son-in-law

Chapter 750

In the first year of the establishment of the Wu Dynasty, on September [-], in Gyeongju, northwest of China, a vote that seemed unimaginable and whimsical at the time took place in the city of Gyeongju.

No matter how lauded and groundbreaking this vote was in later generations, most people in the Northwest at that time did not understand the situation.The whole process of it is probably like this. First, the Huaxia Army held talks with Zhong and Zhe, and discussed the process of voting, statistics, and notarization. The storytellers of Gyeongju City conducted about fifteen days of lectures in and out of Gyeongju City. Frankly speaking, the process was tedious and boring, and the villagers, who had probably understood what was going on, began to ask the opinions of the locals and village elders.

On the day of the 730th, the troops of Xiaobozhong and Zhejia who came in a hurry led the villagers from several places around Gyeongju into the city. Under everyone's supervision, put three boxes with different patterns painted on them.The whole process lasted for three days, and the total number of voters determined later was [-].

Three days later, the Black Banner Army pulled out of Gyeongju and left.

The whole thing happened neatly, without the slightest sloppiness.Until the end of the matter, the world was quiet and sparse, and many people were confused about what was going on.

In the whole process of this matter, the two families of Zhong and Zhe made a lot of preparations and back-ups, and they also anticipated various possible situations in their hearts.On the political stage, the words of big men are never credible. Ning Yi's words are impassioned, but they are so beautiful and empty that they are like a dream talk. They have never dealt with Ning Yi before, and what they want to send back from the scouts is the information circulating in the market. , is actually not accurate.But in any case, while cooperating with this "farce", there is a lot of room in the hearts of both planting and folding.

Whether the other party is clearly building the plank road and darkening the warehouse, whether they are using such "voting" to cover up something, whether they want to sow discord, whether they want to do something to us, and whether they will do something in the voting, so that everyone can vote no matter how the result is. Same?
If these things happened, they would not be surprised at all.

Yet nothing.

The farce was over, and the Chong family, who was originally managing Gyeongju, got more than half of the high votes.At this time, in order to promote the progress of the "farce", each of the three parties transferred 1000 people to Qingzhou City. When the Black Banner Army handed over various objects in the city to the people under Zhong Lie and left the camp, Zhong Lie's whole person felt a little nervous. shocked.

What conspiracy is this?
Two peaches kill three scholars?Provoking yourself to conflict with Zhejia?Did you provoke the whole city?
Not enough food for winter?Don't want to take over the mess?Or is it for the convenience of those so-called "trade"?I was still worried about having revenge against myself and the Zhe family after acquiring Gyeongju—it was just a joke, an army that had just defeated the Western Xia army of more than [-] troops, even if they wanted to be the enemy, in a year or two, who would dare to do anything casually...

Gyeongju changed hands, and Zhe Keqiu's whole person has become stupid. It's like a ridiculous thing that a person has seen in his life, all of which happened in two or three months.When leaving, Ning Yi also invited the two to visit Yanzhou soon, because the other party hoped that the same election would appear in Yanzhou next.

Half a month later, the atmosphere in Yanzhou became chilling. In order to prevent Ning Yi from using Qingzhou as a bait to attract the two companies, Zhe and Zhe, to come to the scene and then kill them all, when the representatives of the two companies came over, they made careful arrangements. At the invitation of the two Western Army troops, they drove towards the territory of Yanzhou.This time at the negotiating table is also the messenger of Xixia.

Compared with Gyeongju, the situation in Yanzhou is more complicated. In order to ensure that no matter what happens, the interests of the Black Flag Army in the northwest can be guaranteed. There are many things that need to be discussed.Almost all of the participants looked at the Black Flag Army, Ning Yi, Qin Shaoqian and others with the look of a prodigal man squandering his fortune: he probably really didn't want to occupy land, he really wanted to give others the right to choose, He really wants to do business...these things are ridiculous, but that's what the other side is doing.

During this process, the envoys of Xixia, such as Lin Houxuan, who came to the meeting, also watched all this with a gesture of groaning and despair, with mixed feelings in their hearts.In order to safeguard the interests of Xixia, Lin Houxuan also asked Ning Yi to persuade him sincerely once, but to no avail.

Since the first time he went to Xiaocanghe, there have been many exchanges between the two sides. However, until this time, he really felt that what was hidden under the gentle and sometimes calm appearance of this scholar at that time was actually beyond everyone's understanding. madness.

This person is really crazy, so no one can persuade him...

**************
The westerly wind blows the ground, and all the herbs are gradually folded.

In Yanzhou City, Mao Yishan came out of the empty yard. The sky was sunny, but the cold winter breath was gradually coming.

The old woman he had been watching over died a few days ago.In the large-scale voting a few days ago, the old woman could no longer get out of bed, but she heard about it, and after a little bit of understanding, the trustee put the handprint on the note sent to her home, and threw it in. A box belonging to the Huaxia Army.

However, the departure of the Huaxia Army has been decided.

Dong Zhiyuan, the monument commemorating the great victory of the Huaxia Army here was erected not long ago. It stood alone in the field, facing the surrounding withered grass and autumn wind and the scene of decay. It seems to be telling the chaos in the northwest. Peaceful. Came briefly.

The Huaxia Army is about to return to the Xiaocang River, and Yanzhou is once again under the jurisdiction of Zhong Lie.Unlike Gyeongju, according to the negotiated conditions, after three years, Yanzhou will have another vote to determine its ownership, and it will be repeated every three years thereafter.Regarding the condition that Ning Yi had previously proposed, he regarded it as his method of checking and balancing, but he did not reject it in the end.In such a world, who can say what the situation will be after three years, no matter who gets this place, there are a lot of ways to go back or cheat after three years.

The army that returned to the mountains took away more than 1000 newly recruited soldiers, and they only left a team of 200 people in Yanzhou to monitor that Xiaocanghe's interests in the northwest were not damaged.During the period of time when Taiping came down, all kinds of materials rhymed by the members of Badao Battalion in the south began to pass through the northwest and into the mountains of Xiaocang River. fill up.

At the same time, the Xiaocanghe side also started trade with the Western Xia side. The reason why it went so fast was because it was an unexpected force who first came to Xiaocanghe and expressed their desire to cooperate with the Black Flag Army. : That was the envoy of the Hebei Tiger King Tian Hu, who expressed his willingness to cooperate in the hinterland of the Wu Dynasty and cooperate in the sale of green salt from Xixia.

The rule of the Wu Dynasty north of the Yellow River and south of Yanmen Pass was no longer solid at this time.The one who took over the important task of running in this area was the well-known boss Zong Ze. He persuaded some leaders of the forces to fight for the Wu Dynasty.However, the righteousness has been suppressed, and the verbal war is war. For things such as selling contraband goods and making money, it is no longer a taboo for these rising rash forces.

Tian Hu's response was so fast, who is behind the planning and hosting, you don't have to think about it to know the answer.Lou Shuwan's movements were very fast, and the Black Flag Army defeated the Xixia people. She immediately drew up a large number of items that the two parties could trade, and handed the list to Ning Yi. After Ning Yi made a positive reply, there The food and supplies have already been transported on the road.

There is a reason why Lou Shuwan reacted so quickly.Although she was heavily used in Tian Hu's army, after all, as a woman, she couldn't make mistakes.After Wu Ruiying rebelled against the monarch, Qingmu Village became the target of public criticism. Tian Hujun, who had had business dealings with him, cut off contact with him. Lou Shuwan came to the northwest this time. First of all, she wanted to connect with the King of Xixia, and by the way, she had to be ruthless. Yi gave a hand, but the King of Xixia couldn't count on it, and Ning Yi made it clear that she had become a snake in the northwest. If she went back in shame, things would probably become quite embarrassing.

And when Ning Yi occupied the northwest, he couldn't hold back his connection with the surrounding areas.Instead of being taken advantage of by others, she could only make the "best" choice at the time, that is, to make friends with Xiao Canghe first, at least in the future business, she would have an advantage over others.

It's hard to know how such a quick and "correct" decision feels in her heart.And when she received the news that the Huaxia Army gave up Qing and Yan, what kind of emotion was in her heart, and whether it would be a poop on her face, maybe no one would know for a while.

And in this October, the green salt shipped from Xixia and a large number of materials from Tiger King will be traded for the first time with the participation of the Huaxia Army. In a sense, it is a good start. .

After the Black Flag Army left, Li Pin went to Dong Zhiyuan to see the stone tablet that had been built. After being silent for a long time, he burst into laughter. In the midst of the sky's decay, the laughter sounded like crying.

"I understand, haha, I understand. Ning Liheng is so cruel..."

Tie Tianying next to him looked at him suspiciously.Li Pin laughed for a while, and then gradually became quiet. He pointed to the stone tablet and clicked a few times.

"He is... raising Gu, he has no mercy at all! Originally there were many people, he could save..."

"Master Li." Tie Tianying hesitated, "Don't think about these things anymore..."

"He..." Li Pin pointed to the monument, "The food in the northwest is not enough. He used to divide the people according to the head, so he could save a lot of people from dying. He returned Qingzhou and Yanzhou to the plant, and the plant had to be planted. Yes, but this winter, the number of people dying of starvation will double! Ning Yi, he let the Chong family take the blame, and most of the Chong family's power has been lost. Where can there be so much surplus food, people will start fighting, and fighting to the extreme , I will always think of his Huaxia Army. At that time, those who suffered a lot would willingly join his army."

Tie Tianying hesitated for a moment: "He doesn't even want these two places. He should have a good reputation. Also, will he consider not having enough soldiers..."

"Should?" Li Pin laughed, "But do you know, he originally had a way, even if he occupies Qingzhou and Yanzhou, his business with Xixia and Tianhu has already started! The things shipped from the south have also arrived. For at least half a year and a year, no one in the northwest really dared to provoke him. He can keep many people alive, but it’s not enough. He occupies two cities, and he has food, so he really can’t recruit troops? He just wants to make these people understand clearly, not to be confused!"

"Tie Zaitou, did you know?" Li Pin paused, "In his world, there are no neutrals. Everyone has to find a place to stand, even these ordinary people who don't do anything on weekdays, You have to know exactly where you are standing! You know what this world looks like? He is letting go on purpose, forcing people to die! Let them die and understand—"

Li Pin's words echoed over the wasteland, and Tie Tianying thought for a while: "However, if the world is overturned, who can be alone. Master Li, Shu Tie said bluntly, if his world is not good, what is your world? What does it look like?"

Li Pin fell silent and stood there in a daze. After a long time, his eyes moved slightly and he raised his head: "Yeah, what does my world look like..."

He closed his eyes: "Ning Yi has something to say, he is right, Confucianism should change... I should go. Tie Zaitou..." He turned his head and looked at Tie Tianying, "But... no matter what. How, I always feel that this world should leave a way for ordinary people to live..." At the end of this sentence, it was as thin as mosquitoes and flies, so sad that it was hard to restrain itself, like a moan, like a prayer...

Ning Yi returned to Xiaocang River at the end of October, when the temperature had dropped suddenly.Zuo Duanyou, who often debated with him, was also rarely silent. Ning Yi's various actions and decisions in the northwest could not be understood by the old man, especially those two farce-like votes. Ordinary people saw a person's behavior. Crazy, but the old man can see something more.

At the beginning of November, the temperature suddenly began to drop, and there were some clues about the chaos in the outside world. People only regarded these things as a kind of family who suddenly took over the left and right sides of the two places. Here, I hope to join the Huaxia Army.Zuo Duanyou occasionally came to discuss a few words with Ning Yi. In some of Ning Yi's lectures to young officers, the old man could actually understand some of the other party's intentions.

"...After one or two victories, the most fearful thing is that I feel that I have the rest of my life and start to enjoy it. Thousands of people are placed in the two cities of Qingzhou and Yanzhou. Soon you may have problems, and thousands of people No matter how powerful the team is, it is inevitable that some people will make up their minds. Assuming we stay in Yanzhou, as long as the unruly people are prepared to defeat 3000 people, they may take the risk and return to Xiaocanghe, leaving 200 people outside. They dare not do anything."

"...Moreover, Qing and Yanzhou have a lot of waste waiting to be done. To sort them out, we have to spend a lot of time and resources to plant the seeds, and we can start pointing to the harvest after a year or two. We can't wait. And now, all the things you earn are in your pocket... You have to appease the emotions of everyone in the army, and don't worry about the gains and losses of one place and two places. After the publicity in Gyeongju and Yanzhou, soon, the more More and more people will come to join us, at that time, there is no place to want..."

However, on the old man's side, it was not these superficial things that really bothered him.

At the end of November, after a long time of running and thinking, Zuo Duanyou fell ill, and the children of the Zuo family came here one after another to persuade the old man to go back.On this day in December, the old man sat in the carriage and slowly left the snow-covered Xiaocang River. Ning Yi and others came to see him off. The old man drove away the people around him and spoke to Ning Yi.

"I understand some things here." The old man said slowly with a hoarse voice, "The method of training soldiers is very good. I understand it, but it is useless."

"Well..." Ning Yi frowned.

"They... take their lives, they are people who really fight for themselves. The part of them that wakes up is the hero. If there is a hero, how can there be a place for cowards to stand? I can't use this method... "

Ning Yi nodded slightly.

"There are many things I can't figure out..."

"Don't think about it, go back and take your grandson."

"Haha..." The old man smiled and waved his hand, "I really want to know, do you have a clue in your heart? They are heroes, but they don't really understand the truth. I have said it many times, you It's okay to fight, but to govern the country with this, but what these people know is not good, do you understand... And the other day, you mentioned it by chance, you have to use the words 'reasonableness'. Ning Yi, in your heart Do you really think so?"

The goose feather-like snow fell, Ning Yi raised his head, and was silent for a moment: "I have thought about it, the core of governing the country is also thought about."

The old man closed his eyes and said, "Be reasonable, you are really not allowed in this world..."

"Well, old man, but I can be sure that the word 'reason' will come first in this future." Ning Yi sat down on the carriage and pulled the thick curtains as far as possible, "You really want to know, I only said it once, and I won't tell anyone else."

"you say……"

"The core of the problem actually lies in the people you mentioned, old man. I have awakened their blood. They meet the requirements of war, but they do not meet the requirements of running a country. That's right. So what kind of people meet the requirements of running a country? , Confucianism talks about the gentleman. In my opinion, the standards that constitute a person are called the three views, the outlook on life, the world view, and the values. These three things are very simple, but the most complicated rule is between these three. time."

The old man listened to him, hugged the quilt, and leaned in the car.His body was not in good condition, and his brain could not keep up with what Ning Yi said, so he could only listen, and Ning Yi spoke slowly.

"The so-called outlook on life, it is good to determine the place this person will go in his life, and what kind of person he will become, just like a Confucian family, who set his mind for the heaven and the earth, set his life for the people, succeeded in the sages and inherited the unique learning, and established his life for the world. Kai Taiping, it is good to do this. And the so-called world view: the world is isolated from the outside, the world view is in each of us, what do we think the world is like, and how do we understand the laws of the world in our hearts The outlook on life and the outlook on the world are combined to form values. For example, I think the world is like this, and I want to set my mind for the world. Then, what should I do? These things are valuable to my pursuit of life and others There is no value in doing that. This positive and negative determination is called values.”

"And the biggest problem for people in this world is that their outlook on life and world outlook, in many cases, seem to be contradictory and contradictory."

"You and I have been watching this world all my life. In order to understand its laws, we only know what we can do to make the world better. But many people stop at the first step. I came down, like those scholars. After they became adults, they were accustomed to the darkness of officialdom, and then they said, "This is the way the world is, and I want to go along with it. Such people have a wrong outlook on life. Some people have naive ideas." , until death does not believe that the world is like this, his world view is wrong. The world view of life is wrong, and the values ​​must be wrong. Either this person does not want to make the world better, or he wants the world to be better, but he is ignorant. All the choices these people make are meaningless."

"For example, the people in Gyeongju and Yanzhou, I said to give them a choice, but it's not a choice. They don't understand anything. If one of the two things is foolish and bad, all their choices are meaningless. I lied. When it is hard to ask for it, I believe that giving everyone a choice can make the world a better place, which is impossible. The first hurdle for a person to truly become a human is to break through the confusion of the outlook on life and the world. The world outlook must be objective and the outlook on life must be On the positive side, we need to know how the world works, and at the same time, we also need to have the idea of ​​making it better, and this kind of people's choice can make a difference."

"And the world is extremely complicated. There are too many things that make people confused and can't understand it. It's like doing business and running a country. Whoever doesn't want to make money, whoever doesn't want to make the country good, if they do something wrong, will definitely go bankrupt. Cold and ruthless, whoever is reasonable wins."

Ning Yi paused: "It is very important for Confucianism to take the order of reason, reason and law as the core, because this world developed from the state of few countries and small people, the country is big, all kinds of small places, valleys and valleys. , Governing with the word love is more beneficial than reason and law. However, at the national level, with the development of the past thousand years, what the court has always needed is the word of reason. It is not to avoid relatives when it is raised internally, and it is not to avoid suspicion when it is raised externally. What, this is li, the word li is the way of heaven and earth. Confucianism says that monarch, minister, minister, father, father and son, what does it mean? The emperor should be like the emperor, the ministers should be like the ministers, the father should be like the father, the son should be the son It seems that the emperor did not do a good job, the country must pay the bill, it is not a fluke."

"But these years, human feelings have always been based on reason, and there is a trend of becoming more and more strict. When the emperor talks about human feelings more than reason, the country will be weak, and when the ministers talk about human feelings more than reason, the country will also be weak, but why? There is no internal incident? Because the internal requirements for human relations are becoming more and more stringent, making the internal weaker and weaker, so as to maintain the rule, so it is absolutely impossible to resist external aggression. "

"Gewu will develop, Zuo Gong, you don't have confidence in it, but one day, it will change what you see tenfold and hundreds of times. Gewu is more cold and objective, it can't tolerate a trace of human feelings and taking things for granted, the law is The law. Just imagine that a workshop can increase the manpower tenfold or even a thousand times. The person who studies it will talk about human feelings all day long. Sooner or later, he will be confused by human feelings. The person in charge of this matter talks about human feelings. It won't come up. If something goes up into the sky, as long as there is a single mistake, it will fall down. If the person in charge can't be strict, what will happen?"

"The bigger and more developed the country is, the more urgent the demand for truth. Sooner or later, everyone in this world will be able to study, and they will no longer face the loess and turn their backs to the sky. They want to speak and become a part of the country. What they should understand is the objective truth, because—just like Gyeongju and Yanzhou, one day, someone will give them the power to be human, but if they are not objective enough to treat things, they are addicted to village wishes, take things for granted, and all kinds of nonsense. It's an either-or dichotomy, and they shouldn't have that power."

"Zuo Gong, you said that scholars may not be able to understand reason, which is quite right. Today's Confucian scholars, who have read the books of sages and sages for a lifetime, can understand the reasoning. I can foresee that in the future, everyone in the world will be able to read books. At times, there will not be too many people who can break through the unity of opposites between their outlook on life and world outlook. They are limited by whether they are smart or not, limited by the way knowledge is passed on, and limited by their usual life influence. The point is already set at birth, but the inheritance of knowledge can be changed, and the influence of life can also be changed.”

"When the world continues to develop and the world keeps progressing, I assert that one day, the biggest dregs of Confucianism that people will face will inevitably be the order of the three words 'emotion, reason and law'. A person who does not understand reason and does not understand reason cannot see clearly. A person who is obsessed with various aspirations according to the objective laws of the world, his choices are meaningless. If the core of a country’s operation is not about reason, but about human feelings, the country will inevitably face a lot of internal friction. Our roots lie in Confucianism. , our biggest problem is also in Confucianism.”

"No matter what kind of people you need, or what kind of country you need. That's right, I want to get rid of reason and law. It's not that I don't care about people's feelings, but that the word must come first." Ning Yi tilted his head, "Old man, you Asking me about these things may be meaningless in a short period of time, but if I say what the future will be, what I see, this is it. I may not be able to do it in my life, maybe laying a foundation, the next seed, what the future will be, I'm afraid I won't be able to see it, or maybe I can't support Jin Rennan."

He smiled: "In the past, when Qin Siyuan and the others chatted with me, they always asked me what I thought of this Confucianism, but I didn't say. I can't see the outcome of things, but since the beginning, I can only do my best... Let's say goodbye. Zuo Gong, the world is going to be in chaos, you should take care, one day you can't stay any longer, call your family Go south, if you live a long life, maybe we can meet again one day. Whether it is to sit down and talk, or to have a fight with me, I welcome it."

He raised his hand and patted the old man's hand. Whether his temperament was extreme, he didn't show a good face to anyone. Ning Yi was not afraid of anyone, but he was in awe of human wisdom and respected those who possessed it.The old man's eyes trembled, his eyes were complicated, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end.Ning Yi jumped out of the car and summoned others to come over.

The specially made carriage started walking along the rugged mountain road. Ning Yi waved his hand over there. He knew that he might never see the old man again.After the convoy left, he raised his head and took a deep breath, turned and walked towards the valley.

In this white world, Xiaocanghe has a strange vigor and vitality.The mountains are far and the mountains are near, and the wind and snow are on the eyebrows.

This year is the second year of Jingping in the Wu Dynasty, the first year of Jianshuo, and soon it will pass.

　Thank you everyone, it's already the fourth, is it possible to make it into the top three ^_^
More than 7000 characters, ask for a monthly ticket! ! !

Seriously speaking, after this chapter is over, the beginning of the second half of the entire "Lady-in-law" is truly complete.

　
(End of this chapter)