Shen Yi was watching Clove's performance from the Sky Fortress.
He knew very well.
Clove was suppressing the transcendent status of Confucianism in this era.
Otherwise, she could have directly taught these techniques instead of emphasizing that these "truths of the mortal world" had nothing to do with Confucianism.
However, this was also part of the guidance.
Confucianism was not the knowledge to develop civilization, but a kind of thought. It was a manifestation of the inherent thought value system in Eastern culture.
But the problem was that while Confucianism was creating a thought system, it had also exceeded its proper status as a thought theory in a civilization.
Whether it was economics, architecture, medicine, or production …
These fields that were equally important to the development of civilization were all managed and promoted by thinkers who studied Confucianism.
Let the thinkers do the work of the scientists.
It was not hard to imagine how slow the development was.
Therefore, in order to promote the development of such a civilization, first of all, Confucianism had to be pulled back to its status as a thought theory.
And now.
Kong Yingda was already somewhat disheartened.
He was the first to rush out and ask the immortals to bestow the truths of the mortal world because he thought that the truths of the mortal world were the truths of Confucianism that even the ancient sages could not understand.
But who knew that it was completely different from what he thought.
The truths of the mortal world … had nothing to do with Confucianism, morality, benevolence, and righteousness!
This was almost saying.
His life of hard work and even the teachings of the sages of Confucianism had deviated from the Great Dao!
For him, this was almost the collapse of his faith. It was a fatal blow.
However, Clove's cold voice sounded again.
"You're in despair?"
Kong Yingda suddenly looked up.
But he could still only see a pair of incomparably deep, wise, and vast eyes, so bright that it was enough to make people forget the fairy's peerless appearance.
"I've already said that if virtue does not match the position, there will be disasters. This virtue is thought, morality, and this position is the truth of the mortal world. If you were given a sickle, would you use it to work in the fields or to kill and plunder?" Clove looked down at Kong Yingda, her long hair fluttering, and her voice was indescribably ethereal.
She was indeed suppressing Confucianism's transcendent status as a thought theory.
This was because the status and number of thinkers in this period were enough to suppress or even stop the development of science.
However, he did not intend to fight them to the end.
With technology but no thought or morals, civilization would not last long.
"Yingda … is naturally used for farm work."
Kong Yingda's originally deathly still eyes seemed to have regained some color.
The fairy's words seemed to affirm Confucianism.
Confucianism taught people the six virtues, the six elements, and the six arts, making the scenery of the Central Plains different from that of the barbarians. It also had the merit of educating people.
"Just like I said before, there are no fixed morals in the world, and there are no unchanging thoughts. Virtue is the principle, and reason is the law. Therefore, how much of the truths of the mortal world can be obtained does not depend on me, but on how much of your thoughts and morals can grasp." Clove slowly looked at everyone.
Some of them lowered their heads, while others fell into deep thought.
At this point, he gave many more examples.
The meaning behind Clove's words was clear.
She separated morality from the truths of the mortal world that she spoke of.
The former was a variable, a variable that constantly changed with events, times, and results. The latter was power, a power that could bring great benefits to the people of the world.
However, without strong enough thoughts, too strong power would instead bring disaster.
Some people were already in a daze.
Some people's eyes gradually lit up.
This was not difficult for the scholars of this era to understand, especially when Clove's examples were clear enough. However, what was difficult was the impact it brought.
It was an impact on their past ideas.
Clove did not say anything else, nor did she leave, as if giving them time to accept it.
After a long time.
Kong Yingda finally opened his mouth and asked with a trembling voice.
"I wonder … what does the fairy … think of the morals of Confucianism?"
As soon as he said this, many people's faces were filled with an uproar.
It was almost as if the future of Confucianism, and even the status of the scholars of Confucianism, was given to the immortals.
If the immortals said that it was useless …
That would be a fatal blow to the entire Confucianism.
However, Kong Yingda had no other choice.
Even though the fairy emphasized morality at the end, she did not say that morality was the words of Confucianism. If what she said today spread, it would definitely be a great blow to Confucianism. Therefore, he could only hope for the immortals' approval.
Not to mention …
He also wanted to know what the Immortals thought of the faith he had in his life.
"It has its own strengths, but not enough changes." Clove's tone was still cold, and her words were concise, as if it was just an ordinary evaluation.
"Not enough changes, not enough changes …" Kong Yingda kept repeating this sentence, not knowing whether to be sad or happy.
The restriction did not refute Confucianism, but the fairy had said before that there was no fixed morality in the world, and there were no unchanging thoughts. Under the premise of this sentence, not enough change was already a severe criticism.
However … there was no way to refute it.
Because Confucianism really had not changed much in the past hundreds of years.
Everyone was constantly learning from the words of the sages.
"That's all for today." Clove suddenly said, "If you really want to know the truth of the world, you can spread the word and gather all the scholars in Chang 'an. I'll ask some questions, and if anyone can answer, I'll grant you the method of food production, and ensure that there will be no more starving people in the world."
No more starving people in the world!
That one sentence caused everyone's hearts to tremble.
In this era, food was the biggest problem for the toiling masses! Especially when there were natural disasters and man-made disasters, who knew how many people would starve to death.
If they could really increase food production to this extent, the merit would be unimaginable.
"Fairy, please ask!" Li Shimin knelt again, his body trembling.
The other civil and military officials did the same.
"Listen up …" Clove slowed down, and said word by word, "If the people of the world no longer have to ask for food and clothing, what should they ask for?"
This question shocked even Shen Yi, who was high in the air.
If people no longer had to worry about food and clothing, what should they ask for?
If it was someone from modern society, there would be many answers.
Social status, family happiness, health, spirituality, entertainment …
However, in this era …
For Clove to ask this question, it was quite interesting.
After asking this question, Clove did not wait for these people to say anything, and her body turned into motes of light and disappeared.
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