Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 161 Master Yao, are you afraid of me? (Second update)
Popular support.

This word is too strong.

It was so serious that Yao Guangxiao was a little afraid to face it.

Not only he didn't dare to do so, but other officials and scholars in the world also didn't dare to spy on it.

This is something that only the emperor can hold.

Yao Guangxiao chewed the thought over and over in his mind, shook his head and walked out of the house.

Not long after.

He went to Xia Zhibai's residence.

Yao Guangxiao glanced around and raised his hand casually. Seeing this, the noisy crowd around him quickly fled away.

The originally noisy doorway immediately became deserted.

Yao Guangxiao went forward and knocked on the door.

Deng.

Dengdeng.

"Who?" A vigilant voice came from inside the house.

"I am here on the orders of the King of Yan to invite Xia Zhibai to meet with the King of Yan at his mansion."

It was quiet all around.

After a while, with a creaky sound, the tightly closed door slowly opened, revealing the original appearance of the house. Yao Guangxiao stood at the door and glanced at the yard. Xia Zhibai caught his eye at first sight, because Xia Zhibai was too relaxed, as if he was not affected by the outside world at all.

In addition to Xia Zhibai, there were several other Semites.

Yao Guangxiao looked at these people coldly with his triangular eyes.

Dalu and the others felt their hearts skip a beat, as if they were being stared at by a poisonous snake. They couldn't help but lower their heads, looking frightened, not daring to breathe.

Yao Guangxiao walked into the room and walked towards Xia Zhibai.

Heiwa's heart trembled, and he quickly reached out to stop him, and his thin body also stood in front of Xia Zhibai.

Yao Guangxiao sneered, but did not push him away. He just said calmly: "Xia Zhibai, your followers seem to be a little unceremonious. This is not the way to treat guests."

Xia Zhibai stood up and said, "Heiwa, you guys go out first."

Heiwa was stunned and looked back at Xia Zhibai.

Xia Zhibai gave Heiwa an affirmative smile.

After Heiwa, Dalu and others left, only Xia Zhibai and Yao Guangxiao were left in the yard.

Yao Guangxiao stood in the courtyard, looking at this quiet little courtyard, and nodded, "The courtyard is nice, the environment is pleasant, and you will get used to living here."

Xia Zhibai said: "It's OK, I'm not picky about where I live."

"As long as there is a place to stay."

Yao Guangxiao retracted his gaze, looked at Xia Zhibai, and said, "Xia Zhibai, you are really hard to understand sometimes."

"Just for the so-called 'ideals' and 'ambitions'? You are willing to walk on the edge of a knife in front of the most dangerous people. In Kyoto, you walked on the edge of a knife in front of His Majesty. In Peking, you did not change."

"It is still challenging King Yan's patience."

"Why are you doing this?"

Xia Zhibai stood with his hands behind his back, looking out the door with clear eyes, and said with a smile: "In a sense, I am an invincible person."

"My invincibility is not invincible in the literal sense, nor is it the so-called being alone without a father or mother, a wife or children, or a family or close friends."

"My invincibility lies in the faith in my heart."

"I am not strong enough to defeat all my enemies, nor am I strong enough to suppress all voices. I am just different from ordinary people. I accept challenges and regard all my enemies as friends and teachers."

“I respect authority, but I also challenge it.”

"Because I believe my choice is right, and my persistence is also right."

"I never think that I am the only one who is awake while everyone else is drunk. I just think that the world needs someone to make another voice."

“The voice from the bottom.”

"The Ming Dynasty has ruled the world for eighteen years."

"Eighteen years, a generation's time, is enough to change a lot of things."

"It has also changed the 'original intentions' of many people."

"Being in a high position, enjoying power, being admired and flattered, one gradually loses himself in the material world, forgets the way he came, and forgets the most simple and earnest expectations of the people at the bottom."

"The Ming dynasty is corrupting faster than any other dynasty in the past."

“It’s also more terrifying.”

"I roughly guessed why you came to me." Xia Zhibai pondered for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and smiled, and said slowly: "You and I are not the same kind of people, never have been. Your ambition is to 'slay the dragon', to sell your skills to the emperor's family."

“My ambition is to give everyone in the world the opportunity to be like a dragon.”

"but."

"Master Yao, your imperial art is incomplete."

"In the past, you were arrogant and proud. You only mastered the basics of many things. You can be considered a person of limited learning. Although you are good at strategy, I am not as good as you to a certain extent. But in terms of governance, you are far behind."

"Just kill, don't bury."

"Master Yao, do you really want to be such a black-hearted monk?"

Yao Guangxiao was silent.

He chanted Buddhist scriptures softly and turned the Buddhist beads in his hand faster.

Xia Zhibai smiled faintly and said calmly: "The Yuan Dynasty ruled the world for eighty-nine years, from the time it destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty until it was driven out by the Ming Dynasty."

"Eighty-nine years is five or six generations."

"Too long."

"It was so long that the culture was greatly lost and the heritage was greatly damaged. The Ming Dynasty was built on the ruins of the barbaric rule of the Yuan Dynasty."

"Under this situation, the officials of the Ming Dynasty were deeply influenced by the corruption of the Yuan Dynasty, and their utilitarianism reached its extreme."

"What the Ming Dynasty needs is not patching up."

“It’s about changing the world.”

"With this group of scholars who go with the flow and quickly merge into the rentier class, the world will only become more and more gloomy. If we want to discover the real problems in the world, we can no longer rely solely on officials to write letters, but we must come from the people and go to the people." "The people have the most say."

"A lot of the things I said were really harsh."

"But the so-called harshness is only felt by the powerful people like the King of Yan. If it falls into the ears of the common people, they will only feel the same way."

"The division between the upper and lower classes in the Ming Dynasty was too serious."

"What I want to do is to expose what the Ming Dynasty is covering up."

"Let the abyss of yesterday's world become the shallow talk of the future generations."

“Although the road is long, if you keep walking you will reach your destination.”

“Things may be difficult, but they can be accomplished if you do them.”

"As for the master's words about walking on the edge of a knife, I don't have that understanding. Although it is a little dangerous, as long as the result is good, what does it matter if the process is a little dangerous? It doesn't matter if it's trying to get the skin of a tiger or trying to get chestnuts out of the fire, I just want to... change!"

Yao Guangxiao remained silent.

He looked at Xia Zhibai deeply and shook his head realistically.

Yao Guangxiao said: "No matter how well you speak or how right you do, what's the point?"

“How many people in the world will listen to you?”

"Besides."

"The people's will cannot be manipulated by ministers."

"You keep stirring up the people's hearts and minds. This is the way to your own death."

Xia Zhibai did not comment and defended himself, "I have never manipulated the people's hearts. The only thing that can be manipulated is the people's hearts."

"People's hearts are very real. If the court doesn't fight for them, others will naturally try to gain their support. How can this be my problem?"

"If the imperial court governs the country in an orderly manner and the people are loyal to it, who can make the people change their minds?"

"If the people change their minds, it means that they are dissatisfied."

"How can the problem be with me?"

Yao Guangxiao sneered and sneered: "Who in the world will listen to your explanation?"

"Do you really think that you, Xia Zhibai, can clear up the world and bring peace and prosperity to the world? Not to mention that you are alone, even if there are ten or a hundred people, it will be difficult to make this muddy world clear. The current emperor can't do it, and neither can you."

“Everyone is selfish.”

"If there is private affairs, there will be loopholes."

"Once you have a flaw, it will be seized upon and exploited, and then you will be ruined."

"You are too fanciful."

Xia Zhibai stood tall, looked directly at Yao Guangxiao, and said with a faint smile: "Master Yao, you are wrong. It's not that I am fanciful, but that people in the world think too complicatedly. It is indeed impossible for the world to become clear and bright, but the world can get better little by little."

“As long as it gets better, it’s worth it.”

"Master Yao, you are trapped."

"The reason why you are so resistant and opposed is not because you have different prejudices from me."

"You are worried that my presence will lead to changes in the Ming Dynasty, and then your 'ambition' will not be realized."

"I will create too many variables. You can't predict my next move, what I will do, and what measures the court will take."

"I am a mist before your eyes."

“I can’t see through it, I can’t touch it.”

"You're scared."

A smile appeared on Xia Zhibai's lips.

Yao Guangxiao's eyes were grim.

Xia Zhibai is right.

He was indeed a little afraid of Xia Zhibai.

He hated Xia Zhibai's self-righteousness, and was disgusted by Xia Zhibai's righteousness, and was even more dissatisfied with Xia Zhibai's recklessness, because this made everything he did seem very dark and despicable, especially Xia Zhibai's unconventional actions, which made people hard to guard against.

No one wants to face this kind of unreasonable person.

He didn't like it either.

He doesn't like so many variables.

Because current world affairs are generally predictable.

But under Xia Zhibai's agitation, the situation in the world gradually changed in an unpredictable direction. No one knew whether these changes would be good or bad for them in the end. Moreover, the world was too peaceful, which was not what an "ambitious man" like him wanted to see.

What he wants is that there will be occasional unrest in the local area.

Only in this way can he realize his own value.

You can only fish when the water is muddy.

If the water is too clear, nothing can be hidden.

Yao Guangxiao's eyes were gloomy, and he said indifferently: "I'm afraid, how can I not be afraid?"

"You dare to plot against King Yan and attack his men now. Who knows if you will attack me in the future?"

"As far as the current situation is concerned, it was a mistake for the King of Yan to target you."

"You are a hedgehog, covered with thorns."

"If I provoke you, I will only end up with a mouth full of thorns."

Hear the words.

Xia Zhibai laughed out loud.

He said with his hands behind his back, "Master Yao thinks too highly of me. I was forced to do this. My original intention was just to build an ironworks in Beiping. I didn't think about these things at all. It was the Prince of Yan who took the initiative to involve me. You can't blame me for this."

"But Master Yao is right to worry."

"If I were in charge of the Ministry of War, I would definitely organize all the troops in the world."

"The world's military will surely be mobilized."

“A country may be great, but it will perish if it loves war; the world may be at peace, but it will be in danger if it forgets war.”

(End of this chapter)