King Xiong Qian of Chu was actually not as angry as he imagined.
Although he was very dissatisfied with being given a posthumous title, the story of the Wushan Goddess made him want to stop.
He even took a trip to Wushan in person, hoping to find the goddess and have a good time together.
It's a pity that after wandering around Wushan, there was no sign of the goddess.
Xiong Qian is the kind of lecher that gentlemen like Li Yunze despise the most.
This person is lustful and especially likes to have a slim waist.
It is precisely because of Xiong Qian's hobby that the women in his palace even skipped meals for a long time in order to slim down their waists.
As for the result, of course many beauties starved to death.
Because of this incident, a saying spread: "The king of Chu has such a thin waist that many people in the palace starve to death." '
There are many idioms and stories about Xiong Qian, such as "Up and Down His Hands" are also derived from this.
In the view of the King of Chu, the reason why he does not deal with the Lu State now is simply because he does not want to take action now.
When I remembered it one day, I would immediately crush it with my fingers and crush it to death.
As for Kong Laoer, the writer who wrote himself into the storybook, Xiong Qian didn't want to kill him directly. Instead, he thought about recruiting him to Chu State, and from then on he wrote the storybook with himself as the protagonist.
When the news reached Li Yunze, he rejected it without hesitation.
The reason is very simple. If it were really based on King Xiong Qian of Chu, then the books would definitely be written by Ye Mene.
Li Yunze recognized King Chu as his enemy.
Although he knew that King Chu would be in trouble in a few years, Li Yunze's character was not the kind to sit back and watch his building collapse. He had to take precautions first.
Shaozhengmao has been even busier recently because his creditors have put another burden on his shoulders.
"Recently, many people from Qi have fled due to civil strife. Go and find out if there are any suitable young men who can join us."
The illiteracy rate in this era is astonishingly high.
Li Yunze is not in compulsory education, but in elite education. He is very picky in accepting apprentices. At least there is no apprentice who can be officially recognized by him.
In this era without compulsory education, those who are eligible to receive Li Yunze's elite education are mainly children of aristocrats from various countries, as well as a small number of children from poor families whose families have assets that can support their education.
As for those who come from truly poor families, I can’t say there are none, but they are really too few.
The State of Lu is a small country, but it has many nobles who have inherited ancient traditions.
It's just that these noble children have their own family's education system, so naturally they will not join Li Yunze as his disciples.
As for the sons of good families, they have either become disciples of various families long ago, or they have gone out to study and join the disciples of famous schools of thought, or they have simply found a way to become minor officials or something like that.
Shaozhengmao tried his best but was only able to recruit a dozen students.
But now there is a good opportunity. The civil strife in Qi has caused a large number of nobles to flee, and many people have fled to the State of Lu. This is an opportunity to recruit outstanding students.
Tian Wu, who is only fifteen years old this year, has been in Qufu for more than ten days.
Tian Wu is also a member of the Tian family, his father Tian Ping, his ancestor Tian Shu, and Tian Shu's father is Tian Wuyu, the current head of the Tian family.
And the Tian family is the Tian family that the Tian family replaced Qi.
At this time, the civil strife in Qi State was rooted in the struggle for power between the Tian family, the Luan family, and the Gao family.
The turmoil affected many noble families, including Tian Wu.
Although he is a member of the Tian family, Tian Wu is actually a concubine, and the Tian family has too many sons and daughters, so their family is not taken seriously at all.
Tian Wu, who didn't want to die inexplicably in the turmoil, chose to run away.
Originally, the State of Lu was not Tian Wu's destination. He originally planned to continue south to the State of Wu.
But after arriving in Qufu City, Tian Wu saw an interesting place.
This place is called the 'football field' by the locals.
The two gangs of strong men chased the leather ball and kept colliding and kicking it, which was also called a kick wave.
Others came to see it, just to watch the excitement, watching the strong men kicking and kicking each other, and even occasionally fighting each other directly, it was all for fun.
But Tian Wu saw something different.
"Advance and retreat are well-founded, and offense and defense are lawful. Cooperate with each other and fight as a team." Tian Wu, who was squatting on the sidelines watching the kicks, murmured, "What kind of kicks are there? This is a practice of military tactics."
Because he was interested, Tian Wu stayed a little longer. The more he watched, the more excited he became.
He likes this.
On this day, Tian Wu came to the court in advance, waiting for the game to start and continued to secretly learn cooperation tactics.
Then he saw a childhood friend of the Bao family's external branch who had also fled from Qi State, and was being pestered endlessly.
"My little friend, join my Confucian school, you will learn great talents!"
"I've never heard of Confucianism." Tian Wu's friend hurried away and left. "Don't get entangled. I'm going to Zheng to seek refuge with Zichangong (Chengzi) to study Legalism!"
Seeing his childhood friend leaving in a hurry, Tian Wu stood up and wanted to say hello, but he stopped again.
What he likes is the art of war and military affairs, and he is not interested in the Legalist stuff.
Here Shaozheng Mao saw the noble master of Qi running away in a hurry, and he sighed repeatedly.
In recent times, he has been promoting Confucianism everywhere in Qufu City like a peddler and a pawn, trying to attract people to join the sect.
It's a pity that the reputation is too low. Those noble sons from Qi State all have high standards and do not look down on Confucianism at all.
Shaozhengmao is really tired here. He just wants to go home and have some drinks to rest.
Then he turned around and saw a young man standing next to the stadium not far away, looking around.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhou rites were performed. The clothes of the nobles were naturally different from those of the common people, especially those with jade pendants around their waists.
Shao Zhengmao took a deep breath, raised his hands and rubbed his face, forced a smile and stepped forward to say hello.
Now that I have encountered it, I have to give it a try.
"This young master." Shaozheng stepped forward and saluted, "I am Shaozheng of the State of Lu."
"Wu, a descendant of the Tian family of Qi State, has met Shaozheng." Tian Wu returned the greeting in a very standard manner.
Next, Shao Zhengmao naturally wanted to recruit Tian Wu to study in Confucianism.
Tian Wu did not run away impatiently, but asked seriously, "May I ask Shaozheng, what kind of teaching does Confucianism teach?"
He has never heard of Confucianism. After all, in this era of explosion of ideas and contention of a hundred schools of thought, there are too many different schools of thought.
It's not impossible to study or something, but you have to know what Confucianism teaches.
If he was taught punishment names, divination of astronomical phenomena, self-cultivation and so on, he would definitely have no interest at all.
Upon hearing Tian Wu's inquiry, Shao Zhengmao immediately became energetic.
Being able to ask in detail means that you are not exclusive and have the minimum chance.
"Confucianism teaches physical fitness, swordsmanship and archery, business and arithmetic, astronomy and geography, governing the country and the people, laws of punishment, farming, mulberry and water conservancy, and the art of marching and war."
When Shao Zhengmao talked about the previous ones, Tian Wu just listened with a chuckle on his face, but when he heard about the art of marching, his expression straightened.
"Sir, you are so talented?" Tian Wu saluted respectfully, "Disrespectful, disrespectful."
This really made Shao Zhengmao a little embarrassed. He waved his hands repeatedly, "It's not so-and-so, so-and-so is just an errand boy. There is another Confucian teacher."
But these words made Tian Wu even more surprised.
Shaozheng is not a petty official. This Confucian master actually allows Shaozheng to do errands and odd jobs. It doesn't look like a grassroots team that will disappear at any time.
While he was talking, a group of shirtless strong men, each holding a leather ball in their hands, lined up in a neat line and ran over shouting slogans.
When passing by Shaozhengmao, the strong men all saluted Shaozhengmao, and then ran into the stadium to start training.
Tian Wu was surprised and asked, "May I ask Shaozheng, was this golf course made by a Confucian master?"
Shao Zhengmao sighed and nodded, "Indeed, I don't understand. What's the point of letting students grab a ball here all day long?"
'It's so interesting! This is practicing the art of war! '
Tian Wu's expression finally became serious.
He solemnly saluted Shaozhengmao, "Wu, please pay your respects to the Confucian master!"
When Shao Zhengmao brought Tian Wu to the front yard of the college, he happened to see Li Yunze picking peaches.
The peach tree in the vestibule was transplanted before. It quickly adapted to the environment and grew very luxuriantly.
But on the other side, the plum tree saplings brought by the caravans at high prices have been replanted several times, but they still failed to survive, which really made Li Yunze depressed.
Feng shui used to be full of peaches and plums, but now there are only peaches but no plums. What does this mean?
Li Yunze, who was depressed, picked a peach, rubbed it casually, stuffed it into his mouth and bit it hard.
Well, it has a bit of a sour and refreshing feeling, not as sweet as the peaches that have been cultivated for many years in later generations, but it is definitely original.
Then, he saw Shaozhengmao and the young man beside him.
To be honest, Tian Wu was a little disappointed.
The reason is simple. He believes that the image of a Confucian teacher should be a wise old man who is full of knowledge, has an outstanding temperament, and has a white beard.
But what he saw in front of him was a young man standing in a daze under the peach tree eating peaches.
Is this image and action capable?
But you've come here, right?
Tian Wu stepped forward and saluted, "Wu, a descendant of the Tian family of Qi State, has met Mr. Wu."
"Qi Guo Tian's family?"
When Li Yunze heard this claim, his first reaction was Tian Shi Dai Qi.
Then it's "Who is your father? It's my father's name."
The peach in Li Yunze's hand fell to the ground.
He stared at Tian Wu with bright eyes, which made Tian Wu feel a little frightened.
"Who is your ancestor?"
"Family ancestral book."
"Tian Shu." Hearing this name, Li Yunze nodded, almost confirmed, "Then your great-grandfather is Tian Huanzi (Tian Wuyu)?"
"yes."
Tian Wu was a little confused, why did he ask these questions?
Li Yunze had read history books and knew that Tian Wu's grandfather Tian Shu would participate in Qi's war against Ju in a few years.
Because he won the battle against Ju, Tian Shu, who gained military exploits, not only received a fief, but was also given a surname by the king of Qi.
Qi Jinggong gave Tian Wu the surname of this lineage, which is Sun!
