Zisang looked at them and said with some disappointment: "You are so timid, it is difficult to achieve great things. There is no distinction between high and low in front of the law. Those who have merit should be promoted, and those who have no merit should be demoted or do nothing. Officials removed."
Minister Zhu, the nobles and some elderly ministers were all standing outside the palace gate. Temple Chong walked out and said, "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs. If you don't see me today, you should come back." Minister Zhu walked out and said, "If your Majesty doesn't see me, I will lead all the ministers to kneel outside the palace gate until your Majesty comes out to see you." That's all." After saying that, he led all the officials and nobles to kneel outside the palace gate. Temple Chong stood in front of them, shaking his head helplessly.
Entering the Wei Palace, King Wei stepped forward and asked: "Have they all left?" Temple Chong replied: "No, these veterans and nobles are kneeling outside the palace gate." King Wei walked up and sat in front of several cases. Said: "If they want to kneel down, let them kneel down. I want to see how long they can persist?" Temple Chong stood beside King Wei with some worry and watched King Wei review the memorial. Then King Wei raised his head and asked again: "Is the old master here?" Temple Chong replied: "I heard that the old master has been staying behind closed doors." King Wei said: "The old master is very cunning. He has lost his beloved son. They must hate the Prime Minister very much, so let them continue fighting with the Prime Minister."
Outside the palace gate, these veterans and nobles knelt under the scorching sun. Some senior ministers could not withstand the scorching sun and fainted one after another. In the palace of Minister Zhu, a servant ran towards the palace of the King of Wei. He knelt down in front of Minister Zhu in a panic and said, "Master, it's bad, something big has happened." Minister Zhu looked at his slave and asked, "What happened?" The slave said hurriedly: "Just after the master left, a group of officials from the Prime Minister's Office broke into him." Minister Zhu became a little anxious and said, "They are like this What do you want to do?" The servant replied: "They carried out the decree of the Prime Minister to measure the land, and the old master's palace also went to distribute the excess land to the untouchables and slaves." Minister Zhu knelt down and said: "It's chaos, it's all chaos. Our Kingdom of Wei is about to be in chaos. Your Majesty, have you heard everything? The Prime Minister is not giving me a way to survive." Looking up at the sky, there were dark clouds covering the sun, and he suddenly fainted. All the veterans and nobles gathered around and shouted: "Big worm, big worm." One veteran said: "Quickly pinch its worms." An old minister pinched its worms, and then Minister Zhu slowed down. He said in a tone of voice: "With veterans like us here, let's see who among them dares to make a mistake?"
Minister Zhu and other senior ministers and nobles rushed to their mansion. In Zhu Ruichong's mansion, hundreds of domestic slaves confronted the law enforcement officers. They came forward with their weapons drawn. The law enforcement officer called a guard and rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion to report the situation here to the Prime Minister. Zisang led the officers and soldiers out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and ran towards Minister Zhu's home. Minister Zhu returned to his palace with a group of veteran ministers and nobles. Minister Zhu walked out and said, "Do you still recognize me?" The law enforcement officer stood up and said, "Boss, we are acting under orders and we have no choice." Minister Zhu asked accusingly: "Whose order are you following? "The rest of the veterans and nobles stood up and said: "Which of you dares to make trouble here, otherwise you will be impeached in front of the king." Zi Sang led the troops to the house of Minister Zhu, and walked out: "Who dares to resist the law? Anyone who resists the law will be treated as a rebel and will be killed!" Minister Zhu looked at Zisang and said, "Zisang, what do you want to do?" The other veterans and nobles stepped forward and said, "We veterans are here. Which of you dares to take a step forward?" The slaves behind him rushed forward together, the white blades in their hands moving forward. Zisang looked at these slaves and said, "It seems that you have been prepared for a long time." Then he pulled out the long sword from his waist and said, "You still recognize the long sword in my hand. The king's sword is here. Give me an opportunity." Arbitrary power, whoever dares to resist the law can be punished on the spot without reporting it." The officers and soldiers behind him rushed out, and Chang Ge approached. Zi Sang and the law enforcement officer stood behind these officers and soldiers and said: "Capture all the veterans and nobles including Mr. Zhu." Minister Zhu and a group of veterans and nobles looked back and shouted: "Zisang, Zi Sang, you dare to arrest We, you will regret it when the time comes. You will regret it." Zi Sang looked at them and said: "The prince broke the law and the common people are equally guilty, let alone you? I will kill you today."
Old Minister Zhu and this group of old ministers and nobles were all sent to prison and prepared to be executed after the fall. Zi Sang was not angry but had a murderous look on his face. The autumn wind is bleak, and everything begins to wither. Minister Zhu and a group of old ministers and nobles were taken to the execution ground and tied to the execution platform. The swordsmen and axemen stood on their left and right. Zi Sang drove over to watch the execution. Minister Zhu looked at Zi Sang and said, "Zisang, you are cruel and unkind, you will be punished, you will be punished." Zi Sang got out of the car, stood in front of them, and said, "Okay, I, Zisang, are waiting." Then he raised the bamboo slip in his hand and said: "Reform is the general trend of the world and is unstoppable. You are going against the current and are obstacles to the reform. You old officials are corrupt and pervert the law, and you are in conflict with the local officials in Ye. Collusion, the bamboo slips in my hand are evidence of your crime. Zi Sangzun, you are veterans of the court. Your ancestors have made meritorious service to the Wei State. I wanted to suppress this and wait for you to repent and work together to make further contributions. And you? , relying on the merits of the ancestors, not thinking about repentance, acting wantonly, and daring to openly resist the law, I, Zisang, can tolerate you, but the laws of Wei cannot tolerate you." A nobleman cursed: "Zisang, I, Weiyu, will tell you today You, you messed up our country, Wei, and you are a traitor to the country. The king was temporarily deceived by your sweet words. After all, the king is still a sage. Sooner or later, he will wake up and cut you into pieces. Anyway, I will execute you today. I am a viper. Yu curses you, Zisang. I curse you to die without a complete body and to expose your body in the wilderness. You will be punished, you will be punished. We old ministers will watch you Zisang underground, watching you be punished. That day." Zi Sang turned around, slowly closed his eyes, raised his hand, and said: "Behead!" Each of the old ministers and nobles had nearly a hundred insects chopped in half, with blood splattering and staining the execution platform, and the situation suddenly changed.
The old master looked up to the sky and said: "The sky is going to change, the sky is going to change." Then he walked out with his stick. At this time, it has a head full of white hair. The old master lost his beloved son, and his head turned gray with sorrow all night. Zi Sang stepped forward and saluted: "Old Master." The old Master looked at Zi Sang standing in front of him and said: "Xiangguo, you have really worked hard for today. Your goal has been achieved. , the insects in the country are afraid of your killing and will not obey your laws." Zi Sang replied: "The insects in the country will see that the country is rich and the army is strong." The old master looked up at Zi Sang and said: " Your husband is a little ant, I guess." Zi Sang replied: "Exactly." The old master said: "Your husband is the sage of insects in the world, the supreme teacher, and is followed by us. The relationship between you and your husband The benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith that we preach are the opposite and will not go very far." The old master was about to leave, then turned around and said, "Go and measure the land under my master's name." Then he held up his stick. And go.
The old master entered the mansion, looked at the letter sent by Marquis Anyang, and immediately understood what it said. He called his old servant and shouted: "Old courtyard, old courtyard." The old servant entered the mansion and said: "Master." The old master said: "Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion and copy some "Dharma Sutra". I need to study it carefully." The old servant asked with some confusion: "Master, the Prime Minister is your son-killing enemy. Ah!" The old master said earnestly: "When I saw those old ministers and nobles executing their executions, I knew that I was defeated. It was because I didn't understand my opponents and the law that I ended up like this. What the old Xiangguo said was right. Ah! If you want to completely defeat them, you must first learn to respect them and understand them. Today's prime minister is in power. If you fight against it now, it is equivalent to hitting an egg against a stone. What I have to do now is to recharge my batteries and avoid them. You know its sharp edge, taking the initiative to show weakness, dormant and moving, taking advantage of the situation." The old servant Ding said: "Old slave, I know." The old master waved his hand and said: "Go quickly." The old servant Ding said: "Old servant I'll go right now." Then he bowed and exited.
The old servant from the old master's house went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, stood in front of the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, bowed and saluted: "Prime Minister." Zisang immediately stood up and saluted, saying: "It's polite in my hometown." Then he asked: "I wonder who you are?" The servant replied: "You are a servant of the old master's house." Zi Sang asked again: "Why did you come to my house?" The servant replied: "Master I ordered you to ask for a copy of the "Dharma Sutra" written by Xiang Guo." It was commendable for the old master to have such a change, and he felt a little happy for it after that. Sitting cross-legged in front of several cases, he said: "Okay, you can take it." He handed over the letter.
The old master locked himself in the courtyard, and could not leave or take any steps all day long. Sitting in front of several cases, he copied the "Dharma Sutra", made annotations for the "Dharma Sutra", named "Dharma Sutra Commentary", and recruited disciples to teach the Dharma.
Zi Sang also greatly appreciated the old master's approach. After seeing the "Commentary on the Dharma Sutra" written by the old master, he happily walked out of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion and went to the old master's house to pay homage to the old master. Zi Sang wanted to see the old master, but the old master refused to let him see him and talked through the barrier. Zi Sang stood outside the barrier, kowtowed and said, "Old Master." The old Master said, "Do you have anything to do with the Prime Minister's visit to my residence?" Zi Sang said, "Zisang has seen the residence of the Grand Master." The "Notes on Dharma Sutra" he wrote is quite insightful. Zi Sang came to Taishi's Mansion to discuss the reform with Taishi, and would like to hear your opinion on this." The old Taishi said: "Prime Minister, you and I have different ways of doing things. For the sake of conspiracy, Prime Minister, please go back." Zi Sang was very puzzled and asked: "Zi Sang doesn't know why Taishi is doing this?" The old Taishi said: "I am changing the law for the Wei State, and it is not as effective as the Prime Minister. Selfishness." Obviously, Zi Sang was not welcomed by the Grand Master this time when he came to the Grand Master's Mansion. Zi Sang also saw this and said: "Since the old Grand Master dislikes Zi Sang so much, Zi Sang will just Goodbye, excuse me." The old teacher said: "Xiangguo, I still say the same thing, you must take every step steadily. If you accidentally fall down one day, you will never get up again. You must remember it. Then he threw the "Dharma Sutra" written on it out of the barrier and said: "This is the "Dharma Sutra" I borrowed from you. I will return it to you today." Zi Sang picked up the thrown "Dharma Sutra" , bowed and said in salute: "Thank you, old master, for reminding me. Zisang took every step very steadily." Then he exited the master's residence.
Zisang looked at the letter in his hand. The old master would be his fierce rival in the political arena in the future. At this time, he could not relax for a moment. After returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he threw the slips on several cases. At this time, a woman's insect's voice came from the inner room, saying: "What insect is the Prime Minister angry about?" Then he slowly walked out of the inner room and stood in the main hall. It was Wei Guofu's insect. After Fu Chong walked out, he said, "I've been waiting for you here for a long time." Zi Sang immediately bowed and saluted, saying, "Fu Chong, I have kept Fu Chong waiting for a long time." Fu Chong walked up to help Zi Sang, He said: "Please get up, Prime Minister." Zi Sang and Fu Chong sat hand in hand in front of the desks. They looked at the slips on the desks and said, "Yes, Zi Sang has read what Taishi wrote for the Dharma Sutra." Note, very insightful. Zi Sang cherishes his talent and wants to work with the Grand Master to deal with the reform." Fu Chong advised: "O Prime Minister! His son died in Ye under your new law. What do you mean? How can the Grand Master still be willing to see you?" Zi Sang sighed again and said: "The Grand Master is very resourceful. Maybe one day I really fall down, but I really can't get up." Fu Chong covered it. He opened his mouth and said: "You are not allowed to say such things, you will be fine." From then on, Zi Sang became wary of the old master, and what the old master said to him was deeply engraved in his heart.
