When Zhang Zeshan was nineteen years old, Zhang Tieyi once took him to Shenghuang Public University to give lectures, Zhang Tieyi was the governor of the Yanhuang tribe in the Western Continent, the supreme ruler of the Yanhuang tribe in the Western Continent, and also served as the Minister of Education, so it was normal to go to the university to give lectures from time to time, and it was also a task within the scope of his work.

More than 10,000 teachers and students of Shenghuang Public University gathered in the auditorium to listen to Zhang Tieyi's lectures, and many nobles from the Yanhuang Principality, some social elites and well-known scholars from the Western Continent also came to listen to the lectures, so the entire auditorium, which can accommodate more than 30,000 people, is basically full.

After the exception greeting, Zhang Tieyi spoke: "Everyone, last time, I told you about the seventy-seventh chapter of the way of heaven in the famous book "Tao Te Ching" of the four generations of the patriarch of my Yanhuang clan. ”

At this time, three people stood up, these three people were seventy-eight years old, of course, their real age was definitely more than seventy or eighty years old, I am afraid that it is possible to be seven or eight hundred years old. Zhang Tieyi was stunned and said, "Three old gentlemen, what is the matter with you?"

The old man said, "Your Excellency, I am Petrkov Kalin, the former dean of the Royal Academy of the Sun Empire, the one on my left is my former vice-president Caleminos Kalin, my nephew, and the one on my right is also my vice-president of the year, Palek Unov, the three of us have come this time to ask His Excellency the Governor for advice. ”

Zhang Tieyi's heart suddenly felt solemn, these three are all old guys who have studied for hundreds of years, although they are not as advanced as the Yanhuang clan, but the knowledge that has accumulated hundreds of years is definitely not a simple character, and he immediately understood, this is a trick played by the Temple of Light, isn't the Yanhuang clan very powerful? Theoretically, let's defeat your Yanhuang clan first, so they sent elite soldiers and strong generals at the beginning, and these three old men are only afraid that they have stayed in the Yanhuang Principality for a short time, and they must have learned a lot of knowledge about the Yanhuang clan, so today's battle is definitely not easy, this is a key battle related to the implementation of the Yanhuang clan's future strategic plan, but he also knew that sooner or later there will be such a day, so he has already been mentally prepared, so he smiled and said: " The three old gentlemen are senior scholars, I dare not say that we can discuss learning, Zeshan, prepare a seat for the three old gentlemen, and I will have a debate with the three old gentlemen today. ”

The three old men did not shirk, they came to the stage, sat opposite Zhang Tieyi, and the people in the audience all knew that there was a good show today, it seems that the three old men of the old pedant level came prepared, and Zhang Tieyi is also a talented person, this debate is absolutely wonderful.

Pyotrkov Kalin said: "Your Excellency, the Tao Te Ching of the nobles is indeed a classic of the ages, and although we have not learned much, we are deeply inspired, just as His Excellency the Governor said last time: 'The way of heaven is like a bow and the high one is suppressed, the lower one lifts it, the surplus loses it, and the insufficient one makes up for it.'" The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost. The way of man, otherwise, the loss is not enough to give more than enough. Who can have more than enough to serve the world, only the Taoist. It is not to be ashamed of the saint's life, to succeed and not to be punished, and it does not want to see the virtuous', (Chapter 77 of the Tao Te Ching) is very wonderful, and the way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency with more than loss. The way of man, the loss is not enough to give more than enough. It seems that although there is not much interaction between our tribes in the Western Continent and the Yanhuang Clan, they are the same in their understanding of heaven and earth, but they do not have the genius of the four generations of nobles in the Western Continent, and they cannot write such profound words, otherwise, there should be an aphorism to compete with the nobles. ”

Zhang Tieyi said: "Thank you for your appreciation, this is indeed an epigram, but there are not many people who can understand this sentence correctly, but there are many people who misinterpret this sentence, and as a result, because of the different understandings, the practices are naturally very different, and even because of this, they have gone on the wrong path, which is the result of the improper understanding of the words of the sages." Zhang Tieyi turned the topic to the understanding of this sentence, and he had the intention of changing the topic.

Calminos Carlin said: "Your Excellency, the so-called way of heaven is to make up for what is lacking. The way of man, the loss is not enough to give more than enough. Didn't Your Excellency say?' In the Anthropocene, most of the wealth is concentrated, so that the small part of the power and ability can be strengthened first, and then this wealth is distributed reasonably. Doesn't this mean that among us the poor, the slaves, etc., should work hard for our nobles, and use their earnings to serve our nobles?

Zhang Tieyi smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Caleminos Carlin, you are very wrong to understand what I am saying in this way. "Oh, I don't know what His Excellency the Governor of the Governor of the Dao has correctly understood, and I believe that what the four generations of nobles have said is right, and what His Excellency has said is also right. ”

The way of man, the loss is not enough to give more than enough, this sentence, at first glance, to collect the wealth of those poor people, and offer it to those who are already rich, simply put, it is to make the poor poorer and poorer, and the rich are getting richer and richer. "According to the meaning of His Excellency the Governor's last statement, it does not mean that as long as the Anthropocene realm is capable, it is possible to possess more means of production and more wealth, as you have mentioned before, and this sentence provides a reasonable legal basis for such social action. A famous quote indeed. ”

Everyone in the audience was in an uproar, and they all began to think that what these three old gentlemen said made sense, and this sentence was very well understood, isn't that it? Isn't this exactly what the human world is? Isn't it true that even if it is as strong as the Yanhuang clan, don't they also collect taxes? Isn't the tax just from the pockets of the poor? Otherwise, what if a large number of officials and soldiers are raised?

Zhang Tieyi smiled and said: "The understanding of the three old gentlemen is a big mistake, mistakes are wrong, the words of the ancient sages of our clan, some of them need to be pondered more carefully, and then after a round of verification, so that they can be understood correctly, not just from the literal understanding, let alone one-sided understanding, otherwise it will be wrong on top of mistakes, if you use the understanding of the three old gentlemen just now and then use it to govern the country, it will be even more wrong." "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency of the loss of the surplus, and the way of the people is not enough to give the surplus", the difference is on the word "Feng", the word "Feng" in my Yanhuang clan has the meaning of dedication and worship, which means that the wealth is insufficient, that is, the poor people are willing to dedicate part of their harvest to the surplus, that is, the person in power, and the four words of willingness are the difference. I, the Yanhuang Clan, collect taxes, and the various empires, kingdoms, and principalities under your two great temples also collect taxes, but the taxes of my Yanhuang Clan are much less than yours, and the common people are willing to pay this part of the tax, but what about you? Can the common people pay taxes willingly?"

When everyone heard it, it made some sense, and Fengzi was indeed understood in this way. "Your Excellency, there are not many people who are willing to pay taxes, and even in your Yanhuang Principality, there are some people who are unwilling to pay taxes, aren't they?

Zhang Tieyi smiled and said, "Yes, I personally gave the order, and I don't deny that incident." However, the way of man, the loss is not enough to give more than enough, the purpose is just to let everyone willingly pay a part of their own taxes, I would like to ask, why do you have to pay taxes? If you don't understand what to pay taxes for, naturally not many people will pay taxes willingly, so it is normal for some people not to understand, but this part of the people have not been educated enough, they still do not understand the truth, so they still need to be educated, only for this part of the people who resist to pay taxes to carry out a deeper education, I believe they will be willing to pay taxes next time. ”

Everyone laughed loudly, then someone would pay the tax willingly, if it were not for the support of the violent organs of the state, the idiot would pay the tax, isn't that money? Couldn't the money be used to buy meat to eat? Why should it be given to those who are officials for nothing? The laughter of the crowd was naturally a shame at Zhang Tieyi's pedantry.

Zhang Tieyi sighed lightly and said: "You don't understand this sentence to laugh at me, so let's give you an example, if you think it makes sense, it's not too late to listen to me." The crowd fell silent. Zhang Tieyi said: "There is a city, under the siege of the enemy for a period of time, the soldiers in the city have no military rations, and the soldiers on both sides have been exhausted, we can call the side defending the city called Party A, and the side besieging the city is called Party B, both sides have reached the last moment, the soldiers of Army B are very brutal, if the city is broken, Army B will attack the city, it is likely to slaughter the city." Party A's soldiers have been hungry for two days, and the people in the city are basically without food, and there is only a little life-saving food left, at this time, the city lord made a decision to hand over all the food to all the people, so that the soldiers can eat enough to kill the enemy, but, in this way, there will inevitably be many people among the people will starve to death, you said, will the people hand in this mouthful of life-saving food?" This story is hypothetical, and it should not be true.

Everyone in the audience, including the three old gentlemen on the stage, did not speak, this story gives a dilemma, hand over the food, you will starve to death, if you don't pay, the soldiers have no food, they can't defend the city, the city will be breached, and the consequences will be even more terrible, so that whether to pay or not to pay has become a big problem.

Zhang Tieyi did not embarrass them, and said: " At this juncture of life and death, the patriotic people will naturally hand over their life-saving food, and some selfish people will naturally not pay it, this is the people's mind is at fault, we can ignore it, but everyone should understand by now, sometimes, the people will be very happy to pay taxes, the premise is that the purpose of the rulers is to protect the people, it is my Yanhuang Principality that also collects taxes, but the purpose of our taxes is to make the Yanhuang Principality run better, to train strong soldiers to protect them, and so on, in this way, if the people understand this, how can they not be happyCould it be that they still want to live their old lives?"

Before Zhang Tieyi finished speaking, the audience already burst into thunderous applause. This is really a very good thing, as long as the country is really for the good of the people, what is a little tax worth? Even if it is a life, it is nothing, and the people will definitely be willing to give everything they have, or this is the way of man, and the loss is not enough to give more than the true meaning.