Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 254 Toilet Talk (6K4)

When Zilu was thinking about whether he should become Ji's retainer, Zaiyu found that Zigong was winking at him.

He knew at a glance that this kid must have something to look for him, so Zai Yu opened his mouth and said.

"Think about it first. Anyway, it's not in a hurry. I have some abdominal pain. Let's solve it first. Let's talk when we come back."

After saying that, Zaiyu walked out of everyone's sight and walked towards the toilet in the academy, and Zigong followed after wandering around for a while.

There are three toilets in the academy, Zaiyu occupied the middle one, and Zigong took advantage of the opportunity to enter the one on the left.

He just went in and before he squatted down, he heard Jae Yu's voice from the next door.

"Why are you looking for me in such a hurry?"

Zigong lowered his voice and said: "Now the overall situation has been decided, according to the rules, in a few days, the monarch will order Sanhuan to reward the meritorious officials who participated in the suppression of the rebellion."

Hearing this, Jae Yu asked naturally, "What? You want me to help you find a good job?"

Hearing this, Zigong said disdainfully: "Do I still need errands? Now my business is getting bigger and bigger, even if you ask me to be the Minister of State, I will not be afraid to do it!
Look at Ziyuan, but he has only been a sergeant secretary, and he is already too tired to be human.And his annual salary is only three hundred shi.

Three hundred shi, to death means the annual output of two hundred mu of land, enough to feed ten people.With just such a little thing, their lives are not as good as some Chinese people from wealthy families.

In a word, whoever wants to do the work of a sergeant should do it, and I won't do it anyway.

Now I'm tired enough to do a hand in hand in your pedestrian mansion, and now you want to recommend me in front of the king and help me get promoted, are you going to continue to use me as an animal? "

As soon as Zigong finished speaking, before Zaiyu could reply, he heard Yan Hui's deep and sad voice coming from the far right compartment.

"Zigong, do you always look down on me so much? Is it so embarrassing to eat at the office?"

"Huh?" Zigong was startled: "Ziyuan, why are you eavesdropping on others?!"

Yan Hui said: "You and Zi, I never asked if I was here!"

Zaiyu hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Zigong, you can't judge the rank of an official by the amount of corn alone!
Besides, although the staff sergeant in the office does not seem to have a lot of salary, you have not considered some other income!
Take our country of Lu as an example. It is fixed every year to worship the gods of heaven, earth, sun, moon, and gods of floods and droughts in spring and autumn.

Calculated from this, there are at least four large sacrifices in a year, and there are countless small sacrifices.

But all sacrifices must use grains and sacrifices, right?

After the sacrificial ceremony, shouldn't the sacrificial grain and sacrificial meat have to be distributed to the officials who participated in the sacrificial ceremony?
Just these things alone, there are not many in a year.

Not to mention that the sergeant will grant more land and houses, and if a businessman like you gets a position like Sishi who is in charge of the market, governing education, punishment, and measuring prohibitions, then..."

Having said this, Jai Yu suddenly stopped talking.

Broken, my bad mouth, didn't this almost teach him?
Who knows that Zi Gong heard it, and he was very disdainful: "It's just a district secretary, let's not care that the sergeant can only serve as a small secretary, even if I can really be the secretary in charge of the middle school market?
What I do is world trade that crosses national borders. If you and I are able to work together, let alone the governor of Lu State, you are the kings and officials of all countries in the world. Who would dare to be rude to me when they see me?

I went to Qi State last month, and just after I stayed in the hotel, Qi Zi had already sent chariots and horses over there to invite me to a banquet.Those stupid people only think that this is a corporal of Qizi Lixian.

But you and I both know that this is the result of the oath agreement we reached with Qizi last year.20 yuan a year, supplemented with gold and silver treasures, can make Qizi smile at me at the banquet, and all the doctors of the Qi State will sit down to accompany me.

If I am willing to be a mere secretary of the city, how many years will I have to endure before I can scrape together 20 yuan? "

Zi Gong's words made Zai Yu froze for a moment.

For ordinary people to say this, Zaiyu might laugh at his arrogance, but to Zigong, saying this is really not crazy.

Because according to the literature in the library, even if Zigong didn't hang out with him, he would still become a generation of wealthy businessmen in the future.

"Historical Records: Biography of Huozhi" even recorded the boy's later deeds, saying that he: Zigong tied up a team of horses and rode with a bundle of silk coins to hire princes.

In short, that is to say, after Zi Gong got rich, he took his disciples in a luxury car, scattered coins everywhere in the world, and engaged in political lobbying.

He traveled around the world to visit the princes. When the kings of various countries saw him, they stood on both sides of the main court with him, and saluted each other as equals, in order to show their respect for Zigong.

And when he traveled to Yue, King Goujian of Yue even ordered the main road in Kuaiji, the capital, to be cleared to welcome Zigong into the city. Later, he felt that it was still impolite to do so, so he simply went to the suburbs to wait for him in person.

During his stay in Zigong, Goujian traveled to the posthouse where Zigong was staying several times to ask him about the theory of governing the country.

And when he visited Qi, Jin and other countries, he was successively received by important figures such as the monarch or the minister. Qi Jinggong, Zhao Yang and others all spoke highly of him.

Although Qizi is the king of a country, his status is really not enough in front of these people.

And according to some unreliable unofficial historical records with unknown sources, after Zigong got tired of playing in his later years, he became a doctor in Qi State, and even his son Duanmu Jiong later served as a high-ranking minister of Qi State.

If these records are true, and I did die in the civil strife in Qi State...

Zai Yu's heart skipped a beat, and his face turned black.

Zi Gong, if you were in Qi State at that time, why didn't you come to get me a hand? !
Do you really want to watch my brother and I be chopped into an 'old godmother' by Tian Heng?
Ok? !

But Zaiyu thought about it again, Tian Chang's rebellion occurred in the fourth year of Qi Gonggong, that is, 485 BC.

At that time, the master was still traveling around the world, and Zi Gong should have been with the master, so there must be no way to come to help him.

Just as Zaiyu resolved himself, Yan Hui from the pit next door spoke.

"Actually, the amount of salary is not important to me, the most important thing is whether the affairs I do can benefit the country and the people.

The Master taught us: there is no position without suffering, and there is standing because of suffering.If you don't suffer, you don't know, but you can know what you want.

A person should not worry about not having an official salary, but should worry about not having the ability to be an official.You shouldn't worry that others don't understand you, but you should pursue talents that allow others to understand you.

Now I receive a salary from the state, can support my family, and let others know and recognize the talents I have learned.For me, that's enough. "

When Zigong heard Yan Hui's words, he couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Ziyuan! What the master said is the standard for a gentleman. Have you forgotten?
The old man also said: Wealth can be sought after, even if a man holds a whip, I will do it.If you can't ask for it, follow what I like.

If wealth could be won, I would do it even if I were asked to be a coachman with a whip in my hand.But if you can't pursue it, it's better to do what I like.

Now, to me, the salary of a sergeant is not rich, and only a position like a doctor can barely satisfy me.

However, it is extremely difficult to obtain the position of doctor.That being the case, it would be better to do what I like to do as a merchant.Isn't there nothing wrong with that? "

Yan Hui thought for a while, nodded and replied, "Master said: Gentlemen are harmonious but different. Although I don't agree with your point of view, I am willing to respect your opinion."

As soon as Yan Hui finished speaking, Zai Yu's sullen voice sounded immediately.

"I'm different from you. I neither agree with nor respect. Zigong, what you said just now, kid, are you clearly ridiculing what you did as a gentleman?"

When Zigong heard this, he was terrified all over.

After thinking about it, he realized that there was a loophole in his words, and Zaiyu caught him straight.

He hastened to argue: "My son, don't talk nonsense! I didn't mean to slander Master. The debate between me and Zi Yuan just now just showed Master's contingency?

The standards of a gentleman are not constant, but they are all changing in accordance with the times.

Besides, the master never considers himself a gentleman. In his old man's mouth, only people like Yanzi and Yun Boyu can be regarded as gentlemen. "

Zai Yu pressed on step by step, "Then don't you think Master is a gentleman?"

Zigong snorted when he heard the words: "I heard that every 500 years in the world, a saint will appear. 500 years ago, it was the Duke of Zhou, and now it is the Master!

In my opinion, Master is more than just a gentleman. Compared with me, he is a saint like Duke Zhou! "

When Yan Hui and Zaiyu heard this, they laughed together and almost fell into the pit laughing.

Hearing the laughter, Zi Gong thought they were laughing at him and flattering him, so he blushed and cursed.

"What are you laughing at? What's so funny about it? Son, you have the face to laugh at me? Didn't you also say 'Master is better than Yao and Shun'?

And Ziyuan, you went too far, look at what you said.

If you look up, you will become higher, if you drill, you will become stronger, if you look ahead, you will be behind.The master is persuasive and seductive.Bo me with words, ask me with courtesy.I can't stop, I have exhausted my talents, if I want to stand up, even if I want to follow it, I can't help it.

Regarding the teacher's knowledge and morality, the more one looks up to him, the more noble he feels, and the more he studies, the more difficult he feels.

Seeing it seems to be in front, suddenly it seems to be behind.The Master is good at guiding us step by step, enriching our knowledge with various documents, and restraining our behavior with etiquette. It is impossible for us to stop learning.

I have tried my best, but the Master is still standing tall in front of me. Although I want to follow, I feel that there is no way out.

Aren't you two's evaluations more exaggerated than mine? "

Seeing that he was impatient, Zaiyu said amusedly, "We both said these things, but we didn't go back and forth like you Duanmuzi!
In the first year you studied with Master, when you summed up at the end of the year, you said that your knowledge has surpassed Master.

In the second year of studying with Master, when summing up at the end of the year, I said that my level should be similar to that of Master.

In the third year of studying with Master, when summing up at the end of the year, I said that I was still far away from Master.

Now, you say that you are an ordinary person, and Master is a saint similar to Duke Zhou.

Co-author, you have been studying with Master for so long, and the gap between them is getting bigger and bigger.

It seems that the teacher's method of teaching is wrong, and a good seedling has been delayed!
If you didn't learn from the Master, wouldn't you be a perfect person even better than Duke Zhou?

Because of the master, there is one less perfect person in the world. From this point of view, the crime of his old man is too great! "

Zaiyu stared at Zigong for a while, making him a little bit overwhelmed.

Zigong knew that he couldn't beat him on this issue, so he had no choice but to change the topic.

"Come on, it's all old things. Isn't it normal to be young and frivolous when you are young? Once you mess it up, I have forgotten why I called you here!"

Only then did Zaiyu realize that he had not come to the latrine specially to taste Yexiang with Zigong.

"What the hell are you looking for?"

Zigong replied: "Didn't I say it before? The monarch will reward the heroes who have suppressed the rebellion. If you think about it in the long run, I hope you will decline the reward from the monarch and Sanhuan first.

If they still insist on you accepting it, you can propose to the monarch to reward Gong Ruoqi, the Ji family's Xiaozong, who holds an official position in the public office.

You must pay special attention to the two branches of Gongji and Gongruo, which originated from Ji Wuzi's Xiaozong, and give as much credit as possible and promote as much as possible.

If possible, it is best to ask the monarch to recall Zi Jiaju, the senior official who was exiled in Qi State. "

Zaiyu thought about it.

Zigong's implication is nothing more than to strengthen the power of the public office.

However, he can still understand when he recalls Zijiaji.

But why should we pay attention to male 鉏, male ruo and male bird?
Yan Hui heard their conversation at this time, and knew that what they said next was likely to be quite sensitive, so he hurriedly resolved it, and then took his leave.

After Yan Hui left, Zaiyu took advantage of the opportunity to ask Zigong this question.

Zi Gong also readily answered for him.

Zigong asked, "Do you still remember Ji Si's rebellion in Ji's family when Ji Pingzi was born?"

Jae Yu recalled a bit, and probably remembered what happened.

About ten years ago, Ji Pingzi's uncle Ji Gongniao passed away. Because Ji Gongniao's son was still young, he did not have the ability to manage the fiefdom.

Therefore, in line with the principle of helping each other among relatives, Ji Gongruo, Ji Gongniao's younger brother, Gong Sizhan, the elder of the clan, and Shen Yegu, Ji Gongniao's retainer, helped manage Ji Gongniao's housework.

Originally, these uncles helped manage the housekeeping, and when the youngest son became an adult, and then handed over the power to him, it might become an allusion that will be praised by future generations.

However, things did not develop as everyone expected.

Not long after Ji Gongruo, Gong Sizhan, and Shen Yegu took over the housekeeping, Ji Si, the widow of Ji Gongniao, cried to the wife of Qin Tun, Ji's retainer, in a conversation between women. , Ji Gongruo beat and kicked him, and Gong Sizhan and Shen Yegu also took this opportunity to threaten her.

After Qin Xun's wife learned about it, she told Ji Pingzi's younger brothers Ji Gongzhi and Ji Gongfu about it.

When the two learned that their uncle Ji Gongruo had committed such a beastly act, they were furious, so they ran to confront their uncle in person.

But Ji Gongruo refused to admit that he had done this, and the other two assistant ministers, Gong Sizhan and Shen Yegu, also helped Ji Gongruo to defend.

When Ji Gongzhi and Ji Gongfu saw the situation, they immediately reported the matter to Ji Pingzi.

Therefore, Ji Pingzi ordered Shen Yegu to be executed and Gong Sizhan to be detained in Biandi.

As for his uncle Ji Gongruo, Ji Pingzi did not deal with it publicly because of his family relationship.

Ji Gongruo and Shen Yegu have always been friends, and after he learned the result of the incident, he repeatedly ran to Ji Pingzi to intercede for Shen Yegu.

However, Ji Gongzhi insisted on killing Shen Yegu. In the end, Ji Pingzi followed his younger brother Ji Gongzhi's suggestion and ignored his uncle Ji Gongruo's request.

Ji Gongruo was killed because of Shen Yegu, and since then he has been at odds with the Ji family and hated Ji Pingzi brothers to death.

Ji Gongruo's sister, born to the same mother, is the wife of the monarch of Xiaozhu, and his niece married Song Yuangong.

At that time, Ji Gongruo's niece was planning to marry her daughter to Ji Pingzi.

Ji Gongruo happened to be visiting Song with his uncle Zhaozi, so he went to persuade his niece not to marry his daughter to Ji Pingzi.

Judging from this incident, we also know how much Ji Gongruo hates the Ji family.

Zaiyu told Zigong what he had learned, but Zigong said it meaningfully after hearing the words.

"What you know is not the truth."

When Zaiyu heard it, he asked curiously, "Is there any inside story?"

Zigong said: "Of course! You asked me to collect information everywhere, and those knives and coins that were thrown out were not for nothing.

In fact, what most people understand is no different from yours.

But the stories narrated by some members of the Ji clan are not what everyone has heard.

According to them, these stories that have been circulated outside are just news released by the Ji Clan to cover up the scandal within the clan.

Everyone thought that Ji Gongruo was the villain, but in fact, he just swallowed his anger to preserve the name of his elder brother Ji Gongniao. "

"Then what's the actual situation?"

Zigong said: "Actually, Ji Gongruo never molested Ji Gongniao's widow, Ji Si.

It was Ji Si who had an affair with Tan, the servant who was in charge of the food. She was afraid of being discovered by Ji Gongruo who came to take care of the housekeeping, so she let the maid hurt herself, and falsely accused Ji Gongruo, Gong Sizhan and Shen Yegu to Gongzhi and Gongfu.

Ji Pingzi was also kept in the dark at first, so he ordered the arrest of the three of them.

But after figuring out the situation, Ji Pingzi felt that this matter was quite difficult.If the truth is disclosed to the outside world, the fact that Ji Si had an affair with a servant is not as good as a lie.

This kind of behavior is really embarrassing to Ji Shi.

Moreover, Ji Si had an affair with a servant, and her youngest son inherited Ji Gongniao's title.

If it is inferred from this situation, is this child Ji Gongniao's child?

If not, then it would be equivalent to severing Ji Gongniao's offspring.

According to the rules, if the heir is severed, the fief under his name must be returned to the public office.

Therefore, if Ji Pingzi pursues the truth, Ji's interests will inevitably be damaged.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to be in peace, even if you know there is a problem, you can only treat it as if you don't know.

And if Ji Gong knew that he must be wronged, he was willing to accept Ji Pingzi's arrangement out of consideration for his family.

But he made a request to Ji Pingzi, that is, he can bear this bad name, but don't kill Shen Yegu and Gong Sizhan because of it.

But Ji Pingzi's younger brother Ji Gongzhi felt that there was no way to explain to the outside world without killing someone.

It is also easy for others to think that Ji's internal management is chaotic, and the lord Ji Pingzi is incompetent.

As a member of the Ji clan, Gong Sizhan could not be killed.But Shen Yegu, as an outsider, can take him under the knife.

Ji Pingzi followed his younger brother's advice, but it also chilled his uncle Ji Gongruo.

The reason why Ji Gongruo refused to let his niece marry his daughter to Ji Pingzi was not only because he hated Ji Pingzi's brothers, but because Ji Gongruo was participating in the conspiracy to help the former emperor Zhaogong expel Ji Pingzi. "

Hearing this, Zai Yu said in surprise, "If Ji Gong is involved in the expulsion of Ji Pingzi?"

Zigong said: "It's not just about participating? He can be regarded as half an envoy! The reason why Gong Wei and Gong Yan, the sons of Duke Zhao, persuaded his father to attack Ji Pingzi was because they gained confidence from Ji Gongruo.

The members of the Gongruo clan all said in private that Ji Gongruo gave Gongwei the treasured bow that he had privately collected at that time, in order to get Gongwei to agree to attack the Ji clan. "

Zaiyu heard this, and asked again: "I have roughly understood the enmity between the Gongruo clan and the Ji clan, and they can indeed be trusted. But the Gongjia clan..."

Zigong said: "You should support the Gongjia clan even more. Have you forgotten? The Gongjia clan of the Gongjia clan is so good at overthrowing the Ji clan that they are even willing to follow Yanghu."

Zaiyu asked, "What is the enmity between the Gongjia clan and the Ji clan?"

Zi Gong said: "The Gongjia clan comes from Ji Gongjia, Ji Gongjia, Ji Gongzi, Ji Gongniao, Ji Gongruo, and these four are the bastard sons of Ji Wuzi.

At that time, Ji Wuzi had no legitimate sons, only these four concubine sons, according to the etiquette, in fact, the eldest son of the concubine, Ji Gongyu, should be supported as the heir.

But Ji Wuzi liked his second son Ji Mourning, so he wanted to abolish the elder and establish the younger.

But in fact, neither the Ji family's retainers nor the senior officials in the middle school approve of Ji Wuzi's actions.

At that time, Ji Wuzi summoned Shen Feng, his retainer, and said to him: "I like the two children Mi (gong鉏) and He (mourning son) very much, but I still want to choose the more talented one as the heir." '

When Shenfeng heard this, he didn't answer, but walked out quickly and returned home, started to pack his luggage, and planned to take the whole family out together.

A few days later, Ji Wuzi summoned Shen Feng again and asked his opinion.

Shenfeng bowed down three times in a row, and said to Ji Wuzi: "If you do this, I will get on the chariot and leave now." '

Ji Wuzi was worried that he would leave, so he didn't mention it.

But he didn't give up after all. After a while, Ji Wuzi ran to ask Zang Wuzhong, the chief officer.

After hearing this, Zang Wuzhong said, "As long as Jizi treats me to drink, I will support your youngest son for you." '

Ji Wuzi was very happy when he heard this, so he invited the doctors to drink at home, and made Zang Wuzhong the guest of honor, and asked him to preside over the toast ceremony.

After the guests finished offering wine, Zang Wuzhong ordered two layers of mats to be spread in the north, and replaced with washed wine glasses. At this time, he summoned Ji Mourning Son, and Zang Wuzhong walked down the steps to greet him. The doctors saw Zang Wuzhong stepping off the stage , So they all stood up.

After the guests and the host toasted each other, Zang Wuzhong summoned Ji Gongyu and asked him and others to arrange seats according to age and sit with the guests.

Ji Wuzi felt a sudden change of color on his face.

However, the painstaking efforts of Shen Feng and Zang Wuzhong still failed to change Ji Wuzi's idea of ​​abolishing the elders and establishing the younger ones. He finally established Ji Mourning son as the heir.

But Ji Mourning son died before Ji Wuzi before he succeeded to the throne.

At this time, everyone thought that Ji Wuzi would let his eldest son Ji Gongjia succeed him.

But before Ji Wuzi died, he ordered Ji Pingzi, Ji Mourning's son, to inherit the Ji family.

Many of Ji's courtiers complained against Ji Gong because of this, and because of the grievances of their ancestors, the Gongji family has always been at odds with Ji's main line.

My son, if you really want to infiltrate the Ji clan, how can you not take more care of the Gongruo clan and the Gongjia clan?
A courtier in exile like Zi Jiaji is, after all, a gentleman who supports the government.

Some things they do, and some things they don't.

But the Gongruo clan and the Gongji clan are different..."

Zigong smiled lightly: "As long as it can hit the Ji family, they are willing to do anything."

　I can't help but miss the many monthly passes.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)