Chapter 477: The world’s best talents are at my service!
The drums sounded and it was all over.
Liu Xiang clenched his fists tightly. In the debate in the academy, one word could determine life and death. It was not just about the life and death of one person, but the life and death and future of an entire school of thought.
He seized an opportunity and picked on a stupid Confucian scholar. The key was not winning or losing, but expressing his own views.
The Legalists, no, the Criminal Law School overshadowed the Confucianists, and they just enjoyed watching the other schools.
Although I know that this is just an accident, the Confucian school is a big family with great power, and it is not so easy to overthrow it, but at least it is a good trend.
For the Hundred Schools of Thought, suppressing the Legalists was easy, just like eating and sleeping. They would do it whenever they wanted. If they really meant it from the bottom of their hearts, they still wanted the Confucians to die.
The Confucian school basically defeated all other schools of thought by using quality education and adopting the principle of taking what is available.
One's own failure is certainly distressing, but the success of Confucianism is even more unbearable.
In a word, the world has suffered from Confucianism for a long time!
Scholar Dong Ru curled his lips and thought to himself that they were indeed a group of people with poor fighting ability. They studied the classics every day, but were easily defeated. Only I, Dong Ru, can carry the banner of Confucianism.
The Mencius scholars were also secretly happy. Mencius had a very high status in Confucianism, but Mencius was an outlier in Confucianism. Mencius was severely hit in the Qin Dynasty. The main reason was his stubbornness and the frame-up and betrayal by certain factions of Confucianism. Therefore, they had always been at odds with each other.
"Record the victory for Liu Zizheng."
Luo Sheng announced the result impartially, and then said to Liu Xiang with a pleasant face: "Since it is the first time to establish your clan, the world is bound to have misunderstandings about your clan. If you can explain it here, it will surely reduce many concerns."
This was Luo Sheng's test for Liu Xiang, to see if he was really creating something new. This speech was certainly not a long speech, but a presentation of the program. Every school of thought has its own core.
Liu Xiang's speech ended very quickly. The three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Mohism all glared at him after listening to it. They said, "You are so good, Liu Zizheng, you are just plagiarizing, right? It's covered with the skin of criminal law, but inside it is the essence of justice of Confucianism, Mohism and Taoism."
Liu Xiang didn't care. All the schools of thought copied each other. How could the eldest brother make progress without teaching the second brother? Without absorbing the essence of other schools, how could he make progress?
Academic disputes usually involve copying other people's books, snatching away other people's talents, and then destroying other people's books secretly or openly. This is a simple and unpretentious approach.
Luo Sheng was very satisfied when he heard this and praised: "Our ancestor King Su once said that there are three thousand great ways in this world. If you can obtain all of them, you can achieve the ultimate kingly way.
Now the world has found a righteous path again, which is a blessing for the world.
In time, perhaps there will be another sage in the Temple of the Sons who is worthy of being called a son?
You should celebrate, and celebrate for the whole world."
So everyone started celebrating spontaneously. Hearing the reluctant voices coming from all around, Liu Xiang closed his eyes slightly and forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart.
Done!
Alive!
After leaving the school, he survived alone for several years. He used all his connections to enter the royal storage room, where he read some ancient books and confirmed his own ideas.
Through so many unbearable summers and so many bitter winters, the energy in my heart supported me. Until this moment, it’s all worth it!
It was indeed the right decision to come to Zhaocheng!
The next step is to gain fame in this great debate, so that the criminal lawyers can be listed in the list. The ultimate pursuit is to enter the temple of philosophers, even if it is as a sage of Confucianism, Taoism or Legalism!
When he opened his eyes, he saw Zhao Gong Luo Sheng looking at him calmly, with countless meanings in his eyes. Liu Xiang bowed deeply, then returned to his seat with his legs and feet floating, and sat down heavily, feeling relieved.
The people sent by the royal family whispered to each other, "Is Liu Zizheng a relative of the Han royal family?"
"A genuine relative of the Han Dynasty, a descendant of King Ping of Han. His ancestors lost their marquisate and became idle relatives."
"Your Majesty said that he wanted to revitalize the royal family. Liu Zizheng is talented and not an ordinary person. He is also weak and powerless. If we can recommend him to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will be happy. The country will have a talented person, and he will certainly be grateful for our kindness. This is a three-pronged approach."
The other person nodded in understanding, "After leaving the academy today, invite Liu Zizheng to drink and test his attitude. Recommending someone will bring responsibility, so be careful."
The first test battle came to an end, and everyone looked at Zhao Gongsheng who was sitting at the first seat. This was the battle of Luo's Academy, which lasted only a short time.
A school of thought was born!
It was just a negligence of the Confucian school that led to the disunity within the school, which led to this result.
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"What else do you have to say?"
The Confucian disciple looked coldly at the person opposite him, who was a disciple of the Huang family, and said angrily: "The big bully the small, the many bully the few, is this the Confucian style?"
He was really frustrated. There were six people on the opposite side fighting against him alone. His own problems were easily solved, but when the other side's problems were thrown at him, he was simply too late!
Whose mind works so fast?
If he had that ability, he would have called himself a son long ago.
“Wrong!
The disciple is better than the master, and the ice water is colder than water. Does that mean the older ones are definitely better than the younger ones?
When Mencius surpassed all the other sages in the academy, he was only twenty years old!
Our Confucian school places the utmost emphasis on respecting teachers and honoring learning. Even we know this principle. It is really lamentable that you, a disciple of the Huang-Lao school, do not know it.
As for using the majority to bully the minority, it is even more ridiculous. One person makes a human being, three people make a crowd, and only with unity can we overcome difficulties.
When the Hu people attack, will you fight alone?
Did you go forward alone when the dam collapsed?
King Wu of Zhou convened a meeting to unify the world, and the tyrant King Zhou of Shang was executed.
The Ji-Jiang alliance had established the Zhou state for a thousand years, but the alliance between Qin and Chu thus broke through the Central Plains.
Recently, Emperor Gaozu united the heroes of the world to defeat King Xiang, and more recently, the princes of the Guandong region united as one to quell the rebellion.
Is there anyone in this world who doesn’t know how to unite friends and family to accomplish great things?
Do you think that you are the King and the Emperor and that you can defeat an entire country alone?
I will teach you this truth today. When you see me in the future, remember to call me teacher. This is really a rotten tree that cannot be carved!"
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Huang Lao's disciple's hair and beard all stood up, he was so angry that he didn't know what to say. This was why he hated Confucianism. No matter how shameless something was, he could speak out with righteous words and always be invincible.
What’s even more infuriating is that Confucians like to hear words that make sense both positively and negatively, and then they strike back, making it impossible for others to refute them.
He gasped for breath and wanted to have a life-and-death battle with the scholar opposite him countless times, but when he closed his eyes, he saw his own end.
Not well-trained!
He hated himself. Laozi, the great Taoist sage, had suppressed the world and set a precedent for outsiders to serve as chief priests in the Luo's Academy. Even Confucius praised the ancestor as a dragon. Such a legendary figure had ended up like this because of the incompetence of his descendants!
The Luo family members were also discussing the debates.
"Master, the schools other than Confucianism are better than expected, but the loss of talent is still quite large, and there are too many talented people in Confucianism."
The overall situation is naturally that the Confucian school is suppressing the others. It has an absolute advantage in terms of numbers alone. The Confucian school has gradually shifted to a parallel inheritance model of Confucian classics families and schools. This model will not work in the later period, but it can promote a talent surge in the early period. By accepting a core disciple, the number of Confucian scholars will split into one family. What can other schools use to fight?
Another Luo clan member sighed, "Confucian schools have even started fighting among themselves."
Luo Sheng shook his head and said, "Internal fighting? A fight to the death!
The hatred between the various Confucian sects is so great that even the families cannot bridge the gap.”
Only a long period of time can dilute hatred, but if both sides continue to create new hatreds during this long period of time, it will become a lifelong feud.
For example, Meng Ru and Yan Shi are from the same lineage!
During the Qin Dynasty, Yan Shi betrayed Meng Ru and almost caused his extinction. Later, Meng Ru recovered and beat Yan Shi half to death. When Jia Yi was prime minister, even the Legalists of Qin and Jin had people serving in the court, but Yan Shi was directly driven to the most remote city. This was because Jia Yi was relatively upright and was unwilling to execute someone without guilt. If he were a narrow-minded person, Yan Shi would have waited in line to die.
Luo Sheng was watching the debates when a Luo clan member hurried over and said, "Brother, the emperor has sent another envoy."
Luo Sheng glanced at the imperial envoys wandering around the hall, a little puzzled, and said thoughtfully: "Bring him in to the back hall."
After the imperial envoy entered, he bowed with great respect and then said directly: "Respectfully inform the Lord, Your Majesty sent foreign officials to Zhaocheng to celebrate the great thesis of the Imperial Academy.
Your Majesty said: As a king, it is not qualified to let the country's talents be lost in the fields. It is also incompetent to know where there are talents but not seek them. The Luo Academy gathers talents from all over the world, and I believe that the talents who can govern the country and maintain peace are among them.
Your Majesty hopes to record the results of the various schools so that the court can know the talents of the world, and then treat them with high positions and noble titles. Ten thousand miles of land and fifty million people can fully display their wisdom. "
Luo Sheng was silent for a moment after hearing this, then he looked up at Chang'an and thought to himself, "Is this what God loves? After experiencing the Li Emperor, he immediately became an outstanding king."
In Chang'an, Liu Bingyi also looked at Zhaocheng. He put his hands behind his back and smiled softly, "The talents of the world should be used by me. This is the way of being a king.
My heart is as broad as mountains and streams. Those who want to see me in opposition to the Luo family may be disappointed. Duke Zhao is a guest of the Han Dynasty, but he is a subject of the Xia people.
Being hostile to one's own subjects, regarding them as threats, and not hesitating to sacrifice overall strength to protect the throne, it was possible to do so a thousand years ago, but now it can only lead to the destruction of the country, just like Emperor Li.
Especially doubting the Luo family, that is not prudent, but stupid, and they don’t even understand the source of the Luo family’s reputation.
Besides, you talk too much. Who is behind this? "
Liu Bingyi turned around and looked at the eunuch next to him, with murderous intent in his eyes.
"Your Majesty, minister..."
Before the eunuch could say anything, a group of soldiers came to the hall and took him away.
(End of this chapter)
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