Chapter Forty-Seven: The Battle of Tongues
Qin Mingyue and Xiao Rui talked about the things of their previous lives: "He Xiang secretly summoned more than 2,000 Confucian scholars to discuss with me in the capital. He mobilized 2,000 Confucian students at once, and they were not ordinary Confucian students, they were all the most familiar with the Confucian classics among Confucian students everywhere, and their eloquence was also the top existence. ”
"I already know about these Washing Star Halls under my command. My staff suggested that I deal with them in some other way. For example, assassination, such as division, such as bribery. However, in the end, I didn't accept it, I asked them to let them enter the capital, I let them enter the Guozijian, I made an appointment with them, and I wanted to argue with them alone. ”
"None of the people around me agreed, but I insisted on going my own way. Because I have the confidence to do it myself. ”
Xiao Rui asked strangely: "What confidence?" ”
Qin Mingyue smiled mysteriously and said, "Have you ever heard such a story? At that time, the Confucian sage Confucius once asked my Taoist ancestor Lao Tzu, and called my Taoist ancestor Lao Tzu a half-teacher? ”
Xiao Rui said: "Everyone knows about this, even children who have just started to learn. ”
Qin Mingyue said with a smile: "You just know that Confucius asked the Taoist ancestor of my Taoist sect back then, don't you know, back then, in order to solve difficult problems for Confucius, Daozu Laozi once sorted out Confucius's thoughts with the supreme Taoism, so that he could answer questions and make satisfactory answers for Confucius?" ”
Xiao Rui was dumbfounded: "I don't know about this." ”
Qin Mingyue said with a smile: "Not only do you not know, but even few people know about my Daomen. However, all generations of people in our country know about it. Daozu Laozi not only recorded this matter, but even recorded the thoughts of Confucius one by one, and these classics have actually been kept by my people who picked up the star building. In fact, our national teachers of all generations are proficient in the Confucian classics. Especially the thoughts of the Confucian saints. ”
"Because my Taoism has existed for thousands of years, and the national teacher has also existed for thousands of years, the Confucian classics preserved here, the semi-saints, sub-saints, holy teachers, and great Confucian thoughts of the Confucian sect in the past dynasties, and the classics they wrote, our national teacher has always been preserved. Well, it's all in the scripture building. ”
"It's not hard to understand, you know. Not only do we have this to survive, but also many lost martial arts in the martial arts, and there are also some in the Tibetan scripture building of our national teacher's lineage. ”
Xiao Rui immediately thought of the combination of two swords used by the Yun family sisters, "Jade Girl Swordsmanship". This is also a long-lost martial arts classic, two masters of the seventh grade, two swords combined can fight against the senior martial arts, how against the sky? In fact, in history, such clever martial arts often appeared, but many of them were annihilated. Even the national teachers have kept these cheats.
Qin Mingyue continued: "You know a lot about me in my previous life. I was very unhappy living in the Hua family. Therefore, most of the time, I don't return to the Hua family, as for my maiden family, the Qin family, you also know. It's even more unbearable. My father, mother, always had a bunch of things to bother me. The only brother who was good to me and helped me, and because he married a bad sister-in-law, he made me not close. My mother-in-law's house and my mother's family can't go back, and I have to deal with government affairs, so I spend most of my time in the Star Picking Building. ”
"However, when government affairs are always taken care of, how do you spend the rest of the time? I took out the books in the Star Picking Tower and looked through them. Among these classics, I read more Confucian classics. Because at that time, I was always fighting with Ho Xiang. He is an important figure in Confucianism, and in order to know myself and the enemy, I naturally want to know more about the classics of Confucianism. ”
"I've got a talent that I never forget, you know. Therefore, I will never forget the Confucian classics I have read. After a long time, my Confucian knowledge is estimated to be richer than that of any great Confucian who exists in the world today. So, I thought, I have that self-confidence that I can beat them. ”
"The result was the same as I thought. They questioned me with Confucian scriptures. I will use the Confucian classics to refute them. Attacking the shield with the spear of the other, they were defeated and lost. Hee-hee, that scene is actually very relieving. ”
Xiao Rui laughed: "Actually, you have two cheats. One is that you have a collection of classics in the line of national teachers, and the other is that you have the ability to remember things that ordinary people do not have. ”
Qin Mingyue said, "Isn't it? At that time, the Confucian people argued with me, and when I quoted the scriptures, they found that not only was I extremely familiar with the Confucian classics, but even some of the theories went beyond the classics they were using now, which made them suspicious. Because, my words are obviously not nonsense. These statements are obviously the same as what they are learning now, but they have not read them. ”
"At this time, I will ask people to take out these Confucian classics. A lot of them know that they are incomplete, and I have all of them here. Seeing these Confucian classics, many of them were old Confucian students, and the great Confucians who really did learning wept bitterly. He even asked me in person to copy these texts back. And the great Confucianism who honors me as a Confucian, will no longer oppose me. Naturally, I'm happy to send a favor out. ”
"I didn't expect this to reach the mouth of the storyteller, and it became that I repented of what they said and bowed down to the door. became, I wept bitterly as the Confucians said. Actually, they didn't cry and surrender because of what I said, they wanted to take back the Confucian classics. ”
Speaking of which, many of these great Confucians are virtuous and far-reaching. They have been pursuing the Confucian path of benevolence and righteousness all their lives, doing a lot of good things for the people, and educating the people. I have respect for them. So, I didn't agree with the staff's approach in the first place. ”
"Of course, not all Confucians are such pure Confucians, great Confucians. There are also quite a lot of black sheep. For example, the Hu Deyan we see now. At that time, Hu Deyan had been liquidated, and the entire Hu family was affected, so no one from the Hu family went over. However, there are still a few people who have gone, and they are still the most jubilant. ”
Qin Mingyue's face turned cold: "For these people, I won't argue with them, this kind of person, talking to them, I think it's a waste of time." Therefore, I directly asked Xixingtang to publish some of the evil deeds they or their families have collected over the years, the common people, or the immoral behaviors they have collected one by one. Of course, I didn't read these crimes. I'm afraid of getting my mouth dirty. It was read by one of my female officers. ”
"These Confucian students and great Confucians who have lost virtue are like earth on all sides, ashamed and embarrassed, and some people are even really angry and vomit blood. This may be what the storyteller said about vomiting a thousand people with blood. Actually, there weren't that many at all, but there were only thirty or fifty of them. ”