Chapter 25 1. Patriot

The retainer of the State of Lu who sang against the family monarch was called Nan Kuai (kuai). Nan Kuai was the governor of Feiyi, Jisun's fiefdom.According to the rules, after Jisun contracted Feiyi to Nan Kuai, he didn't take much care of it, so Nan Kuai was the boss there for three years.However, when Nan Kuai decided to betray Dr. Jisun and support the monarch of Lu, the people of Feiyi quit.They arrested Nan Kuai and said to him: In the past, I took orders from my husband because I was loyal to the Lord.Now my husband has that kind of thought, but my generation is not so cruel.Then please find another job, sir!Your old man's ideals and ambitions cannot be realized anywhere!

Nan Kuai, who had been betrayed by his relatives, had no choice but to flee to the state of Qi, and the state of Qi took him in. One day, Nan Kuai served Qi Jinggong for dinner. Jinggong suddenly raised his wine glass and said: You traitor! Nan Kuai didn't know whether Jing Gong was real or not, his face turned green at the time, and he argued aggrievedly: How dare a humble official rebel, he just wants to strengthen the government.This is patriotic! The doctor of the State of Qi next to him retorted: What kind of country does a retainer love?You have committed a great crime! strangeness!Patriotic sin?

No.There is no crime in being patriotic, but there are qualifications.It is right for a prince to love his country, because he is the "king".It is also right for a doctor to be patriotic, because he is a "countryman".If the retainers are patriotic, there is "a great crime". What is the crime of retainers being patriotic? overstep.That is to say, the big girl Tongfang regards herself as a big wife. As mentioned earlier, feudalism is an order.The relationship between the monarch and his ministers and the objects of allegiance determined by it are also hierarchical.Specifically, from top to bottom, the ministers of the Son of Heaven are princes, the ministers of princes are officials, and the ministers of officials are scholars (retainers).From bottom to top, the retainers are loyal to the officials, the officials are loyal to the princes, and the princes are loyal to the emperor.Therefore, princes can "love the world", officials can "love the country", and retainers can only "love the family".This is called "li", and it is also called "loyalty".Leapfrogging indecently to patriotism is a "patriotic thief".Rebellious ministers and thieves are punished by everyone.Qi Jinggong only called Nan Kuai a "traitor", which is considered polite.

Then, why can the people of Feiyi oppose their governor, Nan Kuai, and be loyal to Jisun's family by leapfrogging? Because according to the state system, there is only one in the world, and there are only two levels of closed areas.Once it is sealed to the fief, it will no longer be divided.A retainer is not a "monarch", but an agent sent by a doctor.Yi people are not the ministers of the retainers, but the ministers of the doctor, that is, "family members".Their moral obligation is "loyalty to the emperor and family", not "loyalty to the emperor and love to the country".This has nothing to do with Dr. Ji Sun's right or wrong, and it has nothing to do with Nan Kuai's political stance.

Rituals only recognize order, regardless of right and wrong. The consequences are of course serious.According to this "principle of loyalty to the emperor", if the princes oppose the emperor, the officials should follow suit; if the officials rebel against the princes, the retainers will follow suit.Zhou's demise is because of this. But there is no way, because right and wrong cannot be clearly explained.The public says that the public is right, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is right, how to operate? What is clear and operable is order. Order runs through the state system.Jingtian is the economic order, patriarchal clan is the social order, and feudalism is the political order.This requires first to "clarify the difference", and second to "determine the level".The well field system distinguishes "public and private", so there are public land and private land; the patriarchal system distinguishes "concubine and concubine", so there are sons and sons;People are nobles, and people are commoners and slaves.This is "class", third class.The emperor is a super noble, the princes are a high-level noble, the doctor is a middle-level noble, and the scholar is a low-level noble.This is the "level", four and so on.In addition, there is Gonghou Bozinan, who is the "jue rank" of the princes, fifth class.

It can be seen that order is hierarchy.It forms a sequence like a well field, which is called "orderly"; it is as well-organized as a field, called "well-organized".In fact, a well-organized Zhou society is a "well field"; a well-ordered Zhou system is a "well".Duke Zhou and his successors continued to dig wells with the spirit of Yugong Yishan, and finally dug the well to the bottom, waiting for us to jump down. This "well" is called "ruling the country with ethics".

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