Chapter 311: Negotiations Break Down
If you can't convince the general's soul, tomorrow the whole stage will sink into the river, and it is almost impossible to use what did not happen as evidence to persuade those official leaders to abandon the "General's Day".
"In short, this is the way it is, although to a certain extent, there is indeed a great success, a waste of money, but the impact on the people is actually very small, the vast majority of people are willing to see such a grand event, for their belief in the god of the general is known by more people and happy, so I really hope that you can reconsider, because this fact is not talking about the loss of the people's money, and even can drive the people to make money." Seeing that the general's soul was speechless for a long time, and the cold aura that emanated from it had also disappeared a little, I spoke again to persuade him.
In fact, this argument was not my original intention, and there is a big difference between what I thought and what I said, but since the wood has been completed, because of my negligence, I did not know the inside story in advance, so it is too late to say anything, and I do have a lot of responsibility. The only best thing to do at the moment was to convince the general's soul to accept such a great event for him, and to accept the worship and sacrifices of those who did not believe in him in the first place.
"Even if what you say is true, this is not a waste of money and labor, and it still can't be changed, this is a fact mixed with a lot of falsehood, hypocrisy, and even a small generation to profit from it. What Ben will need is a sincere belief, not a carnival that belongs more to the unscrupulous, and no one should think of Ben as a tool for profit. After watching me be silent for a long time, the general's soul spoke.
"Why do you have to care about that?" I couldn't help but have a headache, so I had to think about it and said, "It is undeniable that among these people, there are indeed the situations you said, the kind of people you said, but on the whole, this is only a small part, isn't it?" There is no one in this world who can make everyone like and love, not only people, but also gods, so why do you have to be so clear that everyone has to come for you with all their hearts? ”
"I didn't want everyone to believe in me, but I didn't want people with impure intentions among the mortals who came, and I didn't want to be taken advantage of by others to profit from it." The general's soul retorted.
I couldn't help but sigh.
This guy really doesn't get some oil and salt, and some axes are too much, why can't he even understand the truth that people are cooperating with each other and using each other?
This is true not only between people, but also between God and God, and between God and man. People seek peace of mind by worshipping God, making them golden, and building temples, or to put it more bluntly, they desire to be blessed by God and achieve their desired goals. And God also gives some feedback from time to time, or spreads his own ideas and gospels through some "spokesmen", gaining more faith and being known by more people, which is a very normal thing, why does it not make sense when it comes to this guy?
It is undeniable that there are indeed all kinds of selfish desires in this, and those who enter the temple to burn incense and worship are not necessarily pious people, and those who live in temples to receive worship and preach the gospel are not necessarily holy people, but do not forget that there is also the saying that "sincerity is spirituality", that is, although God cannot communicate directly with people, but a person is sincere and insincere, and he can distinguish between those who are sincere and unclean, and those who are sincere are spiritual, and those who are not sincere are not spiritual, and not everyone can be blessed by God. And accepting the worship of the unright-minded is also to spread his ideas to more sincere people, which is the most common and is also the way of transmission accepted by almost every god who is enshrined, why can't this guy turn this corner?
But think about it, if this guy can figure it out and accept this kind of truth, or rules, it is very likely that there will be no situation where people in this land are shocked and afraid of him, and the thing I was almost killed by him as a walking dead back then will probably not happen.
It is said that the ancients were easy to have a tendon, and if they were to be a military general again, it would be easier to admit death and not know how to be flexible. Obviously, this guy in front of him is a typical ancient military general who admits death, does not know how to be flexible, and is even more reluctant to agree.
"You don't need to say anything, I don't want to hear you excuse those people anymore." opened his mouth, and was about to continue to persuade, but he was interrupted by the general's soul speaking first, looking at me and saying, his expression began to appear impatient: "No matter how reasonable and well-founded what you say, it is not a reason for these people to make up the deeds of the general's life at will and set up a monument to hype it up." ”
I couldn't help but be stunned, and it took me a few seconds to react, and then my face changed slightly.
He was a defeated general during his lifetime, and came to our area by mistake, and his subordinates mutinied and rebelled, became bandits to massacre and plunder the aborigines, led the ethnic minorities to resist, organized armed forces to suppress the rebellion, and was later ambushed by the traitors, and was killed by dozens of arrows, and his head was cut off in half, and there was no heroic deeds of falling...... Is it made up?
It turns out that this is the crux of his strong resistance, and even his determination to use cruel means to punish him?
I'll go! If that is the case, then it is not incomprehensible that he is determined to do so.
If I have been dead for a thousand years, and my soul has been in place for a thousand years, and my descendants have erected a monument in front of my grave and fabricated some deeds that do not exist at all and are seriously inconsistent with my life experience, I will also be angry and regard it as a blasphemy or even an insult to me, not to mention an ancient military general who lived more than 1,200 years ago.
"You...... Seriously, the deeds recorded on the monument of merit...... Is it fake? Suddenly I realized what the problem was, and my voice couldn't help but change a little.
It's that I can't understand why this guy is so angry. You know, even when the bridge was repaired, he only repeatedly warned that the bridge was not allowed to be repaired, and repeatedly let the soon-to-be-built bridge sink into the river at night, without harming people's lives.
So that's it!
In the face of my cautious inquiry, the general did not answer directly, but stared at the other side of the river that was brightly lit and was working overtime, and after a moment of silence, he said without emotion: "What you said before would have been acceptable to the general, but the compilation of false deeds that would not exist would have been erected to publicize the monument, and the general would not accept it or forgive it anyway, so if you don't want to see the floating corpses in the river tomorrow, your only way is to let those people stop this absurd farce." ”
After looking at him hesitantly, I said weakly, "Actually...... How to put it, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is a compilation......"
"Who else are you going to defend for?" The general looked at me with a sigh of relief, interrupting me to ask.
I shook my head and said, "Not to defend those people, but to state the facts that may exist." ”
"What facts?"
After watching him organize his language, I said: "General, don't look at the fact that I can talk to you face to face now, it doesn't seem to be far away, but in fact, you and I both know that the era in which we live is more than 1,200 years apart. More than 1,200 years, not to mention how many generations have passed, just the change of dynasty has passed five, and now it has come to the sixth, the whole country has experienced many shocks, and even civilization catastrophes, many things have disappeared in this violent shock again and again, not to mention the common people's homes, that is, the emperor's home, there are not many things that can be passed down completely, and there are even fewer things in written records, most of which have been tampered with by later dynasties, and many truths have been buried in the long river of history. It is impossible for future generations to know, let alone our place, which has been an uncivilized area since ancient times, and it is not until modern times that it has begun to really open its doors to the outside world, and there are fewer words circulating, so in such an environment, even if your deeds at that time have been recorded in detail, after so many years, how many have been lost, or even all lost, and it is inevitable that future generations will not be able to verify them in detail. ”
"If you can't verify it anymore, you can make it up out of nothing?" The general's soul asked with a frown.
"It can't be said to be made up randomly." I shook my head and said, "Although the scholars in our place have verified that there are some differences or even big differences between your real experience more than 1,200 years ago, even if there are a lot of subjective conjectures and fabrications, they are to a large extent benign and not arbitrary fabrications with some malicious tendencies as you described. ”
"No matter what you say, it can't change the fact that those people made something out of nothing." The general's soul looked at me and said, although his expression was still very cold, his tone had slowed down a little.
I nodded, "Yes, I will not deny this fact, but I will give some explanations on the motives of those people who compiled your life experience, and it seems to me that if you are angry because the deeds verified by our scholars in this place are too different from your real deeds, this problem is not very difficult to solve, and there is no need to make a big fuss to break the ring of killing for this matter." So if you can, can you tell me now that you're strongly upset about it? ”
The general still did not answer, but looked at me and said, "I will not tell you my story and ask you to correct those people." ”
I was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help but ask with a headache: "You are dissatisfied with the results of the research and processing of later generations, but you refuse to tell me your real experience, how can I solve this?" ”
"That's none of Ben's business, Ben Jiang only knows that the stories made up by those people are absurd, they are pure lies, and Ben will not accept these absurd lies on Ben General." The general's soul said coldly.
"You...... Why bother? "I was a little speechless for a moment, not only dissatisfied with the results of those people's compilation of more than the research, but also unwilling to tell some of the real experience and let me correct it, what is this for?
This is already unacceptable, if I say the phrase "history is a girl who is dressed up", wouldn't your guy be fried on the spot?
But think about it, this is not a "historical girl" who is no longer able to speak, and is completely dressed up, not to mention that he can't accept it as an ancient military general who admits death, just replace it with me, and I will find it difficult to accept when I hear someone exaggerate my experience, or even fabricate facts out of thin air to praise it.
This kind of thing is not something that ordinary thick-skinned people can accept, and those who can accept it calmly are all eloquent and strategic people who have jumped out of the pool.
But things seem to be like this, now that they know the root of the problem, they can't help but think about it, so after thinking for a while, they have to further lower their posture and discuss: "Actually, I can understand your feelings." To be honest, if this were to me, I would be angry and hard to accept, but now that the wood is in the boat, I must find a way to solve the problem, right? Since you don't want to tell me about your life and let me correct those people, then tell me what it takes for you to be angry and forgive those who have been disrespectful to you. ”
"Ben has made it very clear that this absurd and false farce should be stopped."
I couldn't help but sigh, knowing that he would be the sentence.
"How so...... This will be a very difficult thing, for tomorrow's grand event, the government has invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and the people have placed high expectations, if it suddenly stops, it is likely that some people will lose their official hats, and the people will be very disappointed. ”
"So at this juncture, even if I, a mud-headed person, ran to stop and clearly told people that something big would happen if we continued, I might not be able to stop......"
"This is none of the general's business, such a major and absurd thing, you didn't even know about it before this, you yourself were negligent, you didn't come in time to inform the general, and it was the crime of delaying the military plane by killing the head in the army, so this is your responsibility."
I smiled wryly, I didn't bother to defend myself at this time, and besides, what this guy said did have some truth.
"In that case, there is no room for negotiation? If I can't stop tomorrow's event, the matter of floating corpses in the river will definitely happen? Even if the people who appear on that stage tomorrow are me, or even my master, we will sink into the river with the crowd, and we can't change the ending? Oh yes, you may not know it, since the New Year, my master has been staying in my house, and has clearly promised those people that he will come early tomorrow morning and read the proclamation on behalf of the people of this land, and our master and apprentice are also very poor in water, once they fall into such a rapid water, the chance of surviving is very low......"
When it comes to this, I have no choice but to move the old man out and put some pressure on him.
Hearing that my master would come, the general's soul couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
After a moment of silence, he said expressionlessly: "Even if your division commander comes in person, the general's decision will not change." ”