As the words fell, an old man with white beards and white robe appeared in the gate.
The old man has a kind face and amiable appearance. Although he is not a practitioner, he has a sense of being close to the way of heaven, which makes people feel new.
Moreover, the old man has the ultimate elegance of elegance, and every move is in line with the way of heaven, giving people a very comfortable feeling.
This was the first time Long Chen saw such a person, and he couldn't help but feel admiration. He clasped his fists and said:
"Boy Long Chen has met senior, but I don't know what he calls senior?"
"You are polite, I must not take the word "sen" as a senior. Learning is endless, and those who are good at it will be their teacher.
Your knowledge is more advanced than anyone in our Confucius Institute, and has a wide range of knowledge, so we can't compare it to you.
I was ashamed of being one of the three great masters of the Confucius Institute. I was dismissed as Yang, whose courtesy name was Ziqian, and I had met the imperial envoy." The old man performed a scholarly etiquette.
"Senior is humble and polite, his eyes are as pure as water, calm and unwavering as a wave, as bright as a mirror. Long Chen admires it very much.
Unlike Master Sun, who is still a public intellectual? It seems that he doesn't know anything about the world, he is arrogant and domineering.
Before I came, I always thought that the Confucius Courtyard was full of smoke from top to bottom. Now it seems that I, Long Chen, have become shallow and should not have knocked down a boat of people with one stone." Long Chen said.
"The imperial envoy praised me for being incompetent, the Confucius Courtyard is in chaos and the writing style is not upright, and I have an unshirkable responsibility.
Zhuque treated Confucius's courtyard so well, and his intention was profound. The so-called copper as a mirror can correct his clothes; history as a mirror can help him know the rise and fall; people as a mirror can understand the gains and losses.
Zhuque treated Confucius's courtyard well, so he used martial arts as a mirror and literature as a mirror, illuminating the way ahead.
Learn from the mind and understand the spirit, and understand the literary principles, so as to seek righteousness without evil, be aware without confusion, and be pure without contamination.
Confucius Garden is a mirror for the Vermilion Bird practitioner, but now there are too many stains on this mirror and too thick dust. It is no longer the mirror that Vermilion Bird wants." The old man couldn't help but sigh.
Long Chen suddenly understood. The old man of love understood everything, and it seemed that everything was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.
"If there is a stain on the mirror, the stain on the mirror should be cleaned. Do you think so?" Long Chen smiled.
"Of course, I just don't know what the cleanliness in the adults' mouth means?" the old man asked back.
"Of course it's spotless." Long Chen said without hesitation.
"But what if it is spotless? The mirror is a mirror after all. As long as it is used, dust will eventually fall on it." The old man said tentatively.
Long Chen looked at the old man and said, "Only after I wiped it cleanly, I realized that this mirror was still the original mirror."
What Zhuque wants is a mirror that can reflect people. If the mirror itself is fine, it can still be used if it removes dust.
If the mirror has been corroded by stains and cannot be saved by wiping, then I believe that Zhuque should consider changing the mirror. What do you think?" Long Chen looked at the old man and said.
The old man said with a sad expression: "Can't you give them some opportunities? No one can do without mistakes?"
"Sorry, the opportunity was not given by others, but by myself. Your Majesty knows more than anyone else what the Confucius Institute has done over the years.
I believe you, seniors, know that the state has national laws and family rules. This time, they must bear the mistakes they make.
However, if the mirror is still the same, I would consider wiping the mirror and covering it with a layer of cloth, which is also my biggest concession." Long Chen said with a serious face.
Long Chen knew that the Confucius Courtyard had long caused dissatisfaction with the Empire over the years, but the Empire had always endured them.
The empire's forbearance made this group of pretentious scholars become more lawless.
Long Chen didn't need to think about criticizing the government, mocking the warriors, commenting on colleagues in the authorities, and going to be licking dogs from other countries. Long Chen knew that there must be spies in the Confucius Courtyard who were bribed by other countries, deliberately inciting hatred and interfering with the development of the empire.
At first, Long Chen didn't understand why the Vermilion Bird Empire would tolerate such a group of idiots, but after this state banquet, Long Chen understood that feelings were all for others to see.
The Suzaku Empire endured for so many years, and finally stopped to bear it and began to show its fangs. The first step for the Suzaku explosion was to clean up these idiots who didn't know how high the sky was.
Long Chen promised to give the Confucius Courtyard a fig leaf, which means that the Confucius Courtyard will do it by itself. If Long Chen asked him to do it, then the Confucius Courtyard will not be necessary.
The old man pondered for a long time, but Long Chen didn't say anything, standing here expressionlessly, just waiting for the old man to say something. After a while, the old man sighed helplessly and said:
"If you have any help from the Emperor, the Emperor will cleanse yourself and give His Majesty a satisfactory reply."
Long Chen nodded, said nothing, and turned around and left. He knew that Yu Xiaoyun sent him to prevent the old man from making trouble with him. When Long Chen came, he would not give him any room to bargain.
To put it bluntly, this bad guy Long Chen did it. After this, the Confucius Courtyard was still the Confucius Courtyard, and His Majesty was still the wise His Majesty. Even if it was not a human work inside and outside, Long Chen did it.
Long Chen had just left the Confucius Courtyard, and a news that shocked the entire Suzaku Empire came: The Confucius Courtyard began to conduct internal investigations, and even Master Sun was implicated and locked up in a cell.
At the same time, what shocked countless people was that most of the students in the Confucius Courtyard had acted as a treason, accepted bribes from the empire, spread negative remarks, and shook the foundation of the empire.
What is most unbelievable is that almost 90% of the Hanlin students in the Hanlin Academy, the highest college under the Confucius Institute, came in through relationships and fraud.
The fat white Hanlin bachelor who had a conflict with Long Chen was arrested as a typical example, tortured and arrested a series of masterminds behind it.
This time, the disciples of the Confucius Court made a mistake and no longer used the rules of the Confucius Court, but used imperial laws to sentence them.
As a result, on the execution ground, countless scholars cried and wailed, and the once glorious scholars were ruthlessly executed.
In addition to the scholars who colluded with the enemy and treason, many scholars were not clean behind their backs. The literati were flirting with each other and framed each other, even more thrilling and sinister and darker than the life-and-death struggles of warriors.
In order to seize a concubine, some people even poisoned the other party's entire family to death. They used public service to private affairs and conspired to frame the other party and used their power to kill him.
When all kinds of dark means were announced, even the practitioners felt their scalp numb. These people were too cruel. The blood-stained knife was not scary. What was scary was the kind of knife that could not be seen but could not be seen or touched.
The execution was executed for seven days and seven nights in a row. Hundreds of thousands of scholars were killed and millions of scholars were exiled to the wilderness. Although they were not guilty of death, according to the punishments of civilians, after being exiled, they were unable to survive, which was no different from the death penalty.
Only some people with less sentences were imprisoned. The Great Purge of the Confucius Courtyard washed away 90% of the scholars in an instant. This big event shocked the entire Suzaku Empire and was also recorded in history.
It is recorded in history that this bloody cleaning was from beginning to end because of a man in black named Long Chen. Long Chen almost vomited blood after receiving this news. Is it because I was so damn bad?
Chapter completed!