The people here, except Kong Yingda, are all teenagers. They grew up in the prince's family. Not to mention the tragedy of cannibalism, they have never even seen a starving person. I heard Li Mu say that people
Many people looked unbelieving that they would eat people when they were extremely hungry, but some people believed it and were so frightened that they turned pale and did not dare to speak out.
Li Chengqian was naturally courageous and curious, so he asked: "Brother, have you really seen people eating people?"
Li Mu casually said that he had really seen it somewhere, but this did not prevent him from deceiving: "How can I say that I have never seen it? I think I was a village warrior in Mayi, and was captured by the Turkic cavalry. I traveled through the grasslands and deserts all the way to Iron Mountain.
, I haven’t seen anything along the way.”
Li Chengqian trembled for a moment, then looked at Li Mu with a slightly frightened look, and said: "Brother, you can't also..."
"What are you thinking!" Li Mu said angrily: "Being born as a human being and eating human flesh, how is it different from wild beasts? Besides, do you think the Turkic cavalry will share the meat with the prisoners?"
Li Mu said angrily: "Li Chengqian, as the prince, why do you think things are so strange? I am warning you, but you are curious about this kind of thing. It seems that I have to talk to His Majesty. You kid has such weird thoughts.
What a problem!"
"No, no!" Li Chengqian hurriedly apologized and said, "I just don't ask, don't tell my father, he will scold me."
"Then shut up." Li Mu reprimanded, and then continued: "What I just taught you is a way of thinking about things, not a refutation of the saints' classics. You must distinguish this point clearly, maybe you are very worried about it.
Doubtful." Li Mu suddenly saw Kong Yingda's appearance and couldn't help laughing. He pointed at Kong Yingda and said, "Everyone, look at Kong Jijiu. Do you think he looks like a toad about to explode?"
When all the students followed Li Mu's fingers and saw Kong Yingda's appearance, they couldn't help but burst into laughter. They laughed twice, feeling that something was wrong, so they quickly held it back again and made a fuss.
Kong Yingda glared and said: "Li Mu, I am not as eloquent as you. But I also have something to say. What you just said is to look at things in reverse and deduce the reasons from the results. Then let me ask you, why is Confucianism the only one in the world now?
Why have kings believed in Confucianism since the Han Dynasty? If Confucianism is not right, then it is not right either. Why is there such a result?"
"This question is a good idea." Li Mu smiled and said, stroking his hands: "This is what I was about to talk about. Lao Kong, I found that you still have some talent. You are very suitable to be a teaching assistant."
"Stop being so quick-tongued and please answer my question."
"Okay, then I will share my research results with you." Li Mu said seriously: "Confucianism is not the earliest or the latest among hundreds of scholars. How can it be passed down for so long that it has reached
Today, the dominant position of one family is not the so-called "benevolent government". Thoughts similar to this are just the later generations' attachment to Confucius' theory and are far-fetched for their own interests. This is a very despicable and immoral thing.
.The fundamental reason why Confucianism can be inherited and carried forward lies in these eight words: benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trust, forgiveness, loyalty, and filial piety!"
"These eight words cover all the beautiful qualities a person can possess. It tells us that as a person, you must have a heart of kindness, a sense of responsibility, and you must pay attention to moral cultivation. Benevolence and propriety complement each other.
It requires loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and forgiveness, etc. However, other theories among hundreds of schools of thought are almost all specialized in one way, and there is no inclusiveness in Confucianism.”
"These eight words are also the original thoughts of Confucius."
"Why did I mention the word 'despicable' just now!" Li Mu's tone became a little angry, and said: "If you read through the Confucian classics, you will find one thing. In the beginning, almost all of the ideas that Confucius taught were just trivial words.
What he did was advocacy. Advocacy is not a command. He gave the people a choice. If the people felt that Confucius was right, they would follow Confucius's words and do what he said. This is called convincing people with virtue. And since Mencius, these people have
What to do? They used Confucius’ thoughts, added their own ideas to it, and openly called it a family. They began to lobby the emperor in an attempt to promote their ideas from top to bottom? What kind of behavior is this? "
"Fundamentally speaking, they have no ideas of their own. Borrowing Confucius' ideas is a kind of theft. Furthermore, their original purpose is not for the people, but for themselves. If it is for the people, what do you say to the emperor?
You tell the people? They are forcing the people! They are trying to control the people by controlling the emperor. What they really want to do is to be the emperor behind the emperor. Isn’t it creepy to have wolfish ambitions?"
"Just now Kong Jijiu said that since the Han Dynasty, I know he was talking about Dong Zhongshu. Is Dong Zhongshu a good man? He once said that as long as the theory is not among the six arts, it should not exist. In the end, it led to the dethronement of hundreds of schools of thought.
, "Only respect Confucianism", it is true that this is a good thing for Confucianism. But is it really a good thing for the world? Confucius never said that only Confucianism is allowed to exist in the world. Even Confucius himself once studied
Yu Laozi said, "When three people walk together, there must be a teacher of mine." It can be seen that Confucius also knew his own shortcomings and needed to learn from others. Why was Dong Zhongshu so arrogant, thinking that Confucianism can solve all problems, and other ideas can't solve it?
Isn’t it even allowed to exist? Is he really doing it for Confucianism? Is he really doing it for the people? Isn’t he doing it for his own status?!”
"A thief!"
Li Mu sighed: "Although Dong Zhongshu proposed to abolish hundreds of schools of thought and only respect Confucianism. But to this day, we can still see, has it really been abolished? No! Every theory has its existence if it can be born.
Inevitability. Are there no Taoist priests now? Aren't Taoist priests Taoists? What does Qin Tianjian do? Isn't it considered a Yin Yang family? Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment do not use Legalist principles? Can the farming methods that have been passed down to this day be said to be Confucian?
Inventions? Carts, shafts, plows and other implements, which one is Confucian?"
Li Mu said sternly: "The most terrifying thing is that a theory cannot solve all problems, but there are poor people who believe that it can." After that, Li Mu pointed at Kong Yingda and said: "This is a poor person.
, he believes that Confucianism is omnipotent. Even if sometimes, he discovers that Confucianism is not omnipotent, he still has to immerse himself in the pile of old papers to find a word and forcefully explain it to prove that Confucianism can do it. What do you think this is for?
Is it so difficult to admit the excellence of others? You have to force yourself to have nothing to say. What a pitiful person!"
"alright!"
Just when Li Mu was about to continue teasing Kong Yingda, Li Shimin finally couldn't help but walked out from the corridor. When everyone saw Li Shimin coming, they all stood up and saluted. Li Mu also saluted. In fact, he had seen Li Shimin a long time ago, but Li Shimin didn't come forward.
, and he didn’t expose it.
Li Shimin came to Li Mu with a cold face, glanced at Kong Yingda who seemed to have lost his soul, glared at Li Mu reproachfully, and comforted Kong Yingda: "My dear, Li Mu's thoughts are always different from ordinary people's.
, you don’t have to take it to heart.”
Kong Yingda bowed to the end: "Your Majesty, I am really ashamed. Zhulu Hou Tianzong is a genius, and everything he said is to the point. Just like what Zhulu Hou said just now, the veteran did do something like burying his head in the pile of old papers. Now that I think about it, I feel really ashamed. Maybe Zhulu Hou is right
Yes, not all issues in this world can be solved by Confucianism, alas."
Li Mu chuckled and said: "Old Kong, don't be discouraged. I have never said that Confucius is not good. You have to judge my words carefully. I admire Confucius, but for these later things, I have to judge my words carefully.
I despise these people for their selfish interests and forcibly bind them, so that the thoughts of Confucius and Sheng have changed a bit. Good ideas, ideas that truly win the hearts of the people, do not need to be forced. The people should follow their own example. If they do not win the hearts of the people, they should follow them.
,Forcible oppression is useless."
"Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trust, forgiveness, loyalty, and filial piety are the eight words of good thinking. Without any explanation, everyone knows that this is right. This is the true foundation of Confucianism.
, Lao Kong, when you give lectures in the future, talk more about these and less about the so-called "benevolent politics". You are just a teacher yourself, and you know nothing about benevolent politics. What you fail to do is just
Stop being someone else's teacher, it's embarrassing."
Li Shimin frowned and said: "Li Mu! That's too much! Why would you utter such vulgar words?!"
"Your Majesty, I forgive you. I was in a hurry for Lao Kong's sake. Lao Kong, I'm sorry."
Kong Yingda sighed and said: "Your Majesty, don't blame Zhuluhou, what he said has a certain truth. It's really ridiculous when you think about it. The old minister is just a teacher, but he quotes scriptures and talks about 'the way of benevolent government'. How can people be convinced?"
Okay, just be careful in the future."
"My dear, please don't listen to this kid's nonsense. Who doesn't have a teacher? I don't think so. The emperor also has a teacher. If he doesn't have a teacher, how can he understand the truth? You should still teach as you should, and there is no need to change it."
Li Mu couldn't help but uttered: "Your Majesty, I don't agree with you. Emperors throughout the ages, if they obey their teachers in everything, they must not be a good emperor, they must be a puppet emperor. Emperors should have their own opinions, I
I also said in the previous antithesis that the reason why Yao and Shun were Yao and Shun was because they themselves were wise and not taught by anyone. Naturally, everyone has a teacher, but the vague concept of benevolent government cannot be taught casually, especially to the prince.
What if the prince is taught to be like Lao Confucius, with a stubborn mind, unable to listen to other people's opinions, and fainting if he can't speak up. When something happens, he goes to the piles of books to find answers, what will the Tang Dynasty do?
Remind him and let him know himself. You can teach him more about things you know, such as benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom, trust, forgiveness, loyalty, and filial piety. If you don't understand, you can talk less.
Of course there are others to teach you, so why do you have to show off yourself..."