Gongliang and Ru, the lacquer carving was opened, and Yuan Xian and others looked coldly at Zigong, Dou Xu and others in the rain.

"Do you want to follow the master, or do you want to stay here and be Zhao Wuxian's eagle dog?"

They saw it as the only right way to follow the Master and leave, so they threw an either/or choice in front of their peers.

If you love the Master enough, then come obediently. If you don't, it's a betrayal of the Master's way!

Gong Xichi looked at his fellow disciples with cold faces in horror, he looked back at Zigong and Fan Xu on the left and right, but saw that they were both stunned, Fan Xu clenched his fists, and Zigong also stood still.

Things happened too quickly, and the line between this and the other was drawn too quickly.

If it were a change in the past, Gong Xichi would definitely follow suit, but after a few years of crawling in the Zhao Wuxian shogunate, he was no longer the simple and obedient boy he used to be.

So, how do you choose?

Just when everyone hesitated, Zai Yu, who had been hiding his body behind everyone, knelt down suddenly, and snapped three heads in the mud: "Master, all senior brothers, forgive me for not being able to accompany you!" ”

He immediately got up, waved the muddy water on his deep clothes, glanced at Zigong and the others meaningfully, turned around and left.

Confucius didn't say anything, Zai Yu's departure was expected by him, and Qi Diao Kai spat at Zai Yu's back and scolded: "Traitor! ”

Zai Yu was the first Confucian disciple to completely surrender to Zhao Wuxian, he succeeded Zhongdu Zai, but did not inherit the way of Confucius, but switched to Zhao Wuxian's set, and even openly said to Confucius that Zhao's law is superior to the gift of Zhou Gong!

This is not a rebel. It's not a repeated villain, what else can it be?

Jae Yu stopped abruptly. Turning his head to look at the angry lacquer carving, his eyes were full of calm. How can you, a crippled man who has been tortured, know my aspirations?

He replied with a sneer: "Ziruo, don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself, and don't do to others what you want!" It is difficult for me to repay the great kindness of the Master, but you want to use this to force me to give up everything? Forgive me for my hard time, and I take my leave! ”

Gong Xichi glanced at Zai Yu, who was dashing and far away, and was envious in his heart. Zai Yu has always been a utilitarian person, he has won the appreciation of the general with his outstanding ability, and now he will get the post of county commander of Wenxian County, a good future awaits him, he will not give up, so he can be so decisive.

And what about Gongxichi? He was also fascinated by the high-ranking officials, indulging in fat horses and light furs, as well as the admiring gaze of everyone when he wore a gown. Whether to go or stay, it is difficult to decide.

At this moment, Fan Xu also suddenly bowed to the chief.

"Master, I can't go with you either!"

……

This made the eyes of all the Confucian disciples widen. Fan Xu has always been honest, and the master will do whatever he asks, and after listening to "I'm not as good as an old peasant." I'm not as good as the old garden", I really went to consult the farmer and the gardener.

is such a person who does whatever the master and brother of the river master say. Refusing to follow the Master in public?

"Spring ploughing has not yet completely ended, and millet seedlings have begun to be pumped. The plum orchard should be fertilized to prevent insects, and the winter wheat will begin to turn yellow and be ready for harvest. The Daitian method should be extended to Liangfu, Lu County, and Fei County, and the keel waterwheel should be built and ditches should be excavated in the Susi River Basin...... I...... I am a big farmer, and I can't leave behind the farmer and peasant woman of Lu country......"

This is Fan Chi's explanation, but it sounds like a quibble to everyone, those lowly laborers, they are heavier than the master, right?

This can't be compared, but if Fan Chi really chooses......

That's right, millions of Li Shu, all living beings, to find a way for them to eat and survive in agricultural affairs is already more important than following the master and being a trained apprentice!

Confucius looked at the simple disciple who fell to the ground, there was no anger in his heart, but a trace of shame, his nature is the most pure, did he treat him too harshly?

He still didn't speak, he was jealous and hateful, and Yuan Xian, who couldn't hold sand in his eyes, gritted his teeth and looked at Fan Chi.

"Villain, Fan Chiye! If you don't follow, just farm for Zhao Wuxian! ”

That's right, this is another traitor.

"What about you, Zihua?" Finally, it was Gong Xichi's turn, and he couldn't hide from it.

"I ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to go with it......" Gongxi stiffened his head and did exactly the same thing as Fan Xu.

"You!"

Ran Geng Ran Yong looked at Gong Xichi, his eyes were full of reproach, they were his distant relatives, and they were also the guides who brought him into the Confucian Gate, in their opinion, this little brother should come over obediently.

Gong Xichi looked at the senior brothers and looked at the master, it was Fan Xu's choice that gave him the courage to refuse, but afterwards he struggled to explain: "I just think that a gentleman should be harmonious but different!" ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, respected Confucius the most, and Zigong, who hesitated between staying and keeping up, suddenly woke up.

In this era, "harmony" is a very important concept, which refers to a differentiated, diverse unity, and therefore different from "same".

For example, in cooking, it is necessary to combine sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty to achieve a state of five flavors and flavors other than salty and sour, in order to be regarded as a first-class dish; For example, music, must be the palace, business, horn, yu, feather together, to achieve a five-tone resonance, sound outside the palace business, in order to be regarded as the best music: on the contrary, if the salty people blindly put salt, the good sour people desperately pour vinegar, the palace lovers reject the Shang and horn, and the businessmen do not use the feather and the yu, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, Yan Ying has long said: "If water is used to help water, who can eat it?" If the piano is single-minded, who can listen to it? ”

When it came to Confucius, in response to this problem, he also taught his disciples: "The gentleman is harmonious but different, and the villain is the same but not harmonious." ”

A gentleman can maintain a harmonious relationship with the people around him, but he must go through the independent thinking of his own brain to deal with everything, and he never wants to follow the crowd and blindly go along with it.

Zigong realized that the Master wanted them to be such people!

But the villain has no independent opinion of his own, and only seeks to be completely consistent with others.

Or, it is for others to be completely consistent with them, and to do to others what they want.

If the Master speaks, let them follow. They will not hesitate to abandon everything and follow, but the few people on the other side see themselves as high in body and high aspirations. Dashi, who was persecuted by the Zhao shogunate, even disregarded Confucius's wishes. He tried to kidnap all the people in Kongmen.

Who exactly is the villain?

Zigong stepped out and blocked in front of Fan Xu and Gong Xichi, who were pointed out by everyone.

"Master, do you really want us to go with you?"

Kong Qiu finally spoke at this time, how much he hoped that all the disciples could listen to him carefully under his knees as before, but he shook his head in the car: "I will not be strong. ”

"Master!" If you grit your teeth and let those people follow, most of them will follow. At that time, Zhao Wuxian will have a lot less help to stabilize the Lu country, and he will also be able to show their hearts.

Master, Master, why do you have to be so righteous and generous to these traitors?

At this moment, he heard Zigong say, "Okay, since that's the case, then we will go with the master!" ”

Fan Xu was frightened, Gong Xichi was shocked, and they all spoke. And then go on and tell them how to deal with themselves?

But Zigong has already made a decision.

He pulled up Fan Xu and Gong Xichi, who were kneeling on one left and one right, and said to Confucius: "If you are not filial, you have a heavy burden. I can't say it easily, I can only send the master for ten miles! ”

……

God is not compatible, and appearance is separated. The disciples of Confucius followed the master's carriage with their own hearts and slowly drove eastward.

Fan Xu and Gong Xichi. And those disciples who were bureaucrats in the shogunate were still a little embarrassed, but their leader, Duanmu Ci, did not care about the good people. The face of the lacquer carving has been pulling the horse's halter for the master.

After being silent for a long time, he suddenly asked softly, "Master, I want to ask you a question. ”

"If a disciple is confused, he must ask, but it doesn't hurt to say." Confucius seems to have regarded this split trip as an ordinary outing, and his face was as usual.

"If there is a person who can give many benefits to the people and can also help the people, can such a person be called benevolent?"

At this moment, the weather has cleared, Kong Qiu looked at the blue sky that revealed the sun, and slowly replied: "Not only is he a benevolent person, he is simply a saint, such a thing, even Yao and Shun are still difficult to do, not to mention that it is now the Ji Shi where the rites and music are broken?" ”

Zigong stopped and said, "Then in my heart, General Zhao is such a benevolent person. This was the case when he went to the palace of the Jin Kingdom, when he arrived in Song Cao, and even more so when he entered Xilu and Qufu. I can feel that although he was born in the Qing family, he knows the bitterness of the bottom and is sincerely good to the people. Maybe there is something wrong in the way of winning the country, or maybe some etiquette will be violated in the process of implementing the new policy, but I firmly believe that he will make the country better. The disciple is not talented, and he wants to assist a sage to come out! ”

"Zhao Wuxian can also be regarded as a benevolent person, and he can also be a saint? What a joke! ”

The disciples of Confucius were hey, and most of them scoffed at this, in their opinion, Zhao Wuxian was already the same evil minister as Huadu, Qingfu, Cui Zhu, and Qingfeng. Kong Qiu also nodded with complicated eyes, silent, and didn't know whether to approve or disapprove, which made Zigong, who had the heart to defend Zhao Wuxian, feel empty.

Unconsciously, the ten-mile pavilion in the eastern suburbs arrived, and the pavilion chief pinched the stick and stopped on the road with the pavilion guard, vigilantly watching this large group of travelers.

Sending the king for a thousand miles will eventually have a farewell, Zigong stopped, fell under the car and cried: "Master, the disciple can only be sent here, I, Zihua and Zichi want to stay, not for that high-ranking official." It is because the court of the Lu State can have a young master, but it cannot be a young master's benevolence and righteousness. Master, your Dao is not dead, but it is dormant, and the disciples will imperceptibly integrate the Dao of the Master into the new Lu Kingdom, and when you return to Qufu, you will definitely see a prosperous Lubang! ”

Confucius still didn't answer, and he didn't know whether to believe it or not. Zigong greeted Fan Xu with some loss, and Gong Xichi, Gongzhi Chang and others were about to turn back.

Yes, the chicks will grow up, and the young geese will fly high sooner or later, and it is time for them to leave the Master's knees and soar to 90,000 miles!

Because of the restrictions of the times and identity, Confucius could only put all his hopes on Lu Jun being able to cheer up, and even did not hesitate to compromise with Sanhuan. But Zigong and other disciples had a bigger choice, and they finally chose Zhao Wuxian as the sovereign, as the person who exerted his talents and pinned his hopes.

At this moment, I heard Confucius say loudly in the car: "I said, a gentleman is not a weapon, give it, you have not been able to do this!" ”

……

A gentleman is not a weapon? Zigong smiled bitterly in his heart, who can do it easily?

He thought that the master was disappointed and reproached, but when he turned around, he saw that the master was smiling at him.

"Yes, although you can't do 'not a device', I already know what you are......"

Kong Qiu said earnestly: "You are Hu Lian......"

Zigong was stunned, and the others were also stunned, they all recalled this sentence, is the master praise or depreciation?

Hu Lian is the temple of Zongli. But it is by no means an ordinary food container, but a ritual vessel respected by the king of Zhou, the princes, and the princes. Hu Lian can be placed above the lobby, in the temple, under the Yellow Spring, it is super gorgeous, it is really useful, it can be used with the tripod, but the honor is slightly inferior.

Confucius compared Hulian to Zigong, which means that Zigong is a great tool for the country's social welfare. He has super talents, can be reused by the Zhao shogunate, and his personal conduct is dignified and virtuous.

This high evaluation, essence and beauty are unique among the disciples who have been evaluated by Confucius!

Not only were Zigong regarded as traitors, and the lacquer carving of the repeated villain, Yuan Xian and others were stunned, but Zigong was also stunned for a while, and then quickly followed the master's side and bowed solemnly. "Give! Xie Fuzi's comment, I will definitely be a superior king, a subordinate Li Shu, a minister who avoids the way, and is courteous to a hundred officials! ”

Zigong was greatly comforted in his heart, at least he knew, the master didn't blame him, the cheerful Yan Hui didn't blame him, the heroic Zilu didn't blame him, and the open-minded Zeng Dian didn't blame him.

Looking at the master's frank face, he gritted his teeth and whispered in Confucius's ear: "The disciple will also find a way to survive for Confucius in the Lu country and under the rule of the Zhao shogunate, so there is a reluctant request, and I hope the master will allow it!" ”

(To be continued.) )

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