Mencius was sent to Luo State by several great Confucian scholars, from which we can see the importance that Confucianism attaches to Mencius.
Many Confucian leaders believe that Meng Ke is one of the key figures in the revival of Confucianism.
In the past hundred years, there has been no one who has a deeper understanding of the royal way than Mencius. The Luo family likes the royal way, so the appearance of Mencius will allow the Luo Kingdom to increase its support for Confucianism.
Luo Hong finally met this genius who only saw the writing but not the person.
As expected, he was very young. Unlike those well-behaved Confucian scholars, Meng Ke walked with high spirits and high spirits, as if he had the world in his palms.
Luo Hong was very satisfied. He should be such a person who can write about the road of righteousness. The moment he met Meng Ke, Luo Hong began to think about which noble daughter of the royal family he would marry to him.
The previous sages were a bit too old, but now they met Mencius, who was not yet married, and they would definitely take him into his pocket, and then they began to promote Mencius' status in Confucianism.
"Prince, I wish you long life, happiness and good health."
Meng Ke bowed to Luo Hong from the bottom of his heart. Many of his theories were completely based on the Luo Kingdom. What he wanted to do was to promote the Luo Kingdom's ways to the world.
Luo Hong helped Mencius up, held his hand and said with a smile: "May King Su be with you!"
This was the highest-level blessing from Luo Guogong. Meng Ke felt warm in his heart and felt quite flattered.
Now he is just an ordinary Confucian scholar with some talent. Although he knows that his articles are valued by Luo Guogong, he still does not expect such courtesy.
In fact, with Meng Ke's character, even if the king of a country is standing in front of him, if he doesn't like it, he will still complain when he should. However, Luo Kingdom is different. This is his dream paradise, so he is naturally cautious.
"Prince!"
Luo Hong took Mencius to sit down, and instead of talking directly about the ways of governing the country, he asked with a smile: "Mencius is very talented, and my father likes your articles and talents very much.
I heard that you haven't married yet and you only have one person in your family. I have a cousin who is a gentle, virtuous and good wife in the official family. She must be a good match for you.
My father is willing to marry her to you. If you are willing, you can ask your court for instructions after leaving the palace and ask a matchmaker to propose marriage. "
boom!
Meng Ke was stunned by the sudden happy event. There was only a buzzing sound in his head. He couldn't believe what he heard.
What is pie in the sky? This is!
What is a surprise?
The surprise was that the Crown Prince of Luo Kingdom said that he wanted to marry his cousin to him!
The princess of the Luo Kingdom, even hundreds of years ago when the Zhou royal family was still extremely powerful, the kings and princes of various countries were still proud to marry the princess of the Luo Kingdom.
Let’s look at the fact that the official office of Qi State can now sit safely in Qi State. Isn’t it because of the good relationship with Luo State and the fact that he married so many princesses of Luo State, so Luo State has been supporting the official office, otherwise the ministers would have made trouble in the past. By that time, Qi had already followed the footsteps of Jin.
Meng Ke directly bowed down and said: "Mother cares most about teaching by words and deeds. When Ke was young, his family was poor, but his mother attached great importance to Ke's study. For this reason, she moved her home three times and finally lived next to the academy.
The Duke of Luo Kingdom is famous all over the world and is the most polite among all the Xia Dynasties. The noble princess in your palace must be a lady who knows etiquette. Ke is just a commoner. To be favored by the Marquis of Luo and you, this is It is a grace given by God, can it be violated?
When Ke returned home, he reported it to his mother, who would be delighted. "
Seeing Meng Ke agree, the smile on Luo Hong's face became even more sincere. Although there are many strange relatives in this world, it is impossible to achieve anything without relying on the power of relatives and relatives.
Besides, Luo Hong really likes Meng Ke. It would not be a bad idea to marry his girl to such a sage who is destined to leave a name in history. As for whether she will be bullied after marrying him, we have to ask whether it is because of her hard neck or the sharpness of the sword of the dark side warrior. .
After having this relationship, Meng Ke obviously completely let go of his worries. He knew everything and talked about it without hesitation. The Confucian bosses never dreamed of it. They thought hard about how to win over Meng Ke later, just like that. The land was abducted by Luo Guogong.
Mencius is still in his infancy and is not mature enough in many aspects, but as a genius he is able to make extraordinary remarks. He not only has very classic conclusions on the debate between justice and benefit, but also has in-depth thinking in other aspects.
The most important thing is that Meng Ke's words are sharp and his writing style is powerful. Almost every sentence is like an essay, and he can fully express his own truth.
If you don't understand the thoughts of the Second Sage by reading the books of Luo Hong alone, then you can fully understand by listening to Mencius's narration. This is what Luo Hong values about him most.
This is a Confucian preacher given by God!
"King Su once said that the monarch and his ministers should respect and value each other. If the monarch does not care about his ministers, or even treats his ministers like pigs, dogs, cows and horses, then the ministers should take revenge on the monarch.
Based on this, I made a summary of the relationship between monarch and ministers to refute the Legalist theory of monarch supremacy. The supremacy of the monarch will bring disaster.
Because no dynasty in this world will have a holy king forever, ministers must have the means and morality to resist the monarch in order to prevent cowardly kings like King Li and King You from chaos. "
Meng Ke's thoughts were very radical, and his thoughts and ideas directly proposed restrictions on monarchy.
This is the influence brought by Ji Zhao and the Luo family. Starting from Ji Zhao, the Luo family alone served as regent three times. There was also the Republic during the Huang Dynasty, and then there was the story of Duke Huan of Qi letting Guan Zhong manage the country and dominate the world.
All of these had a profound influence in a subtle way. Meng Ke even wanted to find a moral principle for the existence of the rights of ministers that could not be taken away by the monarch, just like the heavenly right of kings.
But he hasn't found it yet. It seems to be an iron rule that the power of ministers is delegated to the emperor.
Luo Hong was quite surprised just hearing this. He didn't expect Mencius's thoughts to be so radical. However, he liked it very much and said happily: "You are right. You are evil and you are a disaster to the country. Wen Gong and Xuan Gong are all good ministers, but It cannot be stopped because the emperor is supreme and if he does not accept the advice of his loyal ministers, it will cause irreversible consequences."
Luo Shi will have to be a minister for many years in the future, and of course he doesn't want the emperor to decide everything with just one word. After nine hundred years, Luo Shi has had enough of those emperors who are incompetent and weak-minded and insist on rushing to the front in everything.
In a dynasty, there are not many wise and powerful emperors, and many of them cannot even reach the level of a middle-aged man. Almost 90% of the responsibilities for the operation of the dynasty fall on the ministers.
It can be seen from the fact that all countries are now building counties and counties directly under the management of the monarch. In the future, counties and counties may be the real trend in the world, which will greatly enhance the power of the monarch himself.
The worst possible outcome that Luo Shi is worried about, that is, the situation without the gift of land, will most likely occur. This is very bad for Luo Shi who wants to live forever.
“King Su established a natural barrier between the barbarians and the Xia, established enfeoffments, and ordered the princes to build ancestral temples in their respective countries to worship their ancestors.
Over the past nine hundred years, countless princes and kingdoms have been destroyed, but some of them have entered various countries and become ministers and officials, and they still retain the sacrifices in the ancestral temple.
The world of the Xia is more important than the dynasty's state, the state's state is more important than the migration of ancestral temples, and the ancestor's ancestral temple is more important than the reigning king.
The state of the world is nothing but the support of the people. If all the countries in the world can support their people with royal principles like the Luo Kingdom, will there be any that are not strong?
Pay attention to the people in the country and cherish them as you cherish your own brothers and sisters. If the monarch cannot do it, he must change to a monarch who can implement the king's principles. For the country, the people are important, but the monarch is not important.
This is the principle that the people are more important than the king.
You are the crown prince of the Luo Kingdom, so you must be very aware of this. "
Of course, it is clear that this is what Luo State has been doing all along, and the effect is indeed very good. Luo State's mobilization ability is still very strong without using harsh punishments.
Mencius's thoughts pierced through the problems that the ruling classes of various countries may encounter from a long-term perspective. However, just like what happened to Confucius in the past, now all countries want to prosper in the short term, so Mencius is also an out-of-time person. .
But there was brilliance in his thoughts. Confucianism imagined an utopia based on the Luo Kingdom, and Mencius tried to realize this utopia in reality in his own way.
The people are more important than the king!
This is the path he has found. Naturally, this path is not to be implemented in the Luo Kingdom. He wants to go to other countries to lobby the monarchs of other countries.
Luo Hong shook his head and said with a smile: "In the past, Confucius traveled around the world and could not use it. Is this because Confucius lacked knowledge?
It is because the monarchs of various countries only want to dominate, so they do not use Confucian knowledge.
Now that you want to lobby the monarchs of other countries, do you think they will accept your knowledge?
The king's way is so difficult. It took hundreds of years for the Luo Kingdom to achieve results. I'm afraid they can't wait any longer. "
Meng Ke smiled and said: "Prince, if the monarchs of other countries only want to dominate for a while, they can use severe punishments and torture the people.
Just like other countries today, the nobles wore exquisite clothes and ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, but the people lived in poverty, working all day long but not having enough to eat, and going to the battlefield before they were even minors.
In the past two hundred years, the population of Zhuxia has not only not increased, but has also decreased. Isn't this due to the prevalence of magic and frequent wars?
It can be seen that harsh punishments are already a scourge to the world, and the people of the world must hate it very much. If at this time there is a monarch of a great country who behaves kingly and treats his people well, won’t the hearts of the people of the world go to him?
If the Wei State is willing to implement the royal way, then the Korean people who are adjacent to it will definitely rush to the Wei State. The Qin people, who are the most cruel and cruel people, may climb over the high mountains and drag their families and mouths across the raging river. To the Kingdom of Wei.
Could it be that in this case, Wei would still lose to Qin? "
This is what Mencius said, and he could always convince others. Luo Hong laughed loudly and said: "It seems that you are going to the Kingdom of Wei. Please get married. Your father will give you books and protect you." Guards, and Luo people who record your words and deeds.”
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Mencius was good at speaking, eloquent and able to argue. After the two sages, Confucianism and Taoism were clear. ——"Historical Records: Biography of Mencius and Xunqing"
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