Kong Siyuan said, "During the war between the two realms, Fang Yun brought chaos to the Sage Path for the sake of Jingguo and suppressed the Zhu Clan. How could he not have committed a crime?"
"Then I would like to ask, was it me who suppressed the Sage Path first, or was it Fang Yun's counterattack? According to everyone's logic, only I can punish Fang Yun, but Fang Yun is not allowed to counterattack? In my opinion, the root of the Confucian School's disaster lies with me! If it weren't for the School of Miscellany, Fang Yun wouldn't have written that Politics, and the Confucian School wouldn't have suffered such a calamity! As such, the Confucian School should declare war on me! "
"Yingnian, your words are unreasonable! The conflict between me and Fang Yun did not affect the Kong Clan. It was only after Fang Yun established the Sage Path that the Kong Clan was affected. "
Yun Luo made up an excuse. "That's right, in Old Man's opinion, the Kong Clan should have pressured Fang Yun and asked Fang Yun to incorporate the Sage Path into the Confucian School, including Politics as part of the Confucian School's Sage Path!"
The Kong Clan's eyes lit up. This was a very good idea.
Seeing that everyone was moved, Yun Luo struck while the iron was hot. "Just like everyone else, I can already recite Confucius's classics. Whether it's the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Analects of Confucius, or the Family Sayings of Confucius, they all contain a large amount of Confucius's political discussions. As such, politics will always be a part of the Confucian School. Any attempt to separate politics from the Confucian School's Sage Path is a declaration of war against all Confucian disciples! If the Confucian School does not have a Sage Path, how will it govern the world? "
Many of the Kong Clan members' expressions changed.
Yun Luo had hit the Confucian School's weak spot.
In the deep-rooted view of the human race, each country relied on the Confucian School's various ideas to govern the world. If this was abolished, the Confucian School would no longer be able to interfere in the politics of each country, and each country would no longer need to use the Confucian School's methods.
This also meant that each country would very likely abandon the Confucian School's Sage Path!
"When Gyeongo was founded, that famous minister said that half of the Analects of Confucius would govern the world, causing everyone to follow suit. Then, where will the Confucian School go from here? Will the Divine Path of the Confucians become a source without water? "
Many members of the Kong Clan were aghast. Although Yun Luo's words were sensational and extreme, there was a certain degree of truth to them.
Unexpectedly, Kong Yingnian suddenly said, "I just happened to ask Fang Xusheng this question."
"Oh?"
Many people turned to look at Kong Yingnian. They did not expect that Kong Yingnian had already contacted Fang Yun about this matter.
Kong Yingnian smiled and said, "In the beginning, Fang Yun only replied with one sentence."
"What did he say?" Yun Luo asked with a solemn face.
"Why is it that Kong Sheng's Divine Might is vast and mighty, dominating the ten directions alone, yet he does not declare himself emperor?" Kong Yingnian repeated Fang Yun's words.
Everyone was stunned at first, but after thinking for a while, they understood most of it.
Before Kong Sheng became a Saint, he was indeed obsessed with assisting the Emperor in ruling the world. If Kong Sheng was given a chance, then Kong Sheng could indeed establish his own country and use his own ideals to rule the country.
However, after Confucius became a Saint, the situation was very different. In the eyes of the Saints, a country or a land was just so-so.
Kong Yingnian said, "According to my understanding, Fang Yun is saying that in Kong Sheng's eyes, there is no political path. He pursues the supreme path above political path. A mere political path cannot be the origin of Confucianism."
Yun Luo said, "Then why does Kong Sheng repeatedly mention political matters?"
Kong Yingnian said, "I also asked Fang Xusheng. Fang Xusheng said that if you look carefully at the 'Analects', you will find that although Kong Sheng has practical talent and experience, in the 'Analects', he did not talk about the specific path of being an official. Don't you think it's strange?"
Everyone immediately recalled the contents of the 'Analects' and found that it was as Fang Yun said. There were many contents of Kong Sheng's arguments in the 'Analects', but they were basically general and talked about in terms of etiquette, benevolence, righteousness, and so on. At most, it praised some disciples for doing well in certain aspects, but did not touch on the details.
Kong Yingnian said, "I told Fang Xusheng that this is indeed the case. Fang Xusheng said that if you think Confucianism is the path of being an official, then you are looking down on Confucianism and insulting it. Confucianism is indeed partly related to politics, but it is not political science! It is political ideology! Fang Xusheng said that the so-called political ideology is the concept of politics, the view of politics, and not the knowledge of politics. The knowledge of politics is the specific means. For example, Mohist ideology is Mohist ideology, but Mohist technology is Gongzi technology. "
Everyone suddenly realized that Fang Yun was amazing.
Yun Luo said coldly, "Fang Yun's' Politics' has already been published on the literary list. Scholars with higher literary positions can directly read it. The beginning of this book denies Confucianism and believes that the human race should abandon etiquette, benevolence, virtue, righteousness, and kindness!"
However, Kong Yingnian said, "No, no, no. Fang Xusheng said very clearly at the end that it is not individuals who should abandon etiquette, benevolence, virtue, righteousness, and kindness. It is not the human race who should abandon etiquette, benevolence, virtue, righteousness, and kindness. It is not even the monarch or the officials who should abandon etiquette, benevolence, virtue, righteousness, and kindness. Fang Yun also listed many things about various races. When a kind race clashed with a bandit race, it was usually the kind race that suffered the most. Therefore, politics, as a form of knowledge, should be measured by the interests of the people and the country when managing the people and handling external relations, and not by etiquette, benevolence, virtue, righteousness, and kindness that are difficult to use as standards. "
"In addition, the first few paragraphs are only criticizing the Miscellaneous School and some officials. They not only ignore etiquette, benevolence, virtue, righteousness, and kindness, but also the interests of the people and the human race. They are the ones who violate the Confucian Sacred Path. Fang Xusheng also said clearly at the end that 'Politics' is based on Kong Sheng's political ideology, but there are certain innovations on the basis of Kong Sheng's ideology. This is equivalent to saying that politics originates from the Confucian Sacred Path! Everyone should understand the significance of this. "
When the Kong family heard this, their expressions slowly became relaxed.
The Sacred Path of the human race had to be traced back to its roots.
At present, 'Politics' was bound to become a classic of the Sacred Path of politics in the future and was the foundation of all political knowledge.
Since the book clearly stated that politics originated from the Confucian Sacred Path and was clearly guided by Kong Sheng's political ideology, it meant that the countries still could not abandon the Kong family and Confucius.
Although the "innovations" at the end were somewhat vague, in fact, many of the political content had nothing to do with Kong Sheng and the Confucian Sacred Path. However, the Confucian Sacred Path did not care about this. They cared more about status!
As long as they had status, unless political scholars overthrew 'Politics' in the future, politics would never destroy the Confucian Sacred Path.
Everyone finally understood why the Confucian Sacred Path was not on the verge of collapse like the Miscellaneous School.
Kong Yingnian smiled and said, "I know that this family meeting was held in a hurry, and many people did not have time to read the entire book. How about this, when 'Politics' is officially published tomorrow and everyone has read it, we will hold another family meeting. How about that?"
Yun Luo suddenly felt that something was wrong. 'Politics' was a new theory, and it was the first establishment of the Sacred Path. It was the most attractive, and the content was very solid. Once the Kong family finished reading the entire book, they would definitely approve of 'Politics'.
"Everyone, if we wait until 'Politics' is published and sold everywhere tomorrow, it will be too late for the Confucian Sacred Path to make a move!"
The main hall of the Kong family fell into a short silence. Everyone was still hesitating.
At this time, the sleeping Kong family head suddenly opened his eyes and slowly spoke.
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