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Qufu City.

It used to be the capital of the Lu Kingdom, and now it is the seat of the county seat of the Lu County of the Zhao State.

Autumn winds blow across the land, leaves roll in the streets, and horse-drawn carts and pedestrians walk over the ground, trampling the yellow, gray leaves into countless pieces.

In the palace of the Yuanlu King in Qufu City, there is a fierce debate going on at this moment.

The face of the Great Sacrifice of the Huaxia Academy Palace was flushed, and his hands waved vigorously: "It's just a big joke in the world!" Didn't you find out where the king stands? It is completely impossible for the king to agree to such conditions. ”

As the great sacrificial wine of the Huaxia Academy, Xun Guo is already one of the top figures in the cultural circle of Zhao State to be honest, in addition to Zhao Dan, the king of Zhao State, even Zhao State important ministers like Xiangbang Yu Xin and General Lian Po must be polite when they see Xun Guo.

Such a person, who can make him angry like this?

The answer is actually very simple, that is, these Confucian scholars who sit at the head of Xun Jing.

These Confucian scholars are very unusual, what is their unusualness?

First of all, of course, their age, every Confucian scholar present was full of white hair and long beards, and they all looked thin and thin, quite a bit of fairy style.

I saw an old man speak slowly: "Since King Zhao wants to seal Mount Tai, and you don't know how to seal the etiquette of Mount Tai, if you are rude in front of the Emperor of Heaven, wouldn't it make King Zhao ashamed and let Zhao State not tolerate heaven?" This Zen ritual is not for us. ”

The old man spoke with a look of arrogance on his face, and he looked obviously quite confident.

Xun Jing snorted softly, and a trace of unhappiness flashed on his face.

These old Confucian students in front of Xun Guo are actually none other than Lu Ru, a branch of Confucianism in the Lu State.

Since Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, was a native of Lu, Lu Ru has always claimed to be the orthodox successor of Confucius, and has always scoffed at other Confucian schools.

And because the founder of the Lu State is the famous Zhou Gongdan, who formulated the Zhou Dynasty ritual music system, so the Lu State itself has a strong respect for the Zhou rites, and Lu Ru also inherited Confucius's idea of restoring ritual music, and has become the most retro and conservative school of Confucianism.

For this school, Zhao Dan actually didn't like it very much, so after Zhao State won the land of Lu State from Chu State, the Huaxia Academy also had a very bad attitude towards Lu Ru, and refused Lu Ru's request to open a class in the Huaxia School Palace.

Xun still remembers what Zhao Dan said: "It is true that the widow hopes that a hundred schools of thought will contend, but those outdated doctrines that should have been brought into the coffin a long time ago should not appear in the widow's Huaxia Academy." ”

If it weren't for the fact that he received Zhao Dan's instructions a month ago to start preparing for the Zen Sealing Ceremony, Xun Guo would really be too lazy to come to this city and meet these Ruru.

Don't look at everyone as Confucians, but in fact, different factions within the same doctrine are sometimes more hostile than between different doctrines, such as the Confucian Ram and Gu Liang.

Xun Jing's face was gloomy, and he stared at the old man who had just spoken, and said in a deep voice: "What, you want to blackmail the king?" ”

Another old man said unhurriedly: "We Lu Ru have never been able to see Zhao State, so that even in the Huaxia Academy there is no school for us to spread the knowledge of our master, such a rude thing is really unheard of." ”

Xun Jing frowned and said, "If the ceremony of sealing Zen can be successfully completed, then under the king's heart, there will naturally be a place for Lu Ru in the Huaxia Academy." ”

Bargaining, it's nothing. For Xun Kuang himself, since he was selected by Zhao Dan to prepare for this Zen ceremony, he has already been mentally prepared in this regard.

After all, Xun is also very clear that as long as this Zen Ceremony is held, then Confucianism, as the leader of the Zen Ceremony, will definitely be able to gain infinite benefits from it, and maybe it will be able to overwhelm the other hundreds of schools in one fell swoop and become the mainstream thought of the entire Zhao State.

You must know that over the years, the ideological confrontation in the Huaxia Academy has been extremely fierce, and new scholars of many other schools have kept putting forward theories one by one, which poses a great challenge to Confucian theory.

Therefore, Xun Guo originally thought that since this matter was good for Confucianism, then Lu Ru might be easier to talk to.

But it was clear that he was wrong.

The Lu Confucians were originally very unhappy with Xun Qian, thinking that Xun Qian's theory was too close to the Legalists, lost the essence of Confucius, and belonged to the Confucian heresy of selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, plus the differential treatment received in the Huaxia Academy, so when Xun Guo arrived, the entire Lu Confucian group immediately began to attack this Huaxia Academy Palace.

As soon as Xun Kuang's voice fell, there was another old man on the other side who said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "Since the accession of King Zhao, I have done something like a Legalist, which is not the gospel of the world. In my opinion, it is the best policy to make Prince Zhao worship under our disciples and practice the master's theory with us. ”

As soon as the old man's words came out, they were immediately recognized by many Ruru scholars.

Xun Kuang's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but say, "You want the prince to come to Qufu to apprentice?" It's impossible! ”

Xun Jing is very clear that Zhao Dan actually does not like Zhao Heng to be close to any school, but hopes that Zhao Heng can maintain a neutral and detached position to look at the debate in the ideological world.

Now these Lu Ru actually want Zhao Heng to become a disciple of Lu Ru, isn't this living in a dream?

Xun Kuang's simple refusal obviously made the Lu Ru feel a little embarrassed, when even someone retorted: "Xun Kuang, I heard that you often teach the prince in Handan, can you teach it, as a direct disciple of the master, we can't teach this prince of Zhao State?" ”

"Yes, yes, if you don't let the prince worship under our door, this matter will not be mentioned!"

In the noise of the Luru scholars, Xun Jingtie stood up with a blue face and left the hall.

There was an eerie silence in the hall.

After a while, an old man who was Ru suddenly said with some concern: "After all, Xun Guo is the representative of King Zhao, if we annoy him, I am afraid it will not be beautiful." ”

But the other old man Lu Ru who was sitting at the top was full of care, and after snorting, he said, "What about King Zhao? Even if he replaces Zhou, he is just the Son of Heaven. Since he is the son of heaven, he must not be lazy after sacrificing to his heavenly father, otherwise after angering his heavenly father, can this Zhao Kingdom still be saved? Now that this Zen ritual of worshiping heaven is in our hands, then it is the best time for us to preach the theory of the master, as long as Prince Zhao becomes our disciple, are you still worried that our theory cannot be taught to the world in the future? This matter must not be compromised! ”

These words obviously reassured a group of Lu Ru, and they all nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, that's how it should be." "What about King Zhao? We are not afraid! ”

……

In the midst of a chaotic voice, a young figure suddenly appeared in the main hall.