Chapter 346 Suspicious clouds abound
But at the same time, Zhao Xing also rejected Confucianism. What he rejected was not the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but the Confucianism that was distorted by later generations.
Many people believe that feudal thinking is influenced by Confucianism.
This statement is correct, but if you think about it seriously, it is not entirely correct.
The roots of Confucianism can be traced back to the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.
However, after it became the core ideology in the Han Dynasty, scholars of every generation have been conducting in-depth analysis and extension of Confucianism.
These people have made great contributions to the continued prosperity of Confucianism.
However, some people's extension of Confucianism is just academic research, while others analyze and extend Confucianism in order to attract attention.
To put it bluntly, it is to gain fame in this way.
The research on Confucianism has been very thorough.
In order to find a different path, some people have put forward some views that go against orthodox Confucian thought.
But based on the needs of the rulers, this view has become mainstream.
Just like the Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, it appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty and was perfected in the Southern Song Dynasty.
However, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism did not become mainstream.
However, in the Yuan Dynasty, Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism was designated as official learning and became widely popular.
The feudal thinking during the Ming and Qing dynasties was actually related to Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
Many people think it was Zhu Yuanzhang’s fault, saying that Zhu Yuanzhang came from a humble background and had a small peasant mentality.
But in fact, the scholars at that time were influenced by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism and had already become feudal in their thinking, and Zhu Yuanzhang's influence was not actually that big of a factor.
In fact, later generations also made distinctions in Confucianism, and regarded the Confucianism of the pre-Qin period as orthodox.
Zhao Xing did not reject the Confucianism of the pre-Qin period. What he rejected was the Confucianism that was constantly distorted and corrupted later.
This is a bit off topic. Zhao Xing chose law as the topic to show his determination to govern the country by law.
"Yes!" Wang Anshi replied.
He himself is not a person who follows the rules, otherwise he would not want to change the law so much.
I had no intention of objecting to the question posed by Zhao Xing.
"If there is nothing else, please leave."
"I resign!"
After sending Wang Anshi away, Zhao Xing returned to the inner room to take a nap.
I got up after daybreak and had breakfast to handle government affairs.
"Your Majesty!" Sanshui walked into the palace and bowed, saying, "I have completed what your Majesty asked me to do yesterday. Imperial Doctor Wu will have to tell your Majesty the details."
"yesterday…"
Zhao Xing was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly reacted.
After he left Minglan yesterday, he instructed Sanshui to find a way to get the sachet that Rulan brought into the palace and send it to Imperial Physician Wu to see if there was any problem.
"Let Dr. Wu come in."
After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he sent everyone in the hall out.
Upon hearing this, Sanshui bowed and withdrew. After a while, he led the imperial physician Wu in.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" Imperial Physician Wu bowed.
"No need to be polite!" Zhao Xing waved his hand and said, "Is there any problem with the sachet?"
"Your Majesty, the sachet contains powder made from some special spices and medicinal herbs. I have carefully identified them. When these spices and medicinal herbs are mixed together, they have a certain aphrodisiac effect, but they do not cause any harm to humans." Imperial Physician Wu said.
"It has such an effect and is harmless to humans. Isn't it a miracle drug? Is Imperial Doctor Wu sure?"
"It's not that there is no harm at all. Sex is like a knife scraping bones. It is inevitable that indulgence in it will hurt your body. What I mean is that there is no direct harm." said Imperial Physician Wu.
Zhao Xing frowned slightly when he heard this. If that was true, it wouldn't be a big problem.
Is he overthinking it? Or is there something else that Minglan hasn't noticed?
But he also asked Sanshui to check yesterday, and found out that Minglan and Rulan did not bring anything back to the palace except this sachet.
Could it be that this was something Molan took out specifically to gain Madam Wang's trust?
The purpose is not him, but some other purpose?
The reason why Zhao Xing thought that this thing was given by Molan to Madam Wang was because if Madam Wang had such a thing, she would have given it to Rulan long ago, and would not have waited until now. Moreover, the easing of the relationship between Madam Wang and Molan was not normal in itself.
If Molan took out something like this to please Madam Wang, everything would make a lot more sense.
After a moment of silence, Zhao Xing asked, "Can Imperial Physician Wu tell who made this thing?"
Logically speaking, something that is neither harmful to the body nor aphrodisiac should be very popular.
But before this, Zhao Xing had never heard of anything like this.
"Your Majesty, this should be a method used by a witch doctor." Wu Yuyi said.
"Witch doctor?" Zhao Xing raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't it the witch doctor Wu who is talking about?"
"Your Majesty, in fact, those so-called wizards are witch doctors. Although real witch doctors also use herbs, they also have some messy methods, such as talismans to exorcise ghosts. Some people only learn some basic skills and then go out to cheat, so there are so-called wizards." Imperial Physician Wu said.
"So that's it!" Zhao Xing murmured.
In this way, it is almost certain that Molan is related to the Wizarding Cult.
Imperial Physician Wu said that the wizards were some witch doctors who had only learned the basics, but there must be real witch doctors among them.
Even the so-called wizards were created by witch doctors.
After all, how much money can you make by curing diseases and saving lives?
Isn't it much easier to make money by swindling and fooling the people and receiving support from the landlords and gentry than by treating patients and saving lives?
"Don't reveal a single bit of what happened today," Zhao Xing said.
"I understand!" Imperial Physician Wu said quickly.
The most important thing for an imperial physician is to keep his mouth shut, after all, he is serving the nobles in the palace.
"Sanshui, see Imperial Physician Wu off."
"I resign!"
Zhao Xing frowned slightly, although he was not sure whether the wizard cult wanted to harm him.
But he suddenly thought of a possibility, that the medicine in the sachet produced its effect through the evaporation of smell.
Then these medicines must be changed frequently.
Therefore, just because there are no problems now does not mean there will be no problems in the future.
Just then, the sound of light footsteps interrupted Zhao Xing's thoughts.
Zhao Xing looked up and saw that it was Sanshui who came in.
"Tell Liu Sanshi to keep a close eye on Lanxun Pavilion. If anything from outside the palace is sent to Lanxun Pavilion, report to me immediately." Zhao Xing said.
"Yes!" Sanshui replied.
"Send the sachet back before it's discovered."
"Yes!"
…………
Wow~
A fish on the water surface flapped its tail and struggled violently, creating ripples.
However, the fish seemed to be hooked by something and could not get rid of it no matter how hard it struggled.
When the fish ran out of strength, it was pulled to the shore and fell into a scoop net.
A middle-aged man took the fish out of the net and said with a smile, "Sir, this fish must weigh three pounds."
"The carp is too big to make soup, so just put it in."
In the pavilion, a white-haired old man said calmly.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing this, the servant put the fish into the water and put the bait on the hook again.
"Alright, Master!"
"Ok!"
The old man nodded, cast the hook and continued fishing.
(End of this chapter)