Do you understand better the meaning of sacrificing your life for righteousness?
Zhao Gu looked a little confused. He looked at the person standing there: "What do you mean?"
Meng Qiu looked at his friend who suddenly became stunned and smiled.
"Zhao Gu, do you think you know more about sacrificing your life for righteousness than I do?"
He said disdainfully: "What do you think of 'benevolence' and 'sacrifice for righteousness'?" "
Zhao Gu frowned. He didn't know what Meng Qiu wanted to do by asking such an obvious question, so he immediately sneered.
"Have you completely forgotten the teachings of your ancestors?"
"A benevolent person loves others, and this is benevolence."
"Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. This is benevolence."
"This is benevolence." "
"What does it mean to sacrifice one's life for justice?"
Zhao Gu even sneered and stood up, the shackles on his body swinging back and forth as he stood up.
"Danglanglang——"
"Danglanglang——"
Although he was shackled and restrained, he still looked proud.
"Although I die today, my behavior is to sacrifice my life for righteousness!"
"I can die happily for the sake of justice."
"And this is much better than you, the tyrannical lackey of Qin!"
Meng Qiu's expression did not change, as if Zhao Gu was not insulting him.
He knew that at some point, heart-piercing was more important than a momentary verbal argument.
"Don't talk about anything else, just talk about now."
"Do you think you are sacrificing your life for righteousness?"
Meng Qiu laughed disdainfully: "Why do you think you have adopted "righteousness"? "
Zhao Gu looked at Meng Qiu with the same disdain. The two of them had a hatred for each other when they were studying.
Now even more so when enemies meet, they are extremely jealous.
"You serve the Qin Dynasty, and I fight for the motherland. Why don't you sacrifice your life for justice?"
Meng Qiu asked leisurely: "Zhao Gu, let me ask you."
"What do you want to do by colluding with the traitors from the six countries?"
Zhao Gu said directly: "Restore the country!"
Meng Qiu asked: "So, do you think restoring the country is the right thing to do?"
Zhao Gu sneered: "Of course!"
"If restoring the country is not a great righteousness, what is a righteousness?"
Meng Qiu looked directly at Zhao Gu and asked, "Let me ask you, was the king of Zhao State good to the people back then?"
When Zhao Gu heard this, he hesitated subconsciously.
Is the king of Zhao good to the people?
Of course it's not good.
The king of Zhao State at that time could be said to be ignorant and unprincipled, and he did his best to exploit the people.
Meng Qiu asked again: "Then do you think the king of Zhao is a wise king?"
"Is he a virtuous person?"
"Is there a concept that is in line with the teachings of the sage Mencius, who said, "The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least important"? "
Zhao Gu's hand lowered unconsciously, and he stood there, a little desolate.
When Meng Qiu saw this, the smile on his face became even heavier.
"Since one is not a wise king, two is not a virtuous person, three is not in line with the ways of the sages, and four is not good to the people."
"Let me ask you, do you choose "righteousness"? "
When Meng Qiu said this, his voice suddenly became violent: "Zhao Gu!"
"Are you doing it for righteousness or for selfish gain?"
"Don't you know it in your own heart?"
Zhao Gu's mood dropped unconsciously, and his face was a little confused.
Does he really not know?
In fact, he clearly knew that his behavior was not a righteous act, but he did want to regain his homeland.
Seeing this, Meng Qiu continued to ask: "Zhao Gu, let me ask you."
"When you wanted to regain your homeland, you had thought about it."
"Now that the Qin Dynasty has unified the world, the people have already lived the peaceful days that they had eight hundred years ago when the Zhou royal family was still powerful."
"You start a fight for your own selfish gain."
"When war breaks out again, have you ever thought about how the people at the bottom of the Six Nations live their lives?"
"Have you ever thought about how many people in the world will die because of your selfish interests?"
Every time Meng Qiu said a word, Zhao Gu's head dropped a little.
By the time Meng Qiu finished speaking, Zhao Gu's head had already dropped to the dust, with a look of confusion on his face.
When strife breaks out in the world, who can take care of the lives of the people?
But he was still a little unwilling: "Can people live a good life under the rule of Da Qin?"
"Qin's laws are strict and people will be implicated at every turn."
"In this way, how many innocent people will be buried under the laws of Great Qin?"
Meng Qiu looked at Zhao Gu calmly: "First of all, Qin's Law is fair. Although it is harsh, it is the best guarantee of stability."
"Isn't it because of Qin's laws that the people of Qin are timid in private fights but good at national wars?"
"As for today's laws, how many years has the world been at peace? How many years has it been since wars disappeared?"
"Doesn't Great Qin need any time to prepare?"
"The Qin Dynasty had just unified the world last year. His Majesty's reign title was revised. This year is the first year of the First Emperor."
"Why are you willing to give a tyrannical king of Zhao a second chance, but are unwilling to wait until Qin's laws change, and stubbornly believe that Da Qin is a tyrannical Qin?"
Meng Qiu's voice was calm and his tone was kind.
He looked at Zhao Gu and said, "Since the unification of Qin last year, the laws of Qin have been gradually revised, but they have not yet been promulgated."
"Furthermore, His Majesty ordered a literary contest to be held to select talented people for appointment, regardless of class or origin."
“As long as you have talent, you can be reused.”
"Even though Confucianism has provoked Your Majesty many times before, I still became the governor of Hedong County."
"Xiao He even became the Order of Xianyang."
"The channel for rising has not been closed. We can still rise to the top, even more conveniently than before in troubled times."
"There is no need to risk one's life to meet the king, as long as one completes the examination of the literary selection contest——"
"Zhao Gu, can you say that a monarch like this is a tyrant?"
"Sweep the world, bring peace to the world, let books share the same text, and cars run on the same track."
Meng Qiu said with emotion: "While you still think he is a tyrant, he has already laid the foundation for the unification of China."
"From now on, even if the Great Qin Dynasty overthrows, future generations will not want to divide the Central Plains and then treat it as one country."
"These are the things you said a tyrant did."
"And in your heart, what about the monarch who wants to restore the country? He uses villains and gets close to traitors, which leads to the continuous division of the country."
"He trusted his internal servants and listened to the slander in exchange for General Lian Po, who had done great service to the country and was a famous general. This resulted in the death of more than 400,000 soldiers in the Battle of Changping."
"Zhao Gu, have you forgotten the origin of your name?"
"Both your father and brother died in the hands of a traitor who was supported by that foolish king. In order to support you, your mother did some shameful things and finally threw herself into a well when you were old enough to support yourself."
"Zhao Gu."
"Have you forgotten all these?"
Zhao Gu stood there, alone, with a somewhat lonely and erratic feeling on his face and body.
I don't know how long it took, but he suddenly burst into tears.
"ah--"
Howling cries echoed in the prison. Meng Qiu stood there and took out a handkerchief from his sleeve.
"Just wipe it."
Meng Qiu looked at Zhao Gu and said, "I won't let you go."
"It won't make people think that after they do something wrong, they can be spared a life if they have a relationship like mine."
"I want to lead by example."
"Tomorrow, I will kill you in public just like I killed everyone else."
After saying that, Meng Qiu turned around and left.
And Zhao Gu stood in the darkness, looking at Meng Qiu's back, with some tears falling on his face.
It's not that he doesn't know this.
It was not Meng Qiu who betrayed his teacher, but him.
It was not Meng Qiu who forgot about righteousness and "benevolence", but him.
He sat there slumped, and then burst into tears.
.........
The Prime Minister is at his office
Chen Ke looked at Li Si in front of him and frowned.
"Old General Wang is still not well yet?"
Li Si also nodded, with some worry in his voice: "When I asked Wang Ben these days, Wang Ben hesitated."
"It's unclear. I can't tell what happened to General Wang."
He pressed his forehead: "Now, although the nobles of the six countries are already lambs to be slaughtered, if General Wang cannot afford to fall ill at this time..."
Chen Ke was even more worried.
Because he knew that in the original history, Wang Jian died of illness in this year.
It’s just that this shouldn’t be the case.
It is said that Wang Jian died of illness because of the conquest of Baiyue. Now that no troops have been launched against Baiyue, and there are not so many soldiers killed or injured, why is Wang Jian still ill?
Chen Ke immediately said: "In that case, why not take this opportunity to meet the old general?"
"It saves the two of us from guessing here."
Chen Ke touched his chin: "We said before that we would visit General Wang. Who would have thought that we have been dragged down by things and now we have time."
The more I thought about it, the more appropriate it seemed to Chen Ke, and he stood up immediately.
"Walk?"
Li Si also stood up and nodded: "Okay."
"Let's go."
.........
General's Mansion
Wang Jian was lying on the chair leisurely, holding a roasted lamb leg and eating it.
"Hey."
He tore off a piece of mutton with great effort: "Don't tell me, the food developed by that boy Chen Ke is really good."
"It feels very comfortable to eat like this."
Wang Jian patted his belly and said, "As a military general, shouldn't you eat big chunks of meat and drink big gulps of wine?"
Wang Ben, who was standing aside, had a look of helplessness on his face.
"Father, since you are fine, why don't you go to court?"
"You still want to claim your illness to the outside world?"
"If His Majesty finds out..."
Before he finished speaking, a piece of bone was thrown directly from Wang Jian's hand to Wang Ben's body.
"Good boy, do you miss your father like this?"
"You think your father will hide this from His Majesty?"
Wang Jian's eyes were filled with murderous intent: "Or do you have the intention to deceive His Majesty?"
"You want to rebel?"
Wang Ben was flustered after saying a few words. He stood there and said quickly: "Father, I don't have it, I don't have it."
Wang Ben muttered in a low voice: "Are you my biological father? You always accuse me of this."
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