Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 471
"What's your order, teacher?" In the silent hall, Zhao Yun looked at Chen Gong and asked.

"Zilong knows Liu Bei?" Chen Gong asked straight to the point.

Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "I used to know each other when I was listening to orders under General Gongsun's tent, and my words were quite congenial. Forgive me for saying it bluntly, the emperor's uncle is rarely a benevolent king."

"How is it compared to Ziyan?" Chen Gong asked with a smile.

"This..." Zhao Yun was silent. Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness are felt in his words and deeds with this person. He will sympathize with the suffering of the people, and he also has the ambition to bring peace to the world. He will benefit the people and is willing to give everything he has. Distributed to the people and soldiers.

But Chu Nan is different. Chu Nan himself is not easy to suffer, but he seeks the future for the people from the overall situation. Nan does not talk about the suffering of the people, benevolence, righteousness and morality. On the contrary, Chu Nan is a very practical person. He may speak nicely, but he does things vigorously and resolutely. He will never bind his hands and feet because of things like reputation.

When it's time to be cruel, there is really no mercy.

Both of them are benevolent and righteous, but if you look at it from yourself, Chu Nan seems to be inferior to Liu Bei, but the result is that Chu Nan is much better than Liu Bei.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Yun smiled wryly and told Chen Gong what he was thinking: "It's not easy for disciples to distinguish."

"Ziyan is my disciple. He has gradually come from a merchant to today. Liu Bei was also in Xuzhou at the time. Marquis Wen robbed his Xuzhou foundation. In terms of personal morality, it is indeed a disadvantage. Liu Bei is indeed a benevolent man. , but Zilong, there are some things you don’t have to do, but you need to know.” Chen Gong looked at Zhao Yun and said in a deep voice.

"Teacher please teach me." Zhao Yun bowed.

"Whether it's Ziyan, Liu Bei, or Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Sun Quan, these world's princes count as one, no matter whether there is benevolence or righteousness in their hearts, but the means of doing things must not be benevolent and righteous. If you don't understand this principle, you are doomed to fail. Princes." Chen Gong looked at Zhao Yun and said with a smile: "No matter how you choose in the future, the first consideration is whether this person can enable you to realize your ideals, not his own personal virtues."

"Throughout the ages, no one can be called benevolent and righteous if they can accomplish great things, regardless of their personal virtues. You should have seen the great prosperity of the Central Plains today." Chen Gong looked at Zhao Yun and said.

Zhao Yun nodded. Today's Central Plains is indeed the most ideal world he has seen so far.

"But you know, the great prosperity of the Central Plains was achieved in exchange for the lives of countless gentry. The world called Ziyan a butcher, which is not wrong. He is indeed a butcher. So far, regardless of the soldiers who died in battle, death There are no less than [-] scholars under Ziyan's butcher's knife, ranging from Lizheng in the countryside to officials in the court. You have heard of the aristocratic families, many of them are actually innocent according to Zilong's understanding. people." Chen Gong looked at Zhao Yun and said, "From this point of view, Ziyan is definitely not the benevolent and righteous king that Zilong thought."

Zhao Yun's face turned pale, and he opened his mouth when he saw Chen Gong, but he didn't know what to say. After seeing the prosperity of the Central Plains, he always felt that it was the misunderstanding of Chu Nan by the world.

If someone else said this, Zhao Yun might have drawn his sword, but the person who said this was a great Confucian, Chu Nan's teacher, and he could be said to be his closest person.

"This world is a piece of fat. According to normal principles, everyone can share equally, and everyone can live a very rich life. However, human nature is greedy. If those in power want to share more, they can use their power to get more for themselves. points, but if he has more points, someone will lose one point, and when there are more people in power, there will be a small number of people who will occupy most of the fat."

Chen Gong looked at his disciples, sighed and said, "Maybe they did nothing wrong, they just enjoyed the shadow and protection of their parents, and they didn't even do evil things in their life, but in the revision of the law in these years, they will unconsciously favor For them, taxation and corvee are next. Zilong is also considered to be from a half-rich family. He should know how hard the tenants are. They are not wrong, but when the meat is distributed to them, it is not enough. It doesn’t make sense to send it down to them layer by layer, but when people are alive, they have to eat and wear clothes, which are the most basic needs.”

"It's impossible to use this small piece of meat to feed the majority of ordinary people, so if you want to change this condition, you can only start with that big piece of fat!"

"Ziyan's method is very rough, but it is precisely because of this rude method that he snatched half of the fat and distributed it to the hands of the people, so there is today's prosperity in the Central Plains."

Chen Gong looked at his disciples and said: "No matter what method you use, if you want people in the world to live a life like that in the Central Plains, you must take this step. Even if you have benevolence and righteousness in your heart, if you don't take this step, you can only cherish it, but you can't use it."

"Liu Bei may be a benevolent and righteous monarch, but judging from what he has done so far, he will not follow Ziyan's path, so it is difficult for him to implement his benevolence and righteousness."

"Scholars and common people are interdependent and inherently opposed, so to be a monarch, you must first see these things clearly." Chen Gong looked at Zhao Yun and said, "And you can make your own choices."

"As for a minister, it's much simpler. After seeing this essence clearly, it will help you make the choice that suits you best."

Zhao Yun's pale face was a little more bloody, and he nodded silently: "I understand."

"So Ziyan's Confucianism and Taoism will not work." Chen Gong sighed: "I tell you this, I don't want you to be like Ziyan, but in the future, I hope you can see clearly what you want? There is no right or wrong in this matter.”

Zhao Yun nodded. Today, his teacher showed him the cruelest truth in the world. Now he is indeed no longer entangled in Liu Bei's matter, but he feels even more uncomfortable in his heart.

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Yun looked at Chen Gong and said, "Teacher, is there really no way to achieve both in this world?"

Chen Gong shook his head: "You can't have both, if Ziyan can unify China, the world will enter a new state, but in the end this kind of contradiction will still appear, and every time it appears, you will face a choice , choose people or select scholars, your choice today may not be the same as tomorrow, but I hope you can remember these as a teacher. Confucianism also pays attention to the understanding of the mind. Confused by the chaos of the world."

"Coexistence is possible, but it won't last long, and it is often the scholars who overwhelm the people first, and then burst out after being overwhelmed to the limit, just like the world at this moment, clean it up again, no matter who wins and who loses in the end, the world It will return to the right track, and this cycle will be the way of the world!"

"Whoo~"

Zhao Yun breathed out a turbid breath. Although he felt very uncomfortable, at this moment, he really recognized himself, and silently bowed to Chen Gong: "Thank you, teacher, for clarifying the confusion."

After a moment of silence, Zhao Yun suddenly looked at Chen Gong and said, "Since the teacher knows this principle, why didn't you implement it before the master appeared, but asked the master to do it?"

"So, the old man is just an ordinary Confucian, but he is the lord." Chen Gong heard Zhao Yun's words, and knew that his disciple had come out of his heart, he laughed and said: "In this world, talented people are like crossing the river. But there are not many people who dare to be pioneers, so you will find that history is very strange. Some mediocre people, such as the ancestors, can achieve great things in the end, while people like Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and Xiao He, although He is full of talent and learning, but he can only be a minister, not a king."

Those who achieve great things must not only know how to know and employ people, but also have a broad mind, and more importantly, when encountering critical decisions, they must dare to stand out and be the leader.

As long as this condition is met, there is a possibility of success.

Just like the current Chu Nan and Liu Bang 400 years ago, both of them were not of high birth, but they were both courageous. In contrast, Chen Gong naturally admired his disciples more, because they were born in an environment where everyone was an enemy. Kill a dead end.

Of course, luck and other elements were involved in this, but it was undeniable that even before Chu Nan met the Yellow Emperor, he already had the prerequisites to be the Lord of the World.

It was not because of Chu Nan's luck that the Yellow Emperor bestowed the Dragon Qi on Chu Nan, but because among the people present at that time, only Chu Nan had such aptitude.

Think about the fact that in the secret realm, Chu Nan changed the situation and outcome of the Zhuolu Battle with his mortal body alone. Looking at the world, how many people can do it?
A brave figure like Lu Bu, after changing the scene, not to mention mediocre performance in the secret realm, but his role is extremely limited, let alone others.

"Thank you teacher for clarifying the confusion!" Zhao Yun bowed deeply to Chen Gong.

"Okay, what you and I have to do right now is to settle the matter in Guanzhong." Chen Gong stood up, slapped his waist and said, "Sigh, I'm used to sitting on the chair Zi Yan gave me, and I feel uncomfortable sitting on my knees again. .”

"Teacher, what should I do next?" Zhao Yun looked at Chen Gong curiously. Now that Chang'an area has basically been fully controlled, Duan Yan's military power has been successfully obtained.

According to the recent news, Yuan Shao has already started to provoke frequently at the border, and the big war may not be far away, so it's not good for them to waste time here.

"I asked Duan Yan to contact Cheng Yin, Li Kan, Liang Xing, and the four election generals. In addition, I also wrote to the Ma family. Next, I will use these forces for my own use." Chen Gong stretched his waist and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the young man of the Ma family is a rebellious person. Although he was dormant in the secret realm back then, his temperament is unstable. He hasn't been beaten for a while, so he may have relapsed. He may not be willing to surrender this time. If we meet I'm afraid this son won't be safe, when the time comes, Zilong needs to beat him."

Based on Chen Gong's understanding of Ma Chao in the secret realm, this kid has a wild nature and is not the type to be willing to be inferior to others. Maybe after such a long time, he will feel that he can do it again, and he needs to be given some beneficial advice.

"Disciple understands!"

(End of this chapter)