What is it like to be a saint?

Chapter 185 The Sober People Are the Most Painful
At twelve o'clock at noon, Xu Ji met Professor Chen Ke who came by appointment at the "Yipin Home Cooking" outside Chu Provincial University.

The professor looks very energetic, probably about 40 years old.

Wearing a Chinese tunic suit and a pair of glasses, his complexion seems not very good, and his hair has fallen a little too much.

But people are very polite.

Shake hands as soon as they meet: "Consultant Xu, right?"

"Yes!" Xu Ji said with a smile: "Professor Chen, I have chatted with you several times, and today I finally met a real person!"

"Please!"

Then he entered the box with the professor, the guest of honor was seated, and the waiter brought the menu.

Of course Xu Ji asked the professor to order, and Professor Chen Ke naturally asked Xu Ji to order. After the two declined for a while, Xu Ji simply said to the waiter: "Bring me another menu!"

Professor Chen Ke said quickly: "You don't need to get the menu again!"

"It's not good to waste food!"

"Listen to the professor!" Xu Ji smiled and sat up straight.

Professor Chen Ke then ordered three dishes, all of which were very common Tancheng dishes.

Flavored shrimp, shredded eel in oil, fish head with chopped pepper.

Plus two bottles of beer.

While waiting for the food, Xu Ji said, "Professor Chen, besides getting to know you, I have something to do when I come to see you this time. I must ask the professor for help!"

Professor Chen Ke asked: "Is it still the problem of the system and organization of the last novel?"

"Ok!"

Xu Ji then introduced his current situation in Liujun.

The grass-roots team, after a new arrangement, has changed from a complete laissez-faire to an organized laissez-faire.

The so-called "committee of sentient beings" is actually a helpless choice.

No one is available!
Among the common people in Liujun County who have not graduated from prenatal education per capita, it is quite remarkable to be able to elect a committee now!

Throughout Liu County, the literacy rate of the group over the age of 14 is still hovering below [-]% after several years of popularization.

Note - the literacy rate here refers to being able to read and write one's own name and recognize the ten numbers from 0 to 9.

You can't blame him, and you can't blame the people.

The foundation is really poor!
The new generation has not yet grown up, and no matter how the old generation transforms it, it is still a traditional idea.

If it weren't for the Qi people frightening Liujun with butcher knives.

I'm afraid that the people of Liujun don't even think that they need any government.

Willow County is big enough, with enough places, and a small enough population.

After driving away He Bo, land, mountain gods and immortal descendants.

Almost everyone thinks that from now on it will be fine.

It's fine to live your own life.

After hearing Xu Ji's description, Professor Chen Ke became thoughtful.

Xu Ji really described too many details.

From the population of the village, land size, economic status, to social thoughts and ideas.

And the performance of foreign enemies...

So real!

So real that it could almost be a sociological template.

After thinking for a long time, Professor Chen Ke said: "Honestly... If you hadn't told me, this is the background for writing a novel..."

"I even doubt that such a world really exists!"

"The ecological chain and the top food chain are too complete!"

There are gods and Buddhas in the sky, and there are immortal descendants in the world.

Gods and Buddhas monitor the world, and the birth, old age, sickness and death of mortals are all predetermined in advance.

If you control the land, you can control the output.

As long as mortals are always racking their brains to fill their stomachs.

Then, such a rule is almost unbreakable.

Professor Chen Ke thought about it carefully, and said to Xu Ji: "According to your description, the productivity is too low in such a world!"

"People are bound to the land!"

"And... your base area has too few people!"

"It's only 200 million, what can you do?"

"No matter what, you have to find a way to expand the population base!"

Professor Chen paused and explained: "According to the situation you described, the assumption is true..."

"The seeds of Taoism and magical powers must have a sufficient population base to emerge!"

"It's like the national football team!"

"Add up and down, how many registered players are there?"

"The football population is almost being thrown away by Vietnam!"

"So, it's normal not to be able to play against Vietnam!"

"It's the same with you..."

At this time, the dishes are served.

Xu Ji and Professor Chen Ke ate, drank and chatted.

From social system and organization construction to rewarding birth and encouraging land reclamation.

At the end of the chat, Professor Chen Ke said: "Isn't your base area now home to the Monster Race and the Water Race?"

"You have to hurry up, seize the favorable space now, and blend the three races together as soon as possible..."

"Eliminate the barriers between each other!"

"This requires a common ideal, a common goal and a common social model!"

"You have to think about it, how to describe a community of destiny with others!"

Xu Ji listened, a little lost in thought.

Community of destiny?
Yes!

Community of destiny!
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At the end of November, Gong Ziguo finally got the driver of his father, the current Duke of Qi.

Braving the ice and snow, Duke Qi's convoy entered Qufu mightily.

Today, this Duke of Qi's prestige in the country of Qi is unrivaled.

Relying on the 'bandits', but also relying on the power of Heng Gong.

He controlled Cao, Xue, Ji, Ju and more than a dozen small countries, all of which were in his hands.

Even with the power of the coalition forces, in June of this year, they led the army into the territory of Song State again.

This time the Song army did not resist.

He directly let the Qi army enter the country, and the contemporary Song Gong even brought people to him, toasted him, and said: I accept it!
Song Gong refused to accept it!

Because the state of Lu has a piece of territory, bordering on the state of Song.

Qi Gong only needs to move his mouth to make a gap.

Then, Liujun's goods, supplies and the "terrible plague" will all flow into the Song Dynasty.

The immortal descendants of the Song Kingdom are terrified of this!

Because, last year, many businessmen and even monks from the Song Dynasty had been to Liujun.

They did bring those dangerous things back to Song.

Naturally, the people of the Song Kingdom couldn't be more worried about this!

Mountain God, River Bo, Land...

These ancestors of the Song Dynasty.

The nobles, the public clan, and the descendants of the gods all demanded Song Gong unanimously: "It's fine if you don't help Qi Gong, how can you hold Qi Gong back?"

The reputation of Qi State also changed suddenly.

Among those who have to choose Hebo, Mountain God, and Land by themselves.

Before the trial of the "bandit" of Liujun, a descendant of the immortal god.

It is the Qi State, the contemporary Duke of Qi, who stepped forward to turn the tide and help the building to collapse!
These are reborn parents!
As a result, the Qi people were shocked to find that there was no need to consume the power of immortals and gods from various countries.

They have all come here now.

Qi's power expanded rapidly.

Under this circumstance, Duke Qi no longer intends to report the affairs of the world to the upper realm.

He thought, first eat the benefits of the mouth and digest it in the stomach, and let it be a fait accompli.

Otherwise, if someone from the upper realm comes, I'm afraid they will force Qi Guo to spit out all the things that have reached their mouths? !

Under such circumstances, Duke Qi, who was in high spirits, met his unhappy concubine.

"Guoer, what's the matter with you?" Qi Gong asked.

Gong Ziguo lowered his head, he wanted to tell the truth.

I want to tell my father: you, and everyone in Qufu City are doomed.

But he didn't dare to say it, and couldn't say it.

Because this is his destiny.

He already knew.

Every time there is a catastrophe, heaven and earth will select a few people like him.

Let them see the truth and see the crisis.

But don't let them tell the truth.

It's useless to say it's broken.

Will not be trusted!

Cause and effect will block the eyes and ears of the listener.

Let them hear but not hear, and turn a blind eye.

Even Thunder was furious!
More importantly, as long as you tell the truth, the person who tells the truth will immediately respond to the robbery.

Can't survive a year!
This is the horror of doom.

This is heaven and earth's punishment for sinners!

For those below the immortals, once they get involved, it is difficult to control their own will.

All kinds of arrogance, arrogance, and extreme thoughts will breed.

Therefore, Gong Ziguo could only endure the pain in his heart, and said to his father: "Father Jun..."

"I heard that you have stopped the temple celebration..."

"En!" Duke Qi laughed, and said to his son, "This is the best policy!"

He snorted twice: "I, the Qi Kingdom, was born as a grandpa, and made great contributions to the order of the world!"

"However, the rewards and punishments from the upper realms were unfair, and the ancestors finally fell into the heavenly calamity, and their spirits and souls were completely wiped out!"

"The first king, Heng Gong, for the sake of the upper world, did not spare his own life, and went against the trend. The nine princes ended up with unknown old age. The state of Qi was shaken, and the country was almost in danger of being destroyed!"

"How can our father and son continue to be cattle and horses for the upper realm?"

"Let's not get any benefits, even if you can't keep your soul!"

"What is this picture?"

Gong Ziguo lowered his head, if he didn't know the truth, he might think the same way.

The upper realm is unfair, so why should the lower realm treat them like cows and horses?

Like a chamber pot, use it when you need it, throw it aside when you don't need it, and think it's dirty!

What is the picture?

The immortals of the upper realm are cold in nature.

The descendants of the lower world will naturally have their own calculations and trade-offs.

Ancestors are ancestors.

It is delusional to want children and grandchildren to take everything they have to pave the way for their ancestors.

What's more, where does the state of Qi still have ancestors in the upper realm?
Following Henggong's old age, he was backlashed by humanity and the five declines of heaven and man, all of them fell.

However, Gongziguo knew the truth.

Qi State is in doom.

Once it breaks out, the country will die and everything will collapse.

But he didn't dare to say it, and he couldn't say it.

I can only try my best to insinuate.

"Father..." Gongzi Guo said, "It's not like you haven't seen the current situation!"

"If there is no upper realm of golden immortals descending to earth!"

"Liujun relies on us, he won't even enter!"

"What about extermination?"

"If the bandits cannot be wiped out, once they become powerful, how can we check and balance them?"

"Wait until it becomes uncontrollable, and then report to the upper realm..."

"I'm afraid the emperor of the upper realm will blame us as well!"

"What will happen then?"

Qi Gong listened and smiled: "Fool! What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Now it's not 20 years ago, nor 5 years ago, it's even more when the emperor was here!"

"Rites are broken, music is broken, order is in chaos..."

"Now the emperor of the upper realm begs me to wait!"

"It's time to show off your ambitions and annex the four fields!"

Cause and effect are entangled, and doom is pervasive.

It is both the world and the upper realm.

The induction between heaven and man is everywhere.

The relationship between the upper realm and the human world has been reversed.

Now, the person holding the handle is the prince of the world!

Without the support of the human world, no matter how powerful the upper realm is, what can it do?

Without Qi, who will stabilize the East for the emperors of the upper realm?

And this is also a part of the ceremony.

The order is reversed, the cause and effect are reversed, and the dignity is reversed.

Gong Ziguo sighed, knowing that his father's judgment was correct from his standpoint.

Nor could he be persuaded.

However, he had no choice but to hold on to hope in case of an emergency, and advised: "Even so, doesn't Father think about the aftermath of the catastrophe?"

"Emperors settle accounts after autumn, what should we do?"

Qi Gong smiled: "If you can't get through the present, how can you talk about the aftermath of the catastrophe?"

"The state of Jin is expanding, the state of Qin is expanding, and the state of Chu is also expanding!"

"Destroy the country, conquer the country, and annex the four fields!"

"How can my country of Qi sit and wait for death?"

"Besides, the upper realm always needs people!"

"Look, in the past two years, even the emperor was arrested, and he had to invite the ancestors of Jin to come down to earth and urge Duke Jin to send troops!"

"Fool, don't think too much!"

Duke Qi is full of confidence: "Treat me to Qi State, annex other countries, and expand the territory to the north of the great river. It will be a powerful country that can rebuild order and retreat to protect the great river!"

"At that time, whether it is the Northern Expedition or the Southward Expedition, there will be enough bargaining chips!"

"You and my father and son, like King Wen and King Wu of Zong Zhou in the past, enjoyed incense and offering incense in the ancestral temple for more than ten years, so that all the emperors of the heavens will worship, it is unknown!"

Gongzi Guo lowered his head.

He understood that he was just like the poets he knew who were worried about the country, mourned the country, and saw the tragedy in front of them, but could do nothing.

"The other millet is lili, the seedling of the other millet..." He thought in his heart the poem written by the unknown person when the Zong Zhou collapsed in the past: "Walking is sloppy, the center is shaking..."

"Those who know me say that I am worried... Those who do not know me say what I want..."

"Youyou heaven, who is this?!"

Long sky, who is this! ?

At the first reading, you don't feel the meaning of the poem, but after reading it again, you are already in the poem.

Under the catastrophe, sobriety itself is punishment.

And it is the most severe punishment!
Let you watch the tragedy unfold, let you watch everything happen.

You can't help it, you can't be yourself.

I can only struggle, watching the country and destiny, slipping step by step into a hopeless situation.

struggle!
despair!
Howl!

Then go to hell!

At this moment, Gongziguo thought of Bigan.

I remembered Boyi Shuqi.

I even thought of the unnamed poet who was ruined together with Hao Jing, leaving only this song "Shu Li".

He may be a relative of Zong Zhou like himself.

Or maybe once struggled and suffered like myself.

But in the end, you can only watch everything happen, powerless.

Gong Ziguo bit his lip tightly.

In the ear, Qi Gong's voice echoed.

"Come on, my son!"

"Lu Gong's daughters are waiting for you!"

He smiled and narrated his plan to himself: "If you stay as a father in the future, you can take advantage of the power of Eastern humanity, and you can go straight to sand and water!"

"Under the general trend of human nature, don't say that it is the golden immortal, the emperor, or the big Luo, and you have to flee!"

The power of humanity is endless.

Because the human race is the protagonist of heaven and earth!
"At that time, my father will entrust you with the lands of Lu, Ju, and even Cao and Xue!"

"Let my son break the ground and become a prince!"

(End of this chapter)