I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Fan Li knew Li Ran's temperament, once he made a decision, it was very difficult to change it.Although it is the words of regret at this moment, but since he has said it, it is useless for him to persuade him any more.

Fan Li looked back and decided to discuss this matter with Sun Wu later.

Afterwards, Li Ran talked with Fan Li about what happened in the past two years.

Fan Li told about Guang'er's growth experience, and Li Ran couldn't help but smile when he talked about the jokes.

……

On the other side.

Duanmu offered ransom to slaves but did not ask for ransom. As soon as the news came out, it spread like wildfire in Lu country.

For a while, everyone in Lu State praised Duan Muci's behavior.

After all, such good people and good deeds should be well publicized in any era.

Duanmu Ciben was also unintentional, but he could not help being a little proud of getting such a good name.

I feel that the reason why I was able to get out of the circle this time is naturally inseparable from the way of "benevolence and righteousness" he practiced.

Therefore, he took it for granted that his master Confucius would also be very pleased.

And it so happened that at this time, Zilu also found a drowning person in the Yi River.Immediately jumped down to save people, the rescued people are also very grateful.So, he gave Zilu a cow as a gift, but Zilu accepted it without thinking too much.

Duan Muci returned to Kong Qiu, but Kong Qiu deliberately kept silent about his behavior of "giving up the ransom to save people", but kept praising Zilu's behavior of saving people.

Duanmuci was extremely unconvinced, seeing that Master had been delaying in boasting himself, he finally couldn't hold back his anger:

"Master, this time I went to Zheng country and saved a person in addition to the mission, don't you know it can be called "benevolence"?"

Obviously, Duanmuci longed for his teacher to praise him.

Unexpectedly, Confucius sneered and replied to him:

"Ci, since you saved a Lu man in Zheng Guo, why don't you go and collect the reward?"

When Duanmuci heard this, he became even more confident, and after bowing, he replied:

"A small amount of money...isn't it worthwhile to Ci? If those ransoms were paid, wouldn't Ci's intentions be impure? How can you talk about benevolence if you have bad intentions?"

After hearing Duanmuci's reply, Confucius couldn't help sighing, and said:
"Thank you... You did something wrong in this matter! And it was a big mistake!"

When Duanmuci heard the words, he couldn't help being puzzled. He glanced at Zilu beside him, and he didn't understand why the respected teacher accused him instead at this moment?
Confucius said slowly:
"As a teacher, there is a saying: 'The villain is for benefit, and the gentleman is for righteousness!' The priority here must not be reversed! You are great, you are noble, and what you do is really kind to others. However, you, Duanmuci, have certainly become a gentleman. It’s the name of a gentleman, but isn’t it an exaltation of the ‘way of a gentleman’?”

"Righteousness is beneficial! If everyone practices the way of benevolence and righteousness without seeking profit, will there be more gentlemen in the world? Or will there be fewer? If Lu people encounter this kind of situation outside in the future, will it happen? So no one is willing to redeem the lives of the Lu people who are in trouble?"

"What's more, how many gentlemen can there be in the world? All living beings are villains. Can you do the villain's things in the way of a gentleman without fault? Just imagine, if you, Duanmuci, accept the compensation, then the others will be the same. They will all follow suit, but if you don’t accept it now, won’t the villain who wants to take ransom to redeem people in the future become unkind and unrighteous?”

"Don't use your own ability to violate this kind of rules! Ci, these actions of yours, which seem to be benevolent, are actually very harmful!"

When Duanmuci heard the words, he was sweating profusely, and he didn't feel like he was prostrate on the ground.

"It's because I didn't think carefully, please respect the teacher and punish me!"

Confucius pointed to Zilu beside him.

"Zilu also rescued a drowning person before, but he was able to accept the other party's gratitude calmly. In this way, if there is another drowning person in the future, there will naturally be more rescuers, and the rescued people will know better. Knowing how to repay kindness. Only in this way is the best kindness!"

When Duanmuci heard the words, he couldn't help bowing his head and replying:

"Remember the teacher's teaching..."

Indeed, Duanmuci's mistake is that he raised the moral standard that everyone can achieve to a height that most people can't reach.

This will make many people daunted by the matter of "redemption".

Raise the moral standard infinitely, or regard personal morality as public morality, and then kidnap the benefactor morally, which will lead to a series of moral collapse, and eventually, ordinary people will deviate from morality!

Therefore, Confucius not only did not agree with Duanmuci's approach, but severely criticized him.

……

At the same time, Yang Hu is stepping up to lead the army of Lu State to crusade against Zheng State. Facing internal and external troubles, there is an endless stream of troubles, so he can bite the bullet and order people to guard.

Because Yang Hu was in the name of Marquis Lu, and led San Huan together to attack the whole country.Zheng Guo was not as strong as Lu Guo, so Yang Hu won a big victory.

This big victory made Yang Hu feel complacent.

After all, this is the only battle in the past 100 years of the Lu State that can allow the Lu State to win in the great power war with the outside world.Moreover, this is still under the situation of Lu Hou's personal conquest.

As far as this contribution is concerned, it is already the only one for Yang Hu.

For many years, the State of Lu has completely forgotten what "the joy of victory" is.

Yang Hu was complacent, and gradually became more and more arrogant.

On the way back to the teacher, Master Lu had to borrow a way from Wei Guo.But Yang Hu, never reported to them in advance, actually came and went on the road of Weiguo, it can be said that he was defiant.

In fact, Yang Hu's behavior should have been dealt with by invading the country of Wei if it was really going to be said.

Because the guards also know that Yang Hu's behavior is actually backed by people from Jin.Therefore, Wei Ren had no choice but to swallow his anger.

Yang Hu saw that the Wei people were so cowardly, so he pretended to be smart and prepared to have another plan.

On the one hand, he sent people to Weidu Diqiu to condolences to Marquis Wei.On the other hand, the troops of the Ji family and the Meng family were ordered to enter from the south gate of Diqiu without authorization, exit from the east gate, and stationed on the Puze not far away.

In fact, Yang Hu's meaning is also very obvious. The excuse is because the war is critical, so he didn't have time to inform him in advance.

This is indeed my omission by Yang Hu.

but?This overbearing army is not under my Yanghu's control at all.

These troops were flying the banners of the Meng family and the Ji family. They were used to domineering in the state of Lu, so they broke the original rules.

On the other hand, what about the army of the Duke of Lu led by Yang Hu?Didn't go this way.

Just imagine, what kind of reaction would Weiguo and his people hear after hearing his remarks?

Yang Hu thought that his coquettish manipulation was enough to arouse people's disgust towards Lu Guo Sanhuan.

But actually?Yang Hu's smart move is just taking off his pants and farting, it's superfluous.

After all, who in the whole world doesn't know that you, Yang Hu, are the real talker of Lu State?

Therefore, when Wei Houyuan heard this, he was naturally furious.

Not only because he, as the king of Wei, was taken advantage of by Lu.It is because he deeply disdains such a phenomenon-level villain like Yang Hu who "accompanying his ministers to carry out the life of the country".

Therefore, he immediately asked his favorite minister Mi Zixia to lead the army to pursue Yang Hu.

Uncle Wei Guoqing said that when he heard the news, he couldn't help feeling worried.Just because he was old and unable to move around, he had to be pushed by a cart to Wei Houyuan.

When Wei Houyuan saw Uncle Fa came, he was very polite and said:
"Gongshuqing, you are old, so it's very inconvenient. What is it that alarmed you?"

The uncle coughed, then sighed:

"Cough... the old minister came here specially for the sake of the Lu State!"

When Wei Houyuan heard this, he couldn't help being furious:

"Hmph! The Lu State did not pay attention to our Wei State, and the widow is trying to hold him accountable! Especially that Yang Hu, who actually ordered to enter my Emperor's Hill! Is it tolerable or unbearable?!"

The uncle shook his head when he heard the words:
"Your Majesty, it's also impolite to resent others and imitate him. I think back then, when Duke Zhao of Lu was in trouble, His Majesty planned to take out the Shu Ding of Duke Wen, the Bao Gui of Duke Cheng, and the Singer of Duke Ding. He also declared that if anyone can bring Lu Zhaogong back to the country and restore him, he will choose one of them as a reward."

"It also said that if there are princes who can uphold justice for Lu Zhaogong, they are willing to let the king's own son and the sons of several courtiers be hostages!"

"These words of your majesty back then are known by the whole world."

"Your Majesty has such a virtuous name, is he planning to cover up his past kindness to the Lu State just because of such a trivial matter? I'm afraid it shouldn't be? What's more, the State of Lu is the successor of Duke Zhou, and our State of Wei is After Uncle Kang, among Tai Si's sons, only the Lu and Wei families are the closest. Is Your Majesty going to imitate the villain and abandon the few family ties in the world?"

"If you do this, I'm afraid you will easily put yourself in the middle of right and wrong. Please think twice, Your Majesty..."

These words from the uncle finally made Wei Houyuan calm down a little, but he still said unhappily:

"It's just... Lu Guo's move is really deceiving people too much! How can I bear it? This matter is related to the dignity of our country, and there must be an explanation!"

"Hehe, please rest assured, your majesty, as a retainer, Yang Hu has been unwilling to keep his duty since he took power. For a person like him, the heavens are planning to increase his crimes and wait for him to overflow. Punish him for the crime. Your Majesty, just wait a while longer! The country of Lu will surely bring disaster upon itself, so your Majesty does not need to worry about this matter at all."

original:

In the second month, the Duke invaded Zheng, took Kuang, and attacked Xu Miye for the Jin Dynasty.Go, don't lie to Wei.And also, Yang Hu envoy Ji and Meng entered from the south gate, came out from the east gate, and gave up in Tunze.

Marquis Wei was furious, and made Mi Zixia chase after him.Gongshu Wenzi is old, and his chariot is like a gentleman, saying: "It is not polite to be special to others. In Zhaogong's difficulty, the king will use Wenwei Wengong's Shuding, Chengwei Chenggong's sign, Dingwei Dinggong's Pian pán Jian, if you can accept Lu Zhaogong, choose to use one; the son and the son of the second or third ministers, the princes will worry about it, and they will take it as a hostage, and this group of officials has heard about it. Now I will use the old virtues with little anger Nothing is impossible! "The son of Da Si, only Duke Zhou and Uncle Kang are on good terms with each other, and if he acts like a villain and abandons him, it is not a false accusation!Heaven will kill Duoyanghu for his crime, and how will your aunt treat him? "

But stop.