"Yu Gong once said: Ohno is both wet, Dongyuan is flat, and it is really worthy of its reputation when I see it today!"

A day after leaving Yuncheng, when the endless blue waves and continuous wetlands appeared in front of him, Zhao Wuxian couldn't help but express his admiration.

In ancient times, the mountainous land of Luzhong, with Mount Tai as the main body, was once an island in the sea. Due to the sediment accumulation of the Loess Plateau carried by the Yellow River, a vast flat wilderness was gradually formed in the southwest of Mount Tai, and only then did today's Southwest Lu Plain appear, so that Mount Tai was connected with the mainland.

For thousands of years, Yanzhou in the southwest of Shandong Province has been the center of the activities of the Dongyi people, and the Yiren people have gone out of the mountains in the west, and they have seen this continuous wilderness, which is called the great wilderness. Pushui and Jishui merge into it, forming a large Nozawa that is more than 300 miles from north to south and more than 100 miles from east to west.

Zhao Wuxian knew that this lake Daze still had a legacy until the Song Dynasty, and that was the famous Liangshan Shuibo.

Along the way, many people in Yuncheng have also entered the northern border of Dayozawa, which is relatively sparsely populated, and it is too late to need time-sensitive crops, so they can only count on hunting and gathering around Zeze. After all, there are wild vegetables all over here, and occasionally you can see a herd of deer running and feeding on the ears, and there are countless swimming fish, clams, and toads in the water, which is enough to satisfy hunger.

In previous years, when the Yuncheng area encountered military disasters or famines, the people of Yuncheng often traveled east to survive here, and then returned after the war was gone. Some people even stayed and became Nozawa dead, and finally became a group of thieves who became more and more wild and aggressive.

However, some of the displaced people did not stop, but continued to go east, more than westward to Xiaqiu. Zhao Wuxian stopped and inquired, only to learn that they had gone to Zhongduyi.

"Zhongdu Zai is quite benevolent, and if you go there, you can find a way to live!"

Zifu He praised: "Thanks to Confucius, the people of the West can have a happy land!" ”

When Zhao Wuxian was in the Jin Kingdom and the Song Kingdom, although he had heard Zigong praise Confucius, it was another thing to see it with his own eyes. He couldn't help but be more curious about Confucius's personality and administration, and Chaozi Fu He inquired carefully.

"Confucius was originally the sixth grandson of Confucius's father Jia of Song Qing, and the Kong family gradually multiplied after being exiled from the Song State to the Lu State, and his father's name was Shu Liang Su. It is a famous warrior of the Lu State, and is known as the Governor Rong and Pibao of the Jin State. In the siege of Yang by the princes during the mourning of the Duke of Jin, he once lifted the city gate, and was praised by Meng Xianzi as powerful as a tiger. ”

"Uncle Liang Su died young, and Confucius was young. Therefore, he was poor and cheap, he played games when he was a child, often displayed pottery beans and other utensils, practiced ceremonial movements, and was known for his youth and good manners when he became an adult. The fame even reached Meng's ears. When Confucius was thirty years old, he was a small official of the Ji family, and he lived within his means accurately; He also served as a shepherd, so that the cattle he shepherded multiplied. At this time, he gradually became famous, and he was the son of Meng's sister-in-law and concubine, and took Uncle Nangong Jing into the Zhou room to visit Lao Tzu. ”

In Confucius's early life, he didn't hear much from Zigong, perhaps because he was too lowly, and he didn't want to mention it too much.

He took over and said, "I do know that after Zhao Gong was expelled by the Ji clan, the Lu Kingdom was in chaos. Confucius also followed Zhaogong to the state of Qi and became a retainer of Gao Zhaozi. He was summoned by the Duke of Qi Jing, and once wanted to give him the acres of land in Diqiu and Nixi, and let him be a minister of Qi, but he gave up because Yanzi and Kong Qiu disagreed. ”

"However, after that, Lu Guo from the doctor down all transgressed the etiquette and deviated from the right path. Therefore, Confucius did not become an official, but retired to sort out "poems", "books", "rites", and "music", and his disciples were even more numerous, and they all arrived from afar, all of whom accepted the studies taught by Confucius. Until he was forced by Yang Hu. Only then did he come out of the position of the capital......"

Speaking of this, Zifuzi remembered that he had hinted that Zhao Wuxian should not be a henchman of Yang Hu, but now the Confucius he admired was also stained with the light of Yang Hu to become the ruler of Yi, so he quickly explained: "Confucius is different from Yang Hu's one leopard and four dogs, and he was forced to go out. Moreover, it is also a blessing for the people to become the ruler of the central capital. ”

Zhao Wuxian smiled but did not answer, his eyes were on the scattered homeless people who were hurrying towards Zhongduyi.

What he thought in his heart was that on the one hand, Confucius was a doctor who was promoted by Yang Hu, and it was said that he also had dealings with Fei Zaigong Mountain. But on the other hand. He is also the master of the Meng family and the master of Nangong Jingshu, and he has a close relationship with Zifu He, who represents the Meng family.

Therefore, in the face of these two forces, Confucius's attitude is somewhat interesting.

Wuxian secretly speculated: "Isn't he just like me, betting on both sides?" ”

This speculative image that is compatible with the world is extremely inconsistent with the image of the "saint" who was "benevolent and virtuous" in Zhao Wuxian's previous life, and there seems to be a layer of fog between memory and reality, making it impossible to see the true and the false.

In the end, Zhao Wuxian abandoned his troubles: "I heard Zigong say a sentence of Confucius, the husband also takes people's skills, and observes his words and deeds." I have heard a lot of Confucius's words and deeds, and now I have to go to Zhongdu and see Confucius's government with my own eyes to understand how he ......."

Is it the sage of the world admired by Zigong and Zifu, or the "clever and hypocritical person" that Zhao Ying thinks!

……

Zifu only thought that he was thinking about Confucius's doctrine, but he didn't think about it so much, and still chattered.

"Confucius is the ruler of the central capital, for a year, the Quartet is the same, and all the towns in the west and west are greatly affected in the war, and only the central capital and Kanyi, where the mausoleum of the Lu State is located, are safe."

Indeed, Zhongdu Yi has now become a lighthouse in the west of the Lu Kingdom, attracting displaced people who can't get by.

However, what made Zhao Wuxian slightly distressed was that the existence of Zhongdu Yi also constituted a kind of competition for the flow of population to Xiaqiu.

Therefore, Zigong once said that he acted somewhat similar to Confucius, which is true, as soon as Wuxian entered Lu, he collided with Confucius in terms of political choices and the people.

The journey was long, and then the two talked about Confucius's disciples.

Zifu He also listened to Confucius's teachings when he was in Qufu, but he was not a disciple of Confucius, and this auditor was a brainless fan of Confucius like Zigong.

"After Confucius returned to Lu from Luoyi, the number of disciples who joined him gradually increased, so he set up a private school in Qufu to teach the six arts of a gentleman, etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics."

In the Spring and Autumn Period, it had gradually changed from "learning in the government" to "learning in Siyi", and the Xinjiang Pan Palace, where Zhao Wuxian had studied, was a place for the children of the aristocracy to form gangs and perform political struggles. And the rest of the princes, towns, and townships of the public education is even more deserted to the point of not being systematic, known as the inheritance of the complete Zhou rites of the "Zhou Duke of the Country" Lu State, one of the three Huan Meng Zi accompanied Lu Zhaogong to visit the Chu State, but because of the lack of etiquette and can not handle foreign affairs well.

At the same time as the aristocratic education of the Qing Dafu is declining, the private education of the private scholars of the people is quietly rising. The vassal states and even the private families of the princes and doctors needed scholars to serve them. Competing to raise scholars, for example, Zhao Ying raised more than 100 scholars, and unearthed Yin Duo and Zheng Long from them. Tiger will wait for others.

The way out of the scholar gradually widened, and gradually appeared with the blood relationship, the patriarchal relationship is not strict requirements of the scholar class, and the cultivation of "scholars" has become an urgent requirement, private learning came into being, among the best. It's Kongqiu.

So after Meng Xizi was deeply ashamed because of his lack of etiquette, there was a situation where his son-in-law and concubine asked the poor man Confucius for advice and advice, so as to teach him.

"Although Confucius taught without class, he also divided his disciples into three classes: enrolled, promoted, and enrolled. Among them, there are nearly 1,000 disciples, and there are dozens of disciples who have ascended to the hall and studied and are proficient in the six arts. According to different specialties, it is divided into four subjects: morality, political affairs, language, and literature. ”

"Outstanding in virtue: Yan Yuan, Min Ziqian. Ran Bo Niu, Zhong Gong. Good at handling political affairs: Ran You, Ji Lu. The one who can speak well is to kill me, Zigong. In addition, there are quite a few erudite disciples. ”

Wuxian asked curiously, "How many disciples are there who dare to ask the indoors?" ”

"Confucius once said: From the rise to the court, not into the room. Although Zilu was Confucius's closest student, he did not enter the house, and so did Zigong. Now there is only one person in the room, Yan Hui is the only one! ”

If it is said that the enrolled disciples are ordinary education, and the ascending disciples are elite education, then the inbound disciples. It should be those who can know Confucius to get this honor......

Yan Yuan and Ji Lu had heard of Zhao Wuxian in his previous life, and Ran Qiu's name appeared in a text in middle school, and several other people also heard Zigong talk about it sporadically.

He secretly thought that those with outstanding virtue could be used as mascots enshrined in the court. As a model for all the people to follow, those who are good at handling government affairs can govern cities and localities, and those who can speak well can be diplomatic pedestrians. Literature is somewhat different from the literature of later generations, which refers to being familiar with ritual music and ancient documents, and the official has to carry out various ceremonies, which is inseparable from this knowledge. The monarch must find a historical basis for formulating policies, and he cannot do without this knowledge......

Zigong and Zifu He's ability, Zhao Wuxian has seen it, the two can be regarded as talents in a country, Zigong after a few years of growth and experience, maybe he can become the same king as Zhang Mengtan! Thinking that the sons of Confucius can engrave their names in history and be recognized by these two people, their ability will not be bad.

Therefore, Confucius has such a group of students to assist, if he can't even manage a thousand-room city, it will be really a wasted name.

Although the original intention of Confucius to spread private learning should be to cultivate commoners into "scholars" as the purpose of aristocratic cultivation schools, but throughout the first half of Confucius's life, Zhao Wuxian vaguely felt that his fame, popularity, and quiet apprenticeship training team were not easy to detect, but there were traces to follow.

I don't know if this is intentional or unintentional, if all this is planned, then Confucius's scheming should not be inferior to the current Liuqing and Chen, and it may not be accidental that he can flicker in the era for two thousand years.

In addition, to Wuxian's helplessness, he had to admit that in the long run, Confucius's team was even more reasonable and substantial than his subordinates. Even if everyone from Chengxiang came to join the gang, Zhao Wuxian's subordinates were still mainly military officials, only Zhang Mengtan and Zigong could take charge alone, and the others were all partial talents, and there were only a few people such as Cheng Yan and Xing Ao who had room for growth.

"I don't have to be presumptuous, and I don't have to suffer from the name of 'saint' that he has not yet acquired. The foundation cultivated by Confucius in 20 years of private education is not something that I can compare with in just two years. However, after this trip to Qufu, I can also follow the example of Confucius, promote education in the territory, and indirectly spread my ideas, of course, the audience can only be for scholars and Chinese children for the time being, and in three or five years, I can harvest a group of talents who meet my heart. ”

He thought again: "I don't know how many people I can see in Zhongdu this time besides Confucius, since Zigong can be used by me, some talents among Confucius's disciples may also be able to recruit one or two." ”

After all, when it comes to power and family background, he is now more than one and a half points stronger than Confucius, and since the sons of Confucius can be retainers for the ministers of the Lu State, they can naturally be used by Zhao Wuxian.

When Zhao Wuxian was thinking about how to start, the convoy gradually entered the boundary of Zhongduyi, but at this moment, he received a report from Yu Xi who came from a horse, and there was a group of people fighting a few miles ahead! (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you for the book friend Death, Silent Night, Nine Heavens Yanyu, Kojima 001, Xunlang, Wind Impact, up and down and up and down for the rewards!

Ask for collections, ask for subscriptions, ask for recommendations, ask for monthly passes, and three more tomorrow!