The eight directions were vast, with Zhou Luo as the center, and it was called Luoyi.
"The horizon is a thousand, seven hundred and twenty feet, and the horizon is seventy-seven miles. Do you think the world is so big?" Zhiyao looked at the dilapidated city and couldn't help but think of Zhou Gongdan.
After the Zhou royal family moved eastward, they chose a site to build the royal city. Zhou Gongdan chose the southern suburb of Qiuzhao, which is south of the Dahe River and north of the Dishui River.
This is the middle of two mountain ranges. There are large mountains to the north and south and mountains to the east. It is a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. There is also a large plain in the middle, and there are large rivers and rivers. It is very suitable for farming. It is really
No wonder Zhou Gongdan chose such a place to build the royal city.
In fact, the entire "Luoyi" is divided into two parts, bounded by the river, with the royal city in the east and "Chengzhou" in the west.
The royal city is of course the city where the emperor of Zhou and his officials, nobles, and people live; while the "Chengzhou" has temples such as the Taimiao Temple, the Ancestral Temple (Wenwang Temple), and the Kaogong Temple (Wuwang Temple).
The city Zhiyao entered was the Royal City. Just from outside the city, the city walls looked very dilapidated. Once inside, you could feel the decline of the Zhou royal family even more.
The time came to 501 BC, two hundred and seventy years after King Zhou Ping moved the capital. Soon after the Zhou Dynasty moved eastward, he lost the ability to control the princes of the world. The further he went, the less able he was to maintain Ji Zhou's face.
The too-ruly Emperor Zhou made many mistakes in his bets, which made the Zhou royal family's face less and less useful to the princes.
"These people are much inferior to my family," Zhiyao said.
The Chinese people in the royal city not only look good-looking, but most of their clothes are also patched everywhere. Most of them seem to be in a decadent mental state, without the high-spiritedness of their ancestors at all.
The arrogance of the people of the Zhou royal family spread throughout the world. Not only did they rebel against the Emperor of Zhou and successfully drive him away, but they also had a record of forcing the Emperor of Zhou to hide in Zhangtai and not dare to come down.
The Chinese people expelled Emperor Zhou to create the allusion of "competing with the people for profit"; Emperor Zhou's hiding from debts created the idiom of "building up a mountain of debt". This can be regarded as one of Ji Zhou's contributions to Zhuxia culture.
Zhiyao said that the people of the Zhou royal family were more miserable than the subjects of the Lao Zhi family. The free people of the Lao Zhi family may not have enough food and clothing, but at least they have hope spiritually, unlike the people of the Zhou royal family who look numb.
Like a walking dead.
The buildings in the majestic royal city look very old, and the roads at the entrance and exit of the city are even more bumpy. Isn't this enough to show that the Zhou royal family has really declined, and that even the Zhou royal family themselves have given up on treatment?
As long as the Zhou royal family still wanted to rise up, they did not have the money to repair the city walls, so repairing the roads would only involve laboring to transport soil, so as not to make the main roads full of potholes.
Is it just that? It may be because the people of the Zhou Dynasty have too brilliant "records" in the past. They regard disobeying the emperor's orders as an honor, so that the Zhou royal family rarely recruits people to pay tribute. A good teacher of the emperor is better than some small countries.
The army looks more like a rabble.
The Lao Zhi family had property in "Luoyi". To put it bluntly, they rented land from the Zhou royal family, built their own houses and did business to earn money from "people in the world".
The Zhao family of the Jin Dynasty was good at herding, the Han family was good at making bows and arrows, the Wei family was good at making armor, the Fan family was good at making pottery, and the Zhongxing and Zhi families, who were also descended from the Xun family, were good at weaving.
Every high-ranking family has its own strengths. Of course, when doing business, they focus on their specialty products and basically control those industries. The shop of the Lao Zhi family in "Luoyi" naturally sells cloth.
Because it is related to cloth, the Xun family (including the Zhongxing family and the Zhi family) have always had a fierce competitive relationship with the Qi State. In the past, the Jin State's stable hegemony could suppress the Qi State from competing with other countries. If the Jin State was considered incompetent,
Xun's business in other countries will be suppressed by Qi.
"Inquire about the posthumous title of Boyang." Why did Zhiyao ask so much? It's just because my reputation among the Zhou royal family is basically ruined.
What did I do? When he was serving as the Keeper of the Library... that is, the administrator of the royal library, the classics he was in charge of were brought to Chu State by the princes, so he was dismissed from the post of Keeper of the Keeper.
Good guy!
Those are classics! Many of them are single copies, treasures that are completely lost if they are lost.
Then, the Chu State became sworn enemies with the Zhou royal family because of its "aspiration for the throne."
The most terrible thing is that this prince also launched a rebellion later on. After the success, he occupied "Luoyi" for five years and proclaimed himself king. Later, he was defeated and fled to the Chu Kingdom.
After the defeat, the prince took away a large number of royal books.
The "librarian" at that time was Lao Tzu. For some reason, the Zhou royal family couldn't punish the princes, so they couldn't punish Lao Tzu!?
After being implicated, I then went to the State of Qin. Not long after, I returned to my hometown from the State of Qin. After the news passed, I would often go to "Luoyi" to exchange knowledge with my old friends. From time to time, I would also have people secretly bring out classics from the cache to read.
Woolen cloth.
After Zhiyao found out where I was, what he needed to do was to send his retainers to make an appointment first, so that he could not just run there without notifying me. Even at a historical stage where rituals and music were broken, it would still look quite unnoble.
One day, when it was time for Zhiyao and Lao Tzu to meet, out of respect for intellectuals, Zhiyao dressed up carefully, brought a sincere gift, and went to visit.
The founder of the Taoist school is already seventy years old this year, and he has lived an auspicious life to be able to ignore the malicious intentions of the Zhou royal family and come to "Luoyi" to visit friends at will.
"Zhi Shi Yao, I have met Dan Zi." Zhi Yao knew very well that I was more than just the founder of the Taoist school, and he didn't know much about it.
In contemporary times, the big bosses recognized by the world generally add the character "子" after their surname or name to show respect.
In addition, spring and autumn cannot be called by surname directly, otherwise it will be like pointing at the nose and scolding.
At the same time, there was only one person in the world with a surname as a prefix, that is, the Emperor of Zhou, and the rest were called surnames. This custom continued until the period of the First Emperor, so the First Emperor was called Zhao (Shi) Zheng before he became emperor, and after he became emperor
Ying (surname) Zheng.
There were several people at the scene.
Zhiyao waited for me to return the gift, then curiously looked around to see who Confucius was.
They are more curious about Zhiyao.
The second son from the Jin Dynasty's Qing Dynasty family, his status is more noble than 99% of the people. He looks so young and looks so beautiful, especially his temperament is extremely noble, which makes people envious and jealous.
Confucius was very easy to recognize. There was only one person present who was tall and burly, but looked gentle and gentle.
There was only one person at the scene who was nearly two meters tall. Since Zhiyao had just received the gift, they must stand up and return the gift. Zhiyao immediately recognized who Confucius was.
"I can start a sect on my own, but of course it's impossible to become a disciple..." Zhiyao thought to herself.
When Confucius saw Zhiyao staring at him, he was a little puzzled and said, "Gui, why are you like this?"
This is a very contradictory person. He fears and respects the powerful, but he does not despise all living beings. He has been engaged in the cause of teaching without distinction for several years.
Compared to most people, Zhiyao can be called "noble". After all, he is a direct descendant of a family with a high rank in the Jin Dynasty, and his grandfather is still a "Yuanrong" in the Jin Dynasty.
Zhiyao said: "I am also known as the Prime Minister in the country."
At this moment, Confucius showed an expression of surprise and thought: "So my reputation has spread to the overlord?"
Zhiyao added: "I heard that Zhongdu Zai has three thousand children. Is it true?"
This made Confucius' face become frightened, and he thought: "Is Gongsun of the overlord coming to accuse me on behalf of the chief minister?"
It is no wonder that Confucius was afraid. He was hated by the nobles of the Lu state when he spread knowledge in the country, and was deliberately targeted again and again. As a result, he also gained a rather bad reputation in other countries.
There is nothing we can do about it. The nobility of the nobles comes from their blood. They can be princes for generations because they control knowledge. If there is such an outlier among the nobles who spreads knowledge to "bitches", shouldn't they be rejected and condemned? No one is sent to
Killing it is already tolerable enough.
The "bitch" includes many classes, and in the Spring and Autumn Period it specifically refers to non-aristocratic people.
Lao Tzu said: "Your Majesty, why are you here now?"
This is because I am worried that Zhiyao came here just to target Confucius.
Conscience of heaven and earth!
Zhiyao did not have the idea of killing Confucius and severing Confucianism. She simply thought that Confucius was good at teaching students and wanted to ask Confucius to help teach the fifty children she brought here during her stay in "Luoyi".
In addition, as the first person to recruit disciples on a large scale, did Confucius produce some teaching materials?
Zhiyao simply doesn't want to train too many teams, so she is wondering if she can buy teaching materials from Confucius.
"I want to imitate Zhongdu Zai." Zhiyao said.
ah?
Confucius, Lao Tzu and everyone else were stunned.
Zhiyao did not talk too much about the truth, but simply said that a family cannot lack talents. She came to visit Laozi, and saw that Confucius happened to be present, and learned that Confucius had three thousand children who wanted to gain experience.
I said with a strange expression: "The Zhi family is booming!"
Confucius looked excited, probably thinking that someone could understand him.
You want to do big things, right? How can you not have like-minded people?
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have like-minded people, you can cultivate a group of disciples by yourself!
"Qiu came here to ask about the posthumous name Boyang about 'Li'." Confucius looked happy and said to Zhiyao sincerely: "'Li' is the most important thing. If you don't know 'Li', you can't teach. You can share the same."
