"In the spirit of a gentleman, you can be a big responsibility!" Qi Jinggong praised sincerely.

As a subordinate officer, you should have the perseverance and conscientious spirit of Confucius, so that you can do a good job in the things assigned by the superior leaders.

"Kong Qiu thinks so!" Confucius replied.

Since the events of the morning, although Confucius still called Qi Jinggong the master. But! But he called himself "Kong Qiu", and no longer regarded himself as a subordinate, but as a courtier of Qi Jinggong.

In fact, too! He was not a courtier.

"Hehehe......" Qi Jinggong smirked.

"Kong Qiu has been studying Zhou Li for a long time. When I was a teenager, it was a hobby, and it was a child's play. Later, when I grew up, I realized the importance of Zhou etiquette...... "Confucius was not convinced, but he still took the initiative to speak.

"Oh?" Qi Jinggong looked at Confucius with his eyes, pretending to be very interested, and waited for the following.

"Zhou Li is a standard of behavior set for the world, as long as the world follows it, the society will become orderly......

"Oh!" Qi Jinggong answered again.

"The Great Zhou is a hierarchical society, not only the status has a hierarchy, but also the Zhou rites have a hierarchy, and everything in the law and so on is hierarchical! ……”

"Oh!" Qi Jinggong replied again, looking at Confucius with a serious face like a monkey.

"Monarchs, courtiers, fathers, sons, ......"

Qi Jinggong interrupted: "How can you be a monarch, a minister, a father, and a son? ”

"The king should behave in accordance with the rules of etiquette of the king, behave in the world, do his job well, and do not exceed the weekly etiquette and system. Those who are courtiers should follow the etiquette regulations of the courtiers, behave in the world, do their own work well, and do not exceed the weekly etiquette and weekly system. As a father, he must behave in accordance with his father's etiquette regulations, behave in the world, do his job well, and do not exceed the weekly etiquette and weekly system. As children, they must behave in accordance with the etiquette regulations of their children, behave in the world, do their own work well, and do not exceed the weekly etiquette and weekly system.

There are regulations on the Zhou rites and the Zhou system for monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons, businessmen and commoners, etc., as long as each of us abides by them, the society will be stable, and the Great Zhou society will be able to restore the heyday of the Great Zhou......"

Qi Jinggong interrupted: "Do you think it's still possible?" ”

Confucius replied, "As long as we start with ourselves, whether others obey it or not, we can obey it ourselves." ”

Qi Jinggong interrupted again: "There are no more fools in this world!" The Son of Heaven was empty, and his power was dispersed among the various princes and kings. And now, the princes are competing for hegemony, the weak eat the strong, and strength is the best! Integrity has lost the market.

Do you want to say the words of Junjun? Only the kings of the small vassal states, they are still talking! They also pinned their hopes on the Son of Heaven and the Zhou system of the Great Zhou Dynasty. But the result?

In the end, it turned out to be! Annexed by the Jin State or the Chu State, and became a vassal state under the overlord state......"

"So? What about Qi Gong? Confucius interrupted.

At this time, Confucius was particularly depressed in his heart! But! He restrained his frustration and tried not to show it.

But! There was a choked voice in his tone.

Qi Jinggong didn't feel the meaning of Confucius's question, thought it was a normal exchange, and replied, "Me? Protect my people from war and do what I can. Make your country strong and not be swayed by the Jin or Chu countries! So much for! ”

"So?" Confucius wanted to ask: What about the Zhou rites and the Zhou system? What about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith?

After thinking about it, Confucius didn't dare to ask.

"Survival comes first! I want to do everything I can to maintain the status of the Qi State among the princes, as well as the strength of the Qi State! That's the only way! Qi Guo will not be passive and bullied! ”

Case! Words are not speculative for more than half a sentence! Confucius couldn't talk to Qi Jinggong anymore. People's philosophy of survival is different from Lao Tzu's philosophy of survival!

To quote Lao Tzu's words: Qi Jinggong's philosophy of survival is from his position of Qi Jinggong and the position of Qi Guo, not from the perspective and position of human society.

Therefrom! Qi Jinggong's life realm, the king's realm, that's it!

After listening to Qi Jinggong's "philosophy of survival", Confucius was even more disappointed!

Qi country! He couldn't stay any longer. With a king like Qi Jinggong, your set of ideas won't work here. People use the philosophy of survival of "keeping pace with the times", and your theory is just to repair the weekly rites and the weekly system.

Qi Jinggong has already stated that if he takes the road of Zhou rites and Zhou system, he can only follow the fate of those small vassal states, or! Perish! Either! Become a vassal of the overlord.

Good faith! In this society without integrity, who do you talk to about integrity? Your integrity happens to be the object of other people's exploitation. Someone else is taking advantage of your integrity and destroying you.

Survival comes first! You'd better learn how to survive first!

Qi Jinggong did not treat Confucius as an outsider and told the truth. So! He did not notice Confucius's feelings.

continued: "If they can all be kings, ministers, fathers, sons, each in his place, each in his own position, where would there be such chaos in the world? Alas! Say something that violates Zhou etiquette: Da Zhou is in danger! ”

Case! Confucius no longer sold his ideas to Qi Jinggong.

At this time, he remembered that when he came to Qi last year, he wanted to indirectly reveal some signals, and the result! Qi Jinggong was playing haha. Afterward! After treating him as a ceremonial official, Qi Jinggong rarely came to see him.

And also! What happened this morning can also be seen: Qi Gong doesn't believe in your set at all!

People Qi Gong just treat you as a ceremonial official, as a coach for rehearsing etiquette programs!

gave you a reward, gave you a material reward, even if you did your best. What fiefs and officials are just words on the scene. If you take it seriously, you're a fool! You take yourself too seriously!

Qi Jinggong rarely said a few more "words from the heart", and suddenly found that Confucius's expression was wrong, so he didn't say any more.

After a while, Confucius got up to say goodbye, went to the ceremonial team, and went to work.

Qi Jinggong looked at Confucius's back and shook his head, with a wry smile on his face.

I thought: did he really take him seriously? Hey! If Zhou Li and Zhou can save the world, then? The Zhou Dynasty would not have fallen to the way it is now.

Confucius came to the ceremonial team, rested for a while, and calmed down before he began to go to work. According to his idea, he rehearsed all the rehearsals from the beginning. Moreover! Pick one person from the team and let that person be the person in charge of the show. Later! This person is responsible for what goes wrong.

After several months of review and drills, until these responsible persons nodded in agreement, Confucius packed up and resigned to Qi Jinggong.

"I'm old! It will not delay the future of Mr.! Go ahead! Go ahead! Qi Jinggong approved Confucius's resignation under the soup. And then! gave Confucius a rich reward and sent Confucius away.

(End of chapter)