Chapter 43 Nine, a generation of Confucianism Xun Yu died of regret

On the Yuxian Hall of the Xun Mansion, the cigarettes in the golden stove are like a straight blue line, slowly rising into the air, and like a sword holding the sky, they condense and never disperse. Xun Yu, who looked a bit haggard, looked at the cigarette quietly, but his eyes were clear and bright, and the thoughts in his chest seemed to be floating in the sky that could not be seen from the top, and he was too far away from the world of fireworks. Half a month ago, Dong Zhao, an admonishing doctor, suddenly broke into the Han Palace and presented to His Majesty the memorial of the prefects and governors of forty-five prefectures and counties in the Central Plains, as well as twenty-eight famous scholars and officials, who recommended Prime Minister Cao as the Duke of Jin. , All of a sudden, there was an uproar in the small court of Xu Capital City, which was as flat as a mirror.

As the matter intensified, more and more courtiers, celebrities and generals followed suit, handing out one after another push and wear watches.However, the Xun Mansion, which used to be crowded with visitors and crowded with visitors, has become deserted day by day.Xun Yu was exhausted physically and mentally, and could not fight anymore, so he said he was sick at home and could not recover. Why did this happen?Xun Yu sighed deeply, Cao Cao and the huge force behind him finally tore off all disguises and stretched out their hands to snatch the divine cauldron of the Han Dynasty. In the end, it is difficult for the few leaf boats in this turbulent situation to control.Do I really want to watch the Han Dynasty walk into the grave step by step?He closed his eyes, and a tear trickled down his cheek.

At this moment, with a sound of "squeak", the hall door was slowly pushed open.A gust of cold wind rushed in through the door, swept across the hall, and immediately blew the straight cigarette into a mess. Xun Yu slowly opened his eyes on the couch, and looked towards the entrance of the hall.I saw a servant standing by the door with his hands down, saying in a respectful voice: "General Duzhi Zhonglang and the military priest of the prime minister's mansion, Ma Yi, came to see Lord Xun Ling." "General Duzhi Zhonglang and Sima Yi, the military priest of the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Xun Yu was slightly taken aback, and said to himself, "Does this old man think that he is now the deputy head of the Prime Minister's Mansion or Dong Cao? ...Forget it, let him in!"

The servant listened and took the order to go. Not long after, a familiar sound of footsteps approached slowly.At the entrance of the hall, Sima Yi lowered his head and raised his eyebrows, and stepped in respectfully. "Mr. Sima is a big celebrity in the prime minister's mansion, and he condescended to come to my Xun mansion today," Xun Yu said coldly after he took a seat on the left side of the hall, "You are such a rare guest, I would The hall in the Xun Mansion is too small, I'm afraid it won't fit you!" "Teacher Ling Jun! You talk about students like that. The students are ashamed!" Sima Yi knelt down on the ground with tears in his eyes and said, choking, "You will always be the teacher of the students. Will not forget that."

Xun Yu glanced at him coldly, and said slowly: "Hehehe... It seems that you, a young man of Confucian origin, still haven't forgotten the word 'teacher' in 'Heaven, Earth, Monarch, Parent and Teacher'—then , the old man asks you, you have been taught by me for several years, and you have learned something. Why did you arbitrarily connect with the prefects and governors of forty-five counties and counties to promote Cao Cao as Duke Jin at that time? At that moment, where did you put your "loyalty" to the Han Dynasty?" Sima Yi fell on the ground, and after a long while, he slowly replied: "Since the eunuchs' chaos in government, the troubles of the party, the troubles of the Yellow Turban, and the rebellion of Dong Zhuo, the Han Dynasty has collapsed and ceased to exist. Today's' The Great Han Dynasty was originally just a soulless body erected by Prime Minister Cao and you together! People all over the world only remember that Prime Minister Cao and you saved them from the dire straits, but they can’t forget that it was Emperor Huan and Ling Ling. At the time of the emperor, the court was out of order, and the world was in chaos, so they lost their wives and children, and they were left homeless, crying and complaining! May I ask, is such a Han family worthy of their loyalty?"

"You...you..." Xun Yu blushed when he heard Sima Yi's tricky answer, and retorted coldly, "Although Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling lost their virtues in the world, the Han Dynasty itself has not lost their virtue." Dao! Those who attain the Dao will prosper, and those who lose the Dao will perish. We have tried our best to bring the Great Han Dynasty out of chaos and return it to Dao. Today, Your Majesty is wise and benevolent, and can be called a benevolent monarch. I believe that as long as time is given, the Han Dynasty will be able to rejuvenate, and the world will be rejuvenated. Returning to the prosperous age—then why do all the people in the world complain?"

"Mr. Ling Jun, His Majesty is certainly a wise and wise king today, but he is weak in culture and lacks in martial arts. How can he sweep away the filth and the world, and bring all the wastes into harmony?" Sima Yi said slowly and bluntly, "And Prime Minister Cao is wise and powerful, Wisdom and courage are invincible, he is the real hero of life! This time, so many people support him as the Duke of Jin and give him gifts, which proves that he is indeed the destiny and the aspiration of the hearts of the people. Moreover, Prime Minister Cao did not miss the old grudges, and returned to the The imperial court requested you to be granted the title of "Marquis of Yingchuan County" in an extraordinary way. The title is only half a rank lower than that of the Duke of the country. You have nine counties, 160,000 households in the township, and the privilege of establishing a government and building your own bureaucracy. Specially sent students to come here to report. The students implore the teacher to reconcile with Prime Minister Cao on this point!"

"Hahaha... Sima Zhongda! After all, you have come to be Cao Cao's lobbyist blatantly!" Xun Yu smiled heavily, covered his chest, coughed a few times, and then said, "If the old man is greedy for power, In the heart of love, you are a mere "Yingchuan County Marquis" with 160,000 households, how can you be in the eyes of this old man? Cao Mengde is not the only one who is a hero in the world! If this old man has his ambition, I'm afraid there are some places that are more subtle than what he is doing now! "However, the reason why I don't want to do such a great rebellion is that I can't bear to break the Confucianism and etiquette that have been maintained forever! I ask you, Cao Cao will be the Duke of Jin today, and he will stand in place of the Han in the future. Then, on his behalf The establishment of the Han Dynasty is for disloyalty. Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are the lifeblood of the country. Can he do it by committing treasonous things and forcing others to be loyal to himself? As Confucian scholars, how should you solve this problem?"

"This...according to the students, since 'loyalty' cannot be used to rule the world, then 'filial piety' should be used!" Sima Yi bowed his head in thought for a while, and finally answered. "Hehehe... If loyalty does not exist, how can filial piety be attached? The 'filial piety' you talk about is just a small way of filial piety! You and other aristocratic families don't read the word 'loyalty', but only observe the word 'filial piety', it must be Disregarding the Dao and only seeking to preserve the family, prosper the family, and have no integrity! In the future, if you are a deep patient in the country, you must be an aristocratic family who entrusts the name of filial piety to the outside and seeks selfishness inside!" Xun Yu's eyes brightened Like a bright candle, Sima Yi stared at him so fiercely that he dared not raise his head, "Oh! The collapse of the Han Dynasty and the death of the Cao family can be seen today! That's it! That's it! You just go and write your favorite list, and I will defend myself." My word for 'loyalty'...you go!"

When Sima Yi heard Xun Yu's decisive words, his eyes became hot, and tears rolled down immediately.He choked up for a while, then sobbed and said: "The student came here today not just to persuade you to make peace with Prime Minister Cao. The student has nothing else to say at this moment, but just wants to remind Teacher Ling Jun of one thing. Seven years ago, Dong Guiren, the daughter of Dong Cheng, was killed by Prime Minister Cao because of the clothes belt edict. His Majesty is begging and begging to save her. At that time, Empress Fu was secretly afraid when she saw this, and secretly wrote a letter to her husband Fu Wan saying that she was Prime Minister Cao. It was 'Dong Zhuo was reborn, domineering'. At that time, Prime Minister Cao had already spied on the indecent words in Empress Fu's secret letter. However, he kept his mouth shut until last month, when he sent the father-in-law to Fu. The whole family of Empress Fu and Empress Fu were imprisoned and prepared to be punished, even the two princes born to Empress Fu have not been spared. It can be seen that anyone who slightly blocks the way of Prime Minister Cao will be brutally murdered The disaster of destroying the family! Teacher Ling Jun must think twice about this matter! ——Nowadays, the students say nothing about it, and they only want the teacher to live a safe life. Farewell!"

He slowly wiped away the tears on his face, bowed his body and stepped back without raising his head. At this time, I saw Xun Yu's expression froze, and he shouted: "Wait a minute!" Sima Yi raised his eyes, straightened up in response, and asked in surprise, "Mr. Ling Jun changed his mind?" Xun Yu's complexion was iron, he waved his hands, gasped heavily, and said word by word: "Take what the old man said back to Cao Cao, the way of heaven is reincarnated, and it goes round and round, how can you abandon virtue and gain power?" And the one who wins for a long time? Today you take my room, tomorrow he will take yours. The strong will win, and the weak will lose. When will it end? After all, it is the reincarnation of the five elements, and the fisherman gains nothing! This man Shi Jiangshan, the Cao family won it with strength, but can they always defend it with strength? At that time, the Cao family will regain the word "loyalty" and win the crown after bathing in monkeys. I am afraid that it will be difficult to win the blessing of heaven and man!" Sima Yi listened quietly, was silent for a while, and then softly replied: "The student will remember what you said." But he thought to himself, how could Cao Cao not understand Xun Lingjun's words?It's just that he is in power at the moment, looking down at the world, thinking that no one is invincible, even if these words are recited in his ears every day, it is like a spring breeze blowing, nothing hurts.He secretly sighed, let time test whether Xun Lingjun's words are right!You may also see this result yourself... When he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw that Xun Yu had softened his face, looked at him calmly with a smile, and said to himself gently: "Zhongda...you have worked so hard to deal with the Han and Cao families, you come here today Seeking to see the painstaking efforts of being a teacher, as a teacher, I can also understand... Sigh! I hope you don’t mind if I lose my temper and criticize you for a while. In this troubled world, there are indeed too many ties that make it difficult for us. Make your own ambitions...But you can't all be like the Nanyang hermit Hu Zhao, who is independent from the world and lives in seclusion, right? Isn't there no one to shoulder the heavy responsibility of bearing humiliation and helping the world and the people?" Hearing Xun Yu's eloquent speech, Sima Yi was so moved that he choked up, fell to the ground, tears streaming down his face, and just murmured: "Ling...Mr. Ling Jun...you...your words It really goes deep into the heart of the students... Thank you, students..." "My Confucianism has been respected by all dynasties from ancient times to the present. There are only two strengths. One is to use the power of power to save the crisis and the drowning, and the other is to use the effect of character and integrity to arouse the turbid and clear. These two are like birds. The two wings of the car, the two wheels of the car, complement each other." Xun Yu raised his eyes to look at the wisps of green smoke rising from the golden furnace, and while panting and coughing violently, he said intermittently, "Zhongda, with your sky Even if you are a genius, you will be able to make Confucianism great in the future, clarify the kingly way, and be praised by future generations. Looking around today's world, like Yi Yin and Jiang Shang, whoever can promote my Confucian strategy will definitely be you in the future. And Just like Boyi and Shuqi, those who can set me up for Confucian character and integrity, but now I have to do my part as a teacher..." At this point, he suddenly opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood was spurted out, splashing red spots all over the table.Suddenly, his body froze, and he fell backwards straight! "Teacher Ling Jun!" Sima Yi was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses in an instant. While scrambling up and down the hall to rescue Xun Yu, he burst into tears, "Come here! Help Teacher Ling Jun!"