In the Li Zheng Palace, His Majesty Li Er called Fang Jun, who had just concluded the meeting.
As soon as they met, they kicked me twice without saying anything...
"You bastard, how can you be disrespectful to Duke Zhao in the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, and still know whether elders and younger ones are superior to others?" His Majesty Li Er scolded.
Obviously, Changsun Yinren came here to complain...
Fang Jun covered the area where he was kicked and rubbed it, scolding Changsun Wuji half to death in his heart. This old fox was so unreasonable. He even resorted to complaining?
"Your Majesty is aware that I have always heard that 'the evildoers complain first', so it can be seen that only the evildoers will complain first. This sentence is the crystallization of the wisdom of sages from all over the world for thousands of years. Every word is refined over time, but it is just a short sentence, but it contains a lot of meaning."
A profound philosophy of life..."
"Shut up now, do you really think I don't know your little thoughts?" His Majesty Li Er glared at Fang Jun angrily, "A gentleman doesn't blame evil people for personal reasons. I can understand why you handed over the Shenji Camp to Chong'er.
It is human nature to feel resentful and resentful, and I will not blame you. But you must also know that I did not make this decision because of who I am close to and who I am alienating. Everything is based on the overall situation. From now on, you kid will never give up.
I have remembered it, and I will not allow such arbitrary and random behavior with resentment to happen again, otherwise I will not be lenient!"
For some reason, His Majesty Li Er rarely gets really angry when faced with this bastard, even if what this bastard does is sometimes too stupid!
Probably because everyone is respectful to him, and awe replaces admiration, which makes the relationship become more and more distant, but Fang Jun is able to put aside his status as an emperor and just get along with his elders as a junior?
His Majesty Li Er sighed deeply in his heart. Even though he always tried his best to maintain the relationship between himself and his ministers and children, the relationship between people is really mixed with too many things. Whoever calls the emperor is born to be a loner.
How about being in a cold place?
In comparison, Fang Jun, who admired him more than feared him, seemed extremely rare...
"Tell me, how did the discussion go?"
"No!" Fang Jun responded and handed the two notebooks in his hands to His Majesty Li Er.
His Majesty Li Er took it and glanced at it, put aside the "Imperial Examination Process" that he had already read, and carefully read the other one.
"Meeting minutes?" His Majesty Li Er did not suffocate through the pages, but turned to the last page first to read the summary of the meeting.
"Arithmetic and martial arts were actually added to the list?" His Majesty Li Er was very surprised. No one knew better than him how difficult it was for those old stubborns to deal with them. He was very surprised at how Fang Jun managed to smooth them out...
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Although every sentence was recorded in the minutes of the meeting, Fang Jun still reported back: "Everyone, you are your Majesty's humerus and ministers of the country. In fact, you are not too opposed to arithmetic as one of the subjects of the imperial examination, but you have some doubts."
It's just important, but I don't think much of the martial arts system."
Although arithmetic has never been taken seriously, it has far-reaching roots, and anyone who studies can't live without it, no matter which sect.
"Zhou Li·Bao Shi": "To raise a country's sons with Taoism is to teach six skills: the first is called Five Rites, the second is called Six Music, the third is called Five Shooting, the fourth is called Five Controls, the fifth is called Six Books, and the sixth is called Nine Numbers."
This is the so-called "Six Arts" that "comprehends the Five Classics and the Six Arts". During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius opened private schools and taught the Six Arts. It can be seen that Confucianism does not reject it, but only does not pay attention to it.
It was not until the Ming and Qing dynasties that arithmetic was completely abandoned...
In fact, during the Sui Dynasty, mathematics was once included in the scope of the imperial examination.
In the early years of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, it was decided that Guozi Temple would govern Guozixue, Taixue, Four Schools, Calligraphy, and Arithmetic.
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Chunfeng compiled ten calculation classics, summarizing the experience of his predecessors, and used them as official teaching materials. Allowing mathematics to be included in the imperial examination, and those who passed the mathematics test could become officials. This was said to be a trend in the world at that time.
Although mathematics was not very developed at that time, if we first put up a framework and established an effective incentive mechanism, and continued to develop it to this day, there is no guarantee that it will not become a big country in mathematics, and then promote related scientific progress. In fact, several
I got the Nobel Prize in Mathematics and Physics...
But the strange thing is that in the late Tang Dynasty, the Mingshu Science Examination was stopped. Mathematics subjects that might have made great strides came to an abrupt end in China. Since then, they have only been supported by a few folk mathematics enthusiasts. The reason for the suspension is that the examination was
There are too few people...
Why did this happen? The imperial court made a rule that the official rank of Dr. Guozi is the fifth rank, but the official rank of the doctor of arithmetic is from the ninth rank, which is the lowest level in the official rank. In the meantime, the arithmetic school stopped opening.
It starts and stops, there is no continuity, and the students find it boring. The teacher is the sesame official from the ninth level, and the students can't wait until the twentieth level? Just find another way out!
Why did the leaders of the past dynasties not pay attention to science centered on mathematics, but only focused on the mysterious and mysterious Chinese studies and Confucianism? In my opinion, it is all because mathematics is useless for the political system. You can use the same Chinese studies classics
Understood this way, I can understand it that way, every ruler can use it at will, use it for my own use, and turn it into a talisman of independent rule.
The same goes for astronomy.
Li Chunfeng, who compiled the Ten Books of Suan Jing, was also an astronomer. He could actually infer from the celestial phenomena that Wu Zetian would usurp the throne forty years later. But was there any connection between the position of the stars and Wu Zetian's usurpation?
No, that’s what the celestial phenomena says anyway…
The function of Chinese studies is similar. Why do ministers have to be loyal to the emperor? There is no reason. This is what the Confucian classics say, you have to do it. In contrast, mathematics does not work, because one plus one equals two, so I should be the one
Emperor, this is outrageous.
For the sake of plausibility, rulers have pushed aside mathematics one after another...
His Majesty Li Er is also a ruler, but unfortunately, he met Fang Jun, a "demagogue", who led him astray...
As for how Fang Jun persuaded to include arithmetic and martial arts examinations in the imperial examination, it was actually very simple. He just asked His Majesty Li Er.
"Your Majesty, how many years do you think it will take for the Confucian scholars who hold the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucius and Mencius to govern this empire into a flourishing place that will impress the past and present?"
I have to say that Fang Jun really grasped the fate of His Majesty Li Er...
What a great success!
How does Confucianism govern the country? As an emperor, His Majesty Li Er knows this clearly. It is nothing more than four words - rule by doing nothing!
Governance by doing nothing is a good thing. It can make people have few desires and keep themselves in peace. It can make the world peaceful and free from competition. It can recuperate and recuperate and reproduce with the people... The highest state of governing by doing nothing is the unity of the world.
This is the ultimate ideal that every emperor strives for...
However, this realm has never been achieved by any dynasty or generation. Even such things as the Wenjing rule and the Guangwu Zhongxing were nothing more than the accumulation of past dynasties, and they were only short-lived in the end.
Even if His Majesty Li Er is a genius, how many years will it take to reach this level?
Thirty years? Fifty years? Or a hundred and a thousand years?
As Fang Jun said, ten thousand years is too long, I only seize the day!
Relying on those Confucian nerds, the world will be peaceful and the rule will indeed be stable, but His Majesty Li Er cannot wait!
How can we make this empire develop rapidly and let the fire cook the oil?
His Majesty Li Er saw the answer from Fang Jun.
Miscellaneous studies!
Arithmetic in this era is also a type of miscellaneous studies.
Look at Fang Jun. Although this boy can write good poems, it’s more of his talent that makes him so stunning! It has nothing to do with knowledge! Has this boy read the Four Books and Five Classics? His Majesty Li Er even doubted this
Can you please write down the names of the Four Books and Five Classics...
Glass, steelmaking, farming, printing...
Piece by piece, no one knows better than His Majesty Li Er how much wealth these things bring, how many people they feed, and even how much influence they have on national policies!
Of course, nothing can be accomplished overnight. No matter how impatient His Majesty Li Er is, no matter how much he is overjoyed, he still knows that going too far is not enough. Therefore, he agreed with Fang Jun to make arithmetic one of the subjects of the imperial examination, and established a special arithmetic department with the Imperial College.
Improve the grade of arithmetic officials.
This is a test to test the attitude and tolerance of those Confucian scholars towards miscellaneous studies. It is also a wedge to pry open the dominance of Confucianism...
The reason why there is doubt and distrust of Confucianism, which has been respected by the world for thousands of years, also comes from Fang Jun's words.
A hundred flowers blooming is spring!
The highest state of the emperor's way is balance, balance of government, balance of power...
Only balance is the strongest state.
However, the emperors of the past dynasties have all been kidnapped by Confucianism. They balanced over and over again, but put the most important ideology above everything else and forgot about balance!
Perhaps, which discipline can restrain Confucianism and achieve ideological balance, which is the safest state?