Chapter 3: The Price of Heaven
Xianyang, in a large mansion, is a certain stronghold of Confucianism, one of the hundred schools of thought. There are many strongholds like this, Confucianism.
And what came here today is not the Confucianism of Xunzi Xiaoshengxian Zhuang, but the Confucianism of Zigong.
Confucianism split into eight factions after the death of Confucius, and the Zixia line has Zixia himself, Wu Qi and other big bulls, and the Zigong line can be regarded as a self-contained line.
At that time, Zigong and Zixia were the most outstanding among the three thousand disciples of Confucius, and Zigong's deeds can be regarded as legendary, if according to the records in the historical records.
When Confucius's hometown of Lu was attacked by Qi, Confucius was very angry, why are you disciples all here watching? My hometown is about to be beaten? You hurry up and take action?
But the problem is that your hometown is Lu, and our hometown is not necessarily Lu. But when the master was angry, no one dared to say that.
Then Zigong had an idea and said: I have a way.
Then he went to the State of Qi and persuaded the powerful ministers of the State of Qi at that time, asking him to postpone the attack on the State of Lu, if you want to play a prestige and establish authority, it is useless to attack a weak chicken like the State of Lu, you have to fight a strong country like the State of Wu.
As for the problem that you are worried that Wu Guo will not come, or that you will not be able to defeat Wu Guo, don't worry, I will help you solve it, and I will persuade my husband to come here.
Then he went to the state of Wu and successfully persuaded Fucha to attack the state of Qi and Jin. Then he went to Yue State, let Yue Guo continue to pretend to be a little brother, and took the initiative to send troops to help Wu State attack Qi State, Gou Jian thought about it and agreed.
You think it's over here?
At this time, Zigong went to the Jin Kingdom again, saying that the Wu Kingdom will soon come to attack you, and it is best to prepare first and surprise the Wu Kingdom!
In short, under his commotion, Wu Wangfucha went to the Central Plains to compete for hegemony with the Jin State, but the Jin State had already prepared, and the Fucha did not take any substantial advantage at all
It's just a deterrent, not to mention the loss of soldiers, the actual benefits haven't been obtained, and when I look back, I see that my hometown has been stolen by Yue Guo, and then I can't continue to fight.
The high-level officials of the Jin Kingdom saw this and deliberately showed weakness and asked him to go home and continue to fight with Yue Guo, otherwise it would be a question of whether he could go home or not.
If the historical records are true, then Zigong is a veritable columnist. In the absence of the support of the powerful country behind it, Cunlu, chaotic Qi, broken Wu, strong Jin and dominated.
There is such a powerful ancestor, and Zigong Yimai just ignores Xunzi, the big brother recognized by all Confucian lineages.
For ordinary trivial things, it's no problem for everyone to give a face after Xunzi speaks. But when it comes to the major events of the future direction of the entire branch, if you Xunzi still want to decide in one sentence, it will be impossible.
Therefore, other branches of Confucianism, after Xunzi openly defected to the Qin State, scolded and complained that Xunzi was not a thing, and sent people to Xianyang for field investigations.
And today is the day when Zigong and his family gather together again after a period of investigation. Everyone discussed the changes in the Qin State, surprised by the wealth of the Qin State, and surprised by the magic of life martial arts.
In particular, the whole heart method, which can be practiced while walking, sitting and lying down, has been praised to the sky. As for the parenting scriptures, they have been praised to heaven a long time ago.
In the discussion of many people, three meals a day is a word that is mentioned very frequently. Every time this word is mentioned, everyone's hearts are filled with envy.
And while they were talking, they stopped, for they all spoke of the nine heavens in heaven. Nine Heavens is really amazing, although the Qin State has announced the existence of Nine Heavens, but everyone has not been there, and they don't know whether it is true or not.
"In short, although today's Great Qin has occasional flaws, it is still very good in general, at least much stronger than Qi and Chu. ”
"Although the Qin law is strict, the Qin law is the largest under the king of Qin, which restricts the military nobles, and the leaders of the Qianqian can also have a place to get ahead, this is benevolence, it is the greatest benevolence. Based on this, the current King of Qin is a figure like my great Confucian master. ”
"What's more, the survival of King Qin continues, and people continue to sacrifice, so that Han Hou, Wei Bo, Zhao Hou, Yan Hou and others can also sacrifice their ancestors when they celebrate the New Year's Festival, which is also a great benevolence. ”
In the old man's opinion, such a Qin state is actually very in line with our Confucian philosophy. But even so, there is no need for us to lick our faces and take the initiative to join Daqin. ”
The implication is that our Zigong line also has a card, can't the King of Qin haven't invited us, we will run over in a hurry, in this case, do we still want to lose face?
No one wants what is given for nothing, no one takes it seriously, and this has been the case for generations. Therefore, even if Zhuge Liang had long been optimistic about Liu Bei, he had to hang him all the time, deliberately letting him look at the thatched house before he was willing to go out of the mountain.
The three visits to the thatched cottage are not because they are not optimistic about Liu Bei, but in order to improve their personal qualifications, so that Liu Bei will pay more attention to him subconsciously, and also let Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others know that my Zhuge villager is not easy to mess with, it was your eldest brother Liu Bei who invited him three times before coming over!
"What exactly are these nine days, we have to figure out first. If it is really as miraculous as the Xun Bao said, it can help people to achieve enlightenment, enlighten their minds, and even have a direct epiphany, then we will join Daqin tomorrow. ”
After the old master made a decision, he started the relationship, and soon got a place from Xunzi, and then his disciple Kong Ren set off.
Kong Ren is a descendant of Confucius, but he is not a descendant but a concubine. In Confucianism, a place that attaches great importance to etiquette, even if the concubine has the ability, it cannot be compared with the concubine, otherwise it is rude!
What's more, he is still a child of the Confucian family, if the children of the Confucian family take the lead and be rude, will Confucianism be shameless? So although he is very capable, he did not think about overthrowing his lineage and becoming the boss all day long, but went out to study.
Now he is a senior brother of Zigong's lineage, and he is also very good.
Following the guidance of the officials, Kong Ren soon arrived at his destination.
This is a continuous series of houses, and there are large coffins placed in each house, and there are ventilation holes on the front and back of the coffin, and there is a sense of tranquility on the left and right sides of the coffin.
From time to time, people came out of the coffin, and others entered the coffin. And everyone is full of energy when they enter the coffin, but when they leave the coffin, they are exhausted.
Although the smile on his face is bright, he is exhausted and haggard!
What exactly did they encounter in the coffin? Could it be that there was some evil female goblin in the coffin, specializing in absorbing men's yang energy?
Immediately, Kong Ren shook his head vigorously, impossible, Daqin couldn't be so unreliable. Probably this is the price of heaven, mortals always have to pay some price when they go to heaven, so Kong Ren still thinks it makes sense.
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