Four hundred and twentieth chapters avenue of Yin and Yang
"Without the order of Master Meng, Xun Kuang would not have gone to Jixia Academy to hold the ceremony."
"That's what senior brother said, then give Fu Nian ten years. Within ten years, no matter whether he can unify Confucianism or not, after ten years, Xun Kuang will no longer interfere in important Confucian affairs."
The positions of the three chief ministers of Confucianism naturally make countless Confucian scholars excited. However, the positions of the three chief ministers have always been assigned to each one. There must be one from Meng Ke's lineage, and there must be one from each lineage of the ancestors.
The head of the family, Duzi, allowed himself to be in charge of Confucianism, which was tantamount to putting himself on the fire. What he learned and practiced were completely different from those of Confucius and Mencius. Few people in Confucianism could be friends with him.
However, after all, I was still a disciple of Confucianism. I pondered for a few breaths and gave Gongduzi a definite answer. I thought that this could also block the opinions of other branches of Confucianism.
"Thank you, Junior Brother Xun Kuang!"
Gongduzi was overjoyed, but with the calamity on his face, there was only so much he could do, and for decades, the junior brother in front of him had never let him down.
"We are all disciples of Confucianism, why are you like this, senior brother?"
Xun Kuang shook his head, took the boiling kettle on one side again, and filled it with tea. The cool breeze swept across, the warm air flow swirled, the mist loomed, the bamboo forest swayed, and the grand scene was hidden among the mountains and rivers, a paradise.
The spout tilted, and a stream of hot water fell accurately into the warm jade lamp. The patches of emerald green became more crystal clear, rising and falling continuously, describing the wonders and unpredictable events of the world.
"Junior brother, your talent far exceeds mine. My master said back then that if there is anyone among the Confucian descendants who can be a pillar of support, he should be my junior brother!"
"It's just that for decades, junior brother, what you have learned involves hundreds of schools of thought, but you rarely touch on the way of the ancestors and masters. Taoism has a saying that all roads lead to the same goal. Whether human nature is inherently good or human nature is evil, it is Yin and Yang.
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"After a visit to the Academy, I learned the wonderful principles of the inner saint and the outer king. My realm was transformed, and I was forged in the awe-inspiring realm. Before this calamity, I would have to break through the profound entrance. If I encounter this calamity, the opportunity cannot be lost in vain."
"Junior brother, you and I have the same origin, so I offend you!"
With a wave of his hand, the warm jade tea cup fell on his hand. Feeling the warmth of the tea cup, he stared at the green leaves with a pair of twinkling eyes for a long time, took a sip and placed it on the table.
As soon as he thought of it, the pure white mysterious light spread all over his body, exhaling endlessly, and an extremely vast force swept out. Gongduzi intertwined his hands and bowed down ceremoniously. The mysterious light above his head was condensed, and a pure white bamboo slip appeared.
That is the principle inherited from the ancestors of Confucianism. According to the seeds of the principle condensed in the treasure "Spring and Autumn", as long as you condense the seeds of the principle, you can step into enlightenment and return, with strong power surging in your body.
Before Xun Kuang, who was in front of him, hesitated, he pointed his finger, and a scroll of even ancient bamboo slips flew out of his arms and automatically floated above Xun Kuang's head. The seeds of Gongduzi's principles shook and sealed the void in all directions.
Immediately afterwards, another palm strike went straight into Xun Kuang's eyebrows, and the old words fell. Immediately, mysterious and mysterious, wonderful and wonderful Taoist rhymes spread from Gong Duzi's body to Xun Kuang's body.
Infiltrate his spiritual consciousness, immerse his body, immerse his body up and down, completely submerge him!
The sudden movement made Xun Kuang unable to move at all before he could react. He could only watch as the leader Gong Duzi gathered the sage principles of the Inner Saint and the Outer King into the seed and submerged it into his body.
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Wearing light armor, they quietly rode out from Linzi and headed straight for the Langya land in the southeast of Qi State.
All the way to the east, there are fewer and fewer cities that can be seen. Although the land of Qi State is close to the sea, even the sea area is divided into internal and external areas. To the north of Qi State, across a bend of sea, you can see Yan State in the distance.
That sea area is in a depression, so it has calm waves and is quite suitable for fishing, hunting and salt fields. However, the sea area in the southeast of Qi State faces the endless ocean with endless waves. Every day, there are huge waves hitting the shore.
If you build cities there, build fishing and hunting places, and collect salt mines, you will undoubtedly be asking for trouble. Therefore, with Linzi as the boundary, there are many cities to the north, many cities to the west, and relatively few to the east and south.
few.
Not so. Decades ago, Yan State led the armies of the five countries and almost destroyed Qi State. Only two cities were left, one was Ju City and the other was Jimo. Ju City was located in the south of Qi State, close to Chu State, and Jimo was located in the east.
The sides of hills and valleys are not core places.
"Uncle Master, why didn't King Le Yi of the Chang Kingdom of the Yan Kingdom directly destroy the Qi Kingdom, but left two cities behind, so that later the Qi Kingdom Tiandan attacked and not only restored the country, but also severely damaged the Yan Kingdom?"
A group of four people rode high-headed horses across the land of Qi. They originally wanted to go directly from Linzi to the land of Langya Sanghai, but when they crossed the Weishui River, they looked at each other across the sky and saw the city of Jimo to the east.
, only a few hundred miles.
After a little consideration, the four of them turned slightly and headed towards the Jimo City. This city is quite legendary. Decades ago, it was one of the only two remaining cities in the Qi Kingdom, which is enough to leave its name in the history books.
Zhou Qing held the reins and walked in front. Yan Lingji, dressed in a fiery red brocade robe, was at his side. Xiao Ling and Xiao Yi followed closely. After many days, Xiao Yi's injuries have long been recovered, and her energy and energy have returned to their peak.
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Along the way, the people in Qi State were not living the same life as those west of Weishui. The terrain was constantly undulating, with mountains and hills, rare plains, crisscrossing rivers, rare farmland, and abundant fishing and hunting.
It was midsummer, and the men and women, who were only covered in linen clothes, were hunting by the river and planting grains in the relatively wide valleys. Qi's ruling power here was limited, but it seemed that everyone was living a good life.
Comfortable.
"Hahaha, because that is the country of Yan!"
"As a vassal state with the surname Ji that has been inherited for 800 years, it is the only vassal state among the seven existing war states of Xia that adheres to the benevolence and virtue of the three generations of saint kings. It is not surprising that it has done this."
"The State of Yan is the fiefdom of Duke Zhao of the Zhou Dynasty. In the past, Duke Zhao and Duke Zhou worked together to forge the benevolent and virtuous kingship of the Zhou Dynasty. The Yan State has naturally inherited this so-called benevolence and kingship!"
Speaking of King Yan Zhao's attack on Qi decades ago, with the strength of the five-nation coalition at that time, it was easy to defeat Qi. However, after conquering more than 70 cities in Qi in an instant, only the two cities of Jimo were left untouched.
For this reason, Le Yi personally dismissed the five-nation allied forces and led his troops to besiege the two cities of Jimo. As a result, five years later, Qi State had a field. In addition, King Yan Zhao died and King Yan Hui succeeded to the throne. Qi State not only
It was not destroyed and the counterattack was strong.
"Even if the country is destroyed and the army is strong and domineering, sir, it seems that the influence of those Confucian scholars is really not small."
Hearing Zhou Qinglang's laughing words, Yan Lingji, who was riding a horse beside her, spoke softly. She had stayed in the Yan Kingdom for more than a year, so she naturally knew about the battle between the Yan Kingdom and the Qi Dynasty decades ago.
Moreover, if you really think about it, among the eight hundred years of inheritance of the Yan Kingdom, this is the only incident that left the name of the Xia. Apart from this, among the Xia, the only name of the Yan Kingdom was heard. But without the power of Yan State.
"If you deny yourself and return to etiquette, the world will return to benevolence."
"In the Warring States Period, when Le Yi had an absolute advantage, he did not completely eliminate the threat of Qi, and trapped the two cities of Jimo with troops. He pursued the so-called kingly and benevolent policy in order to make the people of Qi return to their hearts. What a fallacy."
"There is a saying from a Confucian scholar: I want to conquer Qi to show the justice of King Yan. This army is not used for profit! Besiege the city and do no harm to the people. This benevolence is based on far and near! The whole country does not seek merit, and does not use force to eliminate violence. This supreme virtue is universal in the world!"
"If Qin had been practicing benevolence and virtue for hundreds of years, how could it be as strong as it is today?"
The kingly government inherited by the Yan Kingdom is quite consistent with the benevolent government promoted by Confucianism. After all, eight hundred years ago, Duke Zhao and Duke Zhou worked together to create the great cause of prosperity, establish Zhou rites, and pass down the patriarchal laws.
Duke Zhou's fiefdom was in Lu, and Duke Zhao's fiefdom was in Yan. Confucius arose from the state of Lu, inheriting the true etiquette and the true theory of benevolence and kingship, and the origin of the Yan state was even more like this.
However, in the current chaotic times of the Warring States Period, the state of Lu, which claimed to be orthodox, benevolent and kingly, was destroyed by the state of Chu. If the state of Yan had not been located in a remote and cold place in the far east, the end would not have been much better.
"Does King Yan have the intention to restore the former king of Zhou Dynasty to the world?"
Based on what his uncle said, Xiaoling easily understood that since he came down from the mountain, he has come into contact with many families, and even more vassal states. He had previously doubted that Le Yi would not destroy Qi in one battle, but now combined with what his uncle said Words, feelings in the heart.
"The State of Qi is the top power among all the Xia States. It is not surprising that King Yan Zhao had great ambitions to destroy Qi in one battle. Among the seven war states, only the State of Yan is the orthodox. If the State of Qi is destroyed, it means that the State of Yan has the ability to destroy other princes. country."
"When the time comes and the moral politics of the King of the Zhou Dynasty is revealed, King Yan Zhao... is really thinking a little far-fetched. Don't you know that even when the Zhou Dynasty attacked and destroyed the Great Shang, he won with strong troops and hegemony, and then established the king's moral politics."
Zhou Qing doesn’t know what King Yan Zhao and King Yan Hui are thinking, but one thing is certain: God gives it to him, and what can he do if he takes it away?
God gave the Yan State an opportunity to show its great achievements, but if the Yan State failed to grasp it, it was destined that the Yan State would never have the opportunity to show its great achievements, and would only be completely destroyed in the future.
"So, is this why the Yan State is so hostile to the Three Jin Kingdoms and the Tian Qi Kingdom?"
Since the Warring States Period, Han, Zhao, and Wei have divided the land of the Jin State, and the Tian Qi State has replaced the Jiang Qi State. All of a sudden, the feudal vassal states of the Great Zhou Dynasty have almost disappeared. If what Uncle Shi said is true, then there are more than 100 Yan Kingdoms. For years, I have been jealous of the neighboring countries Zhao and Qi, and I can now understand.
The Yan State considers itself the orthodox Zhou royal family and is the most noble of all the states. The power of the Three Jin Kingdoms and the Tian Qi Kingdom is tantamount to becoming the most intolerable country of the Yan State. They destroy Zhou rites and patriarchal laws to gain the country. How can they gain it? Be on an equal footing with yourself.
Therefore, we must try to get him into trouble and then get out of trouble.
"When rituals and music collapse, morality emerges, benevolence and righteousness are revealed, the words of the ancestors can be the best."
"Fuxi and Shennong taught without punishing them; Huang Di, Yao and Shun controlled without being angry; etiquette and laws were determined by the times; orders were made according to their suitability; weapons and weapons were used for their own purposes. Lord Shang once said: If there is no one way to govern the world, there is no need to follow the ancient rules to facilitate the country. "The king of Tang and Wu prospered without cultivating the ancients. The Yin and Xia Dynasties were destroyed because they did not follow the etiquette and died."
"This is the manifestation of the great road, this is the rotation of yin and yang, the universe, everything is changing, change leads to generalization, generality leads to wideness, wideness leads to greatness, greatness leads to passing away, passing away leads to far away, and far away leads to the opposite!"