Chapter 655: Enlightenment
As a woman with a conscience, she can't understand why some criminals use 'to make others afraid of themselves' as the motive for committing crimes, and she can't accept this absurd reason. But Yun Yao understands very well that at the bottom of the order, it is the most primitive law of the jungle, and whoever is more cruel can dominate more people.
Different classes have different ways of forming alliances, and Huang Bixia, as a resident in the middle layer, is accustomed to using morality to form alliances with everyone, trusting moral people, and willing to make friends with moral people. Having the same moral values is the basis for the survival of this group.
For the emperor, ministers, relatives and other characters, they don't think about morality, because they have enough interests, and the way to form alliances with others is to speak with interests. Because they represent not only their own interests, but also the interests of the group, and if they do not bring benefits to the group behind them, it will be difficult for them to gain support.
In addition to morality and interests, there is a set of alliance schemes, which have existed since the time of the flood and continue to this day. That is to use fear to form an alliance, people are social animals, even if there is no interest and morality, they will also build their own order, that is, through fear to form an alliance, the strong dominate the weak, this strong can be the boldest, the most cruel, or it can be the most human life, which ordinary people can't do. Even if it is the same criminal gang, they can compare whose methods are the most brutal and ruthless.
Huang Bixia can't understand the motive of killing 'making people afraid', but there are such rules of the game in the dark corners of Datang, and people who are afraid can dominate everything.
"In fact, the gap between people and people is really bigger than the gap between people and demons, it is useless to rely on education alone, it is still necessary to let more people out of the dark corners to make Datang better. Providing them with education is not only one aspect, but also the opportunity to provide jobs that pay the moral cost, after all, Mencius said that 'those who have constant production have perseverance', because maintaining morality also requires a cost. ”
"What is the cost of maintaining morality? Isn't it okay not to eat the food that comes from you? Didn't Meng Fuzi also say, 'The rich and the rich cannot be lewd, the poor and the lowly cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be bent'? When it comes to reading, Huang Bixia is also well-read, and she also has a belly of care, so she thinks that the princess is distorting the power of morality, and it is nonsense to say that morality needs costs.
"Horse, you're too careless in your reading. These two sentences are aimed at different goals, just like what I just said, the gap between people and people is bigger than the gap between people and demons, and those who have constant birth have perseverance is Mencius for the people, and the sentence you said is aimed at the big husband. Can the people be the same as the husbands? The husbands are all people of faith, and they can indeed avoid eating the food that comes to them, but the people only have 'the warehouse and know the etiquette, and the food and clothing are sufficient to know the honor and disgrace', because morality has a cost, and you waste your time and energy by doing a good deed, but you may not be rewarded. If an ordinary person who can't get enough to eat, how can he do a thankless deed? Only when you have eaten and drunk enough will you fulfill the moral norms. When a person can't eat enough and can sacrifice his life for righteousness, then this person is a big husband. "We want to recognize the unity of the Terrans, but we also have to acknowledge the differences and complexities of the Terrans." Yun Yao is going to start talking about dialectics again, because dialectics is really a good thing, maintaining unity, observing differences, and understanding complexity.
The difference between people and people is bigger than the gap between people and demons, in the words of Zhuangzi's good friends: the same and the small same, this is called the small same; All things are the same, and this is said to be very similar.
Different classes adopt different ways of forming alliances, which is a small similarity. As a social animal, the human race needs to form an alliance no matter what class no matter what means it uses, and this is the big difference.
Forming alliances is a rigid need, and although the means vary according to different classes, there is no superiority or disadvantage, after all, the best way for the environment is the best way. The real advantages and disadvantages are the social environment, and Yun Yao believes that only by changing the social environment can we educate everyone. But there are also those who believe that education should be carried out before the environment can be changed.
It all makes sense, because if you don't educate yourself, how can you know that the social environment you live in is unreasonable? How can there be a motivation to break through the social environment?
However, if there is only education and no other support, it is difficult to break through the environment by relying only on people in the environment, and it may take hundreds of years and generations of continuous efforts and accumulation, and there can be no accidents.
Therefore, Yun Yao believes that it is much easier to improve the material conditions first, and then educate, after all, the economic base determines the superstructure.
The female concubine heard Yun Yao say that the people and the big husband are different, and they can't be confused, and they can't use the standard of asking for the big husband to ask for the promotion of the small people, but they can't refute it. But she still said in a tangled voice: "Isn't morality something that everyone should consciously abide by?" ”
"Judging from the results of my hundreds of years of wandering in the mortal world, it is obviously not. Morality needs to be guided, and only a few people will consciously abide by it. And people who consciously abide by morality basically have a certain economic status, and their moral requirements are not for themselves, but for others, hoping that others will not interfere with their interests. If there are really people who consciously abide by morality from the bottom of their hearts, they are gentlemen and husbands. "The gentleman and the eldest husband are rare creatures in the mortal world, although Yun Yao has seen a lot, but in terms of hundreds of years, the proportion is very small.
"So our job is not to be confused for a criminal, but to clearly understand our mission, that is, to eliminate the dark environment of Datang, so that everyone has the strength to pay the moral cost, and then everyone will naturally talk about morality and know shame." "So your work is also very important, because you are in charge of criminal cases, that is, to maintain the stability of Datang's law and order, stability is the first condition for development, and then I find a way to make money, I can make Datang's future bright."
Looking at the princess who was talking eloquently, the female concubine had to admit that the other party's thoughts and visions were above her, no wonder she was a disciple of the hundred schools of thought. These words, although contrary to my own education, are very instructive.
"In the past, I only knew how to talk about morality, but I didn't know why I wanted to talk about morality, but after listening to His Highness's words, I have a new understanding." In the past, if you asked why you want to talk about morality, the teacher will definitely say that this is the words of the sages, of course, you have to learn, and you will never say that morality is a way to form an alliance, morality is a way to protect interests, and even practicing morality has to pay a cost.
Sure enough, the disciples of the Hundred Schools of Zhuzi are different, and their analysis of the human race is remote. Moreover, morality is not the only way to form an alliance, and different environments and different classes will use different ways of alliance. While impactful, it's really meaningful for understanding the diversity and complexity of the Terrans.
The difference between Yun Yao and Confucius and Meng is actually very simple, Confucius and Meng represent their own class, and rarely mention the neglected savages and Qianshou. Their theories are limited and do not include everyone. Their ideas and morals did not include everyone, but only after the continuous development of later generations, the scope of encompassing became larger and larger, and finally everyone was included.