The Jiehe Branch of Yuntai Xuegong, which is about to be opened in Jiehe Commercial City, is, of course, the "Millennium Famous School" in the future! In the future, it will definitely be the second best school in China after Lianyungang Huaihai University, and Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, and Zhejiang University will have to be ranked behind others - Wu Haogu estimates that this is about the predecessor of Tianjin University!

The famous alumni of Tianjin University that Wu Haogu is looking forward to include Yelu Dashi, Xiao Gan, Guo Yaoshi, Jin Wushu and so on...... And if we want to turn these young and promising students from the north into alumni of Tianjin University, there must be a banner that can fool people.

Considering Su Dongpo's high popularity in Liao, Wu Haogu wanted to invite his teacher to Jiehe Business City for a visit, and by the way, he presided over the opening ceremony of "Tianjin University".

Su Dongpo looked at himself, a good student who was very different from ordinary Confucian students, pondered for a long time, nodded and said: "The old man is here in Haizhou, and he often hears about the name of Jiehe Business City...... I really want to go for it. But now that the weather is getting cooler, it's not the time for the old man to go out, so how about waiting until next spring to set off north? ”

Wu Haogu hurriedly arched his hand and said: "If the teacher can go, it will definitely make the Jiehe Commercial City famous, and the students have thanked the teacher here." ”

Su Dongpo stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Chongdao, you want to use the old man's fame to strengthen the prestige of Jiehe Shang City and Yuntai Xuegong Jiehe Branch, right?" ”

"I really can't hide it from my teacher." Wu Haogu said with a smile, "A disciple is a businessman, and it's okay to run a commercial market, but it's a bit of a monkey to run a academy." ”

"Really?" Su Dongpo looked at Wu Haogu with a smile, "You really think so?" ”

“……”

Wu Haogu was stunned for a moment, and when he didn't know how to answer, Su Dongpo said to himself: "These days, the old man often discusses your Tao with Zhang Zihou...... In the eyes of the old man and Zhang Zihou, there is no one in the world today who can compare with you. ”

That's too high, isn't it? Is it the legendary slaughter?

"My way? My name ......" Wu Haogu was stunned for a moment, and his heart was a little hairy - he has done a lot of deviant things in the past two years, should he be targeted by the old thief of Zhang Dun?

Wu Haogu, who was a little weak-hearted, said with a smile: "Teacher, are you talking about the way of doing business for students?" ”

Su Dongpo shook his head, "Although your business skills are unparalleled in the world, they are far from being called Tao...... At least not for the teacher and Zhang Zihou to look at. ”

In the future, businessmen like Wu Haogu will definitely be worshiped as the "God of Commerce", "God of Commerce" and "God of Wealth". However, Su Dongpo and Zhang Dian can't get together every day to talk about business.

"The teacher is talking about the way of the students' paintings?" Wu Haogu also proposed painting.

His place in the history of world art is also beyond doubt! It can indeed be called "Tao", but in Su Dongpo's view, painting is a path after all.

"Chongdao," Su Dongpo said with a smile, "Don't pretend to be confused in front of the teacher!" Whether it's business or painting, it's just a trail. If you can let the teacher and Zhang Zihou talk for many days, you will naturally be able to glimpse the Tao of the avenue. ”

Or was discovered!

Wu Haogu took a breath: "The empirical theory that the teacher said, right?" ”

"Yes!" Su Dongpo smiled, "Zhang Zihou and the old man are both people outside the overall situation of the world, and they can finally calm down and do their studies." That's why you're noticing your empirical arguments...... This is the gate of the avenue! ”

The fact that "practice is the only criterion for testing truth" that almost everyone in Chinese later generations knew was actually a philosophical avenue!

It is a way of understanding and exploring the world, a way of testing the truth, a method of thinking that can be used to contend with metaphysics, theology, and dogmatism.

In later generations, the establishment of this method of thinking is actually the basis for China's economic take-off - with positivist philosophy, the Chinese can emancipate their minds! If people's minds are imprisoned by all kinds of rules and regulations, and all kinds of dogmas, they will not be able to give full play to their potential.

Positivism is not perfect, and there are also loopholes and fallacies. However, it can be used to break the shackles of dogma on people's minds, and at the same time...... Positivism is indeed a method of thinking that can support scientific progress.

And in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, dogmatism is occupying people's minds - later generations always like to blame the rigidity of Chinese thinking on the illiterate Zhu Chengli, in fact, this pot should belong to dogmatism. Words must be called Confucius, must be called ancestors, even the interpretation of the way of Confucius and Mencius is completely solidified, there must be no breakthrough, this is dogmatism.

The "one morality" advocated by Wang Anshi can be regarded as the beginning of dogmatic brainwashing. Even the explanations of the Confucian classics are framed by dogma, no innovation is allowed, no thinking is allowed, everything is according to the books, how can people's thinking not be rigid?

As for how to explain it, whether the explanation is correct or not, whether it is good or not, whether or not it adds a paragraph that attaches importance to technological innovation, it will not change the essence of dogmatism. Because rigid dogmas do not keep up with the times, even if they are right now, they will become fallacies in the future.

Therefore, the "positivism" proposed by Wu Haogu is actually on the opposite side of "one morality".

Positivism can even be used to test the way of Confucius and Mencius itself......

However, Wu Haogu is only putting forward a very superficial positivist viewpoint, and he does not dare to carry out in-depth interpretation and research. For fear of attracting the attention of traitors and gentlemen!

But the problem is that "positivism" is a tool that can be used to find the "Great Dao" (i.e., the worldview), and the absence of the "Great Dao" is a huge flaw in Confucianism in the face of religious ideas such as Buddhism, Taoism, Tianfangism, and Nestorianism.

In other words, positivism can be used both to question Confucianism and to become an ideological weapon for Confucianism!

Without positivism, the Confucian "Dao" is missing, and with the tool of positivism, the Confucian "Dao" becomes a science - the Confucian Dao is a problem, it is to "seek the Tao", and positivism is the tool for seeking the Tao.

Compared with Confucianism, which has positivism, all other ideas that attribute the Tao to God and Xuan are in a position to be examined and criticized.

How could such an important philosophical theory be ignored for a long time in the late Northern Song Dynasty, when the worldview of Confucianism had not yet been completed?

"Chongdao," Su Dongpo stroked his beard and looked at Wu Haogu seriously, "Your evidence can answer the sage's question...... This is an unprecedented feat of Confucianism in the past thousand years! Later generations will call you a son, a great Confucian like you, you should concentrate on learning, you should write books and speak, and you should not put too much energy on officialdom and shopping malls.

If you can combine the empirical theory with the Confucian truth, even the Confucianism after Confucius and Mencius, no one can compare with you. Maybe in another hundred years, the old man will borrow your fame to be known to future generations. ”

Write a book and say that he will return to Wuzi...... A cold sweat broke out on Wu Hao's ancient brain, he was a great Confucian, how could he come true if he pretended?

Moreover, when the banner of positivism was raised in China in the mid-to-late 20th century, it provoked quite a strong reaction, let alone in the 11th century.

Will you be caught in the whirlpool of a Confucian academic struggle?

"Father, you called us?"

Su Dongpo's two sons, the second son Su Yu, and the third son Su Guo walked into Su Dongpo's study at this time.

"Brother Zhongyu, Uncle Dang.

Wu Haogu recognized them and hurriedly bowed. Su Yu and Su Guo also returned their respective gifts.

Su Dongpo said to Wu Haogu: "Zhongyu and Shudang are also very interested in your empirical theories, and want to discuss and study with you, and they can also help you write books and make speeches." ”

"Teacher, student......"

Wu Haogu just wanted to refuse, but Su Dongpo waved his hand and said with a rare serious expression: "Chongdao, since you have worshiped the old man as a teacher, you should listen to the old man's teachings." If you don't put forward an empirical theory, it's fine, and the old man won't force you to study it. But since you have this insight and have been at the forefront of the Confucian scholars who have explored the Great Dao throughout the ages, then the old man can't let you bury this knowledge.

Because Confucianism has an empirical theory, it is the true and complete avenue! In the eyes of the teacher, there is nothing more important in the world. If you don't agree, this Yuntai Academy, don't do it! ”

Wu Haogu knew that he couldn't refuse Su Dongpo's request...... I dug the hole myself, and I had to fill it up while crying!

……

When Wu Haogu fell into the academic pit he had dug, his brother Wu Haowen fell into the pit of bureaucracy.

"Dafu, this is a joint concert between Xiaguan and Brother Yizhi, please take a look."

Wu Haowen has been persuaded by Ji Yi, and no longer insists on standing on his point of view as an official, but instead becomes a kneeling Qingtian.

Since Qingtian is on his knees, it will be easy to try out the government military system in Lantian County - in fact, there is no need to try it out at all, the government military system is the origin of Guan Long! It is something that Yuwentai's main force was exhausted by Gao Huan, and he had to win over the right township soldiers of Guanzhong Hao to join the army.

The current situation is similar, the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty has been abolished, and the new army cannot be established because of various kinds of nonsense, only the government military system is the consensus - Fan Zhongyan and Sima Guang on the side of the old party have pushed the government military system, and Wang Anshi on the side of the new party has also pushed the government military system. Therefore, the partial restoration of the government military system seems to have become the only way for the Northern Song Dynasty to rebuild its armed forces.

In addition to the government military system, the Jingtian system and the "Lü Township Covenant", which are related to the "Zhou Li", are not very controversial. After all, it comes from "Zhou Li", and no one can openly oppose it - this is actually a kind of dogmatism, which can be refuted with the positivism proposed by Wu Haogu......

However, testing "Zhou Li" with practice is not something Wu Haowen has to consider, what he has to consider now is to fool the errand in front of him like this.

If you are fooled, you can be a higher-ranked, kneeling Qingtian......