"You are the queen of the gentry. Please go to [全~本520Read] for the latest chapter, please remember our website: xs520.co" Feng Yun asked.
“The family is in decline, and the nobles do not dare to take the position.” Guan Zhong answered truthfully.
Feng Yun nodded and stopped asking. There were many nobles whose families had fallen into decline, and there were often not a few young people with some knowledge. But if they wanted to return to the ranks of the nobles, they also needed to have the connections and talents to become an official.
"I can't give you a definite answer to your question. I can only make some assumptions based on the actions of Yue State."
“Master teaches me.” Guan Zhong gave a courtesy, and it was obvious that he was a man who knew etiquette.
“Just some personal opinions, just listen to them.”
Feng Yun said: "The ancestor of the Yue State was Wuyu, the concubine of the Xia Dynasty monarch Shaokang. He was one of the direct descendants of Dayu. After the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, King Wu enfeoffed the sages and famous ministers and then became princes. The Yue State was originally a state of enfeoffment.
, but after many years, I have been away from the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty for a long time, and now I am no longer a minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
“Because it is deep in the hinterland of Dongyi, the people who have lived there for a long time do not accept the king’s rule, but it has to be said that their people are simple in nature, they all obey the orders of Yuejun, and they are all brave and powerful. It can be said that the people are extremely strong."
After talking about the power of the Yue Kingdom, Feng Yun added: "Although the Yue Kingdom is strong, it is also rude. The first time they entered the Yue Palace, they were humiliated and cannot be discussed."
“Later, I asked Da Ting to send heavy treasures as gifts to the Yue Kingdom...”
“Nowadays, the small countries surrounding the Yue Kingdom all pay tribute with gifts and hope that the Yue Kingdom will be stable. However, the Yue Kingdom’s intentions are not that of gentlemen in our hearts, but rather barbarians.”
“Now that autumn is approaching, it is the time for grain harvest. Let me ask, does Yue country harvest grain in winter?”
Guan Zhongshun replied: "The Yue Kingdom also harvests in autumn. The whole country is in the period of autumn."
"Yes." Feng Yun said, "I just don't know whether the harvest of the Yue country is abundant because of the food in its own country, or whether it is because of the food of the surrounding small countries."
Feng Yun's words are not false. In fact, he knows that after the Yue State prepares for the national destiny of a country, its autumn harvest will be affected by the national destiny, and it will not be any better. The whole world is fed by grain.
When it comes to major events, the Yue Kingdom is no exception.
It is very possible that the country of Yue is harvesting grain, but it cannot be said nonsense at this time.
“Food, will Vietnam come to grab food?”
As soon as Feng Yun's remarks came out, the people around him started talking about it.
“Master, are you really going to come to grab food?” someone asked.
Feng Yun said: "The country of Yue is located on the coast and its people are rich. Unless the food problem is punished by God, there will be no shortage of food... It was just a guess."
It is not a good thing to feel panic when there is no crisis, Feng Yun added.
“I am only sixteen, and I have some knowledge of literacy in the Six Books and the Book of Rites. I have yet to talk about the planning and discussion of other countries, so you don’t need to take it to heart.”
Some people are still uneasy.
“Master, if I want to cross a country and ask for food, is there any way?”
Feng Yun pondered for two minutes and said: "The affairs of the Yue Kingdom are not mainly about food, but actually why the Yuejun invaded the surrounding small countries and what they did. Only by finding what the Yuejun needs can the problem be solved. The whole... Ben???
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"As for food... Uncle Su is the successor of Uncle Yang of Dating. He will inherit his father's ambition and must have his virtues. You don't have to worry about this."
Although Uncle Yang of Dating died, his virtuous legacy was still there, and everyone knew that the country of Yue was rich. It was not a year of great calamity, and there would be no food disaster. This made everyone feel at ease.
On the other side, Guan Zhong was thinking carefully about Feng Yun's words.
The State of Yue was originally a vassal state under the rule of the Zhou Dynasty, but it broke away from the ritual system and is now so ferocious...
He asked again: "Master Yun, what will happen if the country loses its etiquette?"
Feng Yun heard the true meaning of Guan Zhong's words - if some countries that abide by etiquette lose their etiquette system, will they grow barbaric, arrogant and powerful like the Yue Kingdom?
Feng Yun couldn't help but look at Guan Zhong, and his sharp eyes made Guan Zhong's heart skip a beat.
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“Guan Zhong made a mistake...” Although he made a mistake, Guan Zhong never lowered his head and seemed to want to hear Feng Yun say more.
"what's your name?"
Guan Zhong replied: "Guan Zhong, a traveling merchant."
“Guan Zhong?”
Feng Yun was in a daze. He had heard of this name. He was a very famous person in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was... Guanzi.
Served as Qi State, pioneer of Legalism...
Feng Yun could only remember so much, and Guan Zhong’s thoughts and ideas were not clear.
But combined with this person’s words, this person’s thoughts are strange and disrespectful.
So, is he really the manager?
Is he thinking about the possibility of abolishing etiquette and becoming a dictatorship?
As soon as I asked such a question, Guan Zhong was not a man who was inferior to others and acted in a depressed manner.
Feng Yun thought about it and wanted to refuse, not wanting to affect Guan Zhong's own life, but he also thought that if he traveled through time, he would definitely affect the world. As long as he was within the existing rules of this world, why bother to worry so much.
He then pondered and said from the perspective of Zhou Dynasty: "How do you think the system of the Shang Dynasty is better and worse than the current ritual system?"
Without hesitation, Guan Zhong said: "Now."
Feng Yun added: "Then today's etiquette system can be traced to the Shang Dynasty."
Guan Zhong: "Yes, but it is not cruel. Instead, it is the rule of a gentleman."
When Guan Zhong said this, he said it from the perspective of a nobleman. Feng Yun observed the expressions of the people listening below.
The two young masters nodded, agreeing with Guan Zhong's thoughts.
But Feng Yun could see the numbness in the eyes of many common people, and some even sneered at him.
Feng Yun thought of a must-read book he had read in his inner room before and asked: "Have you read "Nine Punishments"?"
"Nine Punishments", the punishments under the Zhou ritual system.
In terms of punishment, in addition to following the five punishments of the Xia and Shang Dynasties, including Mo, Kuan, Ji, Gong, and Dawei, the Western Zhou Dynasty also added four more punishments, namely, exile, redemption, whipping, and beating.
Liu means to be exiled, redeem means to redeem the punishment with money or things, flog means to beat with a whip, and pu means to beat with a wooden board.
There are nine types of punishments in total.
Guan Zhong nodded: "I have read it and thought about it."
Guan Zhong seemed to be well prepared.
Feng Yun said with a smile: "If you compare the Shang Dynasty with today's system, and look at the differences between the two dynasties, you will have the answer."
In the Shang Dynasty, everyone except the emperor was severely punished. However, in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the common people were not polite and only punished, but the scholar-bureaucrats had an additional "punishment-atonement" to atone for their sins.
The so-called gentleman's rule refers to redemption of punishment, but this has nothing to do with the common people who can afford to eat.
Guan Zhong suddenly realized it and was about to speak out, but suddenly paused.
He is not a fool. Just know some things and don’t need to say them out. The kindness of the Western Zhou Dynasty was given to the scholar-bureaucrats, but this is definitely dangerous. The people can be punished, but they can’t just be punished.
Guan Zhong fell into thinking. When he looked at Feng Yun, his eyes moved slightly. He thought that Feng Yun was the same person as him, a truly knowledgeable person. He hurriedly asked: "In addition to punishment, what else can be given to them?"
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They - common people.
Feng Yun looked into the distance, and Guan Zhong followed him.
But I only saw the stream beside the well. The stream flowed towards the city wall and finally merged into the moat outside the city.
“This stream is flowing, do you know the end of the stream?”
Guan Zhongna said: "This stream merges into the Dating River, then passes through several bends and enters the territory of several small countries, and finally flows into the Miaofang Kingdom Miaoshui, divides into the mountains, and turns into countless small streams."
Guan Zhong understood.
“Master is saying that if you want to know the needs of the people, you must follow their actions?”
Feng Yun nodded.
“Boom!”
A sound of thunder heralds the last rain at the end of summer.
“Autumn is coming soon, let’s go.”
This chapter has been completed!