The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 325 [-]th Law
After the evening of that day, when the officers and soldiers rushed to the mountain stronghold, they actually encountered small-scale resistance. The fighting was still going on on the mountain roads around the mountain stronghold, and several conflicts broke out between the rebels who broke out and the local government troops.

But when it comes to the situation on the entire cottage, it's like a floating island in hell purely for testing human nature.

The killings between companions and the cannibalism for human heads have been going on all the time, and people who want to make the chaos even bigger and fish in troubled waters set fires all over the mountains and fields.

Heads can save lives, and heads can also make a fortune. In order to prevent the soldiers under his command from being overly injured in this frenzied situation, Zhang Rui ordered some soldiers to just surround the rebel's stronghold and not attack, so that the entire stronghold would be destroyed. People live and die on their own, and only those whose heads are taken down can be counted and protected.

The evil of human nature is rampant throughout the island.

But outside the cottage, breakouts, pursuits, singles, and piecemeal battles have been going on in the flames.

That night, looking at the various survivors who rushed down the island, Zhang Rui couldn't help sighing to his lieutenant general: "My generation of soldiers, I believe that human nature is inherently evil, but how evil is human nature? I know."

Relatively speaking, the scholar from the capital looked like a devil to him at this time, and the deputy general couldn't help but said in a deep voice at this moment: "It's just such a method, it's too vicious, I'm afraid it will hurt the sky." And ah!"

A method that brings chills to the enemy and at the same time brings chills to his own people. If Hao Jingcheng knew this, he didn't know what he would think.

It's just that when Zhang Rui was sighing, on the mountain road near the cottage, between the flames and the wreckage, there was also a carriage slowly moving forward.

Standing in front of the carriage, Yang Feiyan remembered how Hao Jingcheng was sitting under the eaves of the Lijiazhuang a few days before he was about to make a move, holding the bracelet as a rosary and spinning his expression. Some information was also transmitted to this carriage. To sum up.

"When I was young, I often heard people say that people are inherently kind. After this time, I don't believe it." Yang Feiyan murmured there, and Hao Jingcheng, who was also watching the water and fire, frowned. He glanced at him with a frown.

"Feiyan, human nature is neither good nor evil." After a while, Hao Jingcheng said softly.

Yang Feiyan stared at Hao Jingcheng in front of her, and shook her head, indicating that she didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence.

Hao Jingcheng then explained, "You used to think that human nature is inherently good, but you may not be right. If such a thing makes you feel that human nature is inherently evil, then your understanding is a bit narrow. Human nature is chaotic, neither good nor evil, but It is not firm, easy to be tempted, and what it will look like depends entirely on external forces. It is certainly not easy to get to this point, but there are ways to make people better. If you believe that human nature is inherently good or human nature is inherently evil , that's the idea of ​​cowards who don't want to make any effort, they have no ideas and no ego, they have to push it to the essence."

Witnessing the collapse of the cottage, in the eyes of everyone, Hao Jingcheng was actually not in a good mood. He didn't focus on the ordinary people in the cottage, and what he was waiting for at this time was some more critical information.

After thinking for a while, Yang Feiyan said softly: "I remember."

Seeing Yang Feiyan's seriousness, Hao Jingcheng couldn't help but smile, sat on a chair at the bow, and looked at the burning and chaotic island in the distance.

"Seeing this, what I think of is the preciousness of order and the greatness of morality. The spiritual civilization, culture, and morality of a world protect everyone. After morality comes the law. Once they collapse, they will easily fall apart." Become like this on the cottage. No matter how far we can manipulate human nature, you and I should be in awe of human nature, culture, and morality." Hao Jingcheng said lightly, these words are really considered His feelings came out.

The carriage gradually moved forward and passed a broken-down cottage. The flames were still burning on the gate at the gate. Looking from a distance, there were more than a dozen corpses piled up in disorder on the ground.

Hao Jingcheng couldn't help but shook his head, looked at the little fire in front of him, frowned, and said in a low voice: "I have actually met many people before, always thinking that I am very powerful, clamoring for character, killing decisive thoughts Mastery, who don’t know what morality is. This kind of person is actually the lowest type of person in the world, who has neither power nor wisdom, and the only thing he has is arrogance and stupidity.”

After saying this, he sighed again, pointed to the flames on the cottage, and said, "I only know some immediate benefits, but I can't see my own fragility. In fact, the people who are really bound by morality are not ordinary people. Those who are wise are the ones who are bound the most."

Standing beside Hao Jingcheng, Yang Feiyan became even more puzzled after hearing what he said.

Hao Jingcheng thought for a while and said: "Once the morality is released, ordinary people will enjoy a little bit of petty gain and be complacent. They don't know that every time the shackles are released by those big people at this time, they will hurt the interests of thousands of people. And human life. Human nature is very interesting and cruel. Good and bad are mixed together. If you want good things, you have to work hard. If you always feel that you have nothing to do with yourself, maybe one day, When morality falls below a certain level, there is nothing left.”

Yang Feiyan nodded, and said: "I really want to understand what you said. The emperor once said something called the [-]th law. Eight out of ten people will be managed by two out of ten people?"

The rays of light flowed, shining brightly and darkly, the whispers of Hao Jingcheng and Yang Feiyan were immersed in the night, and the people around seemed quiet.

A fast horse came galloping from a distance, and it was Ah Si who brought the message.

"Not long ago, Shenggong Li Lei broke through the siege at the cottage. Several ships of the local government army wanted to intercept them, but they were caught off guard. I have already asked some prisoners... As you said, the strong man cut off his wrist." Ah Si has not yet After dismounting, he hurriedly reported to Hao Jingcheng.

The news that he had been waiting for finally came, Hao Jingcheng couldn't help standing up excitedly at this moment, and asked, "How many people broke through?"

"Less than 4000 people got together in the end." Aisi said, "In the past few days, Li Lei and the others have been holding back on the surface, but in fact, they are really waiting for the conflict to intensify. They secretly selected some people on the island who are least likely to surrender. , and broke through with them."

(End of this chapter)