Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 725 Characters
After putting the food and wine on the table, Wang Qingxiu said: "Father Liu in the back street received several big herrings from the fishermen, all of which weighed twenty to thirty catties. He gave one to me as a thank you for helping him to Luoyang. Come and settle down. How can I accept his fish for nothing? Give him some money."

Wang Xiaolie said: "When people send fish, we must remember this kindness. It is our duty to give him money. When sending fish, people don't expect to get money. In fact, it is best to In a few days, my sister will either go there in person, or send someone to his house to give him something. Don’t give money directly, it’s a human relationship.”

Wang Qingxiu said with a smile: "You are sensible at this time and know how to deal with people. You always tell me not to accept other people's money, not to take other people's things for nothing, and not to accept other people's favors. People live in this world. How is it possible to distinguish everything clearly?"

Wang Xiaolie sighed: "There is no way. If I don't ask for this, someone will definitely follow your path for their own benefit. But if you do this, you will isolate yourself from society. What's the point of living? Sister I'm getting married, so it can't be the same as before."

After hearing this, Wang Qingxiu poured Wang Xiaolie a glass of wine.Said: "The people of the Zhang family have set a date with Father Wang for the past two days. I will get married on August [-]th. They all said that it is a good day and cannot be missed. In this world, I only have you as a family member. You But you must come!"

As she said that, Wang Qingxiu couldn't help tears from the corners of her eyes.Since the death of their father, the siblings have been dependent on each other for a few years.Due to his status, Wang Xiaolie has very strict management of family members, and Wang Qingxiu is restrained everywhere.As an ordinary person, how could Wang Qingxiu not be wronged?Moreover, Wang Qingxiu also didn't understand what his younger brother did.Being an official and having power, who doesn't try to collect money from the family as much as possible, how can there be such restrictions on the family members everywhere?If this was not her only younger brother, Wang Qingxiu would not have supported him so unconditionally.

Seeing his sister's appearance, Wang Xiaolie picked up the wine glass, raised his head and drank it down in one gulp.

Whether an organization is clean or not, fair or not, is closely related to the style of the leader.It can be said that the stricter the self-discipline of the leader, the cleaner the organization will be.If the leaders are not self-disciplined, no matter how strict the investigation is, it will not be able to guarantee the cleanliness of the organization.

On the one hand, the self-discipline of leaders, and on the other hand, strict supervision and inspection, the combination of the two can create a collective with combat effectiveness.Without one aspect, the organization is bound to be chaotic.How can a chaotic organization show combat effectiveness?
Thinking that this world is mine, and those who do things for me are all my slaves.For slaves, no matter how little you give, you must be grateful, and you can't feel resentment in your heart. This kind of thinking should not be something normal people have.In the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, even the emperor did not dare to have such thoughts.

The emperor was not self-disciplined, he treated his ministers harshly and ungratefully, and the ministers below him could still be loyal, which could only appear in special historical periods.

Regarding Confucianism, Wang Xiaolie especially agrees with the phrase "My way is consistent, and it's all about loyalty and forgiveness".If you want others to be loyal, you must have a heart of compassion.It is pathological to have no compassion for oneself and to imagine the allegiance of others.

A sick mind will inevitably produce a sick reality.You think that the salary of the courtiers is small, but you don't know that they just don't take money from you.You think they don't take money, they just exchange money for power, or something.

At the beginning of his power, if Wang Xiaolie couldn't discipline himself, how could he be able to unite a group of talents?Without unity, it's just a bunch of rogues.

Wang Qingxiu wiped away her tears and said, "I'm talking about happy things, why did I shed tears—"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Because in the past few years, although my sister has no shortage of food and clothing, it is really not easy. People only see you as my sister, and they think you can do whatever you want. How do you know, But I am restrained everywhere, so naturally I am not happy."

"It's good that you know." Wang Qingxiu smiled. "It's not easy to catch such a big herring. I made a fried fish fillet. You can try it. Let me tell you, this dish is not easy to cook. I have learned it for a long time."

Wang Xiaolie picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish.He nodded and said, "It's fresh and tender, it's really delicious! My sister is getting married, and she has been practicing cooking hard recently. By the way, Zhang Qi proposed to promote the painting and calligraphy academy. Is he satisfied?"

Wang Qingxiu said: "I'm your sister, that's all. What else does he think? Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble."

"Don't trouble me. This sounds a little sad." Wang Xiaolie was a little emotional. "In another place, I went from being an envoy to being an envoy, and now I am an envoy to be an envoy, and I have made a lot of promises. Who dares to cause trouble for me? After a few years, my sister can only say that she will not cause trouble for me. "

Wang Qingxiu didn't speak.Picking up the jug, he filled himself and Wang Xiaolie with wine.The wine is dew wine, which is carefully brewed with pomegranates from Heyin, mixed with various medicinal materials, and aged white wine as the base wine.The alcohol content is much lower than that of white wine, and it tastes sweet and sour, which is very suitable for women.

As a Xuan Fu envoy, no matter how honest Wang Xiaolie was, the things he used were not comparable to ordinary people.Many things seem insignificant, but in reality they are rare.Even if it is a big businessman who makes more money under the rule, it is impossible to live like Wang Xiaolie.

After drinking, Wang Xiaolie said: "I have always believed that in this world, people are equal and the same. You can't stipulate that a person can only do this or that in this life, and you can't stipulate how he will live in the world." I live in the world. But in this world, there are high-ranking officials, businessmen, and poor people who don’t have enough food and clothing. Everywhere reveals that people are not the same. To be a small person, you don’t need to think about this issue, and you don’t have to worry about it. It is necessary to think clearly about the issue of being in charge of the government and commanding the army. Is there any difference in life? Is there inequality?"

After hearing this, Wang Qingxiu asked with great interest, "Have you thought it through now?"

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "I haven't fully figured it out yet, but it's much better than before. I used to think that the world is a stage, and when we come to this world, we have to play the roles on the stage. On the stage, we They are all kinds of characters, some are noble, some are low; some are brave and invincible, some are greedy for life and afraid of death; Yes. But without the costumes, we don’t need to play the characters on the stage, then we are equal and there should be no difference.”

Wang Qingxiu had never heard anyone say this before.He asked, "I used to think this way, but what do I think now?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Who stipulates that when I come to this world, I have to act on stage? I just don't act, I have to be myself, why not? Even put on costumes, just go to the stage to make a show, what do you think?" Act as you want, okay?"

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie sighed: "Anything is fine. Why not? On this stage, there is no director and no audience. Of course, the actors can act whatever they want. However, the officialdom is a special stage. There are directors and audiences. Once you are on the official stage, you have to act seriously. If you don’t act seriously on the official stage, you can do whatever you want, it’s not okay.”

Wang Qingxiu had never heard of any directors or audiences, nor did she ask.He just watched Wang Xiaolie and listened quietly.

"I like to ask officials, do they think they belong to power or do they belong to themselves? In fact, this sentence is more often asked by myself. Even if it is a big power, life and death, I have to ask myself. I belong to power, The power still belongs to me. I want to let myself understand that I am only a part of the power, and the power never belongs to me. When I sit in this seat, I must stick to my duty in order to play this role well.”

Wang Xiaolie asked softly: "What role do you think you are playing?"

Wang Xiaolie raised his head and looked at the full moon in the sky.After a long time, I said: "Now I can't tell, at least I can't tell others. Because on this stage, my role is not decided by me, but by others."

Does Wang Xiaolie want to be emperor?After asking himself many times, Wang Xiaolie could only answer that he didn't want to.Because in his own political philosophy, the emperor has to be bound by many constraints and has many responsibilities.It was hard for me to live once, how much I wanted to be unrestrained and live happily.If you become an emperor, you have to be cautious everywhere, how boring it is.

It is Zhao Gou who can decide this.When Wang Xiaolie's army is getting stronger and stronger enough to fight against the Jin army, can he cheer up and have enough courage to defeat the Jin army, restore the Central Plains, and even make greater achievements.He can do well, why should Wang Xiaolie fight?If you don't do well, how can you not fight?
What role to play on this stage is not decided by Wang Xiaolie alone.What I can decide is that no one can stop the Han people from restoring the Central Plains and reorganizing the rivers and mountains.No matter who this person is, he cannot go against the will of the people.

The people, and only the people, are the masters of the country.Those in power must try their best to understand the people and exercise the power of the people.

(End of this chapter)