Red Mansion, Second Master Lian is too despicable

Chapter 105 Miscellaneous Words: I want to write about the relationship between Red Mansion and Wu Zhi

First of all, I admit that my writing skills are not enough, but when writing a book, you must have a dream and write what you want to write.

That's why this red building came into existence.

The Red Mansion I want to write about is a Red Mansion that serves as the mainstream world; and how to stand out in such a world.

After all, everyone understands that when you can't change the world, you can only change yourself.

So, I hope everyone can take a look at what five beetles are!I also hope that after understanding the truth of this world, I will still be passionate about life.

In [-] BC, King Yingzheng of Qin saw two very special articles on the bamboo slips in front of the writing desk. The contents of the articles were shocking and the words were sharp. The more he read, the more he felt cold sweat.

After that, Ying Zheng not only expressed the emotion that if he saw the author himself, he would die without regrets, but also used the theory in the article as his guiding ideology to unify the world.

This article is about Han Feizi Wu Zhi.

"Five Worms" comes from Han Feizi's 49th chapter, a legalist political treatise at the end of the Warring States Period.

This article not only provides a theoretical basis for Qin Zheng, but also exposes the core of the feudal dynasty and the essence of the royal society.

To sum up, there are hypocritical robbers at the top and ignorant people at the bottom.

This is an unchangeable fact!
So how to manage hypocritical bandits and how to deceive the people so that they can maximize their productivity has become something that the rulers must think about.

The so-called five beetles refer to the five categories of people: Confucianists, strategists, knight-errants, those who suffer from imperial problems, and unscrupulous traders;

Those who suffer from the disease are civil servants who are afraid of taking responsibility.

A beetle means a borer.

Therefore, what I want to write is the story of these five types of people, and I also want to tell everyone that being a good person is useless.

So what exactly is Wu Zhi talking about? I will roughly translate it.

In ancient times, when there were few people and many trees, people were always attacked by wild beasts.At this time, a saint appeared and asked people to build tents on the trees, so the people supported him and elected him as the lord of the world.

This person is the Chao family!

At that time, people ate raw meat, wild fruits, and rotten hearts. Many people became seriously ill because of this. So another saint appeared and taught people how to drill wood to make fire. Then the people supported him and became the lord of the world.

This person is Suirenshi.

In the Middle Ages, Dayu eliminated the floods in the Central Plains. In the modern era, the two kings of Shang and Zhou ended the tyranny of Jie and Zhou.

Without exception, these people all became the masters of the world.

But if today, if someone still advocates building tents on trees and advocating people to drill wood to make fire, it will definitely arouse the ridicule of the people.

Similarly, if he advocates emulating the systems of Yao, Shun, and Yu, and the etiquette of the kings of Shang, Tang, and Zhou, then people must think that he is not sane.

King Wen of Zhou once relied on benevolent government to influence Xirong, but King Xu Yan was destroyed by Chu State because of benevolent government.

Emperor Shun once had people dancing on the border of Xirong with shields and axes. He called this virtuous government, and it did influence Xirong in the end.

But now if you dance at someone's door with a sword, I'm afraid it will only bring about war.

Therefore, as times have changed, methods will naturally change as well.

People in ancient times competed for morality, people in the middle ages competed for resourcefulness, and people today resort to force.

This is the strategic change brought about by social changes.

Therefore, a sage will not copy ancient laws or follow any old customs. The method he should choose to govern the world must be based on the actual situation of the current society.

In ancient times, men did not have to farm and women did not have to weave. This was because there were few people and sufficient resources, so it was difficult for chaos to occur and people did not have to fight for it.

But today, there are many people but limited resources, and often there is not enough to eat despite all the efforts. Therefore, chaos is inevitable and competition is bound to occur.

When Emperor Yao ruled the world, the food and housing were too simple, and there was no big difference between the monarch and the people, so he was able to provide for him.

But now, the life of a noble slave is completely different from that of the common people.

So let alone an emperor, even the county magistrate was reluctant to resign his authority.

The ancients despised property because resources were abundant and it made little difference whether they fought for them or not.

People nowadays value rights because resources are scarce and if they don’t fight for them, there will be nothing to eat.

Therefore, human nature has not changed in ancient and modern times. There are only differences in interests and systems.

Confucianism advocates following ancient laws, saying that if you want to govern the world, the relationship between king and ministers must be like that of father and son.

But if you put it this way, there would be no disputes between father and son in this world.

What's more, it is impossible for a monarch to love his people more than parents love their children. This is a very straightforward truth.

Lord Lu shed tears when he saw his subjects being tortured. He called this benevolent government.

But in fact, tears are just tears, and you should be punished if you deserve it.

Moreover, the people in this world are accustomed to it but not to power, and they are rarely influenced by benevolence and righteousness.

Even the disciples of a saint like Confucius only had more than 70 people.

In the system of the State of Lu, Duke Ai of Lu was the king and Confucius was the minister.If we want to talk about benevolence and righteousness, Duke Ai of Lu must be inferior to Confucius, but Confucius surrendered to Duke Ai of Lu.

Obviously, Confucius did not succumb to benevolence and righteousness, but to the power of Duke Ai of Lu.

The logic of Confucianism is to ask the monarch to follow Confucius and the people to follow Confucius. This is definitely impossible.

Suppose there is a bastard son now. He does not listen to the advice of his parents, does not care about the blame of his neighbors, and ignores the teachings of his teachers.However, when officials carrying out official duties came to visit, he felt scared and regretful.

It can be seen that love can only be exchanged for arrogance, and only power can make him surrender.

Throw a piece of cloth more than ten feet tall on the street, and anyone who sees it will take action.

But if it was the thousand-degree golden water that had just melted, even if he was a thief, he would not dare to take action.

Therefore, rewards must be generous to make people covet them; at the same time, criminal laws must be severe to make people fear them.

In this way, no matter he is a good guy or a bad guy, he will naturally become a law-abiding person.

But now because of his meritorious service, he is rewarded with an official position, but he is despised for being an official.

Because he refused to be an official, he was alienated from him, but he admired him and disdained fame and fortune.

For someone who has food and clothing without working, praise him for his ability.For those who can obtain official positions without merit, praise them for their talents.

This kind of ability and talent will only lead to the decline of national power and the desolation of the land.

Appreciating such a figure will inevitably lead to loss of national strength.

This is roughly the ideological concept of General Wu Zhi.

Because this article appeared 2000 years ago, and it coincided with a period of great division, some of the views may have limitations.

If you find it difficult to accept, it is either because times have changed or because the explanation is too thorough.

Confucians used literature to disrupt laws and regulations, but they were allowed by the monarch.

The knight's use of force violated the law, but it became the force of the nobles.

What the law opposes becomes what the monarch favors.And those who should be punished became supported by the powerful.Faced with such a contradictory legal system, even if there are ten Yellow Emperors, it is impossible to govern the world well.

There was a benevolent man in the state of Chu. His father stole someone else's sheep, so he went to Ling Yin to report the father who had stolen the sheep.

As a result, Ling Yin thought that he was unfilial to his father, and finally sentenced him to death.

There was an unknown soldier in the state of Lu. Every time he went to war with his king, he was the first to escape.Later, Confucius asked him why. He said that he had an old man at home and he did not dare to die in battle. As a result, Confucius thought that he was a filial son and finally elected him to be an official.

A son who is loyal to the monarch becomes his father's rebellious son, and his father's rebellious son becomes a loyal minister of the monarch.

Before Ling Yin killed the man of good character, since then, no one has reported the crimes of Chu State.

Ever since Confucius rewarded a deserter, from then on, the soldiers of the state of Lu would flee every battle.

Therefore, as early as when Cangjie coined characters, he knew that the relationship between public and private was bound to be contradictory.

If a monarch wants to support private interests, he will inevitably damage his own national strength.

Those who have meritorious service in killing the enemy should be rewarded, but after returning to the army, the monarch calls him benevolence.

The man who attacked the city and defeated the enemy should have been knighted, but after returning, what did you say about universal love?

Such a relationship between the monarch and his ministers is bound to be unstable.

The prosperity of the country depends on farmers, but Confucian scholars who don't do labor are given a high status.

Soldiers are needed to capture a city, but property is given to rangers.

Those who get benefits are not the ones who need to be used in politics, but those who are used in politics are not the ones who get benefits.

So no one is engaged in agriculture or fighting in the army; on the contrary, all kinds of hypocrisy are very prevalent, so it is bound to face decline.

There is no hint here about Teacher Sima and Our Lady

These were actually the problems of the later Song Dynasty.

Therefore, rule does not depend on words of wisdom. If the people cannot understand the laws formulated, it will naturally be difficult to abide by them.

People who can't even eat dross will not pursue exquisite meals, and those who can't even wear coarse cloth will not think about those gorgeous clothes.

Therefore, instead of using principles that ordinary people understand, and instead looking at sermons that are difficult for smart people to understand, it will only have the opposite effect.

For the common people, there is no money to use and no power to rely on, so honesty can only be promoted.

But the monarch is different. He can use his power to make rewards and punishments clear, so why should he seek any loyalty?

Besides, there are not many loyal people nowadays, but there are hundreds of officials needed to govern the country.

So the best way is to exclusively practice the rule of law.

As long as the rule of law is strict enough, he will be honest enough.

If you like those who speak kindly and righteously, then the whole court will be full of sweet words; if you can please the monarch by just saying a few empty words, who will do anything practical?

So you see, every household now has the Shang Lord's code of law, but the Qin State is getting poorer and poorer. The reason is that they are all talking about farming and no longer engage in hard farming.

Every household has a military book written by Sun Wu, but the military strength is getting weaker and weaker; the reason is that they are all talking about the art of war and no longer participate in life-threatening battles.

Therefore, a wise king is good at using the power of the people and does not listen to high-minded talk; he rewards people for their merits and forbids useless words and deeds.

In this way, the people will contribute to the monarch.

If farming can bring prosperity, then no matter how hard it is, someone will do it.

If joining the army can bring you nobility, then no matter how dangerous it is, there will be no shortage of soldiers.

But now there are 100 people talking empty talk, and only one person is working in the field; 100 people are officials, guiding one person to fight.

Further down, "Therefore, in a democratic country, there are no books and slips, but the law is the teaching; there are no words of the kings, and the officials are the teachers;"

This is the source of burning books and entrapping Confucians.

It sounds cruel, but in fact it happened one after another in every dynasty.

The art of emperors is nothing more than a way to fool and control the people.

The so-called Liheng means relying on a strong country to attack a weak country.

The so-called alliance means uniting weak countries to fight against strong countries.

But once they join forces, they must offer land or interests, and present the monarch's seal to gain the trust of a powerful country.

But in this way, the country's territory will shrink, and the monarch's reputation will continue to decrease. Before it has time to reap the benefits, it has already entered chaos.

Similarly, once they join forces to aid small countries, they are walking on a single tree.

Victory does not necessarily bring benefits, and failure will lead to national subjugation.

This is not a good way out.

(I say that this is all what Han Fei said, and I have no opinion on the preferential treatment of Ni).

Therefore, the effect of combining vertical and horizontal lines has not been seen, but the people who engage in combined vertical and horizontal lines have earned enough fame.

The status of the monarch is constantly declining, while the political figures are rising rapidly.

If you want to unify the world, you must defeat other countries; if you want to gain security, you must ensure that your country is not violated;
If the country is strong, it can defeat other countries, and if the court is stable, it will not be invaded.

Therefore, the strategist is just instigating the fight and profiting from it just like the chess player.

(I have no problem with diplomatic pimps either.)
In this world, the better things are, the easier it is to achieve results; the more resources, the easier it is to achieve success.

Therefore, when a country is strong, strategies can easily succeed. The weaker a country's power is, the easier it is for strategies to make mistakes.

Therefore, it is not that the ministers of Qin are smart, nor that the ministers of Yan are clumsy, but because the conditions of the two countries are different.

People's habitual thoughts are to pursue comfort and their own selfish interests, and deliberately avoid danger and poverty.

If they are forced to go to the battlefield; if they advance, they may be killed; if they retreat, they will face military law.In this way, he gave up his personal family fortune and endured the hard work of war.Faced with such a dangerous situation, how could they find a way to escape?
That's why they took refuge with the nobles, hoping to be exempted from military service, and used money to bribe those in power to avoid danger.

As a result, there were fewer and fewer people working for the public, and the power attached to the nobles became larger and larger. Eventually, the common people and nobles all became enemies of the monarch.
How can we enrich the country and strengthen the army in this way?

What should we do?

First of all, we must formulate appropriate policies to reduce the number of traders as much as possible, focus on agriculture and suppress business, and allow them to participate in agriculture.

If these people have no way to plunder the people's wealth, they will naturally not be able to take advantage of others.

Therefore, the reason why countries are in chaos is because those who write books and preach, use morality to promote the laws of the previous kings, pay attention to etiquette, and cover up the truth of hypocrisy.To disturb the prevailing laws and shake the monarch's resolve.

Then there are the political strategists who resort to deceit, deceit, and use the power of a country to achieve their own private goals.

And those knight-errant assassins flaunt their loyalty just to gain a good reputation and violate the prohibitions of various countries.

And those who evaded military service, a large number of powerful nobles paid bribes wantonly, damaging the combat effectiveness of various countries.

There are also those unscrupulous traders who make crude utensils and accumulate huge wealth. They are waiting to sell them at the same time, making huge profits from the hardworking farmers.

This is the origin of the five beetles.

(End of this chapter)