When I came out of the Jiehe Branch of Yuntai Academy Palace, it was already the lights on, and countless stars were flashing in the sky.

Riding on his horse to the coastal shipbuilding department, Su Che was still thinking about the debate in the Yuntai Academy just now.

It’s not that he debates with others, but that he is listening to others’ debates. It is several professors in the Yuntai Academy who use the principles of “Reason Theory” and “Personal Theory” to debate several “optical” issues. “Optics” is also like “formality”, and is one of the several new trajectories in the Yuntai Academy.

"Optics" was born because the telescope "invented" by Wu Haogu, which attracted many professors who had just graduated from the Tongcai Department of the Academy. Why can the images of objects be magnified by two convex mirrors? Why does it become an inverted stage? Why can the sunlight be enhanced by a convex mirror? Why can the enhanced sunlight ignite paper? How far can you see with a telescope? Why can you stand high and see far? Some people used a telescope to observe the moon and stars in the sky and found that the moon was bumpy...

A large group of professors used a "convex mirror" to conduct various experiments, and recorded the experiment process with as detailed words and sketches as possible, and then conducted various explanations and reasonings... Some reasonings are correct, some are wrong, and some are wonderful ideas with a broad mind.

In short, Su Che really didn't understand it very much, but he also felt that what these young people said seemed to make sense! Not only did they make sense, but they also conducted various experiments to prove that their reasons were correct.

He also wanted to point out that the young people were studying "strange tricks and tricks" and were not worth mentioning. But he finally refused to say it because he found that all the professors were carrying swords and looked very reasonable and convinced... but he mentioned his views with Mi Youren and his son Su Shi on the way back to the coastal Maritime Control Department.

As a result, he was stumped by the "truth and evil saying" proposed by his son Su Shi, who was not well-read by the saint.

"Father, how can optics be an insignificant path and a strange trick? Light produces heat, heat produces fire, light and heat are one of the origins of all things! If there is no light in the sky, can all things in the world still survive? If all things cannot survive, is morality still meaningful? If the skin does not exist, where will the hair be attached? Therefore, the study of light is not about exploring the path, but about the great way, the way of heaven, and the way of the origin of all things!

Doesn’t “Book of Rites. The Great” mean that to seek knowledge is to investigate things, and then to know it? The so-called “knowledge is to investigate things” means that if you want to obtain knowledge, you can understand things and to explore the principles.”

OK, positivism and rationalism are all broken out, but they also put it on "The Book of Rites. The University", which really made Su Che not know what to say? He couldn't even say his son! Even if there is another explanation for "studying things and seeking knowledge", it is impossible to admit that it is the origin of all things!

While not knowing how to refute his son, Su Che also discovered another very serious problem.

The study of the "original origin" of "optics" is likely to become a breakthrough in the current Confucian system in the future and undergo a drastic change. Because no one can truly put morality above the light. Without light, there will be no one, there will be no three emperors, no five emperors, no Zhou Gong and Confucius, what morality is there? What kind of people are there to overcome themselves and what kind of etiquette is there? Of course, there will be no filial sons and loyal ministers.

Therefore, the study of the origin of nature is a higher pursuit of "benevolence". The saying "Tao follows nature" is actually the mantle of Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi. Although Confucianism also absorbed this view, because there is no way to explore the origin of nature, Taoism can only let nature go without doing anything. Confucianism avoids the "Big Way" to cultivate oneself and govern the country, and the height of "benevolence" has never been compared with nature. This is also the main reason why Confucianism encounters crisis after Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains.

Neo-Confucianism, originally created by the great Confucians of the Song Dynasty such as Er Cheng, integrates the ideas of the three religions, perfectly integrates the principles of nature and morality, and creates a set of ideological systems that can resist Buddhism.

However, Wu Haogu, the evil Confucian, actually found a way to explore the origin of nature. Although this method can be used to criticize the gods and Buddhas of the heavens, it will also cause a great division in Confucianism itself!

Some Confucians will adhere to the core of "seeking benevolence" and will infinitely raise personal morality. Some Confucians will hold up the banner of exploring nature and take the origin of nature as the fundamental way of Confucianism.

What’s worse is that under the auspices of Su Che’s brother Su Dongpo, "Personal Theory" has become a prominent scholar and will be given questions and tested in the next imperial examination competition!

The next imperial examination will be held after next autumn!

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"Apart from strange skills and fallacies, they are just martial arts and soldiers learning! These are all knowledge of rebellion! Where should scholars learn?"

"I'm planning! It's simply a plan!"

"Yes, Shuxiong, with the lessons taught in Yuntai Academy, you can participate in Wu Haogu's plan and a ill-gotten plot... You can definitely bring down this treacherous slander in one fell swoop!"

At the same time, Zhang Kangguo and Lin Rong had already brought their staff to the coastal market establishment office where they were staying. Because the news of the Western Xia surrendering and calling for dad came, the peace talks in Jiehe Commercial City were temporarily stopped, both sides had to ask for instructions! Therefore, Zhang Kangguo and Lin Rong have also been wandering around Jiehe Commercial City these days. They are scholars, and of course the Yuntai Academy is the one who is most interested.

However, they did not listen to the debates of the professors of Yuntai Academy, but visited the teaching of the doctoral department.

After a visit, everyone, including Zhang Kangguo, Lin Rong and their staff, felt that it was very inappropriate!

Wu Haogu’s original goal of establishing the “Doctoral Studies” was to cultivate Confucian missionaries. However, in the process of development, there were more and more military courses in the doctoral studies and the level was getting higher and higher.

Because Wu Haogu participated in the war against the Western Xia and the driving force brought by the "army invasion" of the Khitan, the Jiehe Branch of Yuntai Academy greatly improved the level of military education in the doctoral department. In addition to the cavalry courses, various military courses are almost the same as those of the Knights' School.

After a large number of officers from the "Jihe" who participated in and commanded the battles of the three straight troops in the front and the new palace soldiers entered the academy (including the Knights' School) to serve as teaching positions, the doctoral degree and the Knights' School of the Palace opened three new courses, "Engineering", "Firearms" and "Jiyi", and also established military research affairs, specializing in military science and tactic research.

Listening to his staff talking bad things about Wu Haogu, Zhang Kangguo, the official of the Privy Council, had no expression on his face and just drank the tea soup there. He only turned his head to look at Lin Rong when everyone was dry and stopped talking.

"Yan Zhen, what do you think?"

Lin Rong was holding a book "General Theory of Engineer Soldiers" in his hand and flipped through pages with candlelight. Hearing Zhang Kangguo's question, he closed the "General Theory of Engineer Soldiers" and sighed softly: "It's not bad, it's not bad!"

"How is it good?" Zhang Kangguo asked.

"This book is good!" Lin Rong smiled and said, "Wu Haogu is indeed talented. "Theory of Empiricality", "Theory of Reason", "Motology", and "Engineering Science" are all knowledges that can be passed down from generation to generation!"

"A knowledge that can be passed down from generation to generation?" Zhang Kangguo held his beard and pondered in a low voice, "What if the imperial court issued an edict to destroy the ban?"

Lin Rong shook his head and said, "If today are the two dynasties in the north and south, can the imperial edict from the court come to Liao Kingdom?

Besides, who will be the evil person who encourages the emperor to burn books and bury scholars? If you really can't destroy it, the evil person will be infamous for thousands of years!"

"Yan Zhen, do you agree with Wu Haogu's knowledge?" Zhang Kangguo looked at Lin Rong and asked.

Lin Rong is Cai Jing's confidant and is also famous for his hard work. He is a second-generation official, and he relies on his father's support to the official position, but he has never been a Jinshi. He was able to reach his current status by relying on Cai Jing's support, and secondly, he has some ability. As an official in charge, he can naturally see that the truth about Wu Haogu is true.

However, Lin Rong shook his head: "The knowledge is true, but people are evil!"

“How do you say this?”

Lin Qian smiled and said, "Wu Haogu is not a good person! Didn't some people say he is an evil scholar? After all, this person is a big merchant, who is profit-oriented and forgets his righteousness when he sees profit. He is a little bit without a king or a father!"

"No king or father?"

Lin Qian said: "Isn't Jiehe Shangshi a lord and a fatherless? The power belongs to the Senate. The so-called Senate is actually a chamber of commerce. The chamber of commerce replaces the parents of the people, isn't it just a lord and a fatherless? But Wu Haogu did this, but he tied the group of people who participated in the Senate to a pirate ship."

Zhang Kangguo nodded repeatedly, saying that he was the best at the official position, but Lin Rong was more transparent when looking at the problem.

The truth about martial arts is true, but people are evil!

The truth will definitely be passed on, but evil people are difficult to eliminate... Because Wu Haogu let too many powerful families make a fortune together. Not only the powerful people of the Song Dynasty, but also the powerful people of the Liao Dynasty, which can affect the whole body!

"And," Lin Rong continued, "There is more than one Jiehe Commercial Market in the Song Dynasty, and there is also Jingdong Commercial Market! Did the Prime Minister find that Haizhou is making a fortune in silence? Are people like Zhang Zihou, Zeng Zixuan, Lu Wangzhi and Ji Yizhi very quiet?"
Chapter completed!