Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 49
Broken, I am ambushed!

Zaiyu felt extremely regretful.

Damn it, I was actually confused by the master's back.

Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy!

I said so much before to stack BUFF, he was waiting for me here!

Zaiyu imagined [-] ways to be scolded in his mind, but he just didn't expect that Master would choose to show up and start a group.

This time it was indeed my carelessness.

Master is such a smart person, how can he not see the tricks between me and Mengsun Heji?

Zaiyu was sweating on his temples, thinking carefully about what his master said, trying to find a way to survive.

He thought and thought, and finally decided to keep silent and let the master speak first.

Seeing Jae Yu's silence for a long time, Confucius asked, "Yu! Why don't you speak?"

Zai Yu bowed respectfully: "Because not speaking is my answer to you.

At the beginning, you once commented on Ning Wuzi of Weiguo, saying that he is: if the state has the way, it will know, and if the state has no way, it will be stupid.Its knowledge is within reach, its stupidity is beyond reach.

A smart person like Ning Wuzi, when the country's politics are clear, he looks smart, and when the country's politics is dark, he pretends to be stupid.His kind of cleverness can be achieved by others, but his kind of pretending to be stupid cannot be achieved by others.

I think this principle can also be applied to eloquent people.

If a person who is good at words wants to protect himself, then the best way is to pretend to be reticent and not good at talking. "

Zai Yu felt that this answer was quite complete, at least he himself couldn't find any faults.

Who knew that Confucius would shake his head slightly after hearing this: "Yu! You have misunderstood the meaning of my words! My evaluation of Wuzi Ning cannot be interpreted in this way."

This time not only Zaiyu was dumb, but even some of the other disciples were at a loss.

"Master, doesn't that mean what you said?"

Confucius shook his head and said, "You think I'm praising Ning Wuzi's wisdom in dealing with the world, but I'm actually praising Ning Wuzi's stupidity of not compromising with the world!"

Zigong wondered, "Why don't you praise wisdom, but stupidity instead?"

Confucius said slowly: "Duke Cheng of Wei was imprisoned in the state of Jin for two years because he offended Duke Wen of Jin.

The ministers in Weiguo believed that Wei Chenggong should have no hope of returning to Weiguo alive, so they all abandoned him and established a new king in the country.

Only Shangqing Ning Wuzi didn't want to join forces with them, but chose to abandon the high-ranking official Houlu of Wei State, and came to Jin State to serve Chenggong with water and food, and continued to assist Chenggong.

Jin Wengong wanted to poison Wei Chenggong's food, but Ning Wuzi saw it through.He was not afraid of the threat of the Jin people, and publicized the matter, which made Jin Wengong criticized by all countries and had to release Chenggong.

After Chenggong returned to Weiguo, he trusted Wuzi Ning in every possible way, but he didn't show anything special in handling political affairs, and he seemed to be no different from other officials in Weiguo.

Ning Wuzi's wisdom in governing the country is something that other high officials can easily match and achieve.

But Ning Wuzi's "stupidity" to abandon high-ranking officials and generous salary and choose to go to Jin State to continue to assist Wei Chenggong is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

This is the fundamental reason why I said that Ning Wuzi is too knowledgeable and too stupid! "

After speaking, Confucius glanced over all the students present and sighed.

"There are so many smart people in the world, but how many 'fools' like Ning Wuzi are there? Could it be that a person like him can't deserve a compliment from me, Confucius?"

After speaking, Confucius turned his attention to Zaiyu again.

"Yu! What do you think I mean by overthrow?"

Zaiyu sighed softly, bowed down and bowed.

"At first, the students thought that the overthrow you said was endangering themselves. But after your teaching, how could I not understand what you mean?

The overthrow you are talking about probably means the corruption of morality, so that it endangers the country and harass the people, right? "

Confucius smiled slightly: "Actually, preserving one's body does not conflict with cultivating virtue. If even virtue is destroyed, then what should be used to preserve one's body? If the body is destroyed, what should be used to govern the country?" ?”

Zaiyu stomped his feet and bowed again: "Whoever wants to rule his country, first heals his family. If he wants to heal his family, he must first cultivate his body. If he wants to mend his body, he must first correct his heart. If he wants to mend his heart, he must first Sincerely."

Confucius gave Jae Yu an admiring look, and he praised: "Yu! Don't you understand everything in your heart? Why don't you start with sincere thoughts and correct thinking?"

Zaiyu said dejectedly, "The student understands."

After finishing speaking, Zai Yu turned his head and walked away holding the wand.

Seeing this, Zilu hurriedly shouted, "Ziwo, what are you doing?"

Zaiyu sighed quietly: "As the master said, my wreath is about to overturn, and I have to find a place to put the water in."

Zilu scratched his head: "Zi, what do you mean?"

Zigong, who knew Zaiyu well, couldn't help coughing, and replied in a low voice, "I drank too much water, find a place to go to the bathroom."

After finishing speaking, Zigong also bowed to the master to resign, and chased in Zaiyu's direction.

Zilu raised his voice and asked again: "Zi, I'm going to release the water, Zi Gong, why are you following?"

Zi Gong's voice came suddenly: "Of course I watched him release the water!"

……

After Zaiyu left the prison, he turned into an alley and leaned against the wall.

He raised his wand and took a sip of stuffy water.

"This water is not airy, it's really boring to drink."

He felt a little depressed in his chest.

Originally, he had prepared a set of rhetoric, but as soon as Master Ning Wuzi brought it out, he couldn't open his mouth anymore.

As a powerful debater, Zaiyu knew that no matter how gorgeous his language was, he could not overcome Ning Wuzi's honest "stupidity".

Facts speak louder than words.

Who wouldn't like someone like Ning Wuzi?
You can say Ning Wuzi is stupid, you can also attack him for being stupid, but you just can't hate this kind of person.

It is precisely because ordinary people cannot be 'stupid' to Ning Wuzi's level, so it is even more valuable.

"Hey, is this the power of virtue? What is said in the "Poetry" is really good! The mountains stand upright, and the scenery walks only. These two sentences are specially used to describe people like Ning Wuzi?"

Zaiyu was talking to himself when Zigong suddenly appeared from the side.

Holding a can of wine that he got from somewhere, he walked up to Jae Yu with a smile.

"My son, are you still worried? Today's work is over, shall we have something good tonight?"

Jai Yu rolled his eyes at him: "Come and see me making a joke, aren't you?"

Zigong laughed, and offered the wine jar with both hands.

"How dare I? You were defeated by the master today. When arguing with the master, whoever goes up is not a loser?

But I see that when you answered the Master's question just now, you hesitated to speak. Is there something in your belly that hasn't been poured out yet? "

Zaiyu took a sip from the jar unceremoniously, and replied: "You know me well. I did keep back, but it's useless to keep it. As soon as the master said that, I knew I was going to lose this time. "

"Oh?" Zigong asked curiously, "Then I wonder if I have the honor to learn from you. What kind of backhand did you keep?"

"It's nothing, just a few words."

Zaiyu returned the jar to Zigong, beckoning him to drink a little too.

But Zigong's interest was obviously not in wine, he asked, "What the hell is that?"

Zai Yu recalled the taste of the wine, shook his head and sighed.

"Be in harmony with the light, and relax with the time. With the scales and hidden wings, thinking belongs to the wind and cloud."

(It is obviously a gentle light, but it behaves like dust, following the conventions and not showing its sharpness.

Comply with the changes of the times, bend and stretch freely.

Retract your scales like a fish, fold your wings like a bird, and hide your sharpness and ambition appropriately.

Pay attention to the changing situation at any time and get ready to go, and when the time is right, you can sweep the world. )
　The most heart-wrenching feeling in the world is not falling in love.

　　But when I handed over my heart, I was deceived by the readers.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)