Chapter 337: Taoism's Conformity to Public Opinion

Zhuangzi's meaning: Taoism manages society, and you don't need to be a leader to dictate, and you are not the smartest person in the world. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, in any dynasty in history, you are not the smartest person in the world. There are more people who are smarter than you, and there are more people who are smarter than you in some way. There are many people who are as smart as you, and there are many people who are a little worse than you. The rest are those who are born with intellectual disabilities, those who are born with disabilities, those who are born with mental problems, and those who are biased.

So! You don't dictate how others should do it, let you run the society, the society must be managed according to your ideas, and so on. Because! Your method only means that it is your method, not that it is correct. There are so many people in the world who are similar to you, people who are smarter than you, and their ideas are all wrong? Are you the smartest?

Taoism manages society, not the wishful thinking of leaders, but! The ordinary aspirations of the masses of the people. Only by conforming to the will of the people can you respond to every call.

Only when the people of Qiyuan think that everyone must know martial arts, and every family must form their own family team, practice formations, and prepare for battle, can you teach the people to practice martial arts and set up formations, and people will be willing to learn. People think that this society is very safe, and they don't need to practice martial arts, and they won't practice martial arts if you kill them.

This is to conform to current events and the will of the people.

Before Dai Daguan had an accident, you let the people of Qiyuan practice martial arts, practice family formations, and so on, and people may not be willing. Everyone is busy making a living, where is the time to practice martial arts. Practicing martial arts is not a good thing, it is very physically exhausting, and you have to eat an extra bowl of rice after practicing martial arts.

And also! People who practice martial arts are the most likely to be competitive and the most likely to get into fights.

And also! People who practice martial arts and are in good health are most likely to be favored by the officials and pull you to serve in the military.

The lacquer garden here is different from other places, and people are reluctant to do military service. Everyone knows that few of those who go to military service come back alive, and military service is tantamount to death. So! The people here in Qiyuan regard military service as a "sale". It is tantamount to selling his son and his son's life. So! The only way for the official to pull people from Qiyuan to become soldiers is to give money. Spend money to buy. How much money I give you, you give me my life!

Here in Qiyuan, parents are unwilling to "sell their children" to serve in the military. And the sons, in order to make their parents, brothers and sisters live a good life, will voluntarily go to "sell their lives" to serve in the military.

So! Every year when it is the season of military service, there will be ghosts and wolves howling here in Qiyuan, and the family will say goodbye to death.

Only with the help of the Dai Daguan incident can the public opinion momentum be created to make the people of Qiyuan feel afraid. Only in this way will the people of Qiyuan consciously practice martial arts.

And also! It is necessary to preach to the poor the idea of self-preservation and rebellion, and tell them to learn to protect themselves. How can I protect myself? That is to learn martial arts and learn all kinds of survival skills. There is also the idea of rebellion, don't go against the grain. We are all human beings, so why should we be inferior? Isn't it? Only by fighting and fighting with one's life can we achieve the final victory.

In a word! Only by conforming to the will of the people can we develop our military strength and develop a powerful military force. It's not: to force someone to do military service, to die for you. To make everyone in military service feel that they are not doing military service for the sake of military service, but! Fighting for yourself, your family, your country. Only in this way can an army be invincible.

How beautiful you design the future, but the reality of life is: the rich are spiritually empty, the poor are struggling to survive, and most people are living under pressure, don't you think this society is a pathological society?

You're successful, you're rich, you're just getting personal spiritual satisfaction, but you're not really getting life. All you get is a pathological life, and history will soon forget you. The epiphany is beautiful, but it is a pity that it is fleeting. In fact! In our lives, there are beautiful scenes everywhere, just! In a sick society, we don't feel it with our hearts.

The development of military strength is a good aspiration and is foreseeable in the future. But! Wishes are wishes after all, and when put into practice, there will certainly be many unexpected difficulties and problems.

Zhuangzi thinks! The development of military power here in the lacquer garden is to be developed, but! It wasn't that he developed it personally. As the inheritor of Taoist doctrine, preaching is his life, not everything has to be done by him. For some things, many things, all Taoists can do.

Including the lacquer garden here as a Taoist base, Taoist dojo. But it doesn't have to be his Zhuangzi's dojo, it can also be someone else's dojo. Anyway! It is a Taoist dojo.

Furthermore! If you want to dominate the world, it is not enough to develop the military strength here in Qiyuan, nor is it enough to develop the military strength of the entire Song Kingdom.

Qiyuan is a small place, with only about 10,000 troops. And! This 10,000 troops is the military power that can't bring out the paint garden.

Similarly! Even if you control the military power of the Song Kingdom, what can you do? The Song State is also only a small country, and among the seven major vassal states, the Song State is not ranked. If you stand up any of the seven major vassal states, you can destroy your Song Kingdom. If you unite with other vassal states to fight against you, it will be easier to destroy you.

So! Even if you control the military power of the Song Kingdom, what can you do?

Furthermore! Even if you control the military power of the Song State, you will not be able to take the military power of the Song State out of the Song State. Taoism rules the world, protects the family and defends the country, and the reason why the military strength of Taoism is strong is because they fight for themselves, for their families, and for their country. Instead of! For aggression.

So! If you want to spread Taoism all over the world, you must have dojos everywhere in the Great Zhou world. Not only in the Song Kingdom, but also in other princes' countries. Only in this way, can it bloom everywhere and 'spark can start a prairie fire'.

And if you fantasize about the place of Qiyuan, with the Song Kingdom, there is the idea of the world, then! I couldn't be more wrong.

"Oh! I get it! ”

After listening to Zhuangzi's explanation, the money shopkeeper suddenly realized.

"Qiyuan, the Taoist dojo, is needed! But! It doesn't have to be my Zhuang Zhou's dojo. As long as it is a Taoist dojo, it is enough. I, Zhuang Zhou, can come to the lacquer garden to preach and help manage the lacquer garden. But! My Zhuang Zhou does not belong to the place of Qiyuan, my Zhuang Zhou belongs to the world! I will go wherever I am needed. Maybe? In the country of Qi! I can also build a dojo. Maybe! The Jixia School Palace is my dojo.

Furthermore! The lacquer garden alone is too small and weak. It is more necessary for me to find and find support points and new supporters on the periphery. Only by developing more Taoists and joining our team will our team grow even stronger......"