Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 140 The Confucian Idea of ​​Governing the Country

It is worth mentioning that Fu Hao once "led an army to the west and beheaded more than [-] people".

A white head is the head of a white man!

Around the [-]th century BC, the entire world experienced a Little Ice Age, when global temperatures dropped and living conditions in high latitudes deteriorated sharply.

The ancient Indo-Europeans (the Aryans are one of them) who lived only on hunting and gathering had to migrate to warmer places!
The Yarians are an ancient nomadic people. They live in no fixed place and move around.

Part of the Yarians continued to move to the southwest, defeated the ancient Babylonians, and established the Medes Kingdom and the Persian Empire respectively.

Then they marched southwest along the Danube River and wiped out the ancient ai and Egypt!
The other branch of the Aryans migrated to the southeast.

They fought against the local aboriginal Dravidians for hundreds of years, and they defeated the Dravidians to destroy the ancient Yindu, and the doves occupied the magpie's nest.

A large number of indigenous people in ancient India became slaves of the Aryans!

They also established the Varna system (caste system) that distinguishes people from high and low by skin color and surname.

After conquering the Dravidians, the Yarians continued to march eastward, but unexpectedly fell under Fu Hao's sword!
It is said that after Fu Hao died of illness, there were dozens of slaves whose body, skin color, and hair color were different from those of the Chinese. They were probably Aryans who did not know how to live or die.

There are four ancient civilizations in the world, and the Aryans have conquered three of them one after another. The only one without faults is Huaxia!

Women are good in it, which is indispensable.

Now that Sun Li takes women as an example, how can Qingji not admire her?
However, admiration is admiration, Qingji is not so easy to lobby.

"Sun Li, you heard from the widow that soldiers are fierce. If you are not careful, you may die in one day!"

Qing Ji persuaded him earnestly: "Furthermore, if you gallop on the battlefield, kill the enemy and serve the country, you should have your own sons to do it. Women should be at home with husbands and children, and just take care of housework."

"My lord, do you discriminate against women?"

Sun Li was quite dissatisfied.

"The widow has never discriminated against women. Women can hold up half the sky."

Qing Jiyan said such words insincerely.

He has a certain degree of machismo, but he has never looked down on women!
However, in Qingji's view, being a soldier and fighting is a man's business.

Old and weak women and children still don't have to take this kind of risk!

"Then will the king agree?"

Sun Li blinked her big eyes, stared at Qingji, and showed her small canine teeth, as if the latter would rush up to grab his hand and bite him if the latter refused.

"This……"

"My lord, to be honest, Sun Li is already pregnant with your lord's flesh and blood. If not, how could my father force me to marry?"

"The widow promises you."

Qing Ji shook his head, and reluctantly agreed: "If there is a chance, I will let you gallop on the battlefield and serve the country."

"Okay! Please high-five the king and his concubines as an oath!"

On this issue, Sun Li obviously didn't trust Qingji's people very much.

In other words, Sun Li pays more attention to whether she can lead the army to fight in the future and become a heroine like a good woman!

"Snapped!"

Qingji's big, thick hands immediately gave Sun Li a high-five with her gentle, jade-like bare hands.

……

After Qingji left the Da Sima Mansion, he returned to the Wu Palace.

Just stepped into the Zide Hall, and heard the servant come to report, saying that Kong Qiu, a famous scholar from the state of Lu, asked to see him!
Confucius?

Although Confucius at this time did not have the great reputation of later generations, he was still considered a generation of Confucians who were famous all over the world, and his reputation had risen.

For such a Confucius, Qingji is inconvenient to avoid.

Although Qingji knew that Kong Qiu entered Wu to promote his theory of restoring the Zhou rituals and implement a benevolent government in line with Confucianism in Wu, he still needed to meet Kong Qiu!
Even if he couldn't keep Kong Qiu in the state of Wu to serve him, Qingji tried his best not to make enemies with Kong Qiu in order to tarnish his reputation.

"Kong Qiu from Lu, see King Wu!"

Confucius who stepped into the Zide Hall, the moment he saw Qingji, he bowed his body and saluted in a regular manner.

That kind of posture, neither humble nor overbearing, shows respect without losing one's own demeanor, which makes people feel good.

"Confucius doesn't need to be too polite, please take a seat."

"Thank you King Wu."

Qingji stretched out his hand and made Kong Qiu sit opposite him on the table.

I have to say that Kong Qiu has never been a pedantic person, at least it seems so now!
Among the feudal vassals entrusted by Emperor Zhou, Wu Guo was a viscount, but from the generation of Shoumeng, Wu Guo began to call himself king, but he was not recognized by all the countries in the world.

Therefore, when communicating with the princes of the Central Plains, they often refer to King Wu as "Wu Jun" or "Wu Zi". For "Wu Wang"!
Of course, Qingji is not greedy for fame, nor does he care about these titles.

"Confucius entered Wu, and the widow did not welcome him from afar. Please don't blame Confucius."

Qingji exchanged greetings.

"Don't dare bother King Wu."

Kong Qiu said with a smile: "King Wu, to tell the truth, Qiu entered Wu this time because he heard about the reforms in Wu, so he came to investigate."

"Can Confucius gain something?"

"Not yet. However, please forgive me for not agreeing with some of the ideas in Wu Guo's Reform and New Deal!"

"Appreciate further details."

Confucius bowed immediately and asked, "The King of Wu thought, why are there so many wars in the world today?"

"When the rites collapsed and the music was broken, the princes did not respect the Zhou family and did not follow the Zhou rites, so people's hearts were lost, and they no longer had the virtues of ancient times."

"Qiu believes that a politician is upright. The root of governing a country lies in the word 'upright'!"

"In the past, the king of Qi asked Qiu about the government, and Qiu said to him: 'Monarchs and ministers, ministers and ministers, father and son, and sons and sons. , Although there is millet, I get it and eat it?'"

"All things and common things have their own place. If they get their place, they will be safe, and if they lose their place, they will be disobedient. The reason why a sage can make the world order is not because he can set the example for things, but only when he is in his place!"

"King Wu, Qiu's 'rectification' also lies in the rectification of names, the monarch and ministers, father and son, even if the ruler and minister, father and son have their own place."

"good."

Qingji nodded his head pretending to agree.

At this time, the world is in turmoil, the rituals are broken, the relationship between father and son is destroyed, the power of the emperor has fallen, and he can no longer command the world.

The vassal states expanded their power and competed with each other; the great officials usurped the monopoly, and the accompanying ministers carried out the state's orders;
The name rectification is proposed in response to the situation of "the ruler is not the emperor, the minister is not the minister, the father is not the father, and the son is not the son".

It is to change this abnormal state, restore the order of "monarch, minister, father, son", and bring the order of the world back to normal!
Confucius' move was to restore the collapsed ritual and music system of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

However, how can a monarch like Qingji agree with Confucius's philosophy of governing the country?

(End of this chapter)