Chapter 256: Abandoning Politics and Business
Speaking of this past, Bai Gui, an old man who has been in the world for a long time, was very emotional, and his voice became louder.
Bai Lao was born in Confucianism, and he was bent on using Confucianism to govern society and make the society achieve the "great harmony of the world" ideal of Confucius. But? Since entering the political circles, he has not been able to realize his ideals and govern the state of Chu well.
The King of Wei in reality is not the legendary King of Wei, but a king who can't listen to the advice of his courtiers. He, a high-ranking official, is just a clerk who obeys others, and cannot participate in the management of the country according to his own ideas. And once there is any trouble, anything that is detrimental to the King of Wei, you have to carry it for others.
Carrying small things for others may also lose your head at any time. In one go! He gave up his high officials, sold all his family property, and went to Chu to do business.
In the beginning, his ideas were very simple. He didn't want to be the richest man in the world, he just wanted to earn more money to help those in need. The idea is so simple and simple, the result! That's what he did.
He has always been the most reputable in business, and has never aimed at profiteering. So! His business is getting bigger and bigger. He used some of the money he earned to help the poor. Outcome! Those who received his help became his diehards and were willing to follow him.
At last! The people he helped became his business partners and partners. On the surface! They are partners, but in fact, these people are all in order to repay their kindness, and all the money they have saved is assigned to his name in Bai Gui, and they don't think it's their own, they all think that they are working for their benefactors. Нёǐуапge.сОМ
That's it! Wherever he goes to help, there will be countless people who will be willing to follow him. That's it! He gradually became the richest man in the world.
There are so many people in the world who are willing to work for him for free, can he not be rich?
But he? It's still the same as before, where you go to help wherever you go. Help those in need and reach out to those in need. And also! He never took the money those people earned for himself.
For example, here in Qiyuan, the boss of Qiyuan Liquor also thinks that he is working for him, and all the property of Qiyuan Liquor Shop belongs to him Bai Gui. But he didn't want other people's money, and he didn't think that the Qiyuan wine shop belonged to him.
There is also Zhao Dacheng's carpenter shop, Zhao Dacheng also thinks that the carpenter shop is him, but he doesn't think so either. And this Yuelai Inn, the situation is the same. It's all because I helped people at the beginning, and people remember it.
He doesn't ask people to repay him, he just hopes that the people he helps will be like him when they get rich, and help the poor and struggling.
In the Great Zhou world, he helped countless people. So! Not only did he gain fame, but he also truly realized his dream of giving up politics and business to help others.
But? He wasn't satisfied! In doing so, he didn't really save the world. He only saved others for a while, but he was not able to save the world.
In this world, there are countless people in need.
That's when he knew! The road to economic salvation will not work.
So! For a while, he was very depressed!
Becoming the richest man in the world did not bring him happiness, and he was not able to save the world, so he started a new search.
He once went to look for Yang Zhu's predecessors and wanted to ask Yang Zhu of Taoism for life. But! Due to various reasons, I was not able to get the guidance of Yang Zhu's predecessors.
How can we save the world?
He has traveled all over the Great Zhou world, almost every vassal state has been there, and has seen many so-called great talents in governing the world, but he is not optimistic about these people.
The Great Zhou Dynasty can't be counted on, and the Great Zhou Tianzi can't be counted on anymore. The Great Zhou Dynasty has long existed in name only, and it is impossible to manage the Great Zhou world. But! You can't say that openly yet. You have said, and there are people who punish you with the law. Say that you don't respect the Son of Heaven and the court, and punish you with a big disrespect or something.
If someone wants to kill you, they will always find a reason and a legal basis.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is no longer able to return to heaven, and the rest is the king of the seven major vassal states. For now, the kings of the seven major vassal states, in addition to Qin Xiaogong of Qin, are left with the current king of Chu and the current king of Qi.
Qin Xiaogong of Qin was a very virtuous king, but? Qin was a very poor country. Furthermore! The state of Qin is now in a period of reform, the situation is very unstable, and the previous achievements may be wasted at any time, and the country will break down and enter a state of chaos.
And also! Qin's laws are too strict, and there are many loopholes, and without absolute force as an escort, they will be used by political enemies to breed right and wrong.
So! The state of Qin is also unreliable. Counting on the Qin State to dominate the world and govern the world with the rule of law is still impossible to count on for the time being.
In addition to the state of Qin, it is the state of Chu. But Chu State? He was also disappointed in the state of Chu.
In addition to the State of Chu, there is also the State of Qi! Can Qi country? Alas! The same cannot be counted on for the time being.
As for who will rule the world, he talked to Zhuangzi about it last time he was in Wei. So! How does he feel? It seems like that's really the case! If you want to rule the world, you must first cure the heart!
It seems that it is really like that, Taoism is the study of governing the mind, and only Taoism can govern the world!
It is for this reason that Bai Gui chose Taoism and chose Zhuangzi.
If you want to spread Taoism quickly, if you want to quickly end the annexation war between the princes, if you want to make the world peaceful and the people out of the sea of suffering, you can only gamble.
So! He chose Zhuangzi!
The more important reason is that because his daughter Bai Gui fell in love with Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi would become his son-in-law. His own family, who does he not help?
Again! Even if Zhuangzi is not his son-in-law, he has to help him.
For the sake of the world, he must help Zhuangzi preach.
So! has his behind-the-scenes operation, let people connect behind the scenes, and let the people of Qiyuan jointly write a letter and invite Zhuangzi to come to Qiyuan to be a town official. And then! Everything was in his arrangement.
The final result is: as long as Zhuangzi agrees, maybe it will be done!
After listening to the old man's account of what happened, Zhuangzi was very moved.
He got up from his seat, came to the old man, and fell to the ground and kowtowed three times.
"Get up! Get up! ”
Seeing Zhuangzi kowtowing to him, Bai Gui also hurriedly got up and helped Zhuangzi up.
"Master Yue! I'm going to have to think about it again! I wasn't mentally prepared for this! ”
"Good, good! Listen to you! Didn't I come up with this on the spot, how to do it, and then think about it! Am I not? I'm worried that you suspect me of what my intentions are? I'm telling you! Son-in-law! I have no other intentions! Everything I do, for the same purpose as you, is for the sake of the world! It's not about using you for your own ends. Our purpose is the same! It's all for the sake of the world! ”