Chapter 83: The Invincible Benevolence

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the ritual and music collapsed, and some people were born with seven leaks, and because of its mother praying in Niqiu Mountain, it was called Qiu, and the word Zhongni. Kong Qiu lost his father at the age of three, and his brother Meng Pi followed his mother Yan Zheng to live in Qufuque, and the family lived a poor life.

The Confucian family was not defeated by poverty, Confucius's mother cut back on food and clothing, and taught the two sons the most basic knowledge and the principles of life, and treated Meng Pi, who was not born to him, as if he were his own, and the Confucian family was naturally a mother and filial piety in such an environment, and the Confucian brothers knew how to share the heavy housework for their mother at a young age.

When he was fifteen years old, he realized that he had to work hard to learn the skills of life and life, and set up an ambition to do learning. The elder brother Meng Pi took on the burden of the family, and Kong Qiu also respected Meng Pi as if he were his own brother.

It is this mother's kindness and filial piety, brotherhood and brotherhood, and a good family atmosphere that allowed Kong Qiu to plant a benevolent heart in this troubled era when etiquette and music collapsed. Filial piety takes the lead, which is a feedback for the mother's feeding. Respect and affection are the reward for kindness to one's brother.

Kong Qiu did not miss any opportunity to learn knowledge, and he was even more humble and courteous, and humbly sought advice. He asked Tan Zi about the official system of the ancient Tan State, discussed the issue of Qin Mugong's hegemony with Qi Jinggong, and greeted Lao Dan in Zhou and asked Chang Hong. He opened a private school, taught without class, and spread some of the ideas he had summarized, and his disciples numbered as many as 3,000, including 72 famous sages.

Once, while Confucius and the students were on their way, a child stopped their way. It turned out that this child was building a "city" out of bricks and stones on the road. Confucius told the child to give way, but the child said, "There are only cars in this world that go around the city, and the city has not been torn down to make way for the cars." Kong Qiu thought: It is true that this child's city cannot be regarded as a toy. I think so, but the child doesn't. I advocated etiquette, but I didn't expect the child to ask.

Kong Qiu said to his students with great emotion: "There must be my teacher in the threesome! Although this child is young, he knows etiquette and can be my teacher." In fact, he wanted to tell the students to see more of the strengths of others, see more of their own shortcomings, be strict with themselves, and be lenient with others.

During the period when Lu was an official, he rose all the way, from the middle capital to the small Sikong, and then to the big Sikou, and took pictures. Fully demonstrated his political talent, he advocated agriculture, returned to the people, opened private schools, taught without class, and benefited all the people, so that the country of Lu could be governed.

In the face of crisis, he was brave and resourceful. In the summer of the tenth year of Lu Dinggong, he met with the Marquis of Qi in Jiagu, he ambushed the soldiers in advance, prepared warriors, smashed the plot of Qi to kidnap Dinggong in one fell swoop, and forced Qi to promise to return the land that had been invaded by Lu.

In the spring of the thirteenth year of Lu Dinggong, Kong Qiu did not go to the court, nor did he teach his disciples, he was making a difficult choice, which was due to one of his dreams, in which he found that Qi would send eighty beauties to Lu State, once the monarch accepted female music, Lu Guojun and his ministers would be indulged in women's sex from now on, and the government gradually fell into disuse. And he will leave the country of Lu and start an ill-fated career.

Kong Qiu once asked Yu Lao Dan, naturally believing that this dream would not be treated as an ordinary dream, the so-called heaven and man induction, he believed that this was a warning from heaven to him. If you wait for Qi to send the beautiful women, and then dissuade them, I am afraid that you will offend the monarchs and ministers of Lu State, and if you stop them now, I am afraid that you will please the monarchs.

This must be a ploy used by the Qi State, and he wants the monarchs and ministers of the Lu State to indulge in singing and dancing, and not to make progress! The Lu State has just become strong and prosperous, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be lifted, and the Qi State is going to cut off the road of the Lu State to fight for hegemony! Kong Qiu thought to himself, he must think of a way, and he must not let the Qi State's plan succeed. It's just that this Qi country is using a yang scheme, and it is really not easy to break it.

Thinking about his daily life, Kong Qiu suddenly reflected that he only paid attention to his own cultivation, restrained his disciples' virtues, and devoted himself to political affairs, but he did not care much about the behavior of the monarch. Only now that Qi has sent beauties, but he has no bottom about the monarch.

No, you have to make a decision early, Kong Qiu thought about it for a long time, he still called his disciple Yan Hui and said to him: "Ziyuan, now the Qi State is going to send eighty beauties to the monarch, with stunning appearances and proficient in music and dance, I am afraid that the monarch and all the ministers will be addicted to singing and dancing, and the Lu State will no longer be prosperous!"

Yan Hui thought for a while and said to Kongqiu, "Then what should I do? Kong Qiu secretly praised, sure enough, this disciple knew him best. He instructed Yan Hui to secretly bring his own guards to rob or persuade the beauties sent by Qi to return, anyway, don't send them to Lu on time, when the time comes, the monarch will not see the beauties sent by Qi State, and he will naturally change his opinion of Qi State.

Kong Qiu was very relieved of Yan Hui, and he believed that this disciple would be able to handle the things he had explained. However, the strategy towards the monarch has to be changed, it was too blunt in the past, so there is not much contact with the monarch, and being able to become the grand secretary is completely his own talent since the monarch, which is not a long-term solution. He sent a few more proud disciples and staff henchmen to discuss the next plan.

Lu Guojun suddenly found that Da Sikou was more humane, not only accompanied him to practice fencing, but also told some very funny stories, and even did not refuse some ordinary banquets, and began to participate. Slowly, he found that his body was getting better day by day, and he was no longer tired of dancing the bronze long sword for a while, and he was more handy when dealing with court affairs, in exchange for a large number of amazements from the courtiers.

Naturally, what the king likes, what the courtier will give. The monarch danced the sword, and the courtiers practiced martial arts. The king was concerned with political affairs, and the courtiers fulfilled their duties. The most direct manifestation is that the people of Lu have become rich, the taxes of Lu have been sufficient, the combat effectiveness of Lu has been greatly improved, and more and more battles have been won. As for the matter of Qi Guo's sending beauties, Lu Guojun asked once, and then left it behind.

The monarch is benevolent, the people are naturally obedient, and the people are obedient, the country is stable, and the national security is naturally developing rapidly. Kong Qiu found that the decision to secretly block the beauties of Qi was indeed correct, and then subtly imposed his benevolent ideas on the monarch, thus influencing all the courtiers.

The people are loyal to the monarch, the monarch loves the people, and if it goes on like this, it will be another two years, and the monarch of Lu did not defeat the powerful Qi State with the assistance of Confucius and his disciples, and established the status of the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Kongqiu's disciples gradually showed their talents, and more and more people entered the court as officials. Seeing that the situation was stable, he retreated, and although he did not travel around the world in history, he summarized his teaching and governing philosophy, and established the idea of benevolence.

Benevolence is no different from others, what you do not want, and there is nothing to do to others. Benevolence, diligence and thrift, strict self-discipline, leniency to others. Benevolence, first have something, and then have something. Benevolence, with great wisdom, can bend and stretch, and respond to changes. Fathers and sons are filial piety, brothers and friends are benevolent, diligent and loving the people, forgiveness and courtesy are benevolent, faithful are benevolent, and brave are fearless and benevolent...... The benevolent are invincible.

Confucius died of illness at the age of eighty-one, eight years longer than in history, and all kinds of doctrines were perfected, especially the core idea of benevolence, which he summarized as "filial piety, loyalty, loyalty, forgiveness, courtesy, knowledge, bravery, courtesy, generosity, faithfulness, sensitivity, and benevolence". The monarch of Lu succeeded to the throne, thanked Confucius for his merits, named him the "Sage of Wen", and vigorously promoted the idea of benevolence as the core summarized by him......

The runes of loyalty, the runes of filial piety, the runes of benevolence, Zhao Yi looked at the three condensed runes, and thought to himself that this is not difficult? So he closed his eyes and waited for the white light to come......