After Zhang Xing sat down, the people around him, at least the smart people in other positions, knew that the gang leader was once again using tricks of words and arguments to forcefully declare victory.
This kind of concluding expression, a triumphant transition, coupled with the previous discussion process that was indeed dominant, can certainly easily arouse the resonance of supporters, but it can also easily arouse the dissatisfaction of opponents. After all, since it is a sit-down discussion,
Everyone holds their own opinions, so why do you forcefully declare victory after just a few words?
You won, did we lose?
"What Chief Zhang said is very good, but is it so easy to draw a conclusion?" Zhang Bofeng was startled, and after recovering, he pointed at the sun and smiled. "This Supreme Being has just passed his head."
Including Chong and Taoist Priest, many people also looked up.
"No, how can anything in the world be finalized?" Zhang Xing also glanced at the sun, and then answered frankly. "I just think that when it comes to talking about it, it is just like those gangs fighting for profit. Our gang can do it.
The winner... After all, in the previous discussion, although many of you have opinions and have their own system, but with all due respect, they are still personal thoughts, unlike us who help many people to echo, the content is detailed, and it gradually becomes a system, and there are many
It is an empty theory, unlike ours, which is proven with one sword and one shot. With this alone, I think I can turn my back on the guest and be the one who defends the victory. Not to mention, although the previous discussion was scattered, in the end we have the advantage.
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Zhang Bofeng was silent for a moment and stopped talking.
First of all, doesn’t the opponent still have to forcefully declare victory with this explanation? Even if it is a staged victory?
But at the same time, Old Master Zhang also heard something else, that is, the other party seemed to be vaguely accusing him, the convener of the meeting, of not showing due respect and room for Bangliu.
To put it bluntly, what is this rally about?
It was Zhang Bofeng who had reached a dead end in his thinking about the historical process. He had his own views, thoughts, and pursuits, but due to his old age and the development of the times, it was difficult to verify it again, and he was even unable to make a complete theoretical expression.
Come out. At this time, he noticed Zhang Xing and Gang. This young man was as bold and confident as ever, and the gang's rapid progress seemed to indicate that they had grasped a thread that echoed the way of heaven, so he wanted to come over to find out more and seek further relevant verification.
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However, this kind of verification was unilaterally promoted by the Grand Master by virtue of his own violent advantage. It was essentially a forced behavior. In the actual process, it did appear as a kind of Grand Master's scrutiny of the gang and the gang. At the very least, it felt condescending.
of.
In addition, the more important point is that Zhang Bofeng's theories and ideas can be lost. If he loses, he loses. He is so old, and losing is just his fault. But the gang cannot lose.
, or can't afford to lose. Once the gang loses, especially in the current situation with Cao Lin on the side, and the gang has always liked to reason and use reason to pressure others to open the way for a special way of rebellion, it is likely to lead to serious consequences.
, magnified to the reality level, it is bloody human lives, and there are countless human lives.
This matter is so serious that even if Zhang Bofeng's rally actually gave the Gang some breathing room, it would not bring the Gang members some relaxation.
Zhang Xing's sophistry and petty actions, as well as the arrogance and aggression in his words, seem to be a subtle expression of this dissatisfaction and anger.
Zhang Bofeng also realized this, so he hesitated a little.
But after being silent for a while, the great master slowly shook his head: "I know what Zhang Sanlang means, but there are some things that I have to try to understand as much as possible. Otherwise, this evil person who is always trying to please me will be in vain.
Okay? In today’s meeting, since we can state openly that the Wei Dynasty will perish, and state that the Cao family and his son are giant thieves, then why should other people’s rights and wrongs in other matters, and the advantages and disadvantages of some principles, be covered up or stopped midway?
What about waste? What we are talking about today is where the world should go in the future to be better. If you really feel that you are right about this kind of thing, why should you be afraid of debate and comparison? If my idea does not work, you can just say it
Come on, if your idea is wrong, you should stop immediately."
"So I would like to say that if you have any questions, I will answer them." Zhang Xingqian laughed and said nothing.
"Not only do you want to ask your questions and your Excellency will answer them, but I also want to ask your Excellency to ask and interrogate me first, so that I can first figure out how my thoughts are not in line with heaven." Unexpectedly, Zhang Bofeng actually chose to go first.
Start with yourself. "My thoughts and principles are pretty much what I have said before. What do you think is the problem?"
Zhang Xing carefully looked at the extremely thin Grand Master sitting opposite, paused for a moment, and then immediately responded calmly: "Actually, I don't think Master Zhang's principles are completely wrong, nor do I think we can help him."
The truth must be completely right, because the right or wrong of the truth may change at different levels, at different times, and in different places... However, as Master Zhang said, since we people have chosen this
One way, rather than another way, is because we think it is right at this time and may be right in the future, otherwise why bother doing it?"
When everyone heard this, they felt that Zhang Sanlang was a little timid because of the pressure of the Grand Master, and he began to pile up his armor at this time. But it may be that after the previous debate, there were obviously more people who had confidence in him.
Some of these, and several Gang attendees were even more moved...because when Chief Zhang talked about the "principles" or "thoughts" of the Gang, he used the words "we" chose, not "I" chose
.
This is just like the wooden sign that was erected at Heidiye Temple before. Everyone has their signatures, which shows that they are very respectful.
On the other side, Chief Zhang continued to talk as expected, and did not avoid the key question: "If you want to say what is wrong with Master Zhang's principles, you have to say why you are right, and let's explore the relationship between Master Zhang and our help.
There are actually two obvious differences in principles... First, Master Zhang hopes to move toward the old times, while We Gang hopes to move toward the new times; second, Master Zhang hopes to decentralize power and restrain each other at the local level to avoid the formation of a
The giant thieves are bringing trouble to the world. We believe that power should be centralized, and we should not stop eating because of choking..."
"Indeed, these two are the most obvious." Master Zhang blurted out without hesitation. "Let's talk about it one by one. First, I think it is appropriate to go back to the old days, because the things of the old days have been verified.
What is good or bad, right or wrong, can be used directly. However, when I thought about returning to Bai Diye, I said that it would be best to have Bai Diye as a co-owner. I thought that that time was the peak of the past, and there was a large-scale document writing.
After the publication, the people became a little rich, and many of the systems and laws established by Emperor Bai at that time were considered good. Compared with these things that have been tested the year before, new things just look good and have not been verified.
, and you can’t always decide what’s good or bad, what’s right or wrong… What does Chief Zhang think?”
"If Master said that, I can't take it seriously." Zhang Xing glanced at about half of the circle of people on the periphery, but found that the people on the periphery had become serious again, including Wang Huaji, but for some reason, the master holding the mirror
Immediately, the corner of his mouth curled up inexplicably. "First of all, new systems, new laws, new customs and other new things never appear out of thin air, but are inherited. They are originally built on old things, so
It’s just new from time to time. Our new and Zhang Fuzi’s old seem to be in obvious opposition, but in fact they have different approaches but the same purpose... For example, "Lv" was praised even by Zhang Fuzi and Zhang Fuzi's protégés. Isn't it a help to us?
The most obvious new thing that has been launched? And the reason why this new thing can be openly released is because our gang already knew before it was released that these laws are all passed down. When did each one start?
When it will be abolished and why it will be promoted, we have already discussed clearly, and then there will be "Law"... If you don't believe it, Master Zhang asked Cui in charge and listened to his explanation. If there is any new model that does not have a five-hundred-year-old
If the root is developed, it will be considered as if he is not knowledgeable."
Cui Erlang immediately stood up and handed over his hand to Master Zhang: "To be honest, Master Zhang, it is true that I am willing to go back and forth in the Wei Code, Qi Code, Chen Code, and Tang Code one by one, even going back to a thousand years ago when Master Zhang admired him most.
You can give it a try, because Tang Law is neither a rootless tree nor a sourceless water."
Zhang Bofeng was startled, nodded slowly, and shook his head again: "This statement makes some sense, and I believe you two, but it is still wrong... because the dispute between the old and the new is not just as simple as whether something contains the old and the new at the same time.
It is also a basis for administrators to make decisions when faced with new or old choices..."
"Radical and conservative." Zhang Xing immediately understood. "The same thing comes out. For example, a new trade comes out. Should we ban them or encourage them? We need to set up a new legal provision to compare with the old law.
, one has more changes and the other has less changes, which one should I choose at this time?"
"That's what it means."
"If you ask me to choose, I will choose the one who has made more changes and encouraged them." Zhang Xing said with a smile. "Master, are you doing the opposite?"
"Absolutely, it depends on the specific things, but the general idea should be the opposite of yours." Old Master Zhang also smiled. "So why? Which one is better and which one is worse?"
"It's never clear which one is better and which one is worse." Zhang Xing was honest. "Because the root of the problem is, do you believe that the general trend of the world is moving forward and the road ahead will always become clear, or do you believe that the road ahead has looped around?
It becomes a circle and you can never get out... And the trouble is that an ordinary person walking with a dull head is too insignificant in the general trend of the world and the rolling world. Whether the front is suddenly open or has been closed is not ours.
You can see clearly... Of course, I still thought I could go out, so I sat down with Master Zhang today."
Old Master Zhang thought for a moment and did not dwell on the right and wrong. Instead, he asked seriously: "Who decides whether we can go out? Or if there is a road ahead, who has paved it?"
"This matter must be divided into two. If it is determined by God, then there is no need to worry about it. No matter how much we think about it, it is useless. But if there is no perfect path for man, and the road is made by man himself, then just look at people.
That's fine." Zhang Xing blurted out the answer. "In other words, the difference between Master Zhang and our gang here is actually about whether they have confidence in the people of the world... Master, I still want to make this point clear. Our gang is right.
People in the world have confidence and believe that the future will be better."
Zhang Bofeng opened his mouth but said nothing.
Not just him, many people in the inner and outer circles reacted... Some people didn't agree, some people deeply agreed, and some people even though they didn't agree, they were also touched.
"Master, I don't want to say anything that can conquer the heavens. I have a lot of words, and I don't have the same words." Zhang Xing continued. "I can only tell you what is visible at the moment. The Cao family and his son have become giant thieves, and Cao Wei will naturally collapse.
, does this mean that people in the world can still clearly distinguish what is bad and what is good? Our gang rose up almost immediately. Within three years, we had our own ideas and have been practicing our ideas.
, does this mean that the people of the world still have the ability to do something? Also, today Master Zhang gathered the heroes from Hebei and Jin to discuss the principles of the world. Everyone gathered and responded. Does this mean that the people of the world still have expectations and are willing to go?
Do you want to make a judgment for the future? Know what is right and wrong, be willing to analyze and think, and then put it into action. I really don’t understand why many people have no confidence in the world and the general trend of the world."
Old Master Zhang finally laughed: "At this point, if I don't recognize these few words of yours, wouldn't I be humiliating myself?"
Zhang Xing also laughed.
Many people around him reacted and laughed as well.
But immediately, Master Zhang sighed again: "Actually, it's not that this kind of matter cannot be argued. It means that by this point in the debate, it has already been resolved with one thought. If we insist on discussing it, we will inevitably reach a deadlock."
Zhang Xing slowly shook his head: "That's not the case... I have another piece of evidence that seems to support it."
"What?" Zhang Bofeng was confused for a moment.
Zhang Xingzhi exclaimed: "Far away in the horizon and close in front of us, can the importance of the Four Imperial Guards be ignored? Master Zhang, from my humble opinion, the reason why the Four Imperial Guards have achieved the throne is because they are innovating.
Let the world move forward!"
Zhang Bofeng was silent for a while, then twisted his beard and smiled bitterly: "There are always different opinions on this kind of thing. For example, I thought that only Bai Emperor was moving forward... Or for Qing Emperor, isn't everything nostalgic, just like me?
Conservative and backward?”
"Although the Qing Emperor is nostalgic and accepts the old, his actions before he was enthroned were to weed out the old and bring forth the new, pushing the entire world to move forward." Zhang Xing did not hesitate. "His merits for being favored by heaven are closely related to his own character.
Trends cannot be generalized."
"That makes sense." Zhang Bofeng couldn't help but laugh, and then suddenly crossed the topic. "But what about centralization? Everyone has seen the harm of centralization. The big thieves are there, why do we still need to centralize power? Because centralization is
Is this the general trend?”
"First of all, it is true. Centralization of power is a natural product of people's pursuit of fairness and progress." Zhang Xing blurted out. "But if I just say this, I am afraid I will not be able to convince everyone, and I will not be able to express Master Zhang's magnanimity today...
Therefore, we still have to admit that centralization of power will lead to the danger of giant thieves, but let me say that on this issue, decentralization is worse, at least it is no less evil than centralization."
"How do you say that?" Zhang Bofeng couldn't ask further.
"There are big thieves when centralizing power. If power is decentralized to the localities, won't there be big thieves, medium thieves, and small thieves in the local areas?" Zhang Xing answered seriously. "Can these people together do less evil than the big thieves?
"Law
"It may not be a small number, but it can avoid the worst situation." Unexpectedly, Feng Wuyi, who had never participated, couldn't help but speak. "At least there won't be millions of people being expropriated, just a few months."
Without half of the miserable and violent situation, there would no longer be a situation where there is a famine but no one delivers food and relief.”
"But there will be more disasters." Zhang Xing couldn't help laughing when he saw this man also participating. "Old Master Zhang said at the beginning that Cao Wei had contributed to ending the war and improving water conservancy and transportation. Has Feng Gong forgotten?
Is it right? Apart from anything else, we really need to decentralize power, and each locality will do its own thing. The rivers and rivers stretch for thousands of miles. Who will maintain the relevant water conservancy, upstream and downstream, Henan and Hebei, should they be handled uniformly? Not to mention, once power is decentralized,
, who can guarantee that there won’t be strife among the countries, and there will be no casualties in the country? Do you expect that the big thieves in these places will be people without ambition? What is the difference between that and hoping that the world will concentrate on power and no big thieves will appear? Mr. Feng, we can’t do it because of the current situation.
Your feelings negate the value of the past... What you did in front of Cao Che also contributed to the world."
Feng Wuyi felt sad on the spot.
"That's why I said that there should be a White Emperor who will be the common ruler of the world." Zhang Bofeng immediately reminded. "Use the minimum power to suppress the local areas and make unified planning."
"Not to mention that even if it is done according to Master Zhang's wishes, the local authorities can also violate it and refuse to implement it. They just say this 'White Emperor'..." Zhang Xing suddenly turned his head inexplicably and looked to the side with a half-smile.
It seemed like he was dodging something. "Isn't Emperor Bai going to come out of the Han River to conquer the world that day? Didn't everyone just say that if the four emperors become supreme, they will bring disaster to the world? Mr. Zhang, once there is this person who can
If you suppress the local "White Emperor", he will think about centralizing power. Here is the same sentence, hoping that the White Emperor will not centralize power is just like hoping that there will be no giant thieves after centralization. Don't let go of any expectations.
On the hearts of those who are constantly being tested.”
So far, the debate has actually reached a deadlock. From the metaphysical Tao to the metaphysical tools, everything seems to be stuck. Only Zhang Xing and Zhang Bofeng, the host and the guest, are still interested. Basically, they are the two talking.
But at this moment, one of the three great masters, Taoist Master Chong He, who had suddenly appeared at the gathering, suddenly spoke: "What if the 'Bai Di Ye' in the middle is not a human being? Is that okay?
What happened?" Fa
As soon as these words came out, the people around him were confused and all looked at the headmaster of the Trinity Orthodox Church.
Soon, Zhang Xing, who was sitting closest, shuddered suddenly in the warm south wind, and then instinctively looked at Wang Huaiji who was diagonally opposite. It was obvious that the two of them were the first to understand what the great master meant.
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"Does Taoist Master Chonghe mean to use the example of three radiances to control the four imperial guards and replace the emperor with three radiances?" At this thought, Zhang Xing raised his voice to ask, but his voice trembled inexplicably.
"I have some ideas." Taoist priest Chonghe immediately answered. "After all, Sanhui is ruthless and righteous..."
"This is a big fallacy!" Mr. Zhang took a breath, but quickly refuted it. "Taoist Master! Not to mention whether Sanhui himself is ruthless and impartial, I only want to ask one thing. Let's use 'White Emperor' as an example.
It’s because Emperor Bai has the power to cut off rivers and kill dragons, has the wisdom to strategize, and has the ability to tailor orders to bring peace to the people... The Taoist Master brought Sanhui out, and the premise is that they also have this ability... Do they have it?"
"Of course there is, but not completely." Taoist priest Chonghe quickly answered seriously. "Sanhui is absolutely powerful, and we can also assist Sanhui to become wise and capable..."
"That's the problem." Zhang Xing responded hurriedly. "Whoever replaces Sanhui with wisdom and ability will actually control the power of the world. He will be no different from the so-called emperor or saint, and he can easily become a giant thief!"
"I mean according to Zhang Gong's idea, first decentralize power, then establish Sanhui..." Taoist priest Chonghe immediately explained. "How to become a giant thief?"
"That's useless, because people who are wise and capable on behalf of Sanhui will also try to unify and centralize power just like Emperor Bai did." Zhang Xing immediately interrupted the other party. "As long as someone has that title and ability, it doesn't matter.
Whether it is one person or a group of people, whether it is their own ability or borrowed ability, it will be like this, because they are human beings."
"Indeed, whoever does things can naturally gather authority." Wei Xuanding, who had been a Taoist priest at the back, suddenly said. "And Taoist priests are also human beings, and they should have no less selfishness. They even have the name of Sanhui, and they act
I can't believe he will be more unscrupulous."
"Actually, Black Emperor and Qing Emperor will not interfere too much in Beidi and Dongyi, but are these two places pure lands?" Wang Huaitong opposite couldn't help but sneered. "Dang Mo.
The Qiwei and Qicheng Hachigong have been at war for many years. There are also conservative and radical factional disputes within the Dangmowei just like today's meeting, and Dongyi is even more of a hodgepodge! We finally got past them, and no matter how much we argue about moving forward or retreating, we can't.
Are you going to retreat to that point?"
Starting from his younger brother Wang Huaiji, everyone around him nodded in agreement, and even Old Master Zhang also nodded: "Master Chonghe, the foundation of Trinity Orthodoxy is to use the three radiances to control the four emperors, and to get rid of the four emperors' authoritative interference in the world.
, If you want to replace the Four Emperors with the Three Brilliance, or even replace the Emperor, I am afraid no one will agree, because this just goes against the origin of the Trinity Orthodox Religion."
Taoist priest Chong He seemed a little caught off guard and didn't know how to respond. He also seemed a little helpless and didn't want to say more.
But it doesn't matter, whether the Taoist priest's ideas are obviously lacking or he has other opinions, what's more important is that with the progress of the times, everyone in the Central Plains almost instinctively rejects divine power... because this thing really happened,
There are still remnants, so even if Taoist priest Chonghe keeps saying that Sanhui is different from Siyu, it still won't work.
In other words, in the discussion between Zhang Xing-gang and Zhang Fuzi-Jin scholars on whether to be radical or conservative, centralization or decentralization, although obviously neither could convince the other, in the end both felt that the other had merits, and believed that both sides
The discussion is valuable, but this confrontation with the Taoist leader has inevitably aroused mutual hostility on both sides... and even disdain... Are you worthy of discussing this with us?
Next, there was a little discussion, but most of them were uneasy about Chong Hedao's abrupt words. After all, this is a great master. What if he really has a stupid idea? The chubby Chonghe Daoist also realized the problem.
Where he was, he folded his hands honestly and pretended to be dead like Cao Lin beside him.
But I don’t know if I’m really convinced, or if I realize that it’s impossible to please here and I’m too lazy to say anything.
However, taking this opportunity, Zhang Xing began to think deeply, because some of Taoist Priest Chonghe's words gave him some far-fetched ideas.
After a while, the platform on the hillside of Hongshan did not become quiet. Even if it was quiet, some people continued to seriously discuss some issues of centralization and decentralization.
At this time, many people felt inexplicably anxious, because so far in the debate, although the gang had declared victory on their own and actually had the upper hand, neither side had actually achieved anything decisive.
The gang can't prove that their path is correct, they just keep declaring themselves, and Old Master Zhang's conservative and venerable path seems to be worthless when refuted by the opposite party.
Frankly speaking, as the discussion continued, unlike Zhang Xing and Mr. Zhang who were still able to maintain a decent and tolerant attitude... the people in the outside circle were actually starting to get angry.
To put it bluntly, in the dispute between roads, especially the dispute between conservative and radical, most of the time the stance is natural and difficult to change - the older people and those who naturally benefit are more conservative, while the young people need to struggle or encounter
What is unfair is often radical.
There was a commotion for a while, and just when everyone was getting impetuous, Zhang Bofeng took control of the situation again, and then took the initiative to speak:
"Zhang Sanlang, apart from these two obvious differences, do you have anything else to say about the dispute between our two families?"
"Actually, there are a few more, but I'm afraid that if I say it too fiercely, I can easily offend people." Zhang Xing lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his head to meet the other person's gaze. "But I think it can prove the truth of our gang to a certain extent.
Your principles must be better than Master Zhang."
"It doesn't matter." Zhang Bofeng said with a smile. "Today's meeting will only stop at words. I will never allow anyone to use violence here...and I am also curious about your reasoning."
"If you make people angry and want to use violence, today is not the only opportunity." Zhang Xing smiled slightly. "But now that things have happened, there are some things that I really don't like to say." Fa Fa.
"Speaking."
"Actually, these are some heart-wrenching remarks." Zhang Xing said with a smile. "In my opinion, today Master Zhang and his supporters, including the two princes, many Jin scholars, and Duke Feng, in the end,
Most of them are from aristocratic families, and if power is decentralized to local areas, those who will benefit the most are the Zhang family, the Wang family in Jin, the Cui family in Hebei, and the Feng family. In contrast, Duke Xue and others,
Although they are also a large and famous clan, they originate from Guanlong, and the prosperity of Guanlong is to use Guanlong to dominate the world, so they may not support any decentralization... What I am saying is not what you are thinking.
"I think it's all selfish, but because of your background, your vision has been limited a lot, and you can't help but do some unconscious favoritism."
"This is ridiculous!" Wang Huaitong immediately refuted seriously. "Your Excellency, please don't judge others by yourself!"
"If thinking from the perspective of scholars and noble families is an act of favoritism, then if we look at the world from the perspective of farmers, merchants, soldiers, and soldiers, will our horizons be limited?" Master Zhang also looked a little unhappy. "It can also be partiality and injustice.
Bar?"
"Of course there are restrictions, and they can be unfair." Zhang Xing nodded without hesitation. "So we still have to consider it all... In fact, our gang has everyone. Just looking at the leaders, there are farmers and soldiers.
There are merchants and heroes, there are powerful people and noble families, there are scholars and petty officials, there are officials and generals, there are clans and bandits, so we look at the problem very impartially... Master Zhang, this is actually another point I want to say, why
The principles of help can be better than the principles of yours."
Master Zhang was startled for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Of course there is a reason why help can accomplish things. I have never denied it, otherwise I wouldn't have come to ask. But Zhang Sanlang must not be cunning. I only ask, if the farmer and the
Scholars, there is a conflict between the families... If there is no rational difference between the two sides, it is just a conflict... As the 'integrator', who should you consider first?"
"Whether it is a scholar or a noble family, the two are not the same thing." Zhang Xing immediately pointed out the other party's laxity.
"Let's talk about the scholars first...the scholars and the peasants." Zhang Bofeng seemed unwilling to leave any blind spots.
"I am a farmer."
"Why?"
"Because there are more farmers than scholars, people are the main priority in everything. Of course, we must follow the crowd and not follow the partial."
"..."
"..."
"Where are the noble families and farmers?" Zhang Bofeng asked again.
"He is also a farmer."
"Why again?"
"Farmers are weaker compared to the aristocrats. The so-called strong and weak are clearly defined. I am such a person. I hoe the strong and support the weak. Not to mention, the reason why the aristocracy is a aristocratic clan is that it holds power from generation to generation. With power in hand,
, Just as it is easy for giant thieves to appear after centralization of power, it is easy for a family to become thieves..." Zhang Xing spoke tightly and did not stop for a moment. "Master Zhang, please don't deny it, otherwise Cao Gu and his son will be really unjust."
The surrounding atmosphere had already become strange, but Zhang Bofeng paused and continued to ask:
"So as long as the peasants don't want the scholars? Moreover, the peasants are the foundation, the scholars are the identity, and the aristocracy is just a natural accumulation, and they all exist naturally. You just need to hoe the strong and support the weak, and eradicate the old aristocrats. But
When other people, including peasants, become powerful, won't they also become powerful men, and won't scholars also become a new family? Isn't the matter of Jiangdong there?"
In the outermost circle, the person who unexpectedly refused to attend the inner circle this time, the foreign affairs manager of the gang, Xie Minghe, who was born in the Xie family of the Eight Great Families in Jiangdong, finally raised his head slightly.
He likes to talk a lot, but refuses to participate in debates. It is precisely because of this - as someone who is close to Zhang Xing and likes to debate, he has long known Zhang Xing's views and guessed the current situation. However, he has
I didn't want to speak against my original intention on this occasion, nor did I want to oppose the cause of my gang, so I simply avoided it.
From now on, this seems to be a wise move.
"Why do we have to eradicate the old clans? And why does Master Zhang demand a stable and stable system that everyone can enjoy for a long time?" Zhang Xing smiled slowly. "If you ask me, the key is to establish a new rule and a new system.
The channel constantly turns new farmers into scholars or practitioners, and then allows new scholars and practitioners to become new aristocrats. Once this happens, it will be a dog-eat-dog...man-biter...this is also common.
situation, right?"
Cao Lin laughed inexplicably, as if he had thought of something.
Zhang Xing, before Zhang Fuzi sighed, continued: "So, we must admit the existence of the family, admit that it will be naturally formed and exist in this world, but after admitting it, we should also continue to realize that once the family lasts for a long time, it will be very difficult.
It is easy for thieves who are good at benefiting the world to appear. At this time, we should try to limit it as much as possible, or simply depose this thief. As for the newcomers who emerge from below to establish a new family, let him build it. What our gang pursues is constant refreshing.
family, and the sooner the better, to prevent the latter from becoming thieves and causing trouble to the world... This is also for their own good."
Zhang Bofeng was silent for a moment and then asked: "Do you want to use the imperial examination?"
"Yes." Zhang Xing made no secret. "Grammar officials are all selected from the imperial examination, while practitioners are judged based on their cultivation, and then they are awarded a certain professional position, and then there is a merit assessment..."
"So, although you have only been in power for three years, you have been fighting constantly, and you have no way to start a school, you have been trying your best to enlighten and build a foundation. That's why?" Zhang Bofeng continued to ask.
"Of course." Zhang Xing sighed, and then said sincerely. "Actually, there is one thing that I have never said before, and Master Zhang may have been holding back and not asking about it, and that is to follow the gang's idea of centralization.
, and then they were lucky enough to win the world, how can those gangs reduce the number of giant thieves as much as possible? To be honest, there are not many ways I can think of, otherwise I would not avoid them, and one of them is here... establishing professional grammarians and practitioners.
The team replaces the obviously geographically divided aristocratic families and directly controls the power. If you want to do this, you need to centralize power. These are mutually reinforcing... Zhang Gong, I sincerely believe that this is the general trend of the world."
Different from the din of discussion behind him, Master Zhang was silent for a moment and then asked: "What about other means?"
"Do you insist on the equalization system?"
“Isn’t the world a system of equalizing land and granting land?”
"But equalizing land and conferring land is to strengthen the branches and strengthen the weak branches, and promote centralization and the foundation of the civil service system." Zhang Xing continued. "Because the system of equalizing land and conferring land effectively weakens local power, it naturally facilitates centralized management... The most obvious thing is
The evidence is that the Wei Dynasty only used a slightly stricter execution than the Eastern Qi to equalize land and grant land, and the powerful families in the hometown of the Eastern Qi suffered terribly."
Master Zhang shook his head slowly, as if he did not agree, but did not refute: "Is there more?"
"Unify the four seas, completely unify." Zhang Xing continued. "If this can be done, the world can reduce the number of soldiers and horses as much as possible, gather some practitioners, and maintain a slightly larger Jing'an platform, and then Jing'an can be achieved.
And if this is the case, countless taxes, livestock, craftsmen, minerals, and food can be left over and used for production..."
Many people nodded, but some shook their heads, but after all, most of them nodded... In fact, Zhang Xing knew very well that if he told the people under Gang's rule that sooner or later, Gang would attack Dongyi again, I'm afraid that at first
It is difficult to even gain a foothold, because Hebei and the Eastern Territory are really afraid of attacking Dongyi, and they tremble when they hear about the Eastern Expedition... But here, here, among the elites in western Hebei and southeastern Jin, these words
But it is still recognized by some people.
The benefits of unification are unquestionable.
Everyone is just worried about the difficulties of unification.
"Is there more?" Master Zhang still did not judge and continued to ask.
"Also...if the world is settled, the vitality of heaven and earth can be used by the people." Zhang Xing has already let go. "The grand master can build roads, the master can build mountains, the elixirs can be made to deliver goods, the elixirs can be condensed to teach, and the strange meridians can be correct.
You can farm, and when you get together, you can create mountains, rivers, and floating islands, and do all the things that the four emperors have done again... By then, it is impossible to say that the world will be expanded, more food will be produced, and goods will flow down the river.
Just like the smoothness and speed of the Han River, the wealth is ten times that of the past. Even if heaven really has eyes, it is impossible to say that there will be a new and bigger world."
The people around laughed, thinking it was Zhang Sanlang joking, but soon, many people in the laughter gradually stopped laughing, and then slowly became serious, thinking for a while.
Master Zhang did not laugh at the beginning, but thought for a moment and continued to ask: "Then I can't help but want to ask, you value farmers and share the interests of the world, and you want to depose those who are good at the interests of the world, and you also want to ask
Asking practitioners to build bridges and pave roads, and still hope for a bigger world, it must be because they have a thought in their hearts, that they want the maximum number of people to live a better life, right?"
"This is my original intention." Zhang Xing replied simply. "It seems that Master already knows what I mean."
"If this is the case, I have another question." Zhang Bofeng couldn't wait to continue asking. "Look at how many farmers there are in the world. Judging from the current situation, the imperial court will not collect any taxes, and the powerful will not exploit them.
, they are just doubling the interest rate... To what extent do you want to 'share the benefits' of these most basic people to meet your requirements?"
Zhang Xing was slightly startled and froze on the spot.
To be honest, he really hasn't thought about this issue. He just thinks that he should do this and make moral requirements for himself based on the interests of farmers, or requirements for a sense of moral fulfillment.
However, Old Master Zhang did not rush to ask questions, and the people around him did not participate due to the majesty of Grand Master and Chief Zhang, and just waited quietly.
But they did not wait for a long time. Soon, Zhang Xing slowly gave an answer that he was not very sure about: "I am not asking for everyone's happiness to be better than the Supreme God, nor do I expect to say that everyone is equal to what extent.
Above, I mean, with reference to the current situation of these farmers, or to the situation of everyone in the world, I just want these people to make choices with dignity when they face some things...
…It is enough to have a little choice and maintain a little dignity as a human being…Of course, it would be even better if every family can have a chicken in their pot during the Chinese New Year.”
Many people are a little confused, including many people from the gang. They feel that this answer is a bit confusing to them. What is a dignified choice? It is better to just say that there is a chicken in the pot and four bags of millet in the warehouse.
But unexpectedly, Master Zhang, who had been debating with Zhang Xing, understood the other party's meaning immediately: "Treat others with respect so that they will not be humiliated; treat others with choice so that they will not be forced; treat others with respect.
Food makes people not hungry...is this what it means?"
"Master's summary is better than I thought at the moment." Zhang Xing responded sincerely.
At this time, many people around him reacted. Li Ding thought of something in an instant and became demented for a moment. Xiong Bonan stopped talking and seemed to want to shout, but could not interrupt the two people talking inside.
Wang Huaiji unexpectedly held the mirror in his arms and lowered his head; Feng Wuyi was a little thoughtful... As they walked outside, even Zhang Gongshen and others had a hint of awakening, as if they had thought of something.
Of course Old Master Zhang also had some reaction. He looked up to the sky and sighed, wanting to say something, but finally kept silent. Then after a moment, he continued to ask in a loud voice: "Is there anything else? Are there any other means or ideas?"
"And... there is something I have always wanted to say before." Zhang Xing suddenly laughed. "It may not be considered a method or idea, but an argument to prove that our gang's principles are superior. It is impossible to offend others."
"It's okay, please tell us all."
"It's very simple. Master Zhang, you certainly have your own ideas and a set of principles that seem to be self-justifying, but you have never mentioned or considered how to realize this vision." Fa.
Zhang Xing looked at the other party and spoke slowly.
"Although our ideas and principles may not be perfect, they have already been put into practice... We established a gang, united many colleagues and comrades from different backgrounds, and put forward the short-term goal of 'cutting off the violent Wei and stabilizing the world'
career progress, and established the overall idea and long-term goal of "sharing the interests of the world and deposing those who are good at the interests of the world", and we do what we say. We maintained order after the rebellion, taught the children to build foundations, publish and
After executing the "Law" and beating Liyangcang, the blood of the people of Hebei was returned to the people of Hebei.
"In other words, no matter how weak our principles are, they are all built with swords and spears, step by step. No matter how strong Master Zhang's principles are, they are just like the moon in the mirror.
"Not to mention, as of now, no matter how you look at it, our principles are stronger than yours! So, besides our help, who else can take on the future world affairs?!"
Master Zhang said nothing.
And at this moment, Grand Master Cao Lin, who had been silent for almost the whole afternoon, slowly looked at the young man beside him, with a complicated and indifferent expression... The young man in front of him was one of his former subordinates, one in the middle and lower classes.
He was a smart man who earned the nickname Zhang Shizhao through his resourcefulness when they were together. He was a handsome man that he once wanted to adopt as his adopted son. He was also a young man who was as stubborn as his older self.
At the same time, he was also a rebel. When he realized that the collapse of the Wei Dynasty was inevitable, he had already determined that he was the greatest rebel after the British Gong Bai Hengqiu. Fa
But now, after being silent for a long time and listening carefully to everything from the nearest distance, Cao Huangshu suddenly realized that no matter whether Zhang Bofeng was convinced or not, he was convinced by this young man anyway... or he was told that he was afraid.
Well... maybe the world in the future will really be the fault of this man and his gang.
Bai Hengqiu is very powerful, but at this moment, he doesn't have the fear that this young man brings.
As soon as he thought about this, Cao Lin suddenly stretched out his hand, raised it high, and then from a few steps away, he violently slapped the young man beside him who was actually out of reach.
It's like taking pictures of mosquitoes that haven't appeared yet this season.
With this simple action, nearly a thousand people on the Hongshan Platform all saw a scene they would never forget:
At a height of more than ten feet above the center of the platform, a huge, golden, substance-like whip suddenly appeared. It seemed that there was something bigger behind it, like a mountain but an invisible god was waving it, and it seemed like it was waving.
It was like an independent, living golden dragon, dragging its entire body and slapping it down to the platform below.
But at the moment when the golden whip fell, a white Changge that was almost ten feet long and rimmed with gold suddenly appeared out of thin air and stopped the giant whip.
That's not all yet. When Jin Ge and Golden Whip collided, and the latter directly rolled into the former, a slightly darker glowing giant, also more than ten feet tall, but with a slightly weird shape, and
A golden straight knife several feet in size, a large purple flag, an ink rubbing, and a red disk all appeared in the air.
Moreover, because the distance was too close, these were obviously grandmasters. The true energy reflected by the grandmasters was directly mixed together almost instantly, and then rolled into a ball in the high air, and soon turned into a wave with a radius of dozens of feet.
A vortex of true energy almost enveloped the entire platform.
The vortex of true energy itself is full of brilliance, and everyone with a little bit of cultivation can feel that this is the purest true energy, the cleanest vitality of heaven and earth. And around the vortex of true energy, a storm is quickly rising...literally
There was a storm in the sense that the clouds in the sky were pulled around the whirlpool by the wind, stirring up the red dust and brown shrubs on the red mountain, forming a larger peripheral whirlpool.
This scene, which was like a celestial phenomenon, left everyone dumbfounded, and some were even shaken and almost wanted to flee.
They still don't know. At this point, they don't know who suddenly took action regardless of the reason, and then attracted all the great masters and masters to take action together, and finally turned the whole world into a mess.
The center of the whirlpool is the real center... Just below, the gang leader Zhang Xingye is raising his head, looking at this scene with a dull expression, seeming to be in a trance. He is really in trance rather than being fooled - because he raised his head
At that moment, he suddenly thought that such a huge vortex of true energy seemed to be able to compete with Fenshanjun... Does that mean that three or four grandmasters can kill Fenshanjun?
And considering that, unlike the four grandmasters who reacted later, the three grandmasters were sitting here without moving, and seemed to have not tried their best, then can it be said that as long as one or two grandmasters made arrangements in advance, and added
Can some targeted measures directly kill the dragon?
In his heart, he was not even thinking about Cao Lin's sudden assassination attempt on him.
But yes, what's there to think about? Isn't it just that the reactionary old man listened to the revolutionary youth's speech and broke his guard?
And just when the order on the scene was about to collapse, and the great masters and masters fell into a whirlpool, and it seemed difficult to break away for a while, just when everyone thought they were about to reach a deadlock, suddenly, in the center of the venue, on the four chairs, a
The man stood up straight away and took off half of his robe.
Immediately, another huge white and light golden square ruler with golden edges appeared further above the vortex, and slammed downwards. At the same time, in the vortex, the golden sword also appeared again, and it actually moved downwards at the same time.
Pulling, it seems that the top and bottom should cooperate to directly tear and pat away this vortex of true energy.
The expressions of the rest of the people all changed drastically. At the moment when Chi Luo Ge was about to leave, everyone gathered their true energy and then looked at each other with awe.
At this time, along with countless light red dust and debris falling like rain on the surrounding mountains, above the platform, reflecting the blue sky of spring, there were only more than ten feet of golden Ge hanging in the air, and more than ten feet of white ruler standing vertically.
It just doesn't move.
Everyone took back the two infuriating objects that represented their identity, and looked at the person standing in the center of the platform with complicated expressions. This person was thin but tall, obviously old, and had white beard and hair.
He opened his robe, exposing half of his arm. The south wind came again, stirring his beard, hair and robe, like a flag of indulgence. However, he spread his hand horizontally and raised the other hand flat, but did not move at all. In his hand, there was a faint golden phantom formed by the flow of true energy.
Gebai ruler corresponds to the giant object above the head.
Everyone could see clearly that it was Zhang Bofeng, the master of Jin Ge.
No one wondered why Jin Gefuzi actually reflected two completely different visual objects, because at this time everyone was only afraid.
This is the great master!
With just a casual blow, the whirlpool created almost caused disaster for ordinary practitioners, but those masters of condensing pills were even more awe-inspiring, because the gap was so big... they knew it was big, but they didn't expect it to be that big.
Seeing that everyone had returned to order, Zhang Bofeng put away his white ruler and stretched his arms with his sleeves open in front of him. Then he looked around, his eyes swept over many people, and then he spoke slowly, not loudly, but still.
It was like thunder, shaking the mountains and fields:
"Three splendors and four emperors, throughout the ages, today I am lucky enough to be able to speak freely in this place of red mountains and black views. It is really rare to discuss the Spring and Autumn Period. How can we allow people to be presumptuous and commit violent acts here? Mr. Cao, please don't do it.
If you act rashly again, I will be old and hopeless, so I will sacrifice my cultivation to have a fight with you!"
Cao Lin sat there, motionless and without changing his expression: "I was in a hurry and humiliated myself. I also caused you to be disturbed. I really shouldn't have done it. I hope you can forgive me."
Only then did everyone realize that Uncle Cao had become so angry that he had taken action against someone.
Zhang Bofeng glanced at Cao Lin, then looked at the person in front of him, and shouted again in public: "Chief Zhang."
Although he was called many times today, Zhang Xing somehow knew that this time was different from the past, so he finally stood up and raised his hands to the other party: "Zhang San is here, Master Zhang, please speak."
The people around him also held their breath and listened carefully, and those on the periphery couldn't help but stand up.
Zhang Bofeng hesitated for a moment, but only for a moment, and then continued to speak:
"As Zhang Sanlang said, I am old and have long been unable to go to the human battlefield for personal practice. Everything I say and think is all fantasy. In other words, the battlefield where I bled and died was the place where the weekend chaos was fought.
, at that time, there was a great opportunity, and I was really lucky to be able to participate in it. But I didn't make any achievements at that time. How could I hope to find a way now?
"It's just that after all, I have lived in vain for so long, experienced several dynasties, and seen how many heroes, masters, generals and ministers from Gao Hun, Sima Hong, and Cao Gu have all turned into dust, I still have a sense of difficulty in my heart.
, so I couldn’t help but think about it, to toss, to give up martial arts and follow literature, to change my ideas, including to socialize, to teach... But after struggling for so long, there is still no result, and seeing that the Wei Dynasty also collapsed, but
I can't help but feel a little discouraged, feeling that by this point in my life, my thoughts and principles, systems and providence have nothing to do with me. And who could have thought that at this time, you and your gang would appear? Fa
"I couldn't help but come to see him again to verify what I was thinking.
"Actually, after today's meeting, I don't think that your gang's ideas are necessarily better than others, and I don't think that what you Zhang Sanlang and the heroes of your gang say is the truth, but that's because many things have to be done.
Only through personal practice can you see the results. You cannot judge with words. It does not mean that your theory is wrong.
"What's more, compared with me who is doing nothing and only verbalizing ideas full of loopholes, you dare to think, speak, and do, are bold and careful, benevolent and generous, and have high ambitions without losing sincerity; and do not make generalizations.
To be honest, I am very happy, just as I felt sad that day when I learned that my grandson died at the hands of your gang.
Love comes from within, and it is true... After all, things in this world are surging forward, and they will not lose people who explore just because an old fool like me is gone. In some respects, they are indeed better than me.
This generation is more impressive.
"In short, there may be a lot of unfinished discussion about what happened today, and it was not all fun and smooth, but it is a great honor for Zhang to be able to sit down and discuss with everyone, learn from each other, hear some truths, and see some hope.
"
Zhang Xing once again raised his hands and saluted: "Zhang San is also honored."
The great master also returned the favor with a sword.
