Chapter 1055 Children and the Elderly (Part 2)
The convoy entered the city in the last light of dusk, and in the dim light of night, drove to a courtyard with green walls and gray tiles on the east side of the city.
The first group of people brought from Lao Niutou were fourteen people in total. Most of them were core department staff who followed Chen Shanjun and others during the turmoil and survived. Eight of them were originally members of the Chinese Army. The remaining six people are staff members who were promoted after the land was equalized. There were guards who seemed to have a reckless temperament, and there were also young orderlies who were serving tea and water beside Chen Shanjun and others. Their positions were not necessarily big, but they just happened to be the right ones and they were rescued and brought here.
The fourteen people were arranged in this two-entry courtyard, and the soldiers in charge of the garrison announced the discipline to them: each person has a room, and they are not allowed to move around at will for the time being, and are not allowed to talk at will for the time being... Basically Similar forms to imprisonment. However, the people who had just escaped from the turbulent Lao Niutou didn't have much to criticize for a while.
Shortly after everyone entered the room, simple meals were delivered. After dinner, the night in Chengdu was quiet. Some of the people locked in the room were confused, some were anxious, and they didn't know what the Chinese army was going to do with them. Li Ximing checked the layout of the room over and over again, listened carefully to the outside world, and made himself a pot of tea while sighing. Chen Shanjun next door just sat quietly.
Around 11:00, I heard footsteps coming in from outside. There seemed to be about seven or eight people. They were led to Chen Shanjun's door first and knocked on the door. Chen Shanjun opened the door and saw Ning Yi standing outside in a black military coat. He whispered something to the people next to him, and then waved them away.
"Mr. Ning..." Chen Shanjun looked at him and saluted slowly. Ning Yi also returned the military salute: "You look much older." His eyes were calm, without accusation or expression. There is no pride in the judgment of "I told you so", and it looks dignified in the calmness. Chen Shanjun opened his mouth, but no words came out.
"Shall we go in and talk?" Ning Yi said.
Chen Shanjun moved away: "Please come in, please come in..."
The room was simply decorated, but there were tables and chairs, hot water, teacups, tea leaves and other items. Ning Yi left He sat down in the room, turned over the tea cup, and started making tea. He spoke directly amid the sound of the clinking of porcelain.
"Your isolation will not last long. I have arranged for Chen Zhusheng and the others to come over and make the first round of transcripts for you. This is mainly to avoid criminals who have bullied men and women and committed murders among today's people. Moreover, I hope this is my first opinion on the Lao Niutou incident. I hope you can be as objective as possible. You all came out of the center of turmoil and may have different views on things, but if there is a conscious discussion, this concept will converge..."
Ning Yi said, greatly The porcelain cup was placed in front of Chen Shanjun. Chen Shanjun was still a little confused after hearing this: "The transcript..."
"There must be a review after success, and a lesson after failure, so that we will not gain nothing."
"Old Bull head..." Chen Shanjun said naa, and then slowly pushed away from him. He knelt down on the stool, "I, I am the biggest criminal..."
Ning Yi crossed his fingers on the table, sighed, and did not help the failure in front of him who was almost covered with white hair. Interviewer: "But Lao Chen...what's the use of kneeling down to me..."
The sigh floated in the air, and the room was quiet. Tears flowed from Chen Shanjun's eyes and fell to the ground.
Ning Yi was silent for a long time, then looked out the window and spoke: "Two circuit court teams received orders today and have already gone to Lao Niutou. For those who are caught next, those guilty They will also record the perpetrators immediately. In the meantime, What they think of Lao Niutou and what they think of you will also be recorded. If you do something that is harmful to nature for your own selfish desires, you will be dealt with here and will not be tolerated. You can think clearly about what to say next..."
He paused: "But apart from that, regarding your adventure in Lao Niutou... I don't know how to evaluate it for the time being."
"Of course it is guilty." Chen Shanjun stood up slowly while holding on to the stool. When he said this, his tone was firm, "Yes. I encouraged them to go to Lao Niutou together. I used the wrong method. I killed so many people. Since it was my decision, of course I am guilty——"
"You used the wrong method. Got the method..." Ning Yi looked at him, "What's wrong?"
"Old Niutou... I made too many mistakes. I... what if..." Speaking of this matter, Chen Shanjun shook his head in pain, as if he wanted to express it simply and clearly, but for a while he couldn't make an accurate summary. of.
"Old Chen, you don't need to tell me today." Ning Yi said, "I will send Chen Zhusheng and the others to record your testimony as soon as possible and record what happened to Lao Niutou. Except for you fourteen In addition to individuals, a large number of testimonies will be recorded, whether they are guilty or innocent people. I hope that someone can summarize the old people in the future. What happened to Niutou? What did you do wrong? On your side, Lao Chen, your opinion will be waiting for you to think about it slowly for a long time..."
"I shouldn't live..."
"You may not be able to live! Chen Shanjun, do you think I care about your life or death!?" Ning Yi stared at him.
Chen Shanjun was stunned.
Ning Yi said: "If you really did something damnable for your own selfish desires in Lao Niutou, you should be shot and I will shoot you immediately! But at the same time, Chen Shanjun, is it wrong for the world to be unified? Is it wrong for everyone to be equal? You After I failed once, I felt that all these ideas were wrong. Are you there?”
“…” Chen Shanjun shook his head, “No, these ideas are not wrong.”
“Yes, these ideas are not wrong. What is it? Failure to get things done is naturally the fault. Method." Ning Yi said, "Before you do anything, I reminded you of the issue of long-term interests and short-term interests. The driving force for all human actions in this world is demand, and demand generates benefits. A person wants to eat today. He wants to go out to play tomorrow, and he wants to meet his staged needs within a year. In the biggest concept, everyone wants the world to be unified..."
"But long-term interests and short-term interests are impossible. Completely unified, a person who lives by the water wants to eat and play today, In half a year, floods will destroy his home, so he spares his time today to build river embankments. If the world is not peaceful and there are problems with government administration, his daily life will also be affected. Some people will study and become officials. . You have to do something that has long-term benefits. Things will definitely damage your short-term interests, so everyone will balance their expenditure on something..."
"Old Niutou has been trying to equalize land with landlords from the beginning. You said it is to let the means of production to achieve fairness, but everyone in the middle A person's short-term interests are greatly satisfied. After a few months, they can't get that much satisfaction no matter what they do. This huge gap will make people become bad, or they start to become lazy, or they He works hard to find ways to obtain equally huge short-term benefits, such as using power for personal gain. The short-term benefits cannot be sustained for a long time, and the mid-term benefits are blank, and then he promises a long-term benefit that will take more than a hundred years to be realized, so he It collapsed..."
Ning Yi looked at him: "I thought of this truth, and I also saw that everyone is driven by their own needs, so I want to develop the study of things first, and try to expand productivity first, so that one person can be worth several people or even several people. After ten people use it and try to make the products as abundant as possible, people will have enough food and clothing and know honor and disgrace... Just like some landowners we have seen, the poor leads to treachery and the rich lead to conscience. As the saying goes, let everyone feel a little more conscience after being satisfied..."
Chen Shanjun shook his head: "But, such people..."
"You want to say that they are not Really kind." Ning Yi sneered, "But there are no truly kind people, Chen Shanjun, people are just a kind of animal! People have their own habits and behave in different environments. Under certain rules and conditions, people can become more equal, and we will pursue greater equality. . All things have animism, but the world is unkind, Lao Chen, no one can truly get rid of his own temperament. The reason why you choose to pursue the greater self and give up the small self is, It's just because you regard the greater self as a higher need."
The room became quiet, and Ning Yi tapped his fingers on the table a few times: "Then, Chen Shanjun, my idea is right. Can my path... be clear?"
Chen Shanjun raised his head: "You..." What he saw was a calm face without an answer.
Ning Yi stood up and covered the teacup: "Your idea took away more than a thousand people from the Chinese Army. Jiangnan Hewen, under the banner of equalizing the wealth and the poor, has already raised an army of hundreds of thousands of people. Team, go forward from here, Fang La Uprising, saying that there is no superiority among equals, and going forward, there are countless uprisings, all shouting This slogan... If we do not summarize and summarize it again and again, it will always be an invisible and intangible castle in the air..."
Ning. Yi's eyes looked at him, as if there were blazing flames and cold ice at the same time.
"I don't care about your life." He repeated, "For the fire you lit in Lao Niutou, the Chinese Army gave you a way to survive and resources when it was stretched. If more than a thousand people say more or less, if there is Many of these more than a thousand heroes who died in the Southwest War are still alive... I have sacrificed so much to explore this path for you, and I want to summarize its principles for future generations of pathfinders. "
He paused: "Old Chen, in this world Every change in the world will bleed. From today to the world of great harmony, it will never be achieved overnight. From today on, blood will be shed countless times. Failed changes will make the blood shed in vain. Does it change because it will bleed? Because we want to change, we don’t care about bloodshed? Cherish every bloodshed, let it teach you a lesson, and give you experience. If you want to atone for your sins, if you are lucky enough to survive this time, then leave your true reflections and lessons to me.”
“These days. Think about it." After Ning Yi finished speaking, he turned and walked out the door.
...
The autumn wind blew through the courtyard in the night.
After coming out of Chen Shanjun’s room, Ning Yi went to Li Ximing next door. Ning Yi didn't need to lay too much groundwork for the young man who was captured at the beginning. He gave a rough outline of the entire arrangement and asked Li Ximing to explain what he had seen and heard in Lao Niutou in the next two years. Try to make detailed memories and explanations, including the reasons why Lao Niutou had problems, the reasons for failure, etc. Since this is a scholar with ideas and knowledge, it is not difficult to summarize these.
Just after the matter was said, Li Ximing unexpectedly spoke. He was a little timid at first, but then he mustered up the courage to make a decision: "Ning, Mr. Ning, I have an idea, bold... I want Mr. Ning to agree."
"Huh?" Ning Yi looked at him.
Now that he started talking, Li Ximing's expression gradually became calmer: "The student... came to the Chinese Army originally because of a conversation with Li Dexin. Originally he just wanted to be an internal agent and go to the Chinese Army to cause some damage. , but during these two years During this time, under the influence of Mr. Chen in Lao Niutou, I slowly figured out some things... Mr. Ning separated Lao Niutou, and now he sent someone to take notes and seek experience from scratch. He is very ambitious..."
“If you have something to say, don’t I want to flatter you."
"...I will record everything about Lao Niutou. After recording it, I want to go to Fuzhou to find Li Dexin and tell him everything about the southwest. I heard that the new king has succeeded to the throne in Fuzhou. He Wen and others The Fairness Party has arisen in the south of the Yangtze River. What we saw and heard in Lao Niutou may be helpful to it..."
Li Ximing is not young at first, but because he has been threatened to be an undercover agent for a long time, he At first it was difficult to straighten up my waist. After finishing these thoughts, his eyes became firm. Ning Yi looked at him coldly. After a while, he looked away. Ning Yi pressed the table and stood up.
“I’ll give you two months to leave behind all the things you need to leave behind. Then go back to Fuzhou and tell Li Pin everything... You won’t play any tricks during this period. The people and dogs in your family will , everything is safe.”
Ning Yi's words were indifferent and he left the room. Behind him, Li Ximing, who had slightly white hair on his temples, raised his hands and bowed deeply towards Ning Yi's back.
Ning Yi left this ordinary courtyard. A group of exhausted people in the courtyard were waiting for the next review. Soon, the things they brought would go to different directions in the world. Under the dark sky, a dream staggered and fell to the ground. Ning Yi knows that countless people will grow old in this dream, people will suffer, bleed, and give their lives in it, and people will be tired, confused, and speechless in it.
Besides moving forward, what other way is there?
......
Under the illumination of lights, the carriage passed through the streets of the city and went to the blurred distance. In the sky, the Milky Way flowed.
For the small things under the sky, the pace of the galaxy never lingers, and in the blink of an eye, the night has passed. In the early morning of July 24th, in a corner of the vast land, Wanyan Qingjue heard the order to assemble.
He and a famous Jurchen general and elite came out of the barracks and were driven by the Chinese army. They gathered in the square, and then the Chinese army put shackles on them.
“It’s time to hit the road.”
The officer of the Chinese Army said this.
Wanyan Qingjue knew that they would become part of the Chinese army's prisoners of war in Chengdu... (End of chapter)