Three Kingdoms

Fei Qian stood in the peach forest and looked at the peach trees in front of him.

The peach blossoms on the peach mountains are almost ready to bloom again.

Peach trees are deciduous trees. They are bare every winter, just like lifeless dead trees. When spring gets warmer, flower buds and young leaves and teeth emerge from the tips of the branches, and then wait until the flowers bloom. At that time, the peach blossoms were even more lush than the leaves, and the trees were full of red and the green leaves became the embellishment.

"Senior sister, why do you think the master is studying and why he is willing to teach people the classics?" Fei Qian looked at the peach blossom buds and said without looking back.

Cai Yan was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Fei Qian would ask such a question when he came here.

"I once heard a saying before, which is called teaching people... well, giving people peach blossoms leaves a lingering fragrance in their hands..." Fei Qian picked an early-blooming peach blossom branch, handed it to Cai Yan and said, " I think the master must be like this too."

Cai Yan subconsciously took the peach blossom branch, seeming to remember some things from Cai Yong's lifetime, and his eyes were covered with a layer of moisture again, just like the fine dew on the peach blossom petals.

"What about you? Senior sister, why are you studying?" Fei Qian did not directly comfort him, but asked a second question.

"Me?" Cai Yan raised his head.

Fei Qian nodded: "Well, senior sister is also a scholar... Well, I think if anyone in this academy, including me, really talks about reading, I'm afraid senior sister is unrivaled. However, I want to know Why do you want to study, senior sister?"

"Why?" Cai Yan was in a daze. After being stunned for a moment, he shook his head and said, "I...I don't know..."

Fei Qian was silent for a while.

"What about these people?" Fei Qian pointed to the academy halfway up the mountain and said, "Then why do these people come to study?"

Cai Yan also looked at the academy and hesitated to speak.

In fact, Fei Qian had considered this issue as early as when he was under Lushan Mountain.

Later generations basically followed the crowd when it came to reading. It's not that there are any shortcomings in the education system of later generations, but that sentence hanging on the wall at the beginning made the initial foundation seem somewhat hollow.

At that time, the teacher pointed at the wall and knocked on the blackboard and said, look, all of you, this is the goal of your study. Then the children sitting below all looked serious and nodded in cooperation.

After returning home, the parents stared and said, you damn baby bear is not studying for your parents! Not for others! It’s for your future job, it’s for your good future!

Although what they say is different from what the teacher said, most of the children are nodding their heads in a semi-serious manner to deal with their parents, but in fact they have a pair of more confused eyes open, and most of them are longing in their hearts not to study or do those things. I have never forgotten my homework, and I don’t listen to those troublesome questions. I just want to dig holes in the sand, catch loaches by the river, and play marbles with my friends...

Reading for what?

Most children in later generations who have just received education have no idea.

Around him or them, although everyone's appearance is slightly different, most of them wear the same school uniform, attend the same classes at the same time every day, and although their parents and family conditions are different, there is no difference. There is such a big gap between the aristocratic schools, so as a child, I basically don’t feel it.

Anyway, whether you are studying or not, you have to upgrade, all the way up to elementary school, and you don’t see the difference until you reach junior high school and high school. But by that time, it is often a bit late, and it coincides with the rebellious period, hehe...

In the Han Dynasty, scholars were scholars, and the class gap became more and more obvious as time went by. Scholars could seek official positions without being worshipped. After being promoted, they could start to enjoy privileges by becoming a scholar. Then they could study again, take exams and upgrade, and then there would be More privileges…

For ordinary people in later feudal dynasties, reading can change their class. Even children understand this. Reading can lead to good food and clothing. If you don't study, you are a fool without any privileges.

Although people who study purely for personal status and power may not have such lofty ambitions and make such outstanding contributions as those who study for the sake of the nation and the country, they do not have much desire for knowledge. The difference is that even some corrupt officials in history, from a purely literary perspective, they are also the best.

Only when a person faces his own desires will he not be tempted by desires and go astray.

Cai Yan's eyes moved over. "Then general..."

"Don't call me general, call me junior brother." Cai Yan turned his eyes and just started to say, when he was interrupted by Fei Qian.

Cai Yan's eyes widened a little, flickered twice, hesitated, and finally changed his words: "...Junior brother, why are you studying?"

"I want more people to study." Fei Qian smiled lightly and said directly without any pause, as if he had thought about this issue for a long time, "Reading can be very complicated, or it can be It's very simple, but a person, a Chinese, cannot help but read. Starting from Cangjie, books have been the civilization of China. If you don't read, how can you be worthy of the ancestors who have worked hard to pass down the fire of these civilizations? "

"And there is a very interesting thing about reading..." Fei Qian turned around and pointed at the peach blossom in Cai Yan's hand and said, "Most things in the world are less and less as they are divided. For example, I gave you this peach blossom, I no longer have it in my hands, but only reading is different. No one in the world will lose that part of the book's content in their heart just because one more person understands the book. As long as the inheritance continues, this is the only thing that can be infinite. Things that are endlessly increasing…”

A word or a book does not lose its original function just because more people read it. It can still be read and understood by the next person. It is precisely because of the accumulation of knowledge that there will be a great deal of information for future generations. explode.

Cai Yan was a little stunned.

"However, scholars cannot only be Confucian..." Fei Qian continued, "Although there are currently many Confucian classics, senior sister also knows that there are actually many classics that were not Confucian at the beginning..."

how to say?

Confucianism certainly has these and other advantages, but this is the only one that is not very good. It refuses to face up to its own shortcomings and just blindly covers up and embellishes them. How else could it be said that later generations of Bangzi Kingdom inherited this shortcoming of Confucianism, and everything seemed to be manipulated in the name of their own family.

"In the pre-Qin culture, Taoism followed Mohism, and Confucianism was at the bottom. But now Taoism has retreated from the world, Legalism has disappeared, Mohism has retreated, and only Confucianism remains..." Fei Qian said, "And the current Jinwen classics tamper with right and wrong. The compilation of sacred texts, the study of ancient scriptures, quotations out of context, and prophecies and theology are all constantly attacking each other... This is not a blessing for Confucianism, but a disaster for Confucianism..."

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were many schools of thought, but Taoism, Legalism, Mohism and Confucianism were the dominant ones.

The so-called legalist theory of punishment and naming only looks at the opposite, and exercises absolute rule, exploitation and oppression of the people. This theory also accumulated the dissatisfaction of the people to its peak when Qin II came to power. In addition, the old aristocrats in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period took the lead, so The Qin Dynasty was quickly overthrown by uprisings in various places.

The Mohist school, on the other hand, only looked at the same side, gave up the struggle, and tried to persuade the two naturally hostile classes to practice mutual love based on the same identity. Naturally, such knowledge could not withstand the oppression of the ruling class, and eventually it was almost destroyed.

Confucianism is different from Taoism. It is best at clarifying right and wrong. It advocates using etiquette to control the exploitation of ordinary people so as to alleviate the struggle between classes. At the same time, it advocates benevolence and love for the people and respecting morality and probation, so as to expand the identity between classes. Compare In line with the actual needs of the current feudal society, it naturally became the preferred political guidance theory of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, there are many people among Confucians who are true Confucianists who are loyal to Confucianism. They often speak out for the people to complain about their sufferings and redress their grievances. They also often do deeds to eliminate harm and save disasters for the people, and even go so far as to destroy their families and kill their monarchs. Yan Yan directly remonstrated and asked for political improvements.

For example, the disaster caused by the Party's imprisonment started with some people, such as Li Ying, feeling that the eunuchs were causing harm to the country and causing chaos in the government, and then they rose up to resist. However, it later amplified and then went astray...

"Senior Sister, I think there is something in this world that I am afraid there is no one more suitable than you to do it..." Fei Qian looked up at the sky and said, "I wonder if Senior Sister is willing to listen?"

Cai Yan's eyes flickered a few times, his long eyelashes drooped, and he whispered: "...What...what's the matter?"

"The source is true but the difference is true, and the false is removed and the true is retained." Fei Qian said slowly, "In this world of Confucian classics, too many have been tampered with, forgotten, and devoured..."

Cai Yan was stunned for a moment, and then he didn't know what kind of emotion surged in his heart. After a moment, he slowly said: "Junior brother, are you going to reorganize Confucianism?"

Fei Qian laughed, but shook his head and said, "Confucians regard their own knowledge as their destiny, and they are clinging to the old ways. How can they allow me to criticize right and wrong? If word spreads, will the Confucian people in the world not criticize me with words and writings?"

After two to three hundred years of tireless indoctrination by Confucianism, Confucius has successfully evolved into a saint. Only then can these Confucian disciples raise their heads and proudly call themselves the disciples of saints, just like the Han Dynasty often said that they were the disciples of saints. No matter what surname there is, it belongs to the most primitive clan worship, and Confucius, the saint, is like the patriarch of the world's gentry.

What would happen in the Han Dynasty if the ancestors of a family were insulted? Even if he was hacked to death by a member of this family on the spot, the government would not punish him for murder.

Therefore, it was not advisable for Fei Qian to express any slander or dissatisfaction with Confucius, or to express his desire to surpass Confucius in later generations in the Han Dynasty, because that would not only be against Confucius alone, but also against the entire world. The foundation of clan worship hidden in the Confucian classics family is the reason why later generations are more accustomed to calling it Confucian "family".

Cai Yan frowned delicately: "Then...what does junior brother mean?"

"It's like the Xiping Stone Scripture!" Fei Qian said with a smile, "Just make another Pingyang Stone Scripture! But senior sister can indicate in it that a certain scripture is found in a certain book and was said by someone..."

Cai Yan's eyes lit up, and he immediately shook his head and said: "This...junior brother's intention is to re-renovate the schools of each school? Reinvent the Mohism method? This may cause more controversy..."

Fei Qian smiled slightly and said: "Why use the word 'family'? The world is Han, so the world's knowledge is 'Hanxue'!" If you want to improve within the original framework, there are areas that need to be modified and touched. There were too many, so he might as well scale it up, but this time, Fei Qian no longer wanted to have the concept of "home", but rather put it on the level of all China from the beginning.

It's like dividing a cake. In the beginning, there was only such a small piece, and everyone naturally had constant disputes. If there were more people, there would be fewer people. But now that the cake is bigger, even if the original proportions are maintained, it will still be better than before. Be bigger!

"Sinology?" Cai Yan murmured and repeated, "But...but I'm just a woman..."

"What about women?" Fei Qian looked at Cai Yan seriously and said, "Sister, some people look at you and only see your appearance. When your appearance is not there, they despise and abandon you, or they just want to borrow you. If your body gives birth to a child and inherits your bloodline, if you give birth to a daughter or are infertile, you will be insulted in every possible way..."

"And in my eyes, what I see is the sky full of literature..." Fei Qian said slowly, there seemed to be a hidden magic in his words, causing a faint blush to appear on Cai Yan's face, " Senior sister, you have been reading scriptures since you were a child. Not only the books in the master's house, but also the books in Piyong, Dongguan and Lantai, you have read them thoroughly! What's more, senior sister has a photographic memory. At least nearly half of the books in the Han Dynasty have been saved. Yu Senior Sister! Who dares to underestimate Senior Sister! Let him come over!"

"Pfft!" Cai Yan finally couldn't help it and burst into laughter. For a moment, she was even more beautiful than a peach blossom.

Most of what Fei Qian said was true.

Fei Qian also likes Cai Yan, but it does not mean that Fei Qian must take Cai Yan into the harem.

It is the natural instinct of every adult male to like a beautiful and charming woman, but it does not mean that when he sees such a woman, he has to use his lower body to think instead of his brain.

If this is the case, wouldn't it be like how many people in later generations are willing to spend more money to get the so-called female college female star title for services, even though they know it may be fake, as if this can mean that he has played with all the female college students. and female stars...

In the Han Dynasty, was Cai Yan's value really only used to vent his desires and have children?

In history, Cai Yan was plundered by the Xiongnu for twelve years and treated as a female slave. Naturally, she could no longer access any books, and it was impossible to continue to read to her. She had to milk sheep every day like ordinary Xiongnu women. Shearing milk, shearing sheep, cutting grass, etc. Under such circumstances, after Cao Cao redeemed them with gold, he could still remember more than 400 books he had read, and he still wrote them down without any mistakes!

Twelve years!

Most people in later generations have gone through twelve years of education, and they still have the opportunity to have continuous access to books, as well as the opportunity to use specific knowledge and memorize it repeatedly. But who can still remember those lessons recited twelve years ago? ? Not to mention that it can be written down word for word.

Not to mention others, most of the texts Fei Qian memorized in elementary school have now been returned to the teachers.

Such a Cai Yan is standing here alive. This was in the Han Dynasty, when the illiteracy rate was almost 99%, and many people only wanted to use her as...

"I will give you money, I will recruit people. If you find it inconvenient for male officials, I will recruit women!" Fei Qian said, "In the past, there were female ministers, female historians, and female cavalry. Today, there is a female doctor. Why not? If it is Cai Clan’s father and daughter’s two-stone scripture, it will definitely be passed down through the ages!”

In primitive societies, women were often engaged in work such as gathering and breeding, while men were often engaged in work such as hunting. Later, the division of labor between men farming and women weaving, and men outside and women inside gradually formed. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the division of labor between men and women was not very clear, and the status of women was not reduced too much. There are even many women whose names were seen in history books. However, later on, for some reasons, The rarer they become, the more they gradually evolve from "the difference between men and women" to "the difference between the status of men and women." Under the oppression of Confucianism, women gradually lost themselves and became obedient, and then formed the "Three Obediences". It was even written in black and white in the "Book of Rites", "A woman is one who obeys others. When she is young, she obeys her father and elder brother, when she marries, she obeys her husband, and when her husband dies, she obeys her son."

Cai Yan looked at Fei Qian blankly, the slight sadness on his face gradually disappeared, the rosy color reappeared, and his body gradually straightened up. After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind, and said proudly: "Okay ! Since junior brother said so, I will give it a try!"