In the large lecture hall in the Jixia School Palace, the two later representatives of Confucianism and Taoism were debating and in full swing. Outside! Lightning and thunder, wind and rain. On the roof of the lecture hall, the sound of rain and debris falling could be heard from time to time.

"Don't talk about your Taoist theories anymore, not many people are willing to listen to them in the Jixia Academy! I'm already callousing my ears. Doesn't it mean that people and all things come from the Tao, and that people and all things are equal and symbiotic? ”

Tian Gongzi interrupted Zhuangzi's words and said.

He also knows something about Taoist doctrine and thought, but he has prejudices and just doesn't accept it.

Tian Gongzi continued: "Do you say that everyone is equal? You Taoists talk about equality all day long, can you be equal? When everyone is equal, what will happen to the king? What about the officials? What about hereditary nobility? What about the rich? What about those who have the ability? And if equal? Is there a difference between the Son of Heaven, the king, the official, the noble, the rich, and the capable? ”

Zhuangzi was about to refute, but was preempted by Meng Ke.

Meng Ke said: "I want to ask Mr. Zhuangzi? What is wrong with Confucianism in managing the country and the people from the perspective and position of managing the country? And Mr. Zhuangzi must say that it is good to manage people from the perspective and position of individual people? What's so good? What is the effect? What testimonies are there? ”

Tian Gongzi saw that Meng Ke and Zhuangzi were fighting against each other, so he didn't say any more. But! Listened carefully.

When Zhuangzi saw Meng Ke asking, he replied: "The lacquer garden of the Song Kingdom is a witness. ”

"The lacquer garden of the Song Kingdom?" Mencius shook his head in confusion, he had never heard of the lacquer garden.

"Qiyuan is a place on the border between the Song and Wei kingdoms, and in the past, the Qiyuan was a place that no one cared for. Although the lacquer garden belonged to the Song Kingdom, the Song Kingdom could not effectively manage it. It can be said that the Lacquer Garden is an unmanageable place in the eyes of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and in the eyes of any prince and king......"

Zhuangzi was going to introduce the situation of the Qiyuan to Meng Ke, saying that the Qiyuan would become a place of people's autonomy if it was under his rule. How did the Qiyuan people defeat the 20,000 Korean army, etc., but they were interrupted by Tian Gongzi.

"Gotta get it!" Tian Gongzi waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about your lacquer garden anymore, I've heard about it!" What is the Lacquer Garden? Qiyuan is a barbaric place, it is a place without education, and everyone in Qiyuan should be punished! ”

Tian Gongzi looked at Meng Ke and introduced: "The lacquer garden he said is a place he manages, and he serves as the town official there, a petty official. I'm telling you! What did he do with the management of the paint garden? I'm telling you! The Korean alliance Sanjin went to attack the Song State, and the Korean army of 20,000 entered the Qiyuan, and the result! Annihilated! ”

Meng Ke's mouth opened wide in fright when he heard this, not knowing how fierce the war was.

Tian Gongzi continued: "Don't guess how fierce the war scene is, what I want to tell you is that the news that our Qi Kingdom got is: Qiyuan people killed 30,000 Korean troops, how did they deal with those corpses? ”

Seeing Meng Ke listening with his mouth wide open, Tian Gongzi continued: "Don't scold your mother! After the Qiyuan people dragged the body back, they stripped the clothes on the corpse, saying that it was reused. This is their Taoist thought, which says that people come from the Tao and return to the Tao after death. So! No funeral required! ”

Seeing that Meng Ke was panicked when he heard this, Tian Gongzi continued: "This doesn't count! You asked him Mr. Zhuangzi Zhuang? Isn't it? And that's not all! The lacquer garden people stripped the clothes of the deceased and said that they were reused, in addition! The Qiyuan people also buried the corpse in their vegetable garden, preparing to plant melons and fruits on it next year. They say that the next year's melons and fruits will be a good harvest! They used the bodies of the dead as fertilizer, Meng Ke Meng Caizi? Meng Caizi? You? What happened to you? ”

Meng Ke, who later became the sub-saint Mencius, heard this and collapsed there on the spot. Saw! His eyes rolled up, and he couldn't turn his mind!

Under Tian Gongzi's call, Meng Ke slowly came back to his senses, sat up straight, pointed at Zhuangzi with his finger, and scolded: "Zhuangzi should be punished!" Messy too! ”

Seeing Meng Ke's serious appearance, Zhuangzi not only did not get angry, but smiled.

said: "What Tian Gongzi said is a legend. I'm responsible for telling you! Meng Da talent! After the 20,000 troops of South Korea entered the lacquer garden, it should be true that the whole army was wiped out! Later, the pursuit and killing of the 10,000 South Korean army should also be true. As for the lacquer garden people who stripped the deceased of their clothes and buried the deceased in their own vegetable garden as fertilizer, this? I bet it's a rumor!

You don't believe it, do you? Then I'll tell you! Taoists would not do this according to the theory of Lao Tzu's moral scriptures. Opposite! Not only do they not strip the deceased, but they also hold a grand funeral for the deceased......"

"How is that possible? How is that possible? ”

Tian Gongzi interrupted anxiously: "According to the news that our Qi Kingdom has obtained, it is absolutely true! ”

"How did you Qi get the 'true' news?" Zhuangzi asked.

Tian Gongzi knew that he had revealed his mouth, and hurriedly said: "According to what our merchants of Qi Country said in the Lacquer Garden!" There are several people in our Qi country who are doing business in Qiyuan Town, and they came back from flying pigeons. Meng Ke Meng Caizi, if you believe my Tian Ju's words, I will never frame the Qiyuan people, and I will not frame him Zhuangzi. ”

Zhuangzi shook his head and smiled bitterly and said, "Now! You don't believe what I say, because! We can't get the right message, we're not there in the Paint Garden. Facts speak louder than words, and these things will naturally be revealed to the world in the future.

Right now! Let's put that aside for a moment, let's talk about the credible first! Regarding the killing of 30,000 Korean troops by the Qiyuan people, this matter is a fact! Qiyuan is not an army, Qiyuan is a place, a town. There is no garrison in Qiyuan, why can the people of Qiyuan kill the 30,000 troops of South Korea?

That's why! Under the education of Taoist thought, the people of Qiyuan awakened. The people of Qiyuan have changed from a plate of scattered sand to a whole, which is the result of my management of Qiyuan for a month! I used Taoist thinking to manage the lacquer garden, and it only took me a month to manage the places that the world thought were unmanageable, and even the Korean army could not invade ......."

Zhuangzi wanted to continue, but seeing that Meng Ke seemed to be a little unwell, he stopped and looked at him.

"Meng Caizi? Meng Caizi? What happened to you? "Tian Gongzi also found out that Meng Ke was wrong!

Under Tian Gongzi's call, Meng Ke sobered up a little, and said to himself: "It's terrible! It's horrible! It's cruel! Thirty thousand troops! All of them are dead? Died at the hands of the people of Qiyuan? This, this, this? Are they also living beings? This, this, this? Why are the people of Qiyuan so cruel? Inhuman? ”

"How can this call the people of Qiyuan miserable?"

Zhuangzi argued: "It was the Korean army that invaded the Qiyuan to rob the crops that the Qiyuan people had worked so hard to plant. It's not that the people of Qiyuan are inhumane, it's the Koreans who invade! ”

Meng Ke said: "No, no, no, no matter what, these dead people are innocent?" Are they living beings? They should be educated! ”

Zhuangzi retorted: "The people of Qiyuan gave the greatest tolerance, but the Korean army continued. It is the South Korean army that should be educated, and it is the South Korean side that should educate their army.

No! It is the king of Korea and his team of thinkers who should be educated.

Meng Ke Meng is a great talent! Are you sober? It is the Korean side that needs to be educated, not the Qiyuan people! The fault party is the Korean side! ”