Han You asked such a confused question, and it was Beimen Yuyong's turn to be confused.
"As a disciple of Confucianism, I naturally admire Confucianism. What does this matter have to do with the school you want to build?"
"Confucianism, benevolent people love others, Mohism, universal love, do you know the difference between them?"
Beimen Yuyong frowned: "They are all love, what's the difference?"
"Look, I treat you as a smart person, but you have to pretend to be an idiot. Well, let me ask another question, why are there so many dynasties and families, so many wealthy families, so many powerful families, a century-old dynasty, and a thousand-year-old family? In this case, you should always be You must have heard of it.”
"What does it have to do with what you said about benevolent people loving others and universal love?"
"Okay, let me tell you bluntly, I hate Confucianism, Confucian scholars, Confucianism, Confucianism should be damned!"
Beimen Yuyong was startled and rushed to gag Han You, but was kicked away by the latter.
"A benevolent person loves others, benevolence, and love in order to extend himself to others. There is a hierarchy. It is self-centered and extends layer by layer. There is a difference between far and near. First, he loves his parents, then his brothers, then his clan, and finally his family. Different countries and dynasties not only have different successions, but also different depths. The closer one is to oneself, the deeper one’s love. Being close to one’s relatives is the most important thing, and being filial to one’s younger brothers is the foundation of benevolence. This is Confucian love.”
Beimen Yuyong stared at Han You, and after a moment he cupped his hands and sat in front of Han You.
"Dare I ask, what's wrong with this?"
"Dad is an official. If he makes a mistake, his children can't report it because that would be unfilial, right?"
"yes."
"Okay, then this father who is an official killed other people's parents, killed countless people's parents, how do we count?"
"This..." Beimen Yuyong smiled bitterly: "The Han Dynasty governed the country with filial piety."
"Look, just say that you are a smart person, don't talk about right or wrong, just talk about reality, you already have the answer in your heart, then let's talk about Mohist love, universal love, a kind of undifferentiated love, equal love, Equality, equality, equality, of course, I am not saying that I admire Mohist universal love, I just like fairness and equality. I believe that people at the bottom, and I believe that 99% of people, like equality."
When the conversation changed, Han You sneered: "Anyone from aristocratic family who doesn't claim to be the heir of poetry and etiquette, or who doesn't say that he admires Confucianism, but what does Confucianism say? It's about filial piety. This filial piety is before the law of the country. Love, love Relatives, loving relatives, and finally, loving the country and the dynasty, it is precisely because of this that all children of aristocratic families put the interests of the family first, right?"
Before Beimen Yuyong could speak, Han You continued: "Serve the king with the Tao, and stop if you can't do it. This comes from Confucianism, and it is what scholars ask of themselves. That's right, you know better than me what it means. When a king or emperor does not abide by moral constraints, ministers and scholars have the right to remove the emperor from the throne.”
"There are wise kings, there are foolish kings, and there are tyrants..."
"Wrong, this is an excuse. Serve the emperor with the Tao, and stop if you can't. The most powerful thing about Confucianism is how to explain it. When the emperor's behavior is not in their interests, the noble family will accompany the emperor with the Tao. If you can't do it, you can't. The emperor was overthrown for the sake of stopping, but if this kind of behavior that is not in line with the interests is beneficial to the country and the people, it will become a benevolent person who loves others, and the interests of the family will still come first. With Confucianism, the family will always be right. "
"If it were anyone else, I would argue with you. Confucian classics should not be taken out of context, but..."
Beimen Yuyong gave a bitter smile: "That's all, you just need to tell me what you want to do."
"Idle time is idle, just having fun."
"you…"
"If the country is rich, the people will be strong. If the people are rich, the country will be strong. If the people are not rich, the country will be weak. If the aristocratic families are rich, the country will be weak. The reason why the aristocratic families are rich is because all the people in the court are the sons of the aristocratic families. Even His Majesty must be wary of the aristocratic families. Most of the government orders in the court are based on the aristocratic family. You know better than me. I don’t know whether your majesty is a wise king today. At least he wants to be a wise king. His majesty who wants to be a wise king will sooner or later take action against the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family, your majesty, I can only Stand aside, I choose Your Majesty. Since I have chosen Your Majesty, I will deal with the family sooner or later. Why not prepare for a rainy day? Well, I, Han You, choose Your Majesty..."
Han You's eyes were burning: "You Beimen Yuyong, who do you want to choose?"
"This..." Beimen Yuyong avoided Han You's gaze: "Is it okay if I don't choose?"
"No."
Beimen Yuyong's face was full of bitterness. He originally wanted to ask Han You about setting up a school, but why did the conversation end up talking about it.
For a moment, the little fat man had a head as big as a bucket. He originally thought that Han You was a smart man who would work with him in the court, but he didn't know that this guy turned out to be a madman.
"I didn't expect you to be so cowardly."
Han You sighed, pretending to be disappointed and said: "In that case, get out."
"Okay, farewell."
The little fat man was relieved, turned around and ran away.
Han You's nose was so angry that he was crooked. He originally thought of using a provocation method, but he didn't expect that the other party would just run away. He was indeed a coward.
Beimen Yuyong ran out of the bamboo building, angry and ashamed.
"Crazy, crazy, this bastard is crazy."
Beimen Yuyong, who was running wildly in the rain, seemed to want to vent some emotions.
Everything was fine at first, everyone was eating barbecue and drinking wine, making money and becoming famous. Why did it get involved with the aristocratic family, and sooner or later it became the enemy of the aristocratic family in the world?
Breathing heavily, Beimen Yuyong put his hands on his knees, and some memories that he had not remembered for many years flashed through his mind like a slideshow.
Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, courage, sincerity, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, and brotherhood are eleven words. When I was young, I sat in front of the desk and read Confucian classics and the Four Books and Five Classics.
Father, sir, holding a ruler, told him what the world was, what the country was, and what the people were, and taught him how Beimen Yuyong, who was bound to become an official in the future, should fulfill these eleven words.
But as I get older, as I enter the court, and as I see people and things that are not mentioned in the Four Books and Five Classics, those eleven words don't seem to be important anymore, and the people don't seem to be important anymore.
To be an official in Beijing, what matters is not these eleven words, but connections, power, and rank.
Recalling what Han You said, Beimen Yuyong fell into deep panic.
He suddenly realized something, realized a reality.
The young officials who passed the imperial examination and watched the government never seemed to mention why they became officials. For them, for these sons of aristocratic families, being an official is a final decision. Being an official is the will of the family. After becoming an official, , you have to consider your family.
Beimen Yuyong closed his eyes in pain.
He knew, he knew very well, that if a son of a noble family, an official from a noble family, said to everyone, "I am an official just for the sake of the people and benefiting the country," then he will definitely be laughed out of his mouth. He has been ridiculed all his life, and if his family finds out, they will definitely scold him for being an unfilial son.
The purpose of studying Confucianism is to be an official, and to be an official is for the sake of the family, so this Confucianism...
In the heavy rain, Beimen Yuyong did not dare to think anymore. He could not refute what Han You said. It was no longer important whether Confucianism was good or bad. What was important was that Confucianism became a tool for the privileged class to serve the family. A tool for profit making.
