Since Zhao Bing understood that the hype in the newspaper Li Guang was just a group of conspirators to vent his dissatisfaction, he did not interfere, but let him do it. However, he also continued to heat the pot of the scholars and directed the wind to the heroes of the world, and blowing up the "never give up any brothers in the robe" who had just decreased the popularity and the good men as a good man. Of course, there were more revelations and decryptions.

People always have a mentality of "loving the new and getting tired of the old". After all, Li Guang has been dead for thousands of years. I don't know how many times he has been hyped up and down, but he is still cliché, especially the "negative energy" articles full of sadness, which are easy to get bored. But the hero of reality is right next to him. Perhaps he was a fellow villager in the same village and a neighbor next door. He could see and touch, flesh and blood, and there was still a lot of articles to write.

In the past, he might have been a country rogue, but after joining the army, he became a hero. Then a prodigal son could turn back and not exchange for gold. The army was a melting pot. It could not only educate bad people into good people, but also cultivate them into heroes. As for the past, they were good people, but now they became heroes, so the article would be better done, at least it could show that the army did not teach people bad things, and tell everyone to leave it to the army with confidence and don’t have to worry about learning bad things.

Whether it is to take advantage of the popularity or follow the trend and hype, it took only a few days to suppress the "unhealthy trend" that alluded to the emperor, establishing a good atmosphere of "learning heroes and being heroes" on the urban and rural lands, setting off an infinite glory of joining the army and serving the country. Zhao Bing also successfully used the public opinion tools in his own hands to defeat the conspiracy of some people again and eliminate a possible "public bus letter" vicious incident in the bud. After a few days of lively, people's attention turned to the largest event in the empire - the palace examination.

The palace examination officially began ten days after the release of the results, but this year's palace examination is still a little different from previous years. First of all, the one who participated in the palace examination this time was not only the Jinshi class, but also joined the Mingfa and Mingjing teams, competed on the same stage and participated in the competition for the leader. In addition, a branch venue was also opened for the Suanxue School, but they ranked separately and announced the list.

In addition, in addition to personally supervising the venue, the emperor felt that the test questions given by the examiners were unsatisfied. It was also to prevent the test questions from being leaked, and he also drafted the test questions personally. The liberal arts test questions are one theory and one policy, and the topic is "knowledge is the beginning of action, and action is the accomplishment of knowledge"; while the strategy is an example question, rather than a current issue about the policy of the Mongolian Yuan that everyone speculated, which made many people's preparations fail.

An example is one day when Emperor Wen of Han was traveling. When he passed Zhongwei Bridge north of Chang'an City, a man suddenly ran out from under the bridge, which caused the horse pulling the emperor's carriage to be frightened, and Emperor Wen was almost injured. So the emperor ordered the guards to capture the man and hand it over to the chief justice of the Han Dynasty (Tingwei) Zhang Shizhi for interrogation. After interrogation, it turned out that the man was a countryman from Chang'an County. He heard the shout of opening the road and banning the road, so he hid under the bridge. After a long time, he thought that the emperor's carriage had passed, so he ran out. Unexpectedly, he collided with the emperor's carriage (at that time, this was called "inciting"). The question is, how should you deal with this case if you were Zhang Shizhi?

As for mathematics, since there are not many applicants, there are only more than 30 candidates. However, Zhao Bing attaches great importance to it because he knows very well that mathematics is the most basic subject of modern science and is suitable for all walks of life and disciplines. However, he also knows that the current math level is still very low, so he only published ten application questions. Now it is the question for the second grade junior high school test. I want to see the real abilities of a group of scholars representing the highest mathematical level of the Song Dynasty.

Because there are many candidates, there are 300 Jinshi students, 210 Mingfa students, and 120 Mingjing students, and 120 Mingjing students, and there is no palace in the Beigong Palace that can accommodate more than 600 people, so the main examination room is set up in the square in front of the hall. Tables and low stools have been arranged here, and since the time has to be from Mao to the end of noon, tea and snacks are also prepared.

As the chief examiner, Zhao Bing naturally could not sit in the open air, but sat down in the middle gate. He saw that the examination room suddenly felt like he was taking the final exam on the playground in his previous life. However, now the prison court has been replaced by court officials, and the patrol officers and soldiers of the guard camp. As the chief examiner, he suddenly felt a sense of accomplishment. Finally, it was his turn to be proud and not have to lie on the bench to answer questions.

As soon as the test questions were released, Zhao Bing found that the vice presidents around him looked wrong, but this was not as expected, because there were no ready-made answers to these two questions in the textbook. Especially the essay question, I am afraid no one has heard of this view at present, and in their opinion, it is even more outrageous.

Knowledge is the beginning of action, and action is the completion of knowledge. This sentence comes from Wang Yangming, the founder of the Ming Dynasty's Mind Studies. Confucius, Mencius and Zhu Xi were also known as the four great Confucian scholars. His theory and thought of Wang's studies were the greatest influence in the Ming Dynasty. It was not only in China, but also in Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asia. Of course, people from the Song Dynasty would not know, let alone know, his theory.

Wang Yangming believed in the relationship between thinking and action: the intention was to emphasize the unity of knowledge and action. The so-called knowledge means thinking and understanding of all aspects of things. Only when you think clearly and understand clearly can you start to act; the so-called action means to put those things that you think clearly and understand clearly and put them into practice, so that you can achieve something. Wang Yangming pointed out that the learning of a sage is the learning of the body and mind. The key is to realize the implementation. It cannot be regarded as pure knowledge, and it is just a matter of mouth.

Therefore, in terms of the relationship between knowledge and action, Wang Mingyang started from the perspective of "the world and all things are one" and opposed Zhu Xi's theory of "prophet and then act". He believed that since he knew this principle, he had to implement this principle. If he just called himself aware and did not implement it, it could not be called true knowledge. True knowledge cannot be separated from practice.

Neo-Confucianism is popular now, and Zhao Bing created such a question that refuted Neo-Confucianism to let the scholars discuss it. So in the eyes of several ministers who invigilated the emperor was confused, this was simply to overturn the theory that had become a public opinion. But no one can understand the emperor's intentions. Whether the scholars were testing the scholars or innovating, so they dare not say much.

The subject also made the ministers think that the little emperor was too bad. In fact, this question should be said to be debated in ancient and modern times, and there is no right or wrong. Right or wrong is in the heart of the little emperor. Once he refutes his ideas, he will definitely be out of the way. If he guesses the little emperor's thoughts correctly, no matter how bad the article is, he will be attracted to his eyes. Not only can he win the championship on the gold list, but he will also enjoy the official fortune in the future.

Everyone knows that "the law is the emperor who shares the world with the world", which is actually the common wish of the Confucians. The result of the emperor's legal legislation is almost well known. Zhang Shizhi reported the case to Emperor Wen and then put forward a punishment opinion: "According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, one person will be fined as a class." Emperor Wen of Han was furious after hearing this and said, "This person shocked my horse. Fortunately, this horse is tame. If it were replaced by another horse, he might have broken me. Tingwei, you only sentenced him to a fine?"

Zhang Shizhi said: "The law is the public of the emperor's world. Now the law stipulates so that it should be enforced according to the law. If Your Majesty wants to increase the punishment, the law will not be trusted by the people. When that person is in a crime, it would be fine if you kill him, but now it has been handed over to our Tingwei. As the Tingwei, I should enforce the law fairly. If there is any deviation, the judges in the world will be at stake. Wouldn't the people be at a loss? I hope Your Majesty will observe clearly." Emperor Wen thought about it for a long time and admitted that Zhang Shizhi was correct.

According to historical records, it is obvious that the judicial concept adhered by judge Zhang Shizhi is that after a case enters judicial process, the judge should make a judgment in accordance with the law, and the emperor should not interfere. Zhang Shizhi's sentence "The law is the public of the emperor's relationship with the world" has been quoted by later judicial judges many times, used to fight against the monarch's intention of favoritism and abuse of power.

However, when scholars and judges of the Song Dynasty filed this "blame-related" case, they were still very dissatisfied with Zhang Shizhi, because Zhang Shizhi also said, "When that person is blame-related, it would be fine if you kill him." They believed that as the court magistrate in charge of justice, they should not say such stupid words that violate the law. For example, Hong Mai criticized Zhang Shizhi's words as "the beginning of killing people."

The great scholar Lu Jiuyuan even asked from a tricky perspective: Assuming that the Han Dynasty's laws stipulated that "those who commit crimes will be killed without mercy", shouldn't the Tingwei also firmly handle the case in accordance with the law and execute the unlucky and innocent countryman? Lu Jiuyuan's answer was: he could not be executed either. He traced back to an ancient judicial principle recorded in the Book of Documents: If someone commits a serious crime, but is a casual crime, out of negligence rather than intention, and confesses his crime, then he cannot be sentenced to death.

According to this ancient judicial principle, Lu Jiuyuan believed that the country man in the "crime case" had only occasional negligence and did not have criminal intentions. Even if he injured Emperor Wen of Han, he should have been relieved, not to mention that Emperor Wen was not injured. If the legal provisions at that time violated such judicial principles, the judge should ask the emperor to amend the law to make the law in justice. Therefore, Zhang Shizhi should explain clearly to Emperor Wen clearly the law, rather than perfunctory with "the current law stipulates this way."

Thinking about the fact that the great scholars of this dynasty have not had a unified view, it would be even more difficult for the scholars. Simply discussing the case by case is probably difficult to satisfy, and "instant explanation" is afraid that they will offend the examiner. But if they insist on the view that "the law is the public of the emperor and the world", they are afraid that the emperor will be unhappy. Who knows whether this is testing their attitude towards the king!

In fact, Zhao Bing's idea is very simple. He hopes to pass the exam to select people who are similar to his ideas and prepare for further implementing the new policy. On the other hand, he hopes to select some practical talents from them, rather than those nerds who only know how to memorize the provisions but do not understand applications. Even if his writing articles can be written, he knows nothing about official business. In Zhao Bing's eyes, he is not as useful as an illiterate farmer. At least he can grow food and pay taxes for the country. However, he is just a waste of food and national education.

In addition, since Zhao Bing took power, thinking twice has become the words that court officials always say. They think this is the best advice to young people with impulsive energy, and he also knows that this sentence in later generations is still highly praised by the world. Because people believe that careful decisions are the best, and repeated thinking actions can be carried out smoothly.

Zhao Bing felt that it was nothing wrong with thinking twice. Thinking and acting are a crucial thing in life for a normal person, such as life, old age, sickness and death, which are inevitable. From dealing with family trivial matters to mastering the lifeline of the country, and people who act without thinking and think repeatedly but fail to take action, at the least, they will lose their family, and at the worst, they will be destroyed. Thinking and acting must not be biased. This is also a painful lesson accumulated by China's thousands of years of history.

What Zhao Bing hates is only unfortunate, thus forming a trend in society that emphasizes thinking and neglects actions. Perhaps it is because of being too cautious and too foolproof. People spend a lot of time and energy on infinite contemplation. As a result, the more they think about it, the more they feel that they are not prepared enough, and the more they think about it, the more they feel that there are big problems. As they think about it, the idea that could have tried becomes an impossible task and ends in vain.

However, Zhao Bing understood that since the four-dimensional space of a person is infinitely broad and is not forcibly bound by objective things and abilities, he would deviate from the right track as he thought about it, and the further he thought, he would not find the key point. When people swam in the ocean of thought for too long and were reluctant to go ashore to put it into practice, the result would undoubtedly be suffocated and completely lost the opportunity and ability to put it into practice. This is also the view of Wang Yangming's unity of knowledge and action.

Zhao Bing is a pragmatist. He cannot understand all of Wang Yangming's views, nor can he understand his so-called study of mind, but he thinks that as long as he helps maintain his rule, he can use it. This is in line with his view of "practice brings true knowledge" and also helps to change the current trend. As for whether it conflicts with Zhu Xi's ideas, it is secondary. All he wants is a practical man, but not a fantasy.

In addition, Zhao Bing was a human being in his two lives and also saw the essence of some things clearly. There is no perfect and correct theory in the world. It is just that it is born from time to time. In this environment, it is correct. If it changes time and place, it would be wrong. Just like Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming, who are at the same level of Confucian masters, can you tell who is right and who is wrong if you are separated from reality?
Chapter completed!