It could be seen that everyone, including Kong Yingda, was quite satisfied with this answer.
It wasn't amazing, but they couldn't find any fault with it.
However, this time, they were going to be disappointed.
"You didn't answer the question."
Clove's cold voice sounded. The expressions of Kong Yingda, Li Shimin, and the others suddenly stiffened.
"I've already extended my words, but your answer is still misunderstood. That is, the truth of the world is morality, wisdom, and ability."
"I hope the fairy can explain clearly." Kong Yingda was dumbfounded. Wasn't this the truth?
"Morality, wisdom, and ability vary from person to person, from event to event, and from cause to effect. How can they be summed up by reason? The truth of the mortal world I'm talking about only represents two words — —" Clove paused for a moment, then said heavily, "Strength!"
Most people in this era thought that knowledge was morality.
Wen Tianxiang of the Song Dynasty said this.
Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, and only when righteousness is done is benevolence. What did one learn from reading the books of the sages? From now on, the commoners have a clear conscience!
It meant that reading the books of the sages was to learn benevolence and righteousness. After learning it, there was almost nothing to be ashamed of.
This point of view ran through almost the entire ancient East.
But in fact, morality had nothing to do with knowledge.
It was just as Lilac had said.
Morality, wisdom, and ability had different sayings in different times, different things, and different results. It was related to the characteristics of civilization, but had nothing to do with the strength of civilization. Even those powerful alien civilizations followed many rules of behavior that were simply immoral in the eyes of human beings.
And these words.
To everyone's ears, it was like a roaring explosion.
Especially Kong Yingda, who was trembling all over at this moment.
The truth of the mortal world that the fairy spoke of was actually just strength?
What was strength?
In this era, strength was only power and force.
But these things didn't occupy much of a position in Kong Sheng's words.
If it wasn't the fairy who said this, then they would definitely be labeled as militaristic.
Even now.
Kong Yingda also raised his head, trembling all over as he looked at Clove.
"Yingda dares not to agree with the fairy's words."
As the leader of this generation of Confucianism, Kong Yingda still had some faith in it.
It hadn't reached the point where some people in the later generations were just full of sages' words and did all sorts of absurd things.
These words caused many people's expressions to change slightly. Li Shimin even turned his head and was about to berate him.
This was an Immortal!
The immortals didn't even say if they wanted to pass down the truth of the mortal world. How dare you question it?
However, Li Shimin opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Clove had already muted the room. Only the person who was answering her could make a sound.
To everyone's surprise, Clove didn't criticize or get angry. Instead, he praised him.
"Not bad. You have the courage to question."
Kong Yingda also heaved a sigh of relief.
Doubting immortals indeed required courage.
"I have a plow."
After Clove finished speaking, specks of light gathered in front of everyone, forming the image of Qu Yuanxian, slowly rotating, lifelike.
"Compared to the long, straight plow that you use, it is more flexible and saves energy. It can greatly increase the speed of cultivation. Do you think that this thing has something to do with morality?"
Everyone's eyes were wide open.
Most of the people here had never been to the fields, but everyone could understand what it meant if this Qu Yuanxian could really greatly increase the efficiency of cultivation.
It meant that it could also greatly improve the new fields!
In this era, what limited the total production of crops was not the number of fields, but the number of laborers.
After all, there were only so many people and cattle.
Some officials even breathed heavily, staring at Qu Yuanxian in front of them, as if they wanted to memorize every structure. Li Shimin was even more excited and shocked. He never thought that the immortal had already taken out such a treasure that was beneficial to farming before she agreed to pass down the truth of the mortal world.
Kong Yingda, however, focused his attention on the question and answer that Clove said.
This thing could increase the efficiency of cultivation, but did it have anything to do with morality?
His face turned red.
In the end, he could only say, "Of course it has nothing to do with it."
What did the use of artifacts have to do with morality?
"I also have a method of refining salt, which can turn poisonous mineral salt into non-poisonous table salt. Does this method have anything to do with morality?" Clove raised her hand again, and a process appeared in front of them. That was the process of refining mineral salt.
Dissolution, filtration, brine production, crystallization …
At this moment.
Not to mention the others, even Kong Yingda breathed heavily, staring at the scene in front of them.
The method of refining salt!
If people did not eat salt, they would die! In this era, the price of salt was even more expensive than meat!
But the method of refining salt in front of them could actually extract table salt from mineral salt?
"It has nothing to do with it, of course it has nothing to do with it." Kong Yingda's voice was already trembling.
The method of refining salt should be able to be classified as a miraculous skill, and had nothing to do with morality or etiquette.
But, did he dare to say that it was not important?
Once this method of refining salt was revealed, it directly solved the problem of salt shortage for tens of thousands of people, saving countless people who had died because of salt shortage!
"I have a method of breeding, which can increase the yield of rice by several times per mu; I have a method of breeding livestock, which can increase the number of chickens, ducks, cows, sheep, and other livestock; I have a method of weaving, which can make people in the world wear embroidered clothes; I have a method of building houses …" Clove's cold voice rang in everyone's ears.
Following her narration, one scene after another appeared before everyone's eyes.
There were golden paddy fields, cows and sheep everywhere, pieces of embroidered clothes, and tall, sturdy buildings.
When all of these were added together, it was a scene of prosperity that was beyond imagination!
And Clove's final question followed.
"Does this have anything to do with morality? Does it have anything to do with the words of the sages that you have read? "
Everyone was trembling, and the scholars were trembling even more violently.
Kong Yingda was on the verge of fainting.
None of the things that the fairy had given had anything to do with the words of the sages, or with what they had learned in their lives. But, each of them could bring great benefits to the Tang Empire, to the people of the world, and to everyone.
Li Shimin was also on the verge of fainting!
But he was not trembling out of fear.
Rather, it was out of excitement, out of agitation!
He stared fixedly at the scenes before him, as if he could already see these scenes appearing in his Chang 'an, his Tang Empire, and his world.
Unparalleled prosperity!
This was an unprecedented and unparalleled prosperity!
And his name, his achievements, would accompany this unparalleled prosperity, forever engraved in the long river of history. Not even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors could compare to him!
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