Tear! Tear louder!

The ministers: "..."

Hehe.

They could tell what was going on from the whistle.

One of the ministers walked out and, under the gaze of countless eyes, carefully considered his words: "Did Lord Quan misunderstand something? We didn't..."

Quan Yingzhang narrowed his eyes.

He had a hot temper to begin with, and when he saw someone standing up, he asked directly: "Are you a person who studies modern text classics?"

The person who stood up - Cui Yi, the former vassal of the fear, was very polite: "Mr. Quan is here, and I, Cui Yi, am indeed a modern text classic."

It would have been fine if he didn't admit it, but as soon as he confirmed his school of thought, Quan Yingzhang's face turned pale, and he suddenly raised his cane and hit him with it: "I'll show you how to write the word "回"! I'll show you how to write the word "回"! How dare you send a child to tease me!"

Cui Yi cried out, and immediately squatted down and held his head with his hands, as he had rich experience in being beaten - he didn't dare to fight back, the old man opposite him was 86 years old! If he was hit a little, he would be drowned by the spit of this person's followers.

But he still struggled a bit...

"Mr. Quan! Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me!"

How many ways are there to write the word "回"!

Xu Yanmiao, what on earth did you do!

"Stand up!" Quan Yingzhang became even angrier, and several officials came up to stop him but couldn't.

Quan Yingzhang had his own logic of thinking.

During the eight or nine days of following the convoy to the capital, he talked with Xu Yanmiao every day. From the conversations, he found that this kid really didn't understand the scriptures. Maybe the one he recited the most was "It is a great pleasure to have friends coming from afar", but even such a simple sentence from the Analects, sometimes he would slip up and say "Friends coming from afar, though they are far away, must be punished".

How could such an illiterate person say such sarcastic words as "the ancient classics are best at quibbling over words, and when they have nothing to do, they study the different ways to write the word 回, and their style is shallow and exaggerated"? Someone must have given him secret information and let this young man come to charge in.

The whole court is a suspect! Whoever shows up will be beaten!

- If you don't have something to hide, why did you jump out so quickly!

After all, he was a Confucian who could write books on horseback and kill people on horseback. Although Quan Yingzhang was nearly 80 years old, he was very strong. He beat Cui Yi black and blue in a few blows, and his voice was still very full of energy: "Qi cynics! Confucians actually slandered Confucius for his merits. They are as stupid as sheep with tiger skin. However, the foundation of Confucianism is benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, trustworthiness, courage, and kindness. It is a human being! Not a god, not a saint, not a king! You worship Confucius but deviate from his teachings. You are really perverse! You forget that he is a tiger skin! You should be punished!"

- The modern literature school can be collectively referred to as Qi Confucianism, and the ancient literature school is Lu Confucianism.

Xu Yanmo poked his good friend, the military secretary: "I know Confucius, it is Confucius, but what are Confucius' merits?"

The military secretary looked at him with a ghostly expression.

Xu Yanmiao said confidently: "Of course I have to throw away my knowledge points after the exam! I just want to be a small official and eat and wait for death, and I don't want to climb up."

Beside her, Princess Wanshou was also listening carefully.

She was not familiar with Confucianism, but if she wanted to gain a foothold in this court, she must have a sufficient understanding of Confucianism. She didn't need to be proficient in it, but when the other party quoted from the classics, you must know what they are talking about.

The clerk of the Ministry of War wiped his face and explained helplessly: "The ancients called people with noble merits but no throne the Su Wang. Modern scholars respect Confucius, so they respect Confucius as the Su Wang, and his kingly work is the "Spring and Autumn Annals". But ancient scholars hate the deification of Confucius. They believe that Confucius is not a god or a king, but a human being."

Xu Yanmiao suddenly realized.

[soga! 】

【Isn't Master Quan just pointing his finger at the New Literature School and scolding it——】

【Haha, the New Literature scholars have gone against the original intention of Confucius, and the words they output are worthy of being called Confucianism? Are you worthy of studying Confucianism? 】

The New Literature School, which was originally calm and peaceful: "..."

: )

After being scolded by Quan Yingzhang, the intensity of their emotions was not as good as Xu Yanmiao's plain translation.

When he heard this plain language, he was furious on the spot.

——We just respect the elderly, but don't go too far with the old stuff!

＊

In the dispute between schools of thought, it never matters whether you are a man or a woman, old or young, all heretics must be defeated!

Cui Yi rolled into the corner, gasped, and grimaced in pain when his hand touched the bruises on his face.

But when he raised his head and secretly glanced at Jin Tai, his expression changed slightly.

The emperor's idea was not just to let the literary leader come to the capital for a tour. There had to be a beginning for the other party to question him in the court, but he couldn't just start by scolding him. He had to have a punching bag first. If

the punching bag was too high, it would embarrass the court, but if it was too low, it would not show the court's respect for Quan Yingzhang.

He, a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue, was just the right person.

Cui Yi murmured: "I hope that Your Majesty will not bear a grudge against me for what happened last time, because I know my feelings and interests..."

Cui Yi said angrily: "Even if you bear a grudge, at least don't copy down what I said in the court and send it to my wife! I was just bragging outside to save face, and I don't really want my wife to serve me tea and water, so why should I say those things to her!"

These days, he has been treated strangely every time he returns home. Not only does his wife not let him into the room, but the beds and couches in other rooms have been moved away. He has been sleeping on the floor for more than half a month!

Cui Yi wiped away his bitter tears and looked up at the debate between the New Literature School and the Ancient Literature School.

At the beginning, the atmosphere was quite good, and they were seriously debating the classics -

the New Literature School: Confucius is a god! The

Ancient Literature School: Confucius is a man!

Modern Literature School: Heaven and man are connected, and only when disasters come from heaven will a society perish! Confucius' "Spring and Autumn Annals" records countless natural disasters under the rule of kings who perished. Why did Confucius record them like this? Of course, Confucius wanted to use this to remind the rulers! Confucius hoped that they could learn from it and that the administration should follow the way of God!

Ancient Literature School: You are talking nonsense! Confucius listed the years and months in detail in "Spring and Autumn Annals", which is enough to prove that "Spring and Autumn Annals" is just a history book! Your history book does not record when and where there were natural disasters!

Modern Literature School: You are talking nonsense! Although "Spring and Autumn Annals" is a history book, it is not just about history. Isn't there any content related to the number of days in it? The book admits that Yao's giving up the throne to Shun was determined by "the calendar of heaven"! The "Spring and Autumn Annals" that you admire has never abandoned the traditional "Mandate of Heaven"!

Ancient Literature School: Then do you know what "not blaming heaven, not blaming people, learning from the lower and reaching the upper" means? Confucius did not deny the existence of "heaven", but he advocated doing one's best in human affairs! As you said, Yao gave up his throne to Shun as destiny, but at the same time, he also let Shun warn Yu that to govern the country well, one must adhere to the middle way, otherwise the destiny of heaven will end. Do your best in human affairs! Listen to the destiny of heaven as a supplement! Do you understand!

Modern Literature School: blah blah blah blah...

Ancient Literature School: blah blah blah blah...

They argued about "Spring and Autumn Annals", "Zhou Li", "Liji", "Shangshu", "Guliang", "Gongyang", "Zuo Zhuan"... It was

a dispute over the orthodox doctrine, and no one was willing to give in.

Just the dispute over whether "Zhou Li" was written by Zhou Gong or Confucius was enough to tear the sky and the earth dark, and the sun and the moon were dim.

Xu Yanmiao was experiencing a debate of scriptures up close for the first time. Although he found it difficult to listen, fortunately a kind-hearted military official was reading beside him, allowing him to enjoy the show.

[Tear! Tear louder!]

[Oh, why do I feel that it is right to say that Zhou Gong wrote the "Book of Rites" and it is also right to say that Confucius wrote it?] [Hey!

Wait! Someone is smuggling something! Woohoo! Someone is secretly saying that the "Book of Rites"... No, the "Three Rites" including the "Book of Rites" were all faked by later generations!]

The New Literature School: "!!!"

Heresy!

They immediately found out who was taking advantage of the situation and criticized them harshly.

After Quan Yingzhang found out about this, he temporarily put aside the battle with the New Literature School.

Modern and ancient texts worked together to suppress the heretic who said that "Zhou Li" was a forgery. After that, the two sides continued to spray each other.

Xu Yanmiao was crunching a melon.

[Hey! Why is there still regional discrimination! ]

[That Dali Temple Secretary! Don't think I didn't notice! You said "Zhou Li" is Zhou Li, and you said that Mr. Quan is as cunning as the people from Fuzhou. The people from Fuzhou are eating your rice! ]

The people from Fuzhou in the court: "..."

: )

Hehe.

[Let me see where you are from, hey, you are from Jiangsu! Oh, no, it should be called Jiangdong people! There are many talented people in Jiangdong! 】

The Fuzhou native, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, Lu Yu, immediately turned his guns around: "The people of Jiangdong are both arrogant and fragile. Fortunately, you Jiangdong children were not used when conquering the world, otherwise it is still unclear whether Your Majesty can conquer the world."

The Dali Temple Secretary Wang Gongda was about to retort, but the supervisor Yu Shi Shangyuan quickly stopped him: "Calm down, calm down, we are all southerners, why do we have to quarrel with each other."

【That's right, after all, some northerners have always looked down on southerners. 】

【For example, who who who... The Minister of War seemed to have boasted that northerners were honest and upright, and their scheming and trickery could not compare to the cunning southern barbarians. 】

The Minister of War: "..."

Ah this.

Among the ministers, four are from the north and two are from the south. Now the minister of the Ministry of War feels that he is about to be burned through by the gazes of his two southern colleagues.

Secretary of the Ministry of War: "Xu Lang..."

[Hey, is that right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works stupid? Even if he is anxious and the people around him can't criticize Master Quan, he can't just use the map to cannon and say that Sichuan people don't know etiquette. What he said doesn't count! ]

Secretary of the Ministry of War: "Xu Lang... Xu Lang..."

[But are people from Suzhou really so arrogant and extravagant? I saw some historian say so two days ago, but the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Works doesn't look like that. Am I wrong? He is not from Suzhou? ]

Xu Yanmiao was immersed in the system.

He didn't notice that the secretary of the Ministry of War next to him was shouting at him and almost crying again.

Don't add fuel to the fire! If you keep talking, we're going to fight!

[Ah! I remembered it!!!】

What? Remember which bastard said something bad about Suzhou people?

Every Suzhou person in the court clenched their fists.

【The "Book of Documents in Ancient Text" that is currently circulating seems to be a fake book...】

Modern Text School: "?!"

Such an important thing! Why are you saying

it now! 【Damn it, I can't remember where it was faked, who wrote the book to prove this?】

【It seems to say something... It is inconsistent with ancient books, historical examples, ancient history, ancient rituals, ancient calendars, ancient geography, exegesis, and righteousness.】

【It's a pity that I don't remember anything, otherwise I could throw it out, it would definitely be fun! The scene would definitely be even more explosive!】

The people of the Modern Text School laughed.

Xu Yanmiao is unfamiliar with the scriptures, but that doesn’t mean they are unfamiliar with them.

The imperial examinations test one’s ability to recall the contents of the book instantly, and they are the best at this. Now that they have given the direction of the “Eight Incompatibility”, are you afraid that they can’t come up with a solution on the spot to slap the face of the ancient literature school?

Lord Quan, although you can’t hear Xu Yanmiao’s inner voice, and we have won somewhat unfairly, the battle for academic orthodoxy is more important, so! I’m sorry!

These people were so excited that they didn’t notice that some people in the court had changed color, frowned, and were ready to stand up.

Quan Yingzhang didn’t have an official seal, and it was a great loss that he couldn’t hear Xu Yanmiao’s inner voice.

But! They can hear it!

They are from the ancient literature school, and they just pretended to be from the modern literature school in order to become officials.

Now, it’s time to stand up!

After years of enduring humiliation, now! We want to take back everything we have lost!

For the glory of ancient Chinese!!!