There is a way that "ginger is still old and spicy", even though the old Yushi has left his career for many years, the experience he has accumulated in decades of ups and downs in officialdom is indeed incomparable to the single-minded Yi Yi.

When these seemingly incomprehensible words came out, Yi Yi immediately frowned.

He deeply felt the absurdity of these words, but when he thought about it carefully, he found that these absurd words did have some truth, and they were not untrue.

He wanted to refute it, but found that the reasons he could think of were not so tenable in the face of the extremely utilitarian theory of the old imperial history.

If he was still an iron-clad scholar in the past, he could naturally use the teachings of the sages to denounce the fallacies of the old imperial history. But he has stepped into the path of immortals, his vision is much bigger than before, and he also understands that many of his original ideas are really just scholars' opinions, and it is not beneficial to the country or the people.

Could it be ...... Are you still obsessed? Could it be ...... Is this kind of practice of trampling benevolence, righteousness and morality under our feet, and only seeking results without asking about the means?

He is in Qingyang Mountain, but his heart has always been in the human world, and most of the time outside of cultivation is spent traveling in the human world. It is very clear that Yanling County has not only maintained stability in the past 25 years, but also has a thriving momentum, as if it is confirming the words of the old imperial history.

Although he is a good person, what he does is not beneficial to the country or the people; Even though those corrupt officials are bad guys, they are beneficial to the country and the people.

So in order to benefit the country and the people, there is nothing wrong with letting yourself die.

"yes...... As long as it is beneficial to the country and the people, anyone can be sacrificed, and anyone can die, what is my Yi?"

He hung his head and muttered to himself, his voice deep and desolate, full of pain and grief.

The righteousness he upheld, the right path he pursued, everything for which he gave his life...... Could it be that it is simply wrong?

At this moment, he only felt as if there were countless poisonous snakes biting in his heart, but such intense pain was not at all comparable to the pain of the vibration of the divine soul, and gradually, the true qi accumulated after decades of hard training became a little unrestrained, and he saw that his true qi was about to burst out of his body, tearing everything around him and himself into pieces!

At this moment, a large warm hand pressed on the top of his head, and although it was very hot, the flame that made people feel warm from the bottom of their hearts flowed into his body, restraining the true qi that was almost about to collapse, and waking him up from the nightmarish chaos.

"Senior brother, your heart is in turmoil!" A firm voice with anger came from his side, he turned his head blankly, only to see Wu Jie's eyes burning with raging flames, but the sneer on the corner of his mouth seemed to be able to make the flames solidify.

"Old and immortal are called thieves, you have lived for so many years, and what you have summed up is such a set of fallacies that harm others, harm yourself, and harm the country and the people?" He looked at the old Yushi coldly, and his voice was full of ridicule, "Do you think this set of things makes sense?" Do you think this is the truth of the world? Ignorance!"

Seeing that Yi Yi had been refuted by himself and was speechless, the old imperial history was about to collapse, and he was secretly proud in his heart. But unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, there was a young man with eyes like flames, and this young man's words were full of unsettling aura.

That is condescending contempt, that is the ridicule of the resourceful wise man for the ignorant child, that is the disdain of the great man who stands on the height of the eternal age to the clown of the fly camp dog!

The flaming eyes made him deeply uneasy, and the mocking words pierced his heart like a sword.

"Ignorant child! You know what!" The old imperial history immediately scolded angrily, "Where do you know the truth of governing the country!"

Wu Xie Ha Lu Ha laughed, and his laughter was full of contempt and disdain: "Governing the country? Ha Lu Ha! You say governing the country?!"

As if he had heard some extremely funny joke, he leaned back and laughed: "You don't even know how to be a person, but you still have the cheekiness to talk about governing the country?" It's the funniest joke I've ever heard today!"

Old Yushi was so laughed by him that he felt fear in his heart, and couldn't help yelling: "Huangkou Xiaoer! You can't even say a word that makes sense, but you're just hiding it with laughter!"

Wu Xie shook his head and sighed, "I just don't bother to debate with you." ”

He didn't wait for the old Yushi to answer, and said coldly: "What kind of thing are you?" Is it also worth talking about? Don't look at your own identity either! In front of us, you are just a pig and a sheep...... No, even pigs and sheep are much more useful than you old shit! You're not even as good as an ant, and your complacent look is ridiculous!"

Old Yushi was so angry that his beard was trembling, but he was suppressed by Wu Xie with his true qi and could no longer speak.

"Senior brother, are you feeling better?" Wu Xie directly subdued the old imperial history, then turned his head and asked with concern, "Why do you waste time with such a small character?" From outside the city, a flying sword took off his head. ”

But what he said ...... It seems to make sense......"

"That's because you were fooled by him!" Wu Xie Da smiled, "In this way, for your sake, I will let this old man see with his own eyes to see how ridiculous his theories are, how stupid his ideas are, and how ugly and ignorant the 'truth' he identifies is!"

"Senior brother...... Do you really have a way?" Yi Yi was shocked and asked with some concern, "Do you use illusion?"

"It's not an illusion either. Do you know the spell of the Xuanmen 'Huangliang Dream'?"

Yi Yi recalled for a moment and nodded: "That is the spell used by the Xuanmen to stabilize the mind of the disciples. It can deduce a dream that is no different from the real according to what people imagine in their hearts, in which people spend their lives, experience various successes, and finally with the passage of time, all fame and fortune will dissipate...... In this way, the disciples will be able to realize the impermanence of life, and thus give birth to the heart of the Tao. ”

"Senior brother is really well-read!" Wu Xie smiled and nodded, "I just want to use this Huangliang Dream spell to let this old man see with his own eyes what kind of results the theory he believes in will bring!"

"Senior brother actually knows the art of Huangliang Dream?"

"What I'm good at is the art of attacking and fighting, and I can be regarded as a little dabbling in alchemy and refining weapons, as for the Xuanmen spell...... How could I possibly understand!"

"That'...... How is Senior Brother going to perform the Huangliang Dream Technique?"

Wu Xie Ha Lu Ha smiled, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he took the old imperial history into his sleeve - in fact, he was included in the Heavenly Book World Realm, and trapped him in a small place alone.

"Although I don't know this spell, I know a friend whose ancestor liked to cast the Huangliang Dream Technique back then, and left a lot of stories, so he will definitely do this!"

"I don't know how to dream." Xiao Buyi's words suddenly made the confident Wu Xie a little embarrassed, and Yi Yi couldn't help laughing.

"But if Wu Daoyou wants to use the Huangliang Dream Technique on someone, it's not like I'm out of the question." Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "I understand the truth of this spell. In the past, Patriarch Li used to use this spell, and he also left it in the inheritance. It's just that this spell needs to be refined and cultivated before it can be cast, and my cultivation is not enough, so I can't cast it. ”

"I see!"

"Fellow Daoist, your cultivation is profound, and you will definitely be able to cast this spell. So I can teach it to you...... Don't be so surprised, with the friendship between you and me, a mere spell is nothing! In the future, if I can't achieve great success in cultivating, I will still entrust my life's income to Taoist friends, please help me find future generations!"

Xiao Buyi's words were sincere, and Wu Xie was also a free and easy person, so he no longer refused, and took over the jade slip that recorded the art of Huangliang dreams.

"The difficulty of this method is that it is exquisitely conceived, consumes a lot of mana, and also needs to use Gang Qi to create the shell of the illusion. But in fact, it is not much difficult to cultivate, and with the intelligence of a fellow Daoist, it can be learned in a moment. ”

Wu Xie nodded, found a random place to sit down, sank his mind into the jade slip, and began to study0

As Xiao Buyi said, the cultivation of this Huangliang Dream's spell is indeed simple, it only took him less than half an hour to completely practice this spell, and he also performed it twice in the Heavenly Book World Realm, which was approved by everyone.

This spell really deserves to be the famous spell of the Xuanmen, and it is cleverly conceived! Wu Xie was not only amazed by its subtlety, but also secretly sighed for Xiao Buyi's boldness.

This precious spell is extremely useful, and it is extremely difficult for people outside the Xuanmen to learn, that is, the library of Qingyang Guan, which only records the effect and ideas of this spell, but has not recorded its content in detail - the ancestor who left the record said that this spell is the treasure of other people's sects, and it is a chance to learn it by chance, and it is not allowed to pass on the secret method of others without authorization.

It is said that even if he recorded this spell, no one would know about it, and it was also quite beneficial to the sect. However, the attitude of this patriarch is very upright and serious, so that if the disciples of later generations are interested, although they can deduce it by themselves, or find a friend of the Xuanmen to learn, unless they are authorized by the other sect, they must not record the secret methods of others in this sect.

This is the style of a decent person, who speaks like a mountain and does not deceive the dark room. What should not be done, resolutely not done!

Wu Xie Yao thought of the generosity and heroism of the ancestor back then, and couldn't help but sigh again, and then slowly opened his eyes, saying that he had learned the art of Huangliang Dream.

"Xuanmen thaumaturgy, it's really extraordinary!" He praised, "I'm going to cast a spell and let that old man know what he's doing wrong!"

When he was practicing spells, Xiao Buyi had already talked to Yi Yi in detail, and knew the ins and outs of the matter. He didn't understand what method Wu Xie wanted to use to prove the absurdity of the old imperial history theory, and he was also quite curious, and when he saw that Wu Xie was about to cast a spell, he proposed to watch from the sidelines.

Of course, Wu Xie would not object, so the three of them found a quiet room and placed the old Yushi who had been stunned by the spell in it, and then Wu Xie moved his hand and performed the Huangliang Dream Technique.

This spell is extremely wonderful, and although it is only an illusion, it is no different from the real thing. What's even more amazing is that not only the recipient will experience that illusory life, but also the onlookers.

After a while, the old Yushi slowly woke up. He looked up, but found that he seemed to have turned into a ghost, and although he could travel around the world, he could not touch anything, and no one would hear him.

In that illusory world, there is a newborn nation. It goes up to the monarch and down to the people, and everyone believes in the old imperial history's practice of not caring about morality as long as the result is done, and only wants good results when doing things, and never cares whether it will hurt others.

When the country was newly established, the momentum of development was indeed quite strong. It soon prospered, growing rapidly, and gradually became the overlord of the surrounding countries.

Then, of course, the monarch was assassinated by the people around him and died in a coup d'état.

The usurper didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he was doing, and so did those around him—for the simple reason that the usurper was indeed more talented and better at governing than the king.

In this way, in just over a hundred years, the country has changed several monarchs. Although each monarch is more capable than the previous one, the centripetal force of the army and the people towards the country is gradually weakening.

Soon after, foreign enemies invaded. In the face of the menacing enemy army, the local people, generals and officials naturally chose to surrender - if they surrendered, they would still be the people, generals and officials, and they would not suffer much loss. In that case, why bother to work for the sake of a single country?

So the prosperous country collapsed like a castle on the beach, and there was not even decent resistance.

As the last emperor committed suicide in despair, the scenery in front of the old imperial history gradually blurred.

"That's not right!" He shouted angrily, "This is ridiculous! How can usurpation be regarded as beneficial to the country! If everybody is disobedient, then the country will not be a nation at all!"

Wu Xie smiled coldly and cast the spell again.

So another country appeared, which preached the supremacy of power and quantity, and the monarch was naturally the strongest, and all the officials at all levels were strong. They rule with force, forcibly driving the state in the direction they think is right according to the established plan, and they don't care whether the officials or the people under them can accept it.

This time the country existed for a shorter period than the last, because their domineering style quickly put everyone around them at risk. The nations formed a coalition to destroy the country with a devastating force, and wiped out the mighty.

"That's not right! A hard-line approach is not good for the country!"

Wu Xie cast the spell again......

After going through several illusions in succession, Lao Yushi gradually understood Wu Jie's meaning, and he had more and more requirements for the country, but none of the countries he fantasized about could last long.

"It's all fake!" In the end, he shouted angrily, "If I were to cross the country, there would never be such a result!"

"Really?" Wu Xie smiled disdainfully.

This time, the old imperial history finally met the Great Yue Kingdom.

It is similar to the real Da Yue Kingdom, except that the rulers and officials of the country pursue theories similar to him, only looking at talent and not morality; Only look at the effect, not the means.

At the beginning, there were still many Qingliu officials in this country, but Qingliu was not good at forming a party in the first place, and because he enjoyed far less than those corrupt officials, there were fewer and fewer follow-up talents, and he quickly fell behind in the political struggle, and was soon expelled.

When the court was full of corrupt officials and supporters, they gradually became fierce in their raids against the people—because there was no restraint.

However, the old imperial history has no objection to this. After all, the country is still in the rising period, although the officials are more ruthless, but because the country is still expanding externally, it is still obtaining resources, and the number of officials and landlords is not much, in addition to supplying them, there is still a lot left of the people's production, and the country is still developing.

Over the course of more than 100 years, the number of officials and landlords increased, and so did their encroachment on state resources. But the state's expansion has gradually fallen to its limits, and the newly acquired resources are becoming less and less, but the pace of encroachment by officials and landlords has not slowed down at all.

Gradually, the lives of the people began to decline, and their dissatisfaction with the country grew more and more.

Old Yushi frowned, he clearly felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help but say: "At this time, the annexation should be suppressed, and the officials and landlords should be allowed to divide the wealth among the people!"

So someone suggested it, and then he was killed as a matter of course.

When the corpse of the young man who called for such an appeal lay on the ground, the old Yushi's face became ugly, and his hands and feet trembled slightly.

He is not an ignorant person, and he can already see the development of the country at this moment.

Sure enough, just as he expected, the rich became richer and the poor became poorer, and the people's discontent accumulated more and more, and finally a great uprising broke out that spread throughout the country.

When the rebel army captured the city and beheaded the emperor's generals; When they searched for a large amount of money from the palace treasury and the homes of hundreds of officials, the troops who were still fighting loyal to the country were not able to make up even the minimum weapons and armor because they were being deducted from their salaries.

Old Yushi's face was pale, his body trembled like a leaf in the wind, and he kept muttering to himself: "How can this be? That's going to be the case!"

"If a country wants to develop steadily, it needs 'constraints'." Wu Jie's voice came from afar, as if it was out of the sky. Reflecting the imperial city burning in flames, "Admittedly, as long as you can get things done, the slightest mistake is not a big problem. But if a country wants to move forward, it needs the power of justice to help take the helm, so that the country will not accumulate mistakes little by little, and eventually tilt in the wrong direction. ”

"As the Imperial Historian, you should have played the role of helping to steer the wheel, correcting those mistakes little by little, and keeping the country in the right direction." Wu Jie's voice gradually turned cold, "But you betrayed your duty!"

"When a country, even the imperial history that represents the power of justice, has completely disregarded benevolence, righteousness and morality, then the country is slowly sliding into the abyss......"

"But Yanling County is indeed developing very well!" Old Yushi's voice was low, like the groans of a seriously ill person.

"That's because Yanling County is a newly developed area, there are not many officials, there are not many landlords, and the speed of accumulation of private wealth has temporarily exceeded the speed of looting." Wu Xie said mercilessly, "But the development will eventually reach the limit, and the accumulation of the people will not be able to catch up with the looting after all." ”

"There is no country in the world that will never perish, but if a country wants to survive forever, it should always limit looting, so that the rate of private accumulation can be as high as possible...... Sooner or later, this will fail, maybe two or three hundred years, maybe five or six hundred years, maybe thousands of years......"

"Really...... Thousands of years?"

"Not necessarily, but it's always going to be done in this direction." Wu Xie said lightly - he was too lazy to laugh at the old imperial history at the moment, "The jade worker tests the treasure jade, and it needs to be burned in the fire for three days, and the one that can't be burned is the real treasure jade; If a country does not work in the direction of thousands of generations, it will soon be doomed. ”

Old Yushi sighed deeply, spurted blood, and fell to the ground.