Just when Huang Xie entered the city with a heavy heart, in the palace of the original Lu State in this city, Zhao Dan was meeting with a group of guests.

What are the characteristics of the country of Lu? There is no doubt that the character of the country of Lu is, of course, tradition.

Zhou Gongdan, the founder of the Lu State, single-handedly formulated the etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty and was the founder and advocate of the Zhou Dynasty.

With such a layer of relationship in it, since its establishment, the state of Lu has always been the most resolute implementation of the Zhou rites.

Of course, with the continuous changes of the times, Lu has naturally undergone a lot of changes, but the only constant is two points, the first point is that Lu is still the country that pays the most attention to Zhou etiquette, and the other point is the characteristics of Lu people - serious, traditional, old-fashioned.

In addition to this, there is another characteristic of the Lu State that is also very famous, that is, the founder of Confucianism, Confucius, is also a Lu person.

It is precisely because of the influence of this atmosphere in the Lu State that Confucius has always advocated "virtue for government", paying attention to the set of Zhou Gong and Zhou etiquette, and simply put, he hopes to use Zhou Gong's set of morality and etiquette to govern the country.

This is also the reason why Confucius traveled around the world, but he was not reused in other countries, although the kings respected his knowledge, but did not take it seriously.

In these years, everyone has been fighting wars, either you die or I live, and it is already a very good thing to survive.

Don't you see that all the nations are doing whatever it takes to become stronger? At this time, who cares about morality and etiquette, let's survive first.

The country of Lu, which abides by morality and etiquette, has now become the dust of history, which is enough to explain a lot of things.

When the tide of history rolls in, if you can't follow this wave, you can only be shot to death on the beach like Lu Guo.

At this moment, Zhao Dan is meeting such a group of guys who are destined to be photographed to death on the beach.

Old guy.

This group of old guys wearing Confucian crowns and robes is none other than the leaders of Confucianism in the Lu Kingdom, that is, what his factory calls "Lu Ru".

Since Confucius was born in the state of Lu and his descendants also lived here, Lu Ru has always considered himself the most orthodox spokesperson of Confucianism.

It is precisely because of these prides in their hearts that the Lu Confucians disdain the Qi State Jixia School Palace advocated by Mencius, and they actually did not pay too much attention to the Huaxia School Palace led by Xun Guo of Zhao State.

In their view, Confucius was a sage, and the words of a sage could not be changed in any way.

Whether it is Mencius or Xunzi, these Confucian scholars who have played a role in promoting the development of Confucianism in the eyes of outsiders are actually very low in Lu Ru's heart.

In that case, why did these Ru Ru come to Zhao Dan today?

I saw an old Confucian stand up, bow to Zhao Dan, and say: "Since the king is now the chief of the princes of the world, he should respect the king like the Duke of Qi Huan back then, restore the etiquette system of the year, and make the morality of the saint widely spread throughout the world." ”

As soon as this old Confucian man spoke, the other old men also agreed, you say three emperors and five emperors, and I am a virtuous king's old career, in short, it makes Zhao Dan dizzy and has a headache.

Regarding the remarks of this old Confucian, Zhao Dan chose to smile and remain silent, but he already had some feelings of wanting to scold his mother in his heart.

It seems that agreeing to these guys' invitation today is a special mistake!

Zhao Dan originally thought that since these guys claimed to be the descendants of Confucius and the only orthodox, they had to have some dry goods in their heads, right?

But now this group of guys who are full of chattering and want to restore the old system of King Wen Sage, which makes Zhao Dan's egg hurt.

It has been 800 years since the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, and the system established by Zhou Gongdan 800 years ago may have been advanced at that time, but now 800 years later, it is obviously not able to keep up with the times.

This is like using the system of the Southern Song Dynasty to govern in modern society, isn't it nonsense?

Looking at the white-haired descendant of Confucius who was noisy in front of him, Zhao Dan felt that he was a head or two.

Finally waited for the saliva bombardment of these old people to pause a little, Zhao Dan hurriedly coughed and said, "Fellow Confucians, don't you think that this week's public gift seems to be a little long away from today, shouldn't it be that...... How about keeping up with the times? ”

As soon as Zhao Dan's voice fell, all the Lu Ru present showed a sad expression and said, "What a foolish thing the king said! It is necessary to know that the Ze of the Holy King, Keze has been eternal, and now it is only the autumn of a hundred eons, how can it not be feasible? The king is now the overlord of the world, and only by following the way of this saint can he achieve great deeds! ”

Another saliva bombardment that annoyed Zhao Dan began.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that all the people present were gray-haired old men, Zhao Dan would have wanted to order to drive people out directly.

But fortunately, these Ruru leaders are all old men after all, and they can't talk about it for long, and after about an hour, the saliva sprayed on Zhao Dan's face slowly began to decrease.

Zhao Dan saw that the opportunity was rare, and immediately coughed, and said: "Listening to the elders explain the old system of the Holy King today, it is really an eye-opener for the widows, presumably the elders should also know that the widows now have a Huaxia School Palace in Handan, why don't you ask the elders to move to the Huaxia School Palace to preach, so that the people of the world know how about the grace of the Holy King?" ”

"This ......" As soon as Zhao Dan spoke, several Luru leaders looked at each other, and they all looked a little hesitant for a while.

Although Lu Ru is old-fashioned, it doesn't mean that they are all fools, haven't you seen that although these Lu Ru leaders opened their mouths and closed their mouths to restore the old ritual system of the Holy King, they never persuaded Zhao Dan to re-establish the majesty of Zhou Tianzi?

According to Confucius's theory, rebuilding the majesty of Zhou Tianzi is the most important thing, which is why the princes are reluctant to buy Confucius's account. The prestige of the Son of Heaven has been seriously built, so why should I, a prince, go, and be cool on the side?

Having said that, when Zhao Dan invited them to the Huaxia Academy, these Ru leaders were not very happy.

In these days, knowledge is a very valuable thing, and it may be difficult for a person with rich knowledge to become a supreme minister, but it is easier than eating to become an official.

To put it bluntly, any Xiucai in the Ming and Qing dynasties can be an official at will in this era, and even a county order is not a problem.

Of course, it's one thing to be good or bad, but the qualifications for this official are definitely stable and undisputed.

That's the preciousness of knowledge.

It is precisely because knowledge is so valuable that it is also a very prudent thing to impart knowledge.

This is especially true for the stereotypical Ruru.

In such a situation, it is actually a difficult thing to get them to go to the Huaxia Academy Palace to preach the doctrine.

In their view, this knowledge is given to the king, and that is fine. But if I want to tell you these low-level people, there is no need.

Moreover, Xun is now the big sacrificial wine of the Huaxia Academy, if these Lu Confucian scholars go to the Huaxia Academy, wouldn't they be subordinate to the Xun Palace? This is also a reason for their reluctance.

Zhao Dan looked at the appearance of these Lu Ru period Ai Ai in front of him, and immediately understood the origin of this after a little thought in his heart, and immediately smiled: "Speaking of which, it is also abrupt, such a big matter, naturally you should ask the old gentlemen to go back and discuss more, but there is no need to rush for a while." ”

After sending off a few old gentlemen very politely, Zhao Dan, who was seated again, sighed, stretched out his fingers and knocked the table in front of him a few times, obviously in a not very beautiful mood.

The reason why Zhao Dan invited these Lu Ru to enter the Huaxia School Palace, on the one hand, was because there was one more school in the Huaxia School Palace, and on the other hand, he also had the idea of mixing sand among the Confucians in the Huaxia School Palace, after all, it was well known that Lu Ru and Xun were not in the same vein.

But from the current point of view, these so-called orthodox heirs of Confucius obviously have not inherited the essence of Mr. Confucius at all.

Not to mention anything else, there is such a great merit that shines through the ages without teaching and not learning, and the head is full of eating the ancient and self-contained, how can such a doctrine progress?

And to be honest, Zhao Dan has actually made a plan in his heart, and when Zhao State dominates the world in the future, needless to say, those hundred schools of thought who have joined the Huaxia Academy Palace will naturally be able to survive and even carry forward.

But like other hermits who are engaged in the mountain pimple themselves, or unwilling to obey Zhao Guo's school of joining the Huaxia Academy, they can only be run over by the rolling wheels of history.

Zhao Dan pondered for a long time, and shook his head a little speechlessly: "Forget it, I have already been given a chance, if I still don't know how to lift, then there is no way for the widow." ”

What Zhao Dan didn't know was that in the future, this decision to let Lu Ru go would actually bring him and Zhao Guo a lot of trouble.