The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 524: Retro Thoughts
"It seems that there is no need for me to come forward."

Seeing that Liu Biao and Cai Yong had calmed the situation, Liu Xie turned around and returned to the carriage.

Inside the carriage, Sima Yi and Yang Xiu were also discussing the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine that Liu Biao had just mentioned.

"Since there were doctors with great medical skills who performed dissection in ancient times, why is it not allowed now?"

"Isn't it the fault of Dong Zhongshu, a toad Confucian scholar? When Sima Qian wrote the Biographies of Bian Que and Cang Gong, didn't he avoid mentioning this matter?"

When Yang Xiu talked about this, a look of regret appeared on his face.

"During the pre-Qin period, the Hundred Schools of Thought were so brilliant! It's a pity that they were messed up like this by a bunch of idiot Confucian scholars!"

"Unfortunately, over the years, most of the theories of the various philosophers have been lost, and we can only get a glimpse of them through gossip."

……

What happened to Zhao Shang today not only failed to save face for the theory of the correspondence between Heaven and man, but instead further proved that the correspondence between Heaven and man is an obstacle to its development.

If today's events were to spread, I believe that many scholars would spontaneously ask a question -

Is it only medicine that is being hindered by these ignorant scholars?

Medicine can't even be counted among the nine classes and ten schools!

Confucianists, Taoists, Mohists, Legalists, Schools of Names, Eclecticists, Agriculturalists, Schools of Diplomacy, Schools of Yin and Yang, and Novelists.

How many things here have stagnated because of the interaction between heaven and man?
Sima Yi also sighed: "The Toad Confucianism has been evident since the time of Wang Mang's chaotic rule. So in the early years of the Later Han Dynasty, there were people like Wang Chong who took a different approach. It's a pity that it was not adopted by those in power. Otherwise, there would be more than just the natural and man-made disasters in the past few decades!"

When Liu Xie heard their discussion, he sat directly between them.

"In this case, you can study more of the knowledge of various schools of thought."

"Although it has been lost today, some traces of it may still be found in the homes of great scholars such as Cai Zhongcheng and Kong Wenju."

However, Liu Xie also reminded them: "The knowledge of the various schools of thought and the knowledge of the Toad Confucianists are the same, with both advantages and disadvantages."

“For example, although the Mohist Three Tables Method is good, it is wrong to explain ghosts and gods.”

"For example, although the nomenclature of the nomenclature is good, and the reasoning of speculation is good, Gongsun Long believed that all things are independent and different from each other, and even the various attributes of a thing are unrelated to each other, thus denying the mutual connection between things and concepts... This is definitely wrong."

Liu Xie said: "Nowadays, it is not only Zong Bo and Kong Wenju who are constantly using the skeleton of Lun Heng to fill in the flesh and blood of new knowledge. Since you are young, you can also do more of these studies and stop pursuing flowers and willows all day long."

amount……

Yang Xiu smiled awkwardly, obviously knowing that the emperor was pointing at him.

"Dezu's thoughts usually wander, but he can actually make achievements in academic studies."

"If you can succeed, you will definitely be remembered in history... If I don't grant you a state, I'm afraid the people of the future will not agree."

Yang Xiu opened his mouth wide.

Sima Yi was also a little surprised.

This was the first time that the emperor had painted such a big picture for civil servants.

To establish a state, one does not necessarily have to expand territory and fight enemies in battle.

If we could add the flesh and blood of various schools of thought into the skeleton of "Lun Heng" and complete the theory of new knowledge, it would be possible to establish a state!
Yang Xiu immediately nodded towards the emperor and said, "I will study hard and do my best to relieve the emperor's worries!"

"If you succeed in this, you will relieve the worries of the Han Dynasty, and even relieve the worries of China, but not relieve the worries of me."

Liu Xie looked outside and saw that Zhao Shang had been captured and the crowd had dispersed, so he knew that the matter was over.

"Today's incident has attracted a large number of onlookers, and with Zong Bo and Cai Zhongcheng coming forward, it is bound to cause a great uproar."

"Ambitious people will probably discuss the harm of the Toad Confucianism to the various schools of thought, just like you two, and thus a trend of retro thinking will become popular."

"During this period, there may be some surprises, such as the re-emergence of the classics of the Hundred Schools of Thought. This will also help you speed up the compilation of the Lun Heng Dao, which is a good thing anyway."

Liu Xie felt that Zhao Shang's disturbance was not actually a bad thing.

Although the status of doctors is not high, everyone needs medical skills for treatment.

Therefore, as long as one is an individual, he or she will spontaneously step forward to protect the development of medicine.

Now that the fact that the Toad Confucian's theory of the correspondence between heaven and man has been exposed as an obstacle to the development of medicine is essentially to move the Toad Confucian from "the opposite side of the government" to "the opposite side of the people."

Liu Xie found it somewhat amusing.

Unless these small-minded scholars can invent a steam engine, they will probably never be able to jump again.

But if someone could create a steam engine... could he still be called a toad scholar?

"Let's go. The only bad thing about this is that it scares those doctors."

"Those doctors are precious to me. I can't let them feel resentful because of this. I have to go and comfort them."

The emperor led Sima Yi and Yang Xiu into the University Hall.

Upon seeing this, Liu Biao and Cai Yong also followed the emperor in.

Dong Cheng was leading his soldiers in the inner house for defense. When he saw the emperor coming, he immediately knelt down and confessed: "I am guilty!"

"You have fulfilled your duty by coming here from Chang'an in such a short time and not forgetting to inform me."

Liu Xie helped Dong Cheng up and turned his attention to the doctor behind him.

"I'm sorry to have frightened you all this time."

"But I still want to say that I hope you will not develop any prejudice against the people because of this incident and lose your compassion as a doctor."

"These people were instigated by Zhao Shang to besiege the university hall. In fact, this was not their original intention, but they did not have a clear sense of right and wrong."

“But the understanding of right and wrong is itself obtained through the way of education.”

"Therefore, the reason why these people followed Zhao Shang here is the fault of the court and me!" All the doctors were a little stunned. They obviously did not expect that the emperor would come to such a conclusion about the people's siege of the university.

Behind him, Liu Biao and Cai Yong, who were great Confucian scholars and should have taught the people, also looked ashamed, and were obviously blaming themselves for the emperor's words.

The only thing Liu Xie was worried about was that these doctors would lose confidence in the people, or even develop disgust towards them, because of this incident.

If doctors lose their faith, it would be a disaster for the people of Han!
"Where did your majesty say he went?"

"That's right, how can your Majesty be blamed for this?"

"..."

Many of the doctors saw the emperor for the first time.

When they saw the emperor standing up for them and driving out Zhao Shang, and said these words in front of them, many people's eyes were filled with tears!
What is the Holy Son of Heaven?

This guy is called the Holy Son of Heaven!

Fan A quickly knelt down and saluted the emperor.

"Your Majesty is serious!"

"Although many people followed Zhao Shang to attack the university hall just now, there were also more people who came to support them."

"The village woman who led the group just now is the one I treated earlier! Doesn't the fact that they can come here prove that most people can still distinguish right from wrong?"

The people are innocent.

This is what Liu Xie wanted to tell these doctors.

And these doctors obviously did not need the emperor to remind them.

They are accustomed to the sufferings of the world, and they come from the people and go among the people every day, so they actually understand this point more clearly.

"That's right! All the patients I treated just now are here."

"That's right! And I treat the most patients!"

"Bullshit! I treat the most patients!"

"..."

After Hua Tuo came out, he also bowed to the emperor and said, "When I was practicing medicine before, I actually encountered many more unbearable scenes than this."

"At that time, there were no government troops to defend the country, and no great scholars to debate with us."

"Now this is enough!"

Although doctors can save lives, their status is terribly low.

There are so many people who bully them on a daily basis, so attacking the university... is just a small incident!
After hearing this, Liu Xie also sighed.

"From today on, the court will subsidize each doctor in the university hall with a monthly subsidy of 1,000 gold yuan."

"Moreover, from now on, anyone who sees me in the university hall does not need to call himself a commoner, but should refer to himself as a minister of the emperor... Anyone who sees an official other than the three highest officials does not need to kneel and bow."

These words once again made the doctors at the university hall extremely excited!
Money money!

So much money!

And it also has a lofty social status!
Is this kind of treatment really something that doctors like them can enjoy?

……

The emperor's words were spread along with what happened in the university today.

An old friend of Zhao Shang immediately found Kong Rong and cried in front of his door: "Your Majesty has abolished the etiquette of doctors. There is no hierarchy. If this continues for a long time, the country will surely be ruined!"

"The emperor today does not respect etiquette and Confucianism. Please come forward to advise His Majesty!"

Originally, Kong Rong had no intention of showing up.

However, when he heard the other party shouting "The Emperor does not respect Confucianism", a servant immediately came out and slapped the other party in the face.

"How dare you! How dare you slander the emperor!"

"The emperor doesn't respect Confucianism? How can you say that?"

"If the emperor really did not respect Confucianism, why did he advocate "education for all", open schools and teach people to read?"

"If the emperor really did not respect Confucianism, why did he revive the Zhou rituals, establish states and princes?"

"It was Dong Zhongshu and a bunch of other Confucian scholars who tampered with the Confucian classics and created the nonsense theory of the interaction between heaven and man. What does this have to do with Confucius?"

Kong Rong divided the problem very clearly.

Confucianism is Confucianism.

The resonance between Heaven and man is the resonance between Heaven and man.

The idea of ​​the correspondence between heaven and man may be Confucianism, but Confucianism can never be the idea of ​​the correspondence between heaven and man!

Although this has been the case for the past few hundred years...

But Kong Rong obviously wanted to set things right and make a complete severance between Confucianism and the theory of the interaction between heaven and man!
A few days later, Kong Rong wrote an article "On the Origin of Confucianism and Taoism", which completely separated Confucianism and the theory of the correspondence between heaven and man during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!

For a time, countless famous scholars began to use this as a starting point to study what the original Confucianism of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was all about.

When studying original Confucianism, one will inevitably be "connected" with the knowledge of various philosophers and common people.

Since Zhao Shang attacked the University Hall, the direction of the entire academic community changed instantly, and it evolved from only studying "Lun Heng" to studying the knowledge of various schools of thought!

For the first time in three hundred years, the Han Dynasty has finally and completely entered an era of retro thinking!
(End of this chapter)