Songhai, Xiaoshengxian Village.
Fu Nian and Yan Lu sat opposite each other. Yan Lu looked at the sunset outside the window with worry on his face, while Fu Nian opposite had a troubled expression on his face and slowly drank tea.
Seeing Fu Nian's calm expression, Yan Lu still expressed what he was worried about.
"Senior brother, the current chaos among hundreds of schools is all because of us and the Legalists. If this continues, I am afraid it will bring great harm to the entire world."
Nowadays, hundreds of schools of thought are in chaos, and each school is rushing to say some weird and bizarre remarks. Although most people are trying their best to improve their own doctrines and promote the development of doctrines, under this prosperous world, there are still invisible things. Danger, hundreds of schools of thought contend. If it is an orderly debate, it is naturally good. But nowadays, the debate of hundreds of schools of thought has become more and more disordered. Many ideas have begun to argue simply for the sake of argument, no longer for the common people of the world, and some People have put forward the theory of evil and evil. These people are based on their own interests and mainly harm and oppress the people.
Previously, there was a person in Songhai who promoted some evil theory, saying that the superiors should enjoy the offerings of the common people and vendors as a matter of course without paying any price. He also said that the classes were already divided into people as soon as they were born, describing the common people as inferior. When Xiaoshengxianzhuang found out about this, he immediately took action. Yan Lu personally led the people to debate, betting on their heads, and beheaded the opponent at the gate of Songhai City.
Yan Lu has been exposed to these evil theories, so he is worried about this matter, and this matter was started by Legalism and Confucianism. If this trend is allowed to prevail, when it is irreversible in the future, Confucianism, the founder, will It will be criticized by people all over the world, and Confucianism will probably be destroyed.
Compared with the previous contention of a hundred schools of thought, today's contention is nothing more than a mirage. Once this bubble bursts, it will cause irreparable harm.
"Lu, I know everything you said. Have you ever seen that in addition to the debates between Confucianism and Legalism, Mohism, Taoism, famous schools, farmers, military strategists, Yin Yang schools, Guigu, etc., allow their disciples to absorb them at will? The meaning of scriptures from other schools?" Fu Nian said calmly.
"No." Yan Lu said in a daze.
For hundreds of schools, the most precious thing is their own scriptures and meanings. These scriptures and meanings are the basis for distinguishing them from other sects and establishing their own way. They will not arbitrarily absorb the scriptures and meanings of other sects. You must know that what can be called scriptures and meanings are inheritances that have been baptized and recognized by time, and cannot be absorbed casually.
Once one's own scriptures and meanings are impacted or brutally merged with the scriptures and meanings of other sects, there is only one price: self-destruction of the future, which is equivalent to cutting off the future of a sect.
"There is no way in the world that only Songhai has evil theories. You led people to cut off the evil theories in Songhai, but what about other places?" Fu Nian put down the teacup in his hand and said.
Speaking of which, who are the people who are contending among a hundred schools of thought nowadays? They are all unpopular, even small sects that have reached their end. What are they called Gu Dao'ai, Gu family, clans with surnames that are not recognized by the big sects, some collateral sects that have been explicitly expelled, and some that have already been The sects that were eliminated but were still alive, because Confucianism set a precedent, gave these people the hope of reviving the sect, so they stepped forward one after another.
"What does senior brother mean, in fact, most of the hundreds of families understand this matter and are doing their best to prevent it?" Yan Lu said after thinking for a while.
"Yes, why do you think the Confucian disciples of my uncle's lineage have disputes with the Legalists? Why do Gongyang Ru continue to provoke the Legalists?" Fu Nian continued.
"These are all senior brother Ziyou's plans? Why did senior brother do this? What he did was contrary to his wishes?" Yan Lu said in a deep voice.
The turmoil among hundreds of schools will cause damage to hundreds of schools, and even worse, it will cause the loss of scriptures and meanings of hundreds of schools of thought and become nondescript. This is contrary to the great road established by Ziyou, which is to continue the unique learning for the saints.
"What do you think is the ultimate secret to the Holy Spirit?" Fu Nian asked.
"This" Yan Lu's pupils suddenly tightened. After hearing this from Fu Nian, he instantly understood what Ziyou wanted to do. What Ziyou wanted to do was very simple, take the essence and discard the dross.
The secret knowledge of the past saints is there, but not everyone's goal is to be like the sages of the past. They hope to make this land better through their own teachings and efforts. More people want to use these secret skills to make money. Self-interest.
With the current situation of Baijia, some ambitious and ill-intentioned people will naturally be unable to endure their loneliness. There are also some who are hiding in the dark and have been eliminated by the times, but the evil-minded sects will also come out. Follow this chaos to complete your plan.
If they unscrupulously absorb the scriptures and meanings of other sects, the final result will only be to destroy their own foundation. Although their sect is abolished, their classics are still there. As long as they find the right people to inherit these classics, then this can be regarded as a continuation of the past. Holy secret.
Continuing the sage's secret knowledge is by no means just inheritance, but more about weeding out the old and bringing forth the new. The knowledge of hundreds of schools of thought is not constantly being perfected through debate. So Yan Lu figured it out. Ziyou's move, first of all, In order to give those sects and knowledge that are truly beneficial to the world a chance to stand up again, like the Kanyu family.
The second one is to eliminate some people and eliminate some pests from hundreds of families.
Looking at Yan Lu's expression, Fu Nian knew that Yan Lu had figured it out, and then said
"You haven't thought it through yet. Junior brother has another purpose. Who do you think is the driving force behind the unification of the Six Nations?"
"It's Baijia." Yan Lu said.
There are many contradictions between the six countries. Let’s talk about the relationship between South Korea and Wei. The Wei State interrupted South Korea’s rise. How could this make South Korea willing to form an alliance with the Wei State? The reason why the six countries unite, the power behind the Bai family cannot be underestimated. Family and nobility are inseparable, and the nobles who have survived to this day have some connection with hundreds of families. Otherwise, how could they have survived to this day after hundreds of years of war and civil strife.
"Yes, junior brother's goal is to let Qin dominate the world. Although the Qin State is now internally stable, it is impossible to resist the six countries uniting to control Qin. Therefore, junior brother has plotted the entire hundred families into it, leaving them too busy to take care of themselves. Who dares to say that he None of the disciples of the family are mentally ill. Once the knowledge and scriptures of other sects are introduced into their own sect without thinking, they will probably go crazy. This will shake the foundation of the sect.
Moreover, these evil theories are propagated within his sphere of influence. Can they tolerate it? Therefore, the contention of a hundred schools of thought this time also has the effect of exhausting the energy of the hundreds of schools of thought, leaving them no time to worry about Qin's annexation of the six countries. Fu Nian said.
He didn't see Ziyou's plan at first, and even visited Xunzi. After Xunzi reminded him, he realized that Ziyou's plan was too powerful. Every step was aimed at dominating the world, and it was difficult for people in the bureau to see clearly. , every time Ziyou throws out a big enough benefit to make people lose their minds, but they don't know that high benefits are accompanied by high risks.
Moreover, Ziyou’s plan was to let Bai Jia jump in. Originally, this was a matter between Confucianism and Legalism. It was you who took the initiative. Even if they knew that they were being plotted, they had nothing to say. No one could compare. They go down, and what makes them go down is their humanity.
"Senior Brother Ziyou seems more suitable to go to Guigu. Confucianism can only control the mouths of the world, but it cannot control the hearts of the people. Zongheng is the one who can best understand and control the hearts of the people." Yan Lu sighed.
Fu Nian also sighed in his heart. If Ziyou could focus entirely on Confucianism, it would only be a matter of time before Confucianism became the first governing culture. However, Ziyou's character and ambition were destined to not be restricted by one sect, and the current Confucianism He was already very satisfied.
At least now there is very little internal strife within Confucianism. All schools and factions know that the future is the future of Qin, and it depends on this time whether they can realize the Confucian way of governing the country.
"Lu, you have been in Little Saint Xian Manor for a long time, right?" Fu Nian looked at Yan Lu and asked.
"Yes." Yan Lu said.
"Go to South Korea for me. After what happened to Han Fei and the others, Gong Yangru has already thought about assassinating Han Fei secretly." Fu Nian said in a deep voice.
After Han Fei knew that he was about to enter the Qin Dynasty, for his own plan, after suppressing Ji Wuye, he took advantage of the trend within Confucianism that no longer resisted Legalism to forcefully promote his own reforms.
But Han Fei forgot that the reform could not be carried out smoothly only by changing the internal thoughts of Confucianism. After all, the change of internal thoughts of Confucianism was just an intellectual debate, and the reform affected the interests of many people, and after all, Han Fei had limited manpower. He was unable to take into account all aspects of the reform.
The two major supporters of the reform, Wei Zhuang and Zhang Liang, were both too young. In order to implement the reform, they did not hesitate to use harsh methods. If the Mohist family had not declined now, I am afraid these two people would have been on the Mohist family's must-kill list.
The Confucianists in Korea saw that Han Fei was Ziyou's senior brother and a disciple of Xunzi, so they reported the matter to Xiaoshengxian Village, hoping that Xiaoshengxian Village could come forward to solve it. If Xiaoshengxian Village did not handle it well, they would go private. Take action, even if Wei Zhuang is a disciple of Guigu, Zhang Liang is the grandson of Kaifangdi, and Han Fei is Ziyou's senior brother.
After listening to Fu Nian's story, Yan Lu understood clearly and nodded in agreement.
Fu Nian looked at Yan Lu's leaving figure with determination in his eyes. Fu Nian also had his own plans regarding the contention of a hundred schools of thought. His goal was to make Confucianism the first governing philosophy, but reality did not allow it. This incident gave Fu Nian new hope, that is, to make Confucianism a sect that integrates hundreds of schools of thought.
Confucian disciples are extremely malleable, and Confucianism is extremely tolerant. Benevolence and righteousness are the bottom line, not everything. Therefore, Confucian disciples are very quick to absorb the knowledge and ideas of other sects, and they have backlash. Very young, Mencius proved this when he first absorbed righteousness.
Fu Nian's goal is not to let Confucianism replace Baijia. He knows that this will do no harm to the world. His goal is to make Confucianism a conceptual sect. Baijia is Baijia, but Confucianism is also Baijia, a country. You cannot have multiple ideas of governing the country, as this will only lead to the division or decline of the country. The future Qin State will need a sect to coordinate other sects, and this is what Fu Nian sees. He wants Confucianism to become this sect, and among hundreds of schools of thought, The only one who can compete with Confucianism for this position is Taoism, and Taoism has a deeper foundation than Confucianism, so he must quickly join Taoism and compete for this position from the perspective of disciples.
This is why a large number of Confucian disciples study abroad. They are not only to exercise their abilities, but also to absorb some beneficial knowledge from hundreds of schools of thought and enrich themselves.
At this time, Xianyang was in the palace of King Qin.
Ying Zheng did not know about Ziyou's calculations, but was discussing with Ziyou the specific layout after destroying the six kingdoms. The reason why the Qin State was able to unite and work hard to govern was because Lord Shang gave the Qin State a goal. Everyone is striving for this goal, and the whole country of Qin is naturally united.
After this goal was achieved, the goal of destroying the six countries and unifying the world also followed, but what about after the six countries were destroyed? How to govern, and what kind of governance it will look like? Qin State has no goals at all. Fortunately, Ziyou proposed a goal, but the specific details of this goal have not been agreed upon.
"Teacher, we imagine that we need a large number of talents to support it. Qin and Confucianism alone cannot support it." Ying Zheng said,
At any time, talents are the most important. Only with talents can countless possibilities evolve, especially talents. There are countless people needed to govern a country. The more excellent talents, the better. However, talents are not always available. , needs to be cultivated, and the cycle of cultivating a talent is too long and the cost is too high.
"I will deal with the matter of talents. Don't worry, Your Majesty. The talents are there. It just depends on how to abduct them and make them serve the Qin State." Ziyou said, where are the talents? The Seven Kingdoms can find hundreds of schools, but the disciples of the hundreds of schools cannot It is said that everyone is like a dragon, but there are still many people who can use it. The key lies in how to get it.
"The teacher is talking about Baijia?" Ying Zheng was also a little worried.
In the earliest days, Qin was still known as a small border country, and hundreds of families looked down upon it. Even though Qin is now stronger, educated people among hundreds of families still look down on Qin, thinking that Qin is still a small border country at heart.
"This matter needs to be done slowly. Nowadays, hundreds of families are busy. Let's not get involved yet. I need to recommend a small sect to the king." Ziyou said.
The Baijia family is so busy being plotted by him that they have no time to serve as officials in Qin.
"What sect?" Ying Zheng asked curiously. A sect worthy of Ziyou's personal recommendation must be something special.
"Kanyu's family." Ziyou said.
"Kanyu family?" Ying Zheng frowned slightly. No wonder Ziyou said this was a small sect. He had never even heard of the name of this sect.
"This is the location of some unexploited mineral deposits in Qin State that Luo Zhan, the head of the Kanyu family, asked me to present to the king." Ziyou took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms and said.
"What!?" Ying Zheng shouted excitedly. It is self-evident what the mineral deposits mean. This is a hidden treasure that any country must protect.
(End of chapter)
