Even a businessman who has long been regarded by mainstream values as a femme fatale, with low character and mercenary interests, in Xu Lie's view, cannot simply be beaten to death with a stick. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The traditions of merchants and small merchants in the Dragon Kingdom were essentially separated from agriculture, peasants, or craftsmen, and they still retained the simplicity of the laborers, as well as the spirit of integrity. Of course, a businessman must have a profit-seeking side, if a businessman does not pursue profit, then he is not a qualified businessman, but the original time and space demonized the profit-seeking survival needs of businessmen too much, too deeply, and for too long.

This situation is like a vegetarian who can't see others killing and eating meat and shouting cruelty and vulgarity, there is no reason.

Xu Lie, who has been going through almost a year, doesn't dare to say how deep he has a deep understanding of how to govern society, but he still understands a very simple truth. That is the so-called law, morality and other norms, their function is nothing more than two, one is to praise, the other is to punish.

The object of praise and punishment is human behavior, or praise of human nature.

What we want to praise is nothing more than the truth, goodness and beauty in human nature, and the positive energy in life, so as to guide the flow of human society; What should be punished is nothing more than the false, evil and ugly in human nature, and the illegal and criminal acts in life, so as to maintain the overall stability of human society.

And the human nature of businessmen, or the attributes of capital, has positive good existences and negative bad existences. And law and morality are just praising good and punishing evil.

But nothing in human life is absolutely good, nor is there absolute evil.

Absolute goodness only exists in ideals, or only in the kingdom of God, but the problem is that immortals also need human worship and faith, so gods are not without desires; If it is an individual, his actions cannot be absolutely evil, and if a person is only evil, then this person has lost his personality and the right to dialogue with human beings, and such an existence can only be reduced to animals.

Therefore, the kind of thing that ignores its great good function because it has an evil side, and then destroys it, is the "metaphysics" that they themselves criticize; Similarly, the kind of saying that because you have been bullied because you are from a poor background, you think that the red seedlings must be genuine and good, is just a trick of foolishness and deception.

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Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, Liang Qichao came to Mengyin.

Xu Lie did not come forward immediately, but asked Lu Xiang, the director of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in charge of external relations in the Mengyin Special Administrative Region, to receive him first.

However, Liang Qichao was very anxious, and when he saw that he was just a businessman who didn't even have the identity of Xiucai, he was in charge of receiving him, so he immediately started a fire, saying that Mengyin was just a group of bandits, and he didn't even understand the minimum of politeness.

It's just that today's Lu Xiang has learned a lot of concepts that Xu Lie brought from the original time and space, so Lu Xiang had a very good attitude when Liang Qichao was angry on the other side: "Lord Liang, you think your status is very high, but do you know the loss of me receiving you for half a day?" ”

"What loss?" Liang Qichao asked. And as long as Liang Qichao asked, he fell into Lu Xiang's trap.

"In the half day I received you, I could have signed trade contracts with three commercial houses from Jiangnan, and this kind of work of mine can bring 10,000 taels of silver to the Mengyin Special Zone every day; After receiving the income of 10,000 taels of silver, one-third of it will immediately enter the social emergency procedure, and if the living expenses of three cents of silver per person per month are calculated, my half-day work can prevent 10,000 people from starving to death within a month.

Lord Liang, if you delay me for half a day, it means that at least 10,000 people will be hungry for a month, I don't know if Lord Liang thought that how many poor families who have run out of cooking will be killed by your anger? ”

"You...... Nonsense, forceful rhetoric! Liang Qichao naturally does not agree with Lu Xiang's view.

"Lord Liang, I will force my resignation. Then let me ask you again, do you eat every day? ”

"So what?" Liang Qichao's voice was very small, as if he felt that Lu Xiang wanted to "preach" him.

"You just have to eat. Do you know where the food, vegetables, and meat you consume every day come from? ”

"I bought it with money?"

"Okay, so where did you get your money?"

"Sent by the imperial court."

"Where does the money come from?"

Liang Qichao naturally understands the truth of "......", but he knows that he usually thinks too little about this extremely simple common sense problem.

"Therefore, everything we do is inseparable from the people, and the people are our food and clothing! Mencius once said that the people are precious, the monarch is light, and the society is secondary; Tang Taizong also made a comparison, the people are the water, the officials are the boat, and the water can carry the boat and capsize the boat! Lord Liang, you are doing great things, how much do you know about your Qing Dynasty? How many people are in a state of being unclothed and unfed? How many people are displaced in it? How many people sell their children and are bullied every day? While the people are suffering, where are you, the high-ranking rulers? ”

"You're going to rebel!" Liang Qichao suddenly figured out that these people really want to rebel, because this Lu Xiang is full of rebellious words.

"Huh, rebellion? Our Commander Xu can say, just like the Qing Dynasty, there is still a rebellion? Even if we don't oppose it, the Qing court won't be able to hold out for a few days! ”

"You talk nonsense!" Liang Qichao is really anxious, because he has also traveled some places and seen many dissenting people/politicians/opinions, but there has never been a person who has been so straightforward, bold, and heart-wrenching!

"Of course, our Commander Xu also said that Lord Liang is still worried about the country and the people, so he is pushing the Guangxu reform! It's just that Lord Liang's efforts were in vain in the end. ”

"The major affairs of the imperial court are also something that you and other ordinary people and mountain bandits can evaluate?" Liang Qichao finally seized an opportunity to fight back.

"Hehe, sure enough, our commander said it!" Lu Xiang suddenly said inexplicably.

"What do you mean?" Liang Qichao felt a little bad.

"Our commander said that although a person like Lord Liang is worried about the country and the people, he is still the father and son of the monarch and the minister, so as long as someone evaluates the government and politics, Lord Liang will shout loudly! In this regard, our Commander Xu has a question for you, and said, if Lord Liang can't answer, it's better not to talk about this meeting. ”

"What words, you say!" Liang Qichao was a little anxious, he was in a bad mood before, but he was used to playing big names, but after a few words, the little anger in his heart disappeared. And Lu Xiang's words, although there are some blackmail implications, but if Xu Lie doesn't see him, I'm afraid that this mission will be difficult, and if he can't complete the task, how can he be worthy of the emperor's cultivation?

"Our Commander Xu said: You ask Lord Liang, does he know why the great powers are strong, and why our Dragon Kingdom is weak?"