When Luo Jian and his entourage arrived at the post house, they learned that Yi Bang, the chief of staff who had set off in advance, was waiting at the post house with some staff officers of the General Staff, and had already arranged everything for accommodation in the post house.

After arriving, Luo Jian immediately took a hot bath, and most of his fatigue disappeared at once, and his spirit improved.

When Luo Jian changed his clothes and arrived at the living room of the post house, he was surprised to see Yi Bangcai looking at Kong Yinzhi coldly, and he didn't even let the gang sit down.

"Chief of Staff, why don't you invite Mr. Kong to sit down?" Luo Jian was a little strange, it seemed that Yibang had only known Kong Yinzhi, as if there was still a bit of a festival between them.

Luo Jian knew that Yibang was from Shandong, and he was still a talent before joining the army, but he didn't know what happened to him and the Kong family.

"Mr. Kong, everyone, please sit down." Luo Jian beckoned Kong Yinzhi and a few old Confucian students to sit down, Kong Yinzhi and a few old Confucian students carefully walked past Yi Bangcai, and when they walked in front of Luo Jian, they were about to take off their clothes and bow down.

"Stop! Don't you know the rules of the Nanjing government? We have abolished prostration, you don't have to! Luo Jian hurriedly stopped them.

Only then did Kong Yinzhi and the four of them come forward and bow down and clasp their fists to salute, saying "I've seen the Metropolitan Governor", Luo Jian also returned the salute with his fists, and was polite, and a few people sat down.

"Mr. Kong rushed from Qufu to Surabaya to see Luo, I don't know what advice?" Luo Jian asked straight to the point, time is very tight, I have to leave early tomorrow morning, and there are still many questions to ask Yi Bangcai, Luo Jian doesn't want to be verbose with these people.

"Hehe, Governor of Dadu, Mr. Kong has been waiting in Surabaya for more than half a month, and he just wants to show his loyalty to Governor Dadu." Without waiting for Kong Yinzhi to speak, Yi Bang said with a sneer next to him.

Luo Jian felt even more strange, Yi Bangcai gave Luo Jian the impression that he was generally a Confucian general. is usually polite and polite, but today he seems to be extremely unwelcoming to Kong Yinzhi and others, and his performance is not as gentle and elegant as usual, so he has to ask him for the reason.

Although Yi Bangcai's words had obvious mockery, Kong Yinzhi didn't seem to care, stood up and bowed to Luo Jian again. Then he spoke:

"Metropolitan Governor, what General B said is true, Lao Yu and others wanted to go to Nanjing to visit the Metropolitan Governor, but fortunately they met General B in Surabaya, and they knew that the Metropolitan Governor was coming, so they waited for the Metropolitan Governor in Surabaya."

"Oh? Mr. Kong wanted to find out what Luo had to do, and asked Mr. Kong to make it clear. Luo Jian said again.

In fact, Luo Jian knew that Kong Yinzhi came to him so badly, just to maintain the social status of the Kong family for thousands of years, which was also very consistent with the Kong family's change of dynasty every time it changed dynasties. It's just that this time it seems to be the wrong pier, and Luo Jian is not ready to use Confucianism as the ruling ideology of the country again.

"The Metropolitan Governor from Yangzhou with a few angels descended from the sky, and then saved the people from fire and water, now the Metropolitan Governor under the command of the strong horses, Kuoqing Yu is just around the corner, the old decay and the descendants of the Confucian family both feel and admire the Metropolitan Governor, and want to visit the Metropolitan Governor, just because they are trapped by the Tartars. There is no way out of the suffering, which has been delayed to this day. And please don't blame the Metropolitan Governor. Kong Yinzhi returned to his seat, and then he said it slowly, but he still didn't say the main meaning, and Luo Jian was a little impatient.

"Trapped by Tartars? Not necessarily, right? Didn't you show your loyalty to the little Tartar emperor a long time ago? If the Wehrmacht withdraws from Shandong, will you have to show your loyalty to the Tartar Emperor again? As soon as Yi Bang heard Kong Yinzhi's words, he sneered again. He sneered at the side.

Hearing Yi Bangcai's words, Kong Yinzhi's face changed, and he quickly stood up, bowed to Luo Jian and Yi Bangcai, and saluted, "The Kong family retains the ancestral bloodline. It is with the Tartar Void and the Snake, but the Confucian family is really a heart for my Huaxia lineage, the sun and the moon can be seen, and I hope that the Metropolitan Governor and General B will see it. ”

"Hehe, you're not loyal to my Han people, are you? In my opinion, if you want to keep the glory and wealth of your Kong family, this is the fundamental, right? Yi Bangcai was unwilling to let them go, and then choked up.

Seeing that Yi Bangcai was about to continue, Luo Jian raised his hand to stop him, "Chief of Staff doesn't have to be like this, the Kong family has lasted for thousands of years, and they have their own way of survival, so I don't have to worry too much about it." ”

Hearing Luo Jian's words, Kong Yinzhi's nervous faces eased slightly, and one of them, a Confucian in his early forties, stood up and bowed to Luo Jian, clasped his fists and saluted, saying:

"The student is the 'Doctor of the Five Classics' Lu Wenda, who has seen the Grand Du. When the students heard that the Governor of the Metropolitan was promoting the way of science in Nanjing and Yangzhou, the students thought that the way of science of the Governor coincided with the words of the sage. The sage said, "to know in the object, and then to know the object", the majority of the governor in Yangzhou to pass on the learning, students have also studied, its subtlety, and the sage passed on when not to worry about the much, is actually the wisdom of governing the world. ”

Luo Jian frowned and listened to Lu Wenda's words, and before he could speak, another old Confucian stood up, bowed and saluted and said:

"The student Dr. Yan Shaoxu of the Five Classics has seen the Grand Governor, and what Dr. Lu said is exactly what we want, and the students think that if the words of the sage are used to increase the way of science to govern the world, then the world will be greatly governed, and the prosperous era can also be expected."

When Luo Jian heard this, it turned out that this was their ultimate goal, as long as the dominance of Confucianism in the country was determined, the children of Confucius would be prosperous and wealthy, and these people came to see him this time to achieve the goal of continuing Confucianism as the ruling ideology.

After thinking for a moment, Luo Jian slowly said to a few people:

"You have said that the way of science is as vast as a sea of smoke, this is not proposed by Luo Jian alone, it is the result of countless outstanding people's continuous exploration of the natural world, and I am just one of the communicators. No matter what kind of scholarship or school, as long as the research and exploration of nature and human society is beneficial to the development of human society, the way of science will not have any conflict with it. ”

Luo Jian's words made several people's faces look a little unpleasant, and several people understood the meaning of the words, most of the governors would not ban Confucianism, but they would not let Confucianism dominate.

Kong Yinzhi was about to stand up and speak, Luo Jian raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling him to be calm for a while, and then continued:

"The ancestors in the production technology of the extremely backward Spring and Autumn Period can make a very deep thinking about human society, Luo Jian should be admired, Confucianism after thousands of years of development, has become an ideological system, from this point of view. Sage Kong deserves the name of a saint. However, society is always developing and progressing, and any thought has the limitations of its time, and Confucianism is no exception. ”

At the beginning of the conversation between Luo Jian and Kong Yinzhi, a staff officer took notes on the side. Yi Bangcai had never heard Luo Jian say these words, and when he heard it for the first time today, he felt enlightened, and he didn't blink his eyes when he heard it.

"I think that if Chinese civilization wants to occupy a place in the world civilization, all sects and factions, all schools of thought must abandon the view of the door, and should be eclectic, absorb people's strengths, and make up for their shortcomings. We have to keep pace with the times. If a school of thought gives up exploring the nature of society in order to cater to the rulers, it will not be accepted by future generations. You are all descendants of the sages, and there is no need to give up your position in order to please the rulers. ”

Luo Jian's words were very serious, and Kong Yinzhi and the others were red and white for a while, and Yi Bang felt very relieved when he heard it next to him.

Luo Jian also knew that the so-called descendants of the saints were not the true inheritors of Confucianism, but only in the name of the ancestors and saints, and said these words to them today. I want them to spread their meaning, as for whether it will be effective. Luo Jian didn't care very much, after the whole country was pacified, it was inevitable to emancipate the mind for development, and the emancipation of the mind would inevitably not be dominated by Confucianism.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the original intention of the establishment of the Nanjing government is to serve the country and the people, and the leaders of the Nanjing government will not be hereditary. Those who have made great contributions to the country will be given the treatment they deserve, but these treatments will only be for themselves, and will not be hereditary as in previous dynasties. I want to make it clear to you that you Confucian family is the same, if you want to achieve a high social status, you have to make corresponding efforts and make corresponding contributions. ”

This was said very bluntly, making it clear that the Nanjing government would never again recognize the descendants of the Confucian family as the Tartar Emperor did, and that they would have to rely on themselves to continue to enjoy the titles and special treatment handed down from generation to generation.

Cold sweat began to flow down Kong Yinzhi's forehead, and the other people were also pale, and they all wanted to say something, but they didn't know where to start.

"Everyone, that's all Luo Jian said, if you still have any questions, you can only wait for Luo Jian to come back from the front line, how about we discuss it?" Luo Jian was a little impatient, there were still a lot of questions to discuss with Yi Bangcai, and if he said this to these people here, he could just click on it, and it would be a waste of time to say more.

When Luo Jian sent the five people out of the post house and returned to the meeting room, Yi Bang said to Luo Jian excitedly: "Governor, today is really happy!" ”

"Chief of Staff, I was just about to ask you, do you have a grudge against the Kong family?" Luo Jian asked curiously.

"The Metropolitan Governor, it's impossible to say that there is a great feud, but the people in the Confucian Mansion are not good people, this is what I have seen with my own eyes. When I was in Xiucai, I also learned from others to travel, Qufu is the hometown of saints, and I will definitely visit it. Who would have thought that Qufu heard all the rumors that Confucius bullied men and women and harmed the people, I was still a little unbelievable at the time, but I saw a scene at the gate of Confucius Mansion that surprised me. Yibang invited Luo Jian to sit down, and then said slowly.

"What do you see?" Luo Jian became more and more curious.

"There were five or six old peasants tied up in the Confucian Mansion, and when I arrived, several of the Confucian Mansion's family members were beating them with whips, and several of the old peasants had already broken their skin, and these family members still couldn't help but go up and question them, only to know that these old farmers could not pay the rent due to the drought, so they were severely beaten. I quarreled with them, and then the Holy Duke of Xun came out in person, and I quarreled with him again, and he asked the family to arrest me together, but fortunately, I had practiced martial arts, so I didn't let them catch me, and I left Qufu after escaping from Confucius. ”

Yi Bang only talked about the experience back then, and the look of anger on his face still existed. "What a poetic heirloom, I'm bah!"

"I see." Luo Jian nodded, "But they have a lot of influence among the scholars, we can't do too much, tonight I will write a letter to the superintendent, talk about this matter, I think we have not done enough ideological and academic work, and when the world is peaceful, all kinds of ideas and academics will emerge one after another, if the government does not guide it, I am afraid that everyone's thinking will be all chaotic." ”

"I think that the Dadu Governor said that a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend, and I can no longer let the Confucian family dominate, I read a lot of books brought by the Dadu Governor from the Governor's place, and I know how the 'half of the Analects to rule the world' that we used to believe in is how the bottom of the well is to view the sky." Yi Bang said with a sigh.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, tell me about the current situation in Shandong?" Luo Jian was worried about the front-line war, and he didn't want to get entangled in this matter, so he simply changed the topic. (To be continued.) )