Chapter 408: Ancestors are used to transcend

If it is a normal fusion, there will be as little as one or two generations, as many as four or five generations, and there will be various accidents in the middle. Now Zhao Kuo has established a belief in the hearts of everyone that he is a descendant of Yan and Huang, and when the generation that is still a child grows up, Zhao Guo will naturally become a real whole.

Everyone is proud of the descendants of Yan and Huang, and the four solar terms every year go from worshiping the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yan under the leadership of the government to the independent sacrifice, and at the same time, this custom will also take Zhao as the center and sweep the world.

At a time when other countries have not really stipulated festivals, Zhao Guo took the lead in making changes, taking the biggest risk and getting the greatest benefits.

"I always feel that this is to fool the people." Kong Bin frowned and said, although Confucianism also respects sages, it is the sages at the cultural level.

Moreover, he doesn't think that the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor are the ancestors of everyone, but it is possible to say that they are the descendants of the tribe where the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor belong.

"Fooling the people? Didn't the Confucian King of Faxian fool the people, no, you not only fooled the people, but also the monarch. Zhao Kuo snorted coldly.

Remembering ancestors and sacrificing ancestors is a tradition in China for thousands of years, and it is also a civilization that has continued since the barbaric period, but raising the ancestors to an unsurpassable height is the biggest pit left by Confucianism for future generations in order to compete for the right to speak.

When future generations cannot surpass their ancestors no matter what they do, what hope does this nation have?

Open your mouth and close your mouth to imitate Yao Shun, and if you move, you can't go against the way of the previous king, and the king of later generations should follow the example of a saint.

Have you ever seen a saint? No.

The so-called way of the sage is not what the sage said, but what Confucianism said, what they agree with is the way of the sage, what they do not agree with is not the way of the sage, as for what the standard is, naturally they also set it.

In a word, if you listen to me, you are a holy king, and if you don't listen to me, you are a tyrant and a faint king.

Those who play power are not as good as those who play wisdom, and those who play wisdom are not as good as those who play rules.

Confucianism has been rushing to make rules from the beginning, so in the past two thousand years, how many dynasties have risen and fallen, how many aristocratic families have fallen, how many sons and hundreds of schools have disappeared, and only Confucianism has not fallen.

If you want to be stable, you have to do things under the rules set by Confucianism, even the emperor is no exception.

Even if it is invaded by foreign enemies, the people's doors have changed, kneeling in front of the new master, presenting the grand palace with gorgeous costumes and gourmet show girls, and respectfully greeting the public, still generations of ministers.

Then he stood up, looked down at the people of the world, waved his hands, and said with glory on his face: 'Our splendid civilization has conquered the invaders again. ’

In the pre-Qin period, no monarch was a fool, so no country believed in Confucius and Mencius, respectfully invited to come, respectfully sent away, as for Confucianism to govern the country, don't joke, dare to play like this is gone.

At that time, Teng Wengong was facing the danger of losing the country, and asked Mencius for advice, Mencius said "keep it with the people, serve the death and the people will go", and said, "If the husband succeeds, then the heavens are also, what is the king?" It's just a matter of being strong. In the end, King Zhou went to his hometown and did not die, so that Duke Wen could choose.

On the most realistic and urgent issue of survival, he ignored everything else, and did not give an answer that could change the fate of Teng Guo.

It didn't take long for the state of Teng to be destroyed.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the real rule-maker, and Confucianism licked his face and modified some ideas according to the meaning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so that he could get the opportunity to depose the Confucianism of the hundred schools.

Even so, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only wrapped a layer of benevolence and etiquette with Confucianism, and the inside was still the set of Legalists.

But those emperors behind Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not have the ability of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and when they were false, when Confucianism held high the banner of their ancestors, in this era of ruling the world with filial piety, even the emperor had to lower his noble head.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to use Confucianism to achieve the Great Han, and in the end, the Confucians used the Great Han and achieved Confucianism.

Since then, Confucianism has been beaten by iron, and the dynasty of flowing water.

Xunzi proposed the Queen of Law on the basis of King Faxian, but he did not completely deny King Faxian, but Han Fei went further in this regard.

Denounce the idea of King Fa Xian as "the study of fools and witches, and the opposite of miscellaneous", "However, those who have the ways of Meiyao, Shun, Tang, Wu, and Yu in today's world will be laughed at by the new saints." "Advocate that we should "repair the ancients unexpectedly, lawlessness is common, and discuss the affairs of the world, because it is prepared." ”

In layman's terms, don't talk about those useless things, I haven't seen anything in ancient times, and you haven't seen it either, so I want to look at the present.

Although Zhao Kuo reveres Yan Huang, but will never elevate the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yan to an extent that cannot be surpassed, I recognize your merits, I recognize your contribution to China, as a descendant, I will sacrifice you, remember you, make you incense endless, Zefu thousand generations.

However, I wouldn't think you can't be surpassed.

To put it mildly, ancestors are used to transcend.

If you can't surpass your ancestors, where will progress come from? It's just lying on the merits of the ancestors, sucking the blessings left by the ancestors, eating and waiting for death.

Zhao Kuo has actually been suppressing Confucianism, Confucianism is the world's leading learning, in addition to Legalism, even the Mohists are somewhat inferior to it.

Moreover, Confucianism has always been in a thriving state, Confucianism is endless, and there are more and more students, while the Mo family does not have a giant who can handle it.

Even Mo Feng has a big gap with Confucianism in terms of debate.

However, in Handan College, there are not the most Confucian students, not even the top five, the most are doctors, Mohists, soldiers, legalists and workers, and Confucianism can only send sixth.

In the court, only Yu Xin, Xunzi, Kong Bin, and Kong Piercing were four people governing Confucianism, among which Yu Xin and Xunzi were not treated by Confucianism.

However, all the sons and hundreds of schools have their own advantages and disadvantages, none of them is perfect, and there is no perfection, Confucianism has its meaning and value, and all Zhao Kuo is only slightly suppressed, and not really suppressed.

When Kong Bin heard this, he was silent for a while, he didn't know if Confucius had the intention of fooling the monarch and the people when he proposed 'King Faxian', but he knew that once someone ruled the country with Confucianism, it would inevitably become what Zhao Kuo said in the end.

Human nature cannot stand the test, and the humanity of a group of people cannot stand the test.

"In a sense, the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor are indeed our ancestors, although our ancestors have more than one, but if we have to choose two people for everyone to sacrifice, they are undoubtedly the most suitable."

Han Fei had nothing to do with the sacrifice of the Yellow Emperor Yandi, because the Yellow Emperor was originally the ancestor of the surname Ji, the ancestor of the Ji surname Han, and Jiang Ziya, the descendant of Emperor Yan, helped the Zhou Dynasty to establish a country, and it was natural for him to be sacrificed.

As for the causal disputes and conflicts of interest, each has its own opinions, no matter what so many things to do, Zhao Kuo doesn't care, will he care?

And once this kind of thing is pulled up, there will never be a real answer, it will only be endless.

Now this answer is already the most suitable, and even he, who knows that it is Zhao Kuo's scheme, has more identification with Zhao Guo, not to mention others.