A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 140 Confucius
When there is a way of life in front of you, no matter how small it is, there will be people fighting for it.Even if they know that if they are united, the possibility of successfully breaking through is higher.

But people's selfishness will make all this come to naught. Most people will want to escape by themselves, and many people will even use others to increase their chances of escape.

Therefore, after seeing Huai State make way for a passage, the will of the entire Chu State army disappeared.

Zifan had completely lost control of the army, and the Chu army rushed towards the gap.Huai country is like a sharp razor, peeling off the outer skin layer by layer.

In order to find a chance to survive, the Chu army trampled on each other and died more than those who died in the hands of Huaiguo.Hundreds of thousands of Chu troops fled, and only a small number of nobles with their own private soldiers could barely maintain it.

Seeing this situation, Chen Yi immediately dispatched Huai army elite to attack those people.Qingji led the Huai state elite to attack from the side and rear, splitting the defeated Chu state like a sharp knife.

Those Chu troops who formed the formation were hit by the Huai army one after another.These people are able to stay calm in the face of danger, and they don't need to guess to know that they are the elite of the Chu army.Elites are much more important than those chaotic troops. As long as these elites are eliminated, even if Chu State recruits another [-] troops, they will be nothing but a mob.

The Chu army scattered and fled in all directions, countless dead were killed, a large number of Chu soldiers were beheaded, and the entire land was dyed red.

His face turned ashes, and then he said to the surrounding guards: "Such a disastrous defeat, I have no words to say goodbye to the king, so I can only commit suicide and die for the country. Let's disperse each other. Remember not to form an formation, and keep your useful body."

After speaking, he drew his sharp sword and killed himself.

The [-] troops of Chu State suffered heavy casualties, and less than half of them finally fled back to Chu State.When the king of Chu got Zifan's suicide and apology, and the [-] troops suffered heavy casualties, he said sadly: "Zifan misunderstood me, and the eternal hegemony will be ruined once!"

After saying this, the king of Chu fainted immediately.

The king of Chu was already quite old, but under this stimulation, he fell seriously ill on the spot.The imperial doctor of Chu State tried his best to save him, but even so, he could only lie on the bed.

The state of Chu had just risen to aspire to the hegemony of the Central Plains, but it ended in such a hasty manner.

In the winter of the 23rd year of King Zhuang of Chu, the King of Chu died of illness after being in bed for half a year.

Huaian, school palace.

As a well-known scholar, Confucius set off to study after hearing that there were a large number of books preserved in the Huaiguo Academy.After looking through the books in Huaiguo Xuegong, Kong Qiu found his own way. He believed that the chaos in the world was caused by the collapse of ritual and music.

In order to restore peace and prosperity to the world, it is necessary to re-establish rituals and music.In the past, Duke Huan of Qi was established for a period of time, so the world was stable.

As long as everyone in the world observes etiquette, the monarch practices benevolence and righteousness, and the courtiers are loyal, will the world be unstable?

So Confucius began to give lectures in the Huaiguo Academy, and many students came to listen to the lectures.There are also many people who agree with his way, so Confucius became famous.

Wang Jin heard that a great sage had come to the Huai Palace, so he went to the Academy in person to communicate with him.

"Duke Huai, the country of Huai is a powerful country in the world. If it wants to prosper for a long time, it must abide by the rituals and music. The ruler practices benevolence and righteousness, and the ministers practice loyalty, so the world can be stable." Confucius heard that Duke Huai came to listen to his sermon. Afterwards, he was very happy, and seriously told what he was thinking.

Wang Jin nodded again and again, but never said a word.

After Confucius finished speaking, Wang Jin said: "Mr.'s way is the kingly way of the world. Please stay in the academy, explain your kingly way, and record it. The academy will pass it on."

Confucius was very happy to hear that, and immediately agreed to record his teachings in a book.At the same time, he asked Duke Huai whether he would implement the kingly way.

Wang Jin smiled and said: "Sir, the kingly way is indeed the right way in the world, but it is not perfect yet, and it is too early to implement it."

Then let him compile the book carefully, he will read it after the compilation, and then left the academy.

In the main hall of the Huai Palace, Wang Qi asked curiously: "Father, you don't seem to plan to follow Mr. Kong's kingly way!"

Wang Jin said with a smile: "Of course I don't plan to implement it!"

"Why is that? It really makes sense for my son to listen to his narration?" Wang Qi asked suspiciously.

"Because it's not the right time!" Wang Jin said lightly.

"Gu knows that the way of kingship is a good knowledge. If it can be popularized in the world, it can indeed prosper, but it is so difficult to implement the way of kingship!"

Seeing Wang Qi still didn't understand, Wang Jin said with a smile: "According to what Mr. Kong said, only when everyone in the world can be selfless and morally noble can the kingly way be implemented in the world, but this world can be morally noble and selfless. How many people are there?"

"Many people in the world have their own ideas, human nature is partial, how to implement the kingly way? If it is enforced, it will end up full of moral villains."

"For another example, now that the world is in chaos, if our Huai country promotes the king's way and emphasizes benevolence and righteousness, others will not talk about benevolence and justice with us. What if Huai country suffers losses because of it?"

"Furthermore, our country Huai is different from the states of Bang and Zhou. My Huai country originated from Yin and Shang. It has been more than [-] years since King Huai Wen established the country here. The ancestors of all generations worked hard and did not dare to relax. Why?"

"Because as long as we relax and slack off, the country of Huai will immediately fall into the dust, and the countries of Bangzhou and Zhou will immediately jump up and bite!"

"The Huai Kingdom was built by the descendants of the Yin and Shang clans, and Bangzhou was built by the King Wu who conquered the Shang. It was because of Huai Kingdom that the assassination king disappeared in the southeast. How do you think the kingdoms of Bangzhou and Zhou regard us?"

"So, Qi, Jin, Chu, Zheng, Wei, Yan, and even Qin and Song can practice the kingly way, but we Huai can't!"

"Father Jun, I understand!" Wang Qi nodded.

"If you want to implement the kingly way, unless the world is unified, then forcefully promote it under the will of the king." Wang Jin said with a smile: "Now that there are constant disputes among the countries and the world is in chaos, how can we implement the kingly way? That's why Gu Cai said that Mr. Kong should be in the academy Write a book in it."

"As for saying that he wants to promote the kingly way, I'm afraid that in today's world, no country is willing to do so. The monarchs of various countries may agree with him, but no one will carry it out!"

Wang Jin sees it very thoroughly. This kind of kingly way is also recorded in the storage room of the Huai State government.But why the ancestors of all dynasties did not implement it is because it is out of date.

The kingly way is useful knowledge, and etiquette, justice, honesty and shame should be advocated, but not now.

"Father Jun, if you don't want to practice the kingly way, I'm afraid Mr. Kong doesn't want to stay in Huai country for a long time!" Wang Qi said.

"If you don't want to stay, then you don't want to stay. Just remember to transcribe and sort out the books he wrote." Wang Jin said with a smile: "And now Mr. Kong is still very ideal, wait for him to be attacked in various countries. After that, it will come back naturally!"

(End of this chapter)