Chapter 63 The Eve of the Great War (2)
"Okay, if those rice thieves really come to attack the city, I will go out and let you see it! If I can really kill these rice thieves, what do you think?" Mr. Kong finally said in anger after being embarrassed for a while.
This is the case with the angry youth, and they often think too optimistically about things. Mr. Kong believes that the Five Dogs of Rice Dao is just a mob, while the Kong soldiers and generals are all well-trained. How could the playboys know how many Taoists are all over the mountains and fields on the battlefield?
In fact, Mr. Kong, a famous gentry family, never asks about common things. There is no idea in his mind how many tens of thousands of people are. He just relies on his youth and spirit. How could my dignified gentry soldiers and generals not be able to defeat some mud legs? Besides, now all the famous gentry people are famous in Shanyin City, how could he be willing to be insulted by Zhang Chi?
When Mr. Meng saw the two of them talking to each other, he hurriedly spoke and tried to persuade him to fight: "We should discuss major issues today, so we should discuss it calmly and make a long-term plan."
Mr. Meng is quite knowledgeable, and of course he doesn't bother to Mr. Confucius so blindly arrogance. However, now the enemy is in front of him, and there are not many people in Shanyin City. It is time to unite. If he leads his troops out of the city alone to fight, even if he is defeated and died, it is not his business. But after all, his lips are lost and his teeth are cold, and there will be a little help in Shanyin City.
But Zhang Chi didn't care about this. He just wanted to find a chance to rescue the wine lady. What's the matter with him if Jiankang City can't be defended?
"If you really win, I will be willing to hold the horse and whip for you and be a pawn for you." Zhang Chi took a sip of wine: "But if you can't win, what if you do?"
"Then I am willing to hold the horse and hold the whip for you!" Mr. Kong was so aroused that he no longer cared about his identity as an aristocrat and Zhang Chi was a commoner.
"I'm afraid you'll have no chance to be a pawn for me by then. Five Doks of Rice Dao have prepared momentum. If you bring two thousand men out of the city to fight, you still don't know if you can find your entire body after the battle."
Mr. Kong's face turned green when he was already squeezed by Zhang Chi, and he said fiercely: "Even if I die without a complete body, I am much better than those who know that the rice thieves are siege to kill the city."
Zhang Chi didn't say anything at first, but now he is here to run Gongzi Kong. Of course, Mr. Kong thought Zhang Chi was the master of the ranks, so he spoke out loud. However, this ridicule was nothing, and someone quit.
"Isn't it a shame to do these common things of fighting and killing all day long?" The man sitting on the left said disdainfully, and then said to the person sitting on the left: "I think the prince is disdainful to do such things."
Although the gentry was in power during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the gentry was ashamed to deal with mundane affairs, and they all felt free and carefree.
When he entered the table, Meng Feiyang had already secretly introduced everyone to Zhang Chi, so Zhang Chi knew that the person sitting on the upper side of the left was the son of the famous Wang Xizhi, named Wang Ningzhi.
At this time, Wang Ningzhi's official position was a civil servant in Kuaiji. Sima Daozi in the court was originally the King of Kuaiji, and his fief was in Kuaiji. According to the official system of the Jin Dynasty, where there was a king, there was no prefect, and the official with the highest command power in the local area was called an official, which was actually the same as the prefect's authority. This was the case with Wang Ningzhi.
However, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the punishment was not given to the doctor, and ethics could not be restricted by the gentry. Besides, Meng Feiyang was originally a madman, so although this family banquet invited Wang Ningzhi, who is now the highest official position in Kuaiji County, he did not have to let him take the lead, but just let him sit on the upper head on the left.
"How could the people in the world rebel? I'm afraid you've heard the rumors by mistake." Wang Ningzhi looked elegant and didn't care about what everyone said at all. He said with a smile.
Mr. Kong began to think that Zhang Chi was against him, so he said that even if he died without a complete body, he was much better than some people who knew that Mi Thief attacked the city and died.
Of course the person he refers to here was Zhang Chi, and he did not mean to reflect Wang Xie. However, now he could not agree with what Wang Ningzhi said.
Young Master Kong experienced the worldly ways, so he spoke very straightforwardly: "Those rice thieves gathered in the mountains of Kuaiji. What are they doing if they wanted to rebel? Shanyin has been famous since ancient times, and the city is rich. Those mud legs have long been plotting. Everyone knows these, so how can they be said to be rumor?"
In ancient times, the news was blocked, and the people of the gentry disdained to interfere in civil affairs. At this time, most people did not know that the Five Doks of Rice Dao had gone to attack health the day before yesterday. Wang Ningzhi said: "Buddhism has always been incompatible, but the rebellion of the Heavenly Master is inevitably a bit conquered. It would be fine if Mr. Kong disdained the teachings of the Heavenly Master Dao, so why bother slandering them?"
"How could I be slandered?" Mr. Kong consciously said every word, but why did he not please both sides? But he himself was not good at speaking. After thinking for a long time, he didn't know how to answer, but he insisted on his own opinion, so he could only sigh and said, "Hey, you are not worth talking about big things."
After saying that, he left the seat angrily.
Now Zhang Chi also saw some joints. The famous scholars present were in public and had an attitude of not being concerned about their own affairs. They were generally the gentry who worshipped the Heavenly Master's Way, such as Wang Ningzhi, who had the greatest official position in the audience.
The Wang family in Taiyuan has always believed in Taoism, and this was the case with Wang Xizhi back then. Moreover, there are many believers in Shanyin City. This is not a false talk. Li Bai later generations have a poem that can be proved: "The water flows in the mirror lake and the clear waves are rippling in the boat. There are many mad guests returning to the boat. If Taoists meet, they should write about the yellow geese changing to the white geese."
The allusions used in Li Bai's poem are related to this: Jinghu is in Shanyin City, and it should be written that Huangting replaces white goose, which means that Wang Xizhi loves goose allusions. From this, it can be seen that during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there were many believers in Shanyin. It is probably not an exaggeration to say that five out of ten are.
If the Taoist doctrine is traced back to the origin, it comes from the Tao Te Ching. Lao Tzu emphasizes no dispute, so Wang Ningzhi and other gentry who believed in the Tao of Heaven did not believe that the Five Doks of Rice would rebel and attack Shanyin.
Besides, for them, even if they come, what does it matter if they are fellow Taoists? I am afraid that even if the Heavenly Master Dao breaks the city, then the people who are in distress will be Buddhist believers. Therefore, the vast majority of those who advocate actively responding to the challenge are the aristocratic families who worship Buddhism all over the world.
Although Meng Feiyang is not a devout Buddhist, his family has always adhered to Buddhism. However, Meng Feiyang's advocated preparations for war was not because he wanted to suppress the aristocratic families who believed in Taoism. But others don't think so.
Zhang Chi had already seen this clearly and knew that Meng Feiyang would be ineffective in any way. So when Meng Feiyang wanted to speak again, Zhang Chi stopped him: "Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions. Brother Meng, why bother force me?"
Meng Feiyang sighed helplessly, and everyone had a big difference in opinions, especially because the Wang and Xie families seemed to have made up their minds and ignored the matter. Mr. Kong also left the table angrily, which made the atmosphere awkward. However, those gentry who believed in the Tao of Heaven looked gloating and did not care about their own affairs. Everyone felt bored and said goodbye one by one.
Meng Feiyang originally wanted to call on the Shanyin family members to prepare for the war together, but the final result ended up in an unhappy way.
Chapter completed!