It was easy to fool Ji Lan. Madam Ji casually found a reason and rounded it off, not wanting her to think any further.
However, Young Master Yun was not so easy to get rid of.
Lord Ji's study was once a forbidden ground in the Ji Family. Apart from the servants who cleaned it and Lord Ji, no one was allowed to enter, not even Madam Ji.
The other piece was about the deep thought of "filial piety", and was written by Feng Qi.
Feng Qi first introduced the scriptures and wrote the interpretation of filial piety by the Saints.
Filial piety was the basis of benevolence. Children and filial piety, however, Confucius also said, "the small stick to accept, the big stick to go, do not sink the father in injustice."
Thus, it could be seen that Sage Confucius also knew that filial piety was rational, and not blind obedience …
After Feng Qi opened his first topic, he brought up a lot of examples to prove that a small stick was the best and a big stick was the right choice. He also listed people that everyone knew from ancient and modern times, who had destroyed a country and destroyed their family due to filial piety.
In the end, Feng Qi also did not make a decision, but left behind a few words that would cause others to ponder.
His filial piety was based on his obedience. Regardless of right or wrong, he would not avoid letting his parents beat him to death. Or would he do as Sage Kong said? Or would he leave with a big stick?
In front of the country and the family, between the loyal and filial, should he choose to defend the country, be loyal to the king, or protect the small family and obey the words of his parents?
… ….
At first, there were some who looked down upon Feng Qi's essay, and thought that he was trying to incite them to be unfilial, but when Feng Qi threw out the last two questions, it caused many people to ponder over it, and there was even a hunched muscular man, after hearing the discussions of the scholars, he started crying on the streets, crying miserably, as though he was a child abandoned by his parents.
"What's going on?" As soon as this person cried, the passersby immediately paid attention to him and started asking questions.
The rough guy just cried and didn't say anything. The more he cried, the more miserable he became. His body seemed to be shrouded in an unknown sorrow, emitting a desperate aura of death.
"This is a pitiful person. He was forced by his parents to the point of ruin his family and even working hard for his parents." Some of the people who knew the brute sighed.
"What's going on?" These words piqued everyone's curiosity. Some people even started asking questions.
Those who were familiar with the rugged man did not hide anything and told him what they knew.
"This person is called Wan Zhuang, he is from our village. His parents gave birth to two sons and a daughter." He was the oldest, with a younger brother and a younger sister. His younger brother was said to be a material for reading. His parents gnashed their teeth and sent him to school. "Our village can be considered to be quite prosperous, and if our families were to compete together, it would not be impossible for them to offer up to a scholar. However, this Wan Zhuang Family is different."
"Wan Zhuang's parents said that in the future, his sister would marry into the Shangguan Family and wouldn't be able to do anything under the sun, and would have to be raised. As parents, they would have to work for the Old Master and Old Madam, and also couldn't do menial work, lest they lose his younger brother's face in the future. Thus, all the jobs in the family fell to him. "
"Wan Zhuang is also a dutiful man. His parents say what they want. Since he was ten years old, he has taken on the responsibility of supporting his family. He has always been greedy and has never been idle. "Not only did he support his parents and sisters, he even helped his younger brother to study. Due to his hard work, he even got the attention of the young ladies of the neighboring villages and became a family member."
"After we become family, Wan Zhuang will continue to raise his parents, brothers and sisters. Wan Zhuang's wife will also be diligent, and the longer the better. And then there were four more children, and although the family worked hard, they finally made it through it. "" "" And then? "" No, no …
"I don't want to. That little brother Wan Zhuang isn't someone who is good at reading. He doesn't think about it and eats all day long without reading. He only asks Wan Zhuang for anything if he doesn't have money." A few years ago, when Wan Dazhuang did not have any more silver, Wan Dazhuang's parents forced Wan Dazhi to sell their eldest son to his younger brother for silver. "
"Wan Zhuang's wife was pregnant at the time, and her child also fell due to grief. Since then, her illness has left her lying in bed, unable to move, and the heavy burden of her family once again falls on Wan Zhuang. Wan Zhuang worked day and night, and his children were the same as well. The two year olds all had to follow them to the ground, but they still didn't get enough to eat. Wan Zhuang's parents, younger brother and sister are either eggs or meat. They say that they want to become a noble in the future, so they have to be raised well. "
"It's not that Wan Zhuang hadn't thought of resisting, but if Wan Zhuang's parents were to put down an unfilial hat, Wan Zhuang would not dare to make a sound. Once, when his sister, Wan Zhuang, was interested in a dress, his parents asked Wan Zhuang for silver. If Wan Zhuang couldn't take it out, his parents sold Wan Zhuang's second daughter to him. Wan Zhuang protected Wan Zhuang with all his might, so Wan Zhuang's parents directly said, if Wan Zhuang does not agree, then he is the unfilial son of Wan Zhuang, the leader of the clan, to beat him to death. "
That person looked at Wan Zhuang and wiped away his tears, "You know, if parents report their children as unfilial, the clan has the right to beat them to death. Wan Zhuang still has two younger sons to raise and a seriously ill wife, how can he die? "
"Wan Zhuang's second daughter was sold, and the silver she got was exchanged for a dress, which she wore on her sister's body. After that, Wan Zhuang's two youngest sons were sold, and the silver was exchanged for his younger brother's clothes or for the meat his parents ate. In the end, Wan Zhuang's wife was starved to death by those people. "
"Wan Zhuang wanted to report him, but there has never been a suitor. Even now, that family still threatened Wan Zhuang with filial piety. Wan Zhuang, in order to be filial piety, still had to raise that family and let them suck blood. Look. He's not even thirty years old, and he looks like he's fifty. "
"Wan Zhuang probably regretted hearing your words. If he had known this earlier, his wife wouldn't have died and his children wouldn't have been sold if he hadn't shown his filial piety to his parents."
"To be honest, I didn't think that Wan Zhuang's parents had done anything wrong before. "It's natural for children to be filial to their parents, but you guys are right, filial piety also needs to be informed, like Wan Zhuang …"
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