Three hundred and ninetieth chapters for the confidant, for the mortal enemy
Listening to the brief speech of this young man from Puying City, and to the speech of King Qin who was the first person from the bottom in countless years to climb up the ladder of mechanisms to the highest level, countless people were filled with emotion and goodness in their hearts. many.
Of course, the reason why they had so many emotions was not because of how many truths the young man had said. The more important reason was that today they personally experienced the rigor of the mechanism, and that there was no trace of human coldness in the rigor.
The most direct example is that Chen Yangze, the king of Daqian, almost committed suicide because of this mechanism. And if even the king at the top of the mechanism is likely to be abandoned by the mechanism, is it possible that ministers like them will also face the same ending?
So what is the root cause of this ending? Why does a theoretically almost perfect idea of justice always lead people to the opposite side of destruction? The ministers thought carefully for a long time, but still did not think of the answer, but for Chen Yangze, who had the deepest experience in this matter, thought of an answer.
"Because it is not strong enough." Chen Yangze said in a deep voice, "Xue Tianchong is right, Daqian uses the governance philosophy of Tiandaoyuan, but the real situation is that Daqian is far less powerful than Tiandaoyuan."
"The mechanism may be perfect, but if it is not strong enough, the perfect mechanism will become extremely fragile. As long as it is interfered by strong external forces, it may face a series of collapses. In order to balance this collapse, someone must take the initiative to sacrifice , many people even sacrificed. But the real situation is that no one is willing to sacrifice for the cold mechanism..."
"The reason why Tiandaoyuan has been able to maintain this mechanism and even become so powerful that it spreads across the entire continent is that they are strong enough. There is almost no second force on the continent that dares to challenge them, so there is no one who can interfere with them. External force." Chen Yangze said in a deep voice.
This is indeed a perfect explanation, but if so, wouldn't all the questions return to the second question? Strength is justice? The most primitive world where the ferocious beasts live is the most correct world. ?The changes and development of people over the past hundreds of thousands of years are completely wrong? Or, in other words, the human race has complicated the simplest and most direct truth?
A gray-haired veteran in Wenyuan Pavilion pondered for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to say something surprising, "The fault does not lie in weakness, nor in the perfection of the mechanism, but in selfishness."
"Master Wang, what do you mean..." As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. However, because this veteran minister was so highly qualified and senior, no one dared to refute him.
Having said this, Mr. Wang used his old body that was about to decay to bow his hands solemnly to where Qin Feng was, and said: "The King of Qin is selfish, but we are even more selfish."
"The moment His Majesty was about to commit suicide? What was the reason why I or you were silent? What were you thinking in the silence? Who dared to speak out?" Mr. Wang looked at the crowd and asked.
The ministers were stunned again. After a moment, their expressions suddenly changed. No one dared to answer.
Master Wang said: "Of course I don't know what you think, but what I was thinking at that moment was that if His Majesty really died, if King Qin was really more suitable to manage Dagan, he could make Dagon better. Then it seemed that His Majesty would be fine if he died. So at that time, I remained silent."
"Haha, this kind of pushing others into the abyss, but leaving the beauty to yourself, what else is it if it's not selfish?"
People were silent again, and the reason for their silence was that they had almost the same idea as Mr. Wang at that time, because they all knew that Xue Tianchong still had a trump card that was useless, but His Majesty's death could make Xue Tianchong retreat and let The risk has been reduced to zero, and at the same time Daqian can still move towards a better future under the leadership of King Qin. Therefore, it is natural for Your Majesty to die...
Chen Yangze pondered for a moment and said, surprisingly not blaming the ministers, because he knew very well that the reason why the ministers had such thoughts was ultimately due to the philosophy of governing the country that he had quietly promoted over the years.
"Perhaps the so-called ideal country can really only exist in the ideal." Chen Yangze said helplessly: "Because the moment I put the sword between my neck, I discovered that the so-called dedication to mechanism and justice is It's so difficult and unsettling. The reason may be because I'm also afraid of death and very selfish."
His Majesty Daqian, who has almost no stains on his body and has always been kind and strict, actually admitted to being selfish. This made more ministers fall into silence and deep thought. In other words, they fell into deep helplessness, such as People like Your Majesty and King Qin are selfish people, so who in the world is not selfish? And does the so-called selflessness really not exist?
In the silence of the ministers, there was silence in front of Fengyun Tower, as quiet as death. For people like them, perhaps they would not be too uneasy even if they were facing death. But at this time, they were very uneasy. .Because what they faced this time was not death, but the complete collapse of the beliefs they held in their hearts...
Xue Tianchong couldn't help but burst out laughing. There was an indescribable desolation in his laughter, but there was also an indescribable comfort. Comfortable, it was indeed very comfortable, because he suddenly discovered that he had worked hard for decades to eat Countless people have dreamed of getting justice, but now they have justice through Qin Feng's mouth.
His Majesty Daqian, who has always believed himself to be benevolent and just, actually admitted his own selfishness and admitted that his idea of an ideal country was only an unreliable ideal, and he admitted that he was wrong.
And Chen Yangze is wrong, so the so-called system above all else is wrong. The system represents absolute justice. People outside the system are evil and deserve to die. This is of course also wrong! So he That's right. After his wife died twenty-six years ago, he finally has a correct explanation.
She didn't die of illness, nor did she deserve to die, but was murdered in the most shameless way!
However, whether she was murdered or died of illness, she was already dead. It took so many wrinkles and so many deaths to prove this, which seemed inexplicably ridiculous.
But Xue Tianchong doesn't think so, because it seems extremely important to him, because he is very stubborn. As he said to Luo Sheng at the beginning, "There are some things that I am right about, but I am regarded as wrong." Wrong. And since I am right, of course I will prove that I am right at all costs."
"Okay! That's good!" Xue Tianchong looked at Qin Feng and said seriously: "You are very selfish, just as selfish as me! If you had been born a few decades earlier, maybe we could have become very good friends."
However, Xue Tianchong was smiling, but Qin Feng was not. He just said in the same serious tone: "You said it was only if and possible, but the reality is that it is impossible."
"You want to kill me." Xue Tianchong said directly.
"That's right." Qin Feng nodded seriously and said: "Although I understand you very well and even sympathize with you, even if it were you who had gone through the same thing as you twenty-six years ago, I would probably do the same thing. I'll do the same thing as you. But that doesn't mean I won't kill you."
Doing the same thing as Xue Tianchong is naturally an extremely cruel thing. He doesn't hesitate to start a war and the lives and deaths of tens of millions of people, but he also wants to avenge and rectify the name of his beloved.
Qin Feng is gentle and kind? This seems a bit incredible? No, the reason why he is gentle in this life is just because he has a reason to be gentle and has his true love by his side. Assuming that Lin Xue was killed, then Qin Feng Feng Ye will definitely take revenge, even in a more direct, ruthless and cruel way than Xue Tianchong.
He would not even wait thirteen years like Xue Tianchong and go through another chaos in Daqian before he starts to take revenge. Because in essence, he is more ruthless than Xue Tianchong.
In other words, Qin Feng, who has memories of his past life, feels that the more he stands on the highest peak in the world, the more boring he feels that the so-called peak is actually very boring, and things like morality and the overall situation have little to do with him. Therefore, he is only very affectionate towards certain people and is ruthless towards others.
Xue Tianchong was not surprised by Qin Feng's idea, but laughed again: "You understand me, but you want to kill me?"
"Yes." Qin Feng nodded again: "It is precisely because I understand you that I know that the person you are revenged against is not Chen Yangze at all, not even Daqian, but Daqian, including Tiandaoyuan. The whole world."
"Unfortunately, within Daqian alone, there are many things that I want to protect, and I am extremely selfish, so no matter whether you deserve sympathy or not, no matter what you have done over the years is right No matter what, I can only kill you."
For the first time, Xue Tianchong's face showed a look of extreme shock, because until today, he finally met someone who could understand him so thoroughly. This made him feel that the so-called confidant was nothing more than that.
This made Xue Tianchong very happy, but also made him very unhappy. It is certainly a happy thing to have a confidant in life. However, it is a pity that although his confidant can understand him, he can only stand beside him. The opposite of him became his enemy.
As Qin Feng said, the target of his revenge is indeed not just Daqian. When he told Yi Tianxing that he would unify several countries around Daqian and establish another dynasty, this was not a lie. At the same time, He told Luo Sheng at the beginning that he did not like to be an emperor but only liked to be a general, which was not a lie.
Because what he wants to do is to be a general who constantly fights. But this general will not listen to the king. On the contrary, in his eyes, the king is just a person who helps him grow food and provide money. And he, the general, He will continue to expand his power around Daqian, continue to become stronger, and continue to start wars. Until one day, the so-called mechanism is completely destroyed, until one day he develops a system that is enough to challenge Tiandaoyuan. Transcendent power!
Even though this thing is extremely difficult or even impossible to accomplish, it is the only motivation and goal for Xue Tian to survive now.