Chapter 168: Meditation is like a bitter contemplation
Li Mi hid under the curtain of the spirit plaque shrine, and listened to Lu Kun explain to the old woman all kinds of things about the Heroes Society, this great Confucian was obviously more in-depth and more secretive than Jiang Bi's investigation!
Li Mi came to Jinling to look for Lu Kun this time, originally to confirm the investigation results of Jiang Bi and Yuan Keli and others, and now Lu Kun talked about his investigation with the old woman, Li Mi finally got the most direct answer that can be said to be the current position.
This group of heroes is extremely large and involves too wide, maybe a certain court member is a member of the group of heroes, or maybe a beggar on the street is their eyeliner.
This organization has developed for hundreds of years and has completely penetrated the entire dynasty, whether it is the princes and nobles or the grassy people, whether it is political and military, or cultural and economic, the heroes will affect all aspects of the entire Ming Dynasty.
According to Lu Kun's statement, famous generals and strategists such as Zhou Yu and Cheng Yu cultivated by the Heroes Association are the backbone of the Heroes Society, and in order to cultivate these people, they have mobilized a lot of resources, almost shaping these people according to historical facts.
It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to cultivate such a person, and it will take more than ten years or even longer.
These people are like living in a dream, and they are completely shaped into another person, and this person is still a person from the Three Kingdoms period, in addition to letting them accept such an identity, it is more about gathering a large number of talents and cultivating their talents in a targeted manner.
They even copied the architecture of the Three Kingdoms period, etc., and established a small kingdom somewhere, which can be called a miniature version of the Three Kingdoms, and key figures like Zhou Yu and Cheng Yu grew up in that small Three Kingdoms.
Therefore, they have really experienced the flavor of the Three Kingdoms period, and they have been exposed to it since childhood, so that they have cultivated such a temperament, which makes them more convinced of their identity.
This practice is tantamount to completely erasing the nature of a baby, treating them as clay to be handled casually, and letting the training team of the Heroes Club follow the mold and pinch out their life and destiny!
Although he already knew this, listening to Lu Kun talk about it again, Li Mi's surprise level didn't have to be much weaker than the old woman.
As the investigation deepened, Li Mi felt more and more difficult, and had to rethink what he wanted to do.
If this problem is thrown to Jiang Bi, Jiang Bi will definitely be categorical, and there is only one purpose, that is, to bring down this organization, tear off their disguise, and expose them to the sun!
However, Li Mi knew that if he wanted to bring down this organization, it was also said that it was more difficult than ascending to the sky, and to use a similar analogy, it was even more difficult than overthrowing the Ming Dynasty!
Because the Ming Dynasty is in the open, everyone can see where the weaknesses of the Ming Dynasty are, but the Heroes Club has infiltrated every corner of the Ming Dynasty like a virus, and they are in the shadows, it is difficult for you to find their weaknesses.
Li Mi is not a person who is afraid of difficulties, but he has not found a reason to bring down this organization at all.
They did not rebel, but led the times to move forward, but their ways were not very bright.
From Lu Kun's account, Li Mi also learned that the Ming Dynasty had several crises, both externally and internally, and the Heroes Association played an active role in stabilizing the situation.
Lu Kun even suspected that during the Northern Expedition of Yingzong, the change of Tumubao, the famous cross talk actor, oh no, ah bah, the famous minister Yu Qian Yu Shaobao, is a member of the Heroes Association.
At the beginning, many people wanted to move the capital, but Yu Shaobao resisted and set up a new monarch, completely cutting off the conspiracy of Yexian, Yu Qian united with hundreds of civil and military officials, under the auspices of the Queen Mother, the king of Yu was promoted as the new monarch, for Emperor Jing, and Yu Qian also became a national hero.
In addition, Lu Kun also suspected that many famous ministers in the history of the Ming Dynasty were actually members of the Heroes Society, although it was a little unbelievable, but Li Mi would rather believe it.
From this, Li Mi also thought that if he had to find a reason to bring down the Heroes Association, he was afraid that it would also be in this matter.
After the Tumubao Incident, Yingzong was captured, Yu Qian wanted to set up a new monarch, but the conservatives chose to negotiate and compromise, and in order to complete the plan, conservative officials such as Zhang Fu, the patriarch of the Four Dynasties, were persecuted.
The Tumubao and Beijing defense battles almost wiped out the 500,000 troops accumulated by Chengzu Zhu Di, and because of the war, the best opportunity to develop the economy was also missed, and even the research of firearms in the Shenji camp was greatly hindered.
After a few years, Yingzong was released, and it didn't take long for him to be restored as emperor with the help of the inner palace and foreign ministers, and in turn killed Yu Qian and other meritorious ministers.
This back and forth and two killings made the vitality of the Ming Dynasty greatly damaged, and it has been in a state of collapse ever since.
Many historians always want to find a node, some people say that the fall of the Ming Dynasty began in Wanli, and some people say that the Ming Dynasty was destroyed in the hands of Wei Zhongxian.
Naturally, there are many people who believe that the change of Tumubao is a node in the Ming Dynasty from prosperity to decline, and since then the Ming Dynasty has begun to go downhill and eventually to extinction.
However, Li Mi found the best backstabber at this time, that is, the Heroes Club!
Since this organization guides the trend of the times, and even secretly manipulates the change of dynasties, then the demise of the Ming Dynasty should be borne by the Heroes Association!
In Li Mi's mind, the Ming Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty with pure Han blood and completely controlled by the Han people, and he didn't want to see the Ming Dynasty perish.
But Li Mi also knows very well that the emperor after Wanli is not as good as one, after Wanli died, it was Zhu Changluo, who died after only 20 days as the emperor, and then he was the carpentry emperor, let Wei Zhongxian control the government and drag the Ming Dynasty into the abyss of destruction, and after the carpentry emperor died, he was the Chongzhen Emperor who hanged himself on the coal mountain.
It can be said that Li Mi is standing on the tail of the youth of the Ming Dynasty, at this time the Ming Dynasty has been in the twilight, if you want to continue the luck of the Ming Dynasty, it is very necessary to bring down the Heroes.
But the problem is that the overthrow of such a behemoth as the Qunying Society may be even greater than the turmoil caused by killing the emperor, and the impact will spread, I am afraid that it will fall and scatter, but it will accelerate the demise of the Ming Dynasty!
And Li Mi has never thought about being a savior, he knows his abilities very well, and his positioning is also very clear, investigating the case is already his limit, and he wants him to be like Zhou Yu, lead troops to suppress bandits, and even participate in the war of aid to Korea and resist Japanese aggression that will break out soon, those are impossible.
The motive for bringing down the Heroes is a bit reluctant, but it can be said to be reasonable, but it is too difficult to bring down, and even if it can be brought down, it will not do any good.
In this way, Li Mi's dislike for the Heroes Society can only come from their unscrupulous style.
But this style of acting is already commonplace in the officialdom, and he is determined to bring down the Heroes Association for this, even regardless of the risk of the Ming Society's extinction, how can Li Mi be so hasty?
In other words, Li Mi couldn't find a reason to bring down the Heroes Club at all.
He wanted to come out to see Lu Kun, but in the end he hid in the curtain, and he didn't climb out until Lu Kun and the old woman left the mourning hall.
He had no reason to bring down the Heroes, and he didn't see the possibility of bringing down this behemoth, the organization was still functioning, like a huge machine that controlled the fate of the world, running at a rapid pace every moment.
Li Mi thought of another possibility.
Since you can't bring it down, and you can't bring it down, can you try to make him change a little bit?
Whether it is Zhou Yu or Cheng Yu, they have not erased him Li Mi, which shows that he has something that the heroes will value, but he still hasn't figured it out.
If you accept the co-optation and enter the internal organization of the Heroes, can you try to change the general direction of the Heroes' Association, so as to save the fate of the Ming Dynasty's inevitable demise?
However, Li Mi quickly denied such an idea, because what the Qunying Society is best at is to change a person's mind, devote himself to it, and talk about changing this organization, and thank God for not letting this organization brainwash.
Thinking of this, Li Mi was already very depressed, he didn't expect to go around in such a big circle and come up with such a result, how could he be excited?
Li Mi didn't go to the old woman again, nor did he look for Lu Kun, even if he knew that they would leave Jinling after dawn, as for whether to go back to his hometown or continue to hide, Li Mi didn't even care a little too much.
A person's change of mind is either a baptism that has been baptized for a long time, or it is stimulated by an unexpected situation.
Li Mi's thinking changed, and he suddenly felt that everything he had done had lost its meaning.
Even if he can investigate some cases, so what, he can't change the fate of this dynasty at all.
If he traveled to the period before the Ming Dynasty, he might not have such worries, because he could not see the demise of the Ming Dynasty in his lifetime.
But now it has reached the middle and late stages of Wanli, that is to say, if the original trajectory of history is followed, unless Li Mi dies unexpectedly, he will not be able to escape the catastrophe of the Ming Dynasty!
Knowing that in the near future, Huanghuang Daming will be sunset, and he will sink, but he can only be a small catcher, because he has solved some trivial cases and is complacent, such a life, for a traverser, what is the meaning?
Because he can clearly play a greater role, even if he Li Mi only knows how to investigate cases, but in the late Ming Dynasty, there were frequent unjust cases, including the three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty that had great influence, such as the Demon Book Case, and the cases involving political struggles were endless!
Shouldn't he Li Mi get involved and play an active role to make some contribution to saving this dynasty? If you blindly dodge, just like many officials dodging the demon book case, and protect your life, won't you be ashamed when you watch the fall of the Ming Dynasty?
Thinking of this, Li Mi trembled slightly!
Yes, he was very depressed and very disappointed, but after thinking about this, he was uplifted again, and his thinking changed radically!
He will still give full play to his strengths, but he must not just be a small catcher, even if he is just a fast catcher, he can't let it go, he must get enough strength to be able to participate in those big cases, those big cases that are related to the fate of the Ming Dynasty!
Maybe he doesn't know how to fight, and he doesn't have any talent for people's livelihood and economy, but in the field of detectives, he has enough self-confidence, even so, he can ignore the war, and he can ignore the economy, but those big cases related to the future of the Ming Dynasty must be decided by him Li Mi, and these cases must not be allowed to become a tool for political struggle, and they must not accelerate the demise of the Ming Dynasty because of the injustice of these cases!
At this moment, Li Mi clenched his fists, he looked out the window, the sky finally dawned, and the golden morning light erupted, as if his soul suddenly opened!