"Master, why did you buy this donkey?" Liu Qingshu pulled the bookcase on his shoulder, pulled the horse and followed quickly, walking side by side with Chen Chen.
"Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, have you heard?" In the early morning, he dragged the little donkey and walked slowly. For some reason, the little donkey was particularly obedient now.
"I've heard of it, but isn't it talking about people?" Liu Qingshu scratched his head and asked curiously.
"Yes, saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, so how come saving a little donkey requires a four-level pagoda? Hahaha..." Ling Chen was talking nonsense and making a little joke, but in the end he was amused. .
"Uh..." The corners of Liu Qingshu's mouth twitched, and he was speechless for the bad taste in the early morning.
"Okay, let's stop making trouble. If you can, save it. It won't be a big loss for the poor monk, but if you can save one life, what's the harm? Right?" Chen Ling smiled. said.
"Master, you are really kind." Liu Qingshu looked at Qing Chen with great admiration upon hearing this.
"Kindness? But the poor monk personally killed dozens of bandits the day he came down the mountain, and none of them left a whole body. So is the poor monk still kind now?" Chen Chen glanced at Liu Qingshu and asked.
"Ah!?" Liu Qingshu was a little dumbfounded. He really couldn't imagine that the fair and clean little monk in front of him would be so cruel. He couldn't even imagine what the scene was like at that time.
"But... Even so, Master, you saved more people, didn't you?" Liu Qingshu thought for a while and replied.
"Now... you see, this is the golden mean of a poor monk. For a good purpose, what's the harm in killing people?" Ling Chen chuckled and asked.
"Master, do you want to say that in order to achieve a good result, you can do whatever it takes?" Liu Qingshu asked with some confusion.
"That can't be said. Everything has a price. No one will be nice to you for no reason, and no one will be bad to you for no reason. So treating you will definitely bring him benefits." Ling Chen thought. Liao Xiang said softly.
"Then, if you need to sacrifice some people to achieve greater benefits, a qualified leader will know how to choose."
Liu Qingshu was a little stunned when he heard this. Is this the reason why I heard in the past that some generals would make their soldiers make seemingly meaningless sacrifices?
"Don't understand?" Chen Chen glanced at Liu Qingshu and asked.
Liu Qingshu came back to his senses. After thinking about it carefully, he nodded to Chen Chen and shook his head again.
But Chen Chen knew what Liu Qingshu was thinking. He understood it, but as an ordinary person, he couldn't fully understand it.
"Well... let's put it this way." Chen Chen rubbed his nose and thought.
"Now, you only have one rope at hand and only one chance, but there are two ropes that are about to break hanging under the cliff in front of you. There is one person hanging on one rope and five people hanging on the other rope."
"And that person is a good man, and those five people went down voluntarily for some ulterior reason, but the crime does not lead to death. So, which side will you hand the rope to?" Ling Chen asked.
What Wen Chen was talking about was a famous train tie rod problem in the previous life. It was a psychological problem, but Wen Chen improved it to make it more suitable for this era.
"This..." Liu Qingshu was dumbfounded. How did he choose? No choice at all?
"Can't answer?" Chen Ling smiled.
Liu Qingshu sighed and nodded honestly. This choice was too torture for him. No matter which side he chose, he would suffer psychological torture.
"Look, this is the difference between you and a leader, you can't make a choice." Chen Chen spread his hands and said.
"Then how will the leader be chosen?" Liu Qingshu asked.
"It's very simple. A qualified leader will not hesitate to give up on that good person, because five people can create more value. If it is a qualified official..." Ling Chen paused deliberately.
"What happens to qualified officials?" Liu Qingshu asked eagerly.
"A qualified official will judge which party will bring him greater benefits. Saving those five people obviously does not bring greater invisible benefits than saving one good person, so qualified officials will not hesitate to save the good person."
"Is it possible for those five people to watch them die!?" Liu Qingshu exclaimed in disbelief.
"Yes, there is only one chance, and those five people went down voluntarily. They are destined to live or die. You can't blame others." Ling Chen looked at Liu Qingshu and smiled cruelly.
Liu Qingshu stopped and swayed a bit. He couldn't help but raise his hands to grab his hair, and fell into a huge inner decision.
He felt that no matter which one he chose, it was the right one, and with his current knowledge, he couldn't fault it at all, but he just felt uncomfortable.
"Not used to it, right?" Ling Chen looked at Liu Qingshu with a smile. Many people will have this state. To put it simply, the ability to empathize is too outstanding. It is not a shortcoming, but it is definitely not an advantage.
If the ability to empathize is too prominent, it will lead to indecisiveness and being too kind. For people like Liu Qingshu who may be involved in officialdom in the future, there will be no disadvantages but no advantages.
"A bit." Liu Qingshu nodded painfully.
"Then you are not suitable to be an official, go home." Chen Chen reached out and patted Liu Qingshu's shoulder and said.
"Why!?" Liu Qingshu was a little in disbelief and didn't understand why he said such things in the early hours of the morning.
"Why? There are too many injustices in the world and there are too many innocent people. Can you save them? Don't be moved by yourself. Even the emperor can't do it, not to mention you." Ling Chen said with feigned disdain.
"I...I..." Liu Qingshu was a little angry, but couldn't say a word, because his reason told him that what he said in the morning was right.
Although Liu Qingshu wanted to refute, he didn't know how to speak. He could only blush with anxiety, but couldn't even say a complete sentence.
"Today someone is screwing you. If you kindly help, more people will come to you tomorrow. Never underestimate the greed of people.
Some officials thought that they only needed a hundred taels of silver to improve their lives, but none of them took the initiative to stop. "Ling Chen looked into the distance and said as if talking to himself.
"The greed of the human heart is never-ending, and it is the same in everything. Good intentions will only do wrong things, and cruelty is the only hard truth."
"But... master, didn't you do good things? Why did you make the students cruel?" Liu Qingshu asked doubtfully.
"A poor monk will never be an official, but what about you?" Ling Chen asked.
Liu Qingshu opened his mouth and lowered his head dejectedly.
Yes, if he is named on the gold list, he will become an official. He will no longer be the poor scholar wandering around now, and there will be many constraints.
"Students have learned a lesson." Liu Qingshu rubbed his face hard and bowed seriously to Chen Chen.
"It's not about being educated or not. Meeting each other is fate. The poor monk just wants you to be a good official and not to die. It's that simple." Ling Chen said softly.
"But...according to your requirements, it is not that easy to be a good official." Liu Qingshu said with a wry smile.
"Haha... If it were easy to be an official, why would you need to take the imperial examination? Can't you just find a few people?" Ling Chen sneered after hearing this.
"Uh...that's what you said." Liu Qingshu smiled awkwardly.
