Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 182: Rebellion in Yan
Zhuang Zhou actually liked ghosts and gods entering his dreams.

Because of the power of ghosts and gods,

He can present many thoughts in his mind in his dreams.

unfortunately,

He Bo would never let him have his fun whenever he wanted.

If Zhuangzi could travel freely anytime and anywhere, wouldn't I just be his slave?
It's really against the will of Heaven!
so,

Such a carefree and carefree day of dreaming,

It would be better to wait until Zhuang Zhou dies, and then let him slowly discover and enjoy it on his own.

He would occasionally appear in his dreams and play with Zhuang Zhou, treating him as a bait for fishing.

And this time,
For Mencius' sake,

He Bo responded to Zhuang Zhou's request generously, stirring up endless wind and thunder in his dream.

Three tiny figures,
Riding on the back of the great roc whose wings were like clouds drooping from the sky, he traveled to the North Sea in the morning and reached Cangwu in the evening.

Zhuangzi stood facing the wind, floating like an immortal.

He said to Mencius, "You should be able to feel my happiness, right?"

Meng Ke clapped his hands and laughed, "Without too many worldly worries, my body feels light and not heavy. I am really free and happy!"

"Thanks to you, I was able to relax for once today!"

He Bo interrupted him with a snort, "It's obviously all thanks to me!"

Meng Ke then burst into laughter, "Yes, yes, thanks to you!"

Then, he stroked his beard and said, "But I still care about the world!"

If people like them only care about their own coolness,
What about ordinary people in the world?
They do not have profound wisdom or strong bodies, and in such a world of great contention, their lives are precarious.

therefore,

Even if you have the idea of becoming stronger, you don't have the conditions to realize it.

Someone must stand up first and change this chaotic world so that people can welcome a new future and have enough power to do what they want.

And Mencius,
I am willing to be the first person to stand up.
Even if I am torn to pieces, even if it is extremely difficult,
so what?

Heaven will bestow a great responsibility on this person, how can he avoid it!

"So, I don't have much to say to you!"

When Dapeng landed in the sea and changed its form, Zhuang Zhou changed his posture, lying on Kun's back, with his feet up, listening to the sound of the surging waves.

He said to Mencius, "You really like to seek trouble for yourself!"

“You are willing to grow into a strong and tall tree, but you are also willing to be cut down and made into a tool to support others.”

"But I am willing to grow as I please and become a useless old tree."

"This is a personal ambition, and I won't criticize it too much."

"But tonight, you can rest well in your dreams and follow me to enjoy the happiness of freedom!"

"After all, you'll be tired again when the day breaks!"

He Bo also lay down, patted the seat beside him, and invited Meng Ke to join him.

"Come on, you who used to like watching pigs being slaughtered, even though you have now left the kitchen out of kindness and compassion, you don't have to lose the courage to even lie down and rest for a while, right?"

The vote was two to one.

Then Mencius slowly fell to the ground and followed his two old friends to enjoy the ethereal journey in his dream.

Wait until the next day,
He woke up.

I bid farewell to my friends again,

He continued to go to other countries to give lectures and teach them the principles of benevolence and righteousness.

He Bo sent him on a long journey by boat and told him, "Don't go to Yan State during this period."

"Why?" Mencius asked him the reason.

"Because there is civil unrest in Yan State, Qi State is about to attack it!"

After King Kuai of Yan ascended the throne,

He blindly listened to and believed the Prime Minister's son and was fooled into becoming a big fool.

Last month, he suddenly announced that he would abdicate the throne to Zizhi to show his wisdom.

King Kuai of Yan even said proudly:

After this incident, who else in the world would dare to say that he "advocated the rule of the sage king" more than him?

As for the abdication of King Kuai of Yan,

He himself was very happy.

Yan Xiangzi was also very happy.

The neighboring Qi State was equally happy.
King Yan Yi in the underworld was so happy that he fainted. From now on, he was only worthy of sitting at the same table with two generations of Wei kings.

The dead ghosts opened new odds one after another, betting on what the outcome of Yan State would be this time.

Considering the strong vitality that Yan State has demonstrated from its enfeoffment in the early Zhou Dynasty to the present day, not many people would bet that Yan State would inevitably be annexed by Qi State.

But the inevitable result was that the king of Yan, Kuai, would abdicate, and the dissatisfied ministers and generals directly launched a "military remonstrance", and the crown prince of Yan was so scared that he fled to the mountains to seek refuge as a savage.

In such chaos,

Mencius, an old scholar who was gradually getting old and could no longer use the physique given by the sages to spread the wisdom given by the sages, would certainly have to suffer once he arrived in the State of Yan.

"How about it?"

"Isn't this matter of abdication worthy of a Saint King?"

After explaining the reason, He Bo laughed at Meng Ke and said, "In today's world, no one dares to compare with King Kuai of Yan when it comes to the level of the ancient kings of the law!"

Mencius said, "The Confucianists imitate the ancient kings in order to restore the people's hearts of the past, rather than simply imitating what they did."

"If we only repeat what our ancestors did without paying attention to the present situation, the laws and rituals will be different from people's hearts, and new chaos will be caused instead!"

Compared with Confucius,
Mencius' attitude is actually more radical.

After all, he clearly said, "If the king treats his subjects like dirt, then the subjects will treat the king like an enemy," and "The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least important."

Can it be considered as a minister killing the king when monarchs like Shang Tang and King Wu of Zhou overthrew the previous dynasties Jie and Zhou?

You can't!

Because Jie and Zhou were tyrants,

He has been expelled from the list of monarchs and human beings by Mencius!
Therefore, killing them does not count as murder, nor does it count as a violation of etiquette.

Therefore, after hearing about King Kuai of Yan, Mencius also expressed his clear opposition.

"The mistake has been made and there is no way to undo it."

He Bo said with emotion, "I hope the State of Yan will not be destroyed because of this!"

Who made the King of Yan Yi in the underworld now?

Are you frantically using your connections, hoping that the gods and ghosts can help maintain the ancestral temple of the Yan State?

But ghosts and gods have principles.

Although I feel it is a pity that the Yan State, which had existed for hundreds of years, was destroyed, chaos and division will eventually lead to unification.

not to mention,
In such troubled times, if you want to die, even the gods and ghosts can’t do anything about it!

……

Along with the great work done by Yan State,

Emperor Ding, who had been in power for barely six years, also died of illness at the end of the year.

He met his father in the underworld and looked very ashamed.

"I am truly ashamed of my ancestors for not being able to revive the Zhou Dynasty!"

Moreover, he died very early, and did not continue his father's style of long life.

Ugh,
The emperors changed too quickly.
The cost of the funeral and succession is very high!

Luoyi was poor in wealth.

Now, in order to prepare for the funeral of Emperor Ding, they had to squeeze out a lot of blood, and only then could they barely allow Emperor Ding to be buried in a more decent manner.

King Zhou Xuan comforted his son, "It's okay!"

"The ghosts and gods in the underworld are very polite to me!"

"My house in the underworld is windproof and rainproof, and I can enjoy delicacies that I have never tasted in the world of the living!"

finished,

He took his son to experience life in the underworld.

As for the lack of money for ascending the throne,

The new emperor Yan, who is trying to borrow money from the wealthy merchants in Luoyi to hold the ceremony?
Neither the father nor the son cared at all!
Only Emperor Yan was left to continue enduring in the world, facing the pain of destiny's migration.

In his first year on the throne,
The State of Qi brazenly sent troops to the State of Yan and quickly occupied most of Yan's land. The neighboring State of Zhongshan also took advantage of the situation and seized dozens of cities.

When the Qi army arrived at the capital of Yan, they were warmly welcomed by the Yan people. Looking into the distance, they saw the scene full of vitality and all things flourishing.

King Kuai of Yan, who had been severely beaten, finally regained his sanity at this time. He did not want to be captured and humiliated by other countries, so he chose to commit suicide.

When Yan Xiang Zizhi was taken to Linzi, the King of Qi continued the fine tradition passed down by his father. He took out a large cauldron, cut Zizhi into small pieces, and put them in the cauldron to dry for 180 days, making it into meat sauce.

He Bo witnessed this scene.
I was deeply shocked.

So when he met the Xinxia delegation who came to the Western Regions to congratulate the new emperor on his succession to the throne, Guishen took out a large jar of meat sauce and invited them to taste it.

"This is Qi's latest delicacy. The raw materials are from Yan. It is unique in the world!"

Zhao Ning and his companions were very happy. After tasting the meat sauce, they felt that it was indeed delicious. They even asked the ghosts and gods, "Is this a new trend in Zhuxia?"

The ghost thought about the history of the gentlemen of Zhuxia chopping people, and then told them, "The craft is not new, but retro."

Upon hearing this, the Xinxia envoy stood in awe.

Could it be the wisdom of our ancestors that had been lost for many years and finally recovered?
That must be tasted!

　⊙_⊙

　　Duke Ai of Jiang Qi was boiled to death by the Zhou Emperor.

　　Qi State seems to be very experienced in both being a man and being a man.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)