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Chapter 277 The Scholar is Courageous, Dao Zong Xu Bu Lai

The secret place of the academy and the ancient Confucian path contain the spirit of successive students over the past eight hundred years, so much so that it has become a consensus that Confucianism is invincible in the world.

But if the spirit of ancient Confucianism does not move heaven and earth, it will fall into private parts.

The sword maniac Murong Longtu challenged the academy several times, but King Su did not use the luck of the ancient Confucianism to fight against him. In the past eight hundred years, the luck of the ancient Confucianism was demonstrated for the third time, but it was no longer to kill the traitors, but to kill the academy itself.

Among the hundreds of major families, seven or eight out of ten coughed up blood and fell to the ground. The righteous spirit that was formed by the combination of their own primordial spirit and luck was all shattered. The Living Buddha of the Central Earth clasped his hands together, with a compassionate look on his face, and said: "Amitabha, good, good."

Master Su Yue said:
"Su Wang, there is another such figure in Confucianism."

Gongyang Su Wang asked: "What Confucian scholar, Su Wang?"

"He has accomplished such a feat. He is the vegetarian king of this generation."

The Mohist master said, "Isn't it a pity to destroy the moral integrity and righteousness of so many great scholars and celebrities at once?"

Gongyang Su said: "If they have cultivated themselves diligently and have an unshakable character like Yan Zi, Wang Tong's sword would only make them feel relaxed and happy, and happy to see a fellow Taoist, instead of fleeing in panic and shattering their noble spirit."

Some students remained silent. They felt that their own aura was no longer suppressed. They stood up and bowed deeply to the young teacher who was leaning on the Su Wang Sword. Slowly, all the students did the same and said, "Thank you, Teacher."

"Thank you, King Su."

The young teacher turned aside and refused such courtesy.

He did not accept this reputation and condense his own great momentum, but just said:

"Don't do that."

He looked at her and replied, "I am just an ordinary man."

He opened his hands, letting the swords in the ancient Confucian Road fly up again and fly into the ancient Confucian Road. Then the scabbards and swords fitted together and landed there steadily. The energy in the ancient Confucian Road slowly dissipated, and the energy here was consumed extremely violently.

The discussion in the academy ended in a way that no one had expected.

The great Confucian scholars and celebrities revered by the various major schools among the three religions, nine schools and ten schools, along with the classic books they annotated, had their righteous spirits shattered. The great Confucian scholars who had originally gained such a great reputation in the world just by relying on their achievements in "establishing words" seemed to have disappeared in an instant.

The atmosphere in the academy also gradually changed.

King Gongyang Su tore down the walls, while Master Wang Tong cut down a huge mountain that stood in the way of the students.

The world is changing drastically, and people are leaving.

The academy is no exception.

In the past, one had to listen to the teachers if he wanted to go somewhere, but now the great scholars have fallen from grace, and when students look up, they feel that there is no place in the world that they cannot go, and that every corner of the world is a place to display their talents and ambitions.

The states of Chen and Ying both underwent changes.

Chen Dingye, Jiang Wanxiang, and Tiance Mansion all began to recruit students.

The State of Chen promised it gold, silver and land.

Yingguo promised him official titles and ambitions.

Compared with these two big countries, Tiance Prefecture is extremely poor, almost to the point of being desperate. As for Li Guanyi's land, he cannot possibly give these students special land treatment, as that would create a noble family.

The Master eliminated the academic cliques, and they set foot in the south of the Yangtze River, not to train the students who had left the academic cliques into aristocratic families. Even if Li Guanyi risked his bottom line and refused special treatment, official positions, gold and silver, he was no match for the State of Chen and the State of Ying.

Wen He, Wen Lingjun and Feng Xiao seemed to be quite open-minded about it.

At this moment, Li Guan's reputation has not yet been fully revealed.

These students naturally don’t know his true identity.

Just ready to go.

Autumn was approaching and the wind became more refreshing. In Wang Tong's yard, the sound of bells was clear and melodious. Li Guanyi brought wine to pay his respects to his teacher. Fang Zi Qiao welcomed him in. When he entered, the second senior brother Du Keming was teaching many junior brothers.

Wei Xuancheng saw Li Guan coming, so he came here to make tea.

Master Wang Tong was reading in the inner room. When he saw Li Guanyi coming, he smiled and asked his disciple to sit down and drink tea together. Li Guanyi took Master Wang Tong's pulse and diagnosed him. He used the "Huangji Jingshi Shu" to treat his teacher's injuries.

Wang Tong's discussion of the Dao was quite exhausting, but it did not actually put him in danger of life or death.

It's just that he himself has a constitution that will be damaged if he is too smart. The great master of Yin and Yang School advised him to concentrate on his studies and stay in the academy instead of seeing the ills of the world. Perhaps he could live longer. As long as he could survive the age of forty, he would have a chance to live to sixty.

And when a sixty-year period has passed, there is hope that one can continue to live.

It can be known from Wang Tong's travels that he did not take the advice of the first grand master of Yin-Yang School to heart at all. Now that he has accomplished such great things, he can obviously become famous far and wide and become the leader of Confucianism or even the academy.

Wang Tong still reads, writes and drinks tea as usual.

Wait for destiny.

When Li Guanyi arrived, Wang Tong chatted with Li Guanyi about some ordinary things. He said that the wind was strong today, and it was getting colder day by day. It seemed that autumn would come soon. After autumn, oranges would be on the market, the sky would be high and the air would be clear, and some new vegetables would also be available.

“Blanch the fresh vegetables, mix them with sesame oil, and serve with sesame seeds. It goes really well with rice.”

While talking, the young teacher took out a scroll of bamboo slips, placed it on the table, and handed it to Li Guanyi. Wang Tong said:

"Now the world is changing, and I see that some students are going to study abroad. However, I have broken the school cliques of the various schools, but I cannot use my reputation to recruit talents for you."

"In that case, I'm just a new academic tycoon."

"The world is changing, nothing is black and white. Do you remember me asking you about the theory of human nature being evil?"

Li Guanyi replied: "When heaven and earth come together, all things come into being; when yin and yang meet, changes occur; when nature and falsehood come together, the world is governed."

Wang Tongdao: "I just used the power of ancient Confucianism to temporarily smooth out the dust on the Hundred Schools of Thought, but as long as one is a human being, there will be selfishness and distracting thoughts. One or ten years is nothing, but after dozens or hundreds of years, problems will reappear."

"It's childish to solve the problem once and for all."

"One hundred years from now, two hundred years from now, the same problems will still arise."

"But don't be afraid. There will always be people who will come after you."

"To reform the old and establish the new, today's new will also become tomorrow's old. Continuous innovation, continuous smoothing of accumulated evil, can go further."

The Confucian theory of human nature being evil sees the things that people instinctively tend to, but believes that education and self-control can lead to goodness. Trees may grow twisted, but they can also be guided to become straight, towering trees. Steel may rust, but it can be sharpened.

The same is true for people.

Wang Tongdao said: "I have done what I wanted to do when I was young. The road ahead is yours." His fingers lightly tapped on the bamboo slips, which slowly unfolded, revealing names on them.

House Joe is known as the most resourceful student.

Du Keming is the most decisive one.

Wei Xuancheng has a calm gaze, sincere words, and incisive insights.

There are more. The light golden text exudes a hint of plain charm in the sunlight: "I have asked my disciples and students. Two hundred and thirty-seven of them are willing to join your Tiance Mansion and go to the world together. The remaining one hundred people have their own requests."

After a pause, Wang Tong said: "This is good."

Li Guanyi took the bamboo slips with both hands and said, "Teacher, are you going to stay in Jiangnan for a while?"

Wang Tong jokingly replied: "I dreamt yesterday that Yan Zi asked the Master to return home. It seems that the Master has called me, so I won't leave. If I go too far, it will be bad for the first generation of the Master to lose his way."

"I came here when I was five years old. I thought it was good to study in the academy. I won't go to see your Jiangnan."

Li Guanyi: "Teacher..."

Wang Tongdao: "I am not doing this for you, but because of you, you have finally given me a chance to clear the haze of the school's accumulated cliques. However, when students go out to different places, they will still be affected by various aspects. The world is so big, and heroes are everywhere."

"It's not that simple."

"The enemy of millions of people has one last word."

Li Guanyi put the bamboo slips with the names of Wang Tong's students into his sleeves, stood up, bowed deeply, and said respectfully, "Please teach me, teacher."

Wang Tong replied: "A strong country fights with soldiers, a hegemonic country fights with wisdom, a kingly country fights with righteousness, an emperor's way breaks the morals, and an emperor's way fights with inaction."

A strong country needs to rely on its army, and to achieve hegemony requires wisdom and strategy, and the grand kingly way requires righteousness for the world.

What an emperor of all ages needs is [virtue], and this [virtue] is not personal morality. If one wants to accomplish the cause of being the emperor of mankind, what is needed is a grand momentum, and it will be achieved naturally.

Li Guanyi seemed to be thinking about something, and replied: "There is no need for so-called wisdom or righteousness, because the highest state is to put the people of the world in your heart, and then the people of the world will gather behind that person."

"Only those who do not seek to live forever will be placed at the top by the people of the world. This is the realm of the so-called emperor above all the emperors of all ages. In his eyes, it is not his own achievements that count, but the achievements of the people of the world themselves."

Master Wang Tong looked at the disciple who was answering and said with a smile:
"have you seen."

Li Guan paused.

Such a great talent can make judgments in an instant.

Wang Tong didn't say anything.

He just lowered his eyes and smiled, pointed his finger at the sky outside the door, and said:
"The world is so big, just go ahead."

Li Guanyi looked at Master Wang Tong, bowed, stood up and left. Fang Zi Qiao personally took him away. The autumn weather changed suddenly. Wang Tong was reading, his voice still calm and clear:

“A rich man is judged by what he is given; a poor man is judged by what he takes; a successful man is judged by what he likes; a poor man is judged by what he does.”

"Only a gentleman can change his speech."

"To love fame and gain is a mean person! I have never seen a benevolent person who loves fame and gain!"

The sounds outside seemed to fade away.

A silver-haired Taoist priest was walking towards them. Master Wang Tong seemed to have known about this for a long time. He looked up and smiled, "Senior Dao Zong, you are a little late." The man was Dao Zong, one of the four great legends. He sat down calmly and said:

"It took some time to discuss the Dao with the Red Dragon."

"I didn't want to come."

"I had to come because Sword Madman Murong Longtu invited me. But I just returned to Zhongzhou and saw you do such a big thing. You broke the noble spirit of all the great scholars of various schools of thought by yourself. You are really courageous."

"Aren't you afraid that people in the future will hide you?"

Wang Tong smiled carefreely and said, "It's okay for a gentleman to hide his name."

The silver-haired Taoist priest looked at this young generation of Confucian scholars.

To him, Zu Wenyuan and Wang Tong are actually people of the same generation.

When Wang Tong was born, he passed by and told Wang Tong's fortune.

He is the Master of Kun. He suggested to Wang Tong's parents that he should go to school so that he could become a teacher in the future. However, even the Taoist master of martial arts legends did not expect that Wang Tong could reach this point and have such a fierce prestige.

Wang Tong smiled and said, "Senior Dao Zong was originally the Palace Master of Dao Zong hundreds of years ago. But later, you saw the chaos in the academy and felt that it was dirty. You didn't want to get involved in it, so you left."

"I also saw the chaos in the academy today. I felt it was dirty and the students were lovely, so I helped them to clean up the dirt. You are a legend in martial arts and a master in the academy. So please see how long this academy can remain peaceful."

Wang Tong doesn't believe in a one-time solution.

Wang Tong believes that there will always be successors.

Dao Zong looked at Wang Tong and thought of Zu Wenyuan. There were people in the academy who wanted to form a powerful family and suppress everyone, but there were also people like the two of them. Yin and Yang rotated and existed in everything.

Dao Zong sighed softly: "Every one of them is so arrogant."

In his eyes.

Zu Wenyuan and Wang Tong, they are both arrogant people.

It's just that their arrogance is not directed towards people.

They are gentle and polite to everyone.

They are arrogant towards the world, the life and the years. They see the ills of the world, and once they find an opportunity to change them, they will act without hesitation.

Wang Tong said frankly: "This is what my Confucian saying means."

"The gentleman hides his weapon in his body, and waits for the time to move."

"However, the corrupt scholars in the world do not know the weight of this sentence. They only regard it as a proof of their good chance to become an official and a superior person. Even though Confucius said that one should establish one's ambitions at the age of 30, some people say that one should start a family at the age of 30."

"As for arrogance."

"If a scholar doesn't have pride in his heart, what's the point of reading books?!"

"Some people study for beauties, some study for gold and silver, and there are definitely some who study for the world, for the people, or even if they study for gold, silver and beauties, they still have a heart for the world in their hearts, which is also good."

"Senior Dao Zong, I am Wang Tong!"

Wang Tong pointed at himself, and his face finally revealed the arrogance that a young man should have.

The two earths transform into the one heaven. With the highest virtue in the lower position, he can make the people right and thus become a king.

Even if you have the virtue of a king, is it not the right time? You will surely be able to understand the aspirations of the world.

So it was named [Tong].

Wang Tong, the one who understands the aspirations of the world!
Dao Zong smiled and nodded. There was finally a trace of human air on his face again, even more so than when he met Zu Wenyuan that day. This Taoist master remained silent for a long time and said, "You did better than me."

Wang Tong was not modest.

He simply replied: "Those who come after us will be better than us."

"I am not a long-lived person. Even if this incident hadn't happened, I would not have long to live. Today I am able to meet Senior Dao Zong and I have a request."

Dao Zong seemed to understand: "Is it to your disciples?"

Wang Tong nodded calmly:
"……Yes."

………………

Fang Zi Qiao sent Li Guanyi out. His voice was calm and gentle. "After that, we will go to Jiangnan. The Master and the King of Su will stay here, in the remnants of this academy. As for the students who left, they were born into aristocratic families, so there is nothing we can do."

Li Guanyi said: "Isn't my senior brother also from an aristocratic family?"

Fang Zi Qiao said: "Born into a noble family, I devoted myself to the Imperial Academy and looked out to the world."

"We study not to completely honor our parents."

"The greatest filial piety is to honor one's parents, the next is not to bring disgrace upon them, the next is to be able to provide for them. I have never said that one should only follow one's parents' lead." He smiled and said, "Leave me one of your titles in the Tiance Mansion."

"The road ahead is long, and I still have to go see the Master, so I won't see you off."

Li Guanyi said: "Brother, just go back."

"I will walk the road ahead by myself."

Fang Ziqiao smiled and said, "Okay." On the main road of the academy, Li Guanyi and Fang Ziqiao left separately. The young man walked slowly, and not far ahead, he suddenly heard a burst of voices, saying, "Qin Wuhou is here!"

Li Guan stopped and saw a group of students coming towards him.

The leader bowed and said, "May I ask Marquis Qin Wu, how is the Master's health at the moment?"

Li Guanyi replied, "Master, your health is the same as usual. Although you are a little exhausted, your life will not be in danger."

The student breathed a sigh of relief and murmured, "That's good, that's good."

Then he smiled and said, "My name is Mao Yue, and I am honored to meet Qin Wu Hou. Master, please break off our restraints and destroy the school cliques in the academy. All the disciples will leave. We are willing to serve in the Qilin Army in Jiangnan."

All these students said in unison: "I wish to go to Jiangnan!"

Li Guanyi was silent for a moment, but said: "Thank you very much, but please go back." Li Guanyi's refusal surprised the students. Then they saw Li Guanyi smiled and said:
“I hope you can turn back and not go to Jiangnan because of the teacher.”

"This is not what the Master wants."

"He doesn't want people to be influenced by blindly worshipping the great scholar. What you are doing is beneficial to Li Guanyi, but it is also invisibly contrary to what the master hopes for."

"Li Guanyi can't stand this."

Li Guanyi paused and said, "Of course, if after all this, you go back and calm down, think carefully, and are still willing to come to my place, Li Guanyi will welcome you."

Qin Wuhou bowed slightly to the students.

Many students looked at each other and returned the gifts. Although Li Guanyi did not accept these students when he returned that day, his evaluation of Li Guanyi rose further among the students of the academy and contemporary scholars.

But after these students left, the young man watched them walk away, but suddenly grinned. Seeing that no one was around, he couldn't help but reach out his hand, patted his forehead lightly, and gritted his teeth:

"You, you, why are you pretending!"

"With the teacher's reputation, you can recruit a large number of students to Jiangnan. This is a great opportunity. Maybe you can even save some money. You!"

"Idiot, idiot!"

Li Guanyi grinned and sighed deeply. He also wanted to accept this group of people, but he felt that if he accepted these people, something in his heart would be lost forever.

Li Guanyi felt that he was a really awkward and stubborn guy.

It was obvious that if he turned a blind eye and gave up some of his principles, he could gain huge benefits, and no one would care. But he got stuck at the last moment and couldn't do that.

"But I don't want to."

Li Guanyi muttered to himself.

If you blend in with the crowd, you will easily become corrupt if you are not careful.

He stretched out his hand and pinched his eyebrows, reached out his hand to touch the wooden hairpin used to tie his hair, and then pressed the bamboo slips written by Master Wang Tong inside his sleeve. In addition to those names, there was also a volume of "Twelve Strategies for Taiping" written by Master Wang Tong himself.

Zu Wenyuan, Wang Tong.

Li Guanyi stood quietly. Perhaps it was the bleak autumn wind that made him suddenly feel nostalgic. When he was still in Guanyi City at the beginning, he studied with Wang Tong, learned mathematics with his ancestors, and practiced martial arts in Xue's family. Old Xue laughed and gave him pointers on swordsmanship and archery.

I can still meet Brother Yue and discuss the world with him.

But, these old friends, these elders.

Moving forward step by step, one by one they arrive and one by one they leave.

Time is ruthless.

No one can accompany you throughout the journey.

This is also the general trend. He is really moving forward step by step. Some people are helping him, and some people have stopped and stopped at a certain place for their own wishes, but Li Guanyi has to continue moving forward.

Li Guanyi suddenly understood those so-called heroes and tyrants recorded in history. They were energetic and laughed loudly when they were young, and were surrounded by friends. But the further they went, the lonelier and colder they became.

But even if it's lonely, even if it's cold, we must move forward regardless of everything and never look back.

Because if this heart falls, if one's own ambition also sinks, then those teachers, companions, and comrades who have come and left along the way will truly disappear.

So even if you are alone, you have to go to the end.

act like an absolute monarch.

It’s because everyone around me has left.

The ancestor risked his life to protect him from leaving the State of Chen, the teacher destroyed all the corruption in the academy with his righteous indignation and calmly waited for his destiny, the soldiers of the Qilin Army fell on the journey to pacify Jiangnan, and Li Guanyi felt that if one day he stopped insisting on those ridiculous things.

They will be angry.

How did you become like this?
Li Guanyi clenched his fist and said to himself, "I can no longer stop, and I can no longer turn back."

"Ancestor, Master, and fellow comrades."

“I will eventually reach the end.”

With his sleeves rolled up, he suddenly understood the history. Growth requires price and experience. Li Guanyi finally understood the mentality of those heroes, why the overlords would rather commit suicide than surrender or look back.

Li Guanyi had a feeling that he was walking in real history. With such a great trend imposed on him, he could not look back, nor did he want to look back. He just had to move forward under this vast and powerful trend.

As Li Guanyi walked forward, he suddenly smelled a faint aroma of wine, and then someone said in a teasing voice:
"Marquis Qin Wu, you were so righteous just now, but you regretted it later. Haha, if someone saw you, how can that be acceptable?"

The voice is free and easy, and familiar.

Li Guan looked over subconsciously and saw a familiar figure sitting under the big tree that was said to have been planted by the Red Emperor himself eight hundred years ago.

He was wearing a dark red round-necked robe with gold patterns and a jade belt. He no longer had a shaggy beard, but he still looked tired. He just held the wine jug and forced a smile.

The Great Emperor of Zhongzhou, Ji Zichang.

Li Guanyi said: "Brother Changwen, long time no see."

Ji Zichang paused, his expression becoming gentler: "Hahaha, okay."

"Brother Yao, come here."

"I'm drinking now, and I'll find something for you!"

(End of this chapter)