History of the Great Zhou Dynasty

Chapter 16

There was no words for the whole night, and the warrior continued to guard the inner room as if he had never experienced what happened last night.

With Wu Zhengshi's force, maybe he could steal the book directly, but if he gets it and becomes a thief, how can a thief become a scholar?

If that country uses a thief to lead its troops in a war, the soldiers will not approve of it, let alone the monarch.

"Zhengshi Yun, something big happened!"

Feng Yun just went out and found some water to wash up. When he came back, he saw Corporal Li, who was on duty in the main hall, coming with a roll of bamboo slips.

He was older than Feng Yun, but he bowed his hand without hesitation when he saw Feng Yun.

Feng Yun returned the gift.

The man said: "Da Zai returned home...but the Yue Kingdom really bullied people too much!"

"How is the Yue Kingdom?" Feng Yun heard this and asked anxiously.

If you want to be in politics, you must be clear about everything in the public affairs, otherwise you will be in trouble when you violate taboos or are asked by your superiors.

"The State of Yue... Alas, the State of Yue humiliated Dazai. In the past few days since Dazai went there, he had not seen the king of Yue State, nor had he arranged a place to live. After his stay was fruitless, Dazai had to stay behind the palace wall of Yue State. Call out to meet Yuejun!"

"Unexpectedly, before Da Zai said anything, Yue Jun bluntly said that he wanted jade and jewelry, and then he kicked Da Zai out after just talking."

As he said this, the man's eyes were fierce, but also with a look of shame and annoyance.

It was as if he was the one on the mission.

After that, he seemed to have just remembered, and then he talked about the important things of this trip.

"Uncle Zong sent an order early in the morning to sort out the books recorded on these bamboo slips. He will use them every few days."

With that said, he handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Feng Yun.

"My subordinates will go to the main hall first. Sir, please stay busy."

When this person left, Feng Yun's heart pounded.

"How could Yuejun be so rude? Logically speaking, he is an earl, and the monarch of the Great Court is also an earl. If he is sent as an envoy, he represents the monarch!"

Feng Yun was from a large court, and even though he had memories of his past life, he was still very angry now.

"First find the book Zongbo needs."

Feng Yun quickly found these books among the messy books. They were all classic biographies that could be used to quote scriptures.

After searching, Feng Yun continued to pack the books in the inner room.

There are not many books here, and they can be compiled and documented in a few days.

At noon, the sister-in-law came with her nephew Hei Quan. Feng Yun told Hei Quan a few words while eating and asked him to go back and teach it to other children.

The black dog's eyes turned black and he responded repeatedly.

After dinner, Feng Yun would read "Rituals" or "Zhouyi" in his mind while taking a rest.

……

This travel lasted for five days.

In the past five days, the news that the envoy Dazai was insulted by Yue Jun spread a lot, and many indignant people wanted to write articles to criticize Yue Jun for his rudeness.

But they were all stopped by Zong Bo and Da Zai.

In addition to this, a new round of recruitment journey is also in full swing under the control of Sima.

Because of the conscription, no one suddenly talked about Dazai's mission.

Nowadays most of the talk is about conscription.

"If I don't become a scribe, I'm afraid I will have to become a soldier."

Feng Yun's brother is a soldier, which means a soldier of the noble clan.

According to the etiquette system of conscription, each household could only have one soldier, and the rest of the men were militiamen.

Militia members live at home to cultivate the fields, but when it comes to war, they must join the army at any time.

Feng Yun was sixteen years old, which was also the age to join the army.

But when he joined the army, he was also a counselor.

The counselor may be in charge of logistics and deployment of military resources internally, while formulating strategies and implementing strategies externally.

All in all, they are all about solving the Lord's problems.

This is what is called a counselor.

And the lord is the person whom the counselor pursues. He is entrusted with his whole life and has a double contract with his life.

"Huh?" Uncle Zong came to the Palace of Classics?
Outside the door of the inner chamber, the sound of saluting Uncle Zong sounded.

Feng Yun got up and came to the door to receive him.

"Don't be too polite."

Uncle Zong first glanced around and saw that the books were arranged in an orderly manner on the bookshelf, and the locks were intact, and then he nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad." Looking at Feng Yun, Uncle Zong walked to the main seat of the low table and sat down.

"Sit down at the table."

Feng Yun heard this and sat across from him politely.

This position is where the master and the student discuss each other.

Feng Yun understood and said hurriedly: "Students are reading "Etiquette" and reading "Book of Changes", but they are confused about many things. I hope Uncle Zong can give me some advice."

Uncle Zong nodded.

"Then I will help you figure it out."

He asked: "What is etiquette?"

Feng Yun was stunned and hesitated in silence.

The etiquette in his heart was different from what Uncle Zong wanted.

When Uncle Zong saw this, he said angrily: "Don't say that after reading "Etiquette", I still feel rude."

"Doctor Zongbo, you are stupid... etiquette, I think etiquette is rubbish..."

"Oh?" Uncle Zong suddenly became interested when he heard that Feng Yun used the five elements to discuss rituals.

"It seems that you not only watched the "Book of Changes", but also learned something."

"Let's talk about why ritual is earth. You must know that the Great Zhou Dynasty is the virtue of fire. Rites come from fire. How did you get earth?"

Feng Yun already had a draft of Zong Bo's question.

Then he said: "I dare to ask Uncle Zong, which comes first in this world: courtesy or fire?"

Hearing this, Uncle Zong was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, and cursed with a smile: "The ancestors of the Sui people drilled wood to make fire, which was the beginning of fire for the human race. Fire is the beginning of human writing, hope, and the beginning of advocating fire. "

"Advocating fire is out of respect. Respecting it is a ritual, and there is a fire sacrifice."

"Soon, the ceremony and the fire were born and started at the same time. How to tell the order?"

Regarding Uncle Zong's answer, Feng Yun said with a smile: "Uncle Zong's words are what I think."

"It can be deduced from this that soil, the place where all things are born, the place where all things stand, and the place where all things return, is the gift for the earth to be born, the gift for the earth to nourish, and the gift for the earth to bury."

"When the first human race began to crawl on the earth and feel the affinity of the earth, earth rituals were also born."

Uncle Zong's eyes flickered, as if he had some realization.

Feng Yun continued: "So, ritual is for earth, fire, wood, gold, and water... The five elements have five virtues, and the word "ritual" should conform to all things. It shouldn't..."

"Bang!" Uncle Zong slapped the table angrily, interrupting Feng Yun's talk.

"The Great Zhou Dynasty is a ceremony of fire. The ceremony binds all things, but not all things. If all things are bound by gifts, wouldn't everyone be able to make their own rituals? It would be inappropriate."

Uncle Zong raised his hand and said as if he was not angry just now: "Stop it. Don't forget that you are cultivating the Zhou rites and the virtue of fire."

"Don't say what you just said again."

Before the Zhou Dynasty, there was the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty was still white, and gold was born in the land, which was the virtue of gold.

If according to Feng Yun's statement, then the Shang Dynasty was not a courteous dynasty, so what was the Zhou Dynasty that destroyed it?
They are all from the Zhou Dynasty, how can they admit that the previous dynasty was polite.

He glanced at Feng Yun, whose expression was neither humble nor arrogant.

Uncle Zong sighed.

"Li, the authority obtained by the emperor from heaven, restrains the barbarism of the human race, and is a sign of wisdom."

"Fire virtue, virtue obtained from fire, is a punishment. If etiquette is violated, there will be severe punishment. Only in this way can the word of etiquette be consolidated and the stability between the series of countries maintained."

Speaking of stability, Uncle Zong paused...because the Yue Kingdom was rude and the humiliation was still vivid in his mind, and he was still here telling Feng Yun to maintain such courtesy.

This made Uncle Zong feel dazed for a moment, and he had no intention of continuing.

"Continue to talk about your earthly rituals and let me hear your watery rituals..."

Uncle Zong waved his hand, his literary energy emerged, and he closed the door and window.

(End of this chapter)