PS: It's lacquer carving instead of carving lacquer, the mistake has been corrected, and some of the characters and behaviors in the novel have fictional elements, so you don't need to study it in detail

Zi Zhang's words stunned the whole room, and even Yuan Xian and Qi Diaokai pointed their fingers at him, and they were speechless. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, for Zizhang himself, he has such extreme thoughts, and it is not a day or two.

Generally speaking, the disciples that Confucius accepted before leaving the Lu State were called "advanced" disciples, and the disciples who were accepted in other places after leaving the Lu State were called "backward" disciples, and Zhang, the son of the Chen State, was the best among the backward disciples. Although he was young, he was studious and thoughtful, liked to discuss issues with Confucius, and was extremely accomplished in the ideas of loyalty and faithfulness, and had his own set of views.

Although Kong Qiu was very optimistic about Zizhang, when evaluating his character, he shook his head and said: "Chai is also foolish, participate in Lu, and the teacher is also open, and you are also good." ”

Gao Chai is stupid, Zeng Shen is dull, Zhong You is reckless, and Zizhang has an extreme personality.

Zizhang's extremism is manifested in his unique understanding of Confucius's thought. Unlike the "gentlemen and Confucians" who are complacent and like to engage in red tape, he likes to make friends, is informal in life, and does not pay attention to appearance and etiquette.

He also said frankly: "If it is useless, the country will be rich, if there is righteousness, the country will govern, if there is courtesy, the people will not fight, if there is a god, the country will respect, and if you love it, the people will not resent, and if you think that there is no life, the people will not steal." ”

These views have been detached from some of Confucius's thoughts, but are somewhat similar to Mozi in later generations...... The next useless is the use of the Mohist family, the righteousness is the same as the Mohist family, there is a god that is the Mohist ghost, and the love is the Mohist and the love, thinking that the lifeless is the Mohist non-life.

This kind of deviant thinking will naturally be rejected by other Confucian disciples, so this Zizhang suddenly came to "make a big noise", and was immediately attacked by their group. The lacquer was carved open, and if you and others relied on the fact that they were senior brothers, they used their seniority to suppress Zhang, asking him to bow down and apologize, and retract these words.

"Otherwise, you will be expelled from the division!" The original constitution, which has always liked to impose his own morality on others, is even more aggressive.

At this moment, an old but still powerful voice came from the inner room: "Xian! The gentleman is harmonious and different, don't be embarrassed, let him in! ”

It was Confucius, and the cadres waited for this to die down, and watched Zizhang take off his shoes with hatred, wearing only his clothes, and walked in.

Although he was Ye Gong's "guest", the house of Confucius was very simple, except for a few straw seats, a low table, and copper pottery beans on the case, there was nothing else. Zi Zhang saw that the master was kneeling on the seat facing the window in the east, and was in the early morning sun, engrossed in writing the slip in his hand, the pen was the pen, and the sharpening was sharpening, and he did not look back after he came in.

After his political ideas were ignored, Confucius's life gradually shifted to academics, and he was compiling the classics that the princes had brought to Chu and dispersed.

"Master, it's the time of the wax sacrifice, and the disciple brought some dried meat...... Zizhang took out the things from the blanket and put them on the side of the mat. He also has his own livelihood outside, and every month he brings some grain, dried meat, and dried vegetables, although not much, but he can also show a little gratitude. It's just that every time he thinks of these things, the master eats very little, and most of them are still helping the group of people outside, he feels nauseous.

Confucius snorted, and without looking back, Zizhang sat quietly on his knees, and he found that the master's hair seemed to be whiter than when he came last time, and his tall figure was much more rickety......

For a time, the ten-year journey after Chen Guo's apprenticeship was vividly remembered......

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When Chen Guowanqiu worshiped under Confucius, Zizhang was the year of the weak crown, and after experiencing Chen Cai's hardship and came to Chu, he slowly began to learn etiquette, music, poetry, and books, but he was most interested in the way of faithfulness.

Compared with the embarrassment in Chen Guo Cai Guo, life in Ye County is relatively comfortable, at least there is no need to run around.

This is thanks to Ye Gong's well-organized governance, and when Confucius first arrived, he was full of praise for Ye Gong's governance philosophy.

One of the major difficulties of the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period was that the population was small and sparse, and the land was vast, and it was very much in need of the people to fill it. Ye Gong in Wan, Ye built the city to consolidate the border, open up the territory at the same time, but also mobilized the people to dig the east and west, the water of the city and mountains to irrigate the farmland, Ye people were deeply benefited, the increasingly prosperous economy and low taxes here attracted the neighboring Lu Hurong and Zheng people to come to the defect. Being able to achieve "those who are near are happy, and those who are far away" is already a great success in the eyes of Confucius, and the disciples are also gearing up, wanting to sell their ideas to Ye Gong and enter the government in the land of Wanye. Confucius was also moved, and specially asked Zilu to tell Ye Gong, saying that Kong Qiu was a person who "forgot to eat with anger, forgot to worry about happiness, and did not know that old age was coming", which means that Zhong Ni is not old and can still do things.

He very much hopes to create an "Eastern Zhou" in the south of Zhou.

However, although Ye Gong respected and raised Confucius, and also appointed Zilu and others as officials, he was very different from Confucius's own thoughts......

Last year, because of one incident, Confucius completely despaired of Ye Gong.

Zizhang still remembers that it was a daily meeting between the two, and Zizhang accompanied him.

At that time, Ye Gong talked about a case: "There is an upright person in Ye County, his father stole other people's sheep, he denounced his father, I punished his father, and praised this person." ”

Confucius said disapprovingly: "In the eyes of the old man, the upright person is different from the kind of person Ye Gong said, in the country of Lu, when something like that happens, the father hides it for his son, and the son hides it for his father, this is integrity!" As for denunciating his father, although it is in line with the law, it is still unfilial, Ye Gong should not praise this person, but should be punished! ”

Ye Gong is a law-abiding person who advocates righteousness and the destruction of relatives; Confucius paid attention to the ethics of family affection and opposed the righteous destruction of relatives, and the conversation between the two suddenly reached a deadlock.

In the end, Ye Gong said lightly that when the State of Chu ordered Yin Ziwen's nephew to break the law, the court magistrate of the State of Chu took him as a member of the Yin family and released him, but after Ziwen heard about it, he personally sent the nephew back again and asked the magistrate to punish him according to the rules of the State of Chu.

After this incident, the people of Yingdu all sang, the clan of Ziwen violated the laws of the country. Yanli explained, but Ziwen didn't listen. Sympathetic and cute, fair and ......"

Ye Gong smiled and said: "Shen Zhuliang is not talented, I hope to be like Ziwen, I hope to uphold the law of the country, and Master, the current Lu State, I am afraid that there will be no more sons who are praised for their fathers." ”

Kong Qiu was silent for a moment, indeed, now that the Lu State is ruled by the Zhao family, the Zhao family respects the law, and the Zhao State has moved the Zhao State to the Lu State, and the past moral standards among the township parties have been replaced by the new criminal law.

This conversation was also the last time Ye Gong summoned Kong Qiu, and although he was worshiped endlessly, he never met with him again......

Afterwards, Yuan Xian, Youruo and others were not angry, so they added oil and vinegar to the "Ye Gong is a good dragon" that Ji Ran said when he was in Ye County before, and spread it out to express their dissatisfaction.

Confucius didn't say anything, maybe he was used to being cold, but when he was alone, he sighed to Zizhang and said, Ye Gong is a person who is very similar to Zhao Hou.

"His nature is not bad, he is also talented and intelligent, and he has a heart of love for the people, but he is too eager for quick success. In order to consolidate his position and expand his territory, he abandoned benevolence, righteousness, honesty and shame, and purely used severe punishment and strict laws as the criterion for the people. However, they don't know the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't achieve it, and if you see a small profit, you can't do a big thing. Now the Zhao State abandoned the etiquette and took the first credit, the power to make the land, the captivity to make the people, only to annex the princes, the establishment of hegemony, but the day of the Zhao Marquis's success, is also the time when the Central Plains etiquette collapsed; Ye Gong also has this trend, but fortunately, he still has the righteousness of a monarch and a minister in his heart, and he should be able to start and finish well with Chu Jun......"

Zizhang listened to it in his ears and remembered it in his heart, indeed, Ye Gong has always given the impression of being modest and conservative, but in fact, he has been secretly imitating some things in the northern Zhao State, such as the iron industry in Wandi, the Chu State originally wanted some iron-smelting foundation, and after several years of development, Wandi has become the largest iron-smelting center in the Chu State. was also imitated by the spirit of respecting the law of Zhao State, but Ye Gong still used the old law of Chu State, "The Book of Chicken Times", and did not copy the system of Zhao State's military meritorious lords.

However, Zizhang had another question: the master has spent his whole life looking for a virtuous king, but now the most virtuous monarchs in the world are none other than Zhao Hou and Ye Gong, but both of them are respectful of the master's benevolence and righteousness, but they are blue eyes on the name and law, and the results are good, Zhao dominates the north, Wan Ye is rich and called the south, and the disadvantages of the master's words are only fulfilled in the princes and nobles, and most of the people are happy to see it.

In this way, this is Zhao Hou and Ye Gong blind, and they don't know the real dragon? Or is there something wrong with the ideas of the master and the senior brothers, and they are no longer suitable for this era?

This question became more and more intense when his mother state Chen Guo was in danger of national destruction, and doubts arose in his heart, almost crushing everything Zizhang had learned in the past ten years. After the labor pain, there was more profound thinking, thinking without learning is dying, he decided not to ask for troubles for himself, but to leave Wan and Ye, and go to the broader Central Plains to have a look.

"The disciple came this time to say goodbye to the master......"

Confucius paused for a long time before sighing, "Let's go." ”

Zizhang got up and was about to leave, but he heard Confucius say loudly again: "The world is difficult, the war is chaotic, bring more clothes and dry food, if you spend all the silk coins, or if you have traveled enough and want to read, you can go to Taoqiu to visit Zigong, he has always been bold, and he will definitely fund your ......"

Zizhang almost didn't cry, but he still held back, and then said goodbye and retreated, and then burst into tears.

For ten years, the master was like his father, but the chicks eventually grew up, left their wings, and spread their wings to fly. And Zi Zhang faintly felt that in fact, the master understood that everything he worked hard to maintain, whether it was etiquette or music, or the order of monarchs and ministers, was collapsing at an accelerated pace, just like the melting ice and snow in spring, there was no way to reverse it.

But the master is too stubborn, after all, this is something he has spent his whole life trying to maintain, even if he escapes to Jiuyi, he must persevere to the end!

The master can come to the end with obsession, although he will die without regrets, but Zizhang does not want the entire Confucian Sect to die out and be eliminated by the times......

Zizhang didn't want to hide in the south to deceive himself like Youruo, Yuan Xian and others, he had to go out and visit Zigong, Zai Yu and other Confucian disciples who had split out, learn from their experience, open his eyes to face this era, and find a new way out for the master and Confucius!

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Confucius is still facing the tide of the times and doing the act of using his mantis arm as a car; Zizhang wiped away his tears and embarked on the reverse journey with his bags on his back; In the spring of the fourth year of Zhao Hou, on the first day of the first lunar month, the meeting of the Yellow Pond was also prepared to be held on the bank of Jishui......

"Zuo History" said: "In the spring of the fourth year of the Gong, Wang Zhengyue, the Duke had captured the Hou Tu of Qi, and then summoned the Son of Heaven to gather in five and six to face the Great Liang. On the first day, he brought the king of heaven and Song Gong, Qin Bo, Yan Hou, Lu Hou, Zheng Bo, Wei Hou, Chen Hou, Cai Hou, Zhongshanzi, Teng Hou, Qi Bo, Xue Bo, Tan Zi, Di Zi, Xiao Yi Zi, Hao Zi, Wu Dazai, Yue Dafu Species, and Ba people will meet in Huangchi! Since the eastward migration of the Zhou family, the alliance of princes has been prosperous, and there is no one who can stand out! ”

PS: The setting of "History of Zuo" in the book is a record written by Zuo Qiu Ming, rather than a compilation of history books by later generations

(To be continued.) )