At night, in a room on the scene, Li Li was talking with Huang Silang on the night. Of course, in order to avoid others being misunderstood by his good male style, there was a third person present with the handsome Huang Silang.

That is Zhang Ying, the "gold medal substitute" test.

Huang Silang came to Baishi Village to visit Li Li and talked about his experience in "Zuo Zhuan". The more he talked, the more he became more and more speculative, so he simply stopped.

Every time I talk about "Zuo Zhuan", Zhang Ying, who is proficient in "Zuo Zhuan", naturally has to participate.

At this moment, the three of them talked at night with candles, talking about a character in the story of "Zuo Zhuan": Duke Xiang of Qi.

"Zuo Zhuan" records the deeds of Duke Xiang of Qi, including: Duke Xiang of Qi had an affair with his married sister, and also killed his visiting brother-in-law Duke Huan of Lu.

This happened in April. In August, Duke Xiang of Qi and the new gentleman of Zheng State, Yu, were in a alliance. He was not speculative and killed.

Two things made people who have read "Zuo Zhuan" question the character of Duke Xiang Qi. Many readers will feel that this person is untrustworthy, licentious and cruel.

However, after his death, he received the beautiful posthumous title "Xiang", which is simply incomprehensible.

When Huang Silang was studying in the county school, he heard from his husband explain the reason:

During the period when Duke Xiang of Qi ruled the country, he had outstanding political achievements, and his posthumous title was of course summarized and summarized. Duke Xiang of Qi received the beautiful posthumous title "Xiang", which shows the affirmation of his achievements during his lifetime by the ministers of Qi.

Huang Silang didn't understand it very much, but he couldn't answer further.

Zhang Ying, who had been listening to the Imperial College since childhood, gave a more profound explanation: Duke Xiang of Qi obtained a lot of benefits for Qi in the two things about killing Lu and Zheng.

First, Duke Xiang of Qi killed Duke Huan of Lu because the two had been aggrieved for a long time. This resentment was not an affair between brothers and sisters, but Duke Xiang of Qi wanted to annex the Qiqiu Ji Kingdom, and Duke Huan of Lu interfered.

"In the third year of King Yi of Zhou, Ji Hou slandered Zhou (Zheng) and Zhou (Zheng) cooked (Qi) Ai Duke." Zhang Ying did not need to read the book and directly quoted the content, "Since then, the monarchs of Qi have never forgotten this hatred."

"Secondly, around Qi State, Lu, Jin, Yan and Wei State are all hard-working. If you want to expand, you can only attack Ji State, the weakest in the southeast."

"So, based on the interests of Qi, it is inevitable to destroy Ji, but Qi's national strength did not become truly powerful until Duke Xiang of Qi, and Duke Huan of Lu promoted the marriage between the Zhou royal family and Ji."

"In the spring of the 17th year of Duke Huan, Duke Huan of Lu, Duke Xiang of Qi, and Hou Ji) joined forces in Huang, Ping (reconciled) Qi, Ji, and planned to defend Wei (discussed against Wei State)."

"In other words, Duke Huan of Lu has been preventing Duke Xiang of Qi from destroying Ji State. Moreover, a year before Duke Huan of Lu was killed, there was a conflict between Qi and Lu State, so Duke Xiang of Qi simply..."

Zhang Ying made a gesture of wiping his neck, and Huang Silang suddenly realized.

Sure enough, it is a power game and a dispute over interests between countries.

When most people see this story, they only see that Duke Xiang of Qi killed his brother-in-law Duke Huan of Lu in order to have an affair with his sister.

Zhang Ying continued to explain: "Duke Xiang of Qi killed Junzi of Zheng because he wanted to influence Zheng's attitude towards Qi and change to a monarch who was kind to him."

"At that time, Duke Zhuang of Zheng died and Zheng was in chaos. Prince Zi Tuo succeeded to the throne. Because he had a personal grudge with Duke Xiang of Qi, it can be seen that Zheng State would not have a good relationship with Qi State in the future."

"And Qi State was about to attack Ji State, but she was afraid that Zheng State would be stabbed in the back. Since Duke Xiang of Qi had killed Duke Huan of Lu, he would do nothing and kill the new gentleman of Zheng State, too."

"The two kings of Lu and Zheng died suddenly and succeeded to the throne. Because of various reasons, they did not want to participate in the affairs of Qi and Ji, so Qi freed up their hands to attack Ji."

Zhang Ying said this and quoted the content of "Zuo Zhuan": "At the beginning, Xiang Gong was established and impermanent."

"Impermanence does not mean that Duke Xiang of Qi was moody, but that he did not obey the etiquette and actually killed Lu and Zheng, or did it when Duke Huan of Lu came to visit, and Duke Zheng was doing it when he was in the alliance."

"The posthumous law, what is "Xiang"?"

"If you have virtue in the land, you will be called Xiang, if you have armor and armor, you will be called Xiang, if you have merits, you will be called Xiang, if you have power and virtue, you will be called Xiang."

"With his achievements as Duke Xiang of Qi, of course, he can bear the posthumous title of 'Xiang'."

After Zhang Ying's analysis, Huang Silang fully understood that he could be said that when he was a county school student, he was only a little clear-cut, and he had to reach Zhang Ying's level to be said to be "proficient".

Li Li, who has been listening, also gave him a deep understanding of "Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan" and Zhang Ying analyzed it. Now, when it comes to the issues of the monarch's "private morality" and "public morality", Li Li also has insights.

"For the people, how many women are sleeping in the palace every night, how much food is wasted, whether they have any affair with their sisters, or whether they have abused ministers or murdered them."

"What they care about is whether the government will increase taxes, taxes, and labor more; what they care about is whether the monarch will punish corrupt officials, and whether their lives will be good under the monarch."

"Simply put, compare the country to a diner, compare the king to a boss, compare the officials to a shopkeeper, and the people are just friends."

"What the guys are concerned about is whether their wages will be deducted for no reason, and whether they will be beaten and insulted by the shopkeeper for no reason."

"What you care about is whether the daily meals can be better, and whether the owner can manage the residence better so that everyone's wages can rise every year, or at least not fall."

"So, for the guy, how many concubines did the boss raise, how many women he played with, how many sons he gave birth to, how did he have to be with relatives, and what does it have to do with them?"

"Even if the owner is a lustful person, a drunkard, a gambler, and has a very poor character, as long as the wages are paid, as long as the rewards and punishments are clear, as long as the residence is managed well, so that the guys can have a stable job and get the wages..."

"For the guy, this is a good boss. As for the boss's personal morality, what does it have to do with them?"

"If the boss is frugal, does not take concubines, sleeps in thatched huts, eats vegetarian food and does not get meat, is kind, never beats and scolds friends, but often deducts wages, and even runs bad houses, so he is not able to make a good turnover and often owes wages..."

"For the guys, no matter how good the private morality of such a boss is, what is the use of them?"

"This is indeed the reason!" Huang Silang nodded frequently and discussed with Li Li.

Li Li always likes to use many lifelike examples to explain some topics contained in the story of "Zuo Zhuan", and now it is no exception, so that Zhang Ying, who is preparing to quote the classics, is left aside.

Zhang Ying was helpless about this: It was so sleepy, can I leave? You two chat slowly...

Regarding his understanding of "Zuo Zhuan", Li Li is certainly not as good as him, but Li Li can use actual life examples to explain the truth he has told more popularly and more to Huang Silang's appetite, so...

Over the past few days, Huang Silang has been asking Zhang Ying for questions in the first few days, and later, he is more inclined to exchange his experiences with Li Li.

Of course, Zhang Ying needs to explain the story in "Zuo Zhuan" and then Li Li will explain it in depth.

It seemed that Zhang Ying was a kitchen chef, slaughtering cattle and sheep, cooking them into dishes, and allowing them to enjoy them, two diners, Li Li and Huang Silang.

However, Li Li went to the kitchen to help and cooked the meat pieces that Zhang Ying had untie in his own way. The dishes he made were easier to eat.

Then, while eating, Li Li and Huang Silang were thinking about the flavor of the beef and mutton.

Zhang Ying had to admit that although Li Li's interpretation of the story of "Zuo Zhuan" was a bit strange, it made sense, so much so that Zhang Ying felt that the other party had learned it before.

Teachers may be masters who are not a world-class master, so their interpretation of "Zuo Zhuan" is somewhat different from the common mainstream views.

Thinking about the experience during this period, Zhang Ying felt that he was "time is coming".

Zhang Ying, who came to Poyang, had a proper place with his niece, had no worries about food and clothing, lived a comfortable life, and became familiar with the people around Li Li.

After a period of observation, Zhang Ying found that Li Li was indeed capable: not relying on the clan, in-laws (no need to rely on), running his own industry, and also leading many people to make money together.

He is very famous and he is self-employed in the maintenance of the house. He has hundreds of servants, and gathers young men to make connections.

Great ambition.

This is the most critical thing, which makes Zhang Ying see hope: Perhaps, this Li Sanlang will have something to do in the future.

Of course he knew that the internal conflicts within the court were sharp. Now that the old emperor is in power, he can barely maintain the situation. When the old emperor dies, a change will surely arise.

The emperor is now over 80 years old, which is rare since ancient times. How many years can he live?

In Zhang Ying's view, compared with those officials who were drunk and dreaming, the royal family and nobles, Li Sanlang who was busy on the shore of Pengli Lake, he was like a little beast busy hoarding supplies for the winter, and had more hope to survive in troubled times and live a better life.

As he thought about it, Zhang Ying felt tired and saw that these two people were having a good time talking, and he really wanted to say: You guys chat slowly, I'll go and rest first.

Very sleepy, I want to sleep...
Chapter completed!