Chapter 62
From ancient times to the present, there have always been a group of people in our country who sing unrealistic and talk about benevolence and righteousness, and even to reflect the demeanor and face of the "Celestial Dynasty". When decorating this unrealistic and ridiculous face, they completely put the vital interests of the country and the nation behind them. Even when someone raises these questions, they will sneer and look abominable and noble.
These people actually didn't understand a simple truth. The world environment is actually a forest. In this forest, there is only one law of survival, that is, the strong prey on the weak. Only the strong have the qualifications to survive, the weak can only become the food (slavery) of the strong, and any glory or glory can only be based on the blood and tears of the weak. Even in modern society, this law has not changed, but is covered with a warm coat.
In the history of our country, Emperor Wu of Han was widely criticized by literati throughout history as a military emperor, saying that his abuse of people's power and cruelty not only brought heavy disasters to the Han people, but also brought heavy disasters to the surrounding nations. This argument is simply fart! It seems that in the hearts of these people, the violence imposed on the Han people by other nations is reasonable, and the war launched by the Han people is extremely evil! These people ignore the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, the Mongolian soldiers swept the Central Plains, the Qing army committed numerous crimes against the Han people when they entered the Central Plains, and ignored the corpses under the iron hooves of foreign races, and the blood flowed into rivers, but shamelessly said that this is a great national fusion! It goes far, and the topic is back to this topic.
Although Emperor Wu of Han was slandered by a few "Han people", he was regarded as a hero by the vast majority of Han people. He forged the unyielding backbone of the Chinese nation with his strength, and he gave our nation the confidence to stand proudly in the world. Therefore, the soul of everyone in this land was branded with the eternal word "Han".
Although Emperor Wu of Han's wars caused a heavy burden to the Han people at that time, the entire Central Plains ushered in a long-term peaceful and peaceful environment. Emperor Wu of Han exchanged the sacrifice and efforts of a generation for the long-term happiness of the Han people. Isn't this sacrifice and effort worth it?
In contrast, the Song Dynasty should be the most benevolent and righteous dynasty in Chinese history. There was a general argument in the foreign policy at that time, that is, using military power to conquer foreign races was ineffective and wasted money. It advocated using today's culture and noble morality to inspire those foreign races who were eyeing them and make them surrender to the Celestial Empire. Under the influence of this view, although the Song army had the most advanced military equipment in the world at that time, they did nothing. The beast that should have expanded its territory was raised by the cowardly Song Ting and the pedantic literati.
In the end, not only did the alien race not surrender under the influence of the advanced culture of the Song Dynasty, but instead set off a wave of invasion. Song Ting first threw Kaifeng away, and even the two emperors at that time were captured by the alien race; then threw it north of the Yellow River; then threw it north of the Yangtze River, and finally the history of the Song Dynasty ended in the torrent of Mongolia's iron hoofs. Then it was a dark era that was ruled by the alien race for more than a hundred years. Of course, this is called the great fusion of ethnic groups in the arguments of some people.
The Song Dynasty put the peace, benevolence and righteousness that some people sing since ancient times into practice, but the result was both sad and ridiculous. The Han people were almost exterminated, and the Han people were almost eliminated in the cruel forest of the world under the rule of the cowardly Song Ting and the self-righteous thought of benevolence and righteousness.
Benevolence and righteousness are actually just a cloak, a cloak to seize the greatest benefit for oneself. In exchanges between countries, it is ridiculous to talk about benevolence and righteousness in order to talk about benevolence and righteousness. Benevolence and righteousness are not qualified for anyone, only the strong are qualified for benevolence and righteousness. I can kill you, but I will not kill you. Just need you to surrender to me and share half of your property to me. This kind of behavior is called benevolence and righteousness. The weak have no qualifications to talk about benevolence and righteousness to the strong, and the weak have the right to surrender, or pretend to surrender to the opportunity to make themselves strong.
Those unrealistic benevolence, righteousness and high-profile behaviors are of no benefit to the country and nation. They will only ruin the future of the country and nation. To make the country strong and the people not be bullied, there is only a strong character and policy.
Chen Chu glanced at the Confucian scholars around him coldly. At this moment, he felt quite as arrogant as Lu Xun's cold face toward thousands of people.
"Yes, during the time of Peakura, several tribes that refused to surrender were destroyed by me."
As soon as Chen Chu said this, the scene suddenly became noisy and people whispered and talked.
"Chen Chu, are you still human? As a general of the Celestial Dynasty, he actually did such a thing as a beast!" Wei Zhongdao pointed at Chen Chu with an indignant look and shouted. Most of the people around him also had such a look, and accusations came one after another. Even Cai Wenji frowned slightly and showed a hint of disgust.
The accusations grew louder and louder, and Chen Chu was completely submerged in the storm of condemnation.
Seeing that these thin monkeys dared to be rude to their lord, Dian Wei immediately stepped forward and roared. Everyone suddenly felt a bolt from the blue that exploded above their heads, and they were stunned.
The scene suddenly became quiet, and many people remembered Chen Chu's identity. Seeing the huge and terrifying bald general standing in front of Chen Chu, many people couldn't help but take a breath in their hearts. They couldn't help but worry that Chen Chu would kill them in anger.
The atmosphere seemed a little nervous. Dian Wei pinched his fists and clattered. He just waited for Chen Chu to give him an order, and he wanted to repair the thin monkeys.
However, things did not develop as most people imagined. Chen Chu walked up to hold Dian Wei who was eager to try, then glanced at everyone and sneered. "You are quite benevolent and righteous! I don't understand why you only care so much about foreign races, but ignore the compatriots and people in the border areas? Is it natural for the people in the border areas to be massacred by foreign races!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, but then Wei Zhongdao retorted: "We are certainly sympathetic to the people in the border areas who are persecuted by foreign races! The foreign races are doing more trouble just to make money. We just need to give them some money to eliminate this matter. And we can also send noble people to influence them. Why do we need to use arbitrary weapons and kill so many people!"
Everyone immediately agreed when they heard this. Cai Wenji also showed a hint of admiration.
Chen Chu suddenly applauded the passionate Wei Zhongdao, "Okay, well said, very good! I just don't understand at all to ask the talented man of Wei, who will give the wealth to please the Wuhuan people?"
Wei Zhongdao was stunned for a moment, and then replied as expected: "Of course this is expensed by the state treasury."
Chen Chu smiled, "Then where does this treasury come from?"
Wei Zhongdao frowned. He didn't understand why the other party asked these questions, but he still answered accordingly: "The income from the treasury is of course taxes paid by the people of the world."
Chen Chu's face suddenly changed, "Since the people have worked tirelessly to pay taxes to the country, why doesn't the country protect the people? If such things are done as you said, what's the use of paying taxes to the country? It's better to keep the money and give them directly to the robbers when they arrive!"
Wei Zhongdao was stopped, "This..."
At this moment, the white-clothed Confucian scholar took over Wei Zhongdao and replied: "As a Han people, it is natural to pay taxes to the court. Not paying taxes is rebellion. General Chen, you, as an important minister of the court, why do you say such inappropriate words?"
Chen Chu smiled, "Let's not talk about the tax payment. I just ask you, if you come once, you will give money once. When will this happen? The foreign races are all jackals. They get what they want so easily, and their appetite will grow bigger and bigger. Even the treasury can't withstand such frequent consumption. In the end, our national strength is exhausted, but the foreign races rely on absorbing our blood to become stronger without any effort. At that time, the strong and weak forces, the foreign power, and the national strength are in a counter-trend manner. When things develop to that point, the foreign races will not want any money from you, but the entire Han people's country! In this case, the foreign race will not talk about benevolence and righteousness to you."
Chen Chu's words shocked everyone, and everyone's faces looked a little ugly. They had never thought about these problems carefully, or they never believed that things would develop to such a serious point.
Usually, these people have thoughts of benevolence and righteousness. No matter what they consider, they basically take it for granted and think it is self-righteous, and always put themselves in a high attitude to consider the problem, rarely analyzing it based on actual conditions. Only under the influence of this kind of thought will there be so many ridiculous arguments in the history of our country. And because of the important position of these literati in social and political life for various reasons, national policies have been influenced by these people to do a lot of ridiculous things.
Among the crowd, there were two people with very bright eyes. These two people were Lu Su and another poor man. They were very excited, and their eyes seemed as if someone who was traveling a long distance in the desert suddenly saw an oasis.
"General Chen is a bit alarmist!" Wei Zhongdao, who could not find a reason to refute, was silent for a moment and said so.
Chen Chu glanced at these "talented men" with disdain. What else can these so-called "talented men" besides being able to recite poems to the wind and flowers! The role of these people is actually not even comparable to that of a farmer. Their role is just like an actor, for public entertainment!
"What is alarmist? Are there still fewer foreigners doing this? Do you, the great talents who do it, understand the truth about being prepared for danger in times of peace? If you don't even understand such a simple truth, what kind of bullshit are you?" Chen Chu said in a deep voice with a cold face.
"General Chen, please do not hurt people!" Cai Wenji frowned and said.
At this time, Chen Chu was excited and didn't even give the beauty the face.
"I hurt people, but I still want to hit people!" Chen Chu looked at Cai Wenji coldly and said fiercely. At this time, Chen Chu no longer had any fantasies about Cai Wenji. Chen Chu was too lazy to bother with such a pedantic, ridiculous and proud woman.
Cai Wenji had never been treated like this before, and she felt aggrieved in her heart, her nose sore, and tears were about to fall in her eyes in a blink of an eye.
Everyone was captured by Chen Chu's aura and all fell silent. Some were thinking about what Chen Chu said, while others imagined what Chen Chu would do.
Although there was no reason to refute Chen Chu, Wei Zhongdao did not give up.
"General Chen, maybe what you said makes sense. But no matter what, you shouldn't be a common person!" When he said this, Wei Zhongdao's face was full of justice.
Chen Chu snorted coldly and said, "I, Chen Chu, only do things to benefit me, regardless of the means. As long as it is beneficial to me, I will use similar means again!"
"Aren't you afraid of being criticized for eternal infamy?!" Cai Wenji couldn't help asking.
Chen Chu burst into laughter when he heard this, "Criticism?! So what if thousands of people point to it! I just want to ask for a clear conscience!"
Everyone had nothing to say, and the spirit that Chen Chu showed at this time made many people secretly feel disappointed.
The scene was very quiet and the atmosphere was very awkward. At this time, Cai Yong walked up and said, "Okay, let's end this topic. Today we are having a poetry meeting, so don't talk about national affairs."
"Since today is a poetry meeting, I will give you a poem." Chen Chu said, and then he picked up a jar of wine and poured it wildly in everyone's surprise eyes.
Soon, most of the jar of wine was drunk and half awake, Chen Chu sang the famous "Man Jianghong" loudly.
"I was angry and rushed to the crown. I leaned on the railings. I looked up and roared at the sky, and my heart was fierce. Thirty fame, dust and soil, eight thousand miles of clouds and moon. Don't wait, I was white, and I was sad. Jingkang's shame has not yet been ached. When will the hatred of the ministers be destroyed? Drive a long car and step through the Helan Mountains. I am hungry and eat the meat of the barbarians, laugh at the thirst and drink the blood of the Huns. Wait for the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and go to the sky!" Chen Chu was excited, even the incident that happened in later generations of Jingkang was copied.
Chapter completed!