Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 445 Can Your Highness Know the Future?
Facing Song Lian's generous statement, Zhu Su smiled slightly and said, "Master Song doesn't have to be like this."

"It's not necessary to die, but there is definitely one thing that needs Master Song's help."

"You are very knowledgeable and know all kinds of schools. Since we want to reiterate the will of Confucius and continue the great ambitions of our ancestors, we naturally need a book like the Zhou Rites that Confucius admired, which can be respected by Confucian scholars all over the world. Think."

"However, just as Mr. Liu said just now, the Zhou Dynasty has been in existence for thousands of years. The world has long been a world of vicissitudes. If you copy it mechanically and don't say it out loud, I'm afraid there will be a lot of poison."

"Therefore, I would like to ask you to take the purpose of 'respecting the king and destroying barbarians, revitalizing China', referring to Zhou rituals, history and many classics, to summarize an article that can sweep away the current decadence in China's academic circles, and make me a Chinese Confucian student... no, Let the people of China understand the painstaking efforts of the sages and inherit the lofty ambitions of the ancestors!"

"This book, like the Analects of Zhouli, should become the backbone of our Chinese nation's thoughts, and allow our Chinese people to go through a difficult journey again and create a greater China."

"I am young and have little talent and knowledge. It is really difficult to take on such a big responsibility. After thinking about it, in today's world, only a great talent like you, Master Song, can take on such a heavy responsibility!"

After Zhu Su finished speaking, he got up and tidied up his clothes, and bowed to Song Lian very solemnly.

"This this……"

Song Lian trembled all over, he even forgot to help Zhu Su up, he just felt that his already old body was still young at this moment, and was full of fighting spirit by Zhu Su's words.

Write a book that cleans up the source and sweeps away the slump of the world, as the backbone of Chinese thought, the contemporary Zhouli!
Carry forward the past and open up the future, and recreate China's glory!
This, isn't this what a scholar yearns for the most in his life?
If, if I really inherit the legacy of many Chinese sages of the Three Dynasties and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, and awaken many confused Chinese people, and make the Ming Dynasty the greatest dynasty of all dynasties...then my achievements will even surpass Confucius and reach the The pinnacle of literati!
Rather, is it not the greatest goal of a literary scholar to get to the bottom of the matter and inherit the past and open up the future?
"The old minister will do his best!" Still did not go to help Zhu Su, the white-haired Song Lian just adjusted his robe very seriously, and bowed down to Zhu Su according to the ancient Chinese etiquette. "Your Highness wants to complete this book, which is a book that has never existed in the world since Zhou Li."

"The veteran is willing to follow His Highness's tail!"

"Master Song Gaoyi!" Zhu Su praised.

I really need a guiding ideology to push all Chinese people into the next era of great changes.

After all, the coming world changes are opportunities as well as disasters.Even though I have attacked Confucianism, there are still countless pedantic masters in the world.Even if there is Lao Zhu at this time, they may go dormant for a while, but even if there is official suppression, the imperial court can't control these old stubborns secretly spreading outdated Neo-Confucianism and passing on the fire of Neo-Confucianism.

After dozens or hundreds of years, Lao Zhu and his group are dead, so it is hard to guarantee that Daming will not have an unworthy descendant who lifts the ban on Neo-Confucianism and revives this ancient doctrine.After all, Neo Confucianism's doctrine of "obedience to heaven" and "class solidification" is still very attractive to rulers.

Moreover, after a hundred years of development, Neo-Confucianism already has a foundation that makes it logically self-consistent, and Zhu Su, who wants to lead the Chinese people to look at the world and open up to the outside world, must also have a sufficiently convincing core idea.In fact, the dissemination of ideas is very similar to religion. In addition to needing a "leader" with absolute authority, it also needs "core ideas" for missionary use.

In particular, the core idea of ​​this book is not only to be used to fool ordinary people, but also to be recognized by those well-read Confucian scholars, so that it can break the wrist with the already deep-rooted Neo-Confucianism.

The position of "leader" is now on the shelves by himself, while the "core idea" is temporarily vacant.Putting aside the vision far ahead of the times, Zhu Su couldn't understand how much his own literary quality was, and maybe even ordinary scholars couldn't compare it.If you let yourself write the core idea as the guiding ideology, it would be ridiculous and generous. In this case, it is better to let Song Lian Song, who is familiar with hundreds of schools, agrees with his own ideas, and has a high status in the academic world, and has high morals. The master came to compile it on his behalf.

As for whose name the core idea was published in, he didn't care.Sending Song Lian on the throne of this "Li Yan" saint, he also said that there is no problem at all.

But Song Lian, who was lifted up by Zhu Su, didn't think so. He looked at Zhu Su with a happy face at this time, and was even more moved in his heart.After having experienced Zhu Su's understanding of Confucianism's "excellence and excellence" several times, he naturally would not think that Zhu Su really wanted him to compile this great book because of his lack of literary accomplishment.

At this time, he felt that this student wanted to practice as he said, to actually practice the difficult road that his ancestors walked, and the difficult road of opening up territories.

And selflessly, he gave himself this opportunity to leave his name in history.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this old minister will never let His Highness's high righteousness be buried like this. Once Zhou Gong is regarded as a sage, the old minister will definitely regard His Highness as a saint no less than Zhou Gong!"

The old man thought secretly in his heart, and at the same time, he bowed his hands and bid farewell to Zhu Su.

He couldn't wait, and wanted to consult related books on Zhou Li, so that he could create this Ming version of "Zhou Li" that might change the entire pattern of China as soon as possible.

After Song Lian left, Zhu Su calmed down his excitement a little.Zhu Xi, who promoted Confucianism, was only from the same Jinshi background. When it comes to literary skills, Song Lian's level may not be weaker than Zhu Xi.It's just that Master Zhu is more daring to think, has his own set of ideas, and then borrows the method that is far-fetched in the sage classics to package his own ideas and carry them forward.

Song Lian was originally a great Confucianist, and with the support of them, the old Zhu family, his starting point was many times higher than that of Zhu Xi, and now he has a set of thoughts that he instilled in him. If he wants to recover from the pile of old papers There is nothing impossible to produce a set of "Zhou Rituals" of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Bowen, who was also listening to the excitement, also calmed down by drinking tea. He raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Su, feeling more and more that His Highness really had a big conspiracy.Seeing Zhu Su's eyes also looking over, Liu Bowen smiled and said:

"His Royal Highness invited Brother Song to write a book, but I don't know what to ask for if I invite my minister to come here?"

"There is indeed one thing." Zhu Su coughed lightly. "The matter of asking Mr. Liu is also extremely important, no less than Master Song."

"My lord, I would like to ask you, sir, to condescend to take up the position of the Imperial College's edict."

It is indeed a condescending, even almost insulting arrangement to serve as the teaching instruction of a mere Imperial Academy with the honor of a dignified earl, and it is not the same as Song Lian's "speaking" importance.Just when Zhu Su was ready to explain to Liu Bowen why the position of teaching is so important, unexpectedly Liu Bowen just smiled and said:
"Your Highness has an order, and the old minister will do everything he can."

"It's just that the old minister has always been confused, and I hope His Highness can clear it up for me. If His Highness can tell you frankly, the old minister will do his best for His Highness, how about it?"

Do your best?Zhu Su narrowed his eyes slightly.What Liu Bowen said was too serious. It was like expressing that even if he wanted to fight for the crown prince, he would support him with all his strength.What is it that makes this wise man so concerned about doubts?So Zhu Su said tentatively: "Sir, let me ask, but Su will know everything that can be said."

"Hehe." Hearing the sharpness in Zhu Su's words, Liu Bowen smiled slightly.He didn't point out the backtrack that Zhu Su deliberately left in his words, but asked straight to the point: "Dare to ask Your Highness, can you learn the art of prophecy?"

"The art of prophecy?" Zhu Su frowned. "The words of prophecy are vague and vague, but they are left to guess and are not trustworthy."

"My king believes in science. I firmly believe that everything should proceed from reality and seek truth from facts. I will never believe in such specious and far-fetched knowledge."

As a gravedigger of Neo-Confucianism who is also nagging, Chenwei's theory is what he must resolutely resist, so Zhu Su's words are very firm.

"The old minister, let's change the way of asking." Liu Bowen was not in a hurry, but continued slowly.

"Then, His Highness can know... everything that will happen in the future?"

(End of this chapter)