Mencius was sent to Luo by several Confucian Confucians, from which we can see the importance that Confucianism attached to Meng Ke.

Many Confucian magnates considered Meng Ke to be one of the key figures in the resurgence of Confucianism.

In the past hundred years, there is no one who has a deeper understanding of the royal road than Mencius, and Luo's likes the royal way, so the appearance of Mencius can make Luoguo increase its support for Confucianism.

Luo Hong finally met this genius who only saw his text and did not see his people.

Sure enough, he was very young, and unlike those Confucian scholars who were well-behaved and polite, Meng Ke walked with a radiant look, and there was a kind of vigor in the palm of his hand.

Luo Hong is very satisfied, the person who can write the road of righteousness should be such a person, the moment he first met Meng Ke, Luo Hong began to think about which noble lady to marry him.

The previous sages were all a little too old, and now when they meet Mencius, who is not yet married, they must be in their pockets, and then they will begin to promote Mencius's status in Confucianism.

"Prince, may you live a thousand years and be happy and healthy."

Meng Ke bowed to Luo Hong from the bottom of his heart, many of his theories were completely based on Luo Guo, and what he had to do was to promote the Tao of Luo Guo to the world.

Luo Hong helped Mencius up, held his hand and said with a smile: "May King Su be with you!" ”

This is the highest-level blessing of the Luoguo Office, Meng Ke's heart is hot, and he feels flattered.

Now he is just an ordinary Confucian with some talents, although he knows that his articles are valued by the Luoguo Office, but he still didn't expect such courtesy.

In fact, with Meng Ke's character, even if the king of a country stands in front of him, if it doesn't suit his liking, he should still spray, but Luo Guo is different, this is the heaven of his dreams, so he is naturally cautious.

"Prince!"

Luo Hong pulled Mencius to sit down, and did not directly talk about those ways of governing the country, but asked with a smile: "Mencius is talented, and my father likes your articles and talents very much."

I heard that you haven't married a wife yet, there is only one person in the family, and I have a cousin, who is gentle and virtuous in the office, and can be a good wife, and she must be a good match for you.

Father is willing to marry her to you, if you want, you can leave the palace and ask the matchmaker to be hired. ”

Rumble!

The sudden happy event blinded Meng Ke's whole body, and there was only a buzzing sound in his head, and he couldn't believe what he heard at all.

What is pie in the sky? That's it!

What is a surprise?

The surprise is that the prince of Luoguo said that he would marry his cousin to him!

The princess of Luoguo, even when the Zhou royal family was still strong hundreds of years ago, the kings and princes of all countries were still proud of marrying the princess of Luoguo.

Let's look at the office of Qi State now can sit in Qi State safely, isn't it because of the good relationship with Luo Guo and the marriage of so many Luo princesses, so Luo Guo has always supported the office, otherwise when the secretary was in turmoil in the past, Qi State would have followed in the footsteps of Jin State.

Meng Ke bowed down directly and said: "Mother cares most about people who teach by word and deed, Ke's family was poor when he was young, but his mother attached great importance to Ke's study, so she moved her home three times, and finally lived next to the academy.

Luoguo Mansion, famous all over the world, is the most polite among the summers, the noble princess in your office, must be a lady who knows etiquette, Ke is just a common people, can get Luohou and your favor, this is the grace of God, can it be violated?

When Ke returned home, he told his mother, and her mother was overjoyed. ”

Seeing Meng Keying, the smile on Luo Hong's face was even more sincere, although there are many strange relatives in this world, but if you want to succeed, it is impossible not to rely on the strength of your relatives.

Besides, Luo Hong really likes Meng Ke, and it is not a loss to marry his sister to such a sage who is destined to leave a name in history, as for whether he will be bullied if he marries in the past, then he has to ask whether it is a hard neck, or the sharp sword of a dark warrior.

After having this relationship, Meng Ke obviously completely let go of his concerns, knowing everything and saying everything, the Confucian bigwigs never dreamed of it, they struggled to think about Meng Ke, who was then wooed, and was simply abducted by the Luoguo Office.

Mencius is now a fledgling and immature in many aspects, but as a genius, he is able to make extraordinary statements, and he not only has very classic conclusions in the debate of righteousness and benefit, but also has in-depth thinking in other aspects.

The most important thing is that Meng Ke's words are sharp and his writing style is majestic, almost every sentence is like an article, and he can tell his truth completely.

If you don't understand the thoughts of the two sages by reading the books of Luo Kong alone, then you can fully understand it by listening to Mencius's narration, which is what Luo Hong values him most.

This is a God-given preacher of Confucianism!

"King Su once said that the monarch and his courtiers should respect and value each other, and if the monarch does not care about the courtiers, or even treats the courtiers like pigs, dogs, cows and horses, then the courtiers should take revenge on the monarch.

Based on this, I have summarized the relationship between the monarch and the minister to refute the Legalist theory of the supremacy of the monarch, which is that the supremacy of the monarch will bring disaster.

Because there is no dynasty in this world that will always have a holy king alive, the courtiers must have the means and morality to counter the monarch to prevent the faint monarch like King Li and King You. ”

Meng Ke's thinking was very radical, and he directly proposed restricting the monarch's power in his ideological proposition.

This is the influence of Ji Zhao and Luo's family, starting from Ji Zhao, Luo's family alone has been regent three times, and there is a republic during the reign of the Wasted King, and then there is the story of Duke Qi Huan letting go of Guan Zhong to manage the country and dominate the world.

These have had a profound impact on the subtlety, and Meng Ke even wanted to find a morality that a monarch could not take away for the necessity of the existence of the power of his courtiers, as if he had been granted by the monarch.

But he has not yet found it, and it seems to be an iron law that the power of the minister is granted.

Luo Hong was already quite surprised just by listening to this, but he didn't expect Mencius's thinking to be radical to this extent, but he liked it very much, and said happily: "You are right, the country is very bad, and the Duke of Wen and the Duke are all virtuous ministers but they can't stop it, because the Son of Heaven is supreme, and if he doesn't adopt the advice of the loyal ministers, it will cause irreparable consequences." ”

Luo's will be a courtier for many years in the future, of course, he doesn't want the Son of Heaven to decide everything, Bang Zhou's nine hundred years have made Luo's fed up with those incompetent, mentally retarded and unsure Son of Heaven who rushes to the front.

In a dynasty, there are not many wise and martial emperors, and even many people can't even reach the posture of a middle-aged person, and almost ninety percent of the responsibilities for the operation of the dynasty have to fall on the courtiers.

It can be seen from the fact that all countries are now building counties directly under the administration of the monarch, and in the future, the counties may be the real general trend of the world, which will greatly enhance the power of the monarch himself.

The worst possible outcome that Luo is worried about, that is, the situation that there is no land grant, is likely to occur, which is very bad for Luo who wants to live a long life.

"King Su drew a moat between the barbarians and Zhuxia, and established a sub-feud, ordering the princes to build temples in their respective countries to worship their ancestors.

In the past 900 years, countless vassal states have been destroyed, but some of them have entered the world as ministers and doctors, and still retain the sacrifices of the temple.

The world of Zhuxia is more important than the society of the dynasty, the society of the countries is more important than the migration of the temple, and the temple of the ancestors is more important than the reigning monarch.

If all the countries in the world can support the people with the royal road like Luoguo, will there be anything that is not strong?

Valuing the people in the country, cherishing them as if they were their own siblings, if the monarch can't do it, he must change to a monarch who can practice the royal way, for the country, the people are important, and the monarch is not important.

This is the truth that the people are noble and the king is light.

You are the crown prince of Luoguo, so you must be very clear about this. ”

Of course, it is clear that this is what Luo Guo has been doing, and the effect is indeed very good, and Luo Guo still has a very strong mobilization ability under the premise of not using harsh punishment and harsh laws.

Meng Ke's ideas punctured the problems that the ruling classes of various countries could encounter in the long run, but just as Confucius did in the past, now that all nations want to prosper in the short term, Mencius is also an anachronistic person.

But there was a sparkle in his thoughts, Confucianism imagined an ideal state based on the kingdom of Luo, and Mencius tried to realize this ideal state in reality in his own way.

The people are noble and the king is light!

This is the path he has found, and this path is naturally not to be implemented in the country of Los Angeles, but to go to other countries to lobby the monarchs of other countries.

Luo Hong shook his head and smiled: "In the past, Confucius traveled around the world and couldn't use it, is this because Confucius lacked knowledge?"

It is because the monarchs of the countries only want to dominate, so they do not use Confucian knowledge.

Now you want to lobby the monarchs of the world, do you think they will accept your learning?

How difficult the royal road is, and it has only been effective for hundreds of years to be implemented in Luoguo, I am afraid they can't wait. ”

Meng Ke smiled and said: "Prince, if the monarchs of the countries only want to be dominant for a while, then they can use the art of harsh punishment and cruelty to abuse the people."

Just like the nations of today, the nobles wore fine clothes and ate the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but the people lived in misery, worked all day without food, and had to go to war before they were minors.

In the past two hundred years, the population of Zhuxia has not only not increased, but has become even smaller, isn't this due to the prevalence of magic and frequent wars?

It can be seen that the strict punishment and strict law is already a scourge of the world, and the people of the world must have hated it very much, if there is a great monarch at this time who walks the royal way and treats his people well, will the hearts of the people of the world not go to him?

If Wei was willing to carry out the royal way, then the Han people who were adjacent to him would definitely rush to Wei, and the Qin people, who were the most severely punished, would probably climb the high mountains and cross the raging rivers to the Wei state.

Could it be that in this way, will Wei still lose to Qin? ”

Mencius's remarks are like this, always able to convince others, Luo Hong laughed loudly: "It seems that you are going to the Wei State, please get married, your father will give you books, as well as the guards who protect you, and the Luo people who record your words and deeds." ”

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Mencius is good at speaking, eloquent and eloquent, after the two sages, Confucianism and Taoism are clear. ——"Historical Records: The Biography of Mencius Xunqing"

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