Lai Ji couldn't help but secretly curse himself for not learning history well back then, but now there is a big ugly. I took that "prime minister" for granted, but I seriously ignored the historical origin of the prime minister. And there are many contexts in this historical source, and an official position has a different era of power in different eras. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in order to avoid the expansion of the power of the prince, the princes and kings strengthened their inner court, so this caused the three people who were originally in charge of the king's private affairs to gradually expand their power in the era of the family world.

The emperor thought that the prime minister had too much power, so he set up a secretarial institution such as Shangshutai to divide the power of the prime minister again, and finally Shangshutai, Zhongshu Province, etc. also evolved from the emperor's secretarial institution to a central institution again. Later, the Ming Dynasty did not do the same, the cabinet was originally the king's secretarial body, but with the development of time, it also became a central body. There are many examples of this, and the bureaucratic system is not a constant layer, although an official position has the same name, it has different powers and responsibilities in different eras. Laiji found that he had not studied history well, and as a result, he was criticized this time.

However, of course, it was impossible for Laiji to admit defeat like this, and immediately said: "Then may I ask, Confucius killed Shao Zhengmao, there is no doubt about this." This is Confucius seven days and punished Shao Zhengmao, since this 'Zhu', there is no doubt that he killed Shao Zhengmao, can you say anything else? ”

However, Shi Bufan soon had an explanation for this problem. Shi Bufan first wrote a traditional Chinese character "诛" on the paper, and then showed it to everyone.

"Let's look at the word 'Zhu', on the left of this Zhu is next to the word Yan, and then next to it is the vermilion Zhu. And the pronunciation of this Zhu is Zhu, which is the pronunciation of the Zhu next to it. But why did he add a word next to it, and there must be his historical origin next to this word? And when I was studying history books, I found an interesting phenomenon. As you know, many texts also have differences between ancient and modern meanings. Maybe that's what it means now, but over time, it's often not that way. Everyone should understand this situation, right? I think everyone should know this kind of ancient and modern meaning. Shi Bufan said.

Ren Yaxiang immediately hurriedly said: "That's right, there are many ancient and modern meanings in words. ”

The ancient and modern meanings of such words are completely different. The meaning of words is completely different in different eras, and even a word has different meanings in different eras. Some words may have been positive in ancient times, but later they became derogatory. Some are even derogatory terms, which have become positive terms in different eras. Even the part of speech must have changed, if it is even more so in the Internet age, and even a lot of swearing words have become disguised compliments, which is actually very normal. Many people also understand this, as long as they have a little knowledge of history, they understand this difference.

"The word '诛' that we know so far mainly means to kill, and when you hear this word, it often means that you think of killing. But as far as I know, this sentence didn't actually mean murder in the first place. Next to the word is next to the word "speech", which means that this word is the earliest word related to speech, not the kind of word of the metal vessel next to the gold word. And my Huaxia characters are not made out of thin air, they are pictographs. And since this word is next to the words, it means that he must be related to the speech. He doesn't have a gold letter, and he doesn't have anything to do with killing, so I can assume that the sages who first created his words didn't mean to kill because of it. ”

On the contrary, some of you may know that in addition to the meaning of killing, this word also means condemnation. It refers to condemning with speech, and therefore there is an idiom called 'verbal criticism', which is also the earliest meaning of punishment, representing the use of speech to condemn him and discredit him, which is the earliest meaning of the word 'punishment'. ”

And when everyone heard this, they were even more shocked, they didn't think that there was such an explanation at all? You must know that when people mention the word "Zhu", they often think that it is related to killing, and until the 21st century, when the word "Zhu" is mentioned, the first thought is that it refers to killing, not to condemn speech. But now Shi Bufan actually put forward another statement, so if such a "punishment" word means condemnation, is the situation completely changed? If this "punishment" means condemnation, then did Confucius not kill Shao Zhengmao back then, but only condemned him with his remarks, scolded him for being a bloody dog, and then Shao Zhengmao was also scolded and embarrassed?

Therefore, when everyone heard this statement, they suddenly felt enlightened. If this "punishment" means condemnation, then doesn't this show that Confucius was not a person who relied on punishment to kill the enemy casually, but instead condemned the other party with his own remarks, and finally let the other party be scolded for a bloody head. So the situation is completely reversed, from a killing to a condemnation with words, so the difference is too great. With remarks condemning debate, that Shao Zhengmao can't say anything about others, so naturally he can't say anything.

As for if this is the case, it means that in the past, everyone thought that Shao Zhengmao was killed by Confucius, and this statement is not so reliable. In this case, the circumstances of killing Shao Zhengmao cannot be used as evidence, and cannot be used as a reason to slander Confucius. Even the so-called use of Confucius to kill Shao Zhengmao as a precedent cannot be used as a later example, and this example cannot be used to kill political opponents or people with different opinions. It's absolutely upside down, it's completely upside down.

This sentence had two meanings in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, one was condemnation and the other was killing. However, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the meaning of this punishment was more of a condemnation of speech. However, since the Warring States Period, wars have been frequent in various places, and wars have broken out very much, many times more than in the Spring and Autumn Period, so the meaning of killing in this word has suddenly improved a lot, and even finally surpassed the meaning of condemnation and became the mainstream view, until today. However, historians generally regard the division of the three families into Jin as the distinction between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. But at that time, Confucius had already died, so Confucius was a person from the Spring and Autumn Period, and Xunzi and those who came after him were all from the Warring States Period. The wars of the Spring and Autumn period were relatively mild, and although there were wars, they were far less brutal than those of the Warring States period. But in the Warring States Period, the war suddenly became extremely cruel, and even Qin Bai Qi was able to kill hundreds of thousands of Zhao troops at one time, so you can imagine the cruelty of the war during the Warring States Period. ”

"The Spring and Autumn Period was generally a relatively peaceful war, so the meaning of the word 'Zhu' is more of a verbal condemnation. However, during the Warring States period, wars were frequent and more brutal, and the killing component also increased rapidly. So this is also an ancient and modern meaning, a very huge ancient and modern meaning. Therefore, when we study this material, we should not only analyze it from our thoughts, but also from the difference between the situation and the ancient and modern differences in that year, which is the most important thing. ”

Ren Yaxiang hurriedly said: "Okay, Shi Xiaoshulang said it well!" From this point of view, the so-called Confucius killing Shao Zhengmao is not what ordinary people think. ”

Laiji felt that his face was hot, obviously thinking that he seemed to have been slapped in the face. He put forward several seemingly ironclad evidences in a row, but they were erased by this Shi Bufan's understatement. In this way, his so-called evidence cannot be regarded as evidence.

"Shi Xiaoshulang, thank you for correcting the name of your ancestors! I think that even the saints in the heavenly spirits will be grateful to you for saving your reputation! Kong Yingda said sincerely to Shi Bufan.

Kong Yingda was really convinced this time, because Kong Yingda was able to help his ancestors correct their names, which is what Kong Yingda values the most. As a scholar, Kong Yingda was far more than a scholar and an official, so he attached great importance to the reputation of his ancestors. In fact, Kong Yingda was also very embarrassed about Confucius's punishment of Shaozhengmao, and a scholar did not want to be killed by the enemy because of different arguments. Academics and politics, once involved, are tragic. As academics, we don't want officials to use their power to kill people, so they are sad for scholars. As a scholar, Kong Yingda naturally doesn't want to be killed for his speech. If others can't argue with themselves, then the other party will kill them, which is what many scholars are sad about.

But Confucius did this kind of thing, at least everyone recognized that Confucius killed Shao Zhengmao because of his different remarks, which is almost an eternal pain for the descendants of Confucius, and it is also an eternal pain in the hearts of many scholars. Because once Confucius set a bad example, it is likely that future generations will use this as an excuse to slaughter those who have different academic and political views, so it is still to discount the banner of Confucius as justice, which is the sorrow of many scholars. But they didn't dare to refute it, because if they did, they would be refuting Confucius. They regarded Confucius as a sage, and they were not allowed to refute it.

But Shi Bufan really came directly to a complete reversal this time, directly reversing the whole plot. This almost completely negates the fact that Confucius killed Shao Zhengmao, and the evidence presented by Shi Bufan is still reasonable and well-founded, as long as you check the history books a little, you can know it. In fact, many people also understand these things, not because they don't understand them. But everyone didn't "string these things" before, they didn't string these important elements together. But now it has been strung up like this by Shi Bufan, and the results have been found to be that there seem to be a lot of problems!

If this is the case, Confucius not only did not kill Shao Zhengmao, but instead used his speech to condemn the other party. Condemnation with rhetoric and killing with a butcher's knife are two different issues. With rhetoric condemnation, this is a gentleman, a real gentleman. But killing with a butcher's knife will not win people's hearts.

Therefore, Kong Yingda felt that Shi Bufan had completely made up for this stain and completely washed away this stain for Confucius. Confucius's punishment is the biggest stain on Confucius, and it is also the most difficult to wash away. But Shi Bufan washed it away, although this was just the words of Shi Bufan's family. However, Kong Yingda knew that in the future, there would definitely be a wave of reversal of the case, and the murder of Confucius, the murder of Shao Zhengmao, would be used as a study to overturn the case. At that time, I am afraid that Confucius's killing of Shao Zhengmao will be completely overthrown.

From then on, Confucius will become a true and almost perfect saint, and no one will be able to use this excuse as an excuse to attack Confucius in the future. Therefore, this is of great help to the maintenance of Confucius, the maintenance of Kong Yingda, and the maintenance of the Confucian family of Confucius's descendants. As a descendant of Confucius, of course, he knows very well that what the Confucian family eats is not academic, let alone the ability to govern the country. He relied on the fame left by his ancestors, and relied on them to eat under the banner of the descendants of Confucius.

"Master Kong, I am just exerting my own opinions, but whether everyone believes it or not, I will not use a knife to force them to agree. I think the truth becomes clearer and clearer the more it is debated, and Sage Kong may not really want to kill people back then, and he also passed the debate that made that young man embarrassed, which is the reason why Dr. Lu Guoqing returned to his heart. ”

Of course, this is just my personal opinion, not to force others to believe, and I will not force others to believe it. As long as everyone is willing to study together, everyone is willing to face ancient books with real sincerity together, and can truly study from many aspects, instead of following the crowd, nor is it deliberately distorted and distorted. I think we can't just look at the surface of what the ancients said. It depends more on the background of the times behind him, and more importantly, on the time when he lived. This is fundamental, otherwise it would be unbelievable to rely on these things alone for debate. ”

Kong Yingda nodded, and then immediately made a look of relief. Kong Yingda's impression of Shi Bufan is getting better and better, not only did Shi Bufan put forward the study of mind, but also Shi Bufan almost overturned the case for Confucius, so that after the case was overturned, the world could have a more polite and rational view of Confucius. It is not easy to use Confucius's killing as a basis, as if Confucius was also going to kill people. How can the descendants of Confucius not be heartbroken in this way? Everyone kills people under the banner of Confucius, so should this account be counted on Confucius's head?

"I don't kill Beren, but Beren dies because of me. Although the ancestor did not kill so many descendants, everyone used him as an excuse to kill people, so how can the ancestor be innocent? Shi Xiaoshulang, you really gave your ancestors a clean slate. I thank you on behalf of my ancestors, so please accept me! Kong Yingda took the initiative to say to Shi Bufan.