"The vicarious inheritance of history is all inherited and transformed on the basis of the original. Blindly breaking the old pattern will inevitably lead to greater turmoil and kill......ing," Confucius said.

Fang Zhong interrupted: "Zhou is already in chaos, the Son of Heaven can't control the world, the princes are divided, and they are fighting each other, isn't it very chaotic?" Relatively speaking, there has not been much turmoil in our country, but it does not mean that there is no chaos in the world.

The state of Lu and a few other vassal states, because the land area is still okay, the comprehensive national strength is okay, and they also have a set of diplomatic aspects, so they were not annexed by the Jin State and the Chu State.

But! The relative security of the country of Lu was bought at a price, and it was exchanged for the high taxes of the people. In terms of diplomacy, in order to curry favor with the hegemon and to gain support, it is necessary to use a large amount of money to curry favor with the relevant vassal states.

For example! Why didn't there be a big war between us and the Chu State? I think Mr. should know very well in his heart how much money it cost our country to avoid this war. For example! Between us and the Jin Kingdom, how much money did our Lu Kingdom spend? For example, we are with Qi country! Mr? Do you want me to give you some examples?

Although there was no major war in the Lu country, there was no war on the mainland, but the Lu country suffered the same pain as a war. This pain is the people's tax. In order to avoid war, kings and hereditary nobles had to increase taxes on their people in order to live a life of pleasure.

And the tax cut advocated by Mr. sounds good, it can win the hearts of the people, win the hearts of the people, and think you are a good official. But have you thought about it? Without taxes, how can a king go to diplomacy? How can we avoid war? And how to maintain his hedonistic life with the hereditary aristocracy? ”

Seeing that Confucius's face was ugly, Fang Zhong hurriedly stopped.

On the way! It's better not to combine it with reality. No! Don't get both sides involved in politics.

It has become involved in politics, and the consequences are unimaginable. For example! As far as Confucius's policy propositions are concerned, in the end, Ji Huanzi may have killed Confucius because of this.

You want tax cuts, you want weekly gifts, you want this and that, do you take national security into account? Have you taken into account the whole world of the Great Zhou? How can you just rely on your small land of Lu to save the entire Great Zhou world? What the Son of Heaven can't do, can you Kongqiu get there? What the overlord states of Chu, Jin, and Qi can't do, can you Kong Qiu do as a literati?

In this troubled world, a hegemonic country can't do it by itself, let alone a small country of Lu. In this troubled world, the Son of Heaven can't be himself, let alone you, a Kongqiu?

If the debate continues? In the end, the conclusion is: you Kong Qiu is weakening and disintegrating the power and hedonistic life of Ji Huanzi and other hereditary nobles. The final result! You want to "coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes", and coerce the Duke of Lu to order the monarchs and ministers, and rule the country of Lu. You want to use Lu as your testing ground, popularize and test your doctrines and ideas, and achieve the goal of saving the world.

The final question is: Are you saving the world? Are you using the guise of saving the world to achieve your goal of becoming a generation of kings?

Regardless of the final outcome of the debate, when the debate reaches this point, Confucius's life is in danger. And that's not all! There may be all the Zhu people.

The more the truth is discerned, the clearer it becomes!

Similarly! If the truth is not clear, no one will think deeply.

What if Fang Zhong continues to debate? In the end, the result will be like this: the king has the idea of the king, the hereditary aristocracy has the idea of the hereditary nobility, and Ji Huanzi has the idea of Ji Huanzi. Anyway! The ideas of these people are all unfavorable to Confucius. You Confucius think that your claims are correct, then! It also means that if you Confucius deny everything, you are also denying kings and hereditary nobles.

Negation! Does it mean that you are rebelling?

"That?" Confucius pouted and asked, "Then you say!" If you want to save the world, what should you do? ”

"This world doesn't need others to save it!" Fang Zhong looked at Confucius and said.

"What? How? Confucius hurriedly said: "Why doesn't this world need to be saved?" This, this, this? No one will save this troubled world, so when will it be chaotic? How can this be endured? What about watching people live in dire straits? Suffering from war? ”

"You don't need to worry about this! Mr! Fang Zhong sneered and said.

"Hahaha......" Ji Huanzi looked at Confucius's anxious look, and couldn't help laughing.

I thought: Kongqiu! You're really thinking of yourself like a green onion! Do you see you? I'm going to kill you, and you won't survive tonight. But you? You can't protect yourself, what kind of heart do you have to manage the world?

"I just want to tell sir! Everyone in the world knows to protect themselves. And what about the sir? is bent on protecting the people of the world and saving the people of the world. So? I would like to ask sir? Is the gentleman stupid? Or are the people of the world stupid? Fang Zhong retracted the smile on his face, looked at Confucius, and asked seriously.

"Hahaha!" Ji Huanzi laughed and said: "Everyone in the world is a fool!" Mr. is an understanding person! Hahaha......"

Confucius's face was ugly, and he quickly glanced at Fang Zhong and Ji Huanzi. Then he bowed his head and said: "There is no one person or group of people in this world who stands up to maintain it, and there is no king, minister, father, son, there is no rule, each of them does his own thing, everyone takes care of his own people, how can there be a home without a country?" If this is the case, there will always be chaos, and the people will never live in peace! Woowoo woo ......"

In desperation, Confucius cried.

Fang Zhong looked at Ji Huanzi, shook his head, then looked at Confucius, and said, "Sir! You still have to be yourself first, protect yourself, only if you live, you can talk about how to save the world. And! It's not that you talk about how to save the world first. But! You must protect yourself first, only if you live, you can save the world. Only if you are alive can you protect your family.

You have to protect your family first, and then talk about protecting the people of the world and saving the people of the world. Imagine? You can't even protect yourself, how can you protect the people in the world? Isn't it? You can't even protect your own family, so how can you protect others? Not to mention protecting everyone in the world, let alone saving the world......"

"Me?" Confucius wanted to say: I understand all these truths! Am I not?

But he said, "We're all just looking out for ourselves, so?" What about others? No! What about the weak who can't protect themselves? ”

"You can't protect yourself, so how can you protect others? To protect the weak? ”

"This? This? This world? This? So! Confucius argued: "Those who have power can bully those who do not have power, for example!" Those who have power, hereditary nobles, those who have military power, those who overlord, they can bully people at will? So? Is there a way for the weak to live? Can you still live? They are all concerned about themselves, how can the power of the individual resist the power of the king?

And also! The invasion of the Hu people from the north is coming, and they are robbing us of our wealth and women? What to do? It's all about each other, how can you fight against the cavalry of the powerful northern Hu people? How is that possible? Gone! It's because everyone looks after each other! Woowoo woo ......"

Listening to Confucius say this, it seems like that? Ji Huanzi looked at Fang Zhong again, wanting to see how Fang Zhong answered? Was it asked by Confucius?

Oh, yes? You say everyone is looking at each other, so? Isn't it easier for powerful people, kings, hereditary nobles, etc., to bully you and clean you up?

Fang Zhong glanced at Ji Huanzi, then looked at Confucius, and sneered: "You call it partial generalization!" Still haven't seen the essence of things! ”

"What do you mean by generalization?" Confucius asked rhetorically.

"It's all about partiality! I said it's okay for each of us to take care of ourselves, right? But there are many ways to take care of ourselves, aren't we? How can others have the power to bully others? And don't we have the right to defend ourselves? Isn't it? ”

(End of chapter)