After meeting Feng Liu, who was known as the number one casual cultivator, Chen Chao was really about to embark on the journey back to the capital of the gods, but this time, he was not alone, and was followed by a monk in black.
Returning to the divine capital from Yingzhou in the northeast of the dynasty can be summed up as heading south. Chen Chao's pace was neither fast nor slow, and he didn't seem to be that eager to return to the divine capital.
The monk in black had an indifferent expression on his face. He was not in a hurry, and what he wanted to see most after leaving Luming Temple was the young guardian envoy. Now that he had the opportunity for the two of them to be alone together, he was looking forward to it.
Today's Daliang, in fact, cannot be said to be today's Daliang, but the Daliang of the past ten years or so. Since the early years of Tianjian, this dynasty has been pinned on one person.
Before, it was the Emperor Liang who, no matter who looked at him, was destined to be as good as any emperor in history. Now he is this young powerful minister who has never been seen in history.
The true destiny of a dynasty and a country depends on one person.
Let’s not talk about the time when Emperor Daliang was here, but now, Chen Chao is actually the most effective person in this dynasty. He has such great authority that there is no second person in the history of the dynasty, but that’s it. Similar things have happened in all dynasties, but in the end, the fate of those people was actually not good.
Either he will be infamy in the annals of history, or he will be cast aside by the people of the country.
The two took a ferry to go south. The ferry was not big and there were not many passengers. Therefore, after setting off from the ferry, the boat boss had been looking sad. This trip would probably be a loss, but if he did not set off, he would have stayed at the ferry. , it is destined to be a blunt knife, and money has to be taken out of the purse every day. It is better to take a gamble and see if more customers can recover the losses at the next ferry.
Chen Chao and the black-clothed monk stood side by side on the bow of the boat, standing in front of the railing, overlooking the river. Rumor has it that immortals once appeared in this large river called Luoxianjiang. They were fluttering in white clothes and walked slowly on the river without relying on anything. Finally, it was changed. It opened the sky and left behind a legend that has been passed down for thousands of years.
In Yingzhou, the worst things are the so-called immortal legends.
However, after seeing the magnificent scenery on the sea, now looking at the river, I always felt that something was missing. Chen Chao rubbed his cheeks blown by the river wind and said with a smile: "If you were born in a small town, you will never leave the small town." If you are in a small town, you will only think that the largest building in the world is probably the county government office, and think that no matter how good the restaurant is, it is similar to the restaurant in the small town. As for the most beautiful girl in the world, even if it is better than The pretty widow in the alley is prettier. Where else can she be better? But after all, there are people in the town who have left and come back. When they bring back the news, they will be half convinced that there is really a prettier widow in the county. With twice the number of girls, the restaurant over there can be built as high as three or four stories? Can the rich people over there have meat for every meal? "
The monk in black smiled and said nothing, waiting for Chen Chao's next words.
Chen Chao thought to himself and said: "If you haven't heard of these things, you can just look at the pretty widow in this life and count the days until it's time for grandma to stew. It's like a frog at the bottom of a well. You haven't heard of anything outside the well." Heaven and Earth, you won’t be itching to think that you should leave the town and go see it. At this time, shouldn’t you feel better that you never knew these things?”
The monk in black thought for a while and said: "Similar to the fact that I have been studying for a long time but could not reach high school. After wasting my whole life, I thought, 'I have never read a book'. Then I will be less melancholy and less miserable in my life." How many times have you gotten drunk?"
Chen Chao narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Master is indeed an eminent monk."
The black-clothed monk said: "There is a record of this matter in the Buddhist scriptures. In Buddhism, although it is not as good as the case of Patriarch Xi Laiyi, it has also triggered heated debates in Buddhism. One group of monks and the guardian envoy thought the same thing. Since in a busy life, you can’t get what you want, then it’s better to have no desires or demands from the beginning. Another group of monks is the opposite, saying that between knowing and getting, there are two words: do. Can do. , If you don’t do it, you won’t know whether you can do it or not.”
Chen Chao asked curiously: "I have always been curious. The so-called meditation and enlightenment of monks every day is to think about the rights and wrongs of these things. But when it comes to right and wrong, apart from the so-called public opinions, these public opinions are reasonable and women are reasonable. If you have too many doubts accumulated in your mind, can you still practice in a down-to-earth manner?"
The black-clothed monk smiled and said: "That's why in Buddhism, there are schools of thought. In fact, the first way to separate is to insist on the understanding of something, and to continue along this path from then on."
Chen Chao said: "The so-called Buddhism, isn't it like something you can only take a scoop of in three thousand miles of weak water?"
"Buddhist practice requires a peaceful mind and a calm mind. If you want to know everything clearly, but it is somewhat impossible, then you are guilty of greed and delusion."
The monk in black looked at Chen Chao and said with a smile: "There is no perfect person in the world, and the truth is not completely correct."
Chen Chao was thoughtful.
The black-clothed monk suddenly smiled and said: "Now that I have mentioned this, actually, the poor monk has always had a question that he wanted to ask the guardian envoy."
Chen Chao looked at the monk in black, smiled and nodded.
The black-clothed monk thought for a while and said: "Now the Governor can be said to be a man of great integrity in the Liang Dynasty. If one day, the decision made by the Governor is opposed by most people, and in fact, on that decision, Right and wrong are the same as what I said before, the public is right and the mother-in-law is right, at least it is not possible to know right and wrong before making a decision, then will the guardian envoy still stick to himself?"
Chen Chao was startled. After thinking about it carefully, he asked softly: "I want to ask first, what do most of them here refer to?"
The monk in black said: "If you mean other people who can speak up and participate in decision-making?"
Chen Chao smiled and said: "That actually doesn't matter, because they are only decision-makers and cannot represent the vast majority of participants."
A large Liang Dynasty, including hundreds of millions of people, are the participants.
The black-clothed monk thought for a while and said: "Let's be more specific. If one day you have to sacrifice a group of people in exchange for the peaceful time of countless people in a large Liang Dynasty, how do you choose the guardian envoy?"
Chen Chao glanced at the monk in black and smiled, "The problem here is that I don't agree with sacrificing this group of people, while 'most' of the rest of the people think it's okay to sacrifice this group of people."
The monk in black nodded.
Chen Chao said: "First of all, this kind of thing may really happen in the future. There are too many people, and there will definitely be a majority of the people who will feel that sacrificing such a part of the people in exchange for peace for everyone can be done, and It’s a very profitable business.”
The monk in black said: "This is how people's hearts are."
"First of all, I don't think these people will be disappointed if they think this way. A person's cognition lies in whether his or her vision is broad, and vision is something that needs to be experienced. It's like people living in a small town. Maybe Since our ancestors have not produced any knowledgeable and knowledgeable people, we cannot say what the family tradition is. In the beginning, their understanding of the world lies in the words and deeds of their parents, so their actions may not make sense in the eyes of you and me. , but they don’t think it themselves. To give a small example, if they take it for granted that they peek at a woman taking a bath at first, they don’t kill people or set fire to them, they just look at them a few times, what does it matter? But what if there are so many of these people? One or two finally walked out of the small town, went to see the bigger world, and went to study and become literate. The teacher began to talk about the so-called gentleman's principles. When they think about this again, they will probably understand that the woman they were peeping at back then Taking a shower is completely unreasonable and even wrong."
"So when faced with the issue of sacrificing a group of people in exchange for peace for the majority of people, these people who nod their heads in approval are actually doing wrong things despite not knowing they are wrong."
Chen Chao smiled and said, "The so-called opposition from most people is not important to me, and I will not consider it."
The monk in black said: "But sacrificing a group of people can indeed allow most people to live in peace. Isn't this a good thing?"
Chen Chao shook his head and said: "Things may be good for the so-called 'most people', but what about the group of people who sacrificed their lives?"
"Most people in power only seek results and do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Even so, in the annals of history, they will even have a good reputation for doing good things for the people. But here, those who are used by him to exchange for others to live a good life Do you really think he is a good person?"
Chen Chao shook his head, "No."
The monk in black frowned and said, "What about the northern border troops?"
Chen Chao said: "Here is another thing I want to say. The soldiers made the choice to come to the north for their own homes, for the country behind them, for a peaceful world, and to no longer have the shame of the past. To put it simply, it was the imperial court recruiting soldiers. During the Liang dynasty, notices were always posted to let the people choose whether to join the army, instead of recruiting strong men from every household."
The monk in black said: "So the key to the problem lies in voluntariness, in deciding life and death by oneself."
Chen Chao said: "But after they voluntarily choose, the imperial court will have half of the world's taxes going to the north, and it will be particularly concerned about the supply of grain and grass supplies."
"You must see everyone's contribution, don't take their contribution for granted, and feel at ease. More importantly, you must not wrong those who have already contributed, let alone give up the lives of these givers in exchange for the peace of others."
This was the reason why Emperor Daliang was so angry when he saw the pension from Xuanling County being withheld when he came south from Mobei.
What makes Emperor Liang so special is that even after he sat on the throne, he never regarded himself as a ruthless emperor. Instead, he viewed the world and acted from an ordinary person's perspective from beginning to end.
There is no second such emperor in history.
There are very few of his comrades in the world, and his own son is not a comrade, so it is difficult for him to like them because he understands that Chen Chao is his comrade.
Only then did he like his nephew so much.
The black-clothed monk sighed with emotion: “It takes so much to say these principles, but it’s even harder to put them into practice.”
Chen Chao nodded and said: "What I did was not very good, but I still want to do it well and keep doing it."
The black-clothed monk was silent for a long time, then he smiled and said: "So the Guardian Envoy is the only one in the world, and only the Guardian Envoy can be this person in the world."
