"Drink down! Good! The shopkeeper finished the wine, put the wine bowl on the table, and said. You! Drink or not! Drink! I'm with you too! Drink you down! ”

Min Ziqian looked at the shopkeeper and shook his head. said: "I'm not strong enough to drink, I admit defeat!" ”

"Good! To be a human being is to be self-aware! You're good! Knowing that you can't do it and dare to admit it, it's good! Not bad! Not like him! Hold on! The shopkeeper said, pointing to the road.

And then! looked at Confucius, his eyes were staring, and he looked like a drunk.

In fact! He wasn't drunk, he just pretended to be like this, to see what Confucius thought of him. If Confucius takes the opportunity to clean him up, then! He's going to look down on you.

"It's your turn! To drink or not to drink? To drink! I'm with you! I drink as much as you drink! Accompany you to the end, willing to gamble and lose! ”

Confucius nodded towards the shopkeeper and said seriously, "I can't drink you!" You've drunk so much that if I admit to getting drunk, I'll get you drunk to death!" But! That's not what I'm like!

Mr. Shopkeeper! Let's drink slowly! While talking, okay? I, Kongqiu, would like to ask sir! I have been teaching for more than 30 years, and I rarely move around the world, and I feel that I have become disconnected from this world!

I? Confucius only knows how to teach and educate people, but he does not know how to teach students how to adapt to the world. It's true! I only know how to teach students how to behave and govern the world with my ideas. Outcome! has only been an official in Lu for a few years, and it ended up like this! Kong Qiu would like to hear about it! I am willing to listen to the shopkeeper's guidance! ”

"Since Kong Qiu is so sincere! Then I'll say a few words! ”

The shopkeeper picked up the wine bowl and motioned for Confucius to drink. And then! It didn't matter whether Confucius drank it or not, he took a small sip alone. This time! He didn't take a big gulp of silly drinks anymore, but took small sips, looking like he was drinking sake.

"You're not going to say anything about me, are you? Kongqiu! Can you tolerate me calling you Kongqiu? Can you tolerate me holding me up in front of you? ”

Confucius looked at the shopkeeper and did not speak. In his heart, although he was unhappy, he no longer had the courage to be angry.

What's the use of Toda? You don't have anyone to look up to you anymore except for your own students! You are no longer the Sikou of the Lu Kingdom. You are a very successful person, and your set of ideas is not believed by many people except your students......

"I just want to say! Kongqiu! Don't think you're older than me, you just do what you do! I can't say a few words about you when I'm young! Being older doesn't mean you're more knowledgeable! You get the idea! Isn't it? So! I said you have to listen to it, accept it or not, that's your business, I can't control it, and I can't force you to accept it! Isn't it?

Don't think you're a gentleman, how many students you've taught. And! The students are also very famous. The fame of the students seems to be due to your husband! It's your job! Wrong!

I'm telling you! Why wrong? What's wrong?

What do you teach your students? Isn't it just something practical? Isn't it? Take arithmetic, for example! And more! Oh! There is also the etiquette system of the Zhou Dynasty! What else? There are also those who are pretending to be compared, with a sword hanging on their waists, and they look like people. What else?

I want to tell you! Arithmetic! It's just a skill in survival! Without you, Confucius, others can teach, and students can learn arithmetic through others. Isn't it?

You just taught students arithmetic in Lu State, don't think that the world can't do without you Kongqiu! Isn't it? The world is so big, and the state of Lu is only a small vassal state in the world of the Great Zhou. It's a small vassal state, you know? The students you teach are just a few people in the Great Zhou world! Got it?

Let's talk about your weekly gifts! You advocate the weekly ceremony, don't you? I heard that you teach students various manners every day, right? What is the salutation to meet, and what salute is it to the king? What kind of salute do you do when you see the Son of Heaven, the crown prince and others? What salutation is performed on what occasion? Isn't it?

I'm telling you! Without you Kong Qiu to teach, the courtiers under the Son of Heaven saw the Son of Heaven of the Great Zhou, and they knew how to bow and what to bow on different occasions. Don't you believe it? In the court of the princes of the world, their courtiers also know how to salute. This one! Isn't it: It doesn't matter if you have Kong Qiu or not? Isn't it? So! Why should you be obsessed with propriety?

And also! The method of governance you teach is also very unrealistic! You seem to be somewhat confusing under the banner of serving the country and the people, but have you thought about it? If your plan of governance is implemented, it will directly affect the interests of the king and the hereditary aristocracy.

Don't you think you're great if you're a big guy? Isn't it? Zhongdu is just a small place. Whatever land you ask for tax reduction, the king can accept. Because! There was only a little tax in that place, and it didn't affect his life.

And after you became the secretary of the Lu State, you asked for a tax reduction, did you calculate the account? A small place with less or even no tax will not affect the whole country. The big countries, in particular, don't care even more. But what happens if the whole country doesn't pay taxes?

Similarly! If you ask for a tax cut, a little bit, it won't be of much use to the people. For the people, it is necessary to be exempt from tax or low taxes in order to change their living conditions. And for the state, even a small tax reduction can cause a lot of damage. Similarly! Just a little more tax and the treasury will be full. Isn't it?

And the king thought: In this case! I'll be able to increase my taxes, and then! Wouldn't it be better to use the increased taxes for storage, and then use them to help the poor, to help those in need? Isn't it?

The king believed that if you lightened the taxes and lightened the burden of the people's lives, it would only cause the people to lose their enthusiasm for labor and creation. If the people don't create, and the taxes are reduced, what will happen to the king's country? How can the luxurious life of the hereditary aristocracy continue? Isn't it?

The main thing is still! The absence or reduction of taxes did not benefit the people much, but seriously affected the luxury of kings and hereditary nobles. On this basis, kings and hereditary nobles will not agree!

They think! It is not easy for them to inherit the title, and it is not easy for their ancestors to fight down the country. Why did their ancestors go to fight the country? The purpose of fighting the country is not to serve the people, but to ensure the happiness of one's own children and grandchildren.

So! What kind of tax cuts do you say? Aren't you depriving kings and hereditary nobles of their luxury? Aren't you cheating on them? Dissatisfied with their extravagant lives? ……”

Seeing that Confucius was about to speak, the shopkeeper stretched out his hand to stop him: "Don't talk about this!" Say substantial! Let's just talk about your fallen three capitals! The Ji family didn't kill you, it's your Kong Qiu's fate! You know what? Do you see it from this? What's wrong with you? What are you doing wrong? ”

"What did I do wrong?" Confucius asked.

"You're wrong with idealism!"

"Idealistic?"

"You imagine life as good, everything as good, and the future as good. And then! Live according to the ideal ideas and ideas. Outcome! Ideal and reality collide! ”

"Crashed?"

"Crashed!" The shopkeeper nodded affirmatively and explained, "Did it crash?" Don't you think? For example, the matter of falling into Sandu! You are following the ideal routine to fall into Sandu and weaken the power and power of Sanhuan. Outcome! The international environment has not been taken into account at all. At last! Fiasco!

Isn't it? Defeated the Song Kingdom? Isn't it? Ran to my inn, didn't you? I spent money on living in a hotel but lived in a firewood room, didn't I? Angry but can't say it? Isn't it? And then! Your student Zilu can't stand it and loses his temper. Isn't it? Outcome! Drunk! Lying down! Isn't it? ”

(End of chapter)