On the Yuan Festival, 10,000 households hang lights.

In the city of Kaifeng, lanterns hang in the streets and alleys, as if the stars on the Milky Way have fallen to the ground.

Inside the Imperial Palace, on the royal street outside the Xuande Gate, the lamp mountains of different shapes are also lit for the first time, turning the long royal street into a long corridor of lights. Most of the lanterns lit on the royal street belong to the supervisors of various prefectures and the royal family and nobles, all of which are beautiful and luxurious.

At this time, on the tower of Xuande Gate, Zhao Ji was dressed in red, and after receiving congratulations from the ministers, he took the concubines of the harem to sit in one place, drinking and watching the lanterns. And Zai Zhi and the Hanlin scholars were also on the city tower, accompanying the emperor to watch the lanterns.

It is an honor to climb the Xuande Tower to see the lanterns, and it is the Ganlin Muze of the official family, so after drinking the imperial wine given by the official family, the Zai Zhi and the Hanlin will rhyme and write poems on the spot as a thank you. If anyone can't do it, they will become the laughing stock of officialdom, and they will have no face to continue to stay in a high position.

However, now the Great Song Guiwen is light and martial, and those who can be ranked among the rulers are all great talents who are famous outside the Donghua Gate, not to mention the bachelors of Hanlin. It's not easy for them to make a psalm that can be handed down, and it's okay to deal with the scene.

Zeng Bu was the second minister, and after Han Zhongyan made a flowery sycophant poem, he also wrote a poem with a splash of ink. However, he didn't bother much today, because he had something on his mind, full of news that Su Dongpo was coming to Kaifeng Mansion.

This news was brought to Kaifeng Mansion by Zeng Zhao on a fast horse, and Zeng Bu had a headache until now after knowing it.

The New Party and the Second Soviet Brothers have nothing to say. Han Zhongyan was just messing around in the Daimyo Mansion back then, and he was also the governor of Zhizhou, as soon as the city gate was closed, he was the Emperor of the Soil, and the Daimyo's Mansion was the Beijing of the Great Song Dynasty, so it was not too much of a loss.

So Han Zhongyan can still get along with the New Party after becoming the left minister, at least it doesn't make too much trouble.

And the Ersu brothers can be expelled to Lingnan! In particular, Su Dongpo was exiled to Danzhou, and he almost lost his life because of the Wutai poetry case. If he turns over politically, will the important ministers of the New Party have a good end?

So before participating in today's lantern festival, Zeng Bu said to his comrades: "You can't let Ersu come to Kaifeng Mansion!" ”

Wu Haogu and Cheng Yi are not afraid, neither of them is a big official, and their foundation in officialdom is limited, how dare they dare to build a new party with deep roots? Even if they stink the new school, it doesn't mean that they can replace it.

But Ersu is different!

Ersu can worship the prime minister! Among them, Su Dongpo also has a large number of disciples, what six gentlemen, what four bachelors, and the disciples also have disciples, a large group of disciples and grandchildren, many of whom are officials who have passed the Jinshi and are very old.

For example, Li Gefei of Zhijing Zhaofu is very popular now...... It is rumored that the official family went out of the palace a few days ago, and cooperated with Li Gefei's son-in-law Li Qingzhao in Panjiayuan to fill in the first word! The two look familiar, as if they have been friends for many years!

Ersu plus a Li Gefei can occupy half of the political hall! In addition, Mi Fu and Wang Shu are friends of Su Dongpo, and they are also good friends of the official family when they were in the submersible. Among them, Wang Shu can do the Privy Council, Mi Fu can have the right to send Kaifeng Mansion, Mi Fu's son Mi Youren is qualified to be a Chongzheng Palace storyteller......

It's amazing! If the second Su is allowed to return to Kaifeng Mansion, I am afraid that the foundation of the new party will be shaken!

"Official, isn't that just the Republic Building?"

It was Empress Yuanyou who was standing beside the official family and stretched out her fingers to point to a "light tower" under the city tower. She is the sister-in-law of the official family, but no matter how you look at it, she is a little too close to the official family. And the queen of the main palace of the official family has signs of being left out......

Looking at the official family and Empress Liu, Zeng Bu frowned slightly, thoughtful.

Zhao Ji followed the slender jade fingers like spring onions, looked at the oblique down, and a "lamp tower" in the shape of a house appeared in the distance, which really looked a bit like a republic building. This should be laid out by the Republican Bank. Seeing the "Lantern Tower" of the Republic Bank, Zhao Ji thought of the "Cheng Wu Theory" that made a lot of noise years ago.

"Is there any news of Cheng Yi and Wu Dalang discussing the Tao in the past two days? Did that Hou Zhongliang set off? ”

Several high-grade chamberlains behind the Son of Heaven looked at each other, and Li Zhong, who was in charge of the official affairs of the Imperial City Division, stepped forward, "Hou Zhongliang set off for Jiehe Commercial Market on the fifth day of the first month, and there are still heated discussions about this discussion in the Tokyo Shilin. ”

"Really?" Zhao Ji laughed. He didn't think that this argument could shake the foundation of the new party, but he thought it was interesting, and he couldn't wait to see how Wu Haogu and that old-fashioned and pedantic Cheng Yi talked about it.

Pang Kuan smiled and raised his voice slightly: "Your Majesty, the old slave often reads the newspaper, and the newspaper says that the new school should also be asked to participate in the discussion." ”

When Zeng Bu heard this, his face suddenly sank! This Pang Kuan is really damned, he actually wants to drag the New Party into the water!

That's not right! Zeng Bu felt a little strange, Pang Kuan was the person who was the Empress Dowager, and he should have supported Empress Meng, and it stands to reason that he should fall out of favor after Empress Meng got out. Why do the officials still trust him so much now? Empress Liu won't blow some pillow wind - of course Empress Liu won't blow such a wind, she knows the inside story, and of course she also knows that Pang Kuan is the key person who supports Zhao Ji as emperor. Zhao Ji would never treat Pang Kuan badly......

"Lu Qing," Zhao Ji was reminded by Pang Kuanyi, and really called Lu Dian's name, "How is it?" Do you want to talk to Cheng Yi and Wu Dalang? ”

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of all the ministers upstairs in Xuande rose to their throats! In case Lu Dian said the wrong thing, the old and new parties would have to compete in the dojo. This will be very detrimental to the New Party, which currently has a large number of people in the political hall......

"Your Majesty," Lu Dian's said, "Jing Gong's study is to apply the scriptures, and not to delve into the kind of avenues that cannot be used. Therefore, the new learning is different from the study of Guan Luo and the study of empirical evidence, and there is nothing to say. ”

The Tao is different, there is nothing to say!

Well answered!

Zeng Bu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Lu Dian's found a good reason.

Zhao Ji groaned slightly, and said with a smile: "Cheng Yi's set really can't be used, but Wu Dalang's knowledge is quite useful, and Lu Qing still has to discuss it when he finds an opportunity." ”

"Commandment." Lu Dian's hurriedly accepted the order.

Zhao Ji's words were very vague, he didn't say when, nor did he mention how, Lu Dian's room for operation was very large. For example, if you meet Wu Haogu in private, it can be regarded as an aisle.

"That's fine." Zhao Ji didn't say anything more, he didn't want Wu Haogu to openly discuss with Lu Dian, because the open discussion was likely to cause a break between Wu Haogu and the Xinxue School, and the Xinxue and the New Party were really one. Once the two sides break up, it will not be of much benefit to Wu Haogu.

Zeng Bu had been paying attention to the conversation between Zhao Ji and Lu Dian, and he seemed to have realized the intentions of the official family, and hurriedly played: "Su Cheng's two families are really the prosperity of Confucianism that has not been seen for decades, which is enough to show the prosperity of His Majesty's cultural governance, so it should be grandly handled by Guozijian." ”

Zhao Ji nodded lightly, Zeng Bu's proposal was the same as what he thought. The rule of this dynasty is better than that of previous dynasties, and his own emperor is the first king in literature since ancient times.

"Good!" Zhao Ji said with a smile, "Then Lu Qing and Guozijian will jointly handle this matter."

In addition, since this discussion is a Confucian event, it should not only be the Confucian students of the Great Song Dynasty who participated, but also the Confucian scholars of Liao, Xia, Goryeo, Annam, Dali and Japan to come and participate in the grand event! ”

Hearing this, Han Zhongyan hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, who should come forward to invite Confucian scholars from all countries?" ”

Zhao Ji thought for a moment and said: "This is a Confucian theory, and it is not an exchange between countries, so it is naturally Guozijian and Yuntai Academy." ”

……

At the same time, Wu Haogu and Su Dongpo were preparing to discuss the Tao with ideals and new learning in the Yuntai Academy.

"Uncle Cheng Zheng is old-fashioned and pedantic, pretending to be a moral gentleman all day long to teach people, if you talk to him, I'm afraid that he is just that!"

"The disciple doesn't have to talk about him, the disciple's practical theory is used to test his Tianli hypothesis."

"Hypothesis?"

"It's an assumption, an assumption. The theory of heavenly principles is currently unprovable, and the unprovable way is the way of hypothesis. Not only is Mr. Ikawa's theory of heavenly principles a hypothesis, but also the theory of ghosts and gods of Buddhism, Taoism, Nestorianism, and other religions. Hypotheses are based on reasoning and imagination of demonstrable and visible matters. However, because the theory of heavenly principles was produced relatively late, the assumptions are still relatively reasonable. ”

"Hahaha, Uncle Cheng Zheng will definitely be dizzy when he hears your comment, as a teacher, I can't wait to see the scene where you are taught by him.

But this time, our opponent is not only science, but also new science! Chongdao, how much do you know about Wang Anshi's new learning? ”

Hearing Su Dongpo's question, Wu Haogu couldn't help frowning. Wang Anshi's new learning is Xianxue, and he naturally practiced it when he was studying in Chengnan Academy-to be precise, it was the original Wu Haogu who cultivated the new learning, and now this soul from the later generations of Wu Haogu only inherited those memories, and combined the knowledge of later generations with the Confucianism in his memory.

Therefore, he was able to deeply understand Cheng Yi's science, and he was also able to turn positivism into a tool for Confucian Taoism—this was not difficult, and anyone who had received a formal Confucian education before the great revival of science could combine positivism and Confucianism.

Of course, after Zhu Xi used science to complete the way of Confucianism and became a prominent scholar, Confucianism became more and more dogmatic. However, it was the newly learned "one morality" that pioneered Confucian dogmatism.

Although Wu Haogu is not as able to use rigorous and beautiful sentences to expound the views of Xinxue like Wu Haowen, he can truly understand Wang Anshi's knowledge and pursuit.

"Teacher," Wu Haogu nodded and replied, "Students can understand the general idea of Xinxue, if they want to search for chapters and sentences, students may not be able to talk to them, but after all, Xinxue is not the knowledge in the pile of old papers, Xinxue is to be useful." Utilitarian and useless is the biggest fallacy of Xinxue. ”