Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 257
After Kong Qiu was appointed as the prefect of Kuaiji County, Qingji sat down with him to discuss the doctrine.

"Zhong Ni, what's the matter, Si can go into politics?"

"Respect the five beauties and reject the four evils, so you can be in politics."

Five virtues and four evils?

Qingji was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What are the five beauties?"

"A gentleman is beneficial but not wasteful, labors but not complaining, desires but not greedy, peaceful but not arrogant, majestic but not violent."

"Why?"

It is a kind of "torture" for Qingji to follow Confucius, who often chews words and speaks politely.

This is really the highest state of ancient costume comparison!
If you don't have enough ink in your stomach and your education level is not high enough, you really can't understand the meaning of Confucius' words.

Confucius replied: "Your Majesty, if you benefit the people because they benefit them, you don't want to benefit them? Who cares if you choose what is available and work hard? How can you be greedy if you want benevolence?"

"A gentleman has no crowd, no smallness, no daring to be slow. Isn't this also peaceful and not arrogant? A gentleman straightens his clothes and respects his gaze, as if people look at him and fear him. Isn't he also majestic but not fierce?"

"What are the four evils?"

"The four evils, killing without teaching is called cruelty, not treating people as restrained is called violence, and being slow to order is called thieves, just like dealing with others, being stingy with cashiers is called being responsible."

"good!"

This is really listening to you, better than reading ten years of books!

There is no doubt about the cultural level of Confucius, after all, he is a philosopher who is called "the teacher of all ages".

The five beauties proposed by Confucius are:

A gentleman benefits the people, but spends nothing himself;
Arrange labor, but the people do not resent;
Have desires, not greed for gain;
Anshu is reserved, not proud and presumptuous;
Majestic and majestic, not ferocious.

The four evils proposed by Confucius are:

Killing people when they make mistakes without prior education is called abuse;
To ask for immediate success without warning or greeting in advance is called violence;
Giving an order very late, but asking for a deadline, is called a thief;
The same is giving people things, but they are very stingy when they take out their hands. This is called Yousi.

For Confucius' ability, Qingji still trusts him.

In his youth, Confucius once worked as a committee official and Chengtian, and he was able to do almost perfect things no matter how big or small.

Wei Li is a small official who manages the warehouse, and Cheng Tian is a small official who manages the ranch. They are insignificant, but at least Confucius has some political experience and started as a grassroots official.

It's a pity that Confucius has always been underappreciated in the state of Lu.

Qingji vaguely remembered that Confucius in history was not appointed as the governor of Zhongdu until he was fifty-one years old, and his political achievements were very remarkable;

At the age of fifty-six, Kong Qiu was promoted to acting prime minister, concurrently in charge of foreign affairs.

It is worth mentioning that at that time, Confucius was promoted too quickly and did not meet the promotion standards for courtiers, so he was the acting prime minister.

Confucius had only been in power for three months, and all aspects of Lu's domestic affairs and diplomacy have improved greatly. The national strength has greatly increased, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

At the same time, Confucius also used diplomatic means to force Qi to return to Lu the large territory that had invaded Lu during the war.

Confucius' outstanding governing ability made Qi feel threatened, so he set up such a despicable trick of sending Lu Ai Gong, a beautiful woman and a good horse, so that Lu's monarch could indulge in wine and sex, so as to crowd out Confucius, who is the most holy of morals.

Confucius did have the ability to govern the country, there is no doubt about it.

The reason why Qingji did not dare to appoint Confucius as the prime minister or prime minister to govern the state of Wu was because the national conditions of the state of Wu were not suitable for Confucian governance.

Qingji took the "dominant" line of Legalism, combined with the "gentle" line of Taoism, plus the "benevolence and righteousness" of Confucianism. Wouldn't it be a mess?

Confucianism makes people tend to be good, and celebrating taboos is not good...

"Zhong Ni, you can bring all your disciples into Yue, and teach Yue people."

Qing Ji said to Confucius earnestly: "Yue people were born in the poor mountains and rivers. They are rebellious and disobedient. I hope that after you take office, Zhong Ni, you can advocate more Confucian benevolence and righteousness. Home."

"Sir, obey the king's orders!"

Kong Qiu immediately agreed.

"Do it well!"

Qingji smiled slightly and said, "Zhongni, I look forward to the day when your Confucianism can be carried forward in Kuaiji County."

"If the people of Yue in the future know and abide by the etiquette, the widow should also order Zhongni to assist the state affairs, and let Confucianism be the most prominent learning in the world, and it will be known all over the world!"

"only!"

This is precisely the long-cherished wish of Confucius.

How could Confucius not be grateful for Qingji who reused him so much?

As a superior, Qingji, drawing a big cake for his subordinates is a common method.

There is no Confucianism that has been castrated like later generations, and Qing Ji may not prevent it from taking root in Wu.

……

Kingdom of Chu, Yingdu Royal Palace, main hall.

Hundreds of ministers and officials were sitting on the left and right sides. They sat upright. On the Majesty's platform, the King of Chu, Xiong Zhen, sat on the throne.

On one side of the Majesty's platform, there is a screen, and through the curtain one can see a graceful, elegant and beautiful woman sitting inside.

She is Mrs. Meng Ying of Chu State.

At this time, there was no title of "Queen Dowager", so the mother of the monarch was generally called Guo Tai or Mrs. Tai.

Although Xiong Zhen was sixteen or seventeen years old, he was not yet old enough to take charge of the government. Therefore, Mrs. Meng Ying listened to the government behind the curtain, and ordered Yin Nangwa and son Shen (Zixi) to assist in state affairs.

"Foreign minister, Wu Guo's young mansion has been left, see the king of Chu! I have met Guotai!"

As the envoy of the Wu Kingdom, Beili was already standing in the court hall of Yingdu, bowing to Xiong Zhen and Meng Ying who were on the majesty's platform without being humble or overbearing.

"There is no need to be polite about the quilt."

Xiong Zhen raised his hand and let the quilt leave his body.

"Young mansion? Quilt, I don't know what kind of official this young mansion is?"

The King of Chu asked again in puzzlement.

"Reporting to the King of Chu, the Shaofu is in my country of Wu, and it is in charge of the taxes of the mountains, seas, ponds, and lakes, and it is one of the nine ministers."

Hearing this, Xiong Zhen nodded with a smile and said: "Good! King Wu can let a high-ranking official like Quilt envoy Chu, which shows that he attaches great importance to it."

"I don't know why the king of Wu sent an envoy to Ying."

Li Huan said: "The king of Chu is really a noble man who forgets things. Don't you know that the Chu army attacked me in Wudiye while Wuyue was fighting? Now the battle has already been won, but your country still occupies us. How can there be any reason for not returning the long bank of the state of Wu?"

"That's why, the foreign ministers are here to ask the King of Chu to return Chang'an, so as not to hurt the harmony between Wu and Chu!"

"What? There is such a thing!"

Xiong Zhen seemed to be really ignorant, looked left and right, looked at the officials under the majesty's platform, and asked in surprise: "Second and third sons, is there such a thing? I remember that Chang'an has always been the leader of our Chu Kingdom from the beginning to the end. Why is the city under the rule of Wu?"

(End of this chapter)