Three Kingdoms

Wellcome thought he was pretty good.

It's like all the naughty kids think they are great.

The reason why a naughty kid is a naughty kid is not because the naughty kid doesn’t know the truth, nor because the naughty kid doesn’t understand right and wrong, but because the naughty kid likes to test the edges, and then challenges everyone’s bottom line again and again, in order to Improve your status in the family and among the people around you.

This is actually the same as a dog trying to challenge the family status. If it is not effectively stopped at the beginning, then the dog will challenge again and again until it becomes the "leader" of the family.

In fact, most of the naughty children who run into society and cause trouble have already obtained the position of "leader" in the family through "challenge". A group of elders surround the naughty children and exempt them from "just a child" again and again. A single responsibility led the naughty kid to mistakenly think that he did not need to bear any responsibility, and he began to be dissatisfied with everyone in the family hanging around him, so the naughty kid began to try to make a difference in society and among all the people he could come into contact with. To cause trouble is like a dog that poops and pees everywhere and barks at everyone.

Who can argue with a child?

Then Nv Quan came and quietly added another word "female" in front of the child...

Ahem.

But one thing that naughty children never understand is that society cannot be as tolerant as a family. At home, even if the parents are harsh and scolding, they are still parents. In society, not everyone is a naughty child. parents……

For example, Wei Duan had strict orders before, prohibiting Wei Kang from sneaking back to Chang'an, but Wei Kang still sneaked back this time.

Disobeying his father's orders was no big deal in Wei Kang's eyes.

The worst that can happen is that I get scolded again...

If you are in trouble, and you really can't do it, you will be beaten, and that's about it.

If not, just two meals?

As for the issue of heirs, although it was indeed terrifying, Wei Kang thought about it and thought it was impossible.

Although Wei Duan said that if Wei Kang made any mistakes again, Wei Kang's position as heir would be revoked, but if this heir was not given to Wei Kang, who could it be given to? Could it be given to the disabled person in the family? Doesn't this make the Chang'an gentry a laughing stock? Wei Kang can be shameless, but he feels that his father is shameless, so he can always take advantage by shamelessly thinking about it.

What's more, Wei Kang feels that what he is doing now is extremely correct!

Is Qiao Bing a good person? No, Qiao not only condoned his tribe's misdeeds in Sichuan and Sichuan, but was also arrogant and domineering in the Five Directions God's Dojo. There were even rumors that he privately tortured people to death in the dojo without proper channels.

So, can such a person become a representative of the scriptures? If it is discovered and exposed after the sutra transmission ceremony is completed, wouldn't it be a loss of face for the knight? I worry about the knight's worries, think about the knight's thoughts, and take the initiative to share the worries for the knight. Isn't this wrong?

Wei Kang looked through the relevant materials delivered by the intermediary messenger and was very satisfied.

But satisfaction is satisfaction, and it still seems to lack some meaning to beat Qiao to death with a stick.

Sometimes, laws and regulations, no matter which feudal dynasty they belong to, are downward, that is, they are used to regulate the lower classes. As for the middle and upper class feudal officials, they are not very applicable in most cases. For example, if an extremely petty official hits an ordinary pedestrian while drinking and riding a horse, then the official will be given three days to see if he can solve the problem on his own. If he solves the problem, nothing will happen and nothing can be solved. Only then will it be dealt with by the law.

The same is true with the issue of mergers and acquisitions.

Is there any problem with the marriage?

have.

But there are too many officials with problems...

In the feudal dynasty, how many officials dared to pat their chests and loudly say that they had no problems at all? No extra meal, no extra penny benefits?

And in many cases, because the people are not enlightened, there are some things that cannot be rationally explained to ordinary people.

For example, when we build roads and open mountains, some people say that there are graves here. Then he said he would give a subsidy of 100 yuan to move the grave. Then some people thought that since they were willing to give one hundred, they could give one thousand. So he went back on his word and said that it would only take one thousand. Then it was said that it was necessary to negotiate. When some people heard that they could negotiate, they felt that their own demands were too little. Since one thousand can be negotiated, then ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one million, ten million, or even hundreds of millions can also be negotiated. ?

Of course, there are also some officials who feel that some people may not be able to make sense anyway, so they don't even bother to talk to those who can make sense at the beginning, and use the toughest measures when they come up.

Time is tight, tasks are heavy, and one layer after another is layered on top of one another. It saves trouble for the superiors, and it naturally makes it easier for the subordinates.

If we take it seriously, which official in these feudal dynasties has clean hands?

The position of the butt is different, and the viewing angle is also different.

Therefore, if Wei Kang relies on these material evidences, he may not be able to achieve the effect Wei Kang wants to achieve.

Wei Kang wanted Qiao Bin to fall, and he wanted to collapse very quickly before the scripture conferment ceremony, instead of just stumbling.

Only in this way will Wei Kang have the opportunity to become the new religious leader...

Wei Kang put down the evidence in his hands, then closed his eyes and began to think.

If Qiao and Bing fall, then within the Five Directions God Dojo, everyone up and down will be involved. Not to mention those deputies who are deeply involved with Qiao and Bing, those in the dojo who can stand up to make up for the vacancy caused by the ceremony. , I’m afraid there aren’t many.

And among the three assistants in Chang'an, how many can take over the banner of Tao Te Ching after Qiao Bing's fall?

In fact, there are many people who are familiar with the Tao Te Ching, but they are either too old or already have a very high position, so Wei Kang believes that this is the best opportunity!

Compared with those people, my biggest advantage is naturally that I am young.

After all, who would have trouble with a kid?

Wei Kang laughed out loud, like a naughty child who was looking forward to the success of his prank.

Therefore, if Wei Kang wants Qiao Bin to fall at the right time, he should add fire to these materials.

It is said that if the people do not promote officials, then the question now is, how to find this people, and how to perform such a move just right...

……(￣_,￣)……

Without Butcher Zhang, would we still have to eat pigs with hair on them?

Can I still find Butcher Chen?

Even though Butcher Chen works part-time...

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Shi ran away. Based on the clues left by Zhang Shi, Wei Kang secretly found Chen Ming, the Taoist priest who was framed and made things difficult for him.

The fact that Chen Ming was framed and made things difficult for him is both big and small.

After all, there have been many such things throughout the ages, so much so that they are even commonplace.

In Qiao Bing's mind, what he did was not to "make things difficult", but to declare the sovereignty of the territory, just like a tiger and leopard, or a dog peeing with its legs crossed, so Qiao Bing thought it was not a big deal. thing, and it is also a common method used by many leaders. Choose an older person, have some fun with them, and then improve yourself by suppressing the other person.

After all, if Chen Ming can't bear it anymore, just get out.

Qiao did not intend to let Chen Ming stay in the Five Directions God's Dojo for the rest of his life, but he generously gave Chen Ming the right to choose. Even Qiao Bing knew that Chen Ming had been a Taoist priest for so long and no longer knew much about other ways to survive. This so-called exit option was actually almost non-existent.

Therefore, Qiao Bing felt that Chen Ming had only one choice, which was to be patient.

This is indeed the case.

Chen Ming did not resist and suffered silently.

However, what Qiao Bing didn't know was that being silent did not mean consent, and not speaking did not mean consent. However, as the leader of the Five Directions God's Dojo, he was accustomed to thinking that others' silence meant acquiescence and approval.

Wei Kang approached Chen Ming, and Chen Ming was very moved, but Chen Ming still had doubts. He believed that Wei Kang could not defeat Qiao Bian, so he refused to stand up and testify. However, Wei Kang was confident. He casually told Chen Ming to go back and wait, saying that a turning point was about to happen...

Chen Ming was doubtful, but for him, if Wei Kang could really bring down Qiao Bing, he didn't care about chasing down the dog in the water, jumping up and kicking Qiao Bing, and then throwing a few rocks at him.

Everything seems to be peaceful...

On the other side, although Qiao Bing himself knew part of the family affairs, well, indeed only part of it, until now, Qiao Bing still thought that things in his family had not broken out yet, and he still had a lucky mentality. Perhaps it was due to the influence of this lucky mentality that Qiao Bing was even more diligent than usual. In the past few days, he had worked tirelessly and spared no effort to do his best and provide advice for the scripture conferring ceremony. He wished he could Do everything properly.

Among these things, the most important thing is to find suitable sentences from the "Tao Te Ching" and turn them into appropriate rituals...

This is actually a bit troublesome.

The reason why Qiao Bing found it troublesome was that there were some contradictions between Laozi's core concepts and the Confucian faction that respected etiquette.

To use a grand ceremony like a "Grand Ceremony" to inseminate, bah, to teach scriptures, is actually somewhat contrary to Lao Tzu's original intention.

China is the earliest, almost cheating.

Many people think that utopian social ideals are a Western trend of thought, but in fact Lao Tzu proposed this point very early in his thoughts. Lao Tzu believes that the highest state of society is for everyone to be "virtuous". The so-called virtue naturally means that there is no selfish desire, everything is for the public, for everyone. From a certain perspective, this is actually very similar to Utopia.

Therefore, what is very interesting is that in fact, when China was in the age of hundreds of schools of thought, many ideas had already sprouted, such as Laozi, Confucius, Mozi, etc. At that time, China seemed to be cheating, and stood in advance on countless cross-roads. intersection...

So much so that the ruling class at that time had too many choices, resulting in various choice syndromes.

Laozi's path is too difficult, Confucius's path is too hard, Mozi's path is too poor...

After picking and choosing, the Seven Kingdoms looked at themselves and others, and then tentatively went their separate ways.

There is a system and there are plug-ins, but after all, people still have to use it, right?

And there are pig teammates.

It is clear that there is a mass killing here, but there is a great Song Dynasty and a special Song Dynasty over there...

Just like Qiao Bing, he worked very hard to find etiquette standards consistent with the current situation from the Tao Te Ching, and confirmed its correctness from the Book of Songs and the Analects of Confucius. However, as he continued to work hard, his pig teammates at home had already Start giving away people's heads.

In Chang'an, Qiao Bing was still holding his breath and trying hard to push the tower.

To combine the Tao Te Ching and ancient rituals to formulate the "Grand Ceremony of Teaching", there are two towers that need to be knocked down, one is Laozi's and the other is Confucius's.

In Laozi's "Tao Te Ching", "rituals" are relatively belittled, which is very different from Confucius' Confucianism which praises "rituals".

Of course, this may be because the "Tao Te Ching" talks about morality, while Confucius talks more about "benevolence and propriety".

Confucius believed that among "Tao, virtue, benevolence, righteousness, and propriety", the most important ones are the "ritual and music system" and the "ritual and music concept". Confucius also made the most efforts in these two aspects, and they have become the core concepts that represent his ideological system.

Ritual and music culture is mainly based on etiquette and supplemented by music. It was inherited and evolved from the Zhou Dynasty and the patriarchal culture of the tribe. The gradually formed regulations, systems, rituals, and customs include the customary laws of the Zhou people. and moral law.

As the Zhou people entered the slave society, the original egalitarian and democratic elements in Zhou rituals gradually faded away, while the content of hierarchy continued to strengthen. However, one thing remains consistent, that is, the bonds of blood relations are continuous, and the family organization and the social and political organization are integrated. . After King Wu destroyed Shang, Zhou became "the common master of the world." In order to rule the vast Yellow River and Huaihe River basins, Duke Zhou carried out some reforms to Zhou rites, which was called "making rites and making music". With the promotion of the Zhou Dynasty, a huge change occurred in Chinese society during the Yin and Zhou dynasties. The change.

So is "ritual" wrong?

No, at least it's not a simple matter of right or wrong.

Lao Tzu said that we don’t want etiquette, because etiquette is downward, but we should talk about virtue.

Confucius said that everyone must be polite and have rules.

There are two important principles in Confucian etiquette, one of which is respect. It is to divide people into many grades, maintain the respect of the humble to the noble, and recognize the privileges of the nobles.

Respecting the Lord is first of all respecting the King.

Another important principle is kinship, that is, love for relatives, which includes father, son, filial piety, brother, friend, and brother.

According to the principle of kinship, family interests come first, and relatives who have violated national laws should be concealed rather than reported. "The father hides himself for the son, and the son hides himself for the father. He is always there." 』

For "ritual", there were subsequent additions, and it gradually became a system of etiquette and etiquette formulated and promoted by it to represent the interests of the ruling class, that is, a legal system.

Because the ruling class in a private ownership society is aloof and only cares about the interests of its own class, etiquette laws are formulated to first protect private ownership and royal rule. Therefore, it is often harmful to the working people. Of course, it also has some restraints on people of the aristocratic class who want to destroy and overthrow this etiquette.

It is undeniable that "rituals" also have some contents and norms for regulating civil disputes, and are implemented using state violence agencies. However, people of all classes in society will naturally try to take advantage of this etiquette when they compete for personal gain. Or avoid this kind of etiquette, and there will be endless incidents, large and small, that violate etiquette and law.

Lao Tzu said, "If you do not respond to a gift, you will throw it away." 』

Therefore, I don't like "propriety", he prefers "morality".

The higher the way, the higher virtue.

Is the best good like water?

Benevolence, justice and etiquette are all inferior.

Tao, relatively speaking, is "pursuit" and the best ideal, while virtue is the concept that everyone should abide by.

Lao Tzu's way is "morality".

Lao Tzu believes that in ancient times, with superior virtue, people could consciously do things that benefit society. Later, society progressed in name, with more people joining forces, and productivity becoming more developed, but it loudly shouted that people must be benevolent.

If you shout too much, no one will listen.

So I just "threw it away".

These two seem to be in completely different directions, just like two contradictory parties standing together, which makes Qiao Bing in the middle very painful. If you don't care at all and just do it casually, such as making an altar and planting flags from all directions, then what are you going to do? If you find a craftsman, you won't be able to make the steps and floor of the altar straighter than Qiao Bing.

Qiao Bing wants to find a theory that supports the grand ceremony, just like the Grand Theory of Qinglong Temple, it has a certain height, and this height can ensure that he will not lose the right to speak in the grand ceremony and be easily replaced by others.

It has to be said that Qiao Bing was not completely incompetent. After he thought hard for a few days, he suddenly burst out laughing because Qiao Bing suddenly saw a sentence, "If the Tao is used to govern, the people should be punished, and the people will be exempted." And shameless; the way is based on virtue, the order is based on etiquette, and there is shame and morality."...

"Yes!" ” Qiao and danced, “The superior virtue is not virtuous, so it is virtuous; the inferior virtue is not virtuous, so it is not virtuous! This is interoperability! That’s what it’s meant to be used for! Morality, benevolence, justice and etiquette are actually the same! 』

Qiao laughed loudly, and then called out, asking people to hurry up and make two long banners. They wrote the ten words "Morality, benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette are actually the same", and then used them as the core elements of the entire sutra conferring ceremony.

Qiao Bing is capable, but it does not mean that his character must be good.

Just like what Laozi and Confucius said, it is precisely because of the lack that there is a special need.

This is like a contradiction, conflicting all the time.

The same is true for Qiao Bing. Every day he talks about being good, cultivating virtue, worshiping the gods of the five directions, and achieving good results in this life. However, his bottom is not clean. There are always some things that seem very complicated, but if you make up your mind and implement them step by step, you will find that everything is not as difficult as you imagined. The key to success or failure lies in the lack of courage and strength to implement it.

The internal affairs of Qiao Bing's family are actually like Laozi's morality and Confucius' benevolence and etiquette. No matter which one you choose, there is actually a chance to change the fate of the Qiao family. But what is very interesting is that Qiao Bing has nothing to do with it. No choice.

Although Qiao Bing said on stage that "morality, benevolence, justice, and etiquette are all the same," in reality, he chose neither morality nor benevolence, justice, etiquette.

He finally chose "profit".

Just when Qiao was about to complete the preparations for the entire sutra-conferring ceremony, on this day, in front of the Dali Temple in Chang'an City, some people suddenly came...