The short video shows the ancient times, and the emperors cried with envy!

Chapter 808: The same kind of people! Academic fraud and real estate speculation! Confucius was furious: He punched them into a meat pie!
Lu Jiuyuan smiled and said, “Young people are most easily deceived by appearances, thinking that anyone who seeks reform is a saint.

Now is the right time to tell them that what a person does is more important than what he does.”

"Brother Lu is right."

Zhu Xi immediately perked up and turned to the students to smooth things over: "Did you see that? Kang Youwei talks about morality on the surface, but he behaves like this behind the scenes. I'm afraid the reforms he advocated were only for his own selfish interests."

"Sir, you are right."

One student couldn't help but interject: "This kind of person is simply ruining sacred learning!"

Lu Jiuyuan shook his head and sighed, "People's hearts cannot stand the test. Kang Youwei was able to maintain self-control when he was down and out, but once he gained some fame, his true colors were immediately revealed."

"Exactly that."

Zhu Xi's complexion finally returned to normal: "Everyone, please remember that learning is not just about the principles in books, but also about putting them into practice in your daily behavior.

Kang Youwei's inconsistent words and deeds and his disrespect for women should never be imitated!"

Seeing this, in order to give the teacher a way out, the students all nodded in agreement.

[In addition to his chaotic love life, Kang Youwei has a bigger stain: academic fraud. ]

【As a master who claims to be the descendant of Confucius, his academic integrity is seriously questionable.】

[In particular, his representative work, "A Study of the New Learning and the False Classics", is a "textbook on academic fraud."]

【In this book, he arbitrarily tampered with ancient documents to prove his point.】

[For example, he wanted to prove that Confucius advocated reform, so he arbitrarily deleted and modified the content in ancient books. ]

[Even more outrageous is that he also created some "ancient books" that do not exist at all. ]

[These forged materials were exposed one by one by later scholars.]

[The famous scholar Liang Qichao once said: "Nine out of ten sentences in your book are wrong."]

[You know, this is what his most proud student said! ]

【Not only that, Kang Youwei often exaggerated his achievements in his writings. 】

[In "A Study of Confucius' Reforms", he portrayed Confucius as a radical reformer.]

[This was entirely to support his reform proposal and has no historical basis at all.]

【Later scholars commented that Kang Youwei was not studying history, but using history.】

[Perhaps it is just as later generations said: Kang Youwei was not an honest scholar, but a politician who was good at using his knowledge.]

Qin Dynasty plane.

After seeing the strange phenomenon in the sky, Qin Shihuang snorted with disdain.

"How can such a lowly person talk about reform?"

Back then, I burned books and buried scholars because I saw through the hypocrisy of these corrupt scholars.

You, on the other hand, are so blatant that you don’t even bother to disguise yourself and just tamper with the classics so blatantly?
Qin Shi Huang stroked his jet-black beard.

I'm afraid Kang Youwei doesn't even have a decent strategy.

If you want to reform, just do it directly. Why bother trying to please those corrupt scholars?
This kind of person who has neither courage nor strategy, I'm afraid his brain has been lost since his mother's womb?

……

Warring States plane.

Seeing this, Mencius immediately stopped baring his teeth.

"This kid is nothing!"

……

On another plane.

Confucius was resting on the roadside with his disciples. When he saw the strange phenomenon in the sky, he instantly lost his composure!
This usually gentle and polite saint suddenly flew into a rage and overturned the small table in front of him!
It would be fine if they just tampered with what he said, but they even had the guts to forge ancient books!
Isn't this a deliberate attempt to ruin my reputation? !
He even claims to be the successor of Taoism, what a joke!

How superior is Confucianism!

When it came out of this guy's mouth, it became such a shameless thing!
This kind of behavior of betraying teachers and ancestors is truly outrageous!

I have lived for so many years, but I have never seen such a shameless person!
If this kid were in front of me, I would beat him into a meat patty with one punch!
[Speaking of Kang Youwei's most profitable business, we have to talk about his experience of speculating in real estate in Mexico.]

[In 1906, Kang Youwei went into exile in Mexico.]

[Mexico was in the midst of an economic boom at the time, and the real estate market was hot.]

【Kang Youwei keenly sensed this business opportunity.】

[He first bought a run-down hacienda in Mexico City.]

[The manor is in an excellent location, right in the city center. ] [And at that time, the Mexican government was vigorously developing the capital. ]

[Kang Youwei spent 2 pesos to buy the manor and immediately started operating it.]

[He spread the word that this place would be planned as a high-end residential area.]

【He used his reputation as a great scholar to successfully attract many investors. 】

[Just a few months later, he sold it for 10 pesos.]

[I earned 8 pesos in one operation, which was equivalent to about 4 taels of silver at the time! ]

[This amount of money would be worth at least tens of millions of RMB today.]

[Having tasted the sweetness, Kang Youwei did not stop there.]

[He has his eye on another piece of land in Mexico City.]

[This time he played the "pre-sale" trick. ]

[Before the land price was fully paid, they started to resell it in pieces to other buyers. ]

[The total revenue from this piece of land is said to be as high as 30 pesos.]

[Interestingly, when he was advocating reform in the country, he severely criticized speculation and profiteering.]

[As a result, when I went abroad, I became the person who was best at speculating in real estate. ]

[What's even more ironic is that he used the money to live a lavish life.]

[While in Mexico, he frequented high-end places and made friends with wealthy and powerful people.]

[He even hired several servants to take care of his daily life. ]

[In the words of his students: "The teacher is no longer the teacher he once was."]

……

Tang Dynasty plane.

After reading what was on the skylight, Li Shimin couldn't help but sneer.

Wei Zheng saw this and stepped out and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you think of Kang Youqi?"

"Tell me about it."

Li Shimin walked down from the dragon throne and stood in the hall.

Wei Zheng bowed and said, "This person keeps saying he wants to reform the law, but when he arrived in a foreign country, he threw all his ideals to the wind.

Seeing how greedy he is, where is the character of a saint?"

"well said!"

Li Shimin stroked his beard and laughed: "When I carried out the reform, did I ever think of enriching myself?
Developing water conservancy and agriculture, which one is not for the people?
Such people who have only a name for nothing are not qualified to talk about reform! "

"Your Majesty is wise."

Wei Zheng said seriously: "What's more, the most hateful thing about this person is that he obviously spends money lavishly abroad, but he still cheats people there, pretending to be a gentleman."

“I’ve seen a lot of people like this.

I don’t know how many people back then used the banner of reform but actually wanted to pursue personal gain.

How could someone who truly wants to serve the country and the people engage in such speculative activities?"

"Yes." Wei Zheng sighed, "Power cannot bend him, and wealth cannot corrupt him. It seems that Kang Youwei has been corrupted by wealth."

"Hahaha!"

Li Shimin laughed and said, "What Wei Qing said makes sense. If such a person were in my Tang Dynasty, I would have to deal with him! He keeps talking about the teachings of sages, but turns around and makes a fortune by speculating in real estate. It's a joke!"

……

Song Dynasty plane.

Song Renzong was sitting in front of the imperial desk. When he saw what appeared on the sky curtain, he couldn't help but put down the red pen in his hand and frowned.

Kang Youwei did have some business acumen, but unfortunately he used all his talents on making profits.

When he was young, he had hoped to reform the country and strengthen the country, but he would never rely on such opportunistic means.

What is most infuriating is that this person is cheating people under the banner of Confucianism!
Such people who curry favor with the powerful and forget their principles when they see profit have truly tarnished the word "saint"!

I really don't know how much of his bold words back then were sincere...

(End of this chapter)