Be a reckless man in the martial arts word game

Chapter 229 The Eternal Sinner
[Gesin’s words are too alarmist and almost negate the entire literary doctrine]

[You didn’t believe it directly, but you picked out several loopholes in his words and questioned them directly]

["Assuming that the imperial examination is as bad as you say, why is the filial piety I learned in my hometown different from here?"]

[Ge Xin let out a long sigh and said: "It was hundreds of years ago that the imperial examination questions were changed. During these hundreds of years, there was really a saint."]

["He is the eighth saint of the Confucian Temple, and is also known as the last literary saint."]

["It's just that this literary sage didn't come from Qizhou, but from a state in the south."]

["What makes people all over the world even more shocked is that he is the first saint to come from a noble family."]

[“It wasn’t until this literary sage came out of nowhere and published several shocking works that people discovered that his thoughts were actually those of the old literary tradition.”]

["He inherited some of the views of the previous saints, and also innovatively put forward some of his own views, but the only ones that were irrelevant were those that were tested in the imperial examination."]

["At that time, many people did not think highly of the old Wen Dao. When they heard the Wen Sage's explanations of some ancient books, they did not agree with them and often pointed at his nose and scolded him."]

["The literary sage did not explain much about this, but only borrowed a sentence from his predecessors to express his intention - 'Knowing that I have sinned against myself, it is only the Spring and Autumn Period'."]

[“The last literary sage did not take the imperial examination route, but instead recruited many disciples and traveled to various states to promote the old literary ways.”]

[“The most rebellious thing about him is that he doesn’t talk about teaching without distinction, but only recruits children from rich families and people with extraordinary talents.”]

["While he was alive, he was always criticized for this, but after his death, many people understood his intentions..."]

["All his disciples gave up the imperial examination and used their family's surplus money to open their own schools. They were given a lot of gimmicks to the outside world and had the opportunity to become the second generation disciples of the saint."]

["This kind of school is different from the one run by the court. It requires a lot of tuition. Poor people can't afford it, so they all go to the school run by the court. Therefore, most of the people who get started are children from rich families."]

["The first-generation disciples teach the true old culture, and the second-generation disciples also learn the old culture. When the second-generation disciples complete their studies, they can use the same method to recruit the third-generation disciples."]

["The old literary ways have been passed down from generation to generation, and the ideas of the last literary sages have been carried out by them from generation to generation to this day... Literature is for enlightenment, not for academic achievement."]

["Brother Sun's attire makes him look like he belongs to a rich family. I guess you will understand now, right?"]

[Not only did you understand, but you also found a new reason why you couldn’t pass the examination as a scholar - you worshiped the wrong person at the temple]

["No, even if I studied old literature, I shouldn't be unable to follow the literary path... I vaguely remember a gentleman telling me that if I study well, I will reach a high official position in the future."]

[Ge Xin said: "Of course, learning old literary ways does not mean that you will not be able to follow the literary path. Have you heard the words 'Zhongnan shortcut'?"]

[伱 nodded and said: "It is said that if you build a thatched cottage in Zhongnan Mountain and live for a few days, people from the imperial court will come to invite you. I always thought this was a fairy tale."]

["It really makes no sense to be invited by the court because they have done nothing. In fact... these people don't stay in the mountains all the time. They will submit their poems and articles to the families of officials. , strive for a 'recommended name'."]

["This is just one of the methods. There are other methods. After all, many people who learn old literature are very rich... money can make all the difference."]

["Your local bureaucrats in Yangzhou are the best at this. They are the ones who sell the 'Yuanwailang' stuff."]

["This is something that the last literary sage did not care about. Although he passed down the old literary ways, he also made the situation of officials protecting each other and selling their official titles more rampant."]

["Dayu allowed Qizhou to be a state within a country in order to raise saints in their place, revitalize the arts, and thus check and balance the martial arts."] ["But Brother Sun can also see that the martial arts of Dayu are now completely suppressed. According to the law, this shows that Qizhou has not accomplished this at all."]

[“Many people in Qizhou are panicking, and when they panic, they put crazy pressure on the students in Qizhou.”]

["They have no other way but the imperial examination."]

["The schools in Qizhou are divided into four levels. If you graduate from the highest level of 'A School', you can take a simulated admission in Qizhou."]

["The person with the best score in the examination can be called the number one scholar in Qizhou. The number one scholar in Qizhou can directly participate in the 'competition examination' and reach the sky in one step after leaving Qizhou."]

["I have a fellow countryman and classmate. I went to 'Mo Xue' and 'C Xue' with him. I did not take the 'B Xue' and 'A Xue' exams and left Qizhou."]

["He has been gifted since childhood. He knew a thousand words at the age of three, could compose poetry at the age of five, and memorized five books and nine classics at the age of seven."]

["His name is known to people from all over the country. He is called 'the noble son of a poor family'."]

["This noble son did not disappoint everyone. He walked up step by step and reached the top of Qizhou...the number one scholar."]

["I heard the news and rushed from the teacher's gate to congratulate him."]

["When I saw him again, he was already very different from the majestic and heroic young genius in my impression."]

["He put on the robe and the Confucian crown, and became the person he wanted to be when he was a child."]

["But he is indeed no longer a child. When he was just [-] years old, he was already hunched over and coughing non-stop."]

["His ink seems to be squeezed out from his hair. If it is squeezed out too much, it will all turn white."]

["He seemed to be mute too. He didn't say a word when he saw me. He just brought a jar of wine."]

["We drank until dawn. When I woke up, he had already left, leaving only a letter that asked me to leave Qizhou before opening it."]

["I never listen to him, so I opened it on the spot."]

["Despite this, I still couldn't stop him... When I arrived, it was already too late."]

["He demolished the Confucian Temple! Smashed the statue of the Eight Saints to pieces!"]

["He fled with a few things enshrined in the Confucian Temple and escaped from Qizhou."]

["In the letter, he told me that he was going to... abolish the imperial examination!"]

["Others don't know about this, but just the fact that he demolished the Confucian Temple is enough to be considered a sinner through the ages."]

["Many people want to kill him, but he has no power to restrain the chicken, so he can only rely on the sacrifices brought from the Confucian Temple."]

["Today's Wenqu Village should be built from one of these sacrifices."]

["If you want to get out, I have a way."]

(End of this chapter)