Kong Qiu stayed in the Huaiguo Academy for a year, carefully sorted out his Tao, and then compiled it into a book and handed it over to Wang Jin.

In his mind, after Wang Jin understood his royal Taoism, he would definitely invite him to participate in the governance of the country, and would promote the royal road in Huaiguo.

But what disappointed him was that although Wang Jin had discussed the royal road with him, he never wanted to promote the royal road in Huaiguo, let alone recruit him as an official.

This made Kong Qiu very puzzled, so he took the opportunity of a discussion, Kong Qiu asked Wang Jin, "Since the Huai Gong respects the royal way, why doesn't he promote the royal way in the Huai Kingdom?"

Wang Jin smiled and said, "Everyone in the world has selfish intentions, and it is too early to implement the royal road at this time!"

Confucius then asked, "When will the royal road be implemented?"

Wang Jin said, "I don't know."

Kong Qiu was disappointed, in his opinion, Huai Gong was already a very virtuous monarch, but why was he unwilling to promote the royal road.

So he wanted to leave Huai and find a monarch who was willing to accept his doctrine and practice the royal way.

"Mr. Zhongni, you are a great sage, but this era is not suitable for the royal way. No monarch would be willing to pursue the royal way, so why don't you stay in the palace of learning and perfect your doctrine?"

Conciu refused, and he wanted to travel around the world.

Seeing Kong Qiu's refusal, Wang Jin didn't say anything more, but just asked people to prepare a carriage.

For Kong Qiu's departure, Wang Jin is not optimistic, this era of wars are frequent, you promote the royal road, but your opponent will not tell you the royal way, insist on pursuing the royal road, and in the end can only end gloomily. In this era, monarchs want to strengthen their armies.

"Keep Kongqiu's room for him, I think it won't be long before he returns!" Wang Jin said with a smile.

Kong Qiu left the school palace, first returned to the country of Lu, and explained his royal Taoism to the Duke of Lu. At that time, Duke Lu had been vacated by the public office and the nobles, and when he heard Kongqiu's royal way, he immediately decided to appoint him as the chief secretary and take pictures. I'm going to break the jar and break it, and there's nothing worse than this anyway.

After serving as Xiangguo, Kong Qiu found that things were not as simple as he imagined, and he wanted to use etiquette and music to restrain those nobles and nobles, but people didn't care at all, Kong Qiu's photography was a complete joke.

He wanted to do something, but there was no one available, and for three months, he didn't make a difference. He wanted to do something, but those nobles and nobles obstructed him, and after some fighting, he found that his royal way could not restrain these scholars and doctors at all.

In the past three months, Kong Qiu has achieved nothing, and Lu Gong is also disappointed, so he no longer distributes the sacrificial meat to him, which means that he does not want to appoint him anymore, seeing this situation, Kong Qiu had to leave.

Then Confucius went to several other countries to preach his royal way, and the kings of these countries respected him very much and were willing to make him a doctor, but none of them appointed him.

Seeing this, he felt that he could not continue like this, so he began to travel around the world, and at the same time began to recruit some gifted disciples.

After traveling around the world, he discovered the deficiencies in his doctrine and then supplemented them. His name was spread among the nations, but no one wanted to appoint him.

His eyes were still bright, and the wind, rain, and snow had made him old, but his head was still held high.

After going through this, he understood a lot, but there were still a lot of doubts, so he was ready to return to the Huaiguo Academy to find the answer again.

Confucius returned to Huai again and went to the Huai State Guard Room to meet Lao Tzu.

There are very few outsiders who come in the Huaiguo Guarding Room, and those who can get the permission of the Huai Gong to come are these great sages except for the Huai Guo Mansion.

Almost all the best books in the world are gathered here, of course, the books here have been re-transcribed, and the original books are stored in the Sumeru bracelet of the head of the Huaiguo Mansion.

Li Er and Kong Qiu, two great sages, met in the storage room. Although both of them are great sages, there is no vision when they meet. However, the encounter between the two still woke up the sleeping Zijue.

Zijue stood in the void and looked at the two quietly

, looking at what kind of sparks can collide between the two most thoughtful people in the world at this time.

"Boyang Gong, my way is benevolence and righteousness, measure the world by the way of benevolence and righteousness, and restrain it with etiquette and music, so that the world will not collapse." Kongqiu said.

Li Er had already read Kongqiu's books, and immediately said, "Is benevolence and righteousness human nature? What is righteousness?"

Kong Qiu said: "If a gentleman is unkind, he will not become a gentleman, and if he is unjust, he will not survive. Benevolence and righteousness are indeed human nature. The heart is righteous and innocent, willing to be happy without resentment, loving all people without partiality, benefiting all people and being selfless, this is the general idea of righteousness."

Li Er shook his head and said, "Your statement is very dangerous, isn't it a bit pedantic to talk about love? To say that it is selflessness is to be partial."

"Everything in heaven and earth is naturally existent, and there is anyone to push it by the sun and the moon? They will run on their own, the tide will rise and fall, do they need people to run it? Will they rise and fall on their own, and will the beasts gather and need someone to raise them? They will grow on their own, and it's all natural. These are the laws of nature, and if they conform to the laws of nature, the country will be in order."

"You flaunt benevolence, cling to ritual music, and propagate benevolence everywhere, which is against human nature, just as if you beat a gong and drum to chase after someone who escapes, that person will run farther."

Kong Qiu continued to ask, "That Boyang Gong, do you think that the collapse of the world to this point is a natural development, and if you follow the trend, won't it be even more chaotic?"

Li Er said, "You admire Zhou Rites and hope to restore Rites, but who was the first to destroy Rites? It's Zhou Tianzi!"

"If the Son of Heaven does not observe the rites and music, can he demand that the princes obey?"

"The world is in turmoil, can just talking about etiquette and music make the world peaceful?"

"Qi Huan, Jin Wen, Chu Zhuang, Huai Gong, Qin Mu have all achieved the position of overlord, is it also because of their benevolence and righteousness?"

"Even the Zhou royal family has abandoned many Zhou rites."

"If you can restore the well field system to the world, will the farmer thank you?"

"According to the Zhou rites, the prince is sealed for seventy li, the son is sealed for fifty li, and even the smallest prince's fief in the world is more than fifty li."

"Is the collapse of Zhou Li the cause of a person? No, it was pushed by the whole world, can it be restored?"

"You must understand these truths when you travel all over the world, but you want to stop it, which is like a big fish controlling the water, blocking the river and building a dam to block the water, but the result is that the hard work is fruitless, and the world is even more chaotic."

Li Er shook his head and said.

These words almost negated all of Kongqiu's efforts, but Kongqiu was not angry, he was still firm: "What Boyang Gong said is reality, in my opinion, this is the Tao, it is the way of heaven, but there should be humanity in the world, humanity is benevolence and righteousness, what is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong!"

"The despicable should be reviled by all men, and the noble should be commended and respected. I stand by my word, even if it will break me to pieces, and Jonny will not die until I die!"

Li Er sighed in his heart, he had already expected this kind of result, no one would give up his own way. In this discussion, I just want to use other ways to improve my own way.

PS: The author is a scumbag, and the issues discussed by the two great sages are not something that I can evaluate on the street, these questions about philosophy and benevolence are too profound, and they can only be written simply, everyone can take a look at them casually, don't take them seriously.