"Your Majesty, didn't you come up with anything?" Xu Guangqi asked with a smile. He knew it would be like this.

Since Dong Zhongshu only respected Confucianism, hundreds of schools of thought have dissipated, lost their traditions, fused and fused. In short, hundreds of schools of thought have merged and merged into Confucianism. There is no longer an independent inheritance and can only be inherited from the predecessors.

A brief glimpse into the classics.

"I really didn't think of anything." Looking at the smiling expression of the other party, Zhu Youxiao's teeth felt a little itchy. This guy definitely did it on purpose.

"There is no theory that can replace Confucianism. I can create one." Zhu Youxiao said unyieldingly. He was telling the truth. He has a lot of information about later generations and has lived in this world for more than twenty years. After adding

With the help of other people, we can definitely create a set of doctrines that is in line with the development of this era and replace Confucianism.

"Your Majesty is extremely talented. I believe that your Majesty has this ability. But your Majesty has devoted himself wholeheartedly to creating doctrines. How can he dominate the world, surpass the Emperor of Qin, conquer the Han Dynasty, and surpass the Tang Dynasty!" Xu Guangqi opened his mouth and clicked on Zhu You again.

The school's Achilles' heel.

To be a Holy Emperor, to be a Holy King, and to be named the Holy Ancestor after his death was the lifelong goal he set when he came to this era and knew that he was destined to ascend the throne in the future. Everything else must make way for this.

Faced with this question, Zhu Youxiao was speechless and could no longer argue.

"I guess your Majesty is secretly scolding me for being an old man." Xu Guangqi laughed at himself and said, "Actually, your Majesty is wrong. Confucianism is the most suitable theory. There is no need for your Majesty to bother to replace him."

"Why?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but ask. His depressed mood was no longer there, and his attention was attracted by this statement.

"Because Confucianism is always changing!" Xu Guangqi said solemnly. As the current leader of Confucianism and the emperor's most trusted minister, he felt that he had to maintain the inheritance of Confucianism.

"Changing?" Zhu Youxiao was confused.

"Yes, Your Majesty, looking at the history books, we can see that Confucianism has been changing from the beginning of the Holy Master to Mr. Yangming of this dynasty, and there is no final conclusion. The words are still the same, but the interpretations are different. Shang.

If Your Majesty is not satisfied with the content of Confucianism in today's imperial examinations, the change is that you don't have to bother to create a theory." Xu Guangqi's words had a somewhat earth-shattering effect.

Even Zhu Youxiao was extremely surprised when he heard it. If these words spread, I'm afraid everyone would start shouting.

"You all go down." At this time, Zhu Youxiao became serious and drove out all the serving people except Liu Ruoyu.

"Hey, my Majesty, why didn't you tell me to drive the old slave out too?" Liu Ruoyu sighed in his heart while driving people away. Listening to the words of these two big men, his heart was also shocked.

He had no peace, and he had to keep it secret and not leak it out, otherwise the emperor would cause trouble.

This feeling is really very painful, it is better not to listen!

Unknowingly, the topic between the two of them started from the initial marriage to the imperial examination, and now the basis of governing the country. They did not notice this change. Maybe they did, but they thought it was normal. After all, the imperial examination is the national examination.

The Talent Recruitment Ceremony is one of the fundamental systems of the feudal dynasty, and the fundamental ideological concepts of governing the country are one and the same. The two are essentially one, and it is normal for this kind of expansion and extension.

Seeing that all the irrelevant people were cleared, Xu Guangqi and Zhu Youxiao continued to discuss the topic in depth.

"Taizu founded the country based on Zhu Xi's theory, took the Four Books as the examination scope, and used the Eight-legged Writing as the genre. He established the imperial examination system for more than two hundred years in the country. Neo-Confucianism was not outstanding in the Song Dynasty. It only led the way for a while. In our time

It was only during the Ming Dynasty that things flourished and took over the mainstream."

"Your Majesty has observed that the contents of the imperial examinations of the former Song Dynasty and that of our dynasty are completely different, but both are Confucian. This is the nature of Confucianism. The emperor is the main one who gives birth to children, and the emperor can become whatever he wants." These words,

What Xu Guangqi said was very explicit, but he did reveal the essence of Confucianism thoroughly.

When translated, these words serve the ruling class. After listening, Zhu Youxiao nodded silently. Throughout history, Confucianism has been changing like this. When the Manchus entered the country and wanted to turn Han people into slaves, Confucianism became

Its service gave rise to the cynical doctrine.

Next to him, Liu Ruoyu was sweating as he listened. In this deep winter, he felt hot all over his body. He wished he could carry a bucket of water and pour it on his head. What the hell, His Majesty will not suddenly turn around and say, "You know too much."

, and then click yourself.

Unconsciously, Liu Ruoyu touched his neck to see if his head was still there.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know what the eunuch who had grown up with him was thinking, so he just followed Xu Guangqi's train of thought.

Confucianism serves the rulers. You can be whatever you want it to be. Even if you want to develop natural science, you can add it. As for other ideological concepts, the Wealth of Nations, the usage of businessmen, foreign policies and national policies, etc.,

It is still necessary to learn from the West.

Comparing the two, these measures taken by Ming Dynasty are as kind as a little white rabbit. They will not be able to survive in the bloody era in the future. They can only deal with gangsters with gangster methods. This feeling is a bit like transitioning from Spring and Autumn Period.

Just like the Warring States Period, rituals and music collapsed, and whoever broke them would be remembered forever.

The best example is Sun Tzu. His military tactics, such as taking turns to attack tired soldiers, and taking advantage of the lull in dealing with the transfer of power to attack, are all scoundrels and rogues according to the etiquette of the Spring and Autumn Period.

It was reprehensible, but with these tricks, Sun Tzu managed to capture the capital of Chu with Wu's meager troops. Not only did Sun Tzu leave his name for eternity, but Wu also became one of the overlords.

On the other hand, the Manchus in the late Qing Dynasty were quite shameless towards their own family, but not shameless towards the outside world. Instead, a group of people clung to the dignity of the Celestial Kingdom and ended up becoming the flesh of foreigners.

Thinking of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao suddenly thought of a very popular slogan, "Chinese learning is the body, Western learning is the application."

And by the way, he thought of a slogan he had seen in a novel before, "Rupi, Dharma, Taoist meat!"

At this moment, Xu Guangqi smiled and said, "Your Majesty asked Feng Congwu to lead the Hanlin Academy to compile hundreds of schools of thought. Isn't that what you had in mind? At that time, your Majesty may have just done it instinctively and did not think about the joints involved. However,

Now that the veteran has said this, Your Majesty should have a plan."

Hearing Xu Guangqi's question, Zhu Youxiao subconsciously read out this sentence as an answer, "Chinese learning is the body, Western learning is the application!"

"What?" Xu Guangqi was stunned and asked.

"Confucianism, Fagu, Taoist meat!" Zhu Youxiao answered the wrong question again.

Hearing this, Xu Guangqi stopped asking. He knew that nothing could be gained by asking. At this time, the emperor was in a state of deep thought. It was obvious that these two sentences were the conclusions he came up with and also meant a lot for him.

Just now the emperor wanted an answer on how Confucianism has changed.

"Chinese learning is the body, Western learning is the application; Confucianism, Dharma and Taoism are the meat." Xu Guangqi muttered these two sentences and slowly fell into deep thought.

The word "middle school" is easy to understand. It refers to the central school and the school of China. Obviously, His Majesty is referring to the Ming Dynasty, or the learning of China. And the body is also very famous, which means the root, essence, and ontology.

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Western learning obviously came from the West, that is, the knowledge brought by Western missionaries that are very popular today, such as Socrates and Aristotle. Regarding Western learning, Xu Guangqi of the entire Ming Dynasty considered himself the first

Second, no one dares to be first except the emperor.

He translated the Elements of Geometry, and he created and translated terms such as geometry, algebra, and functions, which are very vivid and vivid.

The use of this word obviously refers to the powerful ships and cannons from the West. To be honest, Xu Guangqi also admitted that these ships and cannons are really powerful. Look at the emperor's navy. They are basically imitations. They are very powerful and swept across the country.

The pirates in the entire Chinese sea area have forced the wealthy families to not dare to float away, so they have to rely on sea transportation.

There are many other things, such as calendar, arithmetic, glass, etc. The technologies brought by Western learning are very convenient. And this word refers to these, the convenience of using things produced by these knowledge.

Chinese body and Western use!

What an incisive summary, it tells a new way out for Confucianism to break the situation. As long as this sentence can be truly realized, Confucianism will once again usher in great prosperity!

Thinking of this, Xu Guangqi's eyes suddenly shone a little. Even though he became a Catholic and even though he talked eloquently in front of the emperor, Confucianism was nothing great, so it was replaced by it. But from the bottom of his heart, he was full of feelings for Confucianism.

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The doctrine that has been passed down for more than two thousand years, from elementary school to university, has been engraved in the bones. If he was really asked to overthrow and replace it with another doctrine, Xu Guangqi was really reluctant to part with it, or even unwilling to dare.

The reason why he joined Catholicism was because the ideas in it were very novel and had never been touched by traditional doctrines. In order to have in-depth contact, he joined the Catholic Church after being baptized. The ultimate goal was actually to find a new way out for Confucianism.

The scholar-bureaucrats in the late Ming Dynasty had already felt such a dilemma under the frequent invasion of foreign enemies. Confucianism was not enough to save the country and needed to be changed. Such attempts could be found throughout the history of that time. Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, and Li Zhi were all doing it.

For such efforts and discussions, the three of them are the best.

It's a pity that this process was completely interrupted by the Manchus. In the end, Confucianism completely degenerated and became a corrupt iron curtain that imprisoned people's hearts. It no longer had any vitality and eventually became a cynic.

However, today's extremely insightful sentence about the application of Chinese medicine and Western medicine made Xu Guangqi see a new place and direction, and he felt that he had a goal to study.

Your Majesty is truly a genius!
Chapter completed!