Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 502
Summer is over, and the night wind is getting cooler.There are no more cicadas on the tree, only one or two birdsong occasionally, making the night very quiet.

A crescent moon hangs in the western sky, accompanied by a few stars around, it looks a bit bleak.

Wang Xiaolie raised his wine glass and said: "It's been more than two years since we came to Xiangyang Mansion, and we have been together. Today, something happened to the head of Dezhi's family, and he was implicated, so he temporarily suspended his duties. As a colleague , invite a few of you to have a glass of wine together, to relieve his mood."

Chen Qiudao, Chen Yuyi and Wang Ruohai all had mixed tastes, and they raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

Putting down his wine glass, Wang Xiaoli said: "Some of you may think that the job that can't be stopped is not a matter of me? To be honest, I really can't solve it with a word. I let go today, many things It will be difficult."

Chen Qiudao said: "Jieshuai, I understand this truth. Once the rules are set, you must abide by them."

Wang Xiaolie said: "That's right, but I still haven't explained it clearly. I have said before that in our Chinese world, the emperor replaces the herdsmen, and the officials handle the affairs of the court. The key here is the source of power. God. Another thing, apart from the imperial court, officials have unlimited power. Whether it is Buddha or Dao, gods or ghosts, they are all under the control of officials. In other words, officials are gods under the way of heaven. Only officials who are gods can There are no taboos, everything in the world is in control. Are we gods? We are not. There are no real gods to do these priesthoods. There are requirements. It is not that I am an official, and I can do whatever I want. If you understand it this way, you can understand that it is not because I set the rules that I must abide by the rules. If it is only I who set the rules, then of course it can be broken. There are exceptions. But when I take this official position, I am determined to do well. I have played this god, and I am determined to perform well.”

Seeing the three of them looking at each other in blank dismay, their expressions were strange.Wang Xiaolie said: "Do you think that if I think this way, I just took off my pants and farted, and it's superfluous? Thinking this way, what's the difference and what's the use? Of course there are differences and uses. Compare the official position to a god position, and It’s not that there must be a god to be an official. It’s just that if these officials want to do well, it’s actually beyond the capabilities of today’s people. It’s likened to a god, but it’s actually empty. It’s said that there should be a god sitting in an official position. It’s fiction. We are officials, it’s reality. How to switch between fiction and reality is a person’s ability.”

Seeing that the three people still didn't understand, Wang Xiaolie said helplessly: "Some people think that emptiness means nothing or does not exist, which is incorrect. A emptiness is an emptiness, located between existence and non-existence. Things in the world often have this False position. If you can’t understand emptiness, many times sacred things will become vulgar. If you can do well, you can’t do it well. As an official, you must know when it is emptiness and when it is reality. How should it be transformed? According to me, this world of mortals is often like a dojo. Being an official in the yamen is cultivating the Tao."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie said to Chen Qiudao: "A person who cultivates the Tao, how can there be smooth sailing and no distress? Thinking this way, won't you feel better when you get it? Being an official is a sacred thing, don't be vulgar. If in the officialdom, in the eyes of the common people, if Zhang San says that I can do it if I get to that position, and Li Si says that I can do better in that position, then there is something wrong with the officials. A dog or a cat can do it. What's the point of being an official like this? We sit in this position, and when we meet, we have to do things that other people can't do."

Chen Qiudao raised his glass and said, "Jie Shuai is an official and has cultivated Taoism. We are only mortals, how can we do it?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "I am also a mortal. I just occupied Xiangyang. With this power, I can only think about it like this. There are so many heroes in the past and today, and how many earth-shattering events have been done. But in this world, it is still Today's situation. If it sounds a little harsh, we can't expedite the north, drive out the Jin captives, and restore the Central Plains. It is worse than going south in the Jin Dynasty! When this is an extraordinary time, how can we do ordinary things! We should believe in ourselves, To be able to do things beyond the predecessors. To do things beyond the predecessors, you need to change your mind.”

The three of Chen Qiudao nodded, they were ignorant and couldn't figure it out for a while.

Putting down his wine glass and looking at the stars in the sky, Wang Xiaolie said: "I wouldn't think about many things like this if I wasn't in my position today. I can't help thinking like this when I'm in my position today. I have learned a lot and know a lot of knowledge. I have seen the successes and failures of ancient and modern times, but I still don’t understand. Why did it come to this point? The Emperor Daojun was at fault, and Yuan Sheng was at fault. He lost the capital, so he has nothing to say. But why are the people in the world innocent? The Central Plains has almost become a white land. How many people died unjustly, and how many wives were separated? What did they do wrong? If the Taoist emperor is incapable of governing, wouldn’t the current Jurchens be worse? Is there justice in this world? ?”

Wang Ruohai said: "The Jurchens came from poor mountains and rivers. They are fierce and brave by nature. The people in the Central Plains have been peaceful for a long time, and they are cowardly by nature. How can they be their opponents? Only the imperial court reorganized the government, treated the people well, and gradually figured it out."

"Cowardly by nature? What do you believe?" Wang Xiaolie couldn't help shaking his head. "Look at the streets, the government doesn't care, bullies are rampant, how can you see cowardice? When the golden soldiers came, these people changed their appearances, took refuge in the golden men, and still acted in authority. What is cowardly by nature? It’s just a casual statement. Why, I think, is not that simple.”

Wang Ruohai said: "Then according to Jieshuai, what is the reason?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "I haven't thought enough, so I can't explain it all at once. But I think that the reasons for this kind of thing are complicated, and it can't be summed up in a simple sentence. Things are so serious that even if the Jinren Drive away, we have to find out the reason. Otherwise, this kind of thing will happen again and again. Dodge once, dodge twice, can you dodge every time?"

Chen Yuyi said: "Manpower is sometimes poor. Not everything in the world can be explained clearly. So what if you can't explain clearly? As long as the politicians treat the people well and use their power to govern the government, this kind of thing will never happen again."

Wang Xiaolie shook his head and said, "The counselor, the matter is not that simple. If you don't make it clear, someone will always jump out and say that they want to understand. Because of this, because of that, it causes confusion in thinking."

Chen Yuyi and Wang Ruohai looked at each other, shook their heads slightly, and did not answer.

In the history books of the previous life, people discussing now, there are various theories as to why the Song Dynasty was so defeated.These statements sound reasonable, but Wang Xiaolie feels that they still haven't addressed the fundamental problem.

No matter how corrupt the Song Dynasty was, it was much stronger than the Jin Dynasty.How did the Jin army break through the Kaifeng mansion?No matter how sharp the class conflicts in the Song Dynasty were, they were much smaller than those in the Jin Dynasty.The peasants in the Song Dynasty were poor, and most of the peasants in the Jin Dynasty were worse off than dead.Why is it that the Jin Dynasty attacked everywhere, and the Song Dynasty retreated everywhere?
The army of the Song Dynasty couldn't fight, why couldn't they fight?There is no need to discuss the joke-like statement of emphasizing literature over martial arts.Even if the army of the Song Dynasty cannot fight, there is still a vast country and people who support the Song Dynasty.The army is wiped out and can be rebuilt soon.Why can't the rebuilt army still beat the Jin army?If it weren't for a figure like Yue Fei, the Song Dynasty might not even be able to obtain the conditions for negotiating peace with the Jin Dynasty in history.

What is the reason why a powerful country like the Song Dynasty has no power to fight back against the newly rising Jin Kingdom?And not only was there no power to fight back against the Jurchens, but after the Mongols destroyed the Kingdom of Jin, they still had no power to fight back against the Mongols?Looking back, why did the Ming Dynasty, which expelled the Mongols, be at a disadvantage in the face of the rising Houjin in the last years?

(End of this chapter)