flstandardbreds Chapter 148: Lü Weibin's book, the sage of the heart
Chapter 148: Lü Weibin's book, the sage of the heart
"arrive."
Mobei King Li Shou closed the imperial edict.
"Who will your majesty order to take over the Lanlu tribe? Fan Jian, or Lord Lu Weibin?"
These two are the two most powerful officials in the court at present.
Fan Jian and Lu Weibin were both young officials who were unanimously believed to enter the cabinet.
Now everyone in the court is optimistic about these two people.
But in the eyes of Li Guangmao, the prince of Mobei, Lu Weibin is his idol.
After Lu Weibin returned to Kyoto, he changed his previous high-profile style.
Lu Weibin's position was Yuwenlang of the Ministry of Rites, and he was in charge of the Imperial College.
This official position is equivalent to the boss of the Imperial College.
A system of academic officials that governs the entire country.
Li Tian transferred Lu Weibin to an idle position because he was afraid that he would make another extraordinary achievement.
Just as Li Tian expected, Lu Weibin stopped causing trouble after being transferred to the position of Deputy Director of the Ministry of Rites.
Instead, he rarely went to the government office and started writing books behind closed doors.
Li Tian was very pleased with this performance.
He even specifically approved that Lu Weibin didn't have to go to work and sit in the classroom every day!
Soon, Lu Weibin wrote several good articles.
Volume 1 of "Chuan Xi Ce" was soon published.
This is a work in which Lu Weibin summarizes the philosophy of mind based on his own experience.
Lu Weibin started with the principle of knowing things through investigation of things and explained the principles of all things.
Then Lu Weibin integrated these into traditional Confucianism.
This new Confucianism immediately caused turmoil in the Confucian community.
The mainstream scholars of the Great Zhou all believed in Taoism and Neo-Confucianism which were popular in the previous dynasty.
The mainstream of the imperial examination was Neo-Confucianism, which mainly talked about preserving the principles of heaven and eliminating human desires.
Scholars are required to restrain their desires and delve into the principles of knowledge.
Originally, this idea was good.
However, with the development of the times, Neo-Confucianism has become a theory with many rules and emphasis on moral principles.
However, the School of Mind abandoned the Confucianism’s requirements on the moral level and only encouraged everyone to explore the world.
This idea of replacing the moral principles with the pursuit of knowledge through the investigation of things caused dissatisfaction among many Confucian scholars.
Especially the older scholars, all of them denounced the School of Mind as heresy.
At this time, the preface to the first volume of "Chuanxi Ce" was published in the Xindibao.
This sparked heated discussions on Confucianism in the academic circles both inside and outside the court.
Li Tian was not very interested in this kind of academic discussion.
In fact, without a certain foundation in Confucianism, there is no need to even discuss it.
There was also a famous scholar in opposition who immediately contributed an article to the Xin Di Bao, using an article entitled "Gangchangdao" to refute the School of Mind.
As a result, the New Palace Gazette became the main battlefield for both sides.
The person who just took over the new newspaper is a bachelor from the Hanlin Academy.
Zhao Darui and Lu Weibin were both Jinshi in the same class.
However, Zhao Darui was ranked fifth in the last imperial examination, and he also passed the examination and became a Jinshi, joining the Hanlin Academy to study.
Zhao Darui took over the work of the new newspaper from Liu Wenzhuo, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen.
Is it possible for him to participate in this kind of debate?
Zhao Darui understood how far his fellow top scorer in the same subject had come.
He has left his classmates far behind.
Divide the land and be granted a title of nobility!
Now he is making his mark!
If one can really form his own school and establish a branch of Confucianism, then he would be the founder of a school!
He can be called a great literary master!
Zhao Darui did not dare to publish more of Lu Weibin's articles, fearing that the great Neo-Confucian scholar would accuse him of favoritism.
I also didn’t dare publish many articles on science, for fear of being accused of being jealous of my peers.
Zhao Darui was in a dilemma and had to ride out of the city quickly to catch up with Liu Wenzhuo who had not gone far and ask for advice.
"Master Liu, what should I do?"
Liu Wenzhuo smiled and said, "Lord Zhao, everyone in the government and the public is paying attention to this debate now."
Zhao Dari sighed softly.
In his heart, he still supports Xinxue more.
Compared with the Neo-Confucianism that emphasizes moral principles, the more interesting one is obviously the Mind Learning that seeks to know through investigation of things.
Moreover, Lu Weibin also linked the study of the mind with the firearm and the steam engine.
In his latest submission, Lu Weibin carefully explained the principles of the textile machine, which also aroused the interest of many young people.
Nowadays, many young students in Kyoto have switched to studying the School of Mind.
The Imperial College, which was supervised by Lu Weibin, even directly offered courses in the study of psychology.
Every time Lu Weibin gave a lecture, the class was always packed.
Lu Weibin even proposed that there should be no distinction between high and low in academics, and encouraged Kyoto to offer private lessons in mathematics, engineering, etc. to train engineers and bookkeeping talents.
Trade in Kyoto is now booming, and every store is in short supply of people who can write and calculate.
Lu Weibin personally ran a night school to train some smart guys.
Teach them arithmetic and writing, and teach them some simple scriptures.
Lu Weibin took out his original artillery training lecture notes and made some simple modifications, and the effect was indeed remarkable.
At the same time, Lu Weibin also invited Zhang Yuchai, who had just returned to Kyoto to take up his post, to explain the principles of mechanics.
It is also welcomed by many ordinary people.
Even if you don't have money to go to school, learning a skill is better than farming in the future.
The culture of studying is very popular in Kyoto, and many families would buy some primers on how to read.
As literacy rates in Kyoto increased, sales of the new imperial journal also increased.
So in Zhao Dari's opinion, all this was due to Lu Weibin.
Of course, he also supports Lu Weibin more.
Liu Wenzhuo smiled and said, "If the new newspaper doesn't have enough content, we can just publish a book and put their ideas in it."
"I had this idea at first, so I left it to you to implement."
"This kind of book doesn't need to be published every day, once a month is enough."
“It’s better to focus on the content and sell it separately from the New Residence News.”
"I think it could be called Monthly Magazine. You could ask writers to write for you and share the royalties from the sales of the books."
"You could also call this book a magazine, what do you think?"
Zhao Darui naturally listened to Liu Wenzhuo's advice.
A branch magazine of the New Dibao, called Monthly, was published monthly.
For the first issue of the monthly magazine, Zhao Darui asked the great Neo-Confucian scholar and Lu Weibin to write articles.
The first issue was very popular and scholars in Kyoto rushed to buy it.
Zhao Darui was so moved that he almost cried. He thought everyone was passionate about academics.
Unexpectedly, during a casual chat, I learned that many scholars simply could not understand what those great scholars and Lu Weibin were arguing about.
They just think that books like "Monthly" are classy and it's prestigious to have them at home.
However, the monthly magazine's sales were good, and his position as editor-in-chief of the new newspaper was secured.
The result of this debate, of course, was that no one could convince the other.
But after this debate, Lu Weibin became even more famous.
The Prince of Mobei, who lives far away in Mobei, is also a fan of Lu Weibin.
Li Shou said to his son, "This time the court did not send an official to govern the Lanlu tribe, but let them govern themselves."
"autonomy?"
"It means you decide your future path and destiny."
Li Guangmao asked in surprise: "Is this possible?"
Li Shou said: "Your Majesty's intention is to let the Lanlu tribe elect a leader themselves, and the court will then confer a title on him."