Xu Ping vaguely remembered in his previous life that Fan Zhongyan was persecuted by Lu Yijian because of the so-called gentleman's party, so Ouyang Xiu wrote "On the Friends of the Party". The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info just understated in history, and now Xu Ping does not dare to take it lightly. I naturally didn't know it in my previous life, but now I understand that from the Gentleman's Party and the Villain's Party to the New Party and the Old Party, it is really a lineage and has its origins.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the first large-scale clear party struggle occurred during the Taizong period, when Hu Dan, Zhao Changyan and others openly formed a party and were determined to drill into the camp. The theoretical precursor of the Gentleman's Party and the Lilliputians took place at this time. Wang Yu, who is famous in the world for his articles, wrote "On Friends", proposing that villains have a party, and a gentleman can also have a party. Moreover, if a gentleman has no party, he cannot compete with the party of villains, and the world will be in chaos.

The second article "On the Friends of the Party", which holds this tone, is naturally the one made by Ouyang Xiu in history. When was the article written? Fan Zhongyan was degraded out of the capital because he was accused of being the leader of the Fan Party, and he was listed in the court, and many officials in the court at that time were proud to be under the Fan Party. Ouyang Xiu's "Theory of Friends" is not just an article, but has a clear political significance. The dispute between the Gentleman's Party and the Lilliputians has since come to the fore from behind the scenes, swaying the political arena.

Although Xu Ping has no impression of the subsequent history, he still has a vague sense of the general context.

After that, Sima Guangzhong Jinshi wrote "On the Friends of the Party" shortly after, Su Shi succeeded Ouyang Xiu in "The Continuation of the Friends of the Party", and Su Shimen Qin Guan wrote "The Theory of the Friends of the Party" again. Among them, except for Sima Guang, who discusses history in combination with facts, Su Shi and Qin Guan have clear political goals, and the time when the article appeared was precisely when the party struggle between Korea and China was fierce.

Starting from the matter and ending with the person, it is almost the sign of Ouyang Xiu's writing, and the artillery fire only accidentally splashed on Xu Ping's body. Not talking about a person's merits and demerits, but focusing on labeling a gentleman and a villain is the characteristic of Ouyang Xiu and his literati in the same lineage. Ouyang Xiu is the same, what about his two proud protégés, Wang Anshi and Su Shi?

One step forward, the gentleman who is the same as me, and the villain who is different from me, and political affairs have completely become a battle of will.

What is Villain? What is Gentleman? Zi said: "The gentleman is in righteousness, and the villain is in profit", "Zihan is profitable, and life is benevolent". Mencius said: "Why bother to say profit? There is also benevolence and righteousness. In a word, it is the villain who speaks profitably, and the gentleman who speaks righteously. In between, mixed with the distinction between good and evil, and on loyalty, righteousness, and evil, it is basically about the content.

Unfortunately, Xu Ping thought about it, and from the root of his thoughts, he seemed to be on the side of the villain.

Looking at Fan Zhongyan, who was silent for a while, Xu Ping sighed secretly in his heart.

The two were promoted to be made on the same day, Xu Ping was to be made by Longtu Pavilion, Fan Zhongyan was to be made by Tianzhang Pavilion, and his rank was above Fan Zhongyan. For a period of time, Xu Ping has cultivated power in the Third Division, and Fan Zhongyan has formed a small circle around him. Xu Ping is in the third division, holding great power, promoting backward advancement, and reusing young people, but he adheres to a principle, that is, not to engage in personal interests and not to plant private parties. Fan Zhongyan is also not self-interested, and even ignores his own promotion and disgrace. But it is debatable to say that there is no private party.

Why did Ouyang Xiu later write "On Friends"? Because Fan Zhongyan is obviously suspected of forming a party. Of course, it is also incorrect to say that he is a private party, and these people are gathered together because of ideals, not for personal interests.

When he was in Nanjing at the invitation of Tianfu, at the invitation of Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan first established an official school there, which was the beginning of the Tianxia state school and county school. While managing government studies, Fan Zhongyan also taught and studied intensively. The so-called Song Xue by later generations, Fan Zhongyan is really the founder of the mountain. Later generations praised him as the first minister of the millennium, of course, because his ethics as an official were admirable, but also because he opened the academic situation of the Song Dynasty. More importantly, Fan Zhongyan established the spiritual outlook of a generation of scholars, "When he was grateful to talk about the affairs of the world, he worked hard, and for a while, the scholars were vigorous and fashionable, and he advocated it from Zhongyan." ”

Fan Zhongyan is a true gentleman, Xu Ping has no opinion on this, but to say that the one who gathers around him is the gentleman's party, everyone is a gentleman, Xu Ping doesn't believe it. Ouyang Xiu and Cai Xiang are unscrupulous, and they especially like to talk about people's strengths and weaknesses, where is there a gentleman's mellow style? Teng Zong forgives good money, why doesn't he say "the villain is profitable"?

Through the fog of thousands of years, coupled with the inherent impression, Xu Ping only had a vague rough impression in his previous life, and in this era, he can no longer be so confused.

Mencius, who spent his whole life running around, could not be reused in his life because of his broad speech, and had difficult ambitions, was like a huge shadow that was influencing this era.

Han Confucianism has fallen, various schools of thought are divided, and by the fifth generation of Confucianism is in danger of falling apart. Song Confucianism wanted to strip away the Han Confucianism's doctrine of destiny, learn from the weft, and respect Meng if he did not respect Xun, and had almost no choice. It is a joint force to overthrow the previous schools, especially the mystical Confucianism represented by Dong Zhongshu, and replace it with a human-based Confucianism.

And the old Confucianism has fallen, and when the new Confucianism has not been established, it is sandwiched between respecting Meng and non-Meng, based on the "distinction between righteousness and benefit", dividing the gentleman and the villain, and the party is the same and different, and it has become the mainstream.

Mencius "I nurture the spirit of Haoran", "Harmony takes righteousness", "Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go to it", he was just happy when he was arguing with others, and after a thousand years, it was projected onto the scholars of this era, and it changed. How did Ouyang Xiu come to be such a strange character? It is inseparable from Mencius, the ideological teacher.

Xunzi's famous: "If you don't teach, you will be punished and the evil will be invincible; Teach but not punish, and traitors do not punish. Later generations often mention the former sentence, and the murderous spirit of the latter sentence cannot be forgotten. Zun Xunzi's faction came to power, and they often became more ruthless when they started to do things, and they were eager to cut the opponent to the roots.

These two factions have been disturbed for hundreds of years, and finally fell silent with the fall of the Central Plains.

An era has the characteristics of an era, and ideas are still rooted in social reality after all, and existence is reasonable, but existence is not necessarily correct. This era has produced this kind of thinking, which is a joint force of history and reality, and it is not the whim of any one person. Mencius has long been buried in the pile of old papers, and for a thousand years, his status is not as good as that of a slightly more well-known Confucian disciple. When Han Yu pushed him up, his status rose higher and higher, and naturally there was a realistic need for his society.

Human beings are social animals and have thoughts, and society naturally has its own mainstream ideas. If not, it will be made by itself, or it will be forced into it by the enemy. The rise of Confucianism is not unrelated to the expansion of the influence of Buddhism and Taoism.

Ouyang cultivated Buddhism and suppressed Taoism, but he was extremely proficient in Buddhist and Taoist classics. Fan Zhongyan is also a Buddha, and his knowledge is also a Buddha and two families. They are all based on understanding each other, and they come and go.

Born in this era, Xu Ping also has to adapt to this trend. With his own thoughts, to bow (female dry) the thoughts of people of an era, Xu Ping is not that kind of madman. Learning, understanding, transforming, and wanting to make a difference in this era are things that have to be done, and as long as you work hard, you can always succeed in transformation.

No matter how decadent Confucianism is, can it be corrupted and monotheistic? No matter how conservative Confucius is, can he be more conservative than the one who said that everyone in the world is a lamb for sin? From catching witches everywhere to developing into a developed industrial society, Europeans should believe in what they should believe. Spanning a thousand years, in the face of Confucianism, which is relatively easy to transform, if you don't even have the confidence that the transformation will succeed, it will make people laugh off their big teeth. Descendants are not good, they mostly find reasons from themselves, hate their ancestors at every turn, and they are too unproductive.

The distinction between righteousness and profit is the door of life, and this has developed into the dispute between gentlemen and villains, and everything Xu Ping does will be ruined if he is not careful, which he cannot allow.

Ouyang Xiu moved from talking about things to talking about people, and he had already seen the clues. A group of people gathered around Fan Zhongyan, and from time to time they talked about Lu Yijian as a villain, the villain was in charge, and the national fortune was not long.

Now they are targeting Lu Yijian, and this is also carefully splashed on Xu Ping, and when Lu Yijian really falls, Xu Ping is afraid that he will be hung up as that villain. As soon as Wang Anshi came to power in history, Fu Bi accused him of being a treacherous villain, and he was incompatible, and in the end, what did Wang Anshi be forced to?

No matter what the purpose, Xu Ping must suppress this evil wind. It is a principle that must be adhered to. Otherwise, it will soon be impossible to clean up.

Xu Ping now needs Lu Yijian to stand on the stage, this is the last minister in the traditional sense who can suppress the scene of the government and the opposition, and he is relatively neutral in terms of ideology and will not intensify the contradictions. Psychologically, Xu Ping agreed with Fan Zhongyan's idea of selflessness and all for the country, but the knife in Fan Zhongyan's hand was too blunt, and he couldn't cut off the place where he should have been cut, and he suffered too much collateral damage. Xu Ping couldn't stand it, and many people were not prepared at this time.

Standing up, Xu Ping had to stand at this time. As long as another ten years pass, there will be no room to do things with peace of mind, and most of the courtiers will fall into the controversy of the Gentlemen's Party and the Villain's Party, and the Party will fight against differences.

In these two years, Xu Ping must resolve the distinction between righteousness and profit and pull out the fuse that caused chaos. The solution is naturally to start from what wealth is and what labor can create wealth, which is the root of the ideological controversy. The fact that the debate between righteousness and profit is so fierce in this era is inherently illustrative, and the era needs to resolve the relationship between the two.

Cai Qi and Li Shi came over from a distance and said to Xu Ping: "Just now, I saw that a few of you were talking enthusiastically here, so it's not easy to disturb, let's let Han Qi and Wang Gongchen take them around the village." Xu waits, you Zhuangzi is amazing! Whether it is farming or pasture, there is no place like it. ”

Yan Shu is an eight-sided person, and he has no ambition to open up a new generation, and the two rulers came over to relieve the embarrassment, he sighed and said, "It's not." Xu Ping was able to build a sugar business in Yongzhou, which is not a fluke! Take a look at his Zhuangzi, if the world's farming is like this, why worry that the country is not strong and the people are not rich? (To be continued.) )