Chapter 474: The Princes of the Thieves
As soon as the taunt started, everyone looked at Zhuang Zhou, and his words were like cold arrows shot out, and each arrow hit everyone.
Although Zhuang Zhou is not a hermit at present, the more he looks at the world, the more disappointed he is, and now he hears Yun Yao say that benevolence and righteousness are killed, and he suddenly opens his hut and realizes the problem of the world, that is, now everyone is robbing with benevolence and righteousness, and no one cares about benevolence and righteousness at all, it is all fake benevolence and false righteousness.
The tyrannical and the strong bully the weak, now how can the world distinguish who is the good guy and who is the bad guy? The good guys are recruiting, the bad guys are also recruiting, the strong bullying the weak, and the weak bullying the weaker. Who's clean and who's dirty? Only seeing the merits of arguing for the uneven distribution of spoils, how can there be right or wrong?
Those who steal the hook are punished, and those who steal the country are princes. There is no just war, only thieves steal the country in the name of benevolence and righteousness.
Yun Yao's words finally made Zhuang Zhou realize what he hadn't seen clearly, and he finally understood the essence of this era.
It's really that the speaker has no intention and the listener has the intention, Yun Yao just said that the promotion of benevolence and righteousness also requires a basis for force, but in Zhuang Zhou's ears, it is that the Warring States only have force and no benevolence.
The people who flaunted benevolence and righteousness were not happy, and they locked on the carried away Zhuang Zhou with cold and sharp eyes.
Zhuang Zhou glared back fearlessly at this time, because he was a cynical young man, who had long been dissatisfied with the Warring States War, and saw a group of scholars who did not care about their lives for fame and fortune, Qi people who were addicted to gambling and sold their children and daughters, and Qi nobles who still continued to oppress the ink people with a huge gap between the rich and the poor......
What he saw and heard was infuriating, and now he finally figured out that there is no righteousness at all in this era, only the strong bully the weak, and the weak bully the weaker.
"What did you say?" A Confucian student said angrily: "Do you have the ability to say it again? ”
"I mean those who steal the hook will be punished, and the princes who steal the country!" Zhuang Zhou's words are simply a slap in the face of King Qi, aren't their Tian clan 'the princes who steal the country'?
Not only to be a prince, but also called the king, when the Qi country was called the king, the Wei country pulled the other four countries to be the king, including the Zhongshan country. At that time, Qi Guo was still angry because Zhongshan was small, and angrily reprimanded them for not being king, which means that it is very clear that they are called kings because their fists are big enough, and Zhongshan Guo's fists are not big enough to be kings.
knows that Zhuang Zhou is cynical, and he also knows that Zhuang Zhou is brilliant, when cynicism and literary brilliance meet, the result is that the scolding is particularly ruthless. Yun Yao heard Zhuang Zhou scold this sentence, and thought to herself, isn't this self-defeating?
King Qi's face turned purple red like a sauce jar, and the nobles around him were all eager to draw their swords and hack this young man to death.
Although Zhuang Zhou spares his life on weekdays, he looks like a tough guy at this time, and the contrast between before and after is huge. But this is Zhuang Zhou, he does spare his life, but he hates the people who deceive the world and steal his name.
Babyzi didn't expect that Zhu Yun, who she fancied, would have such a friend, she was worried that King Qi would cut Zhuang Zhou in anger, causing Zhu Yun to centrifuge. But the lethality of this sentence 'stealing the hook thief and stealing the princes of the country' is really too great, especially for King Qi, it is simply a great rebellion.
This sentence is naturally lethal, and it can be said to be a must-have quote for countless cynical young people, concise and to the point, even after 2,000 years, there will still be countless young people who will put this sentence on their lips to express their dissatisfaction with society.
Zhuang Zhou is a hermit, but he is a forced hermit, who was forced to become a hermit by the Warring States era. Therefore, many of his remarks contained dissatisfaction with the Warring States society and were full of anger, but he had no choice but to choose to protect himself and preach the way of self-preservation. However, there is still Zhuang Zhou's anger between the lines, and there are countless cynical words such as "those who steal the hook will punish the princes who steal the country", "there is no name for good, and there is no punishment for evil".
Who was the good guy and who was the bad guy during the Warring States period? Even Mencius suggested that the king of Qi should take advantage of the chaos in Yan to annex Yan.
Good people are recruiting and killing abroad, and bad people are also recruiting and killing abroad, in Zhuang Zhou's view, they are all the same, so it is safe to do good deeds without too much reputation, and it is safe to do bad deeds without getting into lawsuits, whether it is good or bad, it has long been unclear. is obviously doing good deeds, but he doesn't dare to publicize it, for fear of retaliation. It's obviously doing bad things, but as long as you don't get into a lawsuit, you can do whatever you want, this is the Warring States.
"Bold!" The close ministers who observed the words and expressions found that King Qi's face was angry, and immediately made accusations.
Mencius on the side looked sideways, and there seemed to be praise and anger in his eyes, perhaps because he praised Zhuang Zhou's courage, or maybe because he was angry at the other party's sharp criticism. After all, Mencius heard it very clearly, and what the other party said was that today are all hypocrites who seek their own interests in the name of benevolence and righteousness, including him.
In the face of all kinds of eyes, Zhuang Zhou's face did not change.
Yun Yao thought to himself that Zhuzi was really Zhuzi, and he usually had to be punched by someone, but once he involved his bottom line, he risked his life, this is a scholar. But if he didn't care, Zhuang Zhou would really be hacked to death.
"Hahaha......" Thinking about how to save people, Yun Yao burst out laughing, and hearty laughter spread throughout the venue.
"What are you laughing at?!" The ministers were furious.
And the baby's face also changed suddenly, and Zhu Yun could still smile at this time? Isn't this adding fuel to the fire and putting out the fire with firewood?
Yun Yao slowly walked to the middle of the venue and asked loudly, "When I finish asking a question, you will laugh too." "Let me ask, is what Zhuang Zhou said about deceiving the world and stealing fame, false benevolence and false righteousness, and stealing hooks to punish the country and stealing the country?"
Yun Yao glanced at everyone, her handsome face was faint but confident, and there was a hint of cunning in her eyes.
"Of course it'......" Everyone was stuck, of course it was the truth, which is why they were so angry. But if you admit that what Zhuang Zhou said is the truth, then don't you admit that you are hypocritical and false, and you are a thief of the country?
Mencius couldn't help but look at Yun Yao, and secretly said that he was a cunning man, and he turned against the guest. He naturally figured out the joint of this question, this is to make everyone suffer a dumb loss, and he can't get angry even if he is scolded.
King Qi's expression was also colorful and colorful, and he couldn't admit that it was true. Although this is indeed the truth, you must not admit it, and once you admit it, it is equivalent to slapping yourself in the face.
Xu Gong on the side also sweated for Zhuang Zhou, he had long seen that Zhuang Zhou was an upright person with a bottom line, so he was willing to make friends with him, but he didn't expect Zhuang Zhou to be more cynical than he imagined, and he would not open any pot in front of King Qi, so he directly pointed the finger at Tian Dai Jiang.
However, after listening to Yun Yao's rhetorical question, everyone was silent, they couldn't admit that Zhuang Zhou was telling the truth, admitting it meant that Zhuang Zhou was right.
This is the same as the emperor's new clothes, is it really stupid for everyone to think that the emperor wears clothes that only smart people can see? Only children think that the emperor is not dressed? Definitely not, but adults don't look at the problem from the perspective of true or false, but from the perspective of interests. Because they were afraid of the consequences of telling the truth, everyone pretended to be stupid. But the child speaks directly, does not consider the consequences, and says whatever he sees, and he debunks the lie.
Everyone present is a human spirit, but they are not children who are unscrupulous, so they are collectively silent and think about the pros and cons.
The last minister gritted his teeth and said, "This man is talking nonsense and full of lies, and I ask the king to convict him of spreading rumors." ”