Among the more than 100 retro-style literati, it is normal for there to be more than 20 sycophants.
Who allowed Wang Yuan to dominate the government and the opposition, and then promoted or reinstated them? The former is power, the latter is kindness, and they have no psychological burden when they praise him.
Wang Yuan raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, opened the "Anthology of Retrospectives" compiled by himself, and recited He Jingming's poem "A Journey to Xuanming Palace": "If you don't see it, the Xuanming Palace is full of thorns... The world's clothes are hard to wear, and the Central Plains bandits are bandits."
Time comes again. Disasters in ancient times are not accidental, and how can the power of the state always be relied on. The palace of Xuanming is now gone, when will the construction of the capital be stopped? There are still flowers and stone gangs in the South China Sea, and gold and silver temples are built in the west mountains..."
He Jingming has been dead for ten years and ranks second among the Seven Ancient Masters. It is meaningful for Wang Yuan to use this man's poem as the opening speech.
Seeing the different expressions on everyone's faces, Wang Yuan continued: "The late emperor had already self-examined his faults in government in his edict. When the new emperor came to the throne, Mr. Yang Ge worked hard to change the bad government. Even the Xuanming Palace was demolished, leaving only two main halls.
I will keep it here for the time being. I am here to hold a cultural meeting for you all. If Mr. Dafu (He Jingming) knows, if he asks again, "When will the construction of the capital be stopped?", I can answer that he has stopped. This is the contribution of Mr. Yang Ge.
also."
"Old Yang Ge is truly a wise man through the ages!" Wang Jiusi quickly agreed. No matter what Wang Yuan said, he would sing along with him.
The flatterers were resentful that they had been overtaken by this guy again, and they all praised Yang Tinghe.
Yang Shen was very happy about this. Who doesn't want his father to be praised? At the same time, he was even more convinced of Wang Yuan.
Wang Yuan also read the "Battlefield Song of General Shi" by Li Mengyang, the first of the seven sons: "I met my father in the south of Qingfeng Inn and told me what happened in my past years. The ancient battlefield still exists in the north of the inn, and the arrowhead still bears the word "Qin Wang"... Wow, Yang Shi is as famous as him.
No one in the world can have this generation of Xibeihu reincarnated?"
This poem was written during the period when Liu Jin came to power. After the victory in the defense of Beijing, the Ming army pursued the ancient battlefield of Oala. In the poem, Zhu Houzhao is called the master of the ZTE. In fact, it has an implicit meaning, questioning the laxity in border affairs and the collapse of the army.
, what should we do if there is another Tumubao Incident?
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Everyone here, if you have time to be friends with Mr. (Li Mengyang), when you pay homage to Mr. next year, you can say: things are peaceful, Hu Ma dare not go to Yinshan, let him not worry about the reappearance of the earthen fort!"
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Wang Jiusi immediately praised: "The merit of this king's prime minister is to make the dragon city fly, but not to teach Hu Ma to cross the Yin Mountain!"
"How shameless!" Huangfuchong couldn't help it.
Wang Jiusi blew his beard and said: "You are so rude as a junior, how can you speak today?"
Huangfu said mercilessly: "Old man!"
"Okay." Wang Yuan suddenly interrupted, preventing the two from continuing to argue.
Huangfuchong was a scholar in Wuzhong, and he was related to Tang Bohu and Zhu Zhishan. He was the younger generation of the Four Talented Scholars in Jiangnan. He and his third brother Huangfucheng passed the Jinshi examination in the same year. His second brother and fourth brother would also pass the Jinshi exam in the future. Among them, the second brother and the third brother
The brothers are still twins.
Although Huangfuchong was a talented man from the south of the Yangtze River, he had a very bad temper. He liked to write poems on military themes, and he was good at riding and shooting. He left military works such as "Bing Liu" and "Zhen Ge Miscellaneous Words" in history.
"Mr. Wang, please continue speaking." Huangfuchong seemed to admire Wang Yuan very much. As soon as Wang Yuan spoke, he immediately raised his fists in salute.
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Your Majesty is wise, and everything is settled. This is the atmosphere of a prosperous age. You all intend to restore the ancient times and reproduce the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties. I also take this as my ambition. Come, have a full drink to congratulate your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty.
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Everyone toasted and drank together, and the atmosphere was instantly warm.
Yes, the emperor no longer carries out large-scale construction projects, the border areas have become peaceful, and even the old land of Hetao has been restored. Isn't it going to be a prosperous time again in the future?
Among the literati present, who doesn’t have dreams of a prosperous age? Thinking of the future when the world is peaceful, the people are prosperous, and the culture is prosperous, every one of them is beaming with joy.
“Good wine!”
Wang Yuan suddenly put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "During the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, the smell was everywhere, and the Han family orthodoxy was scattered and lost. Even the poetry and classics were not as good as before. The Taizu and the founding fathers tried their best to restore the country's rivers and mountains, but the article and education were inevitably affected by the abuses.
The influence of people. In this way, the restoration movement of the princes can directly catch up with the Han, Tang and Pre-Qin in literature. Isn’t it right?”
Wang Jiusi hesitated to speak, and finally stopped trying to flatter him this time.
"That's the truth." Kang Hai, the most senior person, said.
Yang Shen and his disciples also agreed.
Guo Xun, the Marquis of Wuding, was a military general who had extraordinary attainments in poetry. Hearing that Wang Yuan was holding a cultural gathering, he took the initiative to attend. At this moment, he said: "Why don't you go up to your majesty and demolish the temple of Yuan Shizong (Kublai Khan) and destroy Yuan Shizong's palace in the emperor's palace?"
Temple tablet!”
Kublai Khan was recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang, and his tablets were enshrined in the temples of emperors of all dynasties, and the Ming Emperor personally worshiped him every year.
Historically, Yao Lai, the son of Yao Rong, was the first to suggest the abolition of sacrifices to Kublai Khan. As the Mongolian border troubles worsened, Emperor Jiajing finally couldn't bear it and violated the ancestral system and removed Kublai Khan from the temples of previous emperors.
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. Since you want to return to the prosperous age, you should have the demeanor of the prosperous age. I agree with Taizu's instructions. Kublai Khan has made great contributions to the country, and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty is also a dynasty of China."
Kublai Khan's former name was Mongolia, including the Golden Horde, etc., which had nothing to do with China.
Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty and used the Chinese system. This was the real Chinese dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was inherited from the Yuan Dynasty. The territory of the Yuan Dynasty was legally Ming territory. Even Mobei was a lost territory of the Ming Dynasty and had natural claims.
How can anyone in their right mind deny power?
Removing Kublai Khan from the imperial temple meant that the Ming Dynasty lost its legal authority over Tibet, Laos, Nurgandusi and other places. If it wanted to annex Laos in the future, it would not be called a recovery of its homeland, but an unjust invasion.
You said that the Ming Dynasty restored the country of the Song Dynasty, but what about the Northeast region?
Therefore, Genghis Khan’s palace tent can be burned, but Kublai Khan’s tablet must be sacrificed!
Zhu Yuanzhang was very clear about this, and he only offered sacrifices to Kublai Khan among all the Mongolian monarchs.
Wang Yuan continued: "Not only in literature, but also in Confucian classics, there are many omissions, and Zhu Zi's words have been misinterpreted by later generations. Of course Zhu Zi was a saint, but he was unworthy of his descendants and failed to understand the true meaning of a saint. This must be corrected slowly.
Therefore, there is a new Neo-Confucianism and a new Qi science, and we can completely trace back to the Qin and Han Dynasties and truly understand the subtle words and great meanings of the sages of the past dynasties!"
Wang Tingxiang praised: "This is how it should be."
Many of the scholars of the restoration school were also Confucian scholars. While pursuing the restoration of literature, they also revised Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
At the very beginning, psychology was actually a branch of Neo-Confucianism. It gradually became independent many years after Wang Yangming’s death. The new Neo-Confucianism that Wang Yuan just mentioned actually included psychology.
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "I propose that the study of Confucian classics and literature be restored, and that you all work together to create a peaceful and prosperous age!"
"Yes!" Yang Shen happily agreed, feeling a little excited inside.
Wang Yuan suddenly stood up: "Bring it up!"
More than a dozen servants carried several large boxes filled with tortoise shells and animal bones.
Yang Shen asked: "What is this?"
Although Yang Shen has dabbled in Chinese medicine, the "dragon bones" of Chinese medicinal materials are really not the oracle bones of oracle bones, but the fossils of ancient animals. It is pure nonsense to say that the ancients regarded oracle bones as traditional Chinese medicine. It may also be that animal fossils are hard to find.
, quacks and profiteers use oracle bones to make money.
"The oracle bones excavated in Henan have characters on them. I asked everyone to identify them, and some of them can be vaguely recognized." Wang Yuan picked up an oracle bone and pointed to the pattern on it.
Bing Ge? I guess this is the ancient character "Ge". There is also this pattern, which has one more horizontal line than the character "田". Could it be the ancient character "田"? And here, it looks like a door, could it be
Could it be the ancient word for 'door'?"
Yang Shen squatted there and explored for a while, as if he had been hit in the head by a sledgehammer. His head was dizzy and he said: "I'm afraid these are ancient characters created by Cangjie!"
Everyone was shocked.
Especially those who have researched gold and stone, they rushed over to check it out.
Although the ancients did not study oracle bone inscriptions, they began to study bell and tripod inscriptions in the Song Dynasty. Some of the bell and tripod inscriptions are very close to or even identical to oracle bone inscriptions.
Wen Zhengming was ill and did not go to Beijing this time, but asked his eldest son Wen Peng to attend the meeting on his behalf.
Although Wen Peng was young, he had been influenced by his father since he was a child and had a lot of research on the art of metal and stone. He picked up the oracle bones and scanned them casually, and instantly recognized several characters. His hands trembled with excitement: "This is the ancient character of Cangjie. This is
Cangjie’s ancient characters!”
Wang Yuan laughed loudly: "Since we want to go back to the past, we should go back to the old days more thoroughly. The Hanlin Academy should set up a new hall to study the ancient characters of Cangjie. Let's go back to the time of the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors!"
Yang Shen asked: "How about I be the curator?"
"Yes." Wang Yuan smiled.
Retrospective means to innovate based on ancient times, and to reform ideas and literature.
Thoughts and literature can be reformed, so why not the imperial system? The restoration movement will provide legitimacy for the reform. If you encounter opposition, just say that I am restoring the ancient times, and I am not just fooling around.
Many literati present today can also help promote the reform, especially those who follow the trend!
Unify our thinking and carry out reforms to achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Wang Yuan wanted to create a publication, called "Restore", and the theme of the first issue was "Warring States Reform", asking everyone to write poems and prose based on the content.
Not to mention the reform was carried out by Shang Yang. Among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, only the State of Chu did not implement the system of prefectures and counties, while the other six countries all implemented reforms.
You said that the rituals and music collapsed during the Warring States Period, and the system of prefectures and counties was followed in all dynasties thereafter, including the Ming Dynasty. Could it be said that the rituals and music also collapsed in the Ming Dynasty? Since the rituals and music did not collapse in the Ming Dynasty, then the reforms during the Warring States Period were justified!
Wang Yuan planned to ask Zhang Cong, a master of etiquette, to write an article about "rituals". The core of the article is that etiquette and music change with time, and only the spirit of etiquette and music remains unchanged throughout the ages.
You see, reform can also be related to retro.
How can the great unification since the Qin and Han Dynasties come about without legal reform?
Without legal reform, where would today’s county system come from?
Therefore, reform is necessary and reform is legitimate. All those who block reform are treacherous and petty, and they only care about their own interests, regardless of the country, the country, and the people!
In addition, there are a large number of realistic themes in the literary works of the retro school, which describe how difficult the lives of ordinary people are. These poems and prose should be published and disseminated so that officials who have escaped from the bottom can see that this country does not yet have Haiyanheqing, and there are
Countless people at the bottom are waiting for help!
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