Chapter 1 Xunzi Comes to Yan (I)
After the heavy rain, the air in the capital of Ji became clearer.
The plants and trees in the thistle palace are more delicate and colorful after being washed by rainwater.
In the queen mother's Ji Zhao's bedroom, Queen Su Ya and Ji Kang's two wives, Qingzhu and Qingmei, both sat beside the queen mother and chatted with the queen mother.
In the first half of the year, the battle between Yan and Zhao in Weidi Fan City made the Empress Dowager Ji Zhao feel very bad.
Zhao Wangdan's approach really made the Queen Mother angry. At that time, the Empress Dowager Ji Zhao called the envoy of Zhao State in Jidu, but she scolded for a while, and even said cruel words to sever relations with Zhao State.
When the Yan army and the Five Nations Alliance were fighting for life and death, the atmosphere in the entire Ji Palace was also very heavy.
The attendants and maids in the palace walked cautiously, lest they get themselves in trouble.
As a result of the battle, after the news of the Yan army's victory reached the Ji Palace, the entire Ji Palace suddenly became lively.
Everyone had a smile on their faces.
The queen mother entered the palace after her three daughters-in-law. Looking left and right, I didn't see my three precious grandchildren and granddaughters.
He asked the three daughters-in-law, "Why didn't the grandson and granddaughter of the mourning family come?" ”
Queen Su Ya stepped forward and said to Ji Zhao:
"Queen Mother, the three children are in his king's palace, listen to the king tell them stories!"
Ji Zhao let out an "oh" and didn't say anything more.
At this time, in Ji Kang's bedroom, three chubby children were listening to their father's words:
"Since the opening of Pangu, the three emperors ruled the world, the five emperors Dinglun, and the world has been divided into four major continents: one is called Dongsheng Shenzhou, one is called Xiniuhe Zhou, and the other two are called South Ganbu Continent and North Juluzhou respectively......"
Ji Hua and Ji Xia didn't say anything, only Ji Kang's little daughter, Ji Wu, said in a milky voice beside her:
"Father, it's wrong, my mother said that Pangu opened the world, and the world is divided into nine continents, not four continents."
Ji Kang was dumbfounded, and he was speechless.
Ji Hua was beside him and untied his father, and said to his sister:
"Sister, the story told by my father is fake, not true."
Ji Kang was stunned again, okay, what you said makes sense.
The second son, Ji Xia, had no liver or lungs, shook one of Ji Kang's arms, and shouted:
"Father, keep talking."
Ji Kang cleared his throat and continued to say to the three children:
"In this Dongsheng Shenzhou, there is a country overseas, called the country of Aolai. There is a famous mountain in the sea, called Huaguo Mountain. At the top of that mountain, there was a fairy stone. Every time I am innocently showed, the day is fine and the moon is blooming, and I feel it for a long time, so I have the meaning of being well-informed. Inner breeding immortals. One day bursts, laying a stone egg, as big as a round ball. Because he saw the wind, he turned into a stone monkey......"
The story of Journey to the West is very attractive, and in Ji Kang's dormitory, not only the three children listened to it with relish, but also the attendants and maids who were waiting next to them were also drunk and fascinated.
Only Wangcai crawled beside Ji Kang, closing his eyes and recuperating.
It is undeniable that Ji Kang has always had a dreamy feeling since he came to this world.
Since having these three children himself, Ji Kang has felt the reality of this world.
Whenever Ji Kang is with his three children, Ji Kang feels extremely relaxed. What kind of king, what kind of world, what general trend, etc., these things are nothing compared to their three children.
“…… Patriarch Dao: I will give you a legal name called 'Monkey King', okay? The Monkey King smiled, "Good, good, good!" From now on, it will be called Monkey King! ”……”
An attendant came in and whispered a few words in the ear of the attendant Ling Wang.
Wang Cong nodded, waited for the story told by Ji Kang to come to an end, and bowed forward and said:
"Your Majesty, Dr. Han Fei is asking to see you outside the palace."
"Han Fei asks to see?" Ji Kang asked a little surprised.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
For Ji Kang, it is rare to take a day off.
Usually in this case, the courtiers have a tacit understanding, it is not a particularly important matter, and no one wants to disturb Ji Kang.
Since I am asking for a meeting at this time, needless to say, there must be something important.
"Let Dr. Han Fei wait in the Affinity Palace, and the widow can go." Ji Kang commanded.
"No." The king responded and arranged for someone to go.
Ji Kang asked the attendants and palace maids to take the three children away and send them to their mothers.
He stood up, dressed a little, and walked towards the Affinity Hall, accompanied by the king's servants and other attendants.
According to the regulations, from Ji Kang's dormitory to the affinity hall in front, there are chariots waiting and ceremonies accompaniing. But since Ji Kang ascended the throne, he hated this set of formalism, and rarely took a public car, and he always walked there.
When the courtiers of Yan learned of this, they were all impressed.
On the left and right of the corridor of the Affinity Palace, the palace guards held their swords, did not squint, and stood straight.
Han Fei stood at the door of the hall, his brows furrowed slightly, obviously having something on his mind.
At this time, there was a movement in the hall, and Han Fei knew that it was estimated that his own king had come from the palace.
Sure enough, after a while, an attendant came out and said to Han Fei:
"Doctor Han Fei, the king is here, pass you in."
Han Fei walked into the hall with the attendant and saw that Ji Kang was already sitting at the table by the window.
Seeing Han Fei coming in, Ji Kang waved his hand, stopped Han Fei's visit, and asked:
"Han Fei, what is the important thing to do?"
Han Fei stepped forward and bowed down and said to Ji Kangyan:
"Your Majesty, my teacher Xunzi has a letter, somehow? He has resigned from the Lanling Order of Chu State, and has already left for my Yan Kingdom at this time. Therefore the ministers came here to report to our king. ”
After Ji Kang listened to Han Fei's words, a happy expression appeared on his face.
Han Fei didn't know why Xunzi resigned from the Chu State? But Ji Kang already knew about this matter from the Intelligence Bureau.
Xunzi's resignation has a lot to do with Huang Xie, the Chunshenjun of Chu State, and Li Yuan, a doorman who is now favored.
As this era, after Confucius and Mencius, he served as the "sacrificial wine" of the Jixia School Palace three times, and the most outstanding representative of Confucianism - Xunzi, is famous all over the world.
Ji Kang knew that Xunzi did not simply inherit Confucianism, but incorporated more school theories on the basis of Confucianism. It can be said that Xunzi's Confucianism is a school of its own.
Xunzi's Confucianism is very different from that of Confucius and Mencius.
Xunzi first believed that "human nature is evil", denied the moral concept of talent, and emphasized the influence of acquired environment and education on people. In terms of doctrine, he vetoed the doctrine of Mencius, another representative figure of Confucianism, of "the inherent goodness of nature".
Xunzi regarded himself as the heir of Confucius, and especially inherited Confucius's "Waiwang Learning".
From the standpoint of epistemology, he critically summarized and absorbed the theoretical propositions of the hundred schools of thought.
It has formed a distinctive view of nature that is "clear from heaven and man", a moral view of "dissolving nature and creating hypocrisy", and a social and historical view of "the rule of etiquette", and on this basis, the pre-Qin philosophy is summarized.
Secondly, Xunzi introduced Guiguzi's "imperial academics", which was a compulsory subject for Ji Kang's previous life and the Chinese monarch.
As a generation of great Confucians, Xunzi's most proud disciples are not Confucians.
Not to mention that Han Fei and Li Si, who are currently serving in the Yan State and the Qin State, are famous representatives of Legalism in the world; It is his other disciple in the future, Zhang Cang, who is still young, who has also been trained by him to become a great mathematician.
Because of this, in Ji Kang's previous life, many Confucian scholars doubted whether Xunzi belonged to Confucianism. Xunzi has also been heavily criticized by many scholars in Chinese history because of his disciples.
Finally, Xunzi was the first person in Chinese history to use the name of Fu and write Fu in the style of questions and answers, and together with Qu Yuan of Chu State, he was called the "ancestor of Cifu" by the world. It can be seen that Xunzi's talent is so impressive.
After the state of Chu occupied the state of Lu, it happened that Xunzi resigned from the position of "sacrificial wine" in the Jixia School Palace and traveled in the state of Chu.
When Huang Xie heard about it, he personally visited Xunzi and appointed Xunzi as the Lanling Order, wanting to rely on Xunzi's prominent reputation among the people and society in the world to stabilize the newly occupied Ludi.
But unexpectedly, Huang Xie's reuse of Xunzi aroused the jealousy of his favorite disciple Li Yuan.