"The servant is here." He Bai responded loudly, and stood up and circled around the representatives. Then he walked out of the courtiers' back and came to the middle of the hall. According to the etiquette taught by Cai Yong, he stopped fifty meters away from Emperor Ling of Han, bowed down and bowed deeply, "Submit He Bai respectfully asks the Emperor for peace."

"Emperor is respectful." His Majesty's eunuch responded loudly, listened to Emperor Ling of Han, and then shouted loudly: "The emperor asked, "He Yilang's edict said that the four evils should be eliminated, and private cleaning and public hygiene should be paid attention to, but where did this epidemic come from?"

"Reply to Your Majesty..." This Majesty was referring to the eunuch who was passing the message at this time, not the emperor himself. This question is just like Cai Yong's question. He Bai, who had already explained it once, naturally had to be more detailed in this explanation.

Especially after the flood and the army, there must be a very clear explanation of the epidemic. In ancient times, most army liked to abandon the bodies of the soldiers and the disaster into the river and let them go with the water. However, in this way, the rotten corpses will inevitably cause an epidemic and will retaliate against those who are alive. Therefore, those who like to kill indiscriminately but fail to deal with the funeral well will inevitably have a major epidemic in the local area.

The civil and military officials in the entire hall did not say a word, listening to He Bai's detailed explanation. However, his heart was like a tide, thunder and thunder, and he was determined to refute, but he could not find an ancient example. Everyone was a well-educated man. Even if they did not search for historical books, after the flood and the army, there was definitely a major epidemic in the book. Everyone thought it was God's punishment, but they did not expect that the epidemic would come like this.

Do you really have to refute the heavenly and man responses between Confucius and Dong Zhongshu? But the heavenly and man responses are only a general summary, no detailed explanation, and there is no such detailed explanation of the causes of disasters and disorders and prevention methods as He Bai. In the past, it was a perseverance that was caused by the emperor's lack of virtue. Regardless of whether the emperor recognizes it or not, it is your emperor's fault.

But after He Bai's explanation, the emperor found that the disaster was not his fault. The celestial human response was false, and it was far from true and credible. Then the ministers said it was the emperor's fault, wasn't that deliberately slapping the emperor in the face and playing scoundrels? If you are playing scoundrels with the emperor, you are not troubled by living a scoundrels. You need to know that the emperor is the biggest scoundrel in the world.

Only by completely refuting He Bai in other aspects can the ministers attribute all He Bai’s previous explanations to evil and strange theory, which is specifically used to deceive the emperor. However, He Bai’s statement was very organized. Even if he didn’t believe it, as long as he governed it in a practical way, there will inevitably be a result. As the saying goes, it cannot be true or false.

It is not like the response of heaven and man, I am afraid that Confucian scholars can't say anything for granted. In the past, they could use the "Spring and Autumn Annals" written by Confucius, "I have been punished by heaven and have no prayers." The unscrupulous will of heaven to intimidate the emperor. But after this incident, all officials from Confucian scholars were afraid that they could no longer use heaven's will to oppress the emperor. After all, the emperor is not a fool, and he can tell who is true and who is false.

"The emperor has an order, and all officials may have doubts, so who can come out to ask for advice?"

The officials were shocked. The emperor was ready to attack. If the officials could not ask He Bai, then the officials, mainly Confucian scholars, would have to bear the emperor's thunder and anger. The absolute dominance of Confucianism in the Han Dynasty would inevitably be severely hit.

But what should He Bai ask? The three dukes and nine ministers held their own identities and could not stand up easily, so a counselor came out from the crowd. He first bowed to Emperor Ling of Han, and then bowed to He Bai, asking: "I heard that Duke is a warrior, and I don't know if he has learned things in his heart?"

He Bai also bowed and replied: "I have studied from my father's family since I was a child, and I have never learned any Confucian classics. I have only heard of some of the various schools of thought."

The counselor suddenly looked excited and couldn't help but become arrogant. He pointed at He Bai and scolded: "You are just a mere martial artist, who does not understand the Five Confucian classics and six arts, and you don't know the various schools of thought, but you dare to argue about the will of God. You are so brave."

He Bai smiled slightly and said, "Yi Yin Gong cultivated in the wilderness, Jiang Shang fished in Weibin, and there were Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Deng Yu, Geng Yan, and others. I never knew what classics these few people governed and what hundreds of schools of thought; but they could follow the heavens and respond to the Shang, Zhou, and Han dynasties to the world. From this we can see that everyone can discuss the will of heaven, and as long as it can convince people, it is the true intention. If it cannot convince people, it is forced to deceive them by heaven, it will be like a lewd sacrifice, and it is because of the name of heaven that has already sought personal gain."

The consul was furious and asked, "Since you are so ruthless, you dare to compare yourself with Yi Yin, Jiang Shang, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Deng Yu, and Geng Yan, so I would like to ask Tian: Is there any talented people like Tian?

He Bai laughed and said, "Your question is like a question between ant. Are humans and ants the same? Do they have four legs and six claws? When did they come from? Whose name is there?"

The counselor said angrily: "How does that man view God?"

"The heaven is invisible and nameless and omnipresent. However, the heaven and earth are not kind and regard all things as straw dogs. Just like people never care about things among ants, the heaven has spawned all things, and naturally they will not come to manage things on earth again. However, the heaven has the rules of heaven and earth, as long as we understand the rules in heaven and earth, we can follow the heaven and the man."

"Your Dayan has figured out the rules of heaven and earth, but the heaven has four seasons and five elements, so how can this rule be solved by growing and collecting it?"

"The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter. This time should be related to the sun. The sun is close to the earth, summer is summer, spring and autumn is farther away, and winter is even further away. The five elements are cold, heat, dryness, dampness and wind, which are related to mountains, rivers, rivers, lakes and seas..." He Bai thoughtfully recalled the geographical knowledge he learned in junior high school. Fortunately, the geography scores were not bad, which could be explained.

"How big is the day? How far is it from me? How can I know?"

"The big day is more than 1.68 million miles in diameter. It is more than 365.62 million miles away from me in winter, more than 353.6 million miles away from me in summer, and more than 359.61 million miles away from me in spring and autumn. The distance can be measured by the method of vertical pole shadow measurement, and the diameter can be obtained by visually measuring the triangle of the diameter and distance. As long as you are good at numerology, you can get it the same."

He Bai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Cai Yong reminded him yesterday that the ancients were very curious about astrology, the sun and the moon, so he must have asked this question. He Bai yesterday calculated the length units of the Han Dynasty through what he knew about later generations, and then came up with this result.

The counselor wanted to ask again, but someone was upset. Today he wanted to ask He Bai to make sure that Confucianism would not summon the emperor's alienation and suppression. Instead of asking He Bai for advice here, asking these things would only add luster to He Bai, but would not stump He Bai.

So a famous Taizhong doctor came out and sent a retreat from the royal family. Without even polite to He Bai, he asked, "He Yilang, let me ask you, you said that the heaven is invisible and nameless, and is everywhere. However, the Emperor of Han is the emperor, what is the connection with the heaven?"

He Bai was stunned. This question was ill intention, and he asked the emperor about the orthodox nature of the divine authority. If he couldn't answer it well, he would be attacked by his ministers. He Bai pondered and said, "I don't know if you are asking as a Confucian scholar or a court official?"

"What are the Confucian scholars? What are the court officials?"

"As a Confucian scholar, I will naturally make academic discussions with you. As a court official, I will be the following official to answer the questions of Shangguan."

The Taizhong doctor was silent for a moment before responding: "This is the court, so naturally I asked him as a court official."

He Bai breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he did not dare to easily expose the orthodox nature of the emperor's power. Some things knew that it was one thing, but it was another thing to expose it. Even Emperor Ling of Han himself did not think that he was the son of heaven. But if he said it, it would be a great sin.

"The Emperor of Han was the son of heaven for generations. He was born through the illusion of the rules of heaven and earth according to the wishes of all people in the world. Just like Emperor Guangwu, he was born in the chaos, with the help of the rules of heaven and earth, and following the rules of heaven and earth, he could only be invincible if he did this. This is something that everyone in the world knows, so why should he ask again?"

At this time, He Jin coughed lightly and said, "This morning, I will discuss He Yilang's "Hundred Comments on Preventing and Control of Disasters and Disorders". The emperor ordered you and others to come out to ask for advice. It is also a matter of whether the commentary is correct or not. It may be passed around the world? So that the county magistrates in various places will not be helpless when they encounter disasters again, and that the people in the world will not suffer from disasters. Instead of arguing about other irrelevant matters. Doctor Chen, please ask carefully."

He Bai couldn't help but secretly thank He Jin. He was not familiar with Confucianism after all. In other aspects, he was also a little talented and knowledgeable, and he didn't know much. He was not as good as Zhuge Liang's words and defensive as he was, but he could be considered at ease. He could leave others speechless by just a few words.

But if the advanced knowledge in later generations is still successful, if we discuss other things, especially political aspects, we will be plotted against and conquered by others. As a general and the head of the court officials, He Jin will be much easier afterwards with his help to speak.

Sure enough, during the subsequent discussion and inquiries, He Bai replied to the initial ease. No matter who asked, He Bai could make a good explanation. All officials were surprised to find that in addition to not understanding Confucianism and the theories of various schools of thought, He Bai's own knowledge alone covered almost all the things known in the world.

From the vast world, the vast universe, the ancient and modern times, the macro perspective, the various things can be said to be understandable. Just like the legendary beast Bai Ze, everything is clear and amazing. However, He Bai's explanation also has many shadows including Confucianism and various schools of thought, which is extremely amazing.

Only then did the officials realize that He Bai's knowledge mostly comes from nature and learns from nature, so he is considered a descendant of the Huang Lao lineage. Instead of what everyone thought at first, He Bai was just a martial artist, who just wanted to use strange and strange theories to attract attention, and it might even be that the Ten Eternal Assistants were secretly doing it.

After all, Huang-Lao theory belongs to materialism, which is different from Confucian idealism. However, in the Han Dynasty, especially in the early Western Han Dynasty, attached great importance to Huang-Lao theory. The rule of the country was governed by the inaction of Huang-Lao theory, which led to the great rule of Han-Lo theory. Therefore, all officials are not unfamiliar with Huang-Lao theory. It is not surprising that He Bai’s memorial on the issue of disasters. It is normal to refute the theory of heaven and man in Confucianism proposed since Confucius.

Although since Dong Zhongshu advocated the policy of "abdicating all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" and adopted by later emperors, the Huang-Lao theory has since become a non-mainstream idea, Confucian scholars also chose Huang-Lao theory when they studied Confucianism, but their gains were not as meticulous as He Bai. Confucian scholars did not reject Huang-Lao theory, otherwise they would not have grown and strengthened by Zhang Jiao's Taiping Path.

So the officials went from the initial question to the last question, to the focus on pursuing unknown knowledge in the world, which changed the meaning of the whole morning court and became a teaching school for He Bai. He Bai always had a surprising but reasonable explanation, and he was surprised.
Chapter completed!