In the tenth year of King Chu Ling (531 BC), King Chu Ling summoned Cai Linghou, the monarch of Cai State, and killed him after getting drunk. and ordered the abandonment of illness to pacify Cai Guo and make him the magistrate of Chen and Cai.

The strength of the Chu State increasingly threatens the safety of other small countries and the safety of people's lives.

Relying on the strength of the Chu State, local officials at all levels have become more tyrannical. Especially in the newly occupied areas, officials forcibly promoted the policies of the Chu state, ignoring the grievances of the people.

The result is conceivable, the people are not convinced, but there is no way to resist. The contradiction is getting bigger and bigger, and there is a possibility of eruption at any time.

In this context, one can imagine what the current situation of Lao Tzu's homeland of Chen Guo looks like.

Lao Tzu first held a funeral at home, and at the beginning he taught some primary school students enlightenment knowledge to earn some income and make ends meet.

Lao Tzu taught students the same as Confucius, and did not charge tuition. No! There is no clear price for how much tuition fees are charged, and it is all up to the parents of the students to consciously give it. Those who have money give more, and those who don't have money give less.

For the wise, it's not that they don't have business acumen and can't drill into business. But! I feel that money is all things outside the body, too much is useless, and more is a burden. Even! It also brings troubles and worries about life to yourself.

The standard of money is enough to eat enough. The food accumulated in autumn for the winter can be foraged in the wild in the spring. So! There is no benefit in having more money, people's lives need to be exercised, not once and for all, and it is not that one generation has earned enough, and future generations do not need to earn it.

In fact, it also proves this: no more than three generations of rich!

It is useless to save too much money, and the children and grandchildren still have to repeat yesterday's story.

Especially those who do whatever it takes to accumulate money, they do not accumulate virtue and complain. Maybe? None of them will live to old age. If that's the case, what's the point of being unscrupulous?

It can only be said that it is disturbing society and causing suffering to others.

Only those who are influenced by the education of commercial interests are shameless, and they do not pay tuition fees if others do not charge them publicly, and treat others as fools. Ordinary people are self-conscious. Because! Comparing your heart to your heart, you pay for your labor and don't get what you are willing to pay?

If you give, you want to get the desired return, and the same is true for the efforts of others, you want to be rewarded.

In the Spring and Autumn period, most people were consciously. There are only a few minds that are unhealthy, always thinking about getting something for nothing, once and for all. More people are forced by life, forced to do whatever it takes to survive, and there is that feeling of being forced to go to Liangshan.

No matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education, and Lao Tzu has ushered in the support of countless people when he opens private free teaching.

There are many students, and Lao Tzu does what Confucius once envisioned: college students teach primary school students, and those who come first teach those who come later. Later! He no longer needs to teach elementary school students, only those college students, and then the college students teach down the layers.

At last! There is no need for him to teach in person, there are others to "substitute teach". And himself! He devoted himself to preaching and spreading his teachings.

The more chaotic the society, the more likely it is to produce "philosophers" and thinkers.

The wise men are struggling to find a way to save the world in troubled times.

The chaos in Chen Guo began, and naturally there were more people who came to ask Lao Tzu questions.

Lao Tzu is famous as a young man, and everyone knows that he is the first talent today, and he is a person who really has real talent and learning. It's not blowing, only questions you can't ask, and nothing he can't answer.

Although there are some things that you are not satisfied with his answer, he can give you a source for you to look up and decide for yourself which answer is correct.

In addition to answering, Lao Tzu would explain his "Tao" to the visitor. At that time, there was no such thing as Taoism, and the "Tao" he spoke about was the core of his theory, and only when he understood his Tao could he listen down.

Frequently! In order to explain his way clearly, it takes a lot of effort to make the other party understand. When the other party understands what the Tao is, he begins to talk down step by step.

"Oh? Originally! Man is not created by God, but by nature! ”

"That's right! Human, like all things, grow naturally. ”

"So? What about the earth and the sun? ”

"The earth and the sun also grow naturally in another environment."

"Oh! So? What is the environment in which the earth and the sun grow? ”

"Then I don't know! Our human cognition is very limited, just like insects don't know what is going on in the sky. In fact! We don't know anything about the other side of the earth, do we? ”

"How big is the land?"

"I don't know! Virtue should be very big! ”

"You don't even know how big?"

"I didn't go to the edge of the sky, so naturally I didn't know ......"

"Do you want to go to the edge of the sky?"

"Yes!" Lao Tzu replied: "Only when I go to the edge of the sky can I confidently say how big the earth is!" ”

"Hahaha!"

"Hehehe!"

"Lao Tzu! So what do you say? How are we Chen Guodang? Our current Chen Guo? We? ”

"Chen Guo? Chen Guo is gone! We are now the state of Chu! Chu! Lao Tzu sighed.

"Chu State? Woowoo woo ......"

Thinking that the State of Chen was destroyed by the State of Chu, the person who spoke couldn't help but cry.

Because he often talks about the destruction of the State of Chen by the State of Chu behind his back, and! Everyone was emotional, and they often cried angrily. Nature! It attracted the attention of the local government.

Some people who curry favor with the local officials, and spies sent by the government, reported Lao Tzu to the above about talking about the fall of the Chen State and the disobedience to the management of the Chu State.

Most of these people exaggerated and exaggerated the facts in order to receive the bounty. Although they did not have the malice of framing Lao Tzu, they directly framed Lao Tzu.

Therefore! The government of Chu State set its sights on Lao Tzu.

You have influenced my governance, and I will not let you have a good time. You are an official of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, I have no way to take you. But! If you don't have a way, I can't come to Yin?

What's even worse is that later Lao Tzu not only talked and talked about Chen Guo's current situation at home, but was often invited to other places to preach. In order to make the explanations easier to understand, he often gives examples. Outcome! It also violated the bottom line of local officials.

It's still the same sentence: what is bright can't be dark!

This day! Lao Tzu sat in a village and preached to the villagers.

Suddenly! A group of local scoundrels broke in. They didn't do much, and sat down in front of Lao Tzu's case, facing the other villagers.

Seeing these helplessness, the other villagers didn't dare to face it one by one, so they packed up and left.

When most of the villagers left, they turned their faces to Lao Tzu and glared at Lao Tzu maliciously.

"Do you want to die?" The scoundrel asked.

"Don't want to die! People are greedy for life! ”

"Get out of the way!"

"This is the State of Chu, not the Eastern Zhou Dynasty! ! lest we do it! ”

(End of chapter)