Chapter 3 Trial jade for three days, rule the country for a long time
Even though the old censor had left the official career for many years, the experience he had accumulated in the officialdom for decades was indeed unmatched by Yi Ti, who was devoted to Taoism.
When Yi Ti said these words that seemed to make no sense, he immediately frowned.
He deeply felt the absurdity of these words, but when he thought about it carefully, he found that these absurd words did have some truth and were not just spouted off.
He wanted to refute, but found that the reasons he could think of were not so tenable in the face of the old censor's extremely utilitarian theory.
If he were still the hard-nosed scholar of the past, he could of course use the teachings of the sages to denounce the fallacies of the old censor. But he has entered the path of immortality, his vision is much broader than before, and he understands many of his original thoughts. In fact,
It's just a scholar's opinion, which is of no benefit to the country or the people.
Could it be that... I still have my obsession? Could it be that... this kind of approach of trampling on benevolence, righteousness and morality, and only seeking results regardless of means is the right thing to do?
He is in Qingyang Mountain, but his heart has always been in the human world, and he spends most of his time outside of cultivation traveling in the human world. It is very clear that Yanling County has not only maintained stability in the past twenty-five years, but also has a growing momentum, as if
This confirms what the old censor said.
Although he is a good person, what he does is not beneficial to the country or the people; even though those corrupt officials are bad guys, they are beneficial to the country and the people.
Therefore, in order to benefit the country and the people, there is nothing wrong with letting yourself die.
"Yes... As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, anyone can sacrifice. Anyone can die, so what does it matter to me, Yi?"
He lowered his head and talked to himself, his words were deep and his expression was desolate, full of pain, grief and indignation.
The justice he insisted on, the right path he pursued, everything he sacrificed his life for...could it be that it was simply wrong?
At this moment, he felt as if there were countless venomous snakes biting him in his heart, but such severe pain was nothing compared to the pain that shook his soul. Gradually, the energy accumulated through decades of hard training became somewhat uncontrollable, and he saw that his whole body was covered with blood.
The true energy is about to burst out of his body, tearing everything around him and himself into pieces!
At this moment, a warm big hand pressed on the top of his head. Although it was very hot, the flames that made people feel warm from the bottom of the heart flowed into his body, restraining the infuriating energy that was almost about to collapse, and further restrained him from
Waking up in nightmarish chaos.
"Junior brother, you are upset!" A firm and angry voice came from beside him. He turned his head blankly and saw blazing flames burning in Wu Jie's eyes, but the sneer at the corner of his mouth seemed to be able to solidify the flames.
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"You are called a thief who is too old to die. After living for so many years, have you concluded this set of fallacies that harm others, yourself, the country and the people?" He looked at the old censor coldly, his voice full of ridicule, "What do you think?
What you say makes sense? Do you think this is the truth of the world? You are ignorant!"
The old censor saw that Yi Ti had been refuted by him and was speechless. He was about to collapse. He was secretly proud of himself. But unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, a young man with eyes like flames appeared, and the young man's words
It was filled with an aura that made him uneasy.
That is condescending contempt, that is the ridicule of ignorant children by resourceful wise men, that is the disdain of great men who stand at the height of eternity towards the clown who is just a fool!
Those burning eyes made him deeply uneasy, and those mocking words were like swords, deeply hurting his soul.
"Ignorant child! What do you know!" The old censor immediately scolded angrily, "How do you know the principles of governing a country!"
Wu Jie laughed loudly, his laughter full of contempt and disdain: "Ruling the country? Haha! You mean running the country?!"
As if he had heard some extremely funny joke, he laughed so hard: "You, an old man who doesn't even know how to be a human being, still shamelessly talk about governing a country? This is the funniest joke I have ever heard today!"
The old censor felt fear in his heart when he laughed so hard that he couldn't help shouting: "Yellow-mouthed kid! You are talking empty words and white teeth. You can't even say a reasonable word. You are just covering it up with laughter!"
Wu Jie shook his head and sighed: "I just don't bother to argue with you."
He didn't wait for the old censor to answer, and said coldly: "Who do you think you are? Are you worthy of talking about reason? You don't care about your own status! In front of us, you are just like a pig or a sheep... No, you are not even a pig or a sheep."
Much more useful than an old loser like you! You are worse than an ant, and your complacent look is really ridiculous!"
The old censor was so angry that his beard was trembling, but Wu Jie suppressed it with his true energy and could no longer speak.
"Junior brother, are you feeling better?" Wu Jie subdued the old censor, then turned around and asked with concern, "Why are you wasting your time with such a small character? A flying sword from outside the city of love.
Just take his head off."
"But what he said...seems to make sense..."
"That's because you were deceived by him!" Wu Jie laughed, "Well, for your sake, I will let this old man see it with his own eyes and see how ridiculous his theory is.
How stupid, how ugly and ignorant the 'truth' he believes is!"
"Senior brother... do you really have a way?" Yi Ti was surprised and asked with some worry, "Do you use illusions?"
"It can't be considered an illusion. Do you know the Xuanmen spell 'Huang Liang Meng'?"
Yi Ti recalled it for a moment and nodded: "That is a spell used by Xuanmen to instruct disciples to stabilize their minds. It can deduce a dream that is no different from reality based on what people imagine in their minds. In this dream, let people
People go through life and experience various successes. Eventually, as time goes by, all fame and wealth will dissipate... From this, disciples can suddenly understand the impermanence of life, and thus develop the heart to follow the Tao."
"Junior brother is indeed well-read!" Wu Jie nodded with a smile, "I just want to use Huang Liang Meng's magic to let this old man see with his own eyes what kind of results the theory he believes in will bring!"
"Senior brother actually knows the art of Huang Liang Meng?"
"What I'm good at is the art of attacking and fighting. I also dabble in alchemy and weapon refining. As for Xuanmen magic...how can I understand it!"
"Then...how does senior brother use the Yellow Beam Dream Technique?"
Wu Jie laughed loudly, stretched out his hand, and took the old censor into his sleeve - in fact, he took him into the world of the Book of Heaven, and separated a small area to trap him.
"Although I don't know this magic, I know a friend whose ancestor liked to use the Yellow Liang Dream Technique back then and left many stories behind, so he definitely knows this!"
"I don't know the art of Huang Liang Meng." Xiao Buyi's words immediately made Wu Jie, who was full of confidence, a little embarrassed, and Yi Ti couldn't help laughing.
"But if Fellow Daoist Wu wants to use the Huang Liang Meng technique on someone, I have no choice." Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "I understand the principle of this spell. Patriarch Li used to use this spell in the past.
It has also been left in the inheritance. It’s just that this spell requires refining to practice, and I don’t have enough cultivation to be able to cast it.”
"I see!"
"Fellow Taoist, you must be able to cast this spell because of your advanced cultivation. So I can teach it to you... Don't be so surprised. With the friendship between you and me, a mere spell is nothing! If I don't succeed in practicing Taoism in the future, what will happen to me?"
I want to entrust my life’s income to Taoist friends, and please help me find my successor!”
Xiao Buyi spoke sincerely, and Wu Jie was also a free and easy man, so he no longer refused and took the jade slip that recorded Huang Liang Meng's technique.
"The difficulty of this method lies in its ingenious conception, which consumes a lot of mana and requires the use of Gang Qi to create the shell of the illusion. But in fact, it is not very difficult to practice. With the wisdom of fellow Taoists, you can learn it in a matter of seconds."
Wu Jie nodded, found a place to sit down, concentrated on the jade slips, and began to study.
As Xiao Buyi said, Huang Liangmeng's spell is really simple to practice. It only took him less than half an hour to fully master the spell. He also used it twice in the world of the Book of Heaven and got everyone's approval.
This spell is indeed a famous spell in Taoism, and it is so cleverly conceived! Wu Jie was amazed by its subtlety, and secretly sighed at Xiao Buyi's boldness.
This precious spell is extremely useful, and it is extremely difficult for people outside Taoism to learn it. Even the library of Qingyang Temple only records the effects and ideas of this spell, but does not record its content in detail.
The founder of the record below stated that this magic is the treasure of other sects. It is a chance that he accidentally learned it. He should not pass on other people's secret techniques without permission.
Ordinarily, even if he records this spell, no one will know about it, and this is also very beneficial to the sect. However, the attitude of this founder is very upright and serious, allowing future disciples to deduce it themselves if they are interested.
, or find friends from Taoism to learn from, but unless authorized by the other sect, you must not record other people's secrets into your own sect.
This is the way an upright person behaves. He means what he says, and he doesn’t bully people in the dark. Don’t do anything you shouldn’t do!
Wu Jieyuan thought about the generous and heroic spirit of his ancestor, and couldn't help sighing again. Then he slowly opened his eyes and said that he had learned the art of Huang Liang Meng.
"The magic of Xuanmen is indeed extraordinary!" He praised, "I will use the magic right now to let that old man know where I went wrong!"
While he was practicing magic, Xiao Buyi had already talked with Yi Ti in detail and knew the whole story. He didn't understand what method Wu Jie was going to use to prove the absurdity of the old censor's theory, and he felt quite confused.
Out of curiosity, when he saw Wu Jie preparing to cast a spell, he asked to watch.
Of course Wu Jie would not object, so the three of them found a quiet room and placed the old censor who had been stunned by the spell in it. Then Wu Jie took action and performed the Yellow Beam Dream Technique.
This spell is extremely wonderful. Although it is just an illusion, it is no different from reality. What is even more amazing is that not only the person who receives the spell will experience that illusory life, but onlookers can also see it.
After a while, the old censor slowly woke up. When he raised his head, he found that he seemed to have turned into a ghost. Although he could travel around the world, he could not touch anything, and no one could hear his words.
In that illusory world, there is a new country. From the monarch to the people, everyone believes in the old censor's approach of only caring about the results regardless of morality. When doing things, they only want good results and never care about the consequences.
Will not hurt others.
When this country was newly established, the momentum of development was indeed very strong. It soon prospered, its power grew rapidly, and it gradually became the overlord of the surrounding countries.
Then of course, the monarch was assassinated by people around him and died in the coup.
The usurper didn't feel at all that what he did was wrong, and the people around him felt the same way - the reason was simple. The usurper was indeed more talented and better at governing the country than the monarch.
So here, in just over a hundred years, this country has changed several kings. Although each king is more capable than the previous one, the centripetal force of the army and the people towards the country has gradually weakened.
Soon after, foreign enemies invaded. Facing the menacing enemy army, the local people, generals and officials naturally chose to surrender. If they surrendered, they would still be common people, generals and officials and would not suffer much losses. Since
So, why should we sacrifice our lives for a mere country?
As a result, this prosperous country collapsed like a castle on the beach in an instant, without even a decent resistance.
As the last emperor committed suicide in despair, the scene in front of the old censor gradually became blurry.
"No!" he shouted angrily, "This is ridiculous! How can treason be considered beneficial to the country! If everyone harbors treason, then the country will not be a country at all!"
Wu Jie smiled coldly and cast the spell again.
So another country emerged. This country preached that strength was supreme. The monarch was naturally the strongest, and officials at all levels were also strong. They ruled with tyrannical power, and according to the established plan, they forced the country to move towards themselves.
If you think you are driving in the right direction, you don't care whether your officials or the people can accept it.
This country's existence was shorter than the last one, because their tyrannical style soon put everyone in the surrounding countries in danger. Countries formed a coalition to destroy the country with overwhelming force, and the strong ones -
-wipe out.
"That's not right! Being tough is not good for the country!"
Wu Jie cast a spell again...
After experiencing several illusions in succession, the old censor gradually understood what Wu Jie meant and made more and more demands on the country. However, none of the countries he dreamed up lasted long.
"This is all false!" He finally shouted angrily, "If it were my country, Dai Viet, I would never have such a result!"
"Really?" Wu Jie smiled disdainfully.
This time, the old censor finally saw the Kingdom of Dai Viet.
It is similar to the Dai Viet Kingdom in reality, except that the country's rulers and officials all pursue a theory similar to his, looking only at talent, not character; only looking at effects, not means.
There were still many Qingliu officials in this country at the beginning, but Qingliu were not good at forming parties, and because their enjoyment was far inferior to those of corrupt officials, there were fewer and fewer talents in the follow-up, and they quickly fell behind in the political struggle.
Soon they were expelled.
When the court is filled with corrupt officials and those who support corrupt officials, their raids on the people gradually become more ferocious - because there is no restriction.
However, the old censor has no objection to this. After all, this country is still in a period of growth. Although officials are searching more ruthlessly, the country is still expanding externally and is still acquiring resources, and the number of officials and landowners is not
Even if it is too much, in addition to supplying them, there is still a lot left over from the people's production, and the country is still developing.
More than a hundred years later, the number of officials and landowners continued to increase, and they occupied more and more national resources. However, the country's external expansion gradually reached its limit, and the newly acquired resources became less and less. However, officials and landowners
The speed of their encroachment has not slowed down at all.
Gradually, people's lives began to decline, and their dissatisfaction with the country grew.
The old censor frowned. He clearly felt something was wrong and couldn't help but said: "At this time, we should suppress mergers and let officials and landlords distribute their wealth to the people!"
So someone suggested this, and then he was killed as a matter of course.
When the body of the young man who had appealed in this way lay on the ground, the old censor's face became ugly, and his hands and feet began to tremble slightly.
He is not an ignorant person and can already foresee the development of the country at this moment.
Sure enough, as he expected, the rich became richer and richer, the poor became poorer and poorer, and the dissatisfaction among the people accumulated more and more, and eventually a great uprising spread across the country.
When the rebel army captured Yuan City and lined up to behead the emperors, generals and ministers; when they searched for huge amounts of money from the palace treasury and the homes of hundreds of officials, the troops who were still fighting and loyal to the country were losing their lives because of
They were deprived of military pay and couldn't even get the basic weapons and armor together.
The old censor's face was pale, and his body was shaking like leaves in the wind. He kept mumbling to himself: "How could this happen? This could happen!"
"If a country wants to develop stably, it needs 'constraints.'" Wu Jie's voice came from far away, as if from outside the sky. Reflecting the imperial city burning in flames, "It is true that as long as things can be done well,
, it is not a big problem if the means are slightly wrong. But if a country wants to move forward, it needs the power of justice to help steer the country so that the country does not accumulate mistakes bit by bit and eventually tilt in the completely wrong direction."
"As the censor, you were supposed to play the role of helping to steer the ship, correcting the mistakes bit by bit, and keeping the country in the right direction." Wu Jie's voice gradually became colder, "But you betrayed your duty!
"
"When a country, even the censor who represents the power of justice, completely ignores benevolence, justice and morality, then the country is slowly sliding into the abyss..."
"But Yanling County is indeed developing very well!" The old censor's voice was very low, like the moans of a seriously ill person.
"That's because Yanling County is a newly developed area with not many officials and landowners. The accumulation of private wealth has temporarily exceeded the speed of plundering." Wu Jie said mercilessly, "But the development will eventually reach its limit.
In the end, private accumulation will not keep up with the search."
"There is no country in the world that will never perish, but if a country wants to survive forever, it should always limit plundering, so that the speed of private accumulation can be as high as possible higher than the speed of plundering... This will fail sooner or later, maybe in two or three hundred years
, maybe five or six hundred years, maybe thousands of years..."
"Can it really... last for thousands of years?"
"It may not be possible, but we always have to do it in this direction." Wu Jie said lightly - he was too lazy to laugh at the old censor at this moment, "To test the jade, the jade worker needs to put it in the fire and burn it for three times.
God, what is indestructible is the real treasure; if a country does not work hard in the direction of future generations, it will soon be finished."
The old censor sighed deeply, spurted out blood, and fell to the ground.
