Chapter 86
‘The progress of human society has always been achieved step by step within our ability. The basis of this progress is personal growth and progress. The so-called birth-knowledge is a bluffing nonsense. In the long history of evolution, Ren Lu has many genetic instincts that can be born to be performed, but through learning, it can form the ability to solve problems. That is achieved through learning the day after tomorrow. For example, keeping trust...’
‘…It is very difficult to keep your promise, because in order to keep your promise, you have to pay a very high price. Our instinct to seek profit and avoid harm will make us refuse to choose to keep our promises…’
Zhao Qian looked at his father's article and felt very moved. Some of the articles mentioned in these articles were what Zhao Jiaren once mentioned to Zhao Qian. Some of them were something that Zhao Jiaren had never mentioned before, but he had been working hard to do. In the past, Zhao Qian's invisible pressure was so annoying. Now Zhao Qian still felt huge pressure, but it was different from the previous pressure.
In the past, Zhao Qian felt that everything his father Zhao Jiaren had belonged to Zhao Qian, or only to the Zhao family. At this time, what Zhao Qian saw was that his father was telling everything he knew to people who had no blood relationship with Zhao Jiaren. Others may have completely different views on these contents, but Zhao Qian knew deeply that what his father was talking about was what his father was doing.
Jealousy was everywhere in Zhao Qian's heart. If these things that originally belonged to the Zhao family became content that everyone knew and followed, then where should Zhao Qian, who is the Zhao family, be in?
The only one who saw the articles of the Zhao Guan family was not the only troops involved in the fight against locusts. The army naturally had to learn from the instructions of the Zhao Guan family, and the government also received articles from the Zhao Guan family. For example, the prefect Wen Tianxiang, who wrote "Song of Righteousness" in one go with anger and tragic feelings.
After Wen Tianxiang finished writing that thing and published it with anger, he actually felt a little regretful. The reason for regret was that he might cause the anger of Zhao Guanjia. The basic structure of "Song of Righteousness" was born not in the present, but in the event that Wen Tianxiang learned that Lin'an General surrendered.
In Wen Tianxiang's eyes at that time, Mongolia was invincible. The general surrender of Lin'an meant that all the power of the Song Dynasty was exhausted in the war, and the remaining Song Dynasty was completely in a broken state. At such a storm, Wen Tianxiang felt deep despair. Like many scholars and officials, Wen Tianxiang began to suspect that there was something wrong with the Song Dynasty's culture. But Wen Tianxiang felt that this was wrong, and the culture of the Song Dynasty was not a problem. However, the fact that repeated battles and defeats made this confidence unreliable, so the basic concept of "Song of Righteousness" emerged.
The situation afterwards was that there was no way out, and there was another village with dark and dark flowers. Zhao Guanjia led his army and returned to Lin'an in just two years. Later, he won every battle and restored the basic territory of the Song Dynasty. At that time, Wen Tianxiang did not dare to think that the Song Dynasty had military advantages over Mongolia.
The Zhao Guan family did not disappoint everyone, and completely defeated Mongolia in the Battle of the Yellow River. It also made Mongolia's invincible myth collapse. Like the people of the Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang felt that he could finally be liberated from his fear. So when Zhao Guan family ascended the throne, Wen Tianxiang supported him from the bottom of his heart.
Deliberately angering the true emperor in Wen Tianxiang's heart, Wen Tianxiang felt a little uneasy. Then Wen Tianxiang saw the "Basic Spirit of the Song Army in the New Era - Trustworthy Chapter".
After reading this title, Wen Tianxiang became angry. In the history that Wen Tianxiang knew, the lords of all dynasties were weaker than their ministers. Occasionally, there were a few who were stronger than their ministers, such as King Zhou, who was "content enough to be able to advise, and speak enough to be able to pretend; he was proud of his ministers and superior to the world, and thought that they were all inferior to his own."
All kinds of theoretical construction are the results of the research of various schools of thought and the ideas of the officials. Now the Zhao Guan family has started to write articles to express his personal ideas directly, and requires the people below to follow the ideas of the Zhao Guan family. Moreover, in Wen Tianxiang's view, these articles of the Zhao Guan family also have the intention of fighting against Wen Tianxiang from a distance. This is even more unbearable.
The government has the commanding heights of power and the commanding heights of status, so the government can listen to the advice of loyal ministers. This cannot be because the Zhao government himself is a capable minister and general who has never seen in the Song Dynasty, so he will even occupy the commanding heights of his thoughts. If this is the case, Zhao Jiaren is rebelling and has committed the system's rebellion for thousands of years.
With the anger of the civil officials, Wen Tianxiang quickly read the articles of Zhao Guanjia. With the literary level of this top scholar in the Song Dynasty, it was too easy to understand this article in vernacular.
After reading the first time, Wen Tianxiang frowned slightly. He only felt admiration and anger in his heart. Two kinds of feelings existed at the same time, which was relatively rare for Wen Tianxiang. Generally speaking, his heart was either admiration and joy, or anger and contempt.
The description of keeping trustworthy by the Zhao Guanjia was admired by Wen Tianxiang. It was so simple and bright, and it was told in a leisurely manner. Every time Wen Tianxiang tried to keep his trustworthy, he had similar ideological struggles. When Wen Tianxiang was young, he was accused of not keeping trustworthy, he also left many regrets. Looking back now, the Zhao Guanjia clearly explained the reasons for the regret. The feeling of sudden enlightenment or feeling resentful to me made Wen Tianxiang admire him.
In order to find out the anger, Wen Tianxiang read the article again. Because he read it once, the positive emotion weakened a lot. Prefect Wen quickly saw something that made him angry.
Wen Tianxiang wrote in "Song of Righteousness" that "Heaven and Earth have righteousness, and they are mixed and manifold. The lower part is the river and the upper part is the sun and the upper part is the sun and the upper part is the sun and star. It is called Haoran, and the vastness is the darkness of the people." This thing is the Haoran righteousness proposed by Mencius first, and it is also the "nourishment of Qi" described by Neo-Confucianism.
In the Zhao Guan Family's philosophy, there is obviously no righteousness. In the Zhao Guan Family's philosophy, keeping trust is a moral that must be recognized only after reaching a certain level of ability. It is a personal position that must be taken in order to be able to satisfy one's own interests more.
Being able to achieve trustworthiness means that one's understanding and control ability have reached a certain level, so that one can trust oneself and make others believe in oneself. Self-confidence and trust can bring higher efficiency and more benefits to oneself.
In other words, keeping trustworthy is "profit" rather than "righteousness". The righteousness never exists innately, but learns and cultivates acquiredly. This kind of learning and cultivation is also for "profit" rather than "righteousness".
Now the prefect Wen Tianxiang and Wen completely understood the huge difference between himself and the Zhao Guan family. In conjunction with the fact that the Zhao Guan family did not agree with the Neo-Confucian school from its root, nor was it a successor of Confucianism. Based on his concept, it was the theory of various scholars.
After reading the article several times, Wen Tianxiang slapped the article on the table. The Chinese heroic spirit began to shake.
Because of the level, although Section Chief Liu Chong was able to obtain the Zhao Guanjia's article "The Spirit of the Song Army's Promotion in the New Era - Trustworthy Chapter" like the Chief Wenzhou, he had to wait a little longer. Because in the current technical means, the articles were first transmitted to the distance by telegrams, and then printed out and distributed to high-level departments. After reading the high-level departments, they were assigned to lower-level departments.
There is only so much time during the day every day, and everyone is lazy, so there is a natural delay in the completion of things. Generally speaking, Section Chief Liu Chong should have obtained such documents two to three days later than the prefectural level. However, because Section Chief Liu Chong is in Kaifeng, which is not the location of the unit, theoretically he will not have his share. Only when he returns to Jinan can he see the corresponding content when flipping through the old documents.
The premise is that Section Chief Liu Chong will take the initiative to read the old documents after returning to the unit.
But the situation is different this time. The article of Zhao Guanjia was published in the "Da Song Military Daily". Section Chief Liu went to the army to complete the procedures because he wanted to extend the deadline for the supporting documents. While waiting, he picked up the newspaper to read it, so he saw this front-page article.
As he looked, Section Chief Liu Chong couldn't help but put his legs up, holding the newspaper stand solemnly with his hands, and began to study carefully. While he was studying repeatedly, the military staff called the number, and Liu Chong could only put down the newspaper and go through the procedures with his colleagues. After the procedures were completed, Liu Chong saw that no one was paying attention to him. He secretly took the newspaper from the newspaper clip, put it in his arms and left.
Over the years, it was the first time that Liu Chong had officially 'theft'. Although he was worried, he did not regret it at all. After returning, Liu Chong began to study it repeatedly. This kind of white text is simple and easy to understand, but the truth in it is not shallow at all. It was the first time that Liu Chong had seen someone telling everyone so clearly that what he could not keep his trust was not personal wishes, but insufficient ability. Inadequate ability forced everyone to face more difficult living conditions. In order to face this situation, any exchange of interests became more difficult.
It is a long-term process to gain benefits by keeping trust. When the distant water does not quench its near thirst, keeping trust becomes meaningless. In it, the Zhao Guanjia also told a story. On the way out of Zhuangzi, he saw a lively crucian carp in the ruts asking for help. The crucian carp asked Zhuangzi to find a liter of water to save its life. Zhuangzi said that he was going to Wu and Yue countries now, and asked the monarchs of the two countries to dig a river for the fish, which attracted the Jinjiang water to save the life of the crucian carp. The crucian carp was anxious and said that when the water from Jinjiang came, the Zhuangzi could go to the dried fish market to find crucian carp that had been dried into dried fish.
‘The army can have integrity because the army has a system that allows one to have integrity and understand integrity. And it can maintain this system. It is also because the society has a corresponding system. It allows everyone to recognize integrity and have the benefits brought by integrity. This foundation is social progress and the progress of productivity.’
After reading this passage, Liu Chong put down the newspaper. He felt that although the article had more profound ideas, he could only temporarily understand and absorb so much.
Chapter completed!