Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 581
Hearing Qingji say that he is not good at cultivating people and cultivating talents, Yang Hu is quite unconvinced.

Therefore, Yang Hu lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty may not know something."

"When I was in the State of Lu, I promoted three people, all of whom were officials of Ling Yin."

"When I was in Qi, I recommended three people, one to be close to the monarch, one to be the county magistrate, and one to be the waiting official."

"If this is the case, doesn't it prove that I have the knowledge to know people and the ability to cultivate people?"

Hearing this, Qingji squinted his eyes and asked, "But how did those people repay you in the end?"

"This……"

Yang Hu's expression was quite lonely, he sighed and said: "These people, without exception, arrest this humble servant when I am convicted, and they will add insult to injury..."

"What your majesty said is very true. I really don't have the knowledge to know people, and I don't trust people."

Hearing this, Qingji just smiled and said, "Planting tangerines tastes sweet and smells delicious; planting hovenia thorns will sting people when they grow up."

"So a gentleman should be cautious when cultivating people."

Yang Hu shook his head and said: "I dare not call myself a gentleman, Yang Hu is not worthy..."

It seems that Yang Hu is indeed self-aware.

In terms of teaching and educating people, Yang Hu is indeed far behind Confucius.

Confucius is indeed very good at teaching and educating people.

Among the three thousand disciples of Confucianism, seventy-two of them are sages.

Moreover, the disciples inherited the master's work, and the disciples who passed on continued to emerge in endlessly, and Mencius was the disciple of Zisi, a disciple of Confucius.

In history, Kong Qiu and Yang Hu were very at odds with each other, and they were like enemies.

For Confucius' disciples and re-disciples, the teacher's likes and dislikes are naturally their own likes and dislikes.

The teacher hates Yang Hu and scolds Yang Hu, so the students naturally have to follow suit.

Therefore, the later Yang Hu was scolded by Ban Gu, Ouyang Xiu, Bai Juyi and other literati and poets, regarded him as a thief, and even slandered him with embellishments.

The official scolding and the popular scolding echoed up and down, and they became one, with a huge momentum.

This is the so-called wall down everyone pushes.

In contrast, Yang Hu did extremely poorly in cultivating disciples, which was a failure in his life.

Yang Hu is a man of action and wants to realize his ambitions under the shadow of swords and swords.

He didn't have time to recruit disciples by opening private schools to systematically impart his ideas and cultivate his loyal followers in a down-to-earth manner.

Instead, they can only adopt a quick-fix method, taking some people under the door and arranging positions, so as to strengthen and consolidate their power in the officialdom.

Facts have shown that Yang Hu's opportunistic approach is not an ordinary mistake, but a serious mistake.

His disciples are nothing but a mob without any loyalty.

Yang Hu failed to gain a firm foothold in the state of Lu, and was expelled after fleeing to Qi.

Yang Hu's disciples did not have one or two mutinies, but a large number of mutinies.

Not only did they not praise him or brag about him, but they wanted to arrest him and kill him...

Regarding what happened to Yang Hu, Qingji was also deeply saddened.

In fact, in some respects, Kong Qiu and Yang Hu are quite similar.

Not to mention the similar appearance, in terms of talent and ambition, the two are somewhat similar.

Whether it is Yang Hu or Confucius, they all have the heart of chasing fame and fortune.

One of the purposes of Confucius traveling around the world is to promote himself, hoping to be appreciated by others, so as to enter the official career.

To put it bluntly, Confucius wanted to be an official, and he was once obsessed with it, and even almost did something stupid!
In the original history, Gongshan Buxuan, Jisun's retainer, summoned Confucius and wanted Confucius to become an official. Confucius was ready to go, but fortunately Zilu was there to dissuade him.

If Zilu hadn't cherished his teacher's reputation and urged Confucius to give up his foolish thoughts, Confucius might really have joined forces with Gongshan Buxuan.

In this way, the history of Confucius may have to be rewritten, and his facial makeup will have to be redrawn!

Yang Hu and Kong Qiu differed in their political views, and they almost ran counter to each other in terms of their theories.

Yang Hu is a person who goes his own way and speaks without restraint.

In a sense, his character determines that he must have conflicts with those in power or powerful people, and is despised by the latter.

However, Qingji knew that Yang Hu's language talent and philosophical thinking were by no means inferior to Confucius'.

Confucius said: The dead are like husbands, never giving up day and night.

Yang Hu also said "the sun and the moon are passing away, and the years are not with me".

The two are comparable, and they have the same effect, and they are indistinguishable.

However, some of Yang Hu's words were indeed exaggerated, too absolute, leaving no room for maneuver.

Yang Hu has a well-known saying through the ages—to be rich is not benevolent, and to be benevolent is not to be rich.

Not to mention whether this is true or not, from Qingji's point of view, this sentence is very good!
Therefore, Qingji decided to test Yang Hu one last time.

"Yang Hu, why do you think that the widow will definitely use you?"

Hearing this, Yang Hu solemnly bowed to Qing Ji and said, "Your Majesty, if the monarch is wise, the subjects will be loyal to him wholeheartedly and dare not have two hearts."

"If the monarch is stupid, the courtiers will be perfunctory, even harboring ulterior motives. On the surface, they are entrusted to false snakes, but they are secretly deceiving the monarch for personal gain."

"If the king is stupid, wouldn't the courtiers deceive the king? If the king is wise, wouldn't the courtiers be loyal?"

"Yanghu believes that the king is a wise and wise king, so he went to Wu to join him. If he is not a hero, how can he control Yanghu?"

If the master is wise, he will do things with all his heart; if he is unworthy, he will pretend to be an adulterer and try it.

Qingji already understood Yang Hu's will.

However, those in power will not allow their subordinates to do what Yang Hu said and lose their lives.

Yang Hu went to extremes, such as "Han Zi Zhi Prisoner" is an example.

His restless behavior broke the rules of the game in the officialdom.

"Good. Yanghu, I will appoint you as my guest minister of Wu State, with an official rank of two thousand stones, and the treatment is from Jiuqing. How about it?"

"Thank you king!"

Immediately, Yang Hu was overjoyed, bowed towards Qing Ji and bowed his head: "I must do my best, for the king, for the country of Wu, give everything, and do my best!"

"..."

I hope so!
Qingji just put Yang Hu on the back shelf and made him a guest minister, he didn't rashly entrust him with important tasks.

Because, a careless, it is very likely that Wu Guo will suffer a lot of losses.

After all, people are separated from each other.

Human nature is an extremely complex thing.

Before confirming whether Yang Hu can be used by me, Qingji didn't intend to entrust him with important tasks.

Anyway, the current Yang Hu has no other way out, and it is a fluke for Yang Hu to take refuge in Wu country and save his own life.

……

The one who is most dissatisfied with Qingji's accepting Yang Hu and making him a guest minister is none other than Da Xingling Kong Qiu.

Knowing the news, Confucius rushed into the palace to have an audience with Qingji, and said, "Your Majesty, you who are arrogant and disobedient, as well as traitors and officials, must not be taken in."

"I'm afraid it will be the source of disaster for our country of Wu!"

(End of this chapter)