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Chapter 320 The Useless Traveler Wants to Go Home (18)

"I know you don't believe it, but what I said is not intentional to attract attention, it is true."

"Listen to me slowly."

Then, the Right Prime Minister truthfully recounted all the recent events and the actions of the Xuannv Sect over the years, and then asked in a very serious tone:

"Don't you understand now?"

"I understand. What you mean is that the Xuannv Sect is very likely the remnant of the Hundred Schools of Thought. The ultimate purpose of everything they are doing now is probably to overthrow the rule of our Confucianism and create the glory of the Hundred Schools of Thought again?"

Zhang Zai of the Qi School was the most sensitive and immediately analyzed the root cause of the problem based on the description of the right prime minister.

Of course, this was also related to the fact that he had always paid close attention to the Xuannv Sect and its Xuannv Academy. He had previously felt that the operations of the Xuannv Sect were strange. Although the Xuannv Academy mainly taught women and it was normal not to teach the Four Books and Five Classics, it was abnormal for the Xuannv Academy to teach other doctrines besides the Four Books and Five Classics and other Confucian classics.

In the early days, they only accepted female disciples, and they could also use the fact that women could not take the imperial examinations, so it was useless to teach them, and there might not be so many teachers who were proficient in Confucian classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics.

To barely explain this situation.

However, after so many years of development, the faculty of Xuannv Academy has not only become stronger and stronger, but it has also begun to recruit male disciples as early as ten years ago.

But he still insisted on not teaching the Four Books and Five Classics.

It would have been fine if no one had emphasized this point before, but now that the Right Prime Minister has specifically emphasized it, if you think about it carefully, it becomes terrifying and you feel that the Xuannv Sect must have a conspiracy.

After being reminded by Zhang Zai, the representatives of other schools present also pondered for a while and then expressed their opinions.

“Indeed, I remember that the Xuannv Sect changed its name a few years ago to the Xuannv Academy, but it seems that no one cares about a sect changing its name, and the outside world generally still calls them the Xuannv Sect.

But there should be a difference between an academy and a sect.

I have never heard of any other sect changing its name to a school, which reminds me of the Jixia Academy.

The Jixia Academy is known as the cradle of hundreds of schools of thought.

This is such an obvious point, but I didn't realize it before. It turns out that Xuannv Sect has great ambitions."

“If I remember correctly, apart from the support of the imperial court, the biggest reason why Confucianism flourished was because we taught everyone and pioneered private schools.

But now Xuannv Academy is far superior to us.

We can only teach a few students in our private school, but I dare not imagine how many students their Xuannv Academy has taught. If this continues, I am afraid that only those who know and understand Confucianism will become a minority.

Although nowadays there are only a few people who are proficient in Confucianism.

But at least the rest are just fools.

But if Xuannv Academy is allowed to develop further, the rest of the people will not be fools, but people from other schools. We can even directly call them inheritors of Xuannv School.

What the Right Prime Minister said before was indeed not false.

Our Confucianism is in danger! ! "

"Those so-called Western countries probably didn't use Confucianism to govern their countries. Although I'm not sure about the changes of dynasties within them, the fact that they have survived to this day has undoubtedly proved one thing, that is, countries can still exist normally without Confucianism."

"Isn't that nonsense? In ancient times..."

"No, what he meant was that it is one thing for everyone to know about this matter, but it is another thing to point it out directly. Once we lose the imperial power or the support of the court, our Confucianism will be no match for the Xuannv Sect.

Today, the emperor and the scholar-officials rule the world together, but if possible, which emperor would not want to have the final say?

I am afraid that the person today will realize this.

If the Xuannv Sect is willing to cater to the emperor's wishes, it will probably become the biggest threat."

I have to say, we keep talking about this.

Only then did everyone discuss the real key point.

In fact, they knew very well how the Confucians came to power. They simply took advantage of Emperor Wu of Han's desire to deal with the nobles and relatives of the emperor, and served as dogs for Emperor Wu of Han, thus obtaining a stable promotion channel. And they used this stable promotion channel as a ladder to gradually expand their influence, thus reaching their current status step by step.

There were twists and turns in the process. Those Confucian disciples who had gained benefits in the early stage began to cut off the promotion paths of others in order to ensure the prosperity of their own families.

Become a school valve and turn into a new cancer.

The negative impact continued until the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Fortunately, when the emperors realized that they had become a cancer, Confucianism had already been thoroughly rooted in the hearts of the people, and there was no other school of thought that could replace it. Therefore, the emperors could only promote the poor and suppress the aristocratic families. But no matter whether they were from the poor or the aristocratic families, they basically learned Confucianism. In fact, compared with the poor, the children of the aristocratic families did not learn it as purely.

There will be some inheritance from other hundreds of families in the family.

By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic families had been basically eliminated by physical means, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period had completely begun, when scholars met soldiers and it was difficult to explain their reasons. The status of Confucianism plummeted even more. No matter how eloquent they were, no matter how much cultural knowledge they had, they would still die if they were chopped off by a knife.

The situation was not reversed until the reign of Emperor Taizong.

Although Confucianism seems to be very prosperous today.

But in fact, it still depends on the imperial power.

When he met a weak and easily bullied emperor, he could still show off his power and act like a butler who bullied his master. When he met an emperor who had his own ideas, was capable, and ambitious, he could only act like a dog who behaved well on the surface, regardless of whether he was well-behaved in his heart, and dared to throw a tantrum occasionally.

The emperor was not unaware that they were restless.

Precisely because they knew that they were restless, they supported the nobles and the relatives by marriage. When the relatives by marriage and the nobles were not capable, they supported the eunuchs, even causing them to split internally and create factional disputes.

Many of the party struggles in later generations were based on this point.

Once a force that is more obedient, more sensible, and willing to deal with them appears, even if there may be various risks in the future, the ambitious emperor will definitely not hesitate to give it a try, and even let the other party form a balance with Confucianism to make the imperial power more stable.

Therefore, after discussing this point, everyone immediately realized that the Xuannv Sect was indeed a huge threat. No matter how much fighting there was within Confucianism, it would only be a small loss. But if there was competition from outsiders, they would become external enemies.

Academic disputes are endless.

They knew very well how they had dealt with the other children of the hundred families who had failed in the competition with them, so they were even more afraid that they would be treated the same way.

"Xuan Nu College must be closed!" "Xuan Nu Sect must be destroyed!"

Soon, two people expressed their opinions decisively, and the others also nodded. The strength of the Xuannv Sect has grown to a terrifying level, and they cannot continue to let it go.

If we continue to let it go.

I'm afraid their Confucianism is really in danger.

Therefore, they must be eliminated decisively and resolutely.

Then, they quickly discussed the specific plan. To put it simply, it was to frame the Xuannv Sect for rebellion. Regardless of whether the Xuannv Sect had the idea of ​​rebellion or the plan to rebellion, they must be forced to rebel. As long as they rebelled, they could define the Xuannv Sect and the Xuannv Academy as anti-traitor forces and eliminate them.

They can even mobilize the power of Confucianism.

Let the Liao Kingdom and Western Xia also participate, and the three kingdoms join forces to wipe them out. I don’t believe that the Xuannv Sect alone can withstand it.

"To be on the safe side, we can try every possible means to trick the entire martial arts world into destroying the Xuannv Sect. For example, the Xuannv Sect may have hundreds of millions of taels of gold. Or, the Xuannv Sect may have countless Life-Creating Pills. The Xuannv Sect may have the secret method of becoming a land immortal. I don't believe they won't be tempted."

"In fact, they have been tempted for a long time, and even wanted to take action against Xuannv Sect. It's just because, firstly, Xuannv Sect itself has a good reputation, and they have to give it some face. Secondly, they don't have the confidence to deal with the Xuannv ancestor of Xuannv Sect. Although age does not mean everything, the other party can live to more than 140 years old, so his strength cannot be too weak.

It is definitely a terrifying existence that exceeds the innate realm.

This is what everyone fears the most.”

"That's right. As long as the imperial court can identify Xuannv Sect as a traitor, there will be no need to worry about no one targeting Xuannv Sect. If we can confirm that the Xuannv Patriarch poses no threat, or if we can kill the Xuannv Patriarch, we can be sure that more than 90% of the martial arts sects will immediately bite the fat piece of meat of Xuannv Sect."

"Indeed, according to the information collected so far, the Xuannv Sect does not have any intention of rebellion. It can only be said that there are many students and disciples, but those students and disciples may not be willing to rebel for them. The most threatening one now should be their branch, the Bright Divine Sect.

However, the Sect of Light is far away overseas.

They didn't have time to mobilize the forces of the Sect of Light.

So for us, if we want to completely destroy the Xuannv Sect and Xuannv Academy, there is actually only one biggest threat, and that is the ancestor Xuannv. There is too little information about her.

The last time this happened was seventy or eighty years ago.

Barely better than Fire Dragon Master."

“I don’t think there’s any need to worry too much. The Xuannv Sect’s history is not even as old as that of the Xuannv Patriarch. What kind of foundation can it have? It’s just the Xuannv Patriarch.

As for the other sects that have been passed down for nearly a thousand years, they should not be without a foundation comparable to that of the Ancestor Xuannv.

At most, there are not so many magical means.

For example, we can cooperate with Shaolin and even Zen Buddhism, promise them freedom to spread their teachings, and let them use their own skills. They will definitely be able to deal with the Xuannv Patriarch.

If necessary, other Taoist sects can undoubtedly be contacted.

The Taoist branch that used to be quite prosperous but has declined in recent years due to the Xuannv Sect should be happy to stab the Xuannv Sect at this time. "

"It is to unite all the forces that can be united!"

"That's right. The threat that Xuannv Sect may bring is really too great. We should temporarily abandon our original prejudices and even give up some of our own interests. We should first completely destroy Xuannv Sect. We can slowly take back the interests that we have given up!"

"Oh, right, there is one thing we must make clear. We are only targeting Xuannv Sect and Xuannv College, not the students in Xuannv College. The number of students taught by Xuannv College over the years, plus those who are still in school, may be less than three million, but even if there are only three million women and children, it is terrifying, not to mention that they have their own relatives. If they are also defined as traitors, the situation may be difficult to handle.

So they have to be picked out first.

Otherwise, it would probably be another Yellow Turban Rebellion!"

"Indeed, this is very important. We need to solve the core problem first. The remaining problems can be gradually eliminated by prohibiting the spread of Xuannv Academy's knowledge. It is estimated that in 20 to 30 years at most, the relevant inheritance can be cut off."

"So, the plan is set!"

After they had thoroughly discussed or decided on the next course of action, they did not immediately take action. This was because they could not fully represent the opinions of the entire Confucian school, and they would need to play a role in connecting the core figures of other Confucian factions and the ministers of their own faction.

Keep each other informed and get a general understanding.

During the process, some people had opinions, and the original plan needed to be modified appropriately, etc. In short, this matter was not so easy to finalize. From the initial proposal of this idea, until it was completely finalized and officially prepared to start implementation.

It took a whole month.

And during such a long period of time, it would be difficult for Bai Sheng, who was far away in Xuannv Academy, not to know!
You know, Xuannv College is just the apparent force of their Xuannv Academy. Although the chambers of commerce invested by Xuannv Fund are not fully controlled by Xuannv College, as relatively large shareholders, there is definitely no problem in arranging some personnel in the chambers of commerce, and even supervising the account books. These are also hidden stakes!
Whether it is Xuannv College or those chambers of commerce.

It can basically be said to be spread throughout the entire Central Plains.

In this way, the intelligence gathering ability of Xuannv Academy is naturally beyond doubt. Even if Bai Sheng did not send people to keep an eye on them, their strange actions during this period, which lasted for a long time, naturally attracted the attention of some people in Xuannv Academy, who observed them in detail and even investigated them in depth, and soon understood all their plans.

Although Bai Sheng hasn't climbed the technology tree much in recent years.

The main work is still to popularize education.

However, she did make many achievements in the research and creation of martial arts, some of which she popularized, such as the exercises for strengthening the foundation and nourishing the vital energy, and the exercises for prolonging life and maintaining health. But there were also some relatively special exercises that were only passed on to a small number of people and their dissemination was restricted.

For example, clairvoyance and super hearing.

Another example is the technique of searching souls and taking away spirits.

These skills are very special, and the effects are just as the name suggests. Some are specifically for training the eyes, and some are specifically for training the ears. Although they cannot reach the level of true clairvoyance and super hearing, they are enough to easily be able to have ears through ten walls, and to see clearly through a needle-sized crack hundreds of meters away. The ability to eavesdrop on intelligence is absolutely outstanding.

The soul-searching and spirit-stealing technique is even more incredible.

Basically, I answer whatever is asked.

It's really easy to deal with ordinary people.

With so many secret agents, so many manpower, and at the same time so many special martial arts that are no worse than high-tech products, it is difficult for the intelligence of Xuannv Academy to be wrong.

Oh, and they also have a simple telegraph.

Isn't this faster than pigeons in delivering messages?
Therefore, more than half a month before their plan was finalized, Bai Sheng held a meeting to discuss response plans.