Zongwu: A hundred-year-old Confucian saint was exposed, shocking the master

Chapter 19 Saint Thief!The first strange book in the ages!It is also the first banned book in the ages!

Interestingly……

Just when the emperor of Liyang sent people to investigate all parties, Datang and Daming were actually doing similar things.

Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty and Emperor Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty, after reading it themselves, also distributed the copy of "Saint Robber" to the courtiers.

Then, a similar question was asked.

Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of this matter?
Then, except for some upright ones who kept their heads silent, including Li Shimin and Zhu Houzhao, they all pointed to the "Saint Thief" and scolded the saints of the academy as holy and disrespectful.

The entire court was scolded and scolded.

Then one by one, they proposed that "The Thief of the Saint" should be listed as a banned book, and that this book must not be allowed to flow into the people, so as not to spoil the common people.

It seems that the routines of the emperors in the world are basically the same.

However, the most ironic thing is that those officials who said so in the court hall during the day, hid in the bed at night and continued to watch "The Thief of Saints" secretly.

And watched it over and over again.

After reading it, I was hooked: "Good guy, good guy, this strange book written by the new sage of the academy is really a book of conscience."

"It's not an exaggeration to call it the number one strange book in the ages."

So, the wives and concubines of some officials asked.

"Then why are you proposing to ban it?"

"Because it opposes saints, criticizes the monarchy, encourages the people to wake up, puts forward that saints are immortal and thieves are endless, and even points out that princes and generals have such a rebellious point of view."

"Don't even think about it. Everyone in the common people is awakened and wise. In the future, they will not only be emperors, but even saints will be ignored."

"In this way, how can the court call them loyal to the emperor and patriotic?"

This time the wives and concubines finally understood.

They say one thing and do another.

During the day, I wish I could throw the forbidden book on the ground and step on it a few times, but at night, I carry it in my arms and bring it under the quilt. It is a precious treasure.

That's all for the officials.

However, Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhu Houzhao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, secretly had the same kind of virtue.

Strictly speaking, Emperor Tang Li Shimin was not a book lover.

But he is a person who loves calligraphy.

This has something to do with reading, so it won't be said that he is a martial artist.

He loves the calligraphy of the sage of calligraphy, and once said: "Although calligraphy is a small knowledge, when you are a beginner, you should avoid rushing for success."

"Persist in studying and practicing pens every day, especially better than fishing for three days and drying the net for two days."

"There are all kinds of arts in the world, and if you don't learn it with your heart, you can't get anything. The problem is that you can't go all out to study it carefully."

However, since he got the "Saint Robber", the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be a different person.

Take that book with you whenever you have time.

Even when eating, I can't bear to put it down.

Even when he was eager to practice calligraphy, what he wrote was actually the content of "The Thief of Saints".

In the end, the concubine who was sleeping next to him discovered that after the emperor passed her by chance, it was no longer her warm, fragrant and soft jade body that he was holding in his arms.

Instead, she was sleeping with a precious book in her arms, so she peeked curiously...

The title of the book that found this book: Saint Pirates.

In fact, Li Shimin, who has been a soldier for half his life, is not a person who likes to follow the rules.

If he had been honest, there would have been no "Xuanwumen Incident", let alone becoming emperor.

Therefore, he really liked this "Saint Thief".

Ordinarily, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was fascinated enough.

However, his fascination seems to be slightly inferior in front of someone.

Because Emperor Taizong was only fascinated, but Emperor Daming was fascinated.

In today's mainland, Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the emperor who is recognized by the world as the most careless emperor.

This emperor was talented and intelligent, but he didn't like reading and dealing with government affairs since he was a child.

But as long as it has nothing to do with being an emperor and studying, from cockfighting and running dogs, horseback riding and hunting to playing and singing, and even Sanskrit and Arabic, he can learn it all at once.

Everyone in the world thinks that he is licentious, violent, grotesque and shameless, and he is a rare and faint king.

However, although he likes to have fun, political affairs have not fallen behind.

He appointed virtuous ministers, the people lived and lived in peace and contentment, and the court was stable.

But when it comes to reading...

The emperor who was the most serious about his work was really bored just reading the book.

However, such an emperor fell in love with reading after he got the "Saint Thief".

As smart as he is, except that he doesn't read it to others in the hall, he reads it when he eats, when he walks, when he is fighting cocks and running dogs, and when he is out on a horse...

Even, his concubine said that now when the emperor is pampering his concubine, he is still studying...

Whatever moves he asked them to come over, I will take over all of them below.

However, what he said followed is to lie still and concentrate on reading, and he enjoys both the joy of reading and the joy of fish and water...

Finally, when it was time to go to bed, the emperor didn't hold his concubine to sleep.

He turned to sleep with only his favorite book in his arms.

Even when he was asleep, he still said in a daze: "There are tens of thousands of books...all of them are waste paper, only saints... are called books."

"saint?"

The concubine who was serving the bedroom sneaked in to take a peek, and found that the emperor's favorite book had a strange title, called: Saint Pirates.

"It turns out that the book that the emperor likes is not called a saint, but a saint thief."

So, I was puzzled.

"It's strange. Nowadays, civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty are clamoring to ban this book so that it won't be circulated?"

"Why does the emperor regard it as a treasure, and he is so fascinated by it, as if he has been possessed by a demon?"

After thinking about it, the wise concubine finally felt that the emperor must like this book so much that he didn't want to share it with others, so she tried to list it as a banned book.

so that they can be enjoyed by themselves.

What a brilliant idea.

You really deserve to be the emperor.

As a woman, the 72nd concubine of Sangong Sixth Courtyard is all for him.

Now that he even has a book at home, he has to ban it. He won't let others read it, and then he can enjoy it for himself...

Of course this is a beautiful misunderstanding.

The Emperor Ming who was sleeping with his first favorite book "The Thief of Saints" could no longer hear the interesting voices of the beauties around him.

They do one thing in the open and another in secret.

He really deserves to be the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Extremely open and aboveboard.

……

Different from the interesting phenomenon of the three empires, the Confucian lineage located in the Holy Land of Qilu is another scene.

Inside the Little Sages Village.

Kong Sheng, the master of the contemporary Confucian sect, is holding the golden book of saints that has been handed down for thousands of years.

Looking at the cracked marks on the golden book, he had to think in his heart, what does this sign imply...

"Master, something is wrong!"

Kong Sheng looked back and saw that his disciples were rushing in in a panic, holding a new book in his hand.

Kong Sheng, whose thoughts were interrupted, couldn't help feeling more and more displeased, so contrary to his usual gentleness, he scolded his disciple with a frown:

"How do I usually teach you? How can you be so unsteady in doing things?"

"This……"

"Students be damned."

"In the future, we must bear in mind the teachings of the sect master."

"Ah."

Only then did Kong Sheng nodded in satisfaction, and asked him what he was so anxious about.

This time, the confidant disciple handed the book in front of Kong Zhu, and said eagerly: "Master, take a look at this book, and you will understand everything."

"Well?"

"What book is this?"

"The masterpiece of the academy's new sage, "The Thief of Saints."

"what?"

How could there be such a rebellious book?
Kong Sheng immediately took it, then quickly opened the book and finished reading it in one breath...

After that, he threw the book directly to the ground, angrily:
"Bold!"

"This book is clearly insulting the saint!"

"The new sage of the academy, after the sage of our sect ascended, no one in the world can stop him?"

The saying in the book "Saint Robber" that "the saint never dies and the robbers are endless" is clearly insulting his ancestor Kong Sheng...

No wonder there are cracks in the golden books of Confucianism.

It turned out that such a rebellious book was published in the world.

At this moment, Kong Sheng was completely overwhelmed by anger. He could no longer see the wisdom and wonder in the book "The Saint Thief".

The preconceived notion made him take it for granted that anyone who opposes and satirizes his Confucian sage is treasonous.

"Come here, pass on my order, contact all my disciples of Confucianism, send envoys to Liyang, Datang, and Ming Dynasty, and unite with the three empires, let them go with me to sanction the new sage of the academy!"

"Ah? Yes, door master!"

The envoys of Confucianism quickly divided into three groups and arrived at the capitals of Liyang, Datang, and Ming Dynasty respectively at the fastest speed.

In addition to their mission on the surface, to unite with the three empires to sanction the new saint of the academy, they also have a mission in the dark.

That is, to secretly investigate the attitude of the people of the three empires towards the book "The Thief of the Saint".

On the court, on the surface, it seemed that there were voices of denunciation. While scolding the new sage of the academy for being apostate and unworthy of being a new sage of Confucianism, he also accused "The Robber of the Saint" as a rebellious book.

What is said in the book, the whole article is full of disloyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and injustice, with no sense of etiquette and shame, and it is even more stupid in terms of literature and science, it is not worth reading!
They also proposed that "The Thief of Saints" should be listed as a banned book.

It sounds justified.

However, the clever and careful Confucian envoys still found that they seemed to be wrong.

Fortunately, everyone's interests are the same.

There is no real thing in the court, everything is for profit.

On the contrary, there are true temperaments outside the court, and the envoys of Confucianism will not miss these.

The most important thing is to understand what those scholars in the world, especially those Confucian scholars, think about that "Saint Robber".

The emperor's mind is the most unpredictable, and there will be no truth.

There are two mouths inside and outside the court, and usually they can only speak the truth.

Because the truth doesn't sound good.

Only scholars in the world can tell the truth.

At the end of the investigation, the conclusion concluded is that Confucian scholars in the world are actually divided into three factions:
One faction thinks that what "The Saint Thief" says makes sense.

The other group thinks that proficient nonsense is grandstanding and disrespectful to saints.

There is another faction, which seems to be more rational. They have their own ideas, and they will neither blindly agree with Confucius nor the new sage of the academy.

They feel that the words of the two families have merits, but they cannot be completely believed.

However, whether they believe it or not, anyway, because of the same interests, Confucianism reached an agreement with the three empires of Liyang, Datang, and Ming, and issued a joint statement to the world:
They want to sanction the academy's new saint together.

Moreover, the masterpiece "The Thief of Saints" by Xinsheng of the academy was immediately listed as a banned book.

Prohibition of its circulation in the world...

As soon as the statement came out, the world was in an uproar!

(End of this chapter)