Chapter 64: Where the King Comes

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Pang Ji also raised his glass and was about to drink it, when he suddenly thought of something and put it down again.

"What's wrong?" Le Song asked him.

Pang Ji straightened up, sat upright, and asked sincerely: "What do you think of today's official family?"

Le Song asked rhetorically: "What about you? What do you think?"

Pang Ji subconsciously changed the expression of the court and said, "The official family is naturally wise. ”

Le Song smiled silently.

"What are you laughing at?"

"If you really think that the official family is wise and powerful, why do you have to ask me for my opinion?"

Hearing this, Pang Ji shook his head, drank all the cup of tea, and sighed: "I do have a lot of complaints. ”

Le Song filled the teacup for Pang Ji, thought about it, and said indifferently: "The official family has done their best and done their best. ”

Pang Ji snorted coldly and said, "As a teacher, I won't accuse you, so why bother with me?"

Le Song asked: "Shaobao, how did the kings of the past dynasties become kings?"

He asked so casually, as if he was asking Pang Ji where he was going to spend time after eating.

……

Night.

It was as thick as the night with several layers of ink.

Fragments of starlight broke through the night and peeked out.

The night damp permeates and spreads in the air.

Clear, clear.

"Labor,"

Pang Ji handed over the question that Le Song asked him at that time to Yao Hongyi: "How did the kings of the past dynasties become kings?"

Yao Hongyi thought for a moment and replied without hesitation: "The destiny of heaven returns." ”

Pang Ji shook his head, paused, thought about it, and still shook his head, with an indescribable wry smile on the corner of his mouth.

Is this a tacit understanding between master and apprentice?

Back then, he also replied to Le Song like this, which was exactly the four words "destiny of heaven".

"It's not destiny, why is that?"

Yao Hongyi asked Pang Jidao, just like Pang asked Lesong back then.

"Kings are either made up of nobles or by the people. ”

Pang Ji said almost word by word.

He always remembered these words clearly. Now that he said it, there was not a trace of omission, as if Le Song was standing behind him, and when he said a word, he followed suit.

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"When the nobles felt that they could not compete with the people, they exalted the prestige of one of them and made him king, so that they could rely on him to fulfill the wishes of the nobles. ”

Le Song said unhurriedly.

Pang Ji chewed these words carefully, and his heart sank.

He muttered: "Those kings of Zhongxing, the kings of success, and even the kings of the dead country are all like this. ”

On the other hand, when the people felt that they could not compete with the nobles, they also exalted the prestige of one of them, and elected him as the monarch, so that they could defend themselves by virtue of his power. ”

Pang Ji pondered for a moment and said: "Since Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, the founding kings of the past dynasties have mostly taken this road. ”

Le Song nodded, took a piece of eight-treasure duck, chewed it slowly, and then said: "The throne of the official family is obtained by relying on the support of relatives and families, and it is not surprising that it is hindered by them. ”

Pang Ji was deep in thought.

Le Song ignored his silence and asked with a smile: "Shaobao, which kind of king do you think is better?"

Pang Ji came back to his senses and replied to him: "It should be easier to rely on nobles. ”

Le Song shook his head: "No, no." It is more difficult for a person to maintain his rule by relying on the nobility for royal power than relying on the common people for royal power. ”

"Why?"

"If the people are disgruntled, the king's rule will not last, because the people are always in the majority, and the king can deal with them calmly by appointing or deposing the nobles, who are few in number. ”

"Hmmm......"

"If the monarch is fair and impartial, he cannot satisfy the desires of the nobles, but he can satisfy the people, because the wishes of the people are more upright than those of the nobles. The common people simply wanted not to be oppressed, while the nobility wanted to be oppressed. ”

Pang Ji praised: "This is true. ”

Le Song said again: "The official family happened to do the opposite. ”

"The other way around?"

"Hmm. ”

Le Song nodded and said, "He should have been fierce to the nobles, but benevolent to the people, but now he has reversed. ”

Pang Ji listened, and suddenly felt that his shoulders were a little cold, and when he touched it gently, he was sweating.

I can't tell myself, it's because I'm afraid?

Or maybe it's because of excitement.

There was nothing wrong with listening to such a rebellious remark, but it seemed like a good word.

Suddenly, he heard Le Song continue, and his indifferent voice seemed to have the power to enchant people.

"The nobility is with the king, so he should be feared. Because the world is ungrateful, disobedient, hypocritical, and profit-seeking. The world is often more brazen in offending the beloved than offending the fearful, because love is sustained by kindness and righteousness, but human nature is evil. When faced with the choice between benefit and righteousness, the vast majority of people will abandon kindness and righteousness first. However, they are apprehensive because of the fear of punishment. ”

Listening to this specious point of view, Pang Ji was more confused than enlightened and suddenly enlightened.

"Human nature is inherently evil?"

He asked, blankly.

"Huh. ”

Le Song sneered, leaned in front of Pang Ji's eyes, and said softly: "The worst thing about the official family is that in addition to the relatives and nobles with ill intentions, there are mediocre ministers like you. ”

"You!"

Pang Ji was slightly stunned, and he didn't understand why he had a thin word at this moment.

Le Song laughed loudly, and in the laughter, there was undisguised mockery.

After a while, Fang stopped laughing and said awe-inspiringly: "You people are learning from Confucian sages and talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but deep down, you actually believe in the inherent evil of human nature. ”

"I ......" Pang Ji was speechless for a while.

Le Song stared at him, and there was a bright light in his eyes that Pang Ji had never seen in his eyes.

It's madness, it's arrogance.

It's arrogance.

He said, "Shaobao, I want to write a book." ”

"What book?"

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