During the Chinese New Year Festival, lanterns hang on thousands of households.

In Kaifeng Prefecture City, lanterns hang in the streets and alleys, as if the stars on the Milky Way were falling to the ground.

Inside the imperial palace, on the Imperial Street outside Xuande Gate, there are lanterns of different shapes, which have also been lit for the first time, turning the long Imperial Street into a corridor of lights. Most of the colorful lanterns lit on the Imperial Street belong to the supervisors and royal relatives and nobles, all of which are beautiful and luxurious.

At this time, on the Xuande Gate Tower, Zhao Ji was wearing a red dress and a squid. After receiving congratulations from the ministers, he took the concubines from the harem to sit in one place, drinking and watching the lanterns. The Zaizhi and the Hanlin scholars were also on the tower, accompanying the emperor to watch the lanterns.

Climbing to Xuande Tower to watch the lanterns is an honor, and it is the sweet and lusty mu Ze of the official family. Therefore, after drinking the imperial wine given by the official family, the censors and Hanlins had to write poems in impromptu as a thank you. If anyone can't do it, it will become a laughing stock in the officialdom and he has no shame to continue to stay in a high position.

However, now the great Song Dynasty is noble and the civil servants are the masters. Those who can be ranked as masters are great talents who sing the name outside the Donghua Gate, not to mention Hanlin scholars. It is not easy to make them a poem that can be passed down, and it is no problem to deal with the scene.

Zeng Bu wrote a poem about a flattery after Han Zhongyan wrote a poem full of flowers. However, he didn't spend much effort today because he had something in his mind, and it was full of news that Su Dongpo was coming to Kaifeng Prefecture.

Zeng Zhao asked someone to ride a fast horse to Kaifeng Mansion. Zeng Bu had a headache until now when he found out.

There is nothing to discuss about the New Party and the Er Su brothers. Han Zhongyan was just a scattered life in Daming Mansion back then, and he was a magistrate after all. Once the city gate was closed, he would be the local emperor, and Daming Mansion was also Beijing of the Song Dynasty, so it was not a big loss.

So after Han Zhongyan became the Left Prime Minister, he could still get along with the new party, at least not too ugly.

And the Er Su brothers can be expelled to Lingnan! Especially Su Dongpo was exiled to Danzhou, and he almost lost his life because of the Wutai poetry case. If Er Su turned over in politics, would the important officials of the new party have a good end?

So before attending today's Lantern Festival, Zeng Bu said to his accomplices: "You can't let Er Su come to Kaifeng Prefecture!"

Wu Haogu and Cheng Yi are not afraid. They are not very officials and have limited foundations in the officialdom. How dare they confront the new party with deep roots? Even if they criticize the new school, it does not mean that they can replace it.

But Er Su is different!

Er Su can be the prime minister! Among them, Su Dongpo also has a large number of disciples, such as the Six Gentlemen and Four Scholars. The disciples also have disciples and a large group of disciples, many of whom were officials who had won Jinshi and were very old.

For example, Li Gefei, the Zhijingzhao Mansion, is very popular now... There are rumors that the official family left the palace in a very short dress a few days ago, and worked with Li Gefei's female princess Li Qingzhao in Pan's home to fill out the first poem! The two looked very familiar, as if they were friends for many years!

Second Su and Li Gefei can occupy the second half of the Political Affairs Hall! In addition, Mi Fu and Wang Shi are both friends of Su Dongpo, and are also good friends of the officials when they were in the secret residence. Among them, Wang Shi can be the Privy Council and the people who are responsible for the orders, Mi Fu can be sent to Kaifeng Prefecture, and Mi Fu's son Mi Youren is qualified to be a storyteller in Chongzheng Hall...

It's amazing! If Er Su returns to Kaifeng Prefecture, the new party may have its foundation shaken!

"Official family, isn't it just the Republic Building?"

Standing next to the official house, stretching out his fingers to point out a "lantern building" below the city tower was Empress Yuanyou. She is the official family's sister-in-law, but no matter how she looks, she is too close to the official family. The official family's main palace queen showed signs of being neglected...

Looking at the official family and Empress Liu, Zeng Bu frowned slightly, thinking about something.

Zhao Ji followed the slender jade fingers like spring onion and looked downwards, and a "lantern building" with a house-shaped appearance appeared slightly far away. It looked a bit like the Republic Building. This should have been put on by the Republic Walk. Seeing the Republic Walk's "lantern building", Zhao Ji thought of the "Cheng Wu Remarks" that caused a lot of controversy before the New Year.

"Is there any news about Cheng Yi and Wu Dalang's argument these two days? Has that Hou Zhongliang set out?"

Several high-ranking eunuchs behind the emperor looked at each other, and Li Zhong, who was engaged in the Imperial City Company, took a step forward, "Hou Zhongliang set out to Jiehe Shangshi on the fifth day of the first lunar month. There are still people in the Tokyo Scholars to discuss this discussion."

"Is that true?" Zhao Ji laughed. He didn't think that this argument could shake the foundation of the new party. He just found it interesting and couldn't wait to see how Wu Haogu and the old-fashioned Cheng Yi discussed it.

Pang Kuan smiled and slightly raised his voice: "Your Majesty, the old slave often reads newspapers. The newspaper says that he should also ask the new scholars to participate in the discussion of Taoism."

Zeng Bu's face suddenly sank when he heard this! Pang Kuan really deserves to die, he actually wants to drag the new party into the water!

No! Zeng Bu felt a little strange. Pang Kuan was the Empress Dowager Xiang and should support Empress Meng. Logically speaking, after Empress Meng left, he should have fallen out of favor. Why do the officials still trust him so much now? Empress Liu didn't blow the wind by her pillow, of course Empress Liu would not blow such wind. She knew the inside story, and of course she also knew that Pang Kuan was the key figure who supported Zhao Ji as the emperor. Zhao Ji would never treat Pang Kuan unfairly...

"Lu Qing," Zhao Ji was reminded by Pang Kuanyi and really called Lu Dian's name, "How about it? Do you want to discuss with Cheng Yi and Wu Dalang?"

As soon as these words were said, all the ministers on Xuande's building were in their throats! If Lu Dian said the wrong thing, the old and new parties would have to compete in the dojo. This would be very detrimental to the new party, which currently has the advantage in the number of people in the political affairs hall...

"Your Majesty," Lu Dian said, "Jing Gong's learning emphasizes the use of the classics and the application of the scriptures, and does not go into the way that cannot be applied. Therefore, the new learning and Guanluo's learning and the empirical learning are different from the Tao, and there is no way to discuss."

The truth is different, no one can argue!

Good answer!

Zeng Bu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Lu Dian found a good reason.

Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Cheng Yi's trick is indeed not useful, but Wu Dalang's knowledge is quite useful. Lu Qing still needs to discuss it if he finds an opportunity."

"I received the order." Lu Dian hurriedly answered the order.

Zhao Ji said it very vaguely, and he did not say when to discuss it or how to discuss it. Lu Dian had a lot of room for operation. For example, meeting Wu Haogu in private can be considered a discussion of the aisle.

"That's good." Zhao Ji didn't say anything else. He didn't want Wu Haogu to discuss the truth with Lu Dian publicly, because the discussion of the truth may lead to a break between Wu Haogu and the New School of Learning, and the New School and the New Party is actually one. Once the two sides break, it will be of no benefit to Wu Haogu.

Zeng Bu has been paying attention to the conversation between Zhao Ji and Lu Dian. He seemed to have realized the intention of the official family and quickly reported: "The discussion of the Tao between the Su and Cheng families is a prosperous era that has not been seen in Confucianism for decades, and it is enough to show the prosperity of Your Majesty's literary governance, so it should be organized solemnly by the Imperial College."

Zhao Ji nodded slightly, Zeng Bu's proposal was the same as he thought. This dynasty's civil rule was better than that of all dynasties, and he was the king with the highest literary talent since ancient times. It is precisely because of a king like himself that there is a great scholar like Wu Haogu!

"Okay!" Zhao Ji smiled, "Then let Lu Qing and the Imperial College jointly handle this matter.

In addition, since this discussion of Taoism is a grand event of Confucianism, we cannot only participate in the Confucian scholars from the Song Dynasty. We should also invite Confucian scholars from Liao, Xia, Goryeo, Annan, Dali and Japan to come and participate in the grand event!"

When Han Zhongyan heard this, he asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, who should come forward to invite Confucian scholars from all over the world?"

Zhao Ji thought for a moment and said, "This is a Confucian discussion, not a relationship between countries. It is naturally the Imperial College and Yuntai Academy."

...

At the same time, Wu Haogu and Su Dongpo were preparing to discuss the same ideals and new learning in Yuntai Academy.

"Uncle Cheng Zheng is a pedantic man and pretends to be a moral gentleman all day long to teach people. If you talk to him, he is probably just saying he is just!"

"Disciple doesn't have to say about him. His practice theory is used to test his hypothesis of nature."

"hypothesis?"

"It is the theory of assumptions. The theory of the law of nature cannot be proved at present, and the way that cannot be proved is the way of hypothesis. Not only Mr. Yichuan's theory of the law of nature is a hypothesis, but also the theory of ghosts and gods in Buddhism, Taoism, Nestorianism and other religions is also a hypothesis. Various hypotheses are based on the reasoning and imagination of proofable and visible affairs. The theory of the law of nature was born relatively late, so the assumption was relatively reasonable."

"Hahaha, Uncle Cheng Zheng will be so angry when he hears your comments. He can't wait to see the scene where you are taught a lesson by him.

But this time our opponent is not only Neo-Confucianism, but also New Learning! Chongdao, how much do you know about Wang Anshi's new learning?"

When Wu Haogu heard Su Dongpo’s question, he couldn’t help frowning. Wang Anshi’s new learning is a prominent learning. When he was studying at Chengnan Academy, he naturally studied to be precise. What he had learned was the original Wu Haogu, and now Wu Haogu, whose soul comes from later generations, only inherited those memories, and combined the knowledge of later generations with the Confucianism in memory.

Therefore, it is not difficult for him to deeply understand Cheng Yi's Neo-Confucianism and to turn positivism into a tool for Confucianism to seek the truth. Any scholar who has received formal Confucian education before the rise of Neo-Confucianism can combine positivism and Confucianism.

Of course, after Zhu Xi of the two Chengs used Neo-Confucianism to fulfill the way Confucianism sought and became a prominent scholar, Confucianism became increasingly dogmatic. However, what created Confucian dogmatism was the new "morality" of the new study.

Although Wu Haogu is not as rigorous and beautiful as Wu Haowen can explain the new academic views, he can truly understand Wang Anshi's knowledge and pursuits.
Chapter completed!