Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 8 Flexible Ethics

Zigong thought hard for a while, then suddenly said, "That's right! There is one more person."

"Who?"

"Guan Zhong."

"Guan Zhong? Master actually likes Guan Zhong?!"

Zai Yu was overjoyed immediately, Guan Zhong was a good choice!

Everyone in the world knows that Guan Zhong has the talent of mastering the world, he assisted Duke Huan of Qi to unite the nine princes and achieve hegemony.

In the country of Qi, Guan Zhong carried out drastic economic and institutional reforms, and Guan Zhongdang took the lead in making Qi a superpower with a wealthy side.

But on the other hand, although Guan Zhong is brilliant, there are many black spots on this person.

Guan Zhong's family was poor, and he often encountered the situation of not having enough to eat.

His good friend Bao Shuya helped Guan Zhong repeatedly and lent him money, but Guan Zhong never repaid the money.

Although Bao Shuya didn't care about this, he still admired Guan Zhong's talent.

But in the eyes of onlookers, Guan Zhong is really bullying honest people a bit.

Moreover, when Guan Zhong first became an official, the lord he served was Jiang Jiu, the prince of Qi, not Jiang Xiaobai, Duke Huan of Qi.

At that time, Prince Jiu and Prince Xiaobai fought for the throne of Qi.

Guan Zhong was ordered to take people to intercept and kill the young master Xiaobai.

The two met in the wild, Guan Zhong shot an arrow, and the young master Xiaobai fell to the ground.

Guan Zhong thought Jiang Xiaobai was dead, so he left with his men.

As everyone knows, the son Xiaobai was pretending to be dead, and Guan Zhong's arrow did not hit Xiaobai, but hit his belt hook.

After the son Xiaobai escaped from birth, he was one step ahead of the son Jiu and returned to the state of Qi to succeed him as the king. He was Duke Huan of Qi.

After Guan Zhong heard the news, he and his colleague Zhao Hu immediately took Prince Jiu with them, and ran out of Qi State at a rocket speed, and ran to Lu State to hide.

But the good times didn't last long, and they were arrested by Lu people not long after.

Duke Huan of Qi asked the State of Lu to kill Prince Jiu and send Guan Zhong and Zhao Huan back to Qi State.

Under the diplomatic pressure of Qi, the State of Lu could only follow suit.

But after the death of Young Master Jiu, Zhao Hu felt very sad and angry, and chose to hit the pillar to die in order to be loyal, but Guan Zhong honestly returned to Qi State in a prison car.

From the perspective of future generations, Guan Zhong's behavior seems to be no big deal, just to survive, not to shiver.

But if Guan Zhong is measured from the perspective of Zhou Li, he has a big problem.

Did not expect, did not expect ah!Master actually likes Guan Zhong!

Jae Yu snickered in his heart: "Things are starting to get interesting."

Zigong said: "A few days ago I browsed Guan Zhong's life, and felt that although this man had amazing talent, he lived a luxurious life and had a lack of personal morality. So I think he can be said to be a minister capable of governing the world, but he cannot be regarded as a benevolent gentleman. But whether Guan Zhong was alive or dead, he was loved by the people of Qi State, I think this is unreasonable, so I took this matter to ask the master."

Speaking of this, Zi Gong recalled the scene that day, and his face suddenly became ugly.

Zai Yu asked, "What did you ask Master?"

Zigong replied: "I asked my master: In the past, Duke Huan of Qi killed Prince Jiu in order to inherit the throne. Guan Zhong, as a minister of Prince Jiu, not only could not die with his death, but also went to assist Duke Huan of Qi. Like Guan Yiwu Second minister, shouldn't you be called a benevolent man?"

"and then?"

Zigong stared, "What do you think?"

Zaiyu continued to ask, "Have you been scolded?"

Zigong scolded angrily: "Why am I being scolded? You think I am you, and I am being scolded every day!"

Zai Yu narrowed his eyes, and fixed his eyes on Zi Gong: "Huh?"

Zigong felt guilty after being stared at by him, so he could only admit in a low voice: "Not only I was scolded, but Zilu was also scolded."

"What's the matter with Zilu?"

Zigong laughed and said: "The topic about Guan Zhong was originally started by Zilu, I was just following Zilu to help... I thought the master would support us, who would have thought that the master would scold me and Zilu face to face? ?”

Zai Yu said: "This is called a fire at the gate of the city, which will bring disaster to the fish in the pond! You have nothing to do to join in the fun, look, this time your house has collapsed! With your level of conversation, you dare to boast that you are the best eloquent among your classmates , I really don’t want any face!"

Zigong said angrily: "Can this be the same? I didn't know that the master had such a high opinion of Guan Zhong. You think you are amazing, so why don't you go to the master to talk about Guan Zhong?"

Jae Yu grinned: "Look for it! Isn't it just questioning Guan Zhong in front of the master? What's so difficult about it?"

Seeing Zaiyu's confident expression, Zigong immediately felt annoyed and amused.

"Then you go. I'll wait to see how the master will scold you."

"Call me? You can't just scold me, you have to scold you too."

"Why do you scold me, master? I didn't say anything wrong."

Jae Yu said leisurely: "Did you forget what you promised me before? You have to answer all my questions, and then do me a favor."

Zi Gong frowned and thought about it, it seems that there is such a thing.

It didn't take long for him to react: "It's broken! I've been tricked!"

Zaiyu said: "I want you to go to the Master again today and ask, where does he care about Yiwu's deserving of the word 'benevolence'?"

Zi Gong said in surprise, "My son, you are sick, right?"

Zai Yu sneered, with a ferocious face: "It's not just a disease, I am a serious disease!"

"But me... this..."

Zai Yu said: "You don't want to go back on your word, do you? The Master said: A gentleman can't chase after a word."

"Zi said?"

Zigong was stunned for a long time.

He tried his best to recall for a long time, but he still couldn't remember when the master said "a gentleman's words are hard to follow".

"When did the master say this sentence? My son, you are not making it up, right? What the old man said is clearly: a gentleman is too good to speak!"

Zaiyu didn't panic at all when someone exposed him, on the contrary, he became more and more straightforward.

He said: "I didn't say that my 'Zi Yue' refers to Confucius."

"Then which son are you referring to by 'Zi Yue'?"

Zaiyu patted his chest and took a step forward: "Of course it's me, the sage Zaizi!"

When Zigong saw this, he was not angry at all, he pinched Zaiyu's small brain and shook it evenly.

"Sage Zaizi? You are just a little brat! If I hadn't reacted so quickly, I would have almost fooled you. You really think that adding a 'Zi Yue' in front of it, I believe that is what the master said ?"

Zaiyu managed to break free from Zigong's clutches, and while arranging his clothes, he reprimanded Zigong for his rude behavior.

"In broad daylight, brighten the world! You dare to do this on the street, but if you change to a place where no one is around, I don't dare to think what you will do. Do you still take "Zhou Li" seriously when you do this? !"

Zigong also didn't go to debate with Zaiyu whether it was appropriate or not, because it was meaningless.

After the previous rounds of debate, he now sees it through.

Zaiyu this kid, now he is advancing to adapt to local conditions, and retreating to flaunt the "Zhou Li".

His moral standards are really too flexible!

　Never ask others for recommendation tickets, because one day you will understand that the recommendation tickets given by others are actually illusions.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　


(End of this chapter)