My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 594: Fighting hard for the sake of popularity (please subscribe)

Most of the Qin people who arrived in Linzi from Xianyang City were like Feng Jing at this moment, and everyone looked at Liu Ji in surprise.

No one expected Liu Ji to give them such a big surprise.

The so-called hitting a snake seven inches away is nothing more than that.

Liu Ji only asked three questions and immediately hit the Achilles' heel of Confucianism, making all the Confucian disciples sweat profusely.

After Zhang Cang heard Liu Ji's question, his original anger seemed to have been dumped by Liu Ji. Zhang Cang was now sandwiched between the Qin State and Confucianism. The Qin State had incurred the wrath of the world because it did not follow Confucianism. Resentment, while Confucianism and Taoism once became empty theories because they were not recognized and used by the king.

This made Zhang Cang lose interest in hosting the ceremony.

Everyone saw Confucianism being roasted on the fire by Liu Ji, but no one present could respond to Liu Ji.

Zhang Cang was also very anxious. He wanted to hint Liu Ji that this was enough for today, but if he said it openly, wouldn't this be a violation of the rules?

On the other side, several eunuchs were going back and forth between Jixia Academy and the Post House, reporting to Fusu the situation and progress of Liu Ji's questioning of Confucianism today.

"Okay." Behind the curtain was Fusu wearing dark clothes.

They were glaring at each other.

Fusu touched the ceramic cup lid in his hand and did not answer.

In order to prevent someone from taking advantage of the situation and taking advantage of the ceremony of various schools of thought to sneak attack on the crown prince of Qin, Meng Tian personally led a heavy army to guard Fusu.

Meng Tian bowed and said, "The prince has great wisdom and uses ministers from common people to question the hundreds of schools of thought. Such a result will inevitably make the common people and powerful families in the world blameless. But once someone among the hundreds of schools of thought makes a mistake, when faced with the questioning of several people, answer If you don’t come out, you will lose credibility in front of the world.”

"I was worried before, fearing that the people chosen by the prince would not be worthy of the post, but I didn't expect that I was overly worried. This Liu Ji does have some abilities. It's just..." Meng Tian, ​​after all, he has learned the six arts of a gentleman, but he still hasn't. How can someone insult a Confucian scholar like this?

It seems that everyone is civilized and everyone wears bright clothes. In fact, it was the nobles who first abandoned etiquette and damaged their dignity, which made etiquette unpopular and no one was willing to follow it.

Fusu couldn't help but ask, "Let Liu Ji, on behalf of the common people of the world, directly launch the most violent attack on Confucianism. Isn't it a good start for Confucian scholars all over the world to start to reflect on their own schools of thought?"

When the battlefield of Qin State was full of flowers and greenery, there was nothing wrong with it. But at the king's banquet, there would be people dressed in crimson.

"Then what Wei Wei Ji means is that etiquette is meaningless to the common people?"

"Prince, Wei Wei Ji is really a genius. He actually silenced the Confucian school with just a few words. Now, no one among the Confucian disciples or descendants can be Liu Ji's opponent."

And when people sit on the throne of technology, they can completely liberate people's thoughts and attention from labor, and then evolve to a higher level of civilization.

"But it doesn't matter."

"Extending knowledge to the world cannot solve the most basic problems of people's clothing and food. It can only pretend to be pretentious and talk about serving the country. In the Qin State, such a school of thought has no place."

Fusu sat on the table, shaking the wine in the wine cup, "Not bad."

"At this time, the prince asked Liu Ji, a man from the countryside, to publicly humiliate Confucianism in front of hundreds of schools of thought, so that Confucianism would not be able to step down. I am afraid that it will be difficult for Confucianism to raise its head again in the future. In this way, the world's outstanding learning will be Only Mo Xue.”

When Mohism became Fusu's final choice, it meant that Fusu would lead Qin to become a technologically powerful nation in the future.

Later, Mozi's practical skills and the Gongshu family's overbearing machine skills were added.

As long as the ancient cultural wisdom centered on the Book of Changes can be combined with the practical organ skills of the Mohist and Gongshu families, maintaining the status of the world's supreme hegemon is not a problem at all.

And some nobles don't think they have any responsibilities. He insisted that he could wear whatever he wanted, so there was a situation where nobles wore clothes of secondary colors.

Since people invented tools, they have freed their hands from labor.

Nobles can wear the five primary colors, while common people can only wear secondary colors. However, with the expansion of the war, Zhou Li gradually declined.

But Kong Yu didn't retreat.

"And the situation in which the people of the world have lost confidence in the revealed learning of various scholars is also the soil for the prince to gather hundreds of schools of thought to establish a new learning for the world."

However, this technology is based on ancient Chinese traditional culture and develops in this direction, avoiding the development path of Western technology.

"Does Weiwei believe that people in this world can achieve absolute equality?"

Confucian etiquette rules mainly focus on the color of clothes.

Fusu: "Good. That's what I mean. This time, no one is chosen to make the Peixian team more effective."

Since I have chosen Mohism, Confucianism will definitely not be more popular than Mohism.

Meng Tian asked, "Is the prince taking this opportunity to put pressure on Confucianism and ask Confucianism to make certain changes?"

This is what Confucians hate about Qin.

The ten disciples of Confucianism and Liu Ji seemed to have a deep grudge.

Liu Ji patted the case, "Of course it makes no sense. Can't you see it? In order to pay the country, pay taxes, and fight the war, the common people don't even have to wear two sets of clothes for a year, and they have to sew and mend for another year."

"What Liu Ji did will probably make Confucianism unable to hold its head high for decades to come. Doesn't it hurt Confucianism's face too much?"

I believe that the path chosen by the traveler must be the best choice to lead everyone to avoid all the big pits that have happened in history.

Meng Tian felt that the question was boring. Anyway, he was now considered a military strategist and strategist. After that, he wisely shut up and stopped asking Fusu about dealing with Confucianism.
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In the Jixia Academy, hundreds of disciples from various schools of thought were sitting around.

"The prince took over the Chu Mo family to facilitate his control of the Chu land in the future; now he controls the Qin Mo family. One of the two major schools of thought in the world, Confucianism and Mohism, has been solved, and the rest is Confucianism."

"You can't even afford to wear clothes, so how can you tell the difference between clothes and colors!? This is clearly an opportunity to bully the common people!"

"This is true for hundreds of schools of thought. If they are smart enough, they should understand that each school of thought must make some changes in its own doctrines when the empire is unified. Spring is coming, and the roots of the old trees should also grow new shoots. "

Among the common people, some people began to wear decent colors.

Kong Yu saw that his disciples were all questioned by Liu Ji, so he went into battle himself.

"Or Weiwei believes that because there are certain laws in this world, its original function is to make the relationship between people in the world harmonious and people's activities to become orderly."

"Because it failed to keep the common people well fed, failed to make the common people grateful to the king, and failed to fairly distribute unfair things, can we say that its existence is useless?"

Kong Yu's eyes were like lightning, staring straight at Liu Ji.

When Liu Ji heard this, he immediately started to fight, "Fart! I was in Pei County when I was in charge. As long as I divide the sacrifices from Pei County, there will never be any unfairness! I obviously don't want to be fair, and I insist on it." It’s unfair to say things are divided.”

Nai Gong, your grandfather and me.

When Kong Yu heard this word, his eyes widened in fear. Kong Yu broke out in a hot sweat. How dare he, a commoner, humiliate me!?

When Kong Yu met Liu Ji, it was really like a scholar meeting a soldier. There is no reason to explain.

Because Bing is unreasonable at all!
They only believe what they see.

Shusuntong was furious, "Weiwei, you openly insulted my teacher."

When Liu Ji saw Kong Kun like this, he laughed instead, "Common people live in a humble place. I don't know how many times a day I have to be scolded, and I don't know how many times I have to scold others. What do I think? Is it right to scold someone or not?" Doesn’t it matter if you are a gentleman?”

"It doesn't necessarily mean that you are really humiliated if you are scolded; it doesn't necessarily mean that you are no longer a gentleman if you scold someone. Whether you scold someone or not cannot be used as a criterion to measure a gentleman or a villain, and how can you say that cursing someone is an insult? "Shu Suntong's face turned red, "It's really arrogant. Everyone heard it. Swearing is not an insult."

"If the scolding is correct, it is not considered an insult. Could it be said that Confucius never scolded others?"

Cao Shen stood up at this time and said, "Confucius once scolded his disciple Zaiyu for sleeping in the middle of the day, saying that it is a rotten wood that cannot be carved, and a wall of dung that cannot be stained."

"Confucius scolded Zaiyu, I'm afraid, not to humiliate him, but to severely rebuke and make Zaiyu wake up. So speaking of the matter, scolding is not the same as insulting others."

Liu Ji felt grateful from the bottom of his heart when he heard Cao Shen help him speak.

The Confucian disciples looked at each other, speechless.

It was just the Confucian scholar's seriousness that made everyone present dumbfounded. Some young disciples put their heads together and analyzed the arguments and conclusions of Liu Ji and Cao Shen.

If it weren't for the terrible honesty of Confucianism, everyone present might have stood up and accused Liu Ji.

In fact, Cao Shen was not helping Liu Ji, but trying to save Qin's face.

If Liu Ji really continues to be crazy like this today, more people in the world will accuse Qin of being a country without music.

But Liu Ji was different. When he saw that the Confucian disciples all lowered their heads, when he felt that he had surpassed the others in terms of momentum, instead of restraining himself, he became even more arrogant.

The gathering of hundreds of schools of thought is originally a time for heroes from all walks of life to come and show off their magical powers.

With a hero like Ji Bu born, Kong Kun defending Confucius, and Shu Sun Tong taking the opportunity to show off his bravery, how could Liu Ji sit still?

He hopes to reflect his value through this battle.

As Liu Ji spoke, he took out a jug of wine from somewhere, filled it for himself, and drank first.

He didn't like any of the scholars from various schools of thought.

Because in Liu Ji's mind, those who can make decisions for the common people and bring real benefits to the common people are worthy of admiration.

For example, Heng Yangjun.

Other Confucian scholars are really making a serious dialectical analysis of whether swearing is an insult.

Shusun Tong believed that Liu Ji had made a fool of himself today, and this was his chance to show off.

So even when Kong Kun asked him to retreat, he refused the teacher.

"Showing off one's anger is certainly not a hero. But as a disciple, how can I see my teacher being humiliated?"

In history, Kong Yu was unwilling to serve the Qin State in his early years, so he recommended his disciple Shusun Tong to serve the Qin State.

Later, Qin Shihuang wanted to burn books and enslave Confucian scholars. Chen Yu provided information to Kong Kun and told him: "Qin will destroy the ancestors of the king, and his son is the master of books. This is very dangerous!"

Kong Kun replied: "I am a useless scholar, and those who know me are only friends. Qin is not my friend, so why am I in danger? I will hide it until someone asks for it."

Kong then hid his family's "The Analects of Confucius", "Shangshu", "The Classic of Filial Piety" and other books in the walls of his old house, and then lived in seclusion in Songshan Mountain and taught more than a hundred disciples.

Chen Sheng led the peasant uprising, but Kong Yu stood up and joined the army to fight against the Qin Dynasty. He became a doctor and a grand master, and stayed by his side for consultation. It can be seen that Kong Yu was not a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, nor was he a stupid, loyal and filial person.

It was a pity that Chen Sheng could not listen to the advice, so the situation of the uprising took a turn for the worse, leading to its final failure. In the end, he died in a battle with Qin general Zhang Han at the age of fifty-seven.

However, Kong Yu never took out his collection of books until his death.

Books such as the Analects of Confucius, Shangshu, Xiaojing, and Yili were all lost at the end of the Qin Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, he tore through the old wall of Kong's residence and finally saw the books that Kong Kun had collected. They were all ancient texts, which were called "Bijing" or "Guwen Jing".

But after Kong Kun's book was rediscovered, it was already a bit late. Don’t forget the famous dispute between ancient and modern literary schools that Zhang Cang participated in during his lifetime. That incident had an indelible impact on the study of Chinese classics. If Kong Kun's article had appeared at that time, there would not have been so many incidents later.

Fortunately, Zhang Cang fought hard and preserved the ancient classics. Otherwise, future generations might not be able to see half of the authentic book. Because of the war, classics began to be lost! Subsequently, a large number of forged books and works appeared, and many hypocritical Confucians made false interpretations!

How many innocent people have doubts about the sages of hundreds of schools of thought in the pre-Qin Dynasty because they have seen forgeries, and how many people have been completely confused by the teachings of the ancient sages and sages because of the many versions of their works.

After countless people read books signed by sages and discovered that the things written in the books were clearly wrong, they began to believe that in fact, the sages and ancients were all lies.

It can be said that Kong Yu was originally a descendant of Confucius, a successor of ancient classics, and a collector of authentic books. If he could survive in troubled times and pass on authentic books and true interpretations of classics, history would probably be rewritten!

But no one knows whether the decision is right or wrong before making it.

At least Kong Kun used his life to prove that he was not a hypocrite who was greedy for life and afraid of death, but a true Confucian who helped the people revolt.

It's just that for people like Kong Kun, if he could see some future history, I'm afraid he wouldn't have followed Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the uprising. After all, it was about the spread of wisdom and knowledge among countless people in ancient China, and it was more important than personal gains and losses. That’s a lot, isn’t it?

If Kong Kun's talent can be put to good use, it will definitely be of great benefit to the people of the world.

But his disciple Shusun Tong became the master's extreme.

Maybe he saw that his master was a bit pedantic in his thinking, but it was not easy to read the Yi Jing!
While Kong Yu can be described as being an unofficial person throughout his life, Shusun Tong followed more than ten people in his life.

After Liu Bang gained control of the world, his ministers drank heavily and fought for merit, shouted and even drew their swords and hit pillars. Liu Bang was very disgusted with this.

Yes, this Weiwei Liu Ji, who is openly provoking, questioning, and insulting the Confucians at this moment, was once the heroic Liu Bang who pissed on the Confucian crown in history. After he became the emperor, he began to hate the rude people. Behave!
At that time, Shusun Tong had already changed his master, and that was Liu Bang.

After seeing through Liu Bang's psychology, Shusun Tong did not expose Liu Bang in person.

Shusun Tong said to Liu Bang after the court meeting: "Although Confucian scholars cannot help you attack cities and occupy ponds, they can help you defend the world. Please let me find some Confucian scholars from Lu and let them come Work with my disciples to formulate a set of etiquette for you to use in the court."

Liu Bang frowned: "Is it too complicated?"

Shusuntong told Liu Bang a lot of what Confucius said and things in the Book of Rites, and finally told Liu Bang, "The etiquette of each dynasty is different. I can refer to the ancient etiquette and absorb some things from the Qin Dynasty to formulate it for you. A system fit for use today.”

Liu Bang changed his tone, no longer yelling at the Confucian scholars, but used a respectful tone. In pre-Qin Chinese, most titles had respectful and modest words. Emotional colors are expressed in language words, and the meaning of praise and blame is clear.

That is to say, just scold you when you are scolded. There is no need to change the tone of "yin and yang". Each word has its own specific function.

Liu Ji changed his words to Shusun Tong and said that you can try it, pay attention to it being simple and easy to learn, and consider that I can do it.

So Shusun Tong went to Qufu, the land of Qilu, to find more than thirty Confucian scholars. Unexpectedly, two of them refused to participate. They scolded Shusun Tong and said, "You have served almost ten masters, and you are all dependent on me." You flattered your master to win your favor, but now the world is just at peace, the dead have not yet been buried, and the injured have not yet recovered, so you are making trouble to formulate rituals and music. "

"The establishment of the ritual and music system is something that can only be considered after a hundred years of good deeds and virtues. We can't do what you are going to do today. Your behavior is not in line with the ancients. We won't go. You can go on your own and don't defile it. us!"

Shusun Tong laughed at the two of them and said, "You are really stupid and don't understand the changes of the times."

Then Shusun Tong returned to Chang'an with more than 30 people he had found. He put them together with Liu Bang's old scholars and his own disciples, a total of more than 100 people, pulled up ropes in the wild, and stood up. The straw man practiced for more than a month, and then Shusun Tong said to Liu Bang: "You can go and have a look."

Liu Bang really ran to the wild and watched the Confucian scholars practice etiquette, and said with confidence: "I can do this."

After that, Liu Bang ordered the ministers to rehearse and practice in preparation for its official use at the first court meeting in October.
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At this time, Liu Jizheng openly questioned and ridiculed the Confucian scholars in Jixia Academy. He looked arrogant, and the scholars seemed to be a thorn in his side.

Shusuntong, on the other hand, was busy arguing with Liu Ji in front of him to compete.

Both of them are here to become famous today!
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