Pragmatism, or positivist philosophy, is of course a very big pit that is used to trace the natural path of Confucianism. If the way of nature that Confucius sought from Lao Tzu is a problem, then positivism is one of the tools to answer this question!

With the tool of positivism, future Confucian naturalist (positivist) scholars will be able to use observation, classification, and categorical data to explore the natural way of all things, and achieve correct and credible results.

Of course, Wu Haogu was not a technical man in his previous life, and he didn't study much philosophy. The reason why he was able to put forward the "theory of practice" was that when he was a child, he often heard that practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

However, just as the statement "practice is the only criterion for testing truth" caused great controversy in later generations - don't underestimate the power of this sentence, which was the ideological basis of China's reform and opening up in later generations - and the method of using empirical evidence to pursue the road in the Northern Song Dynasty will inevitably cause great controversy.

Because practice can test the logic of truth and the absolute truth of Confucius, Meng, Buddha, and Taishang Laojun, there is a logical conflict in itself!

Therefore, Wu Haogu did not dare to openly publish an article like "Practice is the Only Criterion for Testing Truth" in "Wenqu Xing", but only dared to secretly use the excuse of "experimental military system" to first push out the concept of positivism. There is no "only standard", as long as positivism and Confucius and Mencius can go hand in hand, it will be a great success.

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On the same day that the magazine "Wenqu Xing" launched the column "On the Road on Paper" and put forward the strange theory of "testing the military system in practice". Ji Yi, who had not yet left Kaifeng Mansion, took his friend Zhu Mian to Lu Jiawen's mansion.

He came to visit Lu Jia to recommend officials to Zhu Mian.

Shi Guozhong, who gave advice to Wu Haogu, was right, although the shop has not built a house for more than a hundred years, but this question is difficult for Lu Jia to ask - his character is so poor, and he is not tactful in life, I don't know how many people he has offended, but it is not unreasonable that he has always been an officialdom tumbler.

This cool official can really get things done! The work of building a house in half of Dutingyi and then selling it was a problem for Qiang Yuanming and Liu Ai, but it was difficult for Lu Jia to ask.

And Lu Jia's solution to the problem is also very simple, that is, to distribute official hats to builders who can build houses!

Be an official! Is there anyone in the Great Song Dynasty who doesn't like it? Even if he is a trickster who is responsible for building a house, he is also a dignified official, and he is also an official of Taifu Temple...... Just think about how fat it is with your heels.

Lu Jia asked his Taifu Siqing, this is a fat shortage known as "Busy Qing", and there are many government offices under the jurisdiction below, so there are naturally more official positions that can be promoted.

In addition, Zhao Ji also approved the establishment of a construction case and a demolition case under the shop house, which are all yamen that can house officials and officials.

Therefore, after completely taking over the dispatch of Taifu Siqing, Lu Jiawen immediately began to recruit people for the construction case and the house demolition case.

And Lu Jiawen also personally checked - no one will give face, no one will write a note, Lu Daqingtian will not recognize anyone now, only serious ability.

Of course, except for Zeng Bu, An Tao, Zhao Tingzhi, Li Qingchen, and a few other New Party bigwigs, who saw Lu Jia and asked this wicked man if his scalp was numb? Where did he go to the door, it was cheap, and maybe he would take it to the court to complain.

However, the Zhu Mian that Ji Yi brought to Lu Jiawen today has real skills! If this thing didn't have some ability, it would not have caused such a big disaster in history!

When Ji Yi came to the door of the Taifu Siqing Mansion, which looked very dilapidated, he found that Lu Benzhi had been waiting for a long time.

Ji Yi had seen Lu Benzhi when he came to the Taifu Siqing Mansion to recommend Zhu Mian before, and hurriedly stepped forward at this time, "Why are you waiting here in the Yanei, the lower officials can't afford it." ”

"Brother of Memory, Hugh is noisy, do you want to welcome you? All of them were sent by their fathers...... Come with me. ”

It turned out that Lu Jiawen also knew that the officials and officials of Taifu Temple were basically unreliable, and they had to do their best to demolish and build houses, and they couldn't be busy, so they asked their son Lu Benzhi to help.

Ji Yi hurriedly presented a volume of Zhu Mian's architectural sample drawings of the "Tube Building", and then walked into the Taifu Siqing Mansion with Zhu Mian and Lu Benzhi.

This time, Lu Jiawen personally checked the "recruitment", recruiting the construction capital material craftsman, and the topic of the assessment was to draw a sample drawing of the "tube building" next to the painting fairy temple, and then calculate the materials, man-hours and costs required for construction.

As long as the sample drawings and construction plans are approved by Lu Jiawen, you can immediately "test the officer", that is, the construction commander of the Baoju trial title, and then recruit the construction team by yourself, and then go to be responsible for the construction of several "tube buildings". As long as the project can be completed on time and with good quality, Lu Jiawen will immediately be able to ask for an official position for the responsible trial title construction commander.

It's hard to say what this method will do in the future, but before the official official body is released, those trial titles will definitely work hard.

So now Lu Jiawen is not worried that the project of Dutingyi will not be completed, what really gives him a headache is the demolition of the barracks!

He also knew that this pit was not easy to fill, and it was only in order that the government-run Kaifeng Prefecture's real estate plan would not be destroyed, so he took the dispatch.

Lu Benzhi quickly brought Ji Yi and Zhu Mian to the door of Lu Jiawen's study. Lu Benzhi said to Zhu Mian: "You wait a moment." Then he went all the way to the door of the study, "Brother Yizhi, my father still has some things to ask, so come with me." ”

"Okay."

Ji Yi answered, and followed Lu Benzhi into the study. In the study, Lu Jiawen was looking at a just-published "Wenqu Xing" magazine with his head down, frowning, as if he was thinking hard.

Ji Yi saluted, "Xiaguan Ji Yi, I've seen Master Lu." ”

Lu Benzhi put the drawings on the desk, "Daddy, this is the drawing of Pingjiang Zhu Duliu recommended by Ji Yizhi." ”

"Let it go." Lu Jiawen raised his head and looked at Ji Yi with a respectful smile on his face, "Ji Yizhi, right?" ”

"It's Xiaguan."

"I heard that you and Nawu Haogu are friends?"

Ji Yi seemed to have expected Lu Jia to ask this question, and replied with a smile: "We used to be friends." ”

"Not now?"

"It's not."

"Why?" Lu Jiawen looked at Ji Yi curiously, "The old man has heard that this person is quite bold and righteous." ”

"Wu Haogu is indeed righteous and squandering money," Ji recalled, "His personality is also admired by the lower officials." But...... His way is not the way of the lower officials. The Tao is different, and they do not conspire with each other. ”

"Does he have a way?"

"Yes." Ji Yi said, "There is also a way to steal, not to mention a generation of Confucian businessmen." But the way of Confucianism is not the way of lower officials. ”

"Aren't you also a businessman?"

Ji Yi smiled, "Xia Guan is only a businessman, not a businessman. If you talk about family background, then Wu Haogu is a serious scholar from a family, not a businessman. ”

Born as a businessman and a person in business, it is not a concept. Ji Yi's family is indeed a merchant, and his ancestors were merchants with "city registration" in the Tang Dynasty. And Wu Haogu is just a businessman, not a businessman, his ancestors were from the family of a maiden official......

"Scholars?" Lu Jia asked and sneered, "This dynasty doesn't pay attention to this. ”

As he spoke, he tapped his fingers on the bookcase with a copy of "Wenqu Xing", "Remember, have you read this issue of "Wenqu Xing"? ”

"I've seen it." Ji Yi replied.

"What do you think?"

Ji Yi replied: "Xia Guan thinks you can give it a try." ”

Lu Jia asked Ji Yi what he said, of course, to test the military system of the government. Neither of them noticed the big hole of the "theory of practice", and only thought of the government military system that "saves money and is safe".

"Why did Wu Haogu mention this on his own "Wenqu Xing"?" Lu Jia asked inexplicably. "Isn't he for knights?"

"Those horseback riders are actually government soldiers." Ji Yi replied with a smile, "In the early Tang Dynasty, weren't there also the children of noble officials who served as guards of the Inner Palace?" Li Shimin also summoned 2,000 Xuanjia elite horsemen in Taiyuan, and they were all strong warriors from wealthy families. ”

The ideal government military system actually needs a military aristocracy as the core, and the government military system theoretically selects soldiers from the landlords and rich peasants, but in fact allows the rich and the upper class to undertake military service.

In return, the state naturally rewarded the right to be an official to the military aristocracy and government soldiers. In other words, if you want to be an official, you must first become a soldier!

Therefore, the imperial examination system and the imperial examination system are naturally opposed...... During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the proportion of officials from the imperial examination was very small, and from the founding of the Tang Dynasty to its demise, a total of 266 Jinshi examinations were held, and more than 6,000 people were admitted, with an average of only 25 people per subject. And when the military system of the early Tang Dynasty was not corrupted, it was probably even more difficult to be admitted to the Jinshi.

In the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination was flourishing, and most of the wealthy classes of the people learned to write and abandoned martial arts, and it was impossible to serve as government soldiers.

If the military system is really to be restored, it is necessary to drastically reduce the number of scholars in the imperial examination, and at the same time rebuild the military aristocracy.

Ji Yi said: "The Baibo martial arts family is the righteous family of the emperor, the Han family of Xiangzhou is a first-class wealthy family, the Daimyo Pan family is the founding noble, and even a family like Yanggu Ximen is also a powerful party. If the government soldiers really want to prosper, it will only be good for them, and there will be no harm. ”

"I see," Lu Jiawen nodded, and said to himself, "But this kind of government soldier is not what I need in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

After listening to Lu Jia's words, Ji Yi already knew in his heart that the test of the government soldiers seemed to be necessary.

It's just that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty can't deviate from the general principles of "emphasizing literature over military force" and "using literature to control military force" in any case, the same ...... There can be no Junda system!

"Remember," Lu Jia asked at this time, and then said, "Is the person you recommended called Zhu Mian?" ”

"Exactly, his family is the first family of the Pingjiang Army."

"Okay!" Lu Jia asked and nodded, "The person you recommended is believed by the old man, but the assessment is still necessary, you bring him in, and the old man will personally test him." ”