Chapter Seventy-Seven: Change
"The first emperor should have been able to foresee this day." Lou Shide continued to weigh the words.
It's strange when it was expected.
"I respect the choice of the first emperor."
If the first emperor chose so, then why should he canonize the emperor's grandson.
"I believe in Your Majesty."
Shen Sanwen decided to stop him from continuing to sing the self-righteous one-man show, "People always have to succumb to reality, and everything can't be the decision of the first emperor, the decision of Your Majesty." Don't have your decision? β
Lou Shide's words obviously only have a comforting effect.
Shen San asked and continued to analyze, "You know Your Majesty, trust the princess, and worry about me."
Actually, there's nothing to worry about, I'll tell you about me.
In the past, I was very ambitious and pursued justice in the world, and even if not everyone was equal, I wanted to ensure that a set of standards that govern the whole world is implemented.
But at that time, he was too young, carefree, one person fed the whole family without hunger, there would be no consideration of life and death, and all he saw was the victory of good over evil. When you see a dossier every day, you can analyze it from beginning to end, whether each step is right or wrong, how the causes and consequences change, and then compare the rules, you can think about a lot of things. What I think about the most is how this world should be, and how everyone can live their best life.
Later, I became one of the various people in the dossier and had a first-hand experience. Only then did I understand that all the rules in this world are made by individuals, and it makes no sense to use concepts recognized by individual people to bind everyone.
Everyone can only be bound by rules that the majority of people agree on.
Moreover, social and personal perceptions will continue to change.
Sometimes everyone thinks that murder pays for life, and sometimes it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and the person who was killed deserves it.
So I really saw it and gave up a lot of ideas that slowly felt extremely naΓ―ve.
The most important thing for people is to know what they like, what they want to do, and live according to their own ideas. Be able to cherish the people around you and cherish the time you have now.
No matter how ambitious your ambition is, to change the world or yourself, you should first start with the people around you and make them happy.
Many things can't be forced, but being serious about yourself can be a matter of course. To do nothing is to go with the flow, and to do is precisely to go with the flow.
Just like the current situation, the first emperor is already in the past, His Majesty is the person who everyone should be loyal to, and the person who influences the world, no matter who Jiangshang hands over to in the end, it is a matter of His Majesty's thoughts.
The princess is willing to go one step further in accordance with His Majesty's wishes. It also started by changing Luoyang, and then changed Lou Gong, Di Xiangye and the ministers, and then let others accept it.
As for me, I don't want to change the world anymore.
As long as you are happy, happy, and safe. β
Lou Shide sighed with emotion, if these words were said by him, a man in the twilight, it would be more appropriate. "Zi said, self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world, and now you can level the world, don't you think it's a pity?"
What's the pity, the world should be what it is, it's what it is.
"In the words of Buddhism, Master Lou's obsession is too heavy." Shen San asked and smiled.
"Not everyone has the courage to face the difficulties of changing the world, and I don't think I have the talent or the perseverance. I want the princess to do what she wants, but I don't want her to be too happy.
That position doesn't give anything but a justifiable role. His Majesty resolutely treats King Lu Ling, and uses iron-blooded means to deal with Tuogu and heavy ministers, isn't it just to prove himself to the world? What a blessing it was, and I wouldn't want the princess to be the same if I could.
So I don't want to share this responsibility, no matter how rich the world is, in the end, it will be empty for us. β
All I want is comfort.
Lou Shide stroked his palms and laughed, "The horse is really a free and easy person. β
If you say this, you may not approve it in your heart, but Your Majesty is not a fool, is it not possible to be willing to give Jiang Shang to others.
This tea tastes enough to drink here, but I don't know what kind of sincerity Lou Shide will show later.
Shen Sanwen looked forward to his result, but he would not pin his hopes entirely on him, the most reliable person was himself.
A few days later, Zhang Yang had arrived in Luoyang.
When Emperor Wu first saw this person, he had a good impression, he was young, and he made great contributions, but if he was entrusted with a Turkic matter, there were still many doubts that needed to be solved one by one.
Following the customs, Zhang Yang also learned complete court etiquette, and many people are not to blame, which is also the reason why Emperor Wu looked at him very pleasing to the eye.
"What is the relationship between you and Shen Sanwen?"
Zhang replied in a positive voice, and seemed to be very confident. "Confidants, familiar at first sight, known for many years."
These two people should have confessed to each other, and Emperor Wu didn't ask anymore, "This war with the Turks, winning more with less, is really rare in the Great Zhou, and you have made great contributions." It's just that the Turkic calamity, like a man's back, you have some intersection with the Turks, and you can have a way to deal with it. β
Zhang Yang was ready to speak, and when he was at war with the Turks, he thought day and night, and today he can finally spit out, "The Turkic problem can only be solved from within the Turks." First of all, it is necessary to send people deep into the Turks to understand the real-time problems of the Turks. Sometimes a food problem is a catastrophe for the Turks, but many sources are difficult to verify, and our understanding of the Turks is far from enough. Secondly, our dynasty does not have a cavalry comparable to the Turks in terms of quantity and quality, the Great Zhou is vast and has many people, advocating force, and it is not difficult to select them, and the last general is willing to train the troops in person, and after five years, he will be able to have a great desert army, and then he can follow Huo Quai's path to the north for thousands of miles, break the king's division, capture the head of the thief, and solve the Turkic disaster. In addition, the Khitan people on the Turkic border, who are brave and good at fighting, are growing stronger and stronger, and should be taken seriously. β
Emperor Wu nodded, "If you support the Khitan, how about competing with the Turks?" β
Zhang Yang thought for a while, "The Khitans, since the age of five, have fought the fiercest tigers, attacked the most united wolves, and are always on guard when eating and drinking, they are an invulnerable army, and the Turks can only exchange several times their lives when they fight against them. The minister also considered provoking the contradiction between the two clans, but after all, he felt that cultivating the Khitan was a problem for raising tigers, so it was better to cut it off first. β
"Da Zhou can't do this, and we need to think about it in the long run." If an army is sent to deal with the still weak Khitan, it will inevitably put many small tribes in danger and turn to the Turks. Moreover, the Great Zhou is a state of etiquette, and when this kind of thing spreads, the voices of domestic opposition will not make people worry.
"The Turks regard the Great Zhou as a flock of sheep, and the ministers are willing to lead a hundred people to the Turks, seeking opportunities, solving the Turkic scourge, and waiting for the opportunity to destroy the Khitan." Again, the topic returned to the Turks.
Emperor Wu admired this young man more and more, "You are at war with Mo Si, there are many people who know you, go to the Turks, nine deaths, do you really want to go?" β
Zhang Yang nodded firmly, he had long wanted to go, even if he saw the prairie, it would be good, the prairie at this time was not the Gobi Desert of later generations, it should be very courageous.
(End of chapter)