please make me king

Chapter 1716 Fanaticism
"Aren't you going to join the 'Shun Bandit'?" Chen Zilong asked loudly when he saw that Xia Yunyi was escorted back by several soldiers, and he didn't look like a prisoner at all.

"Take refuge? You can also say that!" Xia Yunyi nodded.

"Secret minister and traitor, have you forgotten our original oath! Are you worthy of the dead Shen Junmen! Are you worthy of your majesty who passed away!" Hearing this, Chen Zilong couldn't help but questioned heartbrokenly.

It turns out that Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong, one has a calm and generous temperament, the other is as fierce as fire, they have always been kind to each other, and they are quite well-known in literature, so they are called "Chen Xia".

These two people have never lived up to the name of "Chen Xia". They have always exchanged knowledge, strengthened their integrity, and met to help the state affairs together.

He never thought that just after a slight setback, Xia Yunyi "betrayed himself", which immediately made him furious.

Of course, Chen Zilong didn't know that Xia Yunyi was not the only one who "betrayed" him?
Liu Rushi, his old friend in the previous life, also fell into Zhang Shun's embrace early in this life.

Although he didn't know anything about it, it didn't prevent him from still being like in the original history. Apart from traveling around to study and form associations, he was more attached to brothels and brothels, so he was not proficient in common affairs.

But Xia Yunyi is not the case, although the two are congenial, he is actually ten years older than Chen Zilong, and his knowledge is more advanced.

Hearing Chen Zilong's words, he couldn't help explaining: "'Shun thief' has profound knowledge and advanced knowledge, just like a dragon, so you can't be regarded by a 'thief'."

"Oh? Then you mean, he is a learned thief?" Chen Zilong couldn't help but sneered.

"I regard him as a thief, and he also regards me as a thief!" Unexpectedly, Xia Yunyi shook his head and couldn't help but smile wryly.

Seeing that Chen Zilong was about to scold again, he quickly stopped him and said, "Renzhong, just listen to me before you scold me."

"Okay, tell me!" Chen Zilong spread his hands and sneered, "Let me save it and scold together!"

Xia Yunyi saw that it was very easy to persuade this person, so he continued: "In the past Han Feiziyun, there were five beetles in the country, and now King Shun also thinks that there are five thieves in the world."

"One said: Peasant thieves occupy the fields of the world as their own, leaving the people with nothing to cultivate, and displaced people, so the refugees are everywhere."

"The second one is: tax thieves, occupying rich lands, clothe brocades and satins, and refuse to pluck out a hair to benefit the world, so that the court has no money, and the soldiers and horses have no pay."

"Three people and thieves will eat empty wages and have no soldiers under their command; soldiers will keep slaves and maidservants, and the country will have no servants, so that the whole world depends on one end, and the suffering is unspeakable!"

"Fourth, scholars and thieves use writing to disrupt the law, form cliques for private interests, and discuss government affairs indiscriminately. On the surface, the righteousness is awe-inspiring, but in fact they are running around like dogs, making the court's laws impossible to implement, and the national system is almost paralyzed."

"On the fifth day, officials and thieves are high above the temple. They cannot share the country's worries, but instead focus on making money."

"Hands up and down, so that the court can't go up and down, so that money and food are greedy, so that it can't defend against the enemy outside, and it can't suppress the bandits inside."

"If such an imperial court abandons its own people, how can the scholars of the world be biased?"

"You...I..." When Chen Zilong heard this, his finger pointing at Xia Yunyi trembled.

None of these words were aimed at accusing Chen Zilong, but when they fell into his ears, every word hit his heart.

Xia Yunyi quoted several points of view from Zhang Shun, which roughly involved five major issues: land annexation, gentry resistance to taxes, gentry and generals competing for population with the state, Confucianism and literature violations, and official governance.

Apparently they didn't do much good in it except for the last one.

"Could it be... Could it be that we are wrong... We are the great thieves of the country?" Chen Zilong couldn't help asking back in disbelief.

"What do you think?" Xia Yunyi smiled wryly, and replied, "Yes, we always shout for the country and the people, but we never thought that we are the chief culprit that brought the country to this point!"

"Could it be...is it hopeless?" Chen Zilong was silent for a long time, and couldn't help asking.

"Yes!" Xia Yunyi said with an even more strange expression, "We must start from these five places, divide the land, pay taxes, disarm the soldiers, release slaves, regulate public opinion, and clean up officials!"

Good guy, Chen Zilong almost jumped up when he heard Xia Yunyi's words.

Do you know why?

It turns out that this method is a good method, but a knife is going to cut himself, who will accept it?

"No... no..." Chen Zilong couldn't help but hoarse, "I can't do this!"

"Why?" Xia Yunyi smiled.

"Because... because of this... isn't this going to deal with us?" Chen Zilong couldn't help but roared hysterically.

"No, there must be something wrong!"

"The country can only let the people live and work in peace and contentment only by following the kingly way and administering the king's government, instead of...not killing the pillars of the country..."

"Chen Zilong!" Just as Chen Zilong was eloquently defending, Xia Yunyi suddenly yelled, "Could it be that you want to be a bully!"

"Ah?" Chen Zilong was overwhelmed by this blow, and suddenly came to his senses, and was so ashamed for a while.

As the saying goes: "It is easy to break the thief in the mountain, but it is difficult to break the thief in the heart."

This Chen Zilong had been taught by a sage since he was a child, and it was almost integrated into his own bones.

However, his family background, his life, and his high spirits in recent years are all based on the foundation of the "Five Thieves", almost fused into his flesh and blood.

Now that flesh and blood are against each other, it is hard for people to accept this reality for a while.

Fortunately, at this time, Confucianism is based on the study of the mind.

This study of the mind takes "promoting conscience" as its main purpose, and "deceives the heart" as its thief.Therefore, Chen Zilong couldn't help feeling ashamed when he realized that he was deceiving himself.

"Conscience knows itself, it's easy. It's just that you can't get that conscience, that's 'knowing is hard, but doing is hard'." At this moment, Xia Yunyi took the opportunity to add another knife.

It means that now you know that conscience is not enough, it is time to start practicing the unity of knowledge and action.

"You're right!" Chen Zilong was silent for a long time, finally nodded helplessly, and sighed, "It's just that the price for conscience is a bit too high!"

Things in the world are easier said than done.

Now it is really difficult for Chen Zilong to betray not only his own class position, but also the loyalty to the monarch that he learned since childhood.

Moreover, because of this, thousands of people will cast aside and thousands of people will curse, which is even more difficult!
"How can it be easy to follow the teachings of a saint and do the work of a saint?" Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xia Yunyi said with a bit of fanaticism.

"His Royal Highness, in the body of a commoner, did not hesitate to use his body to serve as a thief, and finally achieved great success. Then he will try to usurp the throne and do such reckless things. He will be stigmatized for thousands of years, and he is not afraid of it."

"You and I have been taught by saints since we were young, so it's not as good as your highness one or two?"

As soon as Xia Yunyi said this, Chen Zilong was stunned and couldn't help but bowed deeply: "I would like to be taught, Chen will be smashed to pieces and have no regrets!"

(End of this chapter)