The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"Still in the house. I've finished breakfast and went to the kitchen yard." The servant said politely.

"Kitchen?" Lu Deming was stunned: "Why are the three little princes going to the kitchen?"

"Our husband said he wanted to take the little princes to make something." The servant said.

Lu Deming nodded in response, washed up and had breakfast in the house, and then he asked the servant in the yard to take him to the kitchen yard.

When he walked to the door of the yard, he saw Li Fu sitting in the pergola against the south wall with three children, talking about something.

The servant was about to tell Li Fu that Dr. Lu had arrived.

Lu Deming raised his hand first and stopped the servant.

Lu Deming thought what Li Fu was doing in the kitchen with the children. It didn't look like he was going to do any work. Why did he sit in the pergola and chat?

In such a big house, if he wanted to chat, why couldn't he sit anywhere else? Why did he run to the kitchen yard?

Lu Deming was still wondering about this, while Li Fu was telling the children about Mencius's advice to King Xuan of Qi to be benevolently govern by saying that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen, and analyzing the words of the saints, whether they can be fully believed.

"The predecessors left us many truths, and the truths are all good, but they are not necessarily applicable to the present. Things to do in troubled times and prosperous times are different." Li Fu said: "The most important task during the Wude period was unification. Now that it has been unified, the most important thing is to recuperate and restore national strength. This is also the direction that your father and ministers are working hard for in the court.

When the national strength is restored in the future, what is important? Do you know?"

Li Fu's eyes swept over the three children.

Li Chengqian thought for a while, and then said: "Attack the north."

Li Fu was surprised.

Then he asked with a smile.

"Why do we have to fight the north?"

"Because the Turks on the northern grasslands are fickle and untrustworthy. They have signed an alliance, but they always tear up the alliance and invade our Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian said: "In the past, the Tang Dynasty always suffered losses. Therefore, after the Tang Dynasty becomes strong, we must fight them to let them know that our Tang Dynasty is not easy to bully, and they will not dare to bully us in the future."

Lu Deming, who was standing outside the yard, frowned slightly when he heard Li Chengqian's words.

The prince in his mind is not so fond of war.

However, the prince's words are also the will of the current court and the will of His Majesty. Because of the signing of the alliance with the north, His Majesty and all the officials are holding back a breath. I am afraid that this breath has also affected His Royal Highness the Prince.

"Well, okay, even if we have to fight the north, then, what should we use to fight? What can we use to make the northern Turks completely submit to the Tang Dynasty and make them dare not act rashly?" Li Fu asked.

"I know this, we need an army, a strong army." Li Tai responded.

"Okay, then, is what Master Meng said different from the actual situation?" Li Fu said, "The so-called education is useless before the battle is over. Only after the battle is over and they are convinced, can we tell them that we use reason to convince people, show them virtue, and move them with education. In the end, we can achieve the unification of the world and implement the benevolent government that Master Meng said. Is this a way to go?"

"If you are strong, the other party will be convinced. Whatever you say is what the other party is willing to listen to you. If you are weak, the other party will not take you seriously, and even take advantage of your weakness to rebel against Tiangang." Li Fu said, "This is the truth."

In the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese called the Tang Dynasty the suzerain state and the father.

What about later generations, when the Central Plains was weak? The sons of the past began to rebel against Tiangang and began to want to establish their "kingly paradise" on the land of the Central Plains.

If they were in the Tang Dynasty, would they dare to do this? If they don't act like dogs with their tails between their legs, they will be beaten to shit.

"Just like Confucius, if he was not eight feet tall, could step on the rabbits in the suburbs, lift the city gate with his strength, and had three thousand disciples, which king could listen to him talk about Confucianism calmly?" Li Fu asked with a smile: "Traveling around the countries, he is knowledgeable, and naturally he has experienced the fickleness of the world, bullying others with power, and the rich and powerful drinking."

"Therefore, it is most reasonable to take the essence of the words of the saints, remove the dross, and make changes based on the current situation. In addition, people are different and have different ideas in their minds. You don't need to believe in the words and deeds of the saints, but you must have your own ideas. For the same sentence, people understand it differently."

After listening to Li Fu's words, the three children began to think about the truth.

Li Fu told them this, not to deny the words and deeds of the saints, but to tell them that they should have their own thoughts on everything.

It is better to have no books than to believe in them.

Lu Deming, who was standing at the gate of the yard, disagreed with what Li Fu said.

He said that if you are strong, you haveReason, this is the way of tyranny, not the way of the king, nor the way of the saint.

The reason why Confucius had 3,000 disciples was also the result of moral education. He had 3,000 disciples only after he had educated them.

The northern foreign tribes were fickle and their crimes were obvious. They had never read the books of sages, did not understand the truth, and did things based on the instincts of animals.

Killing and plundering.

It is precisely because of this that they should be educated with the way of sages so that they can understand the truth and stop fighting.

Lu Deming did not deny Li Fu's words, which made sense, but the strong is right, and this kind of tyranny is inappropriate, really inappropriate.

So, Lu Deming walked into the yard.

"Your Highness, King Jingyang." Lu Deming greeted Li Fu.

"Dr. Lu."

Li Fu quickly stood up and bowed in return.

Li Chengqian and others also stood up and bowed to Lu Deming.

"Doctor Lu."

"I greet the three princes."

"Just now, I stood at the gate of the courtyard for a while and heard the high words of His Royal Highness King Jingyang." Doctor Lu said.

"Oh? Doctor Lu heard it?" Li Fu was slightly surprised.

Just now, he really didn't pay attention to the gate, but just chatted with the three children.

"Yes, I heard it." Lu Deming responded.

"What do you think, Doctor Lu?" Li Fu asked.

"Some of what Your Highness said makes sense, but there are some that I dare not agree with." Lu Deming said: "Your Highness's remarks and views are too overbearing."

"Oh? Overbearing?" Li Fu was puzzled.

How was he overbearing?

In fact, what he said to Li Chengqian just now was that he was used to seeing the changes in history and he had feelings in his heart.

Moreover, Confucius has three thousand younger brothers... students, three thousand students, traveling around the countries, they are all talents proficient in civil and military affairs, how dare the weaker countries offend? Not to mention whether to fight or not, if they really fight, will they still have a good reputation?

If you talk like this, then it is not Li Fu who is domineering, but Confucius himself is a domineering person.