The rise of the prince

Chapter 288

After listening to the yamen servant's report, Li Xingzhou fell into deep thought.

"It's just a trivial matter. Your subordinate named Di Zhi is really ignorant and stubborn. This is also a good thing. The more people trust you, the easier it is to dispatch, isn't it? Even if you let them die, they will go." Qifang smiled back, and then said seriously after laughing.

After a conversation, her position obviously changed. Although she said she didn't understand, she was as smart as she was, so she must understand. When talking to a smart person, you don't have to speak too thoroughly.

Li Xingzhou smiled, a little helpless: "Yes, it is indeed a trivial matter in the moment, but in the long run, it is not a trivial matter."

Qi Fang frowned, not understanding what he meant: "Why, what the prince always speaks makes people half-knowledgeable, and it's uncomfortable to listen to."

"Do you think I look like a god?" Li Xingzhou asked suddenly.

Qifang was taken aback, dumbfounded by his question, and quickly avoided his gaze: "Of course. Not like."

Li Xingzhou nodded with satisfaction: "Fortunately, you are considered normal, and you know that you are not like a god. People cannot be like gods. The more people are like gods, the more ignorant the people are. The more ignorant the people are, the less motivation there is for social progress."

Now Qifang was even more confused.

Li Xingzhou didn't explain, and took the sword he put beside the case, "I'll go out and have a look, you go and bring the Universal Immortal, you didn't kill him, right?"

"Of course not, what does the prince think of me." Qi Fang said, and then went to carry out the order.

What Li Xingzhou was worried about happened. It was a trivial matter, but he had to deal with it carefully and seriously.

Because this is different from everything in the past. Seemingly small things can have far-reaching consequences.

He comes from the future and has a lot of experience and knowledge. He is keen and can naturally understand the significance of this.

Li Xingzhou once didn't want to touch those deeper things, tried to adapt and integrate into this era, and tried not to confront the current of the era.

Because he has self-knowledge, he is not an awesome figure like Confucius, Jesus, or Newton, and it is impossible to change people's ideas and the world by himself.

However, no matter how careful he is, conflicts are still inevitable. To put it bluntly, he is Li Xingzhou, the eldest son of Prince Xiao, and Li Xingzhou from a thousand years later. Let him drift with the tide, completely adapt, and lose himself. He can't do it, and he won't sit idly by. .

It is a good thing for the people to trust and respect him, and he is even a little complacent, but as a latecomer, with the lessons of thousands of years of history, he understands that it is very dangerous to engage in a cult of personality.

From the most superficial point of view, man is not God, as long as man will make mistakes eventually, he is no exception.

The cult of personality is equivalent to no corrective measures, completely entrusting the decision-making and execution power to one person, and blindly obeying and giving up thinking, which is very irrational and unscientific.

Most importantly, specific people cannot be worshiped as gods!There are too many historical lessons in this point, and it also has this far-reaching significance.

When people worship a specific person as a god, it is also the beginning of fooling the people.

God, heaven and earth, society and the like in Eastern and Western beliefs.

God is omniscient and omnipotent, not a specific person.

The same is true for the concept of heaven and earth. In ancient times, the emperor was the son of heaven, and he insisted that he was the son of heaven, but he could not represent heaven. Every year, a grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven was held to pray for blessings from heaven, which had to be presided over by the emperor himself.

And Sheji refers to the god of land and the god of five grains. In general, "she" is the god of earth, and "ji" is the god of grain.

Whether it is God, heaven and earth, or the country, they are all illusory, and there is no specific person to represent them. This has important and far-reaching significance for human development.

Some people will say what is the use of faith?It is nothing more than belief bonuses, fooling the people, making brainwashed people not afraid of death, etc.
There is some truth to this, but it is also superficial.

To this day, the president of the United States still touches the Bible when he takes the oath of office, but has anyone ever thought that the president of the United States believes in God?When human technology develops to that extent, as the president of the world's largest technological power, will he not understand that there is no God in the world?
But even so, he will still swear by the Bible, because only in this way can he have a basis for pursuing equality.

The basis is "all men are equal before God."

The same is true for heaven, earth, and society. Only in the presence of illusory gods can people pursue equality, and the aggregation of everyone's pursuit of not being satisfied with the status quo is the driving force for human progress.

It is impossible for him to say that everyone is equal before the president, because in doing so, he would admit that the president is superior and already deny equality.

Just like princes and generals, they would rather have kindness. On the contrary, if a certain person is worshiped as a god, the people have subconsciously given up the pursuit of equality, but they don't realize it.

When people are worshiped as gods, it proves that life is not equal, some are gods and some are humans.

Therefore, at first glance, the cult of personality is very good. The people obey one call, follow one order, exert their power in one place, and think in one place, with a high degree of centralization.

But in fact, it has virtually stifled the internal driving force of social progress!
Over time, the entire society will inevitably become absurd and lifeless, the people will lose motivation, the country will no longer make progress, and life will be lifeless, like a walking dead.

This is what Li Xingzhou is most worried about. This trend must not be encouraged, even if he is the one who believes in it!

Before, he would not go against the general trend of the times, but this time, he must resist the torrent of the times.

When Li Xingzhou came to the lobby of the yamen, more than a dozen yamen servants were already there to maintain order.

Seeing him coming, the yamen servant hurriedly sang the newspaper loudly: "King Pingnan has arrived~"

When the sound came down, the people knelt down and bowed to the ground.

Li Xingzhou came out from the back hall and did not sit in the lobby. Di Zhi stood aside and bowed his hands when he saw him.

Kneeling in the middle of the courtroom is a thin man with a high forehead and narrow eyes. There is a statue beside him, pasted with yellow paper, on which is written "King Pingnan, General Thunder God, with immeasurable merit".

When he saw Li Xingzhou, he kowtowed so hard that the floor made a loud bang, Li Xingzhou excused everyone, and the people got up, but the thin man was still kowtowing.

During the sacrifice, people will burn white paper and yellow paper, which are considered dead money by ordinary people.

But in fact, white paper and yellow paper have completely different meanings. In Taoism, white paper is indeed the money of the dead, and it is burned for the dead.But yellow paper was used to bribe ghosts and gods, and the emperor would burn yellow paper instead of white paper when offering sacrifices to heaven and earth.

This person wrote his name on yellow paper, which means that Li Xingzhou is the same as the gods, respected with the gods, and is worshiped by the world.

"Is he the one who caused the trouble?" Li Xingzhou asked Di Zhi beside him in a low voice.

Di Zhi was stunned, and nodded quickly: "Yes, please forgive me, my lord. I didn't intend to do this, but I just felt that Luzhou had won a new victory, and the overall situation was uncertain. I was so ostentatious and wanton. I was afraid that this wind would breed arrogance. Soldiers must be defeated, only in a hurry"

Li Xingzhou smiled and said: "Yes, you have done a good job, it is not in vain that I am optimistic about you."

Di Zhi was dumbfounded. He probably didn't expect that Li Xingzhou not only didn't blame him, but praised him instead, and quickly handed over his hands to thank him.

Of course Li Xingzhou was happy. After the victory, Qirui, Qifang, and even Yan Shen felt a little smug.

Unexpectedly, Di Zhi was still so calm. His being so calm shows that he has a clear mind, has a big picture, and understands that this battle is only for a while, and it cannot determine the real outcome. Such a person can be reused.

"Okay, stop knocking." Li Xingzhou said.

The thin man shook his head: "That's not acceptable. The biggest ritual to worship a mortal is three times and nine kowtows. Now that the villain has met General Thunder God, he is a heavenly man. Three times and nine kowtows are not enough. Six times and eighteen kowtows are required." OK." He spoke seriously, his tone seemed simple and honest, like a child's speech.

As soon as the words came out, the people watching outside the yamen's gate all laughed and booed one after another. That's right, the thin man worshiped even more vigorously.

Li Xingzhou smiled, which made him appear simple and honest, but when he spoke, his eyes rolled slightly, which showed that he did it on purpose. After he finished kneeling, he asked, "Your name is my king, General Thunder God, why?"

Speaking of this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said excitedly: "Everyone was there that night, the sky was full of thunder in the rebel camp, and then the rebels fled in all directions. Everyone is just a farmer with mud legs. What kind of ability can you defeat the rebels? It must be the prince who summoned the help of Tianlei to repel the rebels. The prince must be the god of thunder!"

After he finished speaking, the people applauded one after another, and they all joined in their support for him.

The eyes of the people looking at Li Xingzhou became even more fanatical, all kinds of compliments and unrestrained praise continued for a long time.
(End of this chapter)