Zhao City.
News of such importance naturally had to be relayed to Zhao City, and the Luo Clan Scions there hurried excitedly to tell Luo Ling.
"Household Head, the Han Court has established the Spring and Autumn Classic as Official Learning, while Qi Law and Mengist Confucianism have both been designated Secondary Learning, with Erudites appointed for them. These Confucian scholars say they intend to uphold the Way of the King and bring peace to all under heaven. I truly want to see how far they can go!"
Luo Ling had sensed the clan's reserves growing deeper some days earlier, but he remained stunned for a long time at this news.
Luo Ling was not particularly gifted in scholarship, but he was highly skilled in political maneuvering and understood practical realities well. He might not have been able to write the classics composed by these sages of the Hundred Schools, but one reading told him they were far too abstract.
There was no need even to mention the Mohist School's Universal Love and Non-Aggression. The Confucian School's wish to bring peace and establish the Way of the King amounted to nothing more than the Luo State's old approach.
Through the Luo State Ruling House, a powerful ruler, wealth within the state had been redistributed to ensure that no one fell into extreme poverty. Commercial taxes and other revenues had then funded academies, opening paths for advancement. Finally, after clearing out the Barbarians around the Luo State, it had consciously controlled its population. Only then had it maintained a state for a thousand years.
Now the Confucian scholars said that although the realm was prosperous, its problems were grave. As the saying went, "the fields of the rich stretched from path to path." Although the poor had not yet reached the