Xi Xi and Zhao Song immediately understood what Li Wei meant. What happened in Taixue yesterday, the Prime Minister already knew about it, and immediately made a tempting suggestion that could not be refused. But the Prime Minister would not be so generous, he was now struggling in the whirlpool of reform, and in his usual style, the purpose of consolidating his position in the new economy was not just to get out of the whirlpool of reform, but probably for a greater purpose.

Xi Xuan and Zhao Song were nervous, worried that their teacher Zheng Xuan would be used by Li Wei. The teacher is over 70 years old and can't withstand the toss of strong winds and waves, while Li Wei followed the general to conquer the West Sea at the age of a weak crown, and has been in the officialdom for a long time. Every word this person utters has a deep meaning, and he must not agree rashly to the detriment of the teacher and the new scripture.

Li Wei smiled slightly, unimpressed by the caution and worry of the two.

"Yesterday, it was Gao Tang Long who challenged the master." Li Wei said slowly, "Who is Gao Tanglong? He is a native of Pingyang, Taishan, and his ancestors are the famous masters of scripture in the early years of this dynasty, Gao Tangsheng, whose family heirlooms, and there are people who have served as doctors of Taixue in all dynasties, and he is Qingzhou Shizong. Who is Takashi Kodo's teacher? Hole melting. ”

"Gao Tanglong once served as the superintendent of the Taishan County Taishou Xue Yi Mansion. Once Xue Yi had an argument with Du Wei, this person drew his sword in anger and wanted to kill Taishan Du Wei, but he was later impeached because of this matter and was saved by Kong Rong. After Kong Rong was executed for rebellion, he was implicated and dismissed and returned home. ”

"After Gao Tang Long's attack, there were many responders, and Cui Yan, Zhao Shang, Gongsun Fang, Wang Ji of the New Jing School, and two adults ......" Li Wei pointed at Xi Xi and Zhao Song, "You are all masters of the high feet, and immediately stepped forward and fought hard to refute them." So, I would like to ask, who are your opponents? ”

Xi Xi and Zhao Song were thoughtful.

"If my message is correct, the first to respond to Gao Tanglong are Wang Lang, Hua Xin, Song Zhen, Ying Rong, Wang Kai and Dong Wan." Li Wei saw that neither of them spoke, so he had to continue to say, "Wang Lang is a native of the East China Sea in Xuzhou, and he is famous for his "Tongjing". His teacher is Yang Ci, the father of Taifu Yang Biao. Hua Xin is a native of Qingzhou Plain, and his teacher is also Yang Ci. Song Zhen is a native of Yingchuan, as famous as Mr. Shuijing, Sima Decao, and is famous for his study, and his teacher is Yang Ci. Yingrong is a native of Chen Guo, Yuzhou, and he studied under Yang Ci. The teachers of Dong Zhao and Dong Wan brothers are also Yang Ci, and the fact that the two of them were able to escape the involvement of Zhang Miao and Kong Rong in the rebellion last time has a lot to do with Yang Biao's protection. Wang Kai is a native of Shanyang, Yanzhou, born in a family, his ancestor is the great Confucian Wang Chang, his father is Wang Qian, and his teacher is Yang Biao. ”

After Li Wei finished speaking, he looked at Xi Wei and Zhao Song with a smile. The two of them were secretly frightened, and a chill arose. Li Wei's purpose was exposed, he was going to deal with Yang Biao, and he was going to fight the Guanluo people led by Yang Biao.

"Do you think I'm going to deal with Master Taifu?" Li Wei seemed to see through their thoughts, twisting his beard and smiling.

The two were stunned. Isn't it?

"The new scripture is a fusion of modern and ancient scriptures, and it is the culmination of modern and ancient scriptures. Because it is a fusion, it is necessary to take into account the advantages of the two scriptures, and at the same time take care of the shortcomings of the two scriptures, which will inevitably be criticized. ”

Li Wei hesitated for a long time, but did not say anything later. He has a special identity and speaks with a heavy weight, so he cannot arbitrarily evaluate the scriptures, so as not to cause adverse effects.

Xi Xi and Zhao Song wanted to know Li Wei's views on the New Scripture, and this view was likely to be directly related to the revision of the imperial court's national policy and the status of the New Scripture, so the two looked at each other and pointed to the door of the study in unison. Zhao Song preemptively said: "My lord, today we talk behind closed doors, where we go, forget when we go out, and never spread it." ”

Li Wei smiled, thought for a moment, and continued: "There is an inevitable reason why Xinjing can become an official school, not only because of the needs of the imperial court. ”

Over the past two hundred years, the study of ancient scriptures has continued to develop, which has played a great role in breaking the integration of the teacher's law and family law and the integration of modern and ancient scriptures.

Ancient scriptures are basically taught among the people, because there are few learners, and learners have to seek teachers extensively. Jia Kui's father, Jia Hui, has studied from Liu Xin, Xu Yun, Xie Manqing and other great Confucians, Ban Gu and Ma Rong are also "learned impermanence teachers", Zheng Xuan is a study abroad for nearly 20 years, visiting famous teachers and Confucians. Extensive study of teachers and the ability to read the writings of various schools enabled these great Confucians to absorb the essence of each school and school, without having to stick to the doctrine of one teacher.

Many of the great Confucians who study ancient literature and classics are not tempted by fame and fortune, and are determined to be erudite and thoughtful, so most of them are not bound by the study of chapters and sentences, such as Huan Tan, Ban Gu, Han Rong, Lu Zhi and others who have studied ancient and modern times, but are good at studying but do not abide by rules and sentences.

In the Xiaohuan and Xiaoling Emperor dynasties, eunuchs and relatives took turns to hold power, which eventually led to the disaster of the party. In the case of the decline of royal power, the role of modern literature and classics in national politics is minimal, and a considerable number of great Confucian scholars immediately turned to purely academic scriptures research. However, there is no rigorous system of teacher transmission in ancient scriptures, which is just suitable for this kind of purely academic research. Decades of party trouble, although it has dealt a blow to scholars participating in politics, has created a large number of Confucians, and Master Zheng Xuan is one of them.

The important reason why ancient scriptures have made great contributions to the study of scriptures is that ancient scholars are all interested in the study of knowledge, and are not bound by the laws of teachers and families. If there is no teacher and chapters, of course, there is no teacher and family law to speak of, and this has immediately become a crucial reason for modern scholars of literature and scriptures who flaunt the law of teachers and families to resist ancient scriptures. Therefore, in order to strive for the status of official studies, Confucian scholars of ancient scriptures and classics must break the stereotypes of rigidly abiding by the law of teachers and families if they want to enter the court.

Under the strong challenge of ancient scriptures, in order to jointly resist their opponents, all schools and factions of modern scriptures had to tear down their internal sectarian barriers and learn from each other's strengths. In addition, they were also influenced by the style of ancient scriptures, and their internal teachers and family methods began to gradually weaken. The great Confucian Zhang Xuanxi, but he also had a number of families, so he lost his doctoral position. But the Confucian scholars thought that he was highly knowledgeable and willing to learn from him, and he had thousands of disciples. This practice of confusing family law gradually became popular among Confucian scholars, and even prevailed among Taixue.

Although the orthodox school in modern literature and classics is still trying to maintain the authoritative position of the study of the teacher's law and its chapters and sentences, in the situation where the number of learning paths is increasing, academic exchanges and debates are frequent, and the advantages and disadvantages of each school of thought are becoming more and more obvious, the practice of still requiring Confucian scholars to respect the doctrine of one teacher and keeping the study of one family is becoming more and more unworkable.

When filial piety to the emperor, it was stipulated that all living beings should be filial piety and honesty, and they must try the family law, but after that, among the Confucian scholars who took the scriptures as filial piety, there were many people who did not follow the family law and were knowledgeable. It can be seen that the provisions of the "Trial Family Law" have not been strictly enforced. Master Lu Zhi studied the past and the present, and did not abide by the rules and sentences, so he was appointed as a doctor, and Master Zheng Xuan was a learned person who did not specialize in a teacher, and was also recruited as a doctor. It can be seen that in the Xiaoling Emperor Dynasty, even Dr. Taixue's family law began to waver.

Since the Guangwu Emperor, most of the Confucian scholars of this dynasty have studied more than two classics. Moreover, after the rise of ancient scriptures, it has become a fashion to govern both modern and ancient scriptures. Confucian scholars are developing more and more in the direction of general learning, and a considerable number of people even learn the Five Classics, and many people are both modern and ancient texts, and also treat Wei Wei and mathematics, such as Cai Yong, Xun Shuang, Yang Biao, Master Zheng Xuan and others.

In addition, the correctness and unity of the scripture text also greatly promoted the development of "general learning". In the teaching of scriptures, because of the difference between the teachers and the family method, as well as the difference between the modern and ancient scriptures, the scriptures are very different. The scriptures are not unified, and the scriptures are naturally unified, and some Confucian scholars even manipulate the scriptures in order to seek profits. Therefore, since the middle and late stages of this dynasty, the text of the scriptures has been continuously determined and unified, and the largest one is the fourth year of Xiping, when Emperor Xiaoling issued an edict to order the five senses to be the general Tang Xidian, the Guanglu doctor Yang Ci, the counselor Ma Riyan, the Lang Zhang Tao, Han Shuo, the Taishi Ling Shan Yang and others are to determine the text of the Six Classics, and by Cai Yong Shudan in the tablet, standing outside the Taixue Gate.

The development of ancient scriptures, the decline of modern scriptures, the dilution of the law and family law, and the unification of scriptures and texts have proved that the integration of modern and ancient scriptures is inevitable, and it is inevitable that Master Zheng Xuan's new scriptures will become official studies, and no one can regret the status of the new scriptures.

When Xi Xi and Zhao Song heard this, they were overjoyed.

Li Wei is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, a young prime minister, and his career still seems to be very brilliant. For a long time, Li Wei's position was irreplaceable, and his affirmation of the status of Xinjing could basically represent the Son of Heaven and the imperial court. With Li Wei's promise, the new scripture will develop rapidly after the world is stabilized, and Master Zheng Xuan's position as a giant in the new scripture will also have a solid guarantee.

"However, there are two shortcomings in the New Scripture." Li Wei looked at the two ministers who were overjoyed, and slowly said a frightening word.

Although the Confucian scholars of ancient literature and classics are much more knowledgeable than those of today's Confucian scholars, they still cannot get rid of the shackles and shackles of tradition, the most obvious is learning. The ancient scriptures are obsessed with divination, fragmented and trivial, and the disgusting points are not much different from the learning of modern scriptures. ”

"Master Zheng Xuan still did not get rid of this shackle and shackles when he fused the classics, modern and ancient scriptures, and when he was exegesis. He mixed a large number of prophecies in his commentaries and his interpretation of the scriptures was cumbersome, which is precisely the reason why he was criticized yesterday by a group of great Confucian scholars such as Wang Lang, Song Zhen, Gao Tanglong, and Yingrong. ”

"Prophecy and cumbersomeness are the two fatal flaws of the new classics, especially the weft, which has become the target of the joint attack of Confucianism of the two schools of modern and ancient literature and classics."

"The Yang family in Guanxi is a family of modern scriptures, and when today's scriptures are at the end of the road, they suddenly jump out and correct the new scriptures with the new scriptures, refute the new scriptures with the new scriptures, and correct the new scriptures with the new scriptures, and they cannot but say that their wisdom is very high, and their strategies are very ingenious."

Master Zheng Xuan himself paid more attention to the study of ancient scriptures, and when he commented on the scriptures, he did not follow the teacher's law, family law, and did not abide by the rules and sentences. However, for hundreds of years, the study of the Wei Wei has been deeply rooted in the study of scriptures, and its influence on Confucian scholars can be said to be deep-rooted, so he is no exception. When he integrated modern and ancient scriptures, he adopted a reserved attitude towards the weft, and mostly used the weft as the basis in the commentary, and made annotations to the weft book.

The controversy has been going on for a long time. In the governance of the scriptures, the great Confucianism of this dynasty has been fighting fiercely whether to use the weft or oppose the weft. Therefore, when the integration of ancient texts and scriptures is moving towards integration, how to deal with the Wei Wei is an unavoidable problem.

Since the Guangwu Emperor of this dynasty, the study of the weft has prevailed, and since then there has been a controversy between "using the weft" and "anti-weft".

"Using the weft" is actually the tendency to mysticism to govern the scriptures with the weft, and "anti-weft" means to oppose the use of the weft to govern the scriptures with a clear and rational tendency.

The differences between these two factions are too great, and for more than 200 years, all Confucian scholars who "oppose the Wei Wei" have not ended well, such as the great Confucian Wang Chong and Zhang Heng are living examples. Therefore, the "anti-weft" faction has always withered talents. For those Confucian scholars who are trying to enter the official career, it is self-evident what method to choose to govern the scriptures.

Master Zheng Xuan's annotation of the scriptures adopts the study of the weft, which belongs to the school of "using the weft", which is understandable. But the problem is that after more than 20 years of war in the Han Dynasty, the study of the Wei Wei has been brutally and bloodily attacked. It has indeed become anachronistic, out of step with the times, and not conducive to the scholarship of the Han Dynasty.

More than 20 years of war and tens of millions of deaths tell the Han a fact. Strength is the power that determines everything, and the so-called prophecy that represents the will of God is meaningless at all, it can neither save the society nor save innocent beings.

The reason why the study of modern scriptures has quickly come to an end is that it is governed by prophecy. The old dynasty is gone, and the Wei Wei of the Han Dynasty, which used the divine will to prove the legitimacy of the Han Dynasty, has lost its pillar and is closely attached to the royal power, and the modern literature and scriptures that govern the scriptures with the Wei Wei will no longer survive.

As for the cumbersome problem of the new warp, it is also related to the Wei Wei. Master Zheng Xuan commented on the scriptures and introduced the Wei Wei, and the mysterious and delusional theories were full of his learning, and of course it was impossible to get rid of the shadow of cumbersomeness. In addition, when Master Zheng Xuan notes, he followed the method of easy learning of the number of images in this dynasty. Another reason is that Master Zheng Xuan focuses on ancient scriptures and is keen on resignation. The exegesis of ancient scriptures also has the disease of triviality, so in the process of integrating modern and ancient scriptures, Master Zheng Xuan has the problem of anti-cumbersomeness in both modern and ancient scriptures. Of course, it is difficult for him to solve this problem alone.

Li Wei looked at the two ministers with solemn expressions, and his tone gradually became heavy.

"For the imperial court, there is only one criterion for choosing what kind of scripture is official learning, and there is only one criterion, that is, whether it is conducive to the stability of the society, the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and the long-term peace and stability of the Han Dynasty."

"The practice of national politics of the Han Dynasty is the only criterion for determining official learning."

Xi Xi and Zhao Song suddenly realized that Li Wei's words were like an enlightenment, which made them immediately realize the root cause of the crisis of the new economy.

At the beginning, it was a forced choice for the imperial court to promote Master Zheng Xuan's new scriptures as official studies, because at that time, there was a fierce debate between the modern and ancient schools of scripture and classics, and the ministers of the court and the central government who belonged to the two schools of scripture did not give in to each other. In order to alleviate the contradictions between the DPRK and China and quickly implement the new policy, the imperial court chose this kind of new scripture that integrates the strengths of the two schools of modern and ancient literature and classics. ”

"Ancient literature and scriptures have always been 'anti-weft', Wang Chong, Heng Tan, Yin Min, Zhang Heng and other masters are like this, and when it comes to the generation of Ma Rong and Zhao Qi, it is still the same." Li Wei said, "After the new classics became official schools, it was a blow to the ancient scriptures. For more than 200 years, generations of ancient scholars have been trying to make ancient classics become official studies, but in the end, they were seized by the newly emerging new scriptures, which shows the loss and resentment in their hearts. ”

At this time, the modern scriptures became an ally of the ancient scriptures. Today, the study of literature and classics has lost its position as an official school and can no longer continue to influence the government. However, almost all of the great Confucian scholars who studied modern scriptures in the past were 'scholars' who studied both schools of scriptures, especially in recent decades. Therefore, they were soon able to change the direction of study, and then, together with the Confucian scholars of ancient literature and scriptures, raised the banner of 'anti-weft and anti-cumbersome', and jointly fought against the new scriptures, trying to drive the new scriptures out of the official school and let the ancient scriptures sit in the position of official studies. ”

Li Wei lightly tapped on the table and accentuated the tone of his speech, "Think about yesterday's Taixue controversy, who finally stood up to attack the new scriptures?" It is the Ma family in Guanzhong, and Ma Feng, the descendant of Master Ma Rong. It's Xu Ming, it's Xu Ming, the son of Master Xu Shao. These two people stood up to support Wang Lang and Gao Tanglong, can't it be explained? ”

There was silence in the study.

"The study of the weft, the modern scriptures are integrated into it, and the ancient scriptures are also widely used, compared to the new scriptures, the weft in the new scriptures is not serious." Xi Xuan said slowly, "Now that the Confucian scholars of modern and ancient scriptures suddenly proposed that the study of scriptures should be based on both modern and ancient scriptures, and completely eliminate the weft, is it too extreme? ”

Li Wei shook his head and said solemnly: "The imperial court has issued orders three times to confiscate the books of Wei Wei, and the attitude of opposing Wei Wei is very clear. ”

The doctrine of the catastrophe propagated by the theology of the Latitude may not have bad intentions, but the effect is extremely bad. The great Confucian king of this dynasty has commented on Yu Wei in the middle. The theology of the Wisdom may have played a positive role in the reconstruction of the Han Dynasty during the Guangwu Zhongxing period, but when the stability of the society was restored, the negative impact of this doctrine far outweighed its positive significance. The things it preached could only lead to extreme distrust of the people towards the Son of Heaven, the imperial court, and the national policy. ”

"Master Wang Chong said as early as more than 100 years ago that although the theory of the Fu Rui disaster has its cultural heritage, the imperial court must abandon the theology of Fu Rui disaster, so that it can truly restore pure Confucianism, restore the essence of pure Confucianism, and be beneficial to the society and the people."

"Today, let's go back and see. Master Wang Chong's words in the articles are not so much a criticism of the early Confucian tradition represented by Confucius and Mencius, but rather a cry for restoring the true face of Confucianism based on the distorted interpretation of the Confucian spirit by the Confucian scholars of this dynasty. ”

"For many years, the Confucian scholars of ancient literature and classics have been trying to provide a practical national policy for the Han Dynasty through the reconstruction of Confucian ethics, so as to reverse the decline of the society and restrain the harm caused by the traitors to the society, but under the double blow of relatives and eunuchs, their wishes were frustrated. The cruel fact that they themselves were persecuted and attacked stimulated those Confucian scholars who wanted to save the country, and they had to reconsider how to truly save the social crisis without making unnecessary sacrifices for patriotism and loyalty. ”

As a result of these Confucian scholars' calm reflection, they adopted a passive and uncooperative attitude, either refusing to go out of office, engaging in pure Confucian research, and cultivating disciples, or adopting roundabout attacks, which made the struggle between the government and the opposition more complicated and intense. The imperial court had no choice but to impose a confinement policy on those Confucian scholars who resisted endlessly, which was the scourge of the party, what was the result? The world is collapsing. ”

"Let's make an assumption, if there are no relatives and traitors to the country, if the society has been stable, the people have been living and working in peace and contentment, if the imperial court can work together with the Confucian scholars to build the Han Dynasty, then, at the same time as the development of modern and ancient literature and classics, with the efforts of generations of masters such as Zhang Heng, Ma Rong, Cai Yong, Zheng Xuan, etc., it should be possible for Confucianism to make new interpretations, rebuild new Confucian ethics to meet the challenges of various crises, and promote the progress of the Han Dynasty. However, history is history, and it cannot develop according to the good wishes of the people, and the Han Dynasty still went to the abyss of overturning. ”

"Today's imperial court should learn the lessons of blood, restore pure Confucianism, and let the Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty work together to reconstruct Confucian ethics that can promote the prosperity of the Han Dynasty and the long-term stability of the society. Therefore, it is necessary to eliminate all the scriptures and scriptures, and it is even more necessary to make the new scriptures into scriptures that can be accepted and studied by Confucian scholars all over the world. ”

"It is the principle of the study of the new scriptures in the future to learn from all sides, not to abide by the law of one family and one teacher, to give the Confucian scholars of all factions the greatest academic freedom, so that Confucianism can quickly restore its original and let Confucianism develop rapidly." Li Wei said firmly, "This is the principle of the imperial court for official learning, and it will not change." The court will not change which school of scripture conforms to the principles of the imperial court and which school is the official school. ”

Xi Xi and Zhao Song left the Prime Minister's Mansion with very complicated feelings, and hurried to the pavilion to visit the teacher Zheng Xuan to discuss countermeasures.

Prime Minister Li Wei summoned them today, definitely not to appease them, but to set off a storm, which can be seen from his last few words. Although he repeatedly said that the imperial court insisted on the new scripture as an official study, the meaning behind it was obvious, and if the new scripture did not make major adjustments, the future would be bleak.

Li Wei said that the imperial court wanted to restore pure Confucianism, so what was he going to do next?

Li Wei urgently summoned Lang Wang Lang and Lang Zhong Xu Ming.

Li Wei first affirmed the "anti-confessional" and "anti-cumbersome" propositions insisted by the Confucian scholars of the two schools of modern and ancient literature and classics, and then put forward a proposal to restore pure Confucianism, and reaffirmed the principle of the imperial court's choice of official learning: the practice of national politics of the Han Dynasty is the only criterion for determining official learning.

No matter what kind of scripture it is, as long as it is conducive to the stability of the society, the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and the long-term peace and stability of the Han Dynasty, it is an official school.

Li Wei's words surprised and delighted Wang Lang and Xu Ming. This sentence can be understood to mean that the imperial court was very dissatisfied with the "prophecy" and "cumbersomeness" in the new classics, and deliberately redefined the official school, and the preferred target was the ancient scriptures.

The two hurriedly left the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Wang Lang went to visit Yang Biao. Yang Biao immediately understood what Li Wei meant, and he knew what Li Wei's ultimate purpose was. But now that Li Wei has put forward the view of "pure Confucianism", the curtain of the battle between classics and learning has been opened, and no one can afford to lose. He immediately invited the Confucian scholars in Beijing to discuss countermeasures.

Xu Chao went home to report to his father Xu Shao. Xu Shao was very excited, the ancient scriptures have struggled for more than 200 years to restore pure Confucianism, and they have also struggled for more than 200 years to reconstruct Confucian ethics, and now they have finally waited for the opportunity. He hurriedly invited Wang Jian, Xu Jing, Cui Yan, Chun Yujia and others to Taixue to meet and discuss countermeasures.

Zhao Jian, the master craftsman, and Ma Feng rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion successively.

The Ma family in Guanzhong is a family of ancient scriptures, and the status of Master Ma Rong is extremely lofty, and Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi and others are his disciples. Master Ma Rong opposes the study of Wei Wei and the cumbersome annotation of scriptures, and many academic views of contemporary ancient scriptures are from Master Ma Rong.

After explaining in detail the imperial court's attitude towards classics, Li Wei said to Ma Feng that the imperial court resolutely supported the integration of modern and ancient scriptures, which was the main reason why the imperial court chose Xinjing as an official school. Only in this way can Confucianism develop, and Confucianism can help the Han Dynasty to rejuvenate and promote the progress of society. The main purpose of "anti-prophecy, anti-cumbersomeness" is to promote the integration of modern and ancient texts and classics, better and faster integration, so as to quickly promote the development of Confucianism.

"But how can we ensure that the reconstruction of Confucian ethics is in the interests of the imperial court, the Han Dynasty, and the common people?"

Li Wei stretched out his hand and took out a roll of bamboo slips from the desk, and slowly opened it, Huo Ran was Master Zhao Qi's.

Zhao Jian and Ma Feng suddenly realized. Li Wei went around a big ***, in the final analysis, it was for restructuring.

The great Confucianism of this dynasty was written by Yang Xiong, Cheng Zeng, Zhao Qi, Zheng Xuan, Liu Xi, and one was written by Gao Lu, a disciple of Master Lu Zhi, the most famous of which was Master Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qi is the first time since the book was written that the Confucian scholars of this dynasty have organized the system and interpreted the righteousness. In the eyes of Zhao Qi, Mencius is the most important inheritor of the Confucian school founded by Confucius, and the greatest representative of Confucianism after Confucius. He not only inherited the academic ideas of Confucius in an all-round way, but also had many creative developments, and was a key figure in the general system of Confucianism.

Mencius's most important academic thought was certainly not the fatalistic views criticized by Master Wang Chong, but the concept of "humanism" or "people-orientedness".

In his commentary, Zhao Qi highlighted several of Mencius's "humanistic" concepts.

"The way to govern the country is clear, when in the name of benevolence and righteousness, and then up and down and pro, the monarch and the minister gather Mu, the way of righteousness is not easy, so it is necessary to build a chapter."

"The virtue of the holy king, rejoicing with the people, thinking of birds and beasts, is worn on it, and the great peace is prosperous. If the king of no way is angry, the country will destroy its ancestors, and it will not be able to keep its pleasures. ”

"The foundation of Wang Hua lies in making the people, preparing for health and death, and then leading them to etiquette and righteousness.

"The king is the way of government, the people are the first, the government hurts the people, the people are happy to die, the strong is strong, and the benevolent and unkind are also."

Zhao Qi's attention to these concepts of governance is undoubtedly based on his deep feelings about the crisis of the Han Dynasty, and he wants to use the concept of governance to awaken the attention of Confucian scholars to the early Confucian "humanism" thought, and revive this concept of governance that is beneficial to the society and the people.

The core concept of the overall view is undoubtedly that "the people are noble and the monarch is light", advocating the "royal road" and advocating "benevolent government". And this is exactly what the current Han desperately needs.

The national policy of this dynasty has always been based on Confucian manager morality, Li Wei proposed pure Confucianism at this moment, rebuilding Confucian ethics, obviously in order to implement the new policy, complete the reform, to ensure the success of the Han Dynasty and the long-term stability of the society, and the direction of rebuilding Confucian ethics is undoubtedly the "people-oriented" concept.

Li Wei stretched out his hand and patted the table table, and said solemnly: "I need your help to ensure that the direction of the construction of Confucian ethics is in the interests of the Han Dynasty." ”

The great Sima Xu Rong and the Taiwei Zhang Yan walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion one after the other.

"Has the general arrived in Hexi?" Li Wei invited the two into the study and asked with a smile.

Zhang Yan looked up at him. "Are you feeling better?"

"If you're too tired, take a few days off." Xu Rong said with concern, "Once you lie down, the imperial court will basically be paralyzed." Don't be in a hurry about the restructuring, take your time, there will always be a way. ”

Li Wei smiled gratefully and shook his hand, "The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, I'm so big, can't I hold on?" ”

"Your Majesty and the general have arrived in Wuwei, and they are about to arrive at Yibula Mountain." Zhang Yan said, "The general replied that the counterinsurgency in northern Xinjiang can be delayed until July, that is, after the end of the desert rainy season. During this time, he first asked General Yan Rou to rush to the Hetao area with his army to meet Dadan Yu Liu Bao and Youxian King Liu Ming, and then Chen soldiers were in the clouds to threaten Fu Luo Han. ”

"What about Your Majesty? Did he go to the clouds with General Yan Rou? Li Wei asked.

"The general said that he plans to take His Majesty to Zhangye and Jiuquan to go around, let him see Yumen Pass and Yangguan, and let him know where the Western Regions are." Xu Rong said with a smile, "It seems that in the future, the general intends to let His Majesty personally lead the army to recover the Western Regions and fight to the Green Ridge." ”

"What's the money for?" Li Wei said angrily, "He and His Majesty traveled in the mountains and rivers and left us in the capital to suffer, how can there be any brotherly love?" ”

Xu Rong and Zhang Yan laughed silently.

Jia Kui and Wen Hui walked in with the book and handed it to Xu Rong and Zhang Yan respectively. The scroll had just been drafted, and the ink had not yet dried. After reading it, both of them were a little puzzled.

"Zhong Yuan, Taixue has made trouble, which is not conducive to the discussion and formulation of restructuring strategies." "This doesn't solve the fundamental problem. ”

"The fundamental issue is the distribution of benefits." Zhang Yan put the bamboo slips on the table, "The controversy over scripture and the reconstruction of Confucian ethics will not benefit them. ”

"Yes, the two adults are right." Li Wei said with a smile, "But in order to benefit from this controversy, all factions of the scriptures must make strategic adjustments, and try to quickly integrate their governing concepts into the national policy and benefit from it." ”

"And now?" Xu Rong rolled up the book and held it up in front of Li Wei, "Now we are waiting for the result of the debate on the scriptures?" ”

"Yes, the imperial court has principles, and has put forward clear requirements for official learning, scripture learning, and Confucian ethics, and I believe that this debate will soon be resolved." Li Wei said with great certainty, "But in order to save time, the imperial court needs to make some gestures." ”

Zhang Yan laughed, "Okay, listen to you, we'll all go to Taixue tomorrow." Then he looked at Xu Rong, "Zhong Yuan invited us here, of course it won't be to invite us, you see......"

Xu Rong frowned, "The eldest princess came to Taixue in person, and the matter of safety ......"

"I promise." Zhang Yan smiled, "I am personally responsible for the safety of His Highness. ”

March 26, Chang'an, Taixue.

Fueled by the imperial court, Taixue set off a huge debate on scriptures.

The two factions of modern and ancient scriptures first raised the banner of "anti-weft and anti-cumbersomeness", but the new school of scriptures did not respond head-on, but made a false shot, led the direction of the debate to the top, and provoked the internal strife between the two schools of modern and ancient scriptures. Ma Feng and Zhao Jian immediately threw it out, and the topic of the debate on classics immediately shifted from Confucian ethics to "pure Confucianism".

On the seventh day of the fourth lunar month, the scale of the debate became larger and larger, and Confucian scholars from all over the country rushed to Chang'an day and night under the call of teachers, classmates, and friends.

Zhong Xuan, the general of the expedition to the west, also hurriedly played the imperial court and asked to return to Beijing to participate in this grand event of scripture and learning. The eldest princess played on board, and Zhong Xuan took dozens of Yingchuan Confucians and celebrities to Beijing quickly.

At this moment, the Qilin Hall politics initiated by the imperial court has been shelved, and most of the ministers of the court and the central government have been involved in this endless debate.

Li Wei was a little anxious.

On April 12, the hussar general Xian Yu Fu hurriedly played the imperial court, and the Karasuma people were able to minister and Xiuwu Lu to join forces to attack the white deer king deer and break the wind. Lu Pofeng Xiang Xian Yu Fu and Baishan Da Dan asked for help at the foot of the building. Xian Yufu hurriedly transferred Xian Yuyin, Kirby Xiong, Shooting Tiger, Shooting Yingtong and others to lead 20,000 iron horsemen into Shanggu County, and Lou Lu also sent troops to help.

Neng Chenqi and Xiu Wulu immediately asked for help from Fu Luo Han and Shelong. The Xianbei people used this as an excuse to lead their army across the Great Wall and into Shanggu County. At present, the two sides are facing each other on the north and south banks of the water control and are still in the mediation stage for the time being.

Xian Yufu said that if the army of the Northern Expedition could not reach the desert for a long time, it was estimated that a great war would break out soon, and he begged the imperial court to give an accurate answer so that I could decide whether to attack immediately.

The great Sima Xu Rong hurriedly told Xian Yufu, the matter of the imperial court restructuring has not yet been resolved, and it is not suitable for a decisive battle at present. Please try to delay the outbreak of the fighting, and in due course you can meet some of the demands of the Xianbei people.

On 15 April, Taifu Yang Biao, Yushi Da Xun You, Ting Weiqing Chen Qun, Da Honglu Yuan Yao, Taichang Cheng Yuan Lian, Zhengxi General Zhong Xuan, and old ministers Yang Qi, Liu He, Sima Fang, Zhao Wen and others gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

After more than half a month of debate, the school of modern literature and classics has been hit hard, and now the debate of the classics is mainly the controversy between the ancient school of literature and classics and the school of the new scriptures, in fact, it is also the debate within the ancient literature and classics, and the school of modern literature and classics has been completely kicked out. This is something that the modern school of literature and scripture did not anticipate before the debate. They had no idea that in just over 20 years, the study of modern literature and scriptures would fall to such a point.

If it weren't for the fact that many of the great Confucians of modern literature and scripture are also studying modern and ancient scriptures, it is estimated that there are no Confucian scholars of the modern school of literature and classics in Taixue now.

In addition to lamenting, we must immediately come up with countermeasures to help our disciples and Confucian scholars who are studying the modern scriptures.

Today's literature and scriptures are everyone's jobs, and now that today's literature and classics have fallen to such a point, the rice bowl will be smashed. In the final analysis, it is a struggle for jobs and a struggle for survival.

How to survive? Switch to the new scriptures now? It also takes a process, not just to change it. For hundreds of years, this concept has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the protégés and disciples, so that they suddenly lose the Jinwen Jing that they have studied for decades, or even a lifetime, how is it possible? Without one generation, two generations, and decades, it is difficult for Confucian scholars to change their concepts.

In the past, the people of Northern Xinjiang have been fighting against other factions, such as the Guanluo people, who have not been able to get the opportunity to enter the ranks for a long time, but at that time it was mainly a factional dispute. Since the New Classics became official schools, the Confucian scholars who studied the modern scriptures bore the brunt of the crimes, which caused many Confucian scholars to be forced to change their livelihoods to the New Classics. However, the Confucian scholars who are loyal to the modern literature and classics still occupy the vast majority, and many of them are now poor, even if they are full of wealth and talent, they can only hold the bamboo slips and sigh for a long time, unable to show their ambitions.

"We will immediately draw up a selection system to replace the inspection and township evaluation and selection system that the imperial court is now in place." Yang Biao said, "In the selection of talents, this new system should focus on talent and morality, rather than learning what scriptures and studies should be the mainstay. The principle of the new selection system is meritocracy, which is completely in line with the principle of the imperial court's selection of talents, so that we can minimize losses and try to give Confucian scholars as much as possible the opportunity to enter the ranks. At present, the reform policy of the imperial court has not yet been finalized, as long as the imperial court agrees to revise the selection system, we will give in and agree to a series of restructuring policies formulated by the imperial court. ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and their thoughts suddenly opened.

"The imperial court supports the new scriptures, as long as the new scriptures are vigorously reformed and the Wei Wei is removed from the scriptures as soon as possible, the ancient scriptures and classics will still lose, so they will definitely support the revision of the selection system." The old minister Liu He said happily, "It's just, how to change it?" Overthrew the probationary system? ”

"There is no need to overthrow, overthrow and resystem, the contradiction is even greater, or try our best to solve the problem of the election of officials in the imperial court and the discussion in the township, so as to cut off the control and manipulation of the selection by the Northern Xinjiang people and the Confucian scholars of the New Classic." Xun You shook his hand and said, "Divide the selection power into three, and the Prime Minister's Mansion is responsible for the evaluation of Confucian ranks. Shang Shutai is responsible for supervision and regulation. The Superintendent of the Central Committee is responsible for conferring officials in accordance with the certificate. The officials in charge of township assessment in various localities were also appointed by the imperial court. In this way, through the checks and balances between the various government offices, the right to vote is completely returned to the imperial court, and the imperial power can also be most effectively maintained. ”

"Expand the selection targets, the opportunities for talent selection should be equal, and talented ordinary people can also become officials." Zhong Xuan said, "If the imperial court and local township evaluations can evaluate all Confucian scholars, and truly achieve talent and virtue, then this policy can completely remove the disadvantages of the inspection system, which is extremely beneficial to the Zhongxing of the Han Dynasty." ”

The crowd discussed for a day and a night, and then Chen Qun and Yuan Jian drew up a new selection system and solicited opinions from many parties.

On 20 April, 11 ministers headed by Taifu Yang Biao jointly issued a petition calling for a revision of the selection system and presented a recital to replace the "probationary system" with the "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System."