After Confucius left, Ji Huanzi continued to talk to Fang Zhong.

He, the person in charge of the Lu country, is not so busy. It's not a big deal, and I won't ask about it personally. General matters are handled by the officials below. He's kind of a hands-off shopkeeper (leader). So! What he has is time.

After listening to Fang Zhong's preaching, Ji Huanzi suddenly discovered: Fang Zhong is really good.

Why didn't you notice him before? This man is a talent! No wonder, both he and Jiaojiao have been pampered.

After thinking about it carefully, he found that the reason why he looked down on Fang Zhong was because Fang Zhong was the son-in-law who came to the Ji family.

And also! He looked down on Fang Jishi back then, and thus looked down on Fang Zhong.

Back then he thought! Fang Jishi is not worthy of being the great god of Lu State, a person who can't even protect his own son, how can he be worthy of being the great god of Lu State? If Fang Jishi had the ability, he would not have brought his son Fang Zhong into the Ji clan as a "hostage".

In addition, Fang Zhong and Jiaojiao's fiefs were larger than his fiefdoms, so he was even more unconvinced.

Before he inherited the hereditary title, he also had a fief. After inheriting the title, he was in full charge of all the Ji family's estates, including Fang Zhong's fief.

The properties in the name of the Ji family belong to him. He has the right to dispose of all the land on the entire Feiyi. It's just that! He must have a reason to take back someone else's fief. You can't get someone else's fiefdom back without a reason.

Fang Zhong also took this opportunity to give Ji Huanzi a good lecture on the doctrine of Taoism. He did what he liked, and according to Ji Huanzi's current identity, he made a set of teaching materials. Guide Ji Huanzi in the direction of Dayin.

To put it bluntly, it is to tell Ji Huanzi that he wants to use his current identity to enjoy himself in time, life is nothing more than this, live for the sake of living. Live as happy as you want. You are now a doctor of Lu Guo, one person is above ten thousand people, you don't enjoy yourself in time, are you stupid? Isn't it?

As the leader of the Lu State, you just need to maintain the status quo of the Lu State. If the state of Lu is not destroyed by the state of Qi or the state of Chu, the state of Jin or any vassal state, that is your merit.

On the surface! Fang Zhong was persuading Ji Huanzi not to be motivated and to live a foolish life. In fact! In this troubled era, in this period of princes' struggle for hegemony, it is not an easy task for a small Dilu country to be able to keep itself from being destroyed by other vassal states.

If you decay, your country will easily cause internal and external troubles and speed up the pace of destruction.

But for a hereditary aristocrat like Ji Huanzi, what can you expect him to do? Can you, like Confucius, directly intervene in the government and let him do it? Will he listen to what you tell him to do? Isn't it? As soon as he finds out that you are not good for him, he thinks that you are cheating on him, and he may kill you.

These hereditary nobles are always in their own interests above the interests of the people. When something happens, they increase taxes and don't care about the lives of the people. First get over the difficulties, and then come to appease the people. Tell the people: It's hard for me to be a family! When the national crisis is at the head, we all have to take responsibility.

And you can only take advantage of this time to follow him, let him be more restrained, reduce expenses, and be less extravagant, so as to reduce the burden on the people. You tell him! If the people can't survive, without the foundation of the people, where will you get your taxes? Isn't it? In this case, these hereditary nobles can listen.

In times of peace, if you let him pay less taxes, how can they understand these things?

If you think that you are ahead of your time, you will be able to see the results of the development of things, so that the kings and hereditary nobles will reduce their taxes, give up their luxurious lives, and live frugally, so that the people will vigorously develop production and population. And then! With a large population and a strong comprehensive national strength, what can we do, and can people listen to it?

Only when the national disaster came, and their luxurious life could no longer be lived, did they consider these things.

There is no way! Your heart of charity is good, and you do not want to see the suffering of the people in the future, but you make suggestions to the king and the ruling ministers to put an end to it and prevent it. But it doesn't work for you to bring it up, on the contrary! You may offend people because of this, so what's the use of you bringing it up?

Do you play tricks on your cleverness? Does this show the ignorance of the kings?

Unconsciously, it was already lunch time, if it weren't for the urging of the personal guards, Ji Huanzi would still be reluctant to stop to eat, and he still felt that he hadn't heard enough, and he still wanted to listen.

"Prepare the wine!" Ji Huanzi waved his arm at the guard.

His relationship with Fang Zhong is not only the relationship between superiors and subordinates, but also the relationship between a family. Fang Zhong is a junior and his niece and son-in-law.

After today's conversation, he has the feeling of seeing each other late.

Just when the next person was preparing the wine and food, Ji Huanzi remembered and asked, "What did you do when you came to me today?" ”

"I'm here to resign!"

"Resigned?" Ji Huanzi didn't understand what it meant, and asked, "What kind of official?" ”

Fang Zhong hurriedly got up and knelt down in front of Ji Huanzi's case, and said, "I'm here to resign from the post of Fei Yizai. ”

"Fei Yizai? You? You're not going to do Fei Yi Zai? Ji Huanzi never thought that Fang Zhong was here to resign.

"Fei Yi should be served by someone else, and it should be taken by the young talents of Lu State! For example! Those students of Confucius ......"

"Wait!" Ji Huanzi interrupted: "What do you mean? You mean? Let Confucius's students be Fei Yizai? You? ”

Ji Huanzi thought to himself: Didn't I just pull Confucius off the stage, and! Are you still driving him out of the country of Lu? It doesn't matter if you don't do Fei Yizai, you still recommend Confucius's students to be you, what do you mean by that?

"Confucius and those students of Confucius can still be local officials and govern one side. For example! When Confucius governed the Central Capital, he governed the Central Capital very well, didn't he? For example: Confucius's students can still be petty officials......"

Ji Huanzi interrupted: "You don't manage your private town very well, and you also govern Feiyi very well, why do you have to recommend Confucius's students to be officials?" ”

Fang Zhong replied: "Confucius has already been driven out by us, if we don't reuse Confucius's students, then!" Will people in the world say that we really don't reuse talents? Isn't it?

And also! I am a nobleman, I am here to enjoy life, where can I be delayed by the trivial things of managing private estates? Isn't it?

So! Management matters, some errand matters, or leave it to other people to do. Everything is taken care of by our aristocratic people, and people in the world will really say that we will not reuse talents or do not pay attention to talents. So! We want to give the young talents of Lu a chance to show their talents......"

"Hmm!" Ji Huanzi nodded and said, "Okay!" Also! Let those students of Confucius be coaxed by the bull to become officials! I'd like to see it! What talents do these young talents have? Hey! ”

(End of chapter)