Rebuild the Xiuxian Family

Nearly two hours have passed since Li Zhirui arranged for a group of wandering knights to place letters and recording stones everywhere, but the Confucian school has only just woken up from its dream and arranged for its disciples to confiscate those things.

Before the Confucianists could even catch their breath, the Legalists, the Military Strategists, and the Merchants also quickly launched their own actions.

They wanted to avoid a complete falling out with Confucianism and suffering future attacks and retaliations from Confucianists, since Confucianism was still very powerful.

Therefore, instead of personally getting involved, he, like Li Zhirui, bribed a group of ordinary people to spread all sorts of disgusting Confucian ideas in the surrounding prefectures and counties of the capital.

Before the Confucian scholars could even resolve the issues in the capital and the surrounding prefectures, bad news began to pour in from other prefectures and counties.

For a time, Confucianism was in a state of chaos, trying to put out fires everywhere, but it was unable to extinguish them in a short period of time.

"Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened!"

At this moment, a Confucian disciple rushed in with disheveled hair and tattered clothes, his face full of fear. He said, "Gentlemen, the eight academies in the city, including Qingshan Academy, Baihe Academy, and Guanhai Academy, are surrounded by a large number of people who are shouting... shouting..."

"What are they shouting?" a renowned scholar asked in a deep voice.

After hesitating for a long time, the disciple whispered, "Burn down these places that are harming people!"

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Upon hearing this, several elderly men with gray hair felt as if their hearts had been squeezed hard. They trembled all over and their bodies went limp, causing them to fall backward.

Fortunately, there were chairs behind them, and the disciples serving on both sides stepped in to support them in time; otherwise, they might have fallen to the ground and suffered some pain.

"A place that harms people? Hahahaha..."

An old man burst into laughter, but his voice was filled with desolation and despair, and his breath gradually weakened.

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For these elderly people who have devoted their lives to Confucianism, who would have thought that one day they would hear such an evaluation?

This is a denial of them, and of countless Confucian sages!

Fortunately, someone was by his side and intervened in time to save his life; otherwise, he would have died from despair!

"Whose methods are these? This is completely uprooting the Confucian tradition!"

Everyone was extremely anxious, but apart from confiscating the letters and the photographic stones, they couldn't think of any further solutions.

Especially since so much time has passed, the news has reached countless people and continues to spread, yet they are powerless to stop it.

"What needs to be done now is to quell this public anger as soon as possible."

Suddenly, a gentle voice rang out in the lobby.

"Master Meng! Why have you come out of seclusion?" Everyone stood up to greet him.

There were seven sages in the Confucian school of the Great Qian Dynasty, but five of them were traveling around, and only two were stationed in the Great Qian Dynasty. Under normal circumstances, they did not appear in public, either compiling classics or interpreting ancient texts.

Besides the sage Meng Jun who appeared in this place, another sage was named Du Ji.

“We have noticed that the fortunes of Confucianism are fluctuating violently. If this is not dealt with properly, Confucianism may really decline!” Another voice rang out, and it was the remaining sage, Du Ji, who had also arrived.

Everyone was shocked to hear this. They had no idea that the consequences of this matter were so serious, and they thought that everything would gradually return to normal after this storm passed.

"Sage Meng and Sage Du, please hurry and save Confucianism!"

"I beg the two sages!"

A group of people pleaded with the two sages to intervene. Regardless of their inner thoughts, they were all unwilling to see Confucianism decline.

"Although using force to suppress people is highly efficient, it will only backfire and make the people hate Confucianism even more, so we cannot take action."

Meng Jun shook his head and refused, then said, "I told you the solution from the beginning, which is to quell public anger."

“He publicly admitted his mistakes and promised everyone that those disciples who had made mistakes would be punished by Confucianism, and that the land of Guanzhou would be returned to the people who had been plundered.”

"This……"

Upon hearing this, many people present hesitated.

They, or their families, have amassed considerable wealth in Guanzhou. Now they're being asked to hand it over? It's like having a knife cutting flesh from their bodies.

"Hmm? Do you have any objections?" Du Ji's cold gaze swept around the room, and a chilling and oppressive atmosphere immediately filled the hall.

Before the two sages, they could only obediently follow their instructions, otherwise the consequences would not be good!
"Who do you think did this? Could it be the Emperor himself?" Du Ji asked after everyone else had left.

"I don't know, but this person must have been involved, and several other schools of thought were also involved, thinking of kicking someone when they're down. Otherwise, how could it have caused such a big commotion?"

"Ha! I never expected that my Confucianism would be so highly regarded. I am truly honored!"

Make sure he doesn't find out who's behind this, or he'll definitely not let them off the hook!
……

the other side.

Standing in his room, Li Zhirui looked down at the excited crowd on the street below, a satisfied smile on his face.

His main purpose in coming to Daqian for training has finally been resolved, though not perfectly, but at least it has been accomplished.

However, this time, his clear-headedness did not improve his state of mind.

This is actually the normal situation. Once you reach Li Zhirui's level, it's not so easy to make progress!
If it were that simple, why would so many celestial beings remain in the Yuanling Realm, unable to transcend, even after countless years?
So although I was a little disappointed, I quickly recovered.

"what?"

At this moment, the figure of a great scholar suddenly appeared in Li Zhirui's line of sight.

"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me."

The great Confucian scholar spoke with a touch of Confucian authority, and the scene quickly quieted down. He bowed and said, "Here, on behalf of Confucianism, I, Zuo Qu, express my sincerest apologies to everyone!"

“Those problems do exist, and they were not handled well by our Confucian school, resulting in the loss of interests of many innocent people. But please rest assured and believe that we will actively correct them and ensure the interests of everyone.”

"On behalf of Confucianism, I hereby promise that any people who have suffered losses can come to Confucianism for reimbursement!"

"Please give Confucianism another chance!"

After saying this, the great scholar bowed deeply to the crowd once again.

The people, seeing this old man with a full head of white hair and hearing his sincere and heartfelt words, were all deeply moved. "Oh! Old man, please get up quickly, we can't accept such courtesy."

“Alas! Every place has its scoundrels and scum. We should not vent our anger at those bad people on all Confucian disciples.”

……

Various voices of repentance rang out from the crowd, as if those who had been shouting and killing Confucianists just moments before were not the same people at all.

Li Zhirui, who was in the inn, witnessed the entire performance.

Indeed, in his view, it was nothing more than a performance, and the great scholar's acting skills were not very good; the disdain and humiliation in his eyes were very obvious.

Perhaps only these most innocent, kind-hearted, and easily deceived people would actually believe what he said.

However, it must be admitted that the Confucian approach was quite effective, quickly dispelling the people's hostility and anger towards them.

And afterward, with just a little pretense, they can easily win back public support.

However, this is all predicated on the absence of interference from others!
With Confucianism having made such a huge mistake and had such a problem this time, how could officials from other schools of thought in the court possibly let go of this great opportunity?
Not to mention that the current emperor has reached his limit of tolerance for Confucianism, and now is the perfect opportunity for him to take action.

as predicted!

The next day happened to be the grand court assembly of the Great Qian Dynasty. It was usually a symbolic assembly, but today it was different from usual, with a large number of minor officials standing up to impeach various Confucian officials.

Moreover, they did not rely on hearsay or their own conjecture, but had solid evidence.

For example, when the Vice Minister of Rites once served as a prefect, he secretly accepted 10,000 taels of silver from local families as tribute, which he used to protect the eldest son of a powerful family who had committed murder.

For example, a secretary in the Ministry of Rites, when he served as a local official in the past, secretly stole grain, cloth, and other items from the warehouse.

Although only a day and a night had passed, these officials were able to find a large number of faults of Confucian officials, which seemed quite impressive.

However, the faces of the Confucian officials in the court, such as the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Rites, were all very unpleasant.

Because they had come up with a terrifying guess: the emperor sitting on that supreme throne was not as simple and innocent as he appeared, but a true dragon hidden in the abyss!
And now, stepping on the body of Confucianism, he has flown out and soared into the sky!

Those illegal and disorderly acts may have been collected by various schools of thought on their own, but most of them were probably the work of this emperor.

Once they understood this, the Confucian officials realized that whether this grand court assembly could end depended on when this person was satisfied.

It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky that the group of officials dragged their exhausted bodies away.

At this grand court assembly, the Confucian school lost a full 60% of its officials!
Including one Minister, two Vice Ministers, and six Gentlemen of the Palace...

And this only applies to officials in Beijing; the purge of local officials has not yet begun, but it certainly won't be as mild as it is today.

Even so, one could still say that Emperor Qiansheng was too soft-hearted.

Of course, this word has nothing to do with him. The reason why he didn't purge all the Confucian officials was mainly because he didn't want to drive out the Confucianists and then have the Legalists dominate the court!
He needed to balance the situation in the court, and the Confucianists, Legalists, and other officials who banded together for mutual support after their power was greatly diminished were just showing a trend of a three-way balance.

The Confucianists originally thought that was the end of it, but what happened next dealt them an extremely heavy blow!

A Confucian sage, along with a group of great Confucian scholars and disciples, broke away from Confucianism and established the School of Virtue!
The core philosophy of the De family is very simple, and it is its name – De!

It can be virtue, morality, or good deeds.

One should use a code of conduct and norms to restrain oneself, and use one's own virtues to influence and teach others.

It can be said that the establishment of the School of Virtue dealt another blow to Confucianism, which had been suffering from controversy and setbacks during this period, and also exposed the true nature of Confucianism.

"Impressive! Impressive! This emperor's methods are even more impressive than I imagined!"

In fact, after Li Zhirui finished his arrangements, he planned to leave Daqian and continue his travels south. However, the Legalists and the Merchants sent messages one after the other, asking him to stay a few more days and wait for a big show to unfold.

Then he witnessed the split within Confucianism and the establishment of the School of Virtue!

It's obvious who's behind this. Who else but His Majesty could have done it?
Having seen everything Li Zhirui needed to see, it was time for him to leave and continue his training.

He came alone and left alone, without informing anyone.

However, someone still noticed his movements, and that person was Emperor Qiansheng!
Ever since he learned of Li Zhirui's existence, he inexplicably wanted to meet him, but due to various reasons, he was unable to do so.

He had previously sent word to Li Zhirui to stay a few more days, intending to meet with him once he had finished dealing with his current affairs.

And now the other party is about to leave.

"Someone, get out of here..."

The Emperor Qiansheng suddenly stopped mid-sentence, and the fact that the other party left without pausing showed that he was unwilling to have any further involvement with the Great Qian Dynasty.

Even if he were to send someone to invite him at this time, Li Zhirui would probably be unwilling to come.

"Alright, alright, bring me all the official documents I haven't processed yet."

……

Li Zhirui was naturally completely unaware of this.

Despite his rapid journey, it still took him several months to finally leave the territory of Daqian.

Along the way, he also saw the Confucianism that had been suppressed.

Even though the Confucian school came up with a solution afterward, using apologies and compensation to regain the trust and approval of the people near the capital.

Just as good news doesn't travel far but bad news travels fast, in many areas they are still disliked and hated by the people, and it's unknown how long it will take to completely eliminate them.

However, the Confucian school now understands that they have not yet recovered to their original peak!

Because of Emperor Qiansheng's covert manipulation, Confucianism experienced several splits during this period!
For example, there are literary figures who specialize in poetry and prose, ritual experts who are well-versed in etiquette, and educators who excel at teaching and nurturing students.

Even though each split was not led by a sage, but by a semi-sage, or even just a group of great Confucian scholars, the impact they caused was extremely negative!

This made most Confucian disciples feel uneasy and unable to concentrate on their studies.

At the same time, it also activated the ambitions of some people. If others can establish a new humanitarian doctrine, why can't he?
Even so, Confucianism remains powerful and a prominent school of thought!

However, none of this mattered to Li Zhirui, who had already left the Great Qian Dynasty. (End of Chapter)