"Alright, don't look at me with such a bitter and vengeful expression, as if I had done something heinous. Let's get back to business, on the question of who is more important, Wenchen or Wuchen, I would like to ask you, since you all think that Wenchen is more important, then why is it that in all the cities of our Daqian Dynasty, Wu Xiu is the city lord? And the city guard, who is the head of the civil servants in the city, can only be ranked second? Must be controlled by the lord of the city? ”

Xia Fan waved his hand towards Yang Liu, and then led the topic to the point of contention.

"Humph! Even if the lord of the castle is the nominal supreme governor of a city, even the lord of the castle must completely respect the opinions of the castle keeper when it comes to government affairs! This is also true in every inch of the dynasty's territory. What we are discussing is not who has a higher status, but who is more important to the country, please don't change the concept! ”

Zhao Mingyuan snorted coldly and said.

"It is true that the lord of the castle should maintain respect for the opinion of the castle guard, but this respect is not because the castle lord himself has no right to interfere with the opinion of the castle guard, but because the lord of the castle has such a right but rarely exercises it, which are two completely different concepts."

Xia Fan shook his head and continued with a smile: "The reason why I say you are naïve is because you have always put things in a high position in government affairs. In fact, no matter how well any government affairs are handled, all that is involved is the quality of the people's lives. But for the whole country, the impact of the people is actually completely negligible. ”

Speaking of which, looking at Zhao Mingyuan's sarcastic expression, it seemed that he couldn't help but open his mouth to refute, but Xia Fan directly waved his hand to stop it.

"Let me finish, I don't like to be interrupted. If you are familiar with the books that deal with the history of the development of the Outlands, you will find a very interesting phenomenon. That is to say, the collapse of all the countries that have appeared in the four major regions of the southeast, the northwest, and then disappeared in the long river of history is never caused by the rebellion of the people at home, but because all countries are devoured by other countries. ”

Xia Fan said as he noticed Chen Zirong's reaction with the corner of his eye.

found that Chen Zirong was always sitting cross-legged on the ground comfortably, and there was no change in his heart from his expression.

"If you really believe that water can carry a boat and sink a boat, then I can only despair at your ignorance. What is the essence of the state? It is the domination and exploitation of the weak by the strong, and the captivity of the majority of the mediocre class formed by the minority elite in order to be able to plunder more resources. ”

"In this essence, the role of the civil servants is nothing more than to stabilize the entire process of rule, so as not to make too many mediocre classes resentful because of exploitation, and a few excellent civil servants can also make those mediocre classes grateful to the ruling class, but after all, it is limited to this."

"But the military ministers are different, the rulers will never think that the benefits brought by their current rule can meet their needs, and the ** of people is endless. So what do you need to do to get more benefits? Naturally, it is to plunder the interests of other ruling strata! Throughout the history of the development of the four outer regions over countless years, it is actually a history of wars in a variety of ways, peace is always relative, and only war is eternal. ”

When Xia Fan said this, Zhao Mingyuan and the others had already shown thoughtful expressions, and even the anger on Yang Liu's face had subsided a little.

Of course, she knew that for the dynasty, the role of Wuchen was far greater than that of Wenchen, but she really didn't think in such detail as Xia Fan, and she never considered the relevant issues from such an angle.

So what Xia Fan said made her feel quite novel.

So if you look at it essentially, you should come to a very obvious conclusion. That is, for a country, Wenchen can only make exploitation more efficient and maximize the benefits that can be obtained at present, but fundamentally speaking, only military generals can expand the overall scale of benefits. If you were the head of a nation, what would you pay more attention to? ”

"Today's emperor can be called a hero, he has always treated Wenchen well, advocating vertical governance, and almost never interferes in any government affairs, but he has always firmly controlled the military power in his hands, and no one is allowed to get involved in the slightest, why is this so? It is because only the army can shake his rule over the country! Can't you understand such an obvious point? ”

Xia Fan's gaze swept over everyone's faces.

Those people, including Yang Liu and Zhao Mingyuan, all showed thoughtful expressions, only Liu Dongyang's eyes were still full of resentment, and he couldn't listen to what Xia Fan said.

Looking at the change in everyone's expressions, Xia Fan continued: "I don't need to discuss with you the issue of the border between the Great Qian Dynasty and the Seven Kingdoms, and I don't need you to know how many large and small wars the Great Qian Dynasty needs to have with the seven bordering countries every year, and I don't need you to know how many soldiers and soldiers will die in those large and small wars every year among the seven million border troops of the Dynasty." ”

"But you should at least have a correct understanding of the country, the people can be ignorant, because the ruling class needs the people to be ignorant, but if even all the scholars are as ignorant as the people, then I can only say that the end of the Wenchen ...... Maybe it's really not far off. Okay, I've wasted enough time here, so I'll take my leave. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Fan once again owed to Chen Zirong, then turned around directly and walked away, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

It wasn't until Xia Fan couldn't see Xia Fan's figure at all that the people led by Yang Liu and Zhao Mingyuan came back to their senses, and then they all turned their heads to look at Chen Zirong.

Xia Fan's words made them a little speechless for a while, although they didn't say anything on the surface, they actually agreed with Xia Fan's point of view in their hearts.

But in their thoughts, such a view is undoubtedly a great disrespect to Chen Zirong, so these people instinctively want to see how Chen Zirong will react.

Liu Dongyang began to be a little unable to control his excitement, just waiting for Chen Zirong to be angry, he would echo Chen Zirong as soon as possible, and try his best to reverse the negative impact of his previous clumsy performance.

However, to everyone's surprise, Chen Zirong still looked calm and breezy, and he didn't seem to have the slightest change in mood because of Xia Fan's words.

"What are you looking at me for? Want to use my reactions to determine what kind of attitude I should express? Xia Fan is right, after the tea party has been held so many times, it really seems to be more and more like a waste of time. However, I am quite satisfied with today's tea party, at least it proves that the rumors are really not credible. I didn't expect that the number one gentleman in Qingyang City was so wonderful. Interesting...... Interesting. “

Chen Zirong drank all the tea in his cup, then stood up, waved his hand to everyone in the audience, and said, "Today's tea party is over, you all go back." The old man is tired and has to rest. “

After speaking, Chen Zirong ignored the people in the venue and walked directly towards the room in the backyard.

The old servant stepped forward and made a gesture to everyone to see off the guests......

Everyone was dumbfounded on the spot, never expecting such a result in the end.

Look at Chen Zirong's attitude...... He didn't get angry at all because of Xia Fan's words? Not only did it not seem to be angry...... On the contrary, I still appreciate Xia Fan very much?!

This...... What a joke!

How so?!