back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 304 Open your eyes to see the world
After Lu Chengqi finished speaking, everyone present fell silent and began to think about this question.Lu Chengqi himself realized that he had made a slip of the tongue.If the future history does not go as he said, or if the history of the West is the same as the history of the Central Plains, and it is all a history that Lu Chengqi is unfamiliar with, then how can what he said be accepted by these extremely smart Han people?
At this time, a prison student stood up, bowed to Lu Chengqi, and said, "Your Majesty, since the Western countries are so powerful, why don't they come over?"

Lu Chengqi was taken aback by his question, the hand holding the teacup couldn't help shaking, and said, "Good question!"

The prison student flinched in fright at Lu Chengqi's loud voice, but saw that Lu Chengqi also stood up excitedly, and said: "As for why they didn't come to attack our Central Plains, as far as I know, firstly, as I said earlier, their internal disputes continue. The second thing is that the journey is too far away. They can't even do logistics support well, so naturally they won't easily come to attack the Central Plains. The third and most important point is that they only know that we are a magical The kingdom is completely different from them. They don’t know everything about us. We can’t conflict, and we can maintain it completely by mutual mystery. When they study us thoroughly, or we study them thoroughly, Then conflicts will ensue."

The supervisor returned to his seat thoughtfully, and began to think quietly.And another prison student, who was obviously interested in this place in the far west, asked: "Your Majesty, you speak so vividly, have you ever been to their country?"

This kind of questioning was obviously slapping Lu Chengqi in the face.No matter before or after rebirth, Lu Chengqi never had the opportunity to go abroad, where has he been to Rome, Greece, or Egypt.When asked this question by the supervisor, Lu Chengqi quickly turned his head, thinking about how to answer.

"I'm afraid everyone here doesn't know that the businessmen who were looked down upon by the court have gone to sea and went to their country. As for me, I must have never been there. I also learned about these things through the Supervision Department. Yes By the way, there is another thing for Westerners, and that is religious fanaticism. I heard that they have a holy city, Jerusalem, which is the birthplace of their three major religions in the West. These three religions are Christianity, Judaism and Christianity **** religion. Their fanatical believers will listen to their pope's words, and then conquer the whole country. Their emperor is not even as good as a pope. As for the period, I don't know. My worry is, If their pope goes crazy and wants to conquer the whole country, then I, Dashun, will also be in big trouble."

Lu Chengqi's words undoubtedly portrayed Westerners as devils.All the supervisors present were shocked when they heard this.It seems incredible to them that the emperor's power is not as great as that of the pope, and they have a strong curiosity about these western countries in their hearts.

Lu Chengqi sighed and said: "I have always believed that the most intelligent race in the world is our descendants of the Yellow Emperor. We cultivate diligently, understand etiquette, learn poetry and books, and benefit all people. But that's exactly what we said, sailing against the current , If we don’t advance, we will retreat. Once we are at the top of the world, we will forget about it. We think that the world is invincible and close ourselves. Then others will become stronger. Let’s take Khitan as an example. The world is so powerful, the Liao Kingdom is afraid of our soldiers, and dare not cross the national line. But after Wenzong, the Liao people frequently committed crimes in the south, plundered my people, and robbed me of food. Why? It’s not that the enemy has become stronger, but It is us who have become weaker! I have heard a saying that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. It is most suitable to put it between countries. In order not to be bullied by others, you have to work hard to make yourself stronger. Only when you are so strong that others If we dare not even touch it, then our Dashun can truly defeat others without fighting. And our own strength is not sealed by ourselves, but compared with enemies or potential enemies. So why do I say , Confucianism will be surpassed if it stops moving forward? It’s not that our Chinese theories surpass Confucianism, but that Western theories surpass Confucianism! I don’t have many requirements. From now on, Confucianism must embrace all rivers and actively absorb other schools of thought. Strengths, to enrich oneself. The eyes of a saint can see thousands of years behind him. I am not a saint, so I can guess one or two. If Confucianism is not improved, the day of the destruction of the orthodoxy is not far away..."

When Lu Chengqi said this, what came to mind was the New Culture Movement more than 900 years later, the destruction of the four olds, etc., which knocked down Confucianism and demoted it to nothing.It was not until later that the Chinese people became sober that they slowly picked up the tradition.But the Confucian tradition, which has been interrupted for nearly a hundred years, is to be continued?This is also why the world has become more and more popular in later generations, gradually influenced by Western culture, and young people have fallen into depravity.This is all the consequence of the lack of traditional culture, this is the consequence of no longer believing in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism!
Why can the Chinese be called Chinese?It is not that we occupy the land of the Central Plains, nor is it inherited from our ancestors.But this culture has never been cut off.Lu Chengqi remembers that the later US President Nixon wrote a book "Victory Without Fighting in 1999". Victory without fighting turned out to be in Sun Tzu's Art of War.Americans all believe in Sun Tzu's Art of War, and turn their heads against the Chinese, isn't it sad?
What is winning without a fight?Nixon said that when one day young Chinese no longer believe in the teachings of their ancestors and their traditional culture, we Americans will win without a fight.Is it vicious, is it hateful, is it pathetic?But we can't help it, because we don't believe in our own Confucian culture, and we don't believe in the sage books handed down by our ancestors, it's what we deserve.

Lu Chengqi's words were originally from the bottom of his heart, and he never thought of scaremongering.But in this era when Confucianism is supreme, it seems like a heavy hammer has hit the hearts of these great Confucians and students, making them all start to reflect.

Lu Chengqi fell into memory. He is a witness of history and knows all kinds of strange phenomena in the society of later generations.But he couldn't say it clearly, he could only use this method to persuade these great Confucians to start thinking about where Confucianism should go.

After a long time, Zhang Zai came to his senses first, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty's words are simple and unpretentious, but they have profound meanings. Zi Hou bowed again. Your Majesty is a sage today, and he is not boasting like Zi Hou! Ordinary people, how could they Such a broad-mindedness? I will worship again when I receive a son!" Yes, when a ruler tells his subjects that the orthodoxy on which he rules is flawed, isn't it shocking enough?How much courage is needed to say this?

After finishing speaking, Zhang Zai bowed twice more, and continued: "It's just that Zihou doesn't understand that Confucianism is progressing, should we learn from Westerners?"

Lu Chengqi adopted a dialectical method and said: "The theories of Westerners naturally have their own unique features. It is best to absorb Confucianism. But my Central Plains culture is not limited to Confucianism? Guanzi, Laozi, Han Feizi, Mozi, Gongshuban, Guiguzi... Which one of these sages' theories is not the best in the world? If Confucianism can be mastered, it will take millions of years, and our Central Plains culture will not be cut off!"

Speaking of this, Lu Chengqi stood up, waved his arms vigorously, and said eloquently: "What I said today can be summed up in five words, 'open your eyes to see the world'! This world does not only refer to me in the Central Plains, It is all places outside the Central Plains!"

Speaking of this, Lu Chengqi's ambition was fully revealed.But his arrogance infected everyone present.Even Li Ran, who looked at Lu Chengqi disliked from all sides, felt for the first time that he was not as good as this little emperor.

(End of this chapter)