Confucius, like last time, is out of trouble again.

After holding the feces and urine for a night, after entering the latrine, it was like a storm coming, and the thunder was rolling. The guards who waited outside the latrine couldn't help but feel a burst of contempt.

Originally! That day, under the rebuke of Lao Tzu, they despised Confucius. Although they are not masters of Taoism, they all understand the general theory of Taoism.

As Lao Tzu said, learning Zhou etiquette will not save the world.

Weekly Gift! It's just a code of conduct, a code of conduct, and it doesn't mean that the world can be saved by training people to be polite. And quite the opposite! In the end, the promotion of Zhou Li is to tie the hands and feet of the world, so that those who are above Zhou Li can do whatever they want.

You can't ask or force others to obey the weekly rites, but! Do you observe the weekly rites?

Obviously! Confucius was not a man who observed the rites of the week. If he had kept the weekly rites, he wouldn't be what he is now.

Do you want to pay attention to your identity? You are here to "salute" Lao Tzu, you are a student. So! You have to be a student and think of yourself as a student. Can now? Do you think of yourself as a student?

Are you reading a book? You're pretending to be better!

Are you reading a book? You are trying your best to express yourself in front of Lao Tzu and others, proving that you are a person who loves books and loves to learn.

Oh! That's right! You're the son! You are Confucius! You're a different student than any other student! You're special!

You're so special! The and urine are so suffocating that they almost pull into the crotch of their pants? You?

The guards smelled the stench of wafting from the latrine, and they despised it even more in their hearts.

When Confucius came out of the latrine, he bent down to the guards as if he were a different person, saluted and apologized, and only after a weekly salute did he go to the kitchen to wash.

When Zhang Shanfeng saw that Confucius was coming, he hurriedly stepped forward, and after bowing to him, he had to kneel down and bow.

Seeing this, Confucius quickly helped him up.

In fact! Zhang Shanfeng did not mean to kneel and bow, but deliberately contrived. If you really bow down, you just bow down, where there is procrastination. False! That's fake!

Just like a guest at the house of a fake polite person, he killed chickens and ducks, making a fuss about chickens and ducks flying all over the sky. Outcome! Not a single chicken or duck was killed. Not really hospitable, but! The appearance should be sufficient, and the superficial article should be done well.

Fang Jishi also walked over and looked at him with reproachful eyes.

After Confucius saw Fang Jishi's eyes, he saluted and apologized.

"Go ahead! Go ahead! Fang Jishi waved the back of his hand at Confucius, signaling him to hurry up and wash and eat, so as not to wait in a hurry!

"Big brother!" Confucius bowed his head and shouted, and hurried to the kitchen. Under Zhang Shanfeng's service, he washed up and ate.

Meal! Zhang Shanfeng circled around Teacher Kong and sniffed hard. Then he said to himself, "It stinks! ”

"Stinky?" Confucius didn't know that Zhang Shanfeng was making a bad deal and teasing him, Teacher Kong. He sniffed too, but didn't smell the stench. said: "I'm sorry! Probably fart! ……”

"? Did you fart? ”

"No, no, no! No! It was the previous time, I was in a hurry and farted in the crotch of my pants......"

"! Don't all farts go in the crotch? Where is there a fart with your pants off? ”

Confucius arched his hand towards Zhang Shanfeng and asked, "Does it really smell?" ”

"It really stinks!"

"Then I'll go change into clean clothes!"

"I think it's better to forget it!" Fang Jishi walked in and said to Confucius. And then! Glared at Zhang Shanfeng.

He knows! It must be Zhang Shanfeng playing with Teacher Kong.

Under the master's glare, Zhang Shanfeng did not tease Confucius anymore.

Confucius looked at the square cornerstone, and then! I went to the Zhou Library.

After Fang Jishi, Zhang Shanfeng and others followed to the door, they stopped and did not enter inside.

"Close the door!" Lao Tzu shouted angrily inside.

Confucius turned back and closed the door of the Zhou Chamber.

It's obvious! Lao Tzu wanted to talk to Confucius alone, and he didn't want others to hear it.

In the current Zhou storage room, on the side of the Great Zhou Dynasty, few officials came to consult ancient books. During the war, the officials were all wise and self-conscious, not pretentious.

In peacetime, there are many officials who often come to the Zhou Zang Room or borrow relevant books. And then! When debating in the court, he can quote scriptures and show off his knowledge.

Sometimes, in order to make a situation and make a show, some officials would come to the Zhou Tibetan Room to consult or borrow ancient books and write long speeches, so as to attract the attention of the Son of Heaven and other ministers, so that they could make their official positions bigger in the future. When the official position is bigger, there will be more money. If you have more money, you will be able to live a better life than others......

"Meet Mr. Kongchu!"

After closing the door, Confucius came to the desk and knelt down to worship Lao Tzu again.

"Smack!" Lao Tzu threw the bamboo slips in his hand on top of the pile of bamboo slips, and then said, "Get up!" I can't afford it! Get up! If you have anything to ask, just ask! I know everything, I can't say anything! I'm Lear! Not the legendary number one talent in the world! If I were a genius, I would have the ability to save the world! The Son of Heaven can't save this world, so what can I do if I, Li Er, a courtier? ”

"Sir is too modest."

"Get up!"

At Lao Tzu's repeated urging, Confucius got up and sat down on one side of the table. On one side of the table, there is a seat. It is very likely that it has always been like this before, Lao Tzu sits in the front seat of the desk, and the position on the side is specially prepared for guests.

The bamboo slips that Confucius had brought earlier were all sorted out aside. Obviously! In the time just now, Lao Tzu called the guards to come and help. Otherwise! It's too late.

"Excuse me, sir! In today's society, do you still want to be polite? Confucius asked.

"Yes!" Lao Tzu nodded affirmatively.

"But? The vicissitudes of the world have reached the era of bad etiquette, and not many people abide by the weekly etiquette! How should we? How to save the weekly gift? Let the world follow? Confucius asked again.

"Today's troubled times! As wise men and kings, consider the earth first and foremost! Survive! How to keep the people alive, not to ask the world to follow the rituals. It's about teaching others how to survive! Survive! Survive! ”

Lao Tzu accentuated his tone and said three "survivals" in a connection.

Survival comes first! And then there's development! It is how to manage and regulate this society, so that the people abide by the weekly rites and laws!

"No etiquette, no rules! The king is not a king, the minister is not a minister, the people are not the people, and the son is not a son! Isn't society more chaotic? Confucius asked again.

"That? What do you mean? Lao Tzu asked rhetorically.

"No matter how chaotic the society is, you can't be indiscriminate, the world must abide by the etiquette system and act with etiquette! ……”

Lao Tzu interrupted: "Can you abide by etiquette in troubled times?" ”

(End of chapter)