In the fifty-third year of the Xia Dynasty, the news of Wang Mang's death finally spread.
At the same time, the edict he left was also spread.
Emperor Xia, who had held on to the Xia Dynasty for fifty-three years, was still thinking about the people of the Xia Dynasty in this land after he left.
That day, people who received the news rushed to the streets and cried loudly.
Most of them are elderly people.
These people may not have experienced the chaotic scene of wars and wars in the Big Moon, but they have witnessed with their own eyes how the Xia Dynasty entered into power step by step.
As an emperor, he is the first to bear the brunt of the world's evil, and of course he has a share in the world's good.
They were extremely sad to have lost such a holy king and sage.
Some people will regret that they insulted Wang Mang when he first came to the throne.
But anyway, all this is over.
There is no resurrection after death.
Be it sadness or joy, the world will function normally without anyone.
It is the same whether it is a highly respected sage or a sage king who is diligent and loves his people.
In the face of death, all living beings are equal and there is no difference.
Only those names that shine in history can vaguely glimpse a bit of elegance.
After Wang Mang died, the new emperor succeeded to the throne.
It's his and Xu Wanrong's child.
The new emperor did not disobey the edict left by Wang Mang, and kept everything simple.
Faced with the tragic situation of the whole country, the new emperor did not take any action, including not even setting up altars to tell the world about his ascension to the throne.
From this aspect, he is quite sensible.
Fifty-four years of the Xia Dynasty.
The new emperor chose a reign name, Taiping.
In his entire life, Wang Mang never had a reign title. He was very ambitious. He hoped that when future generations mentioned the name Xia Huang, he would be the first person to think of him.
And his children had to choose a reign name to distinguish them from their parents, indicating that the emperor had changed.
From now on, the new emperor will no longer be called Emperor Xia, but Emperor Taiping.
Peace and peace, inherit peace.
Emperor Taiping did not have as many wise men as Wang Mang. In addition to Xun Ke, Wang Mang also had people like Gong Shang Guo and Qin Li Sheng at his disposal. It would be almost impossible for him to achieve a higher career than Wang Mang.
The word "Taiping" is not only recognition of the late emperor, but also an encouragement to oneself.
Times have changed and things have changed a lot.
Nowadays, grandmasters are extremely rare people in the mortal world. At least in the lands surrounding the Xia Dynasty, even if someone is promoted to a grandmaster, they will rush there immediately after learning about the Buzhou Mountains. There is nothing in the mortal world that can attract them. To the Grandmaster.
In the past, it was just because everyone was the same, so it was almost the same wherever the masters went. After all, it was hard to leave their homeland, so many masters stayed in their own countries, living in peace and waiting to die, enjoying all the glory and wealth.
Now that we have higher goals and pursuits, our hometown is just a memory.
If you ask, you like it, but if you stay, you can't.
The master began to become "precious". Things are rare and valuable, and so are people.
As the great master, Xun Ke is naturally higher than all the masters, especially in today's situation.
Confucianism is growing rapidly.
New ideas were baptizing the Xia Dynasty. Xun Ke advocated enlightenment because he believed that human nature is evil, and to seek good from evil, one needs to learn good moral character.
Private schools and academies were established in various places and became very popular.
The textbook used was written by Xun Ke.
There are all kinds of fables, folklore, and even stories about people I once knew.
For example, Mozi, Gong Shangguo, Qin Lisheng, Wang Mang. Some of the things about these people were written by him.
There are definitely not only words of praise, but there are even faint criticisms, but in general, they are undoubtedly encouraging people to do good.
If the person who wrote this book was not Xun Ke, he would probably be denounced to the point where he would not be able to stay in the Xia Dynasty.
But he was Xun Ke, the leader of Confucianism, the disciple of Mozi, and the great master of the Xia Dynasty.
Therefore, he is qualified to criticize his predecessors, even Emperor Taiping cannot say anything.
Only one person is qualified to express a different opinion.
"Mr. Gu, look."
In the increasingly peaceful courtyard of the Gu family, Xunke handed his completed book to Gu Dan.
Gu Dan took it and read it slowly.
When I read the stories of those familiar people, a smile inevitably appeared on my face. But after carefully appraising the true flavor of the story, I found that there are some things that need to be discussed.
For example, when Xun Ke wrote the story about Mo Qiu, he mentioned that when Mo Qiu founded the Mohist School, his standards were extremely high. Heroes in the world who wanted to join the Mohist School were forced to withdraw by the Mohist School's almost harsh regulations, and those who stayed behind were forced to withdraw. Very few.
Of course, this is also true.
Gu Dan also agrees with this point. It’s not that the Mohist family didn’t do well, but that it did so well that it has transcended this era. Even if it is briefly glorious, it will inevitably decline.
And Qin Lisheng was a stubborn person. He continued to move forward firmly along Mo Qiu's path without making corrections. Whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, even Gu Dan himself couldn't tell clearly.
Should we be grateful that the Mohist family has not "degenerated", or should we regret that the Mohist family, which has transcended the times, will eventually be defeated by the times?
I just hope that what Qin Lisheng said before he left can give Qin Lisheng some inspiration.
On the contrary, Xun Ke, who seemed to be deviant, was doing something major that could really change the Xia Dynasty.
Educate the people, seek goodness and truth.
This is something that needs to take root in one place and keep working hard.
"not bad."
In the end, Gu Dan nodded, not feeling the need to modify anything.
Written into a book.
From now on, this book will become one of the must-read books for enlightening countless people of the Xia Dynasty. From this book, we can learn about the founding of the Xia Dynasty, and even how the predecessors before its founding sacrificed their lives and shed their blood to change the world. Come to a peaceful and stable situation today.
Taiping Taiping inherited not only the Xia Dynasty, but also the ideas of its ancestors.
Isn't this a kind of passing on from generation to generation?
Time continues to move forward, never ending.
The Gu family courtyard became quiet.
Few people come to visit anymore. Today, Xun Ke is busy with his feet off the ground, and Xiaoying also has things to do at Tai Hospital and Tianxia Medical Center.
The person who often visited this small courtyard before was actually that boy Wang Mang.
After Wang Mang passed away, the small courtyard seemed to be separated from the world.
One day, Gu Dan continued to go to the Xia Dynasty's Buddhist Scripture Pavilion to pick up books to read.
But he was surprised to find that he had read all the books on Taoism and knew them by heart.
I even ran out of books one day.
After careful calculation, he has been rooted here for seventy-five years.
Seventy-five years, this is really a long time, so long that his contemporaries have already withered away.
Only the grandmaster Mo Qiu could theoretically stay with him longer, but he had been sleeping for a long time with no sign of waking up.
But Mo Qiu's flesh and blood were intact, his face was rosy, and he did not lose his physical vitality like after the death of his master. It didn't seem like there was a real separation between heaven and man, but more like he was immersed in an unspeakable sleep.
Every time Gu Dan made progress in the Green Wood Transformation Technique, he would go to the White Lotus inheritance place to take a look at him and replenish the Green Wood Liquid for him.
"Brother Mo, if you don't get up, when you wake up, I'm afraid you won't be able to see anyone familiar except me."
He patted the coffin board gently and sighed.
The cave was empty, and his voice echoed along the cave, layer upon layer, as if countless people were speaking together.
But there was no answer.
Gu Dan sat beside the coffin all night.
Time comes to the fifty-ninth year of the Xia Dynasty.
Nothing major happened in five years, everything was lackluster.
Emperor Taiping never made any big moves and was very honest.
It's just that the officials in the court have changed a lot, which is quite routine.
It is worth mentioning that Xun Ke’s Confucianism became more and more prosperous. After all, even the teaching materials in private schools and schools were produced by Xun Ke. Most of those scholars who used his teaching materials would naturally inherit Confucian ideas.
This is the benefit of invisibility.
It was also for this reason that in the fifty-ninth year of the Xia Dynasty, Xun Ke announced that he would preach in the world's academic palaces, and the time was set in the sixty-ninth year of the Xia Dynasty.
The last time we sat down to discuss Taoism was back in the 25th year of the Xia Dynasty.
In the blink of an eye, thirty-five years have passed.
But this time, it was a sermon, not a sit-down lecture.
Many people feel that this is Xun Ke's preparation to promote the "hegemony" of Confucianism. The Mohist school, the former competitor of Confucianism, has collapsed with the departure of the Mohist giant Qin Lisheng.
The few Mohists left alone had no ability to compete with Xun Ke.
The textbooks used by students all over the world are all from Confucianism. How could they dare to have a chance with Xun Ke?
Looking at all the countries, except for Confucianism, no one can fight now.
Even the master is almost invisible, as if he only exists in the storybook.
At this time, who can confront Confucianism or pose a threat to Confucianism?
Probably not.
Therefore, it is probably self-evident what Xun Ke’s sermon means at this time.
He wanted to announce that Confucianism had become a prominent school in the world, and he wanted to rule the world with etiquette.
It seemed like no one could stop him.
Sixty years of the Xia Dynasty came quietly.
In the imperial capital, both restaurants and inns are overcrowded.
Not only that, but even the prices of pens, inks, paper and inkstones have risen sharply, making paper expensive in the imperial capital for a while.
Many students and talents traveled thousands of miles to come to the imperial capital to pay their respects to the Confucian leader.
They also took the opportunity to write down their various strategies for governing the country and loving the people. They did not want to hear it directly, but as long as they could be appreciated by Xun Ke and excel, naturally they would have a bright future waiting for them.
This is a carnival within Confucianism.
Naturally, Gu Dan did not miss this grand event.
Although Xun Ke, the real protagonist of this event, has not yet appeared on the stage, it has already begun.
It's just that those who took the stage to debate at this time were all Xun Ke's disciples.
They discussed and discussed with each other to prepare for this grand event. After all, how could Xun Ke surpass the others in skills right from the start?
Gu Dan listened here for a while, and there were quite a lot of talented people there, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were prosperous.
Not all talents need to be tempered by hardship. These young people who have been cultivated through hard work also have their own ideas. Although it is inevitable that they will be eccentric and whimsical, they are still talented scholars.
This event is actually an opportunity for these new generations of young people to express themselves.
As for whether you can catch everyone's attention, it all depends on your own performance.
Finally, when the appetizer was coming to an end, Xun Ke arrived.
The audience was already overcrowded.
The Tianxia Academy has been expanded several times in recent years. The area of this forum is already very large. It is not a problem for more than a thousand people to sit around it - don't think that more than a thousand people are very few. If you are not a grandmaster, the people behind you want to listen. The speech of the person at the front needs to be delivered by note.
What's even more unfortunate is that you can only listen to others repeat it once, which will inevitably lead to some distortion.
In order to get a good seat, someone even came over in the middle of the night to get a good seat. Then he was surprised to find that he came far from early enough. The good place had already been occupied, and some people even spread it on the ground. A layer of cloth was lying there.
However, Gu Dan does not have this trouble. He has his own position, right at the front and closest to the podium. To be precise, there should be several rather special positions left on the podium.
These places were almost reserved for the dignitaries of the Xia Dynasty. They were both the audience and the judges. If you could gain their appreciation, it would not be an exaggeration to achieve success.
On days like this, even Emperor Taiping would come here to show his attention, just like Wang Mang had observed it before.
As everyone sat down, a bell rang outside.
Xun Ke strolled over, facing the countless complicated sights below, with a calm expression, and said leisurely: "Today, I will tell you the truth."
In the Xia Dynasty, he had no opponents.
He is not here to argue, but to declare victory.
After decades of continuous polishing, Confucianism has become enough to take the stage.
Even the "human nature is inherently evil" that countless people despised at the beginning, today few people dare to criticize him anymore, because after so many years, they have not been able to argue with Xun Ke. How can they dare to provoke Xun Ke when they have touched his nose?
No matter from which perspective, Confucianism has become a trend.
"I speak of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and law."
Xun Ke didn't talk nonsense at all, he spoke simply and directly: "Following human nature and obeying other people's feelings must come from fighting, and it will lead to violence if they commit chaos. Only the rule of the sage king and the teaching of etiquette and law can the nature be transformed and fake. Improve character.”
The story told after thirty-five years seems to be old-fashioned.
After all, Confucianism was not in its infancy. Its skeleton has been established and almost nothing has been changed. The remaining more subtle flesh and blood and veins just need to be slowly filled in and verified from generation to generation.
The difference is that this time Xun Ke no longer needs to carefully explain every word, but simply puts forward how to "transform nature into falsehood", how to eliminate evil and retain good, and how to reach the realm of a saint.
In Xun Ke's concept, anyone has a chance to become a saint, and the difference in acquired virtue and stupidity is due to "the accumulation of wrong customs."
The acquired environment and experience play a decisive role in the transformation of human nature. Through people's subjective efforts, "their etiquette and justice, and the establishment of laws and regulations", people's "evil" nature is transformed, and "the person who has been painted can become a saint."
Saints are the result of human accumulation.
Xun Ke's narration was fast and concise. With the blessing of the Grand Master's strength, his voice could reach all directions, so there was no need to worry about anyone not being able to hear clearly.
During his narration, both the students and the people on the stage looked serious.
But at an untimely moment, there was suddenly a loud noise outside. Even though it was very weak, it could not be hidden from Gu Dan's ears.
Gu Dan turned his head and looked, wanting to see who dared to cause trouble at this time.
But he was surprised to find that it was an old man. To be more precise, he should be an old man who was completely unable to walk and could only rely on two servants with sad faces to carry him in.
He was probably very old, and his hair was as dull and dull as weeds. His white hair was not carefully taken care of, but hung down naturally, like a ball of duckweed. Together.
Behind him, the guards of Tianxia Academy seemed a little at a loss and did not dare to attack the old man. They could only wave their arms in thin air, looking quite helpless and helpless.
After so many years of development in the Xia Dynasty, the tradition of respecting the elderly has been imprinted on all aspects. Elders over seventy years old do not need to salute when they see the emperor. If they can live over a hundred years old, they will be truly auspicious. Not only do they not need to worship the emperor , the emperor even asked to pay him a visit himself.
The old man's age spots have covered most of his cheeks, and his face is densely covered with wrinkles. He looks very old at first glance, and even walking has become a problem. The guards are naturally worried that if they stop him, they will kill him directly. , it’s really unexplainable that they actually rushed here.
Of course, there is no need to worry about the safety of the venue. If such a person can be an assassin, he can successfully assassinate under the eyes of the grand master. The Xia Dynasty should change its dynasty as soon as possible.
Fortunately, the Xia Dynasty officials responded quickly. When they came in, an official immediately came over and bent down to ask a few questions. His originally solemn expression relaxed a lot.
Immediately afterwards, he took a piece of brocade from nowhere and spread it on the ground so that the old man who could no longer move freely could have a place to stay.
The old man stared at Xun Ke in the stands without blinking, and a huge light burst out from his almost dim eyes.
Then he looked around and finally met Gu Dan's eyes.
Tears actually flowed from his cloudy eyes, and his lips moved, making an inaudible sound.
Gu Dan's hearing was very good, and he heard it.
"You're still here!"
(End of chapter)
