Film and TV: Traveling through countless worlds at the same time

"Alas, I never thought that after more than ten years of enlightenment, I still cannot cross the chasm set by the Sub-Sage Cheng."

Lu Xiao recognized the old man's identity at a glance.

He is none other than Zhao Shou, the current president of Yunlu Academy, the foremost Confucian scholar, and a hermit in Hanlu.

Entering the academy, Lu Xiao first bowed to the dean, Zhao Shou.

"Meet the Dean."

Zhao Shou's mind was completely absorbed in the stone tablet, so he didn't notice anyone coming in.

Now that Lu Xiao took the initiative to speak, he finally noticed.

Zhao Shou regained his composure and looked Lu Xiao up and down before speaking.

"I remember you. Your name is Lu Xiao, right? Did you enter the academy five years ago?"

Lu Xiao had never expected that he had become so low-key in the academy that even many of his classmates couldn't pronounce his name.

But the dean remembered.

It is really rare.

"Yes, my student." Lu Xiao bowed again.

After confirming Lu Xiao's identity, Zhao Shou asked amiably, "It's almost dark. What are you doing here at the Sub-Sage Academy?"

Lu Xiao replied calmly, "I've been having some insights from my studies lately, so I wanted to come to the academy and give it a try."

As he spoke, Lu Xiao glanced at the two stone tablets in the academy.

Both stone tablets are about the height of a person.

There are two lines of words written on the left side.

"Dying for justice to repay the emperor's kindness, exiled for a hundred generations, his name will live forever - Cheng Hui."

The stone tablet on the right is blank.

This is what the dean was facing just now.

Two hundred years ago, a dispute over national destiny took place in Dafeng.

I won't go into detail about the inside story, it's just a power struggle.

To sum it up simply, Yunlu Academy was on the wrong side and was disliked by the emperor.

This man, Cheng Huiren, was originally a student at Yunlu Academy, but he later rebelled against the academy and joined the emperor at the time, founding the current Imperial College.

To prove himself right, he devoted himself to studying the classics of the sages, incorporating his own thoughts into them. Over a period of more than ten years, he established an educational system that was distinct from Yunlu Academy.

The core idea of ​​this system is: preserve the principles of nature and eliminate human desires.

This education system elevates loyalty, filial piety, chastity, and righteousness to the level of natural principles.

This is what is called "If the ruler orders his subjects to die, the subjects will not hesitate." [The text then abruptly shifts topics.] If one wishes to live, one must die; if a father orders his son to die, the son must die. For the greater good, one must sacrifice one's life; to preserve one's integrity, one must die.

This set of ideas is very consistent with the interests of imperial power.

Therefore, once it was established, it received full support from the imperial power.

This led to the gradual decline of Yunlu Academy over the past two hundred years, with the Imperial College taking over.

Today, most of the officials in the imperial court can be said to have graduated from the Imperial Academy.

Only a small number of them came out of Yunlu Academy.

Cheng Hui relied on this set of knowledge to eventually achieve the status of a second-rate sage.

Then he left the inscribed stone tablet on the left in Yunlu Academy.

This was an academic and ideological dispute between Yunlu Academy and the sub-sage Cheng Hui.

As long as that stone tablet remains standing, Yunlu Academy will never be able to surpass the Imperial College.

Over the past two hundred years, successive deans, great scholars, and professors have tried to write on the stone tablet, but no one has succeeded.

Dean Zhao Shou was just like that.

For more than ten years, the dean had been seeking enlightenment in the academy, but he still couldn't put pen to paper.

Seeing Lu Xiao's eyes, Zhao Shou immediately knew what he wanted to do.

Such things are not uncommon in the academy.

Almost every student in the academy has tried it.

The result is of course needless to say.

But even so, Zhao Shou did not intend to attack Lu Xiao.

This is a good thing.

Zhao Shou had always believed that his inability to write it was simply due to his lack of knowledge, but that one day someone would be able to do it.

Although he didn't know what it would be.

But he always held on to hope.

Students like Lu Xiao are the source of all hope.

As long as I don't give up, the teachers in the academy don't give up, and the students in the academy don't give up.

Then everything is possible.

If one day, no one in the academy dares to even try, then it will be truly over.

Therefore, he always encouraged students like Lu Xiaoyi, Lin Qi, and Wu Liao, and would never discourage them.

So, Zhao Shou suddenly had an idea and decided to test this student who he hadn't had a deep impression of.

He then pointed to the stone tablet left by Saint Cheng Huiya and asked.

"What do you think of Cheng Yasheng's words?"

Lu Xiao raised his head and looked at the stone tablet again.

This time he looked very carefully, and even with the blessing of the literary energy, he could clearly sense that the stone tablet was emitting a literary aura that could be described as covering the sky and the earth.

And beneath that vast and boundless aura, a wisp of green energy was firmly suppressed.

No matter how the green energy struggled, it could not shake the vast literary energy in the slightest.

Seeing that Lu Xiao didn't respond for a long time, Zhao Shou thought that his question was too much.

That's right, I'm just an ordinary student, how dare I judge Cheng Yasheng's words?

But just as he was about to let Lu Xiao go, he saw Lu Xiao slowly turn his head and speak.

"It's just nonsense."

"hehe."

Zhao Shou suddenly laughed, but it was out of anger.

"You, my student, are too arrogant! This is the true statement of the Sub-Sage. Although I have wanted to refute it, I have to admit today that there is still a big gap between me and Cheng Yasheng. Who is your teacher, and how did he teach you?"

Zhao Shou always believed that students of Yunlu Academy could have pride, but not arrogance.

What Lu Xiao said just now was not a question of arrogance, but rather excessive arrogance.

Only by facing the enemy squarely can we truly defeat him.

Deliberately belittling the enemy is ultimately inferior.

Hearing the displeasure in the dean's tone, Lu Xiao didn't rush to explain, but instead asked.

"I dare to ask the dean, which is more important, the people of the world or the king?"

Although Zhao Shou was unhappy, he still answered subconsciously.

"Naturally, it's the common people of the world."

Lu Xiao continued, "Then I ask again, as scholars, do we study to benefit the people of the world, or to leave a legacy for eternity?"

Zhao Shou continued, "Of course, it's also for the benefit of the people of the world."

Hearing this, Lu Xiao smiled, then pointed at the stone tablet left by Cheng Yasheng and said firmly.

"So what the student just said is pure nonsense, is that wrong?"

At this moment, Zhao Shou felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and was completely stunned.

He seemed to grasp something in his mind.

But it feels like it's not holding steady.

Why do readers read?

"Dying for justice to repay the emperor's kindness, exiled for a hundred generations, and his name will live forever"?

No, that's absolutely not the case.

At least he could be sure that his original purpose of studying was to benefit "the people of the world."

Now, decades later, the original intention remains unchanged.

It's not for "you".

It's not for the sake of "fame".

It's not for "profit".

Doesn't that mean Cheng Yasheng's words were wrong from the very beginning?

But where exactly is this wrong?

What is the right thing?

Zhao Shou felt it was almost time.

Just a little bit.

Just give yourself a little more hint, a little more inspiration.

He will be able to solve this problem that has troubled Yunlu Academy for two hundred years.

But no matter how he thought about it, he was still a little bit short.

And at this moment, Lu Xiao moved.

He bowed slightly to the dean, then turned and walked straight towards the inscriptionless monument.

Chapter 19: Demonstrating Divinity in Public

At this moment, Zhao Shou looked at the figure from behind and suddenly had an inexplicable premonition in his heart.

The two-hundred-year-long dispute over literature and Taoism between Yunlu Academy and the sub-sage Cheng Hui may finally come to an end today.

Although this thought was a bit absurd, it could not be shaken off.

So, Zhao Shou held his breath, not even daring to breathe.

He was deeply afraid that his heavy breathing would disturb the thoughts of the students in front of him.

Across from him, Lu Xiao walked resolutely to the inscriptionless stele and slowly picked up the brush on the table.

Then he looked up and stared at the blank stone tablet.

It has been eighteen years since I traveled to the Dafeng world.

In the past eighteen years, Lu Xiao has already integrated into this world.

The Dafeng Dynasty had long been plagued by corruption. While officials in the court often spoke of benevolence, morality, loyalty to the emperor, and patriotism, the vast majority were idle and content with their positions. Few truly served the country and its people.

The emperor only knew how to practice Taoism, and in order to seek immortality, he deliberately ruined the fate of the Dafeng Kingdom.

If it weren't for Wei Qingyi, the night watchman, and a few capable officials in the court, Dafeng would have been destroyed long ago.

But even so, Dafeng is still in a precarious situation.

There is always the danger of the building collapsing.

The lives of the people of Dafeng were extremely miserable.

As a scholar who had received nine years of compulsory education, Lu Xiao really disliked this era.

In the past, he had no ability and could only fend for himself.