Liu Handong continued: "All generals must conscientiously and carefully study the ideological essence of the 'Red Star Army Declaration' and actively promote and study it among all officers and men."

"Everyone in the Red Star Army must understand that we participated in the uprising, not only for the sake of our parents, wives and children and the land allocated to our families, but also for a higher ideal, that is, to build a country where all the people can turn over and be the masters, and strive to build a beautiful society without oppression by power and cannibalism due to hunger."

"Every one of our soldiers must understand what we are fighting for. Fight for whom? Only by understanding these two issues can our army establish an invincible military spirit. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, may we encourage them all!" Liu Handong finally encouraged.

"Encourage each other!"

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Time flickered, half a month has passed, under the guise of Kong Rong summoning all the city lords of Qingzhou to come to Confucius City to discuss major matters, the Red Star Army has taken over the jurisdiction of the entire seventeen cities in Qingzhou, and the number of troops has also increased to 20,000, and the good change of sufficient grain and grass and the common people have no worries about food and clothing.

In the past half a month, the people of Kongcheng have also personally felt the good changes in Kongcheng.

First of all, the public order in Kongcheng has improved, and the newly established government has dealt a severe blow to the former underworld forces several times, and there are no bullies on the street who oppress the good people. The government will no longer oppress the people, everything only needs to be done in accordance with the rules and regulations, and after paying the due part, there will be no more people to come to exploit it.

The government has eliminated all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and only needs to pay 20 percent of the agricultural tax and only 2 and a half percent of the income from the commercial tax, which is much better than the previous layers of exploitation. Therefore, the people who farm the land laughed, and they had surplus food; The ordinary people who were doing business also laughed, and they had a balance in their own homes.

On this day, Liu Handong and the generals were inspecting the people's situation on the street, looking at the faces of the people now filled with happy smiles from the heart, and the hearts of the group were also full of pride and pride, and they were more determined to take the road they wanted to take.

The group walked all the way, and after a while, they only heard the sound of gongs and drums in front of them, and Liu Handong couldn't help but ask curiously: "What's going on ahead, why is it so lively?" ”

"Back to the lord, in front of you is the Sage Street, and at the end of the street is the temple of the Confucian sage and the most holy master of Confucius-Confucius Temple. Today happens to be September 28, and even the birthday of the Holy Prophet Confucius. Every year today, the people of Confucius City and the surrounding areas will come to the Confucian Temple for grand celebrations and sacrifices, so it is very lively. Kong Rong said.

"Oh, since it's the birthday of the Holy Master, my generation of scholars should go and pay their respects." Liu Handong said.

So the group walked towards Saints Street. In the middle of the street, people celebrating the birthday of the saint are happily beating gongs and drums, and there are performances in the form of lion and dragon dances, stilt walking, and Yangge twisting.

When I came to the square at the entrance of the Confucian Temple, I saw an elderly man wearing Confucian shirts, leading a group of students to worship the statue of the Holy Master in the Confucian Temple. Incense is offered, then three bows, and then the Analects are read...... Every step of the ritual is solemn.

After the collective worship is completed, people can begin to pay their respects to the saint Confucius and perform rituals such as making wishes and praying for blessings. As a result, from time to time, I saw people holding a stick of incense in both hands to come to the statue of the saint Confucius, sincerely worship, or express respect, or pray for the saint to bless their academic progress.

When there was a relatively small flow of people in the temple for a while, Liu Handong led the generals to come to the statue of Confucius with a stick of incense. I saw the statue of Confucius holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his left hand, symbolizing that Confucius was extremely knowledgeable; Holding a ring ruler in his right hand, it symbolizes Kong Sheng's strict requirements for students.

After Liu Handong inserted the incense in the incense burner, he came to the futon in front of the statue of the saint, and then said sincerely: "Disciple Liu Handong, congratulations on the birthday of the first master, please accept the disciple three times." ”

Just as Liu Handong was about to kneel down on his knees towards the futon, he saw that the statue of the Confucian saint in front of him suddenly shone with golden light, and an invisible force gently lifted Liu Handong upward, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't kneel on the futon.

At the same time, a voice of earnest teachings sounded in Liu Handong's mind: "You are the savior of all peoples, and there is no need to bow down to me." But you are also a descendant of Confucianism, and you should bow to the teacher, so you can stand and pay your respects to me. ”

So Liu Handong had no choice but to stand and bow three times to the statue of Sage Kong.

At this time, the people around also saw the golden light of the statue of Sage Kong, and they all opened their mouths in surprise. I don't know who shouted, "Sage Kong has appeared!" Then, the people who reacted knelt down to the statue of Sage Kong.

After Liu Handong bowed three times, the voice of Sage Kong sounded in his mind again: "I ask you, what is your original intention of the uprising?" ”

"I don't dare to deceive my ancestors, my uprising was just to save my life and that of my parents, and I didn't want myself and my family to become food in other people's mouths."

"But as the ranks of the uprising grew, I found that people could live a relatively better life through the uprising, and they could no longer live in a miserable world of cannibalism due to famine. Then it dawned on me that maybe this was the responsibility I had to take on when I came into this world. ”

"God has given me a second life, and I will assume the responsibility of leading the people to live a happy life, therefore, the eternal original intention of my uprising is to serve the people wholeheartedly, so that the people's lives will become happier and happier."

"Good! After the success of the uprising, what will you use as the basis for ruling the world? ”

"I will make sound laws and build a society governed by the rule of law. All persons are equal before the law, and no one is allowed to be above the law. At the same time, it is necessary to establish a perfect supervision and inspection organization, and to keep power in the cage of the system. Establish an organ for the people to express suggestions and complaints, and allow the people to directly submit various suggestions to the government, or to supervise and complain. ”

"If only the law is spoken, what is morality?" Kong Sheng asked

"If everyone speaks the law, fears the law, obeys the law, and everyone acts according to the rules, morality will naturally be formed and returned to society."

"For example, if the law stipulates that murder must pay for life, it will naturally form a moral standard of respect for the lives of others; For another example, if the law stipulates that theft of other people's property is punishable by imprisonment, it will naturally form a moral standard that a gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way. ”

"If everyone only talks about morality, it will make some selfish people demand that others should do this and should do that with moral standards, but they never ask themselves to act according to moral standards. In this way, society will eventually turn into a society of hypocrites with moral standards. ”

"For example, the moral standard of respecting the elderly, some selfish old people will stand in front of others and say, because I am an old man, you should respect me unconditionally. For example, if you have a seat, you should give it to me, otherwise I should hit you. ”

Another example is the moral standard of doing good, when you help someone who is dying of hunger to eat a full meal, he will be extremely grateful to you. But when you help him eat enough every day, if one day you are down and you can't help him eat enough, he will ask you, didn't you say that you would give me a full meal every day? Why is it not now? Are you reluctant to pay for it? Aren't you lying? ”

"Therefore, in a social system where the rules of the law are strictly observed, morality is naturally formed; And in a society that is purely moral, but has no coercive constraints, morality will eventually decline. ”

"Reasonable! How will you ensure the long-term peace and stability of the country? Kong Sheng continued to ask.

"First, always maintain the advanced nature of politicians. That is, we must always keep in mind the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly. Those who win the hearts of the people win the world! If there is a deviation in the politicians, any other official has the right to speak out against it. The government must have the courage to scrape the bones and heal the wounds, and the strong men must break their wrists, and they must thoroughly remove the rotten things found in a timely manner. ”

"Second, build a strong army of the common people - the Red Star Army. It is necessary to build the army into a powerful army that can fight when called, and win when it is called. It is necessary to strengthen ideological education in the armed forces, ensure that every officer and soldier always maintain absolute loyalty to the common people, always maintain the stability of the morale of the military, and enable the armed forces to become a strong backing for protecting the security of the common people and the peace of the country. It is necessary to actively popularize and popularize the system of exercises, drill the formation of troops, popularize the skills of fighting spirit, and train the common people to have their own battle formation divisions, so that the common people have the strength to confront the strong. In this way, it can not only strengthen the military strength to defend the homeland and defend the country, but also balance the personal force of the super generals. Only super generals can also be threatened by the masses to ensure that everyone is equal before the law.

Third, it is necessary to continuously enhance our comprehensive national strength and build a prosperous and strong country. That is, vigorously develop agriculture, commerce and other industries, and constantly improve the country's comprehensive strength; Strengthen mutually beneficial exchanges with neighboring countries and maintain regional peace. To sum up, in order to maintain the long-term peace and stability of the country. ”

"Good! Please use a Confucian aphorism to sum up your ambition and vision of the uprising. Kong Sheng said.

Hearing Kong Sheng's words, Liu Handong remembered the tragedy of cannibalism that happened in Liujia Village when he first came to this world, and remembered the peaceful and prosperous era in his previous life, and suddenly longed to live in that happy era again.

Thinking of this, Liu Handong's mind naturally popped up a classic Confucian quote from his previous life, and he blurted out: "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations!" ”

"Great goodness!" Kong Sheng said.

Then, the hall suddenly fell into silence, as if Kong Sheng was thinking about something. Liu Handong waited for about seven breaths before Kong Sheng's voice sounded in his mind again: "You have passed the test of my conscience, and your answer is from the bottom of your heart and in accordance with heavenly reason, so this saint approves of your idea." ”

"Remember your words: 'Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations!' If you disobey one day, I will punish you. ”