Chapter 248: Weakness is never an obstacle to survival, arrogance is
On the Guangling River, there are layers of water ripples.
A simple wooden boat was sailing, with a 500-pound fat man sitting on the bow.
His huge size makes the entire wooden boat seem a bit unbalanced, and it is likely to capsize at any time.
Behind the wooden boat, an old man was sitting on the stern, maintaining the balance of the wooden boat while persuading, "I, Ji Qiu, in terms of seniority, am the sixth master of Emperor Zhou Ji Yan, and you are Ji Yan’s nephew, then, in terms of royal blood relationship, I should be your eighth uncle, you can also just call me sixth uncle.”
"If you have anything you can't think of, you can tell me to Mr. Liu." "
"Although I may not be as capable as your uncle Ji Yan, Ji Yan will definitely listen to what I say! "
Faced with Ji Qiu's constant temptation, the fat man Dongfang Laoying didn't say anything. He just sat on the bow and sighed.
Ji Qiu said again, "Weren't you full of eyes when you came here before? Are you all excited? Don’t you really want to be recognized by the royal family? I admit you now, shouldn't you be happy? What a sigh! "
Dongfang Laoying couldn't help but said, "Am I eager to be recognized? I longed for denial! ”
"I used to be a stranger outside the Zhou royal family, just a spectator."
"Youdao is to watch the excitement without fear of trouble, just for fun!"
"But Suddenly you told me that this fun belongs to my family, holy shit, am I really happy about this?”
“I came to Uranus, never hoping to get recognition. I hope to be denied. The more you deny it, the happier I will be. It means that the fun belongs to others and I can still enjoy it!”
“But with your admission, I become the fun!”
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"How can this make me happy? I'm here to see the fun, not to be the fun!"
Ji Qiu said earnestly, "If you ask yourself, although the Zhou royal family is in a bad situation, it is also You haven’t fallen to the point of having fun yet! Are you a little too pessimistic?”
Dongfang Laoying looked at Ji Qiu at the stern of the boat, “As the old saying goes, the authorities are confused and the beholder is clear.”
"What's the current situation of the Zhou royal family? Mr. Liu, you don't have to say anything, you are subjective!"
"And I, a former outsider, can see it very clearly."
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"To say that the current Zhou royal family is in decline is just to praise it!"
"The current Zhou royal family is already lying in the coffin, but it is unwilling to give up and still has one foot hanging out of the coffin!"
“Do you know how powerful the Seven Kingdoms are now?”
“On the surface, the official population of Daqin is 30 billion, but in fact, at least 30 billion are concealed. ! Even some bold organizations predict that the population of the Qin Empire is around 100 billion! "
"If you take a step back, if you are not compared with the Qin Empire, then you are the weakest among the six vassal kingdoms! You see, the three main stars of Yingchuan in South Korea can pull out a total of 5 billion humans. Plus some sub-systems, Wangan of Yingchuan and Han has at least 10 billion humans in his hands. Plus the tens of billions in the Nanyang Star Territory, small! South Korea, a country as small as a trailer, has 20 billion!”
"And what about our Zhou royal family? It used to be three billion, but then Zhuolu was cut down, and now there are only two billion left."
"What can a person with two billion do?"
“The resident population of Donghai Aolai Country now exceeds three billion!”
“The Zhou royal family cannot defeat Donghai in a war!”
“With this strength, you You say the situation is okay, Mr. Liu, you feel great about yourself!”
Ji Qiu's face became much colder, "Aren't your decadent words like this a little too high on other people's ambitions and destroying your own prestige?"
Dongfang Laoying sighed, restrained his excited tone, and spoke calmly. He said, "Sixth Master, I am telling the truth. I don't mean to be decadent or not."
"As for destroying their own prestige, how can the Zhou royal family still have any prestige at all!"
>"This is the Warring States Period, an era when etiquette and music have collapsed. In the universe, everyone is a tiger and a wolf. There are no rules in this era! The biggest rule is strength!"
"And strength What is it? After all, it’s the number of humans!”
"Why can Qin become an empire? Because it has a large population! The human race is the orthodox race in the Pangu universe. Whoever can occupy the main proportion among the human race will have more power in Pangu's will!"
"Our strength, our people, are too few, too few."
"We really can't beat them!"
Ji Qiu doesn't want to discuss this issue anymore. He read, "You can go back and tell your uncle these words. I will take you to see your uncle now. What do you think?"
Dongfang Laoying shook his head, "No, I feel like my future is not right now." It’s dark. Otherwise, Mr. Liu, please tell me and ask my uncle to erase me from the family tree. I will no longer be included in the family tree of the Zhou royal family.”
"What are you thinking about!" Ji Qiu said, "You are the successor of Emperor Zhou, and you must shoulder the responsibilities of Emperor Zhou. How can you change the king's affairs just by saying?"
Dongfang Laoying said, "But, this is a dead end. How do you ask me to take responsibility?"
"Not to mention that my old uncle is so ambitious that he still wants to have a chance with Qin Feng."
“Oh my God! I don’t even know how to praise him.”
“He has such backbone!”
"Can you touch it?"
"The moment the strategist takes action against you, he has already prepared your coffin and will sell it to you when you die! If you die, he will We can all make another fortune!”
Just as Dongfang Laoying and Liuye Ji Qiu were talking earnestly, not far away, on the Guangling River, there were ripples on the water, and a luxurious painted incense boat. Yunyun floated over.
The incense boat went down the river, exactly side by side with the wooden boat Dongfang Laoying was riding.
Sixth Master Ji Qiu looked at the incoming boat with a smile, "Princess, you are safe and sound!"
Dongfang Laoying was excited in his heart, princess? My uncle's only daughter? Is he also the theoretical first heir to the Zhou royal family? Theoretically a cousin in my bloodline family tree?
What do you mean, you are blocking me so early?
Could it be that I, the second heir, have affected your future and you plan to kill me?
In the incense boat, a cold and ethereal female voice came out, "Sixth Master, you are fine! Is this the son of destiny you call him?"
Dongfang Laoying corrected, " To be precise, he is a man-made son of destiny.”
The woman laughed melodiously, "I've heard of your name. You ranked first in the liberal arts group on the Jinghong List. You and Qin Feng and Shen Buhu are close friends and brothers! We just met today..."
Eastern Lao Ying straightened his posture and said calmly, "Are you particularly disappointed? I am neither as elegant and capable as Qin Feng, nor as good as Shen Buhai who keeps a low profile and keeps the city hidden? On the contrary, I look stupid and have a bloated body. , He looks like a loser."
The woman smiled, "My Highness rarely comments on the appearance of outsiders, but cousin, you really need to lose weight."
Dongfang Laoying chuckled. , "Since you call me cousin, I might as well give you some advice today."
The princess said, "But it doesn't matter."
Dongfang Laoying said, "Your Highness, Princess, please immediately persuade my uncle to issue a petition. If the official announcement fails, he is willing to compensate and let Qin Feng slaughter him. This is the only decent way to go next!"
The princess laughed! He said, "Since my cousin has given me a piece of advice, I might as well give my cousin a piece of advice. The savings of the Zhou royal family are beyond your imagination. You are new here and don't understand the Zhou royal family and look down on the Zhou royal family. I can understand you." "When you really return to the clan, you will become more confident."
Dongfang Laoying said, "First, I have no sense of belonging to the Zhou royal family, and I will not return!" I am disappointed with the Zhou royal family because I know so little about Qin Feng!"
The princess said, "So, there is no need to talk about it?"
Dongfang Laoying said, "Unless you can convince me!" "Okay!" The princess smiled, "I heard that I was also number one in liberal arts back then and was very good at eloquence, so why don't we give an eloquent speech? Field, do you dare to take it?”
Dongfang Laoying said, "Okay! If I say I win, you have to let me go."
The princess said, "If I lose, you have to go back with me to see me Father!"
Dongfang Laoying raised his hand, "What is the theme of eloquence?"
The princess said, "Which one of the hundreds of schools of thought do you think is the strongest? ? Who can make it to the end? ”
Dongfang Laoying said, "What is the princess's argument?"
The princess said, "I think it is Confucianism."
Dongfang Laoying said with a smile, "I object! There is no way Confucianism can go In the end! The Warring States Period has been the last glorious era of Confucianism. After this era, Confucianism will decline!"
The princess said, "So, do you think the strategists are the strongest and can they make it to the end? ?”
Dongfang Laoying said, “There is no strongest among all the schools of thought. If we have to choose the strongest one, the strongest one at the moment is Qin Feng, the strategist. But strategist Qin Feng depends too much on personal ability. , the upper and lower limits are too high. If it is high, it is ridiculously high, but if it is low, it is also ridiculously low! It has no reference value, and it is difficult for experts to say.”
The princess smiled and said, "Is that Legalism?"
Dongfang Laoying said, "Legalism analyzes human nature. The core of Legalism is to define people as potential fools and officials as potential fools. Corrupt officials and the definition of intellectuals as potential corrupt scholars are all correct, but Legalism analyzes everyone but cannot analyze the monarch himself. This has its limitations! In addition, the law needs to be changed! , this requires that the Legalists must produce outstanding disciples in every dynasty. Otherwise, if the law declines or cannot keep up with the times, it will be slapped in the face by hundreds of schools of thought! Not to mention, the case of Zhang Zhien is a matter of political strategists. The family was on the ground rubbing together like crazy!”
The princess said, “Who do you think will have the last laugh?”
Dongfang Laoying said, “Of course it’s the Zajia family!”
< br>The princess sneered, "Za family? The Za family doesn't even have a decent head now! The previous head of the Za family, Lu Buwei, was chopped off by Ying Zheng. To this day, the Za family is still fighting among themselves and has not elected its own head. They Can you have the last laugh? ”
Dongfang Laoying laughed and said, "Ying Zheng killed Lu Buwei, the head of the Za family! But Ying Zheng inherited Lu Buwei's things perfectly! I dare to ask my cousin, what is the biggest feature of Lu Buwei's Za family?"
The princess said, "The sea is open to all rivers, and it is large with tolerance. Everything in the world is for my use!"
Dongfang Laoying said, "To put it more plainly, that is, mine, mine, everything It’s mine!”
“Such a simple sentence is the core governance theory of the Za family!”
“Although Lu Buwei is dead, Lu’s Chunqiu is still there, and Lu Buwei’s adopted son is still there! Ying Zheng is still here!”
"Ying Zheng is the best disciple of the Za family trained by Lu Buwei. Although they are enemies, it cannot be ruled out that Ying Zheng's current thoughts are those of the Za family."
"Ying Zheng created the Qin Empire and allowed Qin to The country has become the only place that can accommodate the world's talents! "
"Ying Zheng is bound to dominate the world, and since Ying Zheng is a disciple of the Za family, the Za family will also have the last laugh."
The princess said again, " My cousin’s words are wrong. In my opinion, there are four saints in Confucianism, including Confucius, the most holy teacher, and Master Meng, who is about to be promoted to the most holy teacher. Only Confucianism can have the last laugh.”
Dongfang Laoying said, "The ancestors have said that, if it is prosperous, it will decline."
"The prosperity of Confucianism lies today, and hundreds of schools of thought combined cannot match Confucianism!"
"And for the Warring States period, Confucianism almost overdrawn all their subsequent energy, allowing almost all Confucian masters to concentrate on this era Explode!"
"From now on, Confucianism will become a thing of the past. Even if it can survive, it will only be a new shell. It may no longer be the same thing as Confucianism! It will decline, but Confucianism will inevitably be tampered with and become a large but weak sect like Taoism."
The princess said, "The changes in the Seven Kingdoms are, in the final analysis, a struggle between various schools of thought. The Qin State looks up to the miscellaneous family, which governs hundreds of schools of thought, but does not have its own core skills. Although it can gain temporary benefits, it will eventually fall apart when it becomes extremely prosperous! For all the schools of thought.”
“The Zhou royal family relied on Confucianism and controlled the world with rituals and music. When the seven kingdoms were unified, music and rituals reappeared.”
"In the long run, the Qin Empire can unify the world, but it cannot maintain the world for a long time!"
"Only the Zhou royal family can control the world for a long time."
Dongfang Laoying laughed, " My cousin is really optimistic. Even if Qin loses the world in an instant, Qin will definitely destroy the Zhou royal family before it perishes! It may be a new dynasty that will revive the world! This dynasty is definitely not the Zhou royal family! "
“At the same time, a new school of thought will also arise. It may be a politician who rises and falls sometimes, or it may be Taoism, which is large but not strong. Anyway, it will not be Confucianism.”
< br>After the two discussed this, the princess sighed, "After all, you still have no confidence in the Zhou royal family and Confucianism, right?"
Dongfang Laoying said, "I not only have no confidence in the Zhou royal family or Confucianism, I am even full of despair for you and your father. You father and daughter are simply stupid and stereotyped!"
" Now I can finally understand my father's despair."
"I asked my father, logically speaking, shouldn't you be qualified to compete with my uncle for the throne?"
"My father? But he just sighed and said, fight for the throne, it is a fire pit, whoever wants to sit in it will sit in it."
"To be honest, your family really deserves a beating. Deserve to be destroyed!”
"If one day, Ying Zheng comes to ask you to surrender, or if Qin Feng kills you all in the future, I really will not sympathize with you at all!"
"The number one threat to survival has always been It’s not weakness, it’s arrogance!”
“And you’ve been showing arrogance all the time when you talk to me!”
“From the beginning, you mocked my appearance. You have taken your arrogance to the extreme by being condescending and asking me aggressive questions many times!”
“That’s it, I’m still a disciple of the royal family, and I’m still the second in line to succeed. Your cousin!”
"You are so arrogant to me, so why don't you treat other people with contempt!"
"No wonder Qin Feng is clamoring to teach you a lesson! You really deserve it!"
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After Dongfang Laoying scolded him, a woman snorted softly in the boat, and then, a mouthful of blood spat out, staining the gauze curtain of the boat red.
The urgent voice of the maid came from the boat.
The sixth master on the boat hurriedly interrupted Dongfang Laoying, "Stop talking, young master, the eldest princess is not in good health. Don't make her mad to death!"
Dongfang Laoying sighed after hearing this, "Discussing Taoism is just for fun, but I didn't expect that my cousin could actually vomit dozens of taels of blood. I admire you, little brother!"
Pfft——
< br>There was another sound of vomiting blood, and the princess said weakly, "Palm - mouth!"
Dongfang Laoying chuckled, "Stupid woman! I'm leaving first! Tell your father, kill me if you dare. , either let me go, want me to go to the Zhou royal family to be buried with him, or use me to blackmail Qin Feng, don’t even think about it!”
“I’m just here to have fun, look at your family. How did you die?”
"Also, don't use family ties to kidnap me. I won't do this!"
"As your father's brother, my father has despaired of your family. How can you expect me to be a wanderer and make money outside?" What sense of belonging does a prodigal son of thirty years have to the Zhou royal family?"
"We are all adults, be realistic, see the reality clearly, and stand firm after being beaten..."
Sixth Master watched. The fat man didn't hesitate to finish the attack, and hurriedly rowed the boat towards the distance.
In the boat, the eldest princess kept vomiting blood and soon passed out.
(End of this chapter)