This is not the case with the Xiang clan. What they pursue is profit, and what matters is the result, which is whether they win or lose!
Ge Nie is obviously not very optimistic about the outcome of the Xiang family.
He could only respond to Xiao Ling in a literary and not-so-bad-sounding way.
Xiao Ling was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then replied with a smile, "I hope they can get the future they need."
He didn't quite understand what Gai Nie said, but he could guess that the situation between the two of them might not be smooth sailing, so he gave him a blessing.
Then he talked about his own affairs, "I was called away by the head of Xiaomeng before, but when I got better I originally wanted to meet Tianming and the others, but unfortunately I was delayed and couldn't make the trip."
Xiao Ling said it was very simple, but in fact, what he experienced during that time was not too complicated.
After the Battle of Daze Mountain, he originally wanted to go to Songhai to find Tianming and the others, not only to meet his friends, but also for some of his own private purposes.
But after much hesitation, I decided to wait until this session of the Sword of Heaven and Man was completed before going.
After wasting a lot of time, Ying Zheng's east patrol convoy rushed to Songhai.
Considering that Ying Zheng's arrival was likely to affect his personal goals, he struggled again and finally decided to take a trip.
As a result, before anyone arrived in Songhai, the Mohist family's Qinglong Plan was successfully implemented. Emperor Yingzheng's life was hanging by a thread and he was almost assassinated. Then the entire Songhai area became a forbidden area for Jianghu people.
Xiao Ling really didn't want to feel uncomfortable rushing to find someone. The key was that the situation in Songhai was so tense. Tianming Shaoyu was probably hiding in some corner. He might not be able to find someone smoothly. Even if he found someone, he could only find someone.
There is really no point in hiding in a hidden corner.
As for his private purposes, it's even less important.
He simply returned to Tianzong.
When the storm of Ying Zheng's assassination subsided, the Book Burning Order broke out again.
The book-burning order affected all schools of thought equally, and basically no one was spared.
Ying Zheng was indeed very thorough in his execution. Not only did he not spare the Legalists, he even burned the books of the Yin Yang Family.
Donghuang Taiyi had no intention of confronting Ying Zheng in this matter. He burned him just as he was told and didn't care at all.
But he doesn't care, as do other schools of thought.
Even the Legalists, who always emphasized unlimited loyalty to the monarch, made quite a fuss over this.
Taoism, of course, will not be without disturbances.
On the Tianzong side, Xiaomeng was very adamant and told the people sent by the imperial court to carry out the book-burning order to get out.
The other party was definitely not willing, so Xiaomeng physically pushed him away.
Worried about the possible subsequent retaliation from the imperial court, Xiao Ling still did not leave Taiyi Mountain, but accompanied him to guard the mountain gate.
However, I don’t know whether it was Gu Xun who came forward or the eldest son Fusu who came forward to mediate, so the matter was settled.
As we all know, the Taoist sect does not actually have a large collection of books, especially the Tianzong. Unlike Confucianism, which has the habit of collecting books, not only the classics written by its own sages, but also books from other sects, even historical relics, historical materials, and other kinds of books
Miscellaneous books and leisure books.
The emperor may have felt that there was no need to make a big fuss over these books, so he left them alone.
Although the Human Sect is not as tough as the Tian Sect, Xiaoyaozi has long hidden all the books in the Shanmen Headquarters.
Renzong said that you can burn it as long as you can find the book from Taiyi Mountain.
The follow-up will be nothing - if you can't find the book, you definitely won't burn it.
Although Taoism is one of the most famous among the hundreds of schools of thought, its scale is the smallest among them. It is not as big a family as Confucianism, Mohism or farmers, so it can be fooled like this.
Even so, it only preserved the stability of the headquarters in Taiyi Mountain, and other places were in ruins.
After the book-burning order stopped for a while, winter came.
Xiao Ling is not an ordinary person, so he does not need to be afraid of the severe cold in winter, but when the mirage goes to sea, he loses the greatest motivation to go to Songhai.
Moreover, once the mirage is gone, it is hard to say whether the Mo family and the Xiang family will continue to stay there.
If he goes there, he will most likely be in vain.
Due to the superposition of the two factors, Xiao Ling finally gave up the idea of going out into the world and stayed in the sect for the time being until Gai Nie's visit today.
Hearing Xiao Ling's words, Gai Nie responded, "Tianming and the others have asked Mr. Xiaoyaozi of the Renzong about you several times before, but unfortunately they were unable to get any useful information."
Xiao Ling smiled when he heard this, and then asked, "Are they still in Songhai?"
Gai Nie shook his head, "They're all gone."
He gave no further details of his whereabouts.
He didn't want to tell too many people about going to sea with Mirage at dawn.
As for Shao Yu...Gai Nie doesn't know his specific whereabouts. He only knows that the Xiang family went south and their destination was the Kuaiji area.
That range is too large.
Xiao Ling nodded with some disappointment, "I hope I can meet them again if we have the chance."
"There will be a chance." Gai Nie replied in a deep voice.
"I would like to ask, why is Mr. Gai looking for Bei Mingzi's uncle?" Xiao Ling asked, changing the subject.
"For Tianming's sake." Gai Nie's answer to Xiao Ling was more direct.
Xiao Ling nodded understandingly.
He knew that Tianming had health problems, and he also knew that Gai Nie wanted to seek help from Tianzong.
After that, he didn't ask any more questions, and quickened his pace to lead Gai Nie into the valley where Bei Mingzi lived in seclusion.
At the mouth of the valley, Xiao Ling reached out and pointed into the valley, "Uncle Bei Mingzi is in the valley. Mr. Gai, please go see him."
"Thank you." Ganie thanked him briefly and walked into the valley.
In the valley where green grass grows, a simple wooden house stands alone.
There is a table outside the house with couches on both sides.
Bei Mingzi was kneeling on the couch, waiting for Gai Nie.
Compared with when Gu Xun first met him, Bei Mingzi looked much older.
When they met, Bei Mingzi was already an old man.
Now more than ten years have passed, and Bei Mingzi has become a centenarian.
In the past, he seemed to be the same age as his junior Akamatsuko. Although he was old, he was still energetic and did not look old.
But at this moment, he looked obviously decadent and had no trace of the demeanor of a Taoist master.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Looking at Bei Mingzi, who seemed to be just an ordinary old man in his twilight years, Gai Nie was not surprised.
An old man who is more than a hundred years old can still move freely, which is enough for people to say that he is worthy of being a Taoist master. He really has the skills to maintain health.
After all, they are just practicing martial arts, not cultivating immortals. Not only does it not have the effect of prolonging life, but if they were brave enough to fight with others in their early years and injured their bodies, their life span will probably not be as good as that of ordinary people.
"Junior Gui Gu Gai Nie, I would like to pay my respects to senior Bei Mingzi." Gai Nie stepped forward and bowed with his hands together.
Bei Mingzi waved his hand slightly, the movement was very slight, and it seemed that he didn't have much strength:
"Sit down."
Gai Nie knelt down and sat opposite Bei Mingzi obediently.
"How is Gui Guzi now?" Bei Mingzi did not ask Gai Nie about his purpose, but first asked about his master Gui Guzi.
"Master..." Ge Nie really couldn't answer this question, "I haven't seen him for many years."
"Ha!" Bei Mingzi lowered his eyebrows, his eyes seemed to be open and closed, and chuckled, "It fits his character very well."
"It doesn't matter if you hide, times have changed after all."
"The world is in flames, the people are in chaos, there are hundreds of schools of thought, but I am the only one who dominates... The era symbolized by this sentence has passed!"
Throughout the five hundred years of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, hundreds of schools of thought have been rotating endlessly, and I will appear on stage after you sing.
To say which family is the most active and brilliant, it is none other than the Strategist Family.
For various vassal states with constant conquests, how to govern their own country is often secondary, and what is more important is how to deal with relations with neighboring countries.
Which ones should be chosen as allies to join forces with and which ones should be chosen as enemies to devour and strengthen? This is a science.
And the people who are best at handling this matter are the Strategists.
The so-called uniting the weak to attack the strong, and the strong to attack the weak - also commonly known as uniting vertically and horizontally, is the diplomatic and military policy that politicians most admire and are most adept at.
It is precisely because of the ability of politicians to make waves without wind that they are known as "The world is in flames, the people are in chaos, there are hundreds of schools of thought, but I am the only one who controls everything".
It sounds bluffing, but it's essentially a bullshit.
It is true that all countries are often tormented by politicians and politicians, and I am really afraid of them.
However, as the game of big fish eating small fish among the major vassal states comes to an end, the world gradually becomes unified, and the scope for politicians to be active becomes narrower and narrower.
Although there will be different political factions and power groups under the same regime, and they will fight overtly and covertly for power and profit. It seems that there is no difference between them and the vassal states, but in fact there are fundamental differences.
The biggest difference is that there is no single emperor in the vassal states.
The vassal states can fall out if they want to fall out with each other, and they can form alliances if they want to form an alliance. Everything is based on the will of the king or the needs of interests.
But the political forces and political groups within the empire are not so free.
Without the emperor's permission or acquiescence, you are courting death by attacking political opponents directly.
The same is true in reverse. If you dare to form a party for personal gain, you are seeking death.
Not to mention the centralized emperor, even when the Zhou royal family did not lose power, the princely states could not act like this.
Without this autonomy, it will be difficult for politicians to think about making waves without wind.
That's why Bei Mingzi said that the era of political strategists has passed.
Of course, it is normal for things to change with time. The world has changed, and politicians have also changed accordingly. They can still find their own way out.
However, it is difficult to say how long this process will take.
During the five hundred years of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, under the frequent conflicts between various countries, it took hundreds of years for the strategist to be born.
How long will it take for politicians to change their thinking and adapt to the new era?
No one knows for sure, but it certainly won’t be something that can be done in a few years or even a dozen years.
The current situation of the Strategist Family was clearly known to Gai Nie, but he didn't care. He didn't make any response when he heard Bei Mingzi's words.
Bei Mingzi didn't care and continued, "Were you there when the Little Saint's Villa disappeared?"
Gai Nie shook his head, "Confucian affairs are a bit sensitive and it is inconvenient for outsiders to get involved, and Little Saint Xianzhuang doesn't want us to get involved."
"At the same time, we didn't expect that the empire would do such a great job!"
Directly wiping out the entire Little Sage Village, the empire's operation exceeded everyone's expectations. Even the Mo family, who was prevented from helping at the time, didn't expect the empire to be so ruthless.
They were afraid that getting involved would intensify conflicts and stimulate the empire to make a more serious reaction. As a result, the empire completed the matter in one step and there was no possibility of going any further.
"Confucianism... is also outdated in a sense." Bei Mingzi continued softly, "It's just that Xun Kuang is really a pity."
Bei Mingzi's words were not intended to belittle Confucianism.
It is inevitable that they will become obsolete, even more completely than the politicians.
The undisputed core of Confucianism is the sage Confucius.
However, what Confucius pursued throughout his life was to restore Zhou rites.
Confucius, who was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period, faced an increasingly expanding and increasingly intense war between princes.
The common people are in dire straits, and all nine provinces are in flames of war.
This way of the world is undoubtedly wrong. Confucius may not have been able to find a new direction for social development in this increasingly changing era, but he at least chose the right direction - restoring the Zhou rites.
At that time, the Zhou rites may have been a bit backward and outdated, but they ultimately represented a stable order.
And having order is definitely better than having no order.
But now there is no doubt that it is completely out of date.
Ying Zheng created a new era. Although the future of this era seems uncertain and even shaky, there is a high probability that it is more suitable for the current world than Zhou Li.
After all, the world today is very different from when the Zhou Dynasty was established.
However, Bei Mingzi sighed again, "It's such a pity Xun Kuang."
Gai Nie said nothing, but nodded unconsciously, deeply agreeing with this.
Xunzi, the world's unanimous view of him is the last great Confucian scholar.
In fact, not only that, he was the final glory of the entire school of thought. He was one of the few in this era who was qualified to be called the predecessor of all schools of thought along with the sages of the hundreds of schools of thought. Apart from him, only his student Han Fei
I still have this qualification.
Bei Mingzi was older than Xunzi, but he did not have this qualification - as a master of Tianzong, the outside world basically only knew him by his name, and a name alone was not enough to be called a virtuous person.
This is also one of the reasons why the collapse of Xiaoshengxianzhuang and the death of Xunzi caused a collective shock among the various schools of thought - in their view, this seemed to vaguely mark the end of the various schools of thought.
After Bei Mingzi said this, he laughed, his old body trembled slightly, and then said:
"I'm really old now, and I always like to talk about things that are true or not."
"Let's get down to business. You are looking for me...for a child, right?"
Gai Nie's calm eyes were filled with confusion, "Master Beiming knows about Tianming?"
"I know a little bit about it, but not much."
"Then Master..."
Bei Mingzi interrupted Gai Nie, "You didn't bring anyone with you?"
Gai Nie was silent for a moment and then replied, "He went to sea with Mirage... Tianming's friends learned from Gu Xun, the national preceptor, that the only way to solve his physical problem seemed to be in Mirage. In desperation, we could only let it go.
The Yin Yang family took him away."
Bei Mingzi nodded slightly, "In this matter, Gu Xun is the most trustworthy and the only person you can trust."
"Other than him, no one can give you a clear answer - including me and Donghuang Taiyi."
"Of course, I can't guarantee that what Gu Xun said is definitely right."