22. War Clouds Gather (II)
Of course, Han Wenzheng is not completely out of things to do, at least, he can't put off the work of meeting with the saint and the dark, on the Great Wall, the saint and the dark came together, Han Wenzheng joked: "You two, how do I think you don't look like opponents, but good friends, go out together, do you sleep together?" Sheng smiled bitterly, and secretly rolled his eyes and said: "Patriarch, this joke is not funny." "Okay, come, let's have a cup of tea first, this is the best big red robe, you can't drink it on the Western Continent." Han Wenzheng lifted the exquisite teapot and poured a cup of tea for the two of them.
As soon as the tea was in his mouth, the saint said: "Sure enough, it is the best tea, patriarch, we are old friends, give me two catties." "Don't even think about it, this is specially made by my daughters for my husband and wife, no one else, and I don't have much tea in my hand, if it weren't for seeing that you two are old friends, I wouldn't have greeted you with such a superb tea." Han Wenzheng refused, this superb red robe is difficult to die, and it takes a lot of time, that is, the Yanhuang clan does not produce much in a year, and it is not enough for his own people to drink?
Secretly said: "Patriarch, I don't want to say anything else, but, Patriarch, the thousand-year period you promised, now it's only been eighty or ninety years, and you have taken down the Tianguang Empire, this is a bit unauthentic, aren't you slapping yourself in the mouth?"
Han Wenzheng smiled and said, "It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people, I'm helping you." You still come back to blame me, it's really hard to be a good person. Han Wenzheng also knew that what the Tianguang Empire took the initiative to surrender to the Yanhuang clan This kind of talk can be concealed from ordinary people, but it can't be hidden from the high-level of the two major temples, everyone is engaged in politics, this kind of thing has to have an explanation, if there is no explanation, then the reputation of the Yanhuang clan will be stinky, but of course, he is already ready to say it.
He said, "Patriarch, I would like to hear where your good people are." Qiushui smiled and said: "Mr. Sheng, my husband is not lying, we are doing this to help you, back then, my husband promised a thousand years, that is, you can achieve the goal of peace within a thousand years, but almost a tenth of the time has passed, but your situation has not been improved, my husband thinks, you have no intention of changing the status quo, and you can't find any way to change the status quo." โ
This time it was Shenghe's turn to smile bitterly, although the two of them had a lot of power, they were both secret powers, and they played a very limited role in the high-level decision-making of the two major temples, of course, they knew that the two major temples did not take what the Yanhuang clan said to heart at all, and in order to achieve peace, there was too much work to be done, and just facing the nobles on the Western Continent was enough to give people a headache, so, for decades, basically nothing has changed, plus those ordinary nobles are not strong, that is, the lifespan of more than one hundred and two hundred years, and the longest will not exceed three hundred years, so, They naturally didn't care about what would happen to the Western Continent after a thousand years, after all, it was already a few hundred years after their death, so what did they do? Therefore, even if the Temple of Light issued some policies, they were ignored by those nobles, and not everyone in this world had foresight.
"It's not that we don't do it, it's just that there are some things that don't work so well. "Understood, so, I'm going to do it for you, it's as simple as that. Han Wenzheng smiled and said, "Since your mobility is insufficient, then in order to let fewer people die on the Western Continent and for the sake of countless living beings, we Yanhuang Clan have to intervene." โ
Qiushui said: "Two gentlemen, it's not that we don't understand the difficulties of the two great temples, it is precisely because we understand your difficulties that we have this operation. "I don't understand, ma'am, please explain it clearly. "There is a great Confucian sage in our country named Meng Ke, known as Mencius, and he has a very famous book called Mencius, in which he puts forward a very famous view, which is called 'Born in sorrow, die in peace'. It means that if you are always in a difficult life in the world, because of all kinds of tribulations, these tribulations will stimulate personal self-motivation, prompt this person to work hard, study hard, and become a person with great knowledge, and even become a celebrity, or a great man. On the contrary, if a person is born into a wealthy family and lives a very comfortable life, then his will will will be easily worn out, and he will not study hard, and at the end of his life, he will achieve nothing and become a wasted existence. Among the sages he summed up, some were born as farmers, such as Shun, one of the five ancient emperors of the Yanhuang tribe; some were born in very poor families and had no food for the next day, such as Baili Xi, the famous minister of the Qin Dynasty, when he went out to seek official positions after completing his studies, his wife killed the only chicken at home, and there was no firewood at home, so his wife split the latch of her house and cooked the chicken to see him off; some were born in the market, such as the Shang Dynasty's doctor Jiao Ji, who was born as a hawker, and like Jiang Ziyagong, the originator of the art of war of the Yanhuang tribeBefore he became an official, he was a fortune-teller; some even made prisoners, and the Baili Xi I just mentioned was captured by the enemy, and the Qin State exchanged him from the hands of the enemy for the price of five sheepskins; and even more was a slave, and a generation of famous ministers of the Shang Dynasty said that he was a slave with a very humble status, who was captured to repair the city wall. However, these sages did not give up their learning, they used all their time to study, improve their knowledge and various abilities, and at the end of the day, they became famous and prosperous, and became the existence admired by our future generations. โ
The saint and the dark opened their mouths wide, but they couldn't speak, Qiushui's words were simply against the sky for the two of them, the Western Continent has always been a hero by birth, a person's origin determines his life, the nobility is also the most particular about blood, and even the descendants are very different, it is impossible for a person from a slave to be an official, let alone a position under the prime minister, above tens of millions of people, the Yanhuang clan is really hard to believe, but when they think of some policies of the Yanhuang clan, they believe what Qiushui said, after all, the Yanhuang clan is now implementing this kind of policy, regardless of origin, just in terms of strength, those who have the ability can find a good job in the Yanhuang Principality, or even become an official, it seems that this policy of the Yanhuang clan has a tradition.
Han Wenzheng went on to say: " Mencius sages in his writings from the growth process of these sages to draw conclusions, and then further by people and the state, a country is the same as people, if a country is under the peace for a long time, and there are no natural or man-made disasters, then the country will slowly become corrupt, to the end of the day, it will completely lose its enterprising spirit, the country will be in an extremely dangerous situation, and even let the country perish, on the contrary, if a country is in crisis all the time, then the country will always be vigilant, and the people in power will always remind themselves that they cannot relax, so that the country will slowly become strongerใ One branch of my Yanhuang clan on the earth is like this, they used to be the most powerful existence, the strength is incomparable, it can be said that all the strength of the world adds up to one hundred, and he can account for eighty when he is the strongest, but it is precisely because they are too strong, they slowly become proud, thinking that they will always be the strongest, and they have lost their enterprising spirit, and after a few hundred years, they have suffered an attack that they have never had before, and the whole country has almost been destroyed, and the country has been invaded by other countries for a hundred years, and countless wealth has been lost, and the people have been bullied by other countries, and within this hundred years, countless of them have come to their senses, soThey began to study hard to make themselves stronger, and later, the tribe became one of the most powerful nations in the world. From this point of view, what Mencius said is correct. โ
After all, the saint was a little more active, and he understood, and said, "So, the patriarch wants us to feel the danger?" "Yes, of course, this pressure on me will increase over time, if you don't cheer up, then don't blame me for not giving you time." Han Wenzheng's slippery head still laid a foreshadowing in his words, if he had another Tianguang Empire-style incident in the future, he would have something to say first, no wonder him.
Darkness also understood, indeed, this move of the Yanhuang clan made the two major temples have a sense of crisis, in this regard, the Yanhuang clan did them a great favor, but the price was too great. However, darkness will not be wronged, because, this price does not need to be paid by the Dark Temple, the Temple of Light is stronger than the Dark Temple, and now, with the lack of the power of an empire, the strength of both sides will basically be leveled, which is also a good thing for the Dark Temple, so he will never speak for the Temple of Light.
Of course, the saint also understands, but what else does he have to say, the reason of the Yanhuang clan is very sufficient, although he also knows that Han Wenzheng's words are a bit strong, but the person with a big fist speaks louder, and now, the fist of the Yanhuang clan is bigger than just a little, forget it, it can be explained. He thought for a moment and said, "Patriarch, I accept your reasons, but it's none of my business whether others accept it or not." "Of course, I don't expect everyone to accept that you are my old friends, and if even your two old friends don't understand my painstaking efforts, then I will be very heartbroken. Han Wenzheng pretended to be in pain, it was really a typical kind of cheap and obedient, which made people really want to punch away his hypocritical pain, but this can only be thought.
The matter has been clarified, and the saint will no longer pursue this matter, it is meaningless, and secretly said: "Patriarch, now that the war is about to break out, what are you going to do?" "Of course I hope that this war will not break out, but the matter is no longer something that I and you can control, this war must be fought, and I can only hope that the army of the Temple of Light will not be beaten too badly, and it is always bad to have too many casualties, Sheng, you guy, what extent do you want this war to be fought?" To what extent can we give an account to the major empires?"