Kuang Zhang insisted on not reburying his mother, was scolded by the whole country, and still insisted, so what is the hardship that makes him so persistent?

Kuang Zhang himself has never defended himself in front of everyone, but his two confidants of historical celebrities, King Qi Wei and Mencius, have separately expressed their own opinions and revealed the reasons.

In the last years of King Qi Wei, Zhang Yi concurrently served as the prime minister of Qin and Wei, and the Qin people attacked Qi through Han and Wei.

On the eve of the Battle of Sancho, Kuang Zhang deliberately took advantage of the time when the envoys of the two sides exchanged contacts to change the banners and markings of some Qi armies, and mixed them into the Qin army, preparing to attack inside and outside and disintegrate the offensive of the Qin army.

However, the spies sent to the front line by King Qi Wei did not understand Kuang Zhang's combat intentions, and when they discovered such a scene, they immediately came back in fright and reported to King Qi Wei: "Great King, it's not good! General Kuang asked the Qi army to join the Qin army, and he wanted to change the flag and betray our Qi people! ”

The ministers on the left and right also made alarmist remarks, and the government and the opposition were shrouded in an atmosphere of panic, and everyone said that Kuang Zhang had really surrendered to the Qin army, and he was going to turn his gun and follow the Qin army to attack his country.

King Qi Wei listened but ignored it, and the spies sent it again and again, and the people who went there were different each time, but the statement brought back was exactly the same, all saying that Kuang Zhang was going to lead the army to surrender to Qin!

It was repeated many times, but King Qi Wei still firmly trusted Kuang Zhang, and the ministers of the court did not understand it, so they asked King Qi Wei: "The spies who said that General Kuang failed and surrendered, the people are different, but the words are the same, why does the king not believe it at this time, and does not send troops to crusade against General Kuang?"

But King Qi Wei smiled slightly, but he was in his chest, and replied categorically: "Obviously, what Kuang Zhang did was not an act of betraying the widow at all, why did the widow crusade against him?" ”

Sure enough, not long after, Kuang Zhang's tactics were a great success, and the Qin army was attacked by the Qi soldiers who mixed into the barracks and Kuang Zhang's large army, and the Qin army, which was not very resolute in battle, collapsed at the first touch.

This time, the spies came from the front line, which was completely different from the previous ones, and it became the good news of the great victory of the Qi army!

The ministers of the court were taken aback, and everyone turned their heads to each other, and some people couldn't help but ask King Qi Wei, "Is the king and General Kuang of the same mind?" How was this foresight? ”

King Qi Wei smiled "haha", waved his hand, and said: "You people, you have all misunderstood General Kuang, think that hearing is believing, and say bad things about him all day long, but in fact, it is a false rumor, and I will not believe it at all!" When the widow appointed Zhang Zi as a general, he encouraged him: The general's ability is very strong, and when he comes back with all the troops in a few days, he must rebury the general's mother! General Kuang resolutely rejected the widow at that time, but the widow understood General Kuang's mind instead! ”

When the ministers on the left and right saw King Qi Wei say this, they knew that King Qi Wei had also persuaded Kuang Zhang back then! This is strange, Kuang Zhang, this kid is so bold! dared to disobey the king's will, and he could still make the king happy and convinced, and from then on he became a brainless fan of General Kuang? How? ”

King Qi Wei did not whet the appetite of the ministers, and then told the truth about the conversation between the two back then--

At that time, General Kuang replied: It is not that the minister cannot rebury his mother, but because the minister's mother offended his father, and his father did not allow the minister to rebury his mother and died. Without the permission of his father, if the minister made the decision without his own permission and reburied his mother, wouldn't it be tantamount to deceiving the spirit of the deceased father in heaven? That's why the minister didn't dare to rebury his deceased mother! ”

King Qi Wei repeated Kuang Zhang's words, shook his head and said: "General Kuang's mother, offended General Kuang's father, General Kuang himself hasn't figured out what's going on, and in a daze, his parents are dead!" So General Kuang actually didn't know why his father did this, and he didn't know who was right and who was wrong, and he didn't dare to change his father's decision at will! Whether it is father or mother, they are all General Kuang's flesh and blood relatives, which really makes General Kuang in a dilemma! ”

Seeing that all the ministers in the main hall were in deep thought, King Qi Wei couldn't help but sneer and said: "It can be seen that General Kuang, as a son of man, was scolded by thousands of people, and he didn't dare to bully his dead father, so as a human minister, would he still bully the living king?" ”

Yes, if Kuang Zhang's heart is not right, and he is scolded by the people of the whole country as a rat crossing the street, even if he thinks about it for himself and changes to a selfish person, he should go back to bury his mother a long time ago, right?

But he still adheres to the principles in his heart, and would rather offend the world and be despised and scolded than deceive his deceased father and make decisions for his parents at will!

It's not that he doesn't want to rebury his mother, but he doesn't dare, he doesn't even dare to deceive his dead father, how can he deceive the living?

Filial piety is not superficial effort, those who are extremely filial in front of people, and have been praised by everyone for their "filial piety", but his filial piety may not come from the heart, he may be oppressed by secular concepts and numb and obedient, or he may be playing.

The real filial son is the same on the outside, no matter who is before or after, his every move is not for the sake of show, not to make people praise him as a "filial son", but to honor his parents from the heart.

Everyone has their own opinions, and regardless of whether Kuang Zhang's approach is right or wrong in the eyes of the public, at least this can show that Kuang Zhang is an upright person, a person who will not be crushed by the surrounding public opinion and give up his loyalty to his parents, and he is a true filial son who will firmly pursue the concept of filial piety that he firmly believes in!

Therefore, sober people are always a minority, most people are used to being led by the nose of the public's concept, and people are also clouds, and others will "buzz" to follow up with what they say, without any opinions, and King Qi Wei is worthy of being a generation of overlords, a generation of Ming Jun, he is a sober and understanding person!

King Qi Wei's discernment allowed Kuang Zhang to have no worries and led the Qi army to a beautiful victory!

For the people of the world, the defeat of Qin in the Battle of Sancho also led to the bankruptcy of Zhang Yi's continuous policy in Qi, so Wei deposed Zhang Yi as prime minister and expelled Zhang Yi back to Qin, thus creating good conditions for another vertical and horizontal family, Gongsun Yan's alliance!

Gossip and let's get back to business, so what does Kuang Zhang's other confidant in Qi State, Mencius, his old man, think of Kuang Zhang?

Confucianism advocates benevolence, love and filial piety, and Mencius, as the Confucian flag bearer since Confucius, naturally attaches great importance to "filial piety".

Therefore, even Mencius's students were very puzzled by this question, because Mencius's students, like everyone in the Qi Kingdom, also thought that Kuang Zhang was an unfilial person!