Chapter 56 A Thousand Miles Journey (10)(3/6)
Zhang Xing suddenly realized: "Someone has made it clear to me. I can't even look at the map these days."
"Of course it's easy to get confused. The names of many places have been changed. This county was given to that city, and that city changed places. That is to say, only the locals know the whole story." Lu Sidao smiled and asked again. "But, no.
Is there any rumor that Chief Zhang grew up in Tieshanwei? I don’t know the origin?”
Zhang Xing smiled bitterly: "When I came out of the north and went to Yecheng to recruit vanguard soldiers, I hadn't even read "The Biography of Li Yue". How could I care about this?"
Lu Sidao was finally surprised: "So, Chief Zhang is actually a genius? It's only been a few years... I heard someone recount the chief's debate with the Grand Master and the Grand Master on Hongshan Mountain. It seemed to have been in my mind for a long time.
Don’t be confused, you have your own way... Is this also what you read in "The Biography of Li Yue"?"
Zhang Xing naturally couldn't explain it, and he didn't want to cover it up with the Black Emperor's choice, so he was a little embarrassed and just laughed.
On the other side, Lu Sidao naturally didn't know that the other party was embarrassed, but it didn't matter if he did, because since he was still being carried here at his age, he must have made an explanation for the Youzhou people, so he hesitated for a moment and then spoke on his own.
Go down:
"When it comes to being clear-minded and wise, I'm far behind Chief Zhang.
"When I was young, because I was born in the Lu family, I went to school and practice early. I thought I was a genius, and no one looked down on me. My favorite thing to do was to go out and travel in the bright spring, and use my true energy to climb up and down. I was about sixteen years old.
That year, when I arrived at Thudao Ridge, I saw a man who was obviously a demon guard coming from the north carrying a large stone monument. He said he was going to replace the ancient monument that had been buried in the road by flash floods and was missing. Because he saw that he was carrying the monument alone as if he was carrying nothing.
And the stele was actually a bluestone stele without any words, so he followed it out of curiosity.
"When we arrived at the place, the man put down the stone tablet and stuffed it into the base. He then took out an awl and circulated his Qi. He finished carving the words as easily as if he were writing on them. After he finished carving, he came to ask me: 'What do you think this young man recognizes'?
"Ancient characters?" I was originally surprised that the other party was so advanced in cultivation but so simple in his actions. Now I looked at it, and it turned out that many of the characters were confused, and I didn't know what they meant when they were connected together. I couldn't help but feel ashamed, so I hid my face and left.
, closed the door and started reading again.
"With this cultivation, the Great Zhou Dynasty became a balance between east and west. I was almost thirty years old when I came to serve as an official. Although it was a troubled time this time, the official's work was extremely smooth. Some people who rebelled were pardoned. When the time comes,
During the establishment of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, I was even close to the King of Hengshan at that time. When he was the emperor for a few years, I was naturally the icing on the cake. I was almost half the Xianggong of Nanya. My cultivation level also condensed early and I began to visualize external objects.
...most of the wonderful things in life occur in those years.
"It's just that the Eastern Qi royal family killed each other and used sycophancy. After a few years, it took a turn for the worse. I was imprisoned several times and almost died. Although I escaped with my life, my legs and feet became sick due to being broken many times.
His cultivation was stagnant, and he was often deliberately humiliated after losing power, so he returned to his hometown to study and educate the villagers.
"Later, when the Wei Dynasty came, I was already in my fifties. I just saw that the world was unified and had some aspirations. So regardless of my shame, I took the initiative to write a letter and ask for an official position. I thought that my family, reputation, and experience were all here.
, and when he met the founder of the Wei Dynasty in the Western Capital, he wrote poems and essays. I was also the first scribe to enter the court at that time. I thought that I could always be given a pattern of being an official in the court, but he just asked me to be the prefect of Wuyang.
…
"I knew at that time that the Wei Dynasty was indeed based on Guanlong as rumored, and it was impossible to really use me. So after two years as a prefect, I abandoned my official position and returned home, put on Taoist robes, and only lived in a small village in the countryside.
Grinding ancient inscriptions in Black Emperor Temple."
At this point, Yuanbaocun, a descendant of the former Zhou royal family who relied on Wuyang County to separate the country and got into the current situation, almost lost his grip... Well, the treasure that he cherishes so much, the foundation, is a thing that others have discarded.
Not being reused is evidence of being treated unfairly.
Lu Sidao didn't care what Yuan Baocun thought. After he finished speaking, he came to ask Zhang Xing: "Chief Zhang, you said that I have lived for more than seventy years in my life and have lived through three dynasties. It's just that I was ignorant when I was young. Why have I been ignorant for most of my life?"
So unhappy that your hair turns white, your fingers are like dried ginger, and you don’t even know where you are heading?”
Zhang Xing smiled, and many subordinates below also stared at the chief.
Obviously, Lu Sidao's words were both a self-narration, a complaint, and a question. He was speaking on behalf of the entire civil and military clans in Youzhou. He was complaining and asking what would happen to them under Chief Zhang's rule.
What is the political future?
Are you still going to be bullied?
Of course, it may also be a bit of a demonstration. After all, after the three dynasties are gone, Youzhou still seems to be the Youzhou of Youzhou people.
However, the good thing about these words is that Lu Sidao did not tell any lies. What he stated was his personal true experience without any embellishment. Moreover, although the question was obscure, it was unavoidable.
What do you want to do to avoid this problem at this time?
After Zhang Xing finished laughing, he did not continue to delay. Instead, he spoke directly, but his words were shocking: "I think Mr. Lu's experience is indeed ordinary and is due to the current situation."
Lu Sidao's eyebrows jumped, but he knew that the other party had not finished speaking and he was well-educated, so he did not interrupt.
"I actually have a similar experience to Mr. Lu, but it's not about career and finances, but about ups and downs of mind." Zhang Xing continued to speak slowly, his smile not diminishing. "When I encountered injustice when I was young, I always felt that if I could
If you maintain its strength and replace it, you will definitely do well. Later, after hanging around in the Eastern Capital for a few years, I saw the most disgusting side of the center, and I was so angry that I wished I could sweep away the world and establish a new world. However, this
Didn't you really come to rebel? Then you know that everything has a beginning, one beginning after another, the ups and downs of the world are all caused by one thing after another since ancient times. People live in it and want to make a difference.
Firstly, we must respect the past and follow the trend; secondly, we must sort out the clues and clarify the context, so that we can prescribe the right medicine and add some good context..."
"Is this what Chief Hongshan said about 'working hard'?" Lu Sidao blurted out. "As long as you keep doing good things, new things, and things that make the world prosperous, even if the world has twists and turns, it will definitely get better."
"Exactly this, Mr. Lu really listened to what I said." Zhang Xing smiled even happier.
"Then I dare to ask, which context is responsible for the current situation that the chief said, and how does the chief plan to add new things to this context?" Lu Sidao asked.
"It's very simple. In my opinion, the unfavorable situation in Lu Gong's three dynasties was actually a misalignment problem caused by 'where did the government come from?'" Zhang Xing, who was sitting on the bench, became a little serious.
Lu Sidao must have thought carefully about his life many times, and he has obviously studied Chief Zhang's thoughts and theories. Therefore, when the other party said these words, although it can't be called a tiger's body, he was shocked.
I also felt a little dazed for a moment.
As for the following people who descended from Youzhou, there are mixed reactions... There must be some people who can understand what they are talking about, but there must be some who are confused, and there must be some who know how to pretend to be confused, and some who are confused and pretend to understand.
In addition, most of the military elites present had to keep a straight face, which made the atmosphere even more weird.
"Three radiances and four emperors... The historical context before Emperor Bai is only approximate, so we won't go into details. We will only talk about it after the return of the four emperors." Zhang Xing said happily. "First of all, Emperor Bai's unification of the world has not yet been completed.
The country collapsed, and the borders were sealed. At the time of "The Legend of Li Yue", the ancestor emperor and the two prides fought together. Although the sword was thrown into the mountains and the great cause collapsed, in the end, they took over the world and established the successor of the Tang Emperor... So far
Until now, the government decrees of the world have actually been transferred from the feudal localities to the central government, from the rule of nobles to the rule of the world by the documents of the scribes.
"And because the family has been under one roof since ancient times, it can actually be said that government comes from the emperor."
"Well said!" Lu Sidao raised his palms in approval.
"However, government comes from the emperor, and the emperor is only one person. One person's good will bring great good to the world, and one person's evil... I won't give an example here. Cao Che's bones are still cold... In addition to the grammar officials and Wenxiu,
Martial arts were inherently powerful. When powerful men committed evil deeds against the emperor, they caused the political collapse of the former Tang Dynasty. Then local governments were divided and people moved south. From the late Tang Dynasty, it gradually declined until the emergence of the Great Zhou Dynasty. At this time, the world's
The direction is 'politics comes from the family'." After saying this, Zhang Xing looked at Lu Sidao beside him, and his tone became much higher. "What do you think, Mr. Lu?"
"It makes sense." Lu Sidao thought for a while and nodded. "Political affairs came from the emperor who caused chaos in the world, so they were assigned to powerful literary, military, and literary officials. And they didn't have their own court, so they relied on their families.
Limiting it to the clan, using the shell of the imperial court to make political orders... This is exactly the trend in the decline of the former Tang Dynasty and the chaos that followed."
"It's just like this. It's just that after two hundred years of chaos, the people of the world finally realized that politics coming from the family is worse than politics coming from the emperor." Zhang Xing sighed. "Politics coming from the emperor, maybe ten miles away.
You can meet one or two good emperors, and the government is from the family, but everything is normal;
“If government comes from the emperor, it only needs to be worshiped by one person; if government comes from the family, it must be worshiped by all the nobles of the family;
"Government comes from the emperor, and the common people still have some opportunities to be harmed by the emperor; government comes from the family, and even poor families cannot enter the palace;
"What's even more terrible is that in the past, the reason why the government was able to be established was because of the emperor. It was not that people desperately wanted to give this government to the emperor, but that the countries were in dispute. There was no place without war, no day without war. War itself is the world.
The greatest evil government must be to use the government of one body to avoid such disputes. But now that the government comes from the family, the people of the world have spent two hundred years of decline and thousands of zombies to re-recognize the need for unity, so they are arrogant.
Since the Zhou Dynasty, politics in the world has begun to come from the family, and gradually returned to politics from the emperor.
"Think about it for yourself, Lu Gong, the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Qi Dynasty, and the Great Wei Dynasty. There are so many bizarre stories and heroes among them. Is this the trend of change?"
Lu Sidao was silent for a long time, and then spoke slowly: "Yes... it is indeed this trend. The clans are becoming increasingly powerless, and the emperor is becoming more powerful. Even the Long clan, no matter how many times they have changed, the emperor is still the same."
Even here in the Eastern Qi Dynasty, the military clans of Jin and the aristocratic clans of Hebei gradually gave way to the power of the emperor... Generally speaking, this is the trend. Chief Zhang, you are indeed a genius. I have never seen through it in my life.
The things that come to you are clearly explained in one word."
Zhang Xing did not comment, but said with relief: "Luke Lu is just in the game... Before you were born, the political trends for two hundred years were all from the family, not to mention that you are from a first-class family in the world, so naturally this is the golden rule.
, and then from the beginning of his career, he happened to encounter the general trend of the world and went downhill. This downhill road is naturally the general trend for a boy like me, but for you, it is actually a life and death honor and disgrace... How can you easily get rid of it?
"
"For the rest of my life, I often thought, why do those noble people in Dong Qi deliberately humiliate me again and again? Why would they rather use traitors than me? Is this actually in line with heaven?" Lu Sidao's words became difficult. "Do I deserve to be humiliated?"
"Gong Lu is overthinking this. It is a common method for those in power to humiliate a family as a means of suppression, but it is always wrong to humiliate people for no reason." Zhang Xing said with a smile. "The general trend is the general trend, and the reality is reality... But no matter what,
, times have changed, it’s always right.”
Lu Sidao lowered his head for a long time before he recovered, and then sighed: "That's right, I was in the game and got carried away."
Zhang Xing said nothing.
"Chief Zhang." After Lu Sidao sighed, his words became much clearer. "If that's the case, I still have a question."
"Mr. Lu, please speak."
"Without him, since Chief Zhang has seen through the general trend in his heart, why didn't he become the emperor according to the general trend you said? And I heard that Chief Zhang specially raised a huge banner during his expedition to the north, called "
'Walking the Way for Heaven', then I dare to ask, what kind of way does Chief Zhang want to practice?"
"It's very simple. I want to follow my own path, abolish the bad aspects of 'Government comes from the emperor', take the good places, and create 'Government comes from the help'." Zhang Xing's words were concise and to the point.
"What should I say? What should be abolished and what should be taken? Chief Zhang will no longer be the emperor?"
"The deposed emperor is good at benefiting the whole world for the benefit of one person, and he has centralized power to unite the whole world. At the same time, he continues to comply with the mandate of heaven, suppress the politics of his family, and share the interests of the world." Zhang Xing opened his mouth, but he had no choice but to almost memorize it.
"As for the emperor, you can do it or not... If there are setbacks in my career and I can't gather my strength without being the emperor, I will do it; and if everything goes well, it doesn't matter whether I do it or not. Anyway, my ambition is not in this world, and
To be continued...