"Big brother! I'm sorry! Confucius was very excited when he saw Fang Jishi, and had to whisper.

"Who wants you to say I'm sorry?" Fang Jishi said loudly: "Remember Fang Zhong asked you? Q: Are you a politician or a thinker? What do you really want? If it's a politician? You just stay in politics. If it's a thinker, you're going to teach me honestly.

Did you hear that? Don't toss anymore! Don't toss any more moths. It's not just your family's life in the hands of others, but also my family's life in the hands of others. Don't use the name of greatness to harm others.

Don't think that by convincing the princes and kings, you will achieve your political goals. You're wrong! According to your set of theories, even if the princes and kings agree to carry out reforms in the country. But the hereditary nobility in this country, they will not agree.

In the country of Lu! You met Fang Zhong. Fang Zhongnian didn't do anything to you for the sake of our two families being relatives, just stop your behavior. In other countries, you don't know who you'll meet? Maybe? They find out that you are doing a good thing behind the scenes, and they will kill you. Have you considered this issue? To give you a long memory, they might kill your family.

Don't say you're doing it for the future of humanity, don't give yourself a great reason. If you are really for the future of humanity, you should not take this radical approach. You should be engaged in education, teaching and educating people, and cultivating more useful talents. Spread your doctrinal ideas to your students through the Academy. And then! Let your *** lay eggs and chickens, passed down from generation to generation. That's what a thinker and educator should do.

Politics, on the other hand, is only a radical, temporary way to save the world. Do you understand? Do you want me to say it again? Fang Zhong, they have already made it clear to you.

Take a radical approach, and if you succeed, forget it. If you can't succeed, the end will be miserable! You know what? Don't use the pretext of serving the future of mankind, which will not only harm your own life, but also harm others. You say you're great, but you're doing someone harm! Do you understand? ……”

"Big brother! I was wrong! Whining! Confucius lowered his head again and whispered.

"If you know your mistakes, you can change them!"

"I'll change! Eldest brother! ”

"You're going to give up politics! You have to walk around the Great Zhou Dynasty more often and see the real life of the people. Instead of being an official, be an official who only takes money but does nothing. You don't want to think about it either? Where did you come from? Your money is the blood and sweat of the people, and the taxes that the king collects from the people. What do you think it is? ”

"Yes! Eldest brother! ”

Confucius said, "Am I not? After being driven out of the country of Lu, I have to be an official again? Otherwise? Ji Huanzi, they still don't talk about me? They laughed at me to my face, saying that no one might pay attention to me after I left the country. They said in turn, that after I left the Lu Kingdom, there were princes and kings waiting for me to eat with a palace banquet.

I can't help it! I must be an official, and I must continue to be in politics.

Eldest brother! But I didn't take it for nothing, did I? As soon as I had the opportunity, I would explain my doctrine to the Duke of Wei and the ministers. Eldest brother! Even though those people didn't listen to me, I still spread my teachings. ”

"Do you know that others don't listen? Why do you insist when you know that others won't listen? If no one else listens to it, it means that your doctrine may be wrong, not necessarily ahead of its time. Even if it was ahead of its time, it would not be realistic. Plainly! Not practical! ”

"Big brother!"

"You have to think through! Kings don't have to be Lords! Those princes and kings in the Great Zhou world, although they are in a better situation than Duke Lu, they are not much better, and their words do not necessarily count. They had hereditary nobles under them, and these hereditary noble ministers could unite to influence the king's decisions. So! Don't think that by convincing the king, you can reform the country.

I said it just now, and Fang Zhong and the others also told you. Even if the kings and ministers of a country and the hereditary nobles agree to reform and repudiate themselves according to your doctrine, they will not change the fate of the world, nor can they change the fate of a nation.

Have you thought about it? There are so many vassal states in the world, and one vassal state is just one of the many vassal states in the Great Zhou Dynasty, just like us are in society.

Think about it, don't you? You Confucius is a person, you are a sage person, and you also lead your students to self-denial and revenge. The result? The role you play is small. Isn't it?

So! You have changed the fate of a country, and it is only temporary. Because! This country was only one of the many vassal states of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Opposite! You have made the country rich, and if your defense power cannot keep up, you will become the breadbasket of other great powers.

You know what I mean? Other great powers, they can conquer your country with their great military might. You said? What's the use of you ruling the country rich? Opposite! It has also plagued the people of this country. Your credit is only for bringing temporary happiness to this country. And then! and again into a state of no return.

You know what I mean? Furthermore! There's no way you're going to get there! No national king or hereditary nobility will promise you. Fang Zhong and I have already said that no king and hereditary nobleman would be so stupid, give up the happy life that is visible in front of you, and go to meet the kind of beautiful life you imagined. Promise you, it means that they may lose their current happy life forever. Do you understand? You can't guarantee that you will achieve your dreams in a short period of time, and others will not say yes.

You can only say that you are a sage, but others are not sages, they are not as great as you, they are not as far-sighted as you, they are not as noble as your ideological consciousness. ”

"Say no more! Eldest brother! I know! I know! I know everything! I have no ill will! I just want everyone in the world to have a good life. I just want to! How to make the world free of war! I have no ill will! It is not to deprive the hereditary aristocracy of a good life and to help the poor of the world. I don't have the idea of taking over the world! Eldest brother! I mean it! I don't want to be a sage! I am well-intentioned, I have no ill will! Eldest brother! ”

"Then you just listen to the advice of the eldest brother! Be a thinker! Give up your career! Take the initiative to give up your career. Don't wait for Duke Wei to drive you away, if Duke Wei drives you away, you will have no face. You took the initiative to give up, and you still have a lot of face! And then! Travel the world! Preaching and running schools to cultivate more talents......"

"Yes! Eldest brother! Confucius nodded in agreement.

(End of chapter)