Gu Jinnian looked at the moonlight with a slightly depressed expression.
He sent people to inform people door to door, and also sent people to Qingyue Tower in advance.
It's a pity that there is no so-called blessing of good thoughts.
Sure enough, the old saying goes.
Good people are not rewarded.
After returning to the Gu family, Gu Jinnian was relatively lonely. Except for his mother who came to ask him what he had eaten, his father was busy with official duties.
Grandpa doesn’t know what he’s been doing lately.
Everyone in the clan has his or her own thing to do.
So Gu Jinnian is often alone.
It's okay to be alone. It's really unbearable for Gu Jinnian to be unworthy of a maid. He had nothing to do, so he could just chat with the maid sister.
such a pity.
The tribesmen wouldn't let him.
This made Gu Jinnian a little angry.
Madhu, it’s okay to guard against villains, but also against a gentleman like me?
It feels a little uncomfortable, but there is nothing we can do about it. People have to bow their heads under the eaves.
As the old saying goes, you should treat yourself as a grandson first and then a father. As the heir apparent, you still have to endure it well.
Put aside these distracting thoughts.
There are some things that Gu Jinnian needs to seriously consider.
That is the ancient tree in my mind.
Gu Jinnian couldn't guess what this thing was, but he probably understood something.
The nine branches represent nine different areas of energy absorbers.
What is known so far is resentment, martial arts inner energy, and gold.
Gu Jinnian has tested it and found that the silver note has no effect and must be gold. As for whether he can use jade instead, Gu Jinnian is not sure. He has asked the butler to prepare some high-quality jade and try it tomorrow.
What resentment gives is a bit strange.
What the inner energy of martial arts gives me is unknown at the moment.
The things that gold gives are similar to intelligence information, or if you ask questions yourself, the ancient tree will answer them. It just depends on whether the silver coins given are enough.
It's equivalent to giving money for answers.
It's functional, it's not useful at the moment, but it will definitely be helpful.
From the perspective of a time traveler, Gu Jinnian roughly guessed two situations. Either he was not strong enough in his current realm, so the things he got were just like that. This is understandable. If you want to write longer and keep the pace, you can understand it.
The second situation is that the energy obtained is insufficient, so the benefits obtained are not many. Gu Jinnian understands the law of conservation of energy better.
Everyone knows this.
Gu Jinnian prefers the second possibility, because what is the difference between resentment and silver?
In other words, if you want to get good things, you must get more energy.
"In terms of grievances, we have to deal with them from the big shots. We can't get them from people like Zhang Yun."
"It's a pity that I haven't entered the court yet. It would be much better if I did. Wouldn't it be fun to challenge the civil and military officials of the court?"
"It's best to give me the whole imperial envoy. Today, I will sue the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and tomorrow I will sue the Minister of the Ministry of Etiquette. Isn't it easy to find faults?"
"Pity."
Gu Jinnian felt a little melancholy. He was still young, mainly because he had no fame.
However, Gu Jinnian had decided on the early route and entered the court early.
As for martial arts, basic practice every day is enough. There is no way to force this, after all, we only have this time.
As for information, it depends on the situation. God knows how much silver the ancient tree will swallow. It's a small fuss. If Gu Jinnian can afford it, he can go back to the warehouse and pay a thousand taels of gold.
But if it costs ten thousand taels of gold, it's not that easy to get.
The main reason is that the information obtained is not important.
If it's really useful, it's not something I can't afford to smash.
Thinking about it carefully, Gu Jinnian felt even more helpless for no reason.
Fortunately, he is a descendant of the Gu family. If he were an ordinary person, everything he said would be superfluous.
well.
Sighed.
Gu Jinnian shook his head and did not continue to think more, but looked at the saint's books on the desk.
Confucianism and Taoism are also a system.
If your guess is correct, it corresponds to the ancient tree.
If Confucianism and Taoism want to improve their realm, in the early stage they rely on reading, understanding the holy will, and gathering righteousness.
To be honest, whether it is martial arts or immortality, resentment and money are nothing. What Gu Jinnian really cares about is Confucianism and Taoism.
In a world where dynasty reigns supreme, reading is very important, especially when the country is stable, reading is extremely important.
Throughout history, if there are no external enemies or civil strife, scholars have the highest status, because it is more difficult to defend a country than to conquer it.
Moreover, military generals can put huge pressure on the emperor, especially the vassals or princes outside. It is no joke for them to rebel.
When civil servants rebel, they usually become vassals to the prince, but this kind of thing can be traced, unlike the rebellion of a feudal king.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Even if you send people there, you can't be sure whether the people you send are colluding.
Therefore, emperors of all dynasties basically weakened the status of generals to stabilize the central imperial power.
But scholars are different. They cannot guard against it, and they cannot guard against it. If all scholars guard against it, the country will be gone.
Of course, this is just a comparison, it does not mean that scholars are not at all dangerous.
Learn from history.
Generally, the generals are dealt with first, and then the civil servants are dealt with.
The risk is much less.
The Gu family is full of military generals who are very partial to science. Everything seems to be fine now, but once his grandfather passes away, his status will instantly drop a lot.
This is also the current worry of the Gu family.
Therefore, the third generation of the Gu family must produce a scholar, and if the fourth generation cannot be produced, a scholar must also be produced.
Gu Jinnian knew this very well, because he had news that the clan had begun to help him find a wife.
As long as you wait until the crowning ceremony is over, you will basically be married and you won't be able to run away.
But Gu Jinnian didn't want to get married so early, it was totally boring.
Even though you are here, if you don’t do anything to maintain your existence, it will be a bit embarrassing for the time traveler.
Confucianism and Taoism, powerful ministers.
This is Gu Jinnian's current thought.
Especially since there are so many poems and articles in my mind, if I don’t take them out to show off, I’d be really sorry for my wealth of knowledge.
The empress Confucian can even condense visions, which Gu Jinnian is looking forward to even more.
Thinking of this, Gu Jinnian picked up the saint's book and started reading.
At the same time, we also have a good understanding of Confucianism and Taoism.
The moonlight is like ink.
Inside the Duke's Mansion.
The green lantern reflected Jinnian's handsome face. There was no sound of wind and everything was quiet.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the Yin hour moment.
As a flash of fish belly white appeared on the horizon, the sun shone through the window and reflected on Gu Jinnian's face.
From the day before yesterday to today, Gu Jinnian has not slept for twenty-four hours.
Fortunately, this is a world where immortals and martial arts coexist, and my body can completely withstand it. Although I am a little tired, it is not a big problem.
The most important thing is that Gu Jinnian was fascinated by it.
One night, Gu Jinyuan read three books: a Confucian and Taoist History, a Saint's History, and a Saint's Enlightenment Sutra.
It introduces the history of Confucianism and Taoism, the history of Confucianism and Taoism saints, and the book of enlightenment.
The history of Confucianism and Taoism can be roughly divided into three stages.
The etiquette of people, the etiquette of a gentleman, and the etiquette of the country.
The meaning is that a polite person is a human being, otherwise what is the difference between him and an animal?
Next is the courtesy of a gentleman, and the core point is that the king of heaven and earth are the master and the master.
A gentleman respects heaven when he is above, and respects the earth when he is below. Then he respects his monarch, then his parents, and finally his teacher.
Because of this, Confucianism and Taoism can also be carried forward in various countries. After all, for the emperor, apart from heaven and earth, he is the biggest, which is in line with the values of imperial power.
After all, imperial power is greater than anything else. This is a kind of ideological rule. Without this foundation, Confucianism and Taoism will not be able to prosper, and may even be suppressed.
The third stage is the etiquette of the state, which is to formulate rules to prevent large-scale wars and killings. Even if the two countries are at war, they must be polite. When both parties submit a letter of war, there must be a justifiable reason, and people must not be massacred.
This is in line with the laws of nature, and it is reasonable and reasonable to receive God's grace.
This is the change in the three stages of Confucianism and Taoism.
The historical records of saints made Gu Jinnian full of curiosity, because there are currently only four saints in Confucianism and Taoism.
The first generation of saints was a saint for all generations. He was called a Confucian sage and a teacher for all generations. He wrote the book "Human Rites".
The second generation saint, the Qianqiu Saint, is called the Yasheng. He has the thoughts of a gentleman and wrote the book "Jun Li".
The third generation saint, a saint of all generations, is called Fusheng, the etiquette of the country, and wrote the book "National Rites"
The fourth generation of saints, the destined saints, called Zongsheng, governed the country with Confucianism and Taoism, and wrote the book "Confucianism"
These four saints spanned an extremely long time. The Confucian saint became a saint ten thousand years ago, the younger saint became a saint five thousand years ago, the second saint became a saint three thousand years ago, and the Zongsheng became a saint one thousand five hundred years ago. The two saints are almost fifteen hundred years apart.
Year.
Moreover, only the first generation of saints are recognized by the destiny of heaven, so they can be commended for eternity.
The saints who follow are all half-step saints, the difference is destiny, but their influence is not weaker than that of the first saint.
The first three saints, Gu Jinnian, just know that the way of human etiquette is to enlighten and educate all peoples; the way of monarch etiquette is the way of master and disciple, allowing people to study and cultivate themselves to become gentlemen; the way of national etiquette is the way to stop wars and make the people of the world stable
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But it was the fourth saint who really attracted Gu Jinnian.
He is known as the Destiny Saint, but according to historical records, Destiny did not choose Confucianism and Taoism 1,500 years ago. However, scholars believe that he broke the shackles of Destiny and forcibly arrived at the realm of saints to promote Confucianism, for which he suffered backlash from heaven and earth.
This view is recognized by scholars all over the world, but other systems do not, so there are questions.
But after all, it happened 1,500 years ago, so it is difficult to verify.
But Zong Sheng’s thoughts are very unique.
He pioneered the theory that a gentleman governs the country and brings peace to the world. Zongsheng believed that a gentleman should not talk about the world in vain, but should study to understand the truth, enter officialdom, and use power to seek life for the people.
It means don’t open your mouth to the people in the world, keep your mouth shut to the people in the world, study hard, and take part in the imperial examinations. It is difficult for one person to change the world, but if you can occupy a high position and become a big shot in the court, your words can make a difference.
Save thousands of people.
Encourage scholars to strive for power and become officials. The bigger the official, the better, rather than just doing it all day long after studying.
It was quite a perfect excuse for scholars to become officials. Based on the history at that time, Gu Jinnian found that although scholars at that time also became officials, they were usually requested by the imperial court to become officials.
Even when he is an official, he likes to make trouble whenever he has nothing to do, to show that he is against the imperial power, is upright, and has a clean mind.
Otherwise, they are just corrupt officials and the same kind of raccoons.
The situation at that time was extremely complicated.
Because it is very shameful to take the initiative to become an official, not to mention collaborating with others. Moreover, even if you don’t collude with others, you can’t provide evidence. People are jealous. Your position will become bigger and bigger, and you will be questioned and insulted.
There will be more and more.
So that era was extremely weird.
The emergence of Zong Sheng allowed all scholars to find an extremely reasonable direction of thinking.
Therefore, today's scholars will do whatever it takes to be an official. Even if they are insulted by the emperor, they are willing to endure it.
Anyway, let me say this: I will endure it for the sake of all the people in the world.
As for whether it is, you will know after I die.
As for most current readers, this is the mainstream.
There is obviously a problem with this, and it is a huge problem.
"The fourth generation saint seems to be taking the blame."
After thinking about it all night, Gu Jinnian felt inexplicably that this fourth-generation saint was completely pushed up.
That’s not to say it can’t be done. On the contrary, the fourth generation of saints also made many great achievements, but this theory is the core.
Confucianism is regarded as a sage classic by countless contemporary scholars.
There are many unknown things here, and Gu Jinnian can only detect a few things, and he doesn't dare to think about it in detail and can't think of anything.
As for the third book, the Enlightenment Book of Saints, Gu Jinnian has roughly finished it.
It revolves around benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust.
Telling what etiquette is and what a gentleman is, after Gu Jinnian put down the book.
Wisps of talent were absorbed into the ancient trees.
Attached to the fifth branch.
But there wasn't even a date core, just a little bit of evidence.
Sure enough, Confucianism and Taoism can also be considered one.
"Your Majesty, it's time for class."
At this time, the butler's voice sounded outside, causing Gu Jinnian to wake up from his thoughts.
