However, compared to who were the great Confucians, Zhou Yang was more curious about the cultivation system of the world of the Journey to the West.
At present, there were at least five systems: Buddhism, Taoism, Fairy, Martial Arts, and Confucianism. The first three systems might be the same.
However, Zhou Yang was very curious about the systems of Martial Arts and Confucianism.
However, Zhou Yang did not urge Tang Gaozu to introduce the cultivation system of this world to Li Yuan.
Instead, he followed a large group of palace maids and eunuchs to the Hall of Supreme Harmony next to the Taiji Palace.
At the same time, all the civil and military ministers in Chang 'an City received the news that Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and King Qin Li Shimin had introduced the great Confucians.
For a time, in Chang 'an City, carriages and horses galloped toward the palace.
The great Confucians were the lifelong dream of 99% of the scholars in the Tang Empire.
Now that nine great Confucians had appeared all at once, all the scholars in Chang 'an City were completely excited.
In their opinion, a flourishing age of Confucianism was about to rise.
With the end of the period of hundred schools of thought contending, there were no more than ten great Confucians living in the world at the same time.
Now nine great Confucians had appeared at once. In addition to the previous famous great Confucians, there were more than a dozen great Confucians.
Maybe in their lifetime, they would see the emergence of the Great Master of Literature, and even some people would challenge the unreachable Sage of Literature.
Just thinking about it made all the scholars in Chang 'an City tremble all over, and their hearts were in turmoil.
For a time, the scholarly atmosphere in Chang 'an City was surging and surging.
Within thousands of miles of Chang 'an City, all the demons and ghosts were cautious and had to restrain their Demon Aura.
Once there was any consciousness of resistance, it would probably trigger the attack of the tide of Confucianism.
Then they were not far from death.
Even if they did not die, their wisdom would be erased by the Confucianism and they would become beasts.
After Li Yuan arranged Zhou Yang and the others to sit in the first row on the right, he hurriedly tidied up his clothes.
At the same time, even he, the emperor, had to treat the nine great Confucians seriously.
In general, for large-scale banquets, the officials of the imperial court would sit on the left, while the disciples of the sects, martial arts masters, and Confucian disciples would sit on the right.
"It is indeed an empire in the Xianxia world!"
Zhou Yang looked at the delicacies in front of him and could not help but exclaim in admiration. In front of his chopping board were some spiritual fruits.
Although the spiritual fruit did not have any special effects, the spiritual energy it contained had the effect of nourishing the body.
All the dishes were cooked with rare herbs and demonic beasts.
"Summon all the officials for an audience!"
At the entrance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a young eunuch shouted. His voice was long and thin, without the voice of a duck.
After a while, the civil and military officials came in one after another.
However, when he saw that Zhou Yang and the others had already sat down, his pupils shrank slightly.
Since these people could make His Majesty give them a separate table, their identities must be extraordinary.
Because not all the disciples of the sects would be given a table to themselves. At the very least, it would be the elders of the Sky Palace.
Then, what sect did these five people in front of him come from?
"I didn't know that you had already become great Confucians, but I didn't personally welcome you. It was my fault." Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan stood up and walked behind Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Emperor Qin Li Shimin as he apologized to Confucius and the others.
The moment Confucius and the others entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Zhou Yang recognized them.
Behind Crown Prince Li Jiancheng were Confucius, Zengzi, Xunzi, and Yan Hui.
Behind Emperor Qin Li Shimin were Wang Yangming, Zhu Zi, Han Yu, Dong Zhongshu, and Meng Zi.
Zhou Yang could feel a vast and majestic aura from the bodies of the nine of them.
Especially Confucius, the scholarly aura on him had been soaring, as if the scholarly aura was created for him.
The scholarly aura in Confucius' body far surpassed the other eight.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Confucius and the others bowed slightly to Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan.
"Your Majesty, they should be here to compete with me, right?" An old man with a white beard and scholarly robes stood up and said to Tang Gaozu, Li Yuan, whose eyes shone brightly.
The Kong Clan had always kept Kong Sheng's writings. Given the Kong Clan's strength, it was impossible for them to take it for themselves.
Thus, the Kong Clan made a rule that any great Confucian who obtained the recognition of the Kong Clan's traveling Confucians could go to the Kong Clan to read Kong Sheng's writings.
Kong Yingda's eyes were filled with fanaticism as he looked at Confucius and the others.
Kong Yingda could feel a scholarly aura flowing around them, a sign that they had become great Confucians.
Kong Yingda had basically interacted with all the great Confucians in the Great Tang.
Ten years of seclusion was not as good as one day of discussion with great Confucians.
The reason why the Kong Clan had always maintained a transcendent position in the Confucian Sect was because the great Confucians of the Kong Clan had never been severed.
Every few hundred years, a Literary Grandmaster would appear, something that the other Confucian Grandmasters of the Confucian Sect could not compare to.
This was because if the great Confucians of the world wanted to read Kong Sheng's writings, they would have to debate with the Kong Clan's traveling Confucians.
Naturally, among the many exchanges, the Kong Clan's great Confucian progressed the fastest.
Moreover, the resources that Kong Sheng had left for the Kong Clan far surpassed those of the other clans.
Kong Yingda walked up to Confucius and respectfully said, "May I ask for Sir's name?"
This was because he could sense that the scholarly aura around Confucius had already reached perfection.
This was the sign that a great Confucian had reached perfection. This great Confucian who looked even younger than him had already taken half a step into the Literary Grandmaster realm.
Once one formed their own theory, they could formally step into the Literary Grandmaster realm.
Kong Yingda felt that he could learn many things from this person who was half a step into the Wen Zong realm.
The cultivation of the Confucian school could be described as an extremely difficult process.
There were only three realms: great Confucian, Literary Grandmaster, and Literary Saint.
Rather than saying that there were three realms, it was better to say that there were only two realms.
This was because only Confucius had reached the final realm of Literary Saint.
And before becoming a great Confucian, no matter how much scholarly aura one had, they would not be able to sense it.
This meant that an ordinary scholar who had studied for decades would not be able to sense the scholarly aura in their body unless they had reached the realm of a great Confucian.
The great Confucians had not yet surpassed the limits of an ordinary person. They could frighten away ghosts and gods, and even some thieves and thieves would have their minds crumble in front of them.
However, they were still mortals.
Once they reached the Literary Grandmaster realm, they would be able to walk in the air with scholarly aura around them, and they could even trigger the Vast River.
No matter what kind of demon or ghost they were, as long as their hearts were flawed, they would not be able to escape the baptism of the Vast River.
"Kong Qiu!"
Confucius said lightly, but the scholarly aura of the entire Chang 'an City was faintly trembling.
"Sir, can you say your name again? I didn't hear it clearly." Li Yuan's eyes were a little dull. Could it be that he was too old, that he was blind and deaf, and that he did not hear it clearly?
However, everyone could hear the trembling in Li Yuan's voice.
Because it was too unbelievable, he did not dare to believe it.
The great Confucian in front of him actually had the same name as Kong Sheng.
The name of the Confucian school was not randomly chosen.
Once one had the same name as the sages, they would have to go through the torture of the sages. If they passed, they would live, but if they failed, they would never be able to absorb the scholarly aura into their bodies.
Although the sages of the hundred schools of thought had passed away, they existed in another form, which was the scholarly aura they had when they were alive, which contained their will.
"Someone actually dares to call himself Kong Qiu now? F * ck, there must be something wrong with my ears." The civil and military officials of the Hall of Supreme Harmony were all dizzy, and some even secretly pinched themselves a few times.
Crown Prince Li Jiancheng, who was standing to the side, fell on his seat.
He never thought that the old man in front of him would be called Kong Qiu.
That afternoon, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng was discussing how to deal with King Qin, Li Shimin, in his residence.
In the end, he saw his steward running to him in a panic, saying that there were four terrifying old men outside the door who wanted to see him.
At first glance, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng knew that the four of them were not ordinary people.
Because next to him was Wei Zheng, who was half a step away from becoming a Great Confucian, and he explained many things about the Great Confucian to him.
"The four people in front of me might all be Great Confucian scholars." An unimaginable conclusion appeared in Li Jiancheng's mind.
Crown Prince Li Jiancheng cleverly invited the four of them into the East Palace as a disciple.
"The four of them are all asking about the cultivation system of the Confucian school." Crown Prince Li Jiancheng did not hesitate at all. He brought the four of them into the palace without even asking for their names.
Emperor Qin, Li Shimin, was in a trance and despair. Kong Qiu! Kong Qiu actually supported Crown Prince Li Jiancheng.
"It's actually Kong Qiu!"
All the civil and military officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony stared blankly at the calm Confucius. Did this person pass Kong Sheng's test?
In other words, this person would at least become a great scholar in the future.
Silence!
A deathly silence!
In the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony, only Zhou Yang and the people from Wanjie Lou remained calm.
Kong Yingda stood in front of Kong Qiu in a daze, speechless for a long time.
The name Kong Qiu had a huge impact on people like Tang Gaozu, Li Yuan, and the others from the Journey to the West world. It was far beyond Zhou Yang's imagination.
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