Zuo Zongtang left with a deep thought. He needed to digest the humanistic spirit in Confucian culture well, but he could not deny whether the so-called humanistic spirit would evolve if the development of the Taizhou School in the Heart School was not interrupted by the Qing Dynasty's entry into the Pass.

Xiao Yungui didn't know about this. In fact, Confucianism has been constantly developing and improving since its birth. As Confucius said: I must have a teacher in three people's actions. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.

Xiao Yungui and Hong Yuner talked about the issue of reviving the Han family. The simple struggle for ruling power does not seem to be the true essence of reviving the Han family. After being suppressed and imprisoned by the Qing Dynasty for more than two hundred years, the slavery and bad nature of the Chinese people became more perverse. After castration, Confucianism only left the traditional Three Bonds and Five Constant Persons, only the Confucianism that teaches people to be slaves, and only the shackles that suppress academic development. Therefore, reviving the Han family not only requires regaining the power of rule, but also regaining the spiritual control and breaking the invisible braid in their hearts.

Hong Yuner chose Confucianism for her spiritual recovery. She and Xiao Yungui came from later generations. She always believed that Confucianism in Chinese studies was not as unbearable as people said in later generations. Confucianism was not all dregs. On the contrary, Confucianism had unparalleled advantages in compatibility and inheritance and development. Confucianism went through a dim time from the founding of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin Dynasty’s burning of books and burying Confucianism. Subsequently, the Han Dynasty abolished all schools of thought and respected Confucianism, which allowed Confucianism to be carried forward. Dong Zhongshu incorporated the thoughts of Taoism, Yin and Yang and Five Elements.

It was a great development and change in Confucianism. It was followed by another development in the Tang Dynasty, and the development of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty was even more shocking. The coexistence of the three religions and Confucianism was the foundation. Eight words can summarize the prosperity of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty. It was also the true meaning of Confucianism in the Tang Dynasty, and the Taoist doctrine and care of Buddhism and Taoism, which perfectly achieved the connection with the national governance program. At this point, Confucianism and Buddhism formed a certain uninterrupted connection. Then, Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty proposed the ritual and qi theory, proposed the study of things and learned knowledge, and another major change in Confucianism.

Then came the development of Wang Yangming's mind study in the Ming Dynasty. This time, it was a self-denial and rebirth after Confucianism developed to a certain level. With the development of mind study and obvious studies, Confucianism seemed to usher in a time. It was also the most important transformation. Unfortunately, all of this was broken by the subsequent entry of the Qing Dynasty into the Pass, and the ignorant scientific rational Confucianism brought by Xu Guangqi and others was interrupted.

Therefore, Xiao Yungui agreed with Hong Yuner's approach. What they needed to revive was not only the homeland of the Han family, but also the humanistic spirit of the Han family. The Renaissance of the Han family was another battlefield without gunpowder. The two came from later generations. They had faced modern people who had only a little understanding of Confucianism and had a huge slap in them. They also experienced the embarrassment of the decline of Confucianism in their own country and the construction of Confucian schools in other countries. They even had a complete self-denial of the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization, and they were once confused. Fortunately, they studied liberal arts, read Confucian classics, and had guidance from famous national martial arts masters, especially Hong Yuner knew what real Confucianism should be like.

"What are you thinking?" Hong Yuner's laughing question interrupted Xiao Yungui's thoughts. Hong Yuner was wearing a loose brocade robe and walked in slowly and brought a bowl of steaming ginseng chicken soup.

Xiao Yungui hurriedly stepped forward to take the soup bowl. Looking at Hong Yuner's slightly raised abdomen, he smiled and said, "I just talked about the concept of the Renaissance of the Han Dynasty to Zuo Zongtang. I don't know if I made it clear or if he understood it."

Hong Yun'er was still supported by him and sat aside. Yanran smiled and said, "Even if Mr. Zuo is very talented, it will take time to ask him to change some deep-rooted ideas. But to be honest, we are also feeling the stones across the river."

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "Old Zuo is just worried that this Renaissance will make our rule unstable."

Hong Yuner smiled slightly and said, "Let me tell you something. A few days ago, didn't our Tian Kingdom's Women's Army clamor for women to liberation? Is it going to build a Women's Rights Protection Association?"

Xiao Yungui took a sip of hot chicken soup and said, "Remember, I might as well get involved." Then he said in confusion: "Did you still get involved?"

Hong Yuner smiled sly and said, "I didn't get involved, I just went to listen. Don't be anxious, listen to me." Seeing that Xiao Yungui was about to have an attack, Hong Yuner hurriedly opened her mouth and said, "I only went once, which is the first time they gathered. What do you think?" Before Xiao Yungui's black face changed, Hong Yuner continued, "There are many female compatriots coming, and they are all famous figures in Tianjing. In addition to our Tian** political army, there are also the skillful hand Lin Damei from the Tianjin Spinning Factory, Chen Qiqiao from the Edict, and the fine pen of the Tianjing Daily's No. 1 beautiful reporter Jiang Enmei, etc., which can be said to be a gathering of beauty. Everyone said it was very lively at the beginning, but it soon changed, and it became a complaint meeting for everyone to call for their own affairs and tell the unhappiness and harmony of the family."

Speaking of this, Xiao Yungui couldn't help laughing out loud. Hong Yuner said with a bitter face: "They haven't figured out what women's rights are yet, and they don't know how to protect themselves. They were talking very lively. Finally, when the sun was far west, they all rushed back in a hurry. Most of them said that their husband was coming back and they had to go back to cook, cook, and housework, which made me so angry."

Xiao Yungui couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's revealed, you just go and listen. Is it worth being angry?"

Hong Yuner was stubborn and refused to admit it. She pouted and said, "What, I'm worried about them. You don't allow me to get involved, so you have to worry about it."

Xiao Yungui drank the chicken soup and said, "Well, the soup is good, you continue."

Hong Yuner said flatteringly: "The most annoying thing is Su Sanniang. She is the president of the association elected by everyone. As a result, she is also one of the fastest people. She said that she would go back and get the pair of cotton shoes with a thousand-layer sole, and would give it to the navy's warships south tomorrow morning and bring it to Luo Dagang. It would be irresponsible."

Xiao Yungui laughed a few times and said, "I understand. You give me this example to tell me, so don't worry too much about the liberation of thoughts, right?"

Hong Yuner nodded and said, "Yes, after all, it's a habit of thousands of years. Although France was in trouble back then, didn't she think it would be impossible to have no emperor? Don't worry, even if we are driving the ducks to make them change now, the results will not be too good. The current Women's Rights Protection Association is the best example. The world view of men and women still exists for a long time."

Xiao Yungui nodded and held back his smile and said, "Well, I understand. Just like Mr. Lu Xun abandoned his medicine and practice literature, our Renaissance road is like the road to unification of the world, and it is also full of thorns and hardships. It will even be more difficult than taking over the world by force. Perhaps decades or even a hundred years later we will usher in the dawn of revival. Rome was not built in one day."

Hong Yuner said: "It is precisely that Europe began the Renaissance in the 13th century and achieved great success in the 17th century. Then, from the 17th century to the present, they experienced the Enlightenment movement and finally ushered in the dawn of modern civilization. Do you think we may have reached the height of great change in just a dozen or twenty years? And I think the change of thought changes with the changes in productive forces and production relations. Europe is now a period of industrial development and a period of capitalism. They need to be more liberated in their thoughts. For example, those time travel novels in later generations who engage in democracy in the feudal era are completely nonsense. Our current productivity and production relations have not changed significantly, so our ideological development and change can only be done step by step, and it is too advanced to adapt."

Xiao Yungui said thoughtfully: "I understand a little, now we have just taken the first step."

Hong Yuner nodded and said, "Yes, although the process is a bit long, we must go this step. If we don't go, we will never become stronger. Do you think it is possible that a country in China with 90% illiterate illiterate will become a world power?"

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "You are right. There is indeed no such possibility. Fooling people is just a means of rule in the feudal period. If we want to become a strong country, we must let the main body of the country - the people of the people, and those online novels in later generations talk nonsense, saying that they are worried that wisely opening will endanger rule. Their idea is the legacy of fooling people in the Qing Dynasty for thousands of years."

Hong Yuner shook her head and said, "But we must take advantage of the situation and let this development be controlled in our hands. Don't have any random thoughts about the Boxer Rebellion."

Xiao Yungui shook his head and said, "You are still good at these brain-hardening ideological issues. You can continue to study them. I will still manage military and political affairs well. Thinking too much will hurt brain cells."

Hong Yuner said with a smile: "I understand, my eldest prince." Then Hong Yuner suddenly asked in a daze: "By the way, I heard that Qingyun has sent you another letter?"

Xiao Yungui smiled jokingly and said, "What a great jealousy." As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Yun'er looked coldly at each other. Xiao Yungui hurriedly laughed dryly and said, "I believe here, please check it out, my wife."

Hong Yun'er took the letter that Xiao Yungui took out from the secret box of the bookcase and opened it. She looked at it for a few glances and frowned and said, "Why are she just telling you some old things? She is still asking about my situation."

Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "Qingyun's scheming is much deeper than you. She is obviously a mortal enemy now, but she doesn't mention military and political affairs, but only talks about the past, which shows that she is very calm." He followed him and said, "New information has recently been reported, Ronglu was deposed by Cixi, which means that Lu Sixuan was abandoned by Song Qingyun. I was still wondering why Qingyun suddenly deposed Lu Sixuan without saying a word. Could it be that Lu Sixuan threatened her power?"

Hong Yuner snorted and said, "You only know how to guess. We women hate being deceived the most. Remember when we met Lu Sixuan, he lied to us before. Did you ever see Qingyun? I guess he knew Qingyun's identity early in the morning and hid it from us. At the same time, he also knew about our whereabouts from Qingyun. Now that he is in trouble, Qingyun will of course punish him."

Xiao Yungui suddenly realized and looked at Hong Yuner, sighed and said, "Women are such strange sensory creatures..." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!