I am immortal with scientific thinking

Chapter 174 Eternal changes, but people's hearts

"People's hearts?"

In the desolate ancient temple, the flames continued to burn, and the changing light and shadow illuminated Zhang Zhiping's uncertain face.

Hearing the words carefully, he frowned, thought for a moment and said, "The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the world is full of hustle and bustle, all for profit, so why do people say it?"

"The old man's words are wrong." Lin Chen shook his head and said directly, "Although opinions are different, from my point of view, many changes in this world do not lie in interests, but in people's hearts."

"My little friend, why do you have such opinions?" Zhang Zhiping's face became serious when he heard this.

"For a matter or a phenomenon, we can first assume, deduce, draw a result, and then verify it with past historical facts." Lin Chen said lightly.

Hypothetical reasoning and result verification are also the methods he has always insisted on after time travel.

"Then let's look at it from the perspective of interests. Assuming the old man's reform can be implemented smoothly, then the excess land will be re-divided, and those barren land that no one will plant will become fertile rice fields under cultivation."

"With fertile rice fields and basic survival guarantees, the consumption of the entire society will increase again, and the dynasty, landlords, and government will collect more taxes and receive more benefits."

"In the last years of the former Chu, there was a generation of prime ministers who promoted reforms similar to this method and gained a lot of benefits. The upper class benefited and the lower class survived. This delayed the decline of the Great Chu and increased the country for thirty years."

"From the above inferences and the results verified by historical facts, we can easily see that as long as social wealth flows down from the top and the channels are opened up, the lifespan of the entire dynasty will be greatly increased, and those dignitaries will also earn more."

"You only need to drink less and spend less money to buy a so-called arty cultural relic, and you can earn more. This kind of truth has been verified by history. Doesn't anyone understand it?"

"The variable method is still blocked, and the beneficiary is still unwilling to give up the small profit in front of him. I don't understand, but I just don't want to do it."

"So I think the key lies not in the benefits, but in the hearts of the people. Otherwise, no matter how well you do the reform, no matter how much profit you make, there will be no reasonable distribution."

"...Little friend seems to have something to say."

Zhang Zhiping pondered for a while, thoughtfully, and then asked another question.

"First assume that the thing is successful, infer the result, and then use historical facts as a verification, and finally draw a conclusion to analyze the reason...Little friend, your statement is unheard of in history books."

"Haha, that is a set of methodologies created by some ancient sages in our hometown. I just used it to apply it." Lin Chen said with a slight smile on his face.

"I really want to read the words of these sages to find out the way to save the world." Zhang Zhiping sighed lightly, as if he had thought of something, and said coldly, "But after all, aren't they a group of people who are motivated by interests?!"

"It's not so much about profit, it's better to say it is the desire of the people."

Lin Chen said calmly, with no expression on his face.

"At the beginning, people need food and clothing, then they want a beautiful wife, and later they want to be a high-ranking official. After getting the right to control the world, they want to live forever, and after getting immortality, they want to..."

Immediately, Lin Chen said with some emotion: "Actually, there is nothing wrong with thinking that way. Everyone has the right to yearn for a better life, and has what he wants to pursue. What he gets through his own efforts is nothing."

"But some people like to get something for nothing, opportunistic, and enjoy the pleasure of riding on the heads of others."

"To put it simply, I can't see other people's lives well, and feel that others' lives are worse than killing myself, so I squeeze them regardless of the cost."

"Obviously knowing it's wrong to do so, and knowing that the ultimate damage will still be your own interests, but you still do it, why?"

"In the final analysis, it's not about enjoying the pleasure of conquering others to satisfy the dark side of your heart. That's why I said that interests are not the factors that affect them. People's hearts are the key to changing the world."

Zhang Zhiping pondered for a while, and then continued: "But they seem to be protecting their own interests and their status, which has nothing to do with people's hearts."

"Since the old man doesn't believe it, we can give a counterexample. If the whole world is based on profit, why does the old man want to promote reforms and plead for the people?" Lin Chen asked with a smile.

"This... I am for the sake of the common people." Zhang Zhiping was taken aback for a moment, then said.

"Then what benefits can the old man get?" Lin Chen continued to ask.

"I..." Zhang Zhiping was taken aback by the question.

Because he did this because he just wanted to do it, and he didn't consider any benefits at all.

"No matter where it is, no matter what nation's history, there are people who work hard, those who work hard, those who plead for the people, and those who sacrifice their lives to seek the law... Even the vast history can't cover up their brilliance. They are the backbone of civilization."

"Mr., do you think such a person does this for profit?"

Zhang Zhiping opened his mouth slightly, and was stunned for a long time. After a while, he sighed softly: "No."

"Then these have nothing to do with profit, and even have nothing to do with life and death. They are just done for the passion in the heart. So the reason for this change is that people's hearts are good?"

Seeing this, Lin Chen smiled slightly and continued:

"So, the thousands of changes in the world of mortals are closely related to people's hearts."

"Those who are cunning, treacherous, sinister and vicious, and have a wolf-like heart are evil in their hearts, and those who are bright, majestic, worried about the world, and loyal are kind in nature."

"Of course, there are more ordinary people who are mixed with these two sides. Due to different circumstances and circumstances, they are both good and evil, good and evil."

"People's hearts tend to be good and evil, and with the vacillation between the two, there are sages who abandon everything for the country and the people, treacherous ministers who harm others and self-destruction, and villains who dare to fight against fate at critical moments... All of these constitute a vast history."

"That's why I said that the situation has changed through the ages, but the hearts of the people!"

"Assumptions and inferences, finding counter-examples, can it be proved that the change of the world lies in people's hearts..." Thinking about it, Zhang Zhiping couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Seeing this scene, Lin Chen's eyes moved, and the already chaotic thoughts in his mind gradually became clear.

Lin Chen showed up and said these words, of course it was not inadvertent, nor was it casual.

But after this period of observation, and in the constant conversation just now, Lin Chen gradually discovered that whether it was the decayed and backward mortal dynasty, or the underworld cultivating immortals he traveled through.

Essentially, it's all ossified.

Not to mention ten years, I'm afraid there will be no changes in thousands of years, but monks have a long lifespan, so they can't see clearly for a while.

Blindly preying on the weak, blindly imitating the ancients, so that they can't get out of their inherent thinking, and blindly stand still.

When encountering danger, more people will stay where they are, stand still, and eventually self-destruction, rather than blazing a path.

Just like a person, a person with quick thinking and innovative ability will explode under high pressure.

And a person whose thinking is solidified and only cares about pleasure will only perish in silence.

This is why Lin Chen has been experimenting for so long, why he has been unwilling to force the world and cause a catastrophe.

Because there is no internal driving force, only external pressure, innovation is almost impossible, it will only make people perish.

Therefore, Lin Chen must inject new vitality into the thoughts of the outstanding figures in this dynasty.

At this point, Lin Chen suddenly recalled his previous life. In the most dangerous moment of the nation since the 5000-year history, it was the countless ancestors who risked their lives and traveled across the ocean to bring back the seeds of new ideas.

But now, with this kind of thinking, I travel through this world and develop something that has never existed in Lingnan's world of cultivating immortals. Is this a kind of transmission and inheritance?

'The thinking created by this kind of thinking is the most essential thing for us time travelers! "

"In the past, I was weak, so I had to change from a gentleman to adapt to this cruel world. Now that I am gradually becoming stronger, while practicing the golden elixir path, will it also affect this world?"

Lin Chen vaguely felt that to spread inner alchemy martial arts, one must not only have technology, but also have ideas that can be improved and innovated. Only in this way can he truly spread the Tao to the world and embark on a road to heaven!
(End of this chapter)