Chapter 769: What is benevolence and righteousness?
After dark, another group of people came to Confucius' home.
They took away Yang Yue, who was beaten without a human form and lying limp, and told Li Yunze that the head of the family would come to visit him in person tomorrow.
"Who is the head of your family?"
"My master is Ji Sun!"
The so-called Sun is an honorific title, similar to Zi.
The Jisun family is the Ji family with the surname Ji.
The Jisun family was the head of the Three Huans of the Lu State.
The so-called Sanhuan originated from Duke Huan of Lu.
Duke Huan of Lu had four sons. Except for the eldest son who inherited the throne of the King of Lu, the other three concubines were named ministers. Their descendants were ministers for generations, gradually forming three powerful families.
Because these three families all originated from Duke Huan of Lu, they were called the Three Huans of Lu.
Here in the State of Lu, the power of Sanhuan was huge, even superior to that of the king. They were similar to the powerful ministers and officials in the neighboring State of Jin.
This period is normal.
Because these ministers and officials are all nobles, nobles with their own fiefdoms.
With a fiefdom, you will naturally have tax revenue, food and grass, and people. With these, you can support an army.
With enough troops, you will naturally be tough in your words and be able to compete for more benefits.
The Jisun family was the head of the three Huan clans of the Lu State, and Yang Hu was a disciple of the Jisun family.
Logically speaking, since the Yang Hu brothers were killed by Li Yunze, Ji Sun, as the head of their family, should stand up for them.
Apart from anything else, it is not difficult at all to arrange for a team of soldiers to come over.
But the problem is that although Yang Hu is a disciple of the Jisun family, he is not an ordinary disciple.
To put it simply, Yang Hu is a very skillful retainer.
His skill is extremely high, even to the point where he gradually takes over the family head, Ji Sun, and takes over the power in the family.
Just like Sanhuan emptied the king of Lu, Yang Hu also emptied his own family head.
In this way, instead of sending any soldiers, Ji Sun made an appointment to visit him, which was clear at a glance.
Li Yunze did a great favor to the Jisun family and got rid of a serious problem in the family.
In fact, in the history books, Yang Hu even imprisoned the head of the family, Ji Sun, twenty years later, and even raised troops to attack Sanhuan.
There is no doubt that this is an awesome character.
It's a pity that such an awesome person has no chance to be awesome now.
Ji Sun wanted to come to visit him right away, but he had to be busy clearing out the remaining influence of Yang Hu.
After all, although the Yang Hu brothers and core members were killed by Li Yunze, there are still a lot of forces in his family.
It will take time to clean up these forces.
After everyone left, Li Yunze turned and looked at Meng Pi, who was still shivering.
"Brother, do you have something to eat? I'm hungry."
"Yes, yes."
Meng Pi nodded repeatedly and limped to cook.
Although Meng Pi was the eldest son, it was Confucius who inherited the family business.
The reason is very simple, because Meng Pi was born with a foot disease, which means his legs are lame.
In this era, women and disabled sons were not suitable for heirs.
So Confucius' old father used his health to marry a new wife and gave birth to Confucius.
Because Confucius' old father was already sixty-six years old when he married his new wife, who was less than twenty years old.
According to the etiquette of this era, this age is not etiquette, so it is called Yehe.
This is what Sima Qian said in Shiji.
By the way, Confucius's father was a very famous warrior in the State of Lu, known as one of the Three Tigers of the State of Lu.
The most famous performance was that during the war with the Jin State, he held the falling gate with both hands, buying precious time for his comrades to retreat.
That is the gate of the city gate, and its strength is really immeasurable.
These days, rice is cooked in clay pots, that is, cauldrons.
The process is no different from cooking rice in the modern world. You just add water, cover it, and cook over a fire.
When eating, there is only corn rice and a small plate of pickled vegetables.
Combined with the surrounding environment of his family, Li Yunze sighed secretly, Confucius also suffered hardships when he was young.
It was true that Confucius had suffered a lot. His father, a tiger general, died when he was three years old.
The young widowed mother struggled to survive with Confucius and Mengpi, and she also died of illness not long ago.
Meng Pi was disabled and Confucius had just grown up, so the family conditions were certainly not very good.
Li Yunze finished a bowl of rice. Although it was not enough, he still put down his chopsticks and comforted Meng Pi, "Brother, don't worry, someone will give us money tomorrow."
He was right. Early the next morning, the beaming Ji Sun came to his door with gifts and solemnly invited Confucius to be his guest.
The most popular thing in this era is hangers-on.
The nobles recruited talented people to serve as their disciples, ranging from martial arts to knowledge, and even musicians like Mr. Nan Guo.
Correspondingly, nobles will also provide generous rewards.
The first is to provide safe haven.
Although there were laws in this era, before Shang Yang's reform, they were basically ineffective against the nobles.
When civilians have a patron, the safety of their lives and property will naturally be guaranteed.
Then there is material assistance.
In this era when there is not enough food to eat, after becoming a hangout, you can not only have a full meal, but also eat well and even drink delicious wine.
Young people in the modern world are indifferent to wine fermented from grain, but in this era of food shortage, being able to drink a bowl of wine is the most rare enjoyment for many people.
Of course, young people in the modern world don't drink, largely because industrialized drinks don't taste good.
"Young Master is overly praised."
Li Yunze responded calmly, "I am a common man from the countryside. How can I serve you with my virtue? There is no need to mention this matter again."
When facing Zulong, Li Yunze wanted to be his teacher.
The Jisun family is so virtuous and capable, but they actually want to accept me as their younger brother?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Jisun's ancestor was the Duke of Lu. According to the tradition of this era, he can naturally be called a son.
Unlike the later Song and Ming dynasties, anyone who had studied for a few days dared to come and go.
Ji Sun felt a little regretful, but she didn't take it seriously.
After all, he only heard that Li Yunze was very good at fighting, but in this era being able to fight was of no use. Being a gangster meant having power. If he could fight, wouldn't he be a thug for the nobles?
Since Confucius was unwilling to surrender to him, he just chatted a few words, got up and left.
"Wait a minute."
When Ji Sun was about to leave, Li Yunze called out to him.
Facing Ji Sun who turned around in confusion, Li Yunze shook his neck and said, "A few days ago, the young master sent someone to invite a certain person to a banquet, but when a certain person went to the house, he was stopped in front of the door and said that Ji
I only entertain famous people but not certain people. It’s so humiliating and I have to give an explanation.”
Ji Sunshi looked incredulous. How dare you ask yourself for an explanation from a humble family?!
There are always people talking about children from poor families, children from poor families.
Many people think that children from poor families are ordinary people, but in fact, children from poor families refer to those whose ancestors were once rich, but later fell into decline.
This door is not the front door of every household, but the family status!
For example, in Confucius' family, his father was once a general of the Lu State, and his ancestor was a high official and even a great Sima in the Song State. He even had a fiefdom in Liyi of the Song State and was a proper noble.
What’s even more exaggerated is that the ancestor of the Confucius family, looking back a thousand years, was Shang Tang, the founder of the Shang Dynasty!
After King Wu conquered Zhou, in order to appease the nobles of the Shang Dynasty who cooperated with him to kill Emperor Xin, he established the Song Dynasty in Shangqiu, the brother of King Zhou of Shang, and established the Song Dynasty to worship Yin and Shang Dynasty.
After the death of Wei Ziqi, his younger brother Wei Zhong came to the throne, and Wei Zhong was the fourteenth generation ancestor of Confucius.
A child from a poor family who does nothing but ride horses? Only then can he be qualified to call himself a child from a poor family!
As for the real common people, those who have houses and land are called common people, such as rich peasants and small landowners. They are common people in the true sense, and they are later called good family members.
Those without houses and land are called liu, which means refugees without fixed assets. Both the upper and lower jiuli belong to liu, and the same meaning is the case of exile.
As for gangsters, they are even worse than homeless people. Not only do they have no house or land, they don't even have a job. They are called gangsters.
Confucius, the ancestor of Confucius, was naturally qualified to ask why Ji Sun had humiliated him.
Ji Sun wanted to say that it was all Yang Hu's own decision and had nothing to do with me.
Seeing Li Yunze's unruly look, he felt unhappy. In addition, he had rejected his solicitation before. He was so angry that he simply said, "So what if I just look down on you?"
"Heh~~~"
Li Yunze stood up, raised his hand and pulled off his shirt, revealing his muscles that looked like the word "virtue". "A certain person is a cultured person, honest and benevolent."
He looked around, then picked up the desk in front of him, held both sides with both hands and pulled hard, directly tearing the desk in half!
"Creating it in two is for kindness."
Then he picked up the juezun who was entertaining the distinguished guests, and smashed the bronze juezun with his fist. "Breaking the head into the chest is for righteousness!"
Throwing away the smashed Juezun, Li Yunze shook the muscles on his face and walked towards the horrified Ji Sunshi, "Since you have humiliated me, I will tell you what benevolence and justice are!"
Ji Sun was simply frightened.
That's a solid wood desk, and that's a bronze table!
What kind of monster can be torn apart with hands or crushed with fists?
Looking at Li Yunze's arms with trembling muscles, Ji Sun's voice trembled, "Don't come here~~~"
The diners who followed Ji Sun's family had to step forward to stop him even if their scalps were numb.
Then...they were all thrown out of the door by Li Yunze.
"A certain person always pays attention to persuading others with virtue."
Li Yunze trembled with muscles that resembled the word "virtue" and came to Ji Sun's face. He looked at him condescendingly, "Master, do you want to talk to someone about benevolence or justice?"