I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 437 The Widow Has a Dream
If Fan Li sincerely served the Yuan Country, his strategic vision would appear to be a bit poor, or he could not understand that what the Yuan Country's monarchs and ministers were playing was not about fighting for hegemony.

If it had been Fan Li who had come to serve in the original country with a mission, his intention was too obvious.

"Fan Li is a high-level spy sent by Chu State to Yue State and has not been confirmed. It should be caused by lack of cognition and narrow vision?" Zhiyao thought.

The original country still hopes to absorb talents from other countries!While being able to increase one's own advantages, isn't it weakening other countries?
Zhiyao reused Sima Rangju during the annexation of Qi State, which was a signal of willingness to accept talents from other countries, and later hired Sun Wu.

Sima Rangju and Sun Wu are two relatively well-known people, and there are many other people who have real materials, but they are not as famous as Sima Rangju and Sun Wu.

Then accepting Fan Li is also sending a signal to other countries, believing that those who have talents but cannot be used will choose the original country after they receive the signal from the original country, right?
In the past, Zhishi did not turn the family into a country, and those who wanted to join had concerns.That kind of concern is not wanting to be a retainer.

The situation is different now. Touxiao Zhiyao will be a minister of the country, which will definitely relieve many people's worries.

Zhiyao talked about other things.

At present, the original country has many advantages, including the ruled territory, population and resources, and it has cultivated professional counterparts earlier, but there is one thing that is a bit lacking.

"To bring the universe into one is what everyone must do!" Zhiyao said firmly.

Those who participated in the meeting were all core executives, and untested people like Fan Li were not present.

There are two special places in Yuanguo, one is "Father Huang" used to teach and educate people, and the other is "Ye", an industrial city.

Zhiyao said: "It is easy to unify the territory, but it is difficult to unify the hearts of the people!"

Some people have already understood what Zhiyao wants to express, which is nothing more than teaching and educating people while instilling the relevant ideas of unification in students.

Guan Yiwu's great unification, emphatically mentioned the theory of "one king", what he did was to respect the king and fight against the barbarians.He said that the king is Zhou Tianzi, which is equivalent to saying that Qi State can lead the people on behalf of Zhou Tianzi.

Zeng Zi is now born, and just like in history, he became the closed disciple of Confucius in his later years.His theory of "Great Unification" is inherited from Confucius, but the two have different views on "Great Unification".

Because he had seen too much the suffering of the people's livelihood brought about by the war, and knew that it was impossible for the Zhou royal family to conquer the world again, Zeng Zi's pursuit of unification was not limited to Zhou Tianzi.

Mencius is the one who speaks most clearly about the great unification. He thinks that whoever can end the war, save the people of the world from suffering from the war, and implement benevolent government, is a saint.

Even if Zhiyao knows that Zeng Zi is in Weidi, it is a premise that he is not so concerned about it. Whether he will know that he has said the theory of great unification is a question.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhiyao not to be interested when he heard Sima Rangju mentioning Zeng Zi and Zeng Zi's argument about unification.

"Zeng Shen has repeatedly refused to be an official, and it is difficult to hire." Sima Rangju said.

When he was in the State of Lu, Zeng Shen repeatedly refused Sanhuan's solicitation, and later moved to the State of Wei to avoid disaster.

When living in Wei State, Zeng Shen experienced the annexation of Wei State by the Zhi family, and once wanted to move again, but found that the Zhi family was more friendly to Li Shu, and the Wei land became under the rule of the Zhi family. Not only did the quality of life not deteriorate, but even a bit prosperous. , chose to stay and observe while recording what he had seen and heard.

Sima Rangju sent someone on behalf of the Zhi family to solicit, but Zeng Zi refused.

Chu and Zheng also sent people to hire Zeng Zi as an official, but they were also rejected.

"Confucianism says that the well-being of the people is paramount." Zhiyao is not talking about the principles first introduced by Confucius. The "Confucians" of all dynasties have such pursuits, emphasizing the use of etiquette to achieve.

Zhiyao said again: "The widow will go in person!"

This time, everyone was shocked.

They finally saw clearly that Zhiyao attached great importance to the spread of ideas, but they still felt that it was a bit exaggerated for Zhiyao to hire Zeng Zi in person.

It is rare for Zhiyao to hear that someone has proposed the theory of grand unification and is still alive, so there is no possibility that she will not be tempted!
As for Zeng Zi being from Lu?He is now living in the original country!

Maybe it was to express sincerity, Zhiyao didn't care about the ice and snow everywhere, and set off after making relevant arrangements.

20 days later, Zhiyao appeared on the outskirts of a village, and she could see the smoke rising from the village in the distance.

Of course, someone must have come to investigate and eliminate some hidden dangers without disturbing the villagers as much as possible.

For such things as micro-service visits, just take a look at the works of artistic processing, and don't take it seriously.

A team of about [-] approached, and the people in the village were quickly alarmed. At first, they didn't know who was coming.

"This is the original country, who dares to invade? If you have the courage, who can invade here. You don't need to panic." Zeng Zi spoke to the villagers.

The village where they live is not at the border with other countries, it is tens of miles away from other countries.

From those words, it can be seen that no matter how Zeng Zi feels about the Yuan country, at least he understands the military strength of the Yuan country.

After Zeng Zi settled down, he began to educate people after a year. Not only did he accept people from the village as students, but people from cities or villages far and near learned that there were people here who were engaged in teaching without discrimination. Going to school made Zeng Zi famous in the neighborhood, and the villagers respected him very much.

Muramasa was not there.

He learned that there was a team coming, and after he was armed, he took his subordinates and dispatched. He walked in three steps. Take the villagers to escape.

Waiting for the village to reappear, his lips trembled without speaking, and he spoke intermittently, but what he said shocked the villagers.

"My lord?" Zeng Zi had already seen the soldiers entering the village.

These soldiers looked elite at first glance. Not only were they well-equipped, but they were also full of energy. At first glance, they could tell that they had an aura that was different from that of ordinary troops.

These days, there is no such thing as military and civilian joy, and it is even less likely for leaders to show affinity.

In fact, even if the leader wants to be friendly, ordinary people don't dare and don't want to come forward at all. It may not be good to serve them well, but if there is an accident, the whole family will be buried.In this kind of thing, the benefits are too small and the risks are too great. No one is a fool, and a fool can't get close.

Zeng Zi was still under control in the village. Someone came to inquire about some matters, and arranged for bathing and dressing before he knew he had been summoned.

"When Master Kong lived with 'Father Huang', the widow met with Master Kong many times." Zhiyao was talking to Kong Ji, the grandson of Confucius.

This made Zeng Zi feel that Zhiyao is a fastidious person.

At present, even if Confucius is famous, most of them are negative. The most ugly thing is the position of "official fan".

As for why it has a negative reputation?The main reason is that Confucius taught without discrimination, and the second is to use the books in the Lu State Library for his own teaching.

Who scolded Confucius?Who else but the rich and powerful.

And the powerful are those who have the right to speak and can influence public opinion. One can imagine what will happen to Confucius' reputation.Many of these dignitaries were targeted for shame in the back, especially for suppressing Confucius' most ruthless Sanhuan.

When it was Zeng Zi's turn to meet the king, he was not talking about Confucius, but Lao Tzu.

Now Lao Tzu is already over a hundred years old, and the long-delayed trip to the West will take place next year without any accidents.

The reason Zhiyao didn't stop it was that Lao Tzu mentioned that it was a long-cherished wish, and he was willing to be buried in Xitu.

Having said that, in addition to arranging more than 200 guards, Zhiyao sent a historian to follow Lao Tzu. There really can’t be any more stories about people disappearing after leaving Hangu in the west. It must be clearly recorded and added. clear and direct.

"My teacher said, 'There are no two suns in the sky, no two kings in the earth, no two masters in the family, no two superiors in the family, and there is no two superiors in the family, so that the people have the distinction between monarchs and ministers'." Zeng Zi was surprised when Zhiyao suddenly mentioned the "big unification". It is Confucius' argument that dominates, without mentioning his own ideas at all.

Zhiyao was not in a hurry either. From Confucius to Guan Yiwu, he mainly talked about Guan Yiwu's thoughts, and also took "books with the same language, vehicles with the same track, weapons with the same system, and measurement as one" as the theme.

What the hell?Did Guan Yiwu mention those?It really is!
Therefore, Guan Yiwu put forward those theories hundreds of years before the first emperor, and the first emperor succeeded.

Talking about that topic, Zeng Zi had a lot to say, including Zhishi's "creation" of new characters in the past, thinking: "Zhishi's move, the words have no form and lose the true meaning, which is really inappropriate."

Zhiyao developed simplified characters and made official script.

Zeng Zi is not the first person to raise objections in front of Zhiyao.

To tell the truth, pictographic characters are the characters of "Yi".To put it bluntly, there are a lot of words, and when you look at something, something appears in your mind. People who learn this kind of characters must be more imaginative than looking at the Latin alphabet.

Just because of the relationship of "words follow their shapes", changing to simplified characters will make many characters lose their "meaning", and some people will definitely not like it.

Zhiyao came up with a consistent answer: "Learning is convenient, making it easy, benefiting the people, and its great kindness."

No matter what kind of knowledge, first of all, it must be useful and can be learned better, which means that it is also convenient to spread.

Zeng Zi was taken aback for a moment, then became thoughtful.

Knowledge is inherently easier to learn, the better. Isn't it a problem to deliberately increase the difficulty of learning?

Zhiyao also said: "The characters of the big seal script can be learned once or twice a day; the characters of Zhi's family are accompanied by ㄅ, ㄞ, ㄆ, ㄠ, ㄇ, and you can learn more in a day; like palm pinyin, it is easier to learn. !"

What are those incomprehensible symbols?In fact, it is an early pinyin.And this is not Zhiyao's credit. Many people studied day and night, selected some strokes of the font, and then determined the pronunciation. It took nearly seven years to come up with the finished product.

At first, Zhiyao wanted to use the Latin alphabet, but was persuaded later.

Zengzi wanted to know too many things, and gradually forgot that Zhiyao was a monarch. From fonts to pinyin, to the concept of governing the country, he re-discussed the topic of great unification.

Naturally, it is indispensable to talk about what kind of country the original country is.

If Zeng Zi admires Yuanguo the most, there is no doubt that more people can own their own land.

"There are many things that a widow wants to do!" Zhiyao said to Zeng Zi very sincerely: "You can raise a hundred people if you participate in this place, and you can raise ten thousand people if you go to 'Father Huang'."

Confucius' disciples, who don't know that "Father Huang" is a place for teaching and educating people, and it is in line with their concept of teaching without discrimination, it is false to say that Zeng Zi is not moved.

Like other disciples, what Zeng Zi hesitated was that Zhi Shi had already taken action against the State of Lu.

"I heard that Shen moved here, is it a disaster for Lu?" Zhiyao continued without waiting for Zeng Zi's answer, "My wish in this life is to save all people from the suffering of war!"

This wish was so great that Zeng Zi was stunned.

(End of this chapter)