Chapter 474: The struggle is to move forward by stepping on the corpses of your opponents!
Zhaocheng is baring its fangs towards all the schools in the world!
The last time Luo family interfered with academic research was when Dong Zhongshu, that unconventional genius, created the Dong's Spring and Autumn Annals.
Over a hundred years have passed since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and the academic world has developed very differently. In the chaos at the end of Emperor Liu Dan's reign, many classics were lost and destroyed in the war, which made Luo feel very sad.
Moreover, the Luo family has never stopped studying the classics for hundreds of years. It is time to verify each other and then harvest some wisdom. There are many talented people in this world with broad knowledge. They can see how their perspectives differ from those of the Luo family.
As soon as Zhaocheng was opened, people from all over the world flocked to it. Luo Sheng was very satisfied with the current grand occasion.
This represents the Luo family's voice and potential prestige among the hundreds of families. The impact caused by the Chang'an Taixue Palace is not big enough.
People's hearts are still with the Luo family!
"The Spring and Autumn Confucian has arrived!"
Unlike other Confucian schools, the Spring and Autumn Confucianism, as the most prominent faction in the world, had great internal divisions.
Especially after those factions with a long history were defeated by Dong Zhongshu, who came from an unconventional background, they felt deeply ashamed and their attacks on each other even exceeded those on other theories.
This fully demonstrates what it means that heretics are more hateful than pagans!
The caravans of Dong's Chunqiu and Zuo's Chunqiu met in front of the Zhaocheng gate. Neither was willing to give way, so they confronted each other.
“Get out of the way!”
Dong Shiru shouted loudly, not taking Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals seriously at all. In Dong Shiru's eyes, Zuo's Confucianism was just a small sect that followed them to eat leftovers.
Without the Dong family, there would be no Spring and Autumn Confucianists’ current prominent status!
Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals considers itself to be ancient. Apart from Luo's and Kong's, Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals is the most ancient collection of commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals in the world. It has a complete inheritance genealogy and a thick explanation of the classics. How can it be compared with Dong's, who changed his career halfway through?
It's a complete joke that the entire Dong family can't find two meanings of the scriptures.
"So what if I don't allow you to do that?"
Zuo Shiru retorted with a sneer on his face.
Seeing this, Dong Ru drew out his sword and shouted, "The ancients said that one should convince others with reason. Please draw your sword. If you can survive my sword, I will make way for you today."
Seeing the sword shining with cold light, Zuo Shiru felt his scalp tingling.
The Confucians in this world are basically strong in military power, but lunatics like Dong Shiru are still rare. It is clearly a confrontation between Confucian scholars, but it feels like facing illiterate soldiers.
"Do you think this is Chang'an?
Open your eyes and look, this is Zhaocheng. Do you want to bleed five steps before Zhaocheng?"
As soon as Zuo Ru's words came out, Dong Ru felt something was wrong.
“Tap, tap, tap.”
Loud sound of horse hooves was heard, and everyone looked up, and saw a group of knights arriving in front of them. The brave warrior in the lead just looked around, and everyone felt a chill, as if there was a bloody smell coming from these soldiers.
Since the Luo family opened up the Western Regions, the frequency of their military operations has greatly increased. Fortunately, the emergence of the Temple Army can share the pressure with the Warriors. In the Jingnan Campaign, the Warriors also undertook a lot of tasks.
Every brave warrior can be described as a killer. These Confucian scholars are very courageous to be able to stand in front of the brave warriors.
The brave warrior in the lead rode on the tall Dawan Tianma and looked down at everyone, saying in a deep voice: "This is a strategic location in Zhaocheng, no weapons are allowed, and anyone who violates this rule will be killed without mercy."
He is telling the truth!
This was everyone's heartfelt feeling, and they quickly put away their swords. They could still distinguish between a duel and committing suicide.
This is not cowardice.
Seeing that the Confucian scholars were very obedient, the brave warriors also restrained their murderous intent.
The leading warrior nodded in satisfaction and said, "You are all great scholars. You should be more polite and use your tongue as a sword and reason as a blade. It is better to brandish swords and guns on the battlefield."
The brave warrior lifted up his visor, and everyone discovered that it was a man they had never seen before, a member of the Luo family, with a handsome face and a strong build.
They were all shocked. As expected, they had seen more Luo's descendants after arriving in Zhaocheng. The only Luo's descendants that people in the world had seen were Luo Shi, the unparalleled Marquis of the Western Regions, Luo Si, the Marquis of Ying, and Luo Sheng, the son of Zhao. They didn't expect to see a Luo's descendant with the holy mark as soon as they arrived in Zhaocheng.
It really is a holy city!
"Hello, sir."
Luo turned his horse around and said in a loud voice, "Please come in, everyone. If you are any later, the inns in Zhaocheng will be full."
The tension between Dong's Confucianism and Zuo's Confucianism is just a microcosm of the fact that academic struggles are extremely cruel.
If the Luo family had not existed, these people would have not only talked about it, but would have used force to physically eliminate them.
The Luo family's inn was also filled with the flashing of swords and the shadow of sabers. The sharpest weapon in the world was not the sword, but the mouth of a scholar.
…
The atmosphere in Luo’s Inn was very solemn.
"Dong Cheng!"
A rather young scholar shouted with a ferocious face: "My brother died because of you. I will remember this grudge. I will never reconcile with you in this life."
Dong Cheng snorted coldly when he heard this: "You can't even stand a few words, so you should stay at home obediently. How dare you come to the holy land of Zhaocheng? When the academy opens and thousands of people debate, it will still be a dead end. You actually died in the inn. It's really unlucky."
These words were extremely cold. The young scholar drew his sword on the spot and was about to rush forward to kill Dong Cheng and avenge his brother, but he was stopped by his fellow disciples.
"Xiaojiu, you must hold it in, this is Zhaocheng, this is Zhaocheng!"
The young scholar said with tears streaming down his face, "My senior brother has been very kind to me, but now he is being forced to death by the evil villain Dong Cheng. If I cannot avenge him, I will have lived in vain in this world.
Dong Cheng, you evil villain, do you dare to fight me to the death? When the academy is open, Luo will be the master. I will debate with you, and the winner will live and the loser will die!"
As he said this, he threw the sword in his hand between the two men. The quarrel between the two attracted everyone in the inn. The corridors and halls on the first and second floors were full of people.
Watching the fun is everyone's hobby. Faced with this good show, no matter which school of thought they are from, they all joined in the fun. This kind of challenge can be ignored.
After all, people are good at different things. For example, Han Fei and Mencius both have high theoretical levels and are equally good. However, if Han Fei and Mencius were to debate, Han Fei would always lose.
If Mencius and Han Fei fought to the death, wouldn't that be bullying Han Fei?
Dong Cheng was able to force a man to death with words, so he was obviously a silver coin. Although he was very confident, he still refused the life-and-death fight initiated by the young scholar calmly, saying, "I am a few years older than you. Even if I win, I am afraid it will be an unfair victory.
Besides, you are still so young and there are countless possibilities in the future. I am a person who cherishes talent and don’t want to see you lose in a life-and-death battle.
"What you said today is just an angry remark. I won't argue with you. Please go back. I am not a street performer or a wild animal in a cage. What is there to see?"
Everyone was quite bored to see that Dong Cheng could calmly deal with so many people's jeers. They just wanted to see a river of blood.
So they left one after another, or went to fight with the schools of thought they disliked, hoping to force some of them to death.
The young scholar was so angry at Dong Cheng's all-purpose speech that he vomited blood and was forcibly taken away by his fellow apprentices. However, the fierce light in his eyes made Dong Cheng alert.
“He’s such a nuisance. Looks like we’ll have to find someone to get rid of him once we leave Zhaocheng.
well.
His senior brother committed suicide. What does it have to do with me?
It was such an unexpected disaster."
Dong Cheng felt very wronged. It was just an argument for a few minutes, but it ended up like this.
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Luo Palace.
Luo Sheng had been keeping abreast of the dynamics between the various families, and then he once again heard some rather troubling news, "Master, another scholar committed suicide in the inn last night. These scholars are so sharp-tongued. Do we need to control them?"
From the word "again", we can tell that this is not the first case of a scholar committing suicide.
Although Zhaocheng cannot kill people, he can destroy their hearts, especially since people in this era have too strong a sense of honor and disgrace.
In just ten days, seven scholars committed suicide in the inn. If this continues, more people will commit suicide.
Even Luo couldn't stop this situation. When his defense failed, he committed suicide to apologize. This is human freedom.
Luo Sheng shook his head and said, "The struggle among the great ways is so tragic. The struggle among the hundreds of families recorded in the family history books is not inferior to the struggle among the countries.
There were hundreds of schools in the past, how many are still there today?
The struggle for the great way is not gentle and graceful, nor is it about courtesy, frugality and modesty, but a naked life-and-death struggle, a destruction of one school of thought by another both physically and spiritually.
How can one gain the wisdom gained through hard work without experiencing such tragedy?
The family has been heavily involved, otherwise the Mohist school would have completely disappeared long ago.
As long as they don’t resort to tricks and don’t interfere in disputes over principles, just let them do what they want.”
Luo Sheng's words sound a bit cruel, but this is the fact. Even Meng Ru, who was taken care of by Luo Sheng, almost encountered a devastating crisis during the Qin Dynasty.
This is an academic dispute!
What Luo tried his best to maintain was fighting without breaking, that is, trying to reason instead of resorting to force.
For example, one faction controls the imperial court and then uses state power to directly kill other schools.
This definitely won’t work!
Luo Sheng temporarily put aside the increasingly fierce struggle and asked, "How many families have arrived in Zhaocheng now?"
Luo replied, "Master, all the major sects have already arrived. Even some old guys from the Lao and Zhuang sects have come. They even had a dispute with the Huang-Lao sect yesterday.
They accused each other of heresy.
The immortals and alchemists also entered Zhaocheng, but these people were so mysterious that the Confucians basically ignored them. On the contrary, the Laozi and Zhuangzi schools had a pleasant conversation with these people.
There are dozens of Confucian families that have inherited and practiced various classics, with almost no omissions.
The people from Qi Fa and the Three Jin Legalists arrived.
The Legalists of the Three Jins are being attacked by all.”
Luo Sheng said thoughtfully: "It seems that it is time."
(End of this chapter)
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