Luo Palace, which has not been repaired for many years, looks a bit shabby and dilapidated. When walking around the corridor, the gauze tents are also a bit shabby.
The coldness here is because the Luo Kingdom is now a bit poor. The five-year war has killed a large number of people from the clan, and a large amount of the palace's funds have been invested in supporting the families of these deceased.
The prostitutes in the Luo Kingdom Academy also needed support from the official. Wisdom was priceless, and the official paid for this fund willingly.
In the palace, incense was lingering. Luo Chang rubbed his eyes and put down the bamboo slips in his hands. There were densely packed names on them.
Since he ascended the throne of Luohou, he has been sitting in the palace almost every day. There are not many things in Luo Kingdom that need him to worry about now.
The most important thing is the Luo Kingdom Academy. Now the person in charge of various affairs of the Luo Kingdom Academy is his uncle Luo You.
After Luo Ci died on the battlefield, Luo felt guilty for not being able to protect his nephew. As soon as the war ended, he took off his armor and returned to his fields. Every day he taught the children of the princes and people who died for the country in the Luo Kingdom. They read and read.
In the end, it was Chief Luo who called Luo back and said, "My brother loved to debate with the scholars in the academy during his lifetime. Uncle, please keep an eye on the academy for your brother."
Luo You naturally recorded the heated debate between Confucian and Legalist scholars in the Luo Academy, and even the list of students who wanted to leave the academy and join the Wei Kingdom also appeared in Luo You's hands.
That's why he came to look for Luo Chang.
"Your Majesty, this group of scholars who are going to serve in the Wei Kingdom are all talented people in the academy. They are all military strategists, domineering legalists, and scholars who practice vertical and horizontal arts. There is not a single Confucian scholar. It seems that the Confucian scholars They had great opinions on Wei Hou.
The scholars on these lists are all the best in the academy. If they enter the Wei State and are reused, they will surely prosper the Wei State!
If other countries had not followed suit, Wei Houqing, a shameless villain, might have become the number one overlord in the world. "
Luo You's tone was very sure, and then there was a hint of coldness. No one knew the power of Legalism's hegemony better than Luo Guogong. It really took just a dozen years to make a second-rate person The country becomes stronger.
At the same time, no one hates the art of domineering more than Luo Guo, because now Luo Guo has a copy of the art of domineering written by his ancestor Ming Gong, which is a method of pushing harsh punishments to the extreme.
The Legalists advocated reform to strengthen the country, which is right. Although the Luo Kingdom followed the royal way, they had been making slight adjustments to the country's system. However, the Legalists who were domineering would be more suitable to be called the Punishers.
Nowadays, among the countries, there are still people, savages, and slaves, and the people still have the power. When the art of punishment is used to the extreme, in a country, except for the monarch, everyone will be slaves.
Luo Chang said with a serious face: "Hegemony will become popular in the world, and any country that uses punishment to reform the law will definitely become stronger.
Whoever becomes more thorough will become more powerful.
Of course, this kind of tyranny is doomed to destruction, so Luo Shi cannot be tainted by this, and still must stick to the path of kingship.
Luo State is now doing nothing politically, and on the surface it seems that its influence on Zhu Xia has dropped a lot.
But the sun will set, the country will perish, and all political power will disappear. Only ideas will remain forever.
When the hegemony dies, the royal way will prevail in the world. This time may be two hundred years, or it may be five hundred years.
Before that, as long as the Luo family can obtain the right to interpret the royal system, they will be invincible in the world in the future.
Five hundred years later, with the blessing of Ancestor Su Wang, there will be no problem for the Luo family to survive until then, so preparations must begin now. "
It is Luo's usual practice to prepare for the future in advance, but Luo Chang wants to be kingly and orthodox, which makes Luo You very confused.
He asked directly: "Your Majesty, the most intelligent people in the world are like crucian carp crossing the river. Although the children of the public family are smart, not every generation can produce wise men.
If saints like Laozi and Confucius appeared in the past and were directly consecrated on the spot, the right to interpret the classics would definitely be transferred. "
Thoughts are the hardest thing to control, because smart people can think, and imperfect theories are full of loopholes in front of those talented people.
Once a theory is completely refuted, it is a matter of life and death for a school. In most cases, there is no way for a failed school to stand up. It will take at least a hundred years to rise again.
Moreover, Luo Shi has always been a collector of ideas, but now he wants to export his own ideas. This change of role is a very risky attempt.
Of course Luo Chang was aware of Luo You's worries and explained: "Uncle, the royal way written by our ancestor Ming Gong and the way of benevolence and righteousness advocated by Confucian scholars, coupled with the principles of being a king that Luo Guogong has practiced for more than seven hundred years, If the two ways could be integrated, what kind of grand scene would it be?
You said, is there any monarch who doesn't like that scene?
Is there any monarch who doesn't want the dynasty under his rule to achieve such brilliance? "
Luo laughed loudly and said: "My lord, after all, this grand scene is just the fantasy of those kings, because they are not saints, so they can't do it.
They just can't do the royal way that Luo Kingdom is currently practicing, let alone what is recorded in the classics..."
He suddenly stopped as he spoke, his brows began to wrinkle, and he thought carefully about Luo Chang's words.
Then he suddenly realized and said excitedly: "My lord, you are trying to equate the world's great unity imagined by the king's way with the rule of the Luo Kingdom. You want to make the Luo Kingdom the paradise imagined by future generations, the ultimate pursuit of the king's way."
Luo Chang smiled and said: "Of course!"
This is the biggest advantage of the Luo Kingdom. Under the rule of the Luo family, there was really a prosperous country.
His monarch and his people care about each other, and the people are willing to go through fire and water for the monarch.
The office is friendly to each other, and there is no killing or fratricide.
There is always loyalty and trust between the monarch and his ministers.
What monarch doesn’t want such a country?
What kingly scholar doesn’t want to build such a country?
At that time, is there anyone who knows better than Luo Shi?
He took out the history book among the mustard seeds and smashed it in his face, asking him to take a good look at what the Luo Kingdom was like back then.
The more Luo You thought about it, the more excited he became, and he quickly asked: "Since we want to create a paradise for kings, the most important things are two points. The first is that kings must prosper, and the second is that the Luo family must occupy a righteous position among kings.
Your Majesty, what are you going to do? Please tell me, I will do my best to complete this matter. "
"Uncle, it's not just you. The sons of the royal family are not serving in the country now. Except for the sons with military talent who train brave warriors, all of them have to do this.
The royal way was proposed by the ancestor King Su. The "Kingly Way", "King System" and "Zhou Rites" are all ancient books that have been handed down to this day. All thoughts on the royal way come from here.
After the ancestor Minggong wrote "Luo Yu", "Luogong Chunqiu" was carried forward until Confucius came out. He expounded the kingship of King Su and Minggong, then proposed the definition of benevolence, and continued to write "Luogong Chunqiu".
The most important thing is that there are too many talented people among his disciples. These people spread Confucianism and continue to develop it. In the Luo Kingdom Academy, five or six out of ten are Confucian students, which is proof.
So what we have to do now is to hold the source of Confucianism in our hands and clarify the supreme status of King Su in the Confucian orthodoxy! "
Since the appearance of Confucius, the Duke of Luo has been paying attention to him. All the princes of Luo in the past dynasties believed that Confucius's teachings were the most popular in the world.
Because Confucius believed that although the world is in chaos, there is nothing wrong with reforming and strengthening the world, but the world must eventually be stable, so the implementation of policies must not be extreme. It must be based on ending the chaotic world and quickly transitioning to governing the world.
It's a pity that the monarchs of all countries only wanted to end the troubled times, become the overlord of the world, and unify the world, and never thought about what would happen after the unification, so he encountered countless failures.
Luo You naturally knew the importance of Confucianism, but he felt something was wrong with Luo Chang's idea.
"My lord, do you want to include our ancestor Su Wang among the Confucian sages?
How is this possible?
Although Confucianism is a doctrine that can be passed down for thousands of years, King Su is the supreme and holy man, a man in heaven.
How can human morality accommodate the greatness of King Su? "
Luo Chang waved his hands and said with a smile: "Uncle, you are worrying too much. King Su is the source of all laws, the head of all families, the sage among saints, and the source of all principles between heaven and earth. Of course, he will not just be a Confucian sage.
The one who really wants to be a Confucian sage is the ancestor Ming Gong. Just like the ancestor Yigong is worshiped by people in the world, the ancestor Ming Gong should be worshiped by Confucian disciples all over the world.
Daotong Suwang was first, Ming Gong was second, Confucius was third, and then the sages and disciples of Confucius from the time of Ming Gong to the time of Confucius were selected as Confucian sages and compiled into Confucian classics for future generations. . "
Ancestor Ming Gong? This is quite appropriate!
Confucius respected Ming Gong very much during his lifetime. He wrote the "Luogong Chunqiu Collection" and also continued to write the second half of "Luogong Chunqiu". These are things that only disciples can do. Confucius can be regarded as Ming Gongdao. The heir to the tradition.
Luo You couldn't help but admired: "My lord, your idea is really wonderful.
Among the Confucian disciples, there are countless descendants of public clans. Many Confucian disciples feel that Confucianism comes from the Luo family's royal way. Not many people can refuse this proposal.
Moreover, in the current world of countries, Confucianism is already in a bad situation. This is a world dominated by legalists and political strategists, and a chessboard for military strategists. Confucianism can only take refuge in the Luo Kingdom.
There's never been a better time than now. "
Confucianism is so out of date that when faced with the olive branch offered by Luo Guo, people will naturally rush to it immediately.
Those who are unwilling will be directly abandoned in the face of the turbulent general trend.
Luo Chang pushed the bamboo slips on the desk in front of Luo You, "Uncle, these are several of the disciples of Confucius designated by Gu Zhu, who can be included in the classics as Confucian sages.
Please also summon the people who are currently in charge of Confucianism and inform them of this matter. The arrangement of Confucian sages still requires their contribution. "
Confucius, great man
(End of chapter)
