Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

As the messenger passed by, the whole Xianyang fell into carnival.

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"The Xiongnu only sent [-] troops...how could they behead [-]?"

After Gao Jing asked the messenger to go down to rest, he handed the battle report to Fusu, and couldn't help complaining.

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Fusu was also a little embarrassed, and said: "Father is also to cheer up the hearts of the people... Teacher, don't be too demanding."

Gao Jing said sternly: "I'm just reminding you son, it's a great feat, but it's a king's taboo!"

"Fusu understands."

Fusu opened the battle report with a smile, and said with a smile after reading it: "Now there is enough manpower for domestic construction!"

Gao Jing asked, "How did the rebels deal with it?"

Fusu said: "Father personally appeared on the top of the city, the people who were coerced immediately turned back, the rebel army collapsed, and now they are building the Great Wall together with the Xiongnu captives.

The father said in person: the common people are innocent, and everyone returns to their homes! "

Gao Jing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's it, that's good."

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Fusu couldn't help laughing, and said, "Teacher's benevolence seems to be only aimed at the common people?"

Gao Jing thought for a while and said, "My lord, do you know that people die all the time in this world?"

Fu Su was stunned: "How could it be? Now that the internal troubles have been eliminated, and the empire is booming, where will people die?"

"The moment you and I speak, someone dies either at the end of his life, or in an accident, or in a vendetta..."

Gao Jing said with a smile: "Even the Datong world that Confucius talked about cannot avoid such a situation...Of course, to put it another way, new lives are born every moment."

Fusu vaguely understood Gao Jing's meaning, heaved a sigh of relief, and said, "The teacher scared the students."

Gao Jing explained: "I'm telling you that Confucianism divides "love" into grades, but "benevolence" also has grades!

Ordinary Confucians can only hold "benevolence" for what they see before them, and they can do nothing about what they can't see. This is a benevolent person who loves himself.

A Confucian who has become an official, because of his increased power, governs a place, and can have a benevolent heart for the people of a place. This is a benevolent person who loves people.

And once you become a sage, you can extend "benevolence" to everyone in the world, that is, benevolent people love the world... But this is the same as the "universal love" of Mohism, which only exists in theory.

The sage loves all people, but this kind of impartial love is already tantamount to "no love", and "benevolence" is also "inhumane". That's why Taoism says "The sage is not benevolent, and treats the people as humble dogs." "mouth.

Chapter 250 Gaine Runs Away

Gao Jing lay on the couch with his eyes closed as if he was asleep.

Beside him, a five or six-year-old child was holding a book and pretending to read it.

"The Master said: When you see a virtuous person, you think about it; when you see an unvirtuous person, you reflect on yourself.

The Master said: "Quality wins over writing and then wildness, while writing wins over quality and then history."Gentle and polite, then a gentleman.

Zeng Zi said: Scholars cannot be without perseverance. The responsibilities are heavy and the road is long.Isn't it important to benevolence as one's own responsibility?After death, isn't it far away?

The Master said: "It's like a mountain..."

As I was reading, the sound suddenly disappeared.

The child cautiously approached Gao Jing's face, stared carefully for a long time, and after confirming that Gao Jing had fallen asleep, he immediately got up, walked towards the door secretly with his short legs.

The moment he approached the door and was about to slip out, the door was suddenly pushed open.

The child was so frightened that "[-]" scrambled back to its original position, and hurriedly picked up the book that had been thrown away...

Mingzhu pushed the door open and entered. After seeing this scene, she couldn't help covering her mouth and giggling, pointing to the book in his hand.

Only then did the child come to his senses, he held the book upside down by himself, and immediately whispered solemnly: "Aunt Mingzhu, I've already recited it backwards... I deliberately read the book backwards."

"Then you recite an article backwards and let me listen to it?"

The sleeping Gao Jing suddenly opened his eyes and said.

"Father!"

The child's black and white eyeballs rolled around, and he hurriedly moved to Gao Jing's side and said, "I've finished reading "The Analects of Confucius"!"

Gao Jing didn't expose him, he patted his little butt, and said with a smile, "Okay, let's go play with your mother!"

"You can play!"

The child immediately cheered and ran out.

Mingzhu couldn't help but whispered: "Be careful, don't run too fast..."

"Boys just want to beat and beat more."

Gao Jing got up, wiped his face, and said, "What's wrong?"

Mingzhu came over and whispered, "Gai Nie found that child."

Gao Jing was startled, sighed after a while, and said, "If you find it, find it... It's hard for him to find it for so many years."

Mingzhu tidied Gao Jing's hair, and said, "If you don't want him to find it, then he will never find it... So do you want him to find it, or do you not want him to find it?"

Gao Jing smiled wryly, and said, "I am also in conflict."

Mingzhu said in amazement: "It's rare to see Your Majesty unable to make a decision on a certain matter!"

Gao Jing sighed, and said: "Gai Nie's finding that child means that something is about to start, and I can also use him to wipe out the rest of the uneasy factors in the empire today... But correspondingly, the emperor's mood is probably not good. good."

Mingzhu wondered, "Why is the emperor in a bad mood?"

"Gai Nie and the emperor met when they were teenagers, and they have been guarding the emperor for so many years. Although there is a difference between master and slave, the feelings in it are real."

Gao Jing sighed: "Gai Nie found that child, which means that he will leave the emperor... From the emperor's point of view, this is a kind of betrayal."

Mingzhu was stunned, and said: "That's why your majesty is hesitant?"

"Well, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, the Mohist family, and the peasant family, on the surface, keep themselves safe, so that the emperor can't do anything to them, but both the emperor and I know that they have been looking for opportunities to resist the empire in their hearts."

Gao Jing said helplessly: "It's like a pack of wolves in the dark, waiting for the empire to reveal its flaws, and they will swarm up and bite their prey...Of course, their threat is not that great, but they are very disgusting.

The emperor can't wait to continue to expand the territory. If he wants to fight against the outside world, he must settle inside first. It's good to take this opportunity to remove these unstable factors. "

Mingzhu asked suspiciously: "Those people have hated Gai Nie for a long time, and wish they could kill Gai Nie... What does your majesty mean, they will jump out and chase Gai Nie?"

Gao Jing smiled mysteriously, and said, "Who knows...Okay, change my clothes for me, and I'll go talk to the emperor."

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When Gao Jing came to Xianyang Palace, he saw Zhao Gao standing in fear at the door.

The door of the hall was open, and the ground in the hall was in a mess, with memorials, books, pens and inks scattered everywhere... It was clearly swept away by someone.

The moment he saw Gao Jing, Zhao Gao couldn't help showing joy, and said quickly, "Your Majesty, Duke Jing is here."

There was no sound in the hall.

But Zhao Gao still let Gao Jing enter.

"Chen Gaojing, I have seen the emperor."

Gao Jing walked into the hall while saluting, and saw Ying Zheng standing with his back to the gate, and said indifferently, "Why are you here?"

Gao Jing smiled and said, "Is the emperor angry with Gai Nie?"

Ying Zheng turned around abruptly and growled, "Gai Nie betrayed me, and I will send troops to capture him and ask him face to face why he betrayed me!"

Gao Jing bent down, picked up the things handed over, and said in his mouth: "Gai Nie is a sword master, how many people does the emperor plan to send to catch him back?"

Ying Zheng snorted coldly: "Facing my Daqin cavalry, what can the sword master do? 300 people are enough!"

"The emperor underestimated the Juggernaut... 300 people might not be enough..."

After Gao Jing picked up the things, he put them back on the case and tidied them up.

Ying Zheng said coldly: "300 people are not enough, then 3000, 3, 30!"

Gao Jing shook his head and said, "It's not necessary to make such a big move... Just let the arrest department issue a warrant."

Ying Zheng stared at Gao Jing with unclear meaning: "What are you planning to plan through Ge Nie?"

Gao Jing was taken aback: "What does the emperor mean?"

Ying Zheng sneered and said, "After all these years, I still don't understand you? Don't say that you are here to comfort me, I don't need it!"

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Gao Jing couldn't help curling his lips, and said: "Gai Nie has been guarding His Majesty for so many years, now that the world is at peace, he should live for himself, since His Majesty regards him as a friend, he should understand him...

Speaking of which, this guy has been around for so many years, he doesn't even have a woman 3.9, and he's still single... I don't know if he has ever touched a woman's hand? "

Ying Zheng's expression suddenly became strange, as if he had thought of something, he grinned at the corner of his mouth, and said angrily: "Then you still ask the arrest department to issue a warrant?"

Although the tone was not good, the anger just now was gone in Ying Zheng's words.

"Gai Nie has been with the emperor for so many years, but he actually left without saying goodbye. How can this kind of thing be tolerated? Issuing a wanted warrant will be punished as punishment."

Gao Jing said relaxedly: "By the way, let him make some contributions to the empire."

Ying Zheng snorted and said, "Sure enough, you're plotting against him... Tell me?"

Gao Jing smiled and said: "This is about another good friend of the emperor...Ji Dan, does the emperor still remember?".

Chapter 250

No one knew what Gao Jing said to the emperor, even Zhao Gao who was guarding the door was sent away.

At the end of the conversation, Yingzheng lost all his anger. He just looked at Gao Jing and said, "The Mo family, the peasant family... the hundreds of families, did you forget a certain family in your plan?"

Gao Jing sighed slightly, and said, "Is the emperor talking about Confucianism?"

Ying Zheng said seriously: "For your sake, I have tolerated some Confucian practices over the years, but there is a limit to this tolerance!"

Gao Jing said helplessly: "Confucianism has complex internal factions... Although the minister is Confucian, he is not the head of Confucianism after all, and he cannot be the master of Confucianism."

"Whether Fu Nian can be named as the Confucian sect in the world on the shore of Sanghai, I am afraid there is only a thin line!"