Criticism of weapons always prevails over weapons of criticism, but that does not mean that ideas are useless.

While the conspirators and the backbone were discussing the armed uprising, the ideologues of this faction were also in a certain house expounding the rationality and logic of the society they demanded.

In the dim light, dozens of radical young people gathered around a middle-aged man, who expounded all this in a slow, flat, and exuberant tone that did not have that passionate exuberance.

"It was said in ancient books that man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the law of the Tao, and the Tao is the law of nature. What is this nature? ”

"Nature is the foundation of everything, everything is self, everything is natural. What is our natural state of nature like for humans? What is the maintenance of the state of nature? By understanding this, we will be able to know what is the nature of human beings and what is the ideal society. ”

"In the state of nature, there is no private property, all natural resources and land are meaningless, and human labor obtains from natural resources and land what he needs. In this state of nature, there is no contention between people, and naturally there is no state and no rights, and if everyone does not encroach on the labor of others, how can there be disputes? ”

"Hundreds of years ago, Ji Xia recorded such a society in a natural state in the name of sleepwalking in a hundred countries overseas."

"Small nations and widows, so that there are vessels of Shibo and not used, so that the people die heavy and do not move far. Although there is a boat, there is no way to ride; Although there are armor soldiers, there is nothing to show. Make people use the rope again, be willing to eat, beautify their clothes, live in peace, and enjoy their customs. Neighboring countries look at each other, chickens and dogs hear each other, and the people die of old age and do not interact with each other. ”

"There is no government, no rights, no private property, no war, no exploitation, and no law. Such a society is a decentralized society, where everyone participates in labor, everyone enjoys the fruits of labor, everyone does not deprive others of the fruits of their work, everyone gets what he wants from natural resources and land, everything that everyone produces does not participate in exchange, there is no commerce and no mercenary. ”

"Of course, we have to look at all of that with a development perspective. It can't be said that everyone re-knotted the rope at that time, but now we have to knot the rope to remember. From the perspective of today, if we want to destroy all the big machines, isn't it just the time when we are developing back to the time of knotted rope in this situation? ”

"At that time, everyone will have their own land to cultivate, but there will be no more land for their own labor. Each family weaves their own clothes with a spinning wheel without having to exchange them, because everyone has their own spinning wheel, and naturally it is impossible to exchange them. ”

"Although each small village community is close to each other, there is no exchange, no private property, no war, no rule of power, no bondage of law, and no exploitation of machines."

"Nowadays, people are trying to convince many people to build a better future society with various ideas, but if we don't return to the natural state of society, isn't it the opposite? Of course, it is not correct to say that the opposite is true at this time, because the earth is round, but tradition is still used. ”

"It is said in ancient books that husbands and horses, and Lu Ju eat grass and drink water, and if they are happy, they will be neck-to-neck, and if they are angry, they will be separated from each other. Ma knows that this is it! The husband is added to the balance and choke, and the Qi is the monthly question, and Ma Zhijie Ni Yan is the stranquil. ”

"Will the horse, in its natural state, look sideways, stiffen its neck against the yoke, be violent, or spit out the mouth of the mouth treacherously, or stealthily take off the bridle from its head? Isn't it because people forcibly disobey the nature of horses that all these problems arise? ”

"The potter said, 'I am the best at making clay, and I make vessels out of clay, which are round according to compasses, and square to be square.' The carpenter said: 'I am the best at making wood, and I make a vessel of wood that bends to meet the requirements of the hook and arc, and is straight to the ink line.' But is it the nature of clay and wood to want to cater to compasses, angles, hooks, and ink lines? ”

"If things are like this, how can people be worthy? Is it natural human nature to conform to acquired morals, laws, domination, and rights? ”

"Before the advent of morality, law, domination, rights, all kinds of doctrines, all kinds of ideas for creating a better society in the future, people's thoughts and actions in the state of nature were one and the same, free from strife, and in accordance with nature."

"Isn't it ridiculous that we can return to the most natural state, but we want to pursue a better future on the basis of all kinds of unreasonableness?"

"Isn't it the law of nature that we are pursuing a society in which there are small countries and widows, no government, no rights, no laws, no exploitation by big machines, no commercial profits, and everyone works and everyone satisfies themselves?"

Therefore, all doctrines that require people to do something, what they ought to do, and what they should not do are reactionary, all are contrary to the way of heaven, all are contrary to nature, and they can never be attained. And only what we pursue is the natural state that restores the essence of human beings, and is the true law and nature, and the law is not law and law. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, our cause is not only for these poor and poor people, but also for the lost human beings to return to their true nature, and not to be alienated into a slave lost in morality and law, a hired hand in Vanity Fair, or the labor exploited by a big machine."

"Only by returning to the natural state of anarchy, lawlessness, self-sufficiency of all, and without moral prescribing right and wrong, can we truly understand the essence of man! Only then can we understand what the nature of man is for man, the earth, the earth, the sky, the Tao, and the Tao. ”

The radical young man sitting around listened to the plain and great words of the middle-aged gentleman in front of him. This kind of metaphor and storytelling technique often used in ancient books is not as good as those blood-boiling declarations, but it has a power that reaches people's hearts.

Yet radical young people are questioning.

"Sir, as you say, we should oppose all bondage of power, but why do we give so much benefit to the king and the great families this time? We must oppose the workshops, we must oppose commerce, we must oppose the big machines, but we should also oppose those big families and rights. ”

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Coming from the natural state is step-by-step. First there were big families and those laws of rights, and then there were big machines, big workshops and commerce. Therefore, if we want to return to the state of nature, we should take steps to oppose first the big business and big workshops, and then to oppose the rights of the big families and kings. ”

Furthermore, heaven and earth are divided into yin and yang, and all things have contradictions, and we should use these contradictions to achieve our goals step by step. These big merchants, banks, big workshops, and big factories have contradictions with the royal power, the big landed families, and the military families, and we are about to take advantage of this contradiction. ”

"What we are looking for, in fact, is the easiest to achieve overseas. But Chen Jian betrayed us, and the Mexican Party betrayed us, and we had no money, and we couldn't emigrate overseas to achieve a society where anarchic small countries and widows don't get along with each other. ”

"I've been to the Great Wilderness City, is it really as beautiful as many people think? No, Chen Jian and those people in the Mo Party forcibly exchanged the fruits of the labor of the people there with paper money, and then exchanged these labor fruits for silver coins, and exchanged the silver coins for things that were not available in the Great Wilderness City, and then took them back and let the people there buy them with paper money. What a hypocritical bunch? ”

"There are laws and morals, and although they are not the same here, they will never go down the path of returning to the essence of man."

"For us, all we want is for Min County to become that kind of society, and we don't need the idea that the society is inseparable and the closer the connection, the better. So if they want to do something, they have to be the whole country or even the whole world, and we only need a pure land. ”

"This pure land, we can get it in Min County. The king and the big families have no roots here, and of course they will be happy to do so. And isn't it the same for those capitals, workshops, and those who have migrated elsewhere? Don't talk about Min County, they don't even need the state, they don't need land, they just need someone to have money and an alienated society. None of us got in the way, none of us were sorry, we saved tens of thousands of helpless people, and we tried to build a dream city betrayed by Hu Lin, Chen Jian and others, or rather, a dream village. There are no cities, just one self-sufficient village community after another. ”

"At this moment, what we are pursuing is a transitional phase. It may be that in the short term there will still be big factories, councils, cities, and trading businesses, but we can slowly transition to a society that is purely in line with nature. ”

The middle-aged man glanced at the young people around him and said emotionally: "Children, it is impossible for all this to fall from the sky, we can only rely on our hands and even our blood to fight for it. Today is our first step towards a truly human future. We walked at the front, holding our black and red flags. I hope that when I fall, someone will step over my corpse and continue to hold the banner and fight for the beautiful pure natural society we want. ”

After saying all this, the middle-aged man glanced at the pendulum clock on the table, and there was still an hour left before the agreed time.

He didn't say anything more, and the radical young men didn't ask anything more, but silently wrapped the black and red cuff around his arm, sorting out the protractors that had been prepared for the cannon long ago, and checking the various guns and flints that had been secretly prepared.

The middle-aged man also wrapped the black and red cuffs, his hands were very white and tender, and there were no calluses that had been worked all year round, only two thick calluses on the knuckles of the pen. The wrists are thinner than those of those who work all year round, and they may not be able to hold the large-caliber heavy arquebuses of decades ago, but they may be able to use newer flintlock pistols.

In the last 1,800 shakes of the pendulum clock, the middle-aged man broke his pen and burned his book. Since the Tao is natural, then all these teachings are meaningless and go against nature. But now, he wants to do the most unnatural thing for the sake of Taoism and nature—pick up weapons and start disputes.

Only fight, for not fight.