Fan Lixiao stayed overnight, ran for several days, and finally walked out of the Qianli Plain and entered the Lunan hilly area. The terrain became uneven.

The most important purpose of Fan Li's study tour to the north is to provoke a war, weaken the strength of Wu in this war, create an opportunity for Yue to crusade against Wu, and finally dispatch the Yue army to annihilate Wu in one fell swoop and realize the grand wish of Yue to restore the country.

It's not easy. Everyone was fine, but if they wanted to fight, they had to have hatred for each other. If there is no hatred between each other, then contradictions must be created, and it is they who have hatred, and then they can fight.

Fan Li has always been active between Wu and Yue in the south, and rarely comes to the north, and his understanding of the north is limited to the information sent back by the secret agents.

Under such circumstances, it would be easier said than done to create a war out of thin air. In the past few days, Fan Li has been thinking while hurrying, but he has never been able to think of any good ideas. It seems that there is no way to make a plan for this matter, and we can only act when the time comes.

On this day, Fan Li ate in a small restaurant. The owner of the restaurant was a middle-aged man in his forties, and when he saw Fan Li's radiant and handsome appearance, he stepped forward and said, "Mr. is a guest from afar?" ”

Fan Li returned the salute and said: "In the next from the shore of the five lakes, between Wu and Yue. Occasionally, I have a spare time to visit the north. ”

The boss said: "Mr. is Fan Lizi, a famous man from Wuyue?" ”

Fan Li was stunned: "I have never met the boss in my life, how can I call out Fan's name as soon as we meet?" ”

The boss smiled: "Xiao Ke can open a shop for a living, and he reads a lot of people." I have heard Mr. Jiu's name, like thunder. Today, I suddenly saw Mr. coming to the shop, and I was shocked by Mr. Temperament. If it weren't for Fan Lizi's arrival, who in the world could be so handsome? ”

Fan Li laughed: "The boss praises falsely." Fan Li, ordinary ears! Excuse me, boss, where is this place? ”

The boss said, "Mr. has entered the territory of Lu State." ”

Fan Li got up and made a long bow to the north. said: "It turns out that Fan has entered the border of Mr. Zhongni, no wonder everyone can be so polite." Mr. won the name of the first holy in the world, benefiting the river up and down, I believe it! ”

The boss smiled: "Although Confucius is no longer an official, he has thousands of protégés, and his brilliance overshadows that of the monarch." It is not surprising that the people of Lu know etiquette and happiness. ”

Fan Li was fascinated and said to himself: "This study tour, if you can see Mr. style, it is worth the trip." ”

The boss smiled: "What's so difficult about this? Mr. came directly to the door to meet him. ”

Fan Li said: "I heard that Mr. Zhongni has returned from traveling around the world and is concentrating on learning at home, so it is always bad to disturb him. ”

The boss said, "It's fine. I remembered that there was still a chance to get close to the saints. ”

Fan Li said excitedly: "What other opportunities, please advise." ”

The boss said: "Thirty miles north from here, there is an old nobleman, although it is a little dilapidated, but the name is still very loud, called Kunyu man." Recently, the old baron passed away, and he will definitely invite the disciples of Confucius to come and host the funeral. Why don't you go and see, maybe you can get to know the disciples of Confucius, and then you can be introduced by the disciples of Confucius, and you can see Confucius. ”

Fan Li said: "Thank you boss, your idea is excellent." ”

The boss said, "It's getting late today, my husband will spend the night in the shop, and tomorrow morning after breakfast, I will go on horseback, and I will arrive in less than an hour." ”

Fan Li said: "This is very good. ”

Let's say that Confucius's family history is ancient and glorious. The ancestors were the descendants of the Yin Shang royal family and the nobles of the Song Kingdom. After the rebellion of the three prisons at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, in order to appease the nobles and descendants of the Shang Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou ordered the king to seal the king's cousin Weizi Qi to establish the Song State in Shangqiu and worship the Yin Shang. That is, you can sacrifice to the ancestors according to the rituals of the Shang Dynasty.

After the death of Wei Ziqi, his younger brother Wei Zhong ascended the throne, and Wei Zhong was the fifteenth ancestor of Confucius. The sixth ancestor got the surname Kong and called Kong Father Jia. Kong Father Jia was a doctor of the Song Kingdom, once the Great Sima, was killed by Dazai Huadu in the palace civil strife, and Kong Father Jia's son Mu Jinfu fled to settle in the Lu State of Shanyi to avoid disasters. Mu Jin's father gave birth to Uncle Kong Fang, and Uncle Kong Fang's grandson Uncle Liang Su was Confucius's father.

Shu Liang Su was a famous warrior in the Lu Kingdom, Shu Liang Su married Shi and gave birth to nine daughters, but no sons, and his concubine gave birth to a son, Meng Pi, but he was a lame man. Under the circumstances, neither the woman nor the disabled son were fit to succeed. In his later years, Shu Liang Su and the young woman Yan Shiye met in Niqiu Mountain and gave birth to Confucius, so the name is Kongqiu, and the word Zhongni. When Confucius was three years old, his uncle Liang Su died of illness, and after that, Confucius's family became poor.

Confucius said, "I am cheap and cheap, so I can do many things." Meaning: When I was young, my family was very poor, so I could do a lot of menial work.

Confucius was extremely intelligent and studious, and by the time he was twenty years old, he was already very knowledgeable, and was praised by the people of his time as "erudite and courteous". At the same time, Confucius inherited the bravery of his father uncle Liang Su, who was nine feet three inches tall (more than 1.9 meters in later generations), had excellent arm strength, and was a burly strong man, far from the appearance of a weak scholar imagined by later generations.

Confucius drank an extraordinary amount of alcohol and is said to have never been drunk. In his youth, Confucius worked as a petty official in charge of warehouses and also as a petty official in charge of pastures. No matter how big or small, everything can be almost perfect. Because of Confucius's extraordinary ability and knowledge, he was constantly promoted. By the time Confucius was fifty-one years old, he was appointed as the central capital (equivalent to the mayor of later generations), and his political achievements were very remarkable; A year later, he was promoted to Sikong (in charge of national construction), and later to Dasikou (equivalent to the supreme chief of the public procuratorate and law in later generations); At the age of fifty-six, he was promoted to acting prime minister, and was also in charge of foreign affairs (because Confucius was promoted too quickly and did not meet the promotion standards of officials at that time, he was appointed acting prime minister).

In just three months after Confucius came to power, all aspects of Shandong's internal and foreign affairs have made great improvements, the country's strength has increased greatly, the people live and work in peace and contentment, each abides by etiquette and law, and the social order is very good (the history books say that "the road is not left behind, and the night is not closed"), and the traitors and the people have fled.

At the same time, Confucius also used diplomatic means to force Qi to return a large territory of Lu that had invaded Lu during the war.

Confucius's outstanding ability to govern made the Qi state feel threatened, so he devised such a despicable scheme as sending a beautiful woman and a good horse to the king of Lu to indulge in wine, so as to force Confucius to leave the Lu state.

After Confucius left the state of Lu. He led his disciples to travel around the world, propagating his doctrines and ideas, hoping to get a platform to display his talents.

Although most of the time he was courteous to the monarchs, because Confucius's political ideals did not conform to the "hegemony" of the time, he could not be reused after 14 years.

Confucius returned to Lu in 484 BC at the age of sixty-eight.

The political unhappiness allowed Confucius to devote a large part of his energy to the cause of education, and after returning to Lu after traveling around the world, he concentrated on teaching. Confucius broke the monopoly of education and pioneered private learning. There are as many as 3,000 disciples of Confucius, including 72 sages, many of whom are the pillars of high-ranking officials from all over the world.

He has repaired the Book of Songs, the Book of Songs, the Book of Rites, the Music, the preface of the Zhou Yi, and the Spring and Autumn Period.

Fan Li stayed in a small shop overnight, thinking that he was going to meet Confucius, and he was very excited. The next day, after having breakfast early, I mounted my horse and headed north.