Wei Guan walked out, and the smile on Liu Bian's face disappeared.

Unlike Wei Guan’s concern, Liu Bian was not so hostile to the Confucian school and was not so sensitive to the political struggle with ideological leadership, which is one of the reasons why he could use Wei Guan and others.

However, he was skeptical about whether the Confucian school could educate the Xianbei people. Wei Guan said that using Confucianism's loyalty and filial piety to turn the Xianbei people into the Han people's obedience, but he always felt that this was a bit unreliable. The reason was very simple. The Confucian school had just betrayed the court, so do you still expect Confucianism to turn the Xianbei people into obedience people who are obedient to oneself?

This is too ironic.

Liu Bian had limited knowledge of ideology, but he knew to ask others for advice. Regarding the thoughts of various schools, he had an excellent teacher and a young girl: Cai Yan. Cai Yan's father Cai Yong was an encyclopedia-style scholar, not a pure classicist. He was not only proficient in ancient and modern classics, but also had a deep study of Taoism, arts, prophecies and divination. Cai Yan had wandered around the world since he was a child, and his influence in this area was very accessible.

Liu Bian called Cai Yan.

Cai Yan stood in front of Liu Bian with a scroll of parchment in his hand, bowed and bowed, and a string of strange sounds appeared in his mouth.

Liu Bian didn't understand a word. "A Yan, what did you say?"

Cai Yan was stunned and then smiled embarrassedly: "Uh... I just said Greek. I have seen Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will be blessed by the gods of Olympus."

"You speak Greek so fluently?" Liu Bian was surprised and asked again, "No. Have you been studying Rome recently? How can you learn Greek first?"

"Your Majesty, the Romans themselves regard Greek as elegant and Latin as common words. Their scholars all like to write in Greek, and people with identities also like to talk in Greek..."

Liu Bian was very surprised. What happened? The Romans had Greece at a glance. However, he did not come to Cai Yan to talk about Greece.

"Someone suggested using Confucianism to educate the Xianbei people. What do you think?"

When Cai Yan was speaking happily, he immediately froze when he heard this. After a while, he asked, "Which stupid guy made this suggestion that he misleads His Majesty?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Confucianism is all-encompassing, and it is the essence of my Chinese civilization accumulated over thousands of years. How can I teach it to the Xianbei people?"

Liu Bian couldn't help laughing, thinking that although Cai Yan disagreed with Wei Guan's opinion, her praise of Confucianism was the same as that of Wei Guan. Even more than that. Wei Guan only believed that Confucian culture could eliminate the barbarity of the Xianbei people. It turned them into loyal ministers and filial sons, while Cai Yan praised Confucianism to the point of Chinese civilization. This was a bit scholarly. The Confucian classic that was quainted with words and dared not go beyond the line of the sage's old righteousness was Chinese civilization?

"Your Majesty. The Confucianism has classics, history, and both righteousness and wonder. Reading history can tell the rise and fall, political affairs, military affairs, and human feelings, how can it be said to be pedantic words?" Cai Yan was anxious, his face turned red, and his voice was a little loud. "If Your Majesty thinks that Confucianism is just those few dry words, then it would be a big mistake. The sage's subtle words and great righteousness need to be carefully studied, not just read them carefully. The reason why Emperor Xiaowu was able to pacify the princes in the country, fight against the four barbarians outside, and dominate the world was because he respected Confucianism alone?"

Liu Bian pondered and said nothing. He had heard Xun You say about this story before. The Confucian clan helped Emperor Wu of Han unify his thoughts, so he controlled the princes internally and attacked the four barbarians externally, especially in the war against the Huns. That war lasted for forty years. If it were not for the Han Dynasty's strong national strength, it would be impossible to say who would win and lose in the end.

"If you don't say anything else, the saint said: If there is a way in the world, you will see; if there is no way in the world, you will hide. Your Majesty is rampant in the grassland and slaughtered more than ten thousand. Will the Xianbei people think that Your Majesty has the way? If they think Your Majesty is unrighteous, or even think that Your Majesty has lost his destiny, and then he will act on the way for the heavens and rise up, then Your Majesty thinks they are helping the Confucian Sect in Shandong, or is it a little more likely to help Your Majesty?"

Liu Bian suddenly realized that in Confucianism, the emperor is the emperor, not the supreme heaven, but the son of heaven, that is, the agent of heaven on earth. If the emperor is not competent, he can be dismissed or even abolished. Such things have been done by the saint Yi Yin, Zhou Gong, and of course Wang Mang has done them.

Wang Mang's replacement of the Han Dynasty was inseparable from the support of the Confucian school.

"Instead of using Confucianism to educate Xianbei people, it is better to use Taoism to educate Xianbei people. Taoism advocates returning to simplicity and truth, and leaving me to follow others, which makes it easier to cultivate obedience to the people. Your Majesty often read "Laozi's Five Thousand Words", and you should know that Laozi's thoughts are summed up in one sentence: emptiness is the heart, the belly is solid. Just let them eat enough, and don't think about so many things. Shang Yang inherited this idea, so that poetry and books must be banned, so that the people only know two things: farming and fighting, farming will have food, and fighting will have merits, so that the Qin people can unify the world. The friendship between Chu and Han, the world will rebel, but the Qin people will not rebel."

Liu Bian understood what Cai Yan meant. Confucianism talked about education, but educating loyal ministers and filial sons was only one aspect, but it was not unconditional obedience. For ministers, if the emperor had the right, he would assist him. If the emperor had no right, he would either give advice, retreat, or even resist. Of course, such thoughts could not be taught to Xianbei people who were already wild and unchanged. Instead of using Confucianism, it would be better to use Taoism. Taoism talked about fooling the people, and the Legalist thought of fooling the people came from Taoism. Shang Yang advocated the ban on poetry and books, but when Li Si came, he directly burned books and buried Confucians and took officials as his teacher.

What are officials? Officials are not ministers. They only know specific affairs and have no thoughts. They are the tools that emperors like the most.

However, Liu Bian currently has no suitable Taoist candidate. Taoism is not a good choice to complete the education of the Xianbei people.

Cai Yan's eyes suddenly lit up: "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion that not only can eliminate the evil spirits of the Xianbei people, but also can destroy their seeds and their clans."

"What's the way, so powerful?"

"Futu." Cai Yan was so excited about his suggestion that his little face turned red with excitement, and he was indescribably delicate. "Aren't there many Futu Hu monks in Baima Temple? Futu Hu monks, like Taoist sect, advocated birth and endurance. They also asked believers to abstain from becoming monks and serve the truth with their own powers. If..."

Without Cai Yan finished speaking, Liu Bian suddenly realized. He stroked the Buddha bone on his thumb, and his smile bloomed from the corner of his eyes. That's right, compared to the Taoist thoughts of fooling the people, Buddhism is the most effective tool for fooling the people. Buddhism advocates asceticism, patience, and opposes killing. If all Xianbei people believe in Buddhism, then are they still wolves? They can only be docile sheep.

In history, for a long time, all nations who believed in Buddhism were weak. Even the Mongols who once established the Mongolian Empire lost the courage of the Golden Family after they believed in Buddhism and became the docile lamb of the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, it is more convenient to use Buddhism than Taoism. Zhi Qian and others were in Baima Temple in Luoyang. In order to get help from the court, they even offered all the Buddha's throat relics. If they were asked to go to the grassland to preach, they would definitely be willing. Compared with Taoism, Hu monks and Xianbei people from the Western Regions are easier to get along with.

"This is indeed a good idea." Liu Bian stretched out his hand, pinched Cai Yan's nose, and laughed: "I deserve ten thousand marquises."

Cai Yan covered his mouth and smiled, "When will Your Majesty grant these ten thousand households to me?"

"Don't worry, I will never go back on my word." Liu Bian was very happy: "But you have to write me a letter to tell Zhi Qian that there is a great opportunity to spread the teachings of the Buddha. Let him come quickly."

"Ye!" Cai Yan bowed with a smile, turned around and walked to the desk beside him, rolled up his sleeves and took the pen, and waved it.

After Liu Bian read it, he did not change a word and immediately sent someone to Luoyang Baima Temple.

...

Liu Bian led his army to Danhan Mountain.

As Hua Tuo said, in the battle of Baishan, the 20,000 elite troops led by Mijia were defeated, which caused a great blow to the psychology of the Xianbei people. He led more than 20,000 cavalry to escort the baggage. After hearing the news, Queju, the Changlu tribe master who followed Mijia, hesitated for a long time and finally decided to return to Danhan Mountain in the middle to defend the royal court. At the same time, he sent a letter to the king and Lianhehu tribe master Ke Ji, asking them to return to Danhan Mountain together. With only them and the remaining troops of Danhan Mountain, Queju had no confidence to defend Danhan Mountain.

Although Danhan Mountain is a mountain, there is not much geographical advantage. Tan Shihuai chose Danhan Mountain as the royal court because of the strong strength of the Xianbei people. The Han army had no choice but to attack Danhan Mountain. Knowing that he was near the Han territory, he did not have the strength to attack Danhan Mountain. With Tan Shihuai's strength, this choice was full of confidence, but now Tan Shihuai died young. Faced with the stronger Han emperor Liu Bian, the Xianbei people finally realized the shortcomings of Danhan Mountain as the royal court.

The Changlu tribe is a tribe of the Xianbei in the east, and the army led by Queju was mainly dominated by the Xianbei tribes in the east. When Tan Shihuai ruled the grassland, the Xianbei was divided into three parts. The Xianbei in the middle was controlled by Tan Shihuai himself, the Xianbei in the east was controlled by his eldest son Huai Zong, and the Xianbei in the west was mostly relatives of the second son and Lian. Tan Shihuai wanted to use his in-laws to contact the Xianbei in the East, but he did not expect that it would leave hidden dangers for the split of the Xianbei in the end. After Tan Shihuai's sudden death, he secretly joined forces with the tiger tribe of Lian and the Xianbei in the middle. In addition, the power of the Xianbei in the west was far beyond the Xianbei controlled by Huai Zong, which forced Huai Zong to commit suicide and become the King of the Xianbei.

Because of his relationship with Huai Zong, the Xianbei in the Eastern Region has been suppressed by Helian. Que Ju did not want to fight for Helian, but was attracted by the equipment of more than 10,000 Han troops. He did not want Ke Zui and others to eat up the benefits and strengthen their strength, which in turn would be unfavorable to the Xianbei in the Eastern Region. But he never expected that this war would be so troublesome. He originally thought it was a battle with a huge gap in strength and was almost certain to achieve this result.

He didn't want to follow Mijia's footsteps, and was cut bloodied by Liu Bian, and there was no need for him. Liu Bian had already returned to the west, and the Xianbei in the eastern region was safe, so he had no need to fight with Liu Bian.

For the sake of Helian? It's a joke. In Queju's opinion, if Liu Bian hadn't come and rushed to kill all the Xianbei people, he could have abandoned Helian and made a deal with Liu Bian. Now retreating to Danhan Mountain is just a temporary solution.

As soon as he returned to Danhan Mountain, Queju received a message: A monster appeared in the Danhan Mountain Royal Court, which looked very much like a legendary divine beast of the Xianbei people.
Chapter completed!