A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 64 Confucius enters the White Age, and the crisis begins to appear

Confucius and his party were walking on the rugged mountain road. Zhong You asked Master Bai curiously: "Is the road in your Bai country so difficult?"

Master Bai said helplessly: "There is no way. It has taken hundreds of years of my Bai family's time to establish a foothold in the mountains and create such a huge family business. Hundreds of years ago, there were no roads here, and traveling had to turn over the mountains." Mountains and ridges are filled with jackals and wild beasts, and there are countless snakes, insects, rats, and ants.

Often ten people come in, and only three or four survive to establish themselves, and then it gradually develops into what it is now. "

Confucius also looked at the steep rocks on both sides and the uneven stone slabs under his feet, and sighed and said: "I wrongly blamed you before. I thought about the Bai family's good conditions, why didn't they save the world and the people? Seeing this scene, I understood Ah! You can develop a barren land into a mature land, your merits are immeasurable!"

Soon the convoy entered Taiyuan. Walking in Taiyuan, which was not as prosperous and vast as Qufu, everyone felt the relaxation they had not seen for a long time because of their mental outlook. Confucius asked Master Bai: "I see that all the people walking on the road are in high spirits. Is there any happy event?"

Master Bai said: "Master, this is all normal. After hundreds of years of education, Bai Kingdom has schools all over the country. In the main towns, almost everyone can read and write, so they are full of energy."

Confucius nodded while looking at the scenery on the street. He saw that the scenery in Taiyuan was different from that in the Central Plains. The houses in the Central Plains were mostly made of yellow mud, while the houses in Taiyuan were mostly wooden houses, and almost all had eaves. In addition, the roads are paved with stone slabs, and there is no scene like the yellow wind flying after the carriage passes in the Central Plains.

What's even more peculiar is that the road is very clean, and there is no excrement on the ground. I asked Master Bai, and Master Bai replied: "Because the Bai Kingdom attaches great importance to medical skills, they think that being too dirty is not good for health, and it is not good for viewing."

Zhong Yu saw that his body and mind were refreshed and he couldn't help but said: "This is the land of true gentlemen!"

At this time, a student on the roadside looked at Confucius's ceremonial crown and asked respectfully: "Old man, is that a ceremonial crown you are wearing on your head?"

Confucius looked at the students who looked like pilgrims, nodded with a smile and said, "Exactly!"

The student was very excited, his face turned red, and he said: "I can see the ceremonial crown in my lifetime. I will have no regrets in this life. Your Majesty, I will definitely abide by the etiquette and law in the future. This is my promise to you."

After saying that, he made a standard salute and left.

Soon, the news that the ceremonial crown appeared in Taiyuan spread, and more and more people came to see Confucius, and Confucius and others were surrounded by water. Zhong You and others had no choice but to stay put, thinking that these people should go back after watching it!

But after a while, there were not only no shortage of people, but more and more people. Fortunately, Bai Yu arrived at this time. Several strong men shouted in unison on the carriage: "Mr. Bai is here, please disperse!"

The voice quickly overwhelmed the discussion, and the crowd automatically separated their seats for Bai Gongyu. Bai Yu's carriage slowly approached, and the people passing by spontaneously made salutes corresponding to their respective statuses.

Confucius looked at this scene and yearned for it. Isn't this the scene of his dream? Everyone in the world has their own duties, but I didn’t expect it to be realized here. Bai Yu personally got out of the car and saluted Confucius and said, "Confucius! We haven't seen each other for more than 20 years!"

Confucius replied: "Yes! The scene of us talking at night by candlelight is still vivid in my mind!"

Bai Yu said: "Me too!"

At this time, Bai Ting also stepped forward and saluted: "Master!" He also saluted the Confucian disciples and said: "Brothers!"

After everyone saluted, Bai Yu invited Confucius to ride in a carriage, while the other disciples were entertained by Master Bai of Baiting. Everyone slowly walked towards Bai Mansion.

After Confucius chatted with Bai Yu for a long time, Bai Yu said: "I know you like reading, so I will let you choose three originals in Bai's library. We only need you to leave us a copy. As for the others, Copying is useless."

According to Confucius's character of loving books as much as his life, this was the best hospitality for him, and Confucius went happily.

When they arrived at the Cangshuge Pavilion, Confucius and his disciples finally knew why it was called the Pavilion. I saw a nine-story wooden building, half outside and half inside the mountain, like a head protruding from the mountain.

The library pavilion is guarded by white guards. Anyone who enters needs to hand over a jade token. This is the access order. Before entering, you need to register your name, address, official position, and identity. Bai Ting handed a special white jade token to the manager, asked Confucius and others to register, and then took them in.

As soon as you enter the door, you see a very vast space. Because the mountain is hollowed out, the space inside is very large, as big as a football field. However, half of the first floor is filled with desks, which is for the convenience of copying.

Bai Ting introduced: "The first floor is mainly literary works, which are the outstanding works collected by my Bai family for hundreds of years. The second floor is military, such as military books, formations, military systems of past dynasties, and body forging methods, etc."

The third floor is for merchants' books, the fourth floor is for political books, the fifth floor is for vegetation books, the sixth floor is for four medical books, the seventh floor is for philosophical books, the eighth floor is for hundreds of craftsmen's books, and the ninth floor is for history books. The further up you go, the smaller the space becomes.

Now, you can go and see whatever you want, but be careful not to damage it. The most important thing is to be careful about the candles. Although there are three candle-watchers on each floor, don't be careless. "

When the disciples heard this and got Confucius's consent, they dispersed and went to find the floor they liked.

In the next few months, Confucius disciples wandered in the sea of ​​books, and Confucius was no exception. In the last few months, many disciples came out, and most of them went to the reasoning field of Bai Academy to debate with others. Among them, the most outstanding one was Duanmu Ci, and no one could debate him.

Soon Confucius also came out. Bai Yu asked him to give lectures in the academy, and Confucius agreed. Gradually, almost all the students in Bai Kingdom came to listen to Confucius' lectures, and the city was almost empty.

Lu Dinggong's fifteenth year, Bai Guo's two hundred and seventy-fifth year

When Duke Din of Lu dies, his son will succeed him, Duke Ai of Lu.

After Confucius heard the news, he summoned his disciples and said, "Ding Gong has passed away, and I am going to return home."

Some disciples asked: "Then will we come back?"

Confucius said: "I will never come back."

Zhong Yu said: "Master, isn't this the country of your dreams? Why do you want to leave?"

Confucius looked at the disciples who were indulged in the joy of Bai Kingdom. He finally understood why Bai Kingdom was unwilling to leave the mountain. It was so comfortable that he could almost forget the suffering of Bai's ancestors. This is a bad sign!
Confucius said: "Do you still remember my dream?"

Duanmuci said: "Remember, Master said that the world should be unified." Confucius asked again: "Has it been realized now?"

Duanmu Ci hesitated for a while, but finally came to his senses and said, "No!"

Confucius said: "Then why do you stop?"

As soon as this sentence came out, many disciples suddenly came to their senses, "Yeah, since when did we forget that the world is still in ruins of etiquette and music!"

Many disciples stood up to apologize to Confucius, but some said: "Isn't the current Bai Kingdom the closest to the original scene of Datong? I don't understand why we abandon the nearest to pursue the farthest."

Confucius looked at these stubborn disciples and sighed. This Bai country is really more dangerous than any country in the world! Even when faced with the siege of Kuangdi, none of my disciples were tempted. Just this trip to the Bai Kingdom took away a third of my disciples!

Finally, Confucius said firmly: "I have decided to set off back to Lu tomorrow. Those who are willing to go with me should pack their bags now and set off early tomorrow morning. If you are not willing, I will not force you. I just hope that you will not forget to maintain a good life." Be virtuous and be useful people. As long as you still adhere to my ideas and ideals, you will still be my disciples."

After saying that, he turned around and left. The disciples looked at each other in confusion, and some even struggled with their thoughts, sweating profusely. At this time Zhong You stood up and said: "Anyway, wherever Master goes, I will follow you!"

Duanmu Ci, Yan Hui, Zai Yu and others all expressed their intention to follow the Master, but dozens of disciples still chose to stay.

The next day, Confucius and others were preparing to leave. At this time, more than thirty disciples whom Confucius had recruited in the Bai Kingdom during this period wanted to go together. Among them were Master Bai, Master Bai's brothers, Su Shi, etc. The descendants of the retainers include the descendants of the Bai family, and the common people of the Bai Kingdom.

Confucius agreed and watched as dozens of people left and more than thirty came. Confucius comforted himself. There were 300 disciples who came to Bai Kingdom with Confucius. When they returned to Lu State this time, including the disciples of Bai Kingdom, there were only a little over 200 left, and the others wanted to stay in Bai Kingdom.

Confucius sighed, and with Bai Yu's farewell, he slowly walked towards the state of Lu.

Bai Yu looked at the figure of Confucius' motorcade going away, thinking about Confucius' words of warning, and said to Bai Ting: "Your master is right! I, the Bai family, have faced a disaster that has never happened before in history!"

Bai Ting was also very troubled and asked: "What should we do? According to Master, with the current mentality that no one in the Bai family wants to make progress, if something big happens, the Bai family will be in danger."

Bai Yu said: "Let's go back and hold a meeting!"

After speaking, he walked towards Bai Mansion, Bai Ting followed closely behind.

A month later, dozens of people who decided the fate of the White House gathered together in the White House Council Hall. There are Bai Gong, the head of the Bai family, Bai Yu, the prince's young master Bai Ting, as well as the heads of the Quan, Su, and Yuan clans, the family chief, the family general, the heads of the Civil Affairs Hall, the Military Hall, the Family Law Hall, the Special Research Hall and the Prison Hall, and the collection of books. The master of the pavilion, the captain of the Shadow Guard and the White Guard, the master of the branches, the master of the Bai Family Academy, and the commander of the Rangers. The persons in charge of all aspects sat respectfully on their seats.

"Everyone, the Bai family's crisis is coming!"

Everyone present raised questions. Chief Su said: "Master, although the world is in chaos, it has not affected us! Is there a big country that wants to attack us?"

The original clan leader sneered: "So what if we attack us? Although our Bai country has a small population, with the terrain of the Taihang Mountains, we will destroy as many as we come."

The other people all agreed with the words of the original clan leader, and there was a lot of discussion in the scene. "Crack!" A loud whip struck the stone slab. "Quiet!" This was the supervisor who was temporarily deployed to maintain order.

Everyone shut their mouths and looked at Bai Yu. Bai Yu saw that he was quiet and said, "It's not an external threat, it's an internal threat!"

The head of the Quan clan suddenly stood up and said, "Is there a rebellion?"

Everyone was very panicked, "Bang!" Everyone sat down again and listened to Bai Yu's words: "It's thinking. Don't you think Bai Guo and even the Bai family are too content with the status quo? They don't even consider the awareness of crisis."

At this time, the leader of the branch, Bai Shizi, who was older than Bai Yu, said: "Crisis awareness can only be realized when there is a crisis. If there is no crisis, we can't have more awareness out of thin air! Moreover, today's countries, even the countries around us, have united to attack us. ,
Our Bai country can survive safely due to its geography, not to mention that now that we have Taiyuan, the food problem is no longer our weakness. I really don’t know what you are worried about? "

Everyone else agreed. Bai Yu looked at these compatriots and compatriots who had lost their fighting spirit after hundreds of years of stable life, and could not say anything else. However, in order to prevent this trend from infecting the core of the Bai family, those Bai family members,

Bai Yu said: "Since you don't agree with my idea and I can't convince you, then I decided to send more disciples to become rangers to save the common people in the world. This is the ancestral precept set by our ancestors!"

When everyone saw that Bai Yu no longer said that he wanted to work hard, develop, and compete with other countries for hegemony, but only wanted to send more children to realize the wishes of his ancestors, they all agreed, saying that the head of the family had indeed inherited the family's ambition.

After the meeting, Bai Yu and Bai Ting had a small meeting in the study.

Bai Yu said: "You see, the Bai Kingdom is no longer the one that kept true to its word when our ancestors were here. They don't want to change the status quo!"

Bai Ting said: "Do these people want to imitate the Three Huans of Lu and the Six Ministers of Jin?"

Bai Yu looked at Bai Ting and said: "It's different, they are still loyal to us, and they will not do anything wrong to us. This is why the ancestors established these systems! To be honest, they represent the Bai Kingdom The inner thoughts of most people in the Bai family!
It’s not that they are against us, it’s just that the people they represent don’t agree with our ideas. Being closed to the country for too long has led to their narrow vision. However, when the crisis comes, I think they will not spare a breath for us. "

Bai Yu looked at the thoughtful Bai Ting and continued: "We are the leaders of the Bai Kingdom. Since we cannot change the direction of progress, we must find a way to avoid it. In this way, all the Bai family members will be able to survive as long as they are old enough." When they are twenty, they must go out of the mountains and broaden their horizons, not just in the Taihang Mountains.

In addition, you go and make arrangements to find a hidden valley in the Taihang Mountains, take concealment measures, and move in the books that I, the Bai family, have saved for hundreds of years, as well as some of the essence of the treasures, to keep them as my last retreat.

This operation must be carried out secretly. I think the world will be in chaos for a long time, so there is plenty of time. Remember, it must be hidden! "

Bai Ting replied: "I know, I'll get it done right away!"
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When Confucius proposed the crisis facing the Bai family, Yu didn't believe it at first. However, after Yu personally investigated, he discovered that the situation was even worse. The closed environment for many years had made the people of the Bai country content with the status quo and only knew today. And I don’t know tomorrow. Yu was heartbroken and wanted to reverse the status quo, but this kind of thinking actually invaded the top management, and there were many of them. If it weren't for the mottoes of ancestors of past generations, Yu might have indulged in it. The inner demons are more harmful than the swords. You can escape from the swords, but there is no way to defend against the inner demons.

——"Bai Yu's Notes"

(End of this chapter)