Xingtan has extraordinary significance to the human race. It is even recognized as the origin of the holy way of enlightenment. Only those who have been promoted to great scholars are qualified to go to Xingtan and meditate for three days.
Even the most unlucky scholar could hear the voice of one of the seventy-two disciples after three days of meditation. The most lucky ones could hear the sage imitating Confucius' teaching. As for the truly lucky ones, they could hear the voice of Confucius in person.
In history, only four Confucian sages had heard the teachings of Confucius. The first three left behind immortal works and were canonized.
Generally speaking, only those who have heard the teachings of Confucius can be considered true disciples of Confucius. Although they cannot be compared with the seventy-two sages, they can be counted among the three thousand disciples.
Yi Zhishi is the fourth.
When the competition for literary masters took place, Yi Zhishi's popularity was not particularly high, because the human race has always been particular about seniority, and Yi Zhishi was too young. Before him, there were many respected elders who competed for the title of literary master, and each of them was far more capable than him.
For example, Lei Konghe from the Lei family, Zong Ganyu from the Zong family, Chen Mingding from the Chen family of Jingguo, etc. were all better than Yi Zhishi at that time.
At that time, no one believed that Yi Zhishi could be crowned as a literary giant. His youth made him successful, but it also became a disadvantage in the competition for literary giants.
However, at the last moment of the dispute between the literary masters, the Kong family came forward and announced that Yi Zhishi had listened to the remaining teachings of Confucius, shocking the world.
One person knows the world better than Emperor Wenzong.
The competition among literary masters was no longer a suspense, and Yi Zhishi became the true number one person below the semi-saint level.
Yi Zhishi had many disciples and old friends. Whenever they met someone who said Fang Yun was a scholar before the sage, they would sneer at him, because Yi Zhishi was the only one in the world who had listened to the legacy of Confucius and was a true disciple of Confucius. In their view, although the sage was said to be a disciple of heaven, he was actually far less orthodox than Confucius' disciples. Among Confucianism, only those who were ranked among the top three thousand disciples were orthodox.
Everyone in Luopu Valley knows what the concept of Xiaoxingtan is. Only the lectures that are most relevant to the Holy Way and are unique and innovative can trigger Xiaoxingtan, and the principles taught will inevitably be carried forward in the future.
Before, Fang Yun had taught painting techniques and piano playing skills, which caused a great sensation, but it was far inferior to this small Xingtan, because in the eyes of scholars, those were just minor paths, and governing the country and maintaining peace was the major path.
The vision of this small apricot altar itself was not grand. There was no divine light, no talent from heaven. It was just that two apricot trees suddenly continued to grow, which looked nothing special.
But if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to trigger divine light and talent. It can enable living beings to transcend the limitations of nature and experience long growth in a short period of time. This power is comparable to controlling the past and the future.
After the Zong family took over the Dongsheng Pavilion, they obstructed Fang Yun at every turn. However, once Xiaoxingtan appeared, not to mention that Fang Yun had killed the Zong family's children, even if he had killed the Zong family's patriarch, the Dongsheng Pavilion could only hold its nose and declare Xiaoxingtan a holy place!
The delay can be three days at most. If it exceeds three days, other halls in the Holy Academy will dare to impeach Zong Ganyu and everyone in the East Holy Pavilion!
Even if they are the descendants of the sage.
The Kong Family Xingtan in the Confucius Temple is like a monument and a holy place that no one or family wants to get involved in.
But holy places like Xiao Xingtan are different. They are holy places for education and are not as good as holy places for the Great Dao. Whenever such holy places appear, all major forces of the human race will certainly go all out to compete for the qualification to enter for meditation.
Lower than the Holy Land of Education are the Hanlin Hall and the Infinite War Hall that Fang Yun had experienced in the Holy Academy, both of which are holy places for cultivation.
Regarding the differences between the three holy places, a great scholar once made an analogy, comparing a person to a bucket.
The main purpose of practicing in the holy land is to improve one's own strength, which is equivalent to continuously pouring water into the bucket, and it will always be full.
The Holy Land of Enlightenment can not only add water to the barrel, but also slowly change the texture of the barrel, making it stronger and stronger.
The Holy Land of the Avenue is more powerful. It can not only turn a wooden barrel into an iron barrel, but also make the barrel taller and bigger.
The saintly families have no shortage of holy places for cultivation; they only need to pay a very small price to enter any holy place for cultivation.
However, a holy place of enlightenment like Xiaoxingtan is completely different. In order to ensure that the holy place has sufficient power, the holy place will not be open all the time. The number of people and opening hours will be limited, and one must pay a great price to enter.
The conditions for entering a holy place like the Confucius Temple's Xingtan are even more stringent. Only great scholars can enter once. If you are not a great scholar, even the son of a semi-saint cannot enter, and members of the Kong family are not allowed to enter!
Entered once and want to enter again? Sure, please canonize it.
The entry conditions to the holy lands of the human race are almost always so harsh, so the various families will not attempt to control them at all. Either you are qualified to enter, or you are not qualified to enter, there is absolutely no room for maneuver.
It’s different at Xiaoxingtan. Every genius from every family wants to enter it first, and no one wants to enter with many others. They all want to meditate alone for at least one day.
There are countless people who study, but there are only 365 days in a year. Among billions of people, only so many can practice meditation alone in a year. Not to mention that the entire human race is not enough, not to mention that the saints and families are not enough. Even if only the descendants of the Confucius family are allowed to enter, the descendants of the Confucius family will fight for it desperately, because it is still not enough.
The scholars in front of Liu Shan were silent and reluctant to speak, and some of them even had red faces.
Xingtan is a holy place for education. So, from today on, no matter what the identities of those who listen to Fang Yun’s lectures are or who their mentor is, they must respectfully call Fang Yun their mentor.
In Shengyuan Continent, the relationship between master and disciple is second only to that between parents and children.
Because the officials who were attending the lecture had personally experienced the establishment of Xiaoxingtan, not only could each of them enter Xiaoxingtan again free of charge, but one of their direct descendants could also be selected to enter Xiaoxingtan once free of charge.
If a scholar cannot even pass the examination to become a Tongsheng, as long as he enters Xiaoxingtan once, he will definitely become a Jinshi within 20 years. He does not have to practice meditation alone, but can practice meditation with a dozen or twenty people.
The reason why the scholars in Luopu Valley remained silent was that they understood that from now on, the relationship between Xiangzhou officials and Fang Yun would be a hundred times or a thousand times stronger than the relationship between Zuo Xiang Party officials and Liu Shan!
If one of the Xiangzhou officials had mediocre talent but had a child with extremely excellent talent, and Fang Yun asked that official to die now, the official would agree after hesitating for no more than three breaths.
Just to allow the child to enter Xiaoxingtan once.
Liu Shan sighed softly, looking at the clouds in the sky, feeling lost, and said slowly: "After Ning An, Xiangzhou also has the surname Fang."
The valley remained silent.
Ning'an is just a county town. No matter how great its potential is, its achievements will ultimately be limited due to factors such as population.
Xiangzhou is different. It was suppressed by Qing Kingdom for decades, but it has a population of over 100 million!
If the potential of Xiangzhou is fully stimulated, in thirty years at most, scholars from Xiangzhou will fill all the government offices in various states of Jingguo!
They are all disciples of Fang Yun.
From now on, no matter what happens to Jing State in the future, no matter whether Xiangzhou is annexed by Qing State or seized by Wu State, it will not be suppressed like it was in the past.
Because Xiangzhou is not the Xiangzhou of any country, it is Fang Yun’s Xiangzhou!
The small Xingtan in the Baling City Academy of Literature can support half of the country!
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