My Daming New Empire

After they wrote down what they just said, Zhu Zhanji said again: "Since you are curious, I will explain it first. The so-called patent, simply understood from the literal meaning, is the exclusive rights and interests. I want to explain this clearly. , It still needs to be fully understood from the topic I just mentioned, so I will explain this at the end. Let me first talk about some of my humble opinions on the question I just raised. "

Chapter 92 China

If the teachers and students of the Imperial College were here today, Zhu Zhanji would never dare to show off casually.

But all the big bosses present here today are from the Ministry of Industry, so Zhu Zhanji dared to teach these big bosses a lesson in the field he is familiar with.

Even so, he has to be cautious and be careful not to say anything wrong with Confucianism.

He is here to win people's hearts, not to sow hatred.In this era, even if Confucianism is bad in every way, it must never be said.

He only needs to ask questions, but not necessarily solve them. As long as today's questions can make these people think deeply and spread them out, that's enough.

With these cares, Zhu Zhanji spoke.

"Throughout history, there are mainly several aspects of prominent studies that can promote the development of human society. Agriculture, literature, science, earth science, astronomy, medicine, and physics..."

Although the audience felt that Zhu Zhanji's words had some logical problems, but Zhu Zhanji had just opened his mouth. Although everyone was a little dissatisfied at this time, no one interrupted him. They just wanted to hear what Zhu Zhanji would say later.

But who knew that Zhu Zhanji threw out this argument, and then stopped talking about the general outline, and directly analyzed the role of these seven categories in detail.

"Agronomy is an important discipline for human beings to adapt to, conquer and utilize nature. When human beings learned to farm and use the power of nature to produce food, the formation of the agricultural society became an important symbol of the Chinese nation. Human beings do not Then with the migration of food, a settled tribal model was formed. Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the tribal system has gradually declined, forming a more powerful state form, which constitutes the distinctive ethnic characteristics of our Chinese nation and is also the difference between the Chinese nation and the barbarians. an important way.

Our Chinese nation has never been based on blood lineage. When the barbarians and the barbarians enter China, the Chinese are born, and when the Chinese enter the barbarians, the barbarians are born.For thousands of years, from the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, China had only the Yellow River Basin, and gradually developed to the vast territory of Nuer Gandusi in the north, Jiaozhi in the south, East China Sea in the east, and Western Regions in the west. This set of theories followed.When different nationalities, different bloodlines, are willing to use Chinese characters, are willing to use Chinese etiquette, and are willing to follow Chinese customs, then they are Chinese children. "

At this time, Song Li, who was still highly respected, questioned: "Your Highness, in my opinion, this conclusion is more based on the origin and nature of the theory, rather than on the basis of agriculture."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said: "But the use of agronomy began 4000 years ago during the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. At that time, even the writing was not unified, and various academics did not appear. The so-called academic screening is just a later People's summary of this stage, rather than academics, determines the theory of separation, Song Shangshu thinks?"

Song Li had nothing to say about this.Confucius was born only 2000 years ago, but the integration of the Chinese nation has lasted for 4000 years. No matter how shameless he is, he is ashamed to say that all of this is due to Confucianism.

The formation of the Chinese nation started from the formation of an agricultural society, and you can't refute this point if you let the lotus bloom in your mouth.

For example, just like the classification of characters, later generations divided characters into Dazhuan, Xiaozhuan, and Lishu.It is only the summary of different forms of characters by later generations, not the names given later that determine the law of the formation of characters.

"Secondly, literature..."

Zhu Zhanji's words immediately attracted everyone's attention.This is also a point that everyone is most concerned about, because literature is an important part that truly determines the inheritance and history of the Chinese nation.

This literature is not poetry, Fu, or opera, but a real academic theory.

Zhu Zhanji knew where his weaknesses were, and if he was asked to compete with these great Confucians, he would not be able to flatter him, so he made full use of his strengths and avoided his weaknesses. He said that he established a classification framework and did not fill in any content himself.

He is not a student of Confucianism, he is a prince, so he has a natural advantage, that is, he evaluates various theories from a high-level perspective and has a natural position.

No matter how overbearing Confucianism is, it only serves the royal family.Without this identity, I'm afraid Zhu Zhanji would be drowned in saliva when he opened his mouth.

In this era, if you don't become a great Confucian, you simply don't have the qualifications to say this.

"From the schools of thought before the Qin Emperor to the establishment of the academic thought of Confucianism in the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has become the clear ideological status of the prominent Chinese nation to distinguish other races for more than 1000 years. Confucianism accompanied the change of dynasties. In the historical process of the nation, it bears the role of inheritance and refinement, which is also an important reason why Confucianism has become the mainstream thought today."

Zhu Zhanji's words fully affirmed the role of Confucianism and made everyone feel relieved.If Zhu Zhanji dared to say that Confucianism was not at all, I am afraid that the entire court would not accept such an heir to the empire.

"However, we cannot deny that other academics also have a positive side. In order to adapt to historical changes since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has been actively adapting to the needs of various periods, and even absorbed and adopted the advantages of other academics. For example, everyone here today, The role of the Ministry of Industry is to take Confucianism as its core, Mohism as its model, and use tools to promote the development of history.”

Although Zhu Zhanji's words were a little unreasonable, everyone in the Ministry of Industry really couldn't deny it.The reason why the Ministry of Industry has always been the last among the six is ​​that their role is more in action than in thought.Since Confucianism came to power, ideas have always been more important than actions.

Like during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the enemy had already occupied the entire Central Plains, and the Han Dynasty was about to destroy the country. People were still immersed in the so-called talk and selflessness. Those who fought against the enemy and wanted to do something practical were rude people. It is a very extreme representative.

The Ministry of Industry is for work, so it ranks last among the six departments, even though their actual role is greater than that of other departments.

Like the Ministry of Rites, they don’t do shit every day, but they still rank in front of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment.

Zhu Zhanji also knew that he was opportunistic, and it was completely impossible to expect him to surpass these people academically. All he had to do today was to ask questions, so from the beginning, he directly stated that he wanted to ask for advice.

This is also because the people sitting under him today are officials from the Ministry of Industry, a department he values ​​most. Otherwise, he would not have taken such a big risk to gain their favor.

"After all, Confucianism is a prominent school, and it is the fundamental principle for the management of government affairs in every dynasty since the Han Dynasty. Inside, Confucianism has integrated many thoughts since the development of Chinese civilization. The real core is the combination of Confucianism and Taoism. Simple materialism, which even includes Mohism, Xunzi and Han Feizi and other legalist thoughts.”

Zhu Zhanji is a little out of his wits, he doesn't have a deep understanding of thought, and now he is just using some summaries of later generations to fool people.So when he felt that there were not many dry goods, he deliberately threw out the idea of ​​simple materialism.

Sure enough, the people below were confused.Some of Zhu Zhanji's words are very innovative words, but they can understand after a little thought.

But now this phrase of simple materialism makes everyone feel like they are listening to heaven.So much so that everyone felt that they couldn't keep up, and they all doubted their IQ.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Song Li coughed dryly in embarrassment, and asked flatly, "May I ask your Highness, forgive me for being ignorant, what is this simple materialism?"

The idea of ​​naive materialism was summarized by Engels in later generations, and it is also one of the mainstream philosophical thoughts of ancient China recognized by the West. It is also the ancient Chinese philosophy that the West likes to study most along with Taoist philosophy, so Zhu Zhanji has only heard of it.

Although he only knows a little bit, but in this day and age, he can barely deal with these people.

"The so-called simplicity also comes from Zhuangzi's ignorance, and its virtue is inseparable; it is the same as desirelessness, which is simplicity. Materialism is the cognition of the world. Is the composition of this world based on idealism or materialism?" Dominance? Doctrine is a summary of things. The meaning of combination is the summary of our most basic understanding of the world."

With so many concepts, everyone couldn't accept it for a while, and was a little dazed by Zhu Zhanji.

Everyone is thinking, what is their perception of this society?Idealistic, only God, or materialistic?

In the end, I found that I was still a materialist.

Because although the Chinese believe in ghosts and gods, this is just a kind of admiration for things they don't understand, not belief.

Since ancient times, Chinese people still believe in their own ancestors, and firmly believe that the world is made up of matter.

The theory of gossip and five elements in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties. "Guanzi. Pool" said: "Water is what it is, it is the origin of all things." Lao Tzu put forward the idea that "Tao" is "the origin of all things".

The Yin Wen School put forward the materialist theory of Jingqi, arguing that "Jing" and "Qi" are the origin of the world.Xunzi further developed the theory of Jingqi and believed that all things are composed of unified material Qi.

Chinese natural philosophers have also touched upon issues such as whether matter has the smallest unit or whether matter can be divided infinitely.Hui Shi proposed that "the smallest unit has no interior, which is called the small one", that is, the smallest unit of matter has no interior at all.There are also people who advocate that matter can be divided infinitely, and put forward the proposition of "a stick of one foot, take half of it in a day, and inexhaustible in eternity".

There is also the Five Elements Theory, which is the foundation of Chinese scientific development, and also believes that gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are the five basic elements that create all things.Whether it is the change of dynasties or the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, these are all derived from the perspective of the five elements and the viewpoint of simple materialism.

It can be said that this is also one of the fundamental foundations of Confucianism. If you deny this point, it is tantamount to denying Confucianism, which is truly treasonous.

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Chapter 93 Objects

Zhu Zhanji's academics are not enough, so skills come to make up.The method he used was actually attacking his shield with his spear.

This will not only avoid Confucian students' questioning of him, but also arouse their research and questioning of the entire social structure.

Before they study this issue clearly, they dare not question Zhu Zhanji.

And it is very difficult for them to think clearly, because this is the limitation of the times.After a clear analysis, they will also question the academic monopoly of Confucianism, because Confucianism has become a shackle for social development in some aspects.

Only by questioning can progress be made.

Of course, they won't discover this now, they have been shocked by the theory Zhu Zhanji put out, and feel that their decades of knowledge are almost overturned.