Fish swimming around the world

Jiang Fan said: "It's just a coincidence."

Old Master Yan smiled and said: "You have a plan. Only in this way can I believe that you will not suffer any loss when you go out. Only in this way can you be qualified to play the chess of the world."

"The chess of the world depends on my wife." Jiang Fan laughed and said.

"You lazy man!" The old master laughed and scolded: "You are a natural genius, with many people, but you have to pretend to be afraid of your wife."

"I was afraid of it. You don't know how scary that woman is. Anyway, I can't afford to offend her." Jiang Fan stuck out his tongue and said.

"Hahaha... Little monkey is interesting. By the way, your wife is indeed different from you. She dares to be the first in the world and the first in the world. She is magnificent and unmatched. It is really different from your style."

Jiang Fan finally got the opportunity this time and wanted to know the story of Old Master Yan and the empress.

The old master did not hide it and simply told the story.

At that time, when Confucius was thirty years old, he thought that he had achieved a lot in his studies and was full of ambitions. He wanted to go out and rule the world, but he encountered obstacles everywhere and was excluded in everything, which made him frustrated.

So he admitted that he was not knowledgeable enough, closed himself in Wenqiu, and devoted himself to studying for ten years. He won a great reputation in the literary world, and he also believed that he understood the great way of saving the world and governing the country. He came out again, and this time he chose to lobby the five countries, with the purpose of hoping that the world would be unified again.

However, the situation did not improve much. The five countries treated him with courtesy, but did not use him. It seemed more like they were using his reputation to achieve certain goals.

Confucius wandered around for ten years. When he was fifty, he had seen the power and tricks of the people in power, the suffering of the people in the world, the fame of the literati, and the heroes of the world.

Disappointed, he retired again and founded Wenqiu, hoping to carry forward his ideas with literature.

Due to its reputation, Wenqiu soon became a literary holy land, but slowly, Master found that these literary celebrities were just here to gild themselves, and they could not escape fame, wealth and personal desires.

Master was almost discouraged, but at this time, he met a girl. That was the last period of time when the empress went out to travel.

That day, the empress saw Master declare his ambition to settle the world by force, unify the five countries, pacify the four borders, clear the eight wildernesses and six directions, and conquer a big world. From then on, he unified the laws and education to comfort the people, save the people, and realize the world.

Such a meeting, Master was shocked by her and was deeply impressed by her ambition. He was even willing to come out of the mountains to serve as her prime minister.

But the empress denied it, believing that the world should be ruled by Confucianism, and the world should be conquered by law. This concept was what Master thought about for decades, and he felt that it was really the way of the world. He finally understood that his way and reason were not wrong, but they were not in line with the times.

Therefore, the Master hid in Wenqiu, waiting for the opportunity to support the Empress.

Later, the Empress never let the Master down. After returning to the country, she defeated the old forces of Qin State in one fell swoop, ascended to the top as a woman, and implemented the legal system in a very short time, making Qin strong and powerful, proving the correctness of her ideas. Later, she defeated the five countries on her own and achieved a great reputation.

However, the war between the five countries was still too tragic. The Master once thought that Qin State would be unable to recover for a long time and adopted a strategy of compromise.

But unexpectedly, the Empress continued to implement hegemony while governing the country, fighting internal troubles and external invasions, and even openly rebelled against the Holy Land and resisted the gods. Her reputation grew day by day, and she gradually became invincible, making the heroes of the world afraid of her.

The Master was already full of emotion, but the Empress unexpectedly encountered a talent that could change the world. A young man with a young crown suddenly appeared out of nowhere, with great talent and wisdom. He traveled through the muddy undercurrents of the world and won every battle. He even pointed his spearhead at the northern border. His courage and boldness were not inferior to the Empress, but he made up for the inconvenience of the Empress's inability to do certain things due to her inconvenient status. The two of them complemented each other.

The Master secretly exclaimed, the Phoenix appeared in the sky, the clouds and mists hid the dragon, who in the sky and on the earth could compete with him? This is the will of heaven, the will of heaven!

Jiang Fan said embarrassedly: "How dare I call myself a dragon? I'm just a small fish."

The Master looked at him meaningfully: "You little fish, take the world as your river, and sooner or later you will become a dragon in the clouds."

Although the old Master was praising Jiang Fan, Jiang Fan also really sighed that the Master was the real scholar of this era, and he had the generosity of a scholar with a broad mind.

He was concerned about the sufferings of the people and their livelihoods, which was great benevolence. He traveled around the world and worked hard just to quell the war, which was great righteousness. He understood the way of the world and was willing to put down his own academic ideas, which was knowing the truth. He looked across the five countries, denied the separatism of the warlords, and was not limited by the narrow family and country, which was in harmony with the Tao.

Such a person of great benevolence and righteousness, knowing the truth and in harmony with the Tao, deserves to be respected by the world as a master.

And now, with the publication of a rare book of Confucius, "The Analects", his status in the literary world has surpassed all the literary saints from ancient times to the present, and he is called the most holy teacher.

"Your book has benefited me a lot." Speaking of the Analects, Confucius couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"I am just organizing your remarks, so I dare not take credit for them. However, the higher your reputation in the literary world is, the better it will be for us. When the time comes, we will be able to win the support of the literary world."

The master nodded: "But now is not the right time. We should be patient and wait for the right time."

Jiang Fan said: "Yan Congwen has been making trouble recently."

The master sighed: "Fame and fortune are very attractive. He is now recruiting followers. His disciples are now secretly calling him Yanshenggong."

Okay, you are really impatient. Jiang Fan shook his head: "A gentleman hides his ability and waits for the right time to act. He is so high-profile, so he is not sophisticated and can hardly achieve great things."

The teacher said: "You are right, let him do it, this will only make Sima Ji more afraid."

Jiang Fan smiled: "The first bird to stick its head out will be shot. Yan Congwen did not support Sima Ji in the beginning. Now Sima Ji is using the war to re-centralize power and change from civil to military. Yan Congwen jumped out to do it, just in time to block the eyes of King Jin from Wenqiu."

The teacher laughed and said: "You are so Boy, you have a sharp vision. It's a pity that my cousin is short-sighted and will bring disaster sooner or later. "

Jiang Fan said: "Yan Congwen lacks political wisdom, but Lin Tingchen is a man of integrity."

Speaking of Lin Tingchen, the master seemed very satisfied, "Well... among the disciples, Tingchen is the most resolute, and he performed well in this war."

Jiang Fan smiled: "Your disciple is not only resolute, but also very smart."

He was talking about Lin Zhaoji.

The master said: "Literati can be bookish, but not pedantic and stubborn. Tingchen is upright and scheming, which comforts me very much."

Jiang Fan sighed: "It's a pity that such a person will become an obstacle to the Qin Dynasty in the future."

The master's face was calm: "In the era of great contention, the stars are shining, and they compose a brilliant chapter for their families and countries. This is the wonderful part of the world. "