Chapter 874: The True Meaning of Laziness
In fact, there are not so many coincidences. The problems Liu Ying encountered were exactly the ones arranged by the great Confucian scholars.
The purpose is certainly not for anything else, but to maintain the orthodox status of Confucianism.
"Li" refers to the system, one of the core elements of Confucianism. The actions of the great Confucian scholars were naturally extraordinary. They did not give a direct answer, but put a realistic problem in front of Liu Ying.
Elves are a reality, military wives are a reality, even the playboys who come to the doorstep and the retired soldiers who serve as bodyguards for the wealthy families are a reality. When these factors are exposed, there must be a solution to deal with them.
That is, as the country becomes stronger, the status of other races, as well as the status of Koreans, Japanese, etc., and the status of retired soldiers should be determined.
The standard for this identification must be formulated by Confucianism. Only by grasping this source can Confucianism sit more firmly on the throne of orthodox leadership.
These great scholars did not make any deliberate plans, but just went with the flow, and an event full of coincidences unfolded in front of Liu Ying.
Everyone knows that there is a problem, but this problem is real and must be solved. From this perspective, these great scholars can be said to be concerned about the country and the people.
However, this move of theirs can be regarded as a formal declaration of war against the Legalists, and they intend to start with the legal system. Since you advocate the rule of law, let's see whose system is better.
"Teacher, our actions won't anger Chen Xi, right?" A disciple of the great scholar raised his doubts. They were observing and planned to make the next adjustment based on Liu Ying's reaction.
"Snap!" The great scholar took out his ruler with an unhappy look and slapped his disciple's palm hard.
"Teacher, please calm down. I know I was wrong!" The disciple was stunned for a moment and quickly admitted his mistake. Today's Confucianism is not the same as before. Now people would rather fight than quarrel. Looking at his teacher's muscular body, he was a little afraid.
"Fool, do you know where you went wrong?"
The great scholar sighed, wondering why he wanted to give up in that environment back then, accepting so many useless disciples, and now he had to go through the trouble of retraining them.
"I don't know!" The disciple hesitated for a moment, but still answered honestly.
"First, Chen Zichuan is the current prime minister and a great sage. How can you address him by name when you have no achievements or official titles?"
"Secondly, we have done nothing but put the reality before Your Highness."
The great scholar looked at his unenlightened disciples with a sense of melancholy. He was extremely envious of Lu Zhi's disciples, who were both governors of Yizhou and generals of White Horse. Then he looked at his own disciples and wished he could stuff them all into a blast furnace and retrain them.
Seeing his disciple seeming to understand but not quite, the great scholar became furious.
"Go back and copy the classics ten times! You are not allowed to leave until you finish copying!"
Watching his disciple walk away, the great scholar shook his head and continued to focus his attention on the excitement.
This is another calculation. If Liu Ying's performance is not good enough, they can also find two teachers for Liu Ying to instill Confucian classics.
It would be best to let Lu Zhi be Liu Ying's teacher, and the head of Confucianism would also serve as the emperor's teacher. If this tradition could be continued, the status of Confucianism would be more stable.
In fact, Chen Xi had noticed this trend. After all, his father-in-law Cai Yong was one of the great Confucian scholars and had already communicated with him openly and secretly.
However, the Confucians always adopted open strategies, or in other words, fair and healthy competition, and Chen Xi had no way to suppress them, as that would instead dampen the enthusiasm of the various schools of thought.
However, Chen Xi is happy to see it happen. When a hundred schools of thought contend, the most important thing is the word "debate". As the saying goes, the truth becomes clearer through debate. How can there be any progress without debate?
However, competition is competition. It would be terrible if it developed into vicious competition. It would then become a battle to destroy the orthodoxy, which would go against their original intention of reopening the Hundred Schools of Thought.
Therefore, Chen Xi strictly follows a red line, and those who cross the red line will be directly handed over to Jia Xu for handling.
A man's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. Ever since everyone knew that Chen Xi had handed the punishment matter over to Jia Xu, they immediately felt a lot more at ease.
Not to mention Jia Xu's infiltrated intelligence, the mere possibility that Jia Xu had murdered the prince was enough to scare them. If he dared to kill the prince, killing a great scholar like you would be no problem.
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"My dear, this is the third time our young master has come to visit us. It is your blessing that our young master likes you. Please don't be ungrateful!" said the lackey proudly.
"These are all betrothal gifts. Take them and go with my young master!"
"I refuse. Even if I die, I would rather die than marry him !" Tears welled up in the eyes of the forced elf girl, but she resolutely rejected the other party.
"Then don't blame us for being rude! Come on!" The lackey gave an order, but the guards behind the dandy boy ignored him.
The atmosphere suddenly became extremely awkward, and the lackey felt a little embarrassed. He looked back angrily, but instantly calmed down when he saw the guard's cold gaze.
He almost forgot that the people who came today were guests hired by their master, not former servants. He could only look at his young master.
"Ariel, are you really going to reject me? The boss lady can't protect you! It's your blessing to give me a concubine!" The dandy's words full of superiority silenced everyone present.
But the spectators did not think there was anything wrong with it. In this era, the Han people were superior to others, and this arrogance was engraved in their bones.
When facing Goryeo, Hu people, and foreign merchants, the Han people were always full of a sense of superiority, because the Han Dynasty was their strongest backing, and located in Luoyang, they were not afraid of any threats from outsiders.
Just as the dandy boy said, it is indeed a blessing for a foreign race like elves to marry Han people. But in other words, they also can't stand the dandy boy's evil behavior, but because the target is a foreign barbarian like the elves, no one has taken action yet.
Because the laws of the Han Dynasty protect the Han people, although these elves and barbarians do look very beautiful, they are still concerned about what they are doing.
After all, foreign barbarians are not considered human beings. This idea has been rooted in the hearts of the Han people for some time.
If it was a decent woman of the Han Dynasty, the dandy young man would have had his head beaten to pieces. In the martial Han Dynasty, and in the imperial capital of Luoyang, if a brick was thrown down, who knows what strong man might come out.
The last time the scammer ran into the Prime Minister Cao Cao, it really taught a lesson to the children of all families. Even those from aristocratic families were the same. Their behavior became much more restrained under the education of their families. After all, you never know what high-ranking official you might run into, and they don't want to take the chance.
Once the secret is revealed, it will be useless even if you know the other party. When things get out of hand, you will find that the other party's official position is higher than that of your father. Isn't this a direct betrayal?
Liu Ying was eating watermelon with great interest. She was really eating a chilled watermelon. She didn't learn much about the ability to use internal energy to fight outside the body, but she learned a lot of fancy secret techniques.
"Your Highness, this..." Mu Guiying couldn't bear to watch it anymore. She was a person who always stood up for the weak and when she saw a bully molesting a decent woman, she would punish him on the spot.
"Look again!" Liu Ying stretched out her hand to stop her and continued to watch the bloody plot with great interest.
It has to be said that this was the first time that Liu Ying had seen a dandy young man. This also gave Liu Ying more ideas in her mind, wondering whether she should go out and play more often in the future.
No, no, no, I'm not playing. I'm going on an incognito visit to discover the truest side of the people under my rule.
In fact, Liu Ying is not stupid. She has already seen the problem. The show is a script, but it is not entirely acting. It can be regarded as the essence summarized from common phenomena. Even the two leading actors don’t know that they are acting in a script.
There was no other way. Liu Ying herself had good aptitude, and coupled with the favorable resources of her status, even if she didn't practice anything, she was forced to advance to the point of having internal energy leaving the body. It was not surprising that she had spiritual talent.
Liu Ying herself has the best resources. She can ask famous teachers for advice at will. In addition, she usually comes into contact with top-notch people. Under the influence of them, her IQ naturally goes up.
The dandy boy's face was uncertain. He instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he was in a difficult situation. If he couldn't even defeat a foreign barbarian, then he would completely lose face in the Luoyang circle.
Besides, his own purpose was not very pure. He had seen all kinds of beauties. The elves looked novel and in his eyes were not as pretty as the girls in Jinyu Tower and Jiaofangsi.
He came here for the elves' handicraft technology. Although it was just a simple technology, the elders in his family had glimpsed a new system from it. This was their real purpose.
Just as no one in the aristocratic families of the past would complain about having a large collection of books, nowadays they naturally will not complain about having a large number of inherited skills in their family.
"Come on, we have to take her back today even if we have to!"
The young man in light-colored satin finally made up his mind. To be honest, he didn't know why his master insisted that he force the elf to marry him home, but now it was a matter of his own face, so he had to take action.
Fortunately, the guards following him today are retired soldiers hired by his father. Each of them is extremely powerful and can be defeated by a mere elf if he takes action!
"Let's see who dares!" The shop owner finally stood up. She had been enduring in silence because she was afraid of causing trouble for Ju Yi and also afraid of causing trouble for their elves.
But now she could no longer tolerate it. She couldn't just watch her people being taken away without saying anything. How could she lead the team if she did that?
Looking at the long sword in the proprietress's hand, the young man also became ruthless.
Privately possessing weapons is not a serious crime. The martial spirit dictates that every home these days has a sword or something.
"Come on!" the boy shouted angrily.
"Huh?" Mulan and the others were stunned when the guards made their move.
They were obviously veterans who had fought in hundreds of battles, and maybe even retired soldiers from a double-talented legion. Under the clouds that filled Luoyang, more than a dozen of them cooperated with each other and forced the elves to retreat step by step.
The fighting power of the elves is average. Those who can fight are all left on the grassland to manage the ranch and deal with ferocious beasts. The elves left in Luoyang are all old, weak and sick. They have not been in combat in Luoyang for a long time, so their fighting power is naturally pitifully weak.
However, these veterans were very knowledgeable and did not kill anyone. If someone really died on the streets, they would all be arrested by the Urban Management Team and have to wait for questioning.
As for fighting, the matter can be settled by paying a fine. If it really comes to that, they will have the advantage, because of their identities and the elves' identities.
"Everyone stop, put down your weapons!"
The two sides fought fiercely, and the urban management brigade in Luoyang arrived at the scene soon.
But they were also in a dilemma. It was their job to maintain order and protect the Han people, but as mentioned before, foreign barbarians were not considered human beings, and they really didn't know how to deal with them for a moment.
Normally at this time, a few scoldings and a lashing on both sides would be enough to end the matter.
The dandy boy is not in the right, and the elf has no status, so just mediate the matter.
But the problem is that the captain of this urban management team is a retired soldier from Xiandeng. You come to the store that Ju Yi is protecting to cause trouble. Isn't this a slap in the face of Xiandeng?
"Captain, how about we take them all back?" The team members clearly saw the captain's hesitation. This kind of thing has no legal basis and is really difficult to handle.
"But..." The captain was very hesitant. He saw further than his teammates. If he really took it back, it might be disadvantageous to the elves.
"Okay! The show ends here, and I think I understand it!" Liu Ying threw the watermelon in her hand into the void, clapped her hands and said.
At this time, she basically understood everything and also understood the approximate problem.
Seeing Liu Ying throwing away the watermelon, the great scholar who was observing secretly also laughed. This scene has just reached its climax.
"Mulan, take this and take over the command and bring everyone back!"
To the great scholar's surprise, Liu Ying did nothing and dealt with nothing.
"This is..." The great scholar frowned, but Liu Ying's next sentence surprised him.
"Let's go to the Government Affairs Office and find Chen Zichuan!"
The great scholar was stunned, then he clapped his hands and laughed.
"Your Highness is indeed a qualified monarch. No wonder even Jia Wenhe chose Your Highness!"
The great scholar was full of admiration. He had never expected that Liu Ying was so good at handling people. In fact, no matter how Liu Ying handled things, they would be inferior. The only difference was how much inferior they were.
But Liu Ying stepped out of this circle and thought completely from the perspective of a monarch.
Since a problem has arisen, she will look for someone who can solve it instead of racking her brains to figure out how to solve it herself. That is what a subject should do, not a monarch.
However, this is actually a beauty filter. Liu Ying simply doesn't want to use her brain and just wants to be lazy.
She has become accustomed to the convenience of letting other people do things when there is something to do. Chen Xi, Xun Yu, Li Ru and a series of other people have already told her through their actions that it is better to let her think about the plan herself.
It would be better to let these people draw up the plan directly, and she only needs to make the final judgment and approve the results.
