And the current general trend of the world is: the Great Zhou is weak, the Son of Heaven is not as good as the princes and kings below, and the world is divided by the princes. At this time, it was inappropriate for Confucius to apply the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty and use the Zhou rites and Zhou system to manage the society.

It's messy! When society is chaotic and the state cannot guarantee the survival and safety of the people, the country will exist in name only. So! The laws of the past have no effect, and can only become a shackle that binds others, and can only become an excuse and a reason for the powerful to suppress the weak.

During this period, the Zhou system and Zhou rites are all old yellow calendars, which can only be borrowed and used, and cannot be copied and rigid. Only after the unification of the world can we continue to follow the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty and restore the appearance of the heyday of the Zhou Dynasty.

In this period! The etiquette collapsed, the princes were divided, the princes and kings and the hereditary nobles everywhere, they could only survive well by using their power and ability to protect themselves. And Confucius's set, where it is first applied, where the kings and hereditary nobles will suffer.

Because! You have governed the country according to your own methods, but can your country maintain its existence in the international environment? Even if you govern the state of Lu as it was in the heyday of the Zhou Dynasty, can you guarantee that in this troubled era, in this era of princes competing for hegemony, the small state of Lu can exist forever?

Not really! Once your Lu country is rich, it will become a big granary for the hegemony, and the overlord country will come to attack you.

You can't keep the state alive, and you can't guarantee that your doctrine and ideas will continue to be used. Your Lu State does not exist or has been vassalized, and has become a vassal state of the overlord country, will the overlord state still allow you to continue to use it?

The answer is, obviously, no!

Because! The princes and kings of the overlord have their own set of salvation methods, and if they continue to follow your methods, they will not be hegemonic. If you continue to follow your method, then! What is he? Is he a king or are you a king?

If you hail him as a great hero in governing the country, then soon! He will take your place! It's not that he's replacing you, it's that! The people will choose him as their savior.

This is the "merit of the master". The consequence of high merit must be to bring about the disaster of death.

So! In the international environment, even if Confucius governs the state of Lu well according to his methods, it will not last long.

Because! Lu is a small country and has no ability to protect its own national security. Especially in this era of princely hegemony, you cannot guarantee national security, and all your good ideas will be utopian.

If that's the case? You, Confucius, have seriously affected the life and survival of the kings and hereditary nobles of the Lu Kingdom! You are in troubled times!

After you deprived our hereditary nobles of their interests, you could not maintain your ideal status quo for a long time, and in the end, Lu was conquered by other overlords and became a vassal state. And those of us who were originally hereditary nobles have become commoners because of this.

So! If I promise you, I'll be a fool!

I can't see how beautiful the future world you are talking about! I only see that the good life in front of me is about to be gone, and the life after that is also insecure, and I don't know where the future is. So! I resolutely oppose it, and I won't let you fool around in our country.

If you want to fool around, you can do it! You go to other vassal states! Go to the vassal states that you have fooled! Go to those fools and spread your doctrinal ideas!

You are not welcome in Lu Guo! At least! You're not welcome!

No! It's not just that I'm not welcoming you! But! I treat you like an enemy! All those who affect my life and survival are our enemies!

So! You Kongqiu are my enemy!

So! When it comes to the enemy, Taoists are never soft!

All of this was conjectured by Fang Jishi, from the perspective and position of a Taoist. He hadn't had a good talk with Fang Zhong for more than ten or twenty years, and he didn't know what kind of person Fang Zhong was now?

Since Fang Zhong helped Ji Pingzi defeat Lu Zhaogong and drove Lu Zhaogong out of the Lu State to become a fugitive king, Fang Jishi broke off the father-son relationship with Fang Zhong. So! What kind of person is Fang Zhong now? He really didn't know.

Since Fang Zhong said that he had met Lao Tzu and accepted Lao Tzu's Taoist ideas, then! That's how it should be.

So! Fang Jishi made a bold guess about Fang Zhong's behavior.

He was also a Taoist, a Taoist who had his own views on Taoist doctrines.

Confucius also followed Lao Tzu to learn the Tao for a few days, but he had different views from Lao Tzu and did not follow Lao Tzu's routine. Outcome! A new school of thought was formed, the Confucian school.

The last time he had brief contact with Fang Zhong, Fang Jishi was very pleased. He knows! The son did not disown him as a father. And he! On the surface, he severed the father-son relationship with his son, but in fact, in his heart, the son will always be his son.

When Fang Zhong was a child, he and Confucius personally trained him. No matter how his son changes, his roots are red, he can't change anywhere. Furthermore! Since Lao Tzu took a fancy to him and taught him Taoist doctrine and thoughts, it shows even more that Fang Zhong's foundation has not changed.

So! Fang Jishi wanted to go to Feiyi to meet his son and have a good talk with his son.

Confucius originally wanted to get drunk and rest, but as a result! After listening to Fang Jishi's explanation, he was paralyzed. No! It seems to have sobered up all of a sudden. He not only saw the current situation clearly, but also saw his doctrine and Taoist doctrine more clearly and profoundly.

Before that! He really didn't see it that deeply and thoroughly. It's true! He didn't comprehend so deeply and nuancedly the consequences of the fall of the three capitals. It's true! Everything is not transferred by your will to achieve the purpose you want! Everything is variable. Don't work hard! There are also variables! Step up your game! It is also impossible to transfer your wishes by your will.

Maybe? That's fate!

Lao Tzu said: This is fate! The result of not being transferred by human will is destiny.

Of course! Didn't Lao Tzu teach us to accept our fate! He believes that hard work is needed, not passive! But! Where there is a degree, you can't rush it! Everything has to go with the flow!

For example! Confucius fell into the three capitals in a hurry, as a result! It's a leak. At last! Irremediable. Finally, lastly! It's a slap in the face!

If it weren't for Confucius, if it were someone else, the consequence of falling to Sandu would be the Zhu clan!

That's fate! Confucius was not condemned. But! Being left out and falling out of favor is a doomed fact.

If the person who understands the truth is not Fang Zhong, but someone else, then! The result of Confucius's fall into the three capitals is: the Zhu people.

In a word! Fang Zhong was still merciful in dealing with this matter. More mainly! He can't help it! If he didn't show mercy, his father, mother, younger siblings, and other relatives would all be affected because of this.

"It seems? I'll have to talk to him about it too! After thinking for a long time, Confucius nodded and said.

"You want to talk to him too?" Fang Jishi asked in disbelief.

"Let's go test it first! I don't know if he's willing to see us? Confucius sighed.

"Yes!" Fang Jishi nodded. "It's still a sensitive time, even if you meet, you see each other in secret! Alas! I can't believe it? Will Fang Zhong become like this? ”

"Maybe? He did the right thing! And it's our ...... that's wrong."

"Is it us who is wrong?"

"The afterlife is terrifying! Eldest brother! Confucius sighed: "He is no longer the child of the past, he is already in his thirties." We're at his age, aren't we? ”

(End of chapter)