Saint of the Confucian way

The word "don't eat women" pierced into the hearts of many men present like an awl.

The old man was like a fried Rooster and said angrily, "young man, use your brain when you talk. Women should listen to men when they eat our clothes and wear ours."

"What did you think when your mother nurtured you?" the young man asked.

"Presumptuous, young, do you talk to the old man like that?" the old man said angrily.

"Now let's talk about women. It doesn't involve anything else. Please look like an elder." the young man fought back impolitely.

A man with the appearance of a rich man smiled and said, "don't quarrel. It's very simple. In this world, it's often unreasonable. Whoever has a big fist will listen to him. Fang Xusheng is so powerful. Didn't he bow to Liushan in those years? Now he's still under the control of the temple? So when a woman is as strong as a man, that woman won't have to listen to a man."

Youth humanist: "you're right. But now the biggest problem is that Jingguo and Terrans have given women the opportunity to become stronger, and many men are still preventing it. It's a little too much."

"The Terran is still making progress, not now. It will be different in a few years. Why quarrel about this kind of thing and hurt the harmony?" the rich man smiled.

Zong Weixiong opened his mouth at this time and said, "in the three cardinal principles and five permanent principles, the king is the subject, the father is the son, and the husband is the wife. Why can't men manage women?"

Youth humanitarian: "this is the words of Dong Zhongshu and Dong Sheng in the Han Dynasty. Kong Sheng never said it. This tells us a truth that people today don't have to blindly follow the ancients."

"Yo, do you compare yourself to Dong Sheng?" the old man.

The young man smiled and said, "if there is a big man who can be as famous as Dong Sheng in the future and wants women to catch up with men, will you ever follow?"

The old man said, "if the semi Saint does this, what else can we say? Even if there is resentment, we can only listen. No matter what other people's house is like, in our house, it's the man's word!"

Zong Weixiong said, "as far as I know, the status of women in Ning'an city seems to be improving. Now many women no longer tolerate things, but go to the Yamen to sue officials. The Yamen in Ning'an city also has some meaning. When trying cases, they treat women as men, so the last women often win."

The old man said angrily, "Ning'an city is in chaos now! Women want to turn the sky? I think it's early! Those officials don't have a good thing!"

Zong Weixiong said with a smile, "I heard that this is what Fang Xusheng means."

The restaurant suddenly quieted down.

After a while, the old man whispered, "Fang Xusheng is afraid of the inside, but he implicates us. It's really annoying..."

Several people in the restaurant almost laughed, but they didn't dare to really laugh, because every family in Ning'an city said that Fang Yun was afraid of inside, and many jokes were spread.

A man in a boy's robe said, "haven't you found an advantage of women's work?"

"Can it be good? They are all small arms and legs. What can they do?" the old man said.

The young boy said: "After the war of Ning'an, the number of men in Ning'an decreased significantly. Some heavy physical jobs needed men urgently, and the pay increased, so many men changed to heavy physical jobs. Then, some less physical jobs began to be short of people. Under Fang Xusheng's decree, many women came forward and began to do lighter jobs, which saved Ning'an city from big problems. Me too After listening to several friends' discussions, I found this problem. Therefore, I infer that if more women join the workshop and take over some men's work, more men can engage in other work, and more men can be soldiers to kill the enemy. You must see how much benefit this is to the Terran. "

Many people in the teahouse were silent, and a few nodded gently.

"The more you argue, the more clear you are. Yes, I now understand that Fang Xusheng's improvement of women's status is not just out of compassion. There must be such considerations. If every woman can be like a man in the future, the Terran will be stronger." Zong Weixiong said.

"You are a stranger, but you care about our peace." the old man couldn't argue with the young man and the boy, and turned to Zong Weixiong.

Zong Weixiong said with a smile, "I'm from other places to do business. Of course, I should care about Ning'an. I found that Ning'an city has become more and more lively since the establishment of the water channel extending in all directions. After walking all the way today, I found that people here seem to only recognize money. This atmosphere seems different from that of other countries."

The old man immediately showed his disdainful eyes and said, "as long as we have a serious way, what's the matter with recognizing money? When Jingguo was poor, people in other countries laughed at us for not having money. It's reasonable to say that you should praise us for having money now. Why do you start laughing at us for only recognizing money? Can we also say that you only recognized money in those years?"

Zong Weixiong looked embarrassed. Unexpectedly, the old man pointed his sword at himself and hurriedly said, "a gentleman loves money and takes it in a right way. I understand this truth. I don't object to Ningan people making money, but now it seems that the atmosphere is a little too fond of money."

The old man was stunned and thought for a while. He didn't know how to refute it. The young man smiled and said, "what the foreigner said is that everything is too bad, poverty is not good, and it's not good to pay too much attention to money. In fact, the core of this matter is not the money itself, but what you think."

"Oh? Please tell me the truth." Zong Weixiong smiled.

Youth humanity: "Money is a thing that can't speak. It's a dead thing. We have different ways of making money, different ways of spending money, and different views on money. For example, two rich men are equally rich. One is rich but not benevolent, but he doesn't talk about money at all, and pretends to have no money at all. The second rich man is kind and generous. He not only talks about money often, but also praises himself for making money. The same You said, "is it better for the second rich man who values money or the first rich man?"

"To tell the truth, it's really the second rich man." Zong Weixiong said.

"Let's take another example. Both of them like to say they have money and show off occasionally. One is real money and the other is fake money. In addition, they are the same. They are even good to you and have not offended you. If they are both your acquaintances, who would you be more annoying?" the young man asked.

Zong Weixiong hesitated to count interest and said helplessly, "I really hate those who have no money but like to pretend to be rich."

Youth humanity: "You see, from your point of view, if you don't value money, do you hate pretending to be rich? Therefore, you also care about money. From another point of view, two people just like to show off and don't commit crimes. The key is not to harm others. Why do we have different views on the two people? Obviously, the reason you hate is not money, but the character of the person you hate , even if you change your money for something else, you will still hate it. For example, knowledge, knowledge and literary position. Can you say it's not good to pursue these? "

"That makes sense," said Zong Weixiong.