If Fan Li sincerely serves the original country, his strategic vision seems to be somewhat poor, or he may not understand that the monarchs and ministers of the original country are not playing the game of fighting for hegemony.
Fan Li came to serve in his original country with a mission, but his intention was too obvious.
"Fan Li was a senior spy sent by the Chu State to the Yue State and it has never been confirmed. It must be a problem caused by lack of knowledge and narrow vision?" Zhiyao thought to herself.
The original country still hopes to absorb talents from other countries! While it can increase its own advantages, isn't it weakening other countries?
When Zhiyao re-appointed Sima Ranju during the annexation of Qi, it was a signal that he was willing to accept talents from other countries, and later hired Sun Wu.
Sima Ranju and Sun Wu are two of the more famous ones. There are quite a few other people with real talents, but they are just not as famous as Sima Ranju and Sun Wu.
Accepting Fan Li later is also sending a signal to other countries, trusting people who have talents but cannot put them to use. After receiving the signal from the original country, they will choose the original country if they are not appreciative of their talents, right?
In the past, the Zhi family did not turn their family into a country, so people who wanted to join the family had concerns. That concern was that they did not want to become retainers.
The situation is different now. Joining Zhiyao will be a minister of the country, which will definitely relieve many people's worries.
Zhiyao talked about other things.
At present, the original country has many advantages, including the territory it governs, population and resources, and the ability to cultivate professional talents earlier, but there is one thing that is a bit lacking.
"Reunifying the universe is something we must do!" Zhiyao said firmly.
The people who participated in the meeting were all core and high-level people, and untested people like Fan Li were not present.
There are two special places in the original country, one is "Huangfu" where he teaches and educates people, and the other is "Ye", an industrial city.
Zhiyao said: "It may be easy to unite the territory, but it is difficult to unite the people's hearts!"
Some people have understood what Zhiyao wants to express, which is nothing more than teaching and educating people while instilling in students the relevant ideas of great unity.
Guan Yiwu's great unification emphasized the theory of "one king", and what he did was to respect the king and repel the barbarians. The king he said was the emperor of Zhou, which was equivalent to saying that the state of Qi could command all the people on behalf of the emperor of Zhou.
Zengzi was now born and became Confucius's closed disciple in his later years just like in history. His theory of "Great Unification" was inherited from Confucius, but their views on Great Unification were different.
Because he had seen too much suffering in people's livelihood caused by the war, and knew very well that it was impossible for the Zhou royal family to conquer the world again, the unification Zeng Zi pursued was not limited to the Zhou emperor.
If anyone has the clearest explanation of great unification, it is obviously Mencius. He believes that whoever can end wars so that all people in the world no longer have to suffer from wars and implement benevolent policies will be a saint.
Even if Zhiyao knew that Zengzi was in Wei, and was not so concerned about it, would he know that the unified theory was a problem?
Therefore, when Zhiyao heard Sima Ranju mention Zengzi and heard Zengzi's arguments about great unification, it is impossible that he did not become interested.
"Zeng Shen repeatedly refused to be an official, so it was difficult to recruit him," Sima Rangju said.
When he was in the state of Lu, Zeng Shen repeatedly refused Sanhuan's solicitation, and later moved to the state of Wei to avoid trouble.
When he was living in the Wei Kingdom, Zeng Shen experienced the Zhi family's annexation of the Wei Kingdom. He once wanted to move again, but found that the Zhi family was more friendly to Li Shu. Under the rule of the Zhi family in Wei, not only did the quality of life not deteriorate, but it even became somewhat prosperous.
, chose to stay and observe, while recording his own experiences.
Sima Ranju sent people on behalf of the Zhi family to recruit him, but Zeng Zi refused.
The states of Chu and Zheng also sent people to hire Zeng Zi as an official, but he was also rejected.
"Confucianism says that the well-being of all people is the top priority." What Zhiyao said was not the original principle of Confucius. "Confucianism" in the past dynasties all had this pursuit, emphasizing the use of etiquette to achieve it.
Zhiyao said again: "I'll go in person!"
At this time, everyone was shocked.
They finally saw clearly the importance Zhiyao attached to the dissemination of ideas, but they still felt that it was a bit exaggerated for Zhiyao to personally hire Zeng Zi.
It was rare for Zhiyao to hear that someone proposed a unified theory and was still alive. There was no way he wouldn't be tempted!
As for Zengzi being from Lu? He now lives in the original country!
Perhaps to express her sincerity, Zhiyao didn't care about the ice and snow everywhere, and made relevant arrangements before setting off.
Twenty days later, Zhiyao appeared outside a village, and the smoke rising from the village could be seen in the distance.
Of course, someone must have come here to investigate and eliminate some hidden dangers without disturbing the villagers as much as possible.
For things like visiting incognito, just take a look at the artistically processed works, but don't take them seriously.
A team of about three thousand people approached, and the people in the village were quickly alerted. At first, they didn't know who it was.
"This is the original country. Who dares to invade? No one can invade here even if they are brave. There is no need to panic." The target of Zengzi's speech was the villagers.
The village they live in is not at the border with other countries, but is dozens of miles away from other countries.
From those words, we can see that no matter how Zengzi felt about the Yuan Kingdom, he at least understood the military strength of the Yuan Kingdom.
After Zengzi settled down, he began to educate people after a year. Not only did he accept people from the village as students, but also people from cities and villages near and far came to know that there were people doing education without distinction.
Studying made Zengzi famous in the neighborhood, and the villagers respected him very much.
Muramasa is not here.
He learned that a team was coming. After he was armed, he took his subordinates and went out in three steps. The first step was to find out who was coming. The second step was to ask the subordinates to go to nearby cities to ask for help at any time. Then, when the situation was not good, he immediately
Take the villagers to move and escape.
Waiting for Muramasa to reappear, his lips kept trembling before he spoke. He also spoke intermittently, but what he said shocked the villagers.
"King?" Zengzi had already seen the soldiers entering the village.
These soldiers look like elites at first glance. Not only are they well-equipped, but they are also full of energy and spirit. At first glance, you can tell that they have an aura that is different from ordinary troops.
These days, there is no emphasis on military-civilian rejoicing, and it is even less possible for leaders to show rapport.
In fact, even if the leader wants to be friendly, ordinary people don't dare or want to step forward. There is no benefit in being well served. If there is an accident, the whole family will be buried. This kind of thing has too little benefit and too much risk.
, no one is a fool, and fools can't get close.
Zengzi was still under control in the village. Someone came to ask about some matters, and arranged for him to bathe and dress. Only then did he realize that he had been summoned.
"When my teacher Kong lived in 'Huangfu', I met my teacher Kong Duo." Zhiyao was speaking to Kong Ji, the grandson of Confucius.
This made Zeng Zi feel that Zhiyao was a particular person.
At present, even if Confucius has a reputation, it is mostly negative. The most unpleasant thing is the position of "official fan".
As for why it has a negative reputation? The main reason is that Confucius taught without distinction, and secondly, he used books from the Lu State Collection Room for his own teaching. When he was repeatedly ridiculed, he would pretend to be a public servant and benefit his own interests.
Who scolded Confucius? Besides the powerful, who else?
The powerful are those who have the right to speak and can influence public opinion. You can imagine what Confucius's reputation will be like. Many of these powerful people were targeted for shame later, especially the three Huan who suppressed Confucius the most.
When it was Zengzi's turn to meet the king, the person he was talking about was Laozi instead of Confucius.
I am now over a hundred years old, and my long-delayed trip to the West will be made next year as expected.
The reason why Zhiyao didn't stop it was that I mentioned that it was a long-cherished wish and I was willing to be buried in the Western Land.
Having said that, in addition to arranging more than 200 guards, Zhiyao also sent historians to follow Lao Tzu. There really can't be any more stories about people disappearing after leaving Hangu in the west. What happened to the people must be recorded clearly.
Plus it’s clear.
"My master said, 'There are no two days in the sky, there are no two kings in the earth, there are no two masters in the family, and there are no two superiors, which shows that the people have the distinction between monarch and ministers.'" Zeng Zi was surprised at first when Zhi Yao suddenly mentioned "great unification", and later he was surprised.
Confucius's argument was the main one, and his own opinions were not mentioned at all.
Zhiyao was not in a hurry, and talked about Guan Yiwu from Confucius, mainly talking about Guan Yiwu's thoughts, and took as the theme "the same text in writing, the same track in chariots, the same system of weapons and weapons, and the same measurement and measurement".
What the hell? Guan Yiwu mentioned those? It’s true!
Therefore, Guan Yiwu put forward those theories hundreds of years before the First Emperor, and the First Emperor implemented them.
When talking about that topic, Zengzi had a lot to say, including the fact that Zhishi "created" new characters in the past and thought: "Zhizhi's move made the characters have no shape and lost their true meaning, which is really inappropriate."
Zhiyao developed simplified Chinese characters and official script.
Zeng Zi was not the first person to raise objections in front of Zhiyao.
To tell the truth, hieroglyphics are words with the shape of "meaning". To put it bluntly, for many words, a certain object appears in the mind when looking at them. People who learn this kind of writing must have more imagination than looking at Latin letters.
Because "characters are as they are shaped", many words will lose their "meaning" when they become simplified characters, and some people will definitely not like them.
Zhiyao gave a consistent answer: "Learning it is easy, making it easy, benefiting the people, and it is a great good."
No matter what kind of knowledge, it must first be useful and easy to learn, which means it is also easy to spread.
Zengzi was stunned for a moment, then became thoughtful.
The easier knowledge is to learn, the better. Isn’t it wrong to deliberately make learning more difficult?
Zhiyao added: "If you can recognize one or two of the big seal characters in a day, you are smart; if you use Zhi's characters with ㄅ, ㄞ, ㄆ, ㄠ, ㄇ, you can recognize many in a day; if you can read Pinyin like a palm, it will be easier to learn."
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What are those incomprehensible symbols? In fact, they are the early pinyin. And this is not Zhiyao's credit. Many people studied day and night, selected some strokes of the font, and then finalized the pronunciation. It took nearly seven years to come up with the finished product.
At first, Zhiyao wanted to use Latin letters, but was later convinced.
Zengzi had too many things he wanted to know, and gradually forgot that Zhiyao was a monarch. From handwriting to pinyin to the concept of governing the country, he started talking about the topic of unification again.
Naturally, it is indispensable to talk about what kind of country the original country is.
If there is one thing that Zengzi admired most about the original country, there is no doubt that it allowed more people to own their own land.
"There are many things that I want to do!" Zhiyao said to Zengzi sincerely: "If you join here, you can educate a hundred people, and if you go to 'Huangfu', you can educate ten thousand people."
Confucius's disciples, who doesn't know that "Huangfu" is a place for teaching and educating people, and it is in line with their concept of teaching without distinction. It is false to say that Zengzi was not moved.
Like other disciples, Zengzi hesitated because the Zhi family had already taken action against Lu.
"I heard that ginseng moved here, is it because the land of Lu is in trouble?" Zhiyao did not wait for Zengzi's answer and continued: "My wish in this life is to prevent all people from suffering from war!"
This wish was so great that Zengzi was stunned when he heard it.
