Chapter 1386, the conflict between the old and the new
"You~ you are those who have forgotten your ancestors. You didn't learn the ways of Confucius and Mencius, but you went to learn some strange and clever sexual skills. That's why you are shameless people."
Hearing the reply from the students of the School of Mechanical Engineering, many Confucian scholars were furious to death.
They are noble scholars, many of whom have achieved fame and have always regarded themselves as very high. How could such noble scholars be insulted like this?
Immediately, I felt that I had been greatly humiliated. I was so angry that the crowd was furious. Everyone tried to rush into the Mechanical College. Some even rolled up their long sleeves and prepared to have a good fight with these students from the Mechanical College.
"We have no shame?"
"I think it's you people who don't know shame, don't study hard, and come to our school to make trouble. Are we recruiting you, messing with you, or are we eating your rice?"
"You keep claiming to be a scholar, keep talking about the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but you don't even understand this truth. It's in vain that you have the honor to stand for the sages."
"That's right, they are just a bunch of rubbish who don't understand anything and can't do anything. Apart from knowing how to do it, they are of no use."
The students from the School of Mechanical Engineering also responded unceremoniously. As more and more students gathered, each of the students from the School of Mechanical Engineering rolled up their sleeves and prepared to teach these Confucian scholars who came here from time to time to cause trouble.
"Everyone listen to me, everyone listen to me~"
Ren Siheng saw that the situation was getting more and more serious. If a fight broke out, people would be killed. Once this happened, the matter would become a big deal.
So I hurried to the school gate and shouted loudly.
"Dean, these Confucian students are bullying others too much. They come to our school every day to cause trouble. We don't want to pay attention to them, but they refuse to give in and threaten to close our school."
"Yes, yes, principal, these Confucian scholars are really abominable."
"We just study quietly and do what we like to do quietly, but they always point fingers at us and make irresponsible remarks. They claim to be the moral high ground, but they know nothing about it."
When many students saw Ren Siheng coming out, they quickly started chirping at him.
"Everyone listen to me, everyone listen to me~"
"We are all scholars, and scholars should behave like scholars. Even if we have different ideas and concepts, we should discuss the matter, discuss and communicate with each other more, rather than criticize each other, let alone roll up our sleeves and fight like reckless men.
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Ren Siheng tried his best to persuade his students, and then said to the Confucian scholars who came: "You are all scholars. You should concentrate on your studies and prepare for next year's imperial examination. When the time comes, you will gain a reputation and become a court official. You can share the worries of the king and contribute to the Ming Dynasty."
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"Instead of talking nonsense and causing trouble here at the school gate, this is not what scholars call it, and it is not in line with the teachings of Confucius and Mencius."
Ren Siheng had good intentions and hoped that these Confucian scholars could go back and stop causing trouble.
However, these Confucian scholars did not understand Ren Siheng's painstaking efforts.
"Who is a scholar among you?"
"You people have the nerve to call yourself scholars?"
"You are just mud-legged people who can read a few words. Do you understand the teachings of Confucius and Mencius?"
"Do you know about loyalty, filial piety and integrity?"
"Do you know what is the right way and what is the heretical way?"
The Confucian students looked at the students of the Mechanical College in front of them with unflattering eyes, and they did not pay attention to the principal Ren Siheng at all.
The Confucian students who studied in traditional private schools all came from superior families and were children of wealthy people, while those who studied in new schools were basically poor and children of ordinary families.
Because it is impossible to take the imperial examination if you study in Xinxue, rich people will naturally not let their children study in Xinxue. If you cannot take the imperial examination, you will not be able to obtain fame or become an official. This is something that many people cannot
accepted.
Only ordinary families with no money will send their children to study in a new school. Although they cannot be officials, they can study for free and find a good job after graduation.
"How many of the Four Books and Five Classics have you read before you feel you are superior to others?"
"What are you for?"
"Aside from shouting about "Zi Yue", I really don't think you can make anything practical and useful?"
"I come here every day to cause trouble, and I have to eat enough to hold on."
The students from the School of Mechanical Engineering responded angrily.
Ren Siheng was very helpless when he saw that these Confucian scholars ignored him at all.
The huge differences in ideological concepts formed a sharp opposition between the new learning and the old learning.
"Of course we are different from you idiots. We learned the way of Confucius and Mencius, the way of being loyal to the emperor at the top and governing the people at the bottom, while you are learning the heretical ways of the underworld."
"They are all ingenious and cunning tricks, destroying our Ming Dynasty's ethics and teachings, and disrupting our country and society."
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Liu Jin on the side has been watching with cold eyes and frowning.
Originally, Liu Jin felt that as long as the new learning did not compete with the Confucian scholars of the old school for fame, these traditional Confucian scholars would not strongly oppose the new learning.
But now it seems that I was really wrong.
There is a fundamental ideological and conceptual confrontation between the new learning and the old learning.
Traditional Confucianism advocates reading only Confucian classics, studying the Four Books and Five Classics, and looking for ways to govern the country and the basis for dealing with all aspects of society. Ruling the country with loyalty and filial piety, and the king's rule are all things they put forward and deeply believe in.
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In the eyes of these traditional Confucian scholars, the New Learning does not teach the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, and if it does not study the Four Books and Five Classics, it is deviant and treacherous. It teaches the ingenious erotic arts that Confucian scholars despise, and they still have to study this thing, which is essentially the same as them.
s difference.
Although these students from Xinxue did not compete with them for the imperial examinations, as time passed, the students from Xinxue began to shine in various fields.
Many new things brought by the new learning also make the traditional Confucians uneasy.
Coupled with the huge differences and differences between the two ideological concepts, this has led to the current contradiction between the traditional Ming Dynasty’s old learning and the new learning, and this contradiction is getting deeper and more acute.
Confucian scholars feel that the New Learning is constantly expanding, more and more people are accepting the New Learning, and the scale of the New Learning, the number of schools, and the number of students are all growing rapidly.
Looking back at the old school, no matter the new schools or schools, it is far from being able to compare with the new school, which makes them feel very uneasy.
In the past, those who could read and digitize were those who came from their old schools and were students of Confucius and Mencius. But now, more and more new students are coming out of school. They are also literate, but they are not Confucius and Mencius.
Some students do not respect the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, nor do they study the Four Books and Five Classics.
Since ancient times, whoever masters knowledge has the right to speak. The rapid development of new learning has made them feel their own crisis.
Naturally, they need to stand up and attack the new learning, safeguard the status of traditional Confucianism, and protect their own status and interests.
Although we are not competing with them for fame now, what about in the future?
No one can say for sure, after all, times are constantly changing.
For newcomers, they are developing rapidly, the number of schools and students is increasing greatly, and they are also constantly achieving results one after another.
Not to mention steam engines, trains, steam ships, harvesters, cultivators, and other practical things that can greatly increase productivity.
In other aspects, new learning is developing rapidly in many fields such as medicine, mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, etc., and their understanding of the entire world is getting deeper and deeper, and they are gradually gaining more powerful power.
It also made them convinced that new learning is the right way, because they continue to study, constantly blink, study the truth behind things, and apply them to benefit mankind, improve productivity, make transportation more convenient and comfortable, and make production more convenient.
It becomes faster, more efficient and less labor-intensive.
However, they do not have a very high status. The ministers above the court are all Confucian scholars with traditional Confucian origin. They are at the top of the temple and hold great power.
However, these Confucian scholars, apart from shouting slogans and writing beautiful articles, had no real talents. In the eyes of many new scholars, their existence seriously hindered the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.
Some people advocate that new scholars should also go to the court and participate in the decision-making of national affairs. They should not be limited to participating in the construction of the Ming Dynasty from the technical and production levels, but should participate in the construction and development of the Ming Dynasty from the national level.
For this reason, in some Xinxue schools, some Xinxue students even proposed new models of governing the country, and these models even have some shadows of the capitalist system of later generations.
There were ideological contradictions and conflicts between the new learning and the old learning, and at the same time, there were also gradually conflicts of interest over national affairs and court power.
This is also an important reason why the contradiction between new learning and old learning is getting deeper and deeper.
"Is it possible that, just like in Europe in history, there will be repeated movements to completely solve the problem?"
Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It seems that I have seen the major events that will happen in the Ming Dynasty in the future.
In fact, Liu Jin already had a premonition in his heart that there would inevitably be a huge conflict between the new learning and the old learning, and this conflict would most likely evolve into revolution, various movements, etc., and eventually one side would
ended with a total victory.
But Liu Jin didn't want to see this kind of conflict now. Ming Dynasty needed time and time to develop in order to determine its global dominance.
If there is a lot of chaos now, it will obviously not be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, especially the huge Ming Empire, which has a huge territory and is very likely to be torn apart. This is something Liu Jin absolutely does not want to see.