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Chapter 38 The Purpose of Studying

"Who said that Confucianism has no national teacher?" Hao Jing asked his apprentice without hesitation.

"Who is the national teacher?" Hao Ren asked the teacher in surprise. The four Mongolian religions, shamanism, Buddhism, Taoism, and True God religion. They all have national teachers, but Confucianism does not.

"Haha." Hao Jing smiled confidently: "The national teacher of Confucianism is Your Majesty. We Confucian scholars do not ask that we are the national teacher. What we ask is Your Majesty as the national teacher of Confucianism. Confucius is the great sage. If every emperor is my national teacher of Confucianism, this is the blessing of Confucianism and this is the blessing of the world!"

The truth is so profound that Hao Ren nodded repeatedly after hearing this. It would be great if he could really say this. The emperor Kublai Khan in the court was the emperor. Only when Kublai Khan was the national teacher of Confucianism could Confucianism truly develop and grow.

After talking about this core issue, Hao Jing asked his apprentice dissatisfiedly if it was possible to go south again. Hao Ren did not expect that his teacher cared so much about Zhao Jiaren, and he had to say, "Teacher, have you heard of the battle at Guide Mansion?"

Hao Jing read the memorial and saw his disciple's tone, he said regretfully: "I have heard that the stumped 100,000 Mongolian troops were defeated by more than 20,000 Song troops! Is this really the case?"

Having to mention this battle, Hao Ren's mood immediately became heavy again. Seeing that the teacher had no intention of asking questions, Hao Renqiang smiled, "Teacher, we can regroup in a few years, and then we will definitely let the Nanman know how powerful we are."

"But I don't know if I can live until that day." Hao Jing sighed.

"Teacher, don't say that." Hao Ren quickly comforted his teacher.

After leaving home, Hao Ren was in a mixed mood. It is of course a good thing for Khan to be a Confucian national teacher, but the Song State in the south is showing amazing strength. Looking back at the Battle of Guide Mansion, if the Song army was not fighting for 20,000 but 50,000, the battle would only end with thousands of casualties in the Mongolian army?

The more I thought about it, the more I became more and more irritable. After Hao Ren returned home, he went straight to the study. Looking around, there were books that he had read or had no interest at all. It seemed that it was not feasible to relieve his mood by reading books. What should I read to relieve my spirit? Hao Ren was a little confused. He suddenly remembered that the teacher cursed Zhao Jiaren and actually read the book "Xunzi". Anyway, he was in a bad mood, so he started to check it out. Finally, he found a book "Xunzi" from the bookshelf where the Lin'an Palace plundered books.

Sitting at the table, Hao Ren picked up the book and opened it with a critical attitude. Seeing more than thirty articles in the catalog and the simple name, Hao Ren felt that this thing probably had no cultural content.

When he turned to the main text, the first sentence was, "You can't learn it." Hao Ren didn't understand it. He was furious, and what bullshit was written about.

Read on with your patience, "Green, take it from blue, and green, and blue; ice, water makes it, and cold is water. The wood is straight in the rope, and it is directly considered a wheel, and its curves are in the middle. Even if there are dry and violent, it will not be straightened again, so it is just a matter of making it. Therefore, when the wood is straightened, it will be profitable. A gentleman is knowledgeable and cares about himself every day, then he knows that he has no mistakes in his actions...'

The anxious mood disappeared in an instant. Hao Ren used to read Confucian books, which talked about subtle meanings or chores, and wanted to tell every word out a thousand truths. The "Encouragement of Learning" is not like this. It is simple and straightforward, and the examples you give can be seen everywhere. There are extreme examples, "There is a tree in the West, called "Shegan". The stem is four inches long and grows on a mountain, and is near a mountain, and is near abyss of a hundred feet. The stem of the wood stem cannot grow, but it is like what you stand on." Without considering the principle of "What you stand on is," he only thinks about the majestic and steepness of "born on a mountain, and is near abyss of a hundred feet" which makes Hao Ren feel relaxed and happy.

Originally, he read the book with a completely negative attitude, but saw good articles that he wanted to make people criticize. Hao Ren was very surprised. In the next few days, Hao Ren focused on studying at home. After reading "Xunzi", Hao Ren felt quite complicated. He himself was a Confucian believer because Hao Ren hated the simple and crude way of coping in Mongolia. He hoped to have a deeper understanding of the world rather than simply handing everything over to the shaman.

After studying Neo-Confucianism, Hao Ren felt that his vision was wider and many things had more reasonable explanations. Hao Ren, who had read "Xunzi", found himself confused. There was something indescribable in his heart. Xunzi was indeed Confucianism, but it had a fundamental difference from Neo-Confucianism. Those differences were like a layer of mist, and even if he reached out to find it, he could not catch anything in his hand. But those mists always existed, and you could clearly see it as long as you open your eyes.

This made Hao Ren feel uncomfortable. With his own teacher's attitude, there was no way to ask him. The Confucian scholar circle in mainland China is so big. If Hao Ren asked someone else for such a rational question, he would definitely be known to the teacher. He was not willing to make the teacher unhappy. After thinking about it, Hao Ren suddenly came up with a solution. There are many surrendered officials of the Song State, who are all from Jinshi. I think someone should understand Xunzi.

A few days later, Hao Ren began to secretly visit the surrendered ministers. Among those people, there were indeed those who read Xunzi, which made Hao Ren suddenly realize many sentences, but they still failed to completely solve Hao Ren's doubts. What is the indescribable difference between Xunzi and Neo-Confucianism?

Hao Ren was depressed when he couldn't get the answer. During dinner, his wife Bao Xiruo finally asked, "I think you have been very unhappy these days."

"It's not that he is unhappy. It's because he has something to do." Hao Ren sighed. He didn't want to tell Bao Xiruo these troubles, but he couldn't help but tell everything in his heart.

Bao Xiruo couldn't help but smile after hearing this. This rare smile made Hao Ren lose his worries. Bao Xiruo spoke, "Since you want to solve your doubts so much, it's better to visit famous teachers in Jiangnan when you have time."

This statement made Hao Ren smile bitterly. He, a member of Borjijin, visited famous teachers in Jiangnan, and would probably be arrested immediately. In order to study for thousands of miles, Hao Ren could accept it, but others were afraid that others would not believe it. At night, Hao Ren could not sleep. In anger, he suddenly had a whim. If the war between Mongolia and Song ended and the two sides were peaceful, then Hao Ren could go to Song State on the grounds of signing a peace agreement. Since Zhao Jiaren could use Xunzi's words to bring Hao Ren's teacher Hao Jing to his seven orifices, I think he would have a deep understanding of Xunzi.

This method is very feasible, but Hao Ren knew that this was still impossible. Before the Mongolian army retreated, many surrendered Song civil and military officials were arranged on the Song land. As far as Hao Ren knew that those timids knew that the Mongolian army was going to withdraw to the north, and they all snatched a lot of things from the local area and moved to the north with the Mongolian army.

Those who are still there are guys who are willing to fight Zhao Jiaren. Even if they can't beat them, they will not be able to resist. Even if Zhao Jiaren eliminates a force in a month, it will take at least two years to wait until he fully restores his control over these areas. Thinking that it will take two years for him to have the opportunity to solve the problem, Hao Ren sighed as if he was about to blow the air in his lungs.

Because in the same time zone, the night in Songjiang Prefecture is also the night in Songjiang Prefecture. At this time, Zhao Jiaren did not know that he was regarded as a master of Xunxue, and he himself did not think of himself as a master. It was already late July, and the flat land of Songjiang Prefecture was full of fields, and the cotton in the fields grew vigorously.

Zhao Jiaren, the left prime minister of the Songjiang Prefecture, yawned and looked at the water conservancy construction map of Songjiang Prefecture. He personally went to Songjiang Prefecture to preside over the land reform work. The first imagined difficulty did not exist. He thought that there would be many people left in Songjiang Prefecture, but he did not expect that after the Great Retreat and the Mongolian army, the remaining population of Songjiang Prefecture was enough to divide each household into two hundred acres of land. Even if the people of Songjiang Prefecture who arrived in the south during the Great Retreat could go home and were willing to leave the Honghe Plain, which was three years old, and each household could divide it into one hundred acres of land.

Zhao Jiaren blew out the candle and lay down on the bed. He had been paying attention during the day for too long. Now Zhao Jiaren just wants to have a good sleep, and he will talk about it during the day.

When he woke up the next day, Zhao Jiaren got up and washed up and had breakfast. When he arrived at Huating County, a temporary prefecture in Songjiang Prefecture, someone sent a message from a radio. The Song army's military ships were along the river and had already contacted the Song army arriving in Diaoyu City, and finally contacted the Song army who had arrived in Sichuan. This voyage was confirmed that there were not many enemy military ships on the Yangtze River. The Mongolians were not generous in supporting the traitor's naval army.

After listening to the report, Liu Mengxi, deputy director of the Land Reform Department, said: "Taiwei, since Sichuan has not been lost, why don't you go back to Lin'an to preside over the fight against the thief?"

"No." Zhao Jiaren did not support this idea. "It's not that Mongolia invaded the south again. As long as our army does not underestimate the enemy, does not advance rashly, and attacks with dignity, those Song traitors are not opponents at all. However, there is no possibility of any mistake in land reform. I used to say that my Song officials might not do a good job in public land reform because they do not have a whole understanding. I will take everyone to do this together, to make results and make a system that can be imitated."

After saying that, Zhao Jiaren also felt a little weak. The land reform was not created by Zhao Jiaren himself, and he was just plagiarism.

"Taiwei, what's the difficulty of a household with one hundred acres of land now?" Lu Xiufu, the officer of the Land Reform Commission, couldn't help asking. It could be seen that the officer himself was serious, but this actually objection was quite supportive. Zhao Jiaren has been to the small Songjiang Mansion for several months. In the past few months, he has led these people all over Songjiang Mansion, and the handling model is completely different from before. The heavy workload has made many people unable to support it. If Zhao Jiaren can choose to leave, everyone will be liberated. The state-owned land in Songjiang will not be affected.

Looking at these guys who didn't know what to do, Zhao Jiaren sighed in his heart. After seeing these people, he knew how to select cadres, at least how to arrange the work system. Zhao Jiaren sat comfortably on the chair, and then said, "As for the current land classification, at most ten years, the farmers who contracted the land will go bankrupt by 20%. In another ten years, the bankruptcy will reach 40% of the current ones. Do you think this is the original intention of state-owned land?"
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