Netizens uploaded chapters Chapter 63 of the fourth part of "The Wind in the Wind" broke the barrier to the help of a friend's brown and black reminder, and reorganized and revised it, trying to make the logic as thorough. So at about 11 o'clock in the morning, the second edition was re-updated. I would like to express my deep gratitude to Black for all the hard work he has put into this chapter

In fact, without Lu Donglian's explanation, Feng Jinjie also understands that the reason why he didn't agree is extremely simple.

Those in charge of military power should not get involved in the dispute between the heirs and concubines. Soldiers are the weapons of the country, and the army is the minions of the country. This minion has been sharpened, and it was originally to deal with foreign enemies. The matter of the prince, a general with military power, a marshal who controls the army, even if he has his own opinions and ideas, should not express them publicly, let alone secretly form friends, privately recognize the monarch, and let the soldiers in his hands become steel knives against his own people!

What people often hear is a good story about a famous general assisting a certain prince, going through a struggle, winning the throne, and finally achieving a generation of famous monarchs. Those scorching legends make people impressed by the twists and turns of one after another story of seizing the heir, and they are excited to sing about how those shrewd and capable courtiers pressed the right note, and how the heroic and decisive kings became supreme. How brilliant it is, how refreshing.

But the people who are really in the middle of it. Who will really not see, the road to succession, blood and pestle! Who really doesn't know that there are far more countries that perished because of the succession than those that became stronger because of the succession. Who would really not remember that Li Si ruined the most benevolent prince of the Qin State. The most illustriously general. Render a very good unit incombat . It indirectly caused the Qin State to be destroyed under Liu Xiang's iron hooves. And Li Shimin, who took the throne. In the face of a son who also wants to take his throne, how sad he was. Those shrewd and capable courtiers, pressed the right bet, paved the way with flesh and blood, and supported the throne of the king of God, how many concubines and princes, in the end, they are not mediocre!

There for the country and for the people. After cultivating the grandiose slogan of the British lord, there is more of a greedy mind to find the best owner and achieve the work of the dragon. It's just that the history written by the victors can easily turn the original deviant and the original blood into a river. Transform into a brilliant aura of glory. As long as you choose the right person to follow, you can be beautiful, famous, staying, green, and historical.

Establish a long-term success, and do not abolish it lightly. Such rules are obviously imperfect and unfair. But in the days when the monarch was the day. This is the best way to ensure a smooth transition of power and keep the country from turmoil. That location. It's too tempting. Tempting to the point that if there are no rules, the princes compete for this position. Sacrifice everything they can control. And when they master the sword soldiers, their power will swell fiercely, and they can easily drag a country, countless people, into the abyss of misery. They can command countless people to step up for them, and they can force countless people to bury them.

If there is already an eldest son as the prince, and the prince is not immoral, then. For the country, he is the best person to inherit. Even if the prince is immoral. The successor should also be decided by the monarch and the important ministers, and it is not up to the princes to privately conspire with the civil ministers and military generals, compare them with each other, and even fight for each other by swords, guns, swords, and halberds. When the prince has been decided, the prince and the ministers, especially the military generals in charge of the army, have a private relationship and plot to reserve the throne, in fact, they are already disloyal to the country and the king.

Naturally, these rules and laws, those princes with secret ambitions, who are bent on climbing the dragon and the earth, can always find incomparably righteous reasons not to obey them. And what reason would it be more convenient, more moving, and more beautiful than the slogan of supporting the British Lord for the country and the people. In the years to come, after thousands of years of bloody baptism, people will finally come to terms with the fact that it is the duty of a soldier not to get involved in politics. People will finally learn to use debate, compromise, and verification to insist on whatever they think is right, or what they think is good for them. And those who try to enforce their will with swords, guns, and power will be spurned by everyone and will make everyone fight back. No matter how noble and well-founded his reasons sound.

However, even in this ancient era, there are always a few people who will stick to their responsibilities and obligations to the end, and refuse to give up no matter what. For example, Li Jing, who refused to help Li Shimin seize the throne, such as ...... Lu Dongli.

Lu Dongli looked into the distance and said softly: "Today's prince is the son of the queen's birth, and also the eldest son of His Majesty, with a soft and honest temperament. ”

Feng Jinjie's eyes were cold and sharp: "How can the prince be so good." Not to mention anything else, the relatives of the queen's branch are connected by branches and vines, and there are many of them, and the officials and protégés of the East Palace plus their families are involved...... | . Righteous men and gentlemen, full of learning, although if the prince makes a small mistake, they will scold more fiercely than anyone else, but if someone wants to bring down the prince, they will definitely save their lives. If King Rui wants to succeed, conspiracy methods, framing the court, assassinating in secret, all kinds of unsightly methods must be used. If he succeeds, there will be 100,000 people who cannot escape the miserable end. Even if it is unsuccessful, the people who die at his hands or those who are implicated by him in this battle for the throne will definitely not be much less. Naturally, there will be many righteous men and gentlemen who will be implicated, and many innocent people will be killed, but ......"

His tone changed suddenly. "You don't have to worry too much about it. King Rui should also know who you are, and even if you do vote for him, he will not send you to do such a thing. Even if you don't join, these things, Ruiwang will have to do it sooner or later, and the people who should be dealt with, Ruiwang will not hesitate to give up because of your choice. ”

"If I didn't kill people with my own hands, am I not responsible? Because he will do these things sooner or later without me, is it legitimate for me to be on his side now? Lu Dongli asked lightly.

There are many things, not that you didn't do it yourself, it has nothing to do with it, there are many sins, not that you can wash them away by pretending that you don't know.

Just choose to be on that side, just

All his actions are tantamount to an acknowledgment of the legitimacy of such means. His power is equivalent to giving him more courage and more determination to carry out killings and strikes earlier.

Principles are principles precisely because they are uncompromising and cannot be compromised.

Feng Jinjie laughed: "Lu Dongli, Lu Dongli, you are too serious, too fond of drilling the tip of the horns, so you are destined to be unable to soar in your life, and the credit for protecting the dragon must be unrelated to you." ”

Lu Dongli smiled bitterly, his eyes were always gloomy.

Feng Jinjie said with a smile: "Since our Marshal Lu has made a righteous and awe-inspiring choice, shouldn't he be frank regardless of good or bad, why are you still crying all day long?" ”

Lu Dongli said in a deep voice: "I don't know, whether I did it right or wrong. ”

Feng Jinjie let out a low sigh and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"That lobbyist said to me many things about the country's maladministration, the king's opinions, his heart, his actions, and his ideas for the future of the country......"

"What, do you think he's the Lord of the Heroes?" Feng Jinjie asked with a smile.

Lu Dongxuan's brows furrowed. "You and I both know that today's Zhao State seems to be safe. Now Wen Tian is martial arts, only for fun, the army can not fight, officials only think about greedy ink, and the style of emphasizing literature and ignoring military force is flourishing day by day. Although the crown prince has no virtue, it can be seen that he has taken various measures to supervise the country. It's just a keeper. In the future, the succession to the throne is just to let everything continue. However, King Rui seems to be quite ambitious, he said that he wants to change the national system, eliminate corruption, and reorganize the army, if he can succeed, it is indeed a good move to enrich the country and benefit the people, then. I resolutely refuse, is it right or wrong for this country? Lu Dongli was confused.

The Wind Festival is funny, which politician does not shout slogans loudly when he is running for election. However, after really coming to power. There are a few that can be realistically achieved. The so-called down a big master and a big young master come up is the future generations, and when there are a lot of constraints on the politicians and officials who have been elected, this is the case. What's more, it is an era when the Son of Heaven is the law in one word.

"Whether he will actually do these things, whether he can do it, is still a question. And, even if he does it, he will do it. In the future, he will really be able to enrich the country and strengthen the army, before he reaches his goal. He will also use despicable and shameless means, and he will inevitably kill the righteous and untransgressed gentleman. You can't agree with that. But I can't be sure that my disagreement is right, right? ”

Lu Dongli smiled bitterly. In fact, he is not alone in such confusion. For thousands of years, how many Confucian philosophers have thought about the so-called thing of benefiting the world at the expense of one person. Whether it is justified or not.

Of course, from ancient times to the present day. Those in power will rationalize this choice, and they will all say that it is absolutely right and absolutely appropriate to sacrifice that person for the sake of the country, for the people, for the sake of the world, for this and that great reason. If you are the one who was sacrificed, then you should never have any complaints, and even, you are very obliged to break your head to fight for this glory. However, all grandiose slogans can only be loud and earth-shattering when they are sacrificed to others.

Throughout the ages, how many decision-makers have been willing to put themselves in the area that should be sacrificed. There are a few more who feel that they should sacrifice the minority for granted, and do not feel that they are safely on the side of the "majority". How many millennia, how many lessons, will it take for people to conscientiously add the obligation of the majority to protect the minority, after the minority obeys the rule of the majority.

Lu Dongli is an outlier, if he is for the country and the people, let him sacrifice himself, he will not consider it, but if he wants to sacrifice others, no matter how righteous and bright the reason is, he can't do it.

"Jinjie, I think it's too unfair to let those innocent people die because of the battle between the heavenly family, but I always think about it these days, if King Rui is in power, it can really make the country rich and the people strong, really let the people live a good life, and let the army no longer be weak and weak, then is it too pedantic for me to insist on that little justice."

"Why is it that in these years, even justice is divided into big and small?" Feng Jinjie smiled leisurely and said: "I have heard a story that a long time ago, there were two neighboring countries, and country A sent people from the wild places to buy and rob a lot of slaves, and formulated all kinds of laws to let the slaves do things for them and create wealth for them. When many people in country B saw it, they were very envious, and they also bought a large number of slaves and handed over all the hard work to the slaves to do. However, the laws of country B have never allowed slavery, and legally, all people have personal freedom. Finally, a slave from country B escaped from his master and went to the government to sue his master for detaining him for illegal work. This lawsuit shook the whole country, at that time there were hundreds of thousands of slaves in country B, countless people spent a lot of money to buy these slaves to work, once this slave was sentenced to freedom, all slaves in country B will automatically get free, countless people buy slave property in vain without return, and even the operation of the country will be affected. Everyone called for the slave to be defeated in this lawsuit, but the judge who tried the case, under strong pressure, sentenced the slave to freedom. For the indictment of a foreign slave, overnight, country B suffered a huge loss. People scolded the official for not thinking about the whole country. And the official calmly said that I am a law enforcer, and for me, justice is justice, and my job is to make justice happen, and as for the cost of achieving justice, it is not something I need to consider. ”

Lu Dongli was slightly shocked and muttered: "Justice, it is justice......"

The justice of a small foreign slave is no different from the justice of a nation.

Justice, justice, and the value of life. Should all this be called a two-point argument, to compare, to choose?

When they are really weighed in two, is justice still justice, is justice still justice, and is human life still valuable?

Justice is justice, it should be upheld, it should be achieved.

He raised his head, looked at the sun that was sinking in the distance, and said softly: "Actually, I don't really think that I chose the wrong one, I only ......."

"You

For the future of this country, there are too many worries, too many worries, after abandoning King Rui, you will be confused, all you need is a person you trust can tell you that you are not wrong. ”

Feng Jinjie said lightly. "In fact, it is unknown whether King Rui will really change the old system of the country. His eyes may be sharper than those of other princes, and his insight may be better than that of the crown prince, but this is not enough. To be a good king, it takes more courage and responsibility to change the maladministration of previous dynasties. The two things of anti-corruption and military rectification will touch the interests of too many people, and it is very likely that they will lead to confrontation among the entire civilian bureaucracy. Before he won the throne, it was nothing to shout the slogan loudly and let all the people who were worried about the country and the people gather around him. However, after ascending to the throne, in the face of many obstacles and the increasingly shaky authority of the emperor, he was able to persevere to the end, and he could not do it unless he had great wisdom, courage and responsibility. ”

In Feng Jinjie's eyes, he gradually showed a mocking smile: "Throughout the ages, many countries have tried to change their laws, but in the end, they only gave up halfway. Which king who changed the law didn't think about the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people, but unfortunately, the young blood, in the process of fighting with the old outdated bureaucrats, after setbacks again and again, will always slowly cool down, and will always slowly realize that the king is sharing the world with the scholars, not with the common people, so the people's food and clothing, life and death, and safety are gradually let go. Some people who dance in the dust and shout long live the emperor long live long live are not happy for themselves. ”

He turned his head sideways and looked at Lu Dongli coldly: "King Rui only sent a lobbyist to meet you, but he came to see me in person, and after being rejected by you, he didn't take any other action, from the beginning." He doesn't really want to take you under his command. There are too many people you have offended, and he is afraid that the Nine Princes will be unhappy. I see a person who sees talents, but can't take responsibility for talents, and doesn't have firm confidence to protect his subordinates, I doubt that he will have enough courage and perseverance after taking office. to implement the New Deal. ”

Lu Donglian's face gradually showed a desolate color: "According to what you say, no matter what, this country is doomed to ruin and destruction without stopping. Officials who are greedy for ink, an army that has no combat effectiveness, Wen Tian and Wu Huan, everything will only intensify......"

Feng Jinjie said coldly: "The world is like this, Lu Dongli, your books have been read in vain." Throughout the ages, how many countries have prospered. How many countries have perished, and where there are countries that have been prosperous for a long time. The so-called eternal peace is just empty words in the book. The fate of Zhao State, like countless countries, has risen and fallen, and when it comes to the time when all diseases are difficult to treat, perhaps only by destroying can it be reborn. ”

Maybe it was getting late, so Lu Dongli gritted his teeth and suddenly returned, but he felt that he couldn't see the slightly hazy look of Feng Jinjie in the twilight.

"Can't we do anything?" There was an oppressive pain in his voice. "Seeing the injustice of everything. There is nothing we can do about it, and we are watching all the calamities. Can't we do anything? ”

Feng Jinjie smiled softly: "Lu Dongli, what are we doing now?" What have you done over the years? We are in Dingyuanguan, we have shed so much blood and sweat, what are we doing? We've been doing it all the time......"

At sunset, his eyes were as bright as the stars: "We have been doing it all the time, to the best of our ability, where we can reach it, where we can see it with our eyes, we have never stopped doing what we should do." Where we can't see, where we don't know, there will be many, many people like us, who are still trying. Although, in such a dark world, the efforts of all of us may add up to just a small splash in the vast ocean and not have a big impact on the big picture, we are doing our best to do what we have to do. Maybe even if we have exhausted our strength, shed all our blood, and paid our whole lives, and even let our descendants do the same, we still can't see the beautiful world we look forward to, but we have done everything we can, and when death comes, we can say frankly that we are worthy of this heart and live up to this life. ”

His voice was soft, his tone was calm, however, Lu Dongli only listened to him in a daze, and gradually, the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of the wind, the footsteps of pedestrians, the sound of conversations, the chirping of birds in the distance, and even the sound of his own heartbeat and breathing, were all faintly noticed.

"Dongli, do you believe me, one day, one day, true fairness will be realized. There will be no more faint lords, no more tyrants, and those who stand on the highest point of the country must be the most virtuous and the most desirable. Officials cannot abuse the people, while the people can openly accuse the officials of dereliction of duty. The people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the country can be rich and strong. However, such light can only be seen after a long, long period of darkness, and this day will have to go through many, many struggles before it can come. Dongli, all this, not by one or two Qing officials, two or three heroes can be done, this requires countless people, countless years and countless generations to strive for and work hard, even if everyone to seek fairness and justice, in the whole world, as small as dust, but countless dust accumulated together, is an unshakable tower. This also requires all the people and all the people to shed blood and get hurt, only the pain will make people gradually wake up, only the pain will make them slowly wake up and fight from generation to generation, and only setbacks will make people sharpen the ambition and courage to fight for fairness and dare to fight...... East Fence, that will come one day, maybe we can't see it, but we used our lives to add an extra grain of sand to that tower, so, East Fence, how can we do nothing. ”

The sun quietly sank into the western mountains, and the last rays of sunset on the horizon gradually dissipated its glory. Feng Jinjie's words said to Lu Donglian, but his eyes looked at the infinite direction, and a strange brilliance flashed quietly in his eyes.

Lu Dongli just stared at him in a daze, his body couldn't move, his brain couldn't think, he completely let the horse go forward uncontrollably, and after a long, long time, he slowly exhaled and said softly: "Jin."

Thank. ”

After so many years of life and death side by side, how many times he has been protecting each other in danger, he and him didn't need a thank you for a long time, but today, he couldn't help but say softly: "Thank you." ”

Feng Jinjie did not answer, he still looked into the distance, looking at the end of infinite time and space.

There, there was a student named Feng Jinjie, because his life was too long, so his heart was as cold as a desert, and he questioned all good things with the most ruthless heart.

Why are there so many loyal ministers and martyrs in the history books, why do they use their lives to do boring struggles, why do they abandon all the good things in the world to exchange for things that don't matter at all?

Where in this world are such good people?

He chose a loyal minister as his thesis, he has been a good person with different identities for several lifetimes, being a loyal minister, even the professor agrees with his efforts, everyone knows that this life is over, and his thesis will definitely pass.

However, he himself knew that he did not know what it meant to be loyal and upright, what was to be loyal and righteous, what was noble and what was good, and those doubts, like poisonous snakes, were gnawing at his heart.

He could pass the essays prescribed by the school, and then, the questions he asked himself to his mind tortured his mind all the time, but he could not find half a sentence to answer.

Until this moment, until he said these words purely to comfort Lu Donglian.

However. He didn't know if it was Lu Dongli or himself who suddenly broke through the obstacles.

He felt the blood gradually boiling in his body, and he felt that something warm was gradually pouring up in his chest, he felt. Stretching out his hand, the palm is no longer empty, but really grasping something. He suddenly appeared, it turned out that so many times of life and death side by side, so many times hand in hand. He really found what is worth cherishing and caring about in life, and he really found it, deep in his heart, there are more than a thousand years of doubts.

What is loyalty, what is integrity, what is loyalty, what is all the dedication for, what is all the regret because of, millions of years. The starlight that pierced the long night and was eternal and immortal. What is it for?

Actually, it's just a grain of sand.

He tilted his head. Laugh out loud.

Lu Dongli screamed in shock: "Jinjie, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I'm enlightened, Dongli, I am enlightened." The wind suddenly let out a long howl, clear and handsome, straight into the sky, a few geese in the distance were so frightened that they fluttered their wings and flew fast, at the end of the sky. Circling for a long time.

"Thank you. I'm enlightened, I am enlightened. His mad cry was heard far and wide in the night that was gradually falling.

Life has never been so full, and the heart has never been so peaceful.

Dongli, I realized, thank you.

My almost eternal life has meaning because of you.

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Again, this chapter still wants to pay tribute to those heroes and righteous men who have shed blood and tears for the country and the people in the past thousands of years, and to those loyal ministers and martyrs who have passed on the blood and backbone of the Chinese nation from generation to generation.

Also, I know, this chapter may be particularly nagging, Trosso. Because Dongli and Jinjie's rejection of King Rui affected the outcome of their lives, and King Rui is a shrewd and capable prince who can make great achievements, so out of consideration for the country and the people, why did Dongli and Jinjie reject him.

At first, I just wanted to explain this, but unconsciously, I couldn't help but want to share some of my thoughts and opinions.

In fact, there are only two points I want to say.

First, the legitimacy of the prince and the minister to form a private friend and secretly serve as a monarch and minister (this is a question that I can't help but question after reading a lot of stories about seizing the heir. ）

Even though many stories of seizing the land have been written in the history books, it is a feat that has been judged as a hero by later generations, which is a great benefit to the people of the world. Just like Li Shimin, Xuanwumen killed his brother and destroyed his brother, and achieved a prosperous generation. Even if many stories have been interpreted as legends, and the characters are loved by many people, such as the story of Yongzheng's succession, even if we will tell those historical facts, or original, or fictional dragon battles, wonderful legends over and over again, I personally still feel that this matter itself is not very legitimate and not bright.

I remember watching Li Shimin's story before, the famous monarchs and ministers at that time were all a generation of romantic figures, but what I respected the most was Li Jing and a group of generals, because when they faced the wooing of the princes, they frankly claimed that they were military generals, only fighting against the enemy, only loyal to the country, and would never participate in such a thing as seizing the throne of the heavenly family.

The second is that the road to succession is bound to be bloody and cruel. Even if it is a Ming Jun such as Li Shimin, he is afraid that his hands are stained with countless innocent blood, so is it because this person may be a Ming Jun and may do a lot of things that are beneficial to the people of the country in the future, then, his current killing is deserved, it is a matter of course, and the people who die in his hands deserve it, and they should be sacrificed for the country.

And what is derived from this is whether it should be for the benefit of the majority and sacrifice the minority.

In the words of the ancients, it is not appropriate to harm one person and benefit the world.

I have thought about these two issues repeatedly, especially on the second one, and I have repeatedly argued with my friends, and the position that Dong Li and Jinjie are inclined to is my position, my final opinion.

But I think that there will be more people and more ideas about such problems, and such questions can actually be discussed in depth.

Am I right?

Is the choice of Dongli and Jinjie correct?

Won't they regret it?

Won't I regret it?

I wrote such a text in confusion, perhaps, while I wanted to explain it to the reader, in fact, I also hoped that someone would be able to convince me to tell me whether my idea was right or not.

This, at the end of the end, I waved my hands and shouted a voice that didn't seem to fit the atmosphere of this chapter, this, a monthly pass, a monthly pass......