Seeing that the anger between Long Aotian's brows seemed to have subsided, Su Wen asked why Long Aotian looked angry.
"It's not a good thing done by those ignorant Confucian scholars!"
When this matter was mentioned, Long Aotian became indignant.
"Uh..." Su Wen realized what happened as soon as he heard Long Aotian speak. It must be that when the Confucian scholars were taken to give lectures to the crayfish, they explained the Confucian classics according to their understanding, especially ""
In the book "The Analects of Confucius", what the Confucian scholars explained is completely different from what Long Aotian taught Crayfish before.
This made the crayfish very confused. They didn't know whether to listen to the gentlemen or the high priest.
After Long Aotian learned the news, he was furious, but when he summoned the Confucian scholars to question him, they unanimously agreed that there was no problem with their interpretation of the scriptures.
But……
If there is nothing wrong with the interpretations of the Confucian scholars, then it is Long Aotian's interpretation that is problematic.
How could Long Aotian accept such an explanation? He arrested these Confucian scholars in a rage, and the leading ones were hung up and beaten on charges of "misleading others" and "bad conduct" -
—Long Aotian did it himself.
After beating the Confucian scholars, Long Aotian was still angry, so he looked for Su Wen and asked Su Wen to give him an explanation: why these Confucian scholars were so crazy and deliberately misled Crayfish.
"Well... their intentions may not be as evil as the layman thinks."
Although Su Wen had nothing to do with the Confucian scholars at Heshan Academy, it was now the time for him to employ people, and he did not want to trick these people into death.
In a short period of time, Su Wen thought of the words.
“The words, deeds, and writings of saints often contain subtle meanings, and different people’s intentions will naturally vary.”
"Well……"
Long Aotian didn't understand what he heard. In his opinion, when a saint wants to express his meaning, it is natural to be simple and crude, and to make people think is the right way. Making so many twists and turns and creating ambiguity is definitely not the saint's original intention.
But in Long Aotian's eyes, Su Wen was knowledgeable, so it was not easy to refute him for a while.
In the final analysis, he was just relying on a copy of the Analects given to him by a disciple of the sage to ponder some immature ideas. Naturally, he was very different from an orthodox Confucian sage like Su Wen.
"Among other things, Qingshan Academy and Heshan Academy have a lot of disputes over their treatment of saints' knowledge..."
Su Wen casually gave an example, bringing up the debate between the two academies on "heart" and "reason", laying out their respective arguments, and then told a short story about the internal fighting between the two Confucian schools as an anecdote.
Finally, when I heard that Qian Haoran of Qingshan Academy wanted to ensure that his knowledge could stand the test, he even wanted to challenge the Yasheng who named the Confucian extraordinary path, the angry look in Long Aotian's eyes disappeared.
There is such a big debate within the Confucian sect about the knowledge of saints, so it is understandable that he has differences in knowledge with a few Confucian students.
"only……"
After thinking deeply, Long Aotian's eyes revealed a fierce look.
Su Wen is right, heresies among fellow sects are very hateful, but even worse than enemies.
Since he accepted the teachings of "The Analects" and promoted it to the whole clan, it also means that he can be regarded as a member of the Confucian sect.
The Confucian scholars at Heshan Academy denied the correctness of his knowledge, then these people...
It's heresy!
Su Wen has made it clear how Qingshan Academy combats heresy.
The first is a debate, which is to completely deny the fallacy of the other party's knowledge from a scientific point of view, trying to make him wake up, change his mind, and accept his own ideas.
But for extraordinary people, knowledge is not just knowledge, it is also the source of their strength. If they deny the correctness and orthodoxy of their own knowledge, it is hard to say whether they can accept the knowledge of other sects. But after destroying the foundation, the strength of
It is inevitable to lose control, and it is difficult to survive, so the possibility of changing the enemy through debate is extremely low.
But the purpose of debate is not to persuade the enemy to agree with one's own ideas, but to make others not believe in the enemy's ideas, and to prepare public opinion for the ultimate elimination of the enemy.
The next step is to erase the opponent from the debate, both mentally and physically.
When the debate between Qingshan Academy and Heshan Academy was about to reach this point, Wenling Palace suddenly intervened, and then Cheng Zi appeared. Everyone's attention was attracted to Gui Xu, and Qian Haoran's plan came to nothing.
, distracted by larger goals.
He does not mean that.
After listening to Su Wen's words, Long Aotian had an idea in his mind.
"In that case... I'll reason with them first... If they don't want to understand, then it won't be considered as being punished without teaching."
"...It can't be like this." Su Wen felt a little anxious when he heard Long Aotian talking to himself.
He couldn't let these Confucian scholars die!
He also had to bless his stubborn will on them! While they were full of resentment, they had to cooperate with him and help him advance to the second level of the Legalist Sequence.
"Lingyun layman, why don't you hand over these Confucian scholars to me. In three to five days, I will make them fully realize their mistakes. The sage said: If you know your mistakes and you can correct them, there is no greater good. You should give them a chance to reform. If it is true,
No, it’s not too late to discuss the matter of execution.”
Su Wen expressed his appeal in a consultative tone.
"Hmm...I think it will work."
After pondering for a while, Long Aotian finally nodded.
No matter what, Long Aotian still has enough respect for Confucianism, and he can naturally be more tolerant of Confucian scholars.
If these Confucian scholars can realize their own mistakes and accept his annotations on the sage's classics, it will also be recognition of his knowledge, which is naturally a good thing.
Not long after Long Aotian left, several Confucian scholars were sent back, but all of them were injured, with bruises on their noses and swollen faces.
Fortunately, the lobster man was still merciful when he punished them. It seemed that they were seriously injured, but their muscles, bones and internal organs were unharmed.
"Su Wen...it must be something good you did..."
When the leading Confucian scholar saw Su Wen, his eyes burst out with anger.
If Su Wen hadn't distorted the saint's words and deeds, how could the lobster people have twisted the saint's words to the extreme?
When all kinds of shocking words came out of Long Aotian's mouth, the originally articulate Confucian scholar was shocked and became speechless in anger.
It was precisely because of this that they were all emotional when refuting Long Aotian's ridiculous words and deeds. Long Aotian mistakenly thought that they simply looked down on the lobster people and deliberately caused trouble.
So these Confucian scholars suffered a little bit.
But the Confucian scholars at Heshan Academy believed that Su Wen was behind it.
"Jiang Wenxin, we are not familiar with each other, so please don't make random jokes."
The Confucian scholar headed by Heshan Academy is named Jiang Wenxin. He is not a student of the academy, but a well-known gentleman. During the previous debate with Qingshan Academy, he wrote many articles criticizing Qian Haoran's knowledge. Su Wen said
He was somewhat impressed.
Jiang Wenxin is a Confucian scholar in the fourth sequence. He is looking for an opportunity to be promoted to a great Confucian. Therefore, Guixu is in turmoil. At a time when danger and opportunity coexist, he does not hesitate and brings many Confucian students from the academy into Guixu.
After that, he was captured by the lobster man in his nest. This trip was full of setbacks.
Su Wen was not in the mood to listen to the accusations from Jiang Wenxin and others, but said calmly: "Long Aotian once got a copy of "The Analects" from a disciple of the saint, but there were no annotations on the Analects, so he followed the custom of the lobster people and used
Its thinking annotates the profound meaning of the scriptures and is regarded as a guideline."
"This is also the reason why it takes more care of Confucian scholars. If it weren't for this relationship, you wouldn't have a dry house and three meals a day. At this time, you would be soaking in the pool and drinking other people's bath water.
.”
"..."
Hearing this, the anger in Jiang Wenxin's heart suddenly disappeared.
After thinking about it carefully, he found that things were not far from what Su Wen said.
And he also knew that Su Wen was now the most valued by Long Aotian among all human beings. There was no need for him to lie about this kind of thing.
If you really bother them, Su Wen has enough ways to do it.
"Also... just now Long Aotian said that you have misled your disciples, and you have a terrible intention. He is planning to kill you to sacrifice to heaven, and to warn other teachers... I will plead for you and spare your life for the time being, but you will die next
It's a matter of life, it depends on whether you are worthy of your cooperation."
Su Wen said calmly: "If you want to die, it's easy. Next time I ask you to go to class with Crayfish, you can say whatever you want... But if you don't want to die, you'd better... listen to me."
Su Wen turned his head and looked aside. Jin Kaila shouted "yo ho ho ho" and moved a huge stone slab over.
On the far right side of the stone slab, two large characters are clearly engraved: Whispering language!
"If you read these mysteries carefully and explain them to the crayfish, just follow these instructions and you will definitely survive."
"this……"
When Jiang Wenxin saw the explanation of the first sentence of "Xueer", he was as stunned as a thunderbolt.
Jiang Wenxin, a Confucian scholar who has lived for decades and has a profound literary background, realized for the first time in his life that the meaning of "If a person does not know something but is not ashamed, he is not a gentleman" actually means "If others don't know your reputation in Taoism, they will not know it."
If you get angry and beat him up, you can't be considered a gentleman."
"Oh my god... in broad daylight, the world is bright, etiquette has collapsed, music has collapsed, and morals have fallen..."
"..."
Listening to Jiang Wenxin's words with a pale face, Su Wen just curled his lips.
However, the effect is indeed very good. If these Confucian scholars are willing to accept education, the "stubborn" effect will not be so strong.
"Senior Brother Shen, you are responsible for supervising them."
Naturally, Su Wen did not have the patience to teach the Confucian scholars "The Whispering Confucius" sentence by sentence. Shen Buhao's advantages as a legalist scholar could be brought into full play here, and Su Wen naturally asked those who are capable to work harder.
"Easy to say, easy to say..."
Shen Buhao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
He knows how offending such behavior is.
These Confucian scholars at Heshan Academy must have hated him deeply in their hearts.
Once they leave the nest, the revenge of these guys will definitely be a headache.
"We can't let them have a chance to leave alive..." Shen Buhao thought hard and began to think of a plan in his heart.