Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 172 Being Virtuous Is Not Virtuous, It Is Virtuous (3K2)

"My lord, why do you have to come to the door in person for sending coke?"

"We have already prepared the food for the winter, so you don't have to worry about it."

Amid bursts of laughter, Zaiyu walked out of a private household in the south of Tuqiu City.

He looked up at the sun above his head, then turned his head to send his people standing in front of the door to say goodbye, and then left with Shi He and others.

It wasn't until he was far away that Shi Hefang asked him, "My lord, just leave these trivial matters to us.

You are a noble person, you should be on top of the temple, why do you have to do this? "

When Zaiyu heard this, he just replied: "A gentleman must do everything himself. Although I am not a gentleman, I still hope that I can do it myself if I can do it."

After hearing this, Shi He hesitated again and again, and finally asked:
"But... I recently studied the "Rites" annotated by Confucius, which said that the ambition of a gentleman lies in self-cultivation, family governance, state governance and world peace.

Your character is admired by all people, so there is no doubt about it. You can already achieve self-cultivation.

The next Qi family is to manage their own fief well, but managing the fief doesn't require such things as delivering charcoal in person, right? "

When Zaiyu heard this, he suddenly turned his head and smiled at him: "It is a good thing that you are diligent and studious, and it is true to cultivate yourself, govern your family, rule the country and the world.

And the reason why I have to go door-to-door to check whether they have stored enough grain and whether the coke distributed in winter has been distributed to them in sufficient quantities is precisely to practice this sentence! "

Shi He was puzzled and said, "How can you explain this?"

Zaiyu just smiled: "The tree that the husband embraces is born at the end of the hair. The nine-story platform starts from the pile of soil. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world?"

After hearing this, Shi He was taken aback for a moment, then bowed his head in shame and said, "Today I received your advice again."

Jae Yu just smiled and walked forward, but within a few steps, he suddenly felt his waist flash, and his painful face changed color.

hiss~
It feels good to pretend to be X, but it is really tiring to go door to door.

There are three hundred households in Tuqiu, two to three thousand people, and Zaiyu hurriedly rushed, and it took three days to finish the visit.

If the population increases in the future, why not exhaust him to death?

Among other things, he has only performed the ceremony for three days, and he has already made his waist like this.

If they come for another three days, I'm afraid Shi He and the others will have to carry a stretcher and take their lord around to visit in the future.

The development of Tuqiu not only lacks people, but also lacks trustworthy talents!

Shi He saw him back, and hurried up to support him: "Master, are you okay? Why don't we come here today, and I'll help you go back to rest?"

Zai Yu took two hissing breaths. Although his back hurts, but fortunately he is young, he will recover after a while.

He refused and said, "Other things can be postponed, but not this one."

The reason why Zaiyu's attitude is so firm is because he has to go to Tuqiu Township School for inspection next.

Education is one of the priorities in Tuqiu's first three-year plan.

However, in this day and age, not everyone understands the importance of reading and literacy.

The more illiterate you are, the less you understand the value of knowledge.

But people don't want to learn, and Zaiyu can't force him to learn with a gun, he can only use bait to lure him into the bait.

In the first issue of "Tuqiu Monthly", which was printed for the first time a few days ago, the headline of Tuqiu was published on the front page under the title of "Let the people know it, let children teach it, make efforts to overcome difficulties, and correct the atmosphere". Dr. Zaiyu's important speech at the first Tuqiu Education Conference.

Zaiyu said that the construction and development of Tuqiu Township School would not have been possible without the strong support of the monarch and officials, and the pioneering work of carrying out the literacy campaign has been highly affirmed by all walks of life in the State of Lu.

Tuqiu Township School is the top priority of Tuqiu's development.

In the next three years, the whole city will continue to implement the resource-inclined policy for Tuqiu Township School, set up a scholarship and food mechanism, and increase subsidies for township school enrollment.

And the township school will always implement the school-running policy of adult education and enlightenment education in parallel, so that both adults and children must grasp and use both hands.

Duanmu Ci, a wealthy businessman in China, spoke at the meeting. He said that Duanmu Paper under his name had reached a joint school-running agreement with Tuqiu Township School.

Anyone who satisfactorily completes all educational subjects at Tuqiu Township School and is awarded a graduation certificate from Tuqiu Township School can enter Duanmu Paper, Duanmu Printing and other industries under Duanmuzi without taking the exam.

In the next three years, Duanmu Paper is expected to provide [-] well-paid jobs for Tuqiuyi.

Yisi Kou Gaochai said that the future new officials of the various divisions of the Tuqiu Criminal Prison will be recruited from among the graduates of the Ritual Department of the Tuqiu Township School.

Yi Sima Shenyu said that Tuqiu's defense work is closely related to the development of Tuqiu Township School, in response to Zaizi's call to "build a professional defense force belonging to Tuqiu and be a teacher of justice who understands benevolence and morality".

In the next three years, all members of the Tuqiu Shoujun will enter the Tuqiu Township School for off-the-job study. Based on the concept of putting benevolence and righteousness first, we will vigorously promote the practice of archery and defense. Competing for books to do key learning.

And based on the learning situation of all employees as the selection criteria, a group of middle-level cadres such as corporal leaders and two Sima are selected from the existing personnel with excellent abilities and moral qualities.

Yizai Ranqiu made a final summary and announced the following decisions.

Dr. Tuqiu Zaiyu was unanimously elected the lifelong principal of Tuqiu Township School.

Lu Guoren and Shang Duanmu were awarded the honorary principal of Tuqiu Township School, and concurrently served as the chief professor of calligraphy at Tuqiu Township School.

Yizai Ranqiu was unanimously elected as the vice principal of Tuqiu Township School, and concurrently served as the chief professor of Music Department of Tuqiu Township School.

Yisi Kou Gaochai also served as the chief professor of etiquette at Tuqiu Township School.

Yi Sima Shenshen concurrently served as the chief professor of archery and imperial science in Tuqiu Township.

Beside Tuqiu Township School, the foolish old man with his pony in his arms basked in the sun foolishly while listening to the young people around him reading newspapers to him.

The fool asked, "What is the meaning of this newspaper?"

The young man forcefully forced a smile: "It means that the lord will run a township school so that everyone can read and write."

While stroking the pony's mane, the fool muttered: "Learning is good! If you can read, you will be able to settle accounts.

Every time I go to the market to buy salt, I always don't understand.

I don't know whether it is too much or too little. "

The young man just bowed and said, "You don't have to worry about buying salt. You are my grandfather's sworn brother now, and you will eat at our house in the future. You don't have to do it yourself."

After hearing this, the foolish man just shook his head: "That won't work. Your grandfather is my brother, how can I eat at my brother's house for free? I won't go."

Hearing this, the young man plopped and knelt down directly to the fool, begging with tears:
"Grandpa, can you stop being angry with me, can I kneel down for you old man, please forgive me.

My grandfather said, if I can't invite you to my house for dinner today, he will break my leg when he returns. "

"Break your leg?"

Hearing this, the fool raised his head slowly, put his hands on his face, and wiped away his tears: "Why did you break your leg for such a good boy?

With a broken leg, how can I still walk and farm?If my two sons were still alive, I would definitely hate to break his legs. "

When the young man heard this, his body trembled suddenly, he looked up at the deep wrinkles at the corners of the fool's eyes, and couldn't help but lower his head.

The fool put down the pony and took his hand: "Come on, I'll take you to talk to your grandpa, how can I break your leg?"

But no matter how the fool pulls, the young man kneeling on the ground is unwilling to get up.

Zai Yu led Shi He and others to come, and happened to see this scene.

When Shi He heard the conversation between the two, his heart was full of emotions, and he didn't know what to say.

After holding back for a long time, he still asked the fool: "Don't you hate him? Why do you still speak for him?"

When the fool heard someone asking him, he just raised his head, thought for a while, and then replied with a smile.

"Everyone thinks I'm stupid, so I don't know what is to hate and what is not to hate. But I know that it is wrong to hurt people for the sake of animals."

When Shi He heard this sentence, he felt something sinking in his heart, and his chest was tight, but he couldn't tell what it was like.

When the young man kneeling on the ground heard this, he just fell on the ground and began to cry loudly.

"Uncle, I was wrong, I was really wrong..."

Seeing this situation, Zai Yu pursed his lips for a long time before he sighed: "This is probably what the master said about enlightenment."

Immediately, he bowed to the fool again and said: "You are probably the most virtuous person I have ever met."

After hearing this, the fool just smiled and shook his head: "I am not a virtuous person. How can a virtuous person fail to protect his own son? I am just a stupid person."

The foolish man said this very lightly, but the aftertaste of it echoed repeatedly in Jai Yu's mind.

When Zaiyu came back to his senses, the fool had already dragged the weeping young man away.

Shi He looked at the backs of them going away, feeling sore and astringent in his heart, he took a deep breath, and then sighed hard: "Hey!"

Jae Yu put his hands behind his back, stared at the back of the fool, and murmured, "Fool?"

Shi Hedao: "Why do people call him a fool? He is obviously a wise man!"

Jae Yu just shook his head when he heard this: "He is not a wise man, he is indeed a fool."

"what?"

Shi He didn't expect Zaiyu to say that. He recalled what happened to the fool, and he was a little angry for a while: "Why do you say that? The fool clearly..."

Zai Yu turned his head to look at Shi He, and replied: "I said he is a fool, why are you angry?"

"Because fool is not a good word!"

After hearing this, Jae Yu just asked, "Why is fool not a good word?"

Shi He blurted out: "Because fools will suffer!"

As soon as these words came out, Shi He was stunned.

Looking at the sunset in the distance, Zai Yu read slowly.

"Probably because there are too many people who think so, so the fool fell into such a situation, right?
I have heard that virtue is not virtue, so there is virtue.

If a person is praised by everyone as virtuous, but he does not think he is virtuous, then this person is the most virtuous.

The fool is the most virtuous fool.

But is it his fault that such a virtuous man lost his children, and could not even save his pony? "

The blood-like setting sun fell on Jai Yu's face, illuminating his cheeks half brightly and half darkly.

"It's all the fault of us virtuous and wise men!"

　If you are willing, I will always vote for you monthly, if you are not willing, I will always vote for you.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)