Zeng Guoquan felt like a storm in his heart. He never expected that his elder brother helped Xiao Letian to help him have such a secret agreement.

If Xiao Letian represents the irresistible wave of the times and the most violent reform force of mankind, then Zeng Guofan represents the traditional Chinese Confucianism... it is not a corrupt scholar but the interests of great scholars like Wang Yangming.

Zeng Guofan did not oppose change. He also knew that corrupt scholars were stupid to stop the trend of the times, but he understood even more how terrifying the emotions of the people were in this land of China.

On the surface, the gentle, respectful and obedient people may become a mob who kills without blinking in the next second. During the ten years of war in the Heavenly Kingdom, he has seen too many people with distorted thoughts and cannot turn back on the evil path.

Those who shouted the slogan of worshipping God and massacred other people were once kind farmers and hardworking craftsmen, but these people were really unable to resist the tide of the times, and their thoughts were easily influenced by others.

Moreover, Chinese culture always has a very terrible subconscious, that is, overcorrection!

Yes, overcorrecting is simply a cancer in Chinese civilization. When a group of people walks to the right, the ruling people do not find ways to get them to the right path, but try every means to break these people to the left and break them hard, and it doesn't matter if they are bleeding.

Zeng Guofan knew very well that once Xiao Letian started an academic dispute on the land of China, with his military and financial resources, the doctrines he supported would definitely become the mainstream that no one could shake.

Maybe Xiao Letian is calm and wise, but after all, he only has one person. Even if he has three heads and six arms, he cannot cover everything. So will his subordinates, or simply be lucky people among the people, bully Confucianism, Taoism and even Buddhism under the banner of reform?

The three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism are the cornerstones of Chinese civilization for thousands of years. Without these three schools, they would not be called Chinese civilization!

"I am really afraid that one day, countless thugs will shout to destroy Confucius, to destroy me, to destroy Buddha's slogans... It is precisely because I am afraid that I have such an agreement!"

"Old Jiu! Your intelligence network is too lonely and too extreme. You rarely pay attention to people's livelihood, education, and economy... Do you know that it is precisely because of my secret agreement that Xiao Letian restored the courses of the Four Books and Five Classics in all Chinese classes and restored the research on traditional Confucian classics!"

"Xiao Letian wants to govern the army and formulate the country

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Strategy, he doesn’t have that much energy to care about these things, but I know, and I also recommend a group of very outstanding talents, who are now in Ryukyu…”

"Do you still remember Hanlin Luo Hao and Wen Xiu from the Military Affairs Office... Why did they leave Beijing? Haha, of course you are too lazy to care about these small characters, but I tell you... The two of them have more than 20 great scholars, who are secretly carrying out a reorganization of Confucianism in Chinese universities!"

"Shocked? Stop talking about you. When Xiao Letian mentioned this plan to me, I was also shocked! He consciously separated out the knowledge of guiding people to be good and powerful in the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and took out the ideas that conflicted with the current era and criticized them one by one!"

"This is a very long job, but it is very important, very important! Xiao Letian once told me a story, and after listening to it, I felt relieved of him. This Xiao Letian is definitely not the enemy of our Confucianism, but he is our savior!"

Jiushuai looked at his brother in a daze. He could no longer speak. At this time, Zeng Guofan suddenly started to cough violently, even if the old farmer used internal force to open up the meridians, he could not calm him down.

"Master, please take a break. Can I tell you that story? I was there at that time..."

The old farmer smiled honestly, "Actually it's not a story, that's an example! Prime Minister Xiao once said the policy of sea ban. The Prime Minister said that sea ban is a policy that only existed since the Ming Dynasty. There was no sea ban in the Song Dynasty, and there was no sea ban in the Tang Dynasty. The Qin and Han dynasties had never heard of it before..."

"Why is a policy that was only found in the Ming Dynasty a classic by Confucian scholars in the court? No one can change it. Whoever changes it means he will not listen to the words of the saints! When did Saint Confucius say that the sea was banned?"

"I hope that the sea ban is Confucianism or those officials with the name of Confucian scholars?"

"Prime Minister Xiao has a hobby, which is to collect antiques and cultural relics everywhere, especially some treasures from abroad. He once entrusted many Western merchants and chiefs from the desert in the Middle East to collect ancient treasures for him everywhere. There seemed to be an expedition team supported by the Prime Minister in the Ottoman Turkey!"

"The Prime Minister told us a very strange incident, that is, during the short period of the Ming Dynasty's sea ban, it is logical that the Ming Dynasty sail could not go into the sea, so the precious porcelain from that period of the Ming Dynasty should rarely appear abroad!"

"But something strange happened. The more the period when the sea ban was most stringent, more precious porcelains were unearthed overseas during that period, especially among Japanese folk porcelain collectors, this phenomenon is particularly obvious!"

"What does this mean? Haha, this shows that the sea ban is actually a huge scam! While the central government is vigorously promoting the sea ban, a huge force is desperately smuggling overseas in exchange for huge profits!"

"Did the Confucian scholars who were righteous and shouting in the court that the saints were in a sacred manner, and those ministers who shouted that the family law of ancestors could not be changed, did their families participate in this large smuggling operation spread across the southeast coast? Did the silver they spent money from maritime trade?"

"Yes! There must be, and there must be! The person who scolds ** is actually a **!"

"So, Xiao Letian did not oppose Confucius and Confucianism, but he had to clean up those who were cheating under the banner of saints, and finally achieve the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism that are correct, and the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism cannot hinder China from moving forward on the road of natural science!"

"How unfair is Confucius! He took all the blame for not taking him. Those who shouted his slogans did despicable things. Finally, I would like to say that this is taught by the saint! Damn, when did the saint say that the sea ban is required? When did the saint say that women must bind their feet?"

"This is the blame! The saint who has been suppressed can't even turn over underground!"

The old farmer tried his best to learn from Xiao Letian's tone, but in fact he didn't need to learn at all. Jiu Shuai saw Xiao Letian many times, and he was very familiar with his smirk and a strange mockery tone.

Jiushuai shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The person who scolds ** is actually a **! When he heard this tone, Xiao Letian must be right... Brother, you have hidden me so hard!"

Zeng Guofan also recovered at this time, "Aren't I afraid that Xiao Letian's Jiangnan layout will fail? If he did not break through this money crisis, then this secret agreement will be waste paper! It is because he broke through that I have to tell you!"

"Our Zeng family must keep this secret contract well. This is our family's umbrella and a chance for Confucianism to be reborn! Holding him, my life is not long. Please keep him for me and monitor Xiao Letian well! He dares to breach the contract..."

"Cough cough cough... If you dare to breach the contract, you will expose it to me, which will ruin him...Cough cough cough..."
Chapter completed!