Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2571 Divination
Now that the Australians are doing the old tricks of the Qin people, what virtue and ability do they have, and they are confident that they will not repeat the same mistakes?
He Wuzu coughed lightly, and said, "There is nothing new about this gangster's administration. It is just the old law of Shangyang. Qin ruled the country with legalism. Although it unified the six countries, the administration was strict, and the people were in dire straits. In the end, the second generation died. Is it possible that the so-called senate of the Kun people doesn't know about this? Even if they don't know, you, Meng Liang, know about it. Even if you are the councilor of Australia, don't you want to give advice. Since ancient times, governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. The Kun people came to Guangzhou, and although there are many good policies, they are eager for success and harsh in politics, which is by no means the way of long-term stability."

These words are actually the common aspirations of many scholars who know a little about the Senate.They saw the ability of governing the country demonstrated by the Senate, but they couldn't get rid of their doubts. After all, the lessons of the Qin Dynasty were too profound.

"Otherwise," Liu Dalin said, "Qin's death was not caused by the Qin law, but by the abuse of power by the First Emperor and the Second Emperor." Liu Dalin said, "Later, Han and Wu would inevitably repeat the same mistakes. I'm afraid Han Xun will lose the deer if he doesn't wait for Wang Mang to usurp him."

All of them are well-learned people, and they have read all the classics and history collections, and they know all the historical events of the past dynasties.He is not a pedantic literati who only knows the Thirteen Classics.Considering the political gains and losses of the past dynasties, everyone has their own opinions, but in the final analysis, most of the downfall of the dynasty can be attributed to the four words "the people are in dire straits".

They feel: Today's Daming has also begun to embark on the same path.A few days ago, He Wuzhen received many letters from the same year and relatives who were officials in the capital, all warning him that the court has prepared to levy "Qiong pay" for three years and "suppress pay" for one year, to select supervisors, and to send troops south The intention of the crusade requires him to "prepare early."

Most of the bigwigs here don't have too much hope for the imperial court's southern expedition. They have heard and seen the army and financial resources of the bandits, and they know it clearly.No matter who is sent to supervise the teacher, it is tantamount to a dream to decide the universe in one battle, and nine out of ten will stop at the north of Wuling.The long-term confrontation with Guan Ning, saying that it is a three-year "Qiong's salary", I am afraid that it will continue to be collected like the "Liao's salary".

"No and no!" After a while, someone joined the debate.

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After arguing for so long, Liu Dalin drooled.He knew that it would be futile to continue debating the scriptures in this way for another seven days and seven nights, so he said, "Do you remember that I used the Chinese style of "Book of Changes" in the past. Since you brothers think that the Ming Dynasty is not exhausted, it is better to use "Book of Changes" "Divination, ask the sky. I don't know what to do?"

The technique of divination has existed since ancient times. The courts of all dynasties have officials responsible for divination of good and bad luck.Not to mention the scholar-bureaucrats, even the emperor himself had to turn to heaven for help in critical moments.According to legend, before Chongzhen hanged himself, Song Xiance, Li Zicheng's military adviser, "attacked his heart" with divination.Li Zicheng's army came to the capital, Chongzhen and the eunuch Wang Chengen, who had trouble sleeping and eating, went out of the palace to relax, and met Mr. Song Xiance pretending to be a word tester.The restless Chongzhen wrote the character "You", Song Xiance wrote a note and handed it to Chongzhen, saying that it was a secret and could only be opened at midnight.Chongzhen returned to the palace, opened the note at Midnight, and wrote: "The Son of Heaven is originally Zun, and the Zun word has no head or tail to be unitary, and the country is at stake." Shocked, Chongzhen collapsed to the ground.

Lingnan customs are inherently superstitious, so this group of talented scholar-bureaucrats didn't think there was anything wrong with Liu Dalin's proposal.Zhao Xunru said: "For divination, there are tortoise divination, yarrow divination, copper coin divination, and asking sticks. I wonder what Meng Liang wants to use for divination?"

Liu Dalin said: "Tortoise shells and yarrow should not be obtained suddenly, but copper coins and asking lottery are the methods used by peasants in the countryside. I should use chess for divination."

"What is chess and divination?"

"Go black and white two pieces, the image of yin and yang, so the pieces are used instead of yarrow."

As the host, Chen Zilu soon ordered people to fetch Go.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Liu Dalin took out fifty exquisite jade chess pieces and placed them on the ox bone chessboard to start the deduction.

I saw Liu Dalin calmly using a pipe to randomly select a piece from the pile of chess pieces and put it next to him. This is the so-called "the number of Dayan is fifty, and nine of its uses are forty", taking one is not like Taiji, 49 symbolizes everything in the world.The 49 chess pieces are randomly divided into two by pipes, the left is "heaven" and the right is "earth". The previous chess piece also symbolizes "human being". "Three talents" are available.

Then, Liu Dalin began to count the number of chess pieces in the "sky" on the left, four pieces in a group, and four of them symbolized the four seasons, and the remaining chess pieces were allocated.After counting the left side, then count the "land" on the right side, and also set aside the remainder.Then put the chess piece that symbolizes "person" and the chess piece that was taken out together, making a total of five pieces (the number in this step is either five or nine, if not, it means that the calculation was wrong).This set of processes is called "one change".

Then he mixed the two piles of remaining chess pieces into one, and repeated the previous process, which is called "two changes", and so on.A total of six Yao and eighteen changes, you can get a hexagram.

After performing the Three Changes, Liu Dalin drew a long horizontal line on the rice paper with a brush, and said loudly: "Shaoyang."

A moment later, he drew two short horizontal lines on the first line and said, "Shaoyin."

As this yin-yang hexagram gradually appeared on the paper, the onlookers couldn't help sweating for the fate of the Ming Dynasty.

"Shaoyang."

"Shaoyin."

"Shaoyin."

After the fifth line came out, the result became clear, and the remaining line was either Yang line or Yin line.Chen Zizhuang was lucky, and thought to himself: "It may be a mountain fire, or it is the upper middle hexagram."

"Old Yin."

As Liu Dalin drew the last line, everyone's hearts couldn't help but feel cold. It turned out to be "Ming Yi" in No. 30 six hexagrams of "Book of Changes".

Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Dalin said: "This hexagram is only one old Yin in the sixth line, and one line changes. It should be accounted for by the change of the line in this hexagram. Earth', the hexagram of Ming and Yi's darkness, the dark king is above, and when the bright sees the injury."

The hexagram image of Mingyi hexagram is Li on the bottom and Kun on the top.Li represents the day, and Kun represents the land.When the sun enters the ground, it cannot shine brightly, as if it is damaged, so it is called Mingyi, which is the Xiaping Gua.The meaning of this hexagram in terms of personnel is that the faint king is at the top, and the ministers are at the bottom, unable to display their talents, and the situation is very difficult.The so-called "when you are lucky and can't walk, you rush across the river and tear down the bridge.

In this situation, He Wunu's complexion was pale, Yao Tian and Chen Zilu were silent, Zhao Xunru couldn't help shedding tears, it is possible that the sky is really going to kill me.

Only Chen Zizhuang still did not give up, and said: "There is still room for turning around in this hexagram. The cathode will be reversed, if it is extremely peaceful, the upper line is old Yin, and the upper line will become a mountain of fire. The speech said: 'Shang Nine: Bai Ben, no blame'." , to achieve success. Today, the Holy Son of Heaven ascended the throne at the age of 16. He punished Wei Wei and purged the inner court. He was in the midst of internal and external troubles day by day. Heaven and earth are the basis of life; ancestors are the basis of class; rulers and teachers are the basis of governance. Heaven and earth give birth to a gentleman, and a gentleman manages the world. The world changes and cannot be changed in the end.”

Liu Dalin knew that Chen Zizhuang was already presumptuous, and said: "Qi Jinggong asked Confucius about politics. Confucius said to him: monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons and sons. In ancient times, the world was the master, and the emperor was the guest. All the kings lived for the rest of the world. The operator is the world. In ancient times, people in the world loved and respected their ruler, regarded him as their father, and imitated him as the sky. It is not an exaggeration. Today, the ruler is the master, and the world is a guest. Anyone who has no land in the world can find peace , is the king. When he did not get it, he slaughtered the liver and brain of the world, separated the children of the world, and used my own property. , Knocking off the bone marrow of the world, separating the children of the world, taking it for granted to serve me alone, saying: "This is the flower of my inheritance." Today, people in the world hate their lord and regard him as an enemy. He is called the only husband, so he is the greatest harmer in the world, just a king."

Chen Zizhuang replied awe-inspiringly: "There has never been a person in ancient times who was not a real person but a famous minister. As a Ming minister, I will help the building when it is about to fall, and turn the tide from the collapse. Although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go."

Liu Dalin said: "Since Jisheng speaks the words of Mencius, you should know that Mencius also said: the people are the most important, the society is second, and the king is the least. The Taizu once read "Mencius", and he said that it is not appropriate for a courtier to speak. It is disrespectful to discuss its distribution, and it is disrespectful for those who remonstrate. The world is too big to be ruled by one person, but divided and ruled by a group of workers. Therefore, when I become an official, I am for the world, not for the king, but for the people, not for one The surname is also. The chaos of the world does not lie in the rise and fall of a surname, but in the joy and sorrow of the people. The ministers of the world are ignorant of this righteousness, thinking that the ministers are established for the emperor, and the emperor divides me into the world and then governs it. The people then herd them, and regard the people of the world as the private property of the king. Today, the troubles of the four directions and the haggardness of the people's livelihood are enough to endanger the king, so he has to talk about the art of governance and herding. Toil, the haggardness of the people's livelihood, even if there are honest ministers, it is also a disease of slenderness."

"Meng Liang, you and I are masters, so there is no need to say more." After finishing speaking, Chen Zizhuang walked away in a huff.

Seeing this, Chen Zilu chased Chen Zizhuang out, and the faces of the rest of them were not very good-looking.

Although Liu Dalin had a premonition early on, he didn't want today's meeting to end in an unhappy situation, so he had to say to He Wunuo, Yao Tian, ​​and Zhao Xunru: "If you are a minister, you will despise the people's misery, and you will be able to help the king and prosper." , and perish from the ruler, it is not unreasonable to recite the principles of ministers."

He Wuzhen said: "Jisheng is an upright person. Today's drastic changes are hard to accept. Meng Liang should be considerate."

Liu Dalin shook his head, with mixed emotions in his heart, and sighed: "It's all fate to meet each other once, I will leave a message to tell you, brothers, so you can do it yourself."

After finishing speaking, he picked up a pen and left four characters in block letters: Gong Wu crossed the river.

(End of this chapter)