Chapter 300: Open Your Eyes to the World

Lu Chengqi's voice fell, and everyone present was silent and began to think about this question. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Lu Chengqi himself found that he was a little out of words. If the history of the future does not go as he says, or if the history of the West is the same as the history of the Central Plains, all of which are unfamiliar to Lu Chengqi, then how can what he said be accepted by these extremely intelligent Han people?

At this time, a prisoner stood up, bowed to Lu Chengqi, and said, "Your Majesty, since Western countries are so powerful, why don't they fight yet?" ”

Lu Chengqi was stunned for a moment by his question, and the hand holding the teacup couldn't help but tremble, and said, "Good question!" ”

The prisoner was so frightened by Lu Chengqi's voice that he retreated, but when he saw Lu Chengqi, he also stood up excitedly and said, "As for why they didn't come to attack my Central Plains, as far as I know, first, as I said before, they have constant internal disputes. The second problem is that the road is too long. They can't even do a good job of logistical support, so naturally they won't easily come over to attack the Central Plains. Thirdly, and most importantly, they only know that we are a magical country, completely different from them. For everything about us, they don't know. We can keep it without conflict, and completely rely on each other's mysteries. When they study us thoroughly, or we study them thoroughly, then the conflict will play out. ”

The prisoner returned to his seat thoughtfully, and began to think quietly. And the other prisoner, who was obviously also interested in this far western, asked, "Your Majesty, you have said so vividly, have you ever been to their country?" ”

This kind of questioning is obviously a slap in the face of Lu Chengqi. Whether before or after rebirth, Lu Chengqi had no chance to go abroad, where did he go to Rome, Greece, or Egypt. Asked by this prisoner, Lu Chengqi hurriedly turned his brain, thinking about how to answer.

"I'm afraid that all of you here don't know that the merchants who were looked down upon by the imperial court before have gone to sea and walked to their kingdom. As for me, I certainly haven't been there. I also learned about these things through the Department of Supervision. By the way, there is another one in the West, and that is religious fanaticism. I have heard that they have a holy city, Jerusalem, which is the birthplace of the three major religions of their Westerners. The three major religions are Christianity, Judaism, and ******. Their fanatical followers, who would listen to the word of their pope, would go over the whole country. Their emperor is not even as good as a pope. As for what the period was like, I don't know. My concern is that if their pope goes crazy and wants to go on a crusade, then I will be in great trouble. ”

Lu Chengqi's words undoubtedly portrayed Westerners as devils. When the prisoners present heard this, they were all taken aback. The power of the emperor is not as great as that of the pope, how incredible it seems to them, and they have a strong curiosity about these Western countries in their hearts.

Lu Chengqi sighed and said, "I always believe that the smartest race in the world is our descendants of Yan and Huang. We cultivate diligently, understand etiquette, learn poetry and books, and benefit all people. But it is precisely like this, in response to that sentence, sail against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. When we're on top of the world, we get carried away. He thinks he is invincible in the world and retreats himself. Then others will become stronger, not to mention far away, just take the Khitan as an example. At the time of Wenzong, my Dashun was powerful and shocked the world, and the Liao State was afraid of my soldiers and did not dare to cross the national line by half a step. But after Wenzong, the Liao people frequently invaded the south, plundered my people, and robbed me of food, why? It's not that the enemy has become stronger, it's that we ourselves have become weaker! I have heard a saying that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. It is most suitable to be placed between countries. In order not to be bullied by others, you have to work hard to make yourself strong. Only when we are so strong that others don't even dare to touch it, then our Dashun can really surrender without a fight. And one's own strength is not sealed by oneself, but compared according to the enemy or potential enemy. So why do I say that if Confucianism stops any longer, it will be surpassed? It is not that the doctrine of our Han people surpasses Confucianism, but that the doctrine of the West surpasses Confucianism! I don't have many requirements, and from now on, Confucianism will embrace all rivers and rivers and actively absorb the strengths of other schools of thought in order to enrich itself. The eyes of a saint can see thousands of years behind me, and I am not a saint, so I can speculate one or two. If Confucianism is not improved, the day of the destruction of Taoism is not far away......"

When Lu Chengqi said this, what came to mind was the New Culture Movement more than 900 years later, the Breaking of the Four Olds, and so on, which directly knocked Confucianism into the dust and degraded it to nothing. It wasn't until later that the Chinese people sobered up and slowly picked up the tradition. But after nearly a hundred years of interruption of the Confucian tradition, how can it be said that it will be continued? This is also the reason why the world has been declining in later generations, and it has gradually been influenced by Western culture, and young people have become unbearable. This is all the consequence of the lack of traditional culture, and this is the consequence of no longer believing in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism!

Why can Chinese be called Chinese? It is not that we occupy the land of the Central Plains, nor is it inherited from our ancestors. It's a culture that has never been cut off. Lu Chengqi remembered that the later President of the United States Nixon wrote a book "1999 Victory Without Fighting", which was originally from Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the original text was "Soldiers who surrender without a fight". Isn't it sad that the people of the United States have believed in Sun Tzu's Art of War and turned around to deal with the Chinese?

What is Victory Without a Fight? Nixon's argument was that when the young people of China no longer believe in the teachings of their ancestors and their traditional culture, we will win without a fight. Is it vicious, is it hateful, is it pathetic? But we can't help it, because we don't believe in our own Confucian culture, and we don't believe in the sage books handed down by our ancestors, and we deserve it.

Lu Chengqi's words were originally from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't want to be alarmist. But in this era of Confucian supremacy, it was like a heavy hammer, hammering into the hearts of these Confucians and students, making them all begin to reflect.

Lu Chengqi fell into memory, he is a witness to history, and he knows the general and general phenomena of later generations. But he couldn't say it explicitly, so he could only persuade these great Confucians in this way to start thinking about where Confucianism would go.

After a long time, Zhang Zai was the first to wake up, and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty's words, although they are simple and unpretentious, they contain profound truth, and Zihou bows to him again." Your Majesty is a sage today, and Guo Fei Zihou boasts! How can ordinary people have such a broad mind? Bow down when the son is thick! "Yes, is it appalling enough when a ruler tells his subjects that the orthodoxy on which he rules is flawed? How much courage does it take to say this?

After that, Zhang Zai bowed twice more and continued: "It's just that Zihou doesn't understand, Confucianism is progressing, should we learn from Westerners? ”

Lu Chengqi adopted dialectics and said: "The doctrine of Westerners has its own uniqueness, and it would be best if Confucianism was absorbed. But my Central Plains culture, is it not only Confucianism? Guanzi, Laozi, Han Feizi, Mozi, Gongyi Ban, Guiguzi...... Which of these sages' doctrines is not the best in the world? If Confucianism can be integrated, it will be millions of years, and my Central Plains culture will not be cut off! ”

Speaking of this, Lu Chengqi stood up, waved his arms vigorously, and said eloquently: "What I said today can be summed up in five words, 'open your eyes to see the world'!" This world refers not only to my Central Plains, but to all places outside the Central Plains! ”

Speaking of which, Lu Chengqi's ambition is fully revealed. But his domineering spirit infected everyone present. Even Li Ran, who looked at Lu Chengqi horizontally and vertically, felt for the first time that he was inferior to this little emperor. (To be continued.) )