Spring and Autumn Confucian Heroes

Chapter 460
Shangqiu, the General's Mansion.

"Mister has been in seclusion for more than half a month, but he doesn't know when he will leave."

Huan Chang let out a breath of true energy, and turned his gaze to the house where Dongfang Jier lived, as if his eyes could see through the walls.

The successful implementation of the new law in the Song Dynasty is inseparable from Ji Er's suggestion. In the past two years, Ji Er has also completely convinced Huan Chang with his own performance.

Huan Chang could only sigh in his heart that Ji Er is a genius, a rare talent that is rare in a thousand years.

This kind of strangeness is not only reflected in the other party's theory and thought of governing the country, but also in Ji Er's understanding and exposition of martial arts.

In two years, Huan Chang gave Ji Er a lot of power, and added the idea of ​​"government by doing nothing" to the new law. This idea just fits the character and living habits of the people of Song Dynasty.

It is precisely because of this that the new law can be promoted very well.

In today's Song Dynasty, the government is often only an executive agency, and the people are the real center of power.

Because the common people have the right to supervise officials, recommend talents, and suggest amendments to the law, the common people are extremely supportive of the new law.

Although this system is not yet perfect, it also corresponds to the idea of ​​​​ruling by doing nothing.

Doing nothing to cure the original intention is not to act rashly, not to do nothing.

In terms of system, Jier emphasized that the monarch should restrain his subjects with an appropriate legal system, and not act arbitrarily because of his own preferences. If the monarch does nothing, the people can abide by the law.

From the perspective of the monarch's employment of people, Ji Er believes that the monarch should know people and assign them well, put suitable talents in suitable positions, and assign specific tasks to his subordinates, instead of doing everything by himself, which is also inaction.

In a nutshell, governance by inaction advocates lenient punishment and simplified administration, light corvée and less taxes, rest with the people, relying on the self-doing and inaction of the people as much as possible, and relying on the self-government of the people to rule everything.

As for the monarch and officials, they only need to do the necessary work.

This kind of claim is actually based on returning power to the will of the people.

Return the government to the people, the monarch does nothing but the people do something, and the world will prosper; know people and make good use of them, the monarch does nothing but the ministers do something, and the court is clear.

"Mr.'s point of view is still too idealistic, but the reference part can also fit the national conditions of Song Dynasty."

Thinking of the difficulties Ji Er encountered when he integrated his thoughts into the new law to promote it, Huan Chang immediately shook his head with a wry smile.

"However, just like Brother Mo's Mohism, although it is difficult to completely realize Mr. Mo's thought of governing by doing nothing, I still admire it after all."

Thinking of Mo Ziren, Huan Chang lost his mind for a while.

Today's Mo Ziren is no longer the idealized innocent young man of the past, and he has already gained a great reputation in the world.

Many chivalrous men who share the same interests as Mo Ziren, claiming to be Mo Xia, walk the rivers and lakes together, eliminate violence and make good decisions for the people, even if they know they are invincible, they must manage the affairs of the world.

Although the current strength of these Mo Xia is still very weak, but with that passion and impulsiveness, as well as the prestige among the common people, this group of young Mo Xia has great influence.

"If Brother Mo and the others can stick to their beliefs, in time, these Mo heroes may be recorded in the Kyushu calendar."

Thinking of those ink heroes, Huan Chang couldn't help sighing secretly.

Today's Mo Xia is very similar to those knights who walked the rivers and lakes for the sake of the world's morality and even killed the princes' mansions when the warriors first emerged more than a thousand years ago.

But with the passage of time, the knights who used to serve the country and the people without selfishness have finally become the sects that occupy the land and rule the king, which is somewhat embarrassing.

In Huan Chang's view, what Mo Ziren is doing now may be to restore the dedication spirit of those knights in ancient times.

As for the Kyushu Calendar, it is the annals of major deeds recorded in Kyushu. Even the rise and fall of a small vassal state is not eligible to be included in it.

Huan Chang felt that Mo Xia might be recorded in the Kyushu calendar, and it could be seen that he valued Mo Xia.

"Buzz!"

Just when Huan Chang was thinking wildly, a strong wave of true energy suddenly appeared in the east. This wave centered on Ji Er's retreat house and spread in all directions.

"That's Mr.'s breath!"

Feeling the soaring aura, Huan Chang immediately felt his heart beating wildly, and then surged the true energy in his body, and quickly rushed towards Ji Er's direction.

"The Dao is the Dao, the very Dao. The name can be named, and the name is very famous. The nameless beginning of heaven and earth. It is known as the mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire to see its wonderfulness. The same is called the mysterious. The mysterious is the mysterious, the door of all the wonderful."

Just as Huan Chang flew out of the house, he heard Ji Er's very magnetic voice.

After hearing this passage, Huan Chang's body couldn't help but pause, his face showed a puzzled expression, and a happy expression, his expression fluctuated.

At this time, Huan Chang, after hearing Ji Er's voice, unexpectedly fell into an epiphany, and his comprehension of Tao became clearer and clearer.

The vague threshold seemed to become clearer.

Not only Huan Chang, but also Mo Dao, Liu Sandao, Ying Ying, and the warriors in the general's mansion who have reached the peak of entering the house, all have comprehended it.

At the moment when Ji Er's voice sounded, the General's Mansion, which was still somewhat noisy, unexpectedly fell into a strange calm. Even ordinary people who don't know any martial arts feel clear-headed at this moment, as if they suddenly opened up.

"Everyone in the world knows that beauty is beauty, but it is evil; everyone knows that goodness is good, but it is not good. Therefore, existence and non-existence are mutually related, difficult and easy are mutually complementary, long and short are in harmony with each other, high and low are incline to each other, sounds and sounds are in harmony with each other, and front and back follow each other. Take the sage to do things without doing, to teach without words. All things are done without giving up. To be born but not to be, to do but not to rely on, to achieve success but not to live. The husband is only to live, so he will not go."

Ji Er's voice was deep, slow and powerful. Those warriors who had fallen into epiphany had a deeper comprehension of Tao, but many warriors with lower comprehension found it more and more difficult to comprehend.

A few people comprehended forcibly, and in the end they could only vomit blood, causing severe damage to their lungs.

"Don't honor the virtuous, so that the people will not fight. Don't value hard-to-find goods, so that the people will not be stolen. Seeing what is desirable, so that the people's hearts will not be disturbed. It is the rule of the saints, empty their hearts, strengthen their stomachs, weaken their ambitions, and strengthen them bone; often make the people ignorant and desireless, and make the wise dare not do it. If you do nothing, everything will be cured.”

Ji Er's voice became more and more ethereal, as if it came from the Nine Heavens God.

At some point, the body of the commander in white appeared beside Huan Chang, looking at the house where Ji Er was with complicated eyes.

However, Huan Chang had already fallen into an epiphany, and he didn't notice the commander in white at all.

"Hey, the Tao Te Heart Sutra is still unfinished after all."

Just when Huan Chang was immersed in the artistic conception of those words, he suddenly heard Ji Er's sigh, mixed with deep helplessness.

(End of this chapter)