Chapter 776 Tongue vs. Confucianism
Li Feng can't stand the words of the three talents, let alone the eyes of the great scholars on the side. He feels that his dignity has been seriously challenged, and he must save his dignity, otherwise he will have no face to be a man in the future.
"I admit that I am a strict and unkind person, and I am not wise to my uncle, a bastard, but I am never ambiguous on righteousness.
When you are young, you will naturally not understand that the hatred between heaven and the earth can never be eliminated, and you will not know how many civilians die under the devil's claws and plague every year. Every time, the tide of death comes from the desperate desert, how many towns and villages will be destroyed? Every time, human beings use flesh and blood to resist the flame of the undead. Your great-grandfather, my father, died in the battle against the undead.
Among the kings of the human race, I recognize the second ability to fight against the undead. No one recognizes it. Why am I so strong? It is because I want to avenge my father, so I work hard to study the tactics against the undead.
Our Li family is a family that inherits the purest power of light and carries the faith of light. Historically, there has also been an unforgettable hatred between the Li family and the local empire. The son of the Bright Emperor, who was once charmed by women in the local empire, fell from a great paladin to a death knight. In the battle of extermination, he personally cut off the head of his father, the Tianli Emperor. This is the secret of our Li family. Outsiders don't know much about it. Today, I want to tell you that I just want you to know why your grandfather and I hate the people of the local empire so much.
Among my two sons, your father's ability is far above your uncle's, which is common to the world, and I also intend to pass on the position of head of the family to him. However, he clearly knew the hatred between our Li family and the local empire, but he wanted to fall in love with a woman from the local empire, and she was also a dark priest. I locked up your father for half a year and solemnly warned him, but he didn't listen, saying that love is free and should not be restricted by hatred... Do you know how sad I am? Your father sneaked out. Six months later, he not only brought back your mother, but also your mother was pregnant with you.
With the lesson of the ancestor Tianli Emperor, and the hatred of your great-grandfather, do you think I can treat your father again as before? It is the greatest tolerance for him that I can allow your brothers and sisters to be born.
However, the tiger is poisonous and does not eat children. Your father's suicide is definitely not my intention. White-haired people send black-haired people, that pain... Well, you should also know that I sat in your father's mourning hall all day, and that day, my hair was half gray.
Once, I wanted to send your mother and your sister back to the local empire, and you were the man of our Li family. I wanted to keep you. Your mother didn't want you to stay alone in Tianqi City, so she begged me to keep her. In your sensible years, you should remember that although I was not very close to you because of your mother, I have always used your family's food and clothing. You also receive the same education as Liangyi and Sixiang. Whether it is the knowledge of Confucianism or the inheritance of the skills of my Tianqi Li family, you touch your conscience. Do I regard you as the Li family and teach you everything?
In the next few years, I was obsessed with soldiers and didn't care much about my family affairs. I passed on the position of the owner to the bastard. I was stationed in the Shahai Fortress and commanded on the front line of fighting with the dead.
When I knew about you, it was many years later. The bastard told me that he had sent your family back to the local empire. Only a loyal old servant told me about it. The bastard not only killed his own brother, but also killed your family... But at that time, everything was too late.
However, no matter what, I don't regret it. In the national righteousness, I will never give in. All the faults are caused by your father. The ancestor Tianli Renhuang taught us to preserve Tianli and destroy people's desires. Your father just can't resist human desire, so he blinded his reason. He not only hurt himself, but also hurt your mother, your sister, and you.
After saying such a thing, most of a group of scholars nodded and agreed with Li Feng's words in their hearts. In their hearts, these things occupy a more important position than anything else.
From the dean of Tianli College, a white-haired old Confucian said, "Sancai, what your grandfather said makes sense. In the choice of nature and human desire, we Confucianists must not compromise."
"Absurd, shameless..." Sancai couldn't help scolding with excitement and said, "Tianli, can Tianli kill people? Can you starve to death and play tricks on people? If this is the nature you want, you can die that day. This is not the Confucianism I know. The Confucianism I know is what my father told me. My father is strict with his mother, filial piety and his family. He does something, but does something. And what about you? Kill people with the principles of God, and still oscillating words. For the sake of your principles, can you really do nothing?
The old Confucian scolded him for being ridiculous and shameless. Obviously, he was also stunned and said excitedly, "Young man, you can eat food indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense. If we Confucianists want to understand the way of heaven, we need to eliminate selfish desires and break the gap to make ourselves the same as the universe. If you don't understand these truths, don't talk nonsense, or you will laugh generously and lose more than just your face.
Sancai is not an ordinary green onion. He usually doesn't behave very well, but now he is provoked to anger, but he quarrels with others. He said, "Remove selfish desires? If eating is a selfish desire, and eating and drinking into a pig hinders your way of heaven, then you can not eat. If marital love is a selfish desire that hinders your way of heaven, then you don't have to reproduce. Do you want to make everyone ruthless? Desire, a machine without appetite? Besides, who stipulates that Confucianism must be aware of the way of heaven?
The old scholar's mouth moved and wanted to say something to refute Sancai, but he couldn't say one, two or three.
A great Confucian next to the old Confucian couldn't stand it and said, "Young man, everything has to be divided into two. This normal diet and reproduction is the instinct of biology. What you are talking about is excessive diet and indulgence. Moreover, in our Confucianism, science is only a very small branch, just a kind of learning. The middle way inherited by the Most Holy Master is to teach us to avoid going to extremes when doing things and learning, and to pursue the integration of everything.
This great Confucian is obviously not a Confucian. What he said is very pertinent. He nodded and said, "This senior is right. The way of moderation and the way of loyalty and courtesy are the way to pass down from our most holy teachers of Confucianism. And this saying that there is heavenly reason and desire to destroy people is obviously extreme, which is not correct.
Although my parents are united because of love, although they are untimely, they have nothing to do with the way of heaven. Therefore, if someone kills him, they will slander him with the set of sayings of preserveing heavenly principles and destroying people. I absolutely do not allow him.