The rise of the prince

Chapter 300
Children make choices, and adults want them all. People often joke like this, but the reality is that children make choices, and adults have no choice at all.

Meixue stepped on the soft fallen leaves in the forest, surrounded by the sound of soldiers marching in order.

Qirui's vanguard cavalry has already contacted the rear of the rebels, and they are chasing and fighting, and the messengers will report back after a while.

According to Qi Rui Qianfeng's battle report, the rebel army suffered heavy losses, their morale was low, and there were less than [-] people. They only wanted to retreat in a hurry, and had no intention of fighting at all. They chased and killed them all the way, with almost no resistance.

Up to now, the morale of Luzhou's army is high, and people's minds are fighting, and they can no longer retreat.

The army marched very fast. The road was repaired by the rebels when they came. The taller shrubs and grass around them were uprooted, the trees blocking the road were cut down, and the ravine was filled with earth and rocks. The road condition was very good.

Another commanding flag horse came back in a short while, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Lord Qirui has beheaded hundreds of strikers, and has already held back the rebels!" The orderly said excitedly, his expression full of joy.

Li Xingzhou nodded: "Report again."

"Yes!" The messenger got the order, and then turned the horse's head and urged the horse loudly, and disappeared into the woods in a short while.

"March faster." Li Xingzhou ordered, and the messengers who followed him rode through the army immediately, shouting loudly: "My lord has an order, march faster! My lord has an order, march faster!"

The speed of the team quickly increased again. Since it was a pursuit, the rebels could not be safely withdrawn into Linyang City. Qi Rui's forward horse army had already fought, which was a good time.

They came all the way and saw corpses on the side of the road from time to time, half-dead rebels and a few fleeing rebels. As for the fugitives, Li Xingzhou didn't kill them all, but those half-dead lying on the side of the road made them happy.

In the mountains and forests in summer, the scorching heat is unbearable, not to mention wild animals or mosquitoes and ants. If no one cares about them, they will die horribly.

After receiving the military order, the team's action speed immediately accelerated. Today's Luzhou army is as perfect as a machine, surpassing the execution ability of ordinary troops.Not afraid of death, not afraid of tiredness, completely obey his orders.

He was naturally happy about this, but looking at a soldier who looked like a puppet, he had some hidden worries in his heart.

Maybe it's just that I think too much. At this time, how can I have time to think about those.

"Di Zhi, are you loyal to the king?" Li Xingzhou asked Di Zhi who was beside him. As for why he asked Di Zhi, it was because asking Yan Shen was like asking for nothing, and Di Zhi was a more sensitive and thoughtful person.

Di Zhi was taken aback, but he didn't answer hastily. He thought for a while, nodded and said, "This subordinate is loyal to the prince and is willing to do his best."

Li Xingzhou just nodded, the answer may be a bit of a matter of course, Di Zhi is not a fool, how could he say he was unfaithful.

Vaguely, he was even more uneasy in his heart. This uneasiness was even greater than the uneasiness about the outcome of the war. After experiencing all kinds of things in Luzhou, he vaguely noticed that something was beginning to take shape in Xu State.

For example, when it comes to ancient and modern China, many people know that Confucianism has influenced China for thousands of years, but this statement is not accurate.

Before the Song Dynasty, Confucianism should indeed be called Confucianism, and it was a kind of learning.

After Song Confucianism, Confucianism should be called Confucianism.It is no longer learning, but has been dogmatized and instrumentalized by some people, and has become a means of governance.The most important point is to juxtapose "loyalty" and "righteousness".

In Confucianism, Confucius pointed out: Monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, husbands and wives, both for righteousness, refer to all kinds of human relationships, most of which are in line with human nature, and there are differences between them. But there is no difference in rank order, and they are both righteous characters.

But after Song Confucianism, righteousness became "loyalty".

The juxtaposition of "loyalty and righteousness" means that the relationship between the monarch and his ministers is elevated to a higher level, and it is at the same level as all the interpersonal relationships contained in "righteousness", and then placed before righteousness, so Confucianism has completely become Confucianism, reduced to a ruling tool, rather than a humanistic culture .

Because Song Confucianism's "loyalty" is anti-human nature.

Righteousness is all kinds of basic relationships among people. If loyalty, which should be included in the relationship between monarch and minister, is listed before "righteousness", it means that the relationship between monarch and minister is greater than the sky!
An extreme example is that if the emperor asks you to kill your parents, it is reasonable and reasonable for you to sacrifice your wife and daughter, because loyalty is before righteousness!The relationship between monarch and minister is higher than the relationship between master, husband and wife, friends and so on.

This kind of anti-human feudal ethics has left future generations a disaster for nearly a thousand years.

But what worries Li Xingzhou is that in Jing Chao, he gradually felt the signs of this.The most obvious ones are the people's blind faith in him, and Yan Shen and Qi Rui's unconditional obedience to him without thinking.

Why is it Song?But Tang, Han and other dynasties did not have this problem. In the final analysis, the origin of feudal ethics was that literati ruled the world and the ruler was strong. After taking power, literati wanted to please the ruler. Instead, it is to please the ruler at a deeper level.

The literati have the right to speak, so elevating the status of the emperor on the ideological level and using the right to speak for the long-term welfare of the royal family has become the ultimate means for scholars to please the emperor, and the smart emperor must like this kind of flattery very much.

Over time, the feudal ethics created by dog-licking literati came into being.

Every time Li Xingzhou thinks of these things, Li Xingzhou is afraid for a while. Jing Chao has already had such signs. The good thing about Jing Chao is that the privy envoy is still a military officer. going off track
After thinking so much, Li Xingzhou couldn't help but reached out and patted Di Zhi on the shoulder: "Di Zhi, have you read the books of sages?"

Di Zhi nodded: "This subordinate was from a poor family when he was young, but he has read a lot."

Li Xingzhou nodded and said with a smile: "Haha, that's good, as long as you have read the book, you are loyal to me, and I am naturally happy." He pointed to many soldiers: "But I hope you are loyal, not loyal, Unlike them, you understand."

Di Zhi was stunned for a moment, then laughed heartily: "My lord, this subordinate understands."

"That's good, that's good." Li Xingzhou patted his chest: "If you understand, this king will feel at ease. In the future, if it is an emergency, you can make a decision yourself. This king can trust you." Take a breath.

Why is there sadness and joy in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but it is refreshing to watch.

However, at the end of "Water Margin", Liang Shan and his party surrendered to the imperial court, but they were listed as anti-books by the feudal rulers, and the more they saw the back, the more useless they became.

Because the Three Kingdoms period was at the end of the Han Dynasty, although Confucianism governed the country, it was not oppressed by feudal Confucianism. The relationship between monarch and minister was only an important one among the many relationships represented by righteousness, but it would not override other relationships. Wrong, most of them are free to make choices.

And "Water Margin" is actually writing about the contradictions and tragedies of "loyalty" in feudal Confucianism after Song Confucianism, and criticizing the persecution of "loyalty" to people. Therefore, after the Juyi Hall was changed to Loyalty Hall, the entire Liangshan suddenly became depressed and gloomy. dull.

In the end, Li Xingzhou doesn't want anyone around him to be driven to death by "loyalty" like in Water Margin, not even the slightest hint of it. Foolish loyalty is loyalty, but it will ruin others. He doesn't want the people around him to go astray.

Just as he was thinking, another fast horse passed through the dense jungle and hurriedly reported: "My lord, Lord Qi has already confronted the rebels in the north of Lengfengqing, and beheaded more than two hundred people, completely holding back the rebels."

"Di Zhi, Yan Shen, you lead the Fifth Battalion to support at full speed, and the Shenji Battalion and the guards of the Princess Mansion will follow me." Li Xingzhou said.

Di Zhi nodded, and then hurried on with Yan Shen and [-] infantry.

Li Xingzhou left the 1000 guards from the Shenji Camp and the Princess Mansion at the end, because they had a lot of supplies to carry. Although they had more than [-] pack horses, they would still hinder the marching speed.

The morale of the soldiers was high, but for some reason, Li Xingzhou had a vague premonition in his heart.

(End of this chapter)