How could such a high-level matter as studying things to achieve knowledge and analyzing them become a cannon and gunpowder in Zhu Youjian's case?

The important ministers of the Ming Dynasty were a little refreshed after listening to Zhu Youjian's words! Of course Zhu Youjian's words were right, check things! Cannons are objects, and gunpowder is even more a thing. Why can't they check them properly? If there is a real cannon, gunpowder

It’s so logical that it makes a lot of sense!

Zhu Youjian sighed and said: "It is such a pity that such a good thing as "The Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" has been covered in dust and has not seen the light of day for 2000 years! The changes in China's past dynasties were misunderstood by the ignorant kings and traitorous ministers, and the method of investigating things is not the same.

It was also published. If "Confucius' Posthumous Chapter" had been published earlier, the strong Han Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty might have continued to this day!"

The minister below thought to himself: What would you do if the mighty Tang Dynasty continued to this day? Your surname is neither Liu nor Li, so you are probably not qualified to be a Long Live Lord, right?

Zhu Youjian did not notice the strange looks in the eyes of some of the ministers below. He just kept to himself and said: "If there are many talents and the Song Dynasty, which has great cultural prosperity, can get the "Posthumous Works of Confucius", the Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty will definitely be studying things."

Great achievements have been made on the road to knowledge. The humiliation of Jingkang will definitely not happen, let alone the tragedy of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty destroying the Song Dynasty. If this dynasty does not get this "Confucius' Posthumous Works", what I do will at most extend the life of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years.

, If you want to extend your life for three hundred years or even extend your country’s life for a thousand years, it’s just wishful thinking!”

This Zhu Youjian actually paid more attention to the "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius" than Nizi because he didn't know the general trend of historical development and what the expansion of people's wisdom meant to a feudal dynasty?

In his opinion, the reasons for the collapse of the country in the past dynasties, apart from committing suicide, are basically two reasons: one is poverty; the other is weakness.

There are many reasons for poverty and weakness, but the inability to check things must be an important reason. Because if you can check things well, you can greatly improve production and military. If production increases, you will not be poor. If the military improves, you will not be weak.

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If a country is rich and powerful, why should it perish?

Didn’t the Song Dynasty die because of weakness? If the troops of the Northern Song Dynasty had captured rifled guns, bronze cannons, and explosive shells, and the Northern Song Dynasty army went to the Northern Expedition carrying rifled guns, bronze cannons, and explosive shells, the Khitan would have been

They were beaten to death. Even Mongolia couldn't withstand it. Genghis Khan had to kneel down!

In his previous life, Daming almost died of poverty because he was not good at understanding things. In fact, this was also an important reason for his poverty.

Being poor in a country is not just about the poverty of the court. The poverty of the court is due to various institutional problems. And the poverty of the world is a problem of not being able to study things. The world is so big and there are so many places for living people. Why is it in the northwest and the Central Plains?

When it doesn't stop, people have nowhere to go, so they have no choice but to rebel?

Moreover, the invasion of Hou Jin and the destruction of bandits in his previous life also aggravated poverty. And Hou Jin and bandits can also be eliminated by checking objects. Therefore, in Zhu Youjian's view, not knowing how to check objects will lead to poverty and poverty.

Weak, poor and weak, it will inevitably perish.

No matter how wise your ruler is and how loyal your ministers are, it is nothing more than procrastinating for a while.

Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to have long-term peace and stability, in addition to implementing the "Ming Rites and Covenants" (also called Fu Rites), it had to master the ability to study things and gain knowledge. The "Confucius Posthumous Chapter" was born in the Ming Dynasty, which just shows that the destiny is in the Ming Dynasty, so

Zhu Youjian was not worried at all that the Ming Dynasty would encounter a crisis because "The Legacy of Confucius" enlightened people's wisdom.

"There are only two things in the world," Zhu Youjian said slowly, "One is to restore etiquette, and the other is to ask questions. I promulgated the "Ming Rites Covenant" to restore etiquette! And the principles in "Confucius' Legacy",

Just for asking questions.

"Ming Rites and Covenants" has been promulgated for some time, and "Confucius' Legacy" has been published for nearly two years. Now it is time to use "Ming Rites and Covenants" and "Confucius' Legacy" to test the filial piety and integrity of the world.

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"Your Majesty," Wen Tiren, a bachelor of Jianji Palace and Minister of Rites, reacted immediately upon hearing this, "Do you want to use the contents of "Ming Rites" and "Confucius' Legacy" as the title of next year's competition of the Ministry of Rites?

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Zhu Youjian smiled and nodded, and said: "Second Assistant, you are also the Ministry of Etiquette, what do you think? Can you take the test like this?"

"This" Wen Tiren dared to say "no". After thinking about it carefully, he said to Zhu Youjian, "Long live my lord, of course it is no problem to use "Ming Rites and Laws" and "Confucius' Legacy" to test "Ming Dynasty".

You can write a policy essay on "The Law of Rites and Covenants", which is relatively easy. But how do you take the exam for "Confucius' Legacy"? How do you calculate if you do well in the exam, and how do you calculate if you do poorly on the exam?"

"This is easy," Zhu Youjian said with a smile, ""Confucius' Posthumous Chapter" has fifteen chapters, hundreds of articles, covering a wide range of things. It can be said to be all-encompassing and all-encompassing. However, the saint is not among the Posthumous Chapters.

An in-depth study of the mentioned method of studying things will give us latecomers the opportunity to use "The Last Chapters of Confucius" to learn and become great Confucian scholars. My requirements are not high, as long as we can combine any of the "The Last Chapters of Confucius"

If you have a thorough understanding of a principle, if you explain the truth that the sage has not explained clearly, you will pass the test."

"Your Majesty, this is to inherit the unique knowledge for the saints!" Wen Tiren said with a wry smile, "In the past, those who could do this were the great Confucians who will go down in history."

Zhu Youjian said: "Isn't it a great Confucian who can make a difference in the "Posthumous Chapters of Confucius"? In the past, great Confucianism was difficult to come by because there was no method of investigating things, so the door to the great road was closed. Confucian scholars in the world could only study in

I have written articles on the Four Books and Five Classics for 2,000 years, how can I still make flowers?"

Wen Tiren still shook his head, "But I have little talent and little knowledge. I don't know if those articles about raising children are correct!"

"Oh, you don't know?" Zhu Youjian thought for a while, "That's okay, I will mark the papers! Candidates can only choose one article from "Confucius' Legacy", and the number of words in the article cannot exceed 2,000 words. I

Read it slowly, 50 articles a day, and you can finish it in a month. When I finish reading it, I can go west to fight against the Chagatai Khanate and the Oara Alliance!"

According to the plan, Zhu Youjian would start the Western Expedition in the summer of the 10th year of Chongzhen. Before that, Zhu Youjian planned to accomplish another big thing, which was certainly not to recruit scholars for the country. He did not remember that this list was published in the 10th year of Chongzhen.

What an incredible talent. In his previous life, he really couldn't choose anything, so he ended up choosing a 51-year-old top pick. He didn't work for long before he was driven back to his hometown because of the impeachment of Yang Sichang for stealing his love.

So Zhu Youjian simply changed his mind this time. Instead of recruiting scholars, he chose "candidate scholars". After taking out a group, he led them to the Western Expedition together. By the way, he mentioned these "candidate scholars" and tried to cultivate them.

A few real great scholars.

After the Western Expedition is successful, a university can be opened!

"Well, then," Wen Tiren asked, "are we still going to take the test on the meaning of the scriptures?"

"Take the test!" Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "Then just take the test casually. We must keep the examiners busy!"

The Four Books and Five Classics that Zhu Youjian wanted to test casually were still very difficult for Shen Tingyang, who was born in Nanjing Imperial College!

He knew his own level very well, so he never took any imperial examinations in his previous life. Even though he was an imperial student and had the background of a meritorious official, he also became a cabinet minister and became a relative of the emperor.

But in this life, because Zhu Youjian personally engaged in examination fraud and was awarded a Jinshi, he handed over the affairs of Xiangshan Commercial Port and Guangdong Navy to his brother Shen Tingzhi, and took a Guangzhou ship by himself. Heading north to Nanjing, he first met up with some friends he met when he was visiting Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River. Then we all took the canal together, then changed to the land route, and went north to Beijing while sightseeing in the mountains and rivers.

The reason why these moves are so leisurely is because they are knowledgeable and confident!

These scholars who went north together with Shen Tingyang were Luo Dagong, a scholar from Songjiang, Ji Kun, a scholar from Yangzhou, Fang Yizhi, a scholar from Tongcheng, Huang Zongxi, a scholar from Yuyao, and Gu Jiang, a scholar from Kunshan. Almost everyone was in the same group. They are talented people, and they all have a lot of experience in "The Legacy of Confucius"!
Chapter completed!