In fact, not only Zi I, but also other disciples, including Yan Hui, could see that the Zhou royal family was in decline, and they were embarrassed at all.

However, Confucius still wanted to return to the royal family, just to establish Confucianism and spread Confucianism, which made these disciples very puzzled.

Confucius, on the other hand, patiently said to his disciples: "You think that the territory of the country is very important, but I am the opposite, I think that you can regain the territory, but if the people's hearts are lost for a while, it will be difficult to regain it, and once the culture is established, it will be difficult to change it for a lifetime." And what we have to do is to implant culture in the hearts and minds of the people. ”

Seeing that the disciples were still ignorant, Confucius continued to explain: "In this troubled era, people's hearts are easy to lose, and territories change more often, and just like the word that everyone knows, it is difficult for you not to know this word anymore, and the same is true for culture, as long as they accept our Confucian culture, no matter how far apart we are, in the end, when we raise our arms and call, we will naturally respond." ”

As a businessman, Zigong valued the input-output ratio, and he asked cautiously: "Sir, I can understand the importance of this culture, but this process will be a long process, and war and power are the things in front of us.

Confucius affirmed: "It depends on how to promote this matter? This is also the reason why I want to return to the Zhou royal family." To promote a doctrine, name is as important as power. If we come to forcibly promote Confucianism, after all, people are alone, and with the banner of the royal family, we can justifiably promote our doctrine, and with the strong strength of our Lu State as the backing, we can ensure that our doctrine will be promoted. ”

Confucius glanced at the many disciples and said: "In the future, we will face all kinds of challenges, and it will be time for you to give full play to your strength, and you need to do your best to carry forward Confucianism and spread Confucianism to the entire Southern Ganbu Continent and even the entire Xuanhuang world! ”

Confucius (Han Zhen) had many lifetimes of experience, and his predecessor was the existence of the Haotian Emperor, so it was relatively easy to convince these disciples.

After receiving Confucius's teachings, the disciples were very excited, and they all wanted to show their skills in the process and enjoy the position of sage.

In fact, what Confucius said did not have any problems, but pointed to the essence of the problem.

In later generations, there was a saying that if you want to destroy your country, you must first destroy its history, that is, the culture of your country, which is very reasonable.

Confucius's approach was the opposite, first correcting history, establishing culture, and then looking for a state.

Since then, the starting point of all Confucianism has become the promotion of Confucianism, regardless of the amount of territory.

Of course, if there is more territory, Lu does not mind expanding its own power.

At this time, Lu had the royal family as a helping hand, and the doctrine of Confucianism as a support, and its strength was becoming stronger and stronger.

In the name of the royal family, the Lu State successively forcibly promoted Confucianism in the surrounding kingdoms, and gradually incorporated the other Ju States, Tan States, and Xu States into its own cultural circle in addition to the Qi and Song Kingdoms.

Only Qi is still more difficult, but Confucianism is also spreading.

Some Confucian disciples have entered the Qi State to preach and teach and solve doubts.

Confucianism itself teaches the way of benevolence and righteousness, which seems to be out of place in this troubled era, but in fact it is the opposite.

After a long war, people will have a great desire for peace, and after a long lack of morality, people will attach great importance to benevolence and righteousness.

Confucius's Confucianism advocated observing the people's feelings, cherishing the people's strength, "serving the government with virtue", "saving money and loving others", so that the people can "have enough food", the country "foot soldiers", and obtain "people's trust".

Confucius opposed harsh government and arbitrary torture, but attached importance to moral education, especially personal cultivation, emphasizing caring for others and using social norms to restrain one's own behavior.

At this time, Confucianism was like a clear stream, which was the best medicine for the chaotic society at that time, and it was very able to capture the hearts of the people and gradually spread among the people.

However, just as Confucius vigorously disseminated Confucianism, other doctrines also sprung up one after another, and were widely spread in one or several countries, and there was a real scene of "a hundred schools of thought contending" in the entire Southern Ganbu Continent.

In the vicinity of the Lu State is the Song Dynasty Mo family, the founder of Mo Zhai, this school of thought advocates "mutual love, mutual benefit", advocates Shang Xian, Shang Tong and non-attack, economically advocates strong use of this economy, ideologically proposes to respect heaven and ghosts, put forward the idea of "non-life", and emphasizes relying on one's own strength to do it.

The nearby Qi State was popular with the Yin-Yang family, and the representative figure was Zou Yan, who advocated the theory of the five elements of Yin and Yang, and used it to explain social personnel and got its name. Yin and Yang are the opposing and transforming forces of the positive and negative of things themselves, which can be used to explain the laws of the development and change of things. The Five Elements Theory holds that all things are composed of five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, and that there are two laws of mutual growth and mutual victory, which can be used to explain the origin and change of all things in the universe.

However, the Western power of Qin was prevalent in Legalist thought, and its representative figures were Guan Zhong, Shang Ying, Han Fei, and others, who advocated the rule of law in the country, "not to be close to each other, not to distinguish between the noble and the lowly, and to break the law", to advocate "law", "potential", and "technique"; economically, it advocated the abolition of wells and fields, the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business, and the reward of farming and warfare; politically, it advocated the abolition of feudal divisions, the establishment of counties and counties, the absolute monarchy, the use of power and technology, and the rule of severe punishment; in terms of ideology and education, it advocated the prohibition of the doctrine of the hundred schools of thought, with the law as the teaching, and the officials as the teachers.

In Zhao State, there was a phenomenon of two theories contending, one was represented by the famous Gongsun Long, who put forward propositions such as "white horses are not horses" and "solid white stones", advocating the study of the study of fiction and reality.

Another doctrine of the Zhao State is the Zonghengjia, the representative figure Su Qin, who is known for his debates and put forward the idea of forming a coalition to fight against powerful enemy states.

There are also two doctrines in the Chu State near the Lu State, one is the Taoist who is familiar to later generations, the representative figure Lao Tzu, advocates the Tao of nature, goes with the flow, advocates quiet and inaction, guards the female and the soft, and overcomes the rigid with the soft. The political ideal is "rule by inaction". Inaction refers to not acting recklessly, not doing anything wrong, and doing whatever you want, in fact, what is advocated is order.

There is also a doctrine that is the peasant family, and the representative figure is Xu Xing, who advocates that "the sage and the people plough and eat together, and the food and the food govern", opposing the harvest for nothing and the merchants.

The emergence of the Wu State is the doctrine of soldiers, the representative figure is Sun Wu, who opposes empty talk of benevolence and righteousness, and puts forward the proposition of "victory and strong establishment, so the world obeys", and advocates "preparing for things and then acting".

In the remote realms, there are Buddhism schools that advocate good and evil cause and effect, the Pure Land of Bliss, and the equality of all sentient beings.

In addition, various schools of thought such as miscellaneous and family have also emerged in some other countries of the southern Ganbu continent.

At this time, various theories were constantly evolving, debating each other, and competing for the right to speak and live in space.

In the most central boundary of the Southern Ganbu Continent, the most famous is the 9 schools of doctrine in addition to the Buddhists, who gained a firm foothold in the 7 countries of Lu, Qi, Song, Qin, Zhao, Chu, and Wu, and eventually led to national wars and cultural battles.