Chapter 106: Civil and military affairs have been light since ancient times
Li Jiawen thought that this Lu Zhong was quite interesting, so he asked rhetorically: "In this way, brother, you will try your best to figure out the meaning of any book you read, even if it is the simplest word, you have to think about it carefully?" ā
Lu Zhong said lightly: "That's nature, from the immortals and gods to the clouds and rain, down to the farmers plowing the land and sowing seeds, Xiaosheng will read it carefully, and it will never be like chewing wax like you." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
Li Jiawen admired: "Brother Tai has noble feelings, and I admire him, but there are people in this world, and there are people in the market, you readers will naturally experience the fun between the lines, but the people in the market just want to get by, why do the readers force the people in the market to gnaw on the thousands of bells in the book every day?" The people in the market only live on the thousand bells in the field, not on the thousands of bells in the books. ā
Lu Zhong hugged his fists and said to the sky: "It is precisely because the people in the market only know that they are full and do not know poetry and books, so they need to work harder for our generation, if there is no knowledge left by these books, we are still in the most primitive society, living a life of drinking blood, where will we know how to play the qin, chess, poetry and painting, and where can we get the Tao Feixian?" ā
Li Jiawen nodded and said: "That's true, Brother Tai is reasonable, but this world needs readers, but it also needs market people, if there are no market people, then what do readers who don't farm eat, wear, and live?" Therefore, it is said that scholars are valuable, and market people are also valuable, and they all complement each other. ā
Lu Zhong was speechless for a moment, and then said angrily: "So you mean to say that you are just a market person, so you can see ten lines at a glance?" ā
"At least I'm not a reader with a very high ideological realm like Brother Tai, I read books, if I like it, I will naturally savor the spring, summer, autumn and winter, if I don't like it, just to increase some knowledge, then just remember, there is no need to know why a flower grows, as long as you know what the flower looks like and what the name is."
At this time, Lu Zhong was completely stunned, and actually repeated Li Jiawen's words in his mouth, especially the sentence "You don't have to know why a flower grows, as long as you know what this flower looks like and what its name is", he was born to love everything more truthfully, and pursue perfection in everything, if you want to read, then you must know who wrote this book, what are the author's life stories, what is the mental process of writing this book, if you want to see paintings, you have to try every stroke and every stroke, and experience the hard work and magic, he believes that doing so is a kind of respect for literature.
In fact, like those great Confucians, they are more rigorous about everything like Lu Zhong, and they never want to see anything beyond the rules, so they have a sour Confucianism.
Sour and sour, that is, sometimes even if they do something wrong, they will die and refuse to admit it.
"If everybody thinks like you, how can the world progress? The external material life will only dull your mind, and only the sublimation of inner consciousness can make us truly happy! ā
Li Jiawen wanted to tease this sour scholar, and said with a smile: "You may feel real happiness when you read, but when we read, we only feel suffering and pain, and we only feel happy when we drink wine and eat meat." ā
"Superficial!" Lu Zhong was so angry that he opened the fan on his waist and kept fanning himself with the wind, it seemed that he was really angry: "Drinking wine and eating meat is just physical happiness, and reading poetry and books is spiritual happiness, how can the two be compared?" ā
Li Jiawen said again: "So in that case, most of those soldiers who defended their homes and defended the country on the bloody battlefield were superficial? Because the soldiers are all from the toiling people, they have not read any books, and after killing the enemy, they have to drink wine and eat meat to celebrate in order to relieve the pressure, and their lives must not be as meaningful as your lives, right? ā
Lu Zhong bowed his head and said: "That's nature, what else will these reckless men do except kill people and use force?" Since ancient times, the governance of the country and the country have relied on our literati, if all the dynasties in this world fight each other with literature, not with force, then the world will definitely be peaceful and happy! ā
Civil and military affairs have been light since ancient times, and Li Jiawen can be regarded as having seen it.
Scholars think that they can solve all problems with one mouth, and there is no need to use force at all, and there is indeed no shortage of things in this world that rely on a three-inch tongue to stop the war and retreat from the army, but the change of people's hearts is not completely explained by words, and powerful force is the simplest and most direct way to control people's hearts.
In order to persuade Li Jiawen, Lu Zhong began to quote some ancient stories that have been passed down through the ages, in which those scholars resolved one war after another, how many people were saved from the scourge of war, and how many countries could be passed down for thousands of years without being destroyed.
"War is the most ruthless and terrifying thing in this world, for example, my dynasty is now on the same page as the Fire God Temple, and those generals only think about killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, and then fiefdom thousands of miles, which are all selfish. But once the war breaks out, how many parents will lose their children, how many wives will lose their husbands, and how many children will lose their fathers? ā
"And once the Kingdom of God joins the war, then the war will inevitably break out in the dynasty itself, at that time, it will be really a river of blood and a mountain of bones, our Liuying Dynasty's population of hundreds of billions, a war will lose at least thirty percent, that is tens of billions of lives, you say, isn't this cruel, ruthless, not terrifying?"
At this time, Li Jiawen actually had a feeling that he was about to be persuaded by Lu Zhong, but he came from a war-torn country, and he knew that sometimes it is not that you can be peaceful if you want peace, you don't fight others, but others will take the initiative to beat you.
The literati are the pioneers of the era of peace, and the warriors are the defenders of the era of peace, and the two are indispensable, but the world is so wonderful that both sides feel that what the other does is not as important as their own.
Lu Zhong couldn't stop opening his mouth, and before he knew it, it was dusk, and Li Jiawen was interesting to listen to, but he still had to leave at this time.
"I see that you are willing to listen quietly, and you are also a malleable talent, but you haven't found the direction yet, so it's better to introduce you to my teacher, and you will listen to the class with me in the future, and also get rid of your previous shortcomings, what do you think?"
Lu Zhong's words were very sincere, but Li Jiawen was racing against time, and he would die if he slowed down, so he could only deal with things.
"There is no need to introduce teachers, the next time I have the opportunity to listen to Brother Tai's lectures, anyway, Brother Tai Xuefu Wuchekou is like a river, and it is the same to listen to you. It's not too early at this time, I should also go, I will come to this Tai Academy tomorrow, if my brother is free, then I will meet tomorrow. (To be continued.) )