Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

As a result, Zhu Xi's status in their hearts was once again raised.

Some people even praised that Zhu Xi has surpassed the great Confucians of all dynasties, and is not far from Mencius, the sub-sage.

But for some reason, Zhu Xi disappeared.

Others say that Zhu Xi has already been defeated, his Taoism has completely disintegrated, it is a complete pseudo-learning, and he himself has fled Bianjing.

For this reason, the scolding in the academic circles has begun again.

In the blink of an eye, it was the autumn of the 21st year of Jingkang, and the leaves of the sycamore trees on the streets of Bianjing became golden, and when the wind blew, they flew all over the sky.

At this point, a full year has passed since that far-reaching debate.

During this year, many things happened in Bianjing.

The first is the publication of the book "Natural Law", which is said to have been written by the Fifth Prince Zhao Chun.

Its opening chapter quotes a sentence from Xunzi's "Tian Lun": "Heaven has permanence, it does not exist for Yao, and it does not perish for Jie."

Later, it clarified the theme: there are laws in the world, such as rising in the east and setting in the west, like spring and autumn, not changing for people, not going for the king.

Natural law, three words, as the name suggests: law is like the laws of nature, it will not change because of people's subjective views.

This book is extremely obscure.

Ordinary people will feel very strange after seeing it. Laws are made by people, so how can they be as immutable as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west?

But it spread like a gentle flame in the academic circles of Bianjing.

After someone finished reading this book without sleep, they looked up to the sky and shouted: ancient wizards!

Some people can't fall asleep after reading the first page.

Some people took a pen to write while reading, and sprayed a few sentences on almost every sentence in the book.

Interestingly, two months later, this book was placed in the House of Representatives as one of the must-read books for the House of Representatives.

In terms of academic influence, Zhao Chun has surpassed almost most of his peers at a young age.

It was rumored that Zhu Xi was a child prodigy, but now the academic circles in Bianjing are spreading the rumors about the talent of the fifth prince, Zhao Chun.

Of course, Confucian scholars are unwilling to believe it.

They took the "Natural Law" and yelled that these are nonsense and nonsense. Laws are made by man, so how can it be an objective fact!

Such a simple mistake is actually regarded as the standard by those new schools. Isn't this a brain-dead behavior?

But for all the arguments, the Natural Law was being published at a faster rate.

Its influence on people is not at the experience level like Confucianism, but a reshaping of the way of thinking and a new understanding of the world.

Just like Yu Yunwen's evaluation after reading this book: it is another part of the masterpiece that can open a new era after "Dialectics".

The fact is also the same. Many students in the 21st year of Jingkang feel that their vision has become completely different after reading it.

For some reason, many students who studied literature suddenly flocked to science.

Such as mathematics, physics, nature.

At the end of the year, a student named Yang Wanli at the University of Tokyo published "On Geometry".

Yang Wanli entered the University of Tokyo to study Confucianism at the age of 15 and transferred to the Military Academy.

He is 21 years old this year. With his resume, he should be able to leave school early, be assigned to a good place as a junior officer, and then rise steadily.

But this year, he transferred to the Faculty of Mathematics.

It is said that after reading "Natural Law" in autumn, he immediately applied for a transfer. After arriving at the School of Mathematics, he almost isolated himself from the world and shrank himself in the room alone. No one knew what he was doing.

A few months later, this "On Geometry" was published.

Once published, the capital was shocked.

Yang Wanli himself said this: it is the language of the universe and the voice of Tao in the world.

When this book was passed to the engineering school, the whole engineering school went crazy.

The students of the engineering college were running wildly in the cold winter, and someone shouted frantically: A new era has begun!

Some people looked up to the sky and shouted: I can reproduce the glory of Mingtang!

What's more, it said: "Geometry" has given life to engineering again, and cities, streets, houses, gardens, everything we can build will become different.

Time came to the 22nd year of Jingkang. At the beginning of the year, the old-fashioned "Experimental Theory" was published.

"Experimental Theory" expounds a core point of view: through the records of experiments, the causal relationship is deduced, and the concrete law of Dao is obtained!

People are still in the flood and tsunami of "Theory of Geometry", and "Experimental Theory" suddenly appeared, which once again brought people into another new field.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Gui published his second book "Induction".

This book is a supplement to "Experimental Theory", which lists a large number of practical cases and describes the experimental process to people.

The "Induction Method" expounds the principle of the experiment more in the way of thinking.

It was another year of winter and spring, Zhao Ning lay down on the bamboo chair in the back garden and took a nap.

He had a dream. He dreamed that he was old, and there was a rebellion in Bianjing. It was ordinary people and businessmen in Bianjing, armed with weapons, who had a fierce battle with the imperial guards at the gate of the palace.

The ground was piled full of corpses, and the concrete floor was stained red with blood.

But the crowd has been rushing forward without fear of life and death.

At last the Janissaries' defenses were breached, and crowds rushed into the palace, demanding his abdication.

One of them said: The world no longer needs an emperor.

Another person said: The Dao is eternal and does not change with anyone. There is no difference between the emperor and us ordinary people!

In his old age, he just sat on the dragon chair in a daze, staring blankly at the afternoon sun, as if he was recalling the heavy snow at the end of the first year of Jingkang.

"Daddy." The Fourth Prince Zhao Yu woke up Zhao Ning from his dream.

Chapter 1528 Difficult choices

Zhao Ning woke up from the dream and saw Zhao Yu standing beside him in a daze.

"What's the matter?"

Zhao Yu said: "The Western Regions have sent good news."

"Western Region?" Zhao Ning was startled for a moment, then remembered that he had sent Lu You and Yue Yun to the Anxi Governor's Mansion.

Zhao Yu is the Chief Protector of the Anxi Protectorate Mansion, leading Anxi from a distance. According to the procedure, the good news will be delivered to him immediately.

Zhao Ning took the good news, took it easy, and started to read.

Yue Yun and the Liao army have fought several times in the past two years.

In the early stage, the Song army was not dominant, and even lost several times.

With the replenishment of the Song army's logistics and Yue Yun's adaptation to the Western Regions, the situation began to reverse.

Since last year, the Liao army has retreated steadily.

The Song army won seven victories in a row near the city of Husi Ordu, five small victories, and two major victories.

Especially the war in March this year wiped out [-] elites of Xiliao in one fell swoop, which can be said to have severely damaged Xiliao.

Of course, Song Jun was already exhausted.

In May, the Liao Kingdom proposed a truce, Xiao Ta Buyan abdicated, and the young Yelu Yilie succeeded.

In June, Xiao Ta Buyan proposed to surrender to Song Dynasty.

After reading it, Zhao Ning put the good news aside, and his heart was calm.

After destroying Xixia and the Kingdom of Jin, he no longer has much interest in foreign wars.

He doesn't care whether Xiliao is destroyed or not.

No matter how much the militants in the court shouted, or how many catties of saliva the conservatives sprayed in a day, he would not participate.

As a time traveler, a person in the 21st century who has received a lot of materialist education and higher education, he is very clear that with the current productivity, the faster the speed of external expansion, the faster the internal collapse.

It's not that the stronger the force, the more recklessly they can go to war.

Datang is a lesson from the past.

But this does not mean that he is a conservative, nor does it mean that he does not want to be kingly.

As the supreme head of state, he must abide by objective laws.

In terms of the current system, ideology, and economic structure of the Song Dynasty, both the sea and the land have reached their limits.

If you want to go further, you must formulate relatively complete laws and a diversified and stable power structure.

At least blindly centralizing power, there is no way to expand rapidly.

However, if the power is dispersed, it may lead to the Anshi Rebellion in the former Tang Dynasty.

Only productivity and a stronger ideology can solve this problem.

It is precisely that the improvement of productivity and a solid ideology cannot be completed in one step.

Especially productivity, it needs the support of systematic scientific theory, not short-term technology.

But the development of science and commerce requires sound laws as a guarantee.

Therefore, Zhao Ning now puts most of his energy on the establishment of a scientific theoretical system and a legal system.

He feels that if these two things are done well, the future of Huaxia will not enter the dead end of Confucianism.

One day, the accumulation of science is sufficient, and the law has reached a certain level of checks and balances on the forces of all parties. Driven by commercial profits, there is no need to deliberately expand.

Imposing kingship on every profitable place in the world will become the goal of countless people.

"Since the Khitan people have claimed their vassal status, let's send people to garrison them and select a group of outstanding students from the Military Academy." Zhao Ning stood up, coughed twice, and picked up a teacup to drink.

In late spring, the back garden is already full of green trees and fragrant flowers.

Zhao Yu said: "Yes, the boy will make arrangements. There are many students in the Military Academy who are looking forward to going to the Western Regions."

Zhao Ning asked: "What else?"

"A few more officials will be transferred from Bianjing to discuss governance issues."

"Well, very good, you should go to Yu Yunwen for advice on this matter, and report to him. He is the prime minister, and he is in charge of administrative affairs."

"Yes, the boy will ask him for advice." Zhao Yu said.

"Any thing else?"

"The military achievements of Yue Yun and Lu You..."

"Submit to the Military and Political Council and reward according to the military system. Remember, in governing a big country, the system is always more reliable than the people. First of all, you must use the system. If the system is out of date, you must call relevant key people to discuss and reach an opinion. Unite."

"My child knows." Zhao Yu said.

This year, Zhao Yu has become more mature, he is no longer that brat who blindly worships Zhao Chen.

In the past few years, he has worked in the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs. He has seen many incidents of personnel rewards and punishments, learned the details of the governance of local officials, and read the accounts of various places to understand the state's financial situation more systematically.

The consideration of things is also more comprehensive and in-depth than in the past.

"Daddy, I still have a question in my mind."

"What question?"

"I read Brother Chun's "Natural Law", Chen Yuanze's "Induction Method", and Yang Tingxiu's "Geometry".

"It's a good thing."

Zhao Yu said: "These things are popular among the people one after another, won't it make the power of the people grow rapidly and pose a threat to the imperial court?"

Zhao Ning stood there, silent for a long time.

This is actually a rather difficult question to decide.

He has thought about whether to weaken the people and govern the country with the combination of ancient Confucianism and Legalism, or to let go, develop science, and popularize objective laws.

The art of weakening the people can keep Zhao Song Jiangshan alive for another 300 years.

But within a hundred years, interest groups will expand and enter a period of mergers.

And it is an involuntary merger in China.

If it is to open up the wisdom of the people and popularize science, interest groups will also appear, but the productivity will be greatly improved, and China will roll outward.