Daxia Wensheng

Chapter 15 The Way of the Sage
That night.

In the government office.

Gu Jinnian looked at the moonlight with a slightly gloomy expression on his face.

He asked people to go door-to-door to notify, and he also sent people to Qingyue Tower in advance.

It's a pity that there is no so-called blessing of kindness.

Sure enough, the old saying goes.

Good people are not rewarded.

After returning to Gu's house, Gu Jinnian was relatively lonely, except for his mother who came to ask him what he had eaten, and his father was busy with official duties.

Grandpa doesn't know what he's doing recently.

Everyone in the clan has their own things to do.

So Gu Jinnian is often alone.

It's okay to be alone, Gu Jinnian can't stand not being worthy of a maid. It's fine to chat with the maid sister.

such a pity.

The clansmen refused.

This made Gu Jinnian a little angry.

Ma De, it's okay to guard against villains, but also a gentleman like me?

A little uncomfortable, but there is no way, people have to bow their heads under the eaves.

As the old saying goes, if you are a grandson and then a master, you still have to get through it as a son.

Put aside these distractions.

There are some things that Gu Jinnian has to seriously consider.

That is the ancient tree in my mind.

Gu Jinnian couldn't guess what it was, but he probably figured out something.

The nine branches represent energy absorbers in nine different fields.

What is currently known is resentment, martial arts internal energy, and gold.

Gu Jinnian has tested it, and the silver ticket is useless, it must be gold. As for whether it is possible to use jade instead of Gu Jinnian, I don't know. I have asked the housekeeper to prepare some high-quality jade, and I will try it tomorrow.

The things given by resentment are somewhat strange.

I don't know what the inner energy of martial arts gives.

The things that gold gives are similar to intelligence information, or if you ask yourself a question, Gu Shu will answer it, it is nothing more than whether the silver given is enough.

It is equivalent to giving money to answer.

It's functional, it's useless for the time being, but it will definitely help.

From the perspective of a traveler, Gu Jinnian probably guessed two situations, either his current realm is not strong enough, so the things he got are just like that.

The second situation is that the energy obtained is not enough, so the benefits obtained are not many. This Gu Jinnian understands the law of energy conservation better.

Jiu Leu Yu knows it all.

Gu Jinnian is more inclined to the second possibility, because what is the difference between resentment and silver?
In other words, if you want to get good things, you must get more energy.

"In terms of grievances, we have to get them from big shots, and we can't get them from people like Zhang Yun."

"Unfortunately, I haven't entered the court hall yet. It would be much better if I entered the court hall. Wouldn't it be fun to be full of civil and military affairs?"

"It's best to give me the whole imperial envoy. I will report to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials today, and the Minister of Rites tomorrow. Isn't it easy to find fault?"

"Pity."

Gu Jinnian was a little melancholy, he was still young, mainly because he didn't have any fame.

However, Gu Jinnian has decided on the early route, so he will enter the court early.

In terms of martial arts, daily basic practice is enough. There is no way to force this, after all, time is all that matters.

In terms of information, it depends on the situation. God knows how much silver taels the ancient tree will swallow. If it is a little trouble, Gu Jinnian can afford it. Just go back to the warehouse and pay a thousand taels of gold.

But if you spend ten thousand taels of gold at every turn, it's not so easy to get.

The main reason is that the information obtained is not important.

If it's really useful, it's not too bad.

Thinking about it this way, Gu Jinnian felt even more helpless for no reason.

Thanks to being a descendant of the Gu family, if this were an ordinary person, it would be superfluous to say anything.

Ugh.

Sighed.

Gu Jinnian shook his head, did not continue to think, but looked at the sage books on the desk.

Confucianism and Taoism are also a system.

If your guess is right, it will correspond to the ancient tree.

Confucianism and Taoism want to improve their realm, and they rely on reading in the early stage to understand the holy meaning and gather righteousness.

To be honest, whether it is martial arts or immortality, resentment and money are nothing, what Gu Jinnian really cares about is Confucianism and Taoism.

In a world where dynasties are respected, reading is very important, especially when the country is stable, reading is extremely important.

Throughout history, if there are no external enemies and no internal strife, scholars have the highest status, because defending the country is more difficult than fighting the country.

Moreover, military generals can put tremendous pressure on the emperor, especially the vassals or princes outside. It is not a joke for them to rebel.

As for civil servants rebelling, they are usually vassals of the prince, but this kind of thing has traces, unlike the rebellion of the vassal king.

The sky is high and the emperor is far away, even if you send people there, you still can't be sure if the people you send are colluding.

Therefore, the emperors of all dynasties basically weakened the status of generals to stabilize the central imperial power.

Scholars are different. They can't guard against it, and they can't guard against it. If all scholars guard against it, the country will be gone.

Of course, this is just a comparison, not to say that scholars are not at all dangerous.

Learn from history.

Generally, the military generals are used first, and then the civil servants are dealt with.

Much less dangerous.

The Gu family is full of military generals, and they are seriously biased. It seems that everything is fine now, but once his grandfather passes away, his status will drop a lot in an instant.

This is also the current worry of the Gu family.

Therefore, the third generation of the Gu family must produce a scholar, and if the fourth generation cannot produce a scholar, they must also produce a scholar.

Gu Jinnian was very aware of this, because he had news that the clan had already started looking for a wife for him.

As long as I and the crowning ceremony are over, I will basically get married, and I can't escape even if I run away.

But Gu Jinnian didn't want to marry so early, it was completely boring.

It's all here, if you don't do anything to just exist, you will more or less lose the face of the traverser.

Confucianism and Taoism, power ministers.

It was Gu Jinnian's current thinking.

Especially there are so many poems and articles in my mind, if I take them out and pretend to beep, I'm really sorry for my knowledge.

Empress Dowager Confucianism can even condense visions, which makes Gu Jinnian look forward to it even more.

Thinking of this, Gu Jinnian picked up the books of saints and started to read.

At the same time, I also have a good understanding of Confucianism and Taoism.

The moonlight is like ink.

In the government office.

The green light was shining on Jinnian's handsome face, there was no wind, and everything was quiet.

In a blink of an eye, it was Yin Shi.

As a white belly appeared on the horizon, the sun shone through the window and reflected on Gu Jinnian's face.

From the day before yesterday to today, Gu Jinnian has not fallen asleep for 24 hours.

Fortunately, this is a world where immortals and martial arts coexist, and my body can completely resist it. Although I am a little tired, it is not a big problem.

Most importantly, Gu Jinnian was fascinated by it.

One night, Gu Jin read three books before and after, one is Confucianism and Taoism History Records, the other is Saint History Records, and the Saint Enlightenment Sutra.

Introduce the history of Confucianism and Taoism, the history of Confucianism and Taoism saints, and enlightenment books.

Fortunately, the history of Confucianism and Taoism can be roughly divided into three stages.

The gift of a man, the gift of a gentleman, and the gift of a country.

It means that those who are courteous are human beings, otherwise what is the difference between them and animals?
Immediately afterwards is the gift of a gentleman, and the core point is the king, relatives and teachers of heaven and earth.

A gentleman respects the sky above, the earth below, and then the monarch, followed by his parents, and finally his teacher.

Because of this, Confucianism and Taoism can also be carried forward in various countries. After all, for the emperor, apart from heaven and earth, he is the biggest, which is in line with the values ​​of imperial power.

After all, imperial power is more important than anything else. It is a kind of ideological rule. Without this foundation, Confucianism and Taoism will not be able to prosper, and they may even be suppressed.

The third stage is the ceremony of the state, which is to formulate rules to prevent large-scale wars and killings. Even if two countries are at war, they must be polite. Both sides must have a legitimate reason for submitting war letters, and they must not slaughter people.

This is in line with the law of heaven, and it is reasonable to be blessed by God.

These are the changes in the three stages of Confucianism and Taoism.

As for the Records of the Saints' History, Gu Jinnian was full of curiosity, because there are only four saints in Confucianism and Taoism.

The first generation of sages is the sage of all ages. They are called Confucian saints, teachers of all ages, and wrote the book "Human Rites".

The second generation of sages, Qianqiu sages, are called sub-sages, with the thought of a gentleman, and wrote the book "Jun Li".

The third generation of saints is the saint of the century, known as the restoration of the saint, the etiquette of the country, and the book "National Rituals"

The fourth generation of sages is the sage of destiny, called Zongsheng, who governs the country with Confucianism and Taoism, and writes the book "Confucianism"

These four saints span an extremely long time. The Confucian saint was sanctified ten thousand years ago, the second saint was 5000 years ago, the second saint was 3000 years ago, and the Zongsheng was 500 years ago. The two are almost 500 years apart.

And only the first generation of saints has been recognized by the destiny, so they can be commended by all generations.

The saints in the back are all half-step saints, who are short of destiny, but their influence is not weaker than the first saint.

Gu Jinnian, the first three sages, is good to know that the way of human courtesy is to open up and educate the people, the way of monarchy is the way of master and apprentice, and let people study and cultivate themselves to become a gentleman. .

But it was the fourth sage who really attracted Gu Jinnian.

Known as the Saint of Destiny, but according to historical records, Destiny did not choose Confucianism and Taoism 500 years ago, but scholars believe that he broke the shackles of Destiny, forcibly reached the realm of saints, and promoted Confucianism, and because of this, he was backlashed by heaven and earth.

This point of view is recognized by scholars all over the world, but it is not recognized by other systems, so there are doubts.

It's just that it happened 500 years ago after all, so it's hard to prove it.

But Zongsheng's thinking is very unique.

He created the theory that a gentleman governs the country and the world. Zong Sheng believes that a gentleman should not talk about the world, but should read books to understand the way, enter the officialdom, and use power to seek common people.

It means don't open your mouth about the world, keep your mouth shut, study hard, take the imperial examination, it is difficult for one person to change the world, but if you can occupy a high position and become a big man in the court, you can do it with a word save thousands of people.

Encourage scholars to fight for power and become an official. The bigger the official, the better, instead of just being a person all day after studying.

Quite a perfect excuse for scholars to become officials. Combining with the history at that time, Gu Jinnian found that although scholars at that time also became officials, they were usually asked by the court to become officials.

Even if he is an official, he likes to make trouble when he has nothing to do, to show himself against the imperial power, to be aboveboard, and to have a breeze in his sleeves.

Otherwise, they are corrupt officials and raccoons of the same feather.

The situation at that time was extremely complicated.

Because it is a very shameful thing to take the initiative to become an official, not to mention being in the same rank, and even if you are not in the same rank, but you can't prove it, people are jealous, your official is getting bigger and bigger, and the voice of doubt There will be more and more.

So that era was extremely weird.

The appearance of Zongsheng made all scholars find an extremely reasonable direction of thinking.

Therefore, today's scholars, in order to become an official, do whatever they can, even if they are insulted by the emperor, they are willing to endure it.

Anyway, let me say that I will bear it for the common people in the world.

As for whether it is true or not, you will know after I die.

This is the mainstream of most of the current scholars.

This is obviously problematic, and hugely problematic.

"The fourth-generation sage, it seems that he has taken the blame."

After thinking about it all night, Gu Jinnian inexplicably felt that this fourth-generation saint was completely pushed up.

It's not that it can't be done. On the contrary, the fourth generation of saints also had many great achievements, but this theory is the core.

Confucianism is regarded as a sage classic by countless contemporary scholars.

There are a lot of unknown things in it, and Gu Jinnian can only notice a little bit, and he can't think of anything if he doesn't dare to think about it.

As for the third book, the Enlightenment Book of Saints, Gu Jinnian had roughly read it.

It revolves around benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith.

Tell what is polite and what is a gentleman, and after Gu Jinnian put down the book.

Wisps of talent sank into the ancient tree.

attached to the fifth branch.

But there is not even a date stone, only a little bit of signs.

Sure enough, Confucianism and Taoism are also considered one.

"My lord, it's time for class."

At this time, the butler's voice sounded outside, which woke Gu Jinnian from his thoughts.

(End of this chapter)