What is the essence of the doctrine of Confucianism, we will put aside for the time being; But at least most of the Li family's 'farce' started and ended because of it.

Human beings are 'social animals' with intelligence, so in addition to the basic requirements of 'clothing, food, shelter and transportation', they also need to be satisfied in the spiritual realm. For example, some people like to enjoy food, which means that they can get their own satisfaction from their 'appetite', while others like to call friends and talk about the world, which is their 'desire to socialize'.

Life passes in a hurry for a hundred years, and it requires not only some 'small satisfaction' at your fingertips, but also 'great satisfaction' that can only be obtained through long-term efforts and careful planning; and human civilization has continued to this day, and it has developed step by step in the process of trying to satisfy various desires.

Frankly speaking, Master Li is not a civil official in the strict sense of the word, and he is not even a scholar. But after all, he has been in a high position for many years, and he is still in charge of the Li family, an upstart family, so naturally he can't be a rigid and inflexible old stubborn. And even after he took over the wealth and power of his father's 'Mancang Li', instead of getting carried away, he was much more cautious in dealing with people. What's even more rare is that for so many years, he has been kind to the vulgar and fierce woman who was united by the 'baby kiss', and even after succeeding to the head of the family and being arbitrary, he has never had the idea of divorce his wife or concubine.

However, the 'kind-hearted' also has a temper, and the wise also have a time to drill the horns! Until Mr. Li was seriously ill and bedridden, he still couldn't mind the fact that his eldest son was 'exiled and married' and his daughter was sent to the palace. Of course, he also knew that this matter had developed to this point, and he could not blame his unclear lady; It's just that who is to blame for this?

After all the things were dealt with, he also tried to talk to his wife about raising children, but even if he said the truth thousands of times and wore out his mouth, his wife still stuck to the word 'etiquette'; no matter what he said to her, she was the same set of 'justifiable' words:

But they told me ......

Master Li also knew in his heart that he and his wife were preaching the scriptures and preaching, purely playing the piano to the cow and wasting their efforts; And the so-called chastity, martyrdom, virtuousness, virtue, courtesy, righteousness, honesty, and shame in her mouth are all crooked theories that she heard when she got together with other people's women to 'tell right and wrong'. After all, this lady of her own family can't even read a single big character, how can she have the mind to comprehend the profound thoughts and true meanings of the ancient sages?

Including Mrs. Li and those 'famous ladies', everyone regards these things as a talking point to improve their status; what does it matter if they want to be righteous and far-fetched?

After giving up communicating with his wife, Master Li's mood became even more depressed. He hated his wife for being unreasonable and stubborn; There are also those so-called official daughters who are also like clouds and have tongues as long as willows. This was originally just a thing the size of a sesame seed, but they made it look like this. Originally, it was a family of four and Meimei; Now in the blink of an eye, you have to be scattered to the end of the world; Maybe in this life and this life, it will be difficult to have a chance to see each other again......

Therefore, when Master Li was dying, he made that last order to bury his wife! This martyrdom was buried in the grave together, and finally turned into the same handful of dirt with his strong dissatisfaction with the 'doctrine of righteousness', as well as the love and resentment that had been entangled for a lifetime between the Li family and his wife......

It was precisely because of his strong dissatisfaction with the Luxi Confucian School that Li Deng, a young man who was 'expelled' by his father, went directly to Zhu Yunshen, the head of the Ludong Confucian School.

In fact, he studied Confucianism assiduously since he was a child, and he should have been a protégé of the Confucian school; However, after this incident, Lee Deng completely had deep doubts and resentment towards the doctrine of righteousness that advocates 'preserving heavenly principles and destroying human desires.' Therefore, he will switch to the 'Neo-Confucianism' with a bit of competitive thinking.

Since he is the eldest son of the Li family in Youbei, after he has completed his studies, it is naturally inconvenient for him to participate in the scientific examination of the Northern Yan Imperial Court. As a result, Li Deng, who had achieved some success in his studies but had not yet decided on a return date, naturally embarked on a study tour of 10,000 miles after reading 10,000 books.

Just imagine, when a personable, handsome and chic, well-educated person, and at the same time with inexhaustible wealth, after a few years of study, what kind of reputation will be obtained among the people and Shilin.

The reason why Li Deng chose to visit all the world's celebrities was actually very simple: he just wanted to stand on the sidelines and observe how many completely different commentaries could be added to the same school of doctrine by later generations; As the saying goes, 'listening is clear', when he visited the world, he naturally understood many strange doctrines; As a result, Li Deng's own ideological realm has unconsciously stepped onto a new level.

With a lot of money in his hand, and a wide range of friends, he can inadvertently gather countless 'wine and meat friends'. Although these are all boastful people, they also regard Li Deng, an 'eye-catching international student,' as the talking point of their own meeting, with the intention of using this brilliant and wealthy 'best friend' to enhance their worth and reputation.

Even Li Deng himself didn't expect that after only a few years, his fame had spread to every corner of the Huayu Continent; Even the crazy and corrupt Confucians who criticize Li Deng and fight for their own fame can only seize on the fact that he is from a merchant family.

When Li Deng and Li Qiyuan's literary prestige reached its peak, he was finally invited by the top three of Beiyan Enke to fight together, and invited him to have a debate meeting with the readers of Beiyan in front of Guozijian. That speculative conference not only attracted celebrities from various factions, but even the Nankang royal family, who was on an envoy to Beiyan, was also under the leadership of the then crown prince Zhou Yuanqing to watch this literary event together!

From the subset of classics and history, we talked about the folk history, Li Qiyuan, who was born in the bitter cold land outside the country and grew up in a merchant family, went to 'fight three yuan alone'! With only one tongue of flesh, not only did the three people who argue have no skin, but he also gave the new champion who was nearly sixty years old at the time a 'heart attack' and died suddenly on the stage! This battle can be regarded as a complete fulfillment of Li Deng's prestige of 'a murderous tongue that can be worth a million-strong army'!

During the years that Li Deng was 'assigned' abroad, although he did suffer a lot, he also gained knowledge and fame. Between gains and losses, at least it tends to be balanced.

But for Li Lian who stayed in the Great Wilderness City, life was not so comfortable......

Since beating her 'miscarriage', she has just recovered from her body, and Master Li invited an old lady who retired from the palace to follow her every step of the way, teaching her the complicated rules in the palace, both openly and secretly, and how to protect herself in the 'women's nest'.

As a result, Li Lian, who was in a rebellious period and her whole person was already shattered, the resentment in her heart became even stronger. In her opinion, this old lady has been persecuted by that palace all her life, and now she is shamelessly 'making a living from this', using those dirty and despicable 'so-called experience' that cannot be put on the table to 'poison' the younger generations who are also daughters.

After thinking about this, Li Lian finally embarked on an alternative 'rebellious road'. Since this bastard world is so unfair to women, even how women 'kill each other' is treated as experience and business; Then it's up to me, Li Lian, to end all this with my own hands!

In this place of Youbei Third Road, what is the apex that can be reached as a goddess of women? Of course, she is the queen of the world! Once Li Lian can fly on the branches and wear Fengxia, then her words and deeds in the future will naturally become a model for women across the country to follow; She was given the opportunity to change the world from the top down.

Li Lian, who silently set a lofty goal, finally completely broke out with the intelligence and shrewdness inherited from the Li family's bloodline! Not only did she rely on the power and wealth of the Li family to successfully pass the test steps of verifying her identity; In a short period of time, she became one of the Dongnuan Pavilion and became a female official serving tea in front of the emperor.

As the so-called building near the water gets the moon first, gets along day and night, and serves wholeheartedly for a period of time, so it naturally gets the love and trust of the emperor; In addition, her own family is also blessed, and it didn't take long for him to be given by the emperor to the then crown prince Yan Hunt as a concubine; Not long after Yan Hunt succeeded to the throne, Li Lian, who successfully gave birth to a dragon son, also naturally sat in the position of the master of the harem.

In this way, Li Lian's 'road to promotion' is also quite smooth, but living in the fat powder pile of the harem, the sweet and bitter geometry, I am afraid that only Li Lian knows best in his heart.

After so many years of palace career, Li Lian's thoughts have also changed slightly, whether she has become more mature, or that she has changed her original intention; When she saw too much of those court women and all kinds of ugliness in private, she completely gave up her lifelong desire to 'save the Youbei woman'.

For Li Lian at that time, these women who even looked down on themselves and regarded themselves as playthings did not deserve anyone's salvation at all. Li Lian, who was 'successful' in his career, but lost his ideals and ambitions, completely transferred all his energy to the prince Yan Day. In fact, it is conceivable that if Yan Tian can live in Dongkun Palace all the time and grow up under the guidance of his mother, although his style of action will inevitably be more radical, at least he will not become a weak and incompetent person who has no responsibility and can only play clever.

When Yan Tian was eight years old, Li Deng, who had achieved a lot of academic success, finally 'returned to his hometown with honor'; at the same time, a major event also happened on Youbei Third Road:

The mixed river water in the Great Wilderness City on Dongyou Road has been raining continuously for dozens of days, causing the water level to rise sharply, and finally breaking through the river embankment; In this way, the flood poured in, not only submerging the entire Great Wilderness City, but also destroying countless villages, towns and counties upstream and downstream......