Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 3 Is Jay Yu Me?I'm Jae Yu?
Chen Tao woke up from his sleep, and his back was covered in cold sweat.

He looked around, it was a humble hut, there were some earthen pots used to store food and water, and some daily furniture, but nothing else.

Compared with here, even the old and dilapidated ancestral house in my hometown is in better condition than this small house.

And in front of him, stood an angry young man, his appearance was very familiar, but extremely strange.

He remembered that this person seemed to be named Duanmuci, styled Zigong.

Zigong?

Chen Tao's brain seemed to get an electric shock, and he suddenly remembered the words in "Historical Records: Biography of Zhongni's Disciples".

Virtue: Yan Yuan, Min Ziqian, Ran Boniu, Zhong Gong.Political affairs: Ran You, Ji Lu.Words: Zaiyu, Zigong...

Zigong!

Is he Zigong?
Chen Tao pinched his face in disbelief, but the pain told him that this was not a dream.

Countless complicated memories were intertwined in his mind, followed by a vast sea of ​​books. After a long period of pain, he finally realized the truth.

This is the Spring and Autumn Period, this is 504 BC, and this is the world of great controversy!
Zai Yu, Chen Tao...

The two personalities merged in his body, and after the mental shock, Chen Tao looked in a trance.

Am I Zai Yu, or Chen Tao?
Or Zaiyu is Chen Tao, and Chen Tao is Zaiyu?

Zigong frowned, and carefully looked at Zaiyu from top to bottom.

When he was in the academy this morning, he felt that something was wrong with this kid. Although Zaiyu was usually slack, he was not so slack that he slept under his master's nose.

"My son, did something happen to you at home?"

Zaiyu looked up at Zigong, and after hesitating again and again, he asked, "Zigong, let me tell you something."

"what's up?"

"I'm not alone now."

"Not alone?" Zigong sneered, "What? You're also Hulian?"

"You may not believe it, but I now have memories from 2000 years later."

"Memories after 2000?"

Zi Gong knew that Jai Yu always liked nonsense, but even so, he still planned to hear what new things Jai Yu could tell today.

"You said you knew what happened after 2000, do you have any evidence?"

Zaiyu said: "Master will be called a saint after 2000 years."

Zigong nodded slightly: "It sounds like that."

What Zi Gong admired most in his life was Master, and he has always believed that Master's talent is unprecedented, and it is not impossible to become a saint.

Zai Yu said again: "Master has ten most outstanding disciples, and they are called the Ten Sages of Confucianism."

"Ten philosophers of Confucius?"

Zi Gong's eyes lit up: "Then the ten philosophers of Confucianism..."

Zai Yu nodded approvingly and said: "Don't worry, you are one of them. Later generations commented that there are two eloquent people in Confucianism, and you rank second."

Zi Gong showed a satisfied smile. Although he knew that Jae Yu was probably joking, he was still very happy to be among the ten most outstanding disciples of Confucius.

He asked: "Then the one who ranks first in eloquence besides me is... Wait, the one who is number one, shouldn't it be..."

Having said this, Zi Gong's expression changed.

Zai Yu smiled brightly: "That's right, I'm next."

Zi Gong's face was pulled down: "My son, are you kidding me again?"

"I'm really not kidding you, trust me!"

Zaiyu wanted Zigong to believe his words, but the facts were so bizarre that he couldn't move Zigong with all his words.

Zi Gong said impatiently: "You teased me again and again, I can't believe you. You took the bamboo slips I put on the school case, return them to me quickly."

"If you don't believe it, don't believe it."

Zai Yu took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve and handed it over: "Here, take it away."

Zigong took the bamboo slip with a suspicious expression on his face.

When did my kid become so happy?

Could it be a scam?

He opened the bamboo slips, and sure enough, he discovered the mystery inside.

"My son! Why did you write about the master scolding me, Hulian?"

Zaiyu sat on the straw mat and said calmly: "Master often says that a gentleman regards morality as the most noble character. If you only record my faults and cover up yours, isn't this acting against morality? "

Zigong heard that Zaiyu used his master to suppress him, and knew that he could not confront Zaiyu head-on, so he also used Confucius' exposition to fight back.

"My son, then you should also know that the master also said: People who like sweet words but pretend to be pleasant, such people have very little benevolence."

Zaiyu had expected that Zigong would fight back like this.

Zigong is a talented and arrogant person, and a few words can't make him retreat.

But Zai Yu was already prepared for this.

Zai Yu grinned and said, "Yesterday you asked Master: Is there anyone or anything that a gentleman hates?
The Master replied: A gentleman hates those who proclaim the faults of others, hates those who are inferior and slanders those who are superior, hates those who are brave but rude, and hates those who are courageous but stubborn.

Is there such a thing? "

After Zaiyu finished speaking, Zigong immediately felt as if someone had stabbed his lung tube with a knife.

He blushed and replied: "That's true. But I'm a Hulian, not a gentleman. Isn't it normal to do something wrong?"

After hearing this, Zai Yu laughed even more happily.

"Indeed, we are still a long way from being a gentleman.

But I heard that the Master asked you yesterday, "Ci, do you have anything you hate?"

You replied: I hate people who steal other people's achievements and take credit for themselves, hate people who take immodestness as brave, and people who expose other people's privacy and think they are straightforward.

Is there such a thing? "

As soon as these words came out, Zi Gong was immediately silenced.

It took a long time before he recovered.

"Son me."

"how?"

"I believe it."

Monk Zai Yuzhang was puzzled: "What do you believe in?"

Zigong gritted his teeth and replied, "Ten philosophers of Confucius."

"what?"

Zaiyu had spent a long time just now but couldn't convince Zigong what the ten philosophers of Confucius said. Why did Zigong's attitude suddenly take a 180-degree turn?
Zigong said bitterly: "Your tongue is indeed sharper than mine. My evaluation of words is behind yours, but it's not unacceptable."

After arguing for a long time, it was still about the issue of ranking.

I thought he believed in my dreams.

Zaiyu was a little disappointed.

"Zigong, son me! It's not good!"

Zaiyu and Zigong Qiqi got up and turned their heads to look out the window. A young Confucian scholar who was about their age broke into the house.

Zai Yu quickly recognized that the person who came was his fellow disciple, Ran Qiu, who was also one of the top ten philosophers of Confucianism.

Ziyou is very talented, but his mind is more delicate, which leads to a timid temperament and easy to panic when things happen.

Comparing his temper with that of Zai Yu's elder brother Zilu, it cannot be said that it is exactly the same, it can only be said that it has nothing to do with it.

Zaiyu stood up unhurriedly: "Ziyou, you are in a hurry, what happened?"

Ran Qiu replied: "Yang Hu, that bastard Yang Hu is going to force Master to become an official again!"

Yanghu?

Zai Yu frowned, and began to sort out the ins and outs of this matter.

The political affairs of the State of Lu were controlled by the three noble families of the Ji family, the Meng family, and the Shusun family.

Because these three families also came from Duke Huan of Lu, they are collectively referred to as the Sanhuan family.

Among the three Huan, the Ji family is the strongest.

The Ji family is superior to Lu Jun and holds the real power of Lu State.

Yang Hu is the steward of the Ji family.

A year ago, he launched a mutiny and imprisoned Ji Sunsi, the patriarch, and usurped all the rights of the Ji family.

The Ji family controls the great affairs of the Lu state, and controlling the Ji family is equivalent to controlling the Lu state.

So Yang Hu became the de facto ruler of Lu State.

However, Yang Hu's reputation in Lu State has always been poor because of the coup, so he has his eye on Confucius, intending to use his old man's reputation to improve his bad public opinion environment.

It's just that Master hates Yang Hu and pretends not to be at home every time Yang Hu visits, so Yang Hu has returned several times without success.

But he didn't expect his determination to be so firm, and he couldn't change his mind even after so many rejections.

When Zi Gong heard Yang Hu's name, he said with disgust: "Master said that when the state power is ruled by the accompanying ministers, there are very few who survive three generations without collapse. Doesn't Yang Hu understand the meaning of what Master said? What method did you use?"

Ran Qiu replied: "Yang Hu sent a roast pig to the house while his master was not at home."

After hearing this, Zigong couldn't help scolding: "This guy is so despicable."

According to the law of etiquette, when a doctor gives a gift to a scholar, if the scholar does not receive it in person at home, he has to return the gift.

Yang Hu used this method to force Confucius to visit him.

But Zigong thought for a while, and then asked: "Since Yang Hu can use this method to deal with Master, can't Master also take advantage of Yang Hu's absence to return the gift?"

Ran Qiu replied: "That's what Master did. But unexpectedly, Master met Yang Hu on the way back, and now the two of them are on the street outside Yang Mansion. Master is in danger, so I came here to ask you for help what!"

Both Zigong and Zaiyu were well-known eloquent people among the disciples of Confucianism. It is really up to the two of them to rescue Confucius from the crisis.

Zigong pulled Zaiyu and was about to rush out the door: "Let's go! My son, let's meet this attendant for a while!"

(End of this chapter)