The scenes during the banquet were a bit awkward, and it was difficult for a group of nobles to speak out. If they did not speak out, they would be suspected of showing weakness.

But if you make a sound, you are afraid of being humiliated, and you will make people laugh, and you will lose your reputation and become a joke in the market.

Zhao Zhi's Ai had seen him for several times, and at this time he hurriedly said, "I'm so worried. Yan Ying is five feet tall and you are seven feet tall. Mo is very beneficial to the world and has few traitors. How could Yan Ying be the first to send Chu again?"

This is to use praise to alleviate the embarrassment, and each retains some mercy. He praises both the right and the Mohist school.

Shi Kuo smiled and said, "Although my body is seven feet long, my ancestors are all craftsmen. In your eyes, I am afraid that my bloodline is five feet long. When the giant came to Chu, some people think that my Mo family giant is not a 'doctor', but just a 'silly farmer, and his words are unheard'?"

This incident is a personal grudge between Mozi and the Chu nobles. Mozi once went to Chu twice. One was when he fought with Gongshu Ban to attack Song, and the other was when he lobbying the King of Chu, but the nobles said that Mozi was a low-minded person and was just a commoner, so the King of Chu might not listen to Mozi's remarks.

Now the situation has completely reversed. After the Battle of Shangqiu, it was not the Mo family who took the initiative to lobby the king, but the King of Chu personally sent Zhaozhi'e to Pei County to ask for the support of Mozhe.

The situation is already like this, and Zhao Zhiai has no choice but to say anything.

Shi held the orange that had just caused the topic and said, "I am good at Shangqiu and traveled in Sishui. I have never seen oranges with my own eyes. I just heard people talk about it twice during my studies."

"One of them is the saying that Yan Zi and Oranges were born in Huainan, and the other is an interesting thing. In the past, I heard two masters tell the story of Oranges. Today I am lucky enough to see them. I might as well tell you the story."

The King of Chu thought Shi was considered to have given Zhao Zhiai a favor, and Zhao Zhiai nodded slightly to show his gratitude.

After pondering for a moment, he looked around and said slowly: "In the past, two masters traveled to Chu and arrived in Zhongli. There was a man who sold fruits in Zhongli who was good at hiding oranges and did not collapse when he was exposed to cold and heat. He was yes and jade was made of gold. He was placed in the market and bought ten times, and people competed to sell them."

"After the Master was strange, he got one of them. He cut it off. It was like smoke swelling into his mouth and nose, looking at it, and it was like a broken stem. He asked him strangely, "If the market is in the market, will he use real beans and beans to serve as sacrifices to guests? Are you going to show off your appearance and confuse fools and blindness? It's so bad."

"The seller laughed and said, 'My business has been for a long time. I rely on this to eat my body. I sold it and people took it. I have never said anything, but it is not enough for my son? The world is not a small number of people, but I am the only one? My son has not thought about it. Now, those who wear tiger talismans and sit in Gaobi are scattered as the tools of Gancheng. Can they be given Sun Wu and Sima Rangju? The erect crown and the gentry are slaughtered as the tools of the temple. Can they build Yigao's business? The thief is not known for the control, the people are trapped but do not know how to save, the law is not known for the reason, and the grain is not known for the shame. Looking at the high hall, the horses, the drunk wine is drunk and the meat is fat and fresh, who is not towering and terrifying, and can be regarded as awesome, and can be seen as awesome? How can you go without gold and jade outside, and you can be defeated and defeated? Now I am not observing, but observing my oranges'!"

This is a fable that uses gold and jade on the outside and the inside.

However, although there was cotton wool at this time, it was not popular, so the term "fai" was used instead. After all, ordinary people used wheat straw or straw as bedding for warm night.

After reading, the nobles had some shameful faces or angry faces during the meal, and were confused and secretly wiped out sweating. They were lucky enough to have never humiliated the other person with words just now.

It's just a swearing person.

It can also be said that it is also promoting the principle of "respecting virtuousness" in the Mohist school.

It's just a bit tactful.

Zhao Zhiai twitched the corners of his mouth, and he was angry and laughing in his heart. He was really helpless.

I was so angry that I used such a strange story to scold all the nobles present, saying that they all wore tiger talismans and high crowns, and made themselves look glamorous like Sun Wuzi, Sima Rangju, Yi Yin, and Gao Yao, but they were all idiots and could not save the people's worries and improve the laws.

This is naturally included in his Zhaozhiai, because in his previous words, he used Yan Zi’s five-foot body to transform his height into the bloodline, which is obviously a satirizing of the people here.

What he laughed was... He thought that he had just given him a kind face, but he didn't expect that although he was Mo, he personally practiced the so-called "a thief who wishes virtue in the countryside" and did not care about the feelings of everyone present, and was like a person who could not speak.

However, he didn't know that the Mo family was most despised for people like "wishing good people in the countryside". For example, Gao Sunzi didn't know how many disputes had occurred with Shi, but whether it was Shi or those who supported him, they respected Gao Sunzi very much. On the contrary, they were extremely despised by those slick Mo people, and there was no place for such people to live in.

This story does not belong to this era, but because of the inheritance of classical Chinese, the two thousand years later, the people present can still understand the meaning without any sluggishness. The so-called inheritance probably means that future generations can understand the words of predecessors, and later generations can still be understood by predecessors.

This story of criticizing and slandering and insulting has brought the mood of the banquet to an awkward peak.

No one dares to speak, for fear of being humiliated. Those who want to speak but don’t know what to say, and if they are not careful, they will offend the rest of the people present.

Even though I knew that this story was quite interesting and reasonable, the scene was silent after it was said.

When he noticed the silence of the scene, he was secretly happy. He didn't want to argue too much with the nobles. I think the King of Chu should know some of the simple truths of the Mo family and some of the things Mozi advocated.

Since I have arrived here, I am unwilling to waste my energy on "reasoning" with the nobles.

Meng Sheng, who was sitting in the lower head, saw Shi like a competitive rooster, looking around provocatively, and his hands casually touched the wine bottle. The nobles around him bowed their heads or turned their eyes elsewhere, not daring to touch them, let alone respond.

I just borrowed an orange and humiliated many people. Now I touched the wine bottle again, and no one knew what I could say next.

Some people who were drinking stopped immediately, looked at their hand sideways, and hurriedly changed into other positions, for fear that he would take advantage of the problem again.

Meng Sheng secretly praised in his heart and said to himself: "He often said that if he could punch one punch, he would not get a hundred punches. This is exactly what he meant."

"If I was young and fought with people on the streets, if there were too many people on the other side, I would have to knock down one person first so that the rest of the people would be worried and dare not move forward, so that they could deal with it calmly."

"Now the enemies look around, waiting for others to speak first, but I borrowed citrus and spoke out to humiliate them. Naturally, the rest of them dare not speak easily to avoid humiliation."

"I think today, I'm afraid no one dares to use words to deal with our Mo family."

I thought that if it were me, I was afraid I would not be able to take the initiative with an orange for a moment, so that no one dared to speak out in the audience, and I admired it in my heart.

It’s really generous to see if you act appropriately.

During the meal, all kinds of tableware did not abide by the rules of using tableware. The chopsticks used to eat "soup with vegetables" were used as appropriate for all tableware, but the nobles and servants present were captured by his momentum just now, and no one accused them.

I’m afraid that many people even think that it’s deliberate, just waiting for an opportunity to set a trap to fight back against others.

The King of Chu, who was in charge, recalled the words that had just been defeated by the golden jade, and he also secretly praised it in his heart.

I thought I had heard that this person had a good speech and was as sharp as an arrow. I didn't want to provoke this person, but this person took the initiative to provoke others.

Thinking about it again, I also understand the attitude of the Mo family. I often point out that the nobles of Shiqing are not talented. In addition, there are great personal grudges between the Mo family and the nobles present, which cannot be resolved by a few good words.

Since this is the case, it is better to insult first, so as not to deal with a group of people alone. Just as a tiger fighting with a group of wolves, you always need to roar a few times to let the group of wolves know their abilities and not move forward easily.

Although the King of Chu felt that it was reasonable if Jin Yu defeated him, he could not praise him on the surface.

Because the Mo family could say anything regardless of the aristocrats' feelings. But as the monarch, he had no capital to turn against the aristocrats at this time, and he could only express his attitude at this time.

After thinking about it, Xiong Sui chuckled and said, "The Mo family's words have always been sharp. The saying of valuing rewards and punishments makes sense. But don't you hear that Zi Zhang and Zixia were compared in the past? Zhongni said: Too much is as bad as too much."

"The Book of Songs says: If a person loses his mind, the country will be exhausted."

"The Book of Xia says: It is better to lose your mistake than to kill him."

"The Shang Song says: If you do not be too arrogant, you will not dare to neglect the emperor, and you will be ordered to be in the lower country, and you will be blessed by feudal blessings."

"Everyone knows that those who are good at doing their country will reward and punish and punish without being too much. But this is something that only saints can do. If they cannot do it, they will still be unfortunate enough to pass it without being too bad. Rather than being wrong, they will be more profitable and lustful."

After King Chu said that, Zhao Zhiai breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the king was indeed smart.

It is clear that it is to attack and humiliate the nobles present. If a king cannot handle this properly, it will make the nobles resentful. The position is unstable, and it will be very bad to make the nobles resentful at this time.

But it would be even worse if you just leave in order to please the nobles.

If the nobles present could solve the predicament of Chu, why should I let myself travel thousands of miles to Pei County and invite Mo to Chu? At this time, I left with my sleeves, and all the previous preparations were meaningless.

As a king, at this time, he could only be neither side was offended, so he said this very clever.

We are very sensitive to the ongoing personal attacks that are carried out into theoretical issues. As long as we talk about theory and not about individuals, we can pass this matter perfunctorily and have some feelings for each other so that the contradictions will not be too sharp.

Zhao Zhiai thought to himself that the contradiction was created by this man in the Mo family. Two years ago, under Shangqiu City, this man directly pointed out the contradiction in front of the previous kings and nobles... From this point of view, this is a person who is good at creating some contradictions when he is fine. The people present are the best choice to keep silent!

The King of Chu was mudding, or changing the topic.

This is a helpless choice.

He used the words of the Book of Songs, Xia Books, and Shang Songs to shift the words from the sharp topic of accusing the nobles of "there are gold and jade on the outside but the inside is a fragile" to the topic of "how to identify talents" that people will not feel uncomfortable.

The King of Chu means: Everyone knows that being a king should not be rewarded too much, and punishment should not be abused. If you give too much, you are afraid of being bad people; if you abuse your punishment, you are afraid of involving good people.

The problem is that this is a clear move that only saints can do.

So, if you are not a saint, what should you do when you can’t do it?

If you are unfortunate and overdo it, you would rather be too overdo it than abuse it. Instead of losing good people, you would rather be favoring bad people.

In other words, the King of Chu said that he was not a saint and could not distinguish between wise and stupid, so he had to use both himself.

In other words, some of the people present must be talented, and some of them may be really stupid, but it doesn’t matter if they are fools, I will still use yours.

If you say this, you will give the nobles a lot of affection. After all, some of the words are considered talented. You can't everyone take the role of the person who is not wise.

Shi was not interested in this set of fallacies, but his previous purpose was to take the initiative and prevent him from being besieged.

Now the King of Chu has given a staircase, and he has shown his feathers and sharp claws like a rooster, so he will stop when he sees it.

So he said, "This is exactly the so-called "selecting materials for the Mohist school". As long as the standards for talent can be formulated and evaluated, just like the rules of craftsmen to determine the square and circle, how can saints be needed?"

Seeing that Shi had already let go, the King of Chu responded quickly: "It's like this. Mo Di's knowledge is not unreasonable. This time, he invited the Mo family to Chu to listen to the knowledge of the Mo family."

"The so-called people who separate and listen to it will be foolish, and those who listen to it will be saints. The principles of the various theories in the world can be spread throughout the world, and there must be certain reasons. You cannot separate and listen to it, but you can only listen to it in harmony. Choose the good ones and follow it, and choose the profits and follow it."

This is also to reassure the nobles. The King of Chu has been expressing an attitude to the nobles present: he may not be able to use the radical propositions of the Mo family, so don’t worry.

Xiong Sui didn't want to make such a stalemate at the banquet, but he didn't expect that Shi would directly lead some hidden conflicts to be drawn out at the banquet, which made him a little difficult to deal with.

In the same sentence, different people sound differently.

When the King of Chu heard this sentence of "Golden and Jade" was to think that the nobles were unwilling to listen and to comfort them; it was also easy to think from the perspective of the monarch that the Chu State today was just "Golden and Jade"?

In just a few decades, the powerful back then was so powerful that after the Baigong Rebellion that he could annex several countries and conquer Huaibei, Xiongchu had already fallen to the point where the monarch was too powerful to move, and the Three Jins could not fight back.

Now that Wuyang Yu Pass has been lost, even the Zheng people can defeat the Chu army, and even kill two Chu nobles in formation. This is like a broken orange, torn apart by someone, revealing the defeat inside.

If it were King Zhuang and King Hui, not to mention the crisis of domestic inheritance rights, even if the princely tribes cause rebellion, a small country like Zheng would not dare to bite the Chu people.

He heard from his father that he was inciting conflicts in the city of Shangqiu two years ago. Today, he heard that Jin Yuqi was outside mentioning the situation of Chu. Xiong Su was secretly happy.

This place is not Shangqiu, nor is it a military tent, nor is it in the military formation. You can take this opportunity to listen carefully to the Mo family’s opinions, or see if you can use the power of the Mo family to suppress the domestic vassal nobles.

He thought that he was not a founding king, and what he wanted was not just to repel the counterattack of the Three Jin Dynasties and kill his younger brother.

However, after all this, Chu State was able to regain the power to compete for hegemony with the Three Jins... The issue of nobles' lords could not be delayed. If it was delayed, Chu State would be waiting to die slowly.

It is precisely because there is no desire to be strong, and the stronger the mentality, the weaker the national strength, the easier it is to be exploited by others.

If he was just a foolish and mediocre king, Mo's entry into Chu this time would be meaningless.

If his heart is strong and Chu is at the peak of King Zhuang Hui, the Mohmer's entry into Chu this time is meaningless.
Chapter completed!