The Eighth Emperor Brother embarrassed Kong Zhiyue?

Li Lingyue's innocent and surprised eyes widened and looked at Pei Wanying, who was calm and unhurried, and became more and more noble as a crown princess, and blinked her eyes and begged for an explanation. Follow? Dream?. lā

Pei Wanying quietly pulled her to sit down, and did not explain the reason to her, but said softly: "Let's watch the play." ”

Li Zhe watched Li Dan being asked by Kong Zhiyue, his face was also solemn, just like Li Lingyue, he was just about to get up, but he was pulled by Xu Yanbo, who had been lowering his head on the side, as if he was asleep.

"King Ying, don't be impatient, King Yin can deal with it, and take a look." Xu Yanbo still lowered his head, but the eyes flashed, just like the eyes of his grandfather Xu Jingzong back then, full of deep city.

"It seems that what the imperial brother said is really right, saying that you are stupid is lifting you up!" Li Dan did not appear flustered because of Kong Zhiyue's rhetorical question, and he did not blush like he did when he was a child, but stood up, full of unprecedented confidence.

"King Yin, please respect yourself!" Kong Zhiyue's voice sank, although he was a royal courtier, he had always enjoyed a high reputation in the Tang Dynasty, and since the first emperor, Kong and Yan have been extremely valued and relied on by the first emperor.

Even now, His Majesty, knowing that he is completely contrary to His Royal Highness the Prince's thoughts, still decisively chooses to stay in the country's prison.

Now that he is scolded by King Yin in front of him, he is stupid and exalts himself, how can Kong Zhiyue stand it?

Kong and Yan have always been like Meng Bujiao Jiao Jiao is not separated from Meng, so Yan Weizhen saw that Kong Zhiyue was innocently scolded by King Yin, and immediately saluted Li Zhi and Wu Mei, walked up to Kong Zhiyue and asked Li Dan: "Since King Yin thinks that Lord Kong is dull, and the minister Yan Weizhen also asks King Yin to solve his doubts as a minister, how is it that my son of the Tang Dynasty is the priest of wine, and it is his responsibility to educate the people and spread the world, but how is it stupid?" ”

Li Dan was not unhappy by the questioning of the two, on the contrary, he smiled confidently and calmly, and after glancing at his unangry dragon mother and dragon father, he said lightly: "Whether it is the Wa Kingdom, or Silla, or Baekje, they have always been chaotic ministers and thieves, and if you have milk, you are the master of your mother, whether it is my Tang Dynasty or the pre-Sui period, or further, which one has not eaten the benefits of my Chinese nation?" But it is always when my Chinese nation is in danger, and I am in the middle of the world. A few years ago, the Wa Kingdom sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty, and the hind feet began to send warships to Baekje to attack my Tang Dynasty sailors, I want to ask you Yan Weizhen, are you raising wolves? Or do you want to raise tigers? ”

"I know, you hope that the cultural classics of your Confucian and Yan families will move them and make them grateful to me for the Chinese nation, but looking at the lessons of history, whether it is the Wa Kingdom or Silla or Baekje, they are all unfamiliar dogs, and if you are given benefits, you will be regarded as the upper country, and even given benefits While serving you as the upper country, you must also secretly do obscene things in private, do you think that my Datang should not learn from the lessons of the past, but continue to repeat the mistakes of the past? I also want to ask you, you Kong Zhiyue hopes that my father and emperor will continue to allow Tang envoys from the Wa State and other countries to come to my Datang to study, but do not teach me other subjects of the Tang Dynasty, are you my courtier of the Tang Dynasty or a courtier of the Wa State? You enjoy the love of my people of the Tang Dynasty, the kindness given to you by the royal court, and then cultivate talents for the Wa Kingdom, is this the legendary eating inside and outside? Li Dan surrounded Kong Zhiyu and Yan Weizhen, pacing and talking eloquently.

"I ...... Confucius has always cared not about which country the student is, only whether his character is correct and whether it conforms to the Confucian doctrine of educating people and receiving etiquette, not because he is from which country he is ....... ”

"Then in that case, why can't you go to Anxi and other barbarian places? The people of the Japanese Kingdom are people, and they are not my people from the Tang Dynasty, and they all deserve your Confucian Doctrine, but my sons and daughters of the Tang Dynasty cannot afford your Confucian Doctrine, so I wonder, is your reputation and family background given to you by the Confucian Doctrine? Li Dan looked at Kong Zhi and wanted to confess, but interrupted and asked again.

"My fame and family background are all thanks to the first emperor and His Majesty who did not abandon it, and gave all the noble ...... to the ministers."

"My Datang has given you all the fame, but you want to let the Waguo Society to attack my Datang, saying that you are wrong to eat inside and out?" Li Zhe took advantage of Xu Yanbo's unpreparedness, and suddenly stood up, looked at Yan Weizhen coldly and said.

"The king of England dares to guarantee that the Anxi barbarians will learn the classics of my Chinese sages and make words for them, so that they will not be embarrassed by my Datang, and they will not rebel against my Datang?" Yan Weizhen also took a step forward, looked at Li Zhe who stood up and asked.

"If you want them to stop rebelling against my Tang Dynasty, it is necessary to let them be of the same language and species as us, and use your sages to inject the soul and totem of my Chinese nation into them, instead of blindly giving up on them and treating them as barbarian lands! At that time, Confucius also knew that he traveled around the world to see the differences between the countries of the world, although it was just lobbying between the countries in the Spring and Autumn Period, but he knew how to take a look at countries with different cultures, and then summed up the culture that was beneficial to our Chinese nation, but what about you? It's just lying on the merit book of your ancestors, wearing the hat of a Confucian sage, and being a powerful man in Chang'an City, whether it is you Yan Weizhen or your Kong Zhiyue, have you ever been to Anxi, have you ever understood the folk customs there, whether it is fierce, or simple, or is it really as you say, the barbarian land is unreasonable? It has been nearly ten years since the imperial brother reorganized Anxi, have you ever thought about leaving Chang'an and going to Anxi and Tibet to inspect the barbarian land? You just rely on your impression to turn Anxi into a barbarian land here, you are just hearsay, and the people of the Tang Dynasty and Li people in Anxi are barbarians who don't understand etiquette and etiquette, but do you know that in the development of the imperial brother over the years, they are no longer what you imagined? ”

"The King of England is not right, could it be that the King of England has an in-depth understanding of ...... in Anxi."

"Yes, not only did I lead my troops to fight against Da Shi, Tocharo, and Sudden Rise, but I also want to check whether the Anxi Protectorate has departed from the bad image in my impression after so many years of development, and the fact is that the wealth of Anxi and the etiquette of the people of Anxi are not as bad as you say!" Of course, Li Zhe has such a right to speak, he has been in Anxi for nearly a year, and he knows at least more clearly than these two goods whether the folk customs there are fierce or simple, barbaric or civilized.

Historically, whether it is the Tang Dynasty or other dynasties, especially these literary Confucians who regard themselves as the mainstream culture of the Chinese nation, few of them are willing to step out of the Central Plains and go to other places to investigate the people's feelings, and even if they want to defend the imperial power, they are only under the pressure of the imperial court, in order to maintain the pride and reputation of their family, they have to do it.

Who is the most famous foreign envoy of Datang at this time? Wang Xuance has a mixed reputation, and it is still taboo to mention his name in the court, after all, his envoys to the Western Regions and other countries, although he has made most shocking moves, one person to destroy a country is even on Li Hong's lips, and he is proud.

But then again, apart from Wang Xuance, who else has ever been to other countries? Xuanzang is one, but he only went for the Buddha's righteousness, and never brought out the culture of the Chinese nation.

The greatness and tolerance of the Chinese nation, which was talked about in the previous life, is particularly obvious in the Tang Dynasty, but while we tolerate other foreign cultures, have we ever really exported our culture to other places?

Even in the last life, we can see the most famous Silk Road in the historical relics, and the most basic and important role of the Silk Road is obviously not to transport the culture of the Chinese nation, but to rely on the lowest level of merchants in the Shinong industry and commerce to sell the goods of our Chinese nation, so as to achieve the influence in the historical relics of the previous life, for which we are still cheering and proud.

Have you ever wondered why the land outside the Central Plains is not very accepting of our sense of belonging and inclusiveness of the Chinese nation?

The reason for this is that after the deposition of the hundred schools of thought and the exclusive respect for Confucianism, this Confucianism was spoiled by the rulers, giving them enough soil to grow comfortably, so that he could serve the imperial power while enjoying the fame that the imperial power had given them.

With the lack of competitors and the support of the imperial rulers behind them, they became comfortable, so that they no longer had to find more cultivation soil for their Confucian culture, so that our mainstream culture could only take root in the Central Plains, but could never be accepted by others.

In the end, just like in the previous life, we need to spend a lot of money to open Confucius schools in various places to increase our overseas Chinese's sense of identity with our ancestors.

Throughout the last 5,000 years of history, has there ever been a great sage of Confucianism who would go out of the Central Plains and inherit his culture outside the Central Plains? Is it unacceptable for regions outside the Central Plains? But they don't even have the most basic words! Why is it so hard to accept?

Is it their barbaric and inferior roots that have deprived our mainstream Confucianism of a suitable soil? But our mainstream Confucianism has also broken through many obstacles and finally reached the top of the pyramid of Central Plains culture.

Therefore, our mainstream culture is very popular in the Central Plains, but it is difficult to take root everywhere in other places, is it because the imperial power does not need them to travel far to spread culture, or because they have lost their ambition to continue to develop and grow because of the favor of the imperial power?

If Confucianism could be sown among the herdsmen who were ruled by the Han Dynasty since it was implemented in the Han Dynasty, would the centripetal force of the Chinese nation become more extensive, rather than just limited to the Central Plains?

Of course, there are many complex reasons, but the Confucian sages, who were spoiled by the imperial power, lost the ability to continue to climb to the top and continue to develop and grow, and the reasons for developing inertia are inseparable.

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