In late September of the lunar calendar, the sun shines brightly, and the airflow from Siberia ruled the Yellow River Basin in Asia. There was no trace of moisture in the air, leaving only a cold cold.

Outside Xudu City, a huge circular site rose from the ground, more than ten meters high and more than two kilometers deep. Around the site are a circle of high platforms made of brick, stone and cement, step by step, up one by one, with a total of 6636 floors, each floor is half a meter high, which is exactly where one can sit down the steps, surrounding it, looking down at the circular site in the center.

In the center of the circular venue, there is a platform about two meters high, about a hundred meters square. Above the platform, there is another one or two meters high platform, three or four meters square, which is exactly the location for a speech or awarding event. Standing here, shouting loudly, sound waves spread everywhere, and when they encounter the surrounding ring walls, it will gather again, which will have the effect of natural gathering of sounds.

This is the dojo built by Li Zhe specifically for the Taoist Conference. The entire building can accommodate tens of thousands of people. The architectural style imitates the circular building of the ancient Roman Arena, taking into account the ornamental factors and practicality. It is completely an ancient version of the theater!

Standing on it, looking around, countless controversial eyes gathered, as if facing the whole world. It was vast, solemn and far-reaching.

At this time, there were already crowds of people, bustling with people discussing the truth, and eloquent voices came in endlessly.

"People are the best, and calligraphy is like it. The heavens hold the image of the text and the divisions are distributed, and the calligraphy is like the movement of the heavens." (The Book of Documents sets words on behalf of the heavens, which is the will of the heavens, so what they say is the eternal and unchanging truth)

"In the past, the sage established the universe and Kun to govern the heaven and earth because of the yin and yang. The body is born from the invisible, and the universe is born from the invisible. Therefore, it is said: There is Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, and Taisu. Taiyi is not seen. Taichu is the beginning of qi. Taishi is the beginning of form. Taishi is the beginning of form. Taisu is the beginning of quality. Qi is the beginning of qi. Taisu is the beginning of quality. Qi is the form and quality but it is not separated, so it is called Hunlun. Hunlun means that all things are mixed together but not separated.

"Otherwise, Confucians respect the law and the ancients, how can they speculate on themselves? What you say is false. It is not done by the Son of Man, and the great righteousness of the ancestors is all defiled by you!"

"No, it's not! You are the great clues, and you are incomparable. Things in this world change and time change, how can there be those who will not change in all ages? Since there is a sutra, there must be latitude. Weft is the tributary of the sutra, and it will be derived from the meaning of the sutra. If there is no latitude, how can we know what the wise said to me are used for my time?"

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All kinds of debates were extremely intense. On the first day, the Taoist Conference entered a white-hot state. There were two major schools of classical learning in the world. The modern literary school and the ancient literary school almost met, and they started to face each other in the conference.

The ancient literature school refers to the academic school that uses the Confucian classics that unified China before Qin Shihuang and studied ancient literature and classics. It originated from Liu Xin and inherited from Jia Kui, Ma Rong, and passed on to Lu Zhi, Song Zhong and others. It was already in a vast situation and began its path to conquer the world's classical and artistic thoughts. Today, the Guanxi School is the most orthodox, and Sima Hui and Song Zhong from Jingzhou are all heirs of this school.

The modern literary school is the mainstream of Han Dynasty classics, referring to a school formed by the study of Confucian classics between the Han Dynasty. Its appearance needs to be traced to Qin Shihuang's ideological policies. Its theoretical character is very creative and free to be expressed when interpreting the scriptures, and it is full of religious theology, serving the ruler class. This is a unique manifestation based on the academic atmosphere between the Han Dynasty. In particular, Dong Zhongshu's Gongyang Chunqiu Studies is the most accomplished among them.

Before that, the popular behavior of the modern literary school, Confucianism gradually occupied the mainstream and made great contributions, and it was the most popular. However, its combination with religious theology was too close, and it was too casual when making latitude, which greatly affected the seriousness and orthodox nature of Confucianism. By the end of the Han Dynasty, it had gradually been promoted to the simple style of ancient texts and Confucianism, which was praised for the simple style of pre-Qin.

By the end of the Han Dynasty, the emergence of Zheng Xuan, a master of Confucianism, mixed with hundreds of schools of thought, became the first-class, and had a tendency to be unified. However, the spread of his ideas had not yet formed the mainstream and was still in its infancy. This was the situation of Confucian scholarship at this time.

No matter when, the dispute over academic Taoism has nothing to do with real scholars! Therefore, the Taoist Conference was not long since its beginning, and it became a battlefield for ancient classics and bronze classics. The atmosphere was so intense that it was like being in a furnace even in late October.

At this time, the debate had been held on the stage for more than half a day, and all parties took turns to show their talents, talking endlessly and spreading their opinions! At this moment, it was Master Zheng Xuan's favorite disciple Guoyuan, Guan Ning, Song Zhong and others who debated. In the momentum, suddenly there was a lot of joy at the entrance of the circular dojo.

Everyone was dissatisfied. When they heard the sound, they saw bells and drums ringing at the gate. A guard of honor drove over. The front team rode horses, four horses in a row, and walked slowly in small steps. The people and horses were all in heavy armor and were riding guns. They were shining brightly and extremely majestic.

Behind were infantrymen, but the armor on their bodies was even more exaggerated than the knights. They covered themselves up and down without showing any figure. They were also a vicious mask on their face, with only a pair of eyes exposed, holding a large shield, giant axe and heavy hammer in their hands, like a fierce and murderous aura, rolling in their murderous aura.

After this team, another team of graceful palace maids and close servants passed, and finally a dragon chariot appeared at the end of the team, reaching two levels. Eight divine white horses were pulled and slowly drove in. It turned out that it was Li Zhe, the king of the Heavenly Master, who arrived!

This is the formal ceremonial war for Li Zhe to travel now, with a total of more than 400 horses and more than 1,500 people. This is still a reduced-profile equipment when not traveling far away. If you travel far away, it would be even more exaggerated and tedious. By this time, Li Zhe's various treatments were completely compared with the emperor, without any scruples.

As soon as Li Zhe appeared, the attention of the whole field immediately changed. Everyone knew that Li Zhe himself was a scholar of heaven and man, and was also an amazing master. The universe and star theory published in the early stages was published and published, and the previous undescribable thoughts were a work that shocked and changed people's hearts. The profoundness and greatness of the ancient sages were not as good as those of the ancients.

In society, many people have spontaneously studied their works, forming a craze for kingly studies and becoming an unstoppable momentum.

Now that Li Zhe is here, would he also want to extend his strengths?

Thinking of this, everyone was immediately excited.

Sure enough, after Wang Jia circled around the field for a while, the dragon chariot finally stopped by the high platform. After Li Zhe got off the car, he headed straight to the high platform and climbed up the steps.

At the end, on the central high platform, the body was unfolded. Although it was one person, it was full of heroes in the temple: "Everyone! I was alone in the palace and heard the speeches of all the masters. Xudu had thousands of people all over the streets, and they all turned to the Tao. I feel so comforted by myself. I am not alone!"

When everyone below heard this, they nodded and admired. No matter how arrogant Li Zhe was when he first started, since he moved into Xudu, he has made the system of the imperial examination, changed the military system, and established favors. He has also published books with his own hands to promote education. His methods have become more and more stable, and he has shown the momentum of a great power that is indifferent to the flow of rivers and seas. As a king, it seems that there are more people looking forward to it than many princes at this time!

"But..." Unexpectedly, Li Zhe paused and the strange peak was prominent.

After hearing this twist, everyone below immediately felt his heartbeat in the air. Could it be that this guy would make something wrong today?

"I look at the academics and Confucianism in the court and the country, and have become unified, Legalists, Mohists, military strategists, and famous masters... In the pre-Qin period, the various schools of thought were so brilliant that even the Master was just one of the origins of all kinds, but now they are all dim and withered, becoming a silence of thousands of horses. Alas! Master, who does not lament, whistle!"

"We are the descendants of Yan and Huang, who have inherited the reigns of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and have received the mercy of the ancestors. To this day, there is only one Confucian in the world. Since then, we have been quarreling all day long about the division of ancient and modern literature, and we are not ashamed! Are there only these Confucian scholars left in China now? The Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, military strategist, famous scholar, Yin and Yang family... many Chinese remnants have disappeared? After thousands of years of history, there are only a few Confucian scholars today. It is sad and lamentable! The Liu family has caused great disaster!"

Li Zhe gritted his teeth and blurted out the words that immediately woke up the audience. What does Li Zhe mean? Now that Confucianism is the mainstream, it has been a fact that hundreds of years. After being suppressed, the various schools of thought have gradually declined and become the end of the people, which is also the norm in society today. Is Li Zhe going to reverse the world today and then mention the controversy among the hundreds of schools?

Back then, it was the chaotic times of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and wars were endless among all countries, withering the world and suffering from the people. The ancestors of the sages each made an opportunity to express themselves, depicting the truth of the world, and seeking a way out for the people in the chaotic times, so that the hundreds of schools of thought were prosperous. Now, after hundreds of years of unification, the scholars on earth have long been accustomed to the situation of unification, and have the prosperity of Confucianism. Does Li Zhe want to return to the unordered world now?

It is absolutely not feasible! For a moment, all the scholars were aroused the ambition of defenders. Even if Li Zhe was a king of the human world, his authority was uncontrollable, he would have to defend him and he would never let Li Zhe mess up the prosperous age of Confucianism! Such thoughts occupied the mainstream in the arena for a time, and the whole field was once powerful and had a solemn momentum.

Of course, in the dark, I don’t know how many people are secretly happy for Li Zhe’s deafening words. How could the remaining veins of the various schools of thought in China be so easily cut off?

"I am here today, but I am here to promote my Tao. Here, I am not a king or prince. You only regard me as an ordinary scholar!"

Li Zhe's voice continued to come, but most of the people below felt: Humph! Fake!

Li Zhe's thick and long voice came quietly in the temple again, and he grabbed everyone's hearts in one fell swoop.

"The lonely way is called the way of heaven. It encompasses everything and everything in the world is determined!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and reward (this website) and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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