Interestingly......

Just when the emperor of Liyang sent people to investigate in all directions, in fact, Datang and Daming were also doing similar things.

The Tang Emperor Li Shimin and the Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao, after reading it themselves, also distributed the "Sage Thief" to the courtiers.

Then, similar questions were asked.

Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this matter?

Then, except for some upright people who didn't speak, including Li Shimin and Zhu Houzhao, they all pointed to the book "Sage Thief" and scolded the saints of the academy for being holy and disrespectful.

The whole court was scolding and scolding.

Then one by one, he proposed that "The Saint Thief" should be listed as a banned book, and this book must not be allowed to flow into the people, so as not to bring damage to the common people.

It seems that the routines of the emperors in the world are basically the same.

However, the most ironic thing is that those officials who said this in the court during the day hid under the covers and secretly continued to watch "The Saint Thief" at night.

And I watched it over and over again.

After reading it, I was hooked: "Good guy, good guy, this new saint of the academy, this strange book written by this academy is really a book of conscience." ”

"It's not an exaggeration to call it the first strange book of the ages."

So, the wives and concubines of some officials asked.

"Then why are you proposing to make it a banned book?"

"Because it opposes the saints, criticizes the imperial system, instigates the people to awaken, proposes that the saints are not only immortal thieves, and even points out that the prince and general Xiangning have such a great rebellious view."

"You don't want to think about it, everyone in the people has awakened and become wise, not only the emperor will be in the future, I'm afraid even the saints will not be in their eyes."

"In this way, how can the imperial court call them loyal and patriotic?"

This time, the wives and concubines finally understood.

They're saying one thing and doing another.

During the day, I can't wait to throw the forbidden book on the ground and step on a few feet, but at night I carry it in my arms and take it to the bed, and the baby is terrible.

That's all it takes for officials.

However, Li Shimin, the son of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhu Houzhao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, secretly also have that kind of virtue.

Tang Emperor Li Shimin is not strictly a lover of books.

But he was a lover of calligraphy.

This has a bit to do with reading, so that it will not be said to be a martial artist.

He loved calligraphy and once said: "Although calligraphy is a small knowledge, you should not be in a hurry when you learn it." ”

"Every day, we must insist on learning and practicing pen with heart, especially better than three days of fishing and two days of drying nets."

"There are all kinds of arts in the world, and you can't get anything without you learning it with your heart, and the problem is that you can't go all out to study it carefully."

However, since getting the copy of "The Saint Thief", the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty seems to have changed as a person.

Whenever I have time, I will hold that book and read it.

Even when it was time to eat, I was reluctant to put it down.

Even after itching and wanting to practice calligraphy, what was written with a pen was actually the content of "Sage Thief".

In the end, the concubine who was sleeping beside him found that after the emperor was fortunate enough to pass her, he was no longer holding her body with warm fragrant nephrite.

Instead, she was sleeping with a precious book, so she peeked curiously......

The book was found under the title of "The Saint Thief".

In fact, Li Shimin, who has been fighting horses for half his life, is not a person who likes to abide by the rules.

If he was honest and responsible, there would be no "Xuanwumen Change", and it would be impossible to become an emperor.

Therefore, he likes this "Sage Thief" in his bones.

It is said that Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty is fascinated enough.

However, his fascination seems to be a little inferior in front of someone.

Because Emperor Taizong is just fascinated, but Emperor Daming's side is enchanted.

In today's mainland, Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be recognized by the world as the most unprofessional emperor.

This emperor is gifted and intelligent, but since he was a child, he did not like to read and deal with court politics.

But as long as it is something that has nothing to do with being an emperor or studying, from cockfighting and lackeying, riding horses and hunting, to blowing, playing and singing, and even Sanskrit and Arabic, he can learn it as soon as possible.

The world thinks that he is absurd and violent, grotesque and shameless, and he is a rare faint king.

However, although he likes to have fun, he does not leave politics behind.

He appointed virtuous ministers, the people lived in peace and contentment, and the situation was stable.

But when it comes to reading......

This is the most serious emperor, but he is really annoyed when he sees books.

However, it is such an emperor who, since he got the book "The Sage Thief", has liked to read.

As clever as he is, except that he does not read it to others in the court, he reads it when he eats, when he walks, when he fights cocks and dogs, and when he travels on horseback......

Even, his concubine said that now the emperor is still studying even when he is pampering his concubine......

He told them to let them come and take them all down.

However, all he said was lying still and reading with all his heart, and he enjoyed the joy of reading and the joy of fish and water......

In the end, when it was time to sleep, the emperor actually didn't sleep with his concubine.

He only hugged his love book and turned to sleep.

Even if I fell asleep, I was still in a daze, saying, "Collect tens of millions of books...... It's all waste paper, only saints...... It's called a book. ”

"Saint?"

The concubine who was sleeping in the dormitory went over and took a sneak peek, and found that the emperor's love book had a strange title, called: Sage Thief.

"It turns out that the book that the emperor likes is not called a saint, but a saint thief."

So, I wondered.

"It's strange, isn't it true that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are clamoring to ban this book and not let it circulate?"

"Why does the emperor regard it as a treasure, and he looks at it as if he is fascinated, as if he has fallen into a demon?"

After thinking about it, the clever concubine finally felt that the emperor must like this book too much, and he didn't want to share it with others, so he tried to list it as a banned book.

so that you can have it for yourself.

That's a brilliant idea.

It's really worthy of the emperor.

Women, the seventy-two concubines of the three palaces and six courtyards are just exclusive to him.

Now that he has a book at home, he will ban it, not let others read it, and then enjoy it for himself......

Of course, this is a beautiful misunderstanding.

The Ming Emperor, who was sleeping with his first love book "Sage Thief", couldn't hear the interesting voices of the beauties around him.

This is done in the open, and in the dark.

He really deserves to be the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Extremely bright.

……

Unlike the interesting phenomenon of the three empires, the Confucian lineage located in the Qilu Holy Land is a different picture.

Inside the Little Sage Village.

Kong Sheng, the master of the contemporary Confucian Gate, is holding the golden book of the sage that has been handed down for thousands of years.

Looking at the cracked marks on the golden book, he wanted to think in his heart, what was this sign implying in it......

"Door master, something is wrong!"

Kong Sheng looked back and saw that it was his entourage disciples galloping in in a panic, still holding a new book in his hand.

Kong Sheng, whose thoughts were interrupted, couldn't help but feel more and more displeased, so he went against the usual gentle and elegant normal, frowned and reprimanded his disciple:

"How do I usually teach you? If you are so unsteady in doing things, what kind of system are you? ”

"This ......"

"Damn the students."

"In the future, I must remember the teachings of the master."

"Hmm."

Kong Sheng nodded with satisfaction and asked him what was important when he was so anxious.

This time, the confidant disciple handed the book in his hand to Kong Zhu, and said eagerly: "Sect Master, take a look at this book, and you will understand everything." ”

"Huh?"

"What kind of book is this?"

"The masterpiece of the new saint of the academy, "The Saint Thief".

"What?"

How can there be such a rebellious book?

Kong Sheng immediately took it, and then quickly opened it and finished reading the book in one breath......

After that, he threw the book directly to the ground and was furious:

"Bold!"

"This book is clearly insulting to the saint!"

"The new saint of the academy, after the true saint of our sect ascended, no one in the world could control him?"

The "saint thief" mentioned in the book "The saint is immortal and the thief is not stopped" is clearly insulting his ancestor Kong Sheng......

It's no wonder that there are seams in the Golden Book of Kongmen.

It turned out that there was such a rebellious book in the world.

At this moment, Kong Sheng was completely attacked by anger, and he could no longer see the wisdom and surprise in the book "Sage Thief".

His preconceived notions led him to take for granted that anyone who opposed and ridiculed his Confucian saints was a great rebellion.

"Someone, pass on my order, contact all the disciples of my Confucian Sect, send envoys to Liyang, Datang, and Daming, and unite the three empires, and let them go with me to sanction the new saint of the academy!"

"Huh? Yes, Master! ”

The envoys of Confucius quickly divided into three routes and rushed to the capitals of Liyang, Datang and Daming respectively at the fastest speed.

In addition to their mission on the surface, they want to unite the three empires to sanction the new saints of the academy, but they also have a secret mission.

That is, to secretly investigate the attitudes of the people of the three empires towards the reverse book "Sage Thief".

Above the court, on the surface, there was a voice of condemnation, scolding the new sage of the academy for deviating from the scriptures and not worthy of being a new sage of Confucianism, and at the same time accusing "The Sage Thief" of being a rebellious book.

What is mentioned in the book, the whole article is disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust, there is no etiquette and shame, and the literature and science are even more bullshit, not worth reading!

They also proposed that "The Saint Thief" be made a banned book.

It sounds righteous.

However, the clever and attentive Confucian envoys still found that they seemed to be at the wrong point.

Fortunately, everyone's interests are aligned.

There is nothing real in the court, everything is for profit.

Outside the court, there is a true temperament, and these are also things that the Confucian envoys will not miss.

The most important thing is to understand what those scholars in the world, especially those Confucian scholars, think of that "Sage Thief".

The emperor's mind is the most unpredictable, and there will be no truth.

There are two mouths inside and outside the court, and they usually only don't tell the truth.

Because the truth doesn't sound good.

Only those who read the world will tell the truth.

In the end, the investigation came back, and the result was that the Confucian scholars in the world were actually divided into three factions:

One faction thinks that what "Saint Thief" says is reasonable.

One faction thinks that it is pure nonsense, it is grandstanding, and it is very disrespectful to the saint.

There is also a faction that seems to be more rational, they have their own ideas, and they will neither blindly identify with Confucius nor the new saint of the academy.

They felt that there was merit in the words of both companies, but they could not be fully believed.

However, whether they believed it or not, anyway, due to the same interests, Confucius reached an agreement with the three empires of Liyang, Datang, and Daming, and issued a joint statement to the world:

Together, they want to sanction the new saints of the college.

In addition, the masterpiece "The Saint Thief" of the new saint of the academy was immediately listed as a banned book.

It is forbidden to circulate in the world......

As soon as the statement came out, the world was in an uproar!