The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 408 Xunzi’s blind spot of knowledge [Please subscribe and vote]

"Even if Wen Zheng treats you with the courtesy of a prince, what's the use of welcoming the Master?" Yan Yan continued to ask.

"The State of Qi offered wine to the Master at Jixia Academy, King Zhaoxiang of Qin came out of Hangu to welcome him, and Chu Chunshen sent him off at Lanling. But they can use the Master?"

Xunzi continued to be silent.

These princes and princes all treated him with courtesy, but not one of them was willing to use him or Confucianism!

The reason why he was treated so politely was because he liked his reputation and used it to promote himself, but no one was willing to use him!

"If these false gifts are what Master wants, Wen Zheng can order people to carry banners thirty miles away, and greet them with both civil and military forces." Yan Yan continued.

"So Bingzhou will use Confucianism?" Xunzi asked with a frown.

As far as he knew, the current prime minister of Bingzhou was An Qisheng, and An Qisheng came from the Taoist Huang Lao lineage.

There is also an immortal He Shang Gong in Huang Lao's lineage. He is a master of the same weight class as him. Even he may not be able to defeat He Shang Gong!
He was the first person in history who could annotate Laozi's "De Dao Jing". To be honest, Xunzi was still a little scared.

As expected, the Taoist killed the old man in the wilderness valley on the grassland, and the guy who took action was Mr. Heshang!
As a result, they didn't even feel any fluctuations in the battle, and the old man Aragani became cold.

It only proves that there is a gap between a grandmaster-level master like Old Man Aragani and Mr. Hegami, and the gap is not even small.

"No, what Bingzhou needs now is domination, Mr. Huang!" Yan Yan shook his head.

The national policy of Bingzhou cannot be Confucian!
Even if they are Confucians, they will only be Confucian leftists and Gongyang!
"It's over, you're here for me!" Xunzi thought for a moment and understood what Yan Yan meant.

People who don’t use Confucianism, but use Confucianism, especially do it for themselves.

Your own name is of great use to Bingzhou!
As long as I stay in Bingzhou for a day, no one can say that Bingzhou is a barbarian and an uncivilized place.

Yan Yan smiled. Xunzi's reputation was well-received by everyone who had used it. King Zhaoxiang of Qin and Lord Huang Xie of Chunshen had imitated it. How could he miss the live Xunzi that was delivered to his door?

After King Zhaoxiang of Qin treated Xunzi courteously, the reputation of Qin, which was once a tiger and wolf country, declined, and the reputation of the Qin Dynasty was also shattered if scholars did not enter Qin.

Chun Shenjun invited Xunzi, who was frustrated in his political career, to Lanling. From then on and even for hundreds of years to come, no one would be able to blame Chun Shen Jun again.

This is Xunzi's status among scholars today. It is a moral benchmark for walking. Xunzi said it is good, is it bad?
"You people who play politics are really dirty-minded!" Xunzi sighed helplessly.

He wanted to find a way out for Confucianism and spent his whole life looking for it, but the result...

Everyone treated him with courtesy, but in the end they were all using him to make themselves famous, and no one was really willing to use him or Confucianism!

"Confucians take themselves too seriously, stand too high, think too far, and don't even want to lower their heads and take a look!" Yan Yan sighed.

Why can Mohism always suppress Confucianism? Because the Mo family knows very well what they are doing and what they want!
Therefore, although all countries are afraid of the strength of the Mohist family, they have to hold their noses and use the Mohist disciples.

The Mohist family has always been active in the courts of various countries. The Mohist family also has a place in the Jiuqing and Liuqing. On the contrary, it is Confucianism. Although it is used in all countries, it is just that few of the Confucian disciples who use it are unswervingly applying Confucianism. They are all an alternative existence among Confucianism.

What you are talking about is Confucianism!

They only want to directly let the princes use their Confucianism as national policy and governance doctrine, but they have never thought about why others should use them and what they can bring to the princes!
I just want to achieve something in one go, and never think about doing practical things in a down-to-earth manner!
The Mohists were just the opposite. The Mohists would help countries build city defenses and contribute to people's production.

Therefore, the princes were not only dissatisfied with the non-attack of the Mohist school, but they also found other scriptures and meanings of the Mohist school very popular and they were easy to use.

"Do you regard all Confucians as those rotten Confucians in Qilu?" Xunzi frowned.

He also looked down upon the rotten scholars of Qilu, otherwise he would not have accepted Lord Chun Shen's invitation to leave Jixia Academy and the State of Qi.

He really couldn't get along with that group of people, but it was those people who dominated Confucianism, so he opened the Little Sage Village.

But even if he opened the Little Saint Xian Manor, except for Fu Nian as his appointed head, and then assisted by Yan Lu, what would be the result?
It turns out that all the places in the entire Little Sage Village were occupied by Qilu and his group!
Yan Yan did not speak. There were many Confucian disciples in Bingzhou, but few of these disciples came from Qilu. More of them came from Gongyang, from the left, and from Xihe Academy. They all belonged to the pragmatic school of Confucianism.

"In terms of academics, no one in the world can compare with Master, but when it comes to being an official and governing, to put it bluntly, Master may not be as good as your disciple, Senior Brother Tonggu!"

"Li Si?" Xunzi was a little surprised.

There are two of his most proud disciples, one is Han Fei and the other is Li Si.

It's just that Li Si is just a minor official in Qin State now, and he didn't expect to hear this name from Yan Yan again, and Yan Yan actually thinks so highly of Li Si.

As for Yan Yan saying that he was not as good as his disciple, Xunzi didn't mind that much. After all, he was a master who could write about a master who was superior to his master.

"Senior Brother Tonggu has great talents, but he is just dormant and waiting for the right time. If nothing unexpected happens, after Lu Buwei, Chang Pingjun, Wei Zhuang, and Wang Wan, Senior Brother Tonggu will be the most suitable candidate for the position of the Qin State. If he can get the master Support, it may not be impossible to become the right minister of Qin!" Yan Yan continued.

After Lu Buwei dismissed the prime minister, Lord Changping became the prime minister of Qin, but he did it himself. Then the prime ministers became Wei Zhuang and Wang Wan, but these two were only for transitional purposes.

The real successors to the Qin State's position and presiding over the Qin State's affairs were the Qin State's veteran aristocrats, Right Chancellor Feng Quji and Left Chancellor Li Si.

In the Qin State, the right prime minister was higher than the left prime minister. This was not a limitation of Li Si's ability, but a limitation of his origin.

If Li Si can get the full support of Confucianism, he may not be able to suppress Feng Quji.

Xunzi hesitated. When it came to academics, he was not afraid of anyone in the world, but when it came to being an official, this involved his intellectual blind spot.

However, no matter how ignorant you are of knowledge, you still know the difference between the left prime minister and the right prime minister. Although they have equal status, anyone who has really been around in the court knows that Zuo Tongzuo is just the assistant officer of the right prime minister. In fact, he is half lower than the right prime minister. of.

And if Li Si can become the right prime minister of Qin, what difference does it make whether or not he uses Confucianism?

Everyone will only remember that the Prime Minister comes from Confucianism and is a disciple of Confucianism!

At that time, it will become easy for Confucians to apply their doctrines in Qin!
(End of this chapter)