"The coastal wanderers, most of our naval soldiers, have no background in studying, do not worship Confucius, do not believe in heaven, and only make a living by bravery.↖ Now that Penghu is getting richer, no longer safe, there must be a destination in spiritual cognition, and the sea concubine Mazu is in vain. If the ship owner does not engage in this matter, he will probably not be able to stop the so-called gospel of God."

"We cannot worship Confucius." Yang Changfan immediately shook his head, "Working Confucius denies the meaning of our existence, we are rebels."

"It is not true that we can oppose Confucius. Since ancient times, China follows the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. Opposing Confucius is tantamount to transforming the world into an enemy, and I cannot accept it myself."

"I understand, the military and financial resources are barely enough to support it. Now I need a guiding ideology."

"Yes, on the other hand, Taizu also took advantage of the Ming Cult, and since ancient times, most of the heroes of bandits have been eliminated."

“What are some specific suggestions.”

"I am a disciple of Confucius and Mencius, so it is not advisable to speak too much."

"Understood."

After Hu Zongxian left, Zhao Guangtou came forward with a slightly alert expression: "Ship owner, don't let the officials mess up our water."

"The bald head is always very alert." Yang Changfan pursed his lips, "But there is no way. We still need to be officials. Without him, Penghu would not have developed so quickly."

Zhao bald head scratched his head and said, "It's God, territory, and faith. I can't understand it anyway. In short, both Franji and an official are good at deceitful tricks, so the ship owner should be careful."

...

There is a unique house built on the cliff of the East Sea of ​​Penghu Island. It is the mansion that Xu Wenchang himself has settled. He has made great contributions to his career today, and this most beautiful place also belongs to him.

Outside the house and in the thatched pavilion, an Indian girl spread the paintings that Xu Wenchang had just written flat and dried.

Yang Changfan broke into the pavilion: "You are so long-winded, let me worry, and relax alone."

Xu Wenchang laughed when he heard this: "Where are you still intrigues when you come to this treasure land?"

"You are the life of intrigue." Yang Changfan sat in the pavilion and said to the girl, "Niha, come and make a pot of herbal tea."

The girl took the order and left, and Xu Wenchang also sat back at the table: "This woman is serious and has a weird behavior. You should take it back."

"weird?"

"It is the etiquette and laws of the Western Regions, inexplicably decorated and inexplicably kneeling down and worshiping."

"Oh? Wen Chang doesn't like it?"

"The sect Baika is decorated with heavy makeup, and it is like a monster in my eyes." Xu Wenchang obviously couldn't stand the religious etiquette all over Niha, and sighed, "The truly appropriate doctrine is often surprisingly pure and simple."

"For example..." Yang Changfan thought of the four most common words in Tang Shunzhi's collection back then, "Unify knowledge and action?"

"Haha, there are many people talking about these four characters, and few people know these four characters." Xu Wenchang smiled, "According to what you think, how can you interpret these four characters?"

"I have no idea."

“…It should be something to think about it?”

"I'm afraid you won't understand."

Xu Wenchang glared: "There are only two things in the world, and I will never lose to you!"

“Which two?”

"First, calligraphy and painting."

"I'll never beat you in my life."

"The second is the study of mind."

"What is the learning of the mind?"

"It is the study of the mind." Xu Wenchang tried his best to tell, "Cultivate oneself and cultivate one's nature, treat things and people, do things and behave, and what you think and do every moment is the study of the mind."

"It's actually the world view methodology, right?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I just said you don't understand." Yang Changfan waved his hand, "To put it simply, it means how to view the world, if you do things."

"It's generally true, but not only that."

"So the unity of knowledge and action is a summary of your worldview and methodology, right?"

"You said this to me very uncomfortable... The unity of knowledge and action is just a sentence, how do you understand it.

Yang Changfan scratched his head and said, "Actually, I don't understand anything. I have read a lot of books in this area. I just happened to read this and I feel more convinced. Maybe there will be more convincing explanations in the future."

"What's the explanation right now?"

Yang Changfan coughed and his throat was so bad that he would never forget to memorize the texts he had memorized countless times for the Mazhe exam.

"Theory and practice are inseparable. Practice determine theory, theory guides practice. Practice is the ultimate goal of theory, and practice is the only criterion for testing truth..."

"Wrong." Yang Changfan was interrupted by Xu Wenchang early as he was carrying the first one.

"You can understand this?" Yang Changfan said in surprise.

"It's wrong at the root." Xu Wenchang tapped the desktop lightly, "'Know' is much broader than you think."

"For example? Conscience?"

"Be more extensive, don't try to explain the meaning of 'knowledge', you don't understand 'integration of knowledge and action'."

"Okay." Yang Changfan scratched his head again. No wonder this Xinxue is just a small circle of intellectuals who are so enthusiastic. It is so high-quality that it is simply too difficult to influence the public. He originally wanted to worship Mr. Wang Mingyang, to supplement the gap in his guiding ideology here. Now it seems that "unity of knowledge and action" is too metaphysical and difficult to have an influence from the general public. Forcibly following the Xinxue is not only difficult to succeed, but is afraid that he will be rejected by the Xinxue circle.

Yang Changfan fell into deep thought again. Xu Wenchang thought he was thinking about the profound meaning of "unity of knowledge and action", but it was not. As a science student, he could only look at the data. He needed simpler and more crude guiding ideology, and it would be best to be simpler in one sentence.

Fortunately, there are still many cases.

Religious—

Yellow Turban Army: [The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand; the year is in Jiazi, and the world is very lucky.]

Hong Xiuquan: [Worship God together, build the kingdom of heaven together, destroy all the pure demons, and enjoy peace forever.]

Sometimes it is dynamic—

Zhu Yuanzhang: [Expel the Tartars, restore China, Chen Gang established the law, and relieve the people.]

Chen Sheng: [Would you rather have a genital? Defeat the unjust and punish the tyrannical Qin.]

There are also strong, invincible ones-

Li Zicheng: [Sui Chuang Wang, no food.]

[Defeat xxx and liberate the whole of China.]

These three are "evil way", "right way", and "king way", and the focus points correspond to "religious influence", "ruler weakness" and "the desire of the people".

Yang Changfan also needs such a place to settle down.

"Franji wants to build a church here." Yang Changfan sighed.

"Did you agree?"

"Of course not, it's just that this incident made me embarrassed. We are famous in the East China Sea and are rich enough to rival a country. It's just that our thoughts are too scarce. Apart from you and Zong Xian, there is nothing more than the courage of ordinary men."

"You and I cannot compare with Zong Xian. He is a genuine Jinshi, and you cannot compare with me. I am a scholar after all."

"..." Yang Changfan looked surprised.

Xu Wenchang was a little embarrassed: "This is a joke, can't you hear it?"

"You! You are actually joking!" Yang Changfan said excitedly, "You're almost cured!"
Chapter completed!