The wine and food are all together, the two sit opposite each other, raise a glass and drink together, talking and laughing.

The two rarely sit and drink opposite each other like this, Zhu Qiyu is rarely free today, and Liaodong is making good progress, and the frowning brows that he has always been used to frowning are also relaxed.

Zhu Qiyu chuckled and said, "Sir, your understanding of the court situation, and even the entire Ming Dynasty, is very human, I want to ask you some questions." ”

"Your Majesty, please speak." Li Qing put down his chopsticks and nodded with a smile.

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said, "What is the explanation of the so-called general trend of the world?" ”

“…… The emperor's question is too general. ”

"I already know the details, but these things that seem to be general, but contain the Great Dao, I can't understand them thoroughly, and I don't know enough." Zhu Qiyu said,

"I ask in general, and Mr. teaches in general."

When he said this, Li Qing suddenly realized that this was indeed Zhu Qiyu's hard injury.

Frankly speaking, in terms of political talent alone, Zhu Qiyu is the worst of all the Ming emperors so far.

At most, it's like a tie with Zhu Yunwen!

Lao Zhu and the fourth child will not talk about it, the little fat father and son, and Zhu Qiyu are far behind.

Even Zhu Qizhen's political talent and skills far surpass Zhu Qiyu.

Based on this, Li Qing directly abandoned the big and empty, and proceeded from reality instead.

Of course, this can't be blamed on Zhu Qiyu, he didn't receive an imperial education at all, he was forced to come up.

Li Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Lao Tzu said: The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more loss; The way of man, the loss is insufficient and the benefit is more than gained. ”gòйЪ.ōΓg

Speaking of this, Li Qing couldn't help but be convinced, and praised: "Lao Tzu's two short sentences have exhausted the avenue, the general trend!" ”

You're too general, aren't you...... Zhu Qiyu resisted the urge to roll his eyes, took a sip of wine, and said, "Do these two sentences have anything to do with the general trend of the world?" ”

"Of course it does."

Li Qing smiled slightly, "The emperor is calm and don't be impatient, listen to me slowly." ”

Zhu Qiyu suppressed the impatience in his heart, and said with his head bowed: "Sir, please speak." ”

"Hmm......" Li Qing thought for a while, pointed to the hot pot with the soup gushing, and said: "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost;

Take this hot pot as an example, it is boiling hot, but it is far from reaching its temperature outside it, and its heat is excessive, and it will continue to flow to the side where the heat is insufficient.

This is: the way of heaven, more than what is lost and what is not enough! ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded slowly, he also knew the gist of this sentence, but when Li Qing said this, he immediately became concrete.

Li Qing continued: "It will continue to flow heat energy until it reaches an equilibrium point like the surroundings, but if it stops, can we still eat hot pot?" ”

"I can't." Zhu Qiyu shook his head, he was even more confused, and he didn't understand why Li Qing said such unnutritious nonsense.

Li Qing seemed to have a very strong love for hot pot, and said with a smile: "This hot pot is so delicious, wouldn't it be a pity if you can't eat it?" ”

"......" Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly.

Li Qing asked again: "Dare to ask the emperor, what should I do if I want to continue to eat?" ”

Zhu Qiyu rolled his eyes, "Add soup, add charcoal!" ”

"That's right!" Li Qing clapped his hands, "That's it." ”

"Sir, I'm not smart, but I'm not stupid, right?" Zhu Qiyu said angrily, "You are treating me as a fool!" ”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, listen carefully, taste slowly, you will have a harvest." Li Qing motioned to Zhu Qiyu to calm down and continued, "The way of man is not enough to lose, but more than to benefit;

The way of man is diametrically opposed to the way of heaven, what does the emperor know? ”

"Because ......" Zhu Qiyu was asked, and said tentatively, "Man will win the day?" ”

"......" Li Qing touched his nose and directly announced the answer: "Because man is above all things and is the smartest existence in the world, no one is willing to pursue: the way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency by losing more than is lost." ”

Li Qing pointed to the hot pot where the soup was surging and the fragrance was overflowing, and said:

"If you follow the way of heaven, then this hot pot will soon be unable, if you want to continue to eat, you have to go against the sky, add soup and charcoal."

Zhu Qiyu understood a little, but it was not thorough enough," Mr. continued. ”

Li Qing nodded: "The way of man, the loss is insufficient and the benefit is more than gain, which probably means that the resources will be tilted from the less side to the more side, which is diametrically opposed to the way of heaven, and the behavior logic is also fundamentally different." ”

"Sir, please speak." Zhu Qiyu faintly realized that the dry goods were coming, leaned forward, and looked serious.

"The way of heaven is the law of the development of all things, and the way of man is not the law of nature...... To put it bluntly, it is artificial plunder. Li Qingdao said, "The loss is insufficient, but the benefit is more than enough; To be precise, the surplus is plundering the insufficient. ”

Li Qingdao: "The most intuitive example is land annexation!"

This phenomenon has occurred in all dynasties, and no emperor can avoid it, is it because they don't want to do it?

No, it's they can't do it, because it's human nature! ”

Speaking of thirst, Li Qing lifted the teapot and poured himself a cup, moistened his throat, and then continued:

"There is a very apt saying: big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp, shrimp eat silt; Shrimp can't eat small fish, and small fish can't eat big fish, so plundering has always been top-down, not bottom-up. ”

Zhu Qiyu lifted the teapot to refill Li Qing's cup, and hesitated: "But I see...... This is not absolute. ”

"Indeed, because man is not a fish." Li Qing nodded, "In order to maintain the long-term plunder, the surplus usually does not do everything to catch fish;

At a certain point, they will target those who are more than the same size, or even those who are much larger than them.

But it is difficult for them to fight against people with the same strength as themselves, let alone against people who are much stronger than them, so they choose to join forces, join forces, and after twisting into a rope, their strength will soar;

A group of landlords can join forces and kill a landlord; A group of officials united, can resist the imperial power, and all officials, landlords, united, can take out the imperial power! ”

Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Specific performance: the landlord exploits the tenants, but they will also give the tenants a bite to eat; Many of the officials and gentry of all dynasties would collude with each other to resist the plundering of imperial power, and even plunder imperial power;

The way of man, the loss is insufficient and the benefit is more than gain; When the size of the gentry reaches a certain level, the surplus is no longer the imperial power;

Therefore, in all dynasties, the emperor and the scholars ruled the world together, in fact, the emperor also wanted to rule alone, but without exception, he couldn't do it. ”

Zhu Qiyu was stunned and said, "I exploited them? ”

"The positions are different and cannot be judged." Li Qing sighed: "The country needs officials and the army to maintain the operation of the country and protect national security; These all require resources, so resources need to be charged downward;

The gentry also need resources to maintain their dignity and quality of life, so they also need to collect resources downward;

Of course, the people also need resources to sustain their most basic survival, but they are too weak to eat from the dirt. ”

Li Qing took a bite of food and said: "The food in the human stomach will gradually decrease with digestion, so you need to eat, and the temperature on your body will also be affected by the temperature and gradually lost, so you need to dress to keep out the cold; If people want to live, they can only keep asking for resources. ”

"Just like this hot pot, if you want to keep boiling all the time, you have to add soup and charcoal, otherwise it will stop, and once you stop, it means death." Li Qingdao said, "Your Majesty, now you understand the meaning of these two sentences, right?" ”

Zhu Qiyu leaned on the back of the chair, his eyes narrowed slightly, and whispered to himself: "The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency if there is more loss, and the way of man is more than enough to make up for the deficiency; The two sentences seem to describe different objects and explain opposite views, but they have an inevitable causal relationship. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but show the same expression as Li Qing, and praised convincingly:

"Lao Tzu, he is really a god!"

After that, he was silent.

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Li Qing's words are like putting myopia glasses on a short-sighted person.

Zhu Qiyu finally saw clearly and saw the essence clearly.

Unfortunately, instead of the good, he sees the clear ugly!

The clearer he sees and understands it, the stronger his sense of powerlessness becomes.

It's hard!

He looked at Li Qing, but when he saw Li Qing's deep eyes, there was also a deep sense of powerlessness, and there was an indescribable tiredness.

It's so hard!

……