Chang'an.

Duling.

Xing Yong didn't seem to know how he returned to his temporary place of stay, but he felt that the things he heard in Qinglong Temple seemed to be rumbling in his mind all the time.

Those things were like awls, which made the heart hurt, and they were like a crowbar, pried open some closed doors.

"In ancient times, those who want to make clear virtues of the world should first govern the country; those who want to make the country should first consolidate their families; those who want to make the family should first cultivate their bodies; those who want to make the body should first correct their hearts; those who want to make the hearts should first be sincere in their intentions; those who want to make the intentions should first obtain their knowledge, and those who want to make the knowledge should be investigated..."

『Hahaha...It's really...』

Xing Yong shook his head and smiled a little nervously.

This is what Confucius said.

Confucius spoke very easily.

It seems that after studying things, you can know, and after learning, you can be sincere, and then step by step, you will eventually govern the country and pacify the world.

Xing Yong had always believed this before.

But he encountered many problems in this process.

There are many problems, and these problems cannot be explained, or in other words, in the words of Confucius, the relationship between Confucius' rule of the country and the world is not a necessary relationship with each other.

Because what Confucius said casually seems to make sense, but there is no logic.

There are corrupt officials, corrupt officials, and villains who can act as arrows when they have sex. There are too many people who are not moral, but they are holding positions in managing the local area and governing the country.

Similarly, there are also some who are well-educated scholars, honest gentlemen, who have no problems in their academic or moral character, but may not be able to govern the country well. Even ordinary counties are messy...

More importantly, how many emperors, who have practiced a series of cultivation in the past three or four hundred years, before they took the throne of governing the world?

So, what was wrong?

Xing Yong began to doubt, but he did not dare to doubt. Because doubting Confucius' scriptures was like doubting his own life. Therefore, Confucius could not make mistakes, but only others, or even himself.

The more you think, the more frightened you are.

The more frightened you are, the more you accumulate in your mind.

Then today, it was like a blocked toilet, with a thud.

It's transparent.

『Benevolence, righteousness, profit and harm…』

Xing Yong was excitedly circling around the courtyard, and he couldn't sleep.

Before today, most students studied hard and what were the standards for learning?

Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country and pacify the world...

How many can do it?

There are always so many officials, how many people can become? In order to become an official, they forget what they have learned in the end, and try their best to climb up and step down desperately, just to ensure that the official hat on their heads will not fall off and that they can do anything disgusting.

And now, another way is coming.

Most people can do it and can do it.

No matter at any stage, no matter whether you become an official or not, you can do it and must do it.

"If it is beneficial to the world, do it; if it is not beneficial to the world, change it."

It has nothing to do with benevolence, loyalty, filial piety, etc.

It has nothing to do with how many books you have read or how many years you have been filial.

"Yes, benevolence and righteousness have nothing to do with interests!" Xing Yong laughed haha, and then couldn't help crying, "benevolence and righteousness are benevolence and righteousness, interests are interests, why do you have to mix them together? If you separate, don't you know everything? I read it wrong, wrong!"

In the future, you don’t have to say anything, and you will be interrupted and asked, are you kind and kind? Are you loyal and filial? Are you virtuous and filial?

One thing is one thing.

There is no need to be a shell of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness at all times!

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Xing Yong laughed loudly, feeling relaxed all over.

Then someone in the next yard shouted and cursed, "Melon peel! Filial pills?! It's not broken, but the horns are broken, what dares to pinch it!"

"Uh..." Xing Yong was interrupted and was obviously a little unhappy, but when he thought that the next door seemed to be a butcher, with a big, thick and thick face, he didn't dare to act rashly. He silently carried his hand back and went back into the house.

Look, sleeping is good, not sleeping is harmful, it is that simple.

Is it necessary to be linked to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness?

Could it be that if we have a lot of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness with the butcher next door, we can stop sleeping?

ha!

sleep!

A clear mind!

…(?▽?)/…

Xing Yong felt that he had a clear mind and went to bed, but some people were unable to calm down.

For example, Zheng Xuan.

In the hall, a slightly dim candlelight was shaking.

Zheng Xuan sat in the hall and looked at Guoyuan who was serving respectfully, and couldn't help but remember that when he was studying with Ma Rong, he was like Guoyuan, who was dedicated to his heart and responsibility.

Ma Rong, he also taught Zhou Li, but he did not follow any so-called "ritual". This guy is famous for "teaching students in front and listing female musicians in the future", so when Zheng Xuan was looking for Ma Rong to study, some thoughts would inevitably arise in his mind, but at that time, Zheng Xuan forced himself not to think about it.

Now Zheng Xuan also understood it early, but he just didn't dare to say it.

Good knowledge does not mean good morals.

This is obvious.

On the other hand, it is also true, so knowledge and morality are all two different things, and there is no connection between them at all.

So Ma Rong is good at learning and is he in conflict with Ma Rong?

But why did Zheng Xuan think that people with good knowledge should be better for morals and private practices at that time?

『Zinni…』

Zheng Xuan spoke.

"Master." Guoyuan drove forward and stood with his hands down.

Zheng Xuan looked at his hand, and under the dim candlelight, he looked dry and old. He quietly placed his hand on his knees, and then said gently: "Today, you have heard it in Qinglong Temple, what do you think?"

Guoyuan didn't know what to say for a moment.

The candlelight swayed and burned itself, and it seemed that it was still slow, neither anxious nor impatient.

But if the candle is really so calm, why would it cry again?

Is it sad for the candle to burn itself, or is it sad for the inability to expel the darkness?

Guoyuan was silent for a while, then bowed his head and bowed, "Master, if you spread the opinions on benefits and disadvantages today, you will inevitably be morally corrupt and you will only know how to pursue interests, so that your loyalty and filial piety will not exist!"

Guoyuan put his knees on the ground, pressed his left hand on the back of his right hand, and then pressed it on the floor in front of him. He slowly leaned forward and touched the back of his left hand with his forehead. He performed the most standard and solemn gift, "Master..."

Although Zheng Xuan has not done anything yet, it is very likely that Zheng Xuan has no way to do anything, because this involves something at a higher level, is a political direction, and is a brand new future.

But only Zheng Xuan can do it.

In the great Han Dynasty, knowledge is priceless and is also contaminated with countless blood.

Every time the student school is determined, the lowness is endless corpses.

Therefore, Guoyuan's worship was not only worshipping Zheng Xuan, but also the things he insisted on before worshiping him and Zheng Xuan.

Zheng Xuan bowed to Guoyuan and sighed slightly.

In the hall, the light and shadow of the candlelight swayed, as if countless battlefields of light and darkness were unfolding, fighting, and devouring each other and annihilation.

There is a silence like a dead silence, and time passes by indecisively.

I don’t know how long it took, Zheng Xuan’s somewhat muddy gaze gradually became transparent and clear again. The old man slowly raised his palm and looked quietly. His face was calm and he could not see any other expressions in his eyes. "Zi Ni, look..."

Guoyuan raised his head, not understanding his intention.

『Your hand…』 Zheng Xuan signaled Guoyuan to raise his hand, and then put his hand and Guoyuan's hand together, 『Did you see...I'm old...』

『Master!』 Guoyuan moved forward and held Zheng Xuan's hand, 『Master…』

"The cavalry's plan is not in the Han Dynasty, but in the four directions of China." Zheng Xuan said slowly, "No one has done this thing in the past four hundred years of the Han Dynasty. No one has done it in the Former Qin Dynasty, and no one has done it in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period... And I am old, probably I can't see that day..."

"I arrived at Youfufeng back then. I thought that the west of Longxi was the west of the Han Dynasty," Zheng Xuan seemed to be sighing, "Now, the Western Regions, Anxu, the Great Qin, and even the west of Taixi... and the northern desert and the south of Jiaozhi, could Confucius think of these things? Did he know that there was a general of the cavalry in the Han Dynasty at the moment? Did he know where the borders of the four directions of China, east, west, south, north, and north?"

"Confucius just had to climb Mount Tai..."

"Little world, this world is actually not small..."

Zheng Xuan held Guoyuan with his back hand, "If someone else talked about his pros and cons, instead of talking about benevolence and righteousness... but this is the cavalry..."
To be continued...