The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2221 Learn from the barbarians and learn skills to control the barbarians

King Langyuan was overjoyed and said: "In this way, our demon and barbarian tribes can learn Confucianism quickly, and they will no longer be as clueless as before. Master Fang's merit is no less than that of Confucius."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Fang Yun's face darkened.

"Students are reckless." King Langyuan said.

King Shutai sighed softly and said, "Sir, why don't you accept us two demons as your disciples?"

"If you two demons become my disciples, how many days can you survive when you return to the demon world?" Fang Yun said.

"If you hear the truth in the morning, you will die in the evening!" King Shu Tai's eyes showed unprecedented determination.

King Langyuan then looked at Fang Yun and repeated King Shutai's words.

Fang Yun shook his head gently and said: "I commanded you two demons out of selfish motives, just to bury the sacred objects in the Holy Valley. I taught you and other four books out of compassion, and I couldn't bear the ignorance of the demons, and it was also for reward." I, the human race, may tempt with benefits, but I, the Confucian, I have never lured you for profit. If I accept you two demons as my disciples, you will have the intention to educate the demon barbarians. It is just for profit, and it is not good. Furthermore, if you two demons become my disciples, you have already deviated from the demon world. I will be discovered by the Demon Saint and clean up the door.”

King Shutai smiled slightly and said: "Sir, you underestimate me and the two demons. Although I am a demon, I am bathed in Confucian education and regard myself as a Confucian disciple. I am a Confucian disciple, but I do not regard myself as a human being. Why betray the demon world? King Langyuan and I have secretly vowed to open up Confucianism in the demon world and recruit more disciples! Although demons and humans are not two different races, they are one and the same!"

Fang Yun's face was calm, and he looked at King Shu Tai and King Lang Yuan with eyes as clear as the sky.

The two demons looked at ease.

"Do you two demons know how dangerous this is?" Fang Yun asked.

"Of course." The two demons said in unison, decisively.

Fang Yun sighed and said: "That's all. If you two demons die in Hongdao, I will erect a monument for you two demons in the holy courtyard and write the inscription with my own hands so that the Confucian disciples in all worlds will remember the achievements of you two demons."

The two demons were overjoyed, bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."

King Shutai then returned to his usual appearance, he chuckled, stroked his beard with his paws, and said: "Sir, although my second demon is determined to spread Confucianism in the demon world, my abilities are low, like a cat playing with a hedgehog. I don't know where to start. Please give me advice, sir.”

Fang Yun smiled calmly and said: "Learn from the barbarians and learn skills to defeat the barbarians."

King Shutai and King Langyuan were stunned at first, then they punched Xingliu's back and laughed.

"Mr. Talented!"

"As expected of the Void Saint of the human race!"

The two demons rejoiced.

The two demons had been discussing for many days before, but they could never find a name for the demon world's saints to agree to. If the demon world's saints did not agree to preach, no matter how secretly they acted, they would be discovered one day. If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly. Unexpectedly, Fang Yun solved their biggest problem with just one sentence.

"If the monster saints agree, where should we start?" King Langyuan asked.

King Shutai nodded slightly. In a way, this was as important as how to get the saints to agree to preach.

"What's so difficult about this? To spread Confucianism, etiquette comes first." Fang Yun said.

"Please teach me, sir." The two demons vaguely knew something, but they were not sure.

Fang Yun said: "I know a thing or two about the demon world. Although you demons hate our human race, you also admire our human race's laws, clothing, expenses and many other aspects. Is what I say correct?"

"Yes." The two demons agreed at the same time.

"Although you demons respect all the saints, your etiquette is simple and your rituals are rough. The first step you two demons need to do is to combine the customs of the demons and old etiquette to create a set of complicated and more solemn sacrificial rituals for the saints. Like facing heaven, let the saints feel the difference of Confucian etiquette and enjoy the submission and worship of the people. Once the saints get used to this kind of etiquette, they will not be too resistant to your teaching of Confucianism."

"One word, sir, is worth thousands of books." King Shu Tai was overjoyed.

King Langyuan asked: "Then how can we make the demons and barbarians under the saints believe what I say and join my Confucianism? Should we lure them with benefits, show them strength, or use a little deception?"

Fang Yun smiled and said: "The reason why you demons and barbarians do not believe in Confucianism is simply because you know too little, are deaf and blind. In your demon world election propaganda, our human race is weak, poor, ignorant and backward, and eats grass every day. , You are inferior to you demons and savages in every aspect. As long as you describe our human race truthfully and teach Confucian classics truthfully, you will naturally become possessed by demons and join our Confucianism.”

"My disciple is stupid, sir, please give me some specific advice." King Shutai said, and King Langyuan also looked at Fang Yun eagerly.

Fang Yun said: "First, people are equal to each other and the world is unified. Of course, our human race still has superiority and inferiority, and there is still a long way to go before the world is unified, but this is my Confucian philosophy. In our human race, scholars can If you criticize the great Confucians, you can even criticize the saints if there is evidence. How can you be so monstrous?"

"Nothing."

"As long as we, the human race, study, we can all be canonized as saints. In recent years, have any of you monsters and barbarians been canonized as saints who are not the Son of the Holy Son?"

"Nothing."

"So, you must emphatically promote this, let every demon tribe be able to scold the demon saints, and let all demon tribes firmly believe that only by doing this, demon tribes will have a better tomorrow. If you can't do it, , it means that the demons and barbarians are just slaves. To be honest, do you think the human saints or the demon barbarians are better?"

"Of course they are the saints of the human race!" the two demons said immediately.

"That's it. Secondly, our human race firmly believes in Confucianism. The benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, and trust we believe in in Confucianism are eternal and unchangeable and are universal throughout the ages. Most of you believe in the legendary God of Ten Thousand Demons. Where is it? Do you really think it exists? To put it bluntly, anyone in the demon world who says that the God of Demons can appear will definitely be laughed at."

King Langyuan and King Shutai looked ashamed and nodded in unison.

"Your belief is false, but our human race believes in real ancestors and real Confucianism. Isn't it higher than your belief? So, you should let other monsters know that Confucianism is more noble than monsters!"

"What you said is right." King Langyuan and King Shutai were even more ashamed.

"Even you two monsters understand it. If anyone doesn't understand it, it's really stupid. Third, our Confucian leaders are all clean-handed, and various deeds of simplicity and love for the people often appear. On the other hand, have you ever loved the people like your own children? So, you should let the lower monsters know this, and at the same time let them know how hateful the middle and high-level monsters are."

King Langyuan and King Shutai nodded in unison.

"Fourthly, humans and demons need food, clothing, shelter and transportation. You just need to keep promoting the human race's good engineering technology and how rich the human race is under the leadership of Confucianism. Over time, demons will naturally find that they are not living well and will naturally believe in Confucianism more. This is not to lure them with benefits, but to tell the truth."

"Yes!" The two demons agreed.

"Fifthly, look at the Confucian heroes of the human race, who sacrificed their lives to protect the weak. What about the heroes of your demons? Indeed, some heroes are very brave when killing humans, but they are also very cruel to demons. They always have unknown shortcomings, right? There is always a dark heart, right? Even if everything is perfect, why do they die? Because the saints or other higher-level demons force them to die! Think about it carefully, are there any good demon heroes who have been forced to death?"

"Yes, and more than one!"

"So, you have to deny those heroes with shortcomings. When the demons find that those heroes are not good, they will naturally believe in the good heroes of Confucianism, such as you two."

King Rat Tai and King Wolf Yuan tried to suppress their joy.

The power of the Holy Way of Enlightenment is slowly increasing, and Fang Yun did not hesitate to consume the power of Wenqu Starlight and withered power for this.

"Sixth. There are also the Star Demon Barbarians. They did not fail, but turned around. The reason why they were driven out of the demon world is that they are all good people. They are good at fighting outside, but not good at fighting inside. Think about it carefully. When the demon barbarians fought against the outside world, were the Star Demon Barbarians always stupidly killing aliens, while the Blood Demon Barbarians secretly developed and grew stronger?"

"There is such a thing. But... the Star Demon Barbarians are actually a bit stupid, and their strength is poor. Many of them were killed by aliens, otherwise they would not be driven away." Rat Tai King hesitated.

Fang Yun said earnestly: "The Star Demon Barbarians are a bit stupid, but you also said that they died a lot, and many deaths can be counted as achievements. This is not incompetence, but they are fearless! They are not afraid of death! Besides, we did not say that the Star Demon Barbarians are not stupid, but we just don't say it. The reason why we say that the Star Demon Barbarians are good is just to promote Confucianism."

"Yes, yes, yes." The two demon kings nodded continuously.

"Seventh. Let the demons know that Confucian ancestors, Confucian saints, Confucian officials, and Confucian heroes are good. Then, it is best to let them know that Confucian children are good. What do your demon children do every day? Fighting and robbing is simply a disgrace to the civilized. Our Confucian children are well-behaved, study, and are polite."

"But we also have some demon children who are very obedient and concentrate on practicing." King Langyuan said.

"Then think carefully, are those demon children who listen to adults a little rigid in their minds? Do they lack pioneering spirit? You see, our Confucianism has been pioneering ancient lands for many years. Some of our children walk in the snow without clothes in winter to exercise their will. Do you demons dare to jump into the magma?"

"You make sense!" King Shutai said.

"But... the human race does not seem to be as perfect as you say." King Langyuan said cautiously.

"What does it matter? We should learn from others' strengths and point out our own weaknesses. If we always focus on others' weaknesses, what can we learn? Some demons always focus on the shortcomings of the human race and do not learn the advantages of Confucianism, so they are getting worse and worse. To learn from others, we must start with a complete denial of ourselves! You should have heard about the development of our human race. Tell me the truth, has our human race made more progress in recent years or have you demons made more progress?"

"Of course it is the human race." The two demon kings did not hesitate at all.

"So, everything I said is right."

The two demon kings nodded vigorously.

Afterwards, Fang Yun cited various examples, and the two demon kings were convinced.

After Fang Yun finished speaking, Rat Tai Wang's eyes were full of admiration, and he asked: "Sir, how do you know so much?"

Fang Yun smiled, thinking that these were nothing. He had seen too much in the ancient country of China before. The arrogant empire in the north was weakened to the extreme by the enemy country using this method, and the people were in chaos. At that time, the great empire could no longer satisfy the appetite of those officials, so those officials pretended not to know the means of the hostile country, and even used this power to deceive the people under the banner of beauty and privately divide the country, thus disintegrating.

Fang Yong looked at the two big demon kings with a kind look.

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