Haizhou, Jingdong Market.

In midsummer, the heat waves are rolling.

In the sky, there was no cloud. The hot sunlight fell straight to the earth without any obstruction. The air full of water vapor was shaking in the sun, and the scenery in the distance became blurred, and the humidity and sultry enveloped the entire Haizhou.

There is still some sea breeze and coolness on Haizhou Bay east of JD.com. At this time, it is the time when the wealthy and wealthy people living in Haizhou City and JD.com, and those adults who have left the country but still maintain a certain power, are sailing out to sea to find a hint of coolness.

Wu Haogu, who had been staying in Jingdong and had been staying for many days, still did not leave Haizhou at this time and went north to the Jiehe River in his old nest.

Not only did he not mean to leave, he also had a good mood of rafting and swimming in the sea. In May, he bought a pleasure boat from the Wu family in Haizhou that could only cruise near the sea. As long as the wind and waves on the sea were not big, he would take this sea boat to go out for a trip.

This magnificent sea boat appeared again today on the sea between Haizhou City and Yuzhou Road. It did not set sail or stretch out its long oars, but it just undulates gently with the waves. On the starboard side of the sea boat with its back facing the sun, one old and the other strong, two wearing thin shirts and hats, were not sitting upright, and one of them had a bamboo fishing rod in his hand.

Two thirteen or fourteen-year-old maids stood behind them, each carrying a carriage basket, a white hand towel and two wine gourds inside.

One of the elderly men stretched out his hand, and a maid quickly handed over the gourd. The old man took the gourd, pulled out the plug, poured the sour plum soup inside into his mouth, and then smacked his mouth a few times with pleasure, "Just... it's not as cold as before."

This sour plum soup turned out to be iced, and it is indeed a good product to drive away the heat in midsummer. However, this old man is old and doesn't seem to be very good in his health. He needs to take care of himself, but he can't drink too cold sour plum soup.

After tasting the sour plum soup, the old man said again: "Chongdao, I see that you have been having a leisurely life these days, so why bother to live in Haizhou for a long time... Anyway, you can't spend ten times of your money, so why bother to go to the muddy waters of the court?"

"Mr. Zhang, can you be like Mr. Cai and Mr. Su, who think that Mr. Wu's knowledge will cause chaos in the world?"

The old man turned out to be Zhang Dun who lives in seclusion in Haizhou, and the one who fished with him was Wu Haogu.

In this officialdom, there are indeed no eternal enemies, no eternal friends, only the party’s struggle against differences and eternal interests.

Wu Haogu, who was "vacation" in Haizhou, was not that bad, but he was actually very close to Zhang Dun!

"Haha," Zhang Dun shook his head and took another sip of the iced sour plum soup. "I am not in his position now and will not do anything. If I am in his position, I will most likely be like Cai Yuanchang, and I want to make your empirical learning a pseudo-learning."

"Oh? Isn't my junior good knowledge?" Wu Haogu smiled, "Even Dadiweng looks down on me?"

He narrowed his old eyes, looked at Wu Haogu again, and snorted and laughed: "Do you think Cai Yuanchang and Su Ziyu are not interested in your knowledge and oppose you? If Cai Yuanchang really doesn't like 'empirical theory' and 'rationalism', he will not take the right prime minister's position to win over Su Ziyu. If Su Ziyu doesn't like your knowledge, he will not be embarrassed by your empirical school for the right prime minister's position.

They are just the ones who can appreciate and understand them, so they will make things difficult for you!

That is, Su Zizhan has been wasting too long, seen through the officialdom and the world, and has changed drastically in his mind, so that he will spare no effort to support your school."

He seemed to say that Su Dongpo was so miserable by a group of Confucian bureaucrats and was psychopathic, so he supported Wu Haogu...

Wu Haogu glanced at Zhang Dun, reached out to take the gourd handed by the female envoy, pulled out the plug, took a sip of iced sour plum soup, and then remained silent for a while before asking: "What's wrong with the younger generation's knowledge?"

Zhang Dun thought for a while and said, "The people can be used to it, but they cannot be known."

Wu Haogu frowned: "How to explain it?"

"The people can be used to it, but not to know it" is the original text in "The Analects of Confucius". The explanations in later generations are of course very negative. However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, every sentence in "The Analects of Confucius" was the words of a saint, and it is impossible to have a negative interpretation.

Therefore, the correct understanding is that "the way of a saint is profound and difficult for people to know. Since it is difficult for people to know, there is no need to know. Just follow the guidance of the saint."

However, Zhang Dun obviously had a different understanding. Of course, it was his own, not the saint.

"Before I understand your "Reason Theory", I did not understand this teaching of the saint." Zhang Dun said, "But now I finally understand... The saint's meaning is not that he does not want the people to know his way, but that he does not want the people to know the means of seeking the way. Your "rational theory" is a means of seeking the way. Your "empirical theory" is a means of attaining the way. These two theories should have been mastered by the saints, but you make them public."

"So, the world will usher in a change that has not been seen in a thousand years because of you!" Zhang Dun emphasized his tone, "Chongdao, do you think that if someone who is an official or a priest, will anyone like this change that has not been seen in a thousand years? What is the gain of this change for them?"

It's indeed amazing!

Wu Haogu thought: Isn’t rationalism the dominant idea of ​​the Enlightenment? Didn’t the Enlightenment sound the death knell of feudal forces in the European continent?

Although my "Theory of Reason" is still very shallow, I still stay in the stage of rational deduction. Because I am restricted by scientific development, I have few clear principles, so the principles derived through rational deduction are sometimes very mysterious and unverifiable.

However, the Theory of Reason combined with the Theory of Empiricality still gives the people, or more accurately, the ability of some intellectuals to think independently and make rational judgments.

How many people in the ruling ranks who are in power will hope that the people (intellectuals) below can think independently and make rational judgments? If the people must think independently, who would believe that Zhao Ji is the "Son of Heaven" who is "committed to heaven"? His father is obviously the Emperor of Shenzong, how did he become "Heaven"? Moreover, the world of their Zhao family was also the ancestor Zhao Kuangyin who performed unfaithful acts and was taken from the orphan and widowed mother of the benefactor Chai Rong... Similarly, the independent thinking and rational judgment of the people will also shake the useless authority of the scholar-officials and the political lines and ethics they adhere to.

"It's still Dadiweng's thoughts."

At this time, Wu Haogu had to admit that Zhang Dun's vision of rationalism and positivism did have negative effects in sociology, and they can be said to have directly promoted the birth of all evil capitalism!

But without them, science and technology cannot progress, Chinese society can only stay in the Middle Ages for a long time, waiting quietly for the strong ships and powerful guns of imperialism!

"It's a pity that the Theory of Reason and the Theory of Empiricality cannot be taken back!" Wu Haogu shook his head and said, "Even if it is a pseudo-school, it cannot stop their spread... Even if it is learned from Emperor Shi Qin to burn books and bury scholars, it is useless."

Yes, Zhao Ji and Cai Jing can still go to Baghdad, Constantinople, Italy to burn the sheepskin rolls, and pit the gods fighters?

Zhang Dun nodded, "That's right, even if it is made into a pseudo-school, your "Theory of Reason" and "Theory of Empiricality" will continue to spread in the Liao Kingdom... Even among the folks of the Song Dynasty, your knowledge cannot be completely banned."

Yes, in Jiehe Yuntai Academy, at least one-third of the students from the Yanyun family and the Khitan nobles account for.

Moreover, Brother Zhao Zhong went to the Hushui again in the past two days. He went to pick up Aguda's eldest son Wanyan Oben (Zong Gan) and his eldest son Wanyan Shengguo (Zong Jun) to study in Jiehe.

No matter how powerful Zhao Ji is, he cannot get into the Baishan Hei River to trick Wanyan Aguda's sons, right?

"Since it's impossible to ban it," Wu Haogu paused, "It's better to use its essence to remove the dross."

"How is that possible?" Zhang Dun smiled, "If the people already know, how can they not know it?"

He shook his head, "But I am not in his position now, so there is no need to plan for Chief Cai Yuan. Chongdao, if you ask me out for fishing today, don't you just want to sit with me and discuss it, right?"

"Da Diweng," Wu Haogu looked at Zhang Dun, whose hair and beard were white, and smiled, "Can you be close to Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Shangying is Zhang Shangying! Cai Jing used his right prime minister to win over Su Che, dismantled the alliance between Wu Haogu and the old party, and also acted as a way for Zhang Shangying to rise. So Zhang Shangying must have resented Cai Jing!

Wu Haogu has been hiding in Haizhou these days and has not been idle. He has been asking Lu Hao for all the time. Su Hui and Shi Guozhong, who replaced Su Che as Minister of Rites, were planning countermeasures. Shi Guozhong's current official is the Minister of Rites and the Hanlin Bachelor. Of course, he is in Kaifeng Prefecture, but he can communicate with Wu Haogu through letters.

Lu Haowen, the solution planned by Su Hui and Shi Guozhong was to take the initiative to stir up the court. Use Zhang Shangying to knock out Cai Jing! Then let Su Che be promoted to the left prime minister, and Zhang Shangying becomes the right prime minister. In this way, Su Che and Zhang Shangying have to fight for a long time...

However, Wu Haogu was not able to help Zhang Shangying on stage. Although he was rich, he would not be able to sell his position at Christie's! So he had to beg Zhang Dun for help and Zhang Dun was willing to help. Only Wu Haogu's money could be used in the right place. Zhang Shangying could come on stage!

"Hahaha!" Zhang Dun laughed, "Chongdao, you are getting better and better... But what is the difference between Zhang Tianjue and Cai Yuanchang? Do you think he can tolerate "Theory of Reason" and "Theory of Empirical"?"

"It can always be delayed for several years, right?" Wu Haogu said, "If Wujin Jushi becomes the right prime minister, it will take a while to settle down. Then you have to make some political achievements in order to gain the credit of the official family. And my empirical school can help Wujin Jushi."
Chapter completed!