Chapter 13: Covering the hand and turning into a human being
Xuanjing City, Zhuangyuan Building.
A group of scholars gathered together to look at the ancient books that had caused shock in the world recently.
Since the ancient books appeared a few days ago, bookshops in the city have been printing more copies all the time. Even so, the books published are in short supply. These scholars also managed to buy a few volumes today, so they invited a group of friends to enjoy them together.
"The best thing is like water. Water benefits all things without any competition. Wonderful, wonderful!"
"Tao gives birth to one, gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. With just a few words, you will feel infinite mystery after reading it. This sutra is really extraordinary!"
"In my opinion, these three thousand words are worth all the articles I have read before!"
"I feel the same way!"
"No, no, no, in my opinion, the sophistication of that volume of "Yi" is even higher than that of "Daode". Although the text is obscure and difficult, every word seems to contain the most important principles of heaven and earth."
"That's it. Heaven is moving vigorously, and a gentleman strives to constantly strive for self-improvement! Let us express our generation's aspirations!"
The scholars were discussing enthusiastically, looking as if they were intoxicated.
At this moment, one of them suddenly sighed and said: "I didn't expect that such an exquisite text would be buried deep underground for thousands of years without anyone knowing about it. Every time I think about this, I feel sad!"
These words also aroused the echo of everyone.
"Yes, my teacher loved reading the most when he was alive. If he could read these volumes of scriptures, I don't know how happy he would be."
"In the past, all the scholars in the world were unlucky if they could not read this scripture!"
"But, are these scriptures really written by predecessors, lost due to wars, and had to be preserved in ancient tombs in fragments? I look at "Nanhua" and "The Analects of Confucius", and none of the people and things in them are recorded in the history books." Everyone asked. In the middle, a voice sounded a little abrupt.
Everyone was silent for a moment, and then they came to a firm conclusion.
"It must be so. There is absolutely no way anyone can forge such words today. The existing history books only cover a history of nearly three thousand years. Three thousand years ago, there were basically no detailed records. I think these classics are products of that time."
"I heard that the ancient school of thought once said when meeting the saints that in ancient times, hundreds of schools of thought contended, and the classics that were born were as countless as the stars in the sky. The few volumes of scriptures we read now are just an insignificant part of them. "
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of exclamation in the restaurant.
"This is happening!"
"When I think that there are still so many classic articles buried deep underground and never seen in the world, I feel extremely heartbroken and can't sleep at night!"
"I wonder what the other classics look like."
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"But after all, these ancient books are hidden deep in various ancient tombs. According to the ancient school, it is really against human ethics to excavate ancient tombs and search for lost classics."
The scholars instinctively wanted to echo, but when they thought about the countless classic articles still waiting to be discovered underground, their tone became less determined.
"Didn't the leader of the Ancient Visiting School say that what they are doing is protection and rescue excavation. It is not an act of destruction."
"Yes, I heard that every time they excavate an ancient tomb, they don't destroy it like tomb robbers in the past and only take gold and silver. Instead, they carefully take out all the objects and keep them properly one by one. If there is any damage, there will be a dedicated person responsible for repairing it. ”
"Indeed, it cannot be simply compared with a tomb robber."
However, there are still many people who hold objections.
"It's just a nice thing to say. What's the difference? Who of you here doesn't have ancestors? How would you feel if your ancestor's tomb was excavated like this?"
"The river must not be opened at this time, otherwise the disaster will be endless. We will try our best to dissuade him."
"exactly."
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Others did not express their opinions and acted as peacemakers.
"The Holy Emperor and the ministers of the DPRK must have made judgments on this matter long ago, so we don't need to worry too much."
"Just watch it, just watch it."
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As "Daode" spread throughout the world several times, fierce debates broke out in various places in Daxuan.
It's very similar to the scene in the Zhuangyuan Building today.
Li Fan knew that it would definitely not work to change the minds of the people in the world in a short period of time.
Now, it's just the beginning.
But Li Fan was not worried at all that things would not work out.
In today's world, it is the scholars who have the right to speak.
With countless classics as bait, Li Fan is not afraid that these scholars will not submit.
What's more, Li Fan doesn't ask for the support of these people, as long as they don't jump out to oppose.
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While secretly seeking the world, Li Fan was also gradually promoting the influence of the Gu Gu School in the secular world.
Six years after anchoring, the emperor suddenly fell seriously ill and was bedridden. All the imperial doctors were at their wits' end. At this time, the visiting ancient school held a pill to meet the saint. It is said that this elixir was found in an ancient tomb. It is suspected that it was left by an immortal. It has the effect of the flesh and bones of the living dead. Taking it may relieve the danger.
The emperor ignored it at first, but as his body became worse and worse day by day, and he was about to die, he still took the elixir with the mentality of treating a dead horse as a living horse.
Who would have thought that the elixir really had miraculous effects, but within a few days, the emperor recovered as before.
The government and the public were shocked, and the ministers were talking a lot.
The emperor even summoned the leaders of the ancient school of thought to the palace at night to inquire about the immortals' affairs, but did not go to court for several days.
From then on, the emperor firmly believed in the existence of immortals. Secretly instructing the military center to cooperate with the Ancient Visiting School to search for traces of immortals in ancient tombs.
Nine years after anchoring, the Ancient Visiting School held an exhibition in Xuanjing City, inviting ministers of the court and the princes and nobles of the capital to watch it.
Although these people are also very wealthy and well-informed, after seeing each rare treasure in the exhibition, they were all immersed in it and never wanted to leave.
After that, the ancient visiting school relaxed restrictions, and ordinary people could enter one of them as long as they purchased a ticket.
Xuanjing City suddenly became agitated.
Countless people lined up to enter the exhibition to get a glimpse of the treasures. The number of people was so large that the roads in the capital were blocked. Fortunately, the Holy Father issued an order and a garrison camp was established to maintain order, so no greater commotion was caused.
The grand occasion lasted for more than half a month.
After that, the exhibition not only did not stop, but began to tour various places and was opened one by one in Daxuan.
Eleven years after anchoring, Jianghuai Mansion cracked a vicious tomb robbing case and captured a tomb robbing team of hundreds of people.
This group of people excavated ancient tombs in the mountains and caused immeasurable losses.
According to law, this group of people should all be sentenced to death.
However, there were so many people involved in the crime and the implication was so wide that Li Fan, the prefect of Jianghuai Prefecture, did not dare to make the decision without authorization. He wrote a letter and rushed it 800 miles to Xuanjing City to ask the Holy Spirit for a decision.
Some ministers were very angry when they heard about it and wrote a letter asking for execution.
However, the strange thing is that most of the court officials remained silent at this moment.
The emperor also suppressed the memorial and did not express his position.
A full month passed before the emperor's decree came belatedly.
He was not sentenced to death, but was sentenced to slavery in the capital.
The ministers of the DPRK and China hardly wrote any objections.
Li Fan looked at the edict and smiled slightly, knowing that the situation was achieved.