Xianyang, somewhere in a large house, is a stronghold of Confucianism, one of the hundreds of schools of thought. There are many such strongholds of Confucianism.
But those who come here today are not Confucians from Xunzi's Xiaoshengxianzhuang lineage, but Confucianists from Zigong's lineage.
Confucianism split into eight factions after the death of Confucius. Zixia's lineage includes Zixia himself, Wu Qi and other great figures, and Zigong's lineage can be regarded as its own lineage.
At that time, Zigong and Zixia were the most outstanding among the three thousand disciples of Confucius. Zigong's deeds can be considered legendary, if according to the records in historical records.
When Confucius' hometown Lu was attacked by Qi, Confucius was very angry. Why are you disciples here watching? My hometown is about to be attacked? You should take action quickly?
But the problem is that your hometown is the State of Lu, and our hometown is not necessarily the State of Lu. But when Master was angry, no one dared to say that.
Then Zigong had an idea and said: I have a way.
Then he went to the State of Qi and persuaded the powerful ministers of the State of Qi at that time to postpone the attack on the State of Lu. If you want to show off your prestige and establish authority, it is useless to attack a weakling like the State of Lu. You have to attack someone like the State of Wu.
Only a strong country will do.
As for the problem that you are worried about the Wu State not being able to come over or defeat the Wu State, don’t worry, I will help you solve it and I will convince Fu Chai to come here.
Then he went to the State of Wu and successfully persuaded Fu Chai to attack Qi and Jin. Then he went to the State of Yue and asked the State of Yue to continue pretending to be his younger brother and take the initiative to send troops to help the State of Wu attack Qi. Gou Jian thought about it and agreed.
Do you think things end here? No!
At this time, Zigong went to the State of Jin again and said that the State of Wu will attack you soon. It is best to make preparations first and give the State of Wu a surprise!
In short, under his arrogance, King Wu Fu Chai went to the Central Plains to compete with the Jin State for hegemony, but the Jin State was well prepared and Fu Chai did not take any substantial advantage at all.
It was just a deterrent, not to mention the loss of troops and generals, but the actual benefits had not yet been obtained. When I looked back, I saw that my hometown had been stolen by Yue, and then I could no longer continue the fight.
The senior officials of the Jin State saw this and deliberately showed weakness, asking him to go home and continue fighting with the Yue State. Otherwise, whether he could go home or not would be a question.
If what is recorded in historical records is true, then Zigong is a true political strategist. Without the support of a powerful country behind him, he saved Lu, rebelled against Qi, defeated Wu, forced Jin and dominated Yue.
With such a powerful ancestor, Zigong's lineage just ignored Xunzi, the elder brother recognized by all Confucian lines.
For ordinary trivial matters, it is okay for everyone to give face to Xunzi after he speaks. But for major matters involving the future direction of the entire branch, if Xunzi still wants to decide in one sentence, then it is impossible.
Therefore, after Xunzi publicly defected to Qin, other branches of Confucianism cursed and complained that Xunzi was nothing, and at the same time sent people to Xianyang for on-the-spot investigation.
Today is the day when Zigong and his family gathered together again after a period of investigation. Everyone discussed the changes in the Qin State, and were surprised by the prosperity of the Qin State and the magic of martial arts in life.
In particular, the Quanzhen Mind Method, which can be practiced while walking, sitting or lying down, has been praised to heaven. As for the parenting scripture, it has been praised to heaven a long time ago.
In everyone's discussions, three meals a day is a word that is mentioned very frequently. Every time this word is mentioned, everyone's hearts are filled with envy.
Everyone stopped while they were talking, because they all talked about the Nine Heavens in the sky. The Nine Heavens are really magical. Although the Qin State has announced the existence of the Nine Heavens, no one has been there yet, and they don’t know whether it is true or not.
"In short, although today's Great Qin has occasional flaws, it is generally very good. At least it is much stronger than Qi and Chu."
"Although Qin's laws are harsh, they are the most powerful under the King of Qin. They restrain the military aristocrats, and the leaders of Guizhou can also get ahead. This is benevolence, the greatest benevolence. Based on this, the current King of Qin is my Confucian
A figure like a great master."
"What's more, the King of Qin will continue to live and die, and people will continue to sacrifice, so that Han Hou, Wei Bo, Zhao Hou, Yan Hou and others can still sacrifice to their ancestors during the holidays. This is also a great benevolence."
"In my opinion, this kind of Qin is actually very consistent with our Confucian ideals. But even so, there is no need for us to lick our faces and take the initiative to join the Qin Dynasty."
The implication is that our Zigong lineage also has a reputation. We can't just come over here before the King of Qin invites him. In this case, do we still have to lose face?
No one wants what is given for free, and no one values it. This has been true throughout the ages. Therefore, even though Zhuge Liang had long been optimistic about Liu Bei, he still had to keep him hanging and deliberately made him visit the thatched cottage three times before leaving the mountain.
I visited the thatched cottage three times not because I don't think highly of Liu Bei, but because I want to improve my personal quality, so that Liu Bei will pay more attention to him subconsciously, and also let Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others know that I, the village man of Zhuge, am not someone to be trifled with. It was your elder brother Liu Bei who invited me three times.
Come here!
"What exactly are these nine days? We need to find out first. If it is really as magical as what the Xun Bao says, and it can help people realize the Tao, enlighten their thinking, or even achieve direct enlightenment, then we will join Da Qin tomorrow."
After the old master made his decision, he started to make connections. Soon after, he got a quota from Xunzi, and then his disciple Kong Ren set off.
Kong Ren is a descendant of Confucius, but he is not a direct descendant but a concubine. In a place like Confucianism that attaches great importance to etiquette, no matter how capable a concubine is, he cannot be compared with a direct descendant, otherwise it will be rude!
What's more, he is still a child of the Confucius family. If the children of the Kong family take the lead in being rude, how shameless will the Confucian family be? So although he is very capable, he does not think about overthrowing his direct lineage and becoming the boss all day long, but goes out to study.
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Now he is considered a senior brother of Zigong's lineage, which is quite good.
Following the officials' guidance, Kong Ren quickly arrived at his destination.
There are a series of houses here, and each house has a large coffin placed. There are ventilation holes above the coffin, front, rear, left and right, giving it a formidable look.
From time to time, people come out of the coffin, and others enter the coffin. And everyone is full of energy when they enter the coffin, but when they leave the coffin, they are exhausted.
Although the smile on his face is bright, his exhaustion and haggard look cannot be faked!
What exactly did they encounter in the coffin? Is there some evil female demon in the coffin that specializes in absorbing men's yang energy?
Then Kong Ren shook his head vigorously, it was impossible, Da Qin could not be so unreliable. Maybe this is the price of heaven. Mortals always have to pay some price when they go to heaven. Kong Ren still felt outrageous when he thought about it.