Although the State of Chen was destroyed by the State of Chu, it had not yet taken over completely.

The people who came to take over just took over the national capital and rearranged the relevant officials. The local officials below can use it if they can, and kill it if they can't.

The officials at the next level have not yet had time to adjust.

At the bottom, for example, the village chief and the local petty officials such as the town still maintain the status quo.

For the people, it was business as usual, except for the death of people during the war, and the loss of property.

Plainly! The demise of the state of Chen was only the demise of the king's regime. The people are still the people, how to live or how to live.

Wu Yi was killed, but for the time being, it did not alarm the upper echelons of the Chu State, as well as the leadership that took over the Chen State. Furthermore! Wu Yi is slaughtering the village, helping the prince to do things, not serving the Chu State. So! Even if it reached the upper echelons of the Chu State, no one dared to come out and ask.

Because! The people cannot be offended.

Population is an important resource.

Leaders who can't get along with the people are stupid.

There are no people, no objects to be exploited, and it is not the work of the wise to kill chickens and take eggs.

So! Wu Yi was killed, and he was killed.

There is another reason, Lao Tzu is an official of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, a close confidant of King Zhou Jing, the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and a liberal arts teacher of the crown prince. With these, the people of Chu did not dare to openly treat Lao Tzu.

You can't offend the Son of Heaven and the Prince, let alone the people of the world.

Although Lao Tzu did not believe in sacrifices and the like after enlightenment, he still had to abide by the customs of the countryside and make sacrifices as they really were. A mourning hall was set up in the hall and offerings were placed on the ancestral graves.

Although he no longer abides by the worldly things such as Zhou etiquette, as a son of man, he still misses his old father.

The old father was the only one who survived, guarding the house. Before his death, when Lao Tzu was still very young, he spent a lot of effort to train his son to become a talent, glorify his ancestors, and cultivate him.

And grandfather! It also played a decisive role in his growth.

Without the careful cultivation of his father and grandfather, there is no today's Laozi Li Er, and there is no him, the number one talent today.

Right now! There is no one who has any relatives, and Lao Tzu still misses it very much.

During the day, Lao Tzu, like the villagers, kept a mourning vigil. In the morning, the offerings are changed and the worship is carried out. In the morning, read books, study and think about problems. At noon, worship. In the afternoon, I read books to study and think about problems......

If someone visits, he accompanies the guest to talk. If he came to ask for teaching, he would know everything and say everything.

At the same time, do not forget to spread your own Taoist teachings.

In the second year, in 532 B.C., the ritual of sacrifice was also weakened, and someone sent students to Lao Tzu.

Although the Zhou etiquette stipulates how to keep filial piety, down to the details, the people also began to abide by it in order to live, and then they became indifferent.

At the beginning, it was generally uncomfortable because a loved one had just died, but it was still possible to comply. But in the face of a difficult life, if you are not a nobleman, you simply cannot do it. So! Most people are indifferent to sacrifice in order to make a living.

It can also be seen from this! Many of the provisions in the Zhou Rites no longer conform to the social reality of the time.

Laws that do not serve the people will eventually be eliminated by the people.

After enlightenment, Lao Tzu naturally did not believe in this kind of etiquette, but out of necessity, he had to abide by it.

With students, he started to get busy. Students should be taught the basics while continuing to preach.

No matter how awesome your scholarship is, if it is not widely disseminated, it will not be understood.

Later generations of Confucians realized this. It was only by vigorously and widely disseminating it that a vulgar philosophical idea could be disseminated. Just like some modern stars, it is made by hype.

After the state of Chu took over the power of the state of Chen, after dealing with the upper echelons, it began to deal with local affairs. The village chief can generally continue to serve as long as you do not oppose the rule of the Chu State. Hereditary officials such as Zhenyi, as long as you do not oppose the rule of the Chu State, can also stay in office. But! The treatment is different. Nature! The treatment is less.

The situation of the people is the same, and they have to pay taxes to the towns.

In terms of taxation, the state of Chu made adjustments. Some taxes have been lowered, while others have been raised. In a word! It is more reasonable than the Chen period and more beneficial to the people.

Fang Jishi has always been guarding Lao Tzu's side, just! He is not a public guardian, but a covert guardian. Jin Gong sent him more than a dozen special combat team members to help him protect Lao Tzu. While secretly guarding Lao Tzu, he secretly trained these dozen special combat members.

Although these special combat personnel were trained using the most advanced and scientific methods at that time, they were still too backward for Fang Jishi, and their training methods were unscientific, and they could not train good soldiers. So! He used the most scientific method to retrain the training. Just like the previous four special operators, retrain.

Fang Jishi secretly protects Lao Tzu for two reasons:

One! He was going to the Jin Kingdom at any time, or to carry out the affairs of the Jin bus. If the identity is exposed, it is not conducive to effectively striking the enemy.

Second! He can't openly protect Lao Tzu. Because! This is not Luoyi of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, this is the State of Chu (the State of Chen has perished and belongs to the State of Chu). His current identity is a person from the Duke of Jin, so! Lao Tzu could not be protected publicly, so as not to have a misunderstanding between the Chu State and the Jin State.

Although the Jin State was not afraid of the Chu State, the Jin State was in the process of power transfer at this time, and there was no room to deal with the Chu State at all.

Originally! When the state of Chu destroys Chen, the state of Jin will come out to intervene. But because Chen Guogong did not treat the princess of the Jin Kingdom well and did not treat the prince well, he was too lazy to meddle.

Furthermore! This "princess" is not really a princess of the Jin Kingdom. Because of her beauty, she was specially recruited as a princess, and she married Chen Guo as a princess, mainly for diplomacy.

After the New Year, there was no action on the part of the Chu State, and there was no sign of Lao Tzu. On the Jin side, there was no special political turmoil. Everything was peaceful, and he also killed his enemy Wu Yi. So! He wanted to go back to Lu to see his two wives and two sons.

It's time to show your face in the country of Lu.

Although he has not shown up for nearly a year, and people outside know that he is not in Lu State, no one dares to say it publicly.

Jin Gong's side also agreed to Fang Jishi's request. I feel that it is better for Fang Jishi not to disclose his identity, others don't know where he is, and they don't dare to act rashly, which is more deterrent.

"Don't worry! I'm fine! Again! I am an official of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and they don't dare to openly do anything to me? Anyway, their Chu State is no longer lawless, and there are many things that they still need the Son of Heaven to seal with the jade seal. Without the jade seal of the Son of Heaven, the other princes would not recognize his ......"

"In my absence, you must not preach in public, lest there be an accident."

After a long explanation, Fang Jishi returned to Qufu of Lu from the already destroyed Chen State in the early summer of the tenth year of Lu Zhaogong in 532 BC.

(End of chapter)