The people here, except for Kong Yingda, are all teenagers, they grew up in the family of the princess, not to mention the tragedy of cannibalism, they have never even seen a starving person, I heard Li Mu say that people are very hungry and will eat people, many people's expressions are not believing, but there are also some people who believe it, they are so frightened that their faces are pale and they dare not speak out.

Li Chengqian was naturally bold and curious, so he asked: "Big brother, have you really seen people eat people?" ”

Li Mu said casually, where have you really seen it, but this does not prevent him from flickering: "Can I say if I haven't seen it?" I think I was a villager in Mayi, captured by the Turkic cavalry, wandering through the grassland desert, all the way to the Iron Mountain, and I didn't see anything along the way. ”

Li Chengqian shuddered for a moment, looked at Li Mu with a little fear in his eyes, and said, "Big brother, you won't ...... too"

"What do you think!" Li Mu said angrily: "Born as a human being, and eating human flesh, how is it different from a beast?" Besides, you think the Turkic cavalry will give meat to the captives? ”

Li Mu said angrily: "Li Chengqian, as the crown prince, why do you think things are so strange?" I'm warning you, but you're curious about this kind of thing, it seems that I have to tell Your Majesty that you kid has something wrong with his mind! ”

"Don't, don't!" Li Chengqian hurriedly said to forgive, "I don't ask, don't tell my father, my father will reprimand me." ”

"Then shut up." Li Mu reprimanded and continued: "What I just taught you is a way of thinking about things, not a refutation of the sage's scriptures. You have to distinguish this point clearly, maybe you are very confused in your hearts-" Li Mu suddenly saw Kong Yingda's appearance, couldn't help laughing, pointed at Kong Yingda and said, "Everyone look at Kong Sacrifice Wine, do you think he looks like a toad who is about to explode?" ”

The students followed Li Mu's fingers, and when they saw Kong Yingda's appearance, they couldn't help laughing, laughed twice, and felt that something seemed to be wrong, so they quickly held back again.

Kong Yingda glared and said, "Li Mu, the old man is not as good as you. But the old man also has a saying, what you just said, look at things in reverse, and deduce the cause from the result. Then let me ask you, why is Confucianism respected in the world now? Why did kings embrace Confucianism since the Han Dynasty? If Confucianism is not right, then it is not right, why is there such a result? ”

"That's a point-and-go question." Li Mu stroked his palm and smiled: "This is also what I was about to talk about, Lao Kong, I found that you still have some talent, you are very suitable to be a teaching assistant." ”

"Hugh is quick to speak, please answer the old man's question."

"Okay, then I'll share with you the results of my research." Li Mu Zhengse said: "Confucianism was not born in the earliest, nor the latest, how can it be inherited for so long, so that today, a dominant position." It is not the so-called 'benevolent government', but similar to this kind of thought, which is just a far-fetched association with Confucius and Confucius for their own interests, which is a very despicable and immoral thing. The fundamental reason why Confucianism can be inherited and carried forward lies in the eight words of benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, and filial piety! ”

These eight words cover all the good qualities that a person can have. It tells us that as a human being, you have to have a loving heart, you have to have a sense of responsibility, you have to pay attention to moral cultivation, benevolence and courtesy complement each other, you have to be loyal, filial piety, forgiveness, and so on. The other theories of the hundred schools of thought are almost all specialized, and they are not as inclusive as Confucianism. ”

"These eight words are also the original, Confucian thoughts."

"Why did I say the word 'despicable' just now!" Li Mu's tone became a little angry, and said: "If you read through the Confucian classics, you will find one thing, at the beginning, almost all of the ideas that Confucius talked about were small words, and what he did was advocating. Advocacy is not an order, he gave the people a choice, and the people felt that Confucius was right, so I listened to Confucius's words and did it, which is called convincing people with virtue. And what have these people been doing since Mencius? They borrowed the ideas of Confucius, added their own ideas to it, and called it a family, and they began to lobby the emperor in a vain attempt to promote their ideas from top to bottom? What kind of behavior is this? ”

"At the root, they don't have their own thoughts, and borrowing from Confucius's ideas is a kind of stealing. Moreover, their original purpose was not for the people, but for themselves. If for the sake of the people, what do you say to the emperor? Tell the people? They are forcing the people! They tried in vain to control the emperor and control the people. What they really want to do is the emperor behind the emperor. Isn't it creepy to be ambitious? ”

"Just now, after Kong Saijiu said from the Han Dynasty, I knew that he was talking about Dong Zhongshu. Is Dong Zhongshu a good person? He once said that as long as it is not a doctrine that is not among the six arts, it should not exist. In the end, it led to 'deposing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone', which is admittedly a good thing for Confucianism. But is it really a good thing for the world? Confucius never said that only Confucianism was allowed to exist in this world. Even Confucius himself studied under Lao Tzu. Having said that 'there must be my teacher in a threesome' shows that Confucius was also well aware of his own shortcomings and needed to learn from others. Why is Dong Zhongshu so rampant, thinking that Confucianism can solve all problems, and other ideas are not even allowed to exist? Is he really for Confucianism? Is he really for the people? Isn't he in it for his own status?! ”

"Thief also!"

Li Mu sighed: "Although Dong Zhongshu proposed to depose the hundred schools and respect Confucianism. But to this day, we can also see that in fact, is it really deposed? Not really! Every doctrine that can be born has the inevitability of its existence. Aren't there any Taoist priests now? Isn't a Taoist priest? What does Qin Tianjian do? Isn't it a yin-yang family? Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, is not using the principle of Legalism? Could it be said that the method of cultivation that has been handed down to this day is an invention of Confucianism? Which of the tools such as carts, wheels, and plows is Confucian? ”

Li Mu Zhengse said: "The most terrible thing is that obviously one theory can't solve all problems, but there are poor people who believe that it can." As he spoke, Li Mu pointed at Kong Yingda and said, "This is a poor man, he believes that Confucianism is omnipotent." Even if there are times when he discovers that Confucianism is not omnipotent, he has to bury his head in the pile of old papers, to find a word, to forcibly explain it, to prove that Confucianism can, what do you say this is a picture? Is it so hard to admit that someone else is good? I had to force myself to say nothing, alas—poor people, poor people! ”

"That's it!"

Just when Li Mu was about to continue to tease Kong Yingda, Li Shimin finally couldn't help but walk out from under the corridor. When everyone saw Li Shimin coming, they all got up and saluted. Li Mu also saluted, in fact, he had already seen Li Shimin, but Li Shimin didn't stand up, so he didn't break it.

Li Shimin came to Li Mu with a cold face, glanced at Kong Yingda, who was already like he had lost his soul, glared at Li Mu reproachfully, and said to Kong Yingda with relief: "Aiqing, Li Mu's thoughts have always been different from ordinary people, you don't have to take it to heart." ”

Kong Yingda bowed to the end: "Your Majesty, the old minister is ashamed." Hou Tianzong is a genius, and everything he says is to the point. Just like what the Marquis of Zhulu said just now, Lao Chen did do the thing of burying his head in the pile of old papers, and now that he thinks about it, he is really ashamed. Maybe the Hou of Zhulu is right, not all the things in this world can be solved by Confucianism, alas-"

Li Mu grinned and said, "Old Kong, don't be discouraged. I've never said that Kong Sheng is bad, you have to distinguish my words well. I admire Confucius, but I scoff at these later people, who were forcibly bound up with their own selfish interests, so that Confucius's thoughts became a little sour. Good ideas, ideas that really win the hearts of the people, do not need to be forced, the people should follow suit, if they are not popular with the people, it is useless to forcibly oppress them. ”

"Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, and filial piety are good thoughts. Needless to say, everyone knows it's right. This is the real foothold of Confucianism, Lao Kong, when you lecture in the future, talk more about these, and less about the so-called 'benevolent government', you yourself are just a teacher, you know a fart benevolent government, what you can't do, don't be a teacher for others, embarrassed. ”

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Li Mu! It's too much! Why do you spit out such vulgar words?! ”

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, and the minister is also for the sake of Lao Kong, and he is in a hurry. Lao Kong, I'm sorry. ”

Kong Yingda sighed and said, "Your Majesty, don't blame the Hou of Zhulu, he also has a certain amount of truth." It's really ridiculous to think about it, the old minister is just a teacher, but he cites scriptures and talks about 'the way of benevolent government', how can he be convincing? Okay, just pay attention to it later. ”

"Aiqing, don't listen to this kid's nonsense, who doesn't have a teacher? I don't think so, the emperor also has a teacher, if there is no teacher, how can he be reasonable? You still teach how you want to teach, no need to change. ”

Li Mu couldn't help but bow: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to agree. Emperors throughout the ages, if the emperor obeys his teacher in everything, he must not be a good emperor, he must be a puppet emperor. The emperor should have his own opinions, and the ministers also said when they played the right game that the reason why Yao Shun is Yao Shun is because they are wise themselves, and they are not taught by anyone. Naturally, everyone has a teacher, but the vague concept of benevolence cannot be taught casually, especially to teach the prince, in case the prince is taught to be like Lao Kong, his thinking is stubborn, and he can't listen to the opinions of others, and he will faint if he says it. When you encounter something, you go to the pile of books to find the answer, what can you do in the Tang Dynasty? The minister reminded him, let him have self-knowledge, you know things, such as benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, you can teach more, you don't understand, you talk less, naturally there are others to teach, why do you have to show yourself......"