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159. The plantain's heart is full of new branches (1)

"Teaching." Wu Yan said two words.

The prince’s lecture is just a traditional name, but it actually means “listening to others to teach”. In this moment’s context, Wu Qing obviously did not ask Zhu Cixuan to study, but made a serious statement about teaching others.

In practice, there are roughly two ways to cultivate wings and stabilize the foundation today: lecture and adopt adopted sons.

Mao Wenlong was in Dongjiang, and the surname was Mao in Manzhen; Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were also adopted sons Chengxing; other generals of the Ming Dynasty had countless adopted sons and servants. The eunuchs achieved a certain status and would also accept Luo's adopted sons. The representative figure Wei Zhongxian not only accepted a bunch of adopted sons, but also accepted Yisun.

Of course, Zhu Cilang cannot walk on this road.

Then there is only lecture.

Zhu Cilang knew that he was definitely not a material for teaching. It was obvious that the thinker of the era, Hao Ruofanxing, was not nonsense, especially in the Jiajing and Wanli periods, if the Chief Minister had no academic system of his own and could not be admired by scholars, it would be very embarrassing. Yan Song did not get rid of Xu Jie when he was in power. Can't he really see that Xu Jie was in harmony with him? It was because Xu Jie's high status in the Wangxue School, which made Yan Song dare not break up.

Zhu Cilang smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, I am a little trick, impatient with my nature and conscience, and the great way of regulating qi, yin and yang. There are many great scholars in the world, how can I enter the elegant hall of such a little trick? It's just a joke."

Wu Qing smiled and said, "Your Highness, if you are a scholar today, in the south, it is the Xinxue of Yangming, which is divided into seven schools, Taizhou, Jiangyou, Nanzhong, Fujian and Guangdong, Beiwang, Chu, and Zhejiang. In the north, there is Hedong, and Chongren's studies are widely circulated. I heard that Liu Zongzhou was teaching in Qishan, and he was unique. It can be seen that the great scholars in the world held a different theory. How could Your Highness convince the public?"

"That gentleman's so-called lecture..." Zhu Cilang was quite confused. Wu Qing's knowledge was not enough to teach the lecture, let alone himself? It is very simple to teach the technology, but it is not something that ordinary people can do. Not only do they have to read a lot of books, but they also need to have guidance from wise teachers. In order to inherit the Taoist tradition, in the end, you have to endure loneliness and meditate and experience it. If you have good qualifications and have a full understanding, you may become a philosopher in decades.

The crown prince’s advanced profession is the emperor, so how could he switch to such a low-key and cool profession?

"Follow the Holy King." Wu Yan said.

"The study of the Holy King?" Zhu Ciyang was stunned: Isn't this what great scholars of all generations want to know? Where did I know? I learned so many things in my previous life. But I didn't think about studying philosophy in the past... Well, legal philosophy can be talked about, but that is also something from others, and I still have nothing in my heart.

"The study of the sage king," Wu Qing repeated, "Zhuangzi called the inner and outer kings, saying: 'The sage has something to be born, and the king has something to be accomplished, all of which are original to one'. My Confucian school's most exquisite explanation of this is in the "Great". He said: 'The way of the university is to be clear in virtue, to be close to the people, and to stop at the highest good.'"

"Sir," Zhu Cilang laughed, "My understanding of the study of the Holy King is limited to that."

If this kind of general outline is the same, a scholar can recite a few sentences. However, how to explain and guide practice cannot be done by just talking. Just like the general outline of martial arts in the beginning of the "Nine Yin Sutra". It has explained the martial arts of the world thoroughly. How many people can truly become masters? And none of them are memorized by memorizing the book!

"Your Highness does not need to speak. You only need to uphold this 'one'." Wu Qing also said unjustly: "Therefore, the way of the inner sage and the outer king is dark but not clear, and the depression is not released. Everyone in the world does what they want to do to make their own decisions." Zhu Cixuan was limited to reading "Zhuangzi" and could not be considered to be understood. He was a little confused at this moment.

Wu Qing said: "So Your Highness only needs to be 'dark but not clear.' but not depressed', so that those 'people in the world' think that they have obtained the right path and let them speak."

Zhu Cilang breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Sir, I have said so much, and I will try to put it simply: A hundred schools of thought contend. I will be the banker. Is that a manor?"

Wu Yan couldn't help laughing and said with a smile: "Your Highness reveals the secret of the Holy King in one word."

"But this dealer is not that easy to do. What kind of virtue can I let the world's Confucians come in?" Just like CCTV can hold a hundred forum and attract the great scholars from famous schools in the world to promote literary works. If you change the local small platform, how many professors are willing to go? You waved your hand and sent it!

"Borrowing the corpse and resurrecting the soul." Wu Yan had already thought of this question for Zhu Cixuan: "I recently went to the Confucian Temple in Xi'an and met a great sage. Your Highness can use his name to attract people of the time."

"Which great sage?" Zhu Cixuan asked.

"The ancestor Zhang Zi." Wu Yan said.

"Zhang Hengqu?" Zhu Cixuan reacted.

This is the source of Guanzhong, the Northern Song Dynasty Guanxue. Although Guanxue is no longer an independent school today, the shadow of Guanxue appears in many schools of Ming Dynasty. Even if Yangming's mind has always been connected with Lu Jiuyuan, it is called Lu Wang, and a large part of its theoretical foundation is laid by Zhang's explanation of the mind and nature. As for the two-Chronological Neo-Confucianism, it absorbed a lot of nutrients from Zhang's theory and directly used Zhang Zai's "nature of destiny" and "nature of temperament".

It can be said that Zhang Zai is a master of inheriting Zisi, Mencius, and the study of Neo-Confucianism and the study of mind.

"I think Guanxue can be prosperous because the study of Taixi is becoming more and more popular now." Wu Xuan said: "Guanxue emphasizes the study of things and the pursuit of knowledge, and practices the practice of eliminating empty talk, which is consistent with Western learning. Looking at the calligraphy and theories written by Your Highness, it seems that Western learning is actually better, and you can reach Guanxue. Why not start with this?"

When Zhu Cixuan was in the palace, he designed physical and chemical experiments and ordered people to build experimental equipment. Because he was afraid of forgetting the knowledge of his previous life for a long time, he recorded knowledge such as biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, geography, astronomy, etc. into a book and published it in the inner city. All the verified and unverified words were counted, and there were 200,000 to 300,000 words, which can be regarded as a masterpiece at this moment.

Holding such a great book, Zhu Cilang could not establish his academic status with this.

"It's a pity that the system is incomplete and the Taoist system is unclear." Zhu Cilang said helplessly.

The system is easy to understand, and no discipline is isolated. Physics and chemistry based on mathematics are like big trees. As a liberal arts student, Zhu Cilang did not master the modern scientific system in his previous life, and could only be regarded as a slight understanding of the branches. Not only Zhu Cilang, but Europe, as a representative of Western civilization, has not formed a system itself. Physics is just beginning; chemistry is just a variant of alchemy; medicine is more limited to the fields of bloodletting and enema, and once it is involved in herbs, it will be regarded as witchcraft.

As for Taoism, it's troublesome. Han Yu had long said that no one who knows it by nature can be without a teacher? No matter what you create, you must first tell others where these things come from. If you can't say it, others will not think that you are born with a spirit, but will only think that it is a wrong saying of the wrong origin. Even if you use experimental arguments, you will mostly say with a lofty and cold look: "So what?" This is a common problem of the times, as if the future generations do not ask about talents, but only see whether the graduation school is important.

I think that a master like Wang Yangming would meet Lou Liang, a giant of the Chongren School, was despised because he was not well aware of the Tao.

Wang Yangming still has the halo of the top scholar, so what does Zhu Cixuan have? The light of the royal family cannot shine in the pure academic field.

"That is why your highness can teach." Wu Xuan said again: "If your highness's learning has already been learned from heaven and man and adapted to the past and present, how can those great scholars deal with themselves? It is impossible for a person to change his course after forty. Could it be that they will all study under your highness?" Wu Xuan smiled when he saw Zhu Cilang and continued: "Your Highness can say that this is a continuation of Guanxue, a grain of water, and seek to recruit great scholars from all over the world to trace the origin. By then, whether they agree or not, the great scholars will stand up. Your Highness can also imitate Duke Tian Huan and open up the trend of Jixia again."

Zhu Cilang nodded slightly, and could not help but admit that Wu Ci's statement was just a reason. It turned out that this lecture was just a throwaway to attract more scholars to gather these great scholars and attract more young people to study. As long as there is this "power", there will be "powerful" people. At that time, the prince will have greater choices and seek more high-ranking officials to show their positions. In this situation, if Feng Shikong died suddenly, the emperor was willing to listen to Zhu Cilang's recommendation to appoint the governor of Shaanxi... Even so, who would the prince recommend?

What's more, behind which chief official is not the result of the competition between the court forces?

"Then let's start with worshiping Zhang Zi!" Zhu Cilang said in a loud voice, and his heart was completely wiped out. He looked at Wu Qi again, and felt that it was a blessing of small cost and high return to go to prison to pick him up that day - this person is indeed a talented person of Wang Zuo! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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