Zigong's memory is not bad, and he remembers a controversial sentence of Confucius: "A gentleman is easy to do but difficult to say." If you don't say it, you don't say it; and its making people also, instrumental things. The villain is difficult and easy to say. Although it is not said by the way, it is also said; and it makes people also, beg for preparation. ”

"If you are the same as Confucius, there is a big difference between this and the exchange of gifts, and it is a good thing to give gifts normally, so why not be happy? This seems to have no silver here? ”

After hearing this, Min Ziqian said: "A gentleman is very easy to get along with, but it is difficult to please. If you want to please by unfair means, you will be unhappy. I will never say that if you give him a small favor, you will give you the green light and open the back door. When he really uses you, he will arrange a suitable seat for you according to your talents, which is called Qizhi. ”

"It's easy for you to please him, but it's hard for you to get along with him. There are not a few such goods. Even if the way you please him is immoral and legitimate, the villain will still be happy. But don't think that if you win his favor for a while, you will be given the green light all the way in the future, although you have spent a lot of money, it is likely that you will not achieve your long-cherished wish in the end, and you will be blamed for everything. So it's hard for you to get along with such a person. ”

Zigong summed up what Min Ziqian said: "What Mr. Min Zi said is to tell me that the reason why you don't spend money to bribe the villain is because the villain will seek full blame and fail to achieve his wish in the end?" ”

Ah Ci's opinion of Confucius has changed, and he always feels that there is some truth, at least not so hypocritical. So after leaving the sky, Min Ziqian went to Lu again, anyway, Zigong has money on him, and he can't spend it, and he can earn it again if he spends it.

When he came to Lu to see Confucius, this old master was showing off his elegance, and this old man was quite fashionable, and he was playing and singing: "Yiyan drinks, grow old with your son." Qin Se is in the palace, and it is good to be quiet. ”

This is the words in "The Book of Songs, National Style, Zheng Feng, and the Female Chicken Song", which means: That young lady is not as good as tasting wine and food today, and I have always wanted to grow old with you. You see that my old man can play both the piano and the seer, and will also help the young lady to be happy day and night, you see how harmonious and beautiful.

This old man doesn't seem to be serious, legend has it that there is a pit on the old man's head, so it is called Kong Qiu, so Ah Ci wanted to touch the old man's head to see if there was a pit? to verify authenticity.

But before his hand reached out, he was beaten down by the other party: "A gentleman should be polite!" "Zigong forgot that this Confucius has martial arts, although he has no young inheritance, but his martial arts are also strong enough, otherwise how can he mix the rivers and lakes? This Kongqiu's father is terrible, he is a general, he doesn't want to die in a battle, and a person just jacks up the jack gate of a city gate and saves a city soldier, you say that it is not fierce.

When Ah Ci met, he said to Confucius: "Old man, I am a gangster in the jade business, and now I want to ask you some questions. ”

"There is something to say, and it is still necessary to collect some tuition fees as a teacher, otherwise how can you make a living? You must need money to support your life, not to mention that this fee is not expensive, look at your kid's first time, just give a 50% discount, and let it go if you have a fart! When Confucius heard that there was business to do, he immediately became excited!

A Ci came to Confucius to listen to the lecture, when he saw Confucius, he must take some gifts to express his respect for the elderly, Confucius charges a bacon rice, Zigong will definitely not be short of two catties, for this Confucius old man's favorite food is La, so it is not very difficult to apprentice, just provide one or two catties of bacon.

Ah Ci not only provided bacon, but also provided other food, and became a celebrity chef by himself!

As a delicious and hands-on kitchen expert, Zigong will definitely make good dishes. In addition to Confucius likes to eat inside and outside the meat, Zigong also provided beef, because I heard that Zilu likes beef, this Zilu is Confucius's personal disciple, and his martial arts are strong, and the most important thing is that he is afraid that this guy will bully himself, so communicate the relationship in advance!

As for Confucius, everyone knows that he likes to eat bacon the most, this sage often travels around the world with a group of poor fans, saying that it is for the sake of knowledge, because he is so poor that he has no fart all the way, he eats dry food and wild vegetables, and he is so thin that he is skinny and bone-like, but he is still high-spirited, so he bought ten catties of beef, and ate three people at night with red faces.

Seeing the greasy hand of the boiled beef, Ah Ci asked, "Sir, what do you say my Ah Ci's beef is doing?" ”

"I've seen a lot of the world, I have mixed the flavors of many countries, it's delicious, and it's not bad overall!"

Ah Ci asked Confucius again: "Sir, what do you think of me Duanmuci?" ”。 Confucius replied, "Nu (Ru) Qiye", which means that you are a thing. Of course, the "instrument" here refers to a state of life.

Ah Ci continued to ask Confucius, "What kind of thing am I in your old man's mouth?" Confucius replied, "It's a Hulian!" Hu Lian was a high-grade ritual vessel used to hold grain in the temple at that time, and it is understood that Ah Ci was a "high-grade rice bucket".

Hu Lian is indeed a high-level ritual vessel in the temples of the princes and great powers in the Spring and Autumn Period, and can be used together with the "Ding" that is regarded as the foundation of the country, which is also the treasure of the town and country that the princely states should preserve and care for generations. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were nine tripods, symbolizing Kyushu, and Confucius commented here that Ah Ci was "Hu Lian", that is, he praised Ah Ci as "the treasure of the town", which was indispensable to the country and could play a great role in the top talents.

But Confucius also said that a gentleman is not a weapon, which means that a true gentleman should not become a talent like a "weapon". Therefore, Confucius commented that Ah Ci is a "tool" and a "Hu Lian", on the one hand, he affirms Ah Ci's talent, and on the other hand, he is also criticizing Ah Ci's life realm for not reaching the level of a gentleman, just a high-level rice bucket, we must continue to work hard, stand in the right position, and correct our mentality.

Why did Confucius say that Ah Ci was a rice bucket? It is nothing more than that he was later a disciple of Confucius, not only a rice bucket, but also a chef. Before leaving, Ah Ci sponsored some silver from the old man Kongqiu, so that he could travel the world, preach to the princes, remind the world to be good, and also achieve his own merits.

Confucius thought about it for a while, but he didn't expect that he still had such a rich fan, and he was full of positive energy, and he also wanted to let the world naturalize Confucianism, but this is almost the same to lobby the poor middle peasants, and it is difficult to lobby the high weight, these people like the Mo family and the Legalist, in fact, later the disciples of the Confucian saint, Mo Zhai and Shang Ying, betrayed themselves, went to the Mo family and the Legalist family respectively, and vigorously did a great business.

The main reason is the example of Xianggong of Song, which made the princes avoid Confucius's thoughts.

Confucius was naturally happy to receive this large amount of silver sponsorship, but after all these years of tempering in the rivers and lakes, although his prestige was high, he had no benefit to himself, and all the princes refused to be officials themselves.

After that, Confucius didn't have any expectations for lobbying the world, knowing that the princes of the world were afraid that Confucius would cross their country, but Confucius had many fans of the middle and lower classes, and his heart was very hot, and he wanted to make a name for himself in the rivers and lakes, so that he would have no worries about food and clothing in the future. So only the wind and fire broke into Kyushu again.