"Things are easy to change, but human nature is hard to change."
Jianquan said calmly: "Before you are born, you need to enter the world. I have traveled around the world for decades and have seen people and things from all walks of life. In the past six months or so, the country of Yu has been prosperous due to the construction of the railway.
Money shortages occurred in various places, and the rate of minting copper coins could not keep up with the rate of people's spending. Therefore, the imperial court approved the production of more paper money.
This has brought about new problems. The people's wealth has changed from one to two. It seems that their lives are richer.
But the wealth of those aristocratic families and companies has taken advantage of the east wind of the railway to expand rapidly, from ten to a hundred. In the future, it will become a thousand or tens of thousands."
Jianquan paused for a moment and said: "The control and possession of the common people by aristocratic families and business houses will inevitably become more direct and profound as time goes by.
Go and take a look at the laborers, child workers, and female workers in the workshops along the railway line. Their living conditions are not much better than those of the previous sharecroppers.
Sharecroppers can at least save half of the grain, but now eighty-nine-tenths of the wealth produced by labor is taken away by the workshop owners.
The workshop owner takes and asks for everything without any scruples.
Is this normal? In other words, is this in line with the original intention of the inventor of the railway, that is, your academy?"
Without waiting for Li Ang's answer, Jianquan continued: "Yes, the Academy abides by morality and takes helping the world as its own mission. But looking at the past three hundred years, the overall moral standards of the Academy depend to a large extent on the current situation at that time.
The mountain is long.
Qiu Zhibai, the previous head of the mountain, believed in ruling by doing nothing and was unwilling to interfere in government affairs, so Empress Wu could come to power and hunt down the Li Yu clan without worrying about interference from the academy.
The current mountain chief, Lian Xuanxiao, is actively involved in the world, so Xuegongcai and the Li Yu royal family seem to be very close. Both parties have a tacit understanding and keep silent about everything that happened during Qiu Zhibai's period.
I believe your morals are noble, but birth, old age, illness and death are common sense in the world, and even great practitioners in the Linyuan realm cannot escape.
Can you really guarantee that after you invent each technology, after your death, every generation of academy will always stand up and stand in front of the people who need help most?"
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Li Ang responded in silence. He had read the history of the academy and experienced the chaos in the late Sui Dynasty. During the early Yu period, among the students in the academy, the ratio of aristocratic to poor families was two to eight.
Now, among the students in the academy, the ratio of those who come from aristocratic families to those who come from poor families has become close to seven to three.
This is an indisputable fact. Li Ang himself has many friends from aristocratic families. They follow the moral standards of benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust, and have various virtues such as modesty, bravery and confidence, and willingness to help others.
But after all, they are not from the lower class, and they cannot see or imagine the life of the lower class.
So much so that sometimes there are naive statements like "Why not eat minced meat" - this is very ironic, and what is even more ironic is that they are still the group of people who will control the direction of the Yu Kingdom in the future.
Nobility leads to ignorance, and ignorance breeds cruelty.
"Deep down in your heart, you know I'm right."
Jianquan stood on the lotus platform, receiving the protection of Bodhisattvas and Arhats, surrounded by brilliant golden light.
Like a real Buddha, he looked at the complicated expression on Li Ang's face from a distance and said calmly: "Even the most noble ideal will lose to the most despicable human desire. This is the power of the mortal world, which is far beyond human power."
Can compete."
".Maybe."
Li Ang let out a long sigh, "It would be great if your illusion of six paths of reincarnation was not a black box."
"It's just because it's a black box that things are interesting. Isn't it?"
Jianquan said lightly: "Your answer is"
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Li Ang was silent for a long time and finally said: "Let's have a fight."
"What?"
Jian Quan frowned, wondering if he heard it wrong. The golden light of the Buddha's voice surrounding him paused, and the Bodhisattvas and Arhats all looked at Li Ang with incredulous expressions on their faces.
"I said, let's have a fight."
Li Ang twisted his wrist and said seriously: "I know that the future development of world affairs may not be in line with my most positive expectations.
But at the same time, I cannot be convinced by the illusion of six paths of reincarnation as a black box.
Maybe from the beginning, no option was the best of both worlds. So, I decided not to think about it anymore.”
He moved his knuckles, making a cracking sound, and said with a smile: "Let's fight, anyone is qualified to evaluate right and wrong.
But only the winner has the ability to practice the chosen path."
The old monk frowned, "Are you sure?"
"Sure."
Li Ang answered firmly.
Seeing Li Ang's firm tone, the old monk's eyes suddenly sharpened, and the gentle and calm temperament he had just now melted away instantly, replaced by the sharpness of a great practitioner's knife.
Boom!!
There was a dull thunderous sound from the distant horizon,
The scene in the fantasy world changes again,
I saw the earth rising, mountains and rivers forming,
Grasses and trees such as Qihua, Yaocao, ancient cypresses, and pines grew on their own, and a large number of houses appeared on the plain, where monks and common people lived. Everyone had a smile on their face, and was gentle and friendly.
The mountains and forests are covered with purple zhizhi and flat peaches, and are inhabited by cranes, peacocks, green luanas, and colorful phoenixes.
There are towering buildings built in the mountains, each towering high into the sky, reaching out to pick the stars.
And above the white clouds, there are ancient temples on high mountains. Bodhisattvas, Vajra, Aluo, Jieyi, Mahasabha, Jialan, etc. live and practice in them.
The Pure Land of Buddhism.
Li Ang took a deep breath, and of course he understood that Jianquan had studied Buddhism deeply and had been philosophizing for many years. His will and character were as firm as iron, and he had the upper hand in this illusion.
It is even possible to evolve a boundless Buddhist kingdom through imagination.
"So I hear,"
Jianquan spoke slowly, "For a while, the Buddha was in Savatthi State, and he only had trees in the Lonely Garden."
The Buddha's light shined brightly, and the Buddha's voice rang. All the Bodhisattvas and Arhats glared at Li Ang angrily, and the entire Pure Land Buddhist Kingdom slowly overturned.
It's really spectacular.
Li Ang looked up at the dark sky and sighed sincerely.
The Buddhist country is so majestic and magnificent that it makes people want to lose their fighting spirit.
Li Ang has no doubt that if he is suppressed by the Buddhist Kingdom in the illusion, his soul in the real world will also disappear.
However, the nature of illusion means that he also has the ability to generate illusions.
Li Ang raised his palm, and the Buddha's light under his feet twisted and dimmed, slowly condensing into the shape of a metal barrel.
With the corner of his mouth slightly raised, Li Ang looked up at the sky full of gods and Buddhas, and with a move of his arms, heavy tanks, armored vehicles, intercontinental missile launchers, heavy bombers, fighters, and even cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers were generated under his feet.
The black mass of weapons spreads to the end of the horizon,
Wearing black military uniforms and full-coverage masks, the soldiers whose faces could not be seen clearly saluted Li Ang respectfully, got into the armed vehicles, inserted the keys uniformly, and started the engine.
Since this is a dream, you might as well be a little wilder.
This chapter has been completed!