Yan Ziyuan bent down and made a long gesture to the deans of the seventy-two academies for a full three seconds.

Yan Ziyuan is the leader of Confucianism, so it can be said that it is not a great gift, everyone was terrified, but they felt the heart contained in Yan Ziyuan's gift, and they also got up at the moment, and said in unison: "I am willing to establish a heart for heaven and earth, a life for the people, a continuation of learning for the saints, and peace for all generations!" ”

This sentence originally came from the great Confucian Zhang Zai of the Ming Dynasty in the old civilization period, and was first proposed by Yan Ziyuan in the new civilization period, which is regarded as the creed of Confucian students and the lifelong ideal of every Confucian student.

These sonorous and powerful words stirred the mood of all the deans present, and they all held the belief of being loyal to Confucianism and fighting for it for life.

At this moment, in the small courtyard, seventy-two great Confucian scholars straightened their backs.

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The controversy between Confucianism and law was surging, and Chen Ziyou was busy with the affairs of the Confucian exchange meeting, and he was not a Confucian person, so he naturally did not notice it.

In recent days, he has been reading Confucian classics every day, occasionally going downstairs to listen to the arguments of students from all over the world.

In the past 100 years, Confucianism has written books and said, and there are countless classics that have been handed down to the world, but there are only three books and one theory that have been regarded as classics, three of which are written by Yan Ziyuan, and one is written by Meng Fuzi. These four books basically encompass all the views of Confucianism, large and small, and Yan Ziyuan spent five days roughly reading these books.

Others read these books with awe, but Chen Ziyou is a person from the old civilization after all, but he looks at them with a critical eye. Mengfuzi's "Master's Sayings" was not actually written by Mengfuzi himself, but was a collection of Mencius's usual quotations and views by later apprentices. Chen Ziyou only felt sleepy after reading it, Mengfuzi's views are almost exactly the same as those of Confucius, the patriarch of Confucianism in the old civilization, and many allusions are exactly the same, Chen Ziyou is almost certain that this Mengfuzi is the executive of the previous generation. Others seem to Meng Fuzi to be amazingly talented, but in Chen Ziyou's eyes, he is just a copyist of theorists. On the contrary, the three books written by Yan Ziyuan have made great breakthroughs in the framework of Mengfuzi, and many of them are deeply believed by Chen Ziyou.

This Yan Ziyuan is a character.

Chen Ziyou's evaluation of Yan Ziyuan in his heart was much higher.

Chen Ziyou walked downstairs, and happened to meet Wenlong above and downstairs to show off his talents, and many young students gathered around him, their eyes full of admiration.

Fang Wenlong caught a glimpse of Chen Ziyou's figure, and hurriedly called out to stop him: "Classmate Xu! ”

Chen Ziyou was tired of Fang Wenlong's high-profile character in his heart, but he didn't want to offend people more, so he had to stop, forced out a smile and said, "Classmate Fang, is there something wrong?" ”

Fang Wenlong walked over with a smile, patted Chen Ziyou's shoulder, showed a very intimate look, and said, "The students are discussing what topics will come up at this Confucian exchange meeting, I want to ask you what you think." ”

Chen Ziyou shook his shoulders slightly, and inadvertently took a step away from Fang Wenlong, Fang Wenlong frowned, but he didn't open his mouth to express his dissatisfaction, still smiling all over his face.

Chen Ziyou said: "Isn't the process roughly the same in previous years? First, the written test, the test recitation, the big questions are thrown on current affairs, and the opinions are discussed, and finally the deans of the 72 colleges will mark the papers, and the best students will enter the next round. ”

Fang Wenlong nodded with a smile and said: "This is true in previous years, and the questions are easy to bet, like the last big question four years ago was the battle of Qin Zhao Yushan, and eight years ago the test was the three divisions, all of which were major events that shook the world in recent years. ”

Chen Ziyou didn't know what Fang Wenlong wanted to say, so he just nodded and said, "It is indeed very probable, the Qin State coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, which is indeed a great rebellion." ”

Fang Wenlong frowned, his father Fang Xiaoru was the right minister of Qin, and he was also Yan Ziyuan's protégé, when King Qin sent Bai Lang's 100,000 troops into Luoyang, Fang Xiaoru was actually kept in the dark, and afterwards Fang Xiaoru persuaded King Qin to withdraw his troops, but was rejected by King Qin. This incident caused a great sensation in the court of Qin at that time, and the officials who wrote within a month went from the local to the central, and the documents were piled up in the study of the King of Qin. After that, Fang Xiaoru was also criticized by many Confucianists, but who knows the difficulties in Fang Xiaoru's heart? Fang Xiaoru has been in the Qin State for more than ten years, and the official is the right minister, coupled with the status of Yan Ziyuan's disciple, he is indeed very prestigious among the officials of the Qin State, and there were not a few followers for a time. However, the official position of the right minister is still one step away from the left minister, and since the death of the left minister Sun Anlan, the position of the left minister has been vacant. Nominally, it is said that Fang Xiaoru leads the right phase and takes the left phase, but in fact, the military power is in Bai Lang's hands, and the political affairs are controlled by King Qin and Bai Lang.

In front of him, Chen Ziyou bluntly said that it was a great rebellion for the Qin State to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, although Fang Wenlong also thought so in his heart, but after all, it was his own country, and it was still a little uncomfortable to hear others say this.

Fang Wenlong snorted and changed the topic: "Student Chen doesn't know, this time the question maker is different from previous years, in previous years, Mr. Ren Keshou always wrote the question, but it is said that this year Mr. Yan will personally write the question!" ”

Chen Ziyou was stunned, this is fresh, I didn't expect Yan Ziyuan to come up with the question in person this time, it seems that Confucianism attaches great importance to this conference.

Fang Wenlong saw that Chen Ziyou's expression had changed, and he was a lot more satisfied, and he said in a low voice: "Everyone privately speculates that Mr. Yan is old, and this time he wants to accept another closed disciple, and he is full of energy." ”

Chen Ziyou nodded, if Yan Ziyuan came up with the question, it is indeed very possible, Yan Ziyuan has been in charge of Confucianism for nearly fifty years, and is regarded as an evergreen tree of Confucianism, but people always die, no one can say which day there will be three long and two short, so it seems that it is indeed necessary to find the next successor of Confucianism.

Chen Ziyou suddenly came back to his senses and looked at Fang Wenlong, a little strange, this Fang Wenlong seemed to have been very unhappy with himself since the last small festival, how could he be so kind this time and tell him so many things.

Fang Wenlong looked at Chen Ziyou's somewhat defensive look, but he snorted: "Don't be afraid, classmate Xu, I don't mean anything else, I just want to hear your thoughts, discuss Confucianism with everyone, and improve each other's knowledge." ”

Although Chen Ziyou didn't believe Fang Wenlong's words, he couldn't refute his face anymore, and he had nothing to do, so he just discussed Confucianism with him.

Chen Ziyou said: "In that case, sit down and talk." ”

Fang Wenlong hurriedly nodded, and sat down with Chen Ziyou, the two sat opposite each other, surrounded by Confucian students, these Confucian students were very dissatisfied, Fang Wenlong was born in Xianyang Academy, his father was the right minister of the Qin State, and his status was noble, many people wanted to have a good relationship with Fang Wenlong, so as to pave the way for the future career, but although this Fang Wenlong got along with everyone very well on the surface, he actually kept a distance from them. Now that Chen Ziyou is favored by Fang Wenlong, he is naturally very unhappy.

At that moment, someone said: "I heard that Mr. Xu was born in the Liucheng Academy of the Wei Kingdom, and Mr. Liu Ziyu, the doctor of the Wei Kingdom, once said a famous saying, which is contained in his book "The Theory of Heaven", which is regarded as a motto by the princes and monarchs, and Xu can know it. ”

Chen Ziyou shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it." ”

The man smiled and said with some disdain: "Classmate Xu was born in Weiguo, and he didn't even know Mr. Liu Ziyu's famous words. ”

Chen Ziyou smiled and said, "What is the famous saying, I hope that my classmates will teach me." ”

The man smiled and said, "Repaying grievances with virtue, it's just four words!" ”

Chen Ziyou smiled coldly, but what he said then made people feel cold: "Repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?" Repay grievances with straightforwardness and repay virtue with virtue. ”

After these eight words, the man was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "How old are you?" How dare you tamper with the tenets of Confucianism! ”

Chen Ziyou snorted coldly: "How old is Liu Ziyu?" Meng Fuzi opened a sect, followed by Mr. Yan Ziyuan, what they said is naturally a Confucian creed, as for Liu Ziyu, he can't help defend the country against the strong Qin, and he can't let the people be stable and rich, but he preaches some words that encourage the Qin State to invade the princes, what kind of person is it? ”

After Chen Ziyou finished speaking, the man's face turned red, and he couldn't speak, but he just scolded Chen Ziyou for being rebellious, and Chen Ziyou was also interested, and he didn't want to argue with these pedantic people.

He stood up, waved his sleeves, and walked straight away.

Everyone behind him was scolding angrily, but Fang Wenlong was looking at Chen Ziyou's distant figure, thinking about what Chen Ziyou just said about repaying grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue? Repay grievances with straightforwardness and repay virtue with virtue.