A Dream of Jinling Chapter 371 The Determined One (8)

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"Prepare ......, release!"

"Woohoo...... ......"

In the open space outside the fortress, a round of reincarnation echoed with a similar sound, and after restoring the original order, the black soldiers carried out the orders of the lieutenant officer in an orderly manner. The final sweep is also restored to the trained mode.

Xingyang Daochang, who was watching from the top of the city, frowned and turned around, leaning against the city head with the thief Quanzi and smoking. No matter how bad the mood is, no matter how much you don't like what you see, the mellow and sweet taste of Mozambican tobacco never changes.

"You let me see it, but I don't see it." Xingyang Dao Chang said with circles in his eyes.

"I've been involved in this kind of thing many times before, and it makes no difference whether I see it or not." Thief Quanzi looked at it with a calm expression.

"Are you used to it?" Daoist Xingyang asked with some curiosity, and it could be seen that he also hoped to find some helpful parts in his experience of stealing the spring.

"Who's going to get used to this kind of thing?" Even when he was questioning, he still looked the same as usual when he stole Quanzi's words.

Xingyang Dao Chang held the cigarette roll between his fingers, pointed to the thief spring and asked, "If you are not used to it, how can you look so calm?" ”

"That's not a habit, it's that I'm no longer surprised." When he said this, his face finally showed some helplessness, and his energetic face seemed to be finally shrouded in clouds, "These are the last things I want to remember all these years. ”

"But ......, but you persevered." Xingyang Daoist pondered his choice of words and sentences.

"It's not that I persevered, but I figured it out. Materialism and idealism, the industrialized system and the non-industrialized system are inherently different ways of life. What you like to eat, such as tofu brain, should be sweet or salty. What kind of weather do you like, such as whether it is better to rain or snow in Nanjing in winter? Whether you want to eat beef or pork is a personal question. No one else can control who likes one or the other. When these topics were raised, a bitter expression finally appeared on his face, but his voice was still firm, without any intention of compromising or giving up, "Lifestyles are different from hobbies, and what forces others to accept must be lifestyles." What to eat, what to wear, what to set standards, I don't agree with the ∧⊥∧⊥∧⊥∧⊥ that force others to accept, the MC△om style. ”

After hearing this, Daoist Xingyang did not answer immediately, which was not a simple question. The fact that Thief Quanzi was able to express his position so bluntly shows that he has been thinking about it for a long time and has really established his beliefs. Faith is good, but faith also means absoluteness. Most of the long-term consequences of this absolutism are tragic.

"A materialistic industrial life is not necessarily a life that everyone likes." Daoist Xingyang finally spoke.

"I understand, I understand." Even those who benefit from this way of life have many who hate it. Moreover, in the long run, as materialist industrialized life continues to promote the development of productive forces and promote human progress, sooner or later a more advanced life will replace this kind of life. I understand. ”

Daoist Xingyang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Thief Quanzi to put his vision so far. Unable to think of a way to deal with it for a while, Xingyang Daoist dragged his thoughts back to the present, "In that case, why should the Daoist friend of the Thief Spring be so persistent?" Don't you think it's a kind of compulsion to use such drastic measures? ”

"Xingyang, how can you say such uninformed words?" Thief Springs, asked rhetorically. At this time, the clean-up activity had ended, and without the interference of gunshots, Thief Quanzi felt a lot more stable. As he said before, this kind of scene always brings back very bad memories for him, and it is best to get rid of these memories.

"I want to hear about it." Xingyang was very concerned about the method of stealing the spring, and he didn't even notice the changes around him.

"As you said earlier, religious freedom is a reciprocal thing. The degree of freedom of religion for the people determines the degree of freedom of the state for religion. We and other disciples of the Taoist sect never threaten the believers, let alone force the believers. Although His Majesty dealt a blow to the Daomen's pretending to be ghosts, our Daomen itself did not suffer the slightest blow. Now we are waiting to remove not the people of this place, but the scourge of forcing the people here, and then liberating the people of this place from their forced life. The elimination of injustice itself is the maintenance of justice, and didn't His Majesty send me to wait so that the local people could be comforted more quickly? ”

After listening to the words of the thief spring, Xingyang found that he actually did not have a comprehensive understanding of the thief spring. At first, he just regarded Thief Quanzi as a more radical armed Taoist priest, but now Xingyang feels that Thief Quanzi's logic is very clear, and this is definitely not the words of a madman who wants to build a new world by destroying miè as soon as his brain is hot.

"What is the point of progress and justice?" Xingyang is half emotional, half temptation. If logically speaking, the destruction of the present is for a better future, but can the ending really be so satisfying? Xingyang sometimes doesn't have the confidence it seems.

Zhang Yingchen flicked the cigarette ash and said in a deep voice: "The Tao is the way, not the constant way." The name can be named, not the permanent name. None, the beginning of heaven and earth, there is, the mother of all things. Therefore, there is often no desire, in order to see its wonder. There is always desire, in order to observe it. These two have the same name and different names, and they are the same mysteries. Mysterious and mysterious, the door of all wonders. ”

Of course, Xingyang Taoist knows that this is the first paragraph of the opening paragraph of the Tao Te Ching, which is also considered to be the general outline of the Tao Te Ching, and is the Taoist way of looking at the world. Daomen, also known as Xuanmen, comes from this sentence.

So objective and neutral, so subtle and profound, Xingyang suddenly gave birth to a sense of tranquility in his heart. For Taoists, all worlds are the result of the operation of the Tao, so it is a big mistake to add the subjective will of the individual. Even though he still didn't have a satisfactory answer to the world, the restless feelings in his heart had already dissipated.

Xingyang Taoist also recited in a deep voice: "The world knows that beauty is beauty, and evil is evil; We all know that what is good is good, and what is not good is good. Therefore, there is no symbiosis, difficulty and ease are mutually compatible, long and short are dwarfed, high and low are inclined to each other, sound and sound are harmonious, and the front and back follow each other. It is to do what the saint does not do, and to teach without words. All things are done without resignation. Born without having, for the sake of not worrying, successful and living. Fu Wei Fuju is not going to go. ”

Reciting the crystallization of the wisdom of Lao Tzu two thousand years ago, I have a lot of feelings, and my mood is also free from impetuousness. It was then that he realized that the violent purges had ended, and that the fortress had resumed peaceful work.

"It's over. Let's go. Mahdi outside Khartoum said to the people.

A considerable part of the troops seemed to be in a low mood, they once had 200,000 people, and they once launched a fierce attack on the Chinese. Just a few days ago, the Blue Nile, the White Nile and the confluence of the Nile were once filled with Mahdi's boats, and Khartoum was surrounded by Mahdi's men, and the three cities at the confluence were like fragile eggs that would collapse with a little force. However, after a few days of fighting, it was the Mahdi army that was devastated by the flood outside the city.

"They failed because they weren't religious enough." Lord Mahdi did not waver in the slightest at such a moment, and that sacred atmosphere did not lose the slightest from him. This makes the critique particularly powerful. "These people do not come to manifest the will of Allah, they come to do so. For you believers, defeating the enemy and killing the enemy is the first priority, and the reward after victory is only an adjunct to victory. For Allah has long given some of the worldly promises to sincere believers. For those people, going to war is only a way for them to get the spoils of war, and when there is a possibility of victory in the war, they go to war. When they don't see the possibility of victory, they scatter. ”

When those subordinates heard this, they all showed very agreed expressions. Those who can stay here are faithful believers, and those who fight for Allah can understand the difference between the two. Because the words of Lord Mahdi really point out the facts and the truth.

"Withdraw, let's go back to the north." After that, Lord Mahdi gave the order.

"My lord, do you really want to give those British to the Chinese?" Lord Mahdi's subordinates asked.

"Yes. Give them alive to the Chinese. Mahdi reaffirmed his choice.

"The British will ...... What do you think of us? "Mahdi's men were nervous.

Mahdi looked at the British in the distance, tied by ropes and strung together by long ropes, and then at the tall buildings in Khartoum in the distance, and then said to his subordinates: "The British, like the Chinese, will only respect the victors." We lost to the Chinese, who naturally looked down on us and wanted to eliminate us while we were weak. As long as we destroy the British who attacked us in the coming days, and take land from Egypt, the British will regain respect for us. Seeing that we can defeat the British, the Chinese will respect us again and will again hope that we will attack the British. That's when all the problems can be solved. ”

The generals who stood in front of Mahdi all followed Mahdi to participate in military operations to betray China and surprise attacks on China. Strictly speaking, this military operation is not over at this time, even if Lord Mahdi decides not to fight the Chinese anymore, will the Chinese really choose to let Master Mahdi's troops go? That's a big problem. However, after listening to Lord Mahdi's description of the future, the generals suddenly felt that the problems in front of them no longer made everyone feel difficult, and they no longer made everyone feel at a loss. The future described by Lord Mahdi is the future that is destined to happen.

The gloomy gaze brightened again, and the bewildered expression regained its brilliance. The generals stared at their leader, the Mahdi, the hero of the apocalypse. And Lord Mahdi did not disappoint them, and his sacred voice continued to vibrate the ear drums of the generals, "Once again! This time we failed because we believed in the deception of the ungodly people in the area. We thought they were asking Allah for help after being oppressed by the Chinese, but we didn't expect that these people were trying to take advantage of us after taking a fancy to the wealth of the Chinese. They think about money and don't put Allah first. So this war was lost. When we return to the north, we can no longer be deceived by these people. The clergy in those villages, don't be trusted! The village chiefs who benefited from the Chinese and the British, not to be trusted! We must purify our faith and build the true Kingdom of Allah on earth! Allah Ahu Akbar! ”

"Allah Ahu Akbar! Allah Ahu Akbar! Mahdi's men bowed their heads and reverently praised Allah.

The British, who were in the distance, heard the chants of the core members of the Mahdi Army, and their hearts were greatly disturbed. It can be seen that Mahdi's subordinates have finally made a decision. And will the perfidious Arabs make the decision to kill the British? The British do not dare to make unwarranted optimistic judgments.

Until they were driven by the whip of the Mahdi army to the Chinese positions and approached the Chinese positions. The British finally put their minds at ease. No matter how much the British wanted to kill the Chinese, they still thought that the Chinese were far more civilized than the Mahdi. In the hands of the Mahdi, death will probably come at any time, in the hands of the Chinese, even if it is death, it will always be understood.

With this mentality, the British, who were tied around their waists with a long rope, slowly waited for the verdict of their fate. Until the Chinese barbed wire opened the passage, the lieutenant **** officer led the black soldiers to put the British into the barbed wire position. Most Britons are really relieved. What they are most worried about is not what will happen if they are captured by China. Their biggest fear was that the Chinese refused to ask for the British, and then the Mahdi army drew their scimitars and cut down the British.

Wang Mingshan soon received the news, he did not speak immediately, but touched his bearded chin. The overall damage in the East African administrative region was not large, and there was no wealth here in the first place, only a large amount of alfalfa and cattle. The locals did not regard these as objects that needed to be destroyed, so the alfalfa fields were still green, and the cattle should eat and drink, and they didn't care about the life and death of human beings.

"They gave us the British, isn't that a cruel trick!" Wang Mingshan finally spoke to the people at the meeting.

The commander immediately asked, "Secretary Wang, do you want to let Mahdi go?" They can't be trusted! ”

Wang Mingshan said with a smile: "Mahdi knows that we will not believe him, so he gave us the British, or gave it to us alive." Do you think the British will let Mahdi go after he does this? ”

The commander, of course, knew that as long as the Mahdi was really at war with the British, there would be no reason for China to destroy the Mahdi's power. But to let Mahdi be so free, the commander always felt that it was impossible to pass.

"I'll ask the governor to decide on this matter." Wang Mingshan gave everyone another reason not to mention this matter for the time being. Although everyone thinks that the governor is thousands of miles away, they probably don't understand what is going on in Africa. But since they can hand over the heavy responsibility to others, everyone has chosen a more comfortable option.

As a result, Wang Mingshan's report appeared on Wei Ze's desk on November 11. Standing beside Wei Ze at this time was his son Wei Kun.