Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 32: Nine Cauldron Gentlemen
South bank of Lingshui.

Feng Qingyan stared at the Junxing Stele that fell from the sky. In an instant, he saw black dragons struggling out from the stele, soaring into the sky, and howling in the air.

He was startled and when he looked again there was no black dragon.

The words on the stone tablet were as heavy as mountains and seemed to contain infinite mighty power that could frighten all ghosts.

Good calligraphy!
Feng Qingyan was amazed.

If you can understand one or two of these two lines of words, you will definitely be able to improve your calligraphy.

"The King of the People congratulates the completion of the 81st Confucian Academy and presents 3,000 volumes of classics, history, and miscellaneous works, 3,000 Xuan brushes, 3,000 sets of fine ink, 3,000 pieces of Xuan paper, and 3,000 stone inkstones to help educate the world."

The ceremonial officials began to sing loudly, their voices echoing throughout the world and clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"The King of Chu congratulates the completion of the 81st Confucian Academy and presents 3,000 volumes of classics, history, and miscellaneous works, 3,000 Xuan brushes, 3,000 sets of fine ink, 3,000 pieces of Xuan paper, and 3,000 stone inkstones, in order to educate the world."

"The King of Yue congratulates the completion of the 81st Confucian Academy and presents 3,000 volumes of classics, history, and miscellaneous works, and 3,000 Xuan brushes..."

"The King of Qi congratulates the completion of the 81st Confucian Academy and presents 3,000 volumes of classics, history, and miscellaneous works..."

At this time, someone's face turned gloomy. Who would have thought that someone would hit the King of Humanity in the face in public during the Academy Ceremony...

If the king offers a gift of 3,000, the princes can only offer a maximum of 800.

To do otherwise would be usurpation.

Although the Zhou Dynasty had long lost its prestige, some powerful vassal states not only annexed other weak vassal states, but also claimed to be kings for many years.

However, the Human King is still the ruler respected by the world on the surface.

Sometimes, you still have to give face.

"Where did this bastard come from? What are you singing?" Someone shouted at the ceremonial officer, "Drag him out and behead him! Behead him!"

"Ridiculous! How dare a mere prince to be on equal footing with the Human King? Who gave you the courage?!"

"Who sent the ceremonial officer?"

The ceremonial officer sent by the King of Zhou became furious.

The ceremonial officer who claimed to be the king of the vassal states simply disdained it. If it weren't for the long journey and the lack of justice, he would have destroyed the Zhou royal family long ago...

At this time, the officiating officer had been dragged away and replaced by a new one.

"Lord Lu, congratulations on the completion of the 81st Confucian Academy. I present you with 800 volumes of classics, history, and miscellaneous works, and 800,000 Xuan brushes..."

Even though many vassal states sent the same gifts as the King of Man, the number of gifts was changed by the ceremonial officials to eight hundred.

Some monarchs who were once called kings also changed their title from king to monarch.

There are dozens or even hundreds of vassal states in the Zhou Dynasty, and now more than twenty of them have sent their congratulations.

When the spectators were in an uproar, Feng Qingyan and Zhou Chang looked at each other, fearing that someone was playing tricks, otherwise how could the academy make such a low-level mistake?

Confucianism controls twenty-seven mountains of books, eighty-one academies, and has tens of thousands of disciples. Its power crushes that of other princes, and it does not need to consider the princes' faces at all.

Even though you are called a king, what does it matter if I call you a lord?

In important ceremonies, Confucianism follows the etiquette of the Book of Rites, so there is no possibility of error. But now such an outrageous mistake has occurred, indicating that someone must be playing tricks in secret...

"Humph, I'm afraid someone wants to alienate Confucianism and the Zhou royal family and instigate the two to become enemies." Zhou Chang snorted coldly, "Such a crude plan can be seen through at a glance, how could anyone believe it?"

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Feng Qingyan said after a moment of hesitation.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Chang asked hurriedly.

"I think that not only is the relationship between Confucianism and the Zhou royal family alienated, but someone is also targeting Mr. An." Feng Qingyan frowned slightly and said, "Mr. An is at the level of a literary minister, but he is honored as the head of the 81st academy and is on an equal footing with the great Confucian scholars in the world. I wonder how many people secretly hate him..."

"Besides, I don't know how many people have already set their sights on the position of Dean."

"If Mr. An had made a serious mistake during the academy ceremony, he would have been punished..."

Zhou Chang thought it was very possible and frowned, "Killing two birds with one stone?"

“Kill many birds with one stone.”

Feng Qingyan thought for a moment and then spoke again.

Zhou Chang thought about it carefully and found the problem. Although some people knew it was a trick, they would still achieve the purpose of the trick... No matter what, the Zhou royal family did lose face.

During this period of time, although Feng Qingyan studied hard, he also had some understanding of the Zhou Dynasty. The first generation of human kings enfeoffed 800 princes, but now there are only dozens or hundreds left, and the other 600-odd princes have long been annexed by some powerful princes.

As a result, the phenomenon of princes claiming to be kings and those who were not loyal to the Zhou king appeared...

The main sphere of Confucianism's activities was in the eastern vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty.

Because Confucianism was so powerful, it protected many weak vassal states, which caused dissatisfaction among many powerful vassal states...

But there is nothing we can do.

At this time, the sky changes slightly, and gusts of wind and rain fall, and the whole world becomes warm, but the wind and rain do not wet people's clothes, but can make flowers, plants and trees flourish.

After a gust of wind and rain, the plants and trees in and around the academy seemed to have grown for several years and were thriving.

"Hey, this is it?"

Feng Qingyan was a little surprised.

"It should be that a great sage is using the technique of 'Spring Breeze Turning Rain' to make the plants flourish." Zhou Chang roughly explained, "This was originally a technique of farmers, but we Confucians learned and improved it. It is not only very beneficial to the growth of plants, but also has great benefits for people..."

farmhouse?

Feng Qingyan frowned but didn't ask any further questions.

After the ceremony, the academy will begin examinations.

The examinations include classics, history, philosophy, six arts, and imperial art. There is no limit to the number of examinations. As long as one is rated as A, one can enter the academy to study. In addition to the world-renowned "Taiping Youxiang" for his literary talent, his music, chess, calligraphy, and painting also attracted a lot of attention.

Among them, the Gate of Nine Virtues is not inferior to Jun Yi.

Behind the main gate of the academy, there are nine gatehouses, each gatehouse represents a virtue. As long as you walk through the gate of nine virtues, you will become a gentleman of the Nine Dings.

And the gentleman of Jiuding will surely become a saint in the future.

However, there are very few people in the world who can walk through the Gate of Nine Virtues...

Perhaps no one except saints can pass through it.

Even a great sage may not be able to make it.

The nine gates of virtue are Du Gate, Mo Gate, Ming Gate, Lei Gate, Chang Gate, Jun Gate, Shun Gate, Bi Gate and Wen Gate.

Degree means that the mind can control meaning.

Mo means virtue, righteousness and harmony.

Bright means shining on all directions.

Class means to give selflessly.

Long means teaching tirelessly.

The king should reward, celebrate, punish and be powerful.

Shun means being kind and obedient.

To compare means to choose the good and follow it.

Wen refers to the longitude and latitude of heaven and earth.

At this time, after the students walked into the academy gate, they all walked around the Gate of Nine Virtues and went to both sides. Many students looked at the Gate of Nine Virtues, and finally shook their heads and left.

If one walks through the gate of nine virtues, he becomes a gentleman of nine ding, while if one walks through one gate, he becomes a gentleman of one ding.

Naturally, students don't need to go through nine gates in the academy. This is unrealistic. Students only need to go through one gate to enter the academy, but few people have ever done this...

The Gate of Nine Virtues may be just a decoration in the academy's entrance examination.

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PS: Thanks to "Yutangyueshang", "Yubaiwang", "Xuanpinyuanxi" and "Shifenyimao" for the tips!!!

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