The Philosopher's Dandy Dream

Liu Shenyan returned to his own yard after leaving Xue's residence. Hearing that his father hadn't returned yet, Liu Shenyan's heart 'thumped'.

Thinking about it carefully, my father's behavior today is abnormal.Why does my lord father have been working so hard to put him to death today?Obviously today in the main hall there will be a chance to excuse Du Xing.

Even if the father knew about it early, there was no need for the slanderers to show such urgency - the court said that Du Xing had already been expelled from the family.

Father is so afraid of disaster?

Liu Shenyan shook his head, remembering the lesson his father taught him when his daughter-in-law was brought back from a visit: there is no way to avoid disaster!

Thinking that today he said in the court that he was willing to follow Yao Jiang to die and thank the country, his father actually stepped forward, counting his achievements in the past with a shy face, giving himself the lead in front of the officials, and suppressing the scene.

Liu Shenyan knew that his father, Liu Xiao, was not afraid of disaster.

Having said that, Liu Shenyan was a little shocked when Liu Xiao spoke out to help him in the hall.After all, I can't stand the verbal criticism of a bunch of old ministers, especially when I contradict Yao Jiang with rude words...

But today's incident, what troubled Liu Shenyan the most was his father's attitude towards Du Xing.Liu Shenyan couldn't figure it out, was his father's motive for putting him to death to abandon the car to protect the handsome man, or to "destroy relatives with righteousness"?

First of all, judging from the current situation, my father is on the queen mother's side, and I am neutral. The letter shows that Duxing is on the opposite side of myself and my father.Myself and my father are in the same spirit, one is prosperous and the other is prosperous, and the other is damaged, but He Duxing is mutual generation and mutual restraint, and if one survives, one will lose the other.Then, out of interest and position considerations, it is undoubtedly understandable for father to eliminate a potential safety hazard.

The problem is, earnest practice is the blood of the father!From the perspective of blood connection, the father really shouldn't get rid of Du Xing.

It's just that if you don't get rid of Du Xing, the only one who will die is yourself... Liu Shenyan thinks about the group of mad dogs biting people in the hall in the morning, and he is inexplicably afraid.

If the father didn't say that he had left the house one by one, then the consequence would be - extermination of the family?If the father keeps quiet and allows himself to be accused of forming a party for selfish interests, and he is the one who dies, will his father's prestige and power be shaken?If the crime is blamed on Du Xing, then the death is just Du Xing, and the father can even get the reputation of "killing relatives with righteousness"?Two sons, one must die, whichever is the lesser of two evils?

So the father chose himself?

Liu Shenyan broke out in a cold sweat for no reason.

How did the father decide between the two sons?

Liu Shenyan thinks about the past ten years, since he came to the mansion, his father has been taking good care of him, and he never borrows the hands of others to grant books. Clothes.Moreover, Duxing had been surrounded by servants and maidservants since he was a child, and although his father never shorted him of money, he had never given him a few servants and maidservants, but he gave him two at first, which was quite attractive, and after two years , changed two mediocre ones, and after another two years, it was a bit ugly... At the age of 13, Liu Shenyan's servants could no longer be seen. I'm used to it, but what's a little tricky is that Du Xing's servants have always been outstanding in appearance, elegant in manner, and luxuriously dressed...

A strange thing flashed across Liu Shenyan's mind, but he couldn't grasp it no matter what.

Could it be that the father was thinking about what he lost when he was a child, and thinking about making it up now?

Liu Shenyan shook his head, secretly laughing at himself for thinking too much, but luckily Du Xing escaped in the end.What if the father really killed his relatives righteously?

Liu Shenyan felt a chill down his spine.What happens in the world always has someone to bear the consequences. Although there is some responsibility for doing it honestly, but when it comes to politics, you have to catch a few scapegoats...

But when it comes to killing relatives with righteousness, Liu Shenyan inexplicably jumps to Confucius's "the one who initiates the evil will have no successor".The protagonist of the phrase "killing relatives with righteousness" will not end well, and Liu Shenyan knows this very well.There are generally only two types of people who dare to kill relatives righteously, one is people who have been brainwashed by morality, and the other is people who are cruel to themselves.Although the motives of these two are different, the former thinks that it is right to exterminate relatives in righteousness, and the latter thinks it is wrong to exterminate relatives in righteousness, but the result is the same, that is, they have completed the task of killing their own compatriots, but the most important thing they have accomplished is actually public expectations.That is, the social environment requires them to do so, or they think the social environment requires them to do so.Isn't Duxing and his own life and death what the ministers of the court expect?

Thinking of this, Liu Shenyan felt that it was understandable for his father to kill him.

But having said that, the above two kinds of people are actually one kind of people, that is, the kind of people who cherish their own feathers, my lord father obviously does not belong to that category, otherwise how could they have such a bad reputation?

Since it wasn't righteousness to kill relatives, then my lord father... Liu Shenyan didn't dare to speculate anymore...he could only wonder if his father would feel uneasy about Du Xing's death.

Judging by his father's posture, it is obvious that he will not be disturbed.

Many people say that if they do something bad, they will feel uneasy and be condemned by their conscience. Is it because my father is not uneasy because he is doing something that he thinks is right?

But on the other hand, if we start from the perspective of anxiety, what is the motivation of anxiety?Are you worried about the incident itself, or the subsequent development of the incident?

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From this perspective, my father may not be worried about the incident itself, nor the follow-up.

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The average person would classify this unease as a violation of morality, but the classic question is, does a person not commit crimes because of his high morals, or because he fears the law, or both?

These are unpredictable things.

Liu Shenyan sighed.

Few people understand that morality is self-discipline, not heteronomy.When this sentence is said, few people know that your morality is immoral in the eyes of others, and the immorality in your eyes is moral in the eyes of others.Morality is a very subjective thing, it cannot be stated clearly in a few dozen words, it is a kind of personal value judgment standard.

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In fact, if Liu Shenyan's father died, Liu Shenyan would have no complaints in his heart.It's not the first time anyway, is it?Liu Shenyan recalled the contract with Xu Qing, one life for another, and Xu Qing's serious promise to save only once... Liu Shenyan felt that Xu Qing was quite prescient.

Think about your father and Duxing again.

Liu Shenyan inexplicably came up with a sentence, there is a law of two perfections in the world, can you live up to the Tathagata and live up to you?

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Forget it, Liu Shenyan sat in the courtyard and cut the bamboo pole earnestly. Anyway, Du Xing is fine now, and it's good to be a Gen Xiao to entertain himself now.