Chapter 741: The Slavery of the Fool
At that moment, Lu Bu recalled the Three Kingdoms that he had read. Unlike the Romance of Lu Bu that he had read more than ten times in his life, he had only read the Three Kingdoms three times. There was no scene in the official history where Wang Lang was scolded to death by Zhuge Liang. Wang Lang died of illness in Luoyang. Combined with the extraordinary attitude of Wang Lang that Lu Bu saw now, Lu Bu could completely guess the Romance of the Romance. The truth that the official history did not match was Luo Guanshui, who respected Liu and Cao, who was unable to stand Wang Lang's performance when he forced Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, to abdicate, so that Wang Lang performed like a clown in front of Zhuge Liang.
It’s not that Wang Lang himself is that vulgar, but that Luo Guanshui wants to make him so vulgar.
In official history, after returning to Cao Wei, Wang Lang not only helped Cao Pi successfully usurp the throne, but also made great contributions to the legal construction of the Cao Wei court. He was named Situ, Marquis of Lanling, and Hua Xin and Zhong Yao as the three dukes of Cao Wei when he established the country. Cao Pi believed that ministers like Wang Lang, Hua Xin and Zhong Yao were "a great man of a generation and would not be able to be continued in the future!" Chen Shou commented on Wang Lang "very rich and rich, and they were all handsome and powerful for the time. The Wei family was the first to be reborn and became the Three Secrets, and they were prosperous!" According to Lu Bu, although Cao Pi and Chen Shou's evaluation was a bit too much, Wang Lang was indeed a capable minister in governing the world.
On the other hand, some officials in a peaceful and prosperous era deserve to be scolded more than Wang Lang's behavior in Cao Wei. "In the temple, rotten wood is an official, and between the palace, animals eat and pay; people who are wolves and dogs are in power, and those who are servile and servants are in power, and they all have ruled, which has led to the country and the people's misfortune."
Wang Lang saw that Lu Bu was staring at him and was dazed, thinking that Lu Bu was so sad that he had not considered how to appoint him. So he sat upright opposite Lu Bu and patiently waited for Lu Bu's decision.
Lu Bu was indeed in a state of sorrow. The Wang Lang he learned from historical records was very empty and did not play a role in breaking the impression of Romance. Instead, the words that Tian Feng, Ju Su and Xun Yu said when they jointly recommended Wang Lang were """ left a deep impression on Lu Bu, which was an image that was completely opposite to the impression of Romance.
Lu Bu cleaned up his strange and conflicted mood and asked in a deep voice: "Jingxing, as far as I know, you are from Tancheng, Donghai County, Xuzhou. You once studied under Yang Ci from the Yang family of Hongnong. You were proficient in classics and became the magistrate of County Mayor of Jiangqiu. Later, you gave up your official position and mourned because of the death of your teacher, Mr. Wen Lie (Yang Ci's posthumous title of Wen Lie), and were later elected as a filial and honest person, and were refused orders. You must know that the emperor has always been worried about the collusion and rebellion of Mr. Wen Lie's son Yang Biao and Zheng Tai and others. If he knew that you were a disciple of Mr. Wen Lie, I would not give you any official position. If the emperor asked about your relationship with Mr. Wen Lie, I wonder how you should answer?"
Wang Lang's face was as deep as water, and he said without hesitation: "Mr. Wen Lie is the teacher who is in charge of his teachings. He will never forget his teacher's teachings. He is unwilling to give up his teacher for his official position. Even if the emperor does not have any official position, he is still a disciple of Mr. Wen Lie."
Lu Bu looked at Wang Lang in front of him in disbelief. This is completely different from Wang Lang who was tempted by the flames and dependent on Cao Wei in the Romance. Is Wang Lang telling the truth or is he seeking fame and gaining Lu Bu's trust?
Lu Bu couldn't be sure whether Wang Lang's words for his mentor were sincere or had a purpose. So he smiled without complaint.
Lu Bu stared at Wang Lang's eyes, focused on the spirit to observe whether he was lying, and continued to ask: "Later, you were elected as a Maocai by the governor of Xuzhou Tao Qian, and appointed as the governor of Xuzhou. In October of the first year of Guangxi, Dong Zhuo, Yuan Wei, and Wang Yun supported the puppet emperor Liu Xie ascended the throne in Luoyang. You and Tao Qian did not control Zhao Yu, who thought the young emperor was in my grandfather and the tutor Lu Taifu supported the empress dowager. The young emperor left Luoyang. It could no longer be considered a righteous court, so you and Zhao Yu suggested that Tao Qian send envoys to express support to Liu Xie in Luoyang. Tao Qian ordered Zhao Yu to bring the memorial to Luoyang. Liu Xie was very happy after receiving the memorial and promoted Tao Qian to the governor of Xuzhou and General Andong. Zhao Yu was appointed... "The prefect of Guangling, and you were appointed as the prefect of Kuaiji. I wonder how you should explain this to the emperor?"
Although Lu Bu looked relaxed and his tone was calm, what he asked made Xun Yu, Ju Su and others sitting beside him feel uncomfortable, but they were helpless. After all, Wang Lang had indeed done such a thing, and this kind of political stain could not be easily washed away.
Wang Lang stared at Lu Bu as sharp as he was, without any panic, and said calmly: "Master Taiwei's clarification. In the autumn of the first year of Guangxi, Yuan Wei was the Grand Tutor, Wang Yun was the Yin of Henan, and Dong Zhuo was the General He Jin introduced Luoyang to attack the outer princes of the Ten Generals. These three people had made contributions to the court before. Because of their stupidity, they could not see the ambitions of the three of them at that time. They thought they were loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, but the Queen Mother was the Queen Mother.
, The Emperor listened to the words of Taiwei and Taifu Lu, put aside the country, abandon the ancestral temple, and stayed away from Luoyang. Although he was temporarily avoiding Dong Zhuo's edge, he was abandoning the ancestral temple, which made all the loyal people in the world feel disappointed and deeply disappointed. Although the Han Dynasty would not have the king to die for the country, the emperor and the empress dowager left and gave up the ancestral temple, how could the people in the world convince the world? Therefore, it was inevitable that we mistakenly judged that the Luoyang court was a formal court at that time.
Now, Lord Taiwei, you have successfully recovered Luoyang, and the emperor has not returned to the capital of Luoyang for a long time, which has caused a lot of public opinion. I hereby ask the Grand Marshal to persuade the emperor, hoping to return to the court as soon as possible to seek peace of mind in the world!”
Xun Yu and Ju Su were sweating for Wang Lang on the side. Wang Jingxing was so bold that he dared to accuse the lord of his mistake in advising the empress dowager and moving to Yecheng. You must know that it was because the lord advised the empress dowager and moved to Yecheng that the lord's position was established today. Wang Lang made excessive comments on this issue, which was a taboo. They were really worried that Lu Bu was angry and punished Wang Lang or killed.
Lu Bu's face was not angry at all, because he could see that Wang Lang did not have a high military vision. "Reborn in Lu Bu Unified the Three Kingdoms Chapter 741 The slave of fooling people." Explaining the reason why he could not defend Luoyang was a bit like a professor giving a lecture to a primary school student. He was bored, so he said calmly: "You were in Xuzhou at that time, and you were not in Luoyang. You didn't know that Luoyang was in danger, so I don't blame you. You later discovered the wolves ambitions of Yuan Wei, Wang Yun and Dong Zhuo. When I realized that the ambitions of these three people were discovered from the beginning, I carefully judged that there were far fewer soldiers loyal to the court than Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army, and they could not compete with the former officials of the Yuan family, so they had to choose to stay away, otherwise the emperor would have been killed by Dong Zhuo. Which one is more important, the long-term rule of the court and the temporary preservation of reputation?! Please think about it carefully.
I have already reported the matter of returning the capital to the Emperor and the Queen Mother. I asked them to decide, and there will be news after not being able to come. I should return the capital to Luoyang this year."
Seeing that Lu Bu's attitude was still so calm, Wang Lang was not angry at all because of his rude accusations just now, and Wang Lang's originally a little excited and excited mood gradually calmed down.
Lu Bu asked again: "After you arrived in Kuaiji, you saw that the local people still worship Qin Shihuang. And they were in the same temple as Xia Yu. Do you think Qin Shihuang is a monarch with no virtue and is not worthy of the people's sacrifices, so you banned this behavior. I wonder if this is the case?"
Wang Lang understates: "Indeed, Qin Shihuang was cruel and unkind, did not care about the people's strength, and was extremely extravagant. He died in two lifetimes and was not worthy of the people's sacrifices. He was especially not worthy of the people's sacrifices. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, raised an army from Kuaiji to rebel against Qin. If the people of Kuaiji still worshipped Qin Shihuang, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"
Lu Bu felt very strange and asked with a smile: "Jingxing, in your opinion, why do the people of Kuaiji sacrifice to Ying Zheng instead of Xiang Yu?"
Wang Lang frowned and sighed: "It makes people feel cold. Although Xiang Yu was cruel to the people of Qin, he cared for the people of Kuaiji. Therefore, the people of Kuaiji did not realize Xiang Yu's strength, and Ying Zheng was cruel to all the people of the world. Therefore, Kuaiji people thought that Ying "reborn Lu Bu and unified the Three Kingdoms" were invincible, and thought that Ying Zheng's magic power would be stronger. However, even if Ying Zheng turned into a god, he was still a selfish person and would not waste any magic power to protect the people. Alas, although he had lamented the difficulty of people's livelihood many times, he also felt that the people were people who feared power but were not virtuous. The better they were, the more likely they would not be respected by them. Instead, they were cruel and unkind to them, and regarded their lives as grass, which would make them very awe and even be made into gods."
When Lu Bu heard Wang Lang's words, he couldn't help but stand up and said excitedly: "Jingxing, what you summarized is too right. The people are ignorant and fearful of authority but not virtuous. Even if a saint governs the country, he may also have a headache. Alas, these sad, pitiful, lamentable and hateful people!"
Lu Bu was deeply touched by this point. Later generations' evaluations of Cao and Liu Bei were polarized, which reflected such problems. Cao was cruel and unkind, and often massacred the city and killed people in the wild. However, this showed his strength. As a result, later generations admired him and there were many people who had a good impression of him. On the other hand, Liu Bei had always opposed Cao's way of doing it, benevolent government and loving the people, and never killing innocent people indiscriminately. As a result, the impression that the foolish people in later generations was only to win the world by crying. The stupidity of the people was hopeless. No one could truly see through that prejudice that the two people were all wise. It is estimated that Cao's words, "I would rather let the world down than let the world down." They also saw through the people's tragic feelings and followed the trend.
Looking at an emperor in a certain dynasty, because of his many wrong policies, tens of millions of people died for no reason in China. But such people were actually carried to the altar and worshipped by people as half-human and half-gods. This also clearly shows the deep slave self-abuse national style.
Over the past thousands of years, the strict social system has made everyone's knees very soft. The people's bones are feudal remnants, and their knees are bent and ready to kneel at any time. Although they did not need to kneel, they still kneel in their hearts, mainly manifested in the fact that the Chinese people are very afraid of officials and have obedience and awe of "entertainment show" officials from the bottom of their hearts.
This kind of slavery in the whole society has caused the unkindness of officials. They are always fond of the people, and the whole people are afraid of them and respect them. The rights of officials are magnified unlimitedly, and they can squander money, abuse their power, and do everything evil. The surroundings are full of people who bow their heads, which makes them even more presumptuous.
This kind of slavery is so profound that when someone shouts to give them minzhu and ziyou, the officials and people of these slavery will be afraid from the bottom of their hearts, "This is not something to do!" "This will be messed up." Look, it's so cheap.
The customs of the people are like this, and it is not an exaggeration to call it ignorant. Talking about minzhu and ziyou in front of such a torrent is like playing the piano against a cow and catching a chariot with a mantis arm. minzhu and ziyou can only be regarded as nonsense and enlightened people to listen to it. The slave bones are very hard, and minzhu’s path is very long.
Chapter completed!