Chapter 0991 On How Books Five, Six, and Nine Ruled Several Dynasties
"I haven't seen you for a few days, and you have written two more books, which are very good. Having a student like you makes me feel very happy as a teacher."
Kou Ji pinched the beard on his chin, looking like a noble man.
Su Xun was so angry that his whole body was shaking, "Sir?!"
Seeing that Su Xun was annoyed, Kou Ji waved his hands and said, "It's just two books, nothing important. If you are afraid of damaging your reputation, you can ask your officials to do it.
You are also an important minister in the court, and you have countless officials. Wouldn't it be great if you gave each of them a copy and asked them to sign it?
As a teacher, I bully students, you students can go and bully your subordinates.
Look at Yang Wenguang, I didn't give him a single military book.
As a result, they roped in veterans from the Privy Council and wrote three books on war.
He also compiled Cao Wei's remarks during the march and wrote a book "Cao Gong's Discussion of War".
Not only that, the people in the Privy Council are also preparing to petition the officials to designate the Mangshan Lecture Hall as a Chinese traditional culture.
After Di Qing returned to Bianjing, he left without even seeing me.
What were you going for?
I just went to rectify the Mangshan Lecture Hall.
I believe that in the near future, the imperial court will have one more person dedicated to teaching Chinese studies in general schools."
Su Xun gritted his teeth and said: "We have established so many Chinese studies at once, and each one has insufficient foundation. Isn't this nonsense?"
Kou Ji laughed and said: "You can't blame me for this. You have to ask Ouyang Xiu and Jia Changchao. Since the two of them petitioned to separate the Imperial College and the Imperial College from the imperial court and turn them into a simple academies, and got the support of the officials. .
The two of them vigorously implemented a new way of enlightenment in our Song Dynasty.
Right now it’s just Chinese studies and elementary school.
When the establishment of traditional Chinese studies is almost complete, I am afraid that government schools and county schools will appear.
When you watch it again, the scene will be absolutely breathtaking.”
Su Xun said in a deep voice: "With insufficient foundation, setting up so many schools rashly is harmful rather than beneficial."
Kou Ji said with a smile: "The first few years will be difficult, but as long as we get through it, everything will be fine. Both they and we are doing something unprecedented.
Encountering some bumps and bumps is inevitable.
Smooth sailing can be scary.
If this failed, the court would only lose some money.
If this happens, then the imperial court will be able to achieve a great situation where everyone has books to read and everyone is literate."
Su Xun frowned and fell into silence.
Seeing this, Kou Ji continued: "Now there are Chinese studies, government studies, and county studies that help us attract the attention of everyone in the government and the public. We can just take the opportunity to write a book and talk about it.
When the news passed, our books were spread throughout the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty promoted basic elementary education for many years, and now the number of elementary school children reaches tens of millions.
As long as our books are spread and a little guidance is given, they can be passed down and passed down. This cannot be stopped by family-by-household doctrines.
It cannot be influenced by those rotten scholars with sectarian views.
In addition, the book was written by an important minister in the court, or an official who held an important position in the court, so any scholar who is interested in an official career will definitely study it.
As long as you people sit firmly in high positions for several decades, our doctrine will become a prominent one for a while.
Mongolian studies, county studies, government studies, and Chinese studies can also lay a foundation."
Su Xun frowned and remained silent.
Kou Ji solemnly reminded: "If the Song Dynasty wants to be strong, it cannot just pay attention to Confucianism. The victory of the Song Dynasty in the military is not due to Confucianism, but to engineering, military science, agriculture, and even economics and other theories of credit.
Confucianism tells us how to cultivate ourselves, manage our family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world, but Confucianism cannot help us defeat our enemies.
On the battlefield, it is useless to reason with the enemy. You have to fight with the enemy.
Whoever has the big fist is qualified to speak the truth.
When it comes to governing a place, you can't govern it just by talking the truth.
You have to lead the people to get rich first, and only then can you reason with them when they have enough food, money, knowledge, and knowledge to understand the truth.
Nowadays, Confucianism is the dominant one, and other doctrines have basically disappeared.
How can this be accomplished?
Over time, capable people in both the government and the public have only one mouth and a delicate heart. What else can they do besides playing with words and troubling their minds?
If you encounter an unreasonable opponent, you will be useless.
You have also served as an official in Liao, and you should understand that no one can explain your crimes in Liao."
Su Xun heard this and finally spoke. He said in a deep voice: "Students don't want to pretend to be famous and write books. Students can only send the books to their subordinates and let them do it."
Kou Ji sighed and said: "That's all...I won't force you...as long as you can help spread knowledge, you will be considered dedicated to the Song Dynasty."
Su Xun bowed his hands and left Kou Ji's study.
Not long after, Bao Zheng, Ouyang Xiu, Fan Zhongyan and others all came to visit one after another.
Except for Bao Zheng and Fan Zhongyan, who chose to fearlessly sacrifice their reputation for the Song Dynasty under Kou Ji's persuasion, the rest of them were unwilling to write more books.
Kou Ji did not force them, but asked them to leave the task of writing the book to their subordinates.
They all agreed one after another.
Later, the matter of writing books changed from important officials in the imperial court to officials in important positions.
In short, under the prompting of Kou Ji, writing books became a fashion.
As long as you are an individual and want to write a book, you can do it.
The only difference is.
The books written under the leadership of Kou Ji will be printed into volumes, part of them will be published in the Song Dynasty Books and Newspapers, and will also be entered into the Tianshengguan library.
Books written privately by others do not receive this treatment.
The reason why Kou Ji was so eager to write books was to take advantage of the east wind to promote new knowledge.
During the Tang Dynasty, Master Xuanzang went to Tianzhu and obtained scriptures, which instantly made him famous.
For this purpose, a Big Wild Goose Pagoda was specially built for Master Xuanzang to translate scriptures.
Now the books that Gargamel promised to Koji have been transported from Baghdad to the Black Khanate.
There are millions of books.
There were more than 30,000 people transporting books.
As the team marched, it stretched for more than ten miles.
It is impossible for such a huge collection of books to be transported to Bianjing quietly like the last time.
Gargamel had no intention of helping Kou Ji cover up.
Kou Ji also felt that there was no need to cover up the existence of these books.
Open your eyes to see the world.
Kou Ji must let everyone in the Song Dynasty understand that the Song Dynasty is not the only glorious civilization in this land.
There is also a glorious civilization in the far west.
Only by allowing everyone in the Song Dynasty to understand the world clearly can future generations stop being closed-minded and like frogs in a well.
Only by allowing everyone in the Song Dynasty to understand the world clearly can the ambition of everyone in the Song Dynasty be aroused.
Kou Ji hoped that in the future, when the land and money were insufficient, the nobles of the Song Dynasty could rely on their own command to exploit Westerners, instead of blindly squeezing the people of the Song Dynasty.
Kou Ji also hopes that future generations can follow the footsteps of Yuan Shan, Cao Lili, Zhu Neng, Li Zhaoliang and others to conquer the world instead of being conquered by the world.
Time flies and it’s the end of the year.
Kou Ji borrowed the help of others and published nearly a thousand books in total.
More than 90% of them were translated by Bao Zheng and others in recent years, and more than 10% were private work done by Kou Ji himself.
Anyway, the true and false were mixed together and poured into the Song Dynasty, and no one could tell which one was written by Kou Ji.
Anyway, the names on every book are very impressive.
Even if folk readers don't like it, they will sell two copies and take a look at it.
Not for anything else, just because I can talk to my boss’s boss after I enter the official career.
For example, after reading Fan Zhongyan's "On Qian" and meeting Fan Zhongyan later in his official career, he could shamelessly call himself a student in front of Fan Zhongyan.
The method of drilling a camp has long been thoroughly studied by scholars.
No one needs to remind them, they will take the initiative to get in.
Kou Ji knew the nature of scholars, so he asked Fan Zhongyan and other important ministers to name him.
Fan Zhongyan and other important ministers.
Except for Fan Zhongyan, who is older, everyone else is very young and will stay in court for a long time in the future.
During their time in power, officials who join the government must curry favor with them.
After nearly a thousand books were distributed to the Song Dynasty, they immediately aroused heated discussion.
Most of these theories are not recognized by others.
Only the arithmetic and engineering sciences written by Kou Ji were highly praised by scholars and craftsmen.
The main reason is that arithmetic is something that cannot be faked. New arithmetic that can crush the current arithmetic system has emerged. People who are proficient in arithmetic have no other choice but to worship and study.
The same is true for engineering.
Whether something is good, whether it can be used, or whether it can be made, you will know by making one and trying it.
As long as the things you create are practical and easy to use, no one can refute it.
It is worth mentioning that in order to help Kou Ji promote engineering, someone actually set up a school in Bianjing City specifically to teach engineering.
Kou Ji finally realized what it meant that the King of Chu had such a thin waist and the Sixth Palace had such a thin waist.
When the Tieta Temple Engineering School opened, Kou Ji bravely went to attend the opening ceremony.
He admired the Engineering School very much, but Kou Ji didn't like the words "Iron Pagoda Temple" hanging in front of the Engineering School.
If it weren't for the establishment of the Engineering School and echoing Kou Ji's thoughts, I might not have survived the next day.
It was the second day after Kou Ji attended the opening of the Iron Tower Temple Engineering School.
A piece of news spread throughout Bianjing City.
In the far west, there is a country that has been inherited for thousands of years. They have developed for thousands of years and have millions of books.
The imperial court spent thousands of kilograms of gold and purchased millions of books from the far west.
Now the collection of books has arrived in Hexi.
As soon as this news came out, Bianjing City was boiling.vp
In the inherent thinking of the Song people, the Song Dynasty was the country with the longest inheritance and the most developed civilization in the world.
Now that a country with a similar level appears, they naturally want to take a good look at it and then criticize it.
They want to use this to tell today's officials that those thousands of kilograms of gold are not worth it.
"Sir, if you released the news in advance and described it in such an exaggerated way, will something happen?"
In Kou Ji's study, Wang Anshi asked with a frown.
Kou Jixiao asked: "What can happen?"
Wang Anshi said solemnly: "Thousands of kilograms of gold, are those books worth it?"
Kou Ji said without hesitation: "It's worth it! In my opinion, thousands of kilograms of gold can be regarded as buying back those books at a cheap price. If it weren't for the changes in the Western dynasty.
We want to get those books back, and thousands of kilograms of gold can't stop us.
It is very likely that countless lives will be lost.”
Wang Anshi hesitated and asked: "Does the imperial court have so much gold?"
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said: "It's just a gimmick. I didn't spend a penny to get those books back."
Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, then quickly said: "Sir, you used thousands of kilograms of gold as bait just to attract the attention of all the scholars in the Song Dynasty?"
Kou Ji smiled and nodded.
Wang Anshi said bluntly: "But now, although scholars are concerned about this matter, they have not taken any action. On the contrary, some good people have sent people from the government to ride horses to Hexi to look at those books."
Kou Ji smiled and said: "You have also learned some of these knowledge. You should know the power of those knowledge. Those scholars did not take action because they did not see the knowledge. After they see the knowledge, they will definitely take action.
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Wang Anshi said in a deep voice: "Once those knowledge are spread, they will definitely arouse the hostility of Confucianism. In fact, the knowledge that Sir has spread before has aroused the hostility of Confucianism.
Nowadays, the leaders and great Confucian scholars of major Chinese studies have issued explicit orders that anyone who dares to study those books in Chinese studies will be removed from the list.
So if you want to spread those knowledge, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy.”
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "I never thought of accomplishing it overnight. I have got my knowledge back, and I have almost passed on what I need to pass on.
Whether they can apply what they have learned and whether they can use it to strengthen the country depends on them.
The only thing I can do is to allow them to incorporate those knowledge into Confucianism, into Confucianism.
If this still doesn't make them give in, then I will take those knowledge to Korea.
I believe that no one in Korea can stop me from spreading that knowledge."
Wang Anshi thought carefully and said bluntly: "Students feel that they should be able to accept some of them, but they will not accept them all. Even if they are to accept some of them, someone must confront them and make them admit the desirability of Dashi culture."
wherever possible, incorporate it into Confucianism.
The gentleman's status is obviously unsuitable.
If you go into battle shirtless in person, you will lose face if you lose, and you won't be very honorable if you win.
Others will use my husband's status as an excuse and say that I was forced by force."
Kou Ji smiled and nodded: "So I'm going to let you take charge of this matter."
Wang Anshi's eyes widened in horror, provoking Confucianism and establishing a new sect within Confucianism. This was something that only saints and great sages could do.
Although Wang Anshi was arrogant, he was not arrogant enough to compare with saints and great sages.
He is only twenty years old this year.
Kou Ji smiled at Wang Anshi and said, "Don't be afraid. Those who are serving as officials in the court today are all your senior brothers. In the future, those who will become officials through the imperial examination will be your juniors."
So if you spread new knowledge, it will not affect your career."
Wang Anshi is not stupid, and he cannot be fooled by Kou Ji into going against the world's Confucian scholars.
"Students are still young and cannot shoulder such an important responsibility."
Kou Ji said meaningfully to Wang Anshi: "We are not afraid of destiny, our ancestors are not lawful, and people's words are not compassionate... You must keep these words in mind... Being my student is your honor and your misfortune.
As my student, after you become an official, your starting point will be very high, and you will also be supported by many senior brothers.
But on the other hand, you have to make great achievements to be worthy of this status.
Your senior brothers have implemented the restructuring before the dynasty, and now it has begun to bear fruit.
The rest is just a matter of time.
As long as the Song Dynasty can prosper after the restructuring, they are destined to be remembered in the annals of history and their names will last forever.
They are my disciples, and you are my disciple.
You have to establish greater achievements than them to avoid losing my reputation.
Nowadays, there is no chance to make achievements in either political affairs or military affairs.
The only place where you can still make achievements is through education.
Nowadays, the imperial court has opened many schools. In one city, there is not only one Chinese school and one government school, but also dozens of county schools and countless elementary schools.
The imperial court spared no expense in promoting education.
Therefore, it is destined that in the Song Dynasty, everyone will be literate.
Such a situation is a good opportunity to promote knowledge and establish doctrines. If you miss it, it will be gone.
You are different from others. You have my support and many senior brothers to help you. As long as you are willing, the doctrine you established can appear in Chinese studies, government studies, and county studies.
No one can stop me."
After all, Wang Anshi has not grown up enough to challenge heaven and earth, his ancestors, and etiquette.
So after Kou Ji finished speaking, Wang Anshi's mind was very confused.
Seeing the struggling look on Wang Anshi's face, Kou Ji continued: "Once Dashi's books are shipped back from Hexi, countless scholars will pounce on them, find out the shortcomings, and slander them.
But there will also be some scholars who fall into it and find their own path.
There are hundreds of industries, and naturally you don’t need to take care of them.
But some principles of heaven and earth, some words of sages, and some things similar to scriptures all need someone to guide them.
Without someone to guide them, those scholars who are stuck in this situation will be like headless flies and will end up with a bloody head.
Until a leader appears, they will rush to the leader's side one after another to be driven by the leader and spread the knowledge they have learned.
It's just that it takes too long to wait for them to rise step by step.
I will not stay in Bianjing for the rest of my life, let alone wait for the rest of my life.
So I asked you to go out and lead them as a guide.
Become their leader and establish a sect.
You have countless advantages that you can draw on, so if you guide them, it will be much easier for them to rise than if they fumble on their own.
All roads are smooth for you.
You just need to have the courage to face those Confucian scholars."
Kou Ji's words were not mixed with any water.
Everything he said was true and reasonable.
A doctrine with a leader will always rise faster than a doctrine without a leader.
Wang Anshi leaned against Kou Ji, and Kou Ji sat down with the entire Song Dynasty hall.
Wang Anshi represents the official promotion of doctrine.
Things naturally go smoothly when you start doing things.
At least officially no one will make things difficult for him, and they can even help him suppress his opponents.
Wang Anshi had veins popping out on his forehead, and his mind was obviously more confused. He stared at Kou Ji and said in a low and hoarse voice: "Students don't think that Western knowledge is better than my Song Dynasty knowledge."
Kou Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "I didn't say that Western culture is better than my Song Dynasty culture, nor did I say that Western culture should replace my Song Dynasty culture.
I just think that there are some merits in Western culture, and there are also some things in common with our Song Dynasty culture.
What you have to do is to absorb the merits and common points among them, and combine them with the sage's classics, or use them as an extension of the sage's classics.
It can even be regarded as something new learned after studying the classics of saints.
It will eventually become a part of Confucianism, rather than replace Confucianism or compete with Confucianism.
It is impossible for me to let my students be enemies of Confucianism as a whole.
All you have to do is turn the essence into ours.
As for where it comes from, who made it, or what kind of logo it carries, you don't need to pay attention.
Even if you say that you learned those things by studying the classics of saints, no one will come out and make irresponsible remarks.
If you can integrate the essence of it into Confucianism.
I have plenty of ways to make people forget that those things come from the West."
Kou Ji said that the essence of Western culture should be integrated into Confucianism instead of opposing Confucianism. Wang Anshi's expression softened a little.
As a native of the Song Dynasty, as a scholar who has studied Confucian culture since childhood, and as a person who treats Confucian culture as his ancestors, he is unwilling to let any doctrine replace Confucianism.
Kou Ji didn't mean this either.
He is being a thief, stealing the best of other people's things to make up for his own shortcomings.
Instead of borrowing other people's things and overthrowing your own.
Therefore, it is impossible for him to pit Western learning against Confucianism.
What he needs is a complete and sound Confucian system that covers hundreds of walks of life and hundreds of schools of thought, not a Confucianism that only has articles written by saints, nor a new doctrine that replaces Confucianism.
From its birth to its inheritance to the Song Dynasty, Confucianism absorbed many things and changed many things.
It is inclusive, but also strongly exclusive.
It is precisely because of its strong exclusivity that Confucianism has always been a doctrine rather than a complete Confucian system.
What Kou Ji has to do now is to force it to give up its exclusivity and start absorbing other doctrines and learning to complete the Confucian system.
In this era, Kou Ji could not destroy Confucianism and establish a new system of learning.
So he could only force Confucianism to absorb it.
In the first thousand years after the birth of Confucianism, either the Five Classics or the Six Classics were studied. In the next few hundred years, it expanded into the Four Books and the Five Classics.
Just a few books back and forth, but it governs a civilization that has been passed down for thousands of years.
Even if some other books appear, they are only extensions of these books.
How many books?
Can it supply the needs of a dynasty?
Can it supply the needs of a civilization’s development?
Such unscientific behavior was actually followed by dynasties from generation to generation.
It would be strange if there is no problem.
What Kou Ji needs now is to break it, break the constraints of a few books on learning, and push it to thousands, tens of thousands, or even more.
Build a system that continues to extend, expand, and develop.