Both Zhang Xing and Qin Bao were close to the Great Consummation of the True Meridian. Killing a general bannerman or a yamen team leader would no longer need to hide and kill people. However, they were still cautious. They changed their clothes and touched the place to find out the situation. He waited until midnight and entered the bedroom with his face covered. Then he pretended to be a robber, tied up and gagged the woman, and then took away the gold and silver.
Finally, he took the man out, killed him with a knife, and threw him into the courtyard. He did not forget to write the usual inscription... But Zhang Xing changed his name again, called Black and White Shuangsha, and specially inscribed it under the eaves... I don’t know who the two were. Who is black and who is white?
After killing two people and collecting gold and silver, they then moved overnight and took advantage of the rain to deliver the gold and silver to Tongtuofang. The family who was forced to death put more gold and silver, and the rest were scattered a lot, even some of them. The gold and silver were broken into pieces and thrown onto the streets.
After finishing all this work, it was already the fourth watch. The two of them returned home. The rain stopped and the stars shone brightly for a while. I don’t know what happened to Qin Bao. Zhang Xing killed the general flag among them, and there was a vague feeling of true energy. Instead, he no longer felt tired, so he accompanied Qin Erlang to add fodder to the two horses and one mule in the backyard, then went to the kitchen to get two bottles of wine, and then sat together on the south wall of Chengfu Fang.
At this time, it was still dark, but Luoshui to the south of Chengfufang was open all night long, and even Chengfumen Square to the west of Chengfufang was still crowded with people.
That's right, no matter it's raining or thundering, mid-winter or early summer, there are always 10,000 official servants and official slaves working day and night on the Tower of Babel.
Naturally, the small square on the pier outside Chengfu Gate was open day and night... It lasted for more than half a year, and everyone was used to it.
"Are you feeling a little better?" Sitting on the high wall, Zhang Xing looked at Qin Bao who started to drink heavily, half-smiling but not smiling.
"I feel good, but I'm a little uneasy... It's not uneasy, I'm a little confused..." Qin Bao took a sip of wine and answered sincerely, his face seemed to have lost the embarrassment and sickness before. "I don't know how it happened. I have killed people with my third brother before, but I would never have such strange thoughts."
"About the environment." Zhang Xing took a sip and spoke sincerely while looking at the misty Luoshui in the morning. "You were born in the Eastern Territory, where the people were fierce. The idea of getting ahead and becoming an official was just a thought, and it was utilitarian, so in your heart you still cut off any injustice on the road without any entanglement. But you came to the Eastern Capital and became an official. In fact, it was all smooth sailing, so I gradually integrated into the officialdom, started to follow the rules in everything, and started to think more about it...Today's matter, that is, to discuss the matter, those two people deserve to be killed, so I still give priority to having fun. If it were other illegal things, you might not be willing to come out with me."
"But third brother, is it good or bad to follow the rules?" Qin Bao paused for a moment and asked seriously.
"See if you recognize this rule..." Zhang Xing still answered calmly. "If you think this rule is generally good and right, then continue to follow this rule. There is no need to resist. But if you experience something and feel that this rule is false or wrong, it is If it doesn’t work, then why keep it? Just like today’s incident,”
"But..." Qin Bao obviously hesitated. "Why are rules fake and bad? Since rules are rules, don't everyone recognize them? Even if I think it's not good, can I still say it's fake?"
"Of course you can't say it's fake or bad just because someone thinks it's bad." Zhang Xing finally laughed. "But there are indeed some rules that are fake, inappropriate, and bad...and if you want to answer this question, you have to ask first, what are the rules for?"
Qin Bao was at a loss for a moment, not that he didn't understand it at all, but that he vaguely understood it in his heart, but didn't know how to express it.
"It's to take care of the interests of the greatest number of people." Zhang Xing answered immediately upon seeing this. "Let everyone gain the greatest benefit overall, so that everyone can gain the greatest benefit on average... Therefore, in ancient times, the virtuous kings rebelled against the world and came to a place to make a three-chapter law. Those who kill will die, and those who hurt others and those who steal will be punished. This It is the simplest and most appropriate rule that can save everyone from casualties and financial losses, and it is also a universal rule that can immediately win people's hearts."
"Yes." Qin Bao nodded sincerely. "That's how it should be."
"Don't kill people, don't steal, don't bully the weak. Then it develops into helping the weak and helping those in need. When it develops to the point where hurting a pregnant woman is punishable by one level, and when a son hurts his father, he is punished by one level. These are the most basic rules and regulations. The evolution. However, as the number of rules gradually increases, there will be situations where the rules will fight, and there will be situations where the rules are ineffective..." Zhang Xing said with a smile. "The most important thing is that it is people who control the rules. People's hearts can be good or bad... Once people's hearts become bad, you will not use this rule when it is time to use it, but you will use that rule instead. You have nothing to do with it." There’s a way.”
Qin Baoruo suddenly understood.
"Besides that." Zhang Xing smiled half-heartedly. "When evil-minded people become stronger, their status rises, and they reach the point where they can set rules, what if they deliberately set up bad rules to bully others for their own personal gain? This is a fake rule. Although it is an obvious rule, it is obviously a fake rule."
Qin Bao looked at the officials and servants vaguely visible in front of him and hesitated to speak.
"You really don't have to worry about it. I only want to say one thing. Do these two people today deserve to be killed according to the most fundamental rules?" Zhang Xing also took a sip of wine.
"It should be killed after all!" Qin Bao said firmly.
"That's right, but why do we break the rules and kill people?"
"because……"
"Because the original rules have been suppressed by the new rules and have no effect, and the new rules are bad, wrong, and fake." Zhang Xingshu said with a smile. "According to the original basic rules, these two people should have been arrested and punished long ago. It's like you said before that someone should take care of the extortion... But in fact, there wasn't... so the two of us broke the rules. , follow the basic rules as a private law enforcer, and pronounce the punishment in private."
Qin Bao breathed out completely: "Yes... according to the rules, they should have been sent to prison, killed and punished, but no one cared about them; and we seemed to have broken the rules, but we were actually enforcing the right The rules!”
"You see, it's that simple." As he spoke, Zhang Xing raised the wine bottle and bumped it with the other person in mid-air, and then the two of them drank a big gulp of wine each.
"Third brother."
"Um?"
"How do you distinguish between real rules and fake rules?" Qin Bao asked seriously.
"Are you confused?" Zhang Xing was speechless. "Didn't I just say that? Just return to the original intention of setting rules... As the saying goes, everything must have a beginning, never forget the original intention, that's about it... It's just that this original intention is not only the original intention of doing things here, but also the rules for the entire world. original intention.”
"I know this truth, but I'm stupid and can't explain things and principles as smoothly as Third Brother." Qin Bao responded sincerely. "Please third brother teach me."
"Then let me try?"
"Um."
"That's it... first let's see if this rule can protect the overall benefit of everyone in the world..."
"nature."
"Then let's see if it can help improve the overall benefits for people in the world, such as allowing more food to be harvested in the world, allowing more people to have enough to eat, and allowing more people to study, practice, and be free. Appreciating calligraphy and painting, you can control the flow of energy... I actually don't understand this well, but you should understand."
"I understand, I understand."
"Finally, among the people in the world, sometimes the interests are in conflict. You have more and I have less. At this time, we need to go one step further to ensure that this rule protects the interests of the largest group among the people in the world. effect."
Zhang Xing paused for a moment to think about what he wanted to say and spoke casually. This was also the basic general education he had received since childhood, the kind that was ingrained in his bones.
But perhaps because of the existence of a model like the Supreme, plus his background experience, the talented Qin Bao was unexpectedly very accepting.
"Is there more?" Qin Bao thought about it again and again, and couldn't wait to ask again.
"Yes, but I'll do it for a while..." Zhang Xing spread his hands and continued to drink in a leisurely manner. "Actually, if you think about the Supremes, you will know whether they became Supremes just because they did things according to this."
"It's true." Qin Bao sat on the wall of the square and thought seriously. "So, in addition to rules, how can we use this to judge whether things are good or bad?"
"Really?" Zhang Xing answered casually.
"How to measure this specifically? For example, the Great Golden Pillar of Xiu Tianshu is said to redefine the center of heaven and earth, and the conquest of Dongyi is also for the unification of the world... It seems to meet some of the three items, especially the unification of the world, and there will be no need for it in the future. The pain of conquest is the best anywhere to count, but why...why do we in the East always find this to be unspeakably painful?" Qin Bao asked sincerely.
"This is the crux of the problem, as I said before." Zhang Xing was surprised by the other party's quick response, but he was helpless. “A thing and a rule may seem good, but the person who implements it must also be well-intentioned, and have vision and ability... If this happens too often, it will be easy for good things to turn into bad things, and for rules to change from true to false… Why did you come back again?"
"Yes, yes...you drank too much, third brother, don't be offended." Qin Bao nodded repeatedly, and then finally couldn't hold it back. "Then third brother...is Mr. Zhang Han a bad person?"
"He's just a bad person." Zhang Xing responded calmly. "Did you realize it today? He did all these things for the sake of promotion and wealth for his family. He had no other considerations at all...otherwise, why would the other princes be against the rush to build the big golden pillar?"
Qin Bao nodded and asked again: "What about the saint?"
"He is also a bad saint. He consumes the world for his own selfishness." Zhang Xing remained calm. "I thought you already knew."
Qin Bao was silent for a while, and then slowly said again: "But the saint and the Wei..."
"I know what you mean. There is no way for a saint to inherit the Wei Dynasty according to the most appropriate rules at present. But if he is a bad saint, can the Wei Dynasty become better?" Zhang Xing blurted out. "Of course it's possible... Now it's up to Nanya, the three provinces and six departments, and the great masters from all over the place to correct the mistakes... But Nanya just lost, it was a complete loss, and only one of the great masters won. Even if Cheng comes forward, he will lose."
"No wonder Chang Jian was so disappointed after Nanya lost that day." Qin Bao sighed. "They should have won."
"They should have won..." Zhang Xing suddenly stood up on the wall of the square, looking at the majestic Ziwei Palace to the west and sighed. "Erlang, do you think that a saint should have great talents and strategists, and that Nanya should be a gathering of elites who pray for the people? As everyone knows, meat-eaters are despicable. There may not be one or two people here who are more conscientious than you; who are clearer and wiser than you. It’s appropriate, and there may not be only one or two people who know the rules of weighing.”
"Isn't that true?" Qin Bao, who was sitting below, finally felt that his third brother's words were a bit ridiculous. "That's the case in Nanya... Even Mr. Zhang Han has been serving as a local minister for decades. He is so smart that it's hard to say... How can I compare?"
"That's cleverness, not Qingming." Zhang Xing stood on the wall, looking down from a high position. "They may all be smarter than us, but their lowest backgrounds are from second- and third-rate families in Jiangdong. Do they know the hardships of farming? Have they ever seen the farmers from Jiangdong and the East Territory in their eyes? When weighing the rules, have they ever seen Have you thought about these people at all? But you have experienced it and thought about it, so some rules are appropriate and tolerable in their eyes, but they are wrong and intolerable in the eyes of you and me."
Qin Bao raised his head and looked at the other person blankly without saying a word.
"Moreover, the way they weigh is different from what we just said." Zhang Xing continued. "For example, Zhongcheng, he only cares about the continuation of the Wei Dynasty, so he cares about the local power, the clan, Dongyi, the reconstruction of the army, and the talents in Jing'an Terrace... These people are very important to him. He can even care about the farmers who provide food and cloth, because the farmers may rebel...but he will never care about the merchants this time. What are merchants like to him? All merchants in Dongdu have hanged themselves. Will the Wei Dynasty be stable for a long time? Do merchants still dare to rebel? But we two actually care."
"But if everyone has different opinions, how can we determine whose opinion and weighing method are correct?" Qin Bao asked with difficulty.
"Then let's try it." Zhang Xing threw down the empty wine bottle and looked at the other party blankly. "Practice is the only benchmark for testing methods... But sometimes, trying a method may lead to death or injury... At this time, people are often forced to try it."
With that said, Zhang Xing ignored Qin Erlang who was dazed on the wall, jumped down from the wall and headed towards his home.
But just after walking a few dozen steps, I realized that the other party was not following me, so I turned around to look. Unexpectedly, as soon as I turned around, I heard a long roar from the top of the wall, and the true energy surged for a while, like ripples on the Luo River. Rolling around the surroundings, probably because of the special nature of the true energy, some metal objects actually had a faint sparkle.
Even Zhang Xing's hair was a little tangled, and he was so shocked that he didn't know what happened for a long time.
After the roar, the surrounding residents within the square wall had already been alarmed, with shouts of curses, inquiries, and children crying one after another.
Qin Bao, who had gotten into trouble, jumped down and hurriedly grabbed Zhang Xing and ran away. The latter hurriedly followed. The two of them used their energy and ran to the door of the house in one breath. They turned over and came in, taking a breath.
"Third brother, I was really sorry just now." When he got here, Qin Bao felt embarrassed. "What I heard from Third Brother is absolutely right. I just feel that since I want to give it a try, I should let people like Third Brother take me, Chang Jian, Li Silang and others to go to Nanya and give it a try. In this way, the world will be better." To be able to securely... With a single thought, the true energy surges, and with a long roar, it directly breaks the last main channel, but in the end it disturbs the neighbors."
Zhang Xing was dumbfounded and had mixed emotions - he was still the second to last member of Fulongwei in the end.
ps: Good night...waiting for the arrival of my loyal desktop case...
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