"Is there such a thing as equality in the world?" Hua Xie thought quietly in the rocking carriage.

Nie Xingyun said goodbye and returned to Luliuzhuang, since he rescued Hua Jieyu, Li Fengyun did not regenerate branches, hired a carriage, and left Jinling with Hua Jieyu.

Li Fengming really worked hard, and even sent four second-rate masters to protect Li Fengyun and others along the way. Of course, it is not so much about protection, but rather about "escorting" Hua Xie Yu out of the country. Now in this situation, Hua Jieyu is indeed no longer suitable to appear in the territory of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

"Just let them go?" On a hill, looking at the cars and horses slowly moving away in the distance, Qiu Xian, the leader of the Taihu Gang, asked.

"You have to give it up!" Nineteen smiled slightly, "Gang Master Qiu, don't you think this matter is strange from beginning to end? The Qiu Gang mainly deals with him, and there will be opportunities in the future. It's not him. ”

"I didn't plan to deal with Li Fengyun. Qiu Xian laughed, "Between me and Li Fengyun, although there are some small holidays, it can be regarded as a tie." I'm just wondering, Lord Leng and Li Fengyun seemed to be incompatible at the beginning, how could they be so kind and let Li Fengyun go easily. ”

"This time, that time!" replied Nineteen, "It is not too difficult to deal with Li Fengyun. A smart man will always create chances! One day, he will die at my hands. But now, we have to deal with Li Fengming, don't we? Things always have to be done the same, and if we are too greedy, we often get nothing. ”

"Why can't it be done? Is there really any person in the world who is born noble and lowly? How can there be such a thing in the world where a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and the son of a mouse can make a hole? Why is it that the son of an emperor is an emperor, and he is born to control the life and death of the people, and the descendants of the untouchables will always be untouchables?"

Li Fengyun's expression was a little excited, "In the end, it's just because those people have strength in their hands." After all, those people are robbers who fight with open fire.

For example, Shi Chonggui, when he was the Son of Heaven, he was a holy decree, which can make tens of millions of people's heads fall to the ground, and can also make thousands of people's wives and wives scattered, and their families ruined.

Now that the hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands have disappeared, and there is nothing to rely on, who will treat him as the Son of Heaven again, not like being driven to the north like pigs and dogs to feed horses and sheep to the Khitans?

Stripping off this coat, what difference is he from you, from me, and from these thousands of ordinary people?"

Hua Xie Yu sighed and said, "People are born equal, and I also yearn for this kind of life." However, things that are too beautiful are often not realistic. Everyone's qualifications are different, some are smart, some are dull, some are strong, some are weak, some are born with a lot of money, some are born poor, some are prominent, and some are low.

The wise will do everything they can to deceive the dull, the strong will bully the weak by their physical superiority, the rich will use money to exploit the poor, and the illustrious will use their position to bully the low. If you can't go into details, how can you make them all equal?

For example, General Li, you, the same sentence, one opinion, you say it, I am afraid that no one in the Tibetan Army Valley will not listen, or even consider Jing Cong, but if you change it, a little-known person will say it, what will be the result?

Even if you can guarantee that everyone will be treated fairly when you are here, General Lee, but one day you will be gone, how can you guarantee that your children and grandchildren and your successors will have the same idea as you? How can you guarantee that he will not use his power to turn all this into a trick to fool the people?"

Li Fengyun was stunned for a moment, he didn't think about these details, he was just worried that his thoughts could not be understood by the soldiers and civilians in the Tibetan Army Valley. Now it seems that it does make sense to say this through the flowers. Is all this he thinks really vain?

There was a moment of silence in the carriage.

Su Yunong couldn't stand the silent atmosphere, and chuckled: "Brother Fengyun, before the thing is done, who can think about everything clearly? The slave family thinks that no matter whether your idea is successful or not, it is indeed very attractive, at least the slave family is unwilling to be born inferior to others, and even more unaccustomed to the appearance of those high-ranking officials and nobles.

There are some things that may not have results if you do them, but it's better to do them than not to do them well!"

Li Fengyun's eyes lit up and said, "Yu Nong is right, things must be done to know the result." I really don't have a solution to what Sister Hua said, but there are so many capable people in the world, so I may not be able to find a solution.

Besides, if one day, someone will fool the world with the banner of 'equality,' then it will at least prove that the word 'equality' is correct and accepted by everyone, and at least no one will dare to do those unequal things on the surface, right? Now that the spark has been sown, will the spark be far away?"

Hua Jieyu was shocked by Li Fengyun's words, Li Fengyun said it well, and no matter how difficult it is to achieve true "equality", there is always a chance. She was originally a courtesan, although she was famous in Yangzhou, but she also had a deep understanding of all kinds of injustices in this world. If the kind of "equality" that Li Fengyun said can really be realized, why wouldn't she want to give it a try?

Moreover, the theory of equality has a long history in the Central Plains.

Buddhism has the idea that all beings are equal, although it seems to be rough. Taoism also has the saying that "what is lost is more than is made up for what is insufficient", which may not be understood as another kind of "equality", and it can be said that it is a vague sense of equality.

Comparatively speaking, Confucianism seems to be the most opposed to equality, and in Confucian doctrine, there is a lot of inequality between people, and the existence of etiquette seems to be to maintain this inequality. Even so, Confucianism agrees with the notion that "the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people".

Li Fengyun put forward the view that "all men are created equal", but it is only a further step on these foundations, and it may not be able to become a family and be accepted by the people of the world.

In other words, in order to refute Li Fengyun's view, it is necessary to answer a question: "Why are people born unequal?"

The answer to why people are born unequal is obvious, and it is the strength of individuals or some people that causes this inequality. This means that with the change of power, this inequality is also unbalanced, and it is being broken all the time, which causes all kinds of changes in the world.

For example, Zhu Wen's strength surpassed that of the Tang Dynasty, so he could force Emperor Tang Ai to abdicate and he would be the emperor.

Li Cunqiao defeated Zhu Youzhen (Note 1), so he became emperor naturally.

Li Siyuan defeated Li Cunqing, so he naturally replaced Li Cunxuan.

Li Congke drove Li Conghou away, so he became the unyielding Ninety-Five.

Shi Jingjiao forced Li Congke to death, so he was the only one on the throne.

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Hua Jieyu seems to have pushed open a door and peeked into the secret of the change of dynasties for thousands of years, and Li Fengyun's "people are born equal" seems to be the key to burying this rise and fall.

Note 1: Zhu Youzhen (888-923), also known as Zhu Qi and Zhu Yao, was the last emperor of Later Liang during the Five Dynasties period, the third son of Taizu Zhu Wen[1], and the half-brother of Zhu Youzhen.