Daqin: The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

"If the Mohists and I help the four countries and let the people of the four countries continue to bear heavy taxes and labor service, is this really a righteous act?"

The six-fingered black hero's continuous questions made Tian Guang's already unsteady heart begin to waver.

Yes, Lord Changping had indeed been very kind to him, and he would not hesitate to do so even at the cost of his life. However, Su Xuan cared about the world, and everything he had done truly improved the lives of the disciples from the farming families. To take action against such a person, he felt tormented and painful in his heart.

If he is killed, will there be another person like him in the future? Will the hope of the peasant disciples be crushed by him? He asked himself, and he had a vague answer in his heart.

"Sir, what you mean is that as long as the four countries can reduce taxes and care for the people, you will be willing to help?" After a moment's silence, Tian Guang continued to ask.

The six-fingered black knight shook his head and said, "A war between great powers is a contest between great powers. If the four countries can really do what you said, I am willing to personally go to your house to persuade Mr. Su Xuan."

"Why is the great master still unwilling to help the four countries?" Tian Guang looked indignant. "Could it be that the simple love and non-aggression philosophy that the Mohists have always advocated is all a lie? Or has the Mohists, who have always prided themselves on benevolence, also joined the tyrannical Qin?"

The six-fingered black knight's face darkened, and he explained, "The Mohist School's joining in won't change the final outcome, it will only cause more casualties. Even if they really stop the Qin State, will the people be able to avoid the suffering of war in the future? No, they will only experience more wars. If that's the case, then what's the point of the Mohist School helping the four countries?"

Tian Guang was surprised. From what he said, he agreed with Qin's conquest of the six kingdoms?

Is this still the pure-blooded Mohist from before? Why does this great man seem different from the great men of the past?

In the past, the Mohists would come to work obediently to help them resist the Qin State once the six countries had tricked them. Now they have begun to become cunning and treacherous!

"If you have nothing else to say, hero, I will take my leave now!" The Six-Fingered Black Knight stood up, bowed, and prepared to leave.

Tian Guang looked at the back of the Six-Fingered Black Knight as he left, his eyes flickering and his mind fluctuating.

Not long after, a figure walked out from behind the hall. It was Changping Jun Mi Qi.

Mi Qi frowned, looking a little ugly.

He originally thought that persuading the Mohist leader would only take some time, but he never expected that this Mohist leader would actually go against the norm and have his own views on so-called benevolence and righteousness.

"Do you want to get rid of him?" Tian Guang signaled.

Mi Qi pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "It won't be long before Prince Dan of Yan comes to Qin. At that time, we can ask his disciples to persuade him in person. If that doesn't work, we can only get rid of him and let Yan Dan take the throne. Only in this way can the Mohist School be used by us."

"When is Lord Changping going to take action against Su Xuan? I can inform the elders of the Six Sages' Tomb in advance." Tian Guang asked.

"When a person is most proud is often also when he is most likely to be careless. Being made a marquis and appointed as prime minister, surrounded by beauties, this is the highest position a minister can hold. I heard from Lian'er that when he comes back, he will come to propose marriage." A cold look flashed in Mi Qi's eyes.

Lian'er, don't blame your father.

Tian Guang was startled and glanced at Mi Qi calmly.

Is he planning to attack Su Xuan at his daughter's wedding?

A strange look flashed in Tian Guang's eyes, but Mi Qi, who was thinking about how to surround and kill Su Xuan more safely, did not notice his abnormality.

After welcoming Su Xuan back to Xianyang, he returned to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, where Tian Guang had been waiting for a long time.

"What's the result?" he asked.

Tian Guang shook his head. "Prince Dan just arrived in Xianyang yesterday. He met with the prince in the evening. Despite his best efforts to persuade him, the prince remained indifferent."

"Since he can't be used by us, we can only get rid of him." Changping Jun's eyes were cold. "After getting rid of the leader of the Mohist school, spread the news that the Gongshu family was afraid that the Mohist school would join the battlefield, so they took action secretly and put the blame on the Gongshu family and the Qin State."

"With Yan Dan's identity and status, plus our help, it won't be difficult for him to inherit the position of the leader of the Mohist School." Mi Qi said solemnly, "The Qin State today is no longer the Qin State of the past. If we want to defeat it, we must use all the forces we can."

"Go."

Chapter 232 Return to Xiaoshengxianzhuang

Kylin Hall.

At Ying Zheng's instruction, Zhao Gao read out Wang Zhao.

"In the campaign against Han and Wei, all the ministers made contributions. Wang Ben and Meng Tian were promoted to the title of Five Great Officials and appointed as Deputy Generals."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wang Ben and Meng Tian came out at the same time to thank the king for his kindness.

"General Meng Wu was promoted to the rank of Right Gen and given bows and arrows. General Wang Jian was promoted two levels and appointed as the chief of the Sicha."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the honor!"

All those who were promoted to higher positions were delighted, while those who were not awarded looked at them with envy as they received the rewards.

Li Xin looked envious, thinking that he would do everything he could to get a commander-in-chief position in the next expedition against the four nations.

They were able to destroy two countries in one month. Even if he was a little short of that, couldn't he destroy one country in two months?

He would not give away the credit that is within his grasp!

"As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, Prime Minister Su Xuan has made great contributions and is named Marquis of Zhenguo and Lord Wude!"

As Zhao Gao said this, the court fell into an eerie silence.

To be conferred the title of both marquis and lord at the same time, this is the first time in history!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Su Xuan bowed his hands in thanks. He didn't care about the reactions of the ministers. In his opinion, this was just something that Zheng Ge had promised him a long time ago and it was nothing.

"Your Majesty, is the reward too generous?" someone questioned.

"If you can destroy two countries in one month and increase the strength of my Great Qin several times like Mr. Su Xuan did, I can also reward you!" Ying Zheng glanced at him indifferently, with a hint of coldness in his eyes, saying to him and the courtiers, "Can you do it?"

The man was suddenly speechless and looked embarrassed.

When the other court officials saw this scene, they all felt deeply moved by the king's love and trust for Su Xuan. Not only did he confer a title of nobility on him, but he was also given the title of Marquis of Zhenguo. It was conceivable how much Su Xuan occupied in his heart.

After the court meeting ended, Su Xuan began to prepare for his wedding.

He planned to hold the weddings one after another within a month, first marrying the Snow Girl, and then marrying Yan Lingji and other girls.

In later generations, because of monogamy, marriage only happened once, but in the Qin Dynasty, it was polygamy, so he could be a bridegroom every night!

As for why they were held separately, it was because Su Xuan wanted to show his respect for them. After all, marriage only happens once in a lifetime.

Of course, he is an exception.

While preparing for the wedding, he took Bai Feng to Xiaoshengxianzhuang to inform his teacher Xunzi, his senior brother Funian and others about his happy event and invited them to join him.

"Teacher, I haven't seen you for a long time. Did you miss me?" After paying a visit to his senior brother Fu Nian, Su Xuan met his teacher Xunzi in a quiet and deep bamboo forest.

He was still as carefree and unreserved as ever, as if he was back home, and sat directly opposite Xunzi.

Xunzi's eyes flashed with surprise, and he scolded with a smile, "You little bastard, you still remember to come back to see me, the sun is really rising from the west!"

"Come, play two rounds of hand-to-hand combat with me. I haven't seen you for a long time, and my hands are itching to play."

Su Xuan would naturally not refuse. While playing chess, he explained his purpose.

"Wedding?" Xunzi was stunned for a while, shocked by Su Xuan's plan. Holding nine weddings in a row, what's going on? Are you trying to go to heaven?

He subconsciously glanced at Su Xuan's waist and said earnestly, "Don't be too obsessed with women."

"Teacher, don't worry. I have already mastered the secret art of dual cultivation. For me, this is also a kind of practice." Su Xuan said seriously, "There are seven taboos for people, namely arrogance, gluttony, greed, anger, jealousy, laziness, and lust. If you want to overcome these taboos, you have to really put yourself in them and feel them all, so that you will not be disturbed by them."

It is like lust. If you collect all the most beautiful women in the world, then when you meet other good-looking women in the future, you will not be seduced or disturbed by their charm.

"If these words were spoken by your junior brother Li Si, I would believe them." Xunzi rolled his eyes at Su Xuan. "As for you, you are full of twisted theories. You can make black into white and white into black!"

"It's all thanks to the teacher's good teaching." Su Xuan said with a smile.

"You bastard!" Xunzi pretended to hit you and snorted coldly, "When did I ever teach you such a principle?"

"The teacher once said in the article 'Encouraging Learning' that the strong will become the pillars and the weak will become the restraints. Only when the strong and the weak complement each other can one be invincible. Doesn't it mean that people should be both strong and flexible and learn to adapt?" Su Xuan quoted from classics and used Xunzi's famous saying to defeat Xunzi.

Xunzi: “…”

He is indeed a bad disciple!

"If I had known earlier, I would not have accepted you as my disciple! Sooner or later, you will ruin my reputation!" Xunzi looked a little exasperated.

"Not really." Su Xuan shook his head. "Teacher's reputation will not be ruined, but will go down in history."

“As long as Qin unifies the world and lays a foundation for eternity, there will be countless great scholars praising the teacher’s name in the future, and Xiaoshengxianzhuang will become an academy that people all over the world look forward to.”

"The foundation of eternity?" Xunzi shook his head. "The three dynasties of Xia, Shang and Zhou only lasted a few hundred years."

"Didn't the gods rule this land for a hundred thousand years in the past?" Su Xuan looked at Xunzi and found that his expression suddenly changed and became serious.

Xunzi slowly dropped the chess piece that was suspended in mid-air and looked up at Su Xuan, "How do you know all this?"

"If the teacher knows, then I can know too." Su Xuan said seriously as he made his move. "Teacher, can you tell me what you know about the Seven Azure Dragons, the Yellow Stone Heavenly Book, and the secrets of the Three Realms? With your guidance, I can avoid many detours."

Xunzi looked at Su Xuan's determined eyes and sighed, "As a mortal, it is not a good thing to know too many secrets. When your cultivation reaches the state of unity between man and nature, I will tell you all the information I know.

Su Xuan smiled slightly, releasing an aura that was slightly stronger than his cultivation of unity between man and nature.

"Teacher, you can speak now."

Xunzi's eyes widened, and he looked at Su Xuan as if he was looking at a freak, but he did not ask much. Su Xuan must have had some adventure to reach such a level of cultivation at such a young age. If he wanted to say something, he would naturally tell him. What Xunzi did not know was that this level of cultivation was less than one percent of Su Xuan's true strength. If he knew Su Xuan's true combat power, he would probably be shocked.

"There is indeed a force between heaven and earth that controls the world in the dark." Xunzi's expression became solemn. "Although the passage to the three realms is sealed, the power of the ancient gods is still guiding the world in secret."

"Unlike the inner strength we possess, the ancient gods possess divine power. The so-called divine power is a kind of natural energy, namely wind, rain, thunder and lightning, fire, ice, light and darkness. The gods have controlled powerful forces since the day they were born, and among these divine powers, there is a kind of divine power called the power of the empty consciousness realm."

"With the help of the power of the Space Realm, one can glimpse the future and explore destiny. The reason why the Yellow Stone Heavenly Book can predict the future is because it contains the powerful power of the Space Realm." "In addition to predicting the future, the power of the Space Realm also has the ability to sense, convey, and share. It is said that every king who unifies the world can receive orders from God. As long as they act according to God's will, they can rule the world for a long time. Once they violate God's will, the Yellow Stone Heavenly Book will help the violators and overthrow the rule of the dynasty. This is why since the Shang Dynasty, the kings of the world have called themselves the Son of Heaven, rather than the Emperor of Man."

Chapter 233: Legalism and Confucianism

"Teacher, how much do you know about the Seven Stars of the Azure Dragon?" Su Xuan pondered for a moment and then asked.

"When I was young, I also explored the secret of the Blue Dragon's Seven Stars. I have two guesses about the Blue Dragon's Seven Stars." Xunzi said in a deep voice, "When the Zhou Dynasty was first established, there was a war between the three realms. Since then, the passage between the earth and the sky has been closed, but not long after, the legend of the Blue Dragon's Seven Stars spread among the countries."

"It is said that if you crack the secret of the Blue Dragon's Seven Stars, you will have the power to control the world and even achieve immortality!"

"The Seven Azure Dragons are the source of all disasters. As the nations fought over the Seven Azure Dragons, they fought endlessly, causing great suffering to the people. Countless nations perished, and only seven nations remained, which are the Seven Kingdoms of the Warring States Period that we see today."

“I suspect that the reason these rumors are spread in the world is to allow those who are ambitious in pursuit of immortality to use the power of the Azure Dragon and the Seven Stars to open the seal of the Three Realms, allowing the gods to return to the world and rule over mankind once again.”

"As for another conjecture, the Seven Azure Dragons may be part of the inheritance left by the ancestors of the human race. When the gates to the three realms are reopened one day, the human race can use this power to fight against the gods and the underworld. The intentions of the human ancestors may be good, but they may not have expected that the Seven Azure Dragons would be used by conspirators and become the source of disaster."

"If the gods and the underworld are really as powerful as the rumors say, can the Yu Yuan Seal of Shushan really stop them?" Su Xuan remained skeptical.

Xunzi smiled and shook his head, "Never underestimate the wisdom of our ancestors. They can fight against gods with their mortal bodies. It is not as difficult as imagined to develop a seal that cannot be broken by the Hades and Gods."

"Do you know the double-loop knot? It's a knot that gets tighter the more you pull it. So can the Yu Yuan seal be the same? When it is attacked by the gods and the underworld, the seal will only become stronger. If you want to break the seal, you can only attack from the inside."

"Teacher, have you ever seen the gods and underworld people in the world?" Su Xuan asked curiously.

Xunzi shook his head and said, "The reason why I know these secrets is that when I was traveling around the countries in my early years, I met a master from Fantasy Island. He was a master of swordsmanship and called himself Wuming."

Su Xuan was slightly stunned. Wuming was from Fantasy Island?

Then it may make sense that he respected life and chose to commit suicide.

And his death, perhaps, was not really a death.

It is very likely that this body of his is like a clone, traveling around the world, collecting information, observing changes in the world, and then transmitting the news back to Phantom Island.

"The Yin-Yang School has been exploring the secrets of the Blue Dragon's Seven Stars for hundreds of years. They may know more. In addition to the Yin-Yang School, Luowang, which was established in the Spring and Autumn Period, is no less eager than the Yin-Yang School in its pursuit of power and immortality." Xunzi reminded, "Luowang is not as simple as it seems. The so-called code name may not just be one person."

Su Xuan was shocked.

Is the trap hidden so deeply?

He began to be thankful that his teacher was Xunzi, who could tell him the truth and speculation of the matter directly, unlike some riddlers who only spoke half-heartedly and not only stepped on the landmine themselves, but also made their disciples walk through his old path again.

"Remember, don't tell anyone what you heard here. Unless you are powerful enough to be fearless, once it is leaked, you will be hunted down endlessly. Even a strong person at the level of a heavenly being may not be able to survive."

"In this world, there is an invisible force that prevents others from spying on the power of the Blue Dragon Seven Stars."

"Yin Yang School?" Su Xuan asked directly.

"Maybe it's not just one force, but maybe multiple forces have maintained a tacit understanding to exclude all outsiders!" A hint of fear flashed in Xunzi's eyes.

What exactly are they trying to hide?

Su Xuan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, feeling that it was becoming more and more interesting.

Perhaps I could consider learning some skills like the art of clones, letting my clones walk around the world, enter the game in person, lure the snake out of its hole, while I hide behind the scenes and control the overall situation.

The risk is shared by both parties, and the profits are taken by others. Isn't that wonderful?

Although he felt that no one could match him at this stage, there was nothing wrong in being cautious. After all, he only had one life, and there were no resurrection coins to save the game.

As the two talked, the game entered its final chapter.

"You are really merciless, little brat!" Xunzi laughed heartily as he looked at the defeated black piece on the chessboard. "Since you left, I have never lost a game. Today's hearty fight was really enjoyable!"

"Master, have you never won a fight with your teacher?" Su Xuan asked with a smile.

Xunzi raised his head proudly, "That kid still lacks some skills."

"But he is a good unpolished gem. Otherwise, even if you wrote to me, I would never accept him as my disciple."