Age of mythical princes

Chapter 416 Ideals and Realities

Night feast
Today's night banquet was not held at Duke Yan's mansion, nor in Yancheng, but on an overseas island.

Although it is an overseas island, this island is not small at all. It is a man-made floating island, an overseas floating island with an area of ​​approximately [-] square kilometers.Looking at the area, two or three counties could be developed in the Central Plains.

The main reason why it is not held in Yancheng is that there are too many experts attending the meeting today, and it is a mixed bag.Da Zhenren and Zhenren emerge in endlessly. If they were placed in Yancheng, the security pressure would be too great.If any great master suddenly goes crazy, even if he is suppressed afterwards, ordinary people in Yancheng will suffer heavy losses.

If it were placed in later generations, it would probably be that a group of human nuclear bombs were going to attend a meeting in the capital.As long as the ruler was not under the aura of hypopathy, it would be impossible for him to agree to hold a similar meeting in the capital.Even if this group of human nuclear bombs were all domestic, it would be impossible for them to gather in the capital for the meeting.

If there is a friction in private, what are you worried about? What do you think of you? Then it will be a large or super large accident.

The same is true now. Although Jiang Hua can suppress Da Zhenren as long as he dares to cause trouble, but once Da Zhenren makes trouble, the people living in Yancheng will be the first to be unlucky.Eighty thousand people died at once, which was the largest casualty in Yancheng's history.

If someone tries to fish in troubled waters again...

So, let’s just build a big overseas island.

At this moment, the night banquet has not started yet, it is only the afternoon, but many guests have already arrived.

This morning, all the people who came were real people and the first generation.

Starting in the afternoon, great masters arrived one after another.

Whenever a great person comes, the big bell hanging in the square will automatically ring, and then Zhuge Liang or Han Xin will come out to greet him in person.

As for Jiang Hua, he is Duke Yan. With Jiang Hua's current strength and status, unless the Three Saints arrive in person, there is no need to greet anyone in person.

"Meng Ke is here. In addition to Meng Ke, he is surrounded by a group of real people, all of whom are his younger brothers!"

"The bell rang six times, this is the Great Master!"

"It's not surprising that Meng Ke is a great master. I heard that he was the disciple of Confucius Sheng. In name, he is a junior disciple. In fact, he is a direct disciple of Confucius. He is very close and has a bright future. He has the strength of a great master. No exaggeration.”

"That's right. I heard that besides him, Xun Kuang was also a disciple of Kong Sheng. He was a junior in name but actually a disciple. However, Xun Kuang and Meng Ke are two extremes in many aspects."

"Hey, Confucianism is a mixed bag, and the most complicated one is Confucianism. Today's Confucianism has the Zhou Rites sect, and now this sect has gone to the Chu State. They are really imaginative. They implemented the Zhou Rites in the Chu State, and they actually still Let them succeed..."

Hearing this, passers-by also said with some confusion: "Hey, in the past, I have been mocking Chu as a barbarian. Now that Chu has carried out Zhou ritual reforms, can I still mock Chu as a southern barbarian in the future?"

"Let's not talk about Chu State, let's continue talking about Confucianism. This Confucianism is very confusing."

"Yes, it's very confusing."

"The Zhou Li sect is from Wang Jujun's lineage. Meng Ke's lineage emphasizes that the people are valued and the emperor is valued. This concept is a bit similar to the Mohist school next door. However, in addition to valuing the people and the emperor, Meng Ke also advocates good nature. With a series of opinions such as theory and theory, his lineage is very powerful!"

"There is also Xun Kuang's lineage. Now Xun Kuang's disciples include three great masters: Han Feizi, Zhang Liang, and Li Si. This is really in line with Xun Kuang's words: A man who is better than a master is better than a master."

"Although most Confucian disciples recognize Meng Ke's ideas and are all of Meng Ke's lineage, Xun Kuang's disciples are so powerful that there are three great masters alone."

"Zhang Liang cannot be considered a disciple of Confucianism in any way. He is more inclined to Legalism and Taoism than to Confucianism."

"Needless to say, Han Feizi is a complete Legalist giant."

"The same goes for Li Si. Although he is a disciple of Xun Kuang, he is also a serious Legalist."

"In the past, there were always Confucian scholars who said that they wanted to expel Xun Kuang as a Confucian scholar, and they also shouted to kill Xun Kuang's lineage. However, Xun Kuang's lineage produced three great immortals in a row, and Meng Ke's lineage I can’t even keep it on my face!”

"Confucianists have numerous talents, countless geniuses, and successors. But even after Confucius dies or ascends to heaven, they will definitely start fighting immediately. It is inevitable that people will be killed. It is also inevitable that they will expel the other party from Confucianism and label them as aliens. , this may be the worry of happiness. I don’t know who Confucius will pass on the position of the Confucian boss before his death. I don’t know if the next generation of Confucian bosses after him can manage the Confucianism well at that time. Let me see. ,Disaster!"

"Kong Sheng himself is very powerful, but Kong Sheng's disciples are quite complicated."

"Nowadays, the disciples of Saint Kong are divided into two categories."

"The first category is the disciples who were recruited 1 years ago. It is said that there are 72 disciples and [-] sages. The ten great sages are called the Ten Philosophers of Confucius."

"However, the three thousand disciples have basically died of old age now. Of the 72 sages, there are only more than 20 who eventually became real people and the first generation. Among the ten sages of Confucius, the only two who eventually became real people are Zixia and Zigong. That’s all.”

"The second category is the newly recruited disciples in the past 1 years. Most of these disciples are geniuses. Nowadays, there are many real people, and there should be great real people as well."

"If Yan Yuan was still alive, he might still be able to take over the position of the second boss of the Confucian family, but he died when he attacked Da Zhenren."

"No one will obey anyone else." "This is still the disciples of Confucius. If we add Meng Ke's lineage, Xun Kuang's lineage, plus those neutral factions, plus those guys with noble backgrounds, Confucianism will be in the future It’s impossible not to have chaos!”

Listening to everyone's discussion, Meng Ke looked at Xun Kuang opposite him and felt very dissatisfied.

In Meng Ke's view, it would be best if there was no Xun Kuang!

This guy is not a Confucian scholar, he is a mixture of Legalism and Confucianism!He is not pure!
In Xun Kuang's view, traditional Confucian scholars have no way out!

A true Confucian scholar has only one dead end. If he wants to carry forward Confucianism, he must either combine it with Legalism, Taoism, or military strategism. In short, no matter what age, if you are still practicing pure Confucianism here, you are a conservative.Confucianism must be led by innovative people like him to have a future.

As the saying goes, a teacher does not have to be better than a disciple, and a disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher. This is an article published by Han Yu, one of Xun Kuang's good disciples, in the Yancheng Journal.

As soon as this article came out, Xun Kuang strongly praised this disciple. He said it was so good and he publicized it widely.

Then some Confucian scholars from Meng Ke's line thought: The neighbor has gone crazy. They are hinting that Xun Kuang is actually more powerful than Kong Sheng. They want Kong Sheng to abdicate and let Xun Kuang take over!
As for how some Confucian scholars came up with these ideas, it can only be that some Confucian scholars have very strong associative abilities.Looking for chapters and extracting sentences, taking quotes out of context, this is their specialty!

However, this is not an era where Confucianism is the dominant family.Kong Sheng is still alive, and there are Mohists and Taoists watching from outside, so there is still a little limit to the internal fighting among Confucian scholars.

Within Qufu, Meng Ke and Xun Kuang were in constant trouble, but few lives were lost so far.We hate each other, but sometimes we have to stick together, which is very awkward.

In fact, Meng Ke himself understood Xun Kuang's thoughts. In Xun Kuang's view, Confucian ideals were very important, but Confucian ideals could not be realized by Confucian scholars alone.If you want to realize Confucian ideals, you must use various means, but once various means are used, you are no longer a pure Confucian scholar.

Is it okay to use various means that go against the ideal for the sake of the ideal?
In this regard, Xun Kuang felt that Meng Ke was too noble and too persistent in his dreams. In reality, there could not be so many Confucian scholars who could adhere to principles and sacrifice their lives for righteousness like Meng Ke.Xun Kuang believed that Meng Ke’s ideas had great educational significance, but were unrealistic.Just because you, the ancestor, can persevere does not mean that your disciples and grandchildren can persevere as well.In the future, there is a high probability that the disciples and disciples will appear to be persistent on the surface, but in fact they will be hypocritical...

Meng Ke felt that Xun Kuang was too realistic. You are the founder of a sect, so you have to be a little more idealistic!You, the founder, are so realistic, how can you expect your disciples and disciples to stick to your ideals and principles?Look at Li Si, look at Han Feizi, one is more realistic and colder than the other, there is no principle or ideal at all...

The top management can understand each other, but when it comes to the middle management, it is a naked struggle for interests. If you take one more bite, I will have to take one less bite.

The middle management often fights each other and fights each other. As time goes by, the relationship between the senior management will not get much better.

This is involuntary.

"Junior brother, what do you think the purpose of Duke Yan's invitation to us is?" Meng Ke asked directly.

Xun Kuang said unforgivingly: "This is actually not difficult to guess, junior brother."

Once upon a time, the two called each other senior brother.

Today, we can only call each other junior brother.

"Gong Yan invited a large number of princes and also extended invitations to Luoyang Academy, Qufu Academy and Donghai Academy."

"On the other side, Junior Brother Zixia's disciple Wei Si has invited the princely states that own the Nine Cauldrons. Perhaps, after today, the world will be divided into two camps."

Hearing this, Meng Ke suddenly had a feeling: listening to your words is like listening to a single sentence.

"Junior brother, what do you think of these two camps?"

"It's hard to say, each has its own pros and cons."

"The alliance of great powers is small but refined. Each country has Jiuding, which is powerful and has great potential. If they can unite as one, they can dominate the world, but it cannot be done. There are many internal contradictions among each other, and it is easy to be defeated individually. "

"Yancheng has formed a faction with many small countries, and it can only delay. But as long as it can be delayed, the alliance of big powers will collapse without attack, and they will have internal strife. At that time, Yancheng can seize the opportunity and defeat them one by one."

"It's just that as time goes by, new variables will arise."

"Just like Zhiyao, if he had eliminated the three clans of Han, Zhao, and Wei a hundred years ago and achieved enlightenment, his destiny would still have been there at that time, and the result might have been different."

"The current situation is the same. No one knows how long Yan Gong's destiny will last."

Back then, wasn't Zhiyao also high-spirited and full of hope in the world?

Today's Zhiyao is already a thing of the past.After several years, who still knows who Zhiyao is?

What if the delay is too long and a new generation of children of destiny is born in the world? What will Jiang Hua do then?What should Yancheng do?
Therefore, in Xun Kuang's view, delaying time is both beneficial and detrimental to Yancheng.

(End of this chapter)