Wentang

Chapter 210 Conspiracy Confucianism (2)

Li Shimin finished flipping through the book quickly, his face was as ugly as possible.He was very dissatisfied with Yue Shan's elevating Confucianism so high, but he was faintly persuaded by him in his heart.

He asked unwillingly: "Confucianism is really as good as you say?"

"You are a saint, and you should know more about Confucianism than I do," Yue Shan said.

Li Shimin was silent.Yes, he knows this better than anyone else. The Taoism he respects can indeed give him a lot of guidance in the general direction, but he still uses Confucianism when dealing with specific government affairs.

However, he is absolutely unwilling to admit that Taoism is inferior to Confucianism. Doesn't this mean that his ancestors' labor and capital are inferior to Confucius.Especially when he thought of those aristocratic families who had the right to speak in Confucianism, and their contempt for the royal family, he was even more unwilling to admit this.

Yue Shan naturally understood what Li Shimin was thinking, so he said with a smile: "There is another book, why don't the saints read it together."

Only then did Li Shimin remember that there were two books. Hearing Yue Shan's tone, could it be that the second book was about the shortcomings of Confucianism?He couldn't wait to pick up the book and flip through it.

Sure enough...he smiled when he saw the contents inside.As he thought, most of the second book was written about the shortcomings of Confucianism and the methods of transformation.

Confucianism naturally has many deficiencies, and Yue Shan, who is a traveler, knows it all.For example, the arrogance brought about by a single family, such as worshiping the heaven and the ancestors, can easily turn into rigid thinking, such as brainlessly suppressing other schools for the right to speak...

Moreover, Yue Shan also cited practical examples.

One of them is the deeds of Geng Gong in the Eastern Han Dynasty.Many people don't know about Geng Gong, but he is definitely a great hero.

This person guarded the Western Regions and defeated the Northern Huns several times. During this period, the old emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne. The country was busy with funerals and did not send reinforcements in time.

As a result, not only the northern Huns attacked again, but the Cheshi who had surrendered also rebelled again and attacked together.Geng Gong led hundreds of soldiers to defend the isolated city, and held it for several months under the siege of tens of thousands of people.

Of course, this example is not to praise how brave Geng Gong is, but to strongly prove the shortcomings of Confucianism.

A few months later, the new emperor finally stabilized the court.So someone wrote that it was time to send reinforcements to the Western Regions, and it didn't take many, as long as 800 people could save the situation.

However, the most ironic scene appeared, a large group of scholars opposed the imperial court sending troops.In order to force the court not to send reinforcements to the Western Regions, the scholars began to join forces.In the end, 3 scholars were mobilized to write a letter against this incident.

Taking the literacy rate of the Eastern Han Dynasty as an example, [-] scholars are already a very large group.

The reason they use is also very ridiculous. Sending troops to the Western Regions to waste people and money, it is better to just give up the Western Regions, and nothing will happen.

Don't these scholars really know the importance of the Western Regions?No, but they still joined together and wrote a letter against it.

what is the reason?Suppress military strategists to seize the right to speak.For the benefit of Confucianism, they have put the country's safety at risk.

Yue Shan wanted to use this point to explain what stupid things the successors of Confucianism would do after the true monopoly on Confucianism.

The example of Donghai King Sima Yue, one of the participants in the Eight Kings Rebellion of the Jin Dynasty, was also cited.I won't talk about Sima Yue's previous deeds, only that he died just in time for Wu Huluanhua.

The best way for the Wuhu to be in full swing is to avoid its sharpness and preserve its vitality, and then slowly map it.Sima Yue died on the way to retreat, so don't worry about it so much at this time, let's find a place to bury him.

But some people disagreed, and a large group of scholars insisted on burying Sima Yue in the ancestral grave according to the etiquette.At that time, scholars were also in power, so a ridiculous scene appeared.

The 10,000+ army and countless family members turned back again, only to be caught by the Huns.Not only was Sima Yue dug out of his grave, but his 10,000+ elite army was also killed.

You must know that Sima Yue's army was already the most powerful army in the Jin Dynasty at that time, and their destruction directly caused the Jin Dynasty to lose its last chance to come back.

It's funny, right?It's so funny, this is what scholars do.

Afterwards, the aristocratic family who had the right to interpret Confucian culture angered Zu Ti to death, poured dirty water on Ran Min, the king of Wu Mourning, and so on.

It can be said that in this book, Yue Shan changed his normal routine and blackmailed the successors of Confucianism, and it is impossible to refute with reason and evidence.

There are Confucian scholars who want to say that these are all crooked monks who misrepresented the scriptures, and have nothing to do with Confucianism.

Yue Shan naturally mentioned it in the book. Why did the successors of Confucianism so easily misrepresent the scriptures?And it's not just one or two people reciting crooked scriptures, but countless.

That must be because there are big loopholes in Confucianism, or this is the inevitable consequence of exclusive respect for Confucianism.

He then shifted the topic to the relationship between Confucianism and a hundred schools of thought.Foreign enemies are always eyeing us. Mencius also said that we are born in sorrow and die in peace.Therefore, we must have a strong armed force to protect the civilization we created, which is the need for military strategists.

Internally, laws are also needed to punish lawbreakers and protect everyone's safety, and legalism is also inseparable.Not to mention Taoism, the word "Tao" can explain everything.Other schools of thought also have their own uses, and their advancement cannot be completely denied.

Then it logically led to the conclusion that Confucianism is based on the foundation of the hundred schools of thought.

It can be said that these eight characters are Yue Shan's ultimate goal and the core of his cultural transformation.

Originally, he thought that it would take decades of hard work to come up with this conclusion.But when he knew that the status of Confucianism was still lower than that of Taoism, and only slightly higher than that of Buddhism, he revealed it in advance.

Of course, he was not so naive as to think that all scholars would listen to him, this is impossible.His purpose is to put forward this theory first and leave an impression in the minds of all readers.

Then slowly work towards this goal little by little, and it will naturally have results over time.

Another reason is to show your position in advance, which helps to attract like-minded people.

It is easy to say that Confucianism is based on a hundred schools of thought, but it is too difficult to implement.Seeing him alone may not be able to do it in his life.

He needs more allies.

Li Shimin finally finished the second book. He closed the book and stared at Yue Shan for a long time without saying a word.Having been looking at Yue Shan all the time, his heart got hairy, and then he said suddenly: "You want to be Guang Chengzi."

Yue Shan was taken aback, where did this come from?But he quickly reacted.

Guang Chengzi was the master of the Yellow Emperor, he instructed the Yellow Emperor to govern the country and eventually became the co-lord of the world.In Yueshan's new mythology, Guangchengzi is a Taoist, and because he helped the Yellow Emperor become the Lord of the World, he was blessed with merit and ascended to immortality.

Obviously, Li Shimin thought that he was imitating Guang Chengzi, helping himself to become the co-lord of the world, and then using this merit to ascend to immortality.

Obviously Li Shimin had a wonderful misunderstanding.

Although Yue Shan thought it was nonsense, he was not stupid enough to object, but nodded and said: "I really want to imitate Guangcheng Shangxian, but I don't have his talent, and I don't dare to be an emperor teacher."

(End of this chapter)