Conferred Gods: Reborn Yang Jian, racing all the way

Chapter 54
So next, a scholar who was quite accomplished in philosophy stood up and asked Lin Bufan a question.

"Master National Preceptor, I have been studying philosophy for quite some years. So far, there is still one question I still don't understand, that is, do we really exist?"

"Is everything in front of us real or false? How do we prove that we really exist in the world?"

This scholar did not come here with the mentality of looking for trouble, because this problem has indeed troubled him for a long time.

Generally speaking, the more he knows, the more difficult the problems that trouble him will be. Seeing how powerful Lin Bufan is today, he raised this question with a semi-tentative attitude.

"Very good. I have thought about your question and researched it."

After Lin Bufan heard the other party's question, he nodded with some understanding.

It seems that the world has developed to the point of thinking about the authenticity of the world in terms of literature and philosophy.

To be honest, this question was indeed a bit difficult. Lin Bufan frowned and thought about it for a long time.

After going through a lot of information in my mind, I came up with an explanation that could barely be considered an answer.

Seeing him like this, many literati thought he was really being questioned. Just when they were about to say something sarcastic, Lin Bufan suddenly opened his mouth to explain.

"I can't give you an intuitive explanation for this question, but I can tell you a story about myself."

After hearing Lin Bufan's words, everyone's attention was attracted. They began to be curious about how Lin Bufan could solve this problem.

"It was one afternoon two years ago. I was enjoying the shade in the yard, and then I fell asleep. In my sleep, I turned into a butterfly."

"I danced to my heart's content, year after year, until hundreds of years passed, and then I withered. Then I woke up, and for a moment I couldn't tell. Am I a butterfly, or is the butterfly me?"

Lin Bufan stopped when he said this, and other literati chewed on his two sentences carefully.

After thinking for a long time, they couldn't figure it out, so they still raised their hands and asked.

"Master Imperial Master, forgive us for being stupid, we don't quite understand what you mean."

Lin Bufan was waiting for them to ask back, because in this way he could improve his skills. He immediately shook his head and said with a smile.

"Hahaha, what I mean is that whether the world around you is real or not does not depend on the external environment, but depends on your own will."

"I dreamed of becoming a butterfly. Am I really a butterfly? I think I am me, and the butterfly is not me."

"So for me, the world after waking up from the dream is real, and for the butterfly, the world in my dream is real."

"The truth or falsehood all depends on your own judgment. If you think it is, then it is. If you think it is not, then it is not. I think, therefore I am."

Lin Bufan directly borrowed a speech about awakening self-awareness to answer the scholar's philosophical question.

After listening to Lin Bufan's answer, not only this scholar, but other scholars, including King Guzhu himself, began to lower their heads in thought.

But there is no need to know what they are thinking. Lin Bufan came to the conclusion through the increasing number of quotation points on his system panel.

Now this group of guys is very shocked, even shocked. After this debate, Lin Bufan directly earned millions of quotation points.

Because the people present are not ordinary people, they are all very famous literati from all walks of life in the human race, and even include a prince king.

Therefore, the quotation points they can produce are much more valuable than civilians. This can be regarded as a small amount of interest collected by Lin Bufan before he officially educated the common people.

"National teacher!"

"National teacher!"

...After a while, these people all reacted, and after understanding the meaning, they suddenly became enlightened.

They no longer doubt their own authenticity and the reality of the world.

Because the core point of what Lin Bufan said is idealism, as long as they believe it, even if the world is fake, it will still be true.

And hearing this, even the king of Lone Bamboo Kingdom couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Lin Bufan, the national master, is really not a wasted name. He is a truly earth-shattering talent. While he respects him, he is more afraid of him.

Because if Lin Bufan continues to exist like this, sooner or later he will assist Di Xin in ruling the entire human race.

Then the centralized system they heard about will really be achieved.

These princes and kings may not die, but they will definitely lose their real power.

Because in the centralized system, it is not necessary to kill the princes and kings quickly.

Instead, these princes and kings were asked to hand over all their rights, leaving only the right to dividends on the property within their territories.

To put it bluntly, all rights are taken away, leaving only property for them to continue living.

The premise is that these princes and kings were not forcibly defeated but surrendered voluntarily before they could enjoy this treatment.

This is also the escape route Lin Bufan left for these princes and kings, because if they really want to kill them all, it will definitely cause an extreme backlash.

With such a retreat-like policy, many small princes would surrender directly.

By then there will be no need to engage in these unnecessary wars, which will also lead to internal disagreements in some large vassal states.

At that time, there will definitely be two factions: the surrender faction and the main war faction.

And if we talk about public opinion, with Lin Bufan's foreshadowing this time, most people will become capitulators.

This is the combination of Lin Bufan's punches: coercion, inducement, kindness, winning over people's hearts, and leaving a way out.

Basically, it combines the strengths of hundreds of schools of thought. This kind of policy is not available to the literati of this era.

This is a question of vision and overall situation, not IQ.

"Everyone, please get up. What are you talking about while kneeling? If anyone has any questions to ask, please say them. I will answer them next to you."

Lin Bufan also smiled and said to these people quite generously, and these people saw that Lin Bufan had such magnanimity and talent.

They were all secretly feeling guilty and regretting having deliberately made things difficult for Lin Bufan. At this time, they finally understood what the word "National Master" meant.

So the atmosphere that followed became very lively, and it really became a school-like atmosphere.

Lin Bufan is the teacher giving lectures on the podium. The students below ask questions, and Lin Bufan answers them one by one.

This time these people did not deliberately pick some difficult issues and target them deliberately.

They all asked questions that bothered them, and had long forgotten everything that King Lone Bamboo had told them.

This wave of Lin Bufan can be said to be genuine, and he conquered all the literati present with the wisdom of later generations.

In the history of later generations, this period has been passed down as a good story, and it can be said to be quite famous.

(End of this chapter)