Appoint me as a spy, but the contact person is actually the empress

Chapter 75 Gentleman Annotated Edition, good brother!

Scholars master the great power of heaven and earth, but they cannot participate in the political affairs of the court. To be precise, it is not that they cannot participate, but they dare not participate easily.

I am afraid that because of my own judgment, things will not be done well, so that the national fortune will decline, and the responsible Confucian scholars will have to pay the corresponding price.

Of course, the biggest trouble is still borne by the court.

Therefore, although Confucianism has unique advantages, it also has corresponding weaknesses.

Xu Shouyun thinks it makes sense, after all, scholars are more concerned with 'thoughts' and 'patterns', so there is nothing wrong with letting them educate the people.

To allow such a person to participate in court struggles is basically digging his own grave.

To give the simplest example, if Confucian benevolence is placed on the battlefield, there will be [-] soldiers wearing rattan armor, invulnerable to swords and guns, and our army will be defeated steadily.

At this time, the only solution is to attack with fire. Is it to attack or not to attack?

Ordinary people would choose Huo Gong, but this group of Confucian disciples might not necessarily choose Huo Gong. After all, benevolence comes first, so Confucian participation in politics is not necessarily a good thing.

Confucianism simply shuts the door and reads with peace of mind, which is good for everyone. Of course, Confucianism has another responsibility, which is to guard the king's final bottom line.

If the king does something that both humans and gods are angry with, Confucianism must come forward to stop it.

The interests involved by the officials in the court are too great. If they meet an emperor who understands the art of the emperor, the officials will become the emperor's pawns and let the emperor do whatever he wants.

At this time, Confucianism is about to appear on the stage, and began to talk to the emperor. Of course, being obedient is talking from the heart, and being disobedient is getting sprayed.

In this way, a perfect closed loop is formed.

"Then how can one become a Confucian scholar?"

Xu Shouyun was particularly interested in this. After all, Confucian scholars are equivalent to a gold medal for avoiding death, according to Li Yun.

People all over the world respect Confucian scholars, whether it is the Wei Dynasty, the Great Chu Dynasty, or the Dajing Dynasty, as long as they are Confucian scholars, they are respected everywhere.

And killing Confucianism will affect the fate of the country, even if it is the Confucian of the enemy country that is killed, it will be affected by the fate of the country to a certain extent.

Of course, killing one's own country has the greatest impact.

Although he was an undercover agent, it didn't affect his cards, so Xu Shouyun was particularly concerned.

"My dear brother, Confucianism is the most important thing. It pays attention to fate, comprehension and heart. If one of the three is missing, it will be difficult to get into the whole life."

"This is also the reason why there are so many scholars in the world, but there are few real masters."

the latter replied.

"How to say?"

Xu Shouyun clinked glasses with the other party again, then drank it in one gulp, and asked the other party.

"Confucianism has ten grades, which are the same as the realm of warriors."

"Condensing energy, cultivating one's body, cultivating one's character, knowing one's mind, enlightening one's mind, practicing sage, great Confucianism, semi-sage, inferior sage, and literary sage."

"The ten levels of realm, one level and one heaven, the first three levels are not considered true Confucian disciples."

"The state of condensing energy is to read the books of the saints, to understand the Confucian righteousness left by the saints between heaven and earth, and thus condense them in the body. As long as the Confucian righteousness is condensed, it will be regarded as a good product."

"Cultivation of the body, through continuous reading, more and more Confucian righteousness can be condensed, and the body can be nourished. Confucian righteousness can be contained in the blood and blood. In this way, life can be prolonged and all diseases will not invade."

"Cultivating the state of nature is still through reading, cultivating the nature, understanding benevolence and righteousness, understanding benevolence, and understanding the meaning of Tao."

"These three grades can all be broken through through reading."

"However, you must read the works of sages. As for the future realm, there are some conditions."

"For example, if you want to reach this realm, you must know the meaning of your reading. If you don't know it clearly, you will not be able to move forward for life."

"Ninety-nine percent of Confucian scholars are stuck in this state. As for the first three grades, there are many civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty who have basically reached this state."

"Those who have reached the seventh rank, except for the six ministers and some great scholars, there are not many."

"Old Liuge, the chief assistant of the Great Wei Dynasty, has also been stuck in the sixth-grade enlightenment realm for an unknown number of years without making any progress."

Li Yun explained to Xu Shouyun seriously, but Xu Shouyun was surprised when Li Yun said this.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yanming was actually a Confucian practitioner, and he had reached the sixth rank.

As if seeing Xu Shouyun's surprise, Li Yun lowered his voice a little and said, "Old Liu Ge is extremely talented, and he is one of the few scholars in the 600-year-old Wei Dynasty who has won three consecutive yuan."

"His talent is incomparable. When he first became an official, three great Confucians came to persuade him from the Academy of Arts, thinking that Mr. Liuge is qualified to become a saint."

"But none of the three great Confucians persuaded Mr. Liu Ge, and Mr. Liu Ge is not the highest level among the officials."

"The one who is really high is the Minister of Rites, the five-character line of the holy realm, and one step ahead is the great Confucianism. If the Minister of Rites becomes a great Confucian, it will not only strengthen the fortune of the country, but also create a precedent."

"Among the three major dynasties, none of the courtiers has become a great Confucianist. In the 600 years of the Great Wei Dynasty, there were only two. Later, they all entered the Confucian Temple and enjoyed the incense of all people. After death, they were consecrated as saints and lived forever. , and the descendants of his clan have benefited from generation to generation.”

Li Yun made a sound, his eyes full of envy.

Xu Shouyun nodded, wrote down all these knowledge points, and was deeply surprised at the same time.

Unexpectedly, Wei Shoufu was actually the No. [-] scholar who won three consecutive awards.

It is not a trivial matter to even get three yuan. The provincial examination, general examination, and palace examination all take the top of the case, that is, No.1. After so many years of imperial examinations in the previous life, there were only 17 people who even scored three yuan.

After a thousand years, there are 17 people, and the Wei Dynasty is only 600 years old. I am afraid that there are very few people who have won the three yuan.

This Liu Shoufu is definitely not someone to wait for.

"Dare to ask brother, what state is it now?"

Xu Shouyun continued to ask.

Hearing this, the latter was a little humble: "No talent, almost ninth grade."

However, it seems to be modest, but there is a bit of complacency in the words. Compared with the status of the champion of the other party, Li Yun seems to value this more.

As for almost ninth grade, it means tenth grade.

"Amazing."

Xu Shouyun gave a compliment as usual, and immediately expressed his intention: "Which book is this sage's book?"

"Is it the Four Books and Five Classics?"

Xu Shouyun asked, he was very interested in Confucianism, and to be honest, it was impossible not to be tempted. Before the Great Wei Dynasty was destroyed, he really wanted to play some cards.

In case of any danger, you won't be helpless, right?

After all, from the conversation just now, Li Yun also mentioned some monsters. As for the specific situation, Xu Shouyun didn't ask much.

Anyway, this world is a fantasy world, there are definitely advantages and no disadvantages in preparing more cards.

"The Four Books count, but the Five Classics don't count."

"However, it needs to be accompanied by commentaries. These commentaries are written by sages. Without commentaries, it is difficult to enter only the original text of the Four Books."

"Since my virtuous brother is interested, I do have a copy of Junzi's commentary, which I can lend to my virtuous brother."

When the other party spoke, Xu Shouyun immediately showed joy.

It's a good feeling.

Brothers.

(End of this chapter)