Thank you for the reward from ifansi, congratulations on becoming a deacon

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Sitting opposite each other in front of the stone table in the township temple, Zigong thought while drinking sweet soy milk with honey.

This gentleman of the Zhao clan can actually know that the master said to his disciples in private not long ago, "There are friends from afar", could it be that which senior brother recorded and confided in and spread to the Jin Kingdom?

Is it really that fast?

Moreover, does this mean that just as he began to pay attention to Zhao Wuxian half a year ago, Zhao Wuxian is also silently paying attention to his master who is far away in Lu State?

Thinking of this possibility, Zigong couldn't help but perk up.

However, although the residence of the village temple is simple, the bean juice drunk here, as well as this smooth pottery cup, the price is not low, is it possible that the gentleman of the Zhao family is a hypocritical person who is simple on the outside and luxurious on the inside?

However, Zhao Wuxian on the other side seemed to see through his thoughts, and said with a smile: "The things that Zigong drinks can be drunk by almost every Chinese in Chengyi, and after planting the Rong Shu you brought, I hope that next year the savages will also benefit from this." ”

He pointed to the smooth porcelain bowl again: "Although it looks extremely smooth, and it has the sound of gold and jade, it is actually not expensive, and it can only be used as the price of two white pottery cups." ”

"How can it be! The territory of a gentleman is really a great vision. Zigong has always been extremely accurate in valuation, but today it is a thousand miles wrong, and he can't help but be slightly shocked in his heart.

Zhao Wuxian didn't care, he secretly said in his heart, what are these things, the real good things are concentrated in the newly built craftsman area.

Of course, before talking about business, he felt that it would be better to bring the relationship between the two closer, so he pretended to be curious and asked: "Zigong returned to Lu this time, can you see your master?" ”

Zigong informed Zhao Wuxian of his master's appointment as the chief of the central capital, originally intending to elevate the status of his master, and compared with the original unemployed corporal, Yiyi Zhizai was obviously more capable.

However, Zhao Wuxian didn't pay much attention to this, if he remembered correctly, Kong Qiu would go all the way up in the next few years, and finally like Yang Hu, he would dominate the Lu country, a thousand-room slaughter, just a start.

He was concerned about the last time.

"What did Confucius say about Zigong ransom people without taking ransom?"

Speaking of this, Zigong was even more surprised, he felt that the most consistent place between the master and Zhao Wuxian was in his views on this matter.

At that time, Zigong still remembered the situation vividly, in the hall of Zhongdu, he and his master were also sitting opposite each other and asked for advice on this matter.

Here's what the master said: "Yes, the gentleman of the Zhao family is right, you have done something inappropriate in this matter. ”

Zigong was puzzled, and he asked, "Didn't the master teach me that a gentleman is a righteous man, and a villain is a good man?" What's wrong with giving up profit for profit? ”

He felt that it was a virtuous act for him to ransom people without taking the money to compensate them, so why did the Zhao gentleman and the master oppose this practice?

The master stroked his long beard, shook his head with a smile, and said, "The deeds of a saint can change customs, and the pursuit of my generation is to set an example and teach the people of the country, so that they can learn the heart of benevolence, instead of practicing excessively exalted morality alone." ”

"Now that there are few rich people and many poor people in Lu country, if you ransom people and take the money from the government, it will not affect righteousness; If they don't take the money, the rest of the Lu people will no longer be as enthusiastic about ransom as before. ”

Zigong is not stupid, although it is not as good as Senior Brother Yan Hui's "Smell One and Know Ten", but it is also "Smell One and Know Two", Master's words, a little bit is thorough.

In those few days, when his brother Zilu was passing through Wenshui, he rescued a drowning man, and the man thanked him and gave him a cow, and Zilu accepted it.

When the Master heard this, he said happily, "There will be many people who will save the drowning!" ”

Zigong suddenly realized.

It turned out that he ransomed people's freedom, thinking that he had done a good deed by destroying his own property. However, the intention of this law in Lu was to encourage everyone who went abroad to redeem their compatriots as long as they had the opportunity, and they could get equivalent compensation afterwards without losing anything.

Zigong's mistake lies in his self-righteous behavior of "taking righteousness and abandoning profit", and exalting the moral standards that everyone can easily achieve to a height that is difficult for most people to achieve.

In the future, if anyone redeems the Lu people and then goes to receive the ransom, he will be considered inferior to Zigong, and it is profitable and unjust. However, there are few rich people in Lu and many poor people, and few people have enough financial resources to ensure that the loss of this ransom will not affect their livelihood.

That's why the master, like the Zhao gentleman, thinks that "it is a matter of giving and losing"!

And Zilu saves people, which is both righteous and profitable, and will inevitably be emulated by many Lu people.

After Zigong told the matter as it was, he praised Zhao Wuxian for coincidentally agreeing with his master, and it was really a sage who would have a benefit.

Zhao Wuxian snickered in his heart, thanks to the craze for Chinese studies in his previous life, he had heard of this story, otherwise, how could he dare to be so sure of Confucius's reaction?

However, Zhao Wuxian couldn't help but sigh that Kong Qiu was no longer the same as the angry young man who scolded Ji when he was young, "is it tolerable or unbearable". After more than 20 years of stumbling and climbing in Qilu, he has seen through the hearts of the people, and righteousness and benefit are not absolute opposites.

Who said he couldn't eat the ancients? Who said he was pedantic? This is obviously a realist too!

Otherwise, he would have searched all over Zhuxia and worshipped countless teachers to integrate their thoughts? Otherwise, he will accept the invitation of his rival Yang Hu on the spot, and be the capital of Yang Hu's party as the leader of Yang Hu? Can you teach the disciples of Confucius who have different industries and great deviations in their ideological achievements?

Although, this person will still be idealistic from time to time, for example, when he gets the opportunity to let go and govern a city, he still uses benevolence and etiquette as a magic weapon.

Governing a thousand-room city may be maintained by morality and personality charm, but if you are in charge of a thousand-room country, it is strange that there will be no leaks.

Zigong didn't know what Wuxian was thinking, he felt that the time had come, and was about to find out the brochure in his arms and sell the master's idea to Zhao Wuxian.

saw Zhao Wuxian get up first and said, "Zigong, are you willing to go with me to the newly built craftsman area for a look?" You and I will buy and sell in the future, but it will all be there. ”

He had no choice but to retract his hand again, get up silently, and follow behind Zhao Wuxian with his hands down.

After leaving the temple, I walked for a short time, and I saw that the place near the downstream of the stream has been built into a small craftsman area.

Although the sparrows here are small, they are full of organs, and there are a small number of weavers, bow people, wheel people, etc. from the lower palace. Zhao Wuxian said that since then, some simple tools and utensils can be made by Chengxiang himself, and there is no need to go to Xinjiang and Xia Palace to buy them.

And among them, the most lively is the busy Lu potters around the kiln, Zigong guessed that the exquisite pottery cup he used was fired here.

But with his thoughts, if he sells this thing to the people, he may be able to make some small profits. But in the end, it is a small profit but quick turnover, looking at these kilns and manpower, they can only supply a few times a month, and the benefits are not great.

What is the buying and selling that the Zhao gentleman is talking about?

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Ask for collections, ask for recommendations, ask for Sanjiang tickets......

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