Thunder rumbled outside the tent, and in a moment it began to rain in the sky.

Lu Di, who was sitting quietly, opened his eyes at this time, and looked at the stacks of shouting and killing reports on the desk, and was silent for a long time.

No matter how much he disrupted the course of history, in the end, something could not be stopped.

The thing that Lu Di sighed in his heart was that Kong Qiu was a "phase" in the Lu country.

In this battle of Qilu, although the Qi State gained thirty miles of land, the generals of the Qi State were still dissatisfied, because in their eyes, the army of the Lu State had been defeated, and the monarch of the Lu State had also been captured.

They were dissatisfied with Lu Di, but they didn't dare to send their anger on Lu Di, so they could only point the finger at the new Sikong Kongqiu, who was appointed by Lu Junji.

They impeached Kong Qiu for two reasons, one was to be a minister of Qi but to protect the interests of other countries was disloyal, and the other was to ignore the interests that Qi soldiers desperately seized in the Battle of Lake Lei Ze and give them to others, which was unkind to the dead soldiers of Qi State.

For this kind of disloyalty and unkindness, eating things inside and outside should be killed, and the army of Qi will comfort those soldiers who died bravely in battle.

Lu Di read the names of those important ministers who shouted and shouted to kill, and smiled bitterly in his heart: "Where are you persuading the widow to kill Kongqiu, you are trying to force the widow to be the king!" ”

How can it be so simple to be king?

Since the defeat of Wu, Lu Di felt that something was wrong with the domestic political atmosphere of Qi, so he launched a war against Wei to divert domestic attention, and after annexing Wei Guo, in order to warn those who wanted to persuade him to be king, he went to the capital of the king of Zhou and gave himself a name.

It's just that these people still don't give up!

Lu Di shook his head slightly, it was not that he didn't want to be the king, nor was the territory of the Qi State not big enough and the national strength was not strong enough, but because the residual power of the Zhou royal family was still there, and the people's hearts were still there, he couldn't be called the king.

The old soldiers of Qi who had a good life in front of them braved the wind and dust and risked their lives to persuade themselves not to be destroyed, and Lu is the best ironclad evidence.

In short, if the old people of Kongqiu's generation do not die, they will not be able to destroy Lu, and if they do not destroy Lu, they will never be kings.

Lu Di thought as he threw the newspapers into the brazier one by one, watching them burn to the ground.

Zuo Qiu Ming watched Lu Di burn the report that persuaded Lu Di to kill Kong Qiu, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, picked up his pen and wrote: In the seventh year of the monarch's reign, the ministers persuaded the monarch to kill Kong Qiu, but the monarch did not allow it.

Not only did Lu Di not kill Kongqiu, but he also specially sent Zhongyou with a tiger to protect Kongqiu, so that he could govern in Lu with peace of mind.

Kong Qiu was very moved, and in return, he forcibly asked Yan Hui and the disciples who were editing the Huaxia Great Dictionary and Huaxia History Books to return to Lixia, otherwise he would expel them from the door.

Yan Hui wept tears and brought people back to the calendar. Because Yan Hui looked at Kong Qiu, who was gray-haired and wrinkled, he was afraid that he would never see his master again.

Zeng Dian also went back, and he knew that it was useless here.

Yan Qi and others arranged for the Yan family to have a look, and they also returned to Lixia.

As soon as the army of Qi left, a new civil war in Lu began. Because Sanhuan re-established a new monarch, Ji Ning, that is, the Duke of Lu Mourning recorded in later documents, on the grounds that he surrendered to the Qi people as a prisoner and was not suitable to be the monarch of Lu again.

When Lu Ai heard the news, he immediately declared Sanhuan a traitor who stole the country and called on the subjects of Lu to attack him.

Sanhuan also immediately issued an order to the whole country in the name of Lu Mourning Gong, saying that Lu Ai Gongji would already be a lackey of the Qi people, and if he was still the king, the Lu country would no longer be the Lu country of the Lu people. They also gave an obvious evidence, that is, Kong Qiu, the elder of Qi State, became the chief assistant of Lu Aigong, and the general of the Chinese army of Qi State became the general of Lu State.

For a while, the country of Lu was in turmoil, who said who was reasonable.

Lu Di didn't care about this, because he was leading a large army to destroy the last small Qilu border country at this time!

Qi State, the first country where Lü Di sought political asylum after escaping from Qi that year. In this country, he got acquainted with the worrying toad, the great elder of the Qi country.

Looking at the capital of Qi Kingdom, Lu Di was full of emotion, the sycamore back then was still there, but the one who was praised by himself as "a century-old peerless son" was unparalleled. The country has a national weapon, the sycamore, how can it not attract the phoenix? "The peerless son has turned into dry bones!

Today's Qi country has become even more dilapidated after a coup d'état between brothers.

Lu Di felt that there was no need for such a country to exist, so he directly asked the army to besiege the city, and ordered the current head of the Qi State, Qi Ligong, to surrender.

Seeing that the city was besieged, Qi Li knew that it was impossible to escape the catastrophe, so he could only take his subordinates and open the city gate with the land and population to surrender.

Lu Di enshrined him as the Qi family, and his ancestors sacrificed endlessly, and transferred the original Rencheng Lingyang Hu to the Qicheng Order, and Rencheng was selected by the Prime Minister's Mansion to send others.

Why did Lu Di choose Yang Hu as the Qicheng Order, in addition to the fact that Qicheng needs a capable minister like Yang Hu because Qicheng is in ruins, there is also one point, this place is a dagger inserted into the Lu State.

In the future, it may be used to destroy Lu.

After paying homage to his old friend Qi Pinggong, Lu Di continued to march east with the army. However, on the fifth day, he came to Tai'an City in the territory of Qi State.

Tai'an, there are a lot of memories of Lu Di here. He was demoted by his father to serve as a lieutenant here, and finally changed the poor and backward life of the people here through various means such as "eliminating the three evils", "building academies" and "singing big operas".

Looking at the prosperous and majestic Tai'an City, Lu Di smiled from the bottom of his heart.

When the Tai'an Yi Commander learned that Lu Di had crossed the border, he welcomed the subjects of the city, but he was scolded by Lu Di and wanted to get into the cracks in the ground.

However, when he saw that the rule of this city was well organized, he praised him a few more words, but told him that in the future, he would no longer work so hard to do these face-saving "projects".

The Taean Euphord heard the promise and said yes. The army was stationed outside the city, and the various departments and divisions had already planned to reward the military exploits of the soldiers.

Because with the end of the Central Plains War, the day has come for the army to unload their armor and return to the field.

These trivial things naturally have his subordinates to do, and all he has to do is to approve them, and when the time comes, he will personally give the meritorious soldiers the squire's sword and medals.

Taishan School Palace, the snow on the mountain has not yet melted, and many thick green pines are pressed, but the green pines are standing up and resisting. Lu Di climbed the stairs and came to the Taishan School Palace. At this time, he saw Mo Zhai sitting on a high platform, surrounded by circles of disciples, all of whom were kneeling in the snow, as if they could not feel the cold pain brought to them by the snow.

Every time Mo Zhai opened his mouth and said a word, he could see that he was spitting mist from his mouth, just like the dragon that spewed clouds and mist in myths and legends.

"Master, you said that only pain can purify our hearts, but now that I have suffered from the cold and snow, why haven't I felt the purification of my soul?" It was a burly man with thick black eyebrows who spoke, Lu Di knew that person, that person's name was County Zishuo, who was originally a splash of Dongguo, and later I don't know what he experienced and was accepted as a doorman by his sister-in-law.

Seeing Lu Di standing aside and not entering the courtyard, Wuze at the east gate was going to shout a few words and let people come to greet him, but Lu Di stopped him, because Lu Di also wanted to listen to Mo Zhai's lecture.

After Mo Zhai heard the words of the county Zishuo, he glanced at him and said, "Did the old master Kong Qiu seek benevolence and get benevolence?" ”

The county was dumbfounded when he heard this, and then Mo Zhai said again: "Spring has come, and the spring rain may not necessarily fall; A large tree does not necessarily bear fruit when it should be fruitful. Suffering is a door, a door to purification, and if you don't push the door open, you can't say that this door doesn't exist. ”

Xian Zishuo was completely speechless this time, and when he saw this, he asked, "Master, what do you mean by talking about non-fun?" The disciple thinks that it is better for people in Confucius to enjoy themselves, at least it will make us more comfortable, don't they? ”

Mo Zhai shook his head: "Labor people have three hardships, one is bitter food and hunger, two bitter snow and no clothes at night, and three hardships are not unlocked when they work all day long." There are many nobles in the Confucian Gate, they don't need to work to get food and clothing, imagine if the scholars and Li people go to enjoy themselves, who will provide food and clothing? Therefore, if it is not happy, it does not mean that it is bad, but because it is useless and cannot solve the 'three sufferings' of laborers. ”

Gao He was speechless and silent, he was born in a poor and lowly family, so he naturally understood the three hardships.

"Master, what kind of system do you say can be used to save the world?" The one who asked was Lu Di's sister-in-law, Yu Slippery.

A year after Yu Slip and Xiao Jiumei got married, they decided to study and worshiped under Mo Zhai's door.

Mo Zhai looked at the most proud disciple and smiled: "Absolute obedience and relative restraint. ”

"Oh?" The disciples were amazed.

Mo Zhai said: "The slave is absolutely obedient to the gentry, the gentry is absolutely obedient to the doctor, the doctor is absolutely obedient to the princes, the princes are absolutely obedient to the prince, the prince is absolutely obedient to the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is absolutely obedient to the way of heaven." ”

Hearing this, Fowl Slippery frowned, shook his head and said, "Master, can the Son of Heaven obey the way of heaven?" Do you see that throughout the ages, how many people have obeyed the way of heaven in heaven? ”

Mo Zhai said: "That's why there must be relative constraints. The way of heaven is illusory and there is nothing wrong with it, but no one in the world can escape it. For example, if you accidentally break something that your father loves, and your father wants to beat you, you can hide behind your mother to avoid being beaten, right? ”

The disciples nodded, and then Mo Zhai continued: "Father beats you, you can hide behind your mother, the princes want to kill you, you can flee to other countries, so may I ask if the Heavenly Dao wants to beat you, where do you flee to?" ”

"This?" The disciples didn't know what to say.

"We live in the world, and the Son of Heaven also lives in the world, as long as he lives in this world, he must be restricted by heaven, obey it, and he will live a long and healthy life, and if he disobeys it, he will end up miserable."

"However, the restraint of heaven is not enough, and there is also the supervision of ghosts and gods"

"Confucius said that the gentleman is cautious, so he must cultivate himself and cultivate righteousness, I don't think so, the reason why people are cautious is because there are ghosts and gods around us, they are always supervising us, supervising us not to do bad things"

Mo Zhai said this, and suddenly a strange smile flashed on the corner of his mouth: "Can't you say that there are countless ghosts and gods around us now?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the disciples felt a chill down their backs, and when they looked around, they carried fear and awe.

Lu Di listened to it and said in her heart that Mozi's point of view should have absorbed Toad's "Theory of Worrying about the Heavens".

"Master, what if we do something bad?" Just as he was thinking about it, a disciple asked.

Mo Zhai said: "If you do something bad, heaven will punish him, and when heaven disdains to punish him, ghosts and gods will punish him, which is why when we swear to express loyalty and sincerity, we will definitely mention heaven and ghosts."

"Of course, if even the demons and gods don't bother to punish him, then people will punish him."

"With the overlook of heaven and the supervision of ghosts and gods, whether it is the Son of Heaven, the princes, the princes, the doctors, or the gentry and the people, the slaves will not dare to do evil things, and a society without evil things is the ideal society, so absolute obedience and relative restraint are the best system."

I think the biggest difference is that the master should use the power of heaven and divine power to restrain each other, while the brother-in-law should use the division of morality and etiquette and rights to restrain each other.

At this time, another disciple asked Mo Zhai, who was a young disciple: "Master, Mr. Yan Hui, a disciple of Master Confucius, put forward the concept of 'Confucianism', he said that if you want to become a gentleman, you must first have a 'Confucian' heart, can you talk about Confucianism?" ”

Mo Zhai thought for a while when he heard this, and said: "When Master Yan said Confucianism, in fact, he refines the steps of being a gentleman, just like the road from the foot of the mountain to our Taishan Academy, which is composed of stone stairs one step at a time. ”

"What is Confucianism? To pursue the root is to say the witch of the funeral. Why is witchcraft related to gentlemen? Because when the witches are mourning or dancing, they are obedient to the hearts of the people, the will of God, they are respectful, sincere, and regard death as the beginning of life...... So what he means is that if you want to be a gentleman, you must first have a respectful heart, a sincere heart, and a happy heart."

The disciples whispered when they heard this, and then nodded their heads one after another, and then Mo Zhai continued: "In Master Yan's concept, Confucianism is still stubborn and soft, just like a stone with a drop of water, knowing that the stone is very hard, but the droplet of water is perseverance, slowly dripping, impacting, he believes that one day the stone will be dripped through."

"Master's meaning is that Master Yan also advocates rebellion, so since this is the case, what is the difference between it and Master's doctrine?" Xian Zishuo asked.

Mo Zhai said: "Master Yan's resistance is silent stubbornness, but our resistance is vigorous masculinity. ”

Virile?

The disciples whispered again, and after a while, the bird slid and said: "Master, the Taoist Geng Sangchu said, 'Rigidity is easy to break, and people should learn the clear wind and bright moon', if we are like this, don't we mean that we are in danger of being in personal danger?" ”

Mo Zhai shook his head and smiled: "Look at the sun in the sky, is it masculine?" ”

The disciples were silent, the most masculine thing in the world is the sun, but is it broken? No!

"Master, when the disciple was studying in the Lixia Academy, he met two masters arguing, one of them said that the world lost the 'law' so turmoil, and now if you want to restore peace, you must use the 'law' to manage the world, but the other master said that the chaos in the world is because people have lost their 'Confucian' heart, so if they want the world to be pure, they must restore their 'Confucian' heart, what do you think?" Another disciple asked, bowing down.

Mo Zhai seemed to be very satisfied with his disciple's question, and he nodded: "The master of the Fa is Mr. Bereaved Love (Gongsun Qiao), and I have read through his writings all night, and I have been deeply moved by the thoughts in them, and the 'order' and 'obedience' I preach come from Mr. Bereavement's thoughts."

When the disciples heard this, Mo Zhai continued: "Fa and Confucianism are both good, but they are both one-sided. One of them is like a man's body, and the other is like a man's heart and soul. ”

"What is the law, the law is the art, just like the human body, from the scope of the scope of the three elements: one is to formulate the law, the second is to go to justice, and the third is to enforce the law. If we do not insist on the 'Confucian heart' as the foundation in the process of the three elements, then the Fa is a vicious and vicious tool used by certain privileged classes to oppress the good at will, and in the same way, we only talk about the 'Confucian heart' and not the physique, then the 'Confucian heart' is empty talk without dependence. ”

"So we came to the conclusion that if we want the world to be peaceful and pure, we must 'strengthen the body of the people and the Confucian heart of the living people', and this is what our Taishan Academy advocates."

After hearing this, all the disciples closed their eyes and began to think.

"Master, when you talked about the soul and the soul, the disciple has a question, that is, what is the difference between the spirit and the soul? And why do people shout 'the soul is back' in front of the coffin of a deceased loved one, but never say that the soul is back? And why do we put the 'Shrine Tablet' of our ancestors in our homes? This was a young disciple, he was obviously a little nervous when he spoke, and he asked one question and hurriedly added two more questions in a row.

Everyone couldn't help but smile when they saw this. Mo Zhai looked at the young disciple and said a few words with a smile, probably something encouraging him not to be afraid. The young disciple's face was flushed at the moment, and he was very excited, and when he sat down, he almost fell down. At this time, everyone laughed even more kindly.

Lu Di, who was secretly listening to the sidelines, couldn't help but smile. The young disciple's embarrassed and blushing face could drip blood at this time, and Mo Zhai silenced everyone and continued his speech: "This involves the concept of ghosts and gods that my sect talked about before. We do not deny that people are going to die, but what is it that dies is the spirit, that is, our body and body. Our bodies, like all living beings, come from the earth, and when we die, we are naturally buried in the earth, which means 'returning'. The soul does not die, it is immortal, of course, unless his relatives and descendants forget him and destroy the 'Divine Mansion Plaque' in which the soul is parasitic, then he will really die, otherwise it is immortality. ”

Speaking of this, the corners of Mo Zhai's mouth flashed weird: "You fantasize about it, if you shout not the return of the soul but the return of the soul, and the spirit really jumps out of the coffin and returns to your home, what do you say will you feel when you see it?" ”

When the young disciple heard this, he couldn't help but make up a picture in his mind, after the coffin of a certain relative was buried, he shouted that he was going to return, and suddenly the coffin board was bounced open, and the body of the deceased relative jumped out of it, and then he ran back to his home with a bang.

Yes! It's creepy to think about.

The young disciple screamed and screamed.

When everyone saw it, they laughed again. Lu Di also sighed, and said in his heart that the real meaning of "returning to Laixi" was this, and he continued to prick up his ears to listen.

Mo Zhai continued to answer questions from various disciples on the stage, such as "concurrently loving", why concurrently loving, and what is the difference between it and Confucius's benevolence? For example, "Wu Yong", Taoists and Confucian people are against Wu Yong, thinking that Wu Yong is a 'bad trip', why should they pay attention to Wu Yong and pay attention to chivalry?

Time passed little by little, everyone was fascinated by listening, Lu Di also nodded from time to time, and said in his heart, it seems that now Mozi's overall idea of country and family construction has appeared, which is a good thing and a bad thing, and it must be guided and guided.

The good thing is that Lu Di came to this era and turned the world upside down, he has always been worried that his existence will interrupt the emergence of a hundred schools of thought, which will make him feel that his existence is not to bring brightness to Chinese civilization but to bring darkness, after all, there is no "Confucius and Mencius, Lao Zhuang Mo ......" to fight for Huaxia or Huaxia?

No, of course not. Therefore, he always trembles and plays a responsible attitude for civilization, to protect civilization, to stimulate the colorful emergence of civilization. Now that Mozi's doctrine has matured, it has proved that his trembling is right and worthwhile.

The bad thing is that Mozi's ideas are suspected of "Shintoism", and Lu Di does not want Mozi to bring Chinese culture into a religious culture that is not confident. After all, the essence of Chinese culture is the supervision of people, not gods and ghosts.

Two hours later, Mo Zhai discovered Lu Di's existence and hurriedly stood up to greet him. The disciples also hurriedly packed their clothes and knelt down to greet them. Lu Di laughed so that everyone was exempt, grabbed Mo Zhai's hand with one hand, and walked towards the conservatory in the school palace. Regarding Mo Zhai's ascetic method of seeking self-abuse to sublimate the soul, Lu Di still did not approve of it. After all, people live in the world, and their desires are all for pleasure, not pain.

Following.

At the foot of Mount Tai.

"Is this the grave of the gentleman?" Lu Di looked at a barren mound and said in surprise.

The gentleman in Lu Di's mouth refers to the hundred miles of long river, when he was in trouble in Tai'anyi, the first person to stand up and help him establish the Taishan Academy!

Dongmen Wuze nodded, his expression indescribably sad.

As a disciple of a hundred miles of long river, he was deeply ashamed that he was not by his side when the master died. After his death, he himself was imprisoned, and he did not keep filial piety for him.

Lü Di was a little angry, a person who had made great contributions to the Qi State, and there was no one to take care of his grave after his death, which made Lü Di absolutely unacceptable, and he loudly reprimanded Tai'an Yi Ling: "Why is Mr.'s grave so barren? What do you eat in Taean Eup? ”

Tai'an Ling fluttered in fright when he heard this, and his mouth trembled, and he didn't know what to say.

Mo Zhai, the corrector of the Taishan Academy Palace next to him, said in a deep voice at this time: "Your Majesty, before the hundred miles of master died, he said that he would return to the earth naked when he came from the earth, don't bury him, don't bury him, and don't let people add new soil to his grave every year, because he doesn't need it."

"He needs the scholars to forget him, just as he needs the people to forget the existence of air"

"Because forgetting does not make the living suffer because of longing or even hatred and anger, he does not want the living to suffer."

"So for him: forgetting is the best way to remember."

"As his disciples, we respect his will, and we will carry it forward!" Speaking of the last sentence, Mo Zhai's tone was extremely firm, just like the green pine of Mount Tai.

Lu Di was silent when he heard this: Forgetting is the best commemoration! He squatted quietly in front of this small grave, looking at the fluffy grass and the rocks, and suddenly he couldn't help but shed tears.

He remembered the appearance of seeing the hundred miles of the long river for the first time when he made a big fuss about Sun Wu's wedding banquet, remembered the meticulous care and care when he lived in his house in Wuyanyi, and remembered the days when he and he played against him under the peach forest after the completion of the Taishan School Palace......

Thin burial! Master, you deserve our burial, deserve it!

Forget! Master, you deserve our remembrance, deserve it!

How many years in a blink of an eye, how many emotions and thousands of words in my heart, finally turned into the pantothenic acid in Lu Di's nasal cavity that could no longer hold back, and turned into the broken tombstone holding the hundred-mile long river.

The rest of the crowd also cried silently.

This is a great sage, a pure sage!