Chapter 27 The prosperous age when the king is valued and the people are ignored
Ouyang Rong suddenly discovered something.
One thing... something he had been immersed in working hard and neglected since he came here.
First of all, the current Great Zhou Dynasty is indeed a prosperous age that may leave its name in history. Luoyang and Chang'an in Guanzhong are indeed prosperous scenes where all nations come to visit, and the abundant martial virtue of the imperial frontier army makes even the record of annihilating a small country... You can hardly be called a famous general. The influence of Qian culture, which combines the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, has swept across the surrounding barbarians.
Even if Empress Wei, who was good at maneuvering, could not be called a wise ruler, she could still be called a strong ruler, and she was by no means a cowardly ruler.
This young dynasty, which was founded eighty years ago and was renamed Zhou Dynasty, has to admit that it is in the heyday of a country that cannot stop its upward momentum. Its foundation is relatively stable and it is far from the end of the historical cycle.
Ouyang Rong was reborn from an era that was considered prosperous to such a dynasty that was considered prosperous.
But he ignored... This glorious and prosperous age has nothing to do with the tens of thousands of victims in Longcheng County at this moment, nor does it have anything to do with the majority of the people at the bottom of the world.
Most of the wealth of this prosperous empire was concentrated in the hands of the royal family Zhou Ting, Guanlong dignitaries, the five surnames Qiwang and local tyrants and gentry, at most not counting the prosperous Guanzhong people at the heart of the empire.
So, what does prosperity have to do with you?
"What way?"
Su Guoer shook her head:
"But...even if we kill them all, it won't solve the problem of food relief. How will senior brother control the floods in the future?"
Xie Ling Jiang frowned and looked at the girl with plum blossom makeup who was flipping through a collection of poems for a while.
She was wearing a narrow crimson skirt and sitting alone by the water. She was holding a strange lazy cat in her arms. It was all white and had black stripes at the corners of its mouth, resembling a butterfly.
Xie Lingjiang stared at her, "You are not angry either."
Contrary to Xie Lingjiang, Su Guoer likes things that are docile to her. The stronger she is, the more she wants to subdue them.
This sister of the Su family is indeed very smart. I heard that her father and brother often come to ask her questions and opinions. Many matters in the Su family are made by her casually in her boudoir.
He has never been in the habit of leaving in the middle of a task, unless there is force majeure. This is true for returning to Donglin Temple after being banned from the Gongde Tower APP, insisting on returning to his "hometown" to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and it is also true for the current disaster relief and flood control. in this way.
"And what's even more ridiculous is that the court's first priority was not to provide disaster relief, but to stabilize the place and prevent the refugees from causing chaos! They don't provide food and don't allow chaos. I'm sorry I really can't figure it out. In the eyes of those people, What are the common people?"
"When Taizong said this, didn't he mean that the people are noble, the country is second, and the king is despised? And are they afraid of the people?"
But he is currently in a possible history book in the future, but he is a small seventh-grade county magistrate, opening his eyes wide and facing the flood of mourners who are not taken seriously in the prosperous age...
With makeup on her eyebrows, she said nonchalantly: "Ask your senior brother, he should know. Even if he doesn't know, someone will tell him."
There was a little maid with a dumpling face waiting outside the door. Seeing that the young lady and the Xie family girl were no longer arguing, she brought tea into the room and presented refreshments to Xie Lingjiang. She also placed a bookcase next to the young lady.
But she wasn't paying attention to such trivial matters at the moment.
Xie Lingjiang turned around and said, "Don't you think it's ridiculous?"
"Who offended sister Xie?"
"What's the use of being angry? Everyone has his own destiny."
It is the saddest thing to be surrounded by mourners in a prosperous age. Even historians are unwilling to write you down, for fear of tarnishing the "rule of so-and-so" and "the prosperous age of so-and-so"; even future generations of history readers are unwilling to look at you.
Afraid of ruining the fantasy and longing for the great dynasty established by our ancestors.
After Su Guoer nodded, he asked again:
"But what if there are only one-tenth of the people of the world, only one percent of the people of the world, only one ten thousandth of the people of the world? Or even just... one people? Compared with him and the king, who is more noble? If so
If he is noble, then he is the king, and the king is the people, so in the end, isn't he still the 'king' who is noble? And if he is equally noble, then he is still called a king.
Su Guo'er raised her eyes and saw that the Xie family girl was still holding the hilt of the sword tightly in her lap after she sat down, her fingers turning blue and making a rattling sound.
The room became quiet, Su Guo'er was quietly flipping through a book of poems that she often read, and the little maid with a bun face was quietly teasing the cat.
At this time, cats were called civet slaves in the Zhou Dynasty. They were few in number and many came from foreign countries as tribute, such as Persian cats. They were raised more by palace ladies and princesses. Princess Changle, who was favored by the dynasty at that time, was a "cat".
"Slave", it is said that there are seven good cats, all with elegant names.
"Sister Xie, the sixth generation of a high-ranking family, naturally feels that they are ridiculous."
"Behead them both above and below."
Xie Lingjiang didn't ask any more questions, just took a deep breath and said:
Ouyang Rong flew to the clouds again and looked at the ancient tower standing in front of him and asked himself.
"Absurd, but not surprising."
The bun-faced little maid named Cai Shou happily took over the butterfly-bearing slave and ran to the side to pet the cat for the young lady. Only then did Xie Lingjiang realize that the white cat with spots on its mouth that looked like it was lame.
"In the ears of you Confucian scholars, what Taizong said is that the people are valued and the king is valued. But in my ears... In the ears of the descendants of the Li family, what is too religious is the art of emperors. The king should be aware of danger, as the water is stable and the boat is stable. A piece of paper allows
You stabilize the place and make the people suffer again. This is not just a way to stabilize the water, it is just the worst method."
"Yes. However, it was your Confucian saints who said that the people should be valued but the king should be ignored. Taizong did not say it."
He has been waiting until the disaster relief and flood control matters are almost arranged, and then he will go into the pagoda to take a look. If he meets the merit value of 10,000, he will go directly to the Pure Land Palace to receive the blessing and leave. If he is not satisfied, he will work as a dragon for a while.
The city and county magistrate, anyway, has a four-year term and should try to do as much as possible.
Su Guoer lowered his head to pet the cat. Xie Lingjiang turned his head and looked at the night scene outside the water pavilion. He stopped talking and his eyes were a little blank.
Xie Lingjiang fell silent.
"What should we do, Ouyang Lianghan?"
In fact, he has not entered the merit tower for many days. Since the establishment of the disaster relief camp organization to provide relief through work, the clear sound of wooden fish has indeed been heard from time to time. He should have accumulated a lot of merit points, but Ouyang Rong has never entered the tower to see it.
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But compared to her father and brother's gentleness and humility, this sister of the Su family is too arrogant and careless about most things. Sometimes Xie Lingjiang wonders, are there any things or people in this world that she cares about?
Except for her father and brother.
"It's so ridiculous."
"What's the difference?"
Su Guo'er lowered her head and stroked the cat.
"Well, my sister also thinks that the people are noble, because all the people in the world combined are certainly more valuable than a king, because the water is enough to capsize a boat."
It's that garden with flying plum petals again. In an elegant and quiet waterside pavilion, a beauty wearing a crown and sword came. As soon as she sat down, she uttered these four words.
Su Guo'er called out "Cai Shou" and handed the cat slave in her arms to the personal maid. The cat was named "Butterfly Slave" and was given to her by her aunt from far away. In fact, it was a pair as a gift, but there was only one
Already folded.
Even if the merit points reached 10,000 before the disaster relief and flood control work was completed, Ouyang Rong could not pass the test in his heart and ran away halfway.
So why enter the tower before you finish.
As a result, raccoon slaves gradually became popular among the upper-class ladies in Luoyang. However, there are still very few in the south. Xie Lingjiang has not seen a few of them. He only saw an elderly Wang in Wuyi Lane.
Sister Zhenyang, this thing is really cute, but she thinks it is too delicate. Xie Lingjiang doesn't like anything delicate.
"No, you speak and I listen."
"If Sister Xie asks my father or brother, they will sincerely give you the answer you want to hear. But I am not them. Sister Xie doesn't like to hear what I say."
Su Guo'er, who was picking up books from the small box, lowered his head and said, "Just follow the path of the previous county magistrates."
But no one answered him.
Moreover, even a "prosperous age" was in such a state that Ouyang Rong would never want to read any history books again.
And even if you try your best, you can't overthrow this prosperous world, it is still there...think about it, how hopeless this is.
"But now the question is, how big is the 'people's water' that can overturn the 'king's boat'? If it is just a small splash on the bow of the boat, do you need to care about it? The king has a steelyard in his heart.
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"Of course not. The last person to do this was the Sui Crazy Emperor who forged two swords together; the first person to do this was the First Emperor who asked for the elixir of immortality a thousand years ago. Both of them died under the tripod sword in the end. So.
When Da Qian founded the country, he no longer had to work hard on people and money to build tripod swords; that's why Taizong warned that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it, so don't be a single man.
"It's water." Su Bao'er nodded and said, "Taizong often said that the king's boat is the people's water. Water can carry the boat and capsize it."
"Shuo Shu, they are all Shuo Shu! They didn't even spare the food that Jimincang used to save their lives...it's so ridiculous."
Xie Lingjiang turned around and asked stubbornly: "Which one is nobler, the people, or the nobles?"
"If all the people in the world are compared to a lake of water, then all the victims in Longcheng County, Jiangzhou combined together are not even a splash. At best, they are just a small spoonful of water. Zhou... doesn't care."
"What if... I gave you the power to dispose of it."
After standing outside the tower for a long time, Ouyang Rong turned around and left, returning to reality.
"Even you Confucian scholars admit that there is a difference between the king and the people, and everyone agrees that there is a distinction between high and low. Then do you still need to ask who is more important and who is less important?"
Until a girl suddenly stood up.
Xie Ling Jiang Leng asked: "So, the king can have the hearts of one person and the hearts of thousands of people?"
She stood in front of the cold plum blossom makeup girl and said word by word:
"You don't care, but someone does."
Xie Lingjiang turned his back and left.
Dear brothers, the update time has been a bit messy these days. The main reason is that Xiaorong has adjusted his work and rest and started coding during the day. However, he is not as inspired during the day and at night, so the coding is a bit slow... So the update time is re-scheduled:
There are two updates every day, one is fixed at 12pm, and the other is between 12pm and 8pm. It will be posted as soon as it is finished. If there is no one on a certain day, it will default to the chapter at 12pm.
Merged into one big chapter!
Xiaorong's hand speed is a little slow, but he must work hard to code! (Hold tight, brothers QAQ)