Chapter 0172: Refining Ancient Characters, A Thousand Years of Contest (Medium)
When the Emperor woke up again, he had already come to Yang Guang's consciousness space.
Seeing Yang Guang who was thinking, he could see at a glance that this person was the emperor, and that kind of atmosphere was very familiar to him.
Yang Guang struggled to think outside, and he also struggled to think inside. The emperor in the book fell asleep this time, I don't know how many years have passed, I don't know what happened, I don't know why it appeared here......
His thousand-year-old book demon body was scattered, leaving only the origin, and he was trapped in the other party's consciousness space at the moment. He didn't know what it was, but he knew it was dangerous. The master of the consciousness space is the master here, and if he is revealed by the other party, then his one will be controlled by the other party.
Now, the place where the emperor stays is the last barrier used by the emperor in the book to hide the four ancient characters of 'True Dragon Yilife', a protection that he has prepared a long time ago, full of bewitching power, and what he fears in his heart will see, and it takes great courage to break it.
He is the emperor of the book, he has seen all the world's intrigues and tricks and the change of dynasties, and he has his own plans in his heart, and he does not pin his hopes on that barrier. It only took him a moment to come up with several plans, even the worst-case scenario.
"Unfortunately, your escape plan didn't work. After learning about the legendary life of the emperor in the book, Yang Guang suppressed the shock in his heart, looked at him in front of him and said lightly.
"After all, he is just a book demon, how can he be successful if he is the master of the demon body?" the middle-aged scholar smiled and shook his head, he saw Yang Guang's cautious thinking with a tentative meaning, and immediately gave him a clear answer.
"Who are you. Who is he?" Yang Guang had suppressed the fragments of ancient characters, and what he was doing now was to slowly refine and absorb them. Hearing the middle-aged scholar mention that person, he naturally wanted to know if that person was the person he guessed in his heart.
The middle-aged scholar seemed to be moved by the life of the emperor in the book, shook his head and sighed, "Although you are also wrong, how can we be right." β
After hearing Yang Guang's question, the middle-aged scholar smiled and said, "It's not important, the important thing is that since Your Excellency has inherited his will, do you know what these four characters represent?"
Yang Guang was silent. He knew the seemingly simple four words. But it has an extraordinary significance. The true dragon changed his life, and how could he make that person treat him like this simply change his own fate.
Yang Guang's devouring and refining is just the will of the person who is entrusted, and it is the exercise. It's power. But why did he use four words? Why didn't he use 'I want to go against the sky', 'I want to become an immortal', and 'change my life against the sky'......
He didn't know what those four words meant. After all, something was too far away from him......
"Your Excellency thinks that it is royal and domineering. Which is better or worse?" Seeing that Yang Guang was silent, the middle-aged scholar didn't care, but asked again.
"Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. It's just a matter of who uses it well, and simple kingly domineering can't do anything. As for his way, I take the essence of it and remove its dross, not inherit it. Yang Guang replied lightly, but in his heart he was guessing the identity of the middle-aged scholar.
The memory of the emperor in the book is only in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, which means that the person in front of him does not know the origin of Yang Guang, and even the emperor in the previous book does not know that he has crossed over. The answer to this question of the ancients was equally ambiguous, and he didn't bother with it, and he gave the other party an ambiguous answer.
"How do you think you should use it?" the middle-aged scholar looked at Yang Guang with a smile and continued to ask.
"Adapt measures to local conditions, adapt to the times, and adapt to people's conditions, and look at the survival of people and the rise and fall of the country in the country. The corners of Yang Guang's mouth raised slightly, and he gave him another ambiguous answer. Who wouldn't be able to say big things and breathe, but the difficulties in the real implementation of these things are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
"The heart has no holding, and it is not stable. Hearing Yang Guang's answer, the middle-aged scholar shook his head and said.
"I don't know how to advance or retreat, how can I stand up?" Seeing that the other party criticized him for not having a firm belief, Yang Guang immediately fought back.
"What is domineering, what is the royal road?" Hearing Yang Guang's answer, the middle-aged scholar showed a disappointed look on his face, and he was silent for a moment before asking Yang Guang.
"Then please tell sΓΉ me, what else is there besides domineering and royal way?" This question, not to mention Yang Guang, who has never learned and has no skills, even the beasts who specialized in this way later can't answer correctly.
The real answer to this question is that only those princes and hundreds of schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period can answer it. After the first emperor Yingzheng burned books and pit Confucianism, the true meaning has long since passed away, and later generations are only speculated from the remaining historical materials.
The things speculated by later generations naturally cannot be used to answer this middle-aged scholar, and Yang Guang simply doesn't even know what later generations speculated. So he was very shameless to learn from Lao Ma, because he remembered that there was a book that said that the mighty Marx was so clever in answering questions he didn't know.
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To this question that could not be answered at all, the middle-aged scholar was dumbfounded. With his wisdom, it can naturally be seen that Yang Guang is not fighting with him, but really doesn't know the answer and is playing a scoundrel.
Speaking of this, the middle-aged scholar seemed to remember something, with a trace of sadness in his eyes, and after a pause, he said in a somewhat sad tone, "I look at the memory of the book demon in the later generations, but I didn't expect that the most useless Confucius was respected as a saint, but I don't know that his so-called benevolent government is too ideal, it is the flower in the mirror, and you can know it by looking at the ** of the officialdom in later generations." β
Hearing this, even in the consciousness space, Yang Guang's breathing became short. He didn't care about the content of the middle-aged scholar's words, Yang Guang only knew that the other party was admitting that he was a person from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, so as the opponent of the middle-aged scholar, the current Qishan Ghost Emperor, his identity was about to come out.
"In the Spring and Autumn Period, only the Legalists led the way, but later generations actually confused the royal art, one of the two ways of the Legalists, with the benevolent government of the Confucian child, which is ridiculous. β
The middle-aged scholar seemed to have some resentment in his words, and seemed to be extremely disgusted with the great sage of Confucius, so he continued, "Kong Qiu traveled around the world, and the princes were afraid to avoid it, and it ended in vain. And my Qi country does not win by force, but can nine princes and one world, this royal way of governing the country, how can he do the so-called benevolent way. β
"I look at the history of later generations, Confucius academics are not shallow to harm the country, and the barbarians living in the Central Plains and establishing the country are all the harm of the so-called benevolent government. The middle-aged scholar's brows became deeper and deeper, and his resentment towards the Great Sage of Kong became heavier and heavier.
The Legalist thought of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period can be said to be dominant, and its governance directly led to Qin's unification of the world, ending the disputes between princes, and opening a feudal society that lasted for more than 2,000 years.
Legalist thought was like a meteor in Chinese history, which was dazzling but extremely short-lived, and was lost in the late Spring and Autumn period. Since then, the way of Legalism has become a trick of power and scheming that does not enter the stream, or competes with the people for profit, and no one has appeared who has overwhelmed the world. This is not the same as the Legalists who contended but dominated the Spring and Autumn Period, but I didn't expect that there would be such a reason.
If, as the middle-aged scholar said, the wishful thinking of later generations will list the Confucian idea of benevolence as the royal way, and the real Legalist royal way has long disappeared in the long river of history.
Yang Guang really wanted to tell the middle-aged scholar that in his time, people had already raised all kinds of suspicions, and the so-called royal road in later generations also had a name called Confucian royal road thought, which added two words and its meaning was very different.
"Now that he has become the Ghost Emperor of Qishan, he is still so domineering, and his skills will not be lost. Your Excellency commands a territory, and you have the ambition to advance and retreat, I don't know if you are willing to practice the art of the Legalist royal road. After a moment of silence, the middle-aged scholar said to Yang Guang.
This scholar is very decisive, he does not have the pedantic spirit of the ancient scholars in Yang Guang's impression, even if he knows that Yang Guang has inherited the meaning of domineering, he still wants to pass on the art of the royal road to him in the absence of a better choice.
Looking at the middle-aged scholar, Yang Guang did not open his mouth to agree, how can there be so many free lunches in the world, and if you have something to do, you have to bear the corresponding responsibility. The person in front of him wants Yang Guang to learn the art of the Legalist Royal Dao, that is, let him pass on this Dao, this kind of thing is not so easy, although it is a pity that such a precious thought disappears, but there are many things that have disappeared in the world.
"The true dragon changes its life, what it represents, if one day His Majesty reaches that level, he will know, and now it is only to add to his troubles. Today, I only hope that the Legalist royal road will continue in heaven and earth, please don't refuse. As he spoke, the middle-aged scholar made a gesture to Yang Guang, calling him His Majesty, and his words were sincere.
"The Legalist royal path is broad and profound, you don't want me to learn from you for decades, do you? Yang Guang frowned slightly and said very decisively.
He understood very well that the domineering of the Legalist was only devouring and refining its will, and the main thing was the will of that person. And if you want to inherit a genre, you have to learn it in a real way, if you just feel its meaning, you can't inherit a genre. Don't say that he doesn't have time to learn, even if he doesn't know how to learn, if it is the exercises of the Legalist royal lineage, maybe it can still arouse Yang Guang's interest.
"Naturally, you don't need to, as long as Your Majesty agrees to let go of that book demon. If this demon is enlightened, it can be said that it is a great help to His Majesty, and only it can absorb the thoughts of my Legalist royal path in a short period of time. β
"You...... Let's go. β
As if he understood something, Yang Guang paused and said. Thinking about it, with the intelligence of the other party, it is naturally impossible to really let himself learn the art of the Legalist royal road, and his original goal was not himself but the book demon.
The reason why he asked Yang Guang was just to make a promise, what he wanted Yang Guang to do was to help him pass on the art of the Legalist royal road in the future, after all, this kind of thinking still needs people to inherit it in the end.
"Your Majesty doesn't have to feel nostalgic, I'm not a living person, and I'm not even a remnant soul. If it weren't for the mercy of his subordinates that day, I am afraid that he would not even have the opportunity now, and it is enough to pass on the learning of my Tao to future generations. (To be continued......)
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