Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

What!

Wang Shu froze there all of a sudden, with an unbelievable expression on his face.

"What? Is there something wrong?" Zhao Chen said flatly.

"Your Majesty, how can there be mistakes in Confucian classics?" Wang Shu said immediately.

"I'm not saying that there are mistakes in Confucian classics, but that people in later generations have misunderstood Confucian classics!" Zhao Chen said.

"I don't understand." Wang Shu said.

"For example, people in the world have misunderstood the saying, 'Punishment is not as good as a doctor, and courtesy is not as good as a commoner'! According to ordinary people, doctors don't have to be punished, and ordinary people don't have to be polite. This statement is completely wrong!" Zhao Chen said.

"Then according to Your Majesty's opinion, what should we do?" Wang Shu said.

"Superior, respectful, inferior, inferior! 'Punishment is not superior to a doctor, courtesy is not inferior to a commoner', this sentence can also be said to be 'Punishment does not respect a doctor, courtesy is not inferior to a commoner'. Don't think that someone is a doctor , the punishment will not be imposed on him! It is not because someone is a common man that we don't need to salute. Wang Shu, what do you think?" Zhao Chen said.

"This... what His Majesty said seems to make sense." Wang Shu thought for a long time, nodded, and said.

This time he really felt that what Zhao Chen said made sense.

"There is also 'the people can let them know what they want'. All dynasties have believed that the people should not be allowed to know about government affairs, and should not let the people know too much. This is also a misunderstanding of the meaning of the sage. This sentence should be judged like this' If the people's knowledge and quality have reached a certain level, give them enough freedom and power to do what they want to do; if the people's knowledge and quality are still relatively low, then' Knowing, the imperial court will educate them, and improve their knowledge and quality through education." Zhao Chen said.

He stood up, walked to the window, watched the scenery outside, and thought about the essence and dross of Confucianism in his heart.

There are many essences of Confucianism. For example, "Three people must have my teacher", "I examine myself three times in a day" and so on. Reservations, but there are also many dross in Confucianism, the most prominent of which is Confucianism's doctrine of the mean, "A tree that is as good as a forest will be destroyed by the wind." It is undoubtedly unfavorable to the development of the whole society! Everyone wants to be safe, and everyone is unwilling to take the lead. How can society develop? As for some slavish education, some official-based education, and some class education in Confucianism, Zhao Chen is even more disapproving! These servility and class education are of great benefit to the emperor's rule, but what Zhao Chen wants is not the previous feudal dynasty.

Wang Shu stood behind Zhao Chen, but felt profusely sweating at this moment.

"Do you agree with what I just said?" Zhao Chen asked.

"Your Majesty, if you understand Confucian classics in this way, ordinary Confucian scholars may not agree with you!" Wang Shu said.

"After Kong Shengren died, his disciples only recorded some of his words. What are the specific meanings of his words? These are some explanations of later generations! Those great Confucians in the past dynasties can explain the words of Confucius. Can't you explain it?" Zhao Chen said.

"What your Majesty said is completely different from the explanations given by the great Confucians of the past dynasties, and may not be convincing." Wang Shu said.

"About Confucianism, most of the knowledge does not need to be changed. Don't worry about it! If it is controversial, we can delete it first! Or some young students don't need to learn this part of the content. Wait until they When you grow up, you can list my views and the views of great Confucians of all dynasties, and write them in books to see whether they learn from my views or from the views of great Confucians." Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is so powerful that the students naturally choose your opinion." Wang Shu smiled wryly.

"Wang Shu, if you and I want to create a prosperous world that has never been created before, we will naturally do things that have never been done before. Our education system is naturally completely different from the previous ones! We all know that Confucianism alone cannot rejuvenate the country. Confucianism is said to be loyal, but at the end of the dynasties, the people will oppose the court, which shows that Confucianism is not reliable! In this case, it is better to change the current Confucianism and develop Confucianism into the new school we want! In the past dynasties, Confucianism has fooled the people, but now we no longer fool the people, but to open up the wisdom of the people, so that the people understand the truth, in this way, maybe we don’t have to make the same mistakes as our predecessors.” Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, in this way, the wisdom of the people will be widened, and the people will know too much, which is very bad for us to govern the world! The people have all kinds of ideas, and they have all kinds of questions about the policies of the imperial court. I agree." Wang Shu said.

"What if this court is elected by the people with great wisdom?" Zhao Chen said indifferently.

"The court is elected by the people? How is this possible?" Wang Shu said.

"I have a huge idea in my heart, and I can talk to you about it now!" Zhao Chen said.

The sun was shining outside, and Zhao Chen and Wang Shu were in the imperial study. Zhao Chen told Wang Shu some political models of later generations, and the morning gradually passed.

Wang Shu sat there blankly, his face dripping with cold sweat.

"Do you agree with what I said?" Zhao Chen asked.

"It sounds unbelievable. In this way, your majesty's rights will be greatly reduced! It is absolutely impossible for a humble minister to be loyal to your majesty." Wang Shu thought for a while and said.

"Children of the royal family, good and bad, like me, who is said to be a holy king by the people, but no one can guarantee that every one of my descendants will be like me, or there will be a king of subjugation! Under such circumstances, It is already very good to honor the throne and keep the royal family forever prosperous and rich! I am not thinking about myself, but about future generations, and about the future of the Song Dynasty! If what I say can be implemented, the people of the world may be able to live again in the future. There is no need to suffer from the ups and downs, and the power of our Great Song Dynasty will truly, thoroughly, and completely surpass the Han and Tang Dynasties, and truly dominate the world, unrivaled!" Zhao Chen said.

Wang Shu didn't dare to think about such a question at all, he just lowered his head with a pale face.

"Even if these things are carried out, it will take an extremely long time! I have already promised Li Gang, Li Ruoshui and the others that the first thing we need to ensure is the stability of the country. Only when the country is stable and prosperous will we make step-by-step progress. Change! Or the conditions are not ripe, I will never do such a thing, but leave it to future generations to do... Forget it, as much as you can do! By the way, about education reform, you can talk about it What?" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Confucianism accounts for half of all schools! In addition to Confucianism, practical studies are now divided into arithmetic, agriculture, engineering, and business studies. Among them, arithmetic is the most important, because arithmetic is the basis of many practical studies. Writing books on arithmetic is also a must. The most difficult thing is that it needs a lot of people." Wang Shu said.

"About arithmetic, I also have some ideas in my mind! Our current counting method is too cumbersome. I think we can simplify the numbers. Come and take a look at my counting methods." Zhao Chen said.

At that moment, Zhao Chen wrote that all three-year-old children of later generations would understand Arabic numerals, and told Wang Shu the counting method of Arabic numerals.

Wang Shu wrote down what Zhao Chen had written while thinking hard, and he stayed there after a while.

"Your Majesty is really a pedantic celestial being, who is so proficient in arithmetic!" Wang Shu said in shock.

Arabic numerals were originally invented by Indians. Until the eighth century AD, an Indian mathematician brought Arabic numerals to Baghdad, and then became popular in the Arab world! Arabic numerals were not introduced to Europe until the 12th century, and to China in the 14th century! However, after the Arabic numerals entered China, they were not valued by the Chinese people. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the Chinese began to use Arabic numerals on a large scale!

Internationally, Arabic numerals are regarded as the greatest basic invention of mathematical progress and are crucial to the development of mathematics.

Moreover, what Zhao Chen wrote is the Arabic numerals of modern society in later generations, and these did not officially appear until the 14th century.

"These are nothing. I have seen some color-eyed people's counting, which is a little different from this, so I changed it! Regarding arithmetic, you should start from the shallower to the deeper. First, summarize some simple arithmetic laws, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, etc., and then Then add something a little more advanced!" Zhao Chen said.

"When the time comes to officially compile the book, His Majesty's guidance may be needed." Wang Shu said.

Zhao Chen nodded.

"In addition to arithmetic, agronomy is also very important! Children learn agronomy, just learn some simple knowledge, such as some solar term songs, etc., understand the division of the four seasons, know when to sow what crops, etc. When they are a little older, Learn some simple sowing methods to increase your knowledge. When you are older, you will learn some farming experience." Wang Shu said.

"Song of solar term? What is the song of solar terms now?" Zhao Chen asked with interest.

"Songs of solar terms vary from place to place. The hometown where Weichen lives has a saying like this: "Plum blossoms in the West Garden, before the beginning of spring, cloud towns, clouds and sky, light and rain. At the beginning of the Jingzhe, the river leaps carp, and the spring equinox butterfly dreams among the flowers. Flying a kite at Qingming is wrong, The west chamber of Guyu is good for raising silkworms...'" Wang Shu didn't understand why Zhao Chen was interested in this, but he said it anyway.

Zhao Chen smiled. The solar terms songs of this era are much more complicated than the twenty-four solar terms songs of later generations, but they are also much more pleasant to listen to.

"About engineering, it is mainly the study of graphics, such as making farm tools and boats. You need to draw a picture first. How to draw a picture and what are the rules during the period, these are left to the students! There are also some gunpowder studies." Wang Shudao.

"Business is the study of doing business. Buying at low prices and selling at high prices, paying taxes, local customs and customs, etc., are all in the study of business." Wang Shu said again.

"Apart from these, what else?" Zhao Chen asked.

"Your Majesty told me that day that schools across the country should be standardized. I went back and thought about it carefully. Schools in various places can be divided into different grades, and what each grade learns is different. For the first year of admission, you only need to learn simple things. In the second year, you need to learn the Analects of Confucius and simple arithmetic, and then increase the difficulty in turn." Wang Shu said.

"Very good!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"Your Majesty, it takes too much money to formulate books and then distribute them throughout the country! Especially what Your Majesty said is that new content may be added to and old content improved in the practical books in the future. In this way, even more money will be needed. Yes! To print a book, you first need to engrave the block, and it’s really not good to change it every few years.” Wang Shu said.