The topic changed so suddenly that Jiang Wang couldn't react.
What he was thinking was that no matter how strong a person is, he will inevitably have an accident or something...
But of course he didn't dare to say that, and he didn't want to leave Changle Palace lying down.
He said, "Jiang Wang is stupid, I really don't know."
Jiang Wuhua stepped back, sat upright and said, "Let's go back to officialdom."
Jiang Wang:……
He discovered that although the Prince of the East Palace was always known for his generosity and simplicity, he was actually a bit "naughty"!
Jiang Wuhua continued: "Official affairs are a matter of two sides. If you are competent, your popularity will be increased, and if you are incompetent, your popularity will be reduced. Take Wailou as an example, if the government is well-organized and harmonious, it will help you anchor the world. If the people are not able to make a living, your popularity will be reduced.
, the entanglement of cause and effect will make you even more lost!"
In other words, if you do well as an official, official status will be a help to your spiritual practice. If you do poorly as an official, official status will in turn hinder the practitioner.
Jiang Wang would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to ask about the prince's affairs. He pondered: "In this case, shouldn't there be ***** among officials in the world?"
Jiang Wuhua said with a smile: "This involves talent again. The range of talent is very wide. Some people have the talent for cultivation, but not the talent for officialdom. Some people are capable officials, but they are clumsy in cultivation. You don't think so.
If you work hard as an official, you will be able to do well."
The confident smile in his words seems to be clearly saying that the talent for cultivating alone may not be very good, but the talent for being a prince is very good!
“Official roads gather popularity on the one hand, and resources on the other. Sometimes popularity and resources are in conflict with each other.” Jiang Wuhua asked: “You have also had experience in Qingyang Town, may you understand?”
“I can probably understand.”
This is easy to understand.
For example, when Jiang Wang was in Qingyang Town, he could plunder resources for his own use. In this way, he would lose the hearts of the people, which is to say, he would lose the so-called "popularity" in official circles. But he did not take anything from the people, but instead subsidized him a lot, so little.
You can gain "popularity" by losing resources but gaining hearts and minds.
"If there is a promising future, it will naturally be easy to manage, and a long stream of water will flow, and hundreds of rivers will gather in the sea. If there is a difficult road, it is normal to fish all the water. Popularity can help clear away ignorance, and resources can be accumulated to a certain extent." Jiang Wuhua said.
: "Therefore, practitioners may be diligent and fall down, and officials may be virtuous and sycophantic. It is the same."
Although it is said that it is not advisable to exhaust the lake to fish, but for officials, it is true that the most resources can be harvested by exhausting the lake to fish.
Guan Dao is also a kind of practice. Every practitioner must want to move forward at the beginning. However, he may be limited by time or luck, and gradually different people will make different choices.
Ordinary cultivators such as Ge Heng from Hu's mine, and official cultivators such as Shi Jing, the later successor to the city lord of Jiacheng, are essentially the same type of people.
Official cultivators with a bright future will of course walk on two legs. They need more resources and more popular support. When their future is hampered, they will have to make ugly choices out of necessity.
Listening to the prince's explanation of official ethics, combined with what he had experienced, he felt like he could see the moon behind the clouds.
“Jiang Wang has learned a lesson.”
"In addition," Jiang Wuhua said again: "'Popularity' is related to people's hearts, but it is not only about people's hearts. The importance of officialdom lies more in 'meritorious deeds', so a traitor can also be a capable minister, and an evil person can also be virtuous.
"
At this point, he smiled and said, "In fact, how can it be so easy to explain good and evil things clearly?"
Jiang Wang sighed: "That's true."
Jiang Wuhua added: "It can be as small as a town or a city, or as large as a county or a country. When you are in the outer building, your achievements are reflected in your popularity. If you are popular enough, you will not go astray. After the arrival of the gods, your achievements are reflected in the Tao. The same goes for being an official.
Explain the Tao. If a person quits politics, those who have become official will also retreat due to official ways. Therefore, the transmission of political principles is similar to the tradition of Taoism. Contrary to political views, often life and death!"
Until now, Jiang Wang still doesn’t know what the prince wants to say to him. But the prince’s discussion of officialdom is really thorough, and officialdom is also a practice!
No wonder many powerful men in the court find someone to inherit their political career before retiring to seclusion. This is actually to preserve their own practice!
"Those who practice the official way will find it easier to practice. However, the official way is one and the same, and those who practice the official way will also be burdened by the official way. If the political platform is sustained, you can escape, gradually get rid of the official way, and practice yourself. At that time, it will be the end of politics, and
It’s nothing to worry about.”
If the political platform is unsustainable, it means that the political platform has disappeared.
Hearing this, Jiang Wang couldn't help but think that this was probably the difference between the national system and the sect!
Relying on the official way to practice will make your practice faster. But pure sect monks will be less bound by the official way.
It's hard to say which one is better between the two, but the pattern of the current world is already visible. Except for those top sects, there is really no country in the world.
There is no doubt that under the national system, it is easier to give birth to strong men. This is why since the restart of the Dao calendar, all countries have emerged together!
The long river of history surges with waves splashing.
The human race is also constantly evolving, and many changes are taking place.
From the lineage of sects to the rise of all nations.
When later generations looked at it, they just sighed "that's how it is."
But if I were born in that time and place, I don’t know what earth-shaking changes it would have been.
This kind of change in the "road" and the sweep of the torrent of humanity, just think about it, and it will feel huge!
“Even a real person…”
The prince seemed to become more and more interested as he talked, and suddenly asked: "Do you know about Yong Emperor Han Yin?"
Jiang Wang's heart moved slightly and he asked: "The Supreme Emperor of Yong Kingdom?"
“He is a perfect example.”
Jiang Wuhua put his hands on his hands and smiled and said: "He relied on the position of Emperor Yong to secure his position as a real person, and he tried to make further progress, but maybe it was limited by time, or it was limited by power. In short, his power was not enough, and he could not make an inch of progress for the Yong Kingdom. On the contrary, he was a burden to the Yong Kingdom. Although
Due to pressure, he was passed down to Han Xu, but he still held on to power and was the de facto Lord of Yong. Because of his cultivation as a real person in the world, he needed to continuously absorb the national destiny of the Yong Kingdom to maintain it. If the Yong Kingdom could continue to grow stronger, this would be a waste of time.
If he is not corrupt, when he absorbs the fortune of the country, his improvement in cultivation can also feed back the country's power. If the Yong Kingdom stops, then he will become the biggest moth in the Yong Kingdom and will be punished sooner or later!"
I see……
I see!
Jiang Wuhua didn't dare to really talk shamelessly about why Emperor Sheng established the throne.
But after expounding the official way, I can make it clear by using the incident of Han and Yin.
The way of the emperor is also in the national system.
The emperor of Qi today has unparalleled cultivation and led the country of Qi to become the hegemon of the Eastern Region. It is a great achievement for him. However, it is difficult to go further beyond the official level.
There are actually only two ways before Emperor Qi. One is to sweep across Liuhe and unify the world. With this achievement, he will naturally be unparalleled and surpass the extraordinary. Secondly, it is time to try to break away from the shackles of officialdom, but like
Like other official monks, the supreme position of the Emperor must be succeeded by someone. If the state of Qi declines after he abdicates, not only will he not be able to break away from the official way and take supreme cultivation to himself, but he will be dragged down by the declining country.
Falling.
Therefore, whether in terms of spiritual practice, personal emotions, or achievements, the emperor needs a successor who can inherit his achievements, or at least be able to maintain his position as the overlord of Qi!
This is the reason why we need to establish a reserve!
The life span of a god is over five hundred, and the life span of a real person is over a thousand.
But few monarchs have been in power for a hundred years, because the monarch is already at the top of the system and has nowhere to make progress. Once the country stagnates, it needs to constantly absorb the national fortune to consolidate its cultivation, and he himself becomes the worm of the country.
Either waiting to be overthrown, or dragging the country along with it to perish.
For example, Han Yin made no progress in officialdom and did not have the courage to break away from the state system. He had been in power for more than 300 years, which actually dragged the Yong Kingdom into decay. Use the national destiny of the Yong Kingdom to continue Han Yin's own destiny.
The cultivation of real people.
It is no wonder that the Yong Kingdom is declining. It is no wonder that Zhuang Gao, Xian Du Ruhui and his ministers dare to openly start a national war and attack the strong with the weak.
It is the strong man who is actually strong on the outside but capable on the inside!
Jiang Wang felt that the more he thought about it, the more he felt.
Many things that I couldn't understand in the past are now suddenly clear to me, and I can see a new world.
It is worthy of being the "official way" formed by the integration of hundreds of schools. No wonder it has become the mainstream in today's world in less than four thousand years after the new beginning of the Taoist calendar.
What a vast and boundless world of spiritual practice!