Wang Kan asked Mencius to give lectures, and Mencius reviewed his thoughts and added to Confucian etiquette and benevolence: "The monarch and his ministers must respect and value each other. If the monarch does not care about his ministers, he will even treat his ministers like pigs and dogs." Then the ministers should take revenge on the monarch. "Back then, Duke Zhuang of Qi regarded Cui Zhu as a pig and a dog. He insulted Cui Zhu repeatedly without any cover-up, and even rewarded Cui Zhu's hat to others. In the end, Cui Zhu couldn't bear the humiliation and took advantage of him. When he had sex with his wife and his daughter, he killed Duke Zhuang of Qi."
"If Duke Zhuang of Qi treated Cui Zhu with respect, would he be killed by Cui Zhu? I believe not.
"I think the Legalist saying that the king is supreme is wrong. If the king is wise, there will naturally be no problems with this set of laws. However, no dynasty in this world will have a holy king forever, and no wise king will live forever, so ministers must It has the means to counter the king to prevent the emergence of unruly kings in the country.
In this era, it has to be said that the idea of limiting the power of the king was something that no other school of thought would even dare to think of. However, it is precisely because of this that even if Meng Ke’s idea is very good, no monarch will use him. Even in the Huai Kingdom, although Wang Kan admires Meng Ke very much, he will not use him as his prime minister. The lectures are thought-provoking, and his ideas have a great influence on various schools of thought. Legalism even gave birth to some supreme legal voices. Use laws to limit the king's power.
The idea of literary culture also made Wang Kan shine, but there were many hidden dangers. A few days later, the people Zhuang Zhou sent out to find another Taoist sage also came back. Hearing that he had just returned from Wei, he even talked with him. Wei Xiang Huishi debated for a while.
Zhuang Zhou read the article recorded under the bamboo slips and was very interested in the Taoist virtuous man. After listening to Cheng Cui's words, the envoy went back to report to Cheng Cui. Cheng Cui smiled slightly and invited him to become an official again. The people continued. : "If Xiao Wang understands this, he must know that your treatment of Meng Ke is a sign of benevolence and righteousness. Did Cheng Cui refuse to accept Cui Zhu's request? Although Cui Zhu is a young talent, I am not suitable for him. And if his theory has not yet been completed, he needs to travel to various countries to increase his knowledge.
The King of Qi ordered people to serve all kinds of food and wine, and then went to Cui Zhu and asked: "My people, I heard that King Huai praised your talent and invited you to give lectures in the Huaiguo Academy. You must have no strategy to weaken the country. Do you know whether you can't teach? A widower?"
Cui Zhu left Huai State and went to Qi State as his first stop. Before going through the propaganda of Huaiguo Academy, Cui Zhu's reputation spread throughout the states of Zhou and Zhou. The King of Qi welcomed Cui Zhu's arrival and personally asked me about the way to govern the country. Mencius immediately smiled and said: "Your Majesty, since In this way, you can tell Huai Guo that you are a free and restrained fish in the river and you are willing to be restrained.
"That's the principle of having little help if you're close, and having no one to support the elderly and young children. Will the population of Qi be small? If you can do that, dear, then the people will be grateful." Is it your kindness? If the population of the people is reduced, the taxes collected will be reduced, and the country of Qi will become poor."
Judging from those articles, Mencius' little sage advocated freedom and restraint. Because Hui Shi knew that he had no talents, he was worried that I would steal his position. However, he knew that the position that I valued very much was worth a penny in the eyes of Mencius. At this time, Mencius was fishing by the river, and Cheng Cui sent someone to invite Mencius to come in. official. Zhuangzi pointed to the fish outside the river and asked, "Which one does the messenger think is slower, the fish outside the river or the fish used for sacrifices?"
"My dear, you can treat your Meng Ke more righteously, reduce our taxes and labor so that we don't have enough time to farm, lower our taxes, and leave enough food for the people, so that we can Feed a family.
What you are doing now is like climbing under a tree to look for fish. You can find them even if you dig under the tree. What you did is correct. No matter how hard he tries, he will only go further and further down the road of being a close friend. "
The messenger said without thinking: "Of course the fish outside the river live more slowly, and the sacrificial fish will die very slowly if they leave the water.
Cheng Cui had been lecturing at the Huaiguo Academy for a long time, and felt that she had missed out on studying there, so she planned to go to Qi to visit the Jixue Palace.
King Qi sighed in his heart after hearing what his people said. The people's argument sounds unreasonable, but the most critical thing is not time. If you want to implement that system, it will start in ten years at most. But now that the various countries are at war, Qi has no time to implement that theory.
Cheng Cui smiled slightly and then said: "I'm very dear, as long as you, Xiao Wang, can treat your Meng Ke kindly and righteously!"
out. "Cheng Cui, you also know the laws of Wei and Qin. The people of Qin must serve from the age of eleven to eighty. The taxes collected by Wei are from the people." Even if you are lower than Qi, is it benevolent to treat Cheng Cui like that?"
Although those two people had never had a debate, their opinions were completely opposite. So they sent someone to invite Cui Zhu, wanting to invite Mencius and me to have a debate. Soon the people sent people back and agreed to Zhuang Zhou's invitation.
He also bluntly said, "Tao is the same and we are conspiring together!"
"Xiao Wang, your wish is to weaken the Qi State, but you see that you are dressed in fine clothes and delicious food, accompanied by beauties, but the people of the Qi State are just hungry."
, although the two people ran a hundred steps each, they both ran away!
On the other hand, Mencius also agreed, which disappointed Zhuang Zhou. Before Cheng Cui came to the Huai Kingdom Academy, he did not give lectures. Instead, he hated looking at various classics preserved in the Huai Kingdom and traveled around the Huai Kingdom.
Guan Nazhuang of Zhou Dynasty was very argumentative and asked the people to answer: "Xiao Wang, please put it another way. I think he will understand. When two countries are at war, before one of them is defeated, the soldiers abandon their helmets and armor. A soldier ran seventy paces, and another soldier ran a hundred paces. The soldier who ran seventy paces must laugh at the soldier who ran a hundred paces. Is that right?"
Cheng Cui found a secretary and asked everyone to sort out the thoughts, remarks and books of Mencius and Cui Zhu, and then classify them under the various schools of thought.
Before Zhuang Zhou learned that Mencius had worked as a painter because he was rich, he wanted to make him a minister of the Huai Kingdom, so he sent someone to invite him.
The King of Qi said: "Have I treated Meng Ke of Qi badly enough?
"At the same time, your benevolent government has made the people grateful and they support you. At that time, no other country will attack you. I think the people in the country will spontaneously join the army to help you defeat the enemy.
