After the secret conversation that day, Okubo was left by Mr. Tanan for dinner, and during the chatter during the banquet, he mentioned Zhou Fang's filial daughter Ami. Okubo talked about this as an interesting story, but he didn't expect to make Mr. Tanan very unhappy.

Miss Ami is a poor girl from the Choshu Domain.

After losing her mother at the age of six, her father could not support her, so he entrusted her to his wife's brother. When Ami was 12 years old, he returned to his old home due to his father's illness. In order to provide for his father's medical treatment and support the family, twelve-year-old Ami cooked rice during the day and spun and weaved cloth at night, often working late into the night. Because of poverty, I can't afford to buy mosquito nets in the summer and make fires in the winter.

Her father felt that this was too much of a drag on his daughter, so he tried to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river many times, but he was found and rescued in time. Ami enlightened his father with good words, and in this way, father and daughter depended on each other. When his father died, Ami did not marry. In March of this year, 62-year-old Ami walked through his lonely life alone.

Both the Choshu Mori family and the shogunate honored Ami many times, and after her death, Ami was widely publicized as a festival maiden. This matter was spread by the merchants to the white lord, and then caused controversy when the township school was discussed.

The White Master has a universal education system, and both men and women can attend school, and even Ainu children who have not yet been naturalized can study in the village school for free.

I hope to cultivate the habit of independent thinking, and also to find and solve some problems in the embryonic stage.

So, one day, a certain ashigaru mentioned Ami's deeds - no way, the white lord is too closed, and the wind in Edo will be fired. He praised Ami loudly, thinking that Ami was a deep adherent to women's morals and righteousness, which was nothing, but it happened that there was a group of women in the hall, and they heard it and expressed their resolute opposition.

According to them, Ami took care of his sick father independently It was the unkindness of the Choshu Domain, you see, the white lord can see if he is sick - although he collects money, but the poor Ainu come to see the doctor, and Mr. Miyama does not collect or does not accept it, and the white lord Ami will not be so pitiful.

Originally, crooked buildings were also commonplace, and it was not a big deal, but at that time, the foot was cheap-mouthed and replied, "As a daughter, you should be filial to your father at home, and you should be filial to your husband when you get married." ”

This time he stabbed the hornet's nest, and was sprayed all over his face by a group of women, and he was not convinced, but he wanted to do it. The women of the northern land are all frost and snow, there are few white masters, the children are raised in kindergartens, and the women also have to come out to work, so they are all strong and healthy, and as soon as they do it, they are beaten down by the group.

The white lord is different from other places, if there is a dispute, he does not find the law office, and the place where he is reasonable is the law assessment office, and the director is the lord's wife Yingzi. So this ashigaru didn't end up well, because he was fined for making the first move - the confinement was spared, because he didn't take any advantage, and he was beaten up for the first move.

After the news spread, the white lord was immediately divided into two factions with clear barriers, no, three factions, one faction was more than 200 strong men, the opponent was more than 100 women, and the two who didn't want to help were children.

The strong men all said that there is still a reason for this? Is there still a decree? Originally, the white lord had more men and fewer women, which caused the women to be more arrogant, and now they actually beat their husbands, and they can't live this day.

The women protested en masse, saying, Do you still have a conscience? Still unreasonable? Everyone does the same thing, you have a fortune and I also have an income, why should I take the same money and return home and I still have to serve you? As soon as you go home, you will lie down and be the lord, and you will open your mouth for clothes and stretch out your hands for food, and you will see how the acting officials of other people usually treat the lord's wife.

Naoxiu innocently lay down on the gun, but looking at the smiling Yingzi, he didn't even dare to let out a fart. But Master Bai has less to do, and it is not a matter to quarrel every day, so he had to gather everyone to discuss the matter.

Talk about everything moderately, or be more clear, don't say that fools people, and don't talk about others if you can't do it yourself. In the original world of Zhixiu, Half the Sky has a very high status, so he knows the importance of it all over again, and never takes a step beyond Lei Chi. After arriving in Fuso, he found that his son's status was actually higher than that of his mother, and he had been patient with this for a long time.

But filial piety is one of the core ideas of Confucianism, and Zhixiu does not dare to risk the condemnation of the world, at least he does not dare to lift the lid until the next generation of the white lord grows up.

So, Naohide made a detour, and he recruited two seven or eight-year-old children to settle the matter.

After introducing Granny Ami's life, he asked the two children in public, "Is Granny Ami pitiful?" ”

The answer was "pitiful" at the time.

Then he asked, "What if you meet Granny Ami?" ”

The answer is, "Bring it to your own home." ”

The final question is, "Do you think Ami will beat her husband if she gets married?" ”

"Of course I have to fight, my father has already spent his own share of money every month, and my mother earns money to support the family! Besides, my mother told us to go to kindergarten to eat meat hard, and at home we kept the delicious food for my father, and by beating him was to love him. ”

Immediately burst into laughter, this is obviously the mother usually chatters with the child, but it is also a true thing, the men in the institute are busy, so the family accounts are in charge of the wife after learning to read and write in the township, and it is quite normal for the accounts to be reversed.

As for the delicious food, it is also true that the kindergarten is free, and the food is good, so the adults encourage the children to eat more to save money for the family.

Originally, the white lord was more men and fewer women, and those who had wives were looked down upon everywhere they went, and the women all came out to do things, and there were very few people who really messed around, and most of the relationships between husband and wife were very harmonious, so the disputes about Ami girls were actually more coaxing.

And there is another reason why everyone is making a fuss together, most of these people are untouchables before they come to the white master, this good day has not passed for two years, and they have a lot of experience with Ami's mother-in-law, and the reason for the trouble is to let Zhixiu come out to give everyone peace of mind, I hope that Ami's encounter will never happen in the white master.

Naoxiu also vaguely realized this, so he gathered to discuss it to calm everyone's hearts.

At the end of the conference, Naohide mentioned, "Where it is beneficial to people, it is the use of benevolence." Therefore, everyone must mention Jianbai more and work hard, only if the white master is good, such a thing as Ami Granny will not happen. ”

Okubo mentions this matter because he wants to explain from the side that there are more men and fewer women in the white lord now, and he hopes that Mr. Tan'an, who is the commissioner of the Kanding Ginmi, will notice, and then he can help the white lord think of a way. His mother, Madame Fuko, was shrewd and capable, and she took care of her husband obediently, so he didn't notice that there was a problem in this for a while.

Oguri Tadashun and Naohide, Yingzi and his wife have traveled to school together, and they have seen Naohide's eagerness to Yingzi, and he has just been married for less than 3 years, and he is also very considerate to his wife Michiko, so he doesn't think there is anything wrong.

But Mr. Tan'an is an old-school character, although he has been immersed in Lanxue for many years, but in his bones he is still "father, father, son, king, minister, minister", originally Zhixiu colluded with the rice merchant Xianheng Yangxing, he was a little unhappy, but because of what happened over the years, he can also understand that it is not okay not to collude - there are too many old-fashioned characters in the shogunate, and any mention of Lanxue can make peace with you, so this is also a last resort.

But he absolutely agrees with the point of "unmarried and obedient to the father, married to the husband, and bereaved by the son", of course, Mr. Tan'an and Mrs. Tan'an respect each other like guests, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with this - the Jiangchuan family has been acting officials in Jiushan for generations, and it is a family style requirement to go deep into the people, the world is so cruel, how can a weak woman survive without relying on a man?

And this is not the reason why he is angry, the white lord has more men and fewer women, and women also have to engage in military training, and they have to come out to do things, he can somewhat understand the reason for this incident, but when he heard Naohide say, "Dafan Yiyi and people are used for benevolence and righteousness", he couldn't hold back anymore, so he got angry and let Okubo "stop".

Why? According to Zhixiu's words, this sentence subverted Mr. Tan'an's three views, and according to the words at this time, this sentence "violates the original intention of the sage".

How did the Confucian sages define "benevolence"?

Fan Chi asked Ren. Zi said: Lover.

Zi said: Those who are benevolent should establish people if they want to, and reach people if they want to reach people.

Zi Youri: The gentleman is devoted to his relatives, then ~ the people are prosperous and benevolent; Therefore, if the old is not left, then ~ the people do not steal.

What does it mean, Confucius said: benevolence is to love others. A benevolent person (must) be a person who wants to stand up and let others stand firm at the same time, and who wants to be prosperous and let others live well. If a gentleman treats those around him well, then the common people will follow suit; As long as traditions are not lost, people do not steal.

As a high-achieving student from the shogunate official school Changhei, although Mr. Tanan is obsessed with Lanxue, he still believes in the above in his bones

Law. But Okubo relayed Naohide's words, "Whoever benefits people is the use of benevolence", which pierced the old man's worries and doubts for many years, which is why he reacted so much.

Confucius's "benevolence" is to start from morality, and Zhixiu's words are based on effect, the key is combined with Mr. Tan'an's many years of experience, he also thinks that Zhixiu seems to be more reasonable, so it's a bad feeling, and he has done wrong for so many years? It can't be, maybe, probably, maybe......

Aside from Naohide's involvement, Mr. Tan'an's achievements in developing water conservancy, promoting agronomy, grafting fruit trees, and vigorously promoting bread to make better use of wheat in his territory as the acting official of Nirayama can be said to be a manifestation of Mr. Tanan's practice of "benevolence". Therefore, it seems right for a benevolent person to love others.

But with the help of Naoxiu, what did he do?

It was better to accumulate farm manure and raise fish in rice fields, and later popularized windmills, engaged in honeycomb coal, dried salt, made cement and masonry, and made iron, these were not simple lovers, and the Egawa family benefited a lot from it, and who in Edo did not know that the Egawa family was rich and powerful. Judging from these later businesses and productions, even if they did not have good intentions, these were indeed things that were very beneficial to the people and the shogunate.

It can be seen that even if you don't start from morality, Naren can be achieved.

This is nothing, if you take into account the description of the economy in the orchid book in recent years, the position of merchants in Western countries, especially in the United States, is extremely high, and it can be said that they have a lot of money in the past - the shogunate also has such big businessmen, his friend, the iron cannon master Takashima Shiro Taifu is not like this, he calls it a righteous businessman, but if you infer from the sentence Naoxiu, the status of Western merchants is self-practicing "benevolence" - "to benefit people", but it seems more reasonable, the so-called "there is a return for paying", The benevolent are invincible, and the merit rises to a natural status.

Mr. Tan'an thought more deeply: he has been an official for many years and has deeply investigated the people's feelings, he can be said to be a wise man who has experienced thousands of mountains and rivers and has insight into the world, he has passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and naturally sometimes reflects on his life and the actions of the shogunate, especially when he thinks of the murder of Tianbao, he calmed down, is it really "born noble"? "Isn't there any truth to the princely general Xiangning"?

At the dinner, seeing that there was a successor to Lan Xue, Mr. Tan'an drank a few more glasses, and his hair was scattered.

Since merchants in the West can be in a high position because of "Eli and people", with the promotion of Lanxue, wouldn't the lowly merchants in the past turn over, and wouldn't the shogunate collapse? The shogunate fell, what happened to the Egawa family? Ou ~ My family is also a wealthy businessman, but it is usually covered with a layer of skin.

However, the collapse of the shogunate and his pride as a merchant in the future were two things that he couldn't accept for a while, and it gave him a headache when he thought about it.

Okubo was frightened by Lord Egawa's "stop", and Oguri Tadashun also waited for Mr. Tanan to continue to get angry, but the two of them waited for a long time, only to see where Mr. Tanan was in a daze, what the hell is this operation? I haven't seen it.

Oguri is different from Mr. Tan'an, he has always believed in "convincing people with strength", what is "benevolence", can you eat it? So he didn't care about Zhixiu's statement, isn't it good to "benefit people", and can't it be considered benevolent to give benefits to others? The requirements are too high.

So he searched his stomach and thought about it for a long time, and held back a sentence, "'If you want to benefit people, it is the use of benevolence', this sentence seems to have been proposed by Yokoi Xiaonan first?" ”

Yokoi Xiaonan, as a famous person in Kyushu, has a good reputation, and this is a recent figure, I heard that Lanxue and Zhu Zi Confucianism are going to be integrated, so Mr. Tanan has specially understood him.

"It turned out to be this bold fanatic, Naoxiu was taken by him, Okubo, you have to persuade him when you go back, this kind of inconsiderate remarks is just a matter of listening, and it must not be publicized in public."

With the help of the ladder handed over by Oguri, the old gentleman slipped through the motions himself - otherwise? scolded himself for being assigned to the Northland for his beloved apprentices and good helpers, the hard work of the people in the white master, the shogunate still ignored it, besides, he didn't have a few years to live, and when he closed his eyes, what did he do, the apprentice won the Jiangchuan family must still be a famous family, and the apprentice lost, well, I think this shogunate will continue like this, blocking the way of speech and the talent can't come out, take jujube pills.

"Drink and drink, the old man is angry, young people don't take it to heart."