Chapter 161 Master Yao, are you afraid of me? (Second update)
People’s support.
This word is too strong.
It was so serious that Yao Guangxiao was afraid to face it.
Not only did he not dare, but other ministers and scholars in the world also did not dare to peep.
This is something that only the emperor can hold.
Yao Guangxiao chewed twice in his heart, shook his head and walked outside the house.
Not long after.
He went to Xia Zhibai’s residence.
Yao Guangxiao glanced around and raised his hand casually. Seeing this, the crowd of people around him hurriedly left as if fleeing.
The originally noisy doorway immediately became deserted.
Yao Guangxiao stepped forward and knocked on the door.
Ding.
Ding.
"Who?" A warning voice came from inside the house.
"On the order of King Yan, I have come to invite Xia Zhibai to meet with King Yan at King Yan's Mansion."
Everyone was quiet.
After a short while, with a creaking sound, the closed door slowly opened, revealing the original appearance of the house. Yao Guangxiao stood at the door, scanning the courtyard, and Xia Zhibai glanced at It fell into his eyes, because Xia Zhibai was too relaxed, as if he was not affected by the outside world at all.
In addition to Xia Zhibai, there are several Semu people.
Yao Guangxiao looked at these people coldly with his triangular eyes.
Da Lu and the others' hearts trembled, as if they were being targeted by poisonous snakes. They couldn't help but lower their heads, with panic on their faces, and they didn't dare to breathe much.
Yao Guangxiao walked into the room and walked towards Xia Zhibai.
Hei Wa was frightened, and quickly reached out to stop him. His thin body also stood in front of Xia Zhibai.
Yao Guangxiao sneered and did not push him away. He just said lightly: "Xia Zhibai, these followers of yours seem to be a little disrespectful. This is not the way to treat guests."
< br>Xia Zhibai stood up and said: "Hei Wa, you go out first."
Hei Wa was stunned and looked back at Xia Zhibai.
Xia Zhibai gave Hei Wa a positive smile.
After Hei Wa, Da Lu and others left, only Xia Zhibai and Yao Guangxiao were left in the courtyard.
Yao Guangxiao stood in the courtyard, looked at this quiet little courtyard, nodded and said: "The courtyard is nice, the environment is pleasant, and you are used to it."
Xia Zhibai said: "It's okay. , I’m not picky about where to live.”
"It's okay if you can live there."
Yao Guangxiao withdrew his gaze, looked at Xia Zhibai, and said, "Xia Zhibai, sometimes you really can't be seen through."
" Just for the sake of the so-called 'ideal' and 'ambition'? Are you so willing to walk a knife's edge in front of the most dangerous person? In Kyoto, in front of the current majesty, there is no change in Peiping."
"It's still challenging King Yan's patience."
"Why are you doing this?"
Xia Zhibai stood with his hands behind his hands, looking out the door with clear eyes, and said with a smile: "I am an invincible person in a sense."
"My invincibility is not in a literal sense. Invincibility is not the so-called loneliness of having no father, no mother, no wife, no family, no close friends.”
“My invincibility lies in the belief in my heart.”
“I don’t have it. I am strong enough to defeat all enemies, but I am not strong enough to overpower all voices. I am just different from ordinary people. I accept challenges and regard all enemies as friends and teachers.”
“I respect authority. , also challenges authority.”
"Because I believe that my choice is right, and my persistence is also right."
"I never feel that everyone in the world is drunk and I am alone. I only think that someone needs to make another voice in the world. "
"The voice from the bottom"
"It has been eighteen years since the Ming Dynasty took over the world."
"In just eighteen years, a generation has passed. Time is enough to change many things.”
"It has also changed the 'original intentions' of many people."
"Occupying a high position, enjoying rights, being sought after by others, and trying to please others, I have gradually lost myself in the flow of materialistic desires, forgetting where I came from. "The Ming Dynasty's corruption is faster than any previous dynasty"
"It is also more terrifying."
"I roughly guessed why you came to me." Xia Zhibai pondered for a moment, seemed to have thought of something, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said slowly: "You and I are not the same, never have been, your ambition is 'Dragon Slaying', an imperial art, sold to the emperor's family."
"My ambition is to let everyone in the world have the opportunity to be like a dragon."
"However."
"Master Yao, your imperial art is incomplete."
" In the past, you were arrogant and arrogant. You were only superficially proficient in many things and could not be considered as good at academics. Although you were good at strategy, I am not as good as you to a certain extent. But in terms of governance, , but you are too far behind.”
“Just kill, don’t bury.”
"Does Master Yao really want to be such a black-hearted monk?"
Yao Guangxiao was silent.
He was chanting Buddhist sutras softly and spinning the beads in his hand faster.
Xia Zhibai smiled lightly and said calmly: "From the time of the Yuan Dynasty's destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty to the expulsion of the Ming Dynasty, it ruled the world for eighty-nine years."
"Eighty-nine years. Five or six generations of time.”
"It's too long."
"It's been so long that the culture has been greatly lost, so long that the inheritance has been greatly damaged. The Ming Dynasty was built on the ruins of the barbaric rule of the Yuan Dynasty."
“Under this current situation, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty were deeply affected by the decadence of the Yuan Dynasty, and their utilitarianism reached the extreme.”
“What the Ming Dynasty needs is not patchwork.”
< br>“It’s about changing the world.”
"Relying on this group of scholars who follow the trend and quickly integrate into the rentier class, the world will only become darker and darker. If you want to discover the real problems in the world, you can no longer just rely on officials to write letters, but you must come from the common people and go to the common people." Go." "The people have the most say."
"A lot of what I said is indeed harsh."
"But the so-called. The bitterness and harshness can only be felt by powerful people like King Yan. If it falls into the ears of the people at the bottom, they will only feel the same. "
"The division between the upper and lower classes in the Ming Dynasty is too serious."
"What I want to do is to expose the things that the Ming Dynasty has covered up."
"Let the abyss of the world yesterday turn into a superficial talk for future generations."
"Although the road is long, the walk is wise. It's coming."
"Although it is difficult, it can be done."
"As for what the master said, I don't have this understanding. Although it is somewhat dangerous, as long as the result is good. Okay, if the process is a bit dangerous, what does it matter? It doesn’t matter whether it’s trying to gain skin from a tiger or getting a chestnut out of the fire, I just want change!”
Yao Guangxiao remained silent.
He looked at Xia Zhibai deeply and shook his head realistically.
Yao Guang Xiaodao: "No matter what you say and how right you do, what's the point?"
"How many people in the world will listen to you?"
"Again."
"The people's hearts cannot be manipulated by ministers."
"You have repeatedly aroused the 'people's hearts'. This is the real way to die."
Xia Zhibai was noncommittal and argued. Said: "I have never manipulated the hearts of the people. The only thing that can be manipulated is the hearts of the people."
"People's hearts and minds are very real things. If the court does not fight for them, others will naturally seize them. This is another matter. How can it be my problem?”
“If the imperial court governs the world in an orderly manner and the people’s hearts are attached to it, who can make the people change their minds?”
"If the people change their minds, it means that the people are dissatisfied."
"How can I be the problem?"
Yao Guangxiao sneered and sneered: "Who in the world will listen to your explanation? "
"Do you really think that you, Xia Zhibai, can clarify Yuyu and bring peace and prosperity to the world? Not to mention that you are only one person, even if there are ten or hundreds of people, it will be difficult to change this muddy world. If the sky is clear and the water is clear, your Majesty can’t do it now, and you can’t do it either.”
“People’s hearts are selfish.”
"If there is a secret, there will be a flaw."
"If there is a flaw, it will be caught by others, and it will be used by others, and then it will sink."
"You are too whimsical. "
Xia Zhibai stood tall, looked directly at Yao Guangxiao, and said with a slight smile: "Master Yao, you are wrong. It's not that I am whimsical, but that people in the world think about the problem too complicatedly. It is indeed impossible to become a clear sky and clear water, but the world can get better little by little."
"As long as it gets better, it is worth it."
"Master Yao, you are trapped."
"The reason why you are so resistant and opposed is not because you have different opinions from me."
"But you are worried that my appearance will cause Changes have occurred in Ming Dynasty, which will prevent your ambitions from being realized. "
"I will create too many variables. You can't predict my next step, nor what I will do, let alone what I will do. If not, what measures will the court take?”
“I am a fog in front of you.”
"You can't see through it, you can't touch it."
"You're scared."
A smile appeared at the corner of Xia Zhibai's mouth.
Yao Guangxiao’s eyes were cold.
Xia Zhibai was right.
He was indeed a little afraid of Xia Zhibai.
He was disgusted with Xia Zhibai's self-righteousness and his awe-inspiring justice. He was even more dissatisfied with Xia Zhibai's rampage, because it made everything he did seem very dark and despicable. Especially Xia Zhibai's wild and unconstrained approach makes people hard to guard against.
No one wants to face this kind of unconventional person.
He was equally unhappy.
He doesn't like so many variables.
Because the current world affairs are generally predictable.
But under Xia Zhibai's agitation, the world's situation 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 for his kind. What the 'careerists' want to see.
What he wants is for the place to be in turmoil from time to time.
Only in this way can he realize his own value.
Only when the water is muddy can you fish.
If the water is too clear, it will only make people unable to hide.
Yao Guangxiao's eyes were dim and he said indifferently: "If you are afraid, how can you not be afraid?"
"You dare to scheme against King Yan now and dare to take action against King Yan's men. Who knows what you will do in the future? Won't you attack me?"
"As far as the current situation is concerned, it was a mistake for King Yan to target you."
"You are a hedgehog, full of thorns."< br>
"Messing with you will only make me a thorn in my mouth."
Hearing this.
Xia Zhibai laughed loudly.
He put his hands behind his hands and said: "Master Yao thinks highly of me too much. I was forced to do this. I only came to Peking to build an iron factory. I never thought about this. It was King Yan who took the initiative to get me involved. It’s not my fault.”
“But Master Yao is right to worry.”
"If I were in charge of the Ministry of War, I would definitely order the soldiers and horses of the world."
"The soldiers and horses of the world would also be in great chaos."
"No matter how big the country is, if it is warlike, it will perish; even if the world is peaceful, , If you forget to fight, you will be in danger."
(End of this chapter)