Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

what!

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

"What? Is there anything wrong?" Zhao Chen said lightly.

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

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

"Weichen doesn't understand." Wang Shu said.

"For example, people in the world have misunderstood this sentence,'Doctors cannot be punished, and courtesy are not to ordinary people.' This sentence is misunderstood! According to ordinary people, doctors don't need to be tortured and people don't need to salute. This is a big mistake!" Zhao Chen said.

"In your majesty's opinion, what should I do?" Wang Shu said.

"Up, respect, down, and humble!'You can't punish a doctor, and you can't be courteous'. This sentence can also be said to be a sentence that doesn't respect a doctor and courtesy a commoner. I don't think someone is a doctor. , The penalty will not be imposed on him! It’s not because someone is a common man, we don’t need to salute. Wang Shu, what do you think?" Zhao Chen said.

"This... what your Majesty said seems reasonable." 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 do it without knowing it'. In all dynasties and dynasties, it is believed that the people should not be told about the government, and the people should not be told too much. This is also a misunderstanding of the meaning of the saint. This sentence should be judged like this.' People can, let it be, not, let them know'. If the people's knowledge and quality reach 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 it, the court came to educate them and improve their knowledge and accomplishments through education." Zhao Chen said.

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

There are many essences of Confucianism. For example, "Three people must have my teacher", "My day and my life", etc., are to persuade people to be studious, humble, and persuade others to forge ahead. These should be preserved, as well as etiquette, filial piety, etc. It is reserved, but there is also a lot of Confucian dross. The most prominent is the Confucian doctrine of the mean, "Wood show in the woods and wind will destroy it". This sentence has a certain philosophical reason, but it calls on the world not to go ahead and not to strive for the top. It is undoubtedly unfavorable for the development of the entire society! Everyone has a heart for preservation, and everyone is unwilling to rise up. How can society develop? As for some servility education in Confucianism, some official-based education, and some class education, Zhao Chen disagrees even more! Such servility and class education were of great benefit to the emperor's rule, but what Zhao Chen wanted was not the feudal dynasty of the past.

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

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

"Your Majesty, if you understand the Confucian classics this way, the average Confucian may not agree with it!" Wang Shu said.

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

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

"Regarding Confucianism, most of the knowledge does not need to be changed. Don't worry! If it is controversial, we can delete it first! Or some young students do not need to learn this part of the content, wait until they After growing up, you can list my views and the views of the great Confucians in the past and write them in a book to see if they are learning from my views or from the views of the great Confucians." Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is shocking the world, and the students naturally chose your point of view." Wang Shu smiled bitterly.

"Wang Shu, you and I want to create a prosperous world that our predecessors have never created. Naturally, we will do things that our predecessors have never done before. Our education system will naturally be completely different from our predecessors! We all know that Confucianism alone cannot rejuvenate the country. Confucianism has always been respected in all dynasties, and Confucianism is known as loyal, but at the end of the dynasties, the people will oppose the court, which shows that Confucianism is unreliable! In this case, it is better to change the current Confucianism and develop Confucianism into the new learning we want! Throughout the ages, Confucianism has fooled the people. Now we no longer fool the people, but instead use the people's wisdom to make them understand things. In this way, maybe we don't have to follow the mistakes of the predecessors." Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, in this way, the people's wisdom is greatly expanded, and the people know too many things, which is very detrimental to our governance of the world! The people have all kinds of ideas, and they have all kinds of questions about the imperial government's policies. Agree." Wang Shu said.

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

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

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

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

Wang Shu sat there blankly, his face was cold and sweaty.

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

"It sounds unbelievable. In this way, your majesty will greatly reduce your rights! We are loyal to your majesty, and it is absolutely impossible to do such a thing." Wang Shu thought for a while and said.

"Imperial children, good and bad, like me, who are called holy monarchs by the people, but my descendants, no one can guarantee that every one of them will be like me, or there will be a king of subjugation! Under such circumstances, The imperial throne can protect the royal family forever. This is already very good! I am not thinking about myself, but about future generations and the future of Song Dynasty! If what I said can be implemented, the people of the world may be able to do it again in the future. There is no need to suffer from the rise and fall, our Song Zhiqiang will truly, completely and completely surpass Han and Tang Dynasties, truly dominate the world, no one can rival!" Zhao Chen said.

Wang Shu didn't dare to think about such a problem at all, he just looked pale and bowed his head.

"Even if these things are implemented, it will take a very long time! I have promised Li Gang and Li Ruoshui that the first thing they need to ensure is the stability of the country. Only when the country is stable and prosperous will we make a step by step. Change! Or if the conditions are immature, I will never do such a thing, but leave it to future generations to do... That’s fine, how much can be done! By the way, about educational reform, you have to talk about it. What." Zhao Chen said.

"Yes, your Majesty, Confucianism accounts for half of all schools! In addition to Confucianism, real learning is now divided into mathematics, agronomy, engineering, and business. Of these, mathematics is the most important, because mathematics is the foundation of many practical studies. The most difficult one requires a lot of manpower." Wang Shu said.

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

At the moment, Zhao Chen wrote that all three-year-old children in later generations would understand Arabic numerals and told Wang Shu how to count Arabic numerals.

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

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

Arabic numerals were originally invented by Indians. It was in the eighth century AD when an Indian mathematician brought Arabic numerals to Baghdad, and then became popular in the Arab world! It was not until the twelfth century that Arabic numerals were introduced into Europe, and it was not until the fourteenth century that they were introduced into China! However, after Arabic numerals entered China, they did not receive the attention of the Chinese. Until the beginning of the 20th century, Chinese talents began to use Arabic numerals on a large scale!

In the international arena, Arabic numerals are regarded as the biggest basic invention for the advancement of mathematics, which is very important for the development of mathematics.

What's more, what Zhao Chen wrote were Arabic numerals in later modern society, which did not officially appear until the 14th century.

"These are not a big deal. I have seen some people counting numbers in Semu. It is a little different from this, so I changed it! Regarding arithmetic, you should start with simple arithmetic rules, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, etc. Add something a little bit more advanced!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty's guidance may be needed when the book is officially compiled at that time." Wang Shu said.

Zhao Chen nodded.

"In addition to mathematics, agriculture is also very important! Children learn agriculture, just learn some simple knowledge, such as some solar terms, etc., understand the division of the four seasons, understand when to plant what kind of crops, etc. When they are older, Learn some simple sowing methods to increase your knowledge. When you get older, you will learn some farming experience." Wang Shu said.

"The solar terms song? What is the current solar terms song like?" Zhao Chen asked with interest.

"The solar terms song is different from place to place. The hometown where the Weichen lives is said,'Xiyuan plums are first in spring, Yunzhen is full of rain and water. At the beginning of the sting, the river leaps the carp, the spring equinox butterfly dreams among the flowers. The kite flying is wrong during the Qingming Festival, Gu Yu is good at raising silkworms in the West Chamber...'" Wang Shu didn't understand why Zhao Chen was interested in this, but he still talked about it.

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 much better.

"As for engineering, it is mainly the study of graphics, such as making farm tools and boats. You need to draw pictures first, how to draw pictures, and what rules there are during the period. These must be handed over to the students! In addition, there are some studies of gunpowder." Wang Shu said.

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

"What else is there besides these?" Zhao Chen said.

"His Majesty told me that day that schools across the country should be standardized. We ministers should go back and think carefully. Schools in various places can be divided into different grades. Each grade is different. In the first year of enrollment, you only need to learn simple In the second year, you have to learn the Analects and simple arithmetic, and then gradually increase the difficulty." Wang Shu said.

"Very good!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"Your Majesty, formulating books and distributing them to the whole country requires too much money! Especially your Majesty said that in the future, practical books may add new content and improve old ones. In this way, more money is needed. That's it! To print a book, you must first engrave it. It has changed in a few years, which is really not good." Wang Shu said.