Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

"Hahahaha! Joke!"

As soon as Yin Xi's words fell, Zeng Shen sneered mercilessly: "Yin Zi, you will become a fairy with the left mouth, and immortality with the right mouth!"

"You and Master Nanrong have been refining the elixir for His Majesty for so many years, but have you succeeded? No success!"

"It can be seen from this that you are clearly talking nonsense and defrauding His Majesty. What crime do you dare to commit?"

Hearing this, Yin Xi was not angry, but following Zeng Shen's opening, the court was instantly detonated. The battle between the Taoist ministers and the Confucian ministers was full of gunpowder.

Yin Xi glanced at Zeng Shen indifferently, and said, "Master Zeng, it takes a great opportunity to become a Taoist and immortal."

"For many years, the old man and others have indeed failed to refine the elixir of immortality for His Majesty, but they have also refined panacea such as Zhuyan Pill, Nine-Turn Golden Pill, etc., so that His Majesty's body functions can be maintained as before, without aging."

"What do you say?"

"People of my Taoist school, all those who are indifferent to fame and wealth will prolong their lives and have profound blessings. How do you explain this?"

"Or, Mr. Zeng, you don't believe in the existence of gods?"

"you……"

Zeng Shen was unable to refute for a while.

After all, all things have spirits, and there are gods in the sky.

How dare Zeng Shen deny the existence of gods?

Zeng Shen's father, Zeng Dian, sneered at Yin Xi: "Zi Yin, it's strange that you don't talk."

"There are indeed gods in the world. However, you and I are all ordinary people, so there is nothing to look at."

"Yin Zi, what you say is 'you can become a fairy if you get the Tao', forgive me for not agreeing."

"Rushi Laozi is a sage. Even he hasn't attained Taoism and become immortal. Who in this world can attain Taoism and become immortal?"

Hearing this, Yin Xi squinted his eyes and said, "Zeng Zi, the reason why our master failed to ascend is because the opportunity has not come."

"In ancient times, Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor rode a yellow dragon to soar up in the daytime, and went away as a fairy. Can you deny that?"

"It's just a legend."

Zeng Shen shook his head and said, "Yin Zi, attaining the Dao and becoming an immortal is indeed something that the world dreams of. However, among thousands of people, there may not be one person who can truly ascend to the Dao."

"All right."

Seeing that Zeng Shen, Yin Xi and others were talking more and more outrageous, and it was related to the matter of "Ascension", Qing Ji had no choice but to interrupt their conversation.

"Second and third sons, I asked you to discuss matters, not argue."

"Whether it's Confucianism or Taoism, the theories of the two schools have merits for my state religion of Great Wu."

"Which one is better and which one is worse, there is no way to make a judgment. Prince, tell me, what do you think about this?"

Qingji set his sights on Prince Heng.

As the crown prince of Great Wu, Prince Heng must also express his own opinion on this kind of matter.

After pondering for a moment, Prince Heng stood up and replied, "Father, the merits of Confucianism's enlightenment are beyond the reach of Taoism."

"The essentials of the Dao are the most important ones. My Majesty, Emperor Wu, should be the 'ruler of all things'!"

"Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith are the five eternal ways, which should be cultivated and rectified by the king."

"My son thinks that if these five ways can be cultivated and corrected, he will be blessed by heaven, and ghosts and gods will come to help him accept sacrifices, and his kindness will spread to foreign countries and expand to all life."

"What His Royal Highness said is absolutely true!"

Seeing Prince Heng standing on his side, Zeng Shen immediately stood up, bowed to Prince Heng, and then said to Qingji, "Your Majesty, the ancestor of all things in heaven, all things are not born of heaven."

"Man is rooted in heaven, and heaven is also the great-grandfather of man. The reason why this man is like heaven is that man's actions are transformed into heaven!"

"The god believed in by Confucianism is 'Heaven', and the endorsement of 'Heaven' in the mortal world is the Son of Heaven, that is, His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Sovereign power is bestowed by heaven!"

"..."

Looking at Zeng Shen who was so excited, Qingji was speechless for a while.

Is the king's right granted by God?
According to Zeng Shen, the emperor is the Pope of Confucianism, who holds divine power and is in charge of believers and churches in the world.

The imperial court is the head church of the entire Great Wu, each family is a small church, the head of each family is the bishop or pastor of the church, and every Wu person is a Confucian believer...

This reminded Qingji of what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did in history to "depose all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone".

Confucianism, Confucianism, and Confucianism are actually different.

Confucianism as a theory, Confucianism as a class, and Confucianism as a belief, the three are the same but different and need to be distinguished.

Confucianism, known as a warlock.

The man who communicates with heaven and earth is called Confucianism.

"Confucianism" is actually a sorcerer who was differentiated from witchcraft, history, Zhu, and divination in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was familiar with poetry, books, rituals and music, and served the nobles.

This is why there is a saying in history that Qin Shihuang "burned books to bury Confucianism". In fact, it was warlocks, not pure "Confucian scholars".

Just like Taoism is different from Taoism.

Taoism and Taoism are two concepts that are both interrelated and distinct.

Taoism takes "Tao" as the highest category, advocates respecting Tao and virtue, imitating nature, governing the country and self-cultivation with the law of purity and inaction, dealing with ghosts and gods, and dealing with the relationship between man and nature, so it is called Taoism.

As for Taoism, it is a religious entity.

In fact, Confucianism cannot represent the traditional Chinese school of thought, it only teaches with Shinto...

"Master Zeng said that Confucianism should be established on the basis of Confucianism. Forgive me for not agreeing."

Lie Yukou stood up and refuted Zeng Shen's remarks.

"Confucianism can govern the country, the family, and the people, but it cannot govern the world in the form of religion!"

"Why? From my point of view, Confucianism and Shinto teachings, using gods to educate the people, is in line with the law of heaven, but it is not common sense."

"The mandate of heaven is called nature, the way of self-will is called Tao, and the way of cultivating Tao is called teaching."

"I have traveled to the South Asian subcontinent for many years. People there believe in Brahmanism, Buddhism and other religions, which are very popular. From nobles to slaves, they all have their own beliefs."

"If Confucianism is the basic theory, and Confucianism is the state religion of our Great Wu, and then spread it out to educate the world, it is simply unrealistic."

Hearing this, Zeng Shen frowned and asked, "I don't know what Liezi's opinion is?"

"I don't dare to speak out, I'm just seeking truth from facts."

Lie Yukou said slowly: "The theory of Confucianism depends on the prosperity of culture."

"My great Wu has Guozijian, county schools, county schools, and rural schools, so there are countless scholars, and Confucianism is flourishing. However, there are more people who have no opportunity to study."

"Even the great Wu, who is the supreme kingdom of the heaven, is like this, let alone those alien people under the rule of the vassal kingdoms?"

"Even if Confucianism is established as the state religion, it will have little effect and has no foundation in the kingdoms of the vassals. Isn't this going against your Majesty's wishes?"

As soon as these words came out, the huge hall fell silent.

There was silence.