Just in the Middle, You Told Me This is Journey to the West

The reason for this situation is nothing more than because the criteria for selecting officials are set by them.

Virtue, fame, celebrities... Selecting scholars, selecting good talents.

Following such rules, a farmer from a poor family is tantamount to having no chance of stepping into an official career.

The so-called Confucianism and Taoism have also become a tool for the aristocratic family to control the world.

The same is true of Wen Dao, and the same is true of Wu Dao, but it just turns the aristocratic family into a gangster.

Of course, most of the so-called rivers and lakes gangs are inextricably linked with aristocratic families.

Behind many rivers and lakes gangs, there are aristocratic families who support them.

For example, the water gang in Chang'an city controls the water transport, and takes advantage of the water transport to sell salt and iron, trade people, and plunder slaves.

Behind it is the support of Fan Yang Lu, who passed on poetry and etiquette to his family.

The annual benefits are as high as millions of dollars, which is comparable to the annual military expenses of the Tang Dynasty.

Over the years, the amount of wealth that has been seized is really unimaginable.

Does Li Shimin know about these situations?

For sure.

After all, this is Chang'an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

If a majestic emperor doesn't even understand the situation in the capital, then his dynasty will not be far from being destroyed.

But what if Li Shimin knew about it?

Fan Yang Lu's family name is one of the five surnames and seven Wangs.

It is also the top aristocratic family in Datang.

Rumor has it that Fan Yang and Lu's family have thirteen families.

Lu Zongdao, the owner of the big house, is also the head of the Lu family today. He is currently the general manager of Youzhou, and he is in charge of [-] soldiers and horses in Youzhou.

Lu Zonghu, the master of the Second Household, was a hussar general of the Tang Dynasty, guarding one of the nine sides.

Lu Zongwang, the lord of the three chambers, and the Imperial College Jijiu, are the teachers of the crown prince.

Lu Zongwei, the head of the four houses, is a great Confucianist and Taoist today, one of the nine great Confucianist and Taoist masters in the Tang Dynasty, the dean of Fanyang Academy, and countless disciples.

Lu Zongcai, the owner of the five houses, is the shopkeeper of the Yude Company, and his business spreads all over the Tang Dynasty, and he has accumulated countless wealth.

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Just one Fanyang Lu clan, whose root system covered the entire Tang Dynasty with three hundred and sixty states, controlled hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Tang Dynasty, possessed countless money and food, and had tens of thousands of servants.

So, what do you ask the Emperor Zhenguan in the palace to do?

The aristocratic families of this era are like the family chaebols of later generations.

No, it is more terrifying than the family chaebols of later generations, because the family chaebols of this era not only have money, food, but also soldiers.

This soldier is not a soldier of the imperial court, but a real soldier of the aristocratic family.

It's just hanging under the name of the imperial court and letting the imperial court help to support it.

Just like at the end of the Sui Dynasty, aristocratic families rebelled, and they only needed to ascend to the top, and there were a lot of followers.

That's why.

Li Shimin also wants to destroy the aristocratic family.

It's just that he is powerless, or that he would rather destroy the Buddha than dare to do anything to the powerful family.

Well, I just dare not!

Believe it or not, if Li Shimin swung the butcher's knife at the aristocratic family, not to mention whether the Tang Dynasty would immediately be full of wars.

Just his old brothers, uncles of famous generals and ministers, etc., would directly turn against him.

As the saying goes, there is no loyalty in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and heroes emerge in troubled times!

In this era, the aristocratic family behind him is far more important than loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

Chen Qi put down a certain Confucian classic in his hand, feeling unusually depressed and dull, went to the yard and started punching.

This set of boxing techniques he played is an incidental boxing technique of the basic body training technique of the human race. It has a very clichéd name, it is called Dali Niumoquan.

It was created by the sages of the human race who saw the wild beasts and the powerful bull demon.

This set of boxing is not difficult, it belongs to the foundation building boxing that comes with body training, it is used to consolidate the foundation and increase strength.

Chen Qi's powerful Bull Demon Fist was very slow, and it was not as vigorous as other fighters' punches.

His boxing method gives people a very forceful feeling, each punch seems to have exhausted the strength of the whole body, and it is extremely heavy.

The fist is as heavy as a mountain, with extreme strength!

No matter the difficulties and dangers ahead, I will break them with one punch.

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Just like Bodhidharma said in Glory of Kings: If you can't walk, open it with your fist.

Aristocratic families, aristocratic families, imperial power, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism!

Since the truth cannot be explained with the mouth, then use the fist to explain it!

Just like the saint Confucius back then, isn't it the same?

So there was the matter of "Confucius punished and killed Shaozheng Mao".

Chen Qi had no thoughts or thoughts, his mind was deep.

The Dali Niu Demon Fist in his hand is getting slower and simpler, and in the end it has even broken away from the framework of the Dali Niu Demon Fist, and he can punch as he pleases.

At this time, in his sea of ​​consciousness, the grand thought of righteousness that had been shaken and on the verge of shattering also unknowingly condensed again and became crystal clear again.

It's just that compared with the original righteousness and greatness, the idea of ​​righteousness with Confucian characteristics is obvious.

Today's thought has a calm and powerful aura, and it has become more weighty.

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The spiritual thoughts are like towering mountains.

It is the so-called unbreakable.

As Chen Qi continued to read Confucian classics, he became more and more suspicious of Confucian theories, and finally the spiritual thoughts condensed by Haoran's righteousness became on the verge of being broken.

Fortunately, Chen Qi is not a pure scholar, let alone a true Confucian scholar.

Coupled with the influence of various "reasons" in later generations.

For example, the range of truth is all within the range of a cannon.

Another example: use your fist to open the road that doesn't work; if you can't convince people with reason, use physics to persuade, etc.

Therefore, Chen Qi quickly figured out that some other "reasons" had been added to the idea of ​​righteousness, which was only "integrity".

In the words of Taoism, it means that Chen Qi has stepped out of his own way.

This way can be the true meaning of martial arts, or it can be the philosophy of life and so on.

It is precisely because of such a "reason" that Chen Qi's reputation as a great Confucian can become worthy of the name, instead of being supported purely by the awe-inspiring righteousness instilled by the system.

After all, the awe-inspiring righteousness instilled by the system comes from "Mencius", and it is Mencius' awe-inspiring righteousness, not Chen Qi's.

Now that he has clearly realized his own "truth", the awe-inspiring righteousness instilled by the system has just become his own.

From this moment on, he is a true Confucianist.

I also want to be a real Confucianist.

Mencius' awe-inspiring righteousness is composed of elements such as integrity, benevolence and righteousness, kingly way, and grand spirit.

Chen Qi's awe-inspiring righteousness is composed of principles, fists, innovation, and enlightening the world.

It's what he thinks, self-cultivation, family harmony, country governance, and world peace!

It is what he understands, to establish a heart for the world, to establish a life for the living and the people, and to inherit the knowledge of the past!

It is also the Confucianism in his heart!zero.

Chapter 71

In the small courtyard, Chen Qi finished a set of boxing slowly, and the thoughts in his heart became more and more determined.

He glanced at the Confucian and Taoist "classics" brought back from the Imperial Academy, and his expression returned to his original indifference.

Then he returned to the study and picked up the Confucian "classic" that he had just discarded on the desk.

There are two hundred thousand volumes of Confucian books in the Hanlin Academy, where is this?

His road to read "Confucianism" is a heavy responsibility and a long way to go, and it is difficult and difficult!

"Confucianism is what people need!"

"The Confucianism of Confucius is not the Confucianism I want."

"Mencius' Confucianism is also not what I want Confucianism."

"The Confucianism of the great Confucians and celebrities of the past dynasties is not my pursuit!"

Chen Qi looked at the "classic" in his hand, his thoughts drifted away, exploring the definition of Confucianism and Taoism.

He believes that Confucianism is what people need!

It is not pure morality, nor is it the so-called sage's words.

So Confucius cannot represent Confucianism and Taoism, and neither can Mencius.

Of course, he can't represent himself.

In his point of view, everything that people need can be summarized into "Confucianism" and Taoism.

Morality, current politics, law, arithmetic, heavenly engineering, vertical and horizontal, calendar, heavenly secrets, gewu, science...