Hanging pot to help the world, I just want to live forever

Chapter 290
In the 53rd year of the Xia Dynasty, the news of Wang Mang's death finally got out.

At the same time, the edict that he left behind was also passed on.

The Emperor Xia, who had stood by the Xia Dynasty for 53 years, was still thinking about the people of the Xia Dynasty on this land after he left.

On the same day, people who received the news rushed to the streets, crying loudly.

Mostly elderly people.

These people may not have experienced the chaotic scenes of wars and separatist regimes in the Great Moon, but they have witnessed step by step how the Xia Dynasty entered a strong and prosperous state.

As an emperor, he bears the brunt of the evil in the world, and of course he has a share in the good in the world.

They were extremely sad to lose such a sage king and sage.

There are also people who regret that they abused Wang Mang when he first came to the throne.

But anyway, all of this is over.

People cannot be resurrected from the dead.

Whether it is sorrow or joy, the world will function normally without anyone.

The same is true whether it is a sage who is highly respected, or a sage king who is diligent in government and loves the people.

In the face of death, all living beings are equal and there is no difference.

Only those names that shine in history can vaguely glimpse some elegance.

After Wang Mang died, the new emperor succeeded.

It's his and Xu Wanrong's child.

The new emperor did not disobey the imperial edict left by Wang Mang, and kept everything simple.

Facing the sad situation of the whole country, the new emperor did not take any action, including not even setting up an altar to announce to the world about his enthronement.

From this point of view, he is quite sensible.

The Xia Dynasty was 54 years old.

The new emperor chose the year name, Taiping.

Throughout his life, Wang Mang had never established a reign title. He had great ambitions. I hope that when the word Xiahuang is mentioned by future generations, he will be the first person who thinks of him.

And his children have to choose a year name to distinguish them from their parents, indicating that they have changed emperors.

From now on, the new emperor will be called the new emperor, not Emperor Xia, but Emperor Taiping.

Peace and peace, undertake peace.

Emperor Taiping didn't have as many sages as Wang Mang. Besides Xun Ke, Wang Mang also had people like Gong Shang Guo and Qin Li Sheng for his use. If he wanted to achieve a higher career than Wang Mang, it was almost impossible.

The word "Taiping" is not only the recognition of the first emperor, but also the encouragement to oneself.

Times have changed and things have changed a lot.

Nowadays, masters are extremely rare in the mortal world, at least in the land around the Xia Dynasty, even if someone is promoted to a master, they will rush over immediately after hearing the news of the Buzhou Mountains. There is nothing in the mortal world that can attract people. to the guru.

Previously, it was just because everyone was the same, so it was the same where the grandmasters went. After all, it was hard to leave their homeland, so many grandmasters stayed in their own country, enjoying the glory and wealth.

Now with higher goals and pursuits, the homeland is just a memory.

If you ask, you like it, but if you stay, you can't.

The master begins to become "precious", things are more precious when they are rare, and so are people.

As a great master, Xun Ke is of course higher than all the masters, especially under the current situation.

Confucianism is growing rapidly.

New ideas are baptizing the Xia Dynasty. Xun Ke advocates enlightenment, because he believes that human nature is evil, and to seek good from evil requires learning good morals.

Private schools and academies were set up all over the country and became very popular.

The textbook used was written by Xun Ke.

There are all kinds of fables, folklore, and even stories of people who once knew each other.

Such as Mozi, such as Gongshang Guo, such as Qin Lisheng, such as Wang Mang. Some things about these people were written by him.

There are not only words of praise in it, but there are even some subtle criticisms, but in general, it is undoubtedly to persuade people to be good.

If the person who wrote this book hadn't been Xun Ke, he might have been so condemned that he couldn't stay in the Xia Dynasty.

But he is Xun Ke, the leader of Confucianism, the apprentice of Mozi, and the great master of the Xia Dynasty.

Therefore, he is qualified to criticize the predecessors, even Emperor Taiping can't say anything.

Only one person is entitled to disagree.

"Mr. Gu, look."

In the increasingly clean courtyard of Gu's family, Xun Ke handed over his completed work to Gu Dan.

Gu Dan took it and looked at it unhurriedly.

When I saw the stories of those familiar people, I couldn't help showing a smile on my face, but after carefully appreciating the true taste of them, I found that there are some things that need to be discussed.

For example, when Xun Ke wrote the story about Moqiu, he mentioned that when Moqiu founded the Mohism, the standards were extremely high, and the heroes of the world wanted to join the Mohism, but they were forced to retreat by the Mohism’s almost extremely strict regulations. Very few.

Of course, this is also true.

Gu Dan also agrees with this point, the Mohism is not doing badly, but doing too well, so good that it has surpassed this era, even if it has a short period of glory, it will inevitably decline.

And Qin Lisheng is a stubborn person, he continued to follow Moqiu's path firmly, without correction, whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, even Gu Dan himself can't tell.

Should we be thankful that the Mohist school has not "fallen", or regret that the Mohist school, which has transcended the times, will eventually be defeated by the times?
I only hope that what Qin Lisheng said before he left can give Qin Lisheng some enlightenment.

On the contrary, Xun Ke, who seemed deviant, was doing a major event that could really change the Xia Dynasty.

Educate the people, seek goodness and truth.

This is something that needs to be rooted in one place and keep working hard.

"not bad."

In the end, Gu Dan still nodded, and didn't think there was any need to modify it.

It's a book.

From then on, this book will become one of the must-read books to enlighten countless people of the Xia Dynasty. From this book, you can learn how the Xia Dynasty was founded, and even before the establishment, how the seniors threw their heads and blood to change their lives. Come to a peaceful and stable situation today.

Peace and peace, not only the Xia Dynasty, but also the ideas of the ancestors.

Isn't this a kind of passing on from generation to generation?

Time goes on and on, never stopping.

The small courtyard of the Gu family became quiet.

Few people came to visit. Now Xun Ke is busy with his feet on the ground, and Xiaoying also has things to do in Taiyuan Hospital and Tianxia Medical Center.

The person who often visited this small courtyard before was that boy Wang Mang.

After Wang Mang passed away, Xiaoyuan seemed to have escaped from the world.

One day, Gu Dan continued to go to the Sutra Pavilion in the Xia Dynasty to get books to read.

But he was surprised to find that he had read all the books about Daozang, and he had memorized them fluently.

There is even a day when I read all the books.

After careful calculation, it has been 75 years since he took root here.

75 years, this is really a long time, so long that his contemporaries have already withered.

Only Mo Qiu, the master, could theoretically accompany him for a longer period of time, but he has been sleeping for a long time, and there is no sign of waking up.

But Mo Qiu's flesh and blood were intact, his complexion was rosy, and he did not lose his physical vitality like after the death of the master. It didn't seem like a real separation between heaven and man, but more like being immersed in an unspeakable peaceful sleep.

Every time Gu Dan enters the Qingmu Huasheng Jue, he will go to the place where the white lotus is inherited to have a look at him, and replenish him with Qingmu Ye.

"Brother Mo, if you don't get up again, when you wake up, you won't be able to see anyone you know well except me."

Gently patted the coffin board, Gu Dan sighed.

The cave was empty, and his voice echoed along the cave, layer upon layer, as if countless people were speaking together.

However there was no answer.

Gu Dan sat beside the coffin all night.

The time came to the 59th year of the Xia Dynasty.

In the past five years, nothing major has happened, and everything has been lacklustre.

Emperor Taiping didn't make any big moves, he was very honest.

It's just that the officials at the court have changed a batch, which is quite routine.

It is worth mentioning that Xun Ke's Confucianism became more and more prosperous. After all, even the textbooks in private schools and schools were produced by Xun Ke. Most of those scholars who used his textbooks would naturally inherit Confucian ideas.

This is the benefit of invisibility.

It is also for this reason that in the 59th year of the Xia Dynasty, Xun Ke announced that he would preach in the Tianxia Academy, and the time was set for the 60th year of the Xia Dynasty.

The last time I sat down to discuss the Tao, it dates back to the 25th year of the Xia Dynasty.

In the blink of an eye, 35 years have passed.

But this time, it's preaching, not sitting down and talking about it.

Many people think that this is Xun Ke's plan to promote the "hegemony" of Confucianism. Mohism, the former competitor of Confucianism, has fallen into a slump with the departure of Mohist giant Qin Lisheng.

The few Mohists left alone have no ability to compete with Xun Ke.

The textbooks used by students all over the world are all Confucian, so how can they have a chance to touch Xun Ke?
Looking at the countries, apart from Confucianism, none of them can fight now.

Even the grand master is almost invisible, as if it only exists in a storybook novel.

At this time, who can confront Confucianism or pose a threat to Confucianism?

Probably not.

So what Xun Ke's preaching means at this time is probably self-evident.

He wants to announce that Confucianism has become a prominent school in the world, and he wants to rule the world with etiquette.

It seemed that no one could stop him.

The 60th year of the Xia Dynasty came quietly.

In the imperial capital, whether it is a restaurant or an inn, everything is overcrowded.

Not only that, but even the prices of pens, inks, papers and inkstones have risen sharply, making paper expensive in the imperial capital.

Many students and talents traveled thousands of miles to the imperial capital, wanting to pay their respects to the Confucian leader.

And take the opportunity to write about their various strategies for governing the country and loving the people, not seeking to hear directly from the heavens, as long as they can be appreciated by Xun Ke and be able to shine, they will naturally have a great future waiting for them.

This is a carnival within Confucianism.

Naturally, Gu Dan did not miss this event.

Although Xun Ke, the real protagonist of this grand event, has not yet appeared on the stage, it has already begun.

It's just that at this time, all the people who came to the stage to debate were Xun Ke's disciples.

They exchanged ideas and discussed with each other, and played a leading role for this grand event. After all, how could Xun Ke beat the crowd as soon as he came up?

Gu Dan listened here for a while, during which there were really many talented people with real skills, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they are thriving.

Not all talents need to be tempered by hardships. These young people who have been cultivated through hard work also have their own ideas. Although it is inevitable that some swords will be deviant and whimsical, they are not distorted. Talented scholars.

This grand event is actually an opportunity for these young people of the new generation to show themselves.

As for whether he can get into the eyes of everyone, it all depends on his own performance.

Finally, when the appetizer was coming to an end, Xun Ke came here.

The audience is already overcrowded.

The Tianxia Academy has been expanded several times in recent years, and the area of ​​this forum is already huge. It is not a problem to sit more than a thousand people around - don't think that more than a thousand people are very few, if it is not the master, the people behind will want to listen. All speeches from the person at the front need to be passed on by notes.

What's even more unlucky is that I can only listen to others repeat it, which will inevitably be somewhat distorted.

In order to get a good place, some people even came over in the middle of the night to get a good place, and then they were surprised to find that he didn't come early enough, the good place had already been taken up, and there were people just laying on the ground. A layer of cloth just lay there.

But Gu Dan didn't have this trouble. He had his own position, which was at the front and the closest to the podium. To be precise, there should be several rather special positions left on the podium.

Almost all of these places were reserved for the dignitaries of the Xia Dynasty. They were both audiences and referees.

On such a day, even Emperor Taiping would come here to show his importance, just like Wang Mang had observed it before.

When everyone was seated, a bell rang outside.

Xun Ke strolled over, facing the countless intricate lines of sight below, with a calm expression, and said as if strolling in the courtyard: "Today, I will explain the Tao."

In the Xia Dynasty, he had no opponents.

He didn't come to argue, but to declare victory.

Confucianism has been enough to be on the stage after decades of continuous polishing.

Even the 'human nature is inherently evil' that countless people despised at the beginning, few people are still picking on it today, because after so many years, they can't argue with Xun Ke, and they have touched the ashes of the nose, so how dare they come to provoke?
No matter from which point of view, Confucianism is a general trend.

"I say benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and law."

Xun Ke did not talk nonsense, simply and directly said: "According to human nature, conforming to human feelings must be out of contention, and it is in line with the law of chaos and chaos. It must be ruled by a sage king, and the etiquette and law can be enlightened, so that nature can be changed from falsehood. Improve your personality."

The narration after 35 years seems to be old-fashioned.

After all, Confucianism is not just fledgling, its skeleton has already been built, and there is almost no change, and the remaining more subtle flesh and veins need to be filled and verified slowly from generation to generation.

The difference is that this time Xun Ke no longer needs to explain every word carefully, but simply and simply puts forward how to "turn nature from falsehood", how to get rid of evil and keep good, and how to reach the realm of a saint.

In Xun Ke's view, anyone has the opportunity to become a sage, and the difference between the acquired virtuous and the foolish is due to "accumulated ears of wrong notes and customs".

Acquired environment and experience play a decisive role in the transformation of human nature. Through human subjective efforts, "the etiquette, righteousness, and legal system" can transform people's "evil" nature, and then "a person who is painted can be a saint."

A sage is what people accumulate.

Xun Ke's narration is fast and concise. With the blessing of the great master's strength, his voice can reach all directions, so there is no need to worry that someone will not hear you clearly.

In his narration, whether it is the students or the people on the stage, they all look serious.

But what was inappropriate was that there was a loud noise outside, even though it was very faint, it couldn't be hidden from Gu Dan's ears.

Gu Dan turned his head to look, wanting to see who dared to make trouble at this time.

But he was surprised to find that it was an old man. To be more precise, it should be an old man who was completely unable to walk and could only be carried in by two servants with sad faces.

He is probably very old, and his hair has a dull color like weeds. The withered and white hair has not been carefully taken care of, but hangs down naturally, like a bunch of duckweed gathered on the ground. Together.

Behind him, the guards of Tianxia Academy looked a little at a loss, they didn't dare to attack the old man at all, they could only wave their arms out of thin air, looking rather helpless and helpless.

After so many years of development in the Xia Dynasty, the tradition of respecting the elderly has been imprinted in all aspects. Old people over the age of 70 do not need to salute when they see the emperor. The emperor even wanted to pay a visit by himself.

The old man's age spots have covered most of his cheeks, and his face is densely covered with wrinkles. He looks very old at first glance, and even walking has become a problem. Naturally, the guards are worried about their own blocking. If they directly block people to death , That is really inexplicable, it really made them rush here.

Of course, there is no need to worry about the safety of the venue. If such a person can be an assassin, he can successfully assassinate under the eyes of the Grand Master. The Xia Dynasty should change the dynasty as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the officials of the Xia Dynasty responded quickly. When they came in, an official came over immediately, bent down and asked a few words, and his dignified expression relaxed a lot.

Immediately afterwards, he took a piece of brocade from nowhere and spread it on the ground, so that the old man who could no longer move freely could have a place to live.

The old man stared at Xun Ke on the stand without blinking, and a huge light burst out from his almost yellow eyes.

Immediately afterwards, he looked around, and finally met Gu Dan's gaze.

Tears flowed from those cloudy eyes, and his lips moved, making an inaudible sound.

Gu Dan's hearing is very good, he heard it.

"You are still here!"

(End of this chapter)