To Four Thousand Years Later

After the establishment of the throne of Tyre, Solomon did not return to Israel immediately.

He held lecture halls in Tire, and taught all kinds of people. Whether you are a merchant, soldier, farmer, craftsman or unemployed hooligan, as long as you obey the order, you can come to the class.

Every day he only talked about three buckets of water - Solomon cut a very small eye in a container given by the king of Gaza. Then pour a bucket of water into it when the lecture starts, and stop the lecture when the flow of water stops. Repeat this three times in the morning, noon and evening.

Originally people thought Solomon was talking about their **** or something. Therefore, apart from those appointed by Gaza and the businessmen who came with them, not many people took the initiative to listen.

But soon, people realized that every word Solomon said was proverbs. Tyrians flocked from all over and even fought over a seat.

They were just there to hear Solomon expound on wisdom.

While those fall into the "what's the use" category for most of them, demystifying itself is a satisfaction...and a deep pleasure.

"You must not act arrogantly."

Solomon said softly, "A man's arrogance will make him humble, but he who is humble in heart will be honored. Your arrogance is false and pompous... This arrogance comes from folly."

As he spoke, he asked a young child who was listening beside him: "Son, do you think ants are small or humble?"

When the child was named by Solomon, he was first frightened and then excited.

Looking at Solomon's gentle and calm eyes, he summoned up his courage and replied, "I think it's small and humble. It's much lighter than a grain of wheat."

"Exactly, you are right."

Solomon nodded calmly, looked around: "Do you have anything else to say?"

There was silence all around, waiting for Solomon's explanation.

"Ants are indeed small things, tiny, unintelligent beings."

Solomon said casually: "It is not as heavy as one-tenth of the wheat, but it can lift wheat grains that are much heavier than itself; they are mediocre all day long, but they know how to store winter food in summer; Read books, but know to obey their lord."

"Isn't the power to lift heavy objects stronger than the strong men among you? Isn't the wisdom of diligence stronger than the wise men among you? Isn't the unity and loyalty that rely on everyone to live and never betray the king better than the sages among you?"

Solomon raised his voice and said, "Then why do you look down on this little ant?"

"...Because he's young?"

Under Solomon's encouragement, the child spoke tentatively.

Solomon corrected: "Because you can kill countless ants at any time. Because your strength is better than ants."

"—However, the power of the king is not stronger than you?"

Solomon's words made everyone clamor.

Some of them suddenly realized that their new king, Gaza, could rule them peacefully, go deep among them and learn from King Solomon on an equal footing, just like King Solomon who can see the wisdom of ants

Gaza, who was sitting next to Solomon, was lost in thought at the moment.

He thought for a long time before he seriously bent down to Solomon: "You are right."

"—you said so."

Everyone followed Gaza's example and bowed to Solomon.

Solomon nodded and stood up: "The bucket of water is leaking, so that's all for today...You all go back and do your own work. The next class is after the sun goes down."

After Solomon and Gaza left, everyone dared to raise their heads slowly and dispersed amidst the noise.

What Solomon said in each class was recorded by the Gazans. I plan to engrave it on a slate later, and then copy it onto papyrus.

He intuitively thought that these papyrus, which recorded Solomon's words of wisdom, might be sold for a high price in the Phoenician cities.

After consulting Solomon's opinion and getting the promise of "can sell", Gaza immediately set about this matter.

Factional struggles within Tire were quite intense. This was due to the incompetence of the previous kings of Tire. He has delegated too much power, the territory of Tire is too small, and he has lived for a long time... This has led to the emergence of civil strife before the previous generation of Tire King Hiran ascended the throne, and before he took back his rights.

Although Solomon helped him wipe out the most powerful priesthood in one go, it didn't mean that Gaza had no enemies at all in the country.

If that's the case, there won't be a fight in the city at all...

In addition to the priests, the guards and soldiers in the city, as well as other offshoot nobles who have the blood of the Tyrean royal family, are all targets that need to be rectified and eliminated.

Gaza originally planned to kill all those who participated in the rebellion, but Solomon stopped him: "You must not kill too many people. If a house loses its pillars, it is easy to fall down, and if the country loses its pillars, it is easy to collapse."

In the end, under Solomon's guidance, Gaza just killed the leading aristocratic forces.

As his adoptive father Solomon said, as a king, he must have the capacity to tolerate people with talent but no virtue. Because they will never disobey the king when the country is prosperous, they will only jump out one by one to give you the last knife when the country is about to fall.

"But, teacher."

Gaza asked in a low voice: "I still don't understand. Teacher, why do you want to reuse those businessmen? Let alone Tyre, Israel has never had such patriarchal rules?"

"Ah…"

Solomon just chuckled and said, "The patriarchal law...what is that? Who made it and protected whom?"

"it is…"

Gaza froze in the middle of speaking.

He frowned, and said slowly, "Is it... decided by the priesthood?"

"You wanted to kill the rebels before, because they all participated in the rebellion; but now you are trapped by the rules set by the rebels, but you are thinking about how to follow it. Such a distinction is an invisible One is invisible."

Solomon sighed softly, and patted Gaza's head: "You are afraid of tangible enemies, because they can kill you with a knife. But you should be more afraid of those invisible enemies."

"In a country that is solidified and unprogressive, there is very little continuous fashion. In a prosperous country, the birth of such new rules will be more frequent."

Solomon explained in a low voice: "When, when the social customs of one generation naturally become the rules of the game of the next generation, and then this game becomes a joke and is passed down, becoming a skeleton without flesh and blood, It can be said that human beings no longer need gods in the sky and kings in the world.”

"That's... what kind of chaotic **** is that going to be?"

Listening to Solomon's narration, Gaza felt his back sweating: "There is no king and no god...does it still depend on man to rule man himself?"

Solomon just smiled faintly: "It is to let people rule people, let people rule people...Gaza. Believe it or not, it will be much better than it is now."

His gaze was far-reaching, as if looking at an unreachable distant world: "Unfortunately, you can't see it anymore."