Chapter Ninety-Five: The Orator (I)
Shi Bufan successfully maintained the face of the eldest grandson Wuji, so that the eldest grandson Wuji was also a little grateful. The eldest grandson Wuji knows very well what kind of "goods" he is, and the eldest grandson Wuji knows that he actually doesn't have much ability, and since he followed Li Shimin, he has actually relied on following a good boss, so that he has obtained the current glory and wealth by following the tailwind. And if the eldest grandson Wuji wants to say that he has any credit before the founding of the country, it is complete nonsense. Because the eldest grandson Wuji did check some in terms of specific business capabilities, what he could do was to do things in accordance with Li Shimin's intentions, completely step by step, according to Li Shimin's arrangements and hints. But if he is in charge of a specific matter, it is really not appropriate.
However, Shi Bufan arranged a position for him well, so as to supervise the responsibilities of various departments, so that he could also have a face and maintain his face. And the responsibility of this superintendent is indeed very similar to him, not only Li Shimin can be trusted, but also the identity is also suitable. It's not like those eunuchs have too low status, they are completely fake and pretty, and they are looked down upon. And he is also very close to Li Shimin's identity, and he can gain Li Shimin's trust, so he is also a suitable position.
"Your Majesty, since this is the case, then let Shi Bufan be responsible for mobilizing the people to do things for the court. Let Shi Bufan mobilize the people, I think with the great talent of Shi Shulang, it will definitely be done. The eldest grandson Wuji said.
Since Shi Bufan can help him, he doesn't mind reciprocating the favor, after all, there is actually no conflict of core interests between them, so naturally he won't worry about Shi Bufan grabbing food with him. However, he was naturally willing to help Shi Bufan, which could be regarded as a reciprocation.
"Okay, since that's the case, then the matter of mobilizing the people will be left to you Shi Bufan!" Li Shimin said.
"Command!" Shi Bufan said.
Shi Bufan left the palace, and he already knew how to mobilize the people. In the current era, the people's level of education is not very high, and if we mobilize according to the general method, it will be the opposite of the opposite. And as long as the educated gentry class is solved in this era, it will naturally mobilize those common people. Although Shi Bufan was very dissatisfied with this situation where the gentry controlled the people and the people were dependent on the gentry, the reality was that Shi Bufan had to compromise temporarily. Although it will change in the future, it will still have to adapt to him for now. When the strength is insufficient, adapt to the rules, and use the rules when the strength is medium, but when the power is strong, you can trample on the rules.
Guozijian, Kong Yingda met with Shi Bufan.
"Shi Bufan, what do you think will happen to our Datang in this Turkic invasion?" Kong Yingda asked.
Shi Bufan replied: "It is not possible to lose the country, after all, the emperor and they are all famous generals of a generation, and they are not fools, so they naturally know the current situation." It is impossible for the Turks to stay in the Central Plains for too long, otherwise they are giving eye medicine to everyone in the Central Plains, and I am afraid that they will be in great trouble at that time. They just want to try their luck, and if they have the chance, then you're welcome. But there is no chance, so naturally it is to make a fortune and leave, without other ideas. However, the key is that our court can't fight, and once we fight, then my Datang will be in danger. When the time comes, the world will be in chaos! ”
"Xing, the people are bitter! Death, the people suffer! Kong Yingda said this.
"I didn't expect that my long and short sentence would be heard by Master Kong?" Shi Bufan asked rhetorically.
This saying that the people are bitter was actually said when Shi Bufan persuaded Xue Wanche to surrender, but he didn't expect it to start circulating, and it also spread to Kong Yingda. In the Tang Dynasty, the "word" of poetry was called "long and short sentences", so following the local customs is also called long and short sentences.
Hehe, this long and short sentence also tells the truth. Rise and fall, the people are suffering! When will the people of the world be able to really meet a Ming Lord, and then really live a good life. Perhaps, some kings are masters, but their descendants are ...... Ay! Kong Yingda smiled bitterly.
However, Shi Bufan said with certainty: "Happiness is earned by oneself, not by others." It is better to rely on the Lord to give alms, than to rely on your own efforts to fight. If your so-called happiness is in the hands of others, is that true happiness? If you can't even decide your own happiness, when can you decide for yourself? Relying on others is far better than relying on your own efforts. ”
"Well, you're not judging what you're saying!" Kong Yingda didn't know how to judge, because this ancient propaganda was all about the people's good life was given by the king, but Shi Bufan said that this happy life was fought for by himself, which is quite between suitable and inappropriate, so it is indeed a little unsatisfactory.
"Okay, I won't talk about this topic, at present, the Turks are about to be overwhelmed by their troops, and the thousands of cavalry of Wei Chigong alone may only be able to thwart the prestige of the Turks. It is impossible to stop the Turks, and the Turkic army is pressing the border, and the most important thing for us at present is the hearts and minds of the people inside Chang'an City. People's hearts cannot be dispersed, and once people's hearts are scattered, that is the most terrible. The Turks are now nothing more than ringworm scabies, and I am afraid that someone will take advantage of the opportunity to make some small movements in secret, and this is the most terrible thing. Whenever there is turmoil, there will be some rumors or something, and I am afraid that some people are not willing to be lonely and plan to fish in troubled waters at this time. Especially in this chaotic time, let the people of Chang'an have one heart, this is the most important thing. After all, the people of Chang'an are relatively low in culture, and they are completely like the crowd. Therefore, we must pull the hearts of the educated people in this Chang'an City, so that we can at least pull the vast majority of the literate people over, and not let them watch from the wall, so that we can be stable. ”
"And the holy places in the hearts of our cultured people in Chang'an are all in Guozijian, so I hope Master Kong can help me!"
Shi Bufan's words made Kong Yingda shake his head and said: "I'm afraid it's difficult, the students of several colleges in Chang'an's Guozijian, their origins are complicated, and I don't have that much face for them to listen to me." Especially I can't convince them one by one, the old man is not very good at this kind of thing, so I'm afraid I can't help it! ”
"That's it, Master Kong, as Dr. Guozijian, and then call on all the students of Chang'an to come to this Guozijian, and then I want to give a speech, what do you think?" Shi Bufan said.
Kong Yingda asked rhetorically: "Speech, what is it?" ”
"You'll know when the time comes!" Shi Bufan replied.
Soon, under the educational machine of Guozijian, the literati of the entire Chang'an were also summoned to this Guozijian. However, now many literati are also worried, they are actually very nervous, especially in the face of the Turkic army of more than 100,000 troops about to overwhelm the border, who is not nervous in such a situation? These literati were helpless one by one, and it was a fantasy to let them fight against the Turks. But Shi Bufan wanted to mobilize the people, and he couldn't do it without their help. In particular, the influence of literate people is huge, and they are almost the mouthpiece of public opinion among the people, so if you bypass them, you will get half the result.
However, it is simply too difficult to encourage the enthusiasm of these literati. The vast majority of literati also lacked courage and the spirit of desperate resistance. When a king wants to kill a literati, they may comfort themselves by saying that the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die. Some warlords might come out and fight right away if the emperor wanted to kill them. If it were a literati, he might not rebel, they would either choose to be killed or kill themselves.
Choosing to commit suicide does not mean that they are strong, nor does it mean that they are truly "fearless". Many times, choosing to commit suicide is a sign of cowardice. True courage is the courage to fight the enemy. Shi Bufan very much looked down on those who chose to commit suicide when the enemy invaded, and even committed suicide with his whole family. This kind of suicide of the whole family is considered by many people to be loyal ministers, considered to be loyal to the country, and a manifestation of martyrdom. But Shi Bufan looked down on them, because they were cowards in their bones.
Since you are not even afraid of death, since you will die sooner or later, then why don't you dare to fight the enemy? Is it death to commit suicide, death at the hands of the enemy, that is also death. It's all death, so why don't you dare to fight hard? They would rather commit suicide than fight the enemy, which shows that they do not have much spirit of resistance at all. Many literati are seriously lacking in the spirit of resistance, and they dare to commit suicide and are not willing to fight hard, which is an out-and-out coward. Because they don't have much blood in their bones. Even many ancient dynasties vigorously promoted those who committed suicide and martyrdom when their kingdoms were ruined, rather than those who were killed against the enemy? This is enough to show that the ancient dynasty hoped that the people were cowards, and they were all cowards who would rather choose suicide than resist. It was a rebellion and was killed and he committed suicide, although both were deaths. But the rebellion was killed, and it is said that it was full of the spirit of resistance. But if he commits suicide by himself, it means that he is a coward, and he would rather die than choose a coward who resists.
So when Shi Bufan saw these literati below, he felt frightened and unstable in his eyes, and Shi Bufan had nothing to say to these literati. In ancient times, there were few strong literati. When they were killed, they would also find an excuse for themselves that "the monarch and the minister had to die", as if they had found an excuse for being killed, which seemed to beautify themselves, but this is enough to show that many of them are actually cowards, and they would rather be killed than dare to resist, but they also comfort themselves with saying that the monarch and the minister have to die.
In this way, the ancient feudal dynasty would rather praise those who committed suicide than those who resisted.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am here today to give a speech to you because we are in Datang and we in Huaxia, and we have come to the most critical moment."
"Not long ago, the Turks invaded our Datang. Without any statement or information, they rushed into the territory of our Datang with hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry, trampling and killing our people in Datang with their sabers and iron hooves. And just a few years ago, the Turks told us that they and our Datang are brothers, allies. But now, they just ignore what they swear, and they don't care about their righteous words in the past, and the sonorous and powerful words still linger in the ears of our Tang Dynasty princes. They should be as if they hadn't said it, with hundreds of thousands of iron horses, without any notice, without any warning, without any reason, they just rushed into my Datang. ”
"The Khan of the Turks, Jieli, is a heinous demon, murderous, unfillable, and insatiable. The Turkic people are rude, righteous and shameless, and there is no difference between the Huns, Wuhuan people, Xianbei people, and Wuhuan people in the history of our Central Plains. They make a living by looting, and they make a living by robbing and killing our Han people in the Central Plains. When they are weak, they choose to wag their tails at us and beg for mercy. But when our Central Plains is in decline, they will not hesitate to come over and bite back. They have no courtesy, righteousness and shame, and in their hearts, there are no words such as 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith'. In their eyes, 'benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith' are far inferior to a pound of grain, a cow, and a woman. ”
"In their eyes, we Han people are just two-legged sheep, and when they are hungry, they treat us as cattle and sheep, and eat meat after killing. And our women are nothing more than tools for their desires and things to supplement their lack of food. Even, they take our lives for fun, and for them, our lives are just a toy for their fun. ”
At that time, when Bufan used this dull voice to speak, even many literati began to turn dark. Because Shi Bufan's speech was too dull and depressing. And from what Shi Bufan said, they all heard that these Hu people killed Han people one by one, and even treated Han people as slaves, even as food, and as tools to vent their desires. Moreover, for them, the life of the Han people is nothing more than a prop for fun. Their lives are nothing more than the ability to exchange those Hu people for a moment of joy.
And these literati also suppressed their anger in their hearts, because the ancient literati all knew that people are inherently dead, and death is heavier than Mount Tai, and life is lighter than feathers. Everyone wants their death to be heavier than Tarzan, especially those who are literate literati. However, if one's life is so cheap that it can only be exchanged for temporary joy for those Hu people, and one's death is only for a trace of joy, then it is even lighter than a feather. So, the anger in their hearts was ignited.