Chapter 275: On Loyalty

Last time, it was said that Liang Xu infiltrated Yingchuan Academy in the name of studying and studied with Xun Yu.

Liang Xu has been impressed by Xun Yu's knowledge since he studied with Xun Yu, although some of Xun Yu's views are difficult for Liang Xu to accept, such as Xun Yu's understanding of loyalty from the beginning to the end, this is true for the Han Dynasty, and this is also true for his future benefactor.

Liang Xu asked Xun Yu how he would deal with himself if the person he took refuge in finally wanted to replace Dahan. Xun Yu was silent.

At this time, Liang Xu planned to sell Xun Yu the concept of loyalty from later generations.

When it comes to the concept of the concept of later generations, the first thing to understand is what is the essence behind that concept. The essence is not accurate, and the branches and leaves behind are all in vain, and it will even confuse itself.

So what is the essence of loyalty? It is not the process or result of loyalty, but the object of loyalty. If the subject is not clear, it is easy to make mistakes.

Liang Xu directly criticized Xun Yu in front of Xun Yu for not figuring out who the object of his loyalty was, which made it difficult to answer the question he just asked.

Xun Yu was not angry at all, and asked Liang Xu with a smile: "Then who do you think should be the object of loyalty to the teacher?" ”

It's just that Xun Yu regretted asking Liang Xu this question in the next second, because Liang Xu actually said that he was the people of the world.

Xun Yu, who was educated by feudal etiquette, is full of teachers from heaven and earth, when will he be loyal to the people of the world? There is a world of difference between the scholars and the commoners, no matter how poor the people of the scholar clan are, his status is more noble than that of the commoners with thousands of dollars, which is firmly imprinted in Xun Yu's outlook on life and values.

Seeing that the smile on Xun Yu's face disappeared, and he looked at himself with a serious face, Liang Xu hurriedly said, "Teacher, you listen to the students and then express your personal opinions." ”

Hearing that Liang Xu blocked Xun Yu's mouth in an ordered tone, and didn't let Xun Yu teach him a lesson, Xun Yu also had no way to take him, a genius student. It's not the first time Xun Yu has been scolded by Liang Xu like this, when Liang Xu dares to scold him like this, he will give a set of theoretical systems, although Xun Yu may not agree, but after listening, he will still feel a little inspired.

Liang Xu said: "Teacher, have you ever wondered why the Han was able to destroy Qin and win the battle for hegemony between Chu and Han? ”

Xun Yu looked at Liang Xu with a playful expression, but he didn't answer.

Liang Xu was bored, so he continued: "Because the Han at that time adhered to the will of the people of the world. The main reason why Qin was destroyed was that the nobles of the vassal states did not really return to their hearts, but the Qin emperor transferred his army to the frontier. And the reason why Xiang Yu failed was also because he didn't understand the hearts of his subjects in the world, he was too superstitious about his own force, too rigid and self-serving, and finally turned himself into a loner, so he failed. ”

Liang Xu looked at Xun Yu's face and found that Xun Yu was still just listening attentively, so he concluded his statement; "So Han Gaozu won the world because he inherited the will of the people of the world at that time."

Xun Yu nodded, agreeing with Liang Xu's statement.

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Liang Xu saw that he could be recognized by the great god Xun Yu for his nonsense, and his heart was happy, and his tail cocked, and then said, "But now? ……”

As soon as Xun Yu heard Liang Xu say yes, he knew that he, a naughty and mischievous student, was going to make his reactionary remarks, so he immediately glared at Liang Xu fiercely and didn't let him continue.

Liang Xu flattened his mouth and said aggrievedly: "Teacher, didn't you recognize the student's statement just now?" Why don't you let the students continue? ”

Xun Yu said lightly: "Recognition is because you have your freedom of speech, but you also have the freedom of belief as a teacher." You can't impose your will on others, that's what you said. ”

Okay, now it's Liang Xu's own mouth, who made him owe before, once when Xun Yu punished him for copying books, he said that he had natural human rights, but unfortunately it was useless at that time, and the books that should be copied still had to be copied, and now he turned his head and was used by Xun Yu to teach him a lesson.

Although Xun Yu said that he did not accept Liang Xu's statement, what Liang Xu said did inspire him: the so-called "Heaven and Earth Monarch Teacher", the reason why it is difficult for him to distinguish the weight of the emperor and the benefactor is precisely because both are "kings" and there is no priority. But if combined with Xu'er's statement, then "earth" can represent all the people of the world, according to the order of heaven and earth, the people of the world should indeed be ranked before the emperor and the benefactor, which is a bit like Mencius's idea of "the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the king is light".

In fact, Xun Yu was able to agree with Liang Xu's statement so easily, because Liang Xu secretly changed the concept, and when Liang Xu took the founding of the Han Dynasty as an example, he quietly narrowed the scope of all the people in the world, saying that it was the scholar class, that is, the nobles left over from the vassal states.

After Liang Xu followed Xun Yu for a few days, he had already found that Xun Yu's class concept was very heavy, and it was not something he could change in one or two sentences. Therefore, Liang Xu simply put aside the commoners from the concept of all the people in the world, and let Xun Yu accept that the object of allegiance should be the people of the world, not the emperor.

For the strategists of the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, Liang Xu admired Zhuge Liang the most, and then Xun Yu. Zhuge Liang ranked first because Zhuge Liang stabilized Liu Bei, who fled from east to west, and assisted Liu Bei from scratch and laid down a third of the country. And Xun Yu also assisted Cao Cao to start from scratch, and Cao Cao's country was bigger than Liu Bei, but why did Xun Yu only rank second? That's because Liang Xu felt that Cao Cao's own advantages were much more powerful than Liu Bei's, not only rich and powerful, but also the Central Plains, which had been highly developed, started. Therefore, Liang Xu thinks that it is more difficult for Zhuge Liang to help Liu Bei fight the country.

But no matter whether Xun Yu is ranked first or second in Liang Xu's heart, even if he can't pull Xun Yu into his formation, Liang Xu doesn't want Xun Yu to become his enemy in the future, because Liang Xu can't be sure whether he will be forced to rebel again by the big man, and he still wears the hat of a thief on his head. And if Xun Yu becomes his enemy, it will be terrible.

Although Liang Xu thinks highly of Xun Yu, since he studied with Xun Yu, he has put himself in danger.

Xun Yu's achievements in history, in addition to helping Cao Cao see the rear steadily, his governance ability is super strong, and his strategic situation judgment is extremely accurate, he also recommended a large number of talents for Cao Cao, such as: Zhong Xuan, Xun You, Chen Qun, Du Xi, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, etc., which shows how vicious his eyes are to see people, so he also saw that Liang Xu's identity was problematic from the clues on Liang Xu's body.