Hearing Zhang Liang's response, Wei Zhuang sneered and responded contemptuously:
"Confucius' disciples and grandsons talked about hundreds of years of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but they completely lost their ancestor's greatest ability to travel around the world!"
What did Confucius rely on to travel around the world, spread Confucianism, and give advice to various vassal states?
It’s not that you have a lot of martial virtue!
He actually has three thousand disciples. Although it is just an imaginary number, it is a fact that the number is large.
A few thousand people were enough for that era to fight a war between vassal states.
Naturally, no one would dare to touch him or provoke him.
In such turbulent times as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, if a person or even an organization wants to make its own voice, a certain degree of strength is essential.
Mohism, which is also a prominent school like Confucianism, is similar.
Mo Zhai was originally a Confucian. Although he did not agree with Confucius's academic thoughts, he should agree with his strong martial virtues.
Therefore, the Mo family not only has outstanding combat power, but also has powerful weapons such as mechanical skills, and even specially created a type of existence called "Mo Xia".
The reason why Mo Zhai was able to easily dissuade the Chu State from attacking the Song State was not only because of the Mo family's mechanism skills, but also because of the Mohist family's own combat power.
Hundreds of years have passed, and the Mohist martial ethics have not changed. Putting aside academic ideas, combat power alone is still a force that cannot be ignored in the court.
Confucianism, on the other hand, has long since given up on force, leaving only words.
Although most Confucian disciples still practice martial arts, they only regard it as part of the Six Arts of the Gentleman and only for physical fitness.
It is difficult to say whether the Confucian changes are right or wrong.
Confucianism, which has lost its aggressiveness and threatening nature, is obviously more acceptable to rulers.
But this also made Confucianism vulnerable and began to play tricks on itself too much.
For Wei Zhuang, this kind of change in Confucianism that abolishes martial arts is tantamount to degeneration, and he naturally dislikes it.
Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he smiled helplessly and responded, "In the whole world, there is nothing but the king's land."
"Confucianism... and Mohism are ultimately different."
Gu Xun interrupted the topic and asked, "I heard that Fu Nian has contacted some disciples and former officials of Xiaoshengxian Manor?"
Zhang Liang nodded.
"What's the effect?" Gu Xun asked again.
Zhang Liang shrugged, "No response at the moment."
"On the contrary, it is Confucianism itself that has become more and more problematic, and some inappropriate remarks have also become rampant!"
A hotly debated topic will often be skewed for some inconspicuous reasons, leading to things that have nothing to do with it.
In modern times, this is called a crooked building.
Although there was no Internet in the pre-Qin Dynasty, it did not prevent these scholars from "crooking the building".
What aroused the excitement among these Confucian scholars was the matter of Mount Tai's enshrinement of Zen, but so far in the debate, the scope of their discussion has gone far beyond the matter of the enshrinement of Zen.
And another hot topic that extends from it is - enfeoffment.
Although Ying Zheng has always been very tough on the abolition of feudalism and has never had any intention of compromising, there are always people who have illusions about this.
Confucianism is the group that is most enthusiastic about this matter.
Of course, this is not because they admire Confucius and restore the Zhou rites, but because of their interests.
The bustle in the world is all for the benefit of coming, and the hustle and bustle of the world is all for the benefit of the going.
So many people advocate enfeoffment just because it is profitable.
Confucianism is just using Confucius’ excuse to seize this benefit.
When things have developed to this point, even Zhang Liang has to admit that Confucianism has reached the edge of the cliff and will fall at any time.
It should even be said that he will be pushed down at any time - by Ying Zheng.
Gu Xun squinted his eyes and looked at the bustling streets below, and said with emotion, "I have to admit that Zhao Gao is indeed a well-deserved master in playing tricks."
What Zhao Gao used was a conspiracy, and the means he could use to realize this conspiracy were pure sneaky means.
He was the driving force behind this turmoil in Confucianism, pushing Confucianism to the brink of danger bit by bit.
Of course, Confucianism itself also has very serious problems, which is why it was easily exploited by Zhao Gao.
"What are you going to do?" Wei Zhuang asked, crossing his arms and squinting at Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang did not answer, but looked at Gu Xun, "Brother Gu, what do you think?"
"Uh..." Gu Xun thought for a while and replied, "Nothing else, just bow your head and kneel down."
"Just keep alive, there's no shame in it!"
"Brother Gu, do you think this trick will work?" Zhang Liang was not dissatisfied and asked again with a smile.
"This trick may not necessarily work against Ying Zheng, but it definitely has the highest success rate." Gu Xun spread his hands and replied, "He is a very emotional person."
"You mean he will be soft-hearted?" Zhang Liang asked curiously.
"No!" Gu Xun explained, "He will give priority to those who dance the most happily, and he may be lenient to those who are huddled behind."
When it comes to understanding Ying Zheng, Gu Xun is not only number one, he is at least in the top three.
His Majesty the First Emperor was an extremely emotional person, and he acted very decisively when his emotions got the better of him.
For example, due to the rebellion of Lord Changping, the battle against Chu failed. He immediately asked Wang Jian to mobilize 600,000 troops with all the strength of the country to attack Chu again.
Although this was due to the unstoppable eastward march, it was also due to his own anger.
Of course, Ying Zheng's superiors didn't mean to kill without hesitation with red eyes when angry.
He can still make accurate and reasonable judgments and decisions, but only based on the premise of emotional outbursts.
Take, for example, the current crisis of Confucianism.
From a truly rational perspective, Ying Zheng should simply ignore the Confucian voice.
This group of Confucian scholars has no merit except their loud voices. They can neither influence the people nor interfere in the government affairs.
It doesn't hurt or itch, what do you care about it?
If we deal with them, it will cause unnecessary negative impacts.
But Ying Zheng would choose to take action against this group of Confucian scholars out of emotional reasons, and even launch a purge of the entire Confucian school.
Faced with a powerful and highly emotional person, if you know that he will be angered by a certain group, what is the way to remove yourself from this group?
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This is also Gu Xun's suggestion.
Of course, in theory, you can also choose to fight head-on, such as farmers.
However, the two situations are completely different.
In order to safely complete the mirage voyage and achieve his goal of immortality, Ying Zheng is willing to compromise internally to a certain extent, so he will let the farmers go for the time being.
But Confucianism does not have the strength of farmers.
Cleaning up the farmers may lead to a further decline in the domestic situation, but cleaning up the Confucians is no big deal!
In other words...if I can't beat the farmer, I can't beat you!
The general environment is not good, and the own strength is not good either. If you don't bow your head and pretend to be a grandson, you really deserve to die.
Zhang Liang nodded, thoughtfully, and did not ask any more questions on this topic.
He believes that this is indeed the only effective way, but... to what extent does Little Saint Xian Manor have to do it to really work?
And, is Fu Nian willing to do this?
From Zhang Liang's point of view, if he wanted to ensure that Little Sage Village could protect itself to the greatest extent, it had to take a clear stand and completely oppose other Confucian factions.
Whatever they support, Xiaoshengxian Village will oppose it, and whatever they oppose, Xiaoshengxian Village will support it.
It sounds simple, but in practice...
Xiaoshengxianzhuang is, after all, a Confucian holy land.
Xiaoshengxianzhuang should not and cannot abandon other Confucian factions.
Perhaps the ideas of other Confucian schools are at odds with the Little Sage Village, but not all ideas are at odds with each other.
Doing this would be tantamount to completely abandoning the dignity and perseverance that Little Sage Village should have in order to survive.
Survival is important, but for Confucians...or any principled and ambitious scholar of various schools of thought, survival should not be the most important thing.
Xiaoshengxian Manor is not an academy that just wants to survive in the world.
Fu Nian is not a person who can abandon everything just to live.
He is loyal to the emperor, even to a certain extent to the point of foolish loyalty, but his loyalty does not mean blindly obeying the emperor. After all, the emperor can make mistakes.
Seeing that Zhang Liang stopped talking, Gu Xun changed the subject and said, "I should be leaving Songhai soon."
"Are you going to Mount Tai?" Wei Zhuang asked calmly.
Gu Xun nodded, "I'm definitely going. How can such a lively event be without me?"
"Are you going to join in the fun?" Gu Xun asked.
This time, Taishan's enshrinement of Zen is not only a restart after hundreds of years of chaos in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, but also the first enshrinement of Ying Zheng, the First Emperor, which is full of commemorative significance.
Wei Zhuang replied coldly, "I'm not interested in serving as a bodyguard for Ying Zheng."
Zhang Liang did not refuse, but he also did not agree, "I... I'm afraid it depends on what Senior Brother Fu Nian thinks."
If Xiaoshengxianzhuang completely falls on the side of the imperial court, there is a high probability that they, the Three Heroes of Qilu, will directly intervene in the matter of enshrining Zen, even if they don't want to go to Mount Tai.
If not... then he probably has no interest in going to Mount Tai.
"Okay, then I'll join in the fun myself." Gu Xun shrugged and replied nonchalantly.
The fact that Mount Tai was enshrined in Zen is indeed very commemorative, but it only has a little commemorative significance.
"Brother Gu, once you leave, I'm afraid that the people in Mirage will be unable to restrain themselves again, right?" Zhang Liang asked, changing the topic.
Gu Xun subconsciously glanced at the big guy in the sea, then shook his head, "It should be fine."
"Now the mirage is a forest that has entered midnight. Everyone in it is a hunter and a prey."
"The internal fighting is not over yet, how can we still have time to torment the people below the ship?"
At this time, there was not only an open and covert fight between the two guardians of the Moon God and Star Soul in the mirage, but also involving Concubine Yan and the woman in Ying Prison.
Moon God wants to deal with Star Soul, and also wants to gain benefits for herself, but she has to guard against Concubine Yan who has unknown intentions, and the woman in Ying Prison also ties up part of her energy.
Xinghun didn't know the existence of Concubine Yan, so he suffered losses from Tianming twice in a row, and after being involved in Longyou's Qi that had nothing to do with the Moon God, he subconsciously blamed everything on the woman in Ying Prison.
He didn't know the specific situation of that woman. He could only confirm that there was such a person, so he took it for granted that the woman was in good condition and could even use Tianming to plot against him and Luna.
So his current thoughts are similar to Luna's, and his methods are similar to Luna's - except that he is guarding against the women of Sakura Prison, and at the same time he has to devote his energy to finding the location of Sakura Prison.
In this way, the group of people on the mirage cleverly formed a fragile balance.
Everyone wants to do something, but they can't do it too much, so they can only do it little by little.
For them, this is undoubtedly bad news.
Although there is still some time before the mirage sets sail, they still have plenty of time, but things will change if it is delayed, and the longer it is delayed, the greater the changes will be.
But it is good news for those under the boat.
If the Yin and Yang family can stop for quite some time, it will save a lot of people a lot of trouble.
Zhang Liang asked curiously, "If the Yin Yang family continues to fight among themselves, will the voyage from the mirage still go smoothly?"
Gu Xun smiled when he heard this and replied vaguely, "The least important people on that ship are the people from the Yin Yang family."
To say that Donghuang Taiyi does not know the virtues of the people under his command is definitely false.
Since he knew everything and dared to send them, he could certainly ensure that his plan would succeed.
This means that neither Moon God Star Soul nor the others are important.
Zhang Liang nodded without delving into the meaning.
Regarding the matter of mirage, or Canglong Qisu, the consistent principle of Liusha is to leave it to Gu Xun to handle it on his own.
No one else will get too involved unless necessary.
However, out of curiosity, he still asked one more question, "Brother Gu, do you think Yun Zhongjun can really bring back the elixir of life?"
Gu Xun looked at the mirage in the distance, his eyes lowered, and his tone turned cold as he responded, "It doesn't matter whether he can do it or not. What's important is that I don't allow it!"
Upon hearing this answer, Zhang Liang and Wei Zhuang looked at each other and said nothing as they understood each other tacitly.
Based on their understanding of Gu Xun, the implicit meaning of this sentence is that he is not sure whether Yun Zhongjun or the Yin Yang family can bring back the elixir of life.
In a sense, this is... is it possible that the elixir of life really exists?
This is an interesting question for anyone.
Of course, Zhang Liang and Wei Zhuang are definitely not pursuing immortality, they are just curious.
Then, Zhang Liang changed the topic, "Brother Gu, after you went to Mount Tai, when will you come back?"
Gu Xun's expression returned to normal, and he replied with a smile, "I think I came with the Eastern Patrol Team. I didn't come here on purpose."
"Then the next time we meet, it will be when the mirage sets sail." Zhang Liang replied with a smile.
"Well..." Gu Xun nodded dullly, looking deeply into the distance.
After the mirage sets sail, the empire may not be far away from falling apart...
Seeing that Gu Xun didn't want to talk, Zhang Liang turned to Wei Zhuang and asked, "Brother Wei Zhuang, are you busy with anything else recently?"
"Why, you still have money?" Wei Zhuang glanced at him and replied calmly.
He was making fun of Zhang Liang for hiring him before.
"There is always a way to solve the money problem." Zhang Liang replied nonchalantly, "If Brother Wei Zhuang doesn't have time, then it is an unsolvable problem."
For him, although Wei Zhuang's fees are very expensive, it is not difficult to get money. Even if the small Shengxian Villa does not have it, there is still a big family like the Mo family to take care of it.
"Say." Wei Zhuang replied succinctly.
"No rush, we'll wait and see." Zhang Zhang waved his hand with a smile on his face, "As long as Brother Wei Zhuang has time."
Wei Zhuang glanced at him sideways and did not ask any further questions.
Zhang Liang, like Han Fei, has an addiction to cheating, and he has long been used to it.
