It was almost sunset.
The weather near the sea was very changeable.
In an instant, a cold wind blew, and even Zhao Yun shivered.
Seeing this, Gongsun Jing took off his cloak and draped it over Zhen Jiang. He said in a deep voice,""If you feel cold, you can go back to the carriage and warm yourself up. I reckon that today's lesson is about to end. Whether or not you can see Zheng Xuan is another matter!”
"I'm not going!"
Zhen Jiang shook his head.”
"Eh?"
Gongsun Jing was stunned.
When he came here, he had never thought of imitating Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched cottage.
If he couldn't convince Zheng Xuan in one go, he would definitely think of other ways. How could he waste his time here!
Creak.
Dozens of students stepped out of their houses.
When they saw the five hundred valiant cavalry outside the fence, they were all shocked.
Especially when he saw the flag of the Valiant Cavalry Battalion, his eyes were burning with a hint of respect.
"Greetings, Lord Ye!"
"Greetings, Generals!"
Every student bowed when they stepped out of the courtyard.
" How long have you been studying here?" Gongsun Jing narrowed his eyes and asked." Do you have any thoughts of seeking an official's appointment?"”
"Naturally!"
One of the students said firmly," When I am able to leave the mountain, I will definitely go to the Ye Marquis Manor to participate in the scholar examination. At that time, I will also go to Bing Province to be an official and protect the people. I will die with the county city!”
"Me too!"
Immediately, the students said firmly.
Gongsun Jing smiled and said,""Then continue to work hard. I will be waiting for you in the Ye Marquis Manor. I hope you will not forget your passion today and your vow to protect the people.”
"Here!"
The group of students looked at the cavalry in awe and then went back to their homes.
"The future is promising!"
Zhao Yun and Lu Yu said at the same time.
Zhen Jiang's gaze was deep as he said in admiration,"If the people were like this, how would the bandits dare to mess up our borders?!"”
"Haha!"
Gongsun Jing shook his head, opened the wooden door, and stepped into the courtyard. He said in a deep voice,""Zhen Jiang, Lu Yu, and Zilong, follow me into the manor. The rest of you, stay where you are.”
"Here!"
The five hundred valiant cavalry said respectfully.
"Clang!"
Before Gongsun Jing stepped into the hall.
Zheng Xuan's face was ashen as he closed the door. He suppressed his anger and said,"Lord Ye, this old man's courtyard is too small for you to stay the night. There are no great sages here, and the talents of Qingzhou are all dead!”
"Cough cough!"
Gongsun Jing rubbed his nose and coughed dryly.
Lu Yu instantly understood. He knocked on the door and said,"Uncle, Yu 'er is here to see you!"
" Lu Yu," Zheng Xuan said hatefully," your father was the military advisor of Yuan Benchu. He was forced to die in Ye City by Lu Zhi because of Gongsun Changping. Aren't you afraid that Zi Gan will die with regrets if you work for him?"”
"Uncle!"
Lu Yu's expression changed.
He didn't expect Zheng Xuan to have such a misunderstanding.
"Get lost!"
Zheng Xuan said furiously.
Lu Yu smiled bitterly and said," Uncle, you've misunderstood. My father's death has nothing to do with my lord. My father died of illness on the way to Luoyang after asking Yuan Benchu to resign. He asked me to place the tomb beside Wenling and even asked me to come to Qingzhou to serve my lord!”
"What?"
Zheng Xuan's eyes were filled with shock.
Lu Yu explained," Before my father died of illness, Lord Yan was fair to the chaos in Qingzhou. However, Qingzhou has been in chaos for several years. The local government offices have collapsed, and the political system is not enough to govern the people. That's why I'm here to sort out the rule of law for my lord!”
"You guys can go!"
At this moment, Zheng Xuan seemed to have aged a little.
"Mr. Kang Cheng, Jiang 'er is the descendant of Confucius Saint. Please open the door and meet her!" Zhen Jiang said crisply.”
"Ha!"
Zheng Xuan grimaced and sneered." Gongsun Changping, you really went through a lot of trouble just to see me. There's Lu Yu, and now there's a descendant of Confucius. You even killed Kong Rong, so how can there be a descendant of Confucius?!"”
"Kong Guang, the fourteenth grandson of Confucius!"
"The son of Grand Preceptor Kong Ba, a Great General!”
"When Wang Mang was in chaos, our ancestor changed the name to Zhen Clan to avoid disaster!”
Zhen Jiang glanced at Gongsun Jing and told him everything she knew.
"After the new duke?"
Zheng Xuan opened the door and asked.
"New Duke?"
Zhen Jiang looked at Gongsun Jing in confusion.
Gongsun Jing shook his head and smiled faintly." The new dynasty isn't listed as a dynasty, so there are naturally no historical records left. The new duke is your ancestor, Zhen Han. He was appointed as the successor of the Taibao and was appointed as the Great Sima by Wang Mang. He was given the title of new duke, which means that he inherited the new dynasty, so he was called new duke!”
"Hmm?"
Zheng Xuan was shocked.
In the new dynasty, many documents had been burned by Liu Xiu.
The records left behind two hundred years ago were only known to a very small number of people.
He didn't expect Gongsun Jing to know such a secret. It was really surprising!
"Maybe?"
Gongsun Jing asked and walked into the hall.
"You!"
Zheng Xuan said in exasperation.
On the side, Zheng Xiaotong raised his head and said in surprise,""Big brother, you're in!"
"Yes!"
Gongsun Jing patted Zheng Xiaotong's head and said with a faint smile,""You can go to another place to study. I have something to discuss with your grandfather. Tomorrow, we will go to Wei County in Ji Province.”
"Good!"
Zheng Xiaotong ran to the other houses with a scroll of bamboo slips in his hands.
"Zhou Li?"
Gongsun Jing looked at the bamboo slips on the wall and smiled.""Sima Qian said that Confucius was not born in the Zhou rites, but it just so happened that Confucius was the one who advocated the Zhou rites. Confucius and Mencius were the sages of the Confucian school and emphasized on teaching without discrimination. In comparison, I like Xunzi's thinking more!”
"Why?"
Zheng Xuan couldn't help but ask.
Gongsun Jing's gaze was complicated." Xunzi said that humans are evil. Parents are the elders who enlighten a person, while teachers are the people who lay the foundation for the future of the students. Rules of etiquette and morality are all regulations that restrict people from being good. In the end, only Legalism can govern the world. Confucianism is the education of people's thoughts, isn't it?”
"Fallacy!"
Zheng Xuan shouted angrily.
Gongsun Jing shook his head and said in a deep voice,""The Rites of Zhou is just a theory of rites and music. Can this book rule the world?”
"No!"
Zheng Xuan said with an ugly expression.
Gongsun Jing grinned and said," The world is in chaos. The Confucians can't save the world, much less protect the people. Everyone wants to live. Whether one person is heavy or 100,000 people is heavy, Mister Kang Cheng should be able to see it clearly!”
"Nonsense!"
Zheng Xuan's eyes turned cold.
How could he not understand that Gongsun Jing wanted him to let go of Zheng Yien's death?
"Alright then!"
Gongsun Jing sat cross-legged on the main seat and said in a deep voice,""Confucius and Mencius are committed to imparting knowledge to others. I'm preparing to establish a great cause of learning. I wonder if Mr. Kang Cheng has entered the great cause of learning and become the first teacher!”
"You?"
"Open an academy?"
Zheng Xuan's eyes were filled with shock.
"He killed Kong Rong because he wanted to unify Qingzhou.”
"As for Zheng Yien dying in Ju County, I can only say that it's a pity. I can't kill Guan Hai for him!”
"Guan Hai is the commander of the Qingzhou Battalion. Even if he wasn't, we wouldn't have killed him because he carried the lives of hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. If it were Kong Wenju, Zheng Yien would have accepted the surrender of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans.”
"As an official, it is not enough just to have knowledge. You must have the heart to help the world!”
"It has been several years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Even the Han Emperor, Liu Hong, has made Zhang Yan a general. Why are they not willing to appease the Yellow Turban of Qingzhou? If the people can really survive, who would be willing to hang their heads on their belts!”Gongsun Jing raised his eyebrows like two sharp swords!
"You…!"
Zheng Xuan was speechless.
"Zheng Yien might be a filial son!”
"Or perhaps he is a knowledgeable and capable person, but he might not be an official who governs the world!”
"If Mr. Kang Cheng is obsessed with Zheng Yien's death and hates the Ye Marquis Mansion, then I can also think that the Confucian sects in the world are just in name only. Confucius and Mencius 'words of teaching without discrimination and changing sons are just so-so!”
Gongsun Jing stood up and looked at Zheng Xuan.
"My lord!"
Lu Yu's expression changed.
He mentioned his son repeatedly in front of an old man who had lost his son.
Such a method would probably make Zheng Xuan take things too hard and would even be attacked by the world.
"Are you provoking me?"
Zheng Xuan asked calmly.
"Provoking? You're thinking too much!"
"I just want to tell you that the dead are already dead!”
"If Mr. Kang Cheng really wants revenge, you can kill the 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers who returned to Qingzhou with a long knife!”
"I won't stop you because to me, Mr. Kang Cheng is heavier than 100,000 people. But to Mr. Kang Cheng, can you really do it?”
"Kong Zhongni is Kong Zhongni, Kong Rong is Kong Rong!”
"If you really compare the two of them and think that I am guilty of all the scholars in the world and the entire Qingzhou, then I think that you are not qualified to teach the descendants of the Ye Marquis Manor!”Gongsun Jing said indifferently.
"Are you not guilty?"
Zheng Xuan angrily shouted with his eyes wide open.
Gongsun Jing pulled out his saber and threw it in front of Zheng Xuan. He said lightly,""If Mr. Kang Cheng thinks that I am guilty and that the 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers are guilty, you can kill me now and then call on all the vassals in the world. Those who kill the 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers can get the four states of the Central Plains!”
"Kacha!“
Zheng Xuan pulled out his saber, his eyes filled with ferocity.
"Stomp!"
"Stomp!"
"Stomp!"
Zhen Jiang, Zhao Yun, and Lu Yu stood in front of him.
Zhao Yun looked up at Zheng Xuan and said angrily,""Mr. Kang Cheng is a great scholar in the world, so he is naturally a person who understands righteousness. The Yellow Turban bandits that you once despised fought a bloody battle outside Ping City with 200,000 Donghu soldiers. Kong Rong dominated Qingzhou, but the war continued.”
"Move aside!"
Gongsun Jing took two steps forward.
"Here!"
Zhao Yun and Lu Yu took two steps back.
Gongsun Jing stepped forward and pressed his chest against the blade. He said in a deep voice,""Since you think I'm guilty, then swing your sword and cut me down!”
"Clang!"
Zheng Xuan sheathed his saber and said hoarsely,""You're not guilty. You've contributed to the four states of the Central Plains. If I kill you, I'll be a sinner of the four states. At that time, the world was in chaos and the people were in misery.”
"Are you old?"
" Kong Zhongni asked Duke Ai to send troops when he was seventy-one years old," Gongsun Jing said in a deep voice." Is Sir really unwilling to leave the mountain and fulfill Confucius and Mencius 'dream of education without discrimination?"”
"What does it mean to teach without discrimination?"
Zheng Xuan turned to the portrait of Confucius hanging on the wall.
Gongsun Jing explained," It doesn't matter if you're noble or humble, virtuous or foolish. If you're evil, then teach him to be good. Isn't this the true meaning of Confucianism? The Daye Academy would not only accept the children of scholars, but also the children of the common people. The heroic children of the Ye Marquis Manor would be the first batch of students, and all the tuition fees would be borne by the government!”
"I'm old!"
"I'm really old!"
Zheng Xuan turned to Gongsun Jing and said with a complicated expression,""The announcement of the Battle of Daqing Mountain was issued, and all the famous and righteous people in the world should go to Jizhou. But you found that there were only righteous people and no famous people, right?”
"Not bad!"
Gongsun Jing did not refute.
Zheng Xuan shook his head and said in a deep voice," I can promise you to go to Jizhou. However, I will decide where the academy will be located. You cannot see Guan Hai within ten miles. This is to comfort Yien!"”
"Sure!"
Gongsun Jing nodded.
" You're leaving?" Zheng Xuan looked around and said reluctantly," I've taught thousands of students for so many years, and now I'm leaving!"”
"Zilong!"
Gongsun Jing waved his hand and said in a deep voice,""Go to the local government office and ask for a carriage. Tomorrow, bring Mr. Kang Cheng's students to Jizhou. They are our future successors!”
"Here!"
Zhao Yun turned around and left the courtyard.
"Uncle Kang Cheng!" Lu Yu bowed.”
"Yes!"
Zheng Xuan nodded with a complicated expression.
The next day.
Tens of thousands of troops in towns and villages.
He found Zheng Xuan's student and discussed with his parents before bringing him to Jizhou.
The trip to Qingzhou.
They came and went in a hurry.
Zheng Xuan's coming out of the mountain was bound to cause waves in the world.
The Great Han Dynasty valued Confucianism, but there were very few famous sages in this era. Zheng Xuan was one of them.
When Gongsun Jing returned.
The news that Marquis Ye was preparing to build Daye Academy spread like wildfire.
Especially when they were preparing to recruit heroic sons as students, it caused a huge commotion among the wealthy families.
In the four prefectures, countless officials complained about Gongsun Jing burning bridges after crossing the river.
However, it was just a complaint.
Once they rebelled, there would be an army to suppress them. Who would dare to overthrow the rule of Lord Ye Manor?
Moreover, after the fertile land reform, they no longer had the right to stir up chaos. The most they could do was to put aside political affairs and vent their dissatisfaction.
In the State of Zhao.
Handan City, in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Li Zan packed up all his wealth and prepared to go to Yanzhou.
However, he was already blocked by the Tiger Guards at the entrance of the manor. He looked at Tian Feng with a complicated expression.
"Li Zan!"
Tian Feng's voice was filled with anger as he said,"Your father is the Minister of Zhao, and your family has settled down in Jizhou. I conscripted you to be the Minister of Zhao, and the lord agreed without even looking at your life.”
"Yuan Hao!"
Li Zan said in a low voice," It's fine to confiscate the fertile land. Even paying taxes is acceptable. But now, Lord Ye's manor wants to build the Daye Academy and send the children of ordinary people to the academy. Don't you know what this means?”
"What does it represent?"
Tian Feng's eyes became even colder.
Li Zan could not help but rebuke angrily," In troubled times, the vassals are divided and become kings. Didn't we follow Gongsun Changping for the sake of following the dragon? Didn't we follow Gongsun Changping for the sake of our family's prosperity for a thousand years? He's digging up the bones of the aristocrats!"
"So what?"
Tian Feng turned his head and looked to the side.
Li Zan was not the first to leave. He was only the official with the highest authority.
The aristocrats in Jizhou had already begun to flee. There were also riots in Qingzhou, Bingzhou, and Youzhou!
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