Zhou Xing's current condition is much better than yesterday. The blisters on his body have completely disappeared and his eyes can see. However, his voice is still a little hoarse when he speaks.
Hearing Wang Tianci's question, he nodded, "I don't have any other thoughts, it's just that the bad breath in my heart makes me panic."
Wang Tianci stood up a little angrily, which was a very rare move for him, and asked: "A good man has a heart for the world, how can he put himself in such a dangerous situation for the sake of his confidante? Zhou Xing, with your Ability, you can definitely do more, you can definitely do better.”
"I'm sorry, I don't have that many ideas. I just want to live my personal life." Zhou Xing has been a man for two generations, and his sense of belonging to this world has never been that strong. "I just want to avenge Han Yan now."
"If it was not Shen Xiu who killed Han Yan, but another talent who was beneficial to the world, would you kill him too?"
Zhou Xing paused, then nodded firmly, "I will."
"I guess I misjudged the person." Wang Tianci said angrily, "It turns out that you are also an extremely selfish person."
"Who in this world is not selfish?" Zhou Xing said calmly without getting angry, "You, Wang Tianci, are not selfish?"
"If it is beneficial to the court and the world, why would I, the king, regret this life?"
"Oh, then since you can't bear to see Shen Xiu messing up the government, why don't you kill him?" Zhou Xing asked, "Don't say that your cultivation level is not as good as that of the other party. Whether you can kill him or not is two different things. "
"I..." Wang Tianci opened his mouth when he heard this but was speechless.
"Are you trying to say that my own life doesn't matter, but there are thousands of people in the Wang family, so you can't be impulsive and implicate them?" Zhou Xing told him what he was thinking, "You said you are Not selfish?"
"But Shen Xiu's messy behavior will really lead Da Jin to a point of no return. This will affect everyone's lives. Are you indifferent to this?"
"Oh, will the world really be messed up by Shen Xiu?" As a person from another world, he actually does not agree with the nine-level Zhongzheng system, but agrees more with Shen Xiu's point of view.
"There will definitely be chaos, and I can even guess what Shen Xiu's next action will be." Wang Tianci said with certainty, "The next step is to let the emperor abdicate to King Zhao, and Shen Xiu will become the prime minister to comprehensively reform the nine-level Zhongzheng system. "
"Could this cause chaos in the world?" Zhou Xingxin said, "Isn't this good?"
"Look at Zhang Bu and others promoted by Shen Xiu," Wang Tianci couldn't help but paused when he mentioned the name, and suddenly raised Zhou's voice deliberately to make it clearer to the outside world, "As soon as they got power, they did whatever they wanted. There was no trace in their eyes. The rules are just based on one's own temperament and Shen Xiu's wishes. If people like this were to be officials in the future, the world would not be in chaos."
"What has Zhang Bu done these days to make you so angry?" Zhou Xing couldn't help but wonder.
"That's it." Wang Tianci seemed to have finally found someone to talk to, and he talked to Zhou Xing.
Zhou Xing sat there quietly and listened to Wang Tianci, talking about the imperial system and the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System. In his previous world, he was just the most ordinary urban otaku. The education he received since he was a child and the books he read all criticized the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System for being so perverse and evil. He had been indoctrinated in it since he was a child. The imperial examination system is the best.
But after listening to Wang Tianci's remarks about the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, he was surprised to find that it was not unreasonable. But as a traveler in the future world, even if he felt that what the other party said was reasonable, he still firmly believed that the system of the world he came from was the direction, the correct one, and the scientific one.
"Godsend, let me ask you, why should we have family background? Meat-eaters are despicable, and they are not good enough to make a career. I heard that Emperor Wu of Zhou insisted on meritocracy in the past. Isn't this great? The Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System insists on family background, and treats Family background ranks first. This is the naked monopoly of the Zhou family. This is the biggest unfairness. It is precisely because of this unfairness that Shen Xiu and the others think about reform. Why are there no low-income people from the Zhou family? People from poor families can only live in the lower class. Don’t you people from Zhou family notice this? "
"No one's family can be established overnight, and no family can become a Zhou family overnight." Wang Tianci did not pause in the face of Zhou Xing's doubts, and said eloquently: "Our Jinyang Wang family was a Zhou family in the pre-Shang Dynasty. Is it a sect? Is it a noble? In the post-Shang Dynasty, it was not a Zhou sect, nor was it a founding lord. A person living in this world, living in this society, is not a person, he does not jump out of a stone. Yes, he has interests. If he is really a person, such as Zhang Bu, one of the three heroes of Hongdu. He has no scruples about his life. He can feed himself and the whole family is not hungry. Even if he commits a crime For a heinous crime, it will only cost him one life. If he kills one person, he will lose one of his lives. If he kills ten people and kills a hundred people, he will only lose one of his lives. If he commits an evil act once, he will be sentenced to halve. If he does ten The second worst offender is also sentenced to be cut in half. Doesn't this encourage him to do more evil? Anyway, there is nothing to compensate for, and the rest is earned."
"Zhou Xing, look at me again. I also want to go out and assassinate Shen Xiu like you, and I am willing to sacrifice my own life. But why can't I do this? Because I have a family, because I have parents. , there are brothers and sisters, there are thousands of members of our Wang family in Jinyang. I need to take all of this into consideration. I cannot destroy these thousands of family members who have lived together since childhood because of my personal impulse or personal will. Sent to the butcher's knife."
Wang Tianci talks about these things eloquently, because he actually can't understand why since he was a child. All these are the words that his great-great-grandfather Wang Rong explains to him every day.
"God has sent you to remember that family background is not only necessary, but also must be ranked first among the three. Whether you understand this or not, you must not change it in the future. This is the foundation for maintaining social stability." Wang After one of his questions, Rong finally emphasized this sentence to him.
Zhou Xing opened his mouth. He originally wanted to say that the continuous sitting system is inhumane and should be abolished, but after all, he is not the kind of person who just pursues the opponent who has verbally argued with him. He knows that this is the case in this era. His words could only be swallowed in his stomach. He was just an ordinary otaku, and he suddenly found that he was no match for the system when it came to debating the system with someone like Wang Tianci who had received a good systematic education since childhood. He also wanted to talk about separation of powers, democratic elections, parliamentarians, and congress, but these things suddenly appeared for no reason. After careful investigation, he couldn't tell what he was talking about. , on the contrary, it is very bad.
Thinking like this, as a time traveler, he couldn't help but feel a little angry.
"I, the people who have traveled through time in the future era of great development of science and technology, have more knowledge than you, but you don't know how you can lose even in talking nonsense for thousands of years?"
"Zhang Bu's situation does exist. But it's not just because he and Shen Xiu were suppressed for too long that they accumulated grudges and acted without any scruples." Gu
"How can life be smooth and smooth?" Wang Tianci looked at Zhou Xing and said seriously: "In the past, Taifu Yang said that nine times out of ten, life is not going as you wish. Even among the disciples of the Zhou sect of our aristocratic family, who can act perfectly? According to your own wishes? If you don't say far, let's say my sister Wang Tianyun. Why did she run away from home again and again? If everything goes well at home, how could she run away from home? "
"Let's change our thinking." Seeing that he was gradually falling behind, Zhou Xing decided to avoid the truth and turn to the false. He changed the subject and said: "Look at the shortcomings of the Ninth-Rank Zhongzheng System? It is impossible that in your eyes, the Ninth-Rank Zhongzheng System is It’s perfect.”
"Of course the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System is not perfect." Wang Tianci frowned slightly. He didn't realize that Zhou Xing actually used sophistry, but still said seriously: "It's still like Shen Xiu. In fact, many people have long been attracted by Shen Xiu's personality. You can see clearly. He can only be an official, but cannot hold an important position in the court. This person is mean and ungrateful, forgets evil and forgets good. He must avenge his enemies and not repay his kindness. At the beginning, Langya Kingdom Middle School was originally going to Shen Xiu's character was judged as low-grade. Zhou Xing, you can also be honest. If his character was judged as low-grade, no one would hire him in his life. But Shen Xiu learned the news immediately and ran to Lord Zhongzheng said in his mansion that if he were to be classified as a low-class person today, he would not hesitate to take his own life to avenge today's hatred. Zhongzheng was finally afraid. He was afraid that his descendants would be retaliated by Shen Xiu in the future, and finally designated his character as Lower middle grade. Sometimes people with really good character are suppressed by some bad Zhongzheng. But with real character like Shen Xiu, most Zhongzheng are afraid that people with such character have no bottom line in doing things, and subtle evil is also You want to take revenge and think about yourself, but you don’t dare to judge his character as inferior. As the saying goes, it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. For a long time, the evaluations of those with good character and those with poor character have been almost the same. , this is very bad."
Zhou Xing felt happy when he heard this, thinking that he could finally fight back.
"So, this is a typical rule of man." At this moment, he finally felt like he had some wisdom in his hands, and finally regained some of the time traveler's sense of superiority.
"Governed by humans?" Wang Tianci was indeed a little confused, "Is there any society that doesn't use humans to govern?"
"The country must be governed by law, not by people." Now it was Zhou Xing's turn to talk, "Everything must have a system and everything must have a law."
"But the Jin Dynasty also has detailed "Jin Code"." Wang Tianci was still puzzled.
"This "Jin Code" is different from what I said." Zhou Xing said confidently: "It's still the example you mentioned. Yes, everyone is afraid of offending villains, but no one is afraid of offending gentlemen. When you meet someone like Shen Xiu, whoever you choose to be Zhongzheng will have a headache. If you act impartially, Shen Xiu will definitely retaliate. If you don't act impartially, then why do you want Zhongzheng? Therefore, the human factor must be removed. "
"Then what are you going to do?"
"Examination, unified examination." Zhou Xing said firmly, "The national unified examination selects talents openly, fairly and justly. Everyone is equal before the examination, regardless of their poor family background."
Zhou Xing originally thought that when the other party heard his words, he would be like seeing a new world through clouds, but he never expected that Wang Tianci, who was opposite him, would frown even more.
"At the time of the Great Zhou Dynasty you are talking about, one of my ancestors from the Wang family systematically wrote a proposal to the court. Just as you said, a unified national examination was used to select talents." Wang Tianci said as soon as he opened his mouth. Zhou Xing's expectations were dampened, "But the result of the subsequent court debate was that society would be even worse if this method was used."
"How is it possible?" Zhou Xing was a little anxious. He thought to himself that this was a choice made by future generations for many years and has been proven by history. Do you, the disciples of the Zhou sect, just want to monopolize everything?
Wang Tianci shook his head and said, "Let me ask you a question, what is the purpose of the official positions established in this country?"
This time it was Zhou Xing's turn to be stunned. He thought for a while and then said something he thought was extremely correct: "To better serve the people."
When Wang Tianci heard what he said, he was stunned for a moment, then he clapped his hands and laughed. After a long time, he patted Zhou Xing on the shoulder with a smile on his face and said: "Zhou Xing, what you said is very good. I just said that you are not an ordinary person, you are not the kind of extremely selfish person. Serve the people, This sentence really condenses it very well.”
"Well, this world belongs to the people of the world, and the power of this official position is naturally determined by the people."
"Okay, that's well said." Wang Tianci smiled even more when he heard what he said, "The power of official positions is determined by the people. Then let me ask you a question. You said that you can get an official position through examination, then who decided this official position? ?Who does it serve?”
As soon as Wang Tianci said these words, it was like a bolt of lightning out of thin air, shocking Zhou Xing to the spot.
Could it be that I, the dignified time traveler, was wrong?
Is that kind of system in later generations wrong?
For a moment, he felt that he couldn't accept it no matter what.
Shi Zhong came out of Situ's Mansion and entered the Huainan Prince's Mansion.
Just now in Situ's Mansion, he met Situ Wang Rong very smoothly, but he just let him talk whatever he wanted. Wang Rong's Tai Chi skills as an old fox were flawless, but he said at the end: "Nephew, you can go." Let’s take a look at King Huainan.”
Who is Shi Zhong? He immediately understood the meaning behind Wang Rong's words. He was born with a delicate heart, otherwise his business would not be as big as it is. He knew in his heart that since Wang Rong was willing to receive him, he was actually showing his attitude, otherwise he might not even be able to enter the gate of Situ Mansion.
The deposed prince Huangfu Yu was dead, Empress Jia and King Yuzhang were deposed, and Shi Zhong knew very well that given Shen Xiu's character, Empress Jia and King Yuzhang would definitely die soon. Although it was King Zhao who took the lead in this matter, and although King Zhao was also a member of the royal family, he was still several generations behind him. In terms of closeness, it was not King Zhao's turn to assist the government.
The person most qualified in the world to assist the emperor and the still very young grandson Huangfu Zang is undoubtedly the King of Huainan, Huangfu Yun. This is something that no one in the Jin Dynasty can deny, not even King Zhao and Shen Xiu. Otherwise, King Huainan would have been sent back to his own Huainan Kingdom.
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