Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

Chapter 37 The Queen Mother is immortal (37)

"The Empress Dowager, you are really speculating on us with the greatest malice, or should be said to be slandering us. We don't have those thoughts at all."

Listening to Bai Sheng's words, Dou Ying turned pale in an instant and felt extremely aggrieved. There was no injustice against Dou E now, nor was it groundless. Otherwise, he would have really wanted to shout that he was wronged and that the sky was clear.

Confucian ambition was not there from the beginning.

They are also slowly expanding, so what Bai Sheng said is indeed a bit unfair to them. They may develop in this direction in the future, but now they really don't have that big ambition.

It's normal for Dou Ying to feel aggrieved.

"You can't represent your Confucian school. If you don't have this idea, who can guarantee that your Confucian school doesn't have it?
  Besides, ever since Dong Zhongshu proposed to depose hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism, there has been no possibility of reconciliation between us, so you don’t need to say anything more.

Put away your harsh words of advice.

Let’s talk nonsense with the Ai family again
  Believe it or not, the Aijia went back and added a restriction. You must first curse a few Confucian sages before you can buy pen, ink, paper and inkstone. "

Bai Sheng, who didn't want to talk nonsense anymore, directly used a trump card. No matter what, she could not allow the Confucian family to dominate. At this time, suppression must be the first priority, at least while she was still alive.

The other party is absolutely not allowed to come forward.

At this time, Dou Ying's disappointment could be said to be clearly written on his face, and he did not want to make the Confucian situation worse because of himself.

So in the end I had no choice but to resign.

Think of other options.

But Bai Sheng did not give up. Next, she went further and did many things, specifically targeting Confucianism. For example, the Confucian Dong Zhongshu's so-called dismissal of hundreds of schools of thought and the sole respect of Confucianism were directly announced to the outside world. Another example was the announcement of the reconstruction of Jixia Academy and the invitation of descendants of hundreds of schools to discuss academic matters in Jixia Academy.

Confucianism alone is not included and is not welcome.

Although at this time, Dong Zhongshu proposed the idea of ​​deposing hundreds of schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone, he did not announce it to the public. He only mentioned it in a private meeting with Emperor Jianyuan. Not many people knew about it, even Emperor Jianyuan. I haven't decided yet whether to adopt it or not.

I just have this intention.

Bai Sheng published these contents at this time, and even used printing to promote it on a large scale, undoubtedly hoping to make the remaining hundreds of schools share the same hatred and unite other schools of thought that opposed Confucianism.

Don't unite to resist now.

Even if they can still unite in the future, it will be useless. At that time, the arms may not be able to twist the thighs, and they will have to accept their fate.

As for the later reconstruction of Jixia Academy, of course it was also to promote the revival and prosperity of hundreds of schools of thought. Bai Sheng had no intention of letting Huang Lao's school dominate from now on. If he really did that, what would be the difference between it and Confucianism?
  What she hopes to see is Mr. Huang as the core.

A prosperous scene with hundreds of flowers blooming.

After Bai Sheng's operation was over, Confucianism soon became the real target of public criticism. Descendants of hundreds of schools began to criticize Confucianism and rushed to Chang'an. Some officials in the court who originally thought it didn't matter also started to criticize Confucianism. Be vigilant and take deadly action.

the reason is simple.

Although everyone could see in the past that Emperor Jianyuan was somewhat partial to Confucianism, and the power of Confucianism in the court had indeed increased, but no one had experienced ups and downs. In addition, the emperor and the courtiers of the dynasty made the Confucian lineage After decades of prosperity, everyone can still accept it.

But now that Confucianism wants to overthrow hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism, it is not about the ups and downs of the court, but about overturning the table after dinner, and even taking the entire table as its own from now on. Who can do this? Can you bear it? The result, of course, was that the situation of Confucianism became even more difficult. There were even many disciples of famous masters who would go to the gathering place of Confucians to quarrel with each other.

In addition, because Emperor Jianyuan was afraid of Bai Sheng, he did not dare to support Confucianism openly and openly. Therefore, Confucianism could only give in and quickly abandoned the target of public criticism, namely Dong Zhongshu, and made it clear that he would depose all schools of thought and only respect Confucianism. These are all his own ideas and have nothing to do with their Confucianism.

While shrinking his power, he stopped arguing, and began to work hard to buy more pens, inks, paper and inkstones. He copied his own classics internally and sold them at low prices outside, or even gave them away.

At the same time, the threshold for teaching is lowered.

Talk less, do more, and recruit more disciples.

Fortunately, the imperial court did not explicitly prevent Confucian students from becoming officials, so although their situation is a bit difficult, it is far from desperate. Compared with the incidents such as burning books and harassing Confucians in the past, this kind of experience can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket. , It’s a small matter, naturally I won’t despair.

At most, it will become more low-key from now on.

Correspondingly, Bai Sheng's Jixia Academy and Baijia Revival Plan were in full swing. The major factions were arguing and communicating with each other, and the academic atmosphere was strong.

At the same time, Bai Sheng also met with many leaders of the schools of thought that she valued more, such as the leader of the Farmer School and the great master of the Mohist School. He showed them his achievements in agriculture and industry and persuaded them:
  "Everyone should be very clear that unification is the mainstream now. What was done during the Warring States Period will not work now. In the past, you could promote yourself to different kings, but now there is only one king in the whole world.

And this king cannot be your Mohist today, Confucian tomorrow, Legalist the day after tomorrow. It is taboo to change your order day and night, and you should be very clear about it.

So you must seek change.

For example, farmers, there is no need for you to consider some political issues. Just focus on the research and progress of agriculture, which is enough to ensure the long-term prosperity of your faction. After all, no matter how the world changes or the situation in the court changes, it is human beings. Just eat, concentrate on farming, and work on ensuring that the people have enough to eat in the future.

You have an advantage and foundation in this regard.

There is no need to fight for anything else. "

"Then there is the Mohist family, your so-called non-attack and love approach is not applicable in today's era.

After all, it is impossible for us and the Huns to attack and love at the same time.

So you learn from the public losers, simply focus on your own strengths, and study more tools that benefit the country and the people. The appliances that the Ai family has just come up with are many more advanced than yours. It can be seen that you have, over the years, I didn’t do more research on what I was good at.

Many of your ideas are actually recognized by Aijia. For example, the three-table method advocates judging right and wrong based on the indirect experience of predecessors, the direct experience of the masses and actual effects. It has a somewhat pragmatic meaning.

It is much more reliable than Confucianism’s blind respect for the sages.

But Aijia suggests that you should focus on survival as your core goal at the moment. I think back then, Confucianism said that the world is not Yang Jimo. Other schools later also said that half of the world belongs to Confucianism and the other half to Mohism. But now, now When it comes to your Mohist family, not many people know your thoughts. You are almost like a knight-errant.

If this continues, complete extinction is not far away.

So you have to change, first develop and grow, recruit more craftsmen, etc. If you can rely on your own advanced technology to incorporate all craftsmen into your Mohist family, you can at least have some foundation. After all, no matter how you change in the future, anyway Craftsmen cannot disappear completely.

Once you bind the Mohists to the craftsmen.

Then at least the Moh family will never be in danger of extinction. "

(End of this chapter)