Liu Yu said calmly: "Well, Mr. Tao, answer my two questions first. First, how can you ensure that other villages, other sources, and other people will not come to snatch your peach blossom garden? Don't follow me.
It is said that everyone can be selfless and noble. It is human nature to want to rob other people's things and get something for nothing. How can we realize this ideal without the protection of the state?
Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth: "As long as everyone in the world respects the rules and pays attention to morality, these will not be a problem. Because people who need violence to protect themselves will sooner or later become people who use violence to attack others. These are mutually reinforcing.
, you said this is human nature, huh, I said this kind of evil behavior has become more and more intense because of the country and the so-called protector.
Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, let's not talk about the country first, let's talk about your village in Peach Blossom Spring. How can you ensure that everyone is willing to take the same amount of land and put in the same amount of labor?
What if we get the same amount of output in the end? What if someone wants to occupy dozens more acres of land?
Tao Yuanming didn't seem to have thought about this problem. He was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then said, "No, one family can feed the whole family without using much land. Just like my family of seven, I only need
Two hundred acres of land can support everyone."
Liu Yu shook his head: "But what if this village doesn't have so much land? Or the world's population is growing more and more. In the past, we could feed everyone, but in the future we won't be able to feed endless descendants? Haven't you thought about Peach Blossom Spring?
, has the population of this village remained almost unchanged for hundreds of years? If the people in the village were just inbreeding like this, then I am afraid that all the descendants would have been either stupid or stupid, and it would not be able to continue.
The muscles on Tao Yuanming's face were pulsing slightly, which seemed to stimulate him. He suddenly jumped up from the ground and said loudly: "That's nonsense. As long as the number of tribesmen is enough, as long as people from outside can continue to join in,
Then this situation will not happen. Any incest marriage is either crazy or stupid. Liu Yu, if you don’t understand the situation, don’t start it randomly.
Liu Yu's mind changed and he thought to himself, Tao Yuanming reacted so strongly, it seemed that he touched on his sore point. Could it be that this so-called Peach Blossom Spring was not a complete fiction? Could it be that the Tao family was hiding in a certain place?
The Peach Blossom Spring in the Paradise of Cave Heaven?
In fact, is the sister he has always been unable to care about really be a close relative to him?
But Liu Yu suppressed the urge in his heart to know these answers, because he knew that now was not the time to ask these questions, and it was impossible for a smart man like Tao Yuanming to lose control of his emotions and tell him all these things.
Still needing to consider the long term, Liu Yu changed the subject: "Well, Tao Gong, I think you yourself should also know that it is not easy to realize your utopia. All things are born, and there will be kings and leaders in the future. It is not that
Just kidding, if you want to survive in this world, you cannot rely on individuals, you must form a collective, then tribes, clans, leaders, and finally a country step by step."
Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth and said, "I believe that as long as we persuade people to do good, make them wholeheartedly follow the Tao, have reverence, and know right and wrong, we can restrain the evil, violent, and predatory natures in human nature, and we can only have no desires and no demands.
, and you, Liu Yu, just want to use your desires to stimulate others and make them work hard to realize your ambitions, kill people and set fires, conquer the world, and finally use their lives to achieve your reputation. Liu Yu,
Has your conscience really not hurt all these years?
Liu Yu said calmly: "I am fighting to restore the world of the Han people and free them from being enslaved by Hu Fang. If this is what you think of as ambition, then let this ambition continue. I don't think it is.
What's wrong? Aren't you a Han? Your Tao family has never fought against Hu Geng before?"
A smile flashed across Tao Yuanming's face, he laughed, shook his head and said: "All living beings are inherently equal. It would be too short-sighted to dwell on who is Han or barbarian. What are Han people and what are barbarians? Are the kings of Han people just like that?
Are you good to the Han people? Liu Yu, look at the Sima emperor in the Western Jin Dynasty, our puppet emperor in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and those greedy noble families. Will these Han people treat ordinary farmers and villagers who are also Han Chinese?
Do farmers and village women treat them as human beings? In their eyes, these people are just talking animals.
Even He Jian, a Hu man, loves the Han people more than these Han emperors and nobles.
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "But Fu Jian died in the end. He died in the hands of the enemies of the Hu people whom he had forgiven and pardoned. He thought that others would be grateful for the favor he gave them, but in the end, they took advantage of his defeat.
Instead, it cost him his life. Tao Yuanming, do you think that the Buddhism of the Hu people can solve the desires and disputes in this world and create a peaceful world?"
Tao Yuanming nodded proudly: "You are right this time. I also practiced immortality in my early years, but later I found that the more I wanted to cultivate immortality, the harder it was to succeed. Instead, I became restless and missed a lot of things I should have had.
Happiness. But after I came into contact with Buddhism, I became interested in their teachings. Although I originally knew that desire is the most terrifying thing in the world, driving all disputes in the world, I didn’t know how to resolve it. I could only rely on
I wrote about an idealized fairyland like Peach Blossom Spring to express my ideals, but the emergence of Buddhism made me feel that this ideal could be realized.
Liu Yu laughed: "Relying on Buddhism's six-path reincarnation, good and evil are rewarded, can we restrain people's desires, make people dare not do bad things, and make all living beings equal?"
Tao Yuanming said seriously: "At least it is possible and there is such hope. You see, the Later Qin Dynasty used to be a treacherous barbarian who did all kinds of evil, but now that the whole country has embraced Buddhism, it has begun to become less cruel and good.
After the war, if all the countries in the world could do this, regardless of Han or barbarians, wouldn't there be a lot fewer wars and wouldn't it be possible to save more people?"
Speaking of this, Tao Yuanming's eyes flashed with a complex look, and he looked at Liu Yu: "General Liu, there is a saying in Buddhism, which is to put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately. In the past, in Tianzhu country, there were countless people who destroyed the country.
, the generation of kings who massacred the city, practiced martial arts and culture, became a monk, and accumulated countless merits. If you can change your past like Yao Xing, you may not be able to become a Buddha immediately. Only then can you be truly admired by all generations.
This chapter has been completed!