"We are ......" Chen Yu's face was confused and depressed, he rode on the steady carriage, and the same carriage was occupied by disciples of the same school who were active in the imperial capital. He looked at his acquaintance and said, "Use us to educate slaves, some petty things will be of great use!" ”

There was no one in the carriage who was not depressed, some of them were Confucian disciples who "fought" under the leadership of Kong Kun, and some were Confucian disciples who worked alone, but without exception they were all very active people who were also committed to making Confucianism more widely influential in the empire.

"Master Confucius thinks that now you can only be patient, and if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan." Although Chen Yu said so, his face was still full of gloom.

Everyone in the carriage sighed, with a kind of helplessness.

Who is the "Confucius Master" in Chen Yu's mouth, it is Kong Kui. He was the eighth grandson of Confucius and originally lived in the Wei state. His real name is 鲋甲, the word fish, also the word A. After the chaos in the world, almost all people with noble births defected to princes and nobles with noble blood, and no matter how bad it was, he was looking for celebrities to pinn on his subordinates, but he made a remarkable decision, not looking for princes and nobles with noble blood, nor looking for famous people, but looking for a person who was originally a soldier of the Qin army.

The Qin army's soldier was Chen Sheng, and Kong Kun took refuge when Chen Sheng's team was not large, which made many people not understand and at the same time looked sideways.

Why didn't Kong Kun go to a noble-blooded prince or nobleman or a famous person? In fact, the Tao in this is very realistic.

Since the founding of Confucius, Confucianism has not been recognized because of the relationship between its ideas, and the approval here refers to the approval of the ruling class, which is simply an unreasonable thing for Confucianism, just as the rest of the schools of thought think that the ruling class does not use their ideas to govern the country.

"How good our doctrine is, and our learning is more suitable for governing the country than the learning of other schools. Why don't they just accept it? Another elderly Confucian scholar said with a sad face: "You can't deny us because of what happened in the past, right?" ”

What was in the past? In fact, Confucianism had a time when he was in charge of the government of a country, and that was during the lifetime of Confucius, and Qufu, the capital of the Lu state, was governed by him, and he had to say a very fair word. Qufu was governed quite well by him, which led to the Ji Sun clan in the three Heng of the Lu State also having the idea that it might be very good for him to govern the Lu State.

"Isn't it good to educate everyone about etiquette and honesty?" The elder Confucian looked incomprehensible and said: "The empire is already extremely strong, but it is stronger than force, and even barbaric because of the strength of force. Do we need a barbaric nation? ”

A haze also appeared on Chen Yu's face, and he said: "Not only has it become barbaric, but it has also begun to be filled with copper odor everywhere, and Your Majesty has forgotten the pain of the Tian family's generation. has been supporting lowly and dangerous businessmen. ”

There are some rumors that the current emperor is a descendant of the Jiang surname Lü, and the Jiangshan (Qi State) surnamed Jiang Lü was bought by the Tian family with "big buckets out and small buckets in".

"The whole noble class is going further and further in the wrong direction." Chen Yu was both deplorable and hateful, he saw many people nodding in recognition of his point of view, and said: "They no longer pay attention to morality, what they want is more and more benefits." ”

In fact, what Chen Yu wants to say is that compared with the previous aristocratic class, the current aristocratic class of the empire is actually more like the emperor's echo worm. For example, Kong Kun had obviously won the support of some nobles, but the emperor only lost his temper slightly. Those nobles flinched without the slightest resistance.

The nobles of the empire are all following the emperor to become the noble class, every founding monarch has always had an inoffensive majesty, who dares to easily tease the emperor's tiger whiskers, especially for a seemingly trivial and no vital matter to make the emperor unhappy?

"The noble class is unreliable [to Confucianism], and it is very difficult to get them to support us (strongly)." A Confucian named Huang Ye seemed more sensible, saying, "What we need is an ally who will not abandon us and who is willing to face risks together." Because we are in a worse situation now than we were when the Supreme Master was alive. ”

Who is the Greatest Teacher? It's Confucius, his old man.

Kong Qiu is definitely qualified to be called the supreme teacher, after all, he is the only one who is the first to stand up and be willing to teach in an environment where knowledge is monopolized, so although knowledge is still in the hands of nobles and wealthy families after him, the commoners finally have a way to seek knowledge. Those who are not of noble blood and wealthy backgrounds are indeed grateful to him for opening a door to knowledge.

Of course, no one is perfect, and no one is great in his life.

Confucius has a noble personality, but many times what he thinks is right does not mean that what he does must be right, just like his path to power.

The monarch of Lu wanted to regain the lost power, so he supported Kong Qiu and let Kong Qiu go all the way from a doctor to become the state governor of Lu State. On the road to becoming the ruler of the Lu State, Kong Qiu not only received help from the monarch of the Lu State, but in fact, there were not many people who helped Kong Qiu, including Ji Sun, one of the three Hengs of the Lu State.

Ji Sun is the head of the family of the strongest "Heng" among the three Hengs of the Lu State, and he is also the principal (diplomat) of the Lu State serving the Jin State, and his power in the Lu State can be described as a one-handed cover.

In the early days when Kong Qiu was valued by the monarch of the Lu Kingdom, Ji Sun helped Kong Qiu a lot, and even when Kong Qiu protected his father to accompany the slave, he smiled with relief and did not pursue it. Relatives buried slaves with them and then did not pursue them, which was a kind of face-saving attitude at the time.

What was Kongqiu's reward for Ji Sun? is constantly attacking the strength of the Ji Sun clan in the Lu State, thinking that the three Hengs headed by the Ji Sun clan do not have the slightest consciousness as a subordinate, and according to the original words, they are "not the son of man".

Probably because Ji Sun thought that Kong Qiu could make Lu Guo strong, and he adopted a tolerant attitude towards Kong Qiu's series of attacks, but his repeated patience did not exchange Kong Qiu's gratitude, but he was attacked more fiercely by Kong Qiu, and Kong Qiu's attacks were not only limited to public opinion, but also repeatedly opposed Ji Sun in national affairs.

At that time, the State of Qi was expanding vigorously in Shandong, and the State of Lu blocked the pace of expansion of the State of Qi from the west, so the State of Qi had long had the ambition of annexing the State of Lu. It's just that on the one hand, the state of Lu itself is not too weak, and the state of Lu is clinging to the thigh of the Jin state, the boss of the Central Plains at that time, and the state of Qi has the ambition to annex the state of Lu, but it does not dare to take real action.

Confucianism's penchant for infighting had already shown its signs in the time of Confucius, and he seemed to have failed to see the imminent threat from the Qi state, and had been committed to fighting Sanheng, in the name of regaining the power that should have belonged to the king for the king of Lu.

If it is in accordance with the concept of "outside must first be inside". Of course, there is nothing wrong with what Confucius did, but if you look at history very seriously, any country that does so when an external threat is imminent and there is no time to "settle the outside world first", all the countries that do so have no surprises, either they will die or be replaced.

Sanheng has been patient and tolerant in the face of Kongqiu, and the consequences are terrible, which leads to Kongqiu thinking that Sanheng has been afraid, and as a result, he put forward the request of "falling Sandu".

The demand for the fall of Sandu was raised, and there was a rebellion among the retainers of Sanheng. What can Sanheng do? It can only be compromised again under the unanimous pressure of Lu Guojun and Kong Qiu.

God, Sandu is called Sandu, but it is a sacred property of individuals, at that time, it is not said that everything in the world belongs to the set of those in power, Kong Qiu actually thought that Sanheng was a threat to the monarch of Lu State, and then because of political considerations, regardless of the sanctity and solemnity of private property, it was necessary to destroy it morally and practically. What about the noble character of Confucianism?

Kong Qiu really fell into Sandu, and during this period, Sanheng, led by Ji Sun, did not act excessively. What happened next, however, was a piece of history that Confucianism tried to erase.

What history? It's just that Kong Qiu didn't take into account the defense line on the side of the Qi country when he fell to Sandu, and the Sandu fell to the point of self-destruction of national defense, which can be regarded as a dizziness.

What was Qi Guo's attitude towards Kong Qiu's efforts against Lu Guo Sanheng at that time? With an attitude of schadenfreude and encouragement, they also vigorously promoted Confucius above the public opinion, so that Confucius began to have a great reputation in various countries.

Kong Qiu targeted Sanheng to help Lu Guojun regain power, but why did Lu Guojun's power transfer to Sanheng's side? In fact, it is related to a series of absurd things done by Lu Guo's office. The most absurd time that the Lu royal family has done also includes offending the Jin State that protects their own country, and even a piece of territory that was lost almost without a fight, that territory was captured from the Qi State during the Jin State to protect the Lu State, and then the Jin State gave it to the Lu State.

The country of Lu is dependent on the protection of the state of Jin, and the office of the state of Lu actually offended the people who protect themselves. When Kong Qiu became the ruler, he even offended the Jin State one step further, such as denouncing the Jin State for not respecting the Zhou royal family, but the Jin State should actually be the most respectful vassal state of the Zhou royal family besides the Lu State.

Kong Qiu denounced the Jin State for not respecting the Zhou royal family, and the reason why the Jin State was so powerful that it should unconditionally accept the orders of the Zhou royal family, how could it give priority to the interests of the vassal states.

The Jin State was a vassal state under the command of the Zhou royal family, and people who lived in that era understood that the vassal states had their own powers, and it was also a universal value to give priority to protecting their own interests, and it was reasonable to be loyal to the Zhou royal family while ensuring their own interests.

In fact, if there was no Jin State at that time, it had been "respecting the king", first carrying the banner of the Zhou royal family and fighting with the Chu State of "winning multiple titles" for nearly a hundred years, and finally brought a group of younger brothers to take the Chu State down, so that the Chu State "returned" to the arms of the Huaxia family, and then suppressed many vassal states that spied on the authority of the Zhou royal family, including the Qi State.

needs to be protected, and then on the premise of not violating universal values, the Jin State really didn't provoke the Zhou royal family to do anything, and as a result, as the ruler of a protected country, he denounced and protected his own strong country, this kind of behavior is funny, right?

Maybe the whole world thinks it's funny, but Kong Qiu really thinks so, because that is the core of Confucianism, everything is the will of the king, that is, "the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister".

What is the result of Kong Qiu's denunciation of the Jin State as the ruler of a country? It was the Jin State that was depressed and at a loss, and then no longer regarded the Lu State as a country that he had to protect, causing the Qi State to have no scruples and send troops to attack the Lu State.

Naturally, Lu Guo could not defeat Qi State alone, and he couldn't beat it before he had a defensive line (city), and he couldn't beat it even more after losing his defensive line.

Qi sent troops to Lu State, the sequelae of falling to Sandu came, Kong Qiu asked Sanheng to do his best to fight against Qi State, but Sanheng is not a fool, before Kong Qiu was forced step by step when Sanheng had been tolerating, forcing Sanheng to have no way to live. Well, doesn't the monarch want power? Sanheng returned the right, not only returned the right, but also destroyed the private estate that belonged to his sacred property. was bullied to this point, and the object who bullied himself before came to the obligation, saying that Sanheng had the obligation to participate in the national war as a private soldier.

What a joke! When Kong Qiu weakened Sanheng, he didn't talk about the obligations of the monarch and the ruling to the Sanheng, and when the monarch and the ruling needed the Sanheng, Sanheng had the obligation to protect whom? What kind of logic is this???

So, as the ancestor of Confucianism, Confucius has that kind of thinking, don't expect that the core ideas of Confucianism will not be confused, and it can even be said that ignoring "obligations and responsibilities" is the "disease" left from Confucius's generation.

Confucianism was born for so many years, and it is most likely that the reform will succeed, and the time to embark on the right path (the time of Mencius and Xunzi) is not completed, the disease is not cured, and one can imagine what tragedy will be caused.

"Allies, we need allies like the Jisun clan." Of course, Chen Yu didn't really say Ji Sun's family, but only referred to Ji Sun's unconditional forbearance in the early stage. He said in an expectant tone: "But who is our Jisun clan?" ”

Many Confucian disciples knew what Chen Yu meant by Ji Sun, that is, he wanted to endure and be willing to be used without saying a word.

There has already been a precedent, who dares to be the Ji Sun of Confucianism? They responded only with a wry smile.

In the historical records of Confucianism, the Ji Sun clan is not a good thing, and all the actions of cooperating with Kong Qiu are conspiracy, even if the Ji Sun clan did not find Kong Qiu at all until the Qi army attacked the city of Qufu, and finally Kong Qiu was expelled from the Lu State, it must be the conspiracy of Sanheng, but no evidence was found. In Confucian thinking, whoever is guilty is guilty never needs evidence.

Confucianism has had no allies at all for hundreds of years, and they have offended almost all schools of thought that can be offended, and it is good not to be attacked, and there will be no one to pull Confucianism at all, let alone be an ally of Confucianism. (To be continued.) )