Chapter 37: Luck and Strength
"In ancient and modern times, there is no country that is free from man-made disasters. The criminal slave trade, the two world wars, the change of dynasties in various countries, how many people died! This is the tragic side of human history, and this is a living fact!"
Li Yidong said: "'Xing, the people are suffering: death, the people are suffering. ''The head of the city changes the banner of the king. ''If you don't give birth to a male or a female, you have to marry your neighbor if you give birth to a girl, and you bury a hundred desolations of grass if you give birth to a male. These mournful poems faithfully record the facts of man-made disasters in history. Why can't human beings with a history of thousands of years of civilization produce such a great hero, who can completely eliminate the man-made disasters in the human world once and for all?"
Wang Wudao: "Talent is rare! It is a great luck to meet an enlightened monarch, and you still have the luxury of meeting an unprecedented super heroic female, do you dream? Think of those ordinary people who have encountered such brutal monarchs as King Shang, Qin Shi Huang, and Qin II, you are very lucky! How miserable it is to make a living in a world ruled by tyrants, and maybe one day your destiny will be gone. Speaking of which, I think of a question: Is there any luck in the world? If there is no luck, then why are some people's lives so miserable, while some people's lives are so good? Some people are born at the wrong time, and they are born in the era of tyrants, and no matter how smart they are, they may be killed by tyrants in a second. A very ugly man, if he was born in a wealthy family, he can marry a beautiful woman as a wife, eat fragrant and drink spicy food, because of pampering, plus the use of various cosmetics and skin care creams, he will be much younger than his actual age. And a handsome man, if he was born in a poor family, maybe he may be "a good man without a good wife," he can only find an ugly woman as a wife, and in order to earn money to support the family, his originally handsome appearance will be turned ugly by the wind and rain, and the tribulations of life will make him die before he grows old. Is that luck?"
Li Yidong said: "This can't be said to be due to luck, but genetics." The phenomenon of 'ugly men marrying fairy wives' in the family of official wealth is because the ugly man's parents and ancestors are capable, powerful, rich and powerful, so they can possess beautiful women, such as the emperor is known as the three thousand beauties of the harem, relying on power and strength. And the reason why the 'handsome man marries a bad wife' in the poor family is that although the handsome man's parents and ancestors inherited the appearance of handsome children and grandchildren, they did not give their children power and money, so they are incapable of possessing beautiful women. In a country ruled by autocracy, beautiful women are not qualified to choose love and husbands, and they are reduced to the object of power and money slavery. Even in a democratic society, beautiful women have the right to choose love, but the vast majority of beautiful women still choose money and power. Because they believe that if a man can't get money or power, he can't provide her with a comfortable life, and her beauty will gradually deteriorate under the polishing of hard life, and finally end the curtain early on the beautiful stage! So some men say that men don't need to be pretty, as long as they have power or money. Everyone knows that the person who says this must be an ugly or at least not beautiful man, but he must be a man of money or power, and a man who has no power or money because he is ugly will not say the same. ”
Zhang Sanbei said: "I also agree with the statement that there is no such thing as luck in this world." All personnel are forces at work. Although some people have no ability, they are dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants, and this dwarf is still taller than ordinary people and even tall people! For example, Wei Zhongxian, He Shen, and Li Lianying do not have any personal skills, but they are all favored by the emperor, and the emperor is the most powerful person in a dynasty, that is, the most powerful person. In a word, power determines everything!"
"Even in a children's world, power is everything. Of course, strength not only refers to strength, but also includes wisdom, power, popularity, and emotion. When I was a child, I went to primary school in our market town, and there were more than a dozen of us, all eleven or twelve-year-olds. Among them, there was a boy named Li Huan, who was the tallest and had the most strength, but he was isolated by other classmates, and he did the most errands of sweeping the floor and fetching water in the private school. If he resists, no one will talk to him. Indeed, 'there is strength in many.' Although Li Huan has a lot of strength and is tall, he can't beat a joint team of five or six classmates. ”
"A person's origin matters. The same three-year-old children, some of them became emperors, while others were still asking for food on the streets. People really can't compare with people!' People are more angry than people. There was a child in our elementary school who was always scolded by his mother. His mother likes to scold people, and often scolds him for not being angry, ignorant and not studying well. He has the worst grades and likes to desert to talk to people the most, so he is often scolded and reprimanded by the teacher, and the teacher often visits his home, which makes his mother feel very shameless. One day, his mother scolded him again because the teacher was going to expel him. The child got angry and said, 'You know that if you say that I am useless, are you useful??' I have no money, no power, no culture, no knowledge! You can't teach me what I don't know, I can't make friends, you can't guide me, I'm not smart, and you can't make me smart.' I'm useless and useless, but I'm also raised by you, a useless and useless person, because you're useless, so I'm useless! Why don't you complain about your own incompetence, just complaining about me for being useless?" He listened to his mother stunned for a while, and never scolded him again, but said gently: 'Son, it's my mother who is useless, and my mother is sorry for you. If the teacher doesn't let us study, we won't study, so you can follow your mother to repair the earth. When you grow up, you will find a daughter-in-law, start a family, and inherit the family lineage, which is vigorous for a lifetime, and ordinary and insipid is also a lifetime, and farming is not a big deal! It feels good to be an ordinary person! Why bother to follow everyone to squeeze the single-plank bridge and work hard to climb up? Forget it, my mother has figured it out, and she will no longer beat you or scold you, let alone force you to study. ’”
"Just like this naughty kid, he came from a very low background, can you blame him for his bad grades? Even if he is from a low background and can really start from scratch, there are really very few such people as far as I know. I think it's unfair to judge who is more capable in isolation, Zhang San or Li Si. I also take the example of children in our elementary school. Liu San has the best academic performance, is he the smartest? No. He got the best grades because his father often tutored him in his homework, and patiently tutored him and planned his studies day in day after day for several years. ”