"Tea, please."

"Thank you."

In the dimly lit living room, Christopher brewed a few cups of black tea and brought them to the tea table.

Of course, Christopher knew, or rather knew Mavi's identity, and when His Royal Highness Katerina chose the Church of Truth, he was also present, and in the evening, he saw Katerina and Mavi getting out of the same carriage, and of course he could recognize each other's identities at a glance.

To be sure, there was a competition between churches, and it wasn't surprising that anything would be done to compete for believers, but Christopher still let Mavi and the others in.

Aside from wanting to hear what Mavi was going to say, he...

There are other calculations.

Christopher sat down on the sofa opposite, his eyes swept over to Wen, Dino and Edward, and when he saw that none of them meant to speak, he looked at Mavey.

"Father Mavi, if you have anything to say, just say it."

"Mr. Christopher, may I ask your church, what is the definition of happiness?"

Definition?

Christopher frowned, not understanding what Ma Wei wanted to do, but still said: "Happiness of course refers to satisfaction, different people have different feelings and acceptance of different things, so I think happiness is a more general word, it has no exact standard meaning, if you insist on giving a category, it is probably the comfort of being satisfied." ”

"Just like some people, they think that as long as they can marry a virtuous wife, they will be happy to have a child, and some people think that it is happiness to be able to fill their stomachs, even if they are homeless people on the street, they will feel happy because of a trivial matter."

"Happiness knows no class, rich or poor, it is something that everyone can touch."

"Something that everyone can touch..."Ma Wei nodded, "That's right." ”

"Father Mavi, do you want to be happy?"

Christopher asked, "If you're hoping to be happy, I'd be happy to explain more about happiness to you, including these gentlemen... You are all potential happiness gainers, and you just need to be guided to find that happiness is actually all around us. ”

This... Do you want to influence us? Let's Believe in the Church of Happiness?

The incoming people looked at each other, smiled, and did not say a word.

"Mr. Christopher, I appreciate and like your understanding and definition of happiness very much." Ma Wei said with a smile: "But unfortunately, there are several fatal holes in your theory. ”

"What vulnerability?"

"The foundations of society, the morality of human nature, and... Hope for the future. ”

Ma Wei said in a calm voice: "The social foundation determines the universal phenomena in life, just like the ocean, people are living creatures in the ocean, and the temperature, salinity, and pressure of the sea water determine the types of organisms and the environment. ”

"Generally speaking, the basic mode of operation of society determines people's living environment, such as the Romanov Kingdom, this country implements serfdom, serfs are exploited by the lords, they may feel a small happiness, but that is usually uncertain, for example, this year's wind and rain are smooth, the grain is abundant, even if they pay a heavy tax, they can still leave a lot of food, they can have a good year, then they will feel happy, but..."

How long can this kind of uncertainty, self-controlling, and unfortunate happiness last? Natural and man-made disasters happen from time to time, and a disaster can destroy a family and put them in a situation from which they will never recover, are they happy at this time? ”

With his palms pressed tightly on his knees, Christopher was silent, and he had the heart to refute, but he felt that what Mavi said was right.

"Therefore, I think that an important foundation for happiness comes from the stability of society, not the stability of the class, but the improvement of the social security system.

Ma Wei leaned back, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "Secondly, another indicator of happiness is also inseparable from human morality. As long as you live in society, you will come into contact with all kinds of people. Think about it, what kind of atmosphere will be stimulated in a society where morality is corrupt and ethics do not exist? In many cases, providing some help to strangers can give oneself a sense of satisfaction, which is an ideal state that can only be achieved on the basis of a stable society, people need virtue, they need order, they need kindness. Deception and refined egoism must be resisted and controlled. ”

"Everyone has desires." Christopher shook his head slowly, he found a point that could be refuted: "The society you said is too idealistic, desires are endless, we should teach people to be satisfied, not to take risks to believe in the goodness of others, self-interested, unscrupulous for the sake of profit abound, who knows if their kind help will invite disaster?" ”

"So we need public order and justice."

Ma Wei said with a smile: "If people didn't have desire, how could technology get to where it is today? Any capitalist and refined egoist wants to see a society that is ruthless and pursues fame and fortune, because in that way, they can use their best means to oppress and exploit others, and public order and justice are their natural enemies, so they want to destroy public order and justice by unscrupulous means, trying to make people believe that they live in a society where justice does not exist and public order collapses, thus gradually evolving into a closed-hearted, indifferent and ruthless social phenomenon. How is it possible for people living in such an environment to be happy? ”

"A great leader may be able to mediate this extreme phenomenon." Christopher thought for a moment and said, "But people still have desires, and this has nothing to do with leaders, and it is not something that can be controlled by a certain person or a certain force, and who doesn't want to live a more comfortable and beautiful life?" ”

"So on the basis of social foundation and human morality, a third point has evolved, hope for the future." Ma Wei said softly: "There is no high or low personality, but there are three or six or nine social status, this is power, there will always be people in power who go against their original intentions and try their best to make profits for themselves, people believe in the existence of public order and justice, but they can't pin all their hopes on public order and justice, because you don't know whether the existence of the right to exercise public order and justice is righteous or not." ”

"In this case, people need to see hope, what is hope? No matter how dark the moment, there is always a person with light in his heart who can stand up, this is hope, he will bring people the courage to set things right or reform the evils, he is not a person, he should be a group, a group that breeds in the vast soil, comes from the masses, and goes to the masses, boundless, endless, no darkness can curb their growth. ”

"Therefore, leaders must leave the hope of promotion for ordinary people, a path of hope that cannot be shaken at any time, and the people can see hope in order to have happiness."

Looking at Christopher, who was a little shocked, Ma Wei said with a smile:

"What I just said is the truth, and for me, happiness is something that must be obtained when the truth is obtained, Mr. Christopher, you..."

"Do you believe the truth?"