Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 429 The Story of the Donkey
Zhou Cang's efforts were not in vain, and the focus of the debate finally shifted from Kong Rong to three topics.However, the content of the debate did not meet Zhou Cang's expectations. The first two topics were too sensitive, and most people avoided talking about them, focusing all their attention on Xiao's debate.

Citing scriptures and classics is the strength of the students, and they are all impassioned and spitting.Zhou Cang is both happy and worried about this phenomenon. What makes him happy is that the big debate has finally started. Once there is a proposition, there will be a second one. The collision of ideas will drive the progress of ideas.The worry is that the big debate should not turn into empty talk, let alone a tool for personal attacks.

The unprecedented debate also affected the State Shepherd's Mansion. Zhou Cang heard Dianman and Deng Ai talking under the tree in the garden that day.

"I don't like to listen to what they say, what kind of body and skin, my parents dare not hurt me." It's hard for Dianman to remember these few words. "According to this, will the soldiers still fight? Hunters can still hunt in the mountains, and fishermen can still go fishing? Ai Ai, don't you think so?"

"Then did you marry so early because you have no offspring?" Deng Ai asked with a smile.

"No, I'm afraid my mother will be lonely."

"Then you are, stand up and practice the way, and make your name known to future generations, so as to show your parents?"

"I don't care if I'm famous or not. I just want to do my best to make my mother happy and not embarrass my father. Ai Ai, what do you think?"

"I don't know, my father died early..." Deng Ai said sadly.

"My father is gone, and the master and Uncle Pei's parents are long gone. It doesn't matter, my mother will be your mother from now on." Dianman has the demeanor of a big brother.

"Okay. However, I think what you said makes sense..." Deng Ai turned his head and saw Zhou Cang behind him, and hurriedly called: "Teacher."

Zhou Cang patted the two of them on the shoulder: "I happened to pass by and heard what you said. Xiaoman's words are simple and sincere from the heart. Acting filial piety is not about talking about so many principles, the key is to see how you do it."

"Then tell us, teacher."

"I'm not sure. Parents are not wrong to be affected by body, hair and skin. Parents have to feed their children, and children have to support their parents when they grow up. But there are also love and propriety, family and country, so we can't generalize them." Zhou Cang greeted The two sat on the ground.

"Let me tell you two short stories." Zhou Cang looked into the distance, as if seeing that barren mountain village again.

"Your Uncle Pei's ancestors used to be the guards of the Governor's Mansion, and they lived in a small mountain village because of injuries. His father always wanted you, Uncle Pei, to keep the family's land, get married early and carry on the family line. But your Uncle Pei wants to be a colonel one day Captain."

"Yeah, we all know that." The two teenagers listened carefully and said in unison.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with Uncle Pei." Dianman said suspiciously, "Is this unfilial?"

Pei Yuanshao, who was thousands of miles away, shuddered. It was already summer, how could he still shudder, he never thought that he would become a typical example.

"This is my personal ideal and ambition. You, Uncle Pei, are not going to murder and set fire to do bad things. You just want to join the army as a captain. So parents have expectations for their children, and children have their own paths to follow. As long as they don't violate morality, Then it can’t be considered unfilial. Later, his father died of illness, and something happened in the small mountain village. Your uncle Pei and I walked out of the small mountain village, and your uncle Pei is now a general.”

Thinking of Pei Dahu and Pei's two donkeys, Zhou Cang couldn't help showing a smile.

"Teacher, is there another story?"

"Those two donkeys..."

"Two donkeys?" The two little guys asked in surprise.

"Uh, no. The story I'm telling is about donkeys." Zhou Cang changed his words hastily, "There are two people, grandpa and grandson, who are going to the city with their donkeys. They are very tired after walking a long way. As I was walking, I heard someone on the side of the road say, "Look at these two fools, they don't ride a donkey, they walk by themselves. Grandpa felt that what the passer-by said was right, so he carried his grandson on the donkey's back. As he walked, he listened to the road again. Someone on the side said: This child is really ignorant. It is unfilial to let the old man walk while sitting on the donkey. The child hurried down and let the grandfather ride the donkey. I know how to cherish children. Look, the child is tired. Grandpa hurriedly carried the child to the back of the donkey. At this time, someone on the side of the road said: "Oh, this animal is so pitiful. It will be tired when it carries two people. What will happen in the future?" Work. The grandpa and grandson were worried, and finally found a wooden stick, tied the donkey to the wooden stick and carried the donkey away."

Dianman and Deng Ai laughed, "This story is made up, how can there be such a fool?" Deng Ai said again: "Does the teacher say that people's words are awesome?" This seems to have nothing to do with filial piety.

Zhou Cang also laughed and said: "Although people's words are scary, but as Xiao Man said, filial piety is done by oneself, not for others to see. If it is just for others to see, then it is hypocritical filial piety, not real filial piety. Only with filial piety can we do despicable things."

"Let's end here today." Zhou Cang stood up, flicked the dirt off his body, turned and left, leaving only two teenagers with serious faces behind.

Dianman naturally told Xiaomei and Xu Gai, Deng Ai would tell Zhou Chong and Wu Gang, and Pei Yuanshao sneezed countless times in Liaodong.The words of Master Zhou and Marquis of Liao will naturally attract widespread attention, one story will be spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and soon the two stories will spread wildly in Xuzhou.The focus of the debate has quietly shifted.

Someone suggested that Zi once said: Parents are not traveling far.Therefore, if Pei Yuanshao's father did not die, he should obey his father's order.Immediately someone refuted it, and Zi Zi added later: You must have a way when you travel.Therefore, the other party took the meaning out of context and confused the audiovisual.As a result, the scope of the debate has been further extended, that is: learning can not be taken out of context, nor can it steal the meaning.

As for the story about the donkey, most of them took it as a joke, and only a few people thought deeply about its connotation.Zhou Cang began to stay out of the matter again, allowing the big debate to continue.

Xuzhou was in a hurry, and a single spark could start a prairie fire, not to mention such a big controversy, it didn't take long for it to spread to surrounding states and counties.

Sun Quan, the lord of Jiangdong, immediately seized the opportunity to set himself up as a model of filial piety.Brother can fight, so what if he conquered Jiangdong? It was my Sun Quan who beheaded Huang Zu to avenge his father. At the same time, he was extremely filial to the Wu family who was not his own mother. He specially built Ganlu Temple for his mother and prayed for her. Praise.

Cao Cao scratched his head a little, his father Cao Song's vengeance has been lonesome, Tao Qian has died, it seems that he has no good way, he wrote Kong Rong a small black account in his small notebook.

Sun Quan will take advantage of the opportunity, and Cao Cao will naturally not let it go.He finally took the first step of reform according to Zhou Cang's original idea: because Fang Xue had been established in various places, he abolished recommending talents and promoting filial piety, took back the power of local officials, and changed the number of people recommended to the imperial court by states and counties. Those who are excellent in character and learning, the imperial court will send envoys to inspect and then hire them after passing the inspection, so as to firmly control the human rights of employment in their own hands.

(End of this chapter)