Chapter 38 The blood relationship between the little gray rabbit and the big wolf
Ning Chen was slightly startled after hearing Kong Jijiu's words.
Then I figured out why the academy wanted to become an official in the court.
Obviously, the academy wanted to expand the influence of Confucianism and Taoism through this method. At the same time, it did not allow hundreds of schools to become dominant among the people.
Ning Chen sneered and said, "They are really quite self-righteous.
I think that if I read a lot, read well, and have strategies for governing the country, I will be a good official.
Just because he is good at reading does not mean he will become a capable minister.
Even if there are two deans in the academy, if you give them the management of a county, they may not be able to manage it well.
Not every scholar can be like a teacher, who can read books well and be a capable minister at the same time."
That last sentence is pure rainbow fart.
After all, it was not a loss for Kong Jijiu to stand up and protect him that day and make Kong Jijiu happy.
Kong Jijiu glanced at Ning Chen and then at the other two veterans: "You just told them such a truth, so their state of mind has evolved."
Kong Jijiu's ability to see things at the slightest glance is indeed powerful.
Ning Chen nodded and said, "Yes, teacher. I just said a few words to them during our chat that day."
"It seems that although I have resigned as left prime minister, I still have a great influence on them. If everyone follows my example, it may not be a good thing." Kong Jijiu sighed to himself.
Ning Chen:......
Ning Chen felt that Kong Jijiu seemed to have automatically blocked the previous words.
I just remembered the two sentences I said later about praising Kong Jijiu.
While Ning Chen was stunned, Kong Jijiu continued to ask: "So you don't agree that people from the academy can become officials in the court?"
"I agree! Why don't I agree?"
Ning Chen turned away from his disdain for the academy and expressed his warm welcome to the academy's intention to join.
Kong Jijiu glanced at Ning Chen in surprise: "I think you hate the academy more than me."
Ning Chen was stunned for a moment, and then said with an honest smile: "Teacher, how could I hate the academy? I just want them to make progress, although they may not be good officials. But you have to know that being an official is not easy, right?
You need to know more about the sufferings of the people, and you can’t just read books by sages.”
"Just believe what you say." Kong Jijiu commented after reading Ning Chen's serious nonsense.
After saying this, Kong Jijiu continued: "I agreed to their academy's request."
The conversation changed and Kong Jijiu said: "But I require them to follow the normal imperial examination process before they can become officials in the court."
This answer made Ning Chen very disappointed.
Originally, Ning Chen was still thinking that if there were suddenly a group of officials in the imperial court who went directly from the academy to the imperial court without being beaten in the imperial examination.
If you want to show some sycophancy, you can make good use of these official white rabbits.
But Kong Jijiu asked them to follow normal procedures, so these little white rabbits would most likely evolve into little gray rabbits after being beaten in the imperial examination and tempered by the Hanlin Academy.
As we all know, the little gray rabbit is not as cute as the white rabbit.
And the little gray rabbit is very likely to have some blood from the big bad wolf.
Otherwise, why, in all fairy tales, the big bad wolf only eats the little white rabbit.
"Teacher, what's the conflict between you and the academy?" After complaining in his mind, Ning Chen also planned to explore the attitude of Kong Jijiu's academy.
In fact, Ning Chen thinks that the biggest contradiction between Kong Jijiu and the academy is this.
There may be too many pretentious people in the academy to better highlight the uniqueness of Kong Jijiu.
Kong Jijiu looked forward and said, "I have no conflict with Yunshan Academy. It's just that they think they have a conflict with me."
Well, yes, there is an internal odor.
This is Kong's honest answer.
After a pause, Kong Jijiu slowly said to Ning Chen: "I also stayed in the academy for a while, but later I felt that it would be difficult for me to find the best meaning for my life in the academy.
So I left the academy and entered the imperial court, hoping that I could change my mind and find the strongest intention to establish my destiny."
"Teacher, over the years, have you found your destiny?" Ning Chen continued to ask.
"Not yet, but I feel like it's getting closer." Kong Jijiu said, looking at the sea of clouds in front of him.
Just from this angle, from this back, and with such words, the king will definitely be forced to live.
After complaining about Kong Jijiu again, Ning Chen continued to ask: "Teacher, will the academy support Xingbaijia?"
Kong Jijiu glanced sideways at Ning Chen: "You only came to the academy once, how come you have such a deep obsession with the academy?"
Could this obsession not be too deep? Four zeros are missing.
Although he thought so in his heart, Ning Chen would not admit it in his mouth: "Teacher, I have no obsession with the academy. After all, it is my destiny and what I think in my heart."
Kong Jijiu was noncommittal, but still answered Ning Chen's question: "The Academy will not support Baijia, but it will not suppress Baijia either. The Academy will give Baijia a stage to compete with the Academy."
In Ning Chen's opinion, this is already the academy's biggest concession to Baijia.
It is already good that the academy is willing to no longer dominate one school and is willing to give a stage to hundreds of schools.
And in fact, many concepts and thoughts among hundreds of schools of thought do not conflict with Confucianism and Taoism, and are even a supplement to Confucianism and Taoism.
Just like what Ning Chen said in the academy, the reason is unclear.
When thoughts collide, the saints' classics that Ning Chen has read seem to be covered with a layer of veil, and that layer of veil will be lifted.
By then, I am afraid that many people among hundreds of families will have great righteousness.
Only in this way can Confucianism and Taoism survive forever.
"After passing through the mountains and seas of books, your Haoran righteousness should have reached the limit of the Qi nourishing stage. You can prepare to enter the next level.
The next level of Confucianism and Taoism is the realm of cultivating characters. You can think about what characters you plan to cultivate.
Since you are practicing martial arts, I suggest you develop a character that can be used for martial arts.
With such cooperation, your combat power should be among the best among the eighth ranks."
Kong Jijiu took the initiative to tell Ning Chen about some of his upcoming spiritual matters.
Just as Kong Jijiu mentioned this matter, Ning Chen also asked Kong Jijiu about some of the issues he discovered between Haoran Zhengqi and Jinqi.
After Kong Jijiu heard Ning Chen's question, he was not surprised at all, but said to Ning Chen: "This is normal.
When the human race came out of the dark age, it was originally martial arts first and Confucianism later.
Confucianism and martial arts are not antagonistic.
Even the Confucian sages themselves were originally martial arts masters."
The Confucian sage himself is also a master of martial arts. This is the first time Ning Chen has heard of this.
Ning Chen only knew that the Confucian sage once cultivated three thousand red flower sticks.
But Ning Chen really didn't know whether the Confucian sage himself was a master of martial arts.
"Teacher, as a Confucian sage, even if he practices martial arts, he should be a top-notch strong person.
Then why did the Confucian sage abandon martial arts and follow literature?" Now that this was mentioned, Ning Chen's curiosity was naturally aroused.
"Except for Confucian sages, I'm afraid no one can give you an accurate answer."
After a pause, Kong Jijiu said, "But I have a guess. Do you want to hear it?"