Master Lu Tian said: "Let me ask you, are the children of high-ranking families scholars?"
"Of course." Li Longji nodded and said, "The reason why high-ranking families become high-ranking families is because they mastered knowledge before humble families and became scholars."
Master Lu Tian said: "They took the lead in mastering knowledge and became scholars, and then began to monopolize knowledge?"
"Monopolizing knowledge? It's true, at least it was like this before the Sui Dynasty." Li Longji believed deeply, "It's just that starting from the Sui Dynasty, the price of paper dropped greatly. After the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, the price of paper dropped further, so children from poor families can also read If you can afford to read, high-ranking families will no longer be able to monopolize knowledge as they did before."
Lu Tianshi said: "So they changed to another way of playing, and began to monopolize the advancement of scholars."
"That's it." Li Longji said, "Through marriage and other means, high-ranking families not only control the imperial examinations, but also further control the recommendation and recommendation channels of officials."
Lu Tianshi said: "But they are still scholars after all."
Li Longji said: "Master Lu Tian's words seem to have unfinished meaning?"
Master Lu Tian said: "As long as they admit that they are scholars, it will be easy to handle."
After waiting for a moment, Lu Tianshi continued: "Their ancestors will tell them that knowledge should not be monopolized, and the promotion of officials should not be monopolized. I want to see if they have the courage to betray their masters and abandon their ancestors!"
"Ancestor?" Li Longji asked, "Master Lu Tianshi, does he mean the most holy ancestor?"
"Yes, you guessed it right." Lu Tianshi said happily, "It's Confucius."
"Did Confucius become an immortal?" Li Longji's eyes became eager.
"Nonsense." Lu Tianshi said angrily, "If a great scholar like Confucius cannot become an immortal, who will?"
At this moment, Li Long could no longer hold back, and knelt down in front of Master Lu Tianshi, pleading: "Please teach Master Lu Tianshi the art of cultivating immortality and immortality to me. If I become an immortal, I will definitely remember Master Lu Tianshi's supreme kindness forever."
"Want to learn the art of immortality and immortality?" Master Lu Tianran said, "You also want to live forever?"
Li Longji said without blushing: "Of course I also want to live forever. Who doesn't want to live forever?"
"You are really greedy." Lu Tianshi said suddenly, "After being the emperor for forty-two years, enjoying all the glory, wealth and beauty in the world is not enough, and you want to live forever? Are you trying to take away the good things in the world by yourself? All occupied?"
"This..." Li Longji was a little embarrassed, but he quickly said shamelessly, "Please ask the Heavenly Master to help me."
"This cannot be accomplished." Master Lu Tianshi said, "Not everyone can live forever. Only those with great merit, great opportunities, and great luck can achieve immortality. You, Li Longji, have all the opportunities and luck, but you lack the Achieve merit."
"Lack of merit?" Li Longji said dissatisfied, "My martial arts skills are by no means inferior to Emperor Taizong Wu, nor inferior to the First Emperor who conquered six kingdoms. How can I lack merit?"
Master Lu Tianshi said: "Wenzhi and martial arts are not meritorious. The Li Shimin, Liu Che and Ying Zheng you mentioned were all good emperors with their wenzhi and martial arts. However, they killed too many living beings and suffered a serious loss of merit, so they could not live forever. Because The souls that you, Li Longji, died for are not inferior to the three of them, so you, Li Longji, will not live forever either."
Li Longji hurriedly said: "However, my chances are far better than theirs. None of them met the immortal, but I met the heavenly master. I asked the heavenly immortal to teach me the art of immortality. I can exchange everything in the world."
This is the opportunity, and Li Longji definitely doesn't want to miss it easily.
However, the reality was cruel, and Lu Tianshi refused outright.
"How did you know that Ying Zheng, Liu Che and your great-grandfather had never met the immortals?"
"Don't even think about immortality. It's impossible for you, Li Longji, to live forever."
"If you start cultivating yourself now, you will have at least twenty years left to live."
After a pause, Lu Tianshi continued: "If you are still addicted to drinking and sex, you will not live for ten years."
"Ten years? Only ten years left?" Li Longji felt disappointed when he heard this. Will he not live forever after all?
"Wait until this Heavenly Master casts a spell to invite Confucius down from heaven." Master Lu warned, "During this period, please do not let anyone enter the side hall to interrupt this Heavenly Master's practice."
Li Longji heard this and quickly cheered up to protect the Dharma.
At the same time, there was also a sense of luck in my heart.
If you can serve him as a teacher sincerely, you may not know that you may be able to impress the Heavenly Master.
On the other side, Master Lu Tian has already started casting spells, oh no, starting to edit and make videos.
Lu Xiaoning chose a video from the fifth issue of "China in Classics" and added the subtitles he wanted. As for whether the mouth shape matched or not, it actually didn't matter.
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In the main hall on the third floor of Xingqing Palace, the princes, grandsons, civil servants and generals were waiting.
Among them, Yang Guozhong was the most anxious, because he knew that this secret conversation between the saint and Lu Tianshi would not only determine whether he could continue to serve as the right minister, but also the fate of his family.
Prince Li Heng was not worried at this time because Lu Tianshi had already made his words very clear.
Although Li Heng's abilities were mediocre, other princes were not much better than him.
Therefore, the saint may not be willing to change the prince. After all, deposing and establishing the prince is not a trivial matter.
Just as the civil and military people were whispering to each other, the door of the side hall suddenly opened.
However, the scene that followed was somewhat beyond everyone's expectations. The palace door opened, and the first person who walked out was neither a saint nor Lu Tianshi, but a gray-haired old man.
The old man E Guan is a scholar. Judging from his attire, he should be a scholar from the pre-Qin period.
Wei Jiansu, Cen Shen, Gao Shi and other scholars couldn't help but widen their eyes.
This old man looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before. But it seems that I have never seen it before.
At this time, the saint came out from the side hall and shouted: "In front of the most holy master, why don't you, as scholars, kneel down and worship the ancestor?"
very? Is this person actually the Holy Master?
Wei Jiansu, Cen Shen, Gao Shen and other officials were all stunned.
No wonder it looked familiar, and then I remembered that it was somewhat similar to the statue of the Holy Master hanging in the private school.
At that time, civil servants with scholar backgrounds, headed by Wei Jiansu, paid homage one after another and sang: "Student so-and-so pays homage to the most holy teacher, and the most holy teacher is well."
The princes, grandsons and generals also knelt down and worshiped.
Yang Guozhong's eyes rolled and he also knelt down in the hall.
Although I, Yang Guozhong, was born in the market, I also attended a private school, so I can be considered a student of the most holy teacher.
"Without ceremony, please get up with me." Confucius returned the greeting and said with emotion, "It's only a few days in the sky, but more than a thousand years have passed in the world, and we are already in the Tang Dynasty."
Wei Jiansu and other officials were envious. It would be great if they could live forever.
Confucius sighed and said, "Which one is Wei Jiansu?"
Wei Jiansu hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said, "Student Wei Jiansu pays homage to the most holy teacher."
"Are you Wei Jiansu?" Confucius' eyes seemed to fall on Wei Jiansu, but also seemed to be unfocused, and said, "Speaking of it, you were also a Jinshi, and you can be called a model for scholars in the world. However, since you After embarking on an official career, especially after entering the political hall and becoming prime minister, what he did really made me feel extremely disappointed."
Hearing this, cold sweat broke out on Wei Jiansu's forehead.
Wei Jiansu really couldn't bear this comment from the Holy Master.
After his death in the future, this evaluation is likely to be engraved on his epitaph.
At that moment, Wei Jiansu broke into a cold sweat and said in panic: "Please give me some guidance from the Holy Master."
Confucius said: "I have three long-cherished wishes. One is for the elderly to make it safe, the other is for the friends to believe in it, and the third is for the young to cherish it. Before I became an immortal, I also told Ziyuan, Zilu, etc., that all my Confucian disciples should practice it diligently. Therefore, now that thousands of years have passed, none of my three long-cherished wishes have come true."
"The student is incompetent." Wei Jiansu did not dare to defend himself, so he could only admit his mistake honestly.
Confucius said again: "Let us not care about the old man An Zhi and the trust of his friends, but the young man has failed to implement it. This is true and should not be done. As you are disciples of Confucianism, you should know that I admire the benevolent and love others the most. Why do you, the high-ranking family, want to obstruct it?" A student from a poor family seeks advancement through the imperial examination?"
"Holy Master, this fact has never happened before."
He could admit everything else, but Wei Jiansu would never dare to admit this.
Cen Shen and Gao Shi looked at each other, and the Holy Master came to ask questions.
ps: I have something to do in the morning, so I’ll just update this. I’ll see if I can catch up in the evening.
