"They will say that the reason why His Highness King Qin said this is because he hopes that you will stand up and do things for him and the Tang Dynasty, not for your own family."
"They will say that His Highness King Qin just wants to use this method to get you to betray your family, because the royal family wants to undermine the influence of the powerful family."
"Such as this, everyone is different." Li Ke said lightly.
He ignored most of the pensive and stunned looks below, but continued: "I have to admit that this is indeed my purpose, because I really want you to support me, support the Tang Dynasty, and serve the people of the world. Not your family."
"This is also the fundamental reason why I say that you are the future of Datang."
"A family made of iron, a dynasty made of flowing water. You must have heard this sentence."
"But I just want Datang to become a different dynasty so that the people of the world can live their true way out, so I chose this path."
"This is an extremely difficult road, because it challenges the laws from ancient times, the social rules compiled by countless families from ancient times."
“As the saying goes, if something is not broken, it cannot be established; if it is broken, it will be established.”
"But I don't want to destroy it, and I don't want the Tang Dynasty to be destroyed, because the people will suffer when it rises, and when it dies, the people will suffer."
"I just want to find an unprecedented path to peace, and on this path, we need countless like-minded people."
“The road ahead is rocky, but the future is bright.”
"You can become what your family wants. You can work hard for your family all your life. You can enjoy the glory and wealth. Then when you grow old, you can record your family's genealogy and pass it on to your descendants."
"You can also choose to become a brilliant flame, just like the fireworks in the night sky. Although they are bright for a moment, they emit unprecedented light, lighting their own path for countless ordinary people, thus leaving a name in history and being remembered by hundreds of millions of people in the world. It is passed down by word of mouth among the people."
"Just like Shen Nong who tasted hundreds of herbs, Dayu who passed through the house three times without entering, etc."
Everyone looked at His Highness standing there in bewilderment. Even many emperors did not dare to compare with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors like the Shennong family, but His Highness treated them and their own family branches, concubines, illegitimate children, and even accidentally released children. Come together.
His Highness believes that they are enough to make such a feat. The important thing is that they all know that if they stay in the family, they will not be able to make as many contributions as His Highness said. In the end, what they recorded in the so-called genealogy is just one person. A name is just a name.
"How you choose your path is up to you. Or you can think of it as you have the opportunity to build a brand new family. After all, don't these wealthy families like to diversify their investments?" Li Ke said with a smile.
The mood of everyone below was a little strange. Just like what His Highness said, what His Highness said to them today highlighted a straightforwardness and sincerity, and everything was put on the bright side for them.
It was up to them to decide what to think and how to prepare, but no one had ever told them such frank words.
"Datang is going through unprecedented changes. This is the best time for you, because now Datang's schools are beginning to spread all over the world. In ten to twenty years, a new batch of students will grow up. The number is not ten or a hundred, but ten thousand, one hundred thousand or even one million.”
"Although these students, who come from ordinary people's families, do not have the background behind you, and the knowledge they have access to is only the knowledge in the school, there are millions of them."
"You will have no advantage at that time."
"It is said that the world is dominated by my generation. If you don't seize this opportunity, you will never have such a good opportunity again."
"That's why I brought you here."
"I don't deny that I have called you here for a purpose. For example, you are younger and can accept more novel ideas and new ways of governing. You are the grassroots workers that Datang needs most at present."
"The second purpose is that you have gone your own way, which can be regarded as weakening the power of the powerful families and making Datang more stable."
When Li Ke said this, everyone below was stunned. They didn't expect that Li Ke really told them everything, even such a purpose. What else couldn't be said?
Is this what His Highness means sincerity and straightforwardness? Your Highness really does what he says. Among the people present, even those young people who might have looked down upon Li Ke now admired Li Ke immensely. At least it was impossible for them to say this out loud.
And His Highness King Qin told them so straightforwardly, putting everything in plain sight.
Li Ke paused here, and then smiled and said: "So, I have already stated my purpose, and it can be said that the entire stage that Datang has set for you has been set up, then... you Are you ready to take the stage?"
"Are you ready to leave your names in the history of the Tang Dynasty for who knows how many years?"
"Will you have your edges smoothed by life and become like your fathers and other people from more and more families, or will you walk out of a different path, a path that cannot possibly belong to you, the concubine, the second son, and the family? Side roads and so on?”
"Or... have you ever thought that one day, your family's genealogy will start with you?"
"Hundreds or thousands of years later, it will be written in the genealogy of future generations that our ancestors came from such and such, the founder of the Tang Dynasty. He made the following major contributions to the world, etc."
"Family, country, and world. If you don't have a family, you won't have a country. If you don't have a country, you won't have a family. People are selfish. As the saying goes, if a person achieves enlightenment, a chicken or a dog will ascend to heaven. I'm not asking you to completely abandon your family and become a saint-level person. That way I, Li Ke, can't do anything like that."
"I just hope that our Tang Dynasty can emerge with more influential figures, instead of wasting many talented people because of the family's lack of attention."
"That's all I have to say, and I would like to encourage you all with a poem: There will be times when strong winds break through the waves, and you will hang your sails directly across the sea."
When Li Ke's last word fell, warm applause immediately erupted below. His Highness King Qin's words today gave them too much to think about. Indeed, it is up to them to take their own path in the future.
"Finally, if you want to study, Kyoto University will be open to you in the next six months. There will be some teaching content here, which is about different aspects of knowledge such as politics. If you are willing to come, we will manage it here. Food and accommodation are provided, and school uniforms are distributed daily.”
"If you can complete your studies in half a year, maybe Datang will give you a brand new job. Even if you fail to complete your studies, as long as you are willing to study, we will always take care of your food and clothing expenses."
Li Ke added two more sentences.
