Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 179 Give the Monarch a Vaccination (3K3)

In the side hall of Duke Lu's Palace, Marquis Lu sat opposite Zai Yu with a smile on his face.

Today he called Zaiyu over, but he didn't bring anyone else with him.

In addition to Zaiyu and Luhou, there are only historians who are responsible for recording the daily words and deeds of the monarch.

Luhou and Zaiyu first briefly talked about their various feelings about governing Tuqiu in the past year, and then asked about various joints in the "Taichu Calendar".

In terms of the 24 solar terms, it is mainly based on Lu Hou's inquiry and Zai Yu's confusion.

When it came to the method of delimiting the year and the detailed time of the year and month, Lu Hou began to put forward some opinions and doubts of his own.

But before Zaiyu came, he had already familiarized himself with the reference answers given to him by his master.

To be on the safe side, he deliberately came to Qufu three days in advance, and brought two jars of soy sauce to the Dashi and Baozhang of the State of Lu for a few big drinks.

As soon as the small gift was received and the small wine was drunk, Da Shi and Baozhang naturally recruited everything.

In fact, the main point of the monarch's hesitation lies in the setting of the leap month.

As the Master said before, according to Dashi and Baozhang's calculations, the "Taichu Calendar" does not match the existing Lu State stargazing data, and the number of days per year is more accurate than the old "Lu Calendar".

Regarding this point, Zaiyu had already discussed with Dashi and the others in private, and the number of days was still according to their ideas.

There are two reasons for this.

For one thing, the old "Lu Calendar" is indeed closer to the correct answer than the "Tai Chu Calendar".

Secondly, Zaiyu did not dare to take the credit for the easier calendar by himself.

After all, in the final analysis, the Easier Calendar should be the work of Dashi and Baozhang.

If you don't let them participate and give them some credit, wouldn't that mean pointing their noses and calling them incompetent?

Zaiyu will have a lot of credits like "Taichu Calendar" in the future, so there is no need to tear yourself apart with others because of this.

Besides, in the courtroom of Lu State, there are either people from Yanghu or people from Sanhuan.

Zaiyu's attempt to win the support of these people is tantamount to nonsense.

But Dashi and Baozhang are rare neutral factions, and it is a sure-fire deal to exchange a little favor for their goodwill and tie them to the big boat of the New Zhou ceremony.

Lu Hou asked: "About the new calendar method..."

Zaiyu replied with a smile: "When the "Taichu Calendar" was published, Dashi and Baozhang had discussed with me about the method of chronology.

This time, the Monarch, you called me over, and I went to visit the two of them specially, only then did I discover that there are indeed quite a few errors in the "Taichu Calendar".

If you really plan to change the calendar and use 24 solar terms to divide the four seasons, don't rush for a while.

You can order to search for talented people who understand astrology and astronomy across the country. Dashi and Baozhang will examine their talents, and then order Zhongzai to organize them. Combine the "Taichu Calendar" and the Sanzheng Calendar to review the records in the palace. Astrology records, and finally compile the results into a book and submit them to you for review.

In this way, domestic talents will be discovered, officials can play their roles, and what you want to do will naturally be done. "

When the Marquis of Lu heard this, he was puzzled and said: "Even a sage like you who can compile the "Taichu Calendar" is now a doctor of the Lu State.

Haven't the sages of Lu State been exhausted by the widow? "

Upon hearing this, Zai Yu shook his head and said, "It's wrong for you to say that.

Yiyin was originally a concubine married by the Xin family, Shang Tang named him Sangong, and the world was governed by him to achieve peace.

Guan Zhong used to be a thief in Chengyin. At that time, he behaved like the most mediocre person in the world, but after Qi Huangong got him, he respected him as Zhongfu.

As a result, Qi State was also able to dominate the world.

Bailixi used to be a slave begging for food on the roadside. Qin Mugong exchanged five black sheepskins for him and let him rule the country.

So Qin was able to open up thousands of miles of western land.

Taigongwang was originally an old woman's abandoned husband. He worked as a wine seller, butcher in Chaoge City, and a housekeeper to welcome guests, but he failed.

As a result, he met Queen Wen, who became the prime minister of Zhou at the age of 70, and was named the king of Qi at the age of 90.

If the four people mentioned above hadn’t met a wise king, they might still be hungry, or even die in the wilderness like continuous Geku.

"The Book of Songs" says: The continuous geese lie in the wilderness.If you get it from a good job, you will think it is grainy.If you don't work well, you will die in the wild.

The continuous Geya grows in the wilderness.

Skilled workers get it and weave it into linen and linen.

If the skilled workers don't get it, it just dies in the wilderness.

This is exactly what it says!
Once upon a time, Zhuangzi of Chu fought against the state of Jin in the land of Bi, and they won a complete victory.

But after returning to the country, he was always depressed when discussing matters in the court.

So Marquis Shen took off his hat and came to plead guilty to him, saying: What are you worrying about?

Chu Zhuangzi said: This is not your fault. I heard that there will be no saints in the world, and the country will never lack sages.Those who can get them as teachers can be called kings.Get them as friends and you can dominate.Now that I have no talent, and the officials are not as good as me, the state of Chu is really in danger.

Chu Zhuangzi, who defeated Jin and ruled the world, still felt that the courtiers around him were not talented enough, and he felt that he had no talent.

Now my subordinates have not assisted you in becoming king and hegemony, so I am naturally not a sage or saint of the country.

And you haven't defeated Jin, so you shouldn't be able to compare with Chu Zhuangzi.

King Zhuang of Chu is worried about not being assisted by talented people, but you feel happy instead.

In private, the minister is deeply worried! "

After speaking, Zaiyu bowed down in front of Luhou.

Luhou didn't expect that Zaiyu would do this to him, he said in shame: "This is my fault, why should Zaizi apologize to me?"

The reason why Zaiyu said this is of course not just to make fun of running on Luhou.

As I said before, now the court of Lu State is full of followers of Yang Hu and Sanhuan.

In order to eradicate these poisonous weeds growing in Lu, one must rely on the power of Luhou.

Although Luhou's power is constrained by them everywhere, but no matter what, Luhou is the legitimate lord of Lu.

All the orders of the State of Lu must be issued from the Marquis of Lu, and the appointment of officials and the canonization of titles must also be approved by him.

Without the approval of Marquis Lu, all administrative orders would not be legal.

Of course, legality also has another name in this era—Dayi.

Now that Zaiyu is developing well in Tuqiu, it is natural to start looking for reliable allies in the country.

These allies cannot be loyal to either Sanhuan or Yanghu.

And those who meet this condition must naturally be people from the lower classes who started from nothing.

In Lu State, especially in Qufu, the educated lower-class people basically have a unified title-Confucian disciples.

Because if you look at the whole country of Lu, and even the whole world, you can't find another teacher who is as knowledgeable, high-quality and cheap, and never refuses anyone like Master.

In the whole city of Qufu, there are eight hundred if not one thousand people who have been taught by his old man.

And those foreign students from Qin, Yan, Qi, Jin and other countries also have to have a number several hundred.

This is also the fundamental reason why the master has a strong influence in the state of Lu, and even in the world.

In this era, the right to speak is only in the hands of knowledgeable people.

And Master has many students, so his public opinion is naturally strong, and you can't accept it.

So on the surface, Zaiyu is using the "Taichu Calendar" to let the Marquis of Lu recruit talents, but in fact he still wants to take the opportunity to select more Confucian students to enter the power class of the State of Lu.

When these students were not officials, Yang Hu and San Huan, who could spittle all at once, couldn't hold their heads up.

If Marquis Lu adopted his opinion and recruited talents from the lower levels of the Lu State, then Yang Hu and Sanhuan could choose coffins for themselves now when a large number of Confucian disciples entered the middle and lower bureaucratic system of the Lu State.

Lu Hou said: "In this case, then I will follow your idea and look around the country for talented people. Anyone who can contribute to the revision of the new calendar will reward them with a hundred stones of rice. What do you think?"

Zai Yu listened and remained silent.

Lu Hou asked again, but Zai Yu still didn't say a word.

After asking the third time, Zai Yu suddenly laughed out loud.

Lu Hou suddenly felt a little annoyed: "Are you taking what I said as a joke?"

Zaiyu shook his head and said: "You are not joking, so naturally my subordinates dare not take your words as a joke."

"Then why are you laughing?"

Zai Yu said: "The servant is laughing at a strange thing I discovered when I was managing Tuqiu."

Lu Hou frowned tightly: "What's so strange?"

Zaiyu said: "There is a man among the people in Tuqiu.

When he offered sacrifices to the fields, he only took a handful of rice, a jug of wine and three fish.

But he prayed to the ghosts and gods: If millet rice is planted in the highlands, it can be harvested for hundreds of years in the low-lying places. Even if it is passed on to future generations, it will be more than enough.

I laughed at how little he gave to ghosts and gods, but too much to ask ghosts and gods! "

When Lu Hou heard this, his serious expression relaxed, and he laughed out loud.

"Okay, okay! The widow knows what you mean.

For those who can help revise the calendar, give titles according to their merits and grant them fields.

Oh, Zaizi!Why didn't the widow realize that you are still such a wonderful person! "

Jae Yu smiled and asked, "What kind of person did you think I was?"

Lu Hou smiled and replied: "I heard that you were the proud disciple of Confucius, so I always thought you were a Confucian student who was knowledgeable and strictly abided by etiquette like Confucius.

Later, you showed your talents in the battle of attacking Ju, killing the enemy general with one arrow, but when it came time to reward you for your merits, you humbly declined your own merits.

Therefore, I think you are a brave and cautious gentleman.

A while ago, I heard that your management of Tuqiu has been quite effective. The people there have enough food and clothing, and the people there are praising your kindness.

Therefore, I think you are a capable doctor who knows how to govern the country.

But now after listening to your advice, I have discovered your funny and elegant side.

You are really a rare talent! "

When Zaiyu heard this, he said modestly: "I have heard a saying that it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. What you see with your own eyes is far more accurate and reliable than what you hear from others.

You didn't know me before because you didn't have a deep relationship with me, so you have various opinions on me.

These opinions are good or bad, but they are all untrue. You need to confirm the specific situation before you can confirm it!

I heard that once upon a time in the state of Song there was a family named Ding who drilled a well at home.

With the well, they no longer need to go to the river to fetch water for watering the garden and daily drinking, so they said with emotion: Having a well is like adding an extra person to the family!

As a result, the neighbors heard this, but it was rumored that the Ding family had killed a person in the well.

Even Song Jun believed it, and specially summoned the Ding family to ask if there was such a thing.

Therefore, as a monarch, you should seriously think about many things, and don't trust them blindly! "

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　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)