Zhao Jiu laughed even more.
However, several Taoist officials nearby were terrified and quickly saluted and said, "Your Majesty! The Party Imprisonment disaster must not happen again!"
Some people gnashed their teeth and said, "Your Majesty, this Chen Gongfu is fickle and cannot be trusted."
Zhao Jiu finished laughing and ignored these people. He only looked at Chen Gongfu and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Chen?"
"I think it really can't be banned." Chen Gongfu also continued to smile. "The sage Yuan changed his ways and used the old party, and the government stopped the old party from overthrowing the new party. The situation of the monarch and his ministers tolerating each other for the sake of the country and the new and old parties not fighting each other was hard to form, and it really shouldn't be easily destroyed. And I can't really come to the Taoist temple with this dress and nothing to impeach..."
At this point, Chen Gongfu suddenly became serious: "Your Majesty, what I want to say is, first, the court must quickly decide on the proper study of classics, otherwise the lower levels will not be able to do anything; second, if we want to decide on the study of classics, we must seriously debate the classics, otherwise we will not be able to convince the public; third, there is a large field of learning, there is the Cheng school that is gradually rising, there is also Lu Xianggong's original school, there are other schools and factions, and many people are not interested in this. If we really want to debate the classics, we are not afraid of any faction, but Your Majesty must stand up first and tell everyone what classics the court wants and what it does not want, then naturally there are some classics and some not..."
Zhao Jiu suddenly realized.
Besides, Chen Gongfu's meaning is as straightforward as it can be. He actually represents a large number of pragmatic bureaucrats. These people recognize the necessity of Confucian classics as a guiding ideology, but they pursue efficiency and results more. Therefore, they don't care about the content of Confucian classics at all, but only pursue the act of "establishing an official doctrine" itself.
For example, during the Jing Kang period (when Emperor Qinzong of Song was in power), the court's decision to change from the new to the old was already very clear and could not be shaken, so people like Chen Gongfu hurriedly wrote a letter requesting that Wang Anshi's tablet be thrown away and replaced by those of the old party... But this was not because he, Chen Gongfu, was really an old party member. It was impossible for an old party member to get the first place in the upper house, which was equivalent to the top scholar, under the rule of the new party. Instead, he saw that the emperor at that time had made up his mind and the overall situation had been decided, so he wanted to end the matter quickly.
Later, in the early years of Jianyan, the overall situation completely collapsed. Nothing was more important than staying alive. Knowledge and morality had to go wherever they wanted, but those Taoist scholars were still arguing about those trivial matters. Naturally, they would impeach them in turn.
At this point, they are not against Cheng's school of thought or support for Lu's school of thought, they just hope that the overall situation will be settled quickly... In a word, they are impatient, and as long as there is no peace sutra, they will accept anything. On the other hand, this also means that the delay of Emperor Zhao has finally worked. By doing this, he is forcing these centrists to express their opinions.
However, although he was awakened and proud in his heart, the official just nodded and laughed again: "I know what Mr. Chen means, but I will wait until the result is out downstairs of Xuande Building tomorrow, and then I will announce it!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Gongfu didn't know what to say, so he just smiled and left.
At this time, the horse had been brought to the front. Zhao Jiu held the reins and said a few more words to Zhang Jun, the prime minister, "Mr. Zhang, you have worked hard on the way... What do you think about this matter?"
Zhang Jun immediately responded, "Your Majesty, I feel a little emotional when I go out this time... Just like what I mentioned in the letter, I see that everyone in the world has their own selfish desires and what they think is public-spirited desires, and when they collide, there is often no conclusion. At this time, Your Majesty should really put some serious Confucianism on the table, so that everyone in the world knows what principles to follow to do things, to determine right and wrong, and to resolve conflicts."
This is still emphasizing the importance of establishing official schools and debating classics... Obviously, he also understood what Chen Gongfu meant, and made a clear statement that "we will fight wherever the government points."
Zhao Jiu nodded, got on his horse, and continued to say to Zhang Jun: "Yue Pengju and Qing's letters have been delivered to me. I already know the whole story. You did the right thing... and I have already replied to Pengju, saying only, 'I have always trusted Yue Qing's work'... so he doesn't need to worry about those things."
Zhang Jun quickly bowed and said yes.
"Of course, I have always trusted Zhang Qing in doing things." Zhao Jiu continued to smile at him, then reined in his horse and was about to leave.
Let me tell you, Zhang Deyuan returned to the capital today. Despite the long journey, he still traveled back and forth just to hear this sentence. Now when he heard the official say it in public, he immediately felt relaxed and felt that everything was worth it.
"Oh, right." As Zhao was about to leave, he remembered something and turned back to mention it to Zhang Jun. "Just as you two sent the letter, Hubei Governor Ma also sent someone to deliver a letter..."
Zhang Jun was confused for a moment, but then he quickly asked, "Excuse me, I wonder what General Ma said?"
"He said Yang Yizhong should be executed." Zhao Jiu glanced at Yang Yizhong, who seemed to have adapted to the situation, and laughed even harder, shaking his head. "Because he understood from the result of you and Yue Fei dealing with Dongting Lake that Yue Fei had sent a secret letter before, but he extrapolated from this and said that this secret letter system was not the right way to do things. Yang Yizhong manipulated this matter as a military official, as if he had stolen power from a cardinal, and he even suspected that he was isolating the civil and military officials inside and outside the country, so of course he should be executed."
Zhang Jun felt disgusted when he heard this, but he waved his sleeves and reminded him: "Ma Jinglie is a disciple of Cheng, and he has his own views on the kingly way and the hegemonic way!"
Zhao Jiu smiled without saying anything, turned around and rode away. Yang Yi Zhong finally couldn't help but sigh, and could only lower his head and ride to catch up.
PS:
I didn't sleep all night, I was like crazy... I clearly remember saving a document about the Southern Song Dynasty Taoist scholars who debated scriptures and explained the principles of the classics in pairs, but I couldn't find it... I almost re-read a lot of things because of this...
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