqi sighed. , Speak out what's in your heart.

"Is it the loss of ethics or the change of ethics?" Yang Reform asked seriously.

"...This,..." Xu Guangqi looked at the emperor, both puzzled and surprised. There is a big difference between the decline and change of ethics and morality, and they must not be confused with each other.

"...Reporting to Your Majesty, it is a change, not a loss. After all, the etiquette is still there. It seems a bit ridiculous that everyone respects the scholar's etiquette..." Xu Guangqi smiled a little when he said this , everyone is a scholar, everyone holds the gift of reading, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it?Some weird and funny though.

"Oh? Hehehe, what's so funny? If a servant from Master Xu's family brings you a bowl of rice, shouldn't Master Xu also say thank you, bow and thank you?" Yang Reform said with a smile .

This assumption is definitely a "creative" assumption.Xu Guangqi laughed unconsciously. Although the world the emperor mentioned was weird and funny, it was not impossible to exist, at most it was a little funny.Could it be said that today's ethics and morals can indeed be changed without being lost?or not? ...

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is not impossible, but it seems to be too red tape, and it makes people laugh. If the servants in my house are scholars, I will definitely treat him with courtesy..." Xu Guangqi said with a ninja smile , seems to have seen the scene where he himself bowed to his family's servants and said thank you.Of course, this kind of scene is not unacceptable to Xu Guangqi, the premise is that the other party is really a scholar, for example, if his family's staff and literati really bring him a bowl of rice, he will definitely thank him. True.Of course, if everyone is a scholar, then...

"Yes! The etiquette among scholars is indeed too complicated. Master Xu imagines, if everyone is a scholar, can this etiquette be omitted? In other words, if everyone is equal, can this etiquette for distinguishing grades also be acceptable? If you leave it out? Then you can imagine a world without too many etiquettes..." Yang Reform said.

Xu Guangqi fell into deep thought.

"...Actually, these are not the key. The key is that the relationship between people has changed. This is the key, isn't it?" Yang Reform asked, this is the essence.

"...Everyone is equal..." After a while, Xu Guangqi silently read this sentence and fell into deep thought...

"Yeah! The consequence of everyone's reading and development is that everyone in Ming Dynasty can be regarded as a scholar. Since everyone is a scholar, the relationship between people is naturally equal. In the past, the kind of driving slaves, despising Servant, according to today's ethics and morals, the matter of exploiting tenant workers will be a very serious matter, right? The rights of scholars have become the rights of all the people in our Ming Dynasty, right?" Yang Reform stared at Xu Guangqi asked.

"..." Xu Guangqi fell silent. Even with the special relationship between him and the emperor, he couldn't say casually about this question. The question seemed light and funny, but it was actually too heavy.

silence.

(End of this chapter)