Brother Eight Emperors embarrassed Kong Zhiyue
Li Lingyue opened her innocent and surprised eyes and looked at Pei Wanying, who was calm and more and more noble as a princess, blinking her eyes for an explanation.
Pei Wanying calmly pulled her to sit down, without explaining the reason, and just said softly: "Let's watch the show."
Li Zhe watched Li Dan being asked back by Kong Zhiyue, with the same solemn expression, just like Li Lingyue. Just as he was about to stand up, he was grabbed by Xu Yanbo who kept his head down as if he was asleep.
"King Ying, please be patient. King Yin can handle it. Let's see again." Xu Yanbo still lowered his head, but his eyes were shining, just like the eyes of his grandfather Xu Jingzong back then, full of depth. The city government.
"It seems that the emperor is right. Saying you are stupid is just flattering you!" Li Dan did not appear flustered by Kong Zhiyue's rhetorical question, nor did he blush like he did when he was a child. Instead, he stood tall and straight, his whole body Full of unprecedented confidence.
"Prince Yin, please respect yourself!" Kong Zhiyue's voice sank. Although he was a royal minister, scholars had always enjoyed a high reputation in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, since the late emperor, the Kong and Yan families were both highly valued by the late emperor. rely.
Even now, His Majesty, knowing that he and His Highness the Crown Prince have completely different ideas, still decisively chooses to keep himself in the Imperial College.
Now, being scolded by King Yin in front of his face was just a compliment to himself. How could Kong Zhiyue bear this
The Kong and Yan families have always been like Meng Bu Li, so Yan Weizhen saw Kong Zhi Yue being scolded innocently by King Yin, and immediately saluted Li Zhi and Wu Mei, walked to Kong Zhi Yue and faced Li Dan asked: "Since the King of Yin thought Master Kong was stupid, and Yan Weizhen asked the King of Yin to clarify his doubts, I, the Imperial Academy of the Tang Dynasty, took it as his own duty to educate all the people, and his responsibility to spread the etiquette to the world, how could he be so stupid?"
Li Dan was not unhappy by the two people's questioning. On the contrary, he smiled confidently and calmly. After taking a look at his mother and father who were not angry, he said calmly: "Whether it's Japan, Silla, Baekje has always been full of rebellious ministers and traitors, and whoever has breasts is his mother's master. Whether it was the Tang Dynasty, the pre-Sui Dynasty, or even further back, who did not take advantage of the benefits of our Chinese nation? Is it because they are inflicting trouble on China when our nation is in danger? A few years ago, the Japanese sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, and then they started sending warships to Baekje to attack our Tang Navy. I want to ask you Yan Weizhen, are you raising wolves? What about raising tigers?”
"I know that you hope that the cultural classics of your Kong and Yan families will move them and make them be grateful to our Chinese nation. But looking at the lessons learned from history, whether it is Japan, Silla or Baekje, they are all feeding unfamiliar dogs. I have given you benefits and made you my superior. I even offered you benefits and at the same time, I still secretly do obscene things. Do you think we, the Tang Dynasty, should not learn from the past and continue to make the same mistakes? I also want to ask you, Kong Zhiyue hopes that my father will continue to allow the Japanese and other countries to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty to study, but will not teach other people of the Tang Dynasty. Are you a minister of the Tang Dynasty or the Japanese country? Ministers? You enjoy the love of the people of the Tang Dynasty, the generous salary given to you by the royal court, and then train talents for the Japanese country and others. Is this the legendary cheating?" Li Dan walked around Kong Zhiyue and Yan Weizhen. While walking, he talked freely.
"I... the Confucius family has never cared about which country a student is from. It only cares about whether his conduct is correct and in line with our Confucian family's theory of educating people and receiving courtesy. It will not depend on which country a student is from..."
"In that case, why can't we go to Anxi and other barbarian lands? The Japanese people are human beings, and they are not even people from the Tang Dynasty. They can be worthy of your Confucianism. However, I, the descendants of the Tang Dynasty, cannot be worthy of your Confucius. Xue Shuo, I'm just wondering, was your reputation and family background given to you by the Japanese?" Li Dan looked at Kong Zhiyue who was about to defend himself, but interrupted and asked again.
"My reputation and family background are all thanks to the late Emperor and His Majesty who never gave up on me and gave me all the honors..."
"We, the Tang Dynasty, have given you all the fame, but you want the Japanese society to attack our Tang Dynasty with its doctrines. Is it wrong for you to say that you are eating the inside out?" Li Zhe took advantage of Xu Yanbo's unpreparedness and suddenly stood up, looking at him coldly. Yan Weizhen said.
"The King of England dares to guarantee that after the Anxi barbarians learn the classics of our Chinese sages and learn and create characters for them, they will not be in trouble with the Tang Dynasty or rebel against the Tang Dynasty?" Yan Weizhen also took a step forward, Li Zhe asked as he stood up.
"If you want them to stop rebelling against us, the Tang Dynasty, we must let them have the same culture and race as us, and use your sages and classics to inject them with the soul and totem of our Chinese nation, instead of blindly abandoning them and treating them as a barbarian land. ! At that time, Confucius also knew how to travel around the world to see the differences between countries. Although he was just lobbying among the countries of the Spring and Autumn Period, at least he knew how to visit countries with different cultures, and then summarized the culture that was beneficial to our Chinese nation, and What about you? You are just resting on the merits of your ancestors, wearing the hat of a Confucian sage, and dominating the city of Chang'an. Whether it is you Yan Weizhen or Kong Zhiyue, have you ever been to Anxi? Have you ever understood whether the folk customs there are tough or simple, or are they really as unreasonable as you said, a barbarian land? It has been nearly ten years since the emperor's brother reorganized Anxi. Have you ever thought about it? Did you leave Chang'an and go to Anxi to inspect the barbarian land and the Tubo barbarian land? You just relied on your impressions to turn Anxi into a barbarian land. You just heard about the people of the Tang Dynasty in Anxi. The common people are barbarians who don’t understand etiquette and etiquette, but do you know that they are no longer what you imagined after the development of the emperor over the years? "
"What the King of England said is wrong. Could it be that the King of England had a deep understanding of it in Anxi..."
"Yes, I will not only lead my troops to fight against Dashi, Tocharo, and Tutu Shi, but I also want to check whether the Anxi Protectorate has escaped the bad image in my mind after so many years of development. And the fact is "The wealth of Anxi and the etiquette of the people in Anxi are not as bad as you say!" Li Zhe certainly has such a say. He has been fighting in Anxi for nearly a year, and the folk customs there are really tough. Still simple, barbaric or civilized, at least he knows better than these two guys.
Historically, no matter it was the Tang Dynasty or other dynasties, especially those literary scholars who regarded themselves as the mainstream culture of the Chinese nation, basically few of them were willing to step out of the Central Plains and go to other places to investigate the people's sentiments, and even if they had to do Defending the imperial power was just a last resort under the pressure of the imperial court in order to preserve the pride and reputation of their family.
Who was the most famous foreign envoy of the Tang Dynasty at this time? Wang Xuance has mixed reputations and reputations, and it is still taboo to mention his name in court. After all, although he made many shocking actions during his missions to the Western Regions and other countries, Li Hong even mentioned that one person destroyed a country. On the lips, be proud of it.
But having said that, besides Wang Xuance, who else has ever been on a mission to other countries? Xuanzang was one of them, but he only left for Buddhism and never brought out the culture of the Chinese nation.
The greatness and tolerance of the Chinese nation, which was much talked about in the previous life, was particularly obvious in the Tang Dynasty. But while we tolerate other foreign cultures, have we ever truly exported our culture to other places
Even in the last life, what we can see among the historical relics is the most famous Silk Road. The most basic and important function of the Silk Road is obviously not to transport the culture of the Chinese nation, but to It is relying on the lowest level merchants among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce to sell the products of our Chinese nation, thus achieving the influence of the historical relics of the previous life. For this, we are still cheering and proud.
Have you ever thought about why lands outside the Central Plains are not very accepting of our sense of belonging and inclusiveness of the Chinese nation
The reason is nothing more than the fact that after deposing hundreds of schools of thought and only respecting Confucianism, this Confucianism was spoiled by the rulers, giving them enough soil to grow comfortably, allowing them to serve the imperial power while enjoying the benefits that the imperial power had given them. Fame.
With the absence of competitors and the support of the imperial rulers behind them, they became comfortable and no longer had to find more nurturing soil for their Confucian culture. As a result, our mainstream culture could only be found in the Central Plains. It takes root in the region but can never be accepted by others.
In the end, just like the previous life, we need to spend a lot of money to open Confucius schools in various places to increase the sense of identity of our overseas Chinese with our ancestors.
Throughout the five thousand years of history, has there ever been a Confucian sage who would go out of the Central Plains and pass on his culture to areas outside the Central Plains? Is it difficult for areas outside the Central Plains to accept it? But they don’t even have the basic text! Why is it difficult to accept
Is it their barbaric and bad roots that make our mainstream Confucianism lose its suitable soil? But our mainstream Confucianism has also overcome many obstacles and finally reached the top of the pyramid of Central Plains culture.
Therefore, our mainstream culture is very popular in the Central Plains, but it hits a wall in other places and is difficult to take root. Is it because the imperial power does not require them to travel far to spread culture, or because they have lost their ambition to continue to develop and grow because of the pampering of the imperial power.
If Confucianism can be sown among the nomads ruled by the Han Dynasty since its implementation in the Han Dynasty, then will the centripetal force of the Chinese nation become wider and not just limited to the Central Plains region?
Of course, there are many complicated reasons, but the reason why the Confucian sages who were spoiled by the imperial power lost their desire to continue to reach the top, continue to develop and grow, and developed inertia is probably inseparable.
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