Chapter 272: A thoughtful way to advocate "learning"

On the podium, Zhao Xing changed his topic and jumped to respecting his teacher: "Heaven, Earth, Lord, Parents, Teachers - Etiquette and Law are rules. Respecting teachers is also a rule. Respecting teachers and education is an eternal tradition in China. I only hope that this rule will remain the same as the sun and the moon, and will last for a long time.

Everyone knows that my teacher is Su Zizhan, a teacher who will be a father for one day. I will never forget the kindness of teaching. I respect my teacher like "fearing heaven, gratitude to the earth, loving the king, and being harmonious with relatives and friends". It will not change due to changes in current affairs and circumstances. I hope that our nation will adhere to this law and will not change due to dynasties until the end of the world.

I think this law should be the eternal law between heaven and earth. The gods in heaven and kings on earth should also respect it. If you don’t love your teacher, why do you love your king? If you don’t respect the heaven and earth, how can you be loyal to the country?

My teacher is not here today, but I am also a teacher here. I believe many people have seen it, but they may not have time to say hello to this elder. This is Liu Zhi, the former governor. Liu Xianggong is deeply admired by my moral articles, and I serve him with etiquette.

Now, the court has been arguing about politics and strategy, but I don’t want to evaluate who is right and who is wrong here, because we don’t have to say this kind of right and wrong here, but we have to say later generations. I just want to say: Confucius said, ‘The three people must have my teacher’. He also said, ‘The master is the teacher’. If you don’t understand, ask questions, you are a true Confucian. If you don’t understand, or do not meet your wishes, you will insult, tamper, reject, attack, and sing the drum to attack him. That is a false Confucian.

Liu Xianggong's academic articles are so good that I would like to say that Liu Xianggong is the only one who is studying. Everyone knows that Liu Xianggong is in a demotion status. The court rules stipulate that I cannot give him a teaching position, but I allow you to ask for advice from this scholar. I also hereby ask you to ask all the students to admire their knowledge and seek the "no omitted truth", ignore party struggles, and ask more advice from all the "experts" in the world."

Although Zhao Xing said this, although the teachers were concerned about party struggles and did not dare to express their opinions to Liu Zhi, the words of respecting teachers in Zhao Xing's words still made the teachers nod frequently.

Liu Zhi was so excited!

What are the characteristics of the new party members? Those "rule breakers" are good at persecuting their teachers. Whoever teaches them knowledge and culture will reject them, attack them, and attack them. Wang Anshi is like this, Lu Huiqing is like this, and the little emperor Zhao Xu is like this, and the persecuting his teacher Su Dongpo is particularly excited.

They say that they are "not afraid of the three things": God is not afraid of it; the people's discussions are not afraid of it, because they "represent" the interests of the people; the laws of the ancestors (traditions) are not afraid of it, so they can "do whatever they want".

They seem to "respecte Confucius", but in fact they respect the "cong" they tampered with!

But as a teacher, who doesn’t want to go through a “bet of poetry and wine” and win a loyal student with his own knowledge and articles, and follow him to the ends of the world without regrets. Even if his fate is not good and his misfortune is at the forefront, this student will never leave him.

In other words, Zhao Xing's current behavior realizes the dreams in the hearts of all scholars. They dream that they also have such a student and such a companion? This student is talking about etiquette and respect for rules... After Zhao Xing finished speaking, the professors looked at Zhao Xing with a particularly friendly look. Their frequent nods misled the students. The students did not have many official scruples, and they had begun to think about how to ask the former prime minister after the meeting.

Liu Zhi was a little moved. He still maintained the prime minister's demeanor, but just nodded slightly to express his approval. Zhao Xing had continued to extend the topic: "What is knowledge? Pay attention to knowledge everywhere. This is about the inscription under the feet of the Master: apply what you have learned and integrate knowledge and action.

How to understand these two sentences? I will give you two examples: one is Deng Yufu, Mizhou.

Everyone knows that Deng Yufu published a farm book, which is more complete and detailed than "Qimin Yaoshu". This is his "knowledge". What does a true Confucian pursue throughout his life - establishing words, establishing one's own character, and establishing morality. Deng Yufu was not only a scholar, but also a pioneer of "applying what he has learned". The farm book he wrote is "making words" - which records his doctrine.

But this is far from over. When I was in Qingzhou, I relied on him to collect saplings from overseas and made a "plan for all plants and trees". Deng Yufu was full of knowledge and used this knowledge - in Mizhou, he opened the largest leather workshop, the potato yarn workshop on Hedong Road, which specializes in animal skin processing and the production of potato yarn. This is his "applicable application", that is, the "establishment" of Zhenguo, that is, good at managing his own family and making a living.

Not only that, he also went overseas to find new species overseas - please remember that he is an agronomist, and it is precisely the category of agronomical research that he is looking for. The species he is looking for has changed the direction of a war, which is beneficial to the country and the people. This is the "establishment of virtue" caused by "using what you have learned". Those who benefit the country and the people are also great virtues!

What are the benefits of using what you learn? Confucius said: People are bustling with people, all come for fame; people are bustling with people, all for profit. People live in the world, but the word "fame and fortune" is the source of people's struggle and the primitive driving force for the progress of the entire society. The saplings cultivated by Deng Yufu were sold to me. We are good friends, and that guy has never received a piece of copper coins... Don't laugh, in fact, I don't blame him, this is what he deserves.

What is the basis for him to do this? Why am I willing to pay this money - Copyright Law! Isn't my Song Dynasty copyright law? My Huang Song's copyright law stipulates that the copyright belongs to the creator who creates the books, that is, the interests belong to the creator. This is called 'whoever creates, who owns it' - simple truth.

Deng Yufu went overseas without hesitation. He discovered new plants according to the rules: whoever discovers, who owns them. He is the discoverer. He wants to name the plants he found, and I have to do whatever he wants to name the plants he found. If he gets mad one day and wants to name the apple tree "Grandma's Penghu Bay Tree", I can only do it, and this world can only do it - because he has this power! It is natural and rightful power!

I know this guy, he sold me apple trees and Sudan grass, and made a lot of money. How rich is he? My man went to Africa to buy saplings and said that the farm he built in Africa would take five days to ride from the edge of the farm to the center of the farm. I don’t know how big the land is, but I know that it will take not five days to ride from the edge of Lianzhou to the center of Lianzhou - well, this is the benefit Deng Yufu got from "to apply what he has learned".

"Presence" has come true, what about the reputation? Deng Yufu was commended by His Majesty in the support line of Huanzhou. He also published several books, which contain detailed maps of African plants and describe the growth and cultivation techniques of these plants. The knowledge they record will surely become our national treasure and therefore enjoy the eternal "famous". All of this is "to apply what you have learned".

How to apply what you have learned, this requires "integration of knowledge and action". Knowledge needs to be transformed into action, which requires us to think more. How to think? Let me give you an example in Huangzhou: I heard about printing techniques in Huangzhou, and I have also seen teachers use lime to paint houses and become "Dongpo Xuetang". Others may sigh when they see this thing, but I saw that the teacher was in a difficult life, so I thought of using printing techniques to print words and paintings on cloth and plates.

The unity of knowledge and action is to apply your knowledge to other things, so that your knowledge will no longer be a dead end. For example: others only think of printing paper with printing, you can think of printing on cloth and porcelain with printing; others only think of brushing houses with lime and bleaching mulberry and hemp, you can think of using lime as building materials, building an indestructible castle for thousands of years, or bleaching paper with lime... These are the application of knowledge.

People in the world are bustling with fame; people in the world are bustling with fame and fortune, and they deserve it. And I... hehe, I am very low-key, so I won’t talk about it.

Recently I have been thinking about it again - you all know that I have many Yicaiye people under my command. They presented canvas to Taizu. This canvas has not made much progress over the years, but when I got to my hands, it immediately turned into a canvas and a cloth armor... However, what else can it do?

When I passed by Lianzhou just now, I saw someone watering the land in the farmland. They used bamboo tubes to open up the bamboo joints and water the fields layer by layer. The bamboo tubes are relatively hard and cannot bend with the terrain. The joints are prone to leaking water. They are not well sealed and cannot transport water for a long distance. Suddenly I thought of canvas. This kind of cloth is thicker. After absorbing water, the cotton thread expands, which can block the air holes in the middle. Can't it be made into a water hose?

Although this kind of hose is also leaking, it is much better than bamboo tubes, especially this canvas hose can be rolled up and moved at will. The joints between the hose are also easy to deal with. Any two metal clips can connect the joints, one section can be connected, and one section can be connected, and it can be at will for a long time. Isn’t this convenient for the people?

Bamboo pipes are very troublesome. They are difficult to disassemble normally. Once they are dry and cracked, they will not be able to be used. Moreover, the height of the terrain causes uneven bamboo pipes and poor sealing will cause water leakage. But the hose is different. It is made of canvas and is seamless. It can be rolled up when not in use. When it is not in use, it is spread on the ground and connected one by one. When it is not needed, it is then removed and put in the room. It is so convenient.

This is to turn knowledge into application, I call it "unity of knowledge and action". In short, it is: useful knowledge is real knowledge - useful to you.

Knowledge should become a tool for scholars to make a fortune and should bring us benefits and gains. It is the natural responsibility of our local officials to govern the world with the scholars and officials to protect the benefits obtained by the scholars and officials. I am going to further expand the copyright law on Guangnan East Road to cover all creations. Any creation and invention can be applied to the government, and the government will protect it to protect your right to gain benefits from this creation."

When Zhao Xing talked about this, the students were inspired by his ideas and whispered below. Zhao Xing continued: "Today, I am here, with gratitude, and I will unveil the bronze statue of the Supreme Master. I will speak to you this with awe at the feet of the Supreme Master. Let us remember the holy deeds of the Supreme Master. He spread the fire of civilization to our common people, so that the writing will no longer be exclusive to the nobles, and that we common people will also have the opportunity to master creativity and innovation, so as to promote the development of the country and the nation.

Let those corrupt scholars go to the devil. They will only search for chapters and sentences in the old paper, telling us what the saints said more than a thousand years ago - this is useless. The development of civilization reflects creation rather than repetition. We should ‘put what we have learned and integrate knowledge and action’. After learning knowledge, we should show our creativity, rather than repeating what the ancients said, and what the ancients said cannot be contrary to, etc.

This is the meaning of my donation to build this auditorium. This auditorium is called "Zhenzhitang" and "Mingtang"...

Today, my speech starts with the use of etiquette, why do I talk about the "rules" first? Speaking of this, I can't help but think of the Xiyuan Lesson Meeting. In that party, Liu Xianggong (Liu Zhi) was present and my teacher Po Gong was present. We hope to use this party to arouse people's attention to the revival of Zhou Li.

What is the Zhou Li? The Master once lamented: The Zhou Li will no longer exist. Let us unfold the fog of history and look for traces of the Zhou Li. The characteristic of the Zhou Li is first of all, "feudal". Feudalism can be expressed in tens of millions of words, but tens of millions of words are attributed to one point: territory and territory consciousness brings the "domain concept". The field is not an individual, but a group - we are all Song people. The connotation of the Song people should include the people of the Song domain, gentry, kings and subjects... Of course, it also includes various parties: new parties and old parties. Therefore, let us give up party struggles and study humbly.

Maybe you and I have different parties, but you and I are both Song people. We are one, and we can all express it in two words: Song people. Therefore, even if you and I are not a party, your views are also the views of the Song people, and your knowledge belongs to the Song people. Learning more and asking more is the responsibility of being a Song people.

Living in this era is happiness - the emperor values ​​heroes, and his articles teaches you all over the court. He is full of scholars. This era is not an era of "not learning and ignorance". It does not advocate "killing, smashing, looting", so this is an era of both hat sellers and servants who are all promising. In this era, it is not prohibited from servants. Hat sellers become scholars. As long as everyone reads more, learns more and asks more, no matter your background and family background, the emperor appreciates you, society recognizes you, and the people respect you. This is our era.

Zhou Li also has another characteristic: the rule of the people. That is, the power to manage the people lies in the people's chiefs and the people themselves. Officials appear as refugees. As officials, the people pay taxes to support you, and you must protect your subordinates. Yao, Shun and Yu, the "Three Dynasties of Governance" is what Yao, Shun and Yu said. In this regard, it means that for an official, you must protect the people under your jurisdiction and benefit the people. This is your responsibility, and your power serves to achieve "responsibility" - In the Zhou Dynasty, Westerners called this "the obligation of the lord", and we call it "the virtue of a gentleman"...

Everyone knows that at the Xiyuan Elegant Meeting, not only the Song people performed, but also the Japanese, Yue people, and Goryeo people. The years of reincarnation and wars in dynasties have caused us to lose our etiquette and law that originally belonged to us. The Master said: If you lose etiquette, look for it in the wild. That's what the Master said. The Master did not know that our etiquette and law are really hidden in other countries. What he said was: the etiquette and law of other countries are also etiquette and law, and the code of conduct of other countries is also the norm. When we lose order, we should look around and see what the rules of other countries are, and then learn from them.

The Zhou Li embodies order, the order under the constraints of etiquette and law. For example, what should officials do? What should the people do? How should ministers do to repay the emperor? In a word: abide by etiquette and law. Or respect the rules and ensure social order - this is how all countries in the world do it. Although their rules are not called Zhou Li, if we observe their rules, we can always find the good side, remove the drought and retain the essence, remove the false and retain the truth, and always find the truth.

Therefore, we should have a broad mind, not only the entire Song Dynasty, but also the entire world. If you don’t understand, ask questions, learn more and ask more. The objects we ask not only different parties in the Song Dynasty, but also the foreigners, barbarians, Africa, Europe, and the whole world. We should ‘put what we have learned and integrate knowledge and action’…”

Students from Lianzhou Prefecture School sent Zhao Xing off the stage with thunderous applause.

Under Zhao Xing's speech, the sour opening remarks that were originally prepared by Lianzhou Xueyu and Fang Cipeng of Guangnan East Road Xueyu became a bunch of nonsense. No language was pale and powerless in front of this speech. Those Xueyu reluctantly came to the stage, talked a few words in a daze, and immediately retreated.

Therefore, all the glory of this speech belongs to Zhao Xing, who put forward a new academic proposition here. He used the language of a school of Ming Dynasty to talk about "unity of knowledge and action", but the actual content is completely different from the "unity of knowledge and action" school of Ming Dynasty.

In ancient times, scholars started their sects and proposed new theories, which required high reputation and a large number of high-profile scholars. Zhao Xing bravely put forward his academic propositions here. Fortunately, most of the academic edicts present were sour scholars of the "pointing place". They had never studied systematic debate, but Zhao Xing used Liu Zhi and Su Shi's power to commemorate the sages of the true scholars. During the frequent nodding of the demoted officials, those academic edicts only felt that Zhao Xing spoke very tightly and could not find logical loopholes. He also saw Liu Zhi nodding frequently, shocked by the reputation of the former prime minister. For a moment, most of the people present were convinced by Zhao Xing's theory.

Although there are still a small number of people who still have doubts, the doubt is extremely weak...

After this speech, the influence of Zhao Xing's master spread everywhere like water waves. That month, the famous monk Chanliaozi sent a special envoy to Huizhou to greet Su Shi. The famous monk Tan Xiu also came to Huizhou to visit. Later, Shouqin, the elder Dinghui of Suzhou, also sent his disciple Zhuo Qishun to Huizhou to greet Su Shi. Later, there were endless students from all over the country who came to Lingnan to visit Su Shi. In addition to Su Shi, there were a large number of past prime ministers and wise men here, which made Lingnan a holy place among scholars overnight.

Soon, Chen Qing and Chen Jichang also wanted to visit Huizhou, but were dissuaded by Su Shi's letter. After that, Wu Fugu, the most mysterious figure in the Song Dynasty, one of the eight wise men of the Tang and Song dynasties, suddenly appeared in Huizhou again and accompanied Su Shi for many days.

But after the speech, Zhao Xing did not stay in Lianzhou for too long. As soon as the ceremony ended, he stood up and said goodbye without even communicating with the students. When he left, he did not mention Liu Zhi's placement issue. After he left, the officials in Lianzhou were a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Li Zhiyi was present. Following Zhao Xing's topic, he pretended to be confused and placed Liu Zhi in the academy as a gatekeeper and a gatekeeper who distributed rice. So Liu Zhi settled down like this. He usually guarded the gate of the prefecture school. In his spare time, the students who came to his mansion to ask for teaching blocked the road to the academy, and the local officials turned a blind eye to his existence...

Liu Zhi's treatment quickly spread on Guangnan East Road. Zhao Xing talked about "respecting teachers" in Lianzhou. Although he did not mention his teacher Su Dongpo, Huizhou officials understood it. Immediately, Su Shi was invited back to Hejiang Tower to live, which was the highest-level guesthouse for Huizhou to entertain officials from time to time. Subsequently, various places also imitated the resettlement methods of Su Shi and Liu Zhi, and arranged these great scholars near the prefectures so that the prefectures students could be invited to benefit at any time.

Chinese ancient Chinese is a difficult science to master. Without pinyin and pronunciation, if no one teaches it personally, you will not recognize the words; and because there is no punctuation, the pronunciation of an article is wrong and the meaning is completely different. These derogatory officials are far higher than those of local scholars in Guangdong. With their guidance, the "Jiangxi School" that was originally born more than ten years later was born and born in Guangdong.

The "Jiangxi" mentioned in the Song Dynasty actually has the same meaning as "Jiangzuo", which refers to "south of the Yangtze River". In normal history, these "Jiangxi schools" followed Su Shi as their origin because Su Shi was a big mouth who ignored him and was cautious when others demoted. He caught someone and taught whom. As a result, he accidentally became the originator of the school.

But now, slightly different from normal history, other demoted officials have also participated. These people worked together to make the Jiangxi School more powerful, so that ten years later, the new party lamented that "Jiangzuo is the world of the old party"...

However, this old party is not the other party. Because of Zhao Xing's advocacy, history has taken a little turn here, and the emerging schools are often called the "Guangnan School". They pay more attention to the use of knowledge, are more pragmatic in their studies, and have less exaggerated. Of course, as Guangnan expanded the copyright law, they all gained a wealth of wealth through doing research.

This is the best era, because the first country in the world to establish copyright law was China, just in the Song Dynasty - of course, the last country in the world to establish copyright law was China - in the Song Dynasty, modern copyright law was introduced, and the obstacles were not as thin as paper. Zhao Xing established the "copyright expansion" rules here, and there was no need to even explain to the Song people, because they all understood!

Throughout April, Zhao Xing was the "unveiling month". He traveled to various prefectures and cities on Guangnan East Road and opened for local government schools. After a run, he returned to Yingzhou, where there was a former censor, Zuo Zhengyan Liu Anshi, who is now "New State No One, Yingzhou resettlement".

Liu Anshi was the censor. If such an official was demoted, the emperor would not kill him. Therefore, the other party also had an official title and an official salary. Although he was not free during his surveillance and residence, the Song Dynasty was particularly kind to the officials, and that official salary was enough for his family to spend.

Zhao Xing placed all the demoted officials when this former "tiger in the palace" caught and bitten him. However, because Liu Anshi's knowledge emphasizes hatred and revenge that he will revenge, Zhao Xing did not dare to let him teach his students. He thought to himself that he had an official salary anyway, and he would give some money at any time in private, so he must have no worries about his life.

When Zhao Xing entered Yingzhou, Liu Anshi was walking on the street, following two surveillance soldiers behind him. He was walking around. He saw Zhao Xing's horse team, pretending to be unaware of it, turned his face and looked at the street scene intently. Zhao Xing hesitated, waved to a follower, and gave a few instructions. The follower respectfully ran to Liu Anshi and asked, "Sir Liu, my master asked me to ask you: Is this place safe?"

Liu Anshi turned his face aside and replied expressionlessly: "Fortunately, he is worried about it. I have also received the 'new fire' of the Cold Food Festival this year. Thank you, my grandfather."

The follower had no intention of leaving, so he continued to ask: "My master wants to ask Mr. Liu: In the past, he worked together with his partner, and he spared no effort to attack and persecute. Now these people live with him, and I wonder if he regrets it in his heart - he (the old party) was sailing against the current that day, so he shouldn't have destroyed each other."

Liu Anshi was furious and reappeared his style as a "tiger in the palace". He stood upside down and said rudely: "Impulsing all officials is the responsibility of the censor. I am worthy of the king and the common people, and I have no regrets!"

The follower chuckled and said, "I am worthy of the king - I won't say that. I am worthy of the common people - May I ask, what country do you deserve? Is Lord Liu worthy of the common people of the Song Dynasty? When Huanqing fought fiercely with Xixia, Lord Liu impeached Huanqing's soldiers and demanded that the court be demoted and punished... I think, Lord Liu deserves the Liao Kingdom and Xixia! I am sorry to my emperor Song alone!"

After the follower said that, he turned around and left. Liu Anshi was furious and shouted, "Let's go slowly - who are you? You are elegant in your words, not a soldier. But Zhao Liren specially sent you to insult me! Do you think I have been demoted, so you can be bullied?"

The visitor stood up and turned around and bowed, answered: "She Mingbai, the 'general' of Guangnan! Bai Yi, a native of Dali! I have never seen Lord Liu before!"

Liu Anshi still wanted to chase after him, but saw that the soldier had already run to Zhao Xing to report in a low voice. Liu Anshi didn't want to meet Zhao Xing, and Zhao Xing happened to jump off the horse to show respect. Liu Anshi took advantage of Zhao Xing's sight being blocked by the horse and turned his face into the alley.

When Liu Anshi returned home, his wife pointed to several grain bags and a pile of copper coins and reported to Liu Anshi: "Su Zizhan's students came just now, leaving behind ten bags of rice, one hundred stale coins of copper coins, the official..."

Liu Anshi's wife knew that her husband and Su Shi were enemies of life and death. She was worried that her husband would be angry and refused these gifts. Liu Anshi was also furious at first, but he opened his mouth and blurted out the words: "Come on, Zhao Liren doesn't care about this little money. He has money, why don't I accept it for me? I will accept it. In the future, all his gifts will be accepted, so let's see if our family will eat him."
Chapter completed!