After Gongsun Yu and Lu Fu heard the fat old man's explanation, they hurriedly thanked him. Everyone reported their names and knew each other, it turned out that the name of the fat old man was Tian Qianqiu, a native of Changling, he said that he had heard about the Bowang Club for a long time, but he had never had the opportunity to come, and he heard that this time it was the Qiu Ju Club, and the prince would definitely be there, so he set off to Chang'an a few days ago.

Since Lu Lian went to Bowangting to publish the theory of the five elements of yin and yang of the yin and yang school, the following began to be lively, and everyone was gearing up, and there was a great tendency to give a speech on stage.

At this time, a middle-aged man walked quickly to the Bowang Pavilion, and the host hurriedly guided him to the side of the prince, and after the man saluted the prince and Shi De, he also walked to the pavilion and introduced himself first: "Everyone, under the surname Gai, the name letter, the name of the Jiaoxi people." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Zong hurriedly asked, "Could it be someone from Gai Gong's side." ”

"Yes, Pingyang Hou, I am the great-grandson of Gong Gai."

Shi Deyi heard that he was a descendant of Gai Gong, stroked his beard and nodded and said: "Gai Gong is the descendant of Langya An Qisheng, An Qisheng studied under the river Gong, and then taught Mao Xigong, Mao Xi Gong taught Lefeng Gong, Lechen Gong, Lechen Gong taught Gai Gong, Cao Cheng Prime Minister also consulted Gai Gong when he was the prime minister in Qi State, and was deeply influenced by Gai Gong's Huang Lao thought. ”

After listening to Shi De's story, Gai Xin continued: "The young master is reasonable, when my dynasty was first founded, after war, all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, and the people should recuperate, Prime Minister Xiao Cheng has sorted out the various laws of the country, so Prime Minister Cao Cheng with Huang Lao's inaction, in accordance with the law of Prime Minister Xiao Cheng continued to govern the country, with the idea of inaction and quiet, the law was forbidden, and the people rested, so that the chaotic social order was gradually stabilized, the withered economy was slowly restored, the agricultural population also grew rapidly, and the country gradually became stronger. Especially after the rule of Wenjing, the treasury was full; But my dynasty has always been plagued by the Huns, can only be solved by harmony, and His Majesty does not want to be quiet and inactive, want to take the initiative to fight to the death with the Huns, get rid of this bane, so with the strength of the whole country, launched several large-scale battles against the Huns, although the Huns were beaten away, the root of the bane was removed, but the loss of my dynasty is also great, I came to Chang'an from Qi, all I saw along the way are all industries withering, the people are not living, so I thought, now it is time to be quiet and quiet, and the people to recuperate, so that the country slowly recovers strong. ”

Speaking of this, the surroundings were silent, and everyone fell into deep thought, in fact, everyone knows this problem in their hearts, but they don't dare to say it, it is rare to have this Bowang meeting, and the prince is merciful, so Gai Xin dared to say it.

At this time, someone below said loudly: "If you want to practice the Huang Lao technique of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jingdi, isn't that going back again?" The emperor is eloquent and strategic, and he doesn't want to be quiet. ”

Gongsun Yu looked at the man, only to see that it was another Confucian scholar refuting Gai Xin's claim.

After hearing this, Gai Xin said with a smile: "That's not going back, but different stages should have different ideas, and corresponding policies should be adopted according to the actual situation at the time, as Mr. Lu said before, everything has a cycle, before the treasury is full, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the country is also strong, then we should be active and promising, take the initiative to get rid of the root cause, so that the country can be stable for a long time, but in the process of getting rid of the root cause, it consumes too much national strength, then we must stop and recuperate, and do nothing. Different propositions are adopted at different times. ”

"Well, that's a good point."

As soon as the prince said this, everyone also applauded and said yes.

So Gai Xin was also recruited as the prince's doorman.

Next, someone went to Bowangting to give a speech, but what they said was empty talk, and the ideas were not very novel, and of course the prince did not recruit these people as guests.

At this time, Lu Fu joked with Gongsun Yu: "Brother, do you have any ideas, if so, you can also go up and talk about it, maybe the prince will take a fancy to it." ”

"Brother Lu, don't tease me, I don't have any ideas."

The presiding officer of the pavilion shouted loudly again, "Has anyone come up to tell me what you think?" ”

At this time, the fat man named Tian Qianqiu next to him responded loudly: "I'll talk about it." ”

Tian Qianqiu walked slowly due to his fat body, and walked staggering up to Bowang Pavilion step by step, and after meeting the prince, he also introduced himself: "In Shimoda Qianqiu, a native of Changling, I am the guardian of Changling, and I am accompanied by Gaozu day and night. ”

Speaking of this, there was a burst of laughter from the audience, and everyone thought that the fat old man was still quite humorous and funny.

I just heard him continue: "I just heard that there are various schools of thought such as Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism, Yin and Yang, etc., but the one I want to talk about is very peculiar, some people say it is Taoism, but some people say it is not, it is a family of its own. ”

Speaking of this, the emperor's grandson Liu Jin hurriedly asked, "Then which one are you talking about?" ”

"I'm talking about the Yang Zhu School today."

Hearing this, the prince also asked Shi De: "Young Master, is Yang Zhu also a Taoist?" ”

Shi De twisted his beard and said: "The Yang Zhu school is a school of Taoism, and there are many schools of Taoism. ”

After Tian Qianqiu heard what Shi De said, he continued: "Yes, young master, but at that time, it was Zhuang Zhou and Meng Ke who misunderstood what he meant, so they refused to attack him; At that time, the reason why others attacked and rejected him was that he valued himself too much and did not care about others, but he also had a point of view that he could not harm others, but should do his best and not be selfish, which is just like a principle of self-cultivation when Taifu explained 'university' before. ”

Shi De heard Tian Qianqiu say this, and also got up and walked up to him, and said with a smile: "The purpose of self-cultivation I said is to level the world, but Yang Zhu didn't say that, but blindly emphasized hiding and doing a good job of himself. ”

"But he does not advocate harming others, but advocating that we do our best, do what we should do well, do not steal or steal, do not frame others for our own selfishness, let alone betray our own masters and our own country."

"But what's the use of you repairing your body, building a good family, and not going to level the world?"

"That's what you do in the world, ordinary people just do their own thing, just like if you ask the emperor or the Marquis of Pingyang to shepherd the sheep, then they will definitely lose all the sheep, but if you ask the shepherd boy to come and shepherd the sheep, there must be a lot of them, and they are well fed; On the contrary, let the shepherd boy come and level the world, and tell him how to level the world. ”

At this time, someone below questioned: "I have seen the record of Yang Zhu and Mozi's students arguing, saying that Yang Zhu is not for plucking a hair and saving the world, and what can be carried forward for the doctrine of such selfish people who do not pull out a hair?" ”

After hearing this, Tian Qianqiu smiled slightly, and said solemnly: "How can you pluck a hair to save the world?" ”

The man continued, "This is just an analogy from Mozi's students. ”

"You have to make a reasonable parable, Yang Zhu is because the person who makes the parable is very unreliable, so he can't pull it out, and as a result, he was used by later generations to attack him, saying that he is unruly and selfish, in fact, his point of view is 'The ancients lost a little to benefit the world, and they didn't get along; Knowing the world is dedicated, not taking; No one loses a single bit, no one is good for the world, and the world is governed'. ”

Everyone was debating again on Twitter, but there was really no one who could accept Tian Qianqiu's point of view, not even the prince, and of course he was not recruited to be the prince's guest.

After Tian Qianqiu walked down, Gongsun Yu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Lao Tian, in fact, your views are very advanced, but they can't understand you, don't be discouraged." ”

Tian Qianqiu said with a smile: "Where is it, my point of view is unacceptable to ordinary people, it seems that I will have to study hard in the future." ”。

Gongsun Yu and Lu Fu can both see that Tian Qianqiu is an opportunist, and he put forward the Yang Zhu theory that few people can use today, just to use the prince's heart to like some heretical doctrines to achieve his goal of being the prince's sacrifice.

In fact, in today's society, Yang Zhu's theory is very progressive, Yang Zhu is the earliest human rights thinker, advocating "noble self", "for me", "rebirth", "no one loses a single bit", he advocates that everyone should "live for me", but also to pursue the comfort of survival, on this basis he opposes absolute monarchy, opposes privileges, and opposes the use of violence to embezzle other people's property. It shows the thorough human rights thought of ancient China, and advocates that everyone is "not good for the world" is a great insight. Because all the autocrats are under the banner of "benefiting the world", using the salvation plan of the world to deceive the world and steal their reputation, and practice dictatorship. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the Hundred Schools, Yang Zhu's writings gradually disappeared.