Chapter 2381 Four Last Words

Fei Qian was sitting in the hall in the backyard of the General's Mansion, wearing casual clothes.

The same is true for Pang Tong and Zao Zhi.

Three people sat around, with a hot pot in the middle.

In the first month of the year, the weather is freezing, so eating hot pot is naturally the most pleasant thing.

"Li Changshi's side..." Pang Tong touched his chin and said, "Is there really no need to arrange an heir for him?" 』

Zao Zhi put down his chopsticks and looked at Fei Qian.

Extinction.

In Dahan's current thinking, this is a very important thing.

Ordinary people also have this idea, not to mention officials with some authority. Ordinary people will be "evicted" once they become extinct, while big families or officials value more the inheritance of family knowledge.

Li Ru had no heirs.

After learning about Li Ru's affairs in the past two days, Fei Qian's mood became relatively low. On the one hand, it is because of personal emotions, and on the other hand, it is touched by the current situation.

Li Ru is not a giant, but he is not a villain either. At most, he is an ordinary person, with emotions, desires, pursuits and ideals. He is also an ordinary warrior, fighting against what he does not want. A world I don’t want to see. He has good aspects and evil aspects. Even though his name is "Confucian", he is not actually a "Confucian" and is not recognized by Confucianism.

Then such a man fell, not even having any heirs. Li Ru originally had children, but in that chaotic situation, he was massacred by the general who was praised all over the world. Their bodies were exposed in the wilderness together with Dong Zhuo, and their heads became the public treasure outside Chang'an City. part.

Later, Li Ru found a son for Han Sui and asked Han to inherit Han Sui's name. However, Li Ru did not find such a person for himself. It was not that he was picky, but that he did not take any action at all.

Fei Qian sighed and shook his head slightly, "No need..."

This is an answer Li Ru gave himself.

""Buried on the slope facing east, there is no need to have an heir after death"..." Fei Qian turned his head slightly and glanced to the west, "These are Wenyou's last words... mediocre, even if there are thousands of descendants, they are not as good as one person on the road." ? If you have great power, even if you have no heirs to pass it on, how can you not be in China? 』

Heirs are important, but they are not the most important.

If too much emphasis is placed on heirs, other issues will be ignored.

Fei Qian frowned slightly, and suddenly recalled Li Ru's evaluation of him when he was in Luoyang, saying that Cai Yong "taught students in accordance with their aptitude", and said in Zuo Zhuan, "Speaking of the practice, preparing fire by discussing, winning by words, and remembering to run." Defeated, swear an oath of alliance, call it deceit, talk about favors, enforce strict discipline, talk about rejuvenating the country, and talk about the country's ruin, this is a great preparation..."

Pang Tong didn't say anything, but this mention made Fei Qian suddenly have some ideas.

In fact, Li Ru had told Fei Qian that he would not establish an heir very early on. He also repeatedly emphasized to Fei Qian that he was an ominous person and was not worthy of erecting a monument or establishing an heir...

So why do you need to emphasize it again in your last words?

After all, when you are dying, what you care about must be the most important thing. Soldiers will worry about the outcome of the battle, civil servants may regret that they have not finished writing their articles, money-grubbing people may think that there are still several hiding places to hand over to their descendants, and passionate people may lament that in the next life, I will live up to the Tathagata and live up to you...

This is normal, right?

But Li Ru's last words seemed a little "abnormal"...

"Wait..." Fei Qian pinched the beard on his chin, "Will Wenyou... I have left some questions for someone... "Buried on the eastward slope", just to see what happens to us. How to do it... And "it is not necessary to establish an heir after death" is the first question given to us..."

The question Li Ru left for Fei Qian?

The first question. ?

Pang Tongyi was stunned, and then he frowned, "What are the last words of Chang Shi?" 』

Fei Qian said slowly, "Buried on a slope facing the east, there is no need to establish an heir after death, the tombstone does not have a title, and his knowledge does not need to be passed down secretly"... Just these four sentences..."

""Buried on a slope facing the east, there is no need to establish an heir after death, the tombstone does not have an inscription, and his knowledge does not need to be passed down secretly"..." Pang Tong murmured again, "It does make some sense..."

Buried on a slope facing the east, most people may understand it as thinking about the homeland and looking towards the Han Dynasty, but in reality?

Does Li Ru have such deep feelings for the "Great Han Kingdom"?

This is remarkable.

Obviously, Li Ru didn't have much sense of belonging to the entire decadent Han Dynasty. "Buried on Dongpo" may seem to contain the idea of ​​returning to one's roots after falling leaves, but in fact Li Ru had little regard for his own growth. I don’t really like my hometown that much.

Because Li Ru's hometown, during his childhood, was full of all kinds of disputes, corruption, deception, and painful memories.

Therefore, it is natural that what Li Ru called "buried on the eastward slope" expected to see, or rather look forward to more, was not to look at the decaying Han court, or the once painful hometown of Longyou in Longxi. But I want to see a new future under Fei Qian's rule, and I want to see the new changes and new men under Fei Qian's leadership.

And this is also very consistent with Li Ru's style...

Zao Zhi thought about it, "So, "buried on a slope facing the east" means expectation, and "there is no need to establish an heir after death" means determination, or...oh, I understand... 』

"Sigh... I understand..." Pang Tong also sighed, "Wen You was known as "Confucian"... At the end of the day, he didn't want to be known as "Confucian"..."

Zao Zhi moved slightly, and immediately felt a little emotional.

Fei Qian stroked his beard and was silent. He just had a thought and thought of this possibility for a moment, but then Pang Tong and Zao Zhi began to follow Fei Qian's ideas to "decipher" Li Ru's puzzle, while Fei Qian became a little confused. I don't know whether I should say that I didn't understand, or that I "understood". After thinking for a long time, I simply listened to Pang Tong and Zao Zhi discussing.

"This "without title" refers to the word "Confucianism"..." Zao Zhi said, "The good name "Confucianism" has a long history. "Without" may mean "not living". Or is it "not doing it"? 』

Pang Tong pinched the flesh on his chin, "It makes sense...that's probably the case..."

"..." Fei Qian nodded slowly.

Li Ru's name was obviously not given to him by his father's generation. Although some people in the Han Dynasty would change their names at some point, most people's names were whatever their parents gave him.

Li Ru is not considered a Confucian. Even if one traces Li Ru's ancestors, the knowledge passed down by Li Ru is not Confucian, or it is not from the "orthodox" Confucian schools currently in the court of the Han Dynasty. Li Ru's knowledge is more inclined to the inheritance of Legalism, or the political family, so a legalist, or successor of the political family, his name is "Confucian"...

Things about Confucianism are always very mysterious. For example, it is often unclear and we don’t know who is the real Confucian. When someone discovers a bad Confucian, someone who claims to be a Confucian will immediately jump out and say that the guy is not a Confucian, but at most a traitor who sneaked into Confucianism. Then someone discovers a good person who is not a Confucian, and someone who claims to be a Confucian will immediately jump out and say, that is a Confucian. He has long studied Confucian scriptures, and has understood the spirit of Confucianism no matter how bad he is, so why is he not a Confucian? people?

"No title", is this what you are referring to?

"Xu Shu said, "Confucianism, softness, the name of a magician. To follow a person, you need a voice." Therefore, the meaning of "no title" in Changshi is probably from this point on..." Pang Tong narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Xu Jiechang And it is highly praised by Manan County, and Manan County is "a festival for those who are not strict with Confucianism"... eh..."

Zao Zhi clapped his hands, "It must be so!" 』

"..." Fei Qian found that he could only smile and then remained silent.

But he didn't expect that Pang Tong turned around and said to Fei Qian: "In this case, it was an excellent strategy for the Lord to ask Liu Gongsi to go to Qinglong Temple to argue against the idea of ​​"trading Confucianism"!" 』

"Well..." Fei Qian kept smiling.

But when Pang Tong said this, Fei Qian suddenly connected the two things.

Fei Qian originally asked Liu Xi to continue going to Qinglong Temple, and his original intention was to "fish", so he asked Liu Xi to change his so-called criticizing stance and defend the correctness of the so-called "burning books and entrapping Confucianism". Liu Zhen tried his best to hook up as many fish as possible, but now it seems that these two things are actually...

It seems, it seems, they can really be connected!

Fei Qian blinked and smiled slightly, "The chivalrous man cuts both sides of his teeth, while the Confucian scholar makes the final decision. It's like they complement each other..."

"A final conclusion?" ! ” Pang Tongyi was stunned, then burst out laughing, “Wonderful! Excellent! Hahaha……"

Zao Zhi also smiled and shook his head, saying, "If these words are spoken, no one in the world would dare to call themselves "Confucian"!" 』

The characters created in ancient times were really not written by anyone...

Isn't this "Xia" just a double-edged sword?

As for the word "Confucianism"...

Fei Qian pinched his beard, and from the word "Ru", he thought of another word, "Lang".

The original meaning of Lang is the corridor of the corridor, and the original meaning is the long eaves. Later, it was extended to the corridor under the long eaves in front of the house. Later, it was further extended to become a guest who stayed on the front porch waiting for the master's call.

As Lang, these retainers have a very special status. They are not slaves and have no personal attachments. But they are willing to sell their loyalty in exchange for their master's favor and make their material life better.

In the Han Dynasty, there were a large number of Langguan, just like Fei Qian himself, who was also a Langguan.

And this "Lang Guan" has more or less the shadow of the disciples from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

There are a lot of Han officials. If you want to stand out among the officials, due to the fierce competition, those who can actually climb up are often those who have three characteristics at the same time: rich, talented, and talented.

What should I do if not?

Taking advantage of the situation...

In the words of later generations, it would be "rubbing".

Lower your head, abandon your face, and rub it hard.

Whatever is hot, just rub it.

If you look at the various "editors" in later generations, you can know what the former Langguan officials of the Han Dynasty and the Confucian scholars who became Langguan officials were doing.

After becoming famous, he rose from a Confucian scholar to a high official, and when he got the right master, he moved from a low official to a consul.

This is the only way for Confucian scholars like the Han Dynasty to pass.

As for the senior government offices, they are already within the system, so naturally there is no need to take this extra step. Most ordinary Confucian scholars basically have to go through this process if they want to get rid of an ordinary Langguan.

This was the custom of the Han Dynasty before, so you can't blame these Confucian scholars. People generally need to eat. In order to eat, it is inevitable to bow their heads sometimes, but you can't just keep bowing like this. In the end, not only will you get used to it, but you will also have to bow your head sometimes. Be proud of lowering your head and wagging your tail!

They even force other people to lower their heads and wag their tails like them!

It is said that Confucius had three thousand sages and seventy-two disciples, and they were all known as the Ten Philosophers. Busy people often categorize them into categories. In general, Confucius' knowledge can be generally regarded as preparing for assisting those in power to govern the country. So in today's terms, Confucius' Confucianism is actually the knowledge of staff, consultants, and think tanks.

They are almost the same as Legalists, famous scholars, politicians, etc. It does not mean that Confucianism is noble and others are despicable. In this sense, they all serve the upper political institutions.

In the pre-Qin period, especially the Warring States period, the actual definition of Confucianism should be relatively broad. This can explain why many people at that time competed for the title of authentic Confucianism. For example, Xunzi said that he was the real Confucian and trampled all "little Confucians" including Mencius into rubbish.

Interestingly, Xunzi himself trained mostly the backbone of Legalism. What Xunzi talks about is Legalism, but at the same time he does not mean that he himself is a Confucian...

This should reflect from one aspect that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the concept of "Confucianism" was still relatively broad.

But by the Han Dynasty, the scope of "Confucianism" had narrowed a lot.

Confucianism in the Han Dynasty was a combination of Yin-Yang theory, with Confucius and Mencius as the authentic sect, and Dong Zhongshu as the representative, forming Han Confucianism.

This relatively small "Confucianism" became the "Confucianism" that was passed down to later generations.

This is the "secret biography" of Confucianism.

Mohism, Yang Zhuzhi, military strategists, famous scholars, etc. are independent schools of thought from the so-called "Confucianism".

Although Mozi also talked about political governance, his starting point was not to serve those in power, but more towards ordinary people.

Yang Zhu put personal interests first and further separated himself from those in power and even from the political management associated with it.

Although the military strategist is closely connected with those in power, he is closer to the division of authority of traditional royal power.

Famous people are relatively independent, have their own philosophy of discourse system, and prefer "the art of language".

There is also the Yin Yang family, which was eaten up by Confucianism in the Han Dynasty. After using the ancient witchcraft system, they built a simple natural cognitive structure and part of the scientific foundation, which has a strong interdisciplinary color...

Originally, on the land of China, colorful flowers could bloom and various forests could grow.

But later they were all wiped out and only the eucalyptus trees remained.

Eucalyptus is not inherently bad. Because of human needs, "fast-growing eucalyptus" was created. In order to obtain more pulp and safeguard their own forestry interests, the forestry and paper industries have joined forces to promote the benefits of eucalyptus trees, and publicize that after the eucalyptus forest grows to a certain period, it will feed back the extracted water and soil fertility...

Is there feedback? Yes, there will be.

But in fact, in order to obtain more wood, pulp, and more profits, these eucalyptus trees will never "feed back". There is only the pockets raised by the capitalists in the forestry and paper industries, and the rest is because of " Heavy chemical fertilizers and pesticides were applied to the fast-growing barren land, which pumped out a large amount of groundwater and created a large amount of fertility.

These "Confucians" who are quick to develop and focus on money for the sake of profit will basically never "feed back". Most of the time, they will even use various means to cover up and deceive.

These Confucian scholars cut themselves off for the sake of profit, and then further cut off their original ability to think and govern according to social reality, and instead acted entirely according to the "moral standards" advocated by those in power. …

Not only that, but some of the systems and laws are also limited to secret legal systems with a strong sense of obscurity!

The so-called Spring and Autumn Judgment is essentially about breaking through, destroying, and eliminating written laws.

Or it's called "the law of doing whatever you want."

In other words, the public Confucian scriptures and the upright words presented are not wrong and cannot be wrong. From this aspect, "Confucianism" is the same as other tree species. But because of the temptation of interests, those hidden underneath were covered by a fig leaf. The so-called "secret science" is what Li Ru wants to tell Fei Qian...

"Its learning does not need to be taught secretly"!

"If you want to uncover the secret, boiling water and boiling water will not help..." Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong, then looked at Zao Zhi, and said with a smile, "There is only one way..."

"name! 』

"Fame!" 』

Pang Tong and Zao Zhi said almost in unison, and then together with Fei Qian, the three of them laughed.

Obviously, those "little Confucians" of later generations, due to their dependence, always serve the vested interest groups that control the largest resources in an exploitative society, and they themselves have a strong parasitism. In order to meet the needs of parasitism, it is particularly necessary to promote the reputation of a person who is a confidant and a daughter who is a person who pleases herself, so as to attract the host.

Just like now, among the Han Dynasty, a social landscape rich in "celebrities" has formed. Group after group of celebrities are extremely famous, and celebrities with higher moral standards emerge in endlessly. What kind of lying on the ice makes the world jump automatically? How can someone who has been a filial piety to his parents for twenty years have five or six children...

Successful celebrities are Confucians, and those who fail are not Confucians.

It started from this time.

This is typical of these parasitisms. They use packaging and marketing methods to disguise themselves as models respected by society, thereby defrauding the support of the entire society.

The point is, they don't actually do things, they just act.

Through acting, you gain a higher reputation, gain more interpersonal relationships through these reputations, and then use your interpersonal relationships to gain your own wealth. And out of the need to deceive and commit crimes together, they must squeeze out other media channels to prevent themselves from being exposed and their reputations collapsed...

It was also the Han Dynasty. During the Western Han Dynasty, it could still maintain obvious external advantages. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was obvious that it was starting to rest on its laurels, which was inseparable from the environment in which gangs committed crimes.

The current gentry and Confucian scholars are actually two sides of the same body, just like the various vests in the Internet in later generations. It seems that there are good and bad, some are positive and some are negative, but in fact, it is possible that they are both. It's a mask. The nobles mastered most of the classics, and then used these classics to cultivate a new generation of parasites. These parasites used their reputation to package themselves, making themselves shine like good things, tempting the next host to come.

If some mutated bugs appear in the insect nest, it will be just a flash in the pan, and they will eventually be counterattacked...

So targeting one or two bugs only involves tearing apart the external spider webs and removing the spores on the carpet. If you really want to solve some problems, you have to start from the mother nest.

"call……"

Fei Qian let out a long sigh.

Li Ru was still thinking about these things until his death.

The road is long.

Li Ru was waiting quietly in the distance, smiling.

"Then let's do it..."

"The fifteenth day of the first lunar month?" 』

"Yes, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, light the sky lanterns!" 』