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Chapter 847 Li Mingshou

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    Suzhou Fuxue is located in Sanyuanfang, across the street from Canglang Pavilion. It was built by Fan Wenzhenggong in the Northern Song Dynasty.

    It is said that when he was the governor of Suzhou, he paid for this land and planned to build a settlement here.  According to custom, he asked a Feng Shui master to take a look at it, and he was told that this was a treasured Feng Shui land. If Duke Fan settled his family here, he would surely have ministers from generation to generation in the future.

    If it had been anyone else, they would have happily built a house and settled down.  But Fan Gong said, if I settle down here, my family will be rich and powerful.  How can we build a school here so that all the children of Wuzhong can receive education and make everyone rich?

    So he donated the land and built a large-scale mansion here.

    At that time, Suzhou was plagued by frequent floods and was far less developed than it is today.  When Fan Gong founded the school, only about 20 students were enrolled.  His subordinates thought that the school was too big, but Fan Zhongyan said confidently: "I'm afraid it will be considered too small in the future."

    So he asked the famous Mr. Anding Hu Yuan to be the first teacher, and attracted famous scholars to come to Jiangsu to give lectures.  For a time, the event was unprecedented and its influence spread throughout the country.  Not only did Suzhou become a hometown of culture and education, it also promoted the construction of official schools across the country.  Therefore, "prefectures have government schools, prefectures have state schools, and counties have county schools." From then on, culture and education flourished.

    Since the Song Dynasty, hundreds of people have been admitted to Wuzhong High School, and countless people have served in purple and worshiped the prime minister.  Suzhou is neither a capital city nor a grand event, but it is the most prosperous city in the world, thanks to the legacy of Fan Wenzhenggong.

    Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why Hai Rui set the first stop of his tour in Suzhou for the purpose of Suzhou Fuxue.

    He wants to use Fan Wenzhenggong as an example.

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    One day in advance, Cai Guoxi asked Chen Tongzhi and Zhang Tongpan to come to Fuxue to keep an eye on them, so as not to cause trouble at the first stop.

    Prefect Cai¡¯s worry is not unreasonable, because Li Zhi, the professor of government studies, is quite unreliable.

    It has been half a year since Li Zhi took office in Suzhou. At first, he only arrived late and left early, and slipped away to Kunshan to spend the night the next day. This was just a problem with his work attitude.

    Because he was cared for by Mr. Zhao, Cai Guoxi only asked people to beat him and then turned a blind eye.

    Who would have thought that instead of restraining himself, this guy became more and more arrogant and began to spread his heresy among the students.

    At first, Cai Guoxi didn¡¯t care, until teachers and students from the government school came to complain to him one after another, saying that after listening to Li Zhuowu¡¯s lectures, they felt that their hearts were dirty and that they could no longer be a pure Confucian disciple.

    Cai Guoxi still doesn¡¯t believe in evil, and feels that these people are too weak-willed and can¡¯t stand a little mental pollution.  He went to school in disguise and attended one of Li Zhi's classes.  Well, even he, a famous scholar in Neo-Confucianism, almost started to doubt life

    In class, Li Zhi openly denounced the Six Classics, the Analects of Confucius, and Mencius. They were not eternal holy scriptures, but the disciples of the saints who recalled the fragments they heard, some with a beginning but no end, or some with a tail but no beginning.  Or they were simply made up and written down into a book.

    Later generations of scholars thought that these were all incisive theories of saints and regarded them as classics.  How would you know that most of these are not the essence of sages at all?

    Even if there is a sage who really talks about it, it is just a random response to an incident at that time, in order to enlighten those disciples who are not enlightened.  We just discuss the matter and prescribe the right medicine. How can we treat it as an eternal truth and go out to find a sword?

    So it is obvious that the Six Classics, the Analects of Confucius, and Mencius have long been used as tools for Taoists to bluff people, and have become a shield for hypocrites to hide. Therefore, the right and wrong of Confucius must not be regarded as right and wrong!  Not to mention that we should not imitate Confucius in every word and deed. That would be an ugly attitude.

    Cai Guoxi couldn't bear it any longer and scolded him: "Since it has no value, why do schools still teach it?"

    "Its only value is just a tool to gain fame." Li Zhi said lightly: "How many scholars in the world really believe in it?"

    The students couldn¡¯t help but secretly nod, who would read these hateful words of saints and far-fetched Cheng Zhu¡¯s annotations all day long, if not for Golden House, Qian Zhongsu and Yan Ruyu?

    "You're talking nonsense!" Cai Guoxi's face turned red and he yelled angrily: "If heaven had not given birth to Zhongni, eternity would have lasted as long as night. How can you, a little crazy boy like you, deny it with just one word?"

    "Ah, it turns out that God did not give birth to Confucius, and the world would be dark. It seems that the saints before Confucius, such as Laozi, the Three Emperors, and the Five Emperors, all walked around with lanterns all day long!"

    "Hahaha" The students burst into laughter, and the battle ended.

    "What a bullshit professor, I think he's just a barking beast!" Cai Guoxi was so angry that his nose was crooked, but he couldn't argue with Li Zhi, so he had to curse and walk away.

      And what he didn¡¯t expect was that someone recognized his identity.  As a result, the joke "Li calls **cai" spread in Suzhou, and Li Zhi became completely popular!

    Not only are the students at Fu Xue obsessed with him, but the whole city is also filled with Li Mingshou¡¯s ¡®fans¡¯.  Now, as soon as Li Zhi started his class, the class was immediately full. Students from the county school, people from the countryside, Taoists from the temple, and monks from the temple also came to listen.  Within a few days, his fallacies would spread throughout Suzhou.

    Later, there was no room for people in the classroom, so Li Zhi gave lectures in the square in front of the Confucian Temple.  As a result, thousands of people came to listen to the lecture every time, and they were all fascinated and became Li Mingshou's crazy fans.

    It is no exaggeration to say that in just half a year, Li Zhi surpassed the famous literati and famous female historical prostitutes in Suzhou City, and became an academic star sweeping Confucianism, Buddhism, and the people, and the number one popular idol in Suzhou.

    He not only opposed false Taoism and criticized Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, but also criticized the empty talk of the right wing of Wang Xue, and vigorously advocated utilitarianism, mercantilism, and people-oriented thinking.

    Almost every point and every word he said made those Taoists feel like a thorn in their backs, and they were deeply disgusted. They approached Cai Guoxi one after another and asked the magistrate to drive this heresy out of Suzhou City.

    Who would have thought that before Cai Guoxi could write the memorial to impeach Li Zhi, a civil uprising broke out in Suzhou.  In the end, it was only Zhao Hao and Jiangnan Company who helped him stabilize the situation and eliminate a devastating disaster.

    How could Magistrate Cai chase Zhao Hao's people away without saying hello?  He could only ask Mr. Zhao tactfully if he could ask Professor Li to restrain himself during the lecture.  Zhao Hao agreed happily, but he didn't know whether he told Li Zhi or not.

    ¡°Anyway, after all this time, Li Zhi¡¯s nephew is still lighting lanterns¡ªas usual.  Magistrate Cai had no choice but to leave it to him.

    "Today, at least today, don't give me any trouble." Seeing that the governor's sedan had arrived at the intersection, Cai Guoxi turned around and glared at Li Zhi fiercely.  Seeing the unruly look on his face, Magistrate Cai couldn't help but soften his tone and said, "You can't touch the tiger's butt. I beg you, right?"

    "It's done." Li Zhi rolled his eyes and looked at the sky, not taking the words of the 'Cai Zhifu' to heart at all.

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