Not long after Dai Zhou came out, Li Shimin came to see him again.
At this time, he was very angry. If you become an official, will you have no time for yourself? Will you sell yourself to him?
This situation is probably worse than being a slave.
Even if I feel unhappy, what can I do?
In the end, he still had to go find Li Shimin.
When he arrived at Daming Palace, it was already evening.
Dai Zhou's stomach was empty, but Li Shimin was in a hurry, so how could he dare to eat?
We can only come to him hungry.
When he arrived, he saw Li Shimin holding a book in his hand and mumbling something.
At this time, Dai Zhou realized that something was wrong.
However, I had to step forward to say hello.
"Your Majesty, what do you want from me?"
He asked directly.
Li Shimin then raised his head.
And Dai Zhou also saw the book in Li Shimin's hand.
The title of the book is "Spring and Autumn Fan Lu".
This book is a political philosophy work written by the Han Dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu. It advocates Gongyang Studies, exerts the purpose of "unification of the Spring and Autumn Period", expounds the philosophical-theological theory centered on Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the interaction between heaven and man, and promotes "Xing"
The theory of human nature of "Three Grades", the ethical thought of "the three cardinal principles of kingship can be sought from heaven" and the historical view of the cycle of red, black and white, laid the theoretical foundation for the centralized feudal governance system of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, he was highly praised by later emperors.
They can all feel something extraordinary from this book.
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin would read this book at this time.
It must have been done on a whim.
Otherwise, why would you watch it if it's so good?
"You're here!" Li Shimin glanced at Dai Zhou from the corner of his eye.
"Yes! I'm here!" Dai Zhou was still worried.
"You're here just in time, read this book with me."
Li Shimin handed the book to Dai Zhou.
Dai Zhou has read "Spring and Autumn Fan Lu", and he is very positive about the teachings in the book.
"Why did Your Majesty suddenly read this book?"
"Oh? I saw the sunset this evening, it was very beautiful, and suddenly I remembered two words."
"What is it?"
"The connection between heaven and man, the unity of heaven and man!"
Dai Zhou was quite surprised.
Why did Li Shimin start studying this?
But as an emperor, sometimes he is too idle and the things he studies are naturally all kinds of strange.
This is nothing.
"so……"
"The connection between heaven and man and the unity of heaven and man are mentioned in this book! So I want to read it again to see if I can have any new ideas."
Li Shimin said.
Then he said:
"I read this book, and it explains it very well. It explains what heaven is. There is a theory about heaven in the book, that is, to make a living, you cannot be a human being, and to be a human being is heaven. Human beings are based on
Heaven, Heaven is also the great-grandfather of human beings, and the reason why this person is superior to Heaven."
Things that can give birth cannot create human beings. The thing that can create human beings is heaven. The reason why humans are human is due to heaven. Therefore, heaven is also the ancestor of humans. This is why human affairs coincide with celestial phenomena.
Li Shimin's chat box was immediately opened.
He has a different view on this book than ordinary people.
Of course it is also different from Dai Zhou’s view.
He went on to say:
"The book also says that Heaven is the great king of hundreds of gods. If Heaven is not prepared, even though there are hundreds of gods, it will be of no use. How can it be said that it is so? Those who sacrifice to the gods of the earth! "Spring and Autumn" ridiculed it, and Confucius said: "Get it.
Sinful to Heaven, there is nothing to pray for." This is the law. Therefore, it is not seen that the Qin State has brought heavenly blessings like the Zhou State. The poem goes: "Only this King Wen is cautious, shows God's service, and allows many blessings." Those who have many blessings are not.
It is said that people have done meritorious deeds, and that heaven has blessed them. It is said that many virtuous sons of the Zhou Dynasty reproduced their crops. As for the number of men who were pregnant in parallel, eight men were born from four births. They were all gentlemen and handsome men. This is why the Zhou Dynasty prospered.
, it is beyond the capabilities of the Zhou Kingdom."
Li Shimin really had these words at his fingertips.
It can be seen that his understanding of this book is still very deep.
Then, before Dai Zhou could speak, Li Shimin said again:
"The Father is the Heaven of the Son. The Heaven is the Heaven of the Father. Born without Heaven, it is something that has not yet existed. Heaven is the ancestor of all things. All things cannot be born without Heaven."
Dai Zhou didn't understand what Li Shimin meant by saying this.
"Whatever your Majesty wants to say, you can say it to me!"
It was him who was performing just now, without giving Dai Zhou any chance.
At this time, Dai Zhou felt panicked.
If you have anything to say, just say it, just keep telling it what it says in the book.
If you don't understand, you can ask it.
But they are still showing off there, which is really confusing.
But Li Shimin also said: "This book explains it in great detail. It can be said that the sky is unconquerable. However, in recent years, we often hear about chasing the sky. And some time ago, I also heard that you can hang the sky."
Say. In this case, that day may be conquerable. In this way, what the ancients said is not entirely correct."
It turned out that Li Shimin was hit at that time.
Li Yun once told Li Min about the helicopter.
Although there was no explanation at the time, Li Shimin could guess it.
Li Min wanted to conquer heaven.
Taking to the sky in an aircraft.
This is contrary to my own knowledge.
Therefore, he was confused.
Try to tell some truth to convince yourself.
But it can't.
That's the truth.
No matter how hard he tried, it was all in vain.
Regarding this, Dai Zhou said: "Your Majesty, perhaps the doctrine in this book cannot cover everything, and we can debate it through other ancient books."
But the ancient books are still owned by the ancients.
How could the ancients predict what would happen in the future?
This is where Li Shimin is confused.
After hearing what Dai Zhou said.
Li Shimin added: "I also asked people to check the 50,000 volumes of books in Jixian Palace. Those who can explain the concept of the opening of heaven are not as complete as "Spring and Autumn Fanlu"!"
There are 50,000 volumes of books in Jixian Palace, and each volume contains no more than 10,000 words, so that is a collection of 500 million words.
In the future, there will only be dozens of books.
Moreover, among these 50,000 volumes, many are from other doctrines.
There are very few people who want to have the concept of heaven.
"So I want to hear what you think."
Only then did Dai Zhou realize that Li Shimin had asked him to come here because of his doubts.
Dai Zhou is a very talented person.
He was deeply loved by Li Shimin.
In literature, he has certain attainments.
But why him?
Rather than Kong Yingda who was after Confucius?
Perhaps because Dai Zhou often visited the palace, Li Shimin was the first person he thought of.
And maybe Li Shimin no longer trusts the descendants of Confucius.
No matter what the reason is.
Dai Zhou always has to express his opinion.
But where to start?
Li Shimin thought he didn't dare to say anything, so he added: "It's okay, you can just say whatever comes to mind. I won't blame you."
Dai Zhou seemed to have thought that the emperor was the proud son of heaven.
Is he worried about something?
But what does he have to worry about?
The only possibility is that Li Min posed some threat to him.
Li Min...
Wait, Dai Zhou thought of a way.
So Dai Zhou opened his mouth and said a few words.