My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 593: Han Emperor Gaozu’s verbal battle with the Confucians

Hearing this, disciples from hundreds of schools of thought discussed with each other one by one, and couldn't help but nod their heads in praise.

From the edict conveyed by Zhang Cang, everyone can see that Fusu's intention is very determined. This time, the various schools of thought are issuing it to the common people of the world.

With this kind of intention, why can't you worry about impressing the hundreds of schools of thought that originated from asking for orders from the common people in the past?

Zhang Cang's words are indeed an ironclad fact. This was a big drawback of learning among nobles and scholars in the past.

The person who gets on the bus first and the person who gets on the bus last will never be able to understand each other.

That being the case, how can a person who lives in poverty every day be able to research and design a system to protect those who have insufficient food and clothing?

This itself is a fallacy.

"So for this question, the prince ordered some low-level officials of the Qin State who were originally from common people to be the questioners, and the various schools of thought to be the answerers."

"All schools of thought, if you want the Qin government to agree to stay, or what direction to develop in the future after staying, it will be debated in today's assembly. So today's assembly will not only give an explanation to the people of the world, but also give an explanation to the people of the world. We must give an explanation to future generations.”

Zhang Cang looked at his fellow disciples with confidence.

"Isn't it ridiculous to let some people whose names we have never heard of come to question us?"

Zhang Cang saw everyone talking quietly and said, "Since no one objects, the conference will officially begin."

"The prince is certainly determined to serve the people and is unswervingly determined. However, the common people do not understand the principles, let alone the meaning of the classics of hundreds of schools of thought. So I felt that this arrangement was unreasonable from the beginning."

Shusun Tong has always been respected and courteous by the world because of his status as a Confucian scholar. He never expected that a man who was full of foul language would humiliate him three times with one sentence.

"To be recognized by the people of the world, it is natural for the people to participate. The prince believes that in the past gatherings of hundreds of schools of thought, there has never been a common person who did not know a word. But even if the common people who do not know a word get on this stage, they will probably not be able to participate. Can’t tell why.”

Liu Ji smiled, "You don't understand. The prince sent me here to deal with these Confucian people."

"Today's debate may seem simpler than the previous ones, but it must not be a trifle. Your words and deeds today will become the subject of discussion in the future. Please be careful."

"But the prince said that this time he established his destiny for the sake of the people and his heart for the heaven and earth. In this case, this is an acknowledgment of Mencius' saying that the people's vitality is regarded as the most precious."

Until Zhang Cang and Meng Yi looked at Shu Sun Tong together, "Liu Ji - this person is a disciple of Kong Yu, the eighth grandson of Confucius. How can you insult him with words?"

This person is today’s protagonist.

After he came forward, descendants of Kong Yu and Xun Qing stood up one after another to agree.

It’s not that Confucians don’t understand change; on the contrary, they are the group of people who know how to make changes at the right time.

Shusun Tong restrained his anger and bowed his hands.

The prince had asked him to reform Confucianism many times. Although the academic theory was not yet completed, he had already figured out a set of etiquette and music, which would definitely be of great benefit to the future Qin State.

"So this time, the prince set a precedent and invited a soldier and a warrior from the Qin State; he also invited officials and common people from the six countries. These four people who are not high-ranking officials, celebrities, or great scholars will question and argue "

"Say it." Meng Yi looked straight at Shusun Tong.

"Just now, I have a doubt. The reason why common people are common people is because they do not have the ability to stand up for themselves. And the most basic things like reading and writing are beyond their ability. Not to mention such things as being knowledgeable about the past and learning about the present."

The emperor of the Han Dynasty in history is now Liu Ji, the guard officer of Fusu.

Cao Shen pulled Liu Ji and said, "How about you calm down and be careful not to lose the prince's face. You are here on behalf of the prince."

All the princes and families bowed their heads one after another. They originally thought he was an outsider, but turned out to be a servant like a servant around the prince.

The Confucian disciples whispered that famous scholars and Mohists were good at debating and were confident that they could win this round.

Taoists, Yin-Yang sects, Miscellaneous sects, military strategists, and political strategists all feel that today’s round of qualitative debate is in deep water.

"To tell you the truth, today's gathering is for you people to convince the four of us. If you are not satisfied, the prince will find the maids and eunuchs to ask you questions. It's not that I underestimate you, but you really underestimate the common people. I think it’s the maid next to the prince who comes to argue, and you won’t be able to answer it when the time comes.”

In history, many Confucian scholars accepted Qin's offer to settle down in Xianyang City after the world was unified.

However, by provoking Shusun Tong, Liu Ji was kicked out of the cotton bag.

Zhang Cang looked at the disciples and masters of the Confucian school and felt very relieved. Their Confucian school was now considered the largest sect in the world.

"Wait a minute - I have a problem." Shusuntong stood up.

"But the prince and the two officials are all ministers of the court, assisting the prince, and they have arranged the meeting carefully. The common people are not directly allowed to attend, but such an arrangement can only be said to be unfair."

"Excuse me, who are you? Why do you want to humiliate me with words?"

"Since the gathering is established for the sake of the people of the world and for future generations, we will definitely cooperate with our best to help the Qin State." The master of the Meng School of Confucianism is nearly seventy years old.

Liu Ji saw that everyone was interested in helping Shusun Tong, but the three people around him also refused to help him, which restricted Liu Ji's performance.

Liu Jiqi smiled angrily, "Look, are these Confucian people with big ears stupid? If they have big ears, they can't understand human speech, so forget it. The key point is that their brains are not easy to use. I will scold you when I scold you, and I will scold you." Looking for a reason?”

Leaders of various schools of thought also stood up and spoke.

With Confucianism taking the lead in singing, other schools of thought naturally followed suit.

"Do you think this decision is fair and reasonable?"

But after the Han Dynasty was established, when their buttocks were sitting on the mats engraved with the patterns of the Han Dynasty, someone made the Confucians very unhappy.

Just as Shusun Tong was saying this, an old man in his prime who wore a bamboo braided hair crown couldn't help but scolded him, "That's almost enough. He's literate. He can speak better than our two doctors from the Qin State."

At this time, he had not yet realized what kind of disaster Fusu's arrangement would bring to the sect.

He folded his hands on his chest and sat in a very inelegant posture, silently scorning Confucianism.

Shusun Tong was so angry that his face turned red with shame.

Cao Shen pulled Liu Ji and said, "Then you can use your talents later. It's not time for you to speak yet."

Liu Ji was quiet this time.

Like an old woman, Cao Shen put her hand down for Liu Ji. Trying to use his own behavior to make Confucian people calm down.

Shusuntong sat down slowly.

After seeing Liu Ji and Guan Fu, he originally felt that something strange was going to happen today. But when Liu Ji spoke, he was even more convinced that the prince was going to attack Confucianism today.

The Qin Mo family was rejected by everyone in the first round, which made Qin itself humiliated.

Then Confucianism must be the target of attack.

Because Qin wanted to find balance for the Moh family.

Otherwise, Qin’s gathering of hundreds of schools of thought would be like shooting itself in the foot.

Shusun Tong sat down, but Kong Kun couldn't bear such shame and humiliation.

He stood up and not only repeated Shusun Tong's questions, but also questioned Zhang Cang and Meng Yi.

"If these four unknown people come to question my disciples and hundreds of families, how will the people of the world be convinced? What will the descendants of these hundreds of families say in the future? How will the officials of the Qin court view this matter in the future? "

At this time, Zhang Cang and Meng Yi whispered, but there was no good result.

The two wanted to prevaricate, but Kong Kun held on.

Zhang Cang even hinted to Kong Kun not to lose the opportunity to meet Fusu because of these things. As long as he performed well, it would not be difficult to become an official in the future.

Isn’t it true that what scholars all over the world lack most is a platform for expression and an object for expression?
Kong Yu did not sit down easily.

Until Liu Ji shook off Cao Shen who had been holding him, and he yelled.

"The prince asked us to come here just to give an explanation to everyone in the world. If you can't even convince us unknown people, who can you convince!?"

"Do you think that even those of us who have little education can't convince you that you can convince the prince of Qin or the king in Xianyang?"

"Or is it that even those of us who have little education cannot be convinced by the truth, do we plan to leave it to future generations and let future generations laugh at us?"

Kong Yu was immediately speechless by Liu Ji's words, and even turned slightly red.

Just when Shusun Tong was filled with shame and anger, he was about to draw his sword and kill Liu Ji, the evil thief. "Master, they bully people too much."

Kong Yu stopped Shusun Tong, "No."

In front of everyone, Kong Kun bowed to Liu Ji, "Sir, what you said is absolutely right. If we can't convince the four of you today, it means we are incompetent. What the prince did is just to test all our schools of thought."

The various scholars who were originally nervous and planned to let Confucianism spread its wings to withstand all the storms, heard this and became nervous one after another.

Kong Yu meant that the arrangement made by the Crown Prince and the State of Qin was not to humiliate them, but to truly test their strength.

When Liu Ji heard this, he naturally began to "pant" after taking two steps. "That's right. Have you ever thought about it, if you can't even convince us, how can the laws and principles you believe in be implemented by the common people."

Because of Liu Ji's words, Kong Yu felt that the other party was an extraordinary person.

Zhang Cang had a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart. Not only did Liu Ji steal his limelight, but he also made so many troubles. When he cursed Confucianism, did he ever think that he and the prince's teachers were both famous Confucians? character.

Zhang Cang continued to host, and after a lengthy explanation, he gave a brief introduction.

"These four are Wei Wei Liu Ji, Wei Chi Wu, Halberd Master Feng Jing, and the concubine Cao Shen."

"The four will debate together and take turns asking questions of all the schools of thought."

"The first round is Confucianism."

The atmosphere that had just calmed down suddenly became tense again.

Kong Yu came forward with his uncle Sun Tong, disciples of the Meng family, and descendants of Xun Qing, ten of them.

They were sitting on the group bench.

Feng Jing and the four others were sitting in front of the long desk.

Four questions out of ten, it seems that Confucianism still has the upper hand.

Feng Jing is a very smart person. He feels that Liu Ji has something. The prince arranged for him to play. It cannot be because he is out of his mind.

Perhaps, the words he said were really the prince's true thoughts.

So Feng Jing was not the first person to ask questions.

Guan Fu, he was a famous general, and he was very familiar with Han Feizhi's theory these days. However, when he saw the Confucian disciples who filled a quarter of the room, Guan Fu suddenly felt a blank in the back of his head.

"What should I do? I feel like something is leaking out of my brain." Guan Fu asked Feng Jing nervously.

Feng Jing was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, but after looking at Guan Fu carefully, he just told him, "You are just sweating from the back of your head!"

Cao Shen sat, he didn't want to destroy the harmonious atmosphere that they had just made concerted efforts to create.

With just such a hesitation, Liu Ji took the lead.

"Since no one is talking, let me ask."

Liu Ji said and put his hands in his sleeves again. He couldn't sit upright anyway.

“Isn’t the most famous thing about Confucianism the self-denial and restoration of propriety?”

"Kenji, you say it's about self-cultivation. It means eating enough to sustain yourself." Liu Ji began to attack Confucianism without any politeness.

The Confucian disciples wanted to chop off Liu Ji's head just now, but now that Liu Ji said this, it naturally added fuel to the fire.

It's just that none of the Confucian disciples were fooled. Anyone who was angry at this time was telling Liu Ji that their 'self-cultivation' had no effort at all.

When the Confucian disciples heard this, they all sat upright, as solid as a rock, without any anger at all.

On the contrary, Liu Ji's reckless, rude, and funny behavior in this situation left a very bad impression on everyone.

When the Confucians were fighting against people like Liu Ji, others were quickly analyzing Liu Ji's thoughts and character, trying to find a breakthrough point and convince him to let their sect pass.

Liu Ji saw that these people were so resistant to him. They all sat upright and looked at him with contempt. This made him even more annoyed. Sooner or later, I will become the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers of the Qin State. Let's see how you Confucians do it. Is there any way to go?

Later, Liu Ji took another photo of the case.

"Self-denial seems meaningless to me. There isn't any sect in the world that doesn't know how to practice this skill. Our butchers in Pei County also know how to restrain ourselves."

"Now, what I want to ask you is, what is the significance of the Confucian etiquette in today's world?"

This question goes straight to the soul of Confucianism!

Liu Ji lightly tapped the table, as if imitating someone. Feng Jing quietly looked at this ordinary man from Peixian County.

This Liu Ji always surprises people. It's hard to tell that he still has such ambitions.

But what's even more shocking is yet to come.

Shu Sun Tong was the first to speak.

"My late-born uncle Sun Tong has a mean character."

"Liu Weiwei asked, a hundred years ago, Confucius once explained the meaning of etiquette."

"At that time, Duke Jinggong asked Confucius about the government, and the Confucius said: "Jun, lord, minister, minister, father, father, son, son. "

Jinggong said: "How good!" Faith is like a ruler who is not a king, a minister who is not a minister, a father who is not a father, and a son who is not a son. Although there is millet, how can I eat it? "

"Qi Jinggong asked Confucius how to govern the country."

"Confucius said: "A ruler should act like a king, a minister should act like a minister, a father should act like a father, and a son should act like a son. "

Qi Jinggong said: "Well said! If the king is not like the king, the minister is not like the minister, the father is not like the father, and the son is not like the son, even though there is food, can I eat it?"

"At that time, all the kings in the world did not know how to bring order to their country. Only Confucius gave the answer."

After Liu Ji heard this, he used a sentence he learned from Fusu, "Thinking about it makes people laugh."

When the Confucian disciples heard this, they almost couldn't hold back.

At this time, Kong Yu wanted to stand up and ask questions in person, but was stopped by Shusun Tong.

"Master, just leave it to the disciples to deal with such a rogue. I don't want the master to be insulted by him."

Shao Ping was taking notes with his subordinates. When he heard Shusun Tong say this, he couldn't help but look up at the boy.

Liu Ji is not a gentleman, but this Shu Sun Tong is not a good person.

Subsequently, Shusun Tong and Liu Ji began another round of debate.

Shusuntong had long discovered Liu Ji's true nature. This man wanted to tell the truth.

When he said all this, Confucianism was destroyed by him.

Not everyone regards their sect as an academic belief. Many people use their sect as their own platform and try to make profits through this platform. Shu Suntong is a perfect example!
The Qin State eradicated the Confucian sect of the Zi Zhang family, but they seemed to have done something wrong. Can it be said that the Confucian scholars of Meng and the disciples of the descendants of Confucius must all be gentlemen?

Shusuntong did not intend to win the debate. He wanted to embarrass Liu Ji and tear this innocent meeting arranged by the prince of Qin to pieces. Liu Ji wanted to become famous in one battle and meet the prince of Qin. Then step by step, go to meet the King of Qin.

Shusun Tong was planning for himself.

The two of them kept quarreling, and Liu Ji always cursed. The people present couldn't stand it anymore, and they all cast disdainful glances at Liu Ji, and then cast sympathetic and praising glances at Shusun Tong, who was extremely polite. .

In fact, even the tiger guards under him couldn't stand his bad habits.

But it doesn't matter, this meeting is where Fusu is going to cure his bad habits.

No matter how Shusuntong quoted scriptures, he could not gain the upper hand in the debate.

At first, everyone admired him very much, but gradually, some people began to look at Liu Ji with admiration.

For example, Shu Suntong's master - Kong Yu.

Just because Liu Ji mastered the key to questioning Confucianism.

Liu Ji asked, "Can the etiquette you mentioned keep the people full?"

Kong Yu made a thousand-word discussion, but did not give a direct answer.

Liu Ji started to yawn.

After a casual yawn, Liu Ji flew into a rage and questioned Shusun Tong!
"So, can Li make the common people full? I want to ask you whether you can or not!?"

Shusuntong was speechless for a moment and his face turned red.

"Then I'm going to ask my second question. The ceremony you mentioned is so good. So, can this ceremony divide the sacrifices fairly?"

Shusun Tong hesitated for a while, unable to give a clear answer.

Seeing that he was only at this level and not even as generous as his master, Liu Ji said, "The third question is, can courtesy make the common people appreciate the king?"

"I don't think you can answer it. I'll simply show mercy and let you Confucian disciples discuss it carefully. I'll reply after you come up with the results of your discussion."

(End of this chapter)