Confucian self-cultivation: Scholars start from Daqin

Zhao Gao said without hesitation: "Naturally - Your Majesty!"

Li Si also said: "The emperor's unification of the world is an unprecedented achievement. Now the empire is peaceful and the people are happy. The emperor's achievements have surpassed that of Yao and Shun."

Hearing what the two said, Ying Zheng was not happy, but shook his head and said, "If Jing Chun were here, he definitely wouldn't say that."

Li Si was silent for a moment, and said: "Duke Jing also thinks like this in his heart."

"Ah."

Ying Zheng smiled lightly, and said: "Jing Chun thinks so in his heart, but he doesn't say it out of his mouth. He only tells me the difference between the present and the past, and tells me that the two are incomparable...

I know that Jing Chun is worried that I will be dizzy by the praise and become so happy, so all the subjects of the empire will praise my achievements, but he will not! "

Li Si bowed deeply, and said: "Your Majesty knows each other well, Duke Jing and his ministers, and the ministers are very grateful."

"Jing Chun is good at everything, but he loves to worry too much."

Ying Zheng snorted coldly, and said, "Ji Dan died, and there was no fluctuation in my heart, yet he still wrote a letter to comfort me. It's ridiculous... I am the first emperor, how can I feel sad for a traitor?"

He said so in his mouth, but his tone was not the same thing.

Li Si and Zhao Gao knew each other well, so they didn't answer.

"Li Si."

Ying Zheng turned to look at Li Si, and said, "Jing Chun said, your previous ambition was to be a fat mouse?"

Li Si was speechless, and said with a wry smile: "Duke Jing is joking, I know the size of the world, and now my ambition is no longer limited to my eyes."

Ying Zheng said, "Then what is your ambition now?"

Li Si said seriously: "I want to plant the banner of the big man all over the real world!"

"Cai! I also have this ambition!"

Ying Zheng said with a smile: "The barbarians of the Maurya Dynasty occupied the Woye Plain, and that's where it started... It's just that there is still a restless place in the empire."

Li Si thought for a while and said, "The emperor is talking about the peasant family?"

"With Jing Chun's planning included, the farmer's family is not in trouble."

Ying Zheng shook his head and said, "I'm talking about Confucianism... Zhao Gao, where is Fusu?"

Zhao Gao bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Fusu is heading to Mount Taiyi, intending to invite the head of the Taoist Tianzong to subdue Confucianism with Taoism."

"Good idea."

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "You two should go to Sanghai as well. I hope that when I arrive at Sanghai, Confucianism has completely surrendered!"

Li Si saluted and said, "I obey the order."

Zhao Gao also bowed and said: "Your maidservant takes orders."

……

From the east of Songhai City Gate, cross two streets, and turn over a bridge, there is the sound of gurgling water, a clear river passing through the downtown.

Beside the flowing water, there is only a whole road paved with smooth mirror-like marble, which is extremely neat and spacious.

In the middle of the road, there is a tall building more than ten feet high. Purple curtains are hung on it, a string of silver bells is dropped from the corner of the eaves, and there are flowering trees as tall as two people planted in front of the building.

There are purple flowers blooming on the tree, one flower has nine petals, once the breeze blows, the air of elegance floats with it, even if it is separated by tens of feet, it still makes people happy to hear it.

On the lintel of the two flower trees in the middle, there is a gold-rimmed plaque with a vermilion background, on which there are three big characters: "Yangxing Pavilion".

This is where Lejia is today.

Whether it is a local Confucian disciple, or a wealthy businessman or noble son from all over the world, as long as you come to Sanghai, you will definitely not miss this Lejia "Cultivation Pavilion".

"This "Yangxing Pavilion" is the first-class elegant place in the world. The Zuimenglou in Dongjun County is luxurious, but after all it is a flesh and blood business."

"That's right. Every time I listen to the music and dance in the Yangxing Pavilion, I feel that my soul has been swept aside, making me feel refreshed."

"If you are lucky enough to meet everyone from Lejia on stage, it will be really..."

"It's more than that. All the food and drink in the Yangxing Pavilion are made by the well-known Qilu chef, Pao Ding. This taste is unmatched in the world!"

・・・ Flowers・・・

"The only thing that's wrong is that this guard... actually found a group of vulgar people from the Armored Escort Bureau."

"If it weren't for this, the Yangxing Pavilion would not be so peaceful, and no one would dare to make trouble."

"indeed……"

"..."

A group of people walked into Yangxing Pavilion talking among themselves.

Gao Jianli stood silently at the door, neither going in nor leaving, just looking up at the tall building, as if he wanted to see someone inside through the tall building.

"Mr. Gao, everyone in Xuenv has something to tell you."

A man in hardcover came out from the door and said to Gao Jianli: "Everyone said that if the leader of the Mo family came to visit, the Le family would naturally treat him with courtesy. If it was in the name of an old friend, he would disappear."

0.....0

Gao Jianli's eyes dimmed slightly, and he clasped his fists and said, "Please tell Xuenv, Gao Jianli... Got it."

Said, took another deep look at the tall building, turned and left.

……

A room upstairs.

Zi Nu watched Gao Jianli leave from the gap in the window, then closed the window, and said, "He's gone... I feel quite depressed."

Xue Nu didn't take it seriously, and said: "He is just wishful thinking...it doesn't make sense because he has feelings for me, so I should respond to him?"

Zi Nu smiled coquettishly: "That's right, there's someone here, how can you have a crush on other men?"

"Is Sister Zi Nu talking about herself?"

"Go, be bold enough to make fun of me."

Zi Nu snorted, turned to the other direction, and said, "By the way, it's not appropriate for the little sage Zhuang San to spend all day in our cultivation pavilion?"

Zhang Liang said gently: "I have already paid."

"That's why I didn't kick you out."

Zi Nu said angrily: "I know you are waiting for Gao Jing to appear, but he really didn't come here."

Zhang Liang smiled and said, "Uncle Master will come eventually."

Zi Nu was helpless and said: "If he doesn't come for a day, you will wait for a day?"

"If Purple Butler gets bored..."

Zhang Liang looked at Zi Nu, and said word by word: "Then please tell me, where is Han Fei?"

Chapter 270 Gao Jing and Xunzi

The familiar bamboo forest and the familiar bamboo building made Gao Jing feel at home as if he was at home.

There is a chessboard on the table, most of the moves are made, the white pieces are dominant, and the situation of the black pieces is already in jeopardy.

Xunzi twisted a sunspot in his hand, and was thinking about the chessboard, thinking about where to play next.

But Gao Jing was leisurely flipping through a book.

As Gao Jing's senior brother, Xunzi naturally has no shortage of paper here, and all the books are copied into thread-bound books.

"Clap!"

Xunzi finally pressed the sunspot in his hand, and then looked at Gao Jing.

Gao Jing glanced at it, and said, "Brother don't think about it anymore?"

Xunzi stared at the chessboard hesitantly, and after a while, he said: "Luozi has no regrets, just believe it, don't think about it."

Gao Jing picked up a white piece with a smile and placed it on the chessboard.

Xunzi was stunned for a moment, then thoughtfully said: "Your brother is right, you better think about it again."

As he spoke, he took away the white stones that Gao Jing had just placed, and picked up his own black stones.

"Senior brother is really trustworthy."

Gao Jing 21 smiled, sighed suddenly, lifted the book in his hand, and said: "Confucius's "Spring and Autumn" is subtle and righteous, implying praise and criticism...but I don't know whether it will be a blessing or a curse for future generations."

Xunzi asked curiously, "What do you mean by my brother?"

Gao Jingdao: "Back then Cui Zhu killed the monarch Duke Zhuang of Qi, and Tai Shibo truthfully recorded that "Cui Zhu killed his monarch".

Cui Zhu didn't want to be accused of being a regicide by later generations, so he asked Tai Shibo to rewrite it as Qi Zhuang Gong died of illness. Tai Shibo believed that the duty of a historian is to truthfully record the history and leave the truth for future generations, so he rejected Cui Zhu.Cui Zhu killed him.

After Taishibo's death, Taishibo's younger brothers Taishizhong and Taishishu successively assumed the duties of historians. Under Cui Zhu's coercion, they also wrote "Cui Zhu kills his king", and they were all killed by Cui Zhu.

After the death of three elder brothers, the fourth Taishi Ji took office as a historian. Cui Zhu continued to threaten, and Taishi Ji wrote "Cui Zhu Kills His King".

At that time, even Cui Zhu was intimidated by the loyalty of the official historian, so he had to release Taishi Ji.

When Tai Shiji came out with the bamboo slips in his arms, he met historians from the south to support the four brothers. If Tai Shiji also died, they would take up the post of historians and continue to record truthfully.

The same is true of "Zhao Dun killing his lord" recorded by Dong Hu, a historian of the Jin Dynasty.

See you when the season is poor, one by one, in the Qi Tai Shi Jian, in the Jin Dong Hu Bi... It is a pity that since "Spring and Autumn", such historians are afraid to disappear. "

"Spring and Autumn" was written by Confucius who falsified the history of Lu State.

Later generations often say "clearing the fog of history", not because historians have learned from Confucius, "Spring and Autumn Brushwork", "Small words and righteousness", tampering and beautifying historical books, resulting in the true historical truth being buried.

So, Confucius made a very bad start.

Xunzi also understood Gao Jing's meaning, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This is probably why Confucius had countless disciples, but he only passed on the book "Spring and Autumn" to Zixia, who was at odds with other disciples."

Zixia, formerly known as Bu Shang, although he is one of the most valued disciples of Confucius, his thoughts are at odds with the orthodox Confucian thought, quite "heresy".

Therefore, after the death of Confucius, Zixia was excluded by his fellow teachers and brothers, so he left Confucius and was invited by Wei Wenhou to Hexi in Wei State. According to legend, Li Kui and Wu Qi were his disciples, and even Wei Wenhou also worshiped him as his teacher.

There is also the "Confucianism of Hexi".

Now this line of Confucianists is the Duan Gan family, who has returned to Hexi with the help of Gao Jing, and is cultivating talents for the Imperial Academy.

This era is extremely open-minded, and the rest of the schools of thought can point at Confucius and criticize, and even Confucian disciples can candidly point out the inappropriateness of Confucius.