Age of mythical princes

Chapter 146 Manifest Destiny!

Qufu Academy
At the beginning, Qufu Academy was located on the outskirts of Qufu.

But gradually, the academy became the new center.

Speaking of which, there are also many stories here.

A long time ago, Confucius was not as powerful as he is now.At that time, Kong Sheng was still very young and had not suffered too many beatings. Then he was appointed by the king of Lu State as the chief minister to preside over the political affairs of Lu State.

At that time, Kong Sheng was only a small first monarch.

Although in a small place like Chao State, the first monarch is like God, but in front of a big prince like Lu State, the first monarch is really nothing.

In particular, the State of Lu was the feudal state of Zhou Gongdan back then, and there are many inheritances and treasures left by Zhou Gongdan in it.You, Kong Qiu, are already the first monarch at such a young age. It is really remarkable, but in our country of Lu, what is it?

In the end, Kong Sheng's reforms failed, and he was expelled from Lu by the nobles.

Since then, Confucius began to travel around the world to see the world.

In the end, in the process of traveling around the world, Confucius' private education influenced more and more people, and taught one after another the first monarchs or congenital real people as disciples.

Finally, there is the famous decisive battle.

In that battle, the three sages, the Qi refiners, united with many nobles to attack the Lingxiao Palace of the Lord of Great Heaven.

By the way, the mastermind behind the scenes is the Nine Heavens, namely Central Juntian, Dongfang Cangtian, and Beibei Xuantian...

The Lord of Juntian ruled the Nine Heavens. It is said that during the heyday, every Lord of the Nine Heavens was a genuine man of destiny, comparable to the founders of the four great princes of the previous dynasty.

After that decisive battle, the Lord of Great Heaven fell, and Li Sheng took away the shattered Lingxiao Palace, and he personally sat in Luoyang to prevent accidents from happening.Zhou Tianzi could only pinch his nose to clarify the relationship between himself and the Lord of Nine Heavens, and at the same time gave Li Sheng an official position in the history of the collection room, letting him manage the library of Dazhou.

After that battle, the whole state of Lu was shocked, and finally the nobles and monarchs invited Kong Sheng back to the country again.

After returning to China, Kong Sheng didn't want to get involved in political affairs anymore, so he directly opened a school on the outskirts of Qufu.

Nowadays, there are clouds of strong people in the academy, and there are often the first monarchs or innate real people coming in and out of it.Even the area of ​​Qufu has expanded a lot, but the center has shifted from the aristocratic area in the past to the current school area. The school is the core of Qufu!
However, it is precisely because of the school that the Qi State has not let the Lu State be in danger of destroying the country for at least tens of thousands of years.

When Confucius came, Qufu will be at peace!
In the academy, Young Master Han in blue clothes and Young Master Zhang in blue clothes gathered in the gazebo again, surrounded by the children of Han and Zhang as personal guards, waiting by the side.

On the round stone table are books and newspapers bought from Yancheng.

If you look carefully at these books, there are dozens of them. Every kind of books that Yancheng Zhenger Bajing distributes is available here.On the top is the official newspapers of Yancheng in recent days. The paper-making technology and books on it can be described as a big book. It has been talked about for several times, but Mr. Han is not bothered by reading these newspapers at all. .

"Did you see that the higher up is planning to recruit knowledgeable people from all over the world to compile the Thousand-Character Essay?"

"Hua Jun said that he intends to compile such a thousand-character prose that is specially used for elementary school and for teaching children to read and write."

Unknowingly, Han Fei's address for Jiang Hua changed from calling him by his name directly to Hua Jun. (This is the honorific name given to someone in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, not a Japanese devil...)
"He also said that his own knowledge is too shallow to complete this important task, so he sent an invitation to the whole world."

"He also said that Yancheng is currently in a state of war, so there is not much money to be squeezed out, so we can only keep the names of those who eventually participated in the compilation of the thousand-character essay in the editing line."

Speaking of this, the smile on Han Fei's face became even brighter, and Zhang Liang, who was opposite him, shook his head directly.

"What's the lack of money? I think this is because he wants everyone to help him edit the book for free, but he still uses the editorial list as a temptation. This is a conspiracy, and his stomach is full of bad water!"

"This person is not born well after all, he has talent but no virtue!"

Hearing this, Han Fei shook his head directly. This little friend of his is usually very smart, but when he encounters things related to his background, he can't be smart.

Still too much emphasis on origin, or too young, inexperienced, and not enough experience.

However, after thinking about the age of my little friend, this year is only in his early twenties, so he is really young, so I can understand it when I think about it.After all, not everyone is able to transcend one's background, transcend the world, and see through everything like oneself!
"Zifang, you can't ask a prefect or a future emperor with the moral standards you ask ordinary people, it's unreasonable."

"To be honest, I'm already tempted!" Han Fei continued.

Zhang Liang suddenly raised his head and looked at Han Fei, full of doubts: "My lord, are you planning to leave Qufu? But how long have you been in Qufu? It's only been seven years, so you're planning to leave now?"

"Seven years are not long or short, but it has allowed me to see many different ideas, and it has also allowed me to see many real geniuses and strong people."

"You also know that my master is not Kong Sheng, but Master Xun, the younger brother who was accepted by Confucius on behalf of his master."

"My friends are not those traditional Confucian scholars. My friends are Martingale from the Duke of Wei, and Si from Chu..."

"People like us are not popular in Qufu. There are not a few Confucian scholars who shout that we will be expelled from Confucianism, and there are also many Confucian scholars who always want to fight us every day..."

"Kong Sheng is still there, these things will be controlled within a certain range."

"Kong Sheng himself really doesn't care, he has a broad mind, but Kong Sheng's other younger brother, Uncle Ke, conflicts too much with Master's ideas."

So far, Kong Sheng has only two junior disciples, both of whom are acting as apprentices.

One is Meng Ke, who advocates that human nature is inherently good.

One is Xun Kuang, who advocates that human nature is inherently evil.

Anyway, these two juniors are often in a state where the king does not see the king.

Meng Ke likes debating very much, especially when he quarrels, his temper is very violent, anyone dares to spray, and there are quite a few times of spraying Kong Sheng!

However, Xun Kuang is not a timid person, so just spray it, who is afraid of whom?
Most of the time, Meng Ke couldn't win Xun Kuang in the debate, and eventually he fought after arguing. Once the two of them fought, their disciples, relatives and friends also followed suit. They fought and fought, but they couldn't kill anyone. Many times They all fired real fire, but with Kong Sheng suppressing them, they couldn't kill anyone no matter what.

In the end, the king can only see the king.

There is no me!

With me without you!

If Meng Ke was invited, Xun Kuang should not be invited again, and vice versa.

The two factions have now broken openly.

If it weren't for Kong Sheng's pressure, the two factions would probably expel each other's Confucianism!

Thinking of the current situation in Qufu, Zhang Liang sighed directly: "The number of people in Qufu Academy is the largest among the three universities, the background is the most mixed, and the contradictions are the most."

"But now we are at a critical moment of great changes in the world, no matter what, you won't do it directly?"

"The point is that I've reached my limit, and it's time to walk around and have a look."

"Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Although I can directly break through now, I think I should go and have a look."

"My lord, have you reached this point?"

"It's just an innate real person. It's not difficult. When I was studying, I understood some truths as I read. I saw the way forward. I continued to study. As I continued to read, I was on the verge of breaking through. Now I can't hold back anymore." .”

With that said, Han Fei took out some articles he wrote: "These articles are all written by me recently..."

Zhang Liang read Han Fei's article, and immediately understood that the contradiction between Han Fei and Confucian scholars was irreconcilable: "Confucianism uses literature to disrupt law, chivalry uses martial arts to violate prohibitions, and human beings rule with courtesy. also……"

After reading this, Zhang Liang couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

No wonder Han Fei wanted to run away!
In the base camp of Confucian scholars shouted loudly: Confucianism disrupts the law with literature!

It is estimated that after shouting this sentence, you have to be careful of being thrown into the river in a sack when you walk at night in the future.

"Although the school is good, it is a school for Confucian scholars after all." Han Fei said lightly.

"So, I plan to go to Yancheng to inspect it myself. Everything in Yancheng is very novel and fresh. Through these official newspapers, I can only vaguely feel that Yancheng is doing something very new."

"In the past, the world was divided into monarchs, ministers, officials, scholars, countrymen, common people, and savages, with distinct levels."

"But today's Yancheng is completely different from this."

"In Yancheng, it seems that all the members are planning to become Taoists. But how can a country with only Taoists exist and be governed?"

"Everything in Yancheng is actually very attractive to scholars like me!"

"Now, I plan to take this opportunity to go to Yancheng for a personal inspection. If possible, I will directly publish my article in Yancheng's official newspaper or journal."

"If possible, after I arrive in Yancheng, I will directly use a pseudonym, and then run a new newspaper in Yancheng. This newspaper will specifically tell about some of my thoughts, and then see if I can gather some like-minded people. !"

"Most importantly, papermaking and newspapers allowed me to see new things!"

Hearing this, Zhang Liang thought about it seriously: "I admit that papermaking is very important. With this method, a lot of knowledge can be recorded on books and passed down."

"The price of books is also very close to the people, which means that the cost of reading will be greatly reduced, and the audience of readers can be directly expanded by more than ten times!"

"Moreover, more people have the qualifications to write books and talk about it. This is indeed an unprecedented cultural and educational event."

"Yancheng can also take this opportunity to expand its influence and attract enough talents. Then Jiang Hua can also take this opportunity to obtain the destiny. It is almost inevitable to become a real person in the future."

"But what else?"

Han Fei looked at Zhang Liang for a moment, then sighed, "Zifang, I never doubt your wisdom."

"But now, you are obviously bound by your birth and past environment."

"A real wise man must break away from these constraints. It doesn't mean that a wise man must betray his origin, but that when a wise man thinks about something, he must get rid of his origin and personal limitations, so that he can truly stand on the high ground. to evaluate something."

"It's like papermaking. Seeing that books are cheap, it's true to think that the number of readers will expand, and that more people will write books."

"However, I used this incident to see Yancheng's greater ambitions!"

"Of course, Yancheng has never concealed this point, it's just that you in the past didn't see through it."

"Zifang, your wisdom is restricted by your status and standpoint, this is actually the achievement of the Great Unity!"

Unification!
These three words were like a shock to the sky, and directly stunned Zhang Liang.

Almost in a breath, Zhang Liang thought everything through: "In the beginning, Yancheng used the journals to directly record the ideas of various Taoism and describe many valuable conjectures in the journals, so as to gather like-minded people. .”

"Although at that time, many people were watching jokes and taking advantage of the opportunity, but this move really helped Yancheng, and successfully promoted various yellow-level journals to the whole world."

"Nowadays, the yellow-level periodicals in Yancheng have become must-reads for most nobles and qi refiners in the world!"

"Even mysterious periodicals often appear in various black markets. In the past, I thought it was some big shot. Now it seems that the mysterious periodicals leaked in the black market may not be deliberately released by Yancheng of!"

"Slowly, nobles and qi refiners all over the world got to know Yancheng's articles and accepted Yancheng's weights and measures!"

"Over time, when nobles from different countries do business, they will use Yancheng's weight and measure, because it is a weight and measure that is acceptable to both parties!"

"When all transnational businesses use Yancheng's weights and measures, wouldn't that mean at least half of the unification of weights and measures has been completed?"

"With the current papermaking technology, Yancheng will definitely seize the opportunity to publish more cheap, valuable and high-quality books. When these books are handed down to every Chinese in the world, Yancheng's writing will start from the nobles. The group of qi refiners has spread to the group of scholars and Chinese people, and the sons and daughters of the Chinese people will also work hard to learn this kind of characters."

"This, is it considered a unified text?"

"I seem to understand what is destiny!"

"Great unification, let the world be unified, this is the greatest destiny of our era!"

Han Fei nodded with a slight smile and said, "At least, the unification of the Qi Refiner group is about to be realized. From then on, the Qi Refiner group will learn to use Yancheng's characters, weights and measures!"

"And as long as the Yancheng journals are used well, the currency of the alchemist group will be unified soon."

"Together, this is the unity of writing, currency, weights and measures!"

"It's fine if you don't know about such a great cause, but now that you know about it, how can you miss it?"

　Great unification, this is the manifest destiny of this era!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)